After all, the Russians could not afford it. Their troop surge and embargo on Japan's supplies had already made the Japanese government aware of it. Aoki Shuzang asked the Russian ambassador to Japan many times for the reason. Seeing that paper could not contain the fire,

.So the Russians really had no time to argue with Beiyang. In the second negotiation, Tolkien simply agreed to all the conditions proposed by Beiyang, and decided to put 1.5 million pounds into Beiyang's bank account first.

.After Russia's two Azov-class armored cruisers left safely, another 1.5 million pounds was invested. After Beiyang helped the Russian battleship Rurik escape from trouble, Russia will invest all the remaining 2.5 million pounds into Beiyang.

in the account.

Of course, all of this is a secret agreement that cannot be publicly or publicly recognized. Theoretically, either party can break the agreement without being held accountable morally and legally. But the problem is that Beiyang does not want to break the agreement, but the Russians do not dare to break the agreement. Let’s not talk about it yet.

Before all the funds are in place, the Russian Navy's treasure Rurik is equivalent to a hostage in the hands of Beiyang. Even if the Rurik returns to the Russian fleet, if the Russians dare to break the contract, the worst is possible for the Beiyang Navy to clean up the Russian fleet.

That's enough. There is no place in the Far East that can overhaul warships, not even Vladivostok. This means that the performance of the three Russian warships participating in the war is at most half of the data on paper.

Until it gets new reinforcements, the Russian fleet will never dare to fight Beiyang again, and new reinforcements? Russia won't have them for a while, and the armored and patrol formations that were finally accumulated are overwhelming.

, there is no large military port in the Far East that can provide maintenance and protection for large warships, so sending a few warships will not be of much use. The two sides will have a fierce battle. The Beiyang warships will be overhauled in Lushun and continue to come out. After your warships are finished, they will go out directly.

I'm lying down, what a tragedy this is!

After receiving the guarantee that Beiyang would not interfere in the dispute between Russia and Japan, the Russian steamroller finally began to roar. According to common sense, the two countries must have at least some disputes before starting the film. Then they will issue a few statements, and diplomats from both sides will curse each other.

The declaration of war was the beginning of war. But the Russians were not so gentle. On July 2, 1895, the Russians finally launched an attack on Hokkaido and parts of eastern Honshu Island.

There was no sign or any diplomatic declaration. The 20,000 Russian army, together with the Russian garrison in Hokkaido and armed civilians, launched an attack on the entire Hokkaido area and the Autumn and Miyako lines on Honshu Island. Faced with no coastal defense and lack of vigilance,

The local forces of Japan, the Russian army landed in Akita, Miyako, and Aomori of Mutsu Bay in Japan respectively. The troops responsible for attacking Hokkaido set off directly from Hakodate Port and Muroran Port and advanced from south to north.

!

The garrison troops who were responsible for staying behind and the police officers in various places did not expect that the Russians, as their allies, would stab themselves in the back at this time. Although the Japanese high-level officials were somewhat aware of Russia's abnormal behavior, the Japanese themselves really did not expect this.

There are people in the world who are better at sap than them! (Actually, this is nothing. Back then, Tsarist Russia took advantage of the situation and stole 1 million square kilometers of land from Northeast China, and later partitioned Poland with the Nazis. This has fully demonstrated the Russian people.

Taste.)

In this way, when the Japanese army was at a loss when facing the Russian landing force, the rain of bullets from various Russian field artillery and machine guns had already hit the Japanese army's defense line. "This is simply a massacre,

The Russian army, which had been planning for a long time, suddenly raised its sword against its ally. The Japanese never dreamed that Russia, which was helping them invade the Qing Dynasty not long ago, would suddenly attack them. "A British man in Japan.

Someone wrote this in his diary.

In just three days, gunpowder smoke filled the Japanese territory north of Akita and Miyako. The total number of Japanese regular troops in the warring area was less than 8,000. Faced with the undeclared attack of the Russian army and navy, the first

At one time, no less than 30% of the troops had reserved a place at the Yasukuni Shrine without even understanding what was going on! And all the telegraph rooms and transportation hubs were the first thing the Russians wanted to snatch. Ribenduo

Mountain, controlling these lines of communication, even if Japan still has the strength to launch a counterattack, it will never be able to defeat the Russian troops with superior equipment. You must know that almost all the elites and most of the heavy equipment of the Japanese army are in North Korea and the northeast of the Qing Dynasty.

, now how do you ask ri to fight back?

And what about the navy? In the Japanese sea where there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains, with the guarantee that the Beiyang Fleet will not participate in the war, the Russian fleet traveled around unscrupulously. Attacking the fortifications of Japanese ports paved the way for the landing force. At the same time, 2

A fleet of Azov cruisers covered the minelayers heading to the Korean Strait and Tsushima Strait to deploy mines to prevent the Japanese army from returning reinforcements. "The days without the Beiyang Fleet are really beautiful." Turquoise survived the disaster

The captain said to himself.

Following closely behind the Russian army were armed civilians armed with sharp knives and rifles. Although these did not have military status, they were mostly composed of Cossack descendants and Russian veterans from Central Asia. Compared to the Russian army, their

The equipment is worse and the tactical level is average. But the destructive power they cause to the local area is no less than that of the army. Robbery and killing have become their favorite things. The army still needs to put its mission first, but

However, these people regard massacre and robbery as their top priority! "The dead Japanese are the good Japanese. What we need is land, not those yellow-skinned monkeys!" A Russian who participated in the robbery said proudly afterwards.

However, as time went by, when the Japanese gradually came to their senses, the Russian actions became more and more difficult. First of all, the number of Russian troops was still relatively small. In addition to attacking some important Japanese military strongholds, various troops

There are a large number of blank areas in between, and there are many important military supplies such as ammunition depots in these areas. Many retired Japanese troops obtained equipment from these places to resist the Russian attack. In addition, the Japanese army is mountainous, and in some areas

In this area, even the hastily established positions caused great trouble to the Russian offensive. The combat qualities of the wounded Japanese soldiers who had participated in the war far exceeded the Russian army's estimates. "These wounded soldiers who have participated in the war have shown

Some of them are not yet good at fighting, and some are left with disabilities, but this does not mean that their combat effectiveness is low. The soldiers who survived the steel-like defense of Beiyang are no less than the Russian army in terms of will and tactical level.

"A Russian military officer wrote in the battle report.

What surprised the Russian army even more was that the resistance of Japanese civilians was quite tenacious. Many Japanese civilians also chose to resist in the face of the Russian butcher knife. They had no weapons in their hands and did not know how to fight, but Even a person with a family tradition of bushido will try to hide in a dark corner and wait for some unlucky guy who is alone to come to his door. What's more, they choose suicide attacks with homemade bombs. Fierce means. As a result of this conflict, the Russians raised their butcher knives more ferociously, and more Japanese people threw themselves into hopeless battles to the death.

Subsequently, the Japanese government also carried out relatively efficient remedial actions. More and more soldiers in the countryside were re-enlisted. Weapons depots were opened and weapons were distributed to police, civilians and even underworld. Fortresses and defense systems were established along the way. .And tried their best to send Japan's few remaining transport ships to North Korea, and transport back some elite troops under the blockade of the Russian Navy and mine arrays. Japan's few remaining fleets were also forced to fight with injuries. Although various The overall combat power of the ship is less than 40% of what it was when it was intact. But under the threat of national annihilation, they must attack even if they only have sampans left! At this moment, Japan, which has almost exhausted all its energy in the Sino-Japanese War, is fighting Using the last bit of strength to fight against Russia's sudden rebellion.

At the same time, when the news of the Russian attack on Japan reached the Japanese army front line, Yamagata Aritomo, Katsura Taro and others, after a brief shock, finally understood why the Russians suddenly cut off aid to Japan. The Japanese army, which has been without supplies for nearly a month, is undoubtedly worse after receiving this news. Although the top brass of the Japanese army tried their best to block the news, the delayed supplies have been disturbed by poor roads and rangers along the way. To explain, more and more rumors began to spread in the army. When the Beiyang Army set up a loudspeaker to announce to the Japanese Army the news of the Russian sneak attack on the Japanese mainland, the Japanese Army's will was finally shaken by this last straw. crush.

"That night, the Japanese army did not fire a single shot. They could only hear hysterical roars and cries, as well as the scolding and curses of the Japanese army officers. They were desperate. They didn't know where they would be in the future. It is the Beiyang Army, and the logistics behind it has been cut off. Even their homes have been destroyed by the Russian army, especially those Japanese soldiers whose homes are in the Russian-occupied areas. They can imagine what will happen to their homes and families in the hands of the brutal Russians. How to deal with it. And at this moment, Beiyang's comprehensive counterattack began!" A British reporter described the Jinzhou battlefield after the Hokkaido Incident.

The Beiyang Army, which had held its position for nearly a month, finally broke out of the fortifications. They launched an attack on the collapsed Japanese army, but the once fearless Japanese army had now turned into a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Facing the attack The artillery shells and the Beiyang Army coming like a flood, they scrambled to flee to the rear, or directly chose to surrender. Shanxian Youpeng's defense line to prevent the Beiyang attack collapsed in an instant, and the Japanese army, which had maintained its majestic military power just a few days ago, At this time, they could only think about escaping to a place they thought was safe. Of course, most of them were captured or killed. And some small-scale resistance was wiped out instantly like moths throwing fire. "Japan's First Army It's over." Youpeng of Shanxian County, who was lucky enough to escape, looked at his defeated soldiers and sighed.

The situation changed almost instantly within a few days. All this shocked other forces except Beiyang and Russia! The structure of the entire world was greatly affected. Japan was finished, completely finished. Russia obtained an ice-free port.

And the Qing Dynasty won the war!
Chapter completed!