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When a country is big and there are many ministers, this is a troublesome thing.

In particular, if you belong to two countries and cross countries, your interests will be different.

The British have the largest number of ministers in the world, more than 100, many countries, larger countries, and different regions, and there are more than 10 ministers in China, and France is about the same.

The British and French ministers in Korea are now provinces of China, and the British and French ministers naturally want to have good relations with China, so that their work will be easier.

The British and French ministers in Japan naturally wanted to keep Japan.

In fact, the British and the French both recognized the state of Hua's complete control of Korea Province, but Nagasaki Castle was mainly afraid to let go.

Hua occupies Nagasaki Castle, on the surface, it is just Nagasaki Castle, a checkpoint, but the Japanese, the British, and the French all know that Hua is different from Britain and Japan, and Hua has the ability to occupy this Kyushu Island!

Britain and France just want money, and President Meng doesn't know if he really wants money.

President Meng has also carefully considered this issue, if he is tough and takes Kitakyushu, he will cut off the connection between Kyushu Island and the main island of Japan, and there is hope of taking the entire Kyushu Island.

In the eyes of the Chinese army, not to mention the stragglers who mainly used samurai swords in Saigo Takamori, even the Japanese government army, the Chinese army did not take it seriously.

But Huaguo can't help but take tens of millions of Japanese people in its eyes!

We can't help but ignore the entire international community!

Then it's really cold-blooded, no matter what the history is, the people of a country, it can't be bad, President Meng still has this awareness, besides, it really has to become the enemy of the entire country of Japan, Japan is different from North Korea, the ability of China, is not enough to support more than a year, and it is a continuous stream, I don't know how long to fight the war, to deal with this kind of country, it must be a month or two, completely captured in a short period of time, and it will be troublesome to fall into the quagmire of war.

President Meng was a little anxious, but President Meng was not flustered, but he was just making a very important choice.

President Meng studied with the combat personnel of the General Staff of the Chinese Army for a whole afternoon in the afternoon, and Lu Kangtian did not come over in Beijing, but where President Meng is, the General Headquarters of the Chinese Army is actually equivalent to where.

In the evening, in addition to sending money to the British and French ministers, Li Hongzhang also told the two ambassadors about President Meng's promise to cede the interests of Vietnam to France and the interests of the Philippines and Malaysia to the British.

The British and French ministers were simply ecstatic!

Such a big thing, not to mention their small envoy in Korea, is a great achievement for the head of the British government and the head of the French government.

The two discussed for a while, and there was a result.

"Mr. Li Hongzhang, we are very willing to establish such a good friendship with Huaguo, but we have no way to help transport military supplies and munitions! Without the approval of our government, if we do this, we will help China to fight, which can be regarded as a traitorous act! The British minister said: "However, we can keep the news of the departure of the Chinese army from Korea a secret." However, we cannot guarantee that the British and French fleets stationed in Japan will intercept the Chinese transport ships in the Sea of Japan. ”

Li Hongzhang frowned, "So, we threw such a huge olive branch to your country, and it didn't have any effect at all?" ”

"We can contact China right away." The French minister hurriedly said: "I believe that after hearing this good news, the country will consider sacrificing Japan's interests to cater to China." ”

Li Hongzhang sighed, "Forget it, this matter, let's do it first, the two ministers will contact the country first, but I hope that in this process, you can express the meaning of our Huaguo to your fleet commander, and it is not a good thing for Britain and France to easily provoke Huaguo." ”

The two ministers nodded hurriedly.

Li Hongzhang came back and reported the attitude of the British minister and the attitude of the French minister to President Meng.

President Meng nodded and said, "Very good, I just paralyzed them, and I never thought of ceding the interests of Asia!" ”

Li Hongzhang was taken aback, but he didn't say anything, in the eyes of Emperor Hua, it seemed that he had already regarded the whole of Asia as Huaguo!

"Well, it's okay, you can go back." President Meng said to Li Hongzhang: "If we continue to negotiate with the British and French, we can give their ministers some benefits, just as we want the negotiations to succeed!" Also, you make an announcement in support of Princess Catrina Kaf's brother, Prince Richard Harris, to restore and become King of the Kingdom of Hawaii again! ”

After Li Hongzhang arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in China, he had actually replaced the power of the former Prince Richard Harris as Foreign Secretary, and the current Prince Richard Harris had rushed to Seoul and had no position.

Li Hongzhang was shocked again, what a smart person Li Hongzhang is? Immediately understood President Meng's intentions, "His Majesty the Emperor hopes that the Chinese army will attack in the name of the Hawaiian Kingdom, not in the name of the Hua Kingdom, isn't it?" ”

President Meng smiled and nodded, "It seems that whatever I think, you can guess right away." ”

"No, Your Majesty, it's not hard to guess, I understand that the Emperor's intention is to use the name of the Kingdom of Hawaii to confuse the public and disassociate Nagasaki Castle from Huaguo, but in this case, it will leave a pretext for British and French armed intervention? Once the British and French cut off our sea supply lines, the Chinese people and troops in Japan will be in danger of being eaten! ”

"I've already thought about these questions, but if we take the entire island of Kyushu, how do I think they will block us?" President Moe's eyes glowed.

Li Hongzhang was so frightened that he didn't dare to say any more, Li Hongzhang didn't think that China had the strength to openly turn against the British and the French, and besides, Japan is mountainous, once the war officially starts, whether the Chinese army can block the attack of the Japanese native forces without supplies is uncertain, not to mention the intervention of Britain and France.

Li Hongzhang is gone, Princess Katrina Kafu and Li Hongzhang have the same worries, she has already learned about Emperor Hua's plan first, and she also takes a negative attitude.

"Your Majesty, the risk of doing this is too great, and even the odds of winning are not twenty percent, once the Japanese pour all their strength into confronting China, how can our population of more than 500,000 and 10,000 troops in Japan be able to support it for a long time, and it is simply impossible for such an army to seize the entire island of Kyushu." Princess Katrina Kaf persuaded softly.

President Meng smiled slightly, "Don't worry, isn't Li Hongzhang negotiating with the British and the French?" I believe that I have thrown such a big bait that it is impossible for the British and French not to be tempted, and before they have made up their minds, I have already settled the matter of Kyushu, and when the time comes, they will give up the mentality of intervening. You can generate electricity at the same time now, send a message to the headquarters of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army in Nagasaki City, and let Xuan Jianzhang arrange it immediately, so that the army can seize Sasebo Castle by force! Also, let's start our journey to Sasebo Castle today with all our ships carrying munitions! ”

The center of Sasebo City was a fishing village in the Edo period, and until the Meiji period, the Japanese Navy established the Sasebo Town Guard House here, which became the center of gravity for Japan's defense of the western seas, and also led to the rapid development of the area.

Sasebo City is located in the northern part of Nagasaki Prefecture and the northwest tip of the Kyushu region, and the main urban area is located from the root of the Kitamatsunura Peninsula to the south-central part of the peninsula.

It is located about 50 km northwest of Nagasaki City (the shortest distance is 60 km by land) and about 100 km southwest of Fukuoka City. The southwest of the west side of the city is bordered by the sea in the southern area, and the east side of the city is the prefectural boundary where it meets Saga.

The vast mountainous terrain in the central part of the Kitamatsuura Peninsula extends to the vicinity of the city center, so there are many sloping streets.

The Aiura area in the central and western regions and the Saki area in the south also have dense urban areas.

This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is also a port with very good geographical conditions on the coast of Japan, otherwise the Americans in later history would not have used this place as a military port.

Of course, after the arrival of President Moe, history has gradually begun to deviate from the original history, and this gap will get bigger and bigger!

The Great Qing Kingdom no longer exists, and although the Chinese Kingdom is not too strong now, it is at least the top fifteen in the world!

This is a big difference in the original history.

"Take Sasebo Castle?" Princess Katrina Kafu was surprised, "Is our fleet going to the port of Sasebo instead of the port of Nagasaki?" ”

"Yes, we can't completely count on the British and French ministers, we are going to start acting while letting them negotiate, and if the British and French fleets want to intercept, at most they will focus on the port of Nagasaki, and not on the port of Sasebo, which is still in the hands of the Japanese government forces. If the Japanese wanted to increase their troops on Kyushu Island by sea, they would also lose an important passage. Therefore, once we want to escalate the war, our first step is to take the port of Sasebo! ”

President Meng thought very clearly before, President Meng will plan everything in advance, and then let the General Staff of the Chinese Army come up with a specific action plan!

However, this time is the most surprising time for Princess Katrina Kaf, this plan of the president is really amazing, President Moe wants to escalate the war, and he has not even discussed it with Princess Katrina Kaf.