I can't die

Soon after the meeting between Zaichun and Chard, there were huge changes in the court. First, more and more people began to write letters condemning Japan. It's been half a year, but who can stand the emperor's thoughts?As soon as those ministers heard the news, they really brought up the old matter again, and the rumors in the court suddenly turned to crusade against Japan.

At the same time, the Beijing News, as the most important official media operation organization of the Qing Dynasty, detonated another huge explosive point, that is, "No Smoking".Smoking ban can be said to be the original intention of "Beijing News", but for various reasons, the public opinion promotion of smoking ban has not been carried out. The main reason is that the relationship with the British nationality has eased. Relieved, with external force, he is no longer afraid of the British stumbling.

On the largest main page of the Beijing News, Lin Ruzhou wrote an article "Smoking Ban" on a full page.This anti-smoking theory not only vigorously discussed the harm of opium poppy to the human body, but also criticized the wolf ambition of the British from the perspective of the country, in an attempt to use such poisons to shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

Smoking ban is not a matter of a year or two. As early as several decades ago, Lin Zexu held a large-scale anti-smoking event, but when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty read this anti-smoking theory again, they still couldn't help shaking their hearts.

Who is this daring to pluck the beards of the British so brazenly?

Let's take a closer look at the author of this "Anti-Smoking Theory", Lin Ruzhou.Lin family. . .The descendants of Lin Zexu, this surname has extraordinary weight in everyone's mind. Even those who were once enemies of the Lin family, when they mentioned Lin Zexu, they had to say "It's a pity..."

From this we can see how important the Lin family has among the people.

And when Bacharley saw this "Beijing News", he was completely outraged.

"What does this mean? Is the Qing court planning to go to war with Britain?"

Bacharley felt that during the two Opium Wars, it was clearly written that the British government would absolutely not allow the Qing government to ban smoking, but now that this report says so, it is obvious that the Qing government intends to backtrack.

"Where does this Qing Dynasty person have the confidence?"

Parker couldn't help but said angrily.

"My lord. Today's Qing Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. Besides, the Americans have to guard against it."

The assistant saw Bacharley getting angry at the side, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to speak.After hearing this, Bacharley also knew that the current Qing Dynasty was no longer comparable to the civil strife in the Taiping Rebellion. Moreover, the United States now clearly wants to support the Qing court, so it is no wonder that the Qing court has nothing to worry about.

Thinking like this, Parker couldn't help but drift to the islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.Today's Americans have occupied the coastal area of ​​Changshu, Japan. According to the posture, they must intend to use this as a stronghold to interfere in the national affairs of Japan, thereby restraining Britain's military strength in Japan.

Thinking of this, Pacharley thought over and over again, and decided that he could no longer wait to die. If he was led by the nose by the Qing court and the Americans, the final consequences would definitely be bad.

"It still needs to be cut quickly."

Thinking of this, Pacharley finally made a decision, and it was this decision that led to the direction of Southeast Asia for nearly a century in the future.

After Bacharley made this decision, he immediately sent a letter to the East India Company in India, and then the company sent it to the Parliament by telegram.After the parliament received the news, it immediately conducted a two-day discussion, and finally the parliament decided to unify Bacharley's request.

"Directly send troops to intervene in the Japanese civil war."

Sending troops directly is no better than interfering behind the scenes. Britain has always been cautious about such military operations. Even in the American Civil War, Britain did not directly send troops to help.It can be seen from this that the United Kingdom can no longer bear the cooperation between China and the United States.

After the parliamentary order was issued, almost all British navies in Southeast Asia have been transferred. Needless to say, He Bo, who is already stationed in Ryukyu and is building the Beidao naval base, has five ocean-going warships from India, Malacca, the Philippines, etc. The ground was mobilized and drove directly to the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The first to be attacked by British artillery was the U.S. Navy stationed in Changzhou, Japan.As soon as the warships of the two sides met in Fujin, Changzhou, and saw the flying flags of the opposite navy, they immediately entered the first-level alert mode.Then, these two long-standing feuding countries had a fierce confrontation over the East China Sea.

The United States was originally a colony of the United Kingdom. Although the two countries have deep grievances, they can be said to have the same root, so the way of training sailors and the way of fighting are almost exactly the same.The warships of all parties turned on their artillery, and then quickly increased their speed to incorporate the opponent into their own artillery, and then began to attack with long-distance artillery shells.It can be said that the victory of the naval battle between the two countries depends entirely on the power of artillery fire and the number of warships.However, seeing countless splashes exploding on the sea, the artillery skills of both sides are comparable. However, it is obvious that Britain's sudden attack this time has mobilized a lot of navies, making the United States fall into an unconquerable disadvantage in terms of the number of warships.

Seeing this, the commander of the U.S. Navy knew something was wrong, and immediately ordered the fate of fleeing.That's right, Changzhou is just a foreign country anyway, so there is no reason to lose the lives of soldiers for this territory. ,

Seeing the retreat of the US warships, the British navy did not rush to seize Changzhou. Instead, it chased the fleeing US warships like a mad dog.The American sailors who saw it this way were also taken aback!

It should be noted that in these western countries, naval battles are common in order to seize colonies, but there is a set of customary rules for this, that is, one side retreats, and the other basically has land colonial rights. Relatively, In order to see each other in the future, the two countries will not be too embarrassing, and neither will kill the loser.

Now, the British navy is like this, it can be seen that it is already planning to tear its face.

"withdraw!!!"

Seeing the British navy chasing after him, the American general immediately shouted anxiously.But the sailors on the side also shouted: "Commander, where are you going? To the Pacific Ocean?"

Fleeing to the Pacific Ocean means going to the mainland of the United States, but the Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world, and it is really difficult to get rid of the British warships across the ocean.

"Go east! There is the Qing court!!!"