As soon as he heard the news of the Japanese invasion of Moswan, Guo Yunxian was very worried, because when he was an official before, he had already seen the emptiness of coastal defense in various coastal areas along the coast of Qianguo. The development of the war that followed further confirmed his judgment.

After the news of the annihilation of the Penghu Naval Division came out, all parts of the coast were in shock, and the rumors that the Japanese ships had invaded the southeast coast, wantonly hunted and plundered merchant ships, and cut off the sea lanes made all parts of the coastal area even more frightened overnight, and children did not dare to cry at night when they heard the name of the Japanese Invaders!

It was not until the news of the great victory in the Battle of Langqiao came, that this atmosphere of panic disappeared, and then turned into a mood of blind optimism, when the whole country was crusading against the Oriental voice, the news of the defeat in the naval battle of Fengshan Island and the bombardment of Xiamen by Japanese ships came out, which caused an uproar in the whole country, and just when the government and the opposition were at a loss, the news of the total annihilation of Japanese ships in the naval battle of the East China Sea came again, which made this tragicomedy with great ups and downs finally come to an end.

For Lin Yizhe, the protagonist of this "Battle of Mossy Land", Guo Yunxian can be said to be so impressed. At that time, he had the idea of wanting to make friends with Lin Yizhe. Soon after, Guo Yunxian and Lin Yizhe were summoned to Beijing to participate in negotiations with Japan, and the two met and became close friends.

For Guo Yunxian, Lin Yizhe is not only a like-minded best friend, but also a life-saving benefactor.

After the end of the negotiations with Japan, Guo Yunxian was ordered to serve as minister to Britain, and Lin Yizhe served as the minister of coastal defense affairs.

When he first received this wooden box, Guo Yunxian still felt a little funny, but when the "Margaret Incident" happened, Guo Yunxian was at a loss, and remembered this "Trouble is Hair" wooden box, and after opening it, he found that it was actually about the details of the "Margaret Incident" and the disposal strategy!

When Guo Yunxian began to negotiate with the British side in accordance with Lin Yizhe's instructions, the deputy envoy Liu Xihong made trouble behind his back, secretly communicating with the old ministers of the DPRK and China, saying that Guo Yunxian was not, and even accused him of being a traitor, so that the excerpts of the DPRK and China to impeach Guo Yunxian were like snowflakes.

Fortunately, the wicked will eventually be retributed, just when Liu Xihong slashed a poisonous knife at Guo Yunxian behind his back, he disappeared inexplicably one day, and his body was found in the Thames. Guo Yunxian later learned that Liu Xihong was secretly eliminated by the leader of Chinese businessmen Chen Tingxuan because of his contempt for Chinese businessmen in the UK.

And the reason why Chen Tingxuan dared to do this was because he was ordered by Lin Yizhe to secretly defend Guo Yunxian!

With the death of Liu Xihong and Lin Yizhe's suggestion, Guo Yunxian successfully ended the "Margaret Incident", and also prompted the Queen of England to remove the British Minister to Qianguo who took the opportunity to extort the rights and interests of the Qianguo!

Guo Yunxian has always been grateful to Lin Yizhe for trying every means to protect himself, although "great kindness is not grateful", Guo Yunxian has always wanted to find an opportunity to thank Lin Yizhe in person.

And now, that day will never be there.

"Kunyu, why did you go like this......" Guo Yunxian looked at the small wooden box with Lin Yizhe's handwritten "Trouble is a hair", and tears finally welled up in his eyes.

"My lord? My lord? Translator Zhang Deming's voice sounded at the door.

"Oh, it's Junfeng." Guo Yunxian didn't want his subordinates to see him crying, so he quickly wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Adults forgot? Today is the day to visit the Thames estuary to see Japan's newly built ironclad ships! Zhang Deming carefully reminded Guo Yunxian.

"Thanks to Junfeng's reminder, I was confused for a while, how could I forget this important event!" Guo Yunxian glanced up at the English calendar on the wall, which read, "May 14, 9078 (the fourth year of the Great Qianguang Xu, the eleventh year of the Meiji era of Japan)."

Today is the day when Japan's newly-built ironclad ships, the "Hiei" and the "King Kong," will anchor at the mouth of the Thames River for display after completing their sea trials, and the Japanese Legation has sent an invitation to the Qianguo Legation very early, inviting the Qianguo Minister, his wife, and his attaché to visit the Chingoku Legation.

Rumors of Japan's ordering of new ironclad warships in Britain spread to Qianguo very early, and both the Prime Minister Yamen and the Navy Yamen instructed Guo Yunxian to pay close attention to the news of Japan's order of warships.

The two ironclad ships ordered by Japan are ships of the same class and belong to second-class ironclad ships. Iron waki, wooden shell, external armor. The normal displacement is 2,250 tons, the length of the ship is 67.1 meters, the width is 12.5 meters, the draft is 5.3 meters, the thickness of the waterline armor is 88 to 137 mm, the standard coal carrying is 330 tons (340 tons for the "Hiei"), the main engine is 1 horizontal 2-cylinder reciprocating steam engine, 6 coal-fired boilers, the power is 2035 hp (2270 hp for the "Hiei"), single-shaft propulsion, the speed is 13.7 knots (13 knots for the "Hiei"), and the establishment is 286 people.

The main armament of this class of Japanese ironclad ships is 3 170-mm Krupp guns, 6 150-mm Krupp guns, 2 80-mm Krupp guns, 2 75-mm Krupp guns, 4 25-mm 4-barreled Nordenfeld guns, 2 11-mm Nordenfeld guns, and 2 360-mm torpedo tubes (1 for the "Hiei" ship). Among them, the "Hiei" ship was built by the British Milford Herwin shipyard, which started construction on September 24, 9075, was launched on June 12, 9077, and was completed in March 9078, and the ship "King Kong" of the same class was started by the British Earl shipyard in September 9075, launched in April 9077, and completed in January 9078.

"Hiei" and "Kongo" are both small second-class ironclad ships (according to the classification standards of warships at that time, ironclad ships of five or six thousand tons and above are called first-class; Those of three or four thousand tons and below are called second class), and there are also many deficiencies in the design, such as the use of a backward "shipside gun" layout for the main gun. However, in Asia now, this class of warships is undoubtedly powerful and has no opponents, and this is a huge threat to the navy of the Qianguo State that is still in its infancy, and Guo Yunxian, the first minister of the Qianguo State to Britain who is known for his open-mindedness and is still learning English at the age of more than 60, can imagine the mood after learning the news, the aftermath of the Japanese invasion of moss in 9074 has not been forgotten, and Japan now has three ironclad ships, "Hiei", "King Kong", and "Fuso" (built by the British Shamu Shipyard, launched in April 9077, and completed in January 9078)!

Only two or three months after the completion of the "Hiei" and "King Kong" warships, the Japanese could not wait to sail the two ironclad ships to the mouth of the Thames River to show them to the world, and specially invited the personnel of the Qianguo Legation in Britain to come and visit.

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