"The English fleet? Are our people sure they're right? ”

"Sure! According to the telegram, the guns of the English fleet are now aimed at our local garrison, as if they are ready to open fire at any moment! ”

Hu Zhen thought to himself that this Englishman, who is known as the strongest in the world, really came as he expected, this is a clue that can be related to the English, and he has something to do along this clue, when he said to the staff officer: "You go back first, and I will come back." ”

Hu Zhen nodded, returned to the banquet hall and said to the group of old men: "Seniors, now Xinghua has urgent military affairs to deal with, and you must leave immediately, I'm sorry!" ”

The old men knew the power of this military event, and they couldn't delay it at all, and they all said reasonably: "Ah, Xinghua, then you can get busy!" ”

Hu Zhen walked into the war room of the Huaxia Army Headquarters and asked Su Wen, who was waiting there, "What is the situation in Penang now?" ”

Su Wenzhi pointed to the location of Penang Harbor on Bangka Island on the map and said: "This is it, the British fleet escorted a British freighter, saying that it was going to enter Palembang to load goods, but the guns were aimed at our people, and they looked like they were going to open fire at any time, which made us angry enough, and we wanted to open fire immediately to sink it!" ”

"What is the strength of the English fleet? How many troops do we have there in Penang and are there any batteries in the port? What about the firepower configuration? Although he didn't plan to fire first, Hu Zhen still had to see if his own people would suffer if there was a fight.

Su Wenzhen knew this well: "The English fleet has three cruisers, according to our visual inspection, there are twelve heavy guns of more than one hundred and fifty mm on board, and the rest of the guns are at least more than thirty, but I have not found that the English have enough land troops to transport." Our strength in Penang is a battalion of more than 600 men, in addition to more than 400 new Chinese recruits, just over 1,000 men, and there is an old battery in the port, equipped with four old 200 mm guns, and the rest is the standard armament of our army. ”

Hu Zhen calculated in his heart: If the two sides fight an artillery battle, with those four ground guns and small-caliber artillery of the army, their own side will only be beaten, but it is impossible for the English to let the crew and sailors forcibly land and seize the beach, this can only be a draw in which no one can destroy anyone, but if the English blockade of Penang's sea traffic is a big trouble, and the most important thing now is that the strategy of the Huaxia Army is to rapidly increase its strength, so that it can defeat the English in the future. And now there can be no war with such a superpower as England. Even if you win, this strategy is not right, no matter how big the tactical victory is, it will be a failure!

Thinking of this, Hu Zhen said to Su Wenzhen: "Immediately tell our people again, as long as the English don't take the initiative to fire first, our people don't take the initiative to fire first no matter what, as for the English freighter, if it can come up with documents proving that it wants to enter Penang to load, let him enter the port and dock to load the cargo normally!" ”

Su Wen asked, "What if the English fire first?" ”

"We're going to make sure that the English don't have any excuse to open fire!"

"But what if the English push too much?" A staff officer interjected from the side.

Hu Zhen raised his head and took a closer look at the staff officer, only to see that his face was so young, which reminded Hu Zhen of the angry young people who were everywhere on the Internet in the future, and at the same time made him feel a lot of pressure, the staff officers selected by the General Staff had a standard that must be cool-headed, but they all behave like this now, and other cannon barrel tempers, such as Cui Jinfeng, Liang Kunri and other fierce people, as long as there is a little spark, they will start a fire in the sky, and they may destroy the grand strategy of the Huaxia Army. So Hu Zhen said to Su Wenzhen and the intervening staff officer:

"You are people from the General Staff, you must first be calm, but also let everyone calm down, small ones can't bear to make big plans, our journey is a sea of stars, and there is an opportunity to drive both the English and Europeans out of Asia in the future, we should not be in a hurry to calculate the temporary battle of will. Go ahead and arrange it now! ”

"Yes!" The English people came to the door, but they couldn't move, Su Wenqian felt very uncomfortable, but as the chief of staff, he knew very well that after the battle with the Dutch fleet captured by the Huaxia Army and the Dutch reinforcement fleet, although it had captured a lot, it must not fight with the world's number one naval power now.

Su Wenzhi went to arrange a telegram to inform the Penang garrison, Hu Zhen felt that this was a good opportunity to communicate with the British, so he ordered the telegram to inform Niu Quyun in Singapore to find a clipper ship to rush to Penang immediately, and use this clue to catch the diplomatic channel of the British.

After arranging a telegram to the Penang garrison, he asked, "But under what name should we negotiate with the English?" Is it in the name of the Republic of Lanfang? ”

Hu Zhen patted his head and said: "Oh, this is really a big problem, you notify the troops, and communicate with the outside world in the name of the armed group of the Huaxia Army!" ”

Su Wenzhen proposed: "Do we want to make a country name come out, or pick up the name of the Lanfang Republic?" ”

"We haven't thought about this yet, let's use the name of the Huaxia Army first, and then when the Huaxia Guild fights, we can use the name of the Huaxia Guild to deal with the outside world!" Whether to be the emperor himself or the founding father of some kind of republic, Hu Zhen has not yet thought about it.

The next morning, Li Haoran's gang of old men heard about this incident, found Hu Zhen and said: "Xinghua, the sages did not dare to return to their hometown in Tangshan, so they used the name of Lanfang Company, as for the name of Lanfang Republic is misinformation and mistranslation by later generations, Lanfang Company has never claimed to be a republic to the outside world, and now the Qing court is unbearable, you should ascend the throne and be crowned king!" ”

"Enthroned and crowned?" Hu Zhen really didn't think about this when he crossed over.

"That's right, with such a great martial art, it is not an exaggeration to ascend the throne and become the emperor!"

"This problem is really a big deal, and now I still use the name of the Huaxia Guild to deal with the outside world, let me think about it, let me think about it!"

After entering his room, Hu Zhen took out the communicator, contacted the nuclear submarine, described the current situation, and asked himself what to do?

"Master, the nuclear submarine sent you to this time and space to establish a supremely glorious super Huaxia, but as for what identity and what form of government you will use to achieve it, it is not in the plan."

"Isn't there a plan in your program?"

"No, anyway, the procedure in the nuclear submarine is that the master, you are the supreme leader of Great China, and in whatever capacity is most convenient and suitable, you can use whatever identity you want! As long as the goal of the rise of Great China can be realized, nuclear submarines will not object! ”

"Hmph, you're shirking responsibility!" Hu Zhen turned off the communicator fiercely, sat on the stool and closed his eyes and pondered.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Hu Zhen opened the door and found that it was a staff officer of the General Staff, so he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Chief of the General Staff, please go back to the headquarters, there is a telegram from Penang to reply!"

Hu Zhen stepped into the war room of the headquarters, and Su Wenzhen reported: "Sir, we have received an urgent telegram from Penang, saying that Niu Quyun has arrived in Penang overnight and is negotiating on the British naval cruiser!" ”

"Okay, how's it going?"

"The documents of the English cargo ship have been verified and the cargo has been brought into port to be loaded, but for other things, the officers on the English cruiser say that they have no diplomatic decision, and they have to report it to his immediate superior!"

"All I want is what he will report to his immediate boss!" Hu Zhen clapped his palms, stopped and asked, "That fat governor Dipol, he should have arrived in Singapore by now!" ”

Su Wenzhen smiled softly: "According to the people we monitored, he was bumping around at sea for a long time, and ran into a ship that Chen Zichao had already arranged, and now he has arrived in Singapore and entered the Governor's Mansion of the Straits Settlements, and it is estimated that he is having a secret conversation with Sir Walder, the Governor of the Straits Settlements!" ”

"This thing must have a little friendship with Walder!"

"According to Chen Zichao's information, Walder came to Singapore seven years ago to take up the post of governor, and he should have some friendship with Dibor, Batavia!"

"Very good, a big drama is about to be staged, but this big drama is not a martial arts, but a literary drama, for the time being, the soldiers of the Huaxia Army are not needed, let's seize the time to expand the troops, train, eliminate bandits and thieves from all over the country, and stabilize our territory!"