"Order the rest of the ships to stop moving immediately, and the Hashidate continues to move westward, keeping a constant speed!"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya's face turned pale, endured the severe humiliation, and said loudly: "All soldiers are all away from the gun position, and they are not allowed to carry any guns in their hands, so as not to give the British army any chance to find any excuses!" ”

"Woo-"

As the order for the flagship was issued, all the Japanese ships began to slow down, and finally anchored about six nautical miles from Tonji Island.

And only the Hashidate, continue westward.

"The Uyi warship has stopped, the Uyi warship has stopped!"

Watching the lively Qing civil and military ministers on the top of the island, they all roared in unison.

And those foreign consuls all looked disdainful.

Don't these ignorant Qing barbarians know that since the British fleet stopped here, the outcome of this matter has long been doomed?

In the eyes of the Western consuls of these 'civilized countries', whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the East, they should all be small reptiles crawling under the countries of Western civilization.

No matter how fierce and bloody the battle between them is, as long as Uncle Yang raises his hand, he has to stop honestly with me and listen to Lord Yang's orders.

The Cardinal.

Seeing that the Japanese ship group had stopped moving westward, and only the flagship Hashidate continued to move forward, Philmantle, with a faint sneer on his face, gave an unquestionable order: "Continue the shelling warning!" ”

"Shhhh

Victor gasped and hurriedly reminded: "General, the flagship of the Japanese army has entered the effective firing range within five nautical miles, and if you continue to shell, it is likely that the Japanese ship will be accidentally damaged; And it will produce unnecessary miscalculations. ”

"If they dare to open fire, then this is a war! The reason why the empire is strong and why it is known as the empire on which the sun never sets is that the empire has the courage to fight and that the empire will mercilessly deal a heavy blow to the provocations of any force. This is also the responsibility and honor that our imperial soldiers should bear! ”

Because of the matter of the Gao Sheng, Philmantle's heart has always been holding back the fire, and this Shanhaiguan incident once again proves that the country of the East is unruly.

So this lesson to the Japanese army and a good opportunity to teach them a lesson, of course Filimant didn't want to give up.

"Boom!"

As the order was issued, four 260mm caliber projectiles roared out from the muzzle of the cannon and smashed into the sea area of the Hashidate.

"Boom-"

A huge column of water exploded around the Hashidate, the nearest one less than 500 meters away from the Hashidate.

At this moment, the entire Tonji Island, including all the foreign consuls, was in an uproar.

Because this behavior of the British fleet is already almost equivalent to war!

Li Bingheng, Liu Hanfang, Xia Xinyou, Sun Jinbiao, Li Ying, Zhang Bishi——

These officials of the Qing Kingdom are even more excited and their bodies tremble, Uncle Yang, you are finally powerful, and you can't beat these Japanese rabbit cubs.

And on the Japanese ships anchored in the sea east of Tonji Island, everyone was discolored.

Those middle- and low-level officers and ordinary soldiers rushed to the gun positions in a rage, wanting to hit these four foreign warships who did not know whether they were alive or dead.

However, the generals on the ship were pale-faced, and with horror in their eyes, they kicked the artillerymen who rushed to the gun position, as well as the captains who were yelling, on the deck, and beat them to death.

to vent the fear in your heart!

Hashidate.

At this time, there was also a group fight on the ship.

In addition to Prince Akihito Komatsumiya, who holds his own identity, and Yokehiro Ito, commander of the Combined Fleet.

Kuroki Weizhen, Obao Gong, Izumi Chongyuan, and Sun Gao are all beating those artillerymen who rushed to the gun position to the death.

"Order the warship to stop advancing immediately!"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya's angry face was black and red, his lips trembled, and he scolded the domineering British warship and the bastard Yamaguchi Youpeng over and over again in his heart.

"Put down a sampan and I'll visit the British ship!"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya ordered Hiroshi Hidaka to say: "After that, the Hashidate will immediately withdraw from the firing range and be replaced by an unarmed cargo ship to anchor one nautical mile east of Toniso Island and wait; Remember—"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya stared at Ito and shouted, "At any time, you must not fire in the direction of the British ship, unless you want the empire to sink from now on!" Even the whole army will not be able to atone for your grave sins! ”

"Hey!"

Ito had already bitten his lip, and there were a few clear blood marks on his chin, and he yelled in response.

"Woo-"

After lowering the three small sampans, the Hashidate began to slowly turn around.

At this time, the clouds coming from the northwest and descending from the southeast have completely covered the sky above Bohai Haikou at this time, and then the northwest wind slowly stopped.

Between the sky and the sea, there is a gloom.

Large snowflakes began to fall melodiously from the sky.

"It's snowing!"

Hashidate, Itsukushima, Matsushima, all the soldiers and officers on the Japanese ship group, all looked up at the sky.

Look at the fluttering snowflakes.

"It's snowing!"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya stood on a small sampan, eight Japanese soldiers rowing desperately.

"It's snowing!"

Filimante looked at the three small sampans that were fading into the snowflakes, and said to the adjutant beside him, "Get me a glass of wine, I want to enjoy the snow." ”

Lushun, Dalian, Shanhaiguan, Jinmen, Tangshan, Yanjing, Bohaikou, and even the entire Ludong Peninsula began to sprinkle big snowflakes one after another.

It's a big spring snow!

An hour and a half later, the tired and almost collapsed Japanese soldiers finally rowed the sampan to the Cardinal, and Prince Akihito Komatsumiya boarded the warship in a gondola.

There was no grand welcome ceremony, only the arrogant Philmante sat on a chair, slightly drunk with black tea.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we at the Oriental Association lodge a serious protest against the behavior of the Imperial Fleet, and it is really a pity that you have acted against the Oriental Navy, which has always maintained friendly relations with your country."

Philmant managed to maintain the politeness of an English nobleman, adding a chair to Prince Akihito Komatsumiya and pouring a cup of black tea.

"If you say it's a pity, then it's a real pity that Gao Sheng and your army didn't heed the warning and brazenly entered the customs!"

Philistine said coldly: "Any act that provokes the empire should be paid its due price; Since your country is determined to march into Yanjing, then it's good—"

Philmante stood up and said in a tough tone of an ultimatum: "From today onwards, no Japanese ships are allowed to enter the Bohai Bay, and once discovered, it will be regarded as a war provocation against the Empire and will be resolutely sunk!" ”

"Ahem, ahem—"

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya was almost suffocated to death by anger.

"Your Excellency, your behavior is an extremely careless act, ahem——, British government will never agree to your order!"

"Well, you can just lead the fleet back and complain; Or, you guys call in! ”

Philmant said iron-cladly: "As long as you dare to attack, I admire an opponent like this." ”

After saying that, Felimante no longer paid attention to Prince Shohito, and turned around and left directly.

"Commander, I'll say one more thing."

Prince Akihito Komatsumiya was anxious to hold back the anger in his heart, stood up and said, "Just one word." ”

"You say."

Curious about what else the little man could say, Felimante wanted to impress himself, and planned that no matter how much he pleaded and lobbied, his answer would be a desperate 'not'.