Beiyang reactionaries

Britain is proud.Of course, Britain has enough capital to be proud.As the overlord of the world for 200 years, Britain is known as the "empire on which the sun never sets."Half of the world was once a British colony, and even now the British colonies are all over the world.

They can affect the whole world.

And what about China?

It is just a country that has been bullied by foreign powers and even threatened to perish for a while.Not to mention the powerful Britain, France, Russia, Japan, and the United States who bully China, even small countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden have come to bully China.

But China did not dare to resist.

Such a country dares to collide with the UK, how can the UK be reconciled.In other words, in the eyes of the British, this kind of thing is a shame, a great shame.They will never accept it.

This is where it gets difficult.

Duan Xun had made public opinion so high before. When the troops entered Tibet, he made himself a great hero for the country and the people, and an image of a "national hero" who was not afraid of British coercion.But now, if I shrink my head at this time, everything before will become a joke, and it will seriously damage Duan Xun's reputation.

So Duan Xun can't retreat either.

"read."

"The two British warships 'Jiahe' and 'Weijing' have just passed through Yichang and are heading towards us."

"What warships are they?"

Duan Xun immediately became nervous.

I had thought for a long time that the British would not let it go, but I didn't expect to send two warships so soon.In fact, what Duan Xun didn't know was that the two warships were not entering Sichuan because of this matter.They were Eric Tekman who wanted to deter Duan Xun, so he sent a telegram to Zhu Erdian to invite him to Sichuan.Unexpectedly, what happened in Wan County happened just in time, so it can only be said that it happened just in time.

Otherwise, they would not have come to Yichang so soon.

"It's not a British destroyer, it's just an ordinary gunboat. The 'Weijing' is a shallow water gunboat, built for a big river like the Yangtze River. The 'Jiahe' was originally just a small commercial cargo ship. After the outbreak of the European War , Britain transferred a large number of warships in the Far East back to Europe, so Britain used these cargo ships to convert them into warships. It also brought a few cannons and machine guns, which were not very powerful. The cannons they used were not naval guns, but infantry guns Press it."

"I see."

Duan Xun let out a long sigh of relief.

Duan Xun is still very afraid of the British warship.Their warships, especially powerful destroyers and battleships, are very powerful.If Duan Xun's troops fought with their powerful destroyers and battleships, the losses would definitely be huge.

Even the artillery in Duan Xun's hands is useless to these warships.But since the ones who came were only ordinary ones, that is, warships that wandered along the Yangtze River, there was no problem.Duan Xun's troops were still able to cope.

"Wanxian has already received Japanese arms?"

"Yes. Received it yesterday."

"Okay. Give Xiong Qixun electricity and ask him to gather all the artillery of the troops to the shore. It is best for the British warships to be honest. If they dare to use force, I will allow them to fire."

"Yes."

Duan Xun was very pressured to fire on the British warship.

But Duan Xun can't retreat now, because he relies on this to maintain the People's Party and the army.Maybe once he fires the cannon, he will be able to firmly maintain the people's party and the army.

"Tell Ma Xiaojun that as soon as the Japanese weapons arrive, equip the troops and conduct training immediately. Who knows whether the British warship will be in Wanxian or come to our Chongqing."

"Yes."

177 million counties in conflict

"Lieutenant Colonel, a telegram from the headquarters."

Lieutenant Colonel Berryman, captain of the Vigilante.

This time the British warship sailed into Sichuan, and the British side paid more attention to it.Since the beginning of World War I, Britain's strength in the Far East has declined sharply, and its influence has also declined sharply.Even the strength of the Yangtze River, the traditional British ruled area, has declined a lot.

That's why there are warlords like Duan Xun who ignore Britain.

Britain does not allow such an arrogant person to stay in Sichuan, and does not allow such an arrogant person to control the Yangtze River Basin to affect British interests.Even if Duan Xun is really so bullish, Britain should deter him and make him understand that he is only a few pounds.Therefore, the two British warships were ordered to enter Sichuan this time to deter Duan Xun.

"Shall we save two ships?"

Berryman looked at the telegram and shook his head.

It's all about what.What is Swire Pacific? The two ships of Swire Pacific were seized by the Wanxian government, and they had to go there to rescue them.It is unbelievable and unheard of that the Chinese government dared to detain the British ship.

so surprised.

Berryman didn't even know what to say.But this is a telegram sent to him by the commander-in-chief of the British Yangtze River Force, and it must be completed.

"Slow down the boat and let Lieutenant Colonel Dali come up."

Although it was inexplicable, since the order came, of course I had to obey it.Moreover, it is a disgrace to the British soldiers that this kind of thing happened, and it should be taught a lesson to those Chinese who do not know the heights of the sky and the earth.Otherwise, these Chinese people don't know the heights of the sky and the strength of the earth at all, and they don't know the strength of Britain at all.

So Berryman invited John Daly, the captain of the "Golden Harvest", to come up, and the two of them had a discussion.Soon the lieutenant colonel, who was about 30 years old, walked in.

"John, here is a telegram from our commander."

"Rescue the merchant ship?"

John Daly was also inexplicable.But John Daly said quickly: "I heard that the current ruler of Sichuan is a bold figure when I returned to China this time. He doesn't take our British Empire seriously. Now it seems that it is true. Even our British Empire They dared to detain the merchant ship, they really took the courage of the bear. Such a person will never be forgiven."

Yes.

I really ate the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard.

How could such a thing happen.British ships have been sailing on the Yangtze River for many years, and the collision accident mentioned in the telegram has happened many times.But even if this happened, no government would dare to detain the British ship.Even if the UK did something wrong, no one would dare to do so.

Because of what?

Because that was the ship of the world overlord, the British Empire.The reason is so simple, so domineering.

Are you not satisfied?

Even if you don't accept it, you have to endure it.Behind these ships is the British Empire, backed by the boss of this world, they are so arrogant.

"What do you think we should do?"

"What's the discussion here?"

Although both are lieutenant colonels, their ships are of different ranks.Although the two warships are not popular with the British Navy, even if they fight with the British Navy, they still think these two warships are cumbersome.They can only rule the roost in a river like the Yangtze River.

But even if it is cumbersome, the two ships themselves still have to distinguish between high and low.

Berryman's "Prestige Police" is a shallow water gunboat, a river surface ship that sails on big rivers, and belongs to a real warship.John Daly's "Jiahe" was converted from a merchant ship.Therefore, the military ranks are the same, but Berryman's status is higher than that of John Daly, and Berryman is the commander of the two warships entering the river this time.But John Daly didn't feel at all that he wanted to listen to Berryman.Because before coming here, John Daly served as the first officer among the cruisers of the British Navy and participated in naval battles in Europe.

So he was arrogant and didn't take Berryman seriously.

"We directly drove the warships in, and then asked them for people and ships."

"What if you don't give it?"