As soon as Liu Kun looked at the extremely brilliant fireworks in the night sky, he didn't even know when the coat on his body fell off. Maybe the military government really has the ability to guide China's rise.

Tonight, there are no factions, no intrigues, no ups and downs, Sun Yat-sen can shake hands with Yuan Shikai, Kang Youwei can embrace Wang Wenshao, and every Chinese face is filled with joy.

The whole country is boiling and the whole country is celebrating. Compared with the establishment of the military government or the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, it is more exciting.o.

The second volume of the capital's situation

Japan is probably the first country to learn of China's surprise attack on Russia. Long before the surprise attack, the Japanese government had predicted that the Chinese and Russian fleets would fight, and even warned Russia specifically, but others did not take it seriously.

They guessed the beginning, but they didn't guess the ending. The Beiyang Fleet would win so cleanly and happily.The Russian Pacific Fleet would be so careless, resulting in such a large loss, handing over the control of the sea to China, it is simply too cheating.

The news reached the ears of the Japanese Navy Minister Saigo Congdao. In addition to scolding the Russians for their brains, Saigo Congdao also asked the official house owner Gonbei Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-sama, is it possible for a naval fleet to intercept the Beiyang Fleet?" , took the opportunity to provoke a war, and wiped out the Chinese navy in one fell swoop."

Xixiang Congdao saw that China's trick of building plank roads in the open and keeping warehouses in the dark was really well played, which also made him agitated and wanted to take advantage of it.

Yamamoto started to have a headache again. Saigo Congmichi was from the army and was the Minister of the Navy. He didn't understand it, but the thing that pissed people off was that this guy didn't understand it and never planned to understand it.

After flipping through a few pages of information, Yamamoto slowly explained: "Minister, according to the information, the Beiyang Navy has almost no losses, and Deng Shichang has been monitoring us in the Korean Strait. If there is any change in the Japanese Navy, I believe he will definitely learned."

"There is another piece of information, minister, please see that China's Nanyang Navy was suddenly transferred to Taiwan on the 14th of this month, and the governor of Taiwan, Liu Mingchuan, used the military government's recruitment as a pretense to mobilize the army and horses again and again, reaching [-] people. What is nervous about the department is that China has purchased a military fleet from overseas, and it has already arrived in Taiwan. Obviously, before the Beiyang navy attacked the Russian fleet, they had already begun to lay out their plans to strictly guard our Great Japanese Empire. The deployment of too many warships in the East China Sea is bound to arouse the suspicion of the Chinese, and maybe they will send troops from Taiwan to attack the Imperial Ryukyu and other places."

Xixiang replied with a sudden realization: "I see, that means we can't start a war now?"

"It's true that the Chinese have long been on guard against us, but I believe that there will be times when the Chinese will slack off, and that will be our chance."

"Opportunity, when will the opportunity wait? The Chinese continue to increase their troops in North Korea, ignoring the warnings of the empire. It is really unreconciled."

Xixiang Congdao thought for a while and then said: "Now I am more and more suspicious that the imperial drug incident may have been planned by Ye Zhikui, a cunning fox. motivation."

Yamamoto was silent for a while before saying: "Ye Zhikui is a very vicious opponent. The imperial intelligence department has never stopped studying him. In the Beijing Massacre, at least 20 Manchus died at the hands of his army. Moreover, he is deeply wary of the empire, and has always been half a step ahead of the empire."

Xixiang Congdao frowned and agreed: "The empire once organized his assassination, but it was a pity that they all failed, and it is even more difficult to succeed now. The intelligence organization of the military government is huge. What we know is only the tip of the iceberg. They have a loud The name is Thirteen Eagles, countless excellent intelligence personnel of the empire were lost to these people."

The two were speechless for a while.

"What, you mean that the Chinese Beiyang Fleet took the initiative to attack and defeated the Russian Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop. I heard it right." Kaiser Wilhelm II opened his mouth wide and jumped up from his throne in shock.

Prince Henry nodded solemnly, and said: "Your Majesty, the Chinese people are already boiling over for this victory, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"Then Alexandrovich, you don't want to regret making such a rash decision to invade China," William II said with a sneer.

He has always been worried about the defeat of Shandong, and the failure has affected his prestige. Now there are people who are more miserable than him. After all, in Shandong, the Chinese won more than the few, which makes sense, but Russia does not trust China. Up and down, if you lose, it is worth studying.

Henry echoed: "The Russians are now getting further and further away from the empire, and getting closer to France. According to intelligence, they took out a large loan from the French not long ago."

William II snorted coldly, and said sarcastically: "The Russians owed the Frenchmen a debt, so they became spineless, and now they are defeated by the Chinese. Let's see what face they have."

"Your Majesty," Henry called out, thinking that he had more than one hundred thousand taels of public relations fees from the Chinese in his arms, and felt that he had to do something, otherwise even God would not let him go.

William II looked at him suspiciously, waiting for him to continue.

"Not long ago, Li Hongzhang sent a message of hope for full cooperation through the imperial envoy to China. I wonder what your majesty thinks?"

"Comprehensive cooperation, what is the comprehensive cooperation method?" William II asked curiously.

"China is now ruled by a military government, and the leader of the military government, Ye Zhikui, has studied in Germany and has a good impression of our country. The Chinese are planning to build several railways and are willing to purchase imperial materials and trains. On the other hand, the military The government welcomes imperial companies to explore China's mineral resources, and will give priority to exporting these strategic resources to the empire through a joint-stock cooperation system."

William II came to the spirit. The reason why he wanted to occupy Qingdao was not only to have a naval base in the Far East, but more importantly, to spy on the resources there. Now the Chinese are willing to cooperate with German companies. For Germany, a country with poor strategic resources, it is undoubtedly the sound of nature.

"What conditions do the Chinese have?" Although William II was happy in his heart, he was not to the point of getting carried away.

The Chinese are not fools, how could they give benefits for nothing.

Henry smiled, and replied indifferently: "What else can the Chinese want, except for guns and ships, I can't think of anything else they want."

"That's true." William II agreed and knocked on the table.

Henry rolled his eyes and said: "This time, the Chinese not only want to buy some gun production line drawings and battleships, but also hope that we can help them restore and expand their Fuzhou Shipping Bureau."

William II thought for a while and confirmed, "Is it the shipyard that was destroyed in China during the Sino-French War?"

"exactly"

"Let's talk about these things after the Sino-Russian War is over." Although William was moved, he still wanted to maximize his interests.

"Your Majesty, the Chinese have also begun to contact the Americans. If we don't respond positively, this big business will fall into the pockets of the Yankees. The loss to us is immeasurable."

"Well then, you will be solely responsible for this matter. It would be better if you can contact Li Hongzhang until after the war is over."

Henry was overjoyed to see that the important matter had been decided. He was still waiting to get the final payment. Of course, the sooner it was done, the better. It didn't matter whether the war was over or not.

The victory of the Chinese navy not only caused a shock to countries all over the world, made them re-examine this old empire, but also changed their China policy to a certain extent.From taking China seriously in the past, to taking China a little seriously now.

While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the military government was busy negotiating with Germany and the Yankees, internally, taking advantage of the rising patriotic enthusiasm of the people, it changed the way of donations from various places to the form of issuing national debts.

In this way, the broad masses of the people became the creditors of the military government. Originally, they made unconditional donations. Now it is heard that the military government will pay back the money in the future, and there will be interest, and another round of buying national bonds has been set off.

Only the governors here know that the military government is harboring evil intentions, and they are the ones who deal with them. After the people buy the national debt, they naturally don't want the military government to fall, and they will naturally support the military government. At that time, the military government's strong appeal will not be mere A local government can resist it.

Some people are happy, but others are sad. Vladivostok is miserable, and the Russians are gloomy. After Alexeyev died, the other major generals endured their grief. It is better to put everything on this dead man.

So after a day or two of concealment, the news of the defeat of the Pacific Fleet finally arrived belatedly and was sent back to Russia. The offensive has also eased a lot, and I have been asking Vladivostok for verification.

Now that the news spread, the ministers of the Russian land and navy turned pale, and the morale of the soldiers on the front lines of the Russian army plummeted.

Vladivostok is considered to be the rear of the Russian army. Once the Chinese army lands there, they will undoubtedly be suppressed in the rear and will be attacked from both sides. It must be extremely painful.

"You mean the empire's Pacific Fleet is finished? Even the commander of the fleet, Alexeyev, was killed?"

Nicholas II was shocked, jumped down from the throne, shook Chafu's shoulders, and shouted in disbelief.

"Didn't you say that the Imperial Fleet has been suppressing the Beiyang Fleet?"

Chai Fu's face was pale, even if he had a hundred mouths, he didn't know what to say.

The Minister of the Navy next to him, Bochnev, stepped forward to persuade: "Your Majesty, please calm down, the original Pacific Fleet is just some old ships, and the loss is also..."

Nicholas II fixed his eyes on him.

Bochnev quickly transferred, "The loss is really immeasurable, but according to reports, it was all Alekseev's fault. The fleet had received a warning from the Japanese before, but unfortunately he didn't take it seriously. He didn’t make preparations for the battle, and he didn’t seriously investigate the enemy’s situation, and he didn’t even know when the Beiyang Fleet would come and go. Your Majesty, Alexeyev committed suicide in fear of being blamed by His Majesty.”

Nicholas II said angrily: "Is it all right if he dies? I will whip his corpse."

"Your Majesty, he committed suicide by jumping into the sea, and the body has not been found."

Nicholas II said angrily, "Then kill his whole family."

None of the other ministers dared to speak out against him in his anger.

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