On February 25, 1907, when the news spread that the Japanese joint fleet was wiped out by the Chinese Pacific Fleet again, the world's public opinion was in an uproar, and European countries were shocked. British Prime Minister Chamberlain openly declared: Tang Jian is a paranoid war madman, and he has brought the Far East into a state of killing more than once.

The emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire even clamored that European countries should unite to prevent Tang Jian, a Far East arsonist, from affecting the war to Europe.

Russian Emperor Nicholas II even sent envoys to Europe, wanting to discuss in detail with European countries about how to suppress China's development.

At this time, Europe had already become a quarrel, and only the German Emperor William II kept this silence. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it seemed that Germany and China had reached another agreement.

However, when another news came to Europe, the quarrel among European countries became even more intense. The reason was that China's Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi visited European countries and vaguely expressed that China would send troops to attack Japan's mainland. At the same time, it also "inadvertently" revealed that China was willing to share the benefits brought by the war with countries that sent troops to Japan, including the division and occupation of Japan. During this period, news that China had reached military cooperation with the United States in North America spread wildly.

After learning the news, European countries condemned the two outbreakers, China and the United States, with contempt, and they actually got together in a bad mood. On the surface, European countries criticized China and Tang Jian in a common manner, and even sweared.

But secretly, many countries in European countries have sent people to secretly contact Tang Shaoyi. After all, after China and the United States formed an alliance, at least no country dared to be aware of China in the Far East, let alone a Germany behind it, which has always been ambiguous with China.

European countries naturally felt happy to be able to get so much benefit in vain and expressed their willingness to support China in attacking Japan.

At this time, European countries no longer doubted China's strength, because the successive foreign wars had fully demonstrated China's powerful navy and army strength, as well as various advanced science and technology in China.

When European countries sent their supportive forces to the Far East, China's war against Japan was probably over, and those countries that promised to provide help could naturally divide up a piece of Japan's territory. For things that would benefit without efforts, they would not do stupid things!

Therefore, when European countries condemned China for provoking war, in fact, Tang Shaoyi had already contacted ambassadors from many countries, among which even Italy expressed his willingness to send a thousand elite troops to the Far East to support China.

In fact, Tang Jian did not expect that European countries would really send aid to help him. When the assistance from European countries arrived, the cucumbers and vegetables would probably be cold. What Tang Jian wanted was just a practical attitude of European countries.

Since all European countries have adopted this policy of appeasement, it is of course something that Tang Jian likes, which means that Tang Jian can attack Japan with confidence without worrying about interference from other countries.

The division of Japan's land is not what Tang Jian wants the most. What Tang Jian wants the most is to completely defeat Japan, completely destroy the Japanese's consciousness of resistance, and make the so-called Yamato nation no longer exist in this world. It is not important for Tang Jian who will occupy Japan's territory.

Since these unimportant things can be exchanged for the appeasement policies of European countries, why would Tang Jian not do it?

When the news of the defeat of the joint fleet was quickly passed to Japan, the Japanese people's sense of superiority after the rapid rise of the Meiji Restoration was completely wiped out, and instead they were worried about China's subsequent military operations.

Without the protection of the joint fleet, the Japanese mainland was like a girl taking off her long skirt in front of the Chinese Pacific Fleet. Apart from futile shouting and struggle, they could only let the Chinese Navy ravage.

Now the only thing the Japanese people can rely on is the Japanese army they are proud of in North Korea. After learning that the joint fleet was completely wiped out, the Japanese emperor was extremely shocked. Navy Marshal Yamamoto Kyoto-bud-beef resigned, and some senior officials in the Navy were implicated to varying degrees.

At the same time, Japanese Prime Minister Hiromoto Ito was also implicated. Emperor Meiji strictly ordered Hiromoto Ito to stick to Seoul. If Seoul was lost, then the entire territory of North Korea was likely to fall into the hands of China, and North Korea became the springboard for the Chinese Army. By then, only a sufficient number of troops transport ships were needed, the Chinese Army could drive straight in, cross the Korean Strait from Busan, and land in the local area at Shimonoseki, Japan.

The Japanese emperor issued an order to enter the first-level combat readiness nationwide, and various strategic materials were hoarded by the military. Japan began to build a large number of permanent fortifications from Kyushu Island to Honshu Island to prevent the landing of the Chinese Army.

Japanese male citizens, who were fifteen years old and sixty years old, were urgently summoned. After simple training, they picked up the simple weapons in their hands and prepared to block the Chinese army layer by layer on the ground. The entire Japan was shrouded in a cloud of war.

On March 5, 1907, a group of special transport ships sailed from Weihaiwei to Incheon Port, the most important port in southern North Korea, under the escort of the East China Sea Fleet.

At the same time, the Yellow Sea Fleet had already sailed above the Korean Strait and completely cut off Japan's sea supply line from Xiaguan to Busan. Now, Japan in North Korea seems to be trapped on an isolated island, struggling to death under the siege of the Chinese Navy and Army.

On March 6, 1907, the Chinese Army who had been resting for nearly three months led the army southward under the leadership of Nie Shicheng. Although they encountered layers of stubborn resistance and resistance from the Japanese army on the way, Nie Shicheng's 150,000 army still crossed the Linjin River and approached the city of Seoul, forming a confrontation with the nearly 130,000 Japanese Army in Seoul.

Although the two armies carried out some small-scale tentative attacks around Seoul, and both sides had their own victories and losses, both sides knew that a great war after the Battle of Pyongyang was about to begin.

The next morning, deafening cannons were first heard in the northern part of Seoul. At the order of Nie Shicheng, three armies of the Chinese Army launched a general attack on Seoul at the same time.

Yoshihara Oshima placed most of his troops north of Seoul, leaving only 20,000 people to defend Incheon Port. Among them, Yoshihara Oshima was the left-wing pioneer, Masato Tanuchi was the right-wing pioneer, Yoshihara Oshima personally took the central army, while Nozin Dokun led 20,000 people to defend Incheon Port.

The battle began to heat up from the beginning. The Japanese army had cut off the sea supply line and had no way to retreat, so the momentum of fighting on the back and forth was strong. Nie Shicheng was bombarded by two hundred artillery pieces at the same time, and the Japanese soldiers did not retreat at all, and still climbed up from the broken bodies of their comrades.

The sky of the entire Seoul was reflected in red by the raging fire. The shouts of killing from both sides shook the earth, and thick smoke enveloped the entire Seoul, stretching for dozens of miles.

The shells falling from the air were weaving, and the fire broke through the wind and burned directly to the edge of the Seoul Palace. Most of the nearby plants were burned away, leaving only terrifying black remains.

At this time, the Japanese army did not fight, but died, and they were also killed! The Japanese army was so angry that they were not afraid of the powerful artillery of the Chinese Army, and they took the lead in launching a charge against the First Army of China.

The First Chinese Army, who served as the vanguard, was caught off guard and was exploited by the Japanese army. In an instant, people were shot and fell into a pool of blood.

However, this situation lasted only half an hour. After half an hour, the Third Army and the Second Army on both wings surrounded and directly crushed the first round of Japanese charges. Instead, the First Army followed the retreating Japanese vanguard troops and chased them, causing the Japanese army to run away in a hurry, and the battle situation tilted towards the Chinese Army.

However, when the First Army soldiers were halfway through, the Japanese artillery tilted down, and the Chinese Army retreated again. After repeated incidents, the two sides launched a tug-of-war on the narrow plain, and soldiers on both sides continued to fall in pools of blood.

At this time, the Seoul Palace had already become a mess. Most of the Japanese troops guarding the palace were also transferred to the front line. Only a small part of the Japanese troops remained surrounded by the palace to prevent the Korean royal family from escaping. The maids and servants in the Korean palace ran around, fearing that the war would affect him.

At this time, there were only three people sitting around the King of Korea's bedroom, one was King Lee Hee, the other was the King's close minister Lee Jun, and the other was the beautiful North Korean princess Lee Aiyeon.

Obviously, Li Xi was already scared at this time. Sweat beads were falling from time to time on his forehead. Li Aiyan took a white handkerchief to wipe his sweat and advised: "Father, don't worry! The Chinese Army will definitely help us drive away the Japanese!"

North Korean King Lee Hee nodded. In fact, he is not only afraid, but also completely different moods such as excitement, happiness, hope, fear, and worry.

He hoped that the Chinese Army would drive away the Japanese as soon as possible. He felt excited and happy when he thought that North Korea was about to return to his hands. However, he thought about the brutal Japanese, and he was worried about whether Japan would rush into the palace to kill the royal family when it was defeated, including North Korea King Lee Hee himself.

Queen Min was killed by a Japanese ronin who was rushed into the palace and killed the body on the spot. The palace is now slackening. Lee Hee is really worried that any crazy Japanese soldier would break into the palace and massacre members of the royal family?

Li Jun also had such concerns. From his restless expression, it can be seen that the only calm and composed person in the bedroom is Li Aiyan.

Li Aiyan gently stroked her slightly raised belly and said softly in her heart: "Little baby, don't be afraid, your father is the greatest person in the world. He can even defeat the Japanese joint fleet. He will definitely come to save us and the people of the North Koreans."

ps: The second update today.
Chapter completed!