The Chinese team fought a beautiful annihilation war in the Far East, which undoubtedly made it worse for Russia. It was just hit hard by the Germans in East Prussia. Before they could come back to their senses, China unexpectedly participated in the war.\\qВ5,\\China team made agile to take advantage of the weakness of the Russians' frivolous forces in the Far East and effectively diverted the Russians' combat center. After Russia's defeat in East Prussia, its military strength did not suffer a fatal blow. The rapid mobilization increased Russia's strength by nearly five armies. The total Russian troops exceeded 1.5 million in one fell swoop. The Russian base camp was planning to continue to launch an attack from Germany's side, but China could be said to have caught Russia off guard.

The Russian base camp quickly made adjustments, and the entire battlefield was no longer centered on the European battlefield. Nearly 900,000 troops were constantly advancing on the Sino-Russian border to prevent the attacks of the Chinese team from behind. Unfortunately, the Sino-Russian border was too long. The Russian base camp believed that it was not able to fight within China, so the entire front had to focus on passive defense, hoping to withstand the Chinese attack. The Russian army relied on favorable natural conditions on the border, with the Sayan Mountains in the east, the Sayan Mountains in the west, and the Altai Mountains as natural barriers. Only a small number of troops were deployed on the border, and the main force was divided into two routes, one route was centered on Novosibirsk and the other route was centered on Astana. As for the vast Siberia, Russia believed that it did not need to invest in heavy troops to defend, and basically gave up defense.

As for Europe, Russia can only invest 300,000 troops, and 300,000 troops were dragged onto the Near East battlefield by the Turks. It can be said that Russia is now struggling in military strength and is exhausted on several battlefields.

Compared with the Russians' high-profile and tense formation, the Chinese government also acted as a large-scale attack, frequently mobilizing troops on the Northeast battlefield, and all the railway trunks were transporting combat supplies to the Northeast day and night. Although it was not necessary to attack Russia immediately, it would be fought sooner or later.

When China joined the war, Germany was filled with joy. The German emperor sent a telegram to the world, highly praised the friendship between China and Germany for many years, and strongly condemned the British's despicable acts of sneak attacking the neutral fleets, and expressed the warmest welcome to China's joining the camp of the Allies. The German people even held a grand celebration parade, holding high the German and Chinese flags, holding portraits of German Emperor William and Chinese President Yang Yi. The excitement seemed to be in sight of victory in the war.

Without the Russian thorn on his back, the powerful strength of the German army was immediately shown. There was only one army on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and some local troops cooperated with the defense. Their main force used the developed railway network to advance westward quickly.

The Germans frantically increased their troops to the western front, and the French were not to be outdone. They temporarily formed two armies and quickly entered the front line. The French commander, who thought they could not conduct effective attacks for the time being, formulated a strict defensive strategy. From west to Amiens and east to Nancy. The French built fortifications day and night, and the British temporarily formed an army to spend the English Channel to urgently reinforce France and cooperate with France's defense.

On September 5, 1895, after nearly a month of preparation, Germany concentrated 1.2 million troops and launched a powerful offensive on France in the east and west lines, with the target directed to Paris, the French capital. The French, who had prepared, mobilized 1 million troops to resolutely resist the attacks launched by the Germans on various fronts.

On September 7, two days after the fierce fighting between the two sides, Verdun became the focus of fierce battle between the two sides. Verdun was the protruding part of the entire defense line of France. After the German attacks did not make much progress, he chose Verdun. Verdun was the northeast gateway of Paris and a strategic location that both sides must fight for. The French built solid fortifications in Verdun, using trenches and barbed wire as barriers, and the fourth road was permanent fortifications and two fortresses as key points of defense. The French army was condescending and was in a favorable position in defense.

The German army concentrated 60 divisions and 1,500 artillery pieces, commanded by Prince William himself, and the French army was led by General Xiafei, and also concentrated 20 divisions, including 981 artillery pieces, including fortress artillery, for defense.

While the war between the Germans and Britain and France is in fierce development, China, far away in Asia, is also quietly brewing a large-scale battle.

Vladivostok, after experiencing all the entanglements with Ruyan, Chen Yang seemed to have matured again and was in love with his son. Yang Yi ignored Shen Qingshuang's opposition and ordered Chen Yang to Vladivostok. Although Shen Qingshuang expressed strong dissatisfaction with this, under Yang Yi's pressure, Shen Qingshuang stopped after a few days of trouble.

Vladivostok is a military port that China has invested a lot of energy in recent years. After the battle against Russia came to an end, a large number of warships began to gather in Vladivostok. The main force of the Beiyang Fleet, 20 Super Fierce Class battleships, 30 cruisers, as well as battle cruisers, light battleships, destroyers and other warships, more than 40 warships, including this natural military port.

In addition to Vladivostok, the naval bases of the Ryukyu Islands are also intensively preparing for combat. After a month of secret mobilization, the main forces of the East China Sea Fleet have basically gathered here.

Japan, the Japanese cabinet may be the happiest thing about the Chinese fighting in the Far East. Although Japan has requested secret contact with the Chinese government, it has been firmly rejected by the Chinese government. The Chinese government's determination to declare war on Japan cannot be changed. Since Japan's reforms over the years, due to its unique national learning spirit and cooperation spirit, the Japanese economy has been stubbornly punished by China and Western countries. As an island country, the Japanese nation has always had a sense of crisis and a sense of crisis with a narrow living space. It is precisely because of this sense of crisis that Japan has always emphasized external punishment and expansion since the reforms. Japan, facing the sea, has made the ocean its own lifeline, and has spent a lot of effort to punish the navy from top to bottom. The Japanese emperor Meiji even paid his own money to donate it to the navy to raise funds for the navy to purchase British warships.

After twenty years of hard work, the total number of Japanese warships has reached more than 100, including 20 Fearless Class battleships and more than 80 other warships. Compared with China, Japan's current naval strength is still quite different. It is precisely because of its lack of strength that Japan has always hated and feared China. What it hates is that China dominates most countries in Asia, and almost all small countries are China's subordinate countries, which basically cut off Japan's external development path. What it is afraid of is China's powerful armed forces. This time China declared war on the Allies and encircled Japan. Why doesn't this make Japan terrified?

Fortunately, China first used troops on the Far East battlefield and fought with the Russians first, which greatly relieved the Japanese cabinet. The Chinese team focused on the Far East, which shows that China's primary target was not Japan.

Although China started war against Russia first, Japan did not dare to relax at all. China's navy is too powerful for the Japanese navy. As long as one Beiyang fleet can complete the battle against the entire Japanese navy, let alone China's East China Sea Fleet and South China Sea Fleet. Once the entire Chinese naval force is concentrated, it will be more than three times the strength of the entire Japanese navy.

There is no possibility of winning the decisive battle with the Chinese Navy when going out to sea. Considering that China and Japan must have a battle, the Japanese cabinet has formulated a combat concept for offshore defense. Relying on offshore artillery, the Japanese Navy uses the vast Pacific Ocean behind it as the background. When the Chinese Navy invades, the Japanese Navy will carry out mobile combat, use the terrain to deal with the Chinese Navy, and try to find the weaknesses of the Chinese Navy to make breakthroughs.

Japan has a long coastline, which is the most troublesome thing about Japan. Once the Chinese navy attacks, Japan can be said to be unable to defend itself. Now Japan is doing its best to build forts and fortresses everywhere, with the purpose of making it more and more difficult to get ahead when China attacks.

On September 10, 1895, late at night, when most people on mainland China were still sleeping, alarms were heard over the port of Vladivostok, battleships were anchored one after another, and thick smoke rose from above the port. Battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and a large number of transport ships quietly left the port in the early morning under the subtle light of the stars and moons.

Colonel Shenyang, no, now he should be called brigadier general Shenyang. Shenyang, who has experienced the baptism of the Far East war, is now the brigade commander of the First Mixed Brigade of the Northeast Military Region. This time he led the First Mixed Brigade to sea and cooperate with naval operations. The First Mixed Brigade has a glorious tradition. Under the leadership of the brigade commander Li Zhuzi, he made many military achievements in the offensive battle in Jiujiang. Later, he stationed troops in Jiujiang, and forced Shi Dakai to draw heavy troops from the battlefield against the Hunan Army to defend. Now when Yang Yi put Shenyang in this position, he cannot be said to have no selfishness. Yang Yi asked Shenyang to go from the Far East to Vladivostok, the purpose of Yang Yi asked Shenyang to quickly establish prestige in the army. If he wanted to establish prestige in the army, the only way was to make contributions on the battlefield.

It was already early in the morning of September 11, and the hall of the Navy was still brightly lit. The cigarettes in the hand of the Minister of the Navy Liu Yuan burned his fingers before he remembered to throw them away. The Sea of ​​Japan, the East China Sea, and the Japanese islands were all made into a huge sand table. The sand table could be clearly seen, the Chinese Navy's attack on Japan from the north and south lines.

There are many people who can't sleep, including President Yang Yi, Chief of Staff Li Xiucheng, Minister of the Army Liu Mingchuan, and Prime Minister Zhang Jian, were forced by Yang Yi to lie on a temporary camp bed, but his glasses were still staring at the huge chart on the wall.

"Are everything ready?"

"The Beiyang Fleet has all started its anchor."

"How is the direction of Ryukyu?"

"Three hours later, the East China Sea Fleet will set off on time."

"How is the Japanese connection?"

"Haha, thanks to your foresight back then, the intelligence network and underground organizations that we have operated in Japan for many years are all ready. As long as our army appears near the coast of Japan, they will take action immediately."

"I said to you, Your Excellency President, why did you give them such an ugly name for the Fifth Column?"

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In the early morning of September 11, 1895, the morning mist on Kagoshima, Japan had not yet dissipated, and the guards on the Nagasaki Fortress were still yawning. Another night was spent safely. The 10 warships of the Japanese First Squadron anchored in Nagasaki Port were quietly in the harbor.

The two guards on the fort were constantly walking, afraid that they would fall asleep, and they would change their guards later. One guard took out a pack of cigarettes and handed them to another cigarette, saying, "Brother, come and cheer up. Today's fog is so big." The other guard took out a match after cigarettes and lit a fire and said, "Brother, come and light it." But his companion did not light a cigarette, but looked at the sea with his eyes blankly. The cigarette held in his mouth fell to the ground due to his wide open mouth.

"What's wrong? Brother?"

The guard pointed his finger at the sea and said tremblingly, "Ship, ship, fleet!" Another guard quickly turned around and was stunned when he heard this. The sea was filled with thick smoke. Needless to say, such a large fog must be a huge fleet, and the Japanese Navy has not made any big moves recently. The only explanation is the enemy attack, the enemy attack from China.

"Oh my God! What are you still standing there? Get the alarm quickly."

The sharp and harsh alarm sounded broke the tranquility of the morning. When the alarm was heard, a large number of Japanese soldiers who were still sleeping were wearing clothes in a panic and ran out of the barracks. The warships in the military port also began to appear busy sailors. The warships began to ignite, and the signal flags rose quickly.

But everything was too late. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The battleship "Rizhao" anchored in the military port suddenly seemed to be hit hard, making three dull explosions, followed by continuous explosions from the "Rizhao", and the bomb cabin was detonated.

Three torpedoes hit the Rizhao. "There are submarines! There are submarines!" On the warships in Nagasaki Military Port, Japanese officers and soldiers were repeating this sentence frantically, but everything was too late. After the Rizhao, the fast cruiser of the Nishikyo Maru was also hit by two torpedoes. Two huge holes were blown out of the front part of the warship and began to quickly enter water. The disaster continued. The two warships "Akitsushi" and "Sulang" were also hit by several torpedoes one after another. The main battleships of the Japanese First Squadron were almost devastatingly hit in just ten minutes.

In less than half an hour, the Rizhao sank in the military port first. As other ambushed warships began to sink crookedly, the entire Nagasaki military port was in a miserable state, with fired warships releasing thick smoke. There were soldiers falling into the water calling for help everywhere.

The disaster continued. When the Japanese army at Nagasaki Military Port, which was suddenly attacked, reported the bad news to Tokyo using cable telegrams, they suddenly found that the telegram line was not open at all. Just a few minutes after the attack on Nagasaki Port, several railway bridges flew into the air with the explosion, and the railway leading to the outside world was destroyed. Not only that, the road was also destroyed. Many bridges were almost destroyed by explosives at the same time, and some sections of the road were directly blocked by explosives, blocking the road.

It was messed up, everything was messed up, and the whole of Nagasaki was in chaos, with explosions everywhere, and flyers everywhere overnight.

The unique hard-working character of the Yamato nation was undoubtedly revealed at this time. The Japanese Navy, which had been operating for many years, tried its best to prepare for battle. The soldiers on the fort were in place, looking at the sea, waiting for the Chinese fleet to enter their range.

The 40 warships of the Chinese East China Sea Fleet finally appeared in the sight of the Japanese archipelago. Now the only thing Nagasaki can rely on is the strong fortress and artillery fire of the fortress.

But everything was beyond the expectations of the Japanese side. The Chinese fleet did not enter the range of the Japanese turret, but instead formed a formation from a distance. The East China Sea Fleet's mission was not to carry out landing operations, but their mission was to block the Japanese fleet's way out.

Japan, Hokkaido Island, Sapporo. The Japanese Third Fleet was not in the military port, but headed to the Tokyo military port. When the first sun just appeared on the sea in the east, more than 100 warships formed a Chinese naval formation suddenly appeared on the sea in Sapporo. The Japanese army on the island had just sounded the battle alarm, and the Chinese fleet had already launched a battle formation. The dense artillery fire instantly covered the turrets along the coast. The naval shells roared towards the coast, and the artillery shells with a caliber from 200 mm to 405 mm were ruthlessly hitting the Japanese turret. The entire artillery battle scene was spectacular. I saw gun smoke filling the sea surface, and the smoke generated after the launch of the ship cannon continued. The smoke on the coast was even more populated by a blast. The entire Japanese turret was trapped in it, and it was almost impossible to see the turret clearly with the naked eye.

The crazy nation has a crazy character. Although it is at an absolute disadvantage and despite encountering a sudden blow, the Japanese turrets quickly recover from the chaos. At first, the messy artillery fire was counterattacking, and then the turrets kept firing at the Chinese warships. Although this resistance seemed very weak, the Japanese soldiers who did not shed tears without seeing the coffin were still madly manipulating the cannons and desperately making unnecessary resistance.

One after another, the shells hit the turret accurately, and the Japanese soldiers were blown to pieces, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, one by one, one by one, and one by one, one by one, and one by one, a scream was wailing on the turret in Sapporo.

Faced with the Japanese fortress that was stubbornly resisting, the Chinese Navy showed a brave and fearless tradition. The fleet flagship "Great Wall" had a displacement of 58,000 tons, known as the number one giant ship in Asia. Eight 405mm caliber main guns continued to bombard the Japanese fortress violently. Fleet Commander Liu Buchan personally commanded the warships and commanded the front line with the artillery fire of the Japanese fortress counterattack. They did not have the desire to live a life, and the soldiers were effectively dying. Although the "Great Wall" hit several guns in a row and a big fire broke out on the deck, Liu Buchan was calm and continued to command the entire fleet to fight.

The Fearless Class Battleship "Simalaya" was hit by a stray bullet in the command compartment. The captain and deputy commander of the fleet, Lin Qirong, was injured in the head and bleeding profusely, but after just a brief bandage, he immediately joined the command.

"Promote the spirit of jade and make the prestige of China!" At some point, the soldiers of the entire fleet were shouting this slogan in unison. The heroic and tenacious fighting spirit and fearless sacrifice spirit of the Chinese Navy have penetrated into the bones of every soldier since the day the navy was established. At the sea, no fleet can compete with this combat group that is condensed with the spirit of jade and broken spirit.

After more than two hours of artillery bombardment, the Japanese counterattack on the Sapporo Fort became thinner, and there was only sporadic artillery fire but the final struggle was made.

The landing began, and hundreds of landing ships rushed towards the coastline after dodging the warships. In order to fight against Japan, the Chinese government can be said to have made sufficient preparations. Yang Yi had even started preparing twenty years ago. When Japan was still in the shogunate era, Yang Yi had arranged personnel to sneak into Japan. Under the protection of the shogunate, many people transformed themselves into Japanese citizens with a Japanese name. These people have been constantly collecting Japanese politics, economy, and military aspects in Japan over the years.

The information of the whole Sapporo Island can be said to be the military deployment on the entire Sapporo Island. It is precisely because of this that Chinese warships were able to achieve purposeful surprise attacks and chose Sapporo as the breakthrough point for the battle. Sapporo is a relatively weak coastal defense in Japan. After the war started, the people lurking in Japan for many years were moving around. They blew up bridges, destroyed roads, and destroyed communication lines. It can be said that when Sapporo sent the news to Tokyo, the Chinese team had completed the landing operation.

The landing troops quickly approached the coast, and the remaining artillery fire from the Japanese fort was still weak, but it was soon suppressed by the dense artillery fire of the fleet. One or two ships, landing ships were constantly on the shore, and soldiers kept jumping to the coast.

The landing troops quickly established a beachhead position to cover the subsequent landing. At this time, on the Japanese positions on the shore, the Japanese machine guns were firing desperately, and landing soldiers continued to fall.

The landing ship was constantly under personnel and equipment, and the mortars were quickly mounted to attack Japan's firepower points. Everything was so well-trained and everything was so well-organized. The Chinese Navy's years of targeted training were fully demonstrated at this time.

The landing troops used machine guns and mortars to suppress the Japanese firepower, and the commandos quickly dispersed. Attacks were launched in multiple areas on the Asahi Japanese positions. Nearly an hour after landing, many places had been broken through in the Japanese positions. The Marines who rushed into the Japanese positions used grenades and semi-automatic rifles to kill the Japanese soldiers hiding in solid fortifications and trenches one by one. Even the surrendered Japanese troops had to smash a stock first.

The Japanese position soon collapsed completely, and the battle flag of the Chinese team finally appeared on the Japanese position. It only took 5 hours from the beginning of the landing operation to the successful occupation of the coastline position.

In combat, the China Team has extremely obvious advantages in weapons. Compared with Japanese individual combat weapons mainly based on rifles, the China Team's semi-automatic rifles exerted great power, making the Japanese army cry and howl.

The smoke of gunpowder on the landing battlefield has not yet dissipated, but the entire battlefield has entered a relatively calm. In order to prevent the Japanese army from counterattacking, the troops that landed in advance are not in a hurry to make deep breakthroughs immediately, but have organized defense lines on the spot to cover the subsequent troops to continue landing.

In order to win this war against Japan, the Chinese government can be said to be huge. More than 2,000 transport ships were requisitioned and millions of tons of materials were continuously transported to the Shanghai coast.

The last landing was the heavy artillery troops and supplies. At this time, the sun had already begun to set on September 11, and the 80,000 landing troops had already begun to divide the troops into two groups, advancing towards Asahikawa, and heading south quickly toward Honshu.

Japan, Tokyo, the battle between Nagasaki and Sapporo was difficult to pass on due to the destruction of the Fifth Column. That night, when the news reached the Emperor, the Emperor was having a meal.

"His Majesty the Emperor, I just received the latest news that the Chinese Navy started war against us in Nagasaki and Sapporo this morning. The Chinese team has landed in Sapporo. The soldiers in front of me have fought bravely. The detailed situation of the battle is still unknown." The Prime Minister did not bother with disturbing the emperor's meal, and reported immediately after urgently asking for a meeting.

"Bang!" A pair of chopsticks were raised from the Emperor's hand to the ground. The Emperor also had a blue face and stared at the Prime Minister silently, without saying a word for a long time. The scene was silent, and no one dared to speak or move.

"Didn't the cabinet say that the Chinese team is fighting against the Russians? Why did the Chinese suddenly appear?" The emperor had a gloomy face, suppressed his emotions and asked questions, and his hands pressed on the table kept trembling, causing the instruments on the table to keep ringing.

"Your Majesty, I am waiting for thousands of deaths. Judging from the current actual situation, it has been more than a year or two for the Chinese people to prepare for the war against Japan." The Prime Minister kept kneeling down and bowing, his forehead beating on the floor.

"Since the Meiji year, we have been working hard and preparing all the time, in order to fight China and become the overlord of Asia. We didn't expect that we would think about how to plot against others all day long, but let others come to the door first. Could it be that God Amaterasu no longer bless me, the Japanese Empire?" The emperor slowly stood up from his seat, walked to the window, and looked outside with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, all this is the sin of me. I am willing to die to thank you." The Prime Minister was already lying on the floor crying.

"Is this useful? How is the battle ahead? What are the measures to deal with the Chinese Navy's next plan? All of this is what you are going to do." The emperor returned to the prime minister and picked up a glass of wine, with a expressionless face.

"According to the report from Nagasaki, our first squadron was gone, and the Chinese submarines attacked our military port. Now our southern sea has been completely blocked by the Chinese Navy. The battle situation in Sapporo is unknown, but we only know that the Chinese team has completed its landing and our army on Hokkaido Island is fighting hard."

"I understand, you go, go fight, fight like a samurai. Master Amaterasu will protect me Yamato."

Although it was already dark in Sapporo, the entire Sapporo beach was clear, with huge searchlights on all ships illuminating the entire landing site, and ships of supplies and personnel continued to land.

Shenyang and his first mixed brigade also landed on the shore at high tide. The constant sound of gunfire from the front indicated that the First Land War Division was fighting against the Japanese army in the city of Sapporo.

According to the combat plan formulated by the General Staff, after the troops have fully landed, they should quickly occupy Sapporo. Then quickly divide their troops, and a small number of troops advance into Asahikawa. The main force quickly goes south, and then completely occupy Hokkaido after controlling the Tsuga Strait.

Sapporo, the Japanese army was unexpectedly tenacious. The Japanese army guarding Sapporo almost completely retreated to the city. They built temporary defense lines in the city and engaged in fierce street fighting with the officers and soldiers of our First Land War Division.

Liu Yongfu, the commander of the First Army Division, was almost crazy. Unexpectedly, the little Sapporo was so difficult to crack. The Japanese army did not have many troops in Sapporo, at most three or four thousand. But these few thousand defeated soldiers had been fighting with the First Army Division for a long time with the familiar terrain. After dark, it seemed even more difficult to break through to the First Army Division in the city. The Japanese army relied on the familiar terrain and tenaciously stalemate with the First Army Division. Every step forward in the 1st Army Division almost cost a lot. Just now, news came from the front line that a regiment commander died.

In Beijing, Yang Yi frowned. Since the announcement of landing operations, Yang Yi has not closed his eyes for 24 hours. Now Yang Yi is troubled by the news coming from the front. The First Land War Division suffered huge losses in attacking the city of Sapporo, and now he is still fighting at night.

For agents who are best at utilizing favorable terrain, Yang Yi clearly knows how important it is to be familiar with the terrain in the dark. Although the city of Sapporo is not a battle, the streets are narrow and the roads are complex, which undoubtedly brings huge trouble to the First Land War Division.

"Notify the First Land War Division to withdraw all from Sapporo." Yang Yi, who had been thinking for a long time, finally issued such an order.

"Retreat from Sapporo?" Li Xiucheng almost thought he had heard it wrong, but when he saw Yang Yi's affirmative gaze, Li Xiucheng, as the chief of staff, asked Yang Yi: "It is good to surround at night without fighting and attack during the day, but this will affect our army's overall combat plan."

"Who said he wouldn't fight? I brought the new army to fight a lot of street fighting. Look here." Yang Yi took out a report on the situation in Sapporo city: "The buildings in Sapporo city are mainly wooden houses. I think it is extremely stupid to use the lives of elite Land War First Division soldiers to waste them in night battles and street fighting. I informed Liu Yongfu and immediately withdrew from the city and surrounded Sapporo from the periphery. I gave a fire camp to the Japanese."

"Oh my God!" Li Xiucheng, who understood Yang Yi's intention, shouted softly, and immediately shocked Liu Yuan who was walking in from outside.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Old Li, don't make a fuss."

Li Xiucheng knows what Yang Yi’s decision means, and residents in downtown Sapporo will become the biggest victim.

"What should the residents in the city of Sapporo do?" Li Xiucheng asked a little unbearable.
To be continued...