Chapter 25 China, Japan, Russia and Britain

Ye Zhikui stared at Zhoushan Islands with a calm face, but his heart was surging. Today, if everything went according to the plan, the two sides should have fought here.

I just contacted the British Far East Fleet not long ago, but they had not yet seen through the military government's strategy. Of course, even if they saw through it, they would not know the military government's intentions for the time being. Therefore, Ye Zhikui was not worried that the British would not take the bait. Just look at it and see if he could swallow it.

"Master Marshal! It's time to have dinner." Yang Du saw that he looked at him for a long time before coming up to persuade him.

Ye Zhikui came to his senses and asked, "What's the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi?"

Yang Du sighed and replied: "The Governor's Office has become a ruin. The officials who work inside died. The governor of Zhejiang died. It is a pity that the Humen Fort was destroyed."

"The southern provinces have not fought with the enemy for many years and have long lost their vigilance. It is predictable that such great losses have occurred. What happened to Tan Zhonglin?" Ye Zhikui continued to ask.

"He expressed his gratitude for you for letting him continue to be the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and has already added troops to the Liyumen Fortress, sent troops to the Kowloon Peninsula, and built military fortresses two miles away from the north shore of the harbor; the next step is to send troops to Gap Reef, Henglan and Lantau Island, so that Hong Kong can directly bombard Victoria Harbor from our positions, and cut off the food supply on the entire island of Hong Kong."

At this time, Kowloon and other places belong to the Chinese government and have not been ceded yet.

Ye Zhikui narrowed his eyes and was silent for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, and then suddenly asked, "How many British people have been killed in the past two days?"

Yang Du flipped through the statistics table and then reported: "According to the number of people reported in various places, it has reached more than 10,000, but most of the rest are now hidden in the concessions of other countries, so we can't attack any more."

There should be no major changes in the future. Kill those who should be killed, kill those who should not be killed, and kill those who should not be killed, and all the others ran away, and there was no way for the moment.

Killing the chicken to show the monkey is the effect Ye Zhikui wants to get. In the future, foreigners want to be domineering in China, they have to consider it. Don’t be foreigners, and the military government will not let them be foreign grandsons. The lives of Chinese people must be equivalent to those of foreigners. This is the propaganda slogan of the military government.

Ye Zhikui also wondered whether Hong Kong should be conquered. The reason why New China did not conquered Hong Kong in later generations was entirely due to political considerations, because Hong Kong was the only hub for contact with Western countries at that time.

But now, there are so many trade ports, and the Western powers do not have the China to win over. They still want China to open the door to do business. Hong Kong's status is not that great. Instead, it has become the British naval base in China and its foothold.

If the attack was taken down, Ye Zhikui was afraid that the British government would be furious and had to deal with China first and then with the Boers in South Africa. This is really not what he would like to see.

The best strategy is to take back Hong Kong when the British and Boers fight to the death.

However, whether it is attacking or not, we still have to wait until the National Defense Forces in Huguang enter Guangdong and Guangxi.

"How do the people react to the actions taken by the military government this time?" Ye Zhikui asked with some concern.

Yang Du smiled and knew what Ye Zhikui was worried about. He smiled and replied: "Don't worry about the Grand Marshal, because the British were massacre before, most people expressed support for the military government's behavior and applauded. Only a very small number of people thought it was unwise to take their anger on ordinary British people!"

Ye Zhikui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard most people express support.

In fact, in China today, if you want to talk about who the foreigner the Chinese hate the most, there is no doubt that it must be the British. The *** people have not made any performance at this time. They were defeated by Ye Zhikui and continued to act as their Asian brothers.

After the military government's publicity some time ago, the British have almost become synonymous with hypocrisy and cruelty, and have become rats crossing the street and everyone shouts to beat them.

After the incident of bombarding Guangzhou City, the Chinese have no favoritism towards them.

This is also one of the reasons why the massacre order was able to pass. After all, even those who are as tough as Ye Zhikui are not easy to do a single man.

"What's wrong with Russia?" Ye Zhikui thought for a while and asked again.

During this period, the country has attracted the attention of most people, and the war between China and Russia has become less important.

Yang Du said hatefully: "The Russians are really annoyed. The Russian commander Grodjkov saw that the military government was coming in full force and refused to give up until he recovered his territory. He had contacted Nie Shicheng, Feng Guozhang and others many times and demanded a ceasefire. However, after learning that China and Britain had become evil, he changed his policy and wanted to continue to hold on."

These damn guys really met Feng to change their minds. Ye Zhikui was mentally prepared for the Russians' reaction, but he was not very worried. When was the Russian weakest, that was, in the next ten years, Nicholas II, the day he was foolish in the helm.

Think about it, the Beiyang government, which was divided in later generations, dared to send troops around Vladivostok, and Zhang Zuolin dared to recover some foreign places in three provinces, and he knew how weak Russia was. Unfortunately, the civil war followed year after year, and the Beiyang government only rose up for a moment and had to continue to be impotence. This is what makes people sigh.

Yang Du talked about the general situation and said: "General Nie is already at the city of Vladivostok. General Duan is not far from Shuangchengzi, General Feng is only a few dozen kilometers away from Boli. General Song drove the Russian army out of the three eastern provinces."

Ye Zhikui nodded, touched his chin, and said, "In this way, I will put some pressure on the Russians, so that Mr. Nie will still conquer Vladivostok no matter what the price he pays."

Ye Zhikui was unhappy when he gave him three points of color and dared to open a dyeing shop. He was naturally unhappy. He had only one way to let him admit defeat, that is, to beat him to death.

Yang Du wrote down one by one, and then said with real concern: "The rest are not worth worrying about, only the *** people have to be careful."

After all, the drug offensive is a path. I believe that after two or three months of rectification, the *** people have recovered. The military government had deliberately concealed the truth of the shooting case in order not to cause the *** people to have an excuse to come in.

"*** people are indeed a wolf-like ambition. I guess they can't swallow the snort of Jiawu. I'm thinking about how to kill me." Ye Zhikui murmured.

Now, there is only the only way to resolve the Russian army in Vladivostok as soon as possible. Nie Shicheng leads the army back to North Korea and the Beiyang Fleet solves the British Far East Fleet. It’s really a mess.

Seeing Ye Zhikui's face was filled with a sad look, Yang Du picked out one or two good news and said, "Master Marshal, the second submarine has been successfully trial-produced."

Submarine, Ye Zhikui was excited. You should know that submarines in later generations were a powerful tool. The Tianjin Manufacturing Bureau, which is now the Beiyang Manufacturing Bureau, had successfully built China's first submarine in 1880, which could send mines under the water.

What is depressing is that the Qing government did not pay attention to it at that time, did not use it formally or continue to study it, which led to the combat weapon that had begun to take the prototype of a modern submarine.

Once again, I sigh that the Celestial Empire does not lack awesome talents, but only a stupid government.

After Ye Zhikui came to power, he could not let go of such powerful tools at the same level as Western powers. He was a little relieved that the designer named Chen, who built the submarine, was still alive, so he immediately started construction and re-study.

Ye Zhikui's request at that time was to be able to carry torpedoes and directly attack the ship.

After being overjoyed, he quickly asked, "Why, can that submarine carry torpedoes?"

Yang Du's eyes flashed a little, and he replied embarrassedly: "It's not possible yet. He is under research, but the number of mines he carries has increased significantly."

Ye Zhikui was a little disappointed, but did not show his face. Instead, he smiled and said, "It's okay, increase investment, and dispatch technicians from the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau to jointly develop."

Ye Zhikui, who was not born in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau or the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, can only say that sometimes, a person's ability can indeed change a lot.
Chapter completed!