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Yuan Shikai set up a headquarters in Wuhan to supervise the army, but his heart was not completely focused on the battle against the Hainan army, and he had been playing his own wishful thinking. www.biquge.info----Since ancient times, all wars are part of politics, and these wars are for the sake of politics. While overseeing the battle between the army and the Hainan army, Yuan Shikai secretly and actively organized a cabinet of responsible persons, and met privately with the British minister Zhu Erdian. After weighing the pros and cons of many ways, the British government finally agreed to Yuan Shikai to help him organize a "strong" government that would receive all the support they had from the British Empire. This indicates that even if Yuan Shikai establishes another government, he will not be able to get rid of the semi-colonial rule of the Western powers over the Chinese nation after all. After Yuan Shikai saw the situation in Hanyang, he immediately telegraphed Feng Guozhang to prepare for battle, and at the same time, asked the British, French, and American fleets to stop the Hainan army crossing the river in Wuchang. In the season of July fire, the scorching heat of Wuhan's stove is restless. The Beiyang New Army guarding Hanyang was still waiting for the final mediation results of the British between Yuan Shikai and the King of Hainan. In Fengtianfu, the king of Hainan was discussing the war situation in Wuhan and the overthrow of the Qing court and the establishment of a new central government with the secret envoy sent by the British envoy Zhu Erdian. Chen Zhong refused the pretended help of the British, who were well aware of the purpose of the British, who had acted so in order to be able to continue their vested interests in China. Even if the British helped Yuan Shikai overthrow the Qing court and establish a new central government, they were at best a puppet traitorous government. Ge also said that Yuan Shikai set up a bandit suppression headquarters in Wuhan to supervise the army, but his heart was not completely focused on the battle against the Hainan army, and he had been playing his own wishful thinking. Therefore, in order to establish a new regime, Chen Zhong also categorically disagreed with the intervention of the Western powers, and his aim was to establish an independent and free Chinese empire, and he never wanted to repeat the mistakes of the past and be at the mercy of Western foreigners like the decaying Qing court. The meeting between the British envoy Ge Daner and the king of Hainan did not achieve his goal, and he finally returned to Beijing. Chen Zhong's attitude was fed back to Zhu Erdian. The British minister, Zhu Erdian, understood that from the consistent and tough style of the king of Hainan in the past, he would not agree to the British putting forward such a plan for the establishment of the country. Dai also talked about the price-eyed Fang Dingxiu, and said that the king of Hainan wanted to establish an independent ruling regime that he conceived himself. Unless, Yuan Shikai negotiated with Chen Zhong alone to form a coalition government without foreign aid. After Wuhan learned of the news, the warships of Britain, France and other countries anchored on the Yangtze River seemed to be a little unusual. Seeing that the French and American fleets were approaching Wuchang, the Hainan army on the Yangtze River had a total of 43 warships divided into two battle sequences and put on a decisive battle posture with British and French warships on the Yangtze River. Chen Zhong ordered the fleet in Hainan to resolutely shell these foreign warships if they dared to interfere with our army's military operations against Wuhan. At the same time, he ordered Qi Gang to launch a general attack on Wuchang City, and ordered the Lingzhan army in the middle to smash Hanyang. At this point, several Western countries tried to mediate the armistice agreement between the king of Hainan and Yuan Shikai, but it failed completely. The battle of Wuchang began, and the Hainan army began to bombard Wuchang City, and the Hainan warships docked on the river also received orders to carry out shore attacks on Wuchang City. In the nearly two-hour shelling of Wuchang City, Wuchang City was blown out of many gaps. The 1st Infantry Division, which was responsible for attacking the city of Wuchang, began to charge. Dingxiu said that the first infantry division of Hainan rushed into Wuchang City from the gap and launched a face-to-face white-knuckle battle with the Qing army defending the city. After Yuan Shikai saw the situation in Hanyang, he immediately telegraphed Feng Guozhang to prepare for battle, and at the same time, asked the British, French, and American fleets to stop the Hainan army crossing the river in Wuchang. The Qing army in Wuchang City had no intention of continuing to fight in the face of the strong Hainan army, and soon announced its surrender. The Ling Zhan army on the road of Liang'er Fu Fu Runge Xiuxiu also arrived outside Hanyang City at this time, and the Beiyang New Army in the Hanyang area was surrounded by the Hainan army. Qi Gang's army, which had conquered Wuchang City, began to cross the river, preparing to join Ling Zhan's army in the middle and fight a final decisive battle against the Beiyang New Army in the Hanyang and Hankou areas. After Yuan Shikai saw the situation in Hanyang, he immediately telegraphed Feng Guozhang to prepare for battle, and at the same time, asked the British, French, and American fleets to stop the Hainan army crossing the river in Wuchang. The British fleet "Elizabeth" slowly approached Wuchang, and it and the "Victoria" crossed in front of the Hainan transport warship, making a gesture to block the Hainan warship. The French fleet saw the cunning American troops quietly leaving, and they followed closely and also reversed the direction of the fleet's voyage and fled the area at full speed. Chen Zhong ordered all the Hainan warships anchored on the Yangtze River, as well as more than a dozen ships of the rebellious Beiyang Navy, to surround the five British warships at the Wuchang ferry and fire cannons to warn the British ** ships of their adventurous behavior. Rear Admiral Colbe, the captain of the British ** ship "Elizabeth", said mockingly to his subordinates: "The warships in Hainan are purely bluffing, and their warning shows even more that they are weak-minded, and our warships of the British Empire have no habit of retreating." At this time, the communications corps came to report that the Hainan warship had waved the flag of attack to the British ship: If the British ship does not withdraw from the combat area, the Hainan warship will resolutely sink it. Colbe sneered and said, "Order my British warship to aim all its guns at the Hainan warship!" At the same time, Kolbe ordered the liaison officer to urgently contact the French and American ** ships on the river, so that they could participate in the battle sequence of attacking the Hainan Fleet, and the French and American ships immediately moved closer to Wuchang after receiving Kolbe's information. In the process of escaping, the "Victoria" passed the information that the Hainan army was shelling them to the British minister Zhu Erdian. Seeing that the French and American fleets were approaching Wuchang, the Hainan warships on the Yangtze River, a total of 43 warships, were divided into two battle sequences and took on a decisive battle posture against the British and French warships on the Yangtze River. Chen Fangzheng personally commanded and immediately ordered ten warships of the Hainan army to carry out a devastating artillery bombardment of the British "Elizabeth". After the order was issued, artillery fire burst into the sky on the Yangtze River at the Wuchang Ferry, and hundreds of shells hit the "Elizabeth" warship. At the moment when he was blown up, he kept muttering: How is this possible, this must be an illusion! The remaining four British ** ships, seeing that the Hainan army had really begun to shell, fled in a hurry. Gexiu said that he was teasing and running Fang Gexiu said that he was amusing and running Fang Corbe sneered and said: "Order my British warship to aim all its guns at the Hainan warship!" The French and American fleets saw the whole process of the sinking of the "Elizabeth", they couldn't believe their eyes, today they really witnessed the madness of the Hainan army, originally thought that the king of Hainan was just a legend, and today I really understood that he was a madman who couldn't bother anything. At this moment, dozens of warships in Hainan have adjusted their formations, all flanking them to face the French and American fleets, and large-caliber artillery is pointing at them together, and waving the flag: Foreign ships, leave this area immediately, otherwise they will bear the consequences. Captain Ji Ke of the American "Ram" looked at the shocking momentum of the Hainan fleet in front of him in surprise, shrugged his shoulders, pouted and said: "No wonder the king of Hainan is so awesome, all the guys in his hands are the world's top goods, we can't be so stupid to the British, and immediately order our fleet to withdraw from this area!" The French fleet saw the cunning American troops quietly leaving, and they followed closely and reversed the direction of the fleet, and fled the area at full speed. In the process of escaping, the "Victoria" passed on the information that the Hainan army was shelling them to the British Minister Zhu Erdian. At this moment, dozens of warships in Hainan have adjusted their formations, all flanking them to face the French and American fleets, and the large-caliber artillery is pointing at them together, and the flag is waving: Foreign ships, leave this area immediately, otherwise you will bear the consequences. When Zhu Erdian learned of this news, he immediately informed the British government. A large number of parliamentarians in the British government strongly demanded that Britain immediately send its navy to war with the Hainan army!