In Mount Hope Sound, U.S. Navy warships are in dense packs and are conducting live-fire exercises. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, two heavy cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy, the Heyue and the Xiyue, flying the dragon flag, suddenly broke into the exercise area.

"Damn the Imperial Chinese Navy! How dare you directly break into our live-fire exercise area! It's so arrogant! ”

On the battleship USS Missouri, President Grant, who was cheering up the US military, had to immediately terminate his speech and hurriedly ordered all exercise warships to stop firing.

"Stop shooting!"

"Stop shooting immediately!"

……

In fact, without waiting for Grant's order, all the warships of the American Navy would have stopped firing long ago.

Can you not stop shooting? What if it hits the warships of the Chinese Empire?

Don't look at just two heavy cruisers, as long as it is a warship of the Imperial Chinese Navy, even if it is just a small sampan, the US military will not dare to fight it!

When Grant saw this, his face immediately darkened.

Fack! So cowardly and afraid! Is this still our American Navy?

"Go! Inform those two warships of the Chinese Empire and tell them to get out of our exercise area! ”

As a result, two U.S. frigates on guard rushed to intercept the Heyue and Xiyue ships, and waved flags to convey the words of US President Grant.

"This is the area of the military exercises of the American Navy! Please leave your ship quickly to avoid accidental injury! ”

On the bridge of the Heyue ship, the captain Fang Boqian was still using a wireless telegraph to send a message to Fu Zhong, the captain of the Xiyue ship.

All right!

These two are really idle eggs, and they directly use the wireless telegraph machine as a WeChat chat tool!

Looking at it from another angle, this is a contempt for the American Navy Chiguoguo!

I only heard Fang Boqian's unreasonable order: "Captain, go and tell the Americans that we are carrying out military affairs, tell them to stay away, don't get in the way, be careful of accidental injury!" ”

The captain of the ship smiled and immediately replied to the US warship that came to inquire.

The US military is still using the old flag language, and the warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy have long been equipped with tall and modern communication equipment -- broadcasting loudspeakers.

The signal crew of the Heyue ship quickly turned on the loudspeaker on the mainmast to the maximum volume, and then shouted to the US troops.

"This is the Heyue ship of the Imperial Chinese Navy, which belongs to the 19th Patrol Fleet, and our fleet is ordered to carry out a patrol mission, please avoid all ships of your navy immediately, so as not to miscalculate!"

Hearing the sound of the loudspeaker of the Heyue ship, the US troops on all ships were dumbfounded.

Fortunately, I have been making up Chinese recently, and I can barely understand the content of the shouting.

"My God, I heard you right, they let us go?"

"Fack! This is our territorial waters! ”

"That's too bullying!"

……

In the face of the strong provocation of the Chinese Imperial Navy, one by one the American troops were humiliated, their faces were red and their necks were thick, and they were eager to rush forward immediately and fight desperately.

However, they have forgotten that it was they who deliberately held large-scale military exercises here, and that they were provoking first, and that the Imperial Chinese Navy was just responding instinctively.

On one side is the hard-line Chinese Imperial Navy, and on the other side is the President of the United States.

The commanders on the two American frigates seemed to feel a vicious gaze coming from behind them, and the president and the entire American military and civilians were watching them, and they could only rush forward.

"This is the territorial waters of the United States, and our side is conducting military exercises, so please withdraw from this sea area immediately!"

The U.S. Navy still uses the language of flags to express itself, and because there is no sound, it is impossible for other U.S. navies in the distance to hear it, and they can't even see it clearly, and the effect is greatly reduced.

On the other hand, the two heavy cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy are responding with loudspeakers at this moment.

"This is the 19th Patrol Fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and our fleet is ordered to carry out a cruise mission! This is a public sea, and we do not recognize the baselines of your territorial waters, so we have the right to freedom of navigation! Please avoid all ships of your navy immediately to avoid misjudgment! ”

The loudspeaker was so loud that even the American people who were watching the military exercise on nearby land could hear it clearly, and some of them could translate it directly in Chinese.

"Freedom of navigation? shit！ These shameless guys! ”

Grant's face turned blue in an instant, and he scolded in his heart, and his stomach was bulging with anger.

At this moment, the horn of the Yuzuki ship also sounded.

"I said Fang Er was stunned, are you annoying! What to say to the Americans! We cruise ours, they drill theirs, what should they do! ”

"You're just stunned! Am I not educating Americans about what freedom of navigation is? ”

"Didn't freedom of navigation be invented by them Americans? I still need you to teach! It's noon, Lao Tzu made an appointment with an American girl to have dinner together, we patrol a few laps and go back, and then come back to patrol in the afternoon after eating! ”

……

Listening to the conversation between the two captains, the officers and men on the Heyue and Xiyue all burst into laughter.

On such a tense occasion, in front of tens of thousands of US troops, they are actually talking about how to flirt with American girls?

It's so indifferent to the U.S. military!

How arrogant this must be!

All the American troops looked ugly and indignant, and looked at the USS Missouri with their eyes brushed, waiting for their president to make a decision on whether to fight or peace.

On the USS Missouri, Grant's expression was already distorted, and he hated the Chinese Empire to death in his heart, and he wanted to go to war immediately.

Originally, this military exercise was only a response to the Chinese Empire's wanton construction of fortress fortifications on Rhode Island, but as a result, two Chinese Imperial warships arrogantly rushed directly into the US military exercise area, and even ignored the warnings of the American Navy under the banner of freedom of navigation.

This kind of courage, looking at the whole world, can only be done by officers of the Chinese Empire.

You must know that there are hundreds of warships here, and there are more than a dozen battleships alone, which can kill these two heavy cruisers of the Imperial Chinese Navy in an instant.

But......

But ......

But it's ......

We can't go to war yet!

In this way, we can only watch as these two warships of the Chinese Empire show off their might in the exercise area of the American Navy.

This is a slap in the face by someone Chiguoguo!

Grant felt that he had no excuse and couldn't get off the stage, and his heart was extremely entangled!

The result is bound to be......

Poof......

Grant vomited three liters of blood and fell!

Whether he did it on purpose or not, it was his only option!

The president is critically ill! The drill is over!

All the US troops who participated in the exercises received such an answer, saying neither how to counter the military provocation of the two Chinese Imperial warships, nor compromising with the Chinese Empire.

An ambiguous ending that ostensibly saved the face of the US military, but in fact the US military knew in their hearts that their president had once again bowed to the Chinese Empire.

This humiliation made the morale of the US military depressed.

Seeing the withdrawal of the US warships one after another, Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong were suddenly overjoyed, and the officers and men of the entire Xiyue ship and the Heyue ship were also cheering for victory.

Even on Rhodes Island in the distance, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Empire Shence who were waiting for the battle fired into the air one after another to celebrate the victory of this military confrontation.

In their opinion, Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong's behavior was too reckless, and if the US military did not fire calmly, it would detonate the Sino-US war, and even a full-scale war between the Allies and the Entente, and a world war would break out.

This is no joke!

Shi Dakai's face suddenly darkened.

Chen Yucheng looked worried and said, "General, what are you going to do with Fang Boqian and them?" ”

Shi Dakai frowned and said: "Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong almost detonated the war and put our army in a disadvantageous situation. ”

Chen Yucheng was startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "General, no!" Fang Fu and the others are senior admirals of the navy, and rashly disposing of the two of them may cause extreme dissatisfaction in the Admiralty! At present, the contradictions between the two armies of the Imperial Navy (which automatically ignore the Air Force) are not small, and the power struggle is intensifying. The Admiralty was originally dissatisfied with the general's appointment as governor of Rhode Island, and wanted to replace the general with the general of the naval system. If the general disposes of Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong at this time, he will give the Admiralty an excuse! ”

Shi Dakai snorted coldly: "This will be the governor of Rhode Island and the minister appointed by the emperor himself, and he will oversee the military and political power of Rhode Island, if he can't subdue the two of them, how can he control the other admirals in the future." No matter how strong the fortress of Rhode Island is, it will be difficult to hold on without the help of naval forces. If he couldn't defend this Rhode Island, how would he still have the face to see the emperor? ”

Chen Yucheng sighed, he understood Shi Dakai's distress, but he had to remind: "Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong have deep backgrounds, and the Fang family is a naval family, and they have quite a lot of connections in the naval system. Fu Zhong is ostensibly a graduate of the Imperial Naval Academy, but his background is deeper than Fang Boqian, when Fu Xuexian, the secretary of the household department, is his father, and the queen of the main palace is his aunt, he can't move! ”

Shi Dakai was also taken aback, originally the new official took office with three fires, and wanted to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, but he caught two chickens, but one was an eagle and the other was a phoenix.

Seeing Shi Dakai frowning, Chen Yucheng proposed, "Why don't you ask Your Majesty what you mean first?" As long as Your Majesty nods, everything will be easy! ”

"The matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, I Shi Dakai has the grace of the emperor, how can I make trouble for the emperor at this time? The emperor is wise and martial, and he will never be angry with me because of this matter. As for the things that offend people, hmph, I, Shi Dakai, am doing things for the emperor, and I don't need to look at other people's faces! ”

Looking at Shi Dakai's impassioned expression, Chen Yucheng shook his head helplessly, only smiling bitterly.

In his opinion, according to Shi Dakai's ability, even if he is a general of the Taiping Army, it is enough to be promoted to a general. But now Shi Dakai is only a lieutenant general, which has a lot to do with the fact that he is too upright on weekdays and does not understand human feelings.

However, this time the emperor did not choose anyone else, but ordered Shi Dakai's general, in addition to valuing Shi Dakai's ability, perhaps also had the meaning of promoting Shi Dakai.

Whether it is a blessing or a curse, it depends on the will of God!

Chen Yucheng sighed, hurriedly called the guard platoon, and followed the angry Shi Dakai to Xingshi to ask for the guilt.

In the Old Summer Palace, Tang Jianzhang, the chief of the guard, hurriedly knocked on the door and reported what happened in Rhode Island to Li Weiguo.

Li Weiguo frowned suddenly, happy and angry.

It is gratifying to see that the actions of Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong have smashed the military exercises and provocations of the US Navy in the waters of Rhode Island and promoted the national prestige of the Chinese Empire. But at the same time, the behavior of the two men is ill-conceived, and if the American Navy is hot-headed and does not exercise restraint, it will ignite a war.

"Let the Ministry of War handle this matter in accordance with the relevant regulations on rewards and punishments!"

"Your Majesty, you have granted General Shi Dakai full authority to handle all matters in Rhode Island, and he has already arrested Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong and locked them up together, and it is said that they will be locked up for a month!"

Li Weiguo was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "This is Shi Dakai's style!" When he goes to Rhode Island, he has to stand up for himself, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, and it will be difficult to defend Rhode Island in the future! ”

Tang Jianzhang said with a wry smile: "However, the Admiralty has already sued Shi Dakai for being unfair and overstepping his authority, after all, Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong are admirals and should be dealt with by the Navy." At present, in the conference room of the military department, the navy and army are quarreling! ”

Li Weiguo frowned suddenly.

There is a Tao that is difficult for every family to read, and it is common for brothers and sisters to quarrel and contradict each other, and the same is true for the country.

Quarrels between the navy and the army have long been commonplace, and there is no big deal.

However, Li Weiguo seems to be keenly aware of this article.

On the Rhode Island issue, the Navy is the one who does not want the Army to command them, and the Navy wants to install an officer of the Navy system as the Governor of Rhode Island, and the Army will naturally not agree, which is the source of the quarrel between the two sides on the Rhode Island issue.

"It would not be a good thing if the navy and army quarreled and contradicted like this during the war!"

"In addition, Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong have very good backgrounds, Shi Dakai is just a general, in the military, I'm afraid it will be difficult to withstand the pressure!"

Tang Jianzhang said suddenly, meaning something.

Li Weiguo nodded, which reminded him of the once invincible Japanese Empire in history.

Historically, since its establishment, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy have experienced the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese-German War, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the Pacific War. As a result, the Japanese navy and army were very arrogant and looked down on the armies of any country in the world, and even the navy and army were dissatisfied with each other, and finally caused the Japanese navy to insist on going its own way, and without waiting for the army to occupy the whole of China, it rashly started a war against the United States, and finally suffered a crushing defeat at Midway.

The Japanese Navy won 99 victories in a row, but the result was only one crushing defeat at Midway, which completely destroyed the Japanese Navy.

All this shows that the arrogant army will be defeated, no matter how strong the country is, no matter how powerful the army is, if there is no one in the eyes of pride, a small mistake may bury the whole country. Historically, the French army in the Napoleonic era, the German army in the Hitler era, and the Japanese army were once very powerful, but in the end they all failed because of pride, and they need to be taken as a warning.

Li Weiguo didn't want the Chinese Imperial Shence Army to make fatal mistakes in the future, but as long as it was a human being, it would make mistakes, and it must be stopped, and this arrogance and the atmosphere of no one in sight must be stopped in time.

"Passing on my will, Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong acted recklessly, almost causing a catastrophe, dismissed from the captain's position, demoted to the rank of Rhode Island mine battalion, and waited for Shi Dakai to deal with it to see the aftermath!"

Tang Jianzhang was stunned, this punishment was a bit heavy, but he quickly understood.

This is singing a double reed with Shi Dakai!

One sings white-faced, the other red-faced.

The advantage of this is that Li Weiguo took on the matter of offending people, and eased the contradictions between Shi Dakai and Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong, because if the two want to be reinstated, they have to have a good relationship with Shi Dakai. The transfer of the two to the mine camp was obviously deliberately arranged to defend Rhode Island, and Shi Dakai would also be grateful to Li Weiguo for his help to better defend Rhode Island.

At the same time, this is also a punishment for the pride and arrogance of the navy, and it is also an example to cool down the feverish head of the navy, so as to save the irreparable mistake in the future.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Tang Jianzhang had to admire Li Weiguo's decision, this matter was handled very well, and he took into account all aspects of the factors, he was worthy of being an emperor, and a little use of means turned an unfavorable thing into a favorable thing.

Rhode Island, Newport Military Base, Confinement Chamber.

Fang Boqian and Fu Zhong were confined, and naturally one hundred and twenty people were angry and protested, thinking that Shi Dakai deliberately rectified the two of them, and even mobilized family forces to repair Shi Dakai.

However, when Li Weiguo's holy decree arrived, the two of them were dumbfounded, and the original anger towards Shi Dakai disappeared in an instant, compared with the emperor's punishment for them, Shi Dakai's punishment for them was already light.

Whenever they were afraid of comparison, the two suddenly felt that Shi Dakai was much cuter.

In order to reinstate the official as soon as possible, these two can only go to pat Shi Dakai's sycophants.

In this regard, Shi Dakai also smiled bitterly, he was originally a frightened Liwei, but now he can easily do it.

All this was Li Weiguo's help, Shi Dakai was very grateful, and vowed to guard Rhode Island. (To be continued.) )