In the conference room of the Shanghai Governor's Palace, the high-level cadres of the Baath Party are like riding a roller coaster, rushing into the sky and falling to the bottom again. Death.

In the middle of the night on May 8, 1915, Xue Kai's escort formation encountered Riji.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Xue Kai had been fighting fiercely with the Japanese ship for 6 hours, and both sides had killed and wounded each other.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese reinforcement fleet arrived, and Xue Kai's escort formation began to flee, and the losses in the process of escape were not small, and everyone's hearts had begun to hang.

At 12 o'clock at noon, Yan Fu's reinforcement fleet arrived and rescued Xue Kai's escort formation in despair, and the two sides launched a large-scale fierce battle, and the conference room erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

After the two armies started a major war, the Japanese side had more combat experience, and the elite degree of the soldiers was not comparable to that of the Yan Fu Nanyang Navy.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, after receiving Xue Kai's sad and angry telegram, Yan Fu was greedy for life and afraid of death, and ordered to retreat and flee when the Nanyang Navy still maintained its combat strength.

This is not the end, and then received telegrams from Xue Kai one after another.

In the process of retreating, the Nanyang Fleet suffered heavy casualties, losing more than 10 ships, and the battle losses of officers and men are currently estimated to be more than 3,000, and everyone is grieving to death.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Yan Fu's counterattack plan was officially sent to the Shanghai headquarters.

Only then did the high-ranking members of the Baath Party know about Yan Fu's entire plan, but everyone was no longer able to cheer up, and the repeated news had already tossed everyone a lot, and no one knew what kind of reversal would happen in the next second.

Just staring at the telegraph room, anxiously and fearfully waiting for the next news, like a felony in the courtroom, waiting for the judge's verdict.

Good news is finally here!

This time, it was sent by Zhu Zhuquan, commander of the Nanyang Air Force, and the Nanyang Air Force poured out, and even the training plane came on the field, biting the Japanese fleet more than 100 miles east of Lanfang Island.

Yan Fu's report has also officially come, and the Nanyang Fleet will launch a full-scale counterattack!

Then there was another anxious wait, and the powerful and nowhere to use the high-ranking Baath Party officials were dry and wanted to say nothing, even Zhang Jian, who had always been as steady as Mount Tai, and Zhou Shumo, who had just returned to Shanghai to recuperate, were also walking around in the conference room non-stop, and they didn't see the two old people lying down tired.

The good news keeps coming out.

After the Air Force gave the Japanese fleet a blow to the head, the Navy's only five submarines that had just been launched and put into service gave the Japanese fleet another thunderous blow, and more than five Japanese battleships instantly lost their combat effectiveness.

The long-lost cheers finally broke out in the conference room, and the elder Yan Fu no longer appeared as a greedy image of life and fear of death, but the existence of a heroic figure who was not afraid of danger and was brave and strategic, and turned the tide to save the building.

But everyone still didn't dare to make a conclusion too early, for fear of another kind of bad news coming.

Fierce naval battles in the South Seas continued, and good news continued to be transmitted.

On May 9, 1915, at 5 a.m., the desperate commander of the Japanese fleet finally ordered surrender, and the white flag was raised on the Japanese flagship.

The dust has settled.

The earth-shattering cries erupted in the conference room, especially the group of people who had experienced the humiliation of the First Wu Dynasty, and they cried even more, tortured in countless days and nights of letters, and the grief and indignation accumulated over the years were finally released at this moment.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the detailed war report arrived on Chen Xuan's desk, Rao was mentally prepared, Chen Xuan was still trembling with excitement, the telegram was shaking in his hand, Chen Xuan couldn't even read the handwriting on the telegram, Chen Guofu was still in pain, and had to let Xia Yunru read the telegram.

"According to the Nanyang Navy Commander Yan Fu's telegram: Our Navy's escort formation Xue Kai encountered the Japanese patrol fleet on the 8th, and the two sides fought fiercely for several hours, as of 10 o'clock on the 8th, Xue Kai lost 2 frigates, sank a Japanese army and seriously damaged 2 ships, and then most of the Japanese troops rushed to 。。。。。。

In the end, the Nanyang Navy sank 17 enemy ships, lost 22 of its own, and captured 86 Japanese ships, including 25 battleships and 46 cruisers, and 15 armed supply ships, in this battle, more than 2,600 Japanese soldiers were killed, more than 13,800 prisoners were captured, and our army lost 1,872 soldiers. ”

Before the crowd had time to cheer, there was a sudden burst of abnormal noise on the street, and the sound became louder and louder.

"Poof!"

Zhang Jian, who went out to breathe, stumbled through the door and entered, holding a few newspapers in his hand.

"Shame! Shame on you! ”

Zhang Jian burst into tears, slamming the newspaper in his hand on the conference table, and everyone present was a little inexplicable, not knowing why he had won such a big battle, and why Zhang Jian was still so sad.

"Yuan Weiting is not a son of man, not a son of man, he is really a sinner of the country and a sinner of the nation!"

Seeing that Zhang Jian was in pain and incoherent, he didn't ask him anymore, but it must have something to do with the newspaper brought by Zhang Jian, Zhou Shumo and the others picked up the newspaper on the table and read it, first stunned, and then the green muscles swelled and his face was as red as blood, and he smashed the newspaper on the table and scolded.

Wu Qi quietly came behind Chen Xuan.

"Commander-in-chief, I just got the news that Yuan Shikai sent Cao Rulin, Zhang Zongxiang, Lu Zongyu and the Japanese Nichizhiyi to sign the "Four Articles of the Sino-Japanese People's Covenant."

Chen Xuan felt a little gloomy in his heart, he was still here when he should have come.

Although the intention of starting a war in the northeast was to grab bargaining chips with the Japanese, it also had the meaning of relieving the pressure on Beiyang, but he did not expect that Beiyang still failed to withstand the pressure and signed the infamous '21 Articles' unequal treaty with the Japanese.

"Ladies and gentlemen, anger can not solve the problem, for the sake of the future, is to quickly come up with a solution, now the domestic public resentment is boiling, there will be strikes, strikes, demonstrations and other activities, this is a double-edged sword, although it can enhance the national morale and people's hearts, but the disruption of the domestic market and order is also fatal!

I suggest, first of all, Director Gu immediately convened a press conference, refused to recognize the unequal treaty signed by the Beiyang and the Japanese, and announced our great victory in Nanyang, others hurriedly contacted the Chamber of Commerce and universities, they can march and demonstrate, but try to minimize the side effects, the police station should also be sent out to maintain order, the army has entered a state of emergency, ready to be reinforced, and the Department of Education immediately arranges patriotic speeches in various colleges and universities, so that the students' emotions can be vented! ”

The anger of the people far exceeded Chen Xuan's imagination, although he has been in this era for 8 years, he is still far from being able to fully integrate into this era.

Despite the efforts of the Baath Party, it was not able to calm the anger of the people, and under the instigation of well-intentioned people, the domestic industry and commerce came to a near standstill. Burning is not uncommon.

The Baath Party suffered huge losses because of the original deal with the Qinghong Gang, and now that it has the opportunity, it naturally wants to redouble its revenge, and the Qinghong Gang has no way to take advantage of the Baath Party's sphere of influence, but the concession and the territory of Beiyang or other powerful factions, the Baath Party has no choice.

A large number of Baath Party's commodities were looted in the country and in the concessions, factories were burned, and employees suffered many casualties in the chaos.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Weijun held a press conference on behalf of Chen Xuan and the Baath Party at the concession hotel, refusing to recognize the unequal treaty signed by the Japanese and Beiyang, which suddenly detonated the public opinion circle in Shanghai.

Immediately after that, Gu Weijun made another blockbuster attack, and laid out the results of the Baath Party's battle against the Japanese in the northeast, as well as the causes, processes, and results of the naval battle between the Japanese fleet and the Nanyang Fleet in the waters of Xia Kingdom, and the entire venue was boiling all of a sudden.

No one would have believed that the Nanyang Navy would achieve such a great achievement, and many voices of inquiry and even criticism were endless, but Gu Weijun had already prepared, gave a detailed introduction to the entire battle, and answered the reporter's questions politely and courteously.

When the posters received such shocking news, they immediately added additional issues, and a large number of newspapers carrying the news of the Northeast Land War and the Nanyang Naval Battle swept through Shanghai and spread to the rest of the country.

Li Jinxu in the Northeast and Yan Fu of the Nanyang Navy suddenly became national heroes, especially at a time of national humiliation, the country needs such exciting news so much.

And Chen Xuan's prestige was also pushed to an unprecedented height, and a large number of aspiring young people clamored to join Chen Xuan's army and continue the cause of reviving the party.

Mr. Zhongshan, who was running abroad, and the revolutionary fathers from all walks of life also sent a congratulatory message to Chen Xuan as soon as possible, and Xiao Jin of the Qin State also sent eight words: The country hates the family feud, and there is honor!

The powerful factions in China who are dissatisfied with Beiyang also have a tendency to move closer to Chen Xuan, and all walks of life no longer only pin their hopes on Yuan Shikai, but have released goodwill to Chen Xuan, and the so-called popular will is not only owned by President Yuan Da.

However, Chen Xuan's life was not as good as others imagined, although the Nanyang naval battle failed to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese, but it was also a broken nerve, and Chen Xuan was not ready for a full-scale war with the Japanese.

Moreover, it is not in Chen Xuan's interests to start an all-out war, as the leader of a political party, Chen Xuan is no longer qualified to take revenge.

The Northeast War and the Nanyang Naval War, the Baath Party also paid a great price, Chen Xuan almost had to play his hole cards, if he really started a full-scale war with the Japanese, he did not grasp the Shanghai in his hands, and the plan to make a fortune with the help of the European war will also go bankrupt.

In fact, Chen Xuan's strength is not small, but if there is a war, it will inevitably be a lose-lose situation, but he can't help but prepare.

Chen Xuan immediately ordered that Jiang Fangzhen and his European war delegation should return to China immediately, immediately expand the strategic reserves in China, and expand the army again, this time by 200,000, and the Baath Party's army in China has reached an astonishing 700,000.

Gu Weijun kept in touch with the Japanese and tried to see if there was a chance for peace talks.