After leaving Shanghai on a battleship, Hu Zhen did not immediately go south to join the main fleet that was conducting crazy training under the leadership of Zheng Dingbang, but went to Dinghai in the Zhoushan Islands to pay tribute to the crows. Soldiers and civilians who died in a fierce battle with the English army in the war. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hu Zhen personally presided over the memorial service, ordered the establishment of a military and civilian cemetery for martyrs and sacrifices in Dinghai, and erected a monument to show that he would never forget the invasion of the nation by the invaders in the past and commemorate all the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the war of aggression.

After paying tribute to the sea, Hu Zhen demanded that all parts of the country pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians who died in the fight against the invasion of the enemy in recent years, especially the soldiers and civilians who died in the battle with the Japanese army in the First Sino-Japanese War, and that the Chinese Imperial Government should give bereavement to their families according to the standards of the Chinese army.

Li Hongzhang has always felt ashamed of the soldiers and civilians who died in the First Sino-Japanese War, especially the officers and soldiers who died in the Goryeo Peninsula, turned into lonely ghosts and wild spirits, and their bodies were thrown on the mountain roads and were eaten and bitten by wild dogs, and their state was very desolate, and the families of these officers and soldiers were even more without food and clothing, and now the Chinese Empire has not forgotten the Qing army in the First Sino-Japanese War, and has pulled out enough funds to solve all problems.

Li Hongzhang and his former Qing officials were greatly moved by the emperor's will, especially the families of the officers and soldiers who died in the First Sino-Japanese War, and many of them choked up on it.

The news spread among the Huaxia Army also touched the officers and men, especially the officers and men of the navy, whose morale was greatly boosted and they trained even harder.

Hu Zhen continued all the way south, from Dinghai to Taipei, and from Taipei back to Fuzhou and Xiamen, and finally from the mouth of the Pearl River to Guangzhou.

After inspecting the local industrial and economic construction for several days in a row, Guangzhou received a message from the European Otto-Japanese fleet and the eight-nation coalition fleet leaving the Suez Canal, sailing into the depths of the Red Sea and heading for the Indian Ocean.

Hu Zhen said to the people around him: "Okay, the time is finally coming, and we should join our main fleet!" ”

But when he left the port of Guangzhou, Hu Zhen had to collect six civilian ships loaded with cement, stone tablets and craftsmen, and take them south.

This made everyone confused, and they didn't know what Hu Zhen was doing with the six slow-moving civilian boats.

Hu Zhen's explanation was that he wanted six civilian ships to erect stone monuments marking China's sovereignty on all the islands and reefs of the Xisha Islands, Dongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands.

Now the South China Sea is sandwiched between the Luzon Islands, Borneo Island, and Natuna Islands are all garrisoned by the Huaxia Army, and the Xisha Islands, Dongsha Islands, and Nansha Islands are surrounded in the middle, and these islands and reefs are very small, many are only the size of a tabletop, and some are only exposed at low tide.

Hu Zhen was clearly stimulated by the South China Sea controversy in another time and space.

He thought, anyway, the cost of requisitioning six civilian ships with a small tonnage to do this work is not very high, just if the emperor himself gave red envelopes to the more than 300 people and sailors who set up the sovereign monument, the emperor has money, as long as the money can be done, it is nothing.

When everyone on the battleship was anxious to go to the main fleet to join the division, Hu Zhen had to take these six civilian ships to make a detour to the Nansha Islands before heading towards the training area of the main fleet.

"Your Majesty, we have received an urgent message from the Ministry of Intelligence!" Zhang Dajiang rushed from the telegraph room sweating profusely.

Hu Zhen was cross-legged in the most spacious cabin on the ship, holding a teacup while holding a book and slowly flipping through it, looking up at Zhang Dajiang in a hurry, and asked calmly: "What urgent information?" What makes you so anxious? ”

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Intelligence has discovered that in the fleet of the Eight-Nation Coalition that passes through the Suez Canal, there are at least ten or more airship carriers, and the maximum can carry 300 fast airships into the air.

Air superiority is the unique skill of the Huaxia Army, but now the Eight-Nation Coalition has concentrated the strength of the entire European Union to recruit airships to participate in the war, and that strength is also extraordinary, this is the intelligence that the Ministry of Intelligence ignored at the beginning, and now it has been confirmed by many parties that this is accurate information, Zhang Dajiang can't help but get nervous.

Who knows, Hu Zhen shook his head and said indifferently: "Don't be nervous, this is an inevitable thing, since we have created many miracles and classic examples in the war using airships, others will definitely imitate them!" ”

Zhang Dajiang was anxious: "However, Your Majesty, the enemy also has thousands of airships to fight, and our air superiority will be neutralized, and in the upcoming decisive battle of the fleet, our navy is at an absolute disadvantage in the number of warships, and in the face of the superior enemy fleet, the situation will be very critical!" ”

Hu Zhen was still not affected at all, and was still so calm: "Offset? Hmph, it's not that easy! We have even more powerful tricks to come up with! After meeting with the main fleet, it is guaranteed to open your eyes! ”

"What else do we have to do?"

"Well, I'm the emperor, when did I lie to you? Seeing is believing! I also said that this European is too petty, my Huaxia army has used airships to fight for so long, so many countries, and the industrial strength is the best in the world, so far it can't even get 3,000 airships, so I think that the innovative airship mothership has only made ten, too few, too few! ”

Zhang Dajiang was skeptical, and his brain quickly worked: "Ah, Your Majesty, is it that we already have more advanced and powerful technology and equipment, but we want to deliberately lead Europe and the United States astray and spend all industrial resources on airships and airship carriers?" ”

"Well, your sensitivity to intelligence is not bad, this is worthy of praise, go down and continue to see if there is any new information to report to me in time!"

Hu Zhen said that he began to look down and read again.

In fact, Hu Zhen was not reading a book, it was just a disguise, but reading the information sent by the supercomputer system of the nuclear submarine, and talking to the nuclear submarine: "The Eight-Nation Coalition is coming, and I heard that the whole of Europe is united, and people are panicking!" ”

"After a battle, the spiritual backbone of Huaxia, which has been broken again and again by foreigners since 1840, will be connected, and the lost self-confidence will be erected again!"

"Alright! But there is still a long way to go from the coalition fleet to the South China Sea, so what else can we do? ”

"In addition to letting the navy and army strengthen their training, you have to wait with the greatest patience of your human beings!"

"I think there's one more thing I can do."

"Master, what's your idea?"

"Let the whites of Europe make more airships and airship motherships!"

"Ahh Master, it is a very good idea to set a big trap for the whole of Europe, which is industrially developed, so that Europe's powerful industry can continue to consume this, and it can buy us a period of time! ”

"Yes, but I think it's disgusting and depressing to always wait for the enemy to come!"

"It's not important to wait for the enemy, it's important to defeat the enemy!" (To be continued.) )