If Sichuan wants to develop, it must go to the ocean, it is too important to get an outlet to the sea, and the nearest outlet to the sea in Sichuan is the Beibu Gulf.

Qiao Yu has asked his eldest brother Qiao Cheng in the United States to buy a small shipyard, as long as the British cooperates and gets the land of Qinzhou Port from Long Jiguang, the shipyard can start construction immediately, but the biggest problem now is the lack of workers.

"Qiao Shuai, with a shipyard, it's not far from the navy, right?"

"Brother Jiang, isn't this a joke, the navy is so easy, even if the shipyard is established, the scale is limited, and it can only build cargo ships, and the effort to build warships will be very huge!"

"No matter how much you have to pay, Qiao Shuai, you have taken the first step, I have a suggestion, shipbuilding is a very technical job, it is difficult to carry out without real talents, I have met Mr. Sa Zhenbing a few times, this old man is also a figure who is enthusiastic about the navy, from him to ask two talents to come over, maybe it can play a little role!"

"Then I'll bother Brother Jiang!" Qiao Yu originally planned to introduce a group of overseas Chinese from the United States, and then use the technical strength of the United Kingdom, of course, his own country cannot be missing, Sa Zhenbing has outstanding prestige in the navy and has a wide range of contacts, if he can help, it would be great.

While discussing, Wang Lingji walked in in a panic, "Dashuai, President Jiang, the intelligence officers in Shanghai have sent news that ten warships are rapidly heading up the river, and the destination seems to be Wuhan!" ”

Qiao Yu hurriedly took the document in Wang Lingji's hand, read it quickly, and then handed it to Jiang Baili, who also looked at it carefully.

"Qiao Shuai, I'm afraid I'm going to Hanyang Iron Works, they are ready to use force!"

"Brother Jiang, do you think I'm so crazy?"

"Qiao Shuai, I have always been like this, I like to be small and broad, a typical gambler's mentality, in fact, although I released the seized freighter, but I also saw the weak nature of the Entente, although the United States can rely on economic sanctions to make the Entente jealous, but the United States does not seem to be of the same mind, after all, the economic exchanges between the United States and the United States also bring huge profits to the United States, this amount is far above Sichuan, some far-sighted American politicians hope to limit the capital, support Sichuan, But more people are pursuing immediate interests, and this is the sadness of the Ming boil regime! ”

After Jiang Baili finished speaking, he looked at the map along the river again, "Qiao Shuai, in this operation, the main force of the Sakumoto is Itsukushima, the Chiyoda, two old ships that participated in the Sino-Japanese War, and five new destroyers, and the remaining three are troop carriers, these ten warships are not very powerful, but the Beiyang political axe may not have the determination to start a war, and our several shallow gunboats can't stop the Yuben fleet at all, if we let the Yuben force seize the success, our situation will be passive!" ”

Qiao Yu's brows furrowed tightly, Jiang Baili's analysis was not wrong, it was definitely ill-intentioned to send warships this time, although the Hanyang Iron Works had been relocated several times, and the essence of the factory was moved to Sichuan, but the factory was still there, if it could be occupied by force, it would also be able to get better conditions from Beiyang, and this was also a huge pressure on Beiyang Political Axe, and it was said that he could have sent a fleet to occupy Wuhan in the hinterland of China.

It can be used to make the coast come to naught with a powerful navy, and the Beiyang political axe can not ignore these, so as to kill two birds with one stone, hit Sichuan, and also deter Beiyang, as long as it can succeed quickly, the powers may not be able to give Yue Ben enough deterrence, and only Britain has this power on the Yangtze River, but the British definitely don't want to conflict with Yue himself now, you must know that now Britain is trying to say that he is helping them escort cargo ships, this method of hitting the core is much better than seizing cargo ships, As long as they don't interfere with the delivery of goods, the great powers don't have the energy to do that.

Qiao Yu took a few steps in front of the map, and kept weighing in his heart, he didn't want to conflict with Yueben, but now that Yueben is openly using force to blackmail, then he can't be polite anymore, he should show the strength of Sichuan to the whole country and even the world, and at the same time strive for the initiative.

Qiao Yu hurriedly gave Shi Yi an order, asking his third division to quickly mobilize and be ready to go out of Sichuan at any time, and also mobilized the heavy artillery regiment, and immediately dispatched eight planes to aid Wuhan as a trump card against his own fleet.

This side dispatched troops, and Qiao Yu reported the situation to Yuan Shikai, saying that this transfer of this warship is a huge threat to China, and the old Yuan, as the head of state, should definitely not sit idly by, who knows that soon Qiao Yu received a call back from Yuan Shikai, saying that this has been notified of the political axe, this is a routine exercise, absolutely no intention for anyone, and asked Sichuan not to worry too much.

After seeing this telegram, Qiao Yu expressed great concern about Yuan Shikai's IQ, Lao Yuan is either confused and home, or he is too timid, in fact, Qiao Yu doesn't know, just before he was ready to send troops, he had launched a divisive action, and on the twenty-one articles, he made a big concession, and the price code was almost the same as the bottom line in Lao Yuan's heart.

At the same time, he also negotiated with the United States, saying that he was willing to give up the Yucheng Iron and Steel Plant and would definitely not infringe on the interests of the United States, and pacified the United States.

Although Sichuan is very weak, it is like glue, organically uniting other forces together, forming a joint force against the company, so that the other forces are thrown into a trap, so this time the book absorbs the lesson, and the target is directly set on Sichuan, and the other forces are divided and disintegrated.

Qiao Yu also informed the consul generals of the British and American countries, these countries were unknown, and Qiao Yu immediately knew that he was betrayed by these people, and they were all afraid of the power of Yuben and wanted to see jokes.

"There is not a single good thing in these imperialist countries, they are all goods that bully the weak and fear the hard!" Qiao Yu was resentful in his heart, but now he can only fight with Yueben, and he must not retreat, Wuhan is not a place directly controlled by Qiao Yu after all, he has to communicate with Duan Qirui, the governor of Hubei, first.

Duan Qirui had already received the news from Yuan Shikai, and knew that President Yuan Da was actually ready to give up the Hanyang Iron Works, as a soldier, Duan Qirui was very disgusted by the act of betraying the country's interests, but he didn't have any better way, Yuan Shikai retreated, what could he do, after receiving Qiao Yu's telegram, Duan Qirui just said in a call back that he was willing to provide convenience for the transfer of troops in Sichuan, and the rest didn't care.

After seeing Duan Qirui's callback, Qiao Yu knew that this time he was really the only one to fight against Yueben, but now he was more calm, if it was anywhere else, Sichuan really couldn't help Yuben's fleet, but the advantage of Yueben's fleet on the Yangtze River was very limited, and this time Yuben sent all old-fashioned warships, as well as some destroyers, which could not be used at all on the Yangtze River.

Airplanes have become the best weapon to deal with these warships, after Qiao Yu got Duan Qirui's permission, he immediately issued an order to Xia Douyin, from among his subordinates, a regiment was drawn from his subordinates to be stationed in the river near Wuhan, in case the army had already leased the Yueben armed forces, and Sichuan sent a total of 32 planes into Wuhan, preparing to use air superiority to completely send the warships to the Yangtze River to feed Wang Ba.

The commander in charge of seizing the Hanyang Iron Works is named Takeo Abe, he participated in the Sino-Japanese War, also participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and fought in Qingdao not long ago, it can be said that he has experienced a hundred battles, and his ambition has swelled to the extreme like most of the people in this era, and when he went up the Yangtze River, he and his subordinates said that the branch was too big, and a Yangtze River was so turbulent, and compared with the Yangtze River, the territory of the province was all small river ditches, and China was too big. Such a good piece of anointed land is in the hands of a group of garbage branches, which is really a tyrannical thing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are the warriors of His Majesty the Emperor, and I hope that you will be able to serve the country with all your loyalty, and let the glory of the Emperor be spread all over China!"

The ten warships went up the river and went straight to Wuhan, just when they were about to approach the Wuhan River, suddenly there was a roar of a motor overhead, a wooden plane flew slowly overhead, went around in a circle and left, followed by several planes appeared one after another in the sky above the warship, and the last relatively large plane flew over the warship of the warship, dropped a large number of leaflets, and many leaflets happened to fall to Takeo Abe's side, and the soldiers picked up the leaflets.

It is written that the [***] team is conducting military exercises here, hoping that the warship can get out of the way as soon as possible, Takeo Abe was suddenly angry, when will the person be able to point fingers at himself, besides, this is the busy Yangtze River waterway, those cargo ships are in normal traffic, and their own warships are restricted, which is simply contempt for the dignity of the book, and these slow-moving wooden birds can still threaten their steel warships, isn't this looking for death.

Abe Takeo didn't care, urged his subordinates to act as soon as possible, quickly approaching Wuhan, just when Abe's fleet approached the Wuhan River, suddenly four or five target ships could be seen in the distance, and several planes flew in the sky, these planes were enough to hang bombs, several target ships had been hit by bombs, the flames soared, and soon disappeared in the blue waves, and at this time more than a dozen planes appeared in the air, swaying and flying towards this side, forming a blockade line in the air, In addition, at this time, there were constant telegrams from the shore, which made him stop his advance immediately.

These planes are not the same as the previous ones, these are all hung with bombs, if the order is given, it is not a piece of paper, but a bomb, Abe Takeo did not believe that the [***] team dared to offend the Empire, so he first ordered a destroyer to move forward quickly.

At this moment, a bomb quickly fell from the plane and exploded less than ten meters away from the destroyer, and the explosion set off a huge column of water, all of which fell on the warship, and suddenly the people on the ship were embarrassed, and two sailors fell into the water!