Soon after the Qing Dynasty declared war on the Eight-Nation Alliance, all the warships of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the French Asian Colonial Fleet, and the British Hong Kong Chinese Fleet in Fuzhou immediately left the port and cruised in the nearby seas, fearing a sneak attack by the Northeast Navy.

And these warships of the three countries in the port of Fuzhou already have a plan to immediately retreat in the direction of Hong Kong when they encounter the main force of the Northeast Navy, although the strength of the three countries in the port of Fuzhou is not weak, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has 8 Kongo-class all-steel battleships in the port of Fuzhou, as well as many large fast armored cruisers, fast protection cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats, and the French Asian Colonial Fleet has 2 Cecilia-class all-steel battleships and some other warships, The British fleet had 4 Sovereign-class all-steel battleships and a number of other warships.

The three parties together have 14 all-steel battleships, but there is a huge difference in strength between them and the Northeast Navy, which has 40 all-steel battleships.

It's better to avoid its edge, wait for the main naval force of the Eight-Nation Alliance to reach the south of the Qing Dynasty, and then compete with the Northeast Navy!

The Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet is preparing to send warships to the south of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the warships of the French Asian Colonial Fleet and several British Navy's Asian fleets to be sent to the south of the Qing Dynasty.

Since Lin Daxin would also support the Qing Dynasty in fighting against the Eight-Nation Alliance, the warships of these three countries would not dare to sail to the waters around Fuzhou at will, what if they were attacked by the Northeast Navy during the voyage? They were also waiting for the fleets from Europe to arrive in the south of the Qing Dynasty, and then the fleets of various countries would converge again.

In fact, the combined strength of the navies of the three countries in Asia is stronger than that of the Northeast Navy. But the G-8 is a matter of eight countries. Therefore, it is still necessary for everyone to gather together and solve the Northeast Navy with an absolute advantage. It can also reduce the losses of countries.

The fleets that Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and Austria-Hungary planned to send from Europe also began to assemble and prepare to sail to Asia, and a small fleet sent by the United States was also preparing to sail from the United States across the Pacific Ocean to the south of the Qing Dynasty.

Since the Qing Dynasty officially declared war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Fujian Revolutionary Army, which controlled the Xingzhong Society in Fuzhou, left Fuzhou without saying hello to the British Army and the French Army in Fuzhou, and moved to the Dai Yushan area under the leadership of its commander-in-chief Wang Heshun. At the same time, the Xingzhong Society announced that it would not support the Eight-Nation Alliance to wage war against the Qing army.

Although the Xingzhong Society signed a secret treaty with the foreign powers and betrayed a lot of the interests of the Qing Dynasty, no matter how it is said, there is a high-sounding reason, which is to obtain the support of the foreign powers and overthrow the feudal rule of the Manchu Dynasty. That will really cause the indignation of people and gods, and it will definitely leave a stench among the people of the Qing Dynasty for 10,000 years.

Therefore, the high-level research of the Xingzhong Society decided to choose to let the Fujian Revolutionary Army leave Fuzhou, a place of right and wrong, and first hide out to avoid the limelight. Go to the mountainous areas around Dai Yushan, and at the same time the rest of the Xingzhong Society will also leave Fuzhou City, and the Xingzhong Society will decide to unilaterally tear up the secret treaty with the Eight-Nation Alliance. Do not participate in this war between the Eight-Nation Alliance and the Qing Dynasty.

Seven of the countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance did not pay much attention to the fact that Xingzhong would withdraw the Fujian Revolutionary Army from Fuzhou City. Originally, the seven countries supported the Xingzhong Society, which was just to use the Xingzhong Society. This time, the Eight-Nation Alliance directly declared war with the Qing Dynasty, and the use value of the Xingzhong Society was gone, and the British Army and the French Army in Fuzhou City were indifferent to the withdrawal of the Fujian Revolutionary Army from Fuzhou City, and basically ignored the Fujian Revolutionary Army.

After the attack of the Qing army and the adverse effects of the secret exposure, the scale of the Fujian Revolutionary Army has been reduced a lot at this time, only less than 25,000 people, and there is not even the strength of the original 1 town, you must know that the Fujian Revolutionary Army had an army of more than 100,000 in 6 towns when it was in its heyday.

The fact that the Xingzhong Society unilaterally did not recognize the secret treaty made the Eight-Nation Alliance more annoyed, but now the Eight-Nation Alliance is ready to get more things than the secret treaty, and the British Army and the French Army in Fuzhou City have no time to deal with the small fish of the Xingzhong Society, the British Army and the French Army in Fuzhou City are building fortifications on a large scale, preparing to deal with Lin Daxin's Dingbei Army going south, as for the small fish of the Xingzhong Society, the Eight-Nation Alliance will give the Xingzhong Society some small lessons after winning the war with the Qing Dynasty.

In order to prevent Lin Daxin's Dingbei Army from attacking Fuzhou City now, the British army of more than 5,000 people and the French army of more than 3,000 people in Fuzhou City have established blocking positions in the vicinity of Fuzhou Port to prevent the Dingbei Army from landing at Fuzhou Port, and the five divisions of the Japanese Army landing in Fujian Province have also withdrawn Fuzhou City from Nanping City, Changtai City and Ningde City respectively, and the Eight-Nation Alliance has decided to hold the foothold of Fuzhou City, and other offensives in the south of the Qing Dynasty, It will officially start when the main forces of the armies of the countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance arrive, and it is wisest to hold on to it now.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Northeast Navy that the Japanese Army, as well as the British and French colonial armies in Asia, do not dare to transport themselves to Fuzhou, and must wait for the joint expeditionary fleets of European countries to arrive in the southern part of the Qing Dynasty, and the Eight-Nation Alliance has maritime supremacy, so that the Japanese Army and the British and French colonial armies in Asia dare to land in the southern provinces of the Qing Dynasty under the escort of warships of various countries.

Anyway, the Eight-Nation Alliance planned to use the fleets of Britain, France, and Japan in Asia to fight a guerrilla war with the Northeast Navy, and wait for the fleets from Europe to arrive in the south of the Qing Dynasty, and then compete with the Northeast Navy.

However, what the Eight-Nation Alliance did not expect was that Lin Daxin was not prepared to pack up the fleets of Britain, France and Japan in Asia first, but was ready to play a big game, and the first war was decided, exposing the dreadnought battleships too early, maybe the fleets coming from Europe would be shrunken turtles and retracted back to Europe, which was a little imperfect for Lin Daxin's idea of preparing to teach the great powers a hard lesson.

This time, the scale of the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries was not concealed, and Lin Daxin quickly got the information, and the British Navy would send 6 Majesty-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 16,000 tons, 4 Duncan-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 14,225 tons, 8 large fast armored cruisers, 12 new fast protection cruisers and 12 new destroyers.

The French Navy will send 4 Cecilea-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 13,500 tons, 4 Republic-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 14,600 tons, 2 Liberty-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 14,900 tons, 6 large fast armored cruisers, 10 fast protection cruisers and 10 destroyers.

The British Navy and the French Navy had a large fleet in Asia, so the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries was smaller than that of the German Navy and the Russian Navy.

The German Navy will send 4 Brandenburg-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 10,013 tons, 10 Frederick III-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 11,780 tons, 6 Wichelsbach all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 12,790 tons, 12 large fast armored cruisers, 6 submarines, 18 fast protection cruisers, 18 destroyers and 32 torpedo boats.

The German Navy is the most powerful of the combined expeditionary fleets of European countries, sending 20 all-steel battleships and 6 of the world's most advanced submarines.

And the Russian Navy sent almost most of their main forces this time, which is also the order of Tsar Nicholas II, the Russian Tsar not only wants to seek justice for the Russian Army on land, but also avenge the Russian Navy at sea, the Russian Navy has joined the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries, 15 Pereswit class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 12,600 tons, 4 Borodino-class all-steel battleships with a standard displacement of 13,500 tons, 10 large fast armored cruisers, 16 fast protection cruisers, 16 destroyers and 32 torpedo boats.

Russia's joint expeditionary fleet in Europe is second only to the German navy, and the Austro-Hungarian navy, which has always been in the position of playing soy sauce among European naval powers, sent 1 all-steel battleship with a full load displacement of 8,500 tons, 2 ironclad battleships with a displacement of 7,000 tons, 4 fast protection cruisers, 4 destroyers and 8 torpedo boats, which is extremely weak compared to the navies of the other four countries, but the navy of Austria-Hungary is not a strong point in the first place.

In addition, according to the news sent by Jerson in the United States, the US Navy has sent three Indiana-class all-steel battleships with a full load displacement of 11,523 tons, two large fast armored cruisers, four fast protection cruisers and four destroyers to cross the Pacific Ocean to the south of the Qing Dynasty.

Lin Daxin took the information in his hand about the joint expeditionary fleets of European countries, as well as the fleets of the US Navy, and then calculated the current strength of the British, French and Japanese fleets in Asia, and couldn't help frowning, the scale added up was indeed a bit scary.

The navies of the five countries that joined the joint expeditionary fleet of European countries came over this time with a total of 60 all-steel battleships, 36 large fast armored cruisers, 60 fast protection cruisers, 60 destroyers, 72 torpedo boats, 6 submarines, and 2 ironclad battleships.

Not to mention that the scale of the warships of Britain, France, and Japan in Asia is not small, with a total of 26 all-steel battleships of the British Singapore Far East Fleet, the British Hong Kong, the Chinese Fleet, and the British East India Fleet, 8 all-steel battleships of the French Asian Colonial Fleet, and 19 all-steel battleships of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.

Just an all-steel battleship, the Eight-Nation Alliance can gather 116 ships in Asia, which is a bit scary! (To be continued......)

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Originally, the computer was only retrieved at night today, and only now a chapter has been written, but with the support of so many brothers, I will write another chapter today, but it may not be uploaded until the second half of the night. R1292