Xiao Tian picked up his rifle and was about to rush down to fight hand-to-hand with the Qing army who came up. to cover the artillery that was firing at battery No. 2.

What's more, Lao Tzu was not afraid of fighting with the Japanese back then, would he be afraid of your group of Eight Banners who can only walk birds, Xiao Tian's eyes widened. looked coldly at the Qing army below who had climbed halfway up the mountain.

"Brothers, we." Boom, boom, boom

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the Qing troops on the mountainside were blown open by the sudden cannonballs, and many Qing troops were washed into the sky with the air wave of the explosion, and then fell down heavily and became meat cakes.

"The sailor has supported us. Brothers. Hold it off for me. Holding Xiao Tian, who was about to die, changed his calmness just now, and sweated excitedly.

On the warship Hashidate, Liu Jun saw the Qing army and the battery on the mountainside and was swept away. Nodding slightly: "Let the transport ship go up."

The three transports that had come together this time had been quietly behind, and now when they saw that it was their turn, they immediately increased their horsepower and rushed to the shore.

As soon as they arrived at the shore, the Liaodong Army, which had already closed its fire, suddenly got off the transport ship like a tiger descending from the mountain and began to move towards the No. 3 battery and the shipmaster's bureau.

The first division that came here was the most elite first division of the Praetorian Guard. With a strength of more than 10,000 people, coupled with advanced weapons, the attacking Qing army suddenly began to flee to Fuzhou.

Two hours later, after the 1st Division had occupied the battery, the three warships came to shore. As soon as he got off the shore, Liu Jun, who had always been worried about the shipyard, immediately rode on a fast horse and went to the shipyard under the protection of the guard regiment.

Japan, Prime Minister's Office, Ito Hirobumi walked back and forth in the living room from time to time, and beside him was the Minister of the War Department, the Navy Department, and the General Staff.

Several ministers looked at Ito from time to time, all wanting to get accurate information from his mouth. But seeing Ito Hirobumi walking back and forth like a fly, several people shook their heads helplessly and looked at Inoue Shin on the side.

Inoue Xin looked at everyone and shook her head helplessly, after all, this incident is not a trivial matter, but a war involving Japan and Liaodong.

Two days ago. The Japanese minister, Ono, sent an urgent secret telegram saying that the imperial court and Liu Jun were already at war in Fujian, and asked Japan to implement the treaty on the secret agreement and immediately start a war against Liaodong.

After receiving this news, Ito Hirobumi immediately convened a cabinet meeting and asked the spies in Qingguo to immediately collect information to see if this secret message was really true.

The situation was soon confirmed, and the Fujian soldiers and horses of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang of the imperial court were indeed in the Mawei area, and were fighting with Liu Jun's Beiyang Naval Division, and according to spy observations, behind the naval division, there were three transport ships, which were estimated to be loaded with the army.

Ito Hirobumi's thoughts, Inoue Xin knew clearly, the secret agreement with the Qing State was mainly to allow the Qing State to unify and revise the "Tianjin Treaty" and as for the attack on Liaodong, he did not think that he would join forces with the Qing State, even if he wanted to, he did not expect that it would be so soon.

Inoue Xin motioned for everyone to go out first, and then came to Ito Hirobumi and asked lightly: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Qingguo's request for you to see us is" The latter words. Inoue Shin didn't say, after all, this and, I have to get Ito Hirofumi to agree.

"What do you mean?" Ito Hirobumi lowered his head in contemplation and asked Inoue Shin.

At this point, Inoue Xin just said one sentence, that is, ignore Qingguo's request.

Now that Japan's economy is developing, the navy is also speeding up construction, and if there is a war with Liu Jun at this time, then the Japanese economy will stop, and the Japanese navy is not yet able to compete with the Beiyang Naval Division. It was not five years ago, five years ago, the Beiyang Naval Division did not add a single warship for ten years, and its equipment was aging, which allowed the Combined Fleet to defeat the Beiyang Naval Division with a weak army and sink five Beiyang warships in the Yellow Sea.

But now, after Liu Jun took charge of the Beiyang Naval Division, he insisted on bringing the Beiyang Naval Division, which was already about to be wiped out, to the peak again, with an average of one or even two warships a year. With such strength, how can the combined fleet, which is still in its infancy, fight,

"That's what you mean?" Hirobumi Ito looked at Inoue in surprise. His thoughts are the same as those of Inoue Shin, only slightly different.

What he hoped was that if the Qing and the imperial court were defeated, Japan would be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

It's just that he was a little worried, that is, how to face the doubts of the War Department and the Navy Department and Qing Guo.

Sighing slightly, Ito Hirobumi expressed the hesitation in his heart. As Ito Hirobumi's confidant and military, Inoue Xin just bowed her head slightly, closed her eyes for a moment, and immediately smiled slightly, raised her head and muttered in Ito Hirobumi's ear.

Although the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau was besieged by the Qing army, because Pei Yinsen led several personnel to retreat to the No. 2 dock, it was not damaged here, but the decorations, vases and other antiques inside were snatched up by the Eight Banners Army, and even the golden plaque in the hall was snatched away.

A day ago, all the Qing troops were withdrawn to Fuzhou, and the current Harbour Administration Bureau has belonged to Liu Jun's temporary command post.

The hall, which was originally empty, has now become the war room of the Fujian Campaign.

On the wall of the hall, a huge map of Fujian has now been hung.

"Head, now that the Qing army has nearly 5,000 people retreating to Fuzhou City, do you think we will immediately launch an attack and take Fuzhou?" Zhong Lin pointed to Fuzhou, which had been surrounded by the First Division of the Praetorian Guard. Turning his head to Liu Jun, who was thinking about it, he asked.

"I will definitely fight in Fuzhou, but we can't fight now?" Liu Jun shook his head helplessly.

This is also to blame himself, as soon as he heard that the Fuzhou Ship Administration Bureau was surrounded, he let the First Division of the Praetorian Guard Army board the ship lightly, and left in a hurry, not even bringing field guns, but only a dozen mortars.

It is impossible to attack Fuzhou City with mortars. Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian Province, and the city walls built here are stronger than those in Liaoyang and even Dandong.

"We can mobilize the Fuzhou fort and bombard the city wall with the fort." Zhong Lin saw that Liu Jun estimated that he would not be able to take the city wall, and immediately said his thoughts.

"No, the fire of the fort is too fierce, although it can destroy the city wall, but the people inside will also suffer. I strongly disagree. As soon as he heard Zhong Lin's idea, Liu Jun immediately stood up and resolutely opposed it.

Fuzhou Fort, any artillery, can hit Fuzhou City, the problem is that the artillery, all heavy artillery, the power is not ordinary field artillery can be compared, any heavy artillery into Fuzhou, will collapse a large area. These are the property of the people, and they can keep as much as they can.

It seems that they can only wait for Li and the others to come back and talk about it. Zhong Lin stuck out his tongue and didn't speak.

The Beiyang Naval Division, after taking the fort and escorting the army to land at Luoxing Tower, immediately went to Lushun on Liu Jun's order to pick up Li Rong's Fifth Corps, which was still clearing the land in the northeast.

After graduating from the Military Academy, Li Rong was reappointed by Liu Jun as the commander of the Fifth Corps. He led the Fifth Corps to continue to implement the policy of clearing wasteland, and this digging took two years, and now the northeast has completely become the grain production base of Liaodong, and some of the grain can also be exported to Europe and Germany and Britain for sale, and then buy the machinery and equipment needed to return to Lushun.

After taking the fort and meeting Pei Yinsen at the No. 2 dock to return to the shipmaster's office, Liu Jun urgently sent a telegram to Wu Datong in Lushun, asking Wu Datong to immediately inform Li Rong to stop all land reclamation, and immediately lead the Fifth Corps to Yingkou and wait for the Beiyang Naval Division to carry it to Fujian.

Liu Jun didn't want to go to war with the imperial court, but the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau and the shipyard were extremely important to him, so he felt that he wanted to take several prefectures and counties around Fuzhou, Fujian, and then use them as a guarantee to protect the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau.

Liaodong is far away from here, and a small number of troops are stationed, which is easy to be besieged by the Qing army, so Liu Jun decided to mobilize a corps, more than 40,000 people, so that he can compete with the army of Fujian and Zhejiang in the south of the imperial court.

"How long will it take for the sailor to return?" Faintly, Liu Jun glanced at Fuzhou, which had been besieged by a red line, and turned his head to ask Zhong Lin, who was looking at the map in a daze.

"Head, I guess I'll be back the day after tomorrow." Zhong Lin lowered his head and calculated the time of the sailor's departure, and then told Liu Jun the approximate time.

Day after tomorrow? Liu Jun looked at Fuzhou, and he decided that once the naval division arrived with the Fifth Corps, he would attack Fuzhou immediately.