Time passes day by day.

Russia, because it believes that it has control over Muroran, and Russia currently has more than 30 warships in the Far East - including the newly arrived Makarov fleet and more than 20 small ships originally in Vladivostok. So the Russians feel that since the Japanese no longer have a navy, it is naturally impossible to transport troops or equipment to Hokkaido. Although the British have more than a dozen warships, they may not directly open a film with themselves without any advantage. As for the Qing Dynasty, since the British do not know, the Chinese will naturally not take action. Therefore, the Russians did not care about Japan's warnings.

On the 9th, the coffins representing the soldiers who died on the Korean battlefield in the Sino-Japanese War were transported to Tianjin. Before that, the coffins representing the soldiers who died on the North China battlefield and the naval battle had been transported to Tongzhou respectively. Among them, all the officers and soldiers of Zhenyuan, Jingyuan and Jiyuan, who were sneak attacked by Japan before the war began.

Lin Taizeng, Fang Boqian... No matter what kind of people they were in the original history, they were strong, weak, good general or bureaucrats, this time, they were everything a soldier could do. They were all heroes

On December 12, the Qing government held a grand ceremony to worship the soldiers who died in the Sino-Japanese War in Beijing. The ceremony was presided over by the Minister of Rites Sun Jianai. Those who participated in the ceremony included the Minister of Military Affairs, Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Secretary of the Ministry of Nationalities, and some officers and soldiers of the two armies of the Ministry of Education, Guangxu and his three wives were also among them.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Guangxu led all the ministers to welcome the heroic spirits at Deshengmen. Afterwards, Emperor Guangxu walked to the "coffin" representing the heroic spirits of the dead, and sent it to the Martyrs' Temple for burial. Aisin Jueluo. Kungang remarked the eulogy for the soldiers who died. Afterwards, Emperor Guangxu and his ministers bowed to the heroic spirits. Emperor Guangxu also wrote the four big words "Eternal Immortal" in person to demonstrate the merits of the heroic martyrs.

December 13th, 5:00 pm.

In Hokkaido in winter, sunsets are relatively early. Although it is only five o'clock, the visibility is already very low. On the sea surface of Muroran, you can only vaguely see the harbor and the lights in the distance.

"Alarm! Alarm! Discover the Japanese!"

The Russian soldiers in charge of keeping watch suddenly fired guns to warn, and soon the entire Shulan Port started to move.

"What's going on?" Major General Anatoli Mikhailovich Stexel soon arrived at the command center.

"God General. A large number of Japanese troops were found in the northwest and northeast directions of our military defense zone. At present, the front-line defense forces have begun to exchange fire with the Japanese army. According to the Japanese firepower analysis, the Japanese army attacking from two directions this time should have more than 10,000 people!"

"What?" Mikhailovich was shocked. Are the Japanese going to fight to the death?

He was about to issue an order when another staff officer came over: "Report, war reports came from the front line. They were attacked by fierce Japanese people. The Japanese army used artillery and they could hardly stand it!"

Before Mikhailovic could react, another staff officer quickly reported: "The Japanese army has boarded the first line of defense and is fighting with our defenders, asking for quick support!"

"Immediately order the artillery troops to attack the Japanese successor troops and suppress the enemy's attack. The second and third infantry regiments immediately support the front line, and the Cossack cavalry battalion interspersed from the east to first solve the enemy in the northeast and relieve the pressure of our army!"

Mikhailovich's orders were passed down one after another, and at this time, the sound of gunfire outside was already very dense.

Although the order has been issued and Mikhailovich knew that it was impossible to conquer the Russian positions with the poorly few artillery and machine guns of the Japanese army, there must be a reason for such a large-scale attack.

What is the reason? A wave of uneasiness surged in Mihailovic's heart.

Just then, a rumbling sound of cannons came.

"Where did the sound of cannons come from!"

"I don't know, General, but...but, the sound of this cannon is by no means the sound of the Japanese 70mm bronze cannon or the ninety-mm mortar cannon."

"Nonsense, I know, I'm asking you where the cannon sound comes from!"

At this moment, a sailor stumbled in and ran in: "General... His Excellency General!"

"What happened?"

"On the sea! The Japanese are attacking from the sea. Countless sampans are transporting troops to the shore, and they have warships!"

"Impossible, the Japanese warships have been wiped out by the Chinese. Where did they come from? Where did the Japanese ships come from!"

In fact, whether Mikhainovic believed it or not, the Japanese warships had already begun to attack Muroran, and the sound of the cannons said everything. On the sea east of Muroran, three warships used large-caliber naval guns to cover hundreds of small and medium-sized ships to advance to the shore with large-caliber naval guns.

At the same time, the Japanese army attacked more fiercely in the northeast and northwest directions.

"Hold on! Hold on to me!" Akayev waved his pistol and kept urging his soldiers, but the soldiers were still retreating step by step.

"Sir, why are there gunfire sounds behind us? Did the Japanese have already hit the city?"

"Impossible. Muroran is surrounded by water on three sides. The Japanese will never be able to hit the city unless they have wings!"

"But sir, the sound of guns and cannons is clearly coming from the south."

"Shut up. Our task is to defend the position in the north. We don't need to consider the matters in the south. If you talk too much, I will shoot you!"

"Okay, sir."

However, Akayev's orders did not inspire the soldiers' fighting spirit. The sound of guns and cannons coming from behind clearly affected the soldiers' emotions, and the first line of defense quickly fell.

"Seeing ghosts!" Mihailovich shouted hysterically in the command center. "Why do the Japanese have large warships? Where did the Japanese come from? What information do the navy and foreign ministry have on mobile phones? They should all be hanged!"

On the 14th, the Japanese government issued a note to diplomats from various governments: In view of the fact that Russia had never been able to evacuate the illegally occupied Japanese territory in order to comply with the advice, the Japanese government dispatched troops on the 13th to recapture Muroran City. In addition to some of the Russian officers and soldiers stranded in Muroran were shot dead by force, most of the captured personnel were captured, including the army commander Anatoli Mikhailovich Stexel Army Major General.

As soon as the news came out, the world was in an uproar.

The American envoy privately asked a friend of his senior Japanese government: "Didn't the Japanese fleet be completely sunk in the war? So how did the Japanese military escort the army to Ueura Bay, suppress shore defense firepower, and cover the army's landing?"

Someone in Japan replied, "Ah? You ask this? Well, it's Aunt Amaterasu's care. At the beginning, didn't we sneaked into the Qing Navy and sunk three warships. Later, the navy salvaged the three warships, then repaired them, and found that they could still be used, so we used them."

Damn! What about you, a child? You, Japan, have the ability to salvage and repair three warships, and simply salvage all the warships sunk by the Chinese Navy to repair them. "Okay, then where are these three warships now?"

"Where? Well, this, because the repair was not thorough and it was dark at that time, these three warships sank after completing their military operations."

I'll go! The American gave a thumbs up to his Japanese friend: I'm short and forgot!

"Is that so, this is really unfortunate."

"Yes, it's quite unfortunate. But maybe they just lost their way, and it's possible that they can't come back for the time being."

Damn! Do you still want to use the same trick again?

The Russians responded the most. Russian Foreign Minister Novanov treated Britain, China, Germany, France, etc.

The ambassador to Russia said: "The Russian government decided to immediately make a solemn statement to the Japanese government. Our plan is that if Japan does not accept this Russian condition, Russia is considering taking military action against Japan!"

Beijing.

Liu Shaoqing returned to Beijing a few days ago to attend the spirit sacrifice meeting, and has never left since then. At this time, he was in the Hall of Peace. In addition to him, there are King Gong Yixin, King Su Shanqi, Minister of Navy and Governor of Zhili Li Hongzhang, Minister of Military Affairs and Minister of War Sun Yuwen, Minister of Personnel, Secretary of the Clan Linshu, Minister of Revenue Xu Yongyi, Minister of Revenue Na Tong. These people cover several major areas of politics, diplomacy, personnel, finance, and military, and can be said to be the core of the core of the Guangxu Dynasty.

There were a few other people, but they were unexpected people. That was General Shengjing Yiketang, General Jilin Changshun, General Heilongjiang Enze and General Wang Wenshao, Governor of Agricultural Reclamation in the Three East Provinces.

Zai Tian looked at his core team and felt quite satisfied. "How is it? What do you think about the current situation?"

Seeing several first-rank officials from the Northeast in the Hall of Peace of Heart, everyone knew what the main goal of this meeting was - Russia.

That's right, in the current situation, the Qing Dynasty's main opponent has changed from a first-class power in Asia, Japan, to a first-class power in the world, Russia.

"The Russians will definitely not give up!"

"Of course, I want to know what you think they will do." Zai Tian said.

Everyone looked at each other and said that such a matter should be answered by the representative of the military, so Sun Yuwen said: "Now Russian general Makarov is leading a fleet to recruit soldiers in Vladivostok. At the current speed, about one month or so, an army of 20,000 people should be recruited, no matter how many..." Sun Yuwen said this and stopped for a moment, looking at the three generals.

Changshun said: "It will be difficult no matter how many more people are. Judging from the population of Russia's coastal areas, 20,000 mercenaries are the ultimate. No matter how many, they have to be transferred from other places, but the local road is far away and cannot be mobilized overnight."

Enze also said: "From the previous situation, there is no sign of mobilization of the Russians north of Heilongjiang, but it is hard to say in the future, but as Changshun said, it is not that easy to mobilize troops."

After receiving the recognition of the two people, Sun Yuwen nodded and continued: "So, I estimate that by mid-January, the Russians will use military forces against Japan again and will definitely regain Muroan."

"Oh? Do you think the Russians will send troops to retake Murata again?" Zai Tian asked.

"yes!"

"What do others have to say?"

"Go back to the emperor." Liu Shaoqing said: "I think it's not."

"Oh? You said."

"I think it is inevitable that the Russians will take revenge after suffering this loss, but they may not attack Muroran."

Zai Tian laughed, "Oh? Why do you say that?"

"First, Muroran now has more than 20,000 Japanese troops stationed, and as time goes by, there will inevitably be Japanese troops continuing to land on Muroran. Indeed, Japan no longer has a navy, but even if it is transported by fishing boats, it will not give up such an opportunity. After all, there is still at least one month before the Russians come back. At that time, the Japanese troops in Muroran, or Hokkaido may exceed 30,000 or even more. In this way, the Russians will have no absolute advantage in the enemy facing the Russians. Even if they can take Muroran, they will collapse their teeth, and the Russians may not necessarily do this."

"What else?"

"Second, I'm afraid of being a harsh person. After all, there are still thousands of Russian prisoners of war in Sullan now. These thousands of people cannot be abandoned at will. If Russia still adopts the original method of using sea to control land, then how many Japanese people can be killed are unknown. These thousands of people will definitely become cannon fodder first. If you don't use sea to control land, you will be bound by your own hands and feet, so this battle is difficult to fight." Liu Shaoqing talked erudibly.

"There is a third. This time, the Russians are not for occupying territory, but more for revenge. If they want to revenge, they naturally have to beat the Japanese. Beating Hokkaido, which has a sparse population and backward economy, will definitely not achieve its goal. And I said just now, it is not easy to fight. Since this is the case, why not fight the Kanto region or Tokyo, which is crucial to Japan, which is crucial to Japan? If you occupy this place, on the one hand, it will make Japan feel painful, and on the other hand, you can cherish it yourself and have the capital to bargain with the Japanese. And if you are lucky enough to capture the Japanese emperor, then Hokkaido can be said to be within your reach."

Liu Shaoqing said, Zai Tian nodded, "So you think the Russians went back to attack our state? Then look at where will the Russians attack?"
Chapter completed!