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At the Dagu Wharf in Tianjin, countless Chinese and foreign reporters have already gathered. The Ryuyin in the far sea maintained a left-leaning attitude of about five degrees towards the dock. When the scars on the hull were visible, flashing lights flashed in twos and threes.

In order to show the heavy damage it had suffered, the Ryuyin deliberately docked on the port side. When the Longyin finally approached the dock, the flash of the flash made Wu Deren, who had been standing at the bow of the ship, look black.

The gangway was lowered, and Wu Deren, wearing a crisp navy tweed uniform, slowly walked down the gangway. Countless reporters began to flock up to the gangway before they were stopped by soldiers, but before Wu Xieren could completely walk down the gangway, a reporter raised his hand and asked: "May I ask the general, as the commander-in-chief of the Qing Navy, why did you use your own warship to damage the British * ship?" What did the general think when he gave the order to ram? ”

As soon as this question was asked, the scene began to be chaotic, and all the reporters asked their own questions, some spoke English and some spoke German...... The most spoken is Chinese, because the commander in front of him can only speak Chinese. In order to attract the attention of General Wu, the reporters danced with their hands, some broke their hearts, and even more so, some held up a big banner and wrote: Ask the truth of the Nanyang Qingying collision incident.

Wu Deren laughed when he saw this flag, and raised his hands to signal the scene to be quiet: "Everyone has come to welcome this official back, and this official is very relieved in his heart." But as you can see, the warship is so badly damaged and needs to be repaired urgently, can you let me down first? ”

The reporters laughed and retreated, and when Wu Deren and his entourage of guards walked down the gangway, the gangway slowly retreated, and the Longyin began to accelerate out of the dock. On the deck, Feng Qi waved to Wu Deren. As chief of staff, he has already given Wu Deren all the results he has considered and what he should have said. Judging from the first words he just disembarked, his performance was not bad, and as long as Wu Deren did not foul Erlengzi's temper in the subsequent meeting, there would not be much of a problem.

The Dragon Yin withdrew from the dock, turned its bow to join the other warships waiting on the surface, and sailed for Arthur. The Nanyang Fleet also came with it this time. It is said that it is to avoid another unnecessary conflict, but in fact it is necessary to readjust the naval formation. But when Feng Qi on the deck looked at Wu Deren's smiling face, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. As you can see, there are many people here at the dock and there is a small place. It would be a sin if anyone got excited and fell into the sea. Why don't you go up and find a wide place, and then let's talk about it in detail? After Wu Deren finished smiling, the reporters also generously moved out of the way.

Wu Deren jumped on a temporary platform with a wooden box and looked at the reporter below with a smile: "Everyone is here to know the truth about the collision between the two warships of the Qing Dynasty and Britain that just happened in the South China Sea. But before I say it, I have to find one first, that is, the one who shouted the loudest just now and said that I used the ship to hit the British * ship, who is who, stand up and let me see. ”

A reporter in the crowd soon raised his hand: "It's me." Checkmate. The fact that I understand from the British side is that you deliberately rammed a British warship. ”

Except for the soldiers of the navy, who were a little indignant, everyone else was quiet, and everyone quietly waited for Wu Deren's explanation. Unexpectedly, Wu Deren not only didn't explain, but also blew this person away: "Since you have already understood the truth of the matter, why are you still here." Bang out. ”

From the moment the journalist came out, he was followed by two soldiers with guns on their backs. As soon as Wu Deren gave the order, the two soldiers grabbed his arms and dragged him out.

"I protest, protest." The reporter struggled to please, but the weak reporter was no match for the stout soldier. After struggling to no avail, the journalist cried out: "This is a human rights violation. This is a violation of the right to freedom of the press. I want to complain to the legation, I am ......"

"I didn't even know his mother until I beat him." Wu Deren's loud voice interrupted the reporter's words. So, the soldiers raised the butts of their rifles and slammed them into the reporter's face. The reporter didn't even have time to moan. was surrounded by countless soldiers, fists and kicks. All the journalists present were chilled because a few teeth had fallen out of the beaten crowd.

"It's about standing up." In a room on the docks, Ogner looked at the scene in front of him and whispered, "It doesn't look like things are going the way we thought they would......"

Not only was the reporter who was beaten arranged, but even what he said and the questions he asked were actually what Ogner meant. He rushed from Beijing to Tianjin to personally arrange today's affairs, just to charge Qing Guo with taking the initiative to run against Britain. In this way, as long as the British Empire is convicted, it can use its prestige to get back more benefits from the Qing State, at least to make up for the losses caused by piracy. For example, the Qing were forced to halt the construction of the Shanghai-Hunan Railway or sublease Mirs Bay to the British.

But this scene in front of him made Ogener completely dead, Qingguo is not a country that can talk about human rights and freedom of the press. On this land. All of this needs to be carried out by the will of the Qing Emperor. What works well in Europe doesn't work at all in the East.

"Are you dead?" Wu Deren asked with a disdainful expression. When the soldier is sure that he is not dead. Wu Deren waved his hand indifferently: "Throw it out." So everyone saw the only snorting reporters being dragged out of the dock.

"If you claim to be able to talk nonsense about human rights, then don't blame someone for beating you. Because that's looking for a draw. If your vaunted right to freedom of the press is to make comments in vain regardless of the facts, then don't blame others for beating you, because that's underweight. Wu Deren held a loudspeaker in one hand and pointed to the reporter who was carried out with the other and said: "This person has repeatedly believed that it was the Qing Dynasty who took the initiative to hit the British warship, so what else did he come here to ask?" This is to humiliate Lao Tzu, not to beat you and beat anyone. ”

"So if you want to ask anything, then ask Lao Tzu well, don't ask some underwhelming questions. Otherwise, that person is your example. Don't you want to know what's going on in the South China Sea? Lao Tzu will tell you, yes, it was hit, and the scars on the Longyin that everyone saw just now were knocked out. But you think Lao Tzu is willing to collide. ”

"You can imagine what you do when your fleet is cruising at sea and suddenly there is a more powerful fleet than you on the opposite side, and they are rushing towards you in battle formation at high speed, and the point is that no matter how much you send a signal, the other party does not respond? What should you do if your name is Lao Tzu? ”

"Of course Lao Tzu has to set up a formation and prepare to fight him. Our Qing Navy is not much. But you all ask, which of our navy has ever been afraid of death in the beginning of a war. When you set up a formation, you think that Lao Tzu is afraid, and you don't look at where it is. That is the South China Sea, that is to say, it is the sea of our Chinese. Being scared away by others in your own sea. Unless the Qing navy is completely annihilated. If you don't talk back, you dare to adjust the bow of the boat to aim at Lao Tzu. I just want to see if I dare to collide with you when I'm old, and now I see it. Let me tell you, our navy of the Qing Dynasty is not scared. Not to mention that we still had the strength to fight at that time, even if it was a destroyer, we dared to stop the battleship, and I didn't do this kind of thing. ”

"It's all saying that Lao Tzu deliberately wants to hit the British, but in fact, Lao Tzu doesn't want to hit it at all. If they had replied earlier that they were the British Far East Fleet, Lao Tzu would have given way a long time ago. That's not to say we're scared. That's our respect for the UK. You know, our Qing Navy started from scratch, and the British helped a lot here. Not to mention that these warships are basically made by the British, even the naval officers are also trained with the help of the British, not to mention the help of the British in other aspects. Otherwise, how could there be a Qing navy that resisted Japan in the east and Russia in the north today. Isn't what we Chinese pay attention to is the grace of water? So why not retreat? ”

"But if you don't say a word, this is looking for a draw. In case the enemy fleet hangs the British naval flag to confuse Lao Tzu, it will be a big shame to give Lao Tzu that face. Lao Tzu's fleet is not muddy, if you really want to do it, it will be a personal dead bird, but Lao Tzu can't afford to lose the prestige of the Qing Navy. ”

Maybe Wu Deren was a little thirsty after talking too much, so he stretched out his hand to summon the guards and asked him to bring him a bowl of water. Journalists also took the opportunity to ask their own questions. For example, the loudest one is asking, "Hello general, I'm a reporter from Shanghai Declaration." Since the other side has already hung the British naval flag, according to the British side. The leading Resolve had publicly announced the news before coming to the Far East, and the ship's side had not been changed, so I believe Commander Wu knew about this. Isn't that enough to prove that they are the British Far East Fleet? ”

"The Determination came over and Lao Tzu knew, but the British Navy flag on the Determination means that they must be the British Far East Fleet? What if it was the Japanese fleet? At this time, give Lao Tzu a meal of artillery, and there will be no navy in the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Commander Wu is a bit unreasonable when he says this. The appointment of the Resolve as the flagship of the British Far East Fleet has been publicly announced, and to be honest, I suspect that the collision was deliberately caused by Commander Wu. "That's a question from a British journalist.

"Your British announcement must count. Didn't Britain also announce that it would accept our Qing Dynasty's order for warships in Britain? The result? You Britain said to resell and resell. Have you asked the Qing Dynasty for its opinion? It's not that we can't afford to pay. What if you announce that the Resolve is the flagship of the Far East Fleet, and that side will sell it to the Japanese? To be honest, if they hadn't hung the British naval flag, Lao Tzu would have been fired a long time ago. ”

There was a bang. The audience burst into laughter. Although this is indeed a bit far-fetched, what the British did in reselling the warships ordered by the Qing Dynasty was indeed not authentic. It's no wonder that others are holding it as a talking handle now.

All journalists were laughing, except for British journalists. Ogener in the distance also heard Wu Deren's words. He said to his adjutant: "At the beginning, I strongly opposed the resale of Qing ships to Japan, and now in order to earn more resale fees, the British Empire has actually lost more in the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Sir, although I see it that way, the people in the government don't think so. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult for the empire to recruit people in the Qing factories, and it has also lost the right to build the Shanghai-Hunan railway, etc., which are all caused by this resale incident. I believe the government also understands that if the empire wants to regain the gains it has lost in China, it can only wait for Japan to defeat the Qing state. And Japan only used two battleships in exchange for the support of the empire, and the Japanese were very clever. ”

"For the sake of two warships, it is really a mistake to push the Qing State of such an empire that was originally grateful to Germany to the side of Germany. I think the government should have reacted at this time, but it was too late...... "Ogener sighed: "As a minister to China, I can only do my best to fulfill the instructions of the imperial government." Don't say it, don't say it. Listen to what other amazing things this Oriental bull has to say......"

I heard another reporter ask: "Listening to what the general said, the general should not have deliberately rammed the British * ship." However, according to the British side, the Resolve had already deflected course before the impact, but the Ryuyin continued to sail in a straight line for at least ten seconds, and this time was the root cause of the impact. I don't know what the general's explanation for this is. ”

"Explain the fart. How many years has our Qing Navy been, and how many years has Britain been, can this be compared? Your bow is about to turn in a flash? Maybe their helmsman is shaking. When Lao Tzu found out that the Determination was turning, he immediately gave the order to turn, but Lao Tzu said twice before the helmsman reacted, which does not take time. However, it also reflects a problem, our training is still insufficient. However, there is no one in Lao Tzu's fleet, damn it, this bastard is more excited than Lao Tzu when it comes to crashing the ship. If you don't dare to hit, you can't turn early, who can blame you for this hit? ”

"Commander Wu said this, he wants to say that my British Imperial Navy does not have the courage to collide with ships?" A British journalist said angrily.

"I don't know, it's the Resolve that turns first." Wu Deren is a scoundrel portrait at the moment.

The reporter's questions are varied, and the reporter's questions are all over the place, and Wu Deren will bite three points anyway. One is that when the British came, they were in a fighting position; Second, Britain will resell warships at will; The third is that the British turned first. No matter how the reporters asked questions and how they asked inducing questions, Wu Deren said that all of them deliberately showed the heroic behavior of the Qing fleet.

The British reporter finally made Wu Deren's question furious: "In the future, on the sea, anyone who does not answer the questions of our Qing fleet." Next time, it won't necessarily be a collision, and if something happens, don't rely on Lao Tzu. ”

Ogna left with a helpless face. He understood that even if Britain put pressure on the Qing State, the Qing State would demote Wu Deren at most. Just because Wu Deren did not get off the ship on the way back to China, his remarks do not represent the official opinion of the government, and the Qing State has said everything in the past, after all, Wu Deren will be interviewed as soon as he gets off the ship, and he and Ben have no opportunity to communicate with the Qing government.

Wu Deren's eyes stood on end, and the hideous expression on his face was captured by the flash, and the photo was quickly sent to Hong Kong, on the bridge of the USS Resolve in Victoria Bay, which is being urgently repaired. Phillimant looked at the photo and couldn't help but think of the moment when the two ships intertwined at the time of the collision, and how similar the hideous face he saw to Wu Deren was to this photo. In his opinion, this is the mockery of the entire Qing Navy against the British Royal Navy, and this is the mockery of the whole world against him. Feeling deeply humiliated, Filimant immediately rushed back to the Governor-General's Palace in Hong Kong, and he wanted to swear to the Governor's Palace to the British Government, that he would cruise along the shores of the Qing Kingdom in the restored Determination, that he would let the entire Qing Kingdom see the majesty of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, that all the ships of the Qing Kingdom would retreat when they encountered the warships of the British Empire, and that he would take action to get the news.

Philmantle sighed that the Far East must be far away from Britain, and that this is not yet the core interest of the British Empire. For at a time when the British Empire was all set on the Far East, the German navy called the British Home Fleet a moment of relaxation, and openly sailed across the English Channel towards the Atlantic. The Qing may have only humiliated the Far East Fleet, and Germany's actions really humiliated the entire Royal Navy of the British Empire.

As a result, the Far Eastern Incident was completely forgotten after the Qing State publicly compensated for the cost of repairs. Compared to Germany, the Qing were insignificant, because they could not even cope with the Japanese fleet that was about to return home. Only Germany was the real adversary of the British Empire. As a result, Britain, humiliated by Germany, sailed its most powerful home fleet to Germany. (To be continued)