After thinking about it again, Qin Kai still decided to try a new strategy, he immediately summoned all the battleship commanders who participated in the battle, and held an important meeting in the command room of the 501 ship, Zhang Kui, Xu Shoushan, Lu Zhiyuan, Chen Mo and other officers quickly filled the small command room of the flagship.

Lu Han briefly introduced the news he had just learned, and Zhang Kui was the first to jump out and asked, "Lord Lu, is this news reliable?" Could it be fake news from Japan? ”

"Absolutely reliable, the Japanese didn't even have time to transfer Fuso to the shipyard for maintenance, those two battleships are much thinner than Fuso, and they were more seriously injured in close combat, there is no reason to give up this Fuso ship!"

"That's ......" everyone whispered, and they fully agreed with Lu Han's judgment.

Qin Kai stood up at this time, and the officers on the side hurriedly hung up a map, this is the whole map of Japan, the news channel of the Mawei shipping company that trades with Japan, and now the map has marked the location of at least 30 Japanese seaports, and the information of these ports has long been loaded into Qin Kai's light brain.

He nodded heavily in Nagasaki Prefecture, the port of Nagasaki is one of the most important ports in Japan, but he naturally did not go to sweep the port, "Ladies and gentlemen, Nagasaki will be the starting point of our expedition, detour Kagoshima to Kobe, Osaka, and then go Shizuoka to Tokyo Metropolis, the whole journey is expected to be 2200 kilometers!" ”

"Teacher, what are we going to do? Attack their capital and capture the Emperor alive! Zhang Kui's face was restless, and this gang began to make noise!

Qin Kai glared and smiled, "Zhang Kui, don't mix things up blindly, this time...... It's none of your business! You'll follow the fleet back later! ”

Zhang Kui immediately jumped up, "Instructor, you are discriminating against us, how can you discriminate against our army...... No, we're Marines! No, I have to participate in such a big operation! ”

Qin Kai smiled slightly, "I just made this idea, and the specific affairs of sending troops later, will be commanded by Gengtang, this time our purpose is naturally not to destroy the country, this country is different from Vietnam, Vietnam has always been a vassal of our Qing Dynasty, and the people are easy to accept the slogan of our Great China, but the Japanese country ...... They have always advocated force, and now, our Nanyang Naval Division does not have enough troops to control them, so the purpose of this time is to demonstrate, plus to obtain maximum benefits for us! ”

When the officers heard this, they all understood that Lord Qin was trying to coerce and lure, and they didn't know why Lord Qin had been suppressing this country all the time...... At this time, Lu Han began to assign tasks, and everyone immediately diverted their attention.

Due to the requirements of the next operation, the warships Xianghuashan, Dengyingzhou, and Chaowu could not keep up, so after completing the deterrence of the Nagasaki port, they would be assigned to escort the marines and the captured Fuso battleships back to Mawei. The 501 ship led the 601 and 701 new warships to form a strike force, and it is planned to complete the strike operation at sea within 10 days.

On the afternoon of the 27th, a large fleet of as many as 11 ships suddenly appeared outside the port of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan, including a few troop carriers, but for Nagasaki Port, which only had two small gunboats on the shore, the huge fleet had already reached the point of being completely crushed.

The 601 once again demonstrated the power of a stormy artillery stream against the two small Japanese gunboats that had come up to stop them, and then the warships rushed into the harbor, sinking as many as 30 Japanese cargo ships, and then shelled the Nagasaki shipyard near the port for 20 minutes.

The governor of Nagasaki Prefecture wanted to cry without tears, but there was nothing he could do, and the men and horses sent to Sasebo Military Port for help afterwards brought the news that Sasebo Port had been completely destroyed, so he had to immediately send an urgent telegram to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government asking for military support, knowing that in this case, the other side could complete the landing and occupation at any time!

Ito Hirobumi was waiting for the news of the Qing Kingdom of Beijing, but he did not expect to wait for even worse information, the Chinese fleet unscrupulously began to shell Japanese ports, and had already destroyed the Sasebo military port and shelled the Nagasaki port...... He understood that he had to find a way to stop this fleet at once!

However, it is clear that the only weapon that Japan can use to stop the Chinese fleet is the batteries outside the ports, but the fate of Sasebo Port is a clear proof of the incompetence of the Japanese batteries. ,

He immediately invited the British Minister Sir Thomson to ask the British detachment stationed in Japan to mediate the war, but it was clear that in the face of the reassessed strength of the Qing fleet, Sir Thomson immediately rejected Ito's request on the grounds that he was not authorized, and this battle between the two indigenous countries in the Far East should not be enough to affect the commercial chain on which the British Empire depended, and there was no need to take the risk for this purpose.

Ito Hirobumi naturally understood this, and he immediately tactfully reminded Thomson that if the Chinese fleet continued to attack the Japanese port, the Japanese side would have to temporarily close the port, which was also a last resort for the Japanese government.

Closure of border crossings...... Thomson obviously still has some concerns about this red fruit threat, but first he vetoed the change of neutrality, but considering the friendship agreement just signed between Britain and Japan, they are willing to match the two countries and sit down to negotiate the current issue!

However, Thomson made it clear that he hoped that Japan would reach an agreement as much as possible, otherwise if Britain's trade was severely affected, the British government would definitely reconsider the issue of Japanese government bonds in the British bond market!

While the two sides were still bargaining, news came from Kumamoto Port, Yashiro Port, and Mizuzumi Port that a Qing fleet swept through these small ports, completely destroying the bridges of the ports and some Japanese cargo ships.

Ito Hirobumi was naturally a little unable to sit still, but the British harshly proposed that a settlement agreement between the two sides must be reached within ten days of their contact, and he naturally could not accept this condition, diplomatic negotiations are a matter of wits and courage, and his purpose is to stop China's lonely fleet, and once the negotiations in Beijing City have achieved results, that problem can be solved.

Finally, after two days of communication, the British agreed to extend the time limit to 20 days, and the news was immediately sent by Ito Hirobumi to the Minister to China, Fumio Yano, in the form of an urgent telegram, ordering him to complete the signing within 20 days, otherwise he would be asked to take the blame and resign! This is the most severe of instructions......

In two days, with the cruising speed of the 501 ship, it could run nearly 1,000 kilometers, and at dawn on March 3, the front of the fleet was already Japan's largest trading port, Osaka Port, in order to launch a surprise attack at dawn, the three warships of the First Fleet commanded by Lu Han also rested for most of the night on a deserted island at sea!

When the fleet rushed to the Kamishima Fort at the mouth of Osaka Bay at full speed, there was still a silence on the fort here, and it was completely unexpected, and under the roar of 9 heavy guns, the Kamishima Fort was already in a mess for twenty minutes, and it was unable to organize an orderly counterattack!

When the fleet passed through the fort, the lookout post sent an urgent message, and two ironclad battleships sailed out of Osaka Bay in front of the fleet, flying the British flag, and the fleet had encountered several British battleships along the way, and there was no exchange of fire or friction, after all, the focus of the Nanyang Naval Division was not the time to make enemies on all sides.

Lu Han immediately ordered to hang up the flag of inquiry, and after a while, news came from the opposite side, saying that the British minister in Japan had come to meet the general of the Chinese fleet, which made Qin Kai and Lu Han confused.

Sir Thomson stood on the bridge and looked at the three mighty warships in the distance, and he also did not understand the behavior of these Chinese in recklessly attacking a neighboring country! Of course, the present state of affairs in Japan, as the British know, did not seem to be as bad as it was to the extreme, and for him, ensuring the stability of Britain in the Far Eastern trading ports was the first priority.

Qin Kai stood in the bridge and saw the British battleship on the opposite side slowly leaning up, it was a broadside gun ironclad ship of at least 6,000 tons or more, this style is quite outdated at first glance, but hanging the rice flag of the empire on which the sun never sets can also bluff many people!

To his surprise, among the several people who came over, there was actually a Chinese wearing a Qing official uniform, after getting on the battleship, Qin Kai naturally saw that this person's official uniform was painted with a tiger, it turned out to be a four-rank Taoist, thin cheeks, a few short beards, but this look always looks a little confused, it seems that it should be the consul of Osaka!

Qin Kai asked people to lead the British to the reception room, and he came to see this official first, after the people came to see Qin Kai, although he didn't know Qin Kai, but Lu Han, who saw the general of the three grades, was also standing aside, and still guessed the identity of Qin Kai, so he hurriedly came over to salute, and after making a big salute respectfully, he presented an official document and said, "Ma Yousan, the consul of the Great Qing Kingdom in Kobe, pays a visit to the governor!" ”,

Hearing the name of this guy, Qin Kai almost squirted the tea in his mouth, resisted the urge to burst into laughter, his face turned grim, and he asked coldly: "Master Ma, how can you be with the British, what are they looking for me?" I'm on military duty right now! ”

Ma Yousan also seemed to notice that Qin Kai was a little displeased, and he was also afraid of offending the young governor who was now in full swing, so he hurriedly explained: "Lord Qin, how dare the lower officials come to bother Lord Lao, I am a classmate with Chen Boqian, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Boqian asked me to bring a piece of news......

Chen Boqian is Chen Baochen, one of the Qingliu cadres, Zhang Peilun's hardcore, which made Qin Kai a little surprised, and he couldn't figure out how this Ma Yousan was mixed with the British again, he asked suspiciously: "What news?" ”

"The Japanese want to sign a contract with the imperial court, and the Marquis of Zeng is negotiating with the Japanese minister Fumio Yano, but the old and young people in the court are all thinking of getting involved, and it is said that the palace has already intended to end this matter quickly!"

This news is obviously not good news, which made Qin Kai also taken aback, it seems that the Japanese are really fast, and now what the Japanese have to say, he is already clear, once the contract for Beijing City is signed, it means that his plan is aborted!

"Ma-sama, what are the British doing here?"

"This is Sir Thomson, the British Minister to Japan, I didn't ask in detail, I should have come to negotiate peace with the Japanese government! He came to me as a witness that the British wanted to restore the safety of all the ports in Japan! ”

Qin Kai nodded, came to see the British Minister Sir Thomson, for the British, Qin Kai did not have too many good feelings, but in this era, the British really can't ignore them, but he has already prepared the means, after meeting and introducing politely, he naturally went straight to the topic unceremoniously.

"Sir Thomson, the cause of this qiē war is Japan, and the Japanese government must apologize and compensate me for the damage! This is a specific request," Qin Kai very politely handed over a copy of the article, the content of this article was not polite at all, he didn't know the position of the British, so he tried one or two first.

Thomson touched his nose of rosacea, listened sideways to the interpreter next to him and said the content of the text, his eyes flickered, and from time to time he glanced at the young Chinese official who was sitting politely opposite, this Chinese official had a very polite attitude, but it was obvious that Qin Kai's request was twelve points of arrogance, but this was a dispute between the Qing State and Japan, and he had already done his job.

Soon this article was sent to the Japanese Foreign Secretary Goro Sasaki, who had already arrived in Osaka City, and when he saw the content of the article, Sasaki suddenly couldn't control his feelings, threw the text away, slapped the table and scolded loudly, "Baga! ”

Wen Jiàn threw it on the ground, and the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who accompanied him carefully picked it up, and after looking at it, they were also shocked, paid 10 million taels of silver, apologized to the Qing State for the invasion of the Ryukyus, and at the same time opened eight ports to the Qing State, including Nagasaki, Yachishiro, Kunisaki, Kobe, Matsuyama, Shimotsu, Mikawa, and Kyoto, and at the same time, Japan should announce the abrogation of the "Ganghwa Treaty" signed with Korea......

Qin Kai put forward more than a dozen conditions in the text, each of which was extremely harsh, and Sasaki Goro was very soberly aware that this Qing official who came on a battleship had no intention of negotiating at all, and the so-called negotiation conditions were all unwilling to be borne by Japan! Moreover, in the end, a time limit was added, and he had to reply within three days, otherwise he would go directly to Tokyo to find the Imperial Minister, Minister Zuo, Iwakura Gushi!

The news of the negotiations was soon telegraphed to the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Industry of Tokyo, Ito Hirobumi, and these harsh terms made this diplomatic talent with excellent psychological skills also turn blue, but he quickly regained his composure, and immediately called back to Sasaki, telling him to start contact with the Chinese fleet immediately, and not let this fleet continue to wander around!

And in the substantive negotiations, he said it very bluntly, that is, the word "drag!" ”

However, it was obvious that Qin Kai did not give Sasaki any chance to negotiate at all, and the fleet of the Nanyang Naval Division suddenly disappeared after showing off its might in the port of Osaka!