() Although Liu Fu did not want to go to the mainland to get involved, he still needed to pay attention to this old empire that straddled Taiwan. From 1903 onwards, the Russians became more and more restless and built the Far East Railway.
After the construction of the Middle East Railway (centered in Harbin, extending to Suifenhe in the east, Manzhouli in the west, and Dalian in the south), the Russians were no longer satisfied with leasing the territory in the Northeast. They planned to occupy this land in the Northeast for a long time and not only did not want to return it.
In part of the land in the northeast that was due to expire, thousands more troops were added and the vicinity of Yingkou was also occupied.
The Russians here are struggling desperately, and the Japanese over there have given up. Seeing that the land they worked so hard to conquer is not only not obtained, but also tends to be occupied by the sworn enemy, the Japanese can no longer sit still. They first
After discussing with the Russians, they planned to make an agreement first to legalize the rights of North Korea and Manchuria, but the Russians did not agree, and now the Japanese were anxious.
After the Three Kingdoms intervened in Liaodong, the Japanese had no choice but to return the occupied Liaodong and Lushun to the Qing Dynasty. However, since then, the Russians have become Japan's mortal enemy, and the entire Japanese country considers them "Japanese".
"It was a great shame and humiliation" and vowed to "sit hard and endure hardship" for ten years in order to retaliate against Russia. However, this decade of "suffering hardship and hardship" has reached the limit for Japan's national burden. If a "war of revenge" cannot be launched in the short term to
If some compensation for vigorously developing the military is recovered, then Japan may have an economic crisis in its own country.
At that time, in order to take revenge, Japan's entire army developed to 200,000 troops, 20,000 reserve personnel, and more than 50 large and small ships. Although the tonnage was less than 150,000 tons, most of them were newly built battleships and heavy cruisers. Plus the British
In order to curb Russia's development in Asia, it formed an alliance with the Japanese, which also greatly stimulated the confidence of the Japanese.
This time, the proposed mutual recognition of superiority in Manchuria and Korea was rejected by the Russians. The Japanese were completely impatient. If they could not even protect Korea, then the Japanese would not be able to survive. The two countries in the second half of 1903
Over the course of time, we talked back and forth on this issue more than a dozen times, but we still couldn't reach an agreement. Finally, I couldn't drag it out any longer and issued an ultimatum to the Russians.
The Japanese and the Russians were fighting fiercely in Northeast China and North Korea. Liu Fu, who was in Taiwan, was not idle either. He sent various intelligence personnel to pay close attention to the situation of the two players. Every few days, he would meet with the staff
Ministry personnel, in the combat command room, simulated the upcoming war between Japan and Russia with reference to a new map drawn by Taiwan itself.
Although Liu Fu's historical knowledge is very average and can be said to be relatively poor, he still knows about major events. He does not know the specific time and details of the occurrence. This time, when Japan and Russia were at each other's throats, Liu Fu roughly figured it out.
This is probably the "Russian-Russian War" in history. However, based on the lessons learned from the last ambush of the Eight-Power Allied Forces fleet, Liu Fu is not sure that it is 100% correct. He can only make plans in advance and prepare first to see how things develop.
Decide your own actions.
History is so strange. Although the emergence of Liu Fu has greatly disrupted the development progress of the Japanese navy and the Russian navy, these two countries are still tenacious movers towards the inevitable trend of history. Due to the mutual recognition of the superior rights of Manchuria and North Korea, the proposal
Being vetoed by Russia, Japan could no longer bear the threat of losing Liaodong and then North Korea.
On February 4, 1904, Japan's elders and ministers held a meeting in front of the imperial court and unanimously believed that the opportunity for war was ripe. Accordingly, they terminated negotiations between Japan and Russia and took military action. The next day, Japan's Foreign Minister Komura Jutaro ordered the Minister to Russia Ichiro Awano via telegraph.
A letter of severance of diplomatic relations was submitted to Russia. On June 6, Ichiro Awano handed the letter of severance of diplomatic relations to the Russian government. On the same day, he was led by Admiral Yamamoto Gonbei (Historically, the Japanese navy in the Japanese war was commanded by Togo Heihachiro, but Togo
You have been sinking in the offshore waters of Taiwan for many years, and you can only let Comrade Yamamoto Gonbei take over.) The Japanese joint fleet secretly sailed away from the Sasebo Naval Base, and the troops were divided into two groups, all the way to Ganghwa Bay, North Korea, and all the way to Lushun, China.
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Two days later, the 4th Team of the Japanese Combined Fleet met the Russian gunboat "Korean" on Palmi Island near Incheon Port. The Japanese ship fired first, and the "Korean" was injured and returned to Incheon Port. Since then, the Japanese-Russian War has been regarded as the end of the war.
It officially kicked off.
On February 9, the Russian Tsar issued an edict declaring war, claiming: "For the purpose of maintaining peace, I have tried my best to maintain the tranquility of the East... and met Japan's challenge with war."
On February 10, Japanese Emperor Mutsuhito issued an edict, declaring war on Russia, declaring: "The war against Russia is only for civilization and peace, and friendship with other countries, so as to maintain peace and order in the East forever."
Seeing that the Russians and Japan were about to fight in the Northeast, the Qing government did not dare to take any time off. Under the hostage of the foreign powers, it also issued a statement stating that during the Russo-Japanese war, the Qing government would "strictly maintain neutrality."
And the boundary was drawn on the Liao River, and the three cities of "Jinzhou, Fuzhou, Xiongyue and Andong County to the east of the Liao River were designated battlefields."
In Taiwan, Liu Fu also received declarations of war from the two countries and a "neutrality" statement from the Qing government. While he was disdainful of the Qing government's weakness, he was worried about how to continue to attack the navies of Japan and Russia. Although the war between Japan and Russia had already begun,
, but the main battlefield is in Northeast China, and Liu Fu's hands can't reach that far. However, Liu Fu has a submarine, so he can't take care of things on land, but he can still interfere with things at sea.
But when the naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War started, Liu Fu still didn't know, but Liu Fu remembered that the Russian fleet came all the way from Europe, and in this era, the only way to enter East Asia from the west was the Strait of Malacca.
As long as the whereabouts of the Russian fleet are known, it will be easy to handle. Liu Fu immediately ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send several times more intelligence personnel to the major ports from west to east in the Strait of Malacca to pay close attention to the whereabouts of the Russian fleet. Due to the Strait of Malacca
The narrowest point is less than 37 kilometers. It is impossible for a large fleet like the Russian fleet to pass through and disappear.
Several months of waiting have passed, and there is no trace of the Russian fleet. In Northeast China, the Japanese and the Russians were fighting in full swing until the beginning of 1905. After the Battle of Lushun, the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shahe and Heigoutai
During the battle, the Japanese army gradually took the initiative and defeated the Russians steadily. The Russian First Pacific Fleet huddled in Lushun was also annihilated after the fall of Lushun.
In Liu Fu's view, both the Russians and the Japanese were victors in this war. The Russians fought like men, and the Japanese fought more bravely. However, the neutral Qing Zhengfu was not able to please both ends. Not only was he not neutral,
Although successful, hundreds of thousands of civilians and countless property were lost in the war zone.
In mid-April 1905, news of the discovery of the Russian fleet finally came from the Strait of Malacca. This time the Russian fleet was very large, with a total of more than 20 large and small ships. After leaving the southeast waterway of Malacca, it headed for French Vietnam.
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Upon hearing that the Russian fleet had appeared, Liu Fu immediately dispatched several submarine squadrons to the coast of Vietnam to monitor the movements of the Russian fleet. As a result, the Russians plunged into Cam Ranh Bay and never came out. The submarine squadron of the Taiwan Navy,
They were cruising outside Cam Ranh Bay in batches, fearing that the Russian fleet would suddenly go crazy one night and run away, but after waiting for more than half a month, the Russian fleet had been lying in the harbor obediently.
When Liu Fu heard the news from Vietnam, he was wondering why the Russian fleet was so immobile in Cam Ranh Bay. It was said that half a month was enough for supplies and rest. Until the beginning of May, another
The Polish-Russian fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca and arrived at Cam Ranh Bay. Liu Fu suddenly realized that the Russians had split the entire fleet into two due to the long distance. The faster ships were in one group and arrived at Cam Ranh Bay first.
, while the slow and old ships formed another team and followed behind to slowly catch up.
The overall size of the combined Russian fleet is close to 50 ships, about half of which are large warships of more than 10,000 tons, and the ships are very short in age. These are all Russian assets, except for the Black Sea Fleet and the Third Fleet huddled in Port Arthur.
Outside the Pacific Fleet, most of the Russian warships that can sail long distances have arrived here. The Tsar is really anxious this time. It would not be embarrassing to let the Europeans hold them down and beat them. If the yellow-skinned Asians are allowed to take away the Northeast, then the Tsar will
