The Qing Dynasty pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after the 20 years of the Westernization Movement is really not in vain, contrary to the imagination of most of the historical "brick family", the late Qing Dynasty's finances were quite healthy, during the Tongzhi Zhongxing period, China's annual fiscal revenue was 70 million taels of silver, and the fiscal expenditure was more than 60 million taels, half of which was used for various expenses of the royal family and the state, and the other half was used as military expenses, and the annual funds that the navy could get in hand were about one million taels of silver, which did not include the cost of purchasing warships, and each purchase was hundreds of thousands of taels. As the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang Commerce, Li Hongzhang has not been short of money, until he left office, there are still 10 million taels of silver in his hands.

After Song Xiao flew to the Beiyang Naval Division, he counted the family background of the Beiyang Naval Division, plus the two ironclad cruisers that Ding Ruchang had just brought back, and by 1886, the Beiyang Naval Division had ten ocean-going warships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, namely the "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" ironclad ships with a displacement of 7,335 tons, the "Jingyuan" armored cruiser with a displacement of 2,900 tons, the "Zhiyuan" and "Jingyuan" cruisers with a displacement of 2,300 tons, and the "Pingyuan" cruiser with a displacement of 2,100 tons, with a displacement of 1,350 tons. Chaoyong", "Yangwei" cruisers, "Guangjia" cruiser with a displacement of 1296 tons and "Guangbing" cruiser with a displacement of 1030 tons.

The two ironclad ships of the Beiyang Naval Division, "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan", were ordered at the Volkeng shipyard in Germany, and were designed by combining the advantages of the British "Ingwei Lexibai" and the German "Saxony" ironclad ships, and were equipped with eight 12-inch heavy guns, eight German Krupp 305mm breech guns, two Krupp 150mm breech auxiliary guns, four 75mm Krupp guns, eight 37mm five-barreled Habeckes machine guns, and two 57mm and 47mm Haggekis rapid-fire guns. 3 14-inch torpedo tubes, 21 torpedoes, Song Xiaofei personally served as the pipe band, that is, the captain, and British Navy Rear Admiral Lang Weili served as the assistant band, which was equivalent to the deputy captain; Another "Zhenyuan" ship of the same class, Lin Tai, the chief soldier of the left wing, was the pipe band, and the American adviser Ma Jifen was the assistant leader. These two ironclad warships were also at the leading level in the world at that time. At this time, the strength of the Beiyang Naval Division, whether it is equipment or the quality of the naval division, is worthy of the name of the sixth in the world and the first in Asia.

On the other hand, the strength of the Navy is far behind that of the Beiyang Naval Division. At this time, there were only four warships above the 1,000-ton level in the Navy, namely "Naniwa", "Takachiho", "Hiei", and "Fuso", and the best "Naniwa" cruiser had a displacement of 3,709 tons, and the thickness of the armored deck was only half of that of the Chinese "Dingyuan" ship, and it was equipped with 2 Krupp main guns, 6 150mm caliber Krupp guns, 6 47mm caliber heavy Haggaeth rapid-fire guns, 10 25mm caliber quadruple Noudianfeld machine guns, and 4 11mm caliber 10-barreled Green guns. There are 4 torpedo tubes, and there is also a gap in firepower with the "Dingyuan" ship.

Therefore, when the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were upgraded with equipment and ammunition, and the naval division was almost trained, Song Xiaofei asked Li Hongzhang for instructions, saying that since the 12th year of Tongzhi, he had invaded Taiwan, repeatedly provoked in Korea, and forcibly occupied the Ryukyu Islands, and after Ito Hirobumi returned to China last time, he clearly listed China as an imaginary enemy and instilled a policy of hatred of China in his people. It was suggested that the Beiyang Navy Division send warships to deter the militants, and Li Hongzhang happened to have this idea, so he approved it.

In the twelfth year of Guangxu, that is, in 1886, on August 1, the sea wind was harmonious, Song Xiaofei took the "Dingyuan", took the "Zhenyuan", "Jiyuan", and "Yangwei" three ocean-going warships, led 3,000 Beiyang sailors, and after training in the East China Sea of Korea, in the name of overhaul, they drove directly to the port of Nagasaki! You read that right, it was the four "medium [***] ships" that drove to the port of "Nagasaki"! Contrast it with my fishing. The navy that doesn't dare to land on the island, you should know how good the Beiyang Navy Division is!

Among them, when the five-clawed yellow dragon flag on the [***] ship was flying high in the port of Nagasaki, when the people of the country were stunned when they looked at the four Chinese "giants" emitting black smoke and were dumbfounded, Song Xiaofei was in a happy mood and immediately sent 500 sailors ashore to tell the onlookers that this time the Chinese [***] ship was coming for the Ryukyu Islands, and if the people of the country knew each other, they should immediately put the Ryukyu king Shangtai back to the Ryukyus.

Song Xiaofei wanted to investigate how far the book had developed, so the four warships stayed in the port of Nagasaki for ten days. After Song Xiaofei went ashore to investigate, he found that the book in 1886 was far less developed than many Chinese "historical brick artists" think now, Nagasaki as a commercial city, lack of vitality of farmers, handicraftsmen, and people abound on the street, the most prosperous and lively place on the shore, that is, the Jiguan restaurant.

Song Xiaofei saw the scene, consistent with the American scholar Benedict's world famous book "Chrysanthemum and Sword" in the record, although the Meiji Emperor of the book in 1868 issued the "Five Politics Retro" edict, began the reform movement, but in 1877, Saigo Takamori also led the Samurai to fight the political axe civil war, and in the first ten years, the political axe also regarded the peasants as untouchables, from 1868 to 1878, there were at least 190 peasant uprisings, and the "Constitution of the Constitution" was not promulgated until 1889, Therefore, in 1886, there were still many unequal treaties signed with the Taixi powers, and there was a considerable gap between the comprehensive national strength and China. According to the analysis of the intelligence collected, Song Xiaofei came to a conclusion: If you don't start a war with Yuben at this time, when will you wait?

On August 13, Song Xiaofei, who had always been very strict in governing the army, gave 300 sailors a vacation and allowed them to go to the Yuebenji Museum to see the quintessence of his own culture. One of the sailors asked, "Didn't the Admiral issue a military order. Remember. Is there no forgiveness? ”

Song Xiaofei laughed and asked rhetorically, "Do you know how Zhu Bajie died?" ”

The sailor touched his head and asked, "Stupid?" ”

Song Xiaofei said: "That's right! If you don't give money, won't you call it a scoop? Bring your self-defense weapons! ”

The sailors suddenly came to their senses, went ashore together, went straight to the largest museum in Nagasaki, and asked for the best Yiben Yiji, drinking sake while admiring the soft waist of the willows of Yiji; Some sailors were even more cunning, and offered high prices to deceive those who did not sell their bodies to take off their kimonos and dedicate themselves, and it was not until the final checkout that the sailors told the owner of the museum: "We can't give money, and the surname of the money will change!" ”

When the owner of the Honji Hall heard this, Baga, didn't you mean to make trouble, and stepped on the clogs and went to call the police. So a dozen policemen came at once, and when they saw that there were more than 300 sailors, they had to mediate hard, and the sailors still said the same thing: "You can't give money, if you give money, your surname will change, and if you give money, we will be killed!" ”

The policemen couldn't understand the logic of the Chinese sailors, so they took out handcuffs and arrested people, but as a result, of course, the sailors took out knives, stabbed these unlucky policemen, and then returned to the warship as if nothing happened. Nagasaki Municipal Axe later sent someone to send an official letter to Song Xiaofei concerned about this matter, Song Xiaofei spread his hands and replied lightly: "It's difficult to restrain it, there's no way to do it." ”

But then, things were unexpected by Song Xiaofei: the folk newspaper at that time poked out the fact that the Chinese sailors went to the gym to play and did not give money, and said that he had the habit of reading the newspaper, and the ronin in Nagasaki was angry and joined forces with the police to deal with the Chinese sailors. When the two hundred Chinese sailors rushed to the museum again, they were ambushed by hundreds of policemen and ronin, but fortunately, Song Xiaofei let the Beiyang sailors bring weapons, and the two sides had a scuffle, 2 Beiyang sailors were killed, 47 were injured, and three others were missing, and 3 people were killed and more than 40 were injured.

At dusk, the gilded sunset burned the sky of Nagasaki Port, and Song Xiaofei and Lang Weili stood on the deck with all the officers and men of the "Dingyuan" ship, mourning the dead sailors and taking off their hats. After the ceremony, Song Xiaofei asked Lang Weili, what would the British do if they encountered such a thing?

Lang Weili told Song Xiaofei: "According to international practice, if a soldier dies, he can start a war with himself!" ”

Song Xiaofei said: "If China says that if there is a war over this matter, which side will Britain stand on?"

Luang Weili said without hesitation: "I promise it is China." ”

Song Xiaofei also asked the American adviser Ma Jifen, and the answer was the same. Therefore, Song Xiaofei ordered the two ironclad ships "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan" to prepare for battle, quickly raised eight heavy guns, filled them with flowering shells, and aimed the black muzzles at the Nagasaki Police Station within the firing range.

Seeing this, Lang Weili pulled out the command knife at his waist and shouted, "Fire! fire！ ”

"Boom", "boom", eight heavy guns emitted angry black smoke at the same time, and the Nagasaki Police Station was hit by a flowering shell, and suddenly fell into a sea of fire, and the policemen on duty felt that the house shook violently, thinking that there was an earthquake, and quickly ran for their lives! This was the first time since the Meiji Restoration that the mainland was attacked by heavy artillery, and General Perry of the United States did not dare to do so when he brought a warship to Edo Bay!;