Chapter 12 Winning this battle

In March of the year of the lunar calendar, when northern China was still full of ice and snow, and the bitter cold wind was raging, the snow on Zijin Mountain had begun to melt. When the snow water flowed along the streams in the mountains, some tender branches could occasionally be seen on the mountain. China's Jiangnan was about to enter a warm spring.

In the luxury room on the sixth floor of the Shanghai Industrial Hotel, Foreign Minister Liang Dunyan did not discuss the day-day negotiations with the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the guest room as the outside world imagined. Throughout the afternoon today, even the opponent at the negotiating table could notice that he seemed to be a little absent-minded.

Almost as soon as the negotiations were over, he locked himself in the guest room and told the entourage not to disturb himself. When explaining to the outside world, he was a little uncomfortable. But at this time, in the guest room, he was concentrating on the East Asia Newspaper, which was a newspaper in Shanghai with obvious pro-sent tendencies and even the background. Paper may be the pro-Japanese tendency, so that the East Asia Newspaper can get the latest war reports gathered from the northeast battlefield in the first time.

The reason why he pays so much attention to today's news is that during the meal at noon, he got the news that the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially submitted an official letter to the Japanese ambassador to China and the Russian envoy to China, demanding that the two countries must strictly abide by the "restrictions on the Manchu Qing regime's delineation of war zones", otherwise China will reserve the right to take either party. Style, an action to defend the rights and interests of the country.

For the outside world, this may be a normal reaction of the large-scale "border" battle between two [***] teams. After all, in the past six months, Nanjing has submitted at least hundreds of official letters of protest to the two countries. What is the difference between this time and the past? Outsiders can't see it or understand it, but Liang Dunyan knows what this official letter means.

After all, in the past, it was more about the border of a military operation of the two countries, but this time the content of the official letter was "the two countries wantonly trampled on China's sovereignty!" The all-round protest, which is why I shut myself in the door as soon as I returned to the restaurant and wanted to find out the fighting situation between the two armies in the newspaper.

"... After the obstruction of detouring to the northwest, General Naimu ordered the troops to detour north again. On the 7th, he went out of the front line of the Bay Bridge, Zaohuatun and Daoyitun to complete the in-depth encirclement of the whole line of the Russian army! In order to cooperate with the actions of General Naimu, the Second Army of General Ao attacked the enemy in front of him. Among them, Long fought fiercely for Hongtun... In the early morning of the 7th, the head of the fifth brigade, Major General Chen Bing in the south, led his troops to occupy Hongtun and nearby Zhang Shitun before dawn. The Russian army tried to carry out a counterattack, but the southern brigade fought against each other. , the position has not been lost... Fengtian is close in front of us, and the empire will win!"

Seeing this, Liang Dunyan's expression changed slightly, and his whole body was completely trapped on the wide sofa. He closed his eyes and muttered after a while.

"The Yuan Hunting Plan is about to begin!"

At this time, Liang Dunyan's mind came up to his Majesty's smile, which seemed to be everything under his control. The development of the war situation was as His Majesty expected. Thinking that His Majesty actually calculated the progress of the war between the Russian armies, Liang Dunyan really didn't know whether it was a fluke or that His Majesty had the ability to see through the future.

At this time, there was a knock on the door and got up to open the door. Liang Dunyan saw a stranger standing outside the door in addition to his attendant.

"Minister, the messenger sent by Your Majesty!"

Then a letter was taken out of the stranger's pocket. After checking the seal, Liang Dunyan just closed the door, tore open the envelope, opened the writing paper, and saw only one sentence.

"The east wind is about to rise, you should set sail in the wind!"

"Oh!"

Looking at this simple sentence in the letter, Liang Dunyan, who guessed that it was confirmed, couldn't help sighing, finally! It all started!

In the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, on the steep and winding Zijin Mountain, which is completely different from the lush mountain forest, stands a three-story building with strict walls. The building is surrounded by a high-voltage power grid and dense barbed wire, and guards with guns and live ammunition on the periphery of the net.

When the construction of this place had just begun, the nearby residents and the construction workers who built the Lingyan Pavilion Ancestral Temple guessed that this place was different from other places in terms of appearance, especially when the construction workers faintly saw the three-foot-thick stone wall, but most of them speculated that it might be a prison. Prison, and the cars that repair the flat roads and the cars that run through the roads every day, remind them that this is not a prison.

In Nanjing City, only a few people know that this mysterious place is the location of the headquarters of the Imperial Guards. This is China's highest army combat command center. Since the completion of this three-story building, many major military operations of the Guangfu Army or the current Imperial Guards Army have been ordered from this. Sent out. Among them, the third floor of the building is a fully enclosed bulletproof room, and there is also a basement on the ground floor, which is usually inhabited by the combat room staff; in wartime, the assault becomes a secret confidential room.

On March 8, it was too early, and nearby residents suddenly found that in this mysterious place, several layers of heavily armed guards appeared on the periphery of the barbed wire, standing majestically, like facing a great enemy. The villagers in the village at the foot of the mountain exchanged glances with each other, conveying a message that no one could tell. They boldly whispered, whispered to each other, and asked each other, "What's wrong again?"

Occasionally, there are some people who say that the emperor is coming, and some people even swear that they saw the emperor's car last night. At this time, in the war room on the third floor, more than a dozen rectangular tables are lined up. Today's meeting is different from ordinary. Not only the Minister of the Army and Navy attended the meeting, but also The emperor himself also came to the war room. On both sides of the table, senior officers of the Army and Navy, carrying various epaulettes on their shoulders, pressed their knees with their hands and raised their heads to listen to the instructions and orders of Minister of the Army Cai E.

The content of the lecture is very simple. At first, Cai E first introduced the situation of the "Fengtian Campaign" between Kanto and Russia, and then issued an order to you.

"According to His Majesty's decree, from 12 o'clock at midnight today, the "Yuan Hunting Plan" will enter the countdown state!"

He spit out plain words from Cai E's mouth, only restraining everyone's breath. After he gave this order, the whole war room seemed to fall into silence at this moment, and there was no human breathing.

"Next, please ask the Chief of Staff to make further orders on the "Yuan Hunting Plan"!"

The map on the wall of the war room was pulled open. It was a map marked with the power distribution of China, Russia and Japan. Dozens of flags of different colors on the flag were almost full of the peninsula in the southeast of the map, which also reminded people that the situation was there. The complex surname of potential.

Although the empire is now in an eventful time, in the South China Sea, the task force is still roaming off the coast of Suras, and even confronted the Dutch warships many times. In Shanghai, the Sino-Dutch negotiations hosted by British minister Jurdian have repeatedly fallen into a stalemate because the Netherlands's unwillingness to recognize Lan Fang's reading ability, and the British even spoke for many times. In the South China Sea, the original task force only faced the Dutch warships, but what about now? But we need to face two British cruisers, one in the United States and one in France, but who would have thought that when the eyes of the world and all China were focused on the Sino-Dutch Surcharges case, the entire Chinese army and industry were working hard for the same goal.

When the eyes of other countries were attracted, a piece of intelligence flew from the northeast to Nanjing and to this staff headquarters. With the passage of time, with the arrival of the last day, everything painstakingly managed, getting closer and closer, the whole Nanjing staff headquarters fell into a high degree of tension. In addition to the tension, there is more excitement. Almost everyone prepares all this with the hope of reclaiming the glory of the empire in World War I and the hope of realizing the ideal of the empire with national dignity!

This afternoon, after a secret telegram from the northeast was sent to the palace, Chen Moran immediately summoned Cai E into the palace in the palace. He looked at the opportunity and issued the order to implement the "Yuan Hunting Plan".

After Cai E received the order, he immediately quickly recalled almost all the senior generals of the army and gathered in the highest combat room of the army staff headquarters. According to the military discipline regulations, at midnight on March 7, he put a guard battalion in the highest combat room of the army.

"...In a word, at present, the troops have entered the predetermined position and can carry out military operations at any time!"

In the war room on the third floor, after Jiang Fangzhen reported on the progress and arrangement of the Yuan hunting plan, all the generals turned their eyes to the chief emperor.

He looked around at the war room, which was so quiet that even the air flow could almost be heard, and two rows of neat and powerful subordinates, and suddenly spoke.

"Next, I order!"

Before the words fell, all the officers stood up at the same time.

Then, Jiang Fangzhen's powerful voice sounded in the terrible battle room, and even with some fierce surnames:

"All the troops on the cordon. Immediately enter the first-level combat readiness and wait for orders! The army and navy troops of the Imperial Guard have entered the first-level alert state, and the fortification zone in the coastal area has entered the first-level combat readiness. There must be no mistake. Violators will be severely punished!"

Finally, with the words of the Chief of Staff, the "yuan hunting plan" began to be implemented, and this was the last moment.

Chen Moran, who had been silent and dressed in military uniform, stood up. He looked around at the generals in front of him and bowed deeply.

"Gentlemen, please, win this battle!"

When the generals returned the salute, everyone's expression was extremely serious. They understood what it would mean for China if this battle failed, and everyone bowed to your majesty at 90 degrees.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will do my best!"

(to be continued)