In the 21st century, there was an incident when Israel bombed a besieged Palestinian city. The people of Israel sat under the stars at night, sipping wine and admiring the light of the cannonballs and bombs in the night. After the photograph was posted, public opinion believed that the Israelis were morally corrupt, untouched by the suffering of war, and that there was a great problem of human deprivation.

In fact, watching the war is precisely where human nature lies. There are people watching the street fights, and there are people watching the street scolding. Cockfighting, dog fighting, not only people watch, but also people bet. On July 21, 1861, Lincoln decided to fight the main Confederate forces in Manassas, the transportation hub between Washington and Richmond, in order to clear the way to Richmond. The Northern Army was commanded by General Irving 61 McDowell and numbered 35,000 men. The Confederate army was commanded by the famous generals Pierre 61 Beauregarde and Joseph 61 Johnston, with 22,000 men.

Because the Northern military first hyped up that it would win easily, many Huashengton citizens, parliamentarians, and reporters dressed in costumes and brought picnics to the battlefield to watch the battle. The Northern Army began with a superior force attack on the positions of the Southern Army across the Boer River. Southern General Thomas 61 Jackson withstood 5 attacks by the Northern Army, thus earning the title of "Stone Wall". After the arrival of reinforcements from the Southern Army, a counteroffensive was launched and the Northern Army was routed. As a result of the battle, the North lost almost 3,000 people, losing a large number of guns and ammunition, and the South lost almost 2,000 people. The rest of the Northern Army fled back to Huashengton.

The legislators, journalists, and citizens who watched the battle in a safe place were dumbfounded by the brutality of the war and the crushing defeat of the Northern Army, and after the defeat of the Northern Army, they became prisoners of the Southern Army.

In the Battle of the Tsugaru Strait in 1874, in addition to Britain and China, Japan, the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary, Norway, Sweden, and all of them sent onlookers, and even Belgium, a country with a big nose, sent observers. Spectators watched the battle from afar in their boats.

It is an open secret that Britain wants to beat China, and China is also a country with ironclad ships, and 30 ironclad ships cannot be built by just pulling countries in this era. What's more, China's ironclad ships are following an unprecedented radical path, and China has no fear of Britain at all. Countries that are struggling with the development of ironclad ships believe that this is an excellent opportunity to sit on the sidelines.

Japan has the advantage of being geographically advantageous and has dispatched four warships. After the reunification of Germany, they were very eager to build a strong navy, so they simply sent two ships. The ships were all members of the country's navy. Countries with limited financial resources take the ship of other countries.

Although people from all over the world admired the courage of the Chinese navy, they all believed that the destruction of the Chinese fleet was inevitable. Drawing and drawing were compulsory subjects for German naval officers, and all the naval academies of the world had these basic possibilities. Middle-aged, youthful, and teenagers in German naval uniforms held drawing boards and drew with pencils on white paper, and from time to time they raised pencils, made simple measurements according to the basic technology of ranging, and then recorded various data in the blank space next to the drawing. Photography was also one of the training subjects of the German Navy, and photographers captured as many shots of naval battles as possible.

The organized German Navy onlookers had a clear division of labor, and there were officers to supervise them. Even so, more than half of the attention of those soldiers was drawn to the fierce naval battle. It was only under the personal guidance of the commander that the German soldiers would not completely abandon the work at hand.

Onlookers from other countries were all immersed in this dazzling but unremarkable naval battle, with shells flying, flames rising, and smoke enveloping the vast sea area at the end of the naval battle. Watching with bated breath as the Chinese Navy calmly left the battlefield after damaging 12 British warships, spectators from all over the world, including Germany, were dumbfounded.

This naval battle between China and Britain represents the top naval battle in the world today. Except for China, no country watching the battle dared to send its own navy to challenge the British fleet. The young China not only dared to fight against the British Grand Fleet, but also gained an all-round advantage.

Even if the British Navy suffered a loss, no one in the countries watching the war dared to have the slightest contempt for the British Navy. As far as the combat capability of the British fleet in the naval battle is concerned, the navies of other countries will definitely end up miserable. The people from all over the world who came to watch were extremely glad that they had witnessed such a naval battle. Many confusions have found solutions through this naval battle, and after watching this naval battle, the personnel of various countries have more confusion.

Germany has good relations with China, and the German Prime Minister Bismarck is more confident in China. The leader of the fleet was a rear admiral, and on board were active members of the Navy, naval cadets, and junior cadets. The most important purpose of the two warships that had traveled thousands of miles from Germany to China was to train the navy. The cost of getting from Europe to China was not small, but the Germans gritted their teeth and admitted. After watching the naval battle, the German Navy felt that it was really worth the ticket price. The commander of the fleet only regretted why he did not double the number of ships and personnel.

After the Chinese navy ran away, the ships of various countries immediately turned around and sailed towards Japan. After landing in Tokyo, they unanimously did three things, the first of which was to immediately begin to sum up the experience gained from watching the battle. The second was to immediately send someone to inquire about the results of the British naval pursuit. The third is to immediately send people to China for military exchanges.

Germany acted the fastest, and the naval personnel were in a meeting and sailed to China. Three days later, he arrived in Shanghai and sent a telegram to the German Embassy in Nanjing through the German Consulate in Shanghai, requesting the Embassy to contact the Chinese side, hoping to allow the German Navy to visit the Chinese Naval Academy, listen to lectures, and exchange ideas.

When the German Navy arrived, the U.S. Navy followed. In addition to doing the same thing as the German Navy, the U.S. Navy also made a request to buy two Chinese warships of the same type as the naval battle.

It has been almost 20 years since the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it has never been so lively in 20 years. As a relatively cold yamen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs found that its own personnel were somewhat insufficient.

Foreign Minister Li Xin was handling official business, and Yuan Bingren, director of the Security Bureau, came to the door, "We have caught a large number of foreign devils near our shipyard who want to peep, can the Ministry of Foreign Affairs talk to the foreign devils, don't cause us trouble." ”

"If I listen to whatever foreign devils say, that's fine." Li Xin sighed.

"If he doesn't listen to you, he has to say. Many of the foreigners we caught were foreign nationals, and after they were caught, they shouted that they had diplomatic immunity. I just want to pump them with a big mouth. Yuan Bingren said angrily.

"Well, I will inform diplomats again that diplomatic immunity does not apply to military restricted zones." Li Xin gave Yuan Bingren a reply. After Yuan Bingren left, Li Xin sighed again. Originally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believed that after Britain officially declared war on China, countries would uphold the neutrality treaty and cut off trade with China. After all, the British are the world hegemon, and this influence will still be there. In fact, China also wants to use this incident to block foreign exchanges, and the country is holding back its efforts to develop some new technologies.

Reality proved the Foreign Office wrong, and after the Chinese Navy showed its strength to the world, all countries saw an opportunity to challenge Britain's maritime supremacy. Everyone is an industrial country, and no one wants to give up such an opportunity. If this situation continues, or even continues to heat up, China's foreign policy will have to be adjusted.

Weeser instructed the Foreign Office that when China had gradually proved its naval superiority, it would be necessary to negotiate with the British immediately. The goal was to hope that an agreement could be reached with the British, and China would be willing to accept the hegemony of the British on the European continent. Similarly, the British wanted to identify with China's hegemony in the Western Pacific.

Li Xin once thought that Wei Zedudu's mentality was more anxious, how could the British give in so quickly. I didn't expect diplomacy to take a turn for the better so soon, and Li Xin himself could think of China's means without Wei Ze's reminder. Provide China's naval technology to Europe and even the United States to help countries rapidly improve their naval capabilities. When the naval strength of European countries was developing rapidly, Britain was still able to draw troops to Asia. The possibility of a European coalition is not impossible, and what is certain is that the possibility of close cooperation between Germany and France is largely non-existent.

Fang Cai's sentence "If I say anything foreign devils, I will listen to anything, this will be fine" is Li Xin's emotion about sending envoys to negotiate peace with Britain. It's good that the British really know each other.

At this time, Weizer was looking through the information submitted by the intelligence department about the Meiji government and the Ezo Republic, and the Meiji government was issuing land grants to the nobles in the country. More precisely, the Meiji government was issuing land grants for the division of the local land in Ezo after the seizure of the Ezo Republic.

After reading this report, Wei Ze's thought in his heart was: "The country with the landlord as the power base is really TM in the same vein!" "After the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in France, the aristocracy began to regain the land, and the bald head engaged in such a thing as a land grant before the counterattack, and finally died in vain. But I don't know how far the Meiji government can go?

The fate of the Meiji government and the Ezo Republic is now decided not by the two countries that are about to go to war, but by the two great powers behind the two countries, China and the United Kingdom. The superiority of the British Navy was undoubted, and 12 cruisers were not enough to annihilate the British Grand Fleet. In fact, 6 cruisers have already left for the dock in Shanghai, and the warships need to be reconditioned, especially to replace their armor. The level of British shelling is still higher than that of China, and within a month, the navy can only rely on another 6 cruisers. No matter how good the Chinese navy is, the number determines the war capability. The Republic of Ezo was left to fend off the attacks of the Meiji government forces on its own.

With a soft sigh, Weeser signed the document of the march into French Indochina in his capacity as chairman of the Military Commission. China and Britain have already gone to war, so there is no reason for French Indochina to continue to exist.