Qin Zheng put forward a plan in his suggestion, first of all, he could use the Netherlands to open a breakthrough. Because the Netherlands is the weakest of the five countries participating in the war, but there are still a large number of colonies in the Far East, this gives East China enough bargaining chips, as long as these colonies are threatened, there is no fear that the Netherlands will not give in; and after opening a breakthrough from the Netherlands, then the next target is Britain and France, and they are also using the interests of Britain and France in Asia as a threat, and when necessary, they can even take some extreme measures; after leveling Britain, France, and the Netherlands, Japan and Russia will lose their reliance and will be easy to deal with.

This order is basically the same as Xia Bohai's concept, and it can be regarded as the same as what the hero sees. Of course, this is only a general plan, and it needs to be detailed and detailed before it can be superseded. However, Xia Bohai has some detailed thoughts about this, first of all, if he wants to take the Netherlands, he must have an intermediary who can be trusted by both parties to mediate, act as a mutual messenger, and even at the moment of Guan Jian, explain the relationship to the Netherlands, persuade the Netherlands to accept the conditions of East China, or persuade East China to make appropriate concessions, in order to reach an agreement.

Now, of course, there is such a suitable intermediary, and that is Germany. The relationship between Germany and the Netherlands has always been good, and Germany and East China have always been friendly, in line with the conditions that both sides can trust, and now Germany has always wanted to play a role in international affairs, so it will definitely be interested in this role.

However, if you want to take the Netherlands, it is not possible to do without military pressure, although East China ** won the battle of the Taiwan Strait, and the Netherlands is also one of the defeated troops, but now East China ** has no direct threat to the Netherlands, so to subdue the Netherlands, it is necessary to create a situation of large army pressure, otherwise the Netherlands will not easily surrender. However, after experiencing the battle of the Taiwan Strait, the fleet will definitely need a period of rest and recuperation, and I don't know when it will be able to go out again. Of course, in order to subdue the Netherlands, it is not necessary for the whole fleet to attack, and it is enough to dispatch about 20 warships, which still needs to be arranged through consultation with the Military Commission.

In addition, there is another immediate work to be carried out is propaganda, when the expeditionary force fleet is coming, due to the strong strength of the expeditionary force and the momentum of Britain, France and other countries and the Qing court, a considerable number of people in China lack confidence in East China, so they cut off from East China, and even fell to the camp against East China, and a group of diehard members of the Qing court are also clamoring to assist the expeditionary force to destroy East China together.

If it weren't for the fact that East China ** had been prepared for this, first defeated the Qing army in Henan, and then won successive victories, and occupied the high point of Daode to make a big noise, it could be regarded as suppressing this wave of opposition to himself, but the opposition forces of all parties are still secretly dormant and accumulating, just waiting for the expeditionary force to defeat East China ** and then attack together, and the supply of materials in East China ** has been greatly reduced, which is also related to this wave of opposition. Of course, East China ** knows these situations, but it is necessary to concentrate on dealing with the expeditionary force, and if East China ** cannot defeat the expeditionary force, it is useless to do anything, so it is also forbearable.

But now that East China has completely defeated the expeditionary force, it is natural to start a counterattack. On the one hand, it is necessary to further strengthen the tall image of East China's great and upright people, and to create a public opinion environment for East China to replace the Qing court in the future; on the other hand, it is also to take the opportunity to completely smear the forces opposing East China in public opinion.

Xia Bohai was thinking about it, while recording in his notebook, he unconsciously finished writing more than 10 pages, only to feel a little tired, and when he got up and moved, he found that the sky had begun to brighten.

Xia Bohai stood in front of the window, took a deep breath, and a new day began again.

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After dawn, East China took the lead in informing the results of the battle in the Taiwan Strait, and this result was quickly transmitted to all parts of the world through telegraph lines. When all countries first received this news, their first reaction was almost disbelief, because before the war, almost all countries were optimistic about the expeditionary force, at least the expeditionary force's fleet, but the result announced by East China ** was that the expeditionary force fleet was completely wiped out, so no one would believe that this news was true.

But after some inquiry, confirmation, and implementation, it was indeed proved that this news was true, and only 15 warships survived in the end of the largest steam ironclad fleet in the history of mankind, so the total annihilation is by no means an exaggeration. Although the expeditionary force's land forces were still unscathed, everyone knew that the war had actually ended, and the expeditionary force had completely failed.

And so there was a huge shaking of the whole world. In fact, since the landing of the traverser, after the establishment of East China, it has created a sensation in the world countless times, but everyone admits that this sensation is the biggest.

Of course, the news media is always the fastest to react, and the defeat in the battle of the Taiwan Strait is of course a huge disaster for the five countries participating in the war, but it is a great news for the news media, so this can unearth countless news hot topics and increase sales.

The British [Times] published a commentary article with the title of "This is the 'Battle of Trafalgar' in the East, but this time Britain is no longer the victorious side", declaring in a bitter tone that the 200 years of glory of the Royal Navy of the British Empire were completely destroyed at this moment, which also showed competitors that the British Navy could also be defeated, so it is conceivable that Britain will face more challenges in the future.

France's "Paris Daily" reported on the defeat of the expeditionary fleet, with the title of "The Defeat at Waterloo at Sea," and commented that the defeat in the battle of the Taiwan Strait meant that the Far East War ended with a complete victory in East China, and that the war originally launched to contain Russia's expansion created a more powerful opponent than Russia, and the Asian interests of Britain and France would be greatly impacted.

Of course, these two newspapers are quite polite, only to speak out or comment on the war itself, but the other newspapers are not so polite, full of firepower, some accuse ** should not be easily involved in this war; some criticize politicians and send innocent soldiers to the battlefield; some blame the army for incompetence; of course, the political opposition also took the opportunity to make trouble, severely criticized the behavior of **, and demanded that the ** head resign, and the internal cabinet should be responsible for the defeat.

In addition to Britain and France, the Dutch media is also lively, but the target is mainly focused on **, [Amsterdam Daily] published a commentary article, arguing that although 3 years ago, East China ** had used force to protect overseas Chinese, and forced the Batavian colonial authorities to sign the [Java Treaty] that ceded a large number of political and economic benefits to the Chinese, but in the past 3 years, Batavia's economy has developed rapidly, and tax revenue has increased at a rate of more than 10% per year, proving that the [Java Treaty] was signed at the beginning Not absolutely disadvantaged, the previous policy of the colonial authorities in Batavia was wrong. The Netherlands** should seriously evaluate the pros and cons of the [Java Treaty], rather than making a rash decision to join the expeditionary force.

The Russian media tried their best to downplay the battle of the Taiwan Strait, but the Russian Tsar Nicholas II spent money to issue a statement in the major media of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria, declaring that a new "** crisis" has arrived, which will be a serious threat to European civilization, values, religious beliefs, etc., It will be a war between cultures and races, and called on all European countries to put aside all disputes and spear values, work together to deal with East China, and defend Europe's free civilization, faith and homeland.

Although Nicholas II's statement struck a chord with a small number of ultranationalists and white supremacists, the major European countries were not interested in it, and there were few responders, because politicians understood that Nicholas II's statement was ostensibly high-sounding, but in fact it was mixed with its own private goods, which was nothing more than trying to pull other countries to endorse Russia.

Among the five countries participating in the expeditionary force, only Japan carried out the news of the battle of the Taiwan Strait, because after the defeat of the battle of the Noto Peninsula, Japan was basically unable to drive out the people's army that invaded the territory, so the expeditionary force fleet has become the psychological pillar of Japan and the people, but no one thought that the expeditionary force would lose, and it was so badly lost, almost all of them were wiped out. Once this news spreads, will it be worth it? The whole society will inevitably fall into chaos, and it is better to lock it down first.

However, it is impossible to block such important news for a long time, because before that, the Japanese news media focused on reporting the news of the expeditionary force fleet, but it is impossible for the expeditionary force fleet to reach Japan, but Japan can only delay it for a month at most, and if the expeditionary force fleet has not yet arrived in Japan after a month, it will inevitably arouse the people's doubts. Therefore, the Japanese Cabinet has been discussing how to deal with the current situation.

But at this time, no one has any good way, the expeditionary fleet has already lost, and Japan itself has no ability, at this time who can still come up with a good way, until someone proposes, and East China ** peace, reparations will be reparated, after all, the war can be ended, the current situation is that the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to Japan.

In fact, Japanese officials all know that it is indeed the most correct way to make peace with East China at this time, but the question is who will bear this responsibility, what happened to Li Hongzhang of the Qing court 10 years ago, Japanese politicians all know, no one wants to be Japan's Li Hongzhang, and as a result, this issue can only be ignored. And the only result is to strengthen negotiations with Britain and France, after all, they will not be able to escape.