"If there is a 10% profit, capital is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With 20% of the profits, capital can be active; With 50% of the profits, capital will take risks; For the sake of 100% profit, capital dares to trample on all the laws of the world; With more than 300% of the profits, capital dares to commit any crime. These are the words of Marx in Capital.

Guangxu knew but Li Hongzhang and others didn't know, and Guangxu didn't plan to say it, because few people could understand it. Therefore, Guangxu's indiscriminate emotion and complaints in no order attracted Li Hongzhang's face and doubts, the indignation of the imperial doctors and the deep opposition of the Western doctors.

The imperial physicians heard the crisis from the emperor's words, and the fact is that the emperor has indeed established the Beijing Normal University Medical Center, with special courses and laboratory buildings in the university hall, a special pharmaceutical factory, and the army is encouraged to learn the methods of Western medicine to treat wounds. But the emperor did not encourage him to study Chinese medicine, and besides, the emperor said that in their opinion, the possibility is not impossible.

The reason why Western doctors expressed their opposition was that the emperor said that Western medicine was too dangerous. It is true that Western medicine is indeed empirical, but haven't countless prescriptions for thousands of years of Chinese medicine practice also been confirmed? At present, the largest source of profit for pharmaceutical companies is still traditional Chinese medicine. It is estimated that the emperor is a little jealous of the West, so he deliberately exaggerates Western medicine and Western science.

"Our Chinese heritage has been thousands of years, and the Western powers have only been around for a hundred years, so how can they be compared. The old minister secretly thought that my Chinese culture has accumulated for thousands of years, and Western culture has the upper hand at most, and the emperor does not need to worry. Li Hongzhang still felt impossible.

"Actually, I thought so before. But I still want to tell you about this concern. Now the controversy between Chinese and Western medicine can only be regarded as a symptom. Maybe I'm alarmist. But this kind of thing is not impossible. Li Xiang also brought my words to the courtiers, I don't need you to forcibly restrict anything, be prepared for danger in times of peace. I only hope that you can take my words seriously, observe and figure it out, and be prepared. We will work hard for a few more years to stabilize the situation in China, and no matter what, the well-being of the people will always come first. Let's encourage our monarchs and ministers. ”

"Chirp-" Li Hongzhang and the others saluted and replied in unison.

"What's the noise, don't you know that the queen is resting?" As soon as the ministers here finished answering the emperor, the angry rebuke of the queen mother came from the upper floor.

Guangxu stood up in a panic and walked out. As he walked, he said, "Hurry up, hurry up, hide." ”

Outside the door. The imperial doctor and others retired first. The emperor and the prime minister gossiped and strolled.

"Back to the emperor, the old minister recommended airships to the ministers of various countries, but no matter what, the ministers of various countries were only interested at most. But none of them said they wanted to buy it. The old minister smashed the matter of buying the airship, and asked the emperor to punish him. ”

"When it comes to governing the country, I am not as good as you, but when it comes to doing business, you Li Hongzhang are not as good as me. You sell everywhere, and even if you sell it, the price is definitely not high. Scarcity is expensive, and this rarity is not only rare, but also rare. When you go back, you will say that it is better for me to scold you today. In short, I said that the airship is a weapon of the country and should not be taken lightly, and then you will no longer mention the sale of the airship. I have my own way. ”

Airships are not uncommon. Airships are being developed in various European countries. So to make it a rarity, this has to come up with something special. At present, only the Qing Kingdom in the world was the first to apply airships to military affairs, and the first use of the airship blew the whole of Tokyo into a sea of fire. Although the power should not be underestimated, it is just a bit of a deterrent. The Japanese government did not surrender because the capital was bombed, and there was no chaos in Japan's forward positions because of the bombing. The warship was also bombed, which is accurate. I won't mention it.

In the eyes of experts in various matters, airships are completely incomparable to the power of a large number of artillery salvos in land warfare. There was no power and accuracy of naval guns in naval battles. This gives people the feeling of chicken ribs, and it is a pity to discard it if it is tasteless. In addition, all countries already have airships, although they are still very small, but all countries think that a country with weak industrial strength like the Qing State can build it, and there is no reason why they can't build it if they are strong countries. In fact, Germany has already begun to load shells on airships and experiment with dropping bombs in the air. This is the fundamental reason why governments are interested in learning about but not buying.

Therefore, before Li Hongzhang left, Guangxu went straight to the staff headquarters and ordered to convene a high-level meeting. None of the countries knew what was said at the meeting, but from the next day, the actions of the Chinese Air Force changed accordingly.

It was still a dawn morning, and the north wind was still not howling. On the Japanese position in Shinagawa outside Tokyo, the Japanese soldier Cao Zheng waved his finger and hid in the newly built hidden fortifications in the trenches, only because the Qing airship flew over the Japanese position yesterday again. Yesterday, the Japanese army was blown up, and then the Qing army was defeated by the Qing army who rushed into the position before they could react, and if it were not for the Qing army's no further attack action, maybe the entire Shinagawa position would have been lost. Therefore, today, when they saw the Qing airships coming again, all the Japanese troops began to take refuge nearby, and only a few people with a heart noticed that there were only nine airships in the two bombings yesterday, and today it was all fifteen that came to them.

The airship remained in a near-hovering state over the Japanese positions, and when the magazine was opened, the bombs rained down from the sky with a death roar.

A series of rapid explosions exploded over the Japanese position, and the explosion not only blew up shrapnel, but also dispersed the white phosphorus doped with the ammunition. Gunsmoke and dust, mixed with the wails of the Japanese army, sounded over the Japanese positions where the explosions continued.

If 50 kg and 100 kg of ground bombs are only equivalent to the power of 152 mm or 203 mm naval guns, and can only kill and injure Japanese troops and destroy Japanese positions, then 200 kg of ship bombshells are equivalent to 250 mm ship guns. It's not just a matter of 100 kilograms more, doubling the weight is not just doubling the power, the key is that these heavy bombs are used against warships.

In view of the fact that the horizontal decks of the first major ships are not thick, the explosion laboratory deliberately installed the newly developed cemented carbide on the tips of the bombs when developing the anti-ship bombs. Take advantage of the acceleration of natural fall from high altitudes. Gravity smashes through the deck so that the delayed detonator allows the high-explosive bomb to explode inside the hull for maximum damage.

When heavy armor-piercing bombs against the ship fell on the position. It didn't explode as soon as it fell, like a ground bomb, but slammed into the ground and left only one tail. While the Japanese were rejoicing that the bombs were duds, the bombs exploded.

"Boom-" The huge explosion made the whole earth tremble, and a bright fireball rose in the middle of the crater of more than ten meters. It blew away the dense smoke and dust, and also shook down the Japanese soldiers who were dodging the bombs. A series of explosions rang out throughout the Japanese formation, and the Japanese soldiers who had not yet gotten up on the ground only felt a sudden tremor in their chests and abdomen and lost consciousness. The comrades-in-arms around him wanted to pull him before he got up, but what he didn't expect was that he came to pull a corpse that had been bleeding for seven years. The comrade-in-arms shook his hands in fright. He didn't know that the shock wave of the explosion had shattered the internal organs of his comrades.

The Japanese positions trembled under the explosion, and on the opposite Qing position, Feng Guozhang, commander of the Qing Royal Army, was holding a telescope to watch the bombing effect of the air force's heavy bombs. Looking at the collapsed Japanese defense line. Feeling the slight tremor under his feet, Feng Guozhang nodded: "If you only rely on army artillery to launch such heavy artillery, the weight of the artillery alone cannot be transported." Moreover, the larger the caliber of artillery, the slower the firing rate, and the number of artillery needed to achieve the bombing effect of the Air Force is too large. "Finished. Feng Guozhang turned his head to the adjutant who was also holding a telescope and said, "Immediately draft a notebook, and ask the emperor to equip the army with airships that can carry heavy artillery shells." In terms of scale, it must be at least the size of an artillery regiment belonging to an army. ”

The adjutant nodded, the 1st Artillery Division failed to bring the 152mm heavy guns equipped in this operation against Japan because it could not be transported. It's just that the adjutant raised his head and asked: "How many airships will be used by that artillery regiment, this has not been calculated." Isn't it better to wait for the staff to finish calculating and then fold up. ”

Feng Guozhang was furious when he heard this, and kicked over: "You can drive 30 airships regardless of how many airships...... If you don't drive 50 boats, you won't say that you want to use them to practice your hands first. You have to get it first, or you'll be taken away by those bastards in the navy, stupid-"

The adjutant was convinced. Feng Guozhang glanced at the Japanese position and then ordered: "As soon as the air force ends the bombing, the army infantry immediately attacks. ”

Such an attack order was sent by the General Staff Headquarters last night, requiring that the test be carried out without the use of army artillery. See if the Air Force can independently assume the role of artillery. But in the current situation, it's completely fine.

The battle plan had been notified to the company last night, and the only part of the entire plan that was not confirmed had been confirmed by Feng Guozhang, so the army observer who was staring at the airship with a telescope began to count the seconds when he saw the green flag of the ground troops after the last round of bombs dropped by the airship.

How long does it take for a 200-kilogram bomb to fall from a height of 1500 meters. Tested for about 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, the observer signaled that a red flag representing the attack could be erected. When a red flag is raised, countless red flags are raised. The company commanders, who had long been watching every move in the rear, shouted and commanded their companies to rush out of the trenches as soon as they saw the red flag.

I don't know since when, the squadron is always silent on the way to charge. It is always in front of the enemy's position without saying a word that an earth-shattering cry erupts, and perhaps this sudden cry is more intimidating. There was also a slight change in this attack, instead of throwing a round of grenades, he rushed directly into the Japanese trenches with bayonets in his hand.

The company platoon commander is always the core of the unit's battle. When the first company commander to jump into the Japanese trench shouted "Kill," the entire Qing attacking force jumped into the Japanese trench with a shout.

Japan is a very good people, from clothing to writing, from China. On the battlefield, they learned to dig trenches from Niuzhuang and use barbed wire at Grange. It's a pity that the Yamato people have only learned to scratch the surface, the trenches they dug are too straight and evenly distributed, and their barbed wire is only one layer and they are not equipped with machine guns. The Japanese forgot that the machine guns were the most lethal on the Grange, and that the reason for the damage was that the barbed wire blocked the direction of their attack. The Japanese only learned what they could see on the surface, and what they did not see was the distribution of forces in the trenches of the Qing army, and they could not see the wooden stakes fixed with the barbed wire at least one meter underground. A burst of artillery can knock down the Japanese barbed wire, which has a fart use. And there are not a few machine guns used for defense, in the eyes of the country that invented the trenches with barbed wire, isn't it a class to get an axe. You must know that after the first noon, the Qing Army was thinking about how to break this defense.

The battle was fierce, but it was presented as a one-sided battle. The morale of the Qing soldiers was like wolves and tigers into the Qing army's position, and yesterday's sudden order not to continue the offensive had already made these soldiers hold back a fire. On the contrary, the morale of the Japanese army has plummeted since the Battle of Arthur. Since the Qing Kingdom landed on the main island of Japan, the Japanese army has not been able to win a single battle. There were 300,000 soldiers in the air, but they could only defend passively, and a temporary wing formed in various places was often pursued and killed by a company of the Qing army.

panic became the most obvious manifestation of the Japanese army; Escape is the best means of Japanese soldiers. In just one morning, the Shinagawa Line, which had been painstakingly managed by the Japanese army's base camp, came to an end, and the city of Tokyo was in turmoil.

Aritomo Yamaguchi knelt in front of Emperor Meiji and listened to His Majesty's roar without saying a word. Now that the situation is out of control, the Imperial warriors can no longer hold back the Qing army's attack. Yama Prefecture Youpeng is also bitter, and the Battle of Lushun defeated Japan's confidence. I thought that I could rely on the bravery of the army to at least hold the homeland and kill the Qing State, and strive for a more favorable condition for negotiations. However, the Qing State is no longer the Qing army that was chased by Japan from Korea to the Liaohe River four years ago and almost captured the Qing Emperor, and the Qing army has turned from a defeat to a hundred victories in four years. Four years made the Qing army's combat methods completely unknown, and it only took four years for the Qing state to surpass the achievements of the empire's twenty years of restoration. The Qing State was so big that with a little effort, it was not something that Japan could contend with, and a Qing State without civil strife was an existence that Japan could not defeat.

"Your Majesty, please make a northern tour for a long time. Wechen will stay in Tokyo and live and die with Tokyo. Yama Prefecture Aritomo, who had tears in his eyes, did not wait for the emperor's opinion after speaking, and after saluting alone, he withdrew from the dilapidated hall. Although the guards outside the hall stood straight, the confusion and panic in their eyes all fell in the eyes of Youpeng in Shanxian County. Maybe Konosuke Nohara made the right choice!!

The emperor was ready for a northern tour, and when Yamaguchi Aritomo vowed to live and die with Tokyo, he found that the Qing army had once again stopped attacking and began a new round of repairs. The airship was aimed at the Shikishima, which was docked at the dock.

The Shikishima had been badly damaged in the Battle of Arthur, and after the war, it returned home with great difficulty but did not have time to repair, and was attacked by the Qing army. After leaving Yokosuka Port, the last place of maintenance, the Shikishima, like the Kongo, could only survive. However, the Qing Air Force just set its sights on this warship, which was originally ordered by the Qing State, and the fifteen airships bombed six rounds in two days, completely blowing up the Shikishima. The 12,000-ton hull lies on the pier in Tokyo Bay like a dead giant. The eyes of the Japanese are already numb, and defeat is only a matter of time.

However, the Japanese government did not want to be defeated, and some friends in Yamaguchi saw that the Qing army would no longer attack, so they asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact the ministers of various countries and ask them to mediate. However, Japan made various promises to fight for the most favorable conditions for the empire, but there was no clear answer from the countries.

Youpeng in Shan County still has to work diplomacy, but there is no time. The day after the shipsizing of the Shikishima, the Qing navy, at the cost of heavy Japanese laborers, finally cleared a safe passage in and out of Tokyo Bay. As a result, Wu Deren, whose teeth had been swollen for half a month, were completely swollen after only one night, and the sky turned white, so Wu Deren jumped to his feet and ordered the entire fleet to attack Tokyo Bay. He also deliberately transferred back the 2nd Marine Division, he wanted the Navy to be the first to break through the city of Tokyo, and he also clamored to capture Meiji alive and return to the capital for exhibition.

"Open the cannon, open the cannon to Lao Tzu-" The bow gun of the Longyin, which had just sailed out of the channel, had already been equipped, and two red lights erupted under the shout of the commander. The explosion of the propellant pushed the warhead out of the barrel and flew towards the city of Tokyo. (To be continued)

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