Lao Li was originally a little worried, but was soon swept away by a telegram from Lushun. There were already five Dingzhen-class iron armored battleships coming from Lushun. The five Dingzhen-class iron armored battleships were delivered within a half months. Liu Buchan, who was staying in Lushun, sent a telegram to inform Lao Li, and the other was to select people to board the ship.

These ships are different from 10,000-ton ironclad ships. The various equipment inside are slightly higher than the current mainstream battleship level, such as range measurement equipment, etc.

There are some foreigners in Beiyang, and these people must not let them go up. In a word, loyalty and doubt. Even if there are traitors among their own people, they can be killed if they catch them. Killing foreigners is a diplomatic incident.

Finally, Lao Li made a decision. Foreigners and newly recruited sailors were using the former Beiyang ironclad ships, and those who could trust themselves could board the new ironclad ships. Beiyang has now recruited many newcomers from merchant ship sailors and fishermen and is under various training.

As expected, London was indeed harshly sent an ultimatum. This was a declaration of war. The reason why this thing was beneficial to Britain was recognized, and the United Kingdom refused to accept it. Boole had just discovered gold and diamond mines, which led to a murder.

Li Hongzhang also used the Boer War to persuade Cixi and Guangxu. There were only a few hundred thousand people in Boer, and the population and land were only equivalent to that of our Qing Dynasty. When facing the British invasion, only tens of thousands of men could pick up guns to fight against Britain. As a result, Britain could not win now that the First Boer War has just passed, the British could not hold on to the peace talks first.

As for the navy, the Japanese Navy was trained by the British. Except for the three Japanese ships in Sanjing, three of which were made in France, the other British ships were completely wiped out. Except for a torpedo boat in Beiyang, none of the main ships were seriously injured.

According to Lao Li's explanation, the British Empire is now very weak, like a huge balloon, and someone is only allowed to stab him. It would be fine if the British navy did not come, but if he comes, he would have no return.

The British actually know that their army is unreliable and their combat effectiveness is not as good as those of the villagers in Sanyuanli. If you know the system of the British Army, you will understand why the British Army has never been able to stand on the table.

In the British Army, official positions can be bought and sold in futures, and each official position has a relative price in every period. For example, when you are about to fight against European powers, the price of official positions will drop rapidly. Many people who are greedy and afraid of death will stop participating in the war after selling their official positions.

Those who buy officials at a low price are nothing more than trying to gain wealth. For example, the Battle of Waterloo will be won.

Whether it is the British king, the minister of the War or others, if you give him money to be an official in the army, you have to pay money to buy officials. This is a place where a carrot is a pit. If no money is given, who will give up the throne. If someone dies in the war, the superiors and the War Department cannot take away the official position, but will leave it to the legal heir of the man.

It can be said that British Army officers say they are officials, but in fact they are more like hereditary knights who are just knights who can buy and sell identities.

As for the mobilization mechanism of ordinary British Army soldiers, it has been the mobilization method adopted by China after World War II. It can be said that it is very advanced and is leading the world for hundreds of years. The mobilization mechanism of the British Army is to capture the strong men.

That's right, before every war, officers at all levels will take guns to catch strong men in various cities. Generally, they are all unemployed, that is, odd jobs or homeless people. As long as they are temporarily healthy, it is enough. Go back and change into military uniforms to practice queues and shoot, and you can form combat effectiveness in half a month.

Now we can understand why the pioneers of Western and French military training were defeated by the villagers in Sanyuanli. It can be said that the villagers in Sanyuanli were only ordinary people, but those British soldiers were also homeless beggars and second-rate men half a month ago.

After the UK issued an ultimatum, the futures of the army's official positions rose. In the first Second Opium War, although some people died of illness more than those who died of war, those who came back alive made money in the East. The bags of big bags of gold and silver ware were shiny in front of their eyes.

In modern terms, it means: Don’t be timid, just do it, if you win the young model in the club, and if you lose, go to work.

The British knew that their army was unreliable, and they were just an existing army. They had to find a great army power on land. So British diplomats in Britain, Germany and Russia began to move frequently.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty had an embassy in Europe, and it was not a slight slight slight.

Under the interests of various promises from Britain, in just a few days, Britain, France, Germany and Russia formed a four-nation coalition. Although it was called the four-nation coalition, the Russian army would not set out from Europe. Russia agreed to support the attacks of the three countries on the land in the Far East.

Among them, the British Army can only be considered as existing troops, and its combat effectiveness is doubtful. The strongest ones are the German and French troops. King William II of Germany is very ambitious and talented, and because of his physical disability, he is inferior and arrogant. He has been looking forward to the land under the sun for a long time. He has been synonymous with the colony.

Shortly after ascending the throne, William II published the famous Yellow Peril Theory, with the intention of setting off a frenzy of dividing China. This time, the British took the lead and formed a four-nation coalition to divide China, which was exactly what William II wanted.

Bismarck's judgment of William II during his lifetime was even wrong: "Twenty years after my death, William II's crown will be out of order."

As for the old invader France, it has been jumping up and down in East Asia for decades. During the Qing and French War, France did not achieve its goal, and this time the four-nation coalition was a good opportunity.

Zhang Cheng's judgment on the Four-Nation Alliance this time was that the trained Japanese gangsters were beaten to death, so the master had to gather the thugs and take action in person.

Knowing that the four-nation coalition could not come for the time being, Li Hongzhang commanded the diplomats, international students and overseas Chinese from Britain, France, Germany and Russia to withdraw to the neutral country Switzerland. Some students who have completed their studies could return to China a little early. In fact, only the first three countries had diplomats and international students. Russia seemed backward in the eyes of Europeans at this time. Who would go to the backward country to learn backward technology?

Another thing is that the ultimatum given to the Zongli Yamen by Japan has expired. Japan originally wanted to use the east wind of the British Empire to blackmail the Qing Dynasty. As a result, half of the blackmail was successful, and Weng and Jesus died together. But the newly appointed Li Hongzhang, hehe, that's not easy to talk about.

Li Hongzhang believed that since the ultimatum expired, it means that the armistice between the Qing and Japan was coming. The Beiyang Navy officers and soldiers had added many newcomers, and these people were still questionable when they went directly to fight the sea. However, facing Japan, which had no naval power, the only thing left was to be beaten.

It is always possible to attack coastal cities. More than half of Japan's cities are built on the beach. Faced with the artillery fire of the Beiyang Fleet, Japanese cities with wooden structures have turned into picurious arson bombs used in the Beiyang Hell on Earth.
Chapter completed!