At the headquarters of the Navy of the Beiyang Naval Division in Lushun, the drizzling rain fell under the eaves from time to time and remembered the sound of ticking.

In the headquarters, Li He, who was dressed in a white admiral's uniform, sat in the office, quietly looking at the military port in the distance in a daze.

He is the one who witnessed the growth of the Beiyang sailors and the re-emergence in the decline.

More than ten years ago, the Beiyang Naval Division became the largest fleet in Asia, but seven years ago, the Beiyang Naval Division was almost wiped out in Weihai. Armored cruisers, Bu Toon, Hashidate, Shichang, Yin Sen, Ruojing, and two Kenxun and Shoushan purchased from Germany. There are ten main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, and if you add the two battleships sealed in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau and the Dalian Shipyard? and Hongzhang, that is, twelve.

In addition, now the Beiyang Naval Division has twenty-five torpedo boats. Seven torpedo cruisers and 12 submarines, not to mention the strength of the first in Asia, even in the world, the tonnage has surpassed Austria-Hungary and ranked eighth in the world.

All of this is from Liu Jun's hands. The current Beiyang Naval Division, Li He assured that if the Beiyang Naval Division is allowed to fight the east, it will definitely not attack the west, and if it is allowed to attack the north, it will not attack the south.

"Commander, Madame is here." Chief of Staff Yan Fu walked behind Li He.

Madam, Li He turned around all of a sudden, those who can come to the Admiralty, Liu Jun's other three ladies will not come, and only Zheng Yiqian can come here.

Zheng Yiqian is not only Liu Jun's fourth wife, but also Liu Jun's personal secretary, director of the headquarters office, and director of the Liaodong Secret Supervision Bureau. Deputy Minister of Liaodong Logistics Equipment Department, with more positions than Zhong Lin.

"The commander is so elegant." Haven't stepped forward to greet them yet. Zheng Yiqian's sweet voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and a few seconds later, Zheng Yiqian, who was dressed in a green major general's uniform, walked in.

"Madame, what's the matter?" Li He smiled and motioned to the adjutant on the side to hurry up and make tea. “

Zheng Yiqian waved her hand and smiled: "No need, commander, let's go, Dashuai has something." ”

There is something, and this must be a matter of discussing the transportation of the 1st Independent Division of the Navy to Hangzhou. Nodding slightly, Li He picked up the military hat from the side and walked out with Zheng Yiqian.

From the Admiralty to the headquarters of the Liaodong Army, it is less than ten minutes away. Li He and Liu Jun had a good relationship, so they didn't need to say hello or report, and walked straight in.

As soon as he entered the headquarters, Li He saw Liu Jun standing in front of the map with a teacup and looking at the coast in a daze.

"Dashuai." Li He walked over gently.

Liu Jun turned around and smiled slightly: "You're here." ”

"Please command, Marshal." Li He has always been so serious, knowing that Liu Jun summoned him, he must have a task, so he didn't talk nonsense, but directly asked what the task of the water master was.

"Now that the northern front has entered Shanxi, and all the imperial forces in the north have been withdrawn to the west of the Yellow River, I estimate that the northern front will enter a phase of stalemate, and on the southern front, Li Rong has attracted Liu Kunyi to transfer his troops to Zhejiang. Now that Jiangsu's forces are weak, I have ordered the 11th Corps in Linyi to march to Xuzhou immediately, and your characters are to transport the 1st Independent Division in Weihai and the 1st Independent Brigade of Shandong to Hangzhou, and take Hangzhou. ”

After listening to Liu Jun's explanation, Li He nodded, and after taking a closer look, Liu Jun pointed to the Yangtze River: "Do you want to let the torpedo cruiser formation enter the Yangtze River and attack Nanjing westward?" ”

Attacking Nanjing, this is estimated to be immature. After all, the front is now pulling too fast, which is not good for itself.

"No, Nanjing, when the time comes, just let the 11th Corps and the Fifth Corps flank the attack, and you can be responsible for transporting the troops to Hangzhou. As for the rest, I will let the Fujian sailors assist, and you have more important tasks. After Liu Jun finished speaking, he pointed to Sasebo.

Combined Fleet. Li He's eyes widened, and his eyes showed a glimmer of essence. I held my breath and wanted to compete with the Japanese Combined Fleet for a long time.

"My subordinates understand." Li He smiled slightly, turned around and retreated, and began to order the Beiyang Naval Division battleship Ningyuan, the armored cruisers Yinsen and Ruojing, and the torpedo cruiser Feiying Feilong to immediately fill in coal and water, go to Weihai, and carry the 1st Independent Division and the 1st Independent Brigade, 19,000 people to Lianyungang.

Linyi, the temporary headquarters of the 11th Corps, after being directly subordinate to Liaodong, the 10th Corps was stationed in Tianjin, and the 11th Corps was originally stationed in Jinan, but after the war with the imperial court, the 11th Corps suddenly went south, and more than 40,000 people entered Linyi on the border of Jiangsu. Wait for commands at any time.

In the headquarters, Zhang Xun, commander of the 11th Corps, walked back and forth in the room, and when the troops were reorganized, Zhang Xun, commander of the 1st Korean Division, was transferred to Shandong and served as the commander of the 11th Corps.

"Oh, you said that Wang Shizhen was playing in Hebei, but our 11th Corps was making a cold bench here, which is really unpleasant." Zhang Xun walked a few laps, came to the map hanging on the wall, and knocked on the map of Hebei painfully.

"You have been complained, the marshal let us enter Linyi, I promise, we will have a fight in the future." Ran Xu, chief of staff of the 11th Corps, smiled. Put down the teacup in your hand. Looking at Zhang Xun, who looked dissatisfied and looking forward to the war.

"When, I'm going to suffocate if I wait." Zhang Xun, whose head was shaved into a bald head, heard this, and walked in front of Ran Xu in a few steps. ”

"This"

"Report, Lushun Command emergency call." Ran Xu was about to explain when a staff officer walked in and picked up a telegram in his hand.

"Read." Zhang Xun waved his hand, he didn't want to see it himself.

"Order your troops, divide the troops into two routes, go out of Lianyungang and Xuzhou, go south to occupy Jiangsu, and then join the Fifth Corps, and the Korean Corps will advance westward." The staff officer quickly read out the contents of the telegram.

With a snap, Zhang Xun snatched the telegram from the staff officer's hand at once, took it and read it twice, and looked at the sky with trembling hands: "The sky has eyes, my 11th Corps has finally come out of nowhere." ”

Madman, Ran Xu on the side pouted. Turning his head to the side, Ran Xu's evaluation of Zhang Xun is somewhat similar to Luo Dacheng, that is, when there is no battle, he will definitely go crazy.

"The 21st Army of Zaozhuang was ordered to immediately attack Xuzhou through Hanzhuang, Jiawang, and Liuquan, and ordered the 22nd Army to assemble immediately and set off for Lianyungang."

Liangjiang Governor's Palace.

There was a thud, and a teacup was apparently smashed to the ground.

"The five battalions can't hold Taizhou, what are the Taizhou soldiers doing to eat, and the old man wants to destroy his nine clans."

In the study, Liu Kunyi was already trembling with anger, and he had just received a telegram that Taizhou was occupied.

It's hateful, why is the Liaodong Army so powerful, advancing by leaps and bounds all the way, not only occupying Jinhua, Yongkang Lishui and other places in the west, but also Taizhou in the south. Not to mention, it is now advancing in the direction of Ningbo.

"My lord, this can't be blamed on the incompetence of the Taizhou general army, but because the Liaodong Army has the help of the deputy general and the water division, Taizhou City is attacked by land and water."

"Don't talk about it." Liu Kun, who was angry, waved his hand, he didn't know these things, the problem is that as long as Taizhou is holding for two days, it will be two days, and his troops going south will be able to arrive, but now.

He really didn't expect that in just two days, Taizhou would let Wu Peifu take it, which was too fast.

"Lord Governor, it's not good, something happened." Before Liu Kun, whose anger had completely dissipated, had no time to adjust his mood, he saw the captain of the personal guard pick up a telegram and run in.

"What's wrong, so panicked." Liu Kun looked at the head of the guard in front of him with a panicked face in an unkind tone.

"My lord, the governor of Zhejiang called, and the Beiyang Naval Division suddenly appeared on the periphery of Hangzhou."

"What?" Liu Kun suddenly interrupted the words of the chief guard, and suddenly slapped the table next to him and stood up.

The appearance of the Beiyang Naval Division in Hangzhou can only prove one point, Liu Jun is going to land in Hangzhou Bay.

"My lord" The chief guard obviously didn't finish speaking, and when he saw where Liu Kunyi was, he kept rolling his eyes, and immediately opened his mouth to remind Liu Kunyi.

"Say." A low voice with a strong anger came out of Liu Kunyi's throat.

"My lord, the 11th Corps of the Shandong Liaodong Army suddenly entered Jiangsu this morning and advanced towards Lianyungang and Xuzhou."

Syllable. Liu Kun stepped forward and snatched the telegram from the head of the guard.

"Ah Liu Jun, **** your ancestor, you must not die well." A long roar suddenly resounded through the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion.