Updated: 202-09-09

On October 24, 2695 in the Republican calendar (54 AD), after dinner, Bai Baoxiang first discussed with Qian Shuiting and other members of the executive committee, and then convened a meeting of relevant personnel in the council hall of the General Military Palace.

"What, the envoys of France, Britain and the United States will arrive tomorrow! Why did the foreign devils come so quickly. A timid fellow shouted, "We just took Dinghai City, and we haven't caught our breath yet." ”

Hearing this, Xu Nanying suddenly felt a little weak, "I shouldn't agree to them coming, Wang Tiehammer and they went to Shanghai, if the foreign devils take advantage of the situation, it will be chaotic." ”

"What are you afraid of!" Yun Lan shouted, "Wang Tiehammer only took away two Portuguese sailing ships, and our main warships are all on Mingxing Island, and they can sail over in less than two hours; Besides, there are more than 400 people in the recruit reserve battalion in Dinghai, and more than 20 people in the teaching company, and we are all modern weapons. If the French dare to use their brains, they will be destroyed. ”

Yunlan was right. If the foreign devils dare to make trouble, they will destroy them. Bai Baoxiang's words changed, "However, don't worry, the battle can't be fought for the time being." ”

Wang Xie Tang of Jinyiwei said, "According to intelligence, Britain, the United States and France are discussing with the Manchus in the north about 'revising the treaty', and they will not trouble us for the time being." ”

Bai Baoxiang continued: "But we don't show weakness, in case the British, American and French bandits think that we are weak and easy to bully, maybe they will use their brains now." Historically, after the peace talks between the two crows, Anglo-American France began to help the Manchus and suppress the Taiping army. We can't afford to be on guard. The Manchu Qing Dynasty in the original time and space had always refused to "revise the treaty", which eventually led to the occurrence of the Second Opium War. But because of our crossing, perhaps history will change significantly, and perhaps Britain, France, and the United States will succeed in 'revising the treaty' this time. ”

At this stage, the Executive Board believes that winning an external peaceful environment is crucial to the next phase of our Taiwan strategy. Ningbo is not our goal now, our goal is still Taiwan. The Second Opium War is just around the next few years, and we must march into Taiwan as soon as possible, build a preliminary industrial system in Taiwan, and develop ourselves rapidly. In 60 years, we will strive to form a strong combat force, destroy the Anglo-French forces, and start a national strategy. ”

Bai Baoxiang glanced at Shao Bei and Xu Nanying, "So after research, the Executive Committee decided to appoint Shao Bei as the Zhengqing of Honglu Temple, and Xu Nanying as the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, that is, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Minister, and the two of you will be specifically responsible for tomorrow's reception." ”

Shao Bei and Xu Nanying replied separately, "No problem." ”

"As for the safety of the port, the two steamships in the port were bought by the Shanghai Yangtze River Bureau for us, and the crew members on them were recruited by the Yangtze River Bureau and trained by the Shanghai Yangtze River Bureau itself. In addition, motor ships such as the Prince will not appear tomorrow. Bai Baoxiang looked at Jiang Li, "Jiang Li, your coast guard has been in charge of guarding the port in the past few days. I'll ask You Nanzhe to bring a few more artillery pieces over to help your coast guard operate the mortars. If the French dare to carry out a surprise attack, you will use M252 (mm) mortars to destroy these ghost beasts for me. ”

Jiang Li replied loudly: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

"Chairman Bai, I have a question." Wu Linyun, who likes to delve into airships in the Ministry of Agriculture, asked, "Chairman Bai, 'Garsini' is a wooden and iron-hulled ship, and a few mortars should not be able to sink it." ”

"Wu Linyun, you pseudo-military fan, what did you say!" After You Nanzhe heard this, he scoffed, "Do you need to blow it up?" For the defense of the oak deck of the warship in this time and space, a mortar fell on the deck, and the upper and lower decks were bound to be completely destroyed. ”

"Bang, bang, bang!" Yun Lan saw that Wu Linyun's face was red and his neck was thick, so he quickly stood up and slammed the table with his hand.

"You Nanzhe, no personal attacks!" He pointed at You Nanzhe, "Speaking at the meeting, it's not about things and people!" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll take back what I just said." You Nanzhe raised his hands, "However, the mortar destroyed the superstructure of 'Garcini', no pressure. ”

Wu Linyun was very unconvinced. "Then you must know that Gassini doesn't have an armored deck?"

"Armored deck?" You Nanzhe smiled, "This is the middle of the nineteenth century, even if there is an armored deck, the protection is also very poor. ”

Bai Baoxiang glanced at Wang Xie Tang, and Wang Xie Tang shrugged, saying that Jin Yiwei didn't know anything about it.

Bai Baoxiang coughed twice, "As far as I know, the bottom of the 'Garsini' ship is covered with a layer of copper skin, and it is unknown whether there is armor on the deck. Although the M252 is very powerful, we still need to increase the firepower just in case. ”

Bai Baoxiang turned his head and muttered a few words to Lin Youde of the Ministry of Industry, and then said: "There is still an MK5SMAW in the warehouse, You Nanzhe, tomorrow you will bring two SMAW, in case the mortar is not effective, use SMAW to bombard the waterline of 'Garcini'." ”

Bai Baoxiang was still a little uneasy, he told Jiang Li and You Nanzheqian, and instructed, "Remember, tomorrow the coast guard is only on alert and defense, and it is absolutely not allowed to take the initiative to attack." ”

"Understood."

"Longshan Leopard, the reserve soldiers are now in your management, and tomorrow you will be in charge of the vigilance of the entire Dinghai City. You pick 00 people to be the honor guard, practice tonight, and use it for review tomorrow. The rest of the personnel guarded the four gates and the various reuse mechanisms in the city. ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Lin Youde, who was sitting next to Bai Baoxiang, said: "Chairman Bai, our guns are relatively advanced, which is easy to attract the attention of the envoys of France, Britain and the United States. ”

Bai Baoxiang patted his head, "Yes, this is a big deal!" The reservists changed their guns tonight and replaced them with the Minne rifles sent by the Yangtze River Bureau. TNND, in order to hide clumsily and deceive foreign devils, everyone must remember to put away good things. ”

There was laughter in the chamber.

Qian Shuiting said seriously: "Don't laugh, you have to educate our soldiers when you go back, this foreign devil is not a good person, they are here to harm our Chinese nation." Let our soldiers prevent rape and keep it secret, keep it safe, and resolutely not say what should not be said. ”

"Banxue, you don't need to change the guns of your teaching company, tomorrow you will stay in the General Military Mansion with these more than 20 people, just in case."

"Yes."

Chen Yu, who was sitting below, saw that the task had been arranged, and he was anxious, "What about me, what am I doing?" ”

"Your mission is very important, there are more than 3,000 people in the prisoner camp, and nearly 2,000 have signed up. These many people don't need to stay in the city, you are responsible for sending them to the salt warehouse on the west side of Xiaofeng Ridge, and they will leave now. ”

The salt warehouse was the place where Yun Lan led the three platoons to land, and Chen Yu knew that it was the naval base of the Republic in the original time and space. In this space, it was still a tidal flat, and the shore was full of abandoned salt pans overgrown with thatch. She seriously doubted that there would be enough houses there for the five thousand.

"Lijues has been working there for two days, and there must be temporary accommodation. It will be our barracks and a transit point for accepting refugees from eastern Zhejiang and the Yangtze River valley to Taiwan in the future. You go and cooperate with the work of Lijuesi. ”

At this time, someone in the venue spoke, "Chairman Bai, I have a suggestion. ”

Bai Baoxiang turned out to be You Renyi.

After You Renyi of the oil group was elected as a member of the executive committee, he postponed the return to the original time and space, and he worked with Qian Shuiting, Lin Youde and others in Dinghai to formulate an industrial plan after taking the stage next year.

You Renyi said in an accentuated tone: "Should the Executive Committee be two-pronged?" First, a slight show of force, and then trade to tie up the ghost animals, and strive to keep Anglo-American law neutral. ”

"Trade!" Bai Baoxiang nodded, "For example?" ”

"At this stage, we need a lot of industrial equipment, and if we don't have time to make all of it, it's too late. For example, a large number of ships are needed, and the Keelung shipyard on the drawing will only build modern ships, and a large number of civilian ships are either purchased or purchased from ghost animals, and modern shipyards are opened and built by themselves. ”

"Yes." Lin Youde slapped his thigh, "We can also build a machine bureau, and the machine tools of this time and space are not as accurate as our children's toys." As long as we have a reference, we can imitate the shape with modern drawings, and under the protection of the vernier caliper god, we can create the highest performance steam engine in this time and space. ”

You Renyi continued: "We can also buy a batch of modern textile machinery, and we can directly use female workers to produce denim clothing in large quantities and sell it to various treaty ports. This stuff is cheap and wear-resistant, and it's sure to take over the market. ”

Some people have raised objections, saying that at this stage, Huafu Foreign Bank is sufficient to meet our needs, and there is no need to tie up ghost animals with trade.

Bai Baoxiang said with a smile, "Huafu Foreign Bank is an American foreign firm, and it cannot be shown as our partner on the surface. ”

On the morning of 25 October, under the guidance of a coast guard vessel, the French ** ship "Gasini" slowly sailed into the Panzhi waterway inside the Dinghai Crab Gate.

Passing the saltbarn, the people working like ants on the shore, Bourdron glanced contemptuously. He thought that this excellent port would only play a great value in the hands of us French.

Captain Depras of "Gasini" held a telescope to observe the situation around the harbor, "Mr. Minister, the two paddle wheels anchored in the harbor are converted from civilian ships, and the guns on the bow are also Caron naval guns. ”

Captain Depras said that he observed the hills on both sides, "The batteries on both sides have been completely destroyed, which shows that the rebel artillery fire is very fierce. They must have used paddlewheel steam engines to approach the fort and then attack with caron guns, which is the same tactics of the British Navy in the Opium War. ”

The Caron naval cannon is a giant short cannon, invented by the British Scottish Caron Company, applied to the British Royal Navy in 779, and made a great contribution to the victory of the British naval battle in the Opium War. The Caron gun is installed in the bow of the ship, is operated by 2 gunners, and is fired using orbital rotation. It is characterized by a short barrel, large caliber, light weight, small charge, low muzzle velocity, short firing range and high lethality.

The natural protection of civilian paddle steamers is very poor, and the guns of the Caron can only play a role at close range, and the firepower is also average. Burbulon snorted, "Then you, 'Garcini', if they launch a surprise attack and attack Dinghai City, what will happen?" ”

"'Garcini' is naturally the king of Dinghai Harbor." Captain Depras said proudly, but he pointed to the hills around the harbor very cautiously, "But these rebel firepower should not be underestimated, there must be a lot of artillery hidden around the hills." If one of our warships launches a surprise attack, the casualties will certainly be small, but the final victory will be 'Garcini'. ”

All the ships anchored in Dinghai Harbor were hoisted with full flags to welcome them. The warship "Gassini" and the port respectively fired salutes and saluted each other.

U.S. Consul Bradley was astonished, "These rebels are not like those stupid Manchus, they know our naval etiquette well. Is this still the East? How do I feel like I have returned to our Western civilization. ”

The British Acting Consul, Wen Jistu, nodded slightly and agreed, "I hope they can respect free trade and abide by the rules of the game in our Western civilized countries." As he spoke, he raised his head haughtily.

The "Garcini" slowly leaned towards the dock, and from the boat, many colorful flags were planted on the pier, and a woman wearing a red Ming Dynasty official uniform stood at the front of the welcoming crowd at the dock.

"This is Miss Xu Nanying, the young secretary of Honglu Temple in the Ming Kingdom, who speaks fluent French." Ifari flashed out from behind Burbulron, "The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple is equivalent to our country's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. ”

"A woman as deputy foreign minister?" Bourblon was a little surprised.

"Yes, it is said that they practice equality between men and women."

When Bourblon saw everything in front of him, he couldn't help but think of what happened to him when he went to Nanjing last year to meet the Taiping army. He felt that these rebels were fully civilized compared to the Taipings, and Burblon was looking forward to the visit.

On the pier, drums were beating, flags were like blood, and bayonets were like forests. 00 warriors with mini rifles on their backs lined up and stood there with their heads held high.

The Scottish organist recruited from Shanghai played the "Xingming Army Military Song", and in the melodious sound of the organ, Longshan Leopard held a command knife to guide in front, and Xu Nanying accompanied Burblon through the honor guard.

Burblon secretly admired the spirit of the lads of the guard of honor, and soon his eyes were focused on the soldiers' rifles. Walking past the guard of honor, Bourblon stopped, and he pointed back, "Can you have your musket?" ”

"Absolutely."

Under the order of Longshan Leopard, a guard of honor ran out of the team, cleanly threw out the spear on his shoulder, and handed it to Longshan Leopard. Burbulon took the gun from the Longshan leopard and looked carefully.

The Mineer rifle was very well made, polished black and shiny, with a long spike and a silver glow from the muzzle.

"Yes, it's a good gun!" As he spoke, Bulblon returned the gun to the Longshan Leopard.

Dressed in clothes similar to European uniforms, one-color Migne rifles, and three hundred young men in good spirits, this is the army of the rebels.

Bourblon and the British and French consuls and other entourages felt that these soldiers in front of them, if they had been baptized by war, could definitely be compared to the European and American armies.