Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

The soldiers of the third brigade divided their troops to the east again, and took down the nearby Jiulian City. They did not dare to delay for a moment while taking down these villages and towns. They hurriedly built fortifications on the periphery of the villages and towns, and continued eastward, taking down the Zhuhushan, Liziyuan, Yushugou and several other favorable terrains.

If the reaction speed of the Japanese army could be faster, if they could judge Lin Yuan's intentions in advance, if they could have imagined that the soldiers of the third brigade had gone by sea, it would be impossible for the third brigade to win the battle in such a short period of time anyway. In these places, when the soldiers of the third brigade consolidated their positions, the Japanese troops in North Korea woke up like a dream and hurried to the upper reaches of the Yalu River for reconnaissance. Five days later, they decided to wade across the river at Shuikou Town, but the muddy road made them It was difficult.

The Anton garrison, who had already walked halfway, unexpectedly found that their hometown was lost, and hurried back, but the third brigade had already occupied a favorable position. The Japanese army organized more than a dozen charges. Without heavy weapons, they were attacking the mountain. On the muddy mountain road, they were as embarrassed as a group of lame goats.Lin Yuan also ordered the Qing army, which had already occupied the lakes and mountains of Benxi, to continue to attack south along the passage. The Japanese army, under attack from both sides, severely cut off the logistics supply passage. After holding on for ten days, they ran out of ammunition and food, and finally On April 24, in desperation, Da Shanyan ordered to disperse and break through. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops trekked northeastward in the mountains, heading towards Ji'an.

Hunger, cold, and plague reduced the number of Japanese troops. When they arrived in Ji'an, the defenders in Ji'an saw a group of half-human, half-ghost things with unshaven beards and messy hair, with strips of cloth hanging from their bodies, lying on the ground Only when I looked closer could I find that it was a military uniform. There were no shoes on the feet, and they were wrapped in towels... The Japanese army lost one-third of its soldiers and 90.00% of its equipment, and finally returned to North Korea.

When the battle situation stabilized, on April 25th, Wu Yuankai asked Lin Yuan: "Commander Lin, where did the troops occupying Lushun come from?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "They are the recruits I recruited."

Wu Yuankai said: "The guns these people use are very strange, they can be fired in bursts. I don't know where the guns come from?"

Lin Yuan hesitated, he didn't want too many people to know about Ryukyu's dispatch of troops, so he said, "We made the gun ourselves..."

Although Wu Yuankai is an old man who doesn't understand technology, he also understands that not everyone can make guns. If making guns is an easy task, why would the Qing Dynasty buy guns from abroad?

At this moment, the messenger came in to report: "Send to Commander Lin, do you have urgent information?"

Lin Yuan quickly said, "Say it quickly."

The messenger said: "Yesterday, the Japanese fleet attacked a merchant fleet in the Qing Dynasty on the west of the Bohai Sea. All 23 merchant ships were sunk, and only a dozen of the more than 530 people on board survived!"

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "Where did you get the news?"

The messenger looked blank, and said, "It's a telegram from the governor's yamen in Zhili, and the other subordinates don't know about it." Lin Yuan thought to himself, "I'm really confused. He's a soldier who sends news, how can he know this matter?" Where did it come from?" Just as he was about to contact the Beijing ship, Wu Yuankai sighed and said, "It's a pity that we don't have a navy in the Qing Dynasty, or we have to deal with these Japanese."

Lin Yuan found an excuse to push Wu Yuankai away, and when he was alone in the tent, he turned on the communicator. He knew that the Beijing ship was not there, so he might not know about it, but he contacted Shen Wan. Qing, the two of them didn't say a word of greeting, Lin Yuan asked, "Why did the Japanese attack our merchant ship?"

Shen Wanqing said: "You also know about this? I also just learned that after the Japanese sank the merchant ship, they also used small-caliber machine guns to shoot at the crowd in the water. There were more than a dozen people who were good at water and tried their best. Swimming to the shore, when it was about to die, they were rescued by passing fishing boats, and they ran directly to the governor's office in Zhili and told the story! We had eyeliners there and notified us as soon as possible .”

Lin Yuan asked: "What did the court say? How did the Japanese explain it?"

Shen Wanqing said: "The Qing court sent an official letter to the Japanese government through the British envoy, condemning this attack on civilians and asking the Japanese side to give a reasonable explanation. The Japanese government's statement is that those merchant ships were transported It is normal to sink them." After she finished speaking, she heard Lin Yuan say over there: "This is really great."

Shen Wanqing thought to herself: "What good is there if more than 1000 compatriots have died?" So she asked, "What did you say?"

Lin Yuan said: "I have been preparing a big plan, this matter is like the last piece of the puzzle of my plan, with it, my plan can be implemented!"

Shen Wanqing asked, "What big plans do you have?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "Now is not the time to talk about it, you help me see what kind of repercussions this incident has caused in the world, if the repercussions are not strong enough, you can help me create a momentum so that the powers of Britain, France, Germany and Russia will all come together. know about it."

Shen Wanqing paused for a while and said: "We have already told the news to the foreign news agencies in Beijing, such as the German Wolf News Agency, the French Havas News Agency, and the British Reuters News Agency. These news agencies are the largest news agencies in the West. After they know it, the whole West will know it. But I think the British already know it. Their "Times" has reporters in Beijing. I saw them today when I went to Zhili Governor's Yamen. As for the world You need to read tomorrow's newspaper for the reaction of various countries."

Turning off the communicator, Lin Yuan found Fade Chen and said, "I need to go back to the Beijing ship. You are fully responsible for the military affairs here, and you don't have to worry too much. With Liu Biao and the others, the troops will not do anything. Big mess."

Chen Fei smiled bitterly, looked at his stomach, and said, "It seems that I am not far from dying!" Then he asked, "What are you going to do when you return to the Beijing ship?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Didn't you always want to know why I didn't blow up the Japanese warships? I went back this time to let them die in the most appropriate place."

Fade Chen didn't ask too much. It was already night when Lin Yuan returned to the Beijing ship. The next day, Shen Wanqing contacted him and said, "I read the reactions of various countries today, and their reactions are different. Some think that this is a naked massacre and should be condemned by all mankind, while some think that what the Japanese government said is justified and that the ship was loaded with fighters from the Qing Dynasty."

Shen Wanqing went on to say: "There are two pieces of news worth paying attention to. One is that the British "Daily Mail" published an article, which said that it is hoped that various countries in the world can form an international alliance to deal with such cases. The other is an article in The Times, which is said to be written by a naval expert, saying that Japan did this to block the trade routes of the Qing Dynasty, so as to achieve the purpose of forcing the Qing Dynasty to surrender.”

Lin Yuan almost laughed out loud when he heard this. The level of these naval experts is no more than that. He put down the communicator, contacted the comrades stationed in Ryukyu, and said, "Help me tell the King of Ryukyu to send a message to the whole world. It is said that there are Ryukyu civilians among the dead, and the Ryukyu Kingdom will send a fleet to retaliate against the Japanese fleet."