At 3 o'clock in the morning on April 8, 1899, groups of northwest army training soldiers slowly moved towards the barracks where Yuan Shikai was training under the cover of night. Behind them were mortars and machine guns pulled by trolleys.

Because the 75mm rapid fire cannon is too heavy to carry, so in Chapter 401

The rain of bullets tore it into pieces. The northwest army training was swept away like wheat. And this was just the beginning. In a running base hidden in a reinforced house, a 75mm rapid-fire cannon finally revealed its terrifying sight.

The muzzle of the gun. In just one minute, this gun produced by the French Ghana Gun Factory

The M1897 rapid-fire artillery fired 8 shells, which directly wiped out most of the mortar and machine gun positions of the northwest army! Only ten minutes after the war started, the attackers changed from hunters to hunters. Teams of

Yuan Jun rushed out of the hidden trench and chased the retreating enemy army.

This battlefield is just a small index of the entire Bei Jing. Throughout the night, the surrounding areas of Bei Jing were shrouded in the smoke of artillery fire and the smell of blood. The strength accumulated by both the emperor and the empress over many years completely exploded tonight. Ronglu's first move was not

The expected advantage was not achieved. Although not all attacks were ambushed by Yuan Jun. But overall, Ronglu's strategy of striking first was a failure!

Yuan Shikai was naturally not Zhuge Liang, who was still a prophet. The fundamental reason why he was able to make correct decisions about the situation at night was because of the intelligence he obtained. On the one hand, he obtained it from Beiyang, and on the other hand, it came from the detailed operations of the opponent's camp.

Obtained there. And based on this information

Yuan Shikai decided to use defense as offense. Yuan did not have many soldiers, but his strength was advanced equipment. But at the same time, because the Russians temporarily stopped the supply of ammunition, Yuan Shikai's reserves were not enough for him to give full play to his firepower advantage. After comprehensive consideration, he decided

First consume the opponent, and then launch a counterattack.

In this way, the imperial party and the rear party were finally completely divided. The war immediately showed a fierce trend from the beginning. Both sides wanted to kill each other. The attack spared no effort. And the impact of the gunshots quickly spread to

It expanded across the country and even changed the pattern of the world!

The first one to move was naturally Beiyang. A large number of Beiyang troops quickly controlled all channels entering the war zone and established positions. At the same time, they cut off telegraph connections between Bei Jing and the surrounding areas. However, in order to stabilize both sides, the emperor and empress could "feel at ease"

"The fight. Li Hongzhang's strength ensures local stability in Chapter 401.

In the Northeast, besides bei

The place where a war is most likely to break out outside the capital, Xu Jie and Iketanga's war preparations have basically been completed. The troops along the Yalu River are already in place, and the cavalry on the western front are also ready to go. What they are waiting for now is an opportunity, a Russian

The time for people to take action first. After many reconnaissances, it has been basically determined that the number of Russian troops on the opposite side will not exceed 60,000! With the advantage of troops, Xu Jie is already considering whether he can change his defense strategy to

Offensive strategy?

While paying attention to the situation on land, Xu Jie did not relax his vigilance against the Russian Far East Fleet. Although the Russians are now concentrating their forces against Japan, and although the Russian Far East Fleet has not entered the warning range of the Beiyang, no matter

Will meet the northern sea

What a serious threat the transportation posed, but Xu Jie had to guard against it. The Japanese Navy killed a Russian brigade in a sneak attack, and what if the transportation fleet was attacked by Russian warships that were more powerful than Chaori or Chuyun?

If we attack, I'm afraid the result will be even worse!

The most annoying thing at this time was the Russian Czar. The long preparations had not achieved the expected results. Guangxu in the Forbidden City was not able to deal with Cixi in a short time, and the Governor of Zhili, Li Hongzhang, still controlled the removal of bei.

Other areas outside the Jing area. More importantly, the troops deployed by Russia on the northeastern front are only half of the planned plan! The remaining troops are either not in place or are trapped on the Japanese battlefield. By the way, there is also a brigade

The troops have already fed the fish! Looking at Beiyang, Liu Mingchuan and Li Hanzhang in the south transported a large number of troops and materials to the north. In the end, this powerful transportation torrent flowed to Tianjin and Dalian. With the support of this maritime transportation line

, the Beiyang Army has become more and more powerful!

The Russians will not watch helplessly as the opportunities they have worked so hard to create are lost as time goes by. After some weighing, Nicholas II gave two orders to the Far East Military Region. Chapter 401: Strength Attack Ri

Japan, and made up for the shortcomings of the Russian army by plundering Japan's supplies in large quantities in order to make an emergency landing in Japan as soon as possible and escape from the muddy pond of the Russian-Japanese battlefield. Chapter 401
Chapter completed!