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However, in the battle outside Nagasaki a few hours ago, the Shiraishi Regiment of nearly 4,000 people was wiped out in a near-total annihilation manner, including nearly 300 Shinto believers, and even one Shinto believer. The deputy leader and many senior military officers were "broken" here, which undoubtedly put a bucket of ice water on the heads of this group of radicals.

Fang Linyan had been thinking about the far-reaching impact of this battle on the Japanese government before. Now, according to the intelligence feedback from Zheng Xianren, this victory looks like a hard knock on the head, causing the opponent's eyes to dazzle and his head to suffer severe pain. ! It made the Tokyo government give up all unrealistic illusions.

After all, at this time, Japan itself had not yet emerged from its status as a small country with a small population, and the Meiji Restoration had not yet seen sufficient results. The "fall" of Nagasaki and the total annihilation of the Shiroishi Regiment were like two combined punches, which made the Japanese government dizzy and confused.

What Fang Linyan and his expeditionary force feared the most was that the Japanese government kept sending people from all over the place to harass and bite them.

The conservative decision made by Tokyo at this time undoubtedly greatly overestimated the combat power of the expeditionary force, which helped them a lot and gave them a chance to breathe.

Then Zheng Xianren handed over another telegram and two newspapers:

"Now that the attack on Nagasaki has spread, it has also caused a great shock in the international community. Both Britain and France expressed special concern about this matter, and were particularly shocked that Russians were among the troops that attacked Nagasaki. And unusually concerned.”

"The Russians sent a note to European countries, stating that the great Russian Empire has no intention to plant the emperor's scepter on Japanese territory for the time being, and expressed regret that a small number of Russians appeared in the bloody incident in Nagasaki. "

"According to the investigation, the original identities of these Russians are some low-level mercenaries from Vladivostok, composed of old and weak soldiers who have been laid off, exiles and adventurers. They were hired by the Qing Dynasty at high prices and flew in Villefort (French Empire). ) shipping company's ships headed for Nagasaki, and the person commanding them was a Qing official named Yuren Song."

"In this case, Russian Minister Cassini euphemistically stated that he did not expect that some drunkards and villains in Vladivostok could cause such great harm to Japan. For this reason, he personally sympathized with what happened to Nagasaki. He is willing to donate all his salary for this month - 47 silver rubles - to the poor residents there. He will also write to the Governor of the Far East in Vladivostok, urging him to manage the mercenaries under his rule and not to let them A failure of duty that resulted in havoc for the poor citizens of a country."

There is no doubt that the current situation makes the Russians very excited, and one can imagine his triumphant and ugly face from Cassini's words.

Britain and France should also be very upset and begin to re-examine the appropriateness of their previous foreign policies. After all, what they need is an ally that can effectively contain the Russians in the Far East, rather than a waste that will collapse at a touch.

Finally, Zheng Xianren took out a message, waved it and said:

"This is the message I received ten minutes ago."

Then Zheng Xianren's face became a little serious, he glanced around, suddenly smiled and said:

"At seven o'clock yesterday morning, the four ships of the Beiyang Fleet, Zhiyuan, Dingyuan, Chaoyong, and Yangwei, met three warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet near Sanyu Reef in the east of the Sea of ​​Japan, and successfully sank the Japanese The ship Bisou pursued Chiyoda and Itsukushima for ninety nautical miles and severely damaged Itsukushima."

"It has been confirmed that the Itsukushima sank one hundred and twenty nautical miles away from Tokyo Bay due to excessive wind and waves on the sea. It was seriously injured and sank!"

After hearing the news, everyone was overjoyed.

Their biggest worry now is the Japanese Combined Fleet. Although they have already laid out the corresponding chess pieces and spies in major ports in Japan, once news of the Combined Fleet is discovered, they will immediately transmit it by telegram.

However, there are unforeseen circumstances. Who can guarantee that the chess pieces they arranged will be able to find traces of the combined fleet? Even if it is discovered, can the information be conveyed in time?

Originally, the Combined Fleet lost three warships in the expeditionary force (one Yura on the road + two repaired in Nagasaki Naval Port). At this time, due to the attack on Nagasaki Military Port, there was a huge loophole in the scheduling. , but the fighter plane was directly captured by the Beiyang Navy and defeated in one fell swoop!

This is the first time that the Beiyang Navy has caused a big loss to the Japanese Combined Fleet in a frontal naval battle!

According to the current situation in the country, even if there is no wind, a three-foot wave will blow up. The whole country must be celebrating at this time, and the sinking of two Japanese warships will cause an international sensation.

Fang Linyan also breathed a sigh of relief, because according to normal historical development, the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War on the Yellow Sea, which determined the outcome, had already happened, and the outcome needless to say! Obviously, with your own efforts, history has changed! !

Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were originally scars that would never fade in the hearts of the Chinese people, but now they have returned with great honors.

"On this day, the world is crying with tears, and there is enough power to strengthen the navy."

This depressing couplet will probably never appear again!

A group of people combined the current intelligence and the estimates of the Chinese businessmen and local snakes, and then they will be able to get a buffer time of about four days. During this time, they can search and exploit Nagasaki. Be more calm and full.

In fact, if the Japanese combined fleet advances at full speed, it will take less than two days at most to reach Nagasaki. But now I don’t even dare to give them a hundred courages! It is estimated that the Minister of the Navy was furious at this time and frantically sent power to the ports where the combined fleet was staying, telling them to proceed with caution.

At this time, the combined fleet had been severely damaged after suffering two consecutive blows. Both in terms of tonnage and gun positions, it had been completely suppressed by the Beiyang Navy.

If the Beiyang Navy seizes the opportunity to successfully ambush it once again "adventurously", then Japan will completely lose its sea control! This will directly cause the supply lines of tens of thousands of troops deployed in North Korea to be cut off. After all, the ammunition and food of these Japanese troops must be supplied domestically.

For Japan, it will be an outright disaster. Therefore, the combined fleet must insist on stability. Anyway, the matter has come to this, and it will not be worse than that day or two.

However, the situation four days later was extremely dangerous for the expeditionary force, not to mention the pressure from the combined maritime fleet.

Although the Japanese Army has sent almost eight or nine elite regiments to North Korea, with such a long buffer time, it will definitely be able to summon a division and a total of four to five regiments to come to Nagasaki.

With such a sea and land attack, the situation of the expeditionary force can be said to be extremely dangerous. That is the biggest challenge that the entire expeditionary force has to face.

No matter how brave and skillful these old men are, they can't make a comeback in this situation, let alone the purpose of coming here is to burn, kill and loot. Now their morale is even lower.

After the group of people completely grasped the current situation, they all felt confident in their hearts, so they were all quite satisfied with the current situation.

Since the "Yura" successfully returned to Vladivostok, the Qiao family has only made a profit without losing money. At this time, the four-day buffer can ensure that the profits can be maximized and the two captured Japanese ships: the Yoshino and the Toshima returned fully loaded.

Fang Linyan checked the war progress bar at this time and found that the Qing side's winning rate had exceeded 85%, and his contribution was naturally ranked first. However, he found that in this situation, he was still He was bitten by the two or three people below!

Although only his own name can be seen on this contribution ranking list, and the rest of the people are anonymous, Fang Linyan immediately realized that one of the two or three people below him might be Mr. Cayenne.

The other person should be the person behind the scenes that single-handedly laid the foundation for the naval battle at Sanyu Reef.

In front of Fang Linyan's eyes, the appearance of the old butler Arteba suddenly appeared...could it be him?

Of course, the most proud people at this time were the group of Chinese businessmen headed by the Zheng family. They were experiencing ups and downs. A dozen hours ago, they were still on the verge of ruining their family and people.

But more than ten hours later, because of the good relationship they had formed before and their full cooperation with the expeditionary force, they successfully reached the peak of their power in Nagasaki-------although it was only temporary. , but it does not prevent them from using the relationship network and connections established over a hundred years to start laying out and then seek huge benefits.

This is an achievement that even the heroic ancestors back then could not achieve.

The following night, and even the next few days, must be a sleepless night. Some people are excited, some are in pain, some are ecstatic, and some are depressed...

After summarizing all the reasons, Fang Linyan solemnly said:

"I have received the latest news now that the Russians are unstable."

Zheng Xianren acted very calmly and said with a slight smile:

"This should actually be expected, right? In the battle with the White Rock Alliance, the Russians also suffered heavy casualties, and their morale must have been depressed. This group of Russians is inherently brutal and disorganized. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, they must indulge."

"This kind of thing happened in ancient times. For example, if there were too many casualties during a siege, then in order to vent the soldiers' grievances, they would probably massacre the city for three days. For us, it would be nothing more than a loss of money."

Fang Linyan saw that Zheng Xianren seemed to be very experienced in handling this matter, and he thought:

"Actually, it's like this..."

Then he told everything about Lyudmila and Romansav.

Zheng Xianren immediately became energetic:

"Oh? Aren't these Russians still united? This is interesting."

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