So far, in less than a month since Li Hui raised his troops in Denglai Erfu, the rebel army has nominally liberated the vast land of more than 17 provinces and more than ninety percent of China's population, and the revolutionary situation is very good.

However, it is not that there are no stubborn people, especially those who are the governors or generals who lead the troops as the bannermen, who may be dissatisfied with Li Hui's policy of dealing with the bannermen, and all of them stand on the opposite side of the people. Although their strength is limited, most of them are located in the border areas where the rebel army is currently beyond the reach of the whip, and they are generally linked up with foreign countries to protect themselves, and China is about to fall into a situation of fragmentation.

"Heilongjiang General Enze took refuge in Lao Maozi, Jilin General Changshun, and Shengjing General Yulu took refuge in Japan, but in the northeast region, we have an overwhelming advantage in troop investment and logistics supply, even if Japan and Russia join forces, there is nothing to be afraid of, but there are a few other places that are a little troublesome", Li Hui looked at the map of the country, and his face showed a faint melancholy.

Li Hui was most annoyed by the declaration of independence by the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, which were not only remote but also rugged. The infrastructure is backward, and it will be very difficult to march and recover, not to mention that Sichuan and Guangxi have not been pacified at present, and the rebel army really can't mobilize many troops to attack Yungui in a short period of time. Moreover, because Yunnan is close to the British and French bases on the Indochina Peninsula, and because it is rich in resources and has not too weak financial resources, the "rebels" in Songbo can easily obtain the support of the two countries.

Tibet, Xinjiang, and Outer Mongolia are farther away and the transportation is more difficult, so I am afraid that it will also lose a long time, but fortunately, these three provinces have less impact on the overall situation and can be solved later. Well, it won't work if you don't put it behind, because the main force of the army has been transferred to the south, and now even Inner Mongolia and Northeast China, Li Hui is facing the dilemma of having no soldiers to send, but fortunately, the southern battlefield, which he attaches great importance to, fought quite well and did not disappoint him

Due to the arrogance he had cultivated for a long time, Vice Admiral Philistine, commander of the British Far East Fleet, did not expect the Chinese army to dare to attack Hong Kong, a colony of the British Empire, but he was somewhat worried about the Shanghai Concession, so after learning of the upheaval in the north, he immediately ordered the fleet to set sail for Shanghai to give the "civilized gentlemen" there. But what Philmant did not expect was that the fleet had just sailed through the Zhoushan Islands and had not yet entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the lookout, who had watched the naval battle of Jianghua Bay like him, saw the familiar figure of the Haitian armored cruiser in the telescope

"Damn, how did the Chinese send her too? And six Haitian-class patrol ships? God, where did the Chinese get so many 10,000-ton patrols? After receiving it, Philmante's heart trembled, and his face was extremely pale.

After half a minute of silence, Fermante exhaled a deep breath and sent an order to the flag soldiers, "Order the fleet to withdraw south immediately, and at the same time inform the captains to come to the flagship for a meeting!" ”

"Gentlemen, the situation is very dangerous now, the reason why we ordered the retreat is to test the intentions of the Chinese, if the Chinese do not pursue, then it is to scare us, then we can safely and boldly continue to go north to Shanghai to carry out the original mission," Vice Admiral Philmante fully showed his old cunning, but he still frowned and sighed after all, "But they did not hesitate to catch up, what does this mean?" Show that they are determined to go to war with our British Empire! ”

"Haha, a declaration of war on our British Empire? Just those yellow-skinned monkeys? I don't believe they have the guts to do that, maybe they're just chasing us to scare us. An ignorant and arrogant young captain dismisses Philmante's judgment, believing him to be making a fuss.

"I can't believe that there are such idiots in my fleet! How did you graduate? Well, sir, now I declare that you have been relieved of your position, and I do not want to be killed in vain by your stupidity over two hundred officers and men on board. Vice Admiral Philmantle's eyes were cold, and then he gave his first order without hesitation.

With that young captain who was instantly swept to the end as a lesson from the past, all the officers present at the meeting did not dare to question the words of the fleet commander easily, although this made the meeting lose its role in soliciting opinions and suggestions, but it could better unify ideas.

As one of the few high-ranking officers in the audience who witnessed the entire battle of Jianghua Bay, Vice Admiral Philmante was convinced that his response was much more reliable than that devised by those who had no idea how powerful the Haitian-class patrol was.

"I think their target should be Hong Kong, so they would rather pay the price of being condemned by the whole world and not declare war, but also completely eliminate us and eliminate the trouble." , Felimante said this, with a heavy expression on his face, "If this is the case, the Centurion and the Balle will follow me back to meet the enemy and entangle them, and the rest of the warships will immediately withdraw from the battlefield, if the enemy does not chase you, keep the queue, if there are warships chasing you, they will disperse and break through, the Haitian class patrol speed is very fast, even if it is a defensive patrol, it may not be able to get rid of it, if you insist on keeping the queue, it will only be wiped out." Also, don't go south, those six old warships are probably waiting for us in the Taiwan Strait, go to Japan, go to Japan first, and then wait for orders from home"

"Of course, it may just be that I think too much, but we can't assume that the other side will not dare to start a war against us, because if the other side rashly enters the range of the opponent's main artillery, except for the two Centurion-class battleships, the rest of the cruisers will be devastated, and they will not even have a chance to escape from the battlefield, once they get close, the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Battle of Ganghwa Bay will be a bloody lesson!" Vice Admiral Philmante said in an unquestioning tone, "Because the firepower of the Haitian-class armored cruisers is so powerful that it can sink one in a few minutes, well, now it is six Haitian, and if the quality of the Chinese gunners does not drop too much because of this, then it only takes one or two salvos, and it takes less than half a minute to take out one (protective cruiser)." Your participation in the war has no effect except for your own death in vain and the morale of the officers and men on the capital ship, well, you can probably consume dozens of shells on the other side" (to be continued. )