"This is the famous Shimonoseki Strait, the western gateway to the Seto Inland Sea. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers. If you look at the whole map, you can see that it is really a wonderful place, with the island of Honshu on one side and the island of Kyushu on the other, and the two seem to be separated.

The central channel is 15-20 meters deep, and the western part is 10 meters deep. The northeast end is about 700 meters at its narrowest point. I'm going to build a fortress here, and the range of the fort guns will be at least 9 kilometers. By blocking the entire waterway, it is possible to block all maritime logistics from the entire Seto Inland Sea to the Goryeo (Korea) Strait, the Whale Sea (Hon), and even the East China Sea to the East Asian coast. In this way, we will be able to control more than half of the commercial activity of the whole of the Asian continent, and the other half will be secured by our rights in the major ports. Li Ji said to Wang Xinyu.

"The entire western archipelago uses this as a transportation chokepoint, and building a fortress is a difficult task. I'm only responsible for attack and reconnaissance, and I think the construction of defensive fortifications should be handed over to Boss Yang! ”

"Building permanent fortifications in this place is a great profit, but it also requires an atmosphere of miracle that has never been created in order to maximize the benefits."

"What do you mean?" Wang Xinyu asked.

"Let's say, in thirty days, a fortress for 5,000 men will be built, and the walls must be higher and thicker than all the walls of the city and the castle tower, and the walls will be strong enough to cover our attempts to build forts and permanent bunkers. Cannons can be retrofitted after the construction of underground ammunition depots and automatic reloading systems, we will build a bunker now, and then develop a 400 mm fortress cannon and then dismantle the bunker modification system, isn't it crazy! A few large general's cannons can be placed on the wall of this Hikoshima fortress, and the firing range only needs to cover five kilometers. When our arms industry reaches the point where it can manufacture electromagnetic railguns with a range of more than 50 km, these old antiques of front-loading spherical shells can be exported to Europe. Yang Wenhui explained.

"Do you mean that the construction of magnificent fortresses and monuments like ancient Egypt and Rome to show the level of civilization and great national power, and the means of reducing the resistance of the conquered should be changed from volume to speed?" Zhao Shouzhong asked.

"Yes, anyone can build a mountain of soil, and building a city out of thin air is not a civilized city. The elite class of backward civilizations who do not have enough engineering science and applied technology are most likely to be intimidated by the crystallization of difficult physical technology. When we first saw the aircraft carrier and the Burj Khalifa, didn't we feel a complex emotion bursting from the memories of our primordial ancestors, both inner and instinctive! The conqueror feels the fulfillment of pride, pride, honor, security, pleasure, contentment, and domination, while the conquered feels inferior, frustrated, shocked, despair, obedience, emptiness, and the pain of domination. Yang Wenhui's sudden outburst of Wenqing's aura caught the traversers off guard.

"I suddenly remembered the place of Comrade Perry, the founder of the Black Ship, in the history of this book. Even if we don't build a fortress, we can gain enough prestige, and as long as we get rid of all obstacles, we can successfully win the hearts and minds of this nation that only obeys the strong. It is said that Ben has not received much influence from money worship and official-oriented ideology, so materialism and ambition have not yet prevailed in this country where feudalism has not yet been completed. We use the carrot well through the colonial economy, and use the big stick through the garrison and the development of puppet warlords, and I believe that in ten years, this chrysanthemum country will be completely our overseas territory, which is a higher treatment than the colony. Liu Xin interjected.

"Yes, we are here with Perry for a similar purpose, with similar means, and with similar results. Whether it is a samurai group or a daimyo of foreign powers, whether the central force is the imperial court or the shogunate, we are all outsiders, conquerors, colonizers, and invaders! Regardless of whether there is a bud of capitalism or not, we will occupy a part of the land and plunder a part of the national wealth. Bai Jia directly resolved the knots in everyone's hearts.

"Yes, we are worried, the means are not a problem, now it should be the order of use, salute first and then salute or first salute?" Lee Ki is in trouble again

"You want to turn the Archipelago into the island of Ireland in China? Or is it like the American occupation of the Kingdom of Hawaii? Bai Jia looked at the boss's thoughtful expression and thought of President McKinley's thoughts when he signed the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. Extending your influence to the heart of the Pacific Ocean is not the same as just being on the coast. The expansion of the Crossing Crowd beyond the first island chain off the coast of China naturally feels almost as comfortable as McKinley's back then.

"A very important reason determines that we can only salute first and then soldier, "Analects. Yao said: 'Killing without teaching is abuse. At present, it is still a small country, and China has no so-called Japanese troubles, and there is no eight-year war of resistance. I have no reason to count the war caused by the weakening of the national strength of the future time and space on the head of the current person. Zhao Shouzhong gave reasons.

"Although this is the place where the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, it is a mirror image 800 years later, as soon as we arrive in this era, history has already bifurcated, and the Treaty of Shimonoseki is just the future of a parallel time and space in this time and space, and we can sign a new Shimonoseki Treaty in this time and space, so that this will become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society!" Qian Jin suggested to.

"Yes, we don't need to be nostalgic for the past and hurt the present, the future of world history is in our hands, why are we so mother-in-law! I think the terrain here is very suitable, isn't this Hikojima a place where the garrison is located, wouldn't it be nice to rent it all as a concession! Bai Jia looked at the small hill of about 200 on Hikiko Island and was very satisfied with the terrain.

"Let's go ashore first! Find a few merchants or monks to be guides and vases to hide people's eyes (in addition to the nobles and monks, the intellectuals of Shinto and samurai who monopolize the knowledge of this book are relatively difficult to meet.) Sell some of the goods first, ask for directions, make up that we are the Great Song Empire fleet that is lost, and we have to do a full set of plays! Leave one ship behind, and the other eleven will go straight to Osaka, we must fight quickly, get the emperor as soon as possible, or go to Lake Biwa as soon as possible to search for freshwater pearls! Regardless of whether his mother's name will be immortal at this moment, or it will be remembered for thousands of years, even if we are painted by later generations of painters as legends or invaders, the most important thing now is to enclose land and spread influence! What means is faster than getting the emperor? Building forts, trade wars, and colonizing the throne are all things to come, so isn't it the most urgent priority to buy the emperor first? Gao Jing began to drool at the thought of the huge walking beads.