In the past, when Zhuge Qing was playing the " Peak Battleship " game, he had always been a lunatic who advocated offense. His ideology was that if war was inevitable, then he had to decisively attack first and seize the initiative as much as possible.
These days, he had been observing the movements of the Di Empire's army through the ship-borne reconnaissance plane. He found that the vanguard of the Di army was quietly pushing the defense line forward. It seemed that they were about to launch an attack, so he immediately made a decisive move!
"Sou!" "Sou!" "Swoosh!"
In the pitch-black night, blazing flames flew over from the sea. The dense shells were like a swarm of locusts, pouring down on the vanguard of the army.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Violent explosions occurred one after another. Balls of blazing flames soared into the sky. In the terrifying blast waves and the raging fire, the vanguard of the Xi Army fell to the ground like wheat being harvested.
In just the first round of bombardment, the vanguard of the Jin army had paid a heavy price of no less than a thousand casualties!
Dozens of warships and hundreds of cannons of the Pacific Fleet launched a bloody and tragic attack on the vanguard troops of the Wei army deployed at the forefront around Jiaozhou Bay. Thousands of shells smashed on the heads of the Wei army as if they were free.
After a few rounds of bombardment, the vanguard of the Japanese army was completely defeated. Their organization and discipline were far inferior to the Japanese army, and they did not dare to resist the Pacific Fleet's bombardment. They all ran away in a sorry state.
"Charge!"
"Kill!"
After the Pacific Fleet's bombardment ended, the 1st division of the 2nd division of the Heavenly God Army immediately launched a counterattack. Their morale was high, and they chased after the defeated soldiers like tigers.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
In the pitch-black night, gunshots could be heard everywhere. The soldiers of the Heavenly God Army were unstoppable, and they launched a fierce pursuit of the Xi Army.
"Plop!" "Plop!" Plop!
The soldiers fell to the ground one after another. From afar, the ground was littered with corpses and blood flowed like a river. It was like hell on earth!
The Divine Army did not chase after them. Instead, they quickly withdrew to Jiaozhou Bay. Now, the Divine Army only had one division of soldiers. Even if they occupied the entire Shandong Province, they would not be able to hold on. On the contrary, doing so would only disperse their forces and bring about huge military risks.
Zhuge Qing ordered the Heavenly God Army to concentrate in Jiaozhou Bay. Coupled with the support of the powerful firepower of the Pacific Fleet, it was absolutely impregnable. No one could break in. What he needed to do now was to wait for the reinforcements to arrive and take over the entire Shandong Province!
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"Empress Dowager, something bad has happened. The vanguard troops we deployed near Jiaozhou Bay were attacked by the rebel army last night, and the casualties exceeded 5,000!”The next morning, Li Wenzhong came to the East Warm Pavilion of Yangxin Palace Hall with a flustered expression. He knelt on the ground and cried.
"What…what did you say?" The old woman's smiling face immediately turned ashen. She pointed at Li Wenzhong and said with a trembling voice.
"Empress Dowager, our vanguard was attacked by the rebel army last night and suffered heavy casualties!”Li Wenzhong said again.
"How…how did this happen?" The old woman felt the world spin and her legs went weak. Her body swayed and she was about to fall to the ground.
"Empress Dowager!"
"Empress Dowager!"
The two eunuchs at the side immediately went forward to support the old woman and said in a panic.
"You will die before you can complete your mission!”The old woman's face was twisted as she said repeatedly. "The rebel army is so powerful, what should this widow do?”
"Empress Dowager, this servant dares to speak bluntly. The rebel army is strong and it is not suitable to use troops against them.”Li Wenzhong said in a low voice.
"Wen Zhong, aijia understands your meaning. However, if we don't use troops against the rebel army, the Russian Empire will declare war on us. Aijia has no other choice.”The old woman said with a bitter expression. "Compared to the rebel army, the Russian Empire is the most ferocious and terrifying.”
" Empress Dowager..." Li Wenzhong opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
Over the years, the empress dowager had been scared out of her wits by the foreigners. Her fear of them was deeply rooted and could not be changed!
"Wenzhong, when will the weapons from the Russian Empire arrive? When will the English fleet arrive?”the old woman asked.
"Replying to the Empress Dowager, the weapons given to us by the Russian Empire will arrive in two days. As for the English fleet, they would have to wait three days.”Li Wenzhong replied.
"Three days later? Good! Then aijia will wait until three days later to wipe out all the rebel troops entrenched in Jiaozhou Bay!”The old woman gritted her teeth.
"Yes, Empress Dowager." Li Wenzhong replied helplessly.
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"Have the other two divisions of the Second Army of the Celestial God Army finally arrived?”In the evening two days later, Zhuge Qing looked at the huge fleet that was rapidly approaching from the sea and grinned.
In fact, as long as Zhuge Qing was willing, he could have the other two divisions of the Second Army arrive within three days. However, he did not do so.
He first ordered the Indian Ocean Squadron to bring the other two divisions of the Second Army to Japan. He used a method that was close to threatening them with force to forcefully 'rent' over 200 artillery from Japan. Then, he rushed to Shandong Province, which delayed him for a while.
"Next, it's time to take down the entire Shandong Province!”Zhuge Qing said proudly.
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