After hearing Qin Zheng's words, Qiu Jin had to admit that the East China government did a great job in liberating women and advocating gender equality. It not only had detailed planning steps, but also fully combined with China's actual situation, which was very operational and practical.

Moreover, this gave Qiu Jin a great inspiration. Although the things he did to liberate women before could not be said to be useless work, the effect was indeed not very effective. Although he could not determine gender equality in the form of law like the East China government, and could not provide women with a large number of job opportunities, it is possible to promote women's education. Therefore, Qiu Jin made up his mind that while engaging in revolutionary activities, he must establish a girl's school so that more girls and women have the opportunity to receive education.

At this time, the revolutionaries wanted to understand all the situations they had almost understood. Some people gained a lot, but some people felt that they were still unsatisfied. Huang Xing looked at the others and saw that they had nothing to say, so he said, "Thank you, Speaker Qin and the East China Government. This trip to Qingdao has indeed benefited a lot. We will return these situations to our companions and then make a decision."

Qin Zheng also nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Xia will rush back to Japan with everyone this time. If your group is interested in cooperating with us, you can negotiate with Mr. Xia first, and Mr. Xia will arrange it. Everyone can negotiate the cooperation method."

After a pause, Qin Zheng said again: "But you don't have to rush to leave Qingdao. You might as well stay for a few more days and take a walk and take a look. Doesn't Ms. Qiu still want to communicate with us about women's work? If others have any requirements, we will try our best to provide convenience."

In addition to Qiu Jin, other revolutionaries really wanted to know more about the East China government, and were also waiting to read the books given to them by Qin Zheng and discuss with Qin Zheng again, so they did not refuse Qin Zheng's attempt to stay.

So the revolutionaries stayed in Qingdao for another three days. According to their personal interests, they visited some other factories and troops, and held a meeting with Qin Zheng. At the same time, the revolutionaries also carefully read the book given to them by Qin Zheng. This set of books was divided into three volumes. They not only introduced the land reform system of the East China government in detail, but also explained the relationship between land reform and industrialization. This theory was summarized by many economies and sociologists in later generations. The logic was very strict and perfect. At least these revolutionaries could not find loopholes. Therefore, they did not mention it when they communicated with Qin Zheng.

After the visit, the revolutionaries left Qingdao and returned to Japan, and Xia Situ also set out with the revolutionaries, representing the East China government and Japan's revolutionaries.

Although the East China government had sent a number of intelligence personnel to Japan at this time, including two voluntarily lurking in Japan, the intelligence personnel should try their best to keep a low profile, and the revolutionaries' activities in Japan were very ostentatious. Therefore, the East China government prohibited intelligence personnel from having contact with the revolutionaries, and Xia Siben was responsible for this task.

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However, when the East China government was receiving revolutionaries, the war between Japan and Russia in Northeast China was still going on fiercely and showed a white-hot trend.

At this time, the focus of the war was shifted to land and was divided into two fronts, north and south. The main battlefield of the southern line was in Lushun, while the main battlefield of the northern line was in Liaoyang, both attacked by Japan and defended by Russia.

The war started from the southern line first. On August 7, the Japanese Third Army captured the commanding heights of the outer frontier of the Lushun Fortress - Dagushan and Xiaogushan, and basically cleared the outer strongholds of the Lushun Fortress. Therefore, the Japanese commander General Nogi, General Nogi, was also full of confidence. Before launching the full-scale attack in Lushun, he actually wrote a letter of persuasion to the Russian fortress commander Lieutenant General Stexel, who of course was rejected by the polar bear.

The Japanese attack began on August 19, when the 3rd Army's strength reached 50,765, and first invested more than 40,000 troops to launch a strong attack on the Russian positions. However, the Russian army was well prepared for the defense of Lushun. Not only did it build a solid fortress at various key points, but it also arranged a large number of barbed wire and high-voltage wires at the front of the position. In this era, the use of wire defense was still a new tactic, which caused most of the first batch of charge Japanese soldiers to be electrocuted and died. Although the Japanese artillery then attacked the front and destroyed the Russian barbed wire defense line. However, the crossfire formed by the fortress built by the Russian army still caused a large number of casualties to the Japanese army.

The Japanese army's attack lasted for 5 days, but the results of the battle were only two fortresses in Panlong Mountain, east and west. However, these two fortresses were sandwiched between Erlong Mountain Fortress, Liujiagou's first fortress, Watchtower, and East Jiguanshan North Fortress, and had no great impact on the overall situation. The casualties of the Japanese army reached an astonishing 20,000, and the number of casualties reached 15,000.

After the huge casualties received the war report, the Japanese Army Base Camp mistakenly believed that there was an "0" behind the reported numbers. The Russian army only suffered 3,500 casualties, with about 1,500 casualties. The death ratio between the two sides reached an astonishing 10:1. In desperation, the Japanese army was forced to give up the first attack and reorganize their troops to prepare for a new strong attack.

After about a month of renovation, the Japanese army replenished its troops, making the 3rd Army's strength reach more than 60,000. On September 19, it launched a second attack on Lushun again. The main target of this attack was the 203 Highland in the north of Lushun. Because occupying the 203 Highland, you can overlook the city and the harbor, which is the key point of the Lushun offensive and defensive war.

However, in order to disperse the Russian army's forces, the Japanese army did not concentrate their forces to attack the 203 Heights, and they also divided their troops to attack several fortresses around the 203 Heights at the same time. However, the attacking forces were dispersed. Moreover, the Russian army arranged strict defenses on the 203 Heights, so the battle was extremely fierce. Japanese soldiers climbed to the top of the mountain like ants, without any gaps, and both sides could no longer distinguish the batch of shock waves. And Nogikihiko ordered artillery soldiers to continuously shell out Russian fortifications, and even injured their own soldiers who were approaching the enemy fortifications. However, under the tight defense of the Russian army, the Japanese army still could not capture the 203 Heights.

On the evening of September 22, the Japanese army only captured two key points that were irrelevant to the overall situation, and returned in vain. This time, the Japanese army suffered more than 5,000 casualties and more than 1,200 Russian army.

The two attacks on Lushun failed, and the number of casualties reached more than 25,000. Noki Hinomi was also strongly condemned in Japan. The residence was attacked by the people from time to time. Some newspapers asked Noki Hinomi to commit suicide by cesarean section, so as to thank the people.

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Just as the attack in Lushun was unfavorable, on August 23, the Japanese army also launched the Liaoyang Battle on the Northern Line, investing a total of about 130,000 troops, including the first, 2, and 4. The Russian army has made full preparations in Liaoyang, concentrating a total of 180,000 troops and deploying three lines of defense.

Overall, the Russian army has the advantage in its military strength, but it is scattered on three lines of defense, and 40% of its military strength is arranged as a reserve team. Therefore, in fact, the Russian army invested less than 100,000 troops on the front-line battlefield, and the first line of defense is less than 60,000 troops. On the contrary, the Japanese army did not leave any reserve team and threw all its military strength into the battlefield at one time. Although it was at a disadvantage in total strength, it formed advantageous forces in part.

On August 24, the Japanese army took the lead in attacking the left wing of the Russian first line of defense with the 1st Army to attract the attention of the Russian army; on August 26, the 2nd and 4th Army attacked the right wing of the Russian army by detour. Russian commander Kuropatkin was worried that the Russian army would be surrounded by all, so he ordered the first line of defense to be abandoned and the entire line was retreated to the second line of defense to defend.

After conquering a line of defense of the Russian army, the morale of the Japanese army was greatly boosted. On August 30, all the Japanese troops launched an attack at the same time. The entire army charged to the death and captured Guantun and Mantou Mountain on September 1. On September 2, the Russian army launched a counterattack and once recovered Mantou Mountain, but the Japanese army then launched a counterattack. The Russian army lost and Mantou Mountain was lost again.

Although the Russian army's second line of defense was also lost at this time, Japan tried its best and suffered heavy casualties. It also had no reserve team and was unable to launch another attack. However, the brave charge of the Japanese soldiers in the battle, which made Kuropatkin feel huge pressure, which caused a mistake in judgment. On September 3, he decided to give up Liaoyang and retreat to Fengtian, which also gave the Japanese army an unexpected surprise. In fact, until the end of the Liaoyang Battle, most of the Russian reserve teams did not enter the battle and their military strength was not fully utilized.

In this battle, the Japanese army suffered 23,533 casualties, of which 5,557 were killed; the Russian army suffered 17,912 casualties, of which 3,611 were missing; therefore, the extremely strange side in the history of the war appeared, and the casualties of the winning side were actually greater than the defeated side.

After the Battle of Liaoyang, the Japanese and Russian armies generally formed a confrontation in the Shahe area between Fengtian and Liaoyang. By the end of September, the Russian army had already gathered 220,000 troops. Although the Japanese army had mobilized and replenished troops many times in the country, their national strength was insufficient and only recovered to 130,000 troops before the war. Therefore, the Japanese side, which was at a disadvantage, decided to move into defense in the Shahe area, wait for the Third Army to conquer Lushun, and then go north to reinforce and then turn to attack.

Originally, the Japanese army did not attack, and Kuropatkin did not intend to counterattack immediately, because although the Russian army had the advantage in terms of military strength, their morale was low due to the previous unfavorable war. Moreover, many troops had just arrived at the front line and were not familiar with the situation on the front line. It took time to restore morale and be familiar with the situation. Therefore, Kuropatkin planned to rely on his position to wait for the Japanese army to attack and consume the Japanese army.

But on September 24, a telegram from Tsar Nicholas II sent to Fengtian, demanding that Kuropatkin achieve a decisive victory in a short period of time. It turned out that the Russian army suffered consecutive defeats, which caused a huge response in Russia, causing the people to feel extremely serious dissatisfaction with the war. Revolutionary organizations such as the Social Democratic Party were frequently active. In July, the Minister of Internal Affairs Plevi was assassinated, and in August, the 15th Division of Odessa City experienced a small mutiny. The middle class demanded the abolition of autocracy and constitutional monarchy. Therefore, in order to divert the attention of the people, the Tsar hoped to win a big victory in the Far East as soon as possible to calm the domestic dissatisfaction.
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