Qin Zheng put forward a plan in his suggestion, first of all, he could use the Netherlands to open a breakthrough. Because the Netherlands was the weakest of the five countries participating in the war, but it still had a large number of colonies in the Far East, this gave the East China government enough bargaining chips, and as long as these colonies were used to threaten each other, they were not afraid that the Netherlands would not give in; after opening a breakthrough from the Netherlands, then the next target would be Britain and France, and they would also use the interests of Britain and France in Asia as a threat, and when necessary, they could even take some extreme measures; after the three countries of Britain, France, and the Netherlands were settled, Japan and Russia would lose their reliance and would 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 Of course, this is only a general plan, and it needs to be detailed and detailed before it can be superseded.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, it is necessary to have an intermediary who can be trusted by both sides to mediate, act as a mutual messenger, and even at the moment of construction, explain the relationship to the Netherlands, persuade the Netherlands to accept the conditions of the East China government, or persuade the East China government 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 the East China government have always been on good terms, which is 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 certainly be interested in this role, and it just so happens that the German Prince Heinrich is still in Qingdao, and it is just in time that he can fully communicate with the East China government.

Although the East China government won the battle of the Taiwan Strait, and the Netherlands was also one of the defeated troops, the East China government now has no direct threat to the Netherlands, so in order to subdue the Netherlands, it is necessary to create a situation of large army pressing, otherwise the Netherlands will not easily submit to softness. 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 the East China government, so they cut off from the East China government, and even fell to the camp against the East China government, and a group of diehard Qing court loyalists are also clamoring to assist the expeditionary force to destroy the East China government together.

If it weren't for the fact that the East China government 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 itself, but the opposition forces on all sides were still secretly dormant and accumulating strength, only waiting for the expeditionary force to defeat the East China government and then attack together, and the material supply of the East China government was greatly reduced, which was also not unrelated to this wave of opposition. Of course, the East China government was aware of these situations, but it had to concentrate on dealing with the expeditionary force, and if the East China government could not defeat the expeditionary force, it would be useless to do anything, so it would not have to do anything.

But now that the East China government has completely defeated the expeditionary force, it is natural that it will start a counterattack. On the one hand, it is aimed at further strengthening the lofty image of the East China Government and creating a public opinion environment for the East China Government to replace the Qing court in the future; on the other hand, it is also to take the opportunity to thoroughly smear the forces opposing the East China Government 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, the East China government took the lead in informing the results of the battle in the Taiwan Strait, and the results were quickly transmitted to all parts of the world through telegraph lines. When the countries first received this news, their first reaction was almost always disbelief, because before the war, almost all countries were optimistic about the expeditionary force, or at least the expeditionary force's fleet, but the East China government's announcement of the result 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, since the establishment of the East China government, it has caused 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 "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 for the East China government, and that the war originally launched to contain Russia's expansion had created a more powerful opponent than Russia, and that the Asian interests of Britain and France would be greatly impacted.

Of course, these two newspapers were polite, and only spoke out or commented on the war itself, but the other newspapers were not so polite, and they were full of firepower, some accusing the government of not being easily involved in the war; some of them criticized the politicians and sent innocent soldiers of their country to war; others blamed the incompetence of the army; of course, the political opposition also took the opportunity to make a severe criticism of the government's actions, and demanded that the head of government resign, and that he should step down and take responsibility for the defeat.

In addition to Britain and France, the Dutch media is also lively, but the target is mainly focused on the government, [Amsterdam Newspaper] published a commentary article, arguing that although three years ago, the East China government had used force to protect overseas Chinese in Java 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 three 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 Dutch government should carefully 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 publish 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., and 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 the East China government, and defend Europe's free civilization, faith and homeland.

Although Nicholas II's statement struck a chord with a handful of ultranationalists and white supremacists, the governments of the major European countries were uninterested in it, because politicians understood that Nicholas II's statement was ostensibly high-sounding, but in fact it was mixed with its own personal goods, which was nothing more than trying to get 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 the Japanese government and the people, but no one expected that the expeditionary force would lose, and it would lose so badly that it was almost completely 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.

However, 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 to make peace with the East China government, and pay reparations, after all, the war can be ended, and 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 thing to do to make peace with the East China government at this time, but the question is who will bear this responsibility, and what happened to Li Hongzhang of the Qing court 10 years ago, Japanese politicians all know it, and no one wants to be Japan's Li Hongzhang, so 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.