Burning down Chunfan Tower, in fact, Guo Yu was a little childish, as for why he did this, he also thought about it himself, probably because he felt that there was always a breath that could not be vented well, and he always wanted to find a venting point, and now he saw his own nation and country, and the humiliating place where he was oppressed, he wanted to destroy him and destroy this place for the Japanese to show off.

Be stingy, let's be stingy, we can't suffer a loss and pretend to be dumb, we can fight back, we can't let go of the opponent because we are afraid of being said to be unsued, in fact, that is stupid*, aren't we afraid of holding back internal injuries?

"Blow up the Shimonoseki pier, and then the artillery fire will extend inside, and the free attack will be ten minutes." Guo Yu returned to the ship and gave his own order.

No matter what psychology it is, anyway, Guo Yu is going to give Maguan, a place that has left scars on the Chinese people, and come to it with hatred, if they dare to show off their exploits shamelessly in the future, let them remember what happened today.

The naval guns on the battleship opened fire, tilted the shell towards the port of Maguan, and bombed here, without using missiles, just using naval guns, although the naval guns on the battleships of the Huafu fleet were not thick, after all, the main weapon of modern warships has become missiles, but it is always much more powerful than the army's heavy artillery.

Seven or eight warships opened fire together, and soon the port was blown up beyond recognition, and some of the ships anchored in the harbor were also implicated, and they were easily blown apart by shells and sunk into the sea, and wood chips and debris floated all over the sea surface of the port.

The artillery fire began to extend inward, and began to bombard the buildings in the city of Shimonoseki.

Although it is called Maguan City, the scale is only equivalent to the level of a county town in Huaguo now, not very big, but there is no city wall, as for why there is no city wall, because Japan was too poor originally, and there are few city walls built in small places, which shows that Maguan was just a small wharf before.

After that, the fleet left the port of Shimonoseki and sailed into the Japanese Inland Sea to continue its journey, while behind the fleet were bombed to pieces, dead and wounded people, and burning houses.

For the current Guo Yu, these are all trivial, and naturally he will not continue to pay attention, as long as the Japanese government knows that he is still sabotaging and has not stopped.

His own behavior will suppress the Japanese government, and it will be breathless.

At least up to now, Japan's main foreign shipping routes have all been controlled by the Huafu fleet, and as long as there are large cargo ships engaged in foreign trade, they will be ruthlessly attacked by submarine forces, and 23 ships have been sunk so far.

And more is the goods piled up on the docks in Japan, because they can't leave the port, the cargo ships are parked on the docks and other news, now at this time, no one dares to risk being sunk to run the ship, once sunk, the loss is too great, not those shipping companies to bear.

Although the war between Japan and South China lasted only a few days, it had already severely affected Japan's economy, especially the import and export trade, and suffered a fatal blow.

Guo Yu's strategy is to seal Japan on the island and let them live a self-sufficient life, isn't it good?

"Your Majesty, I received a telegram from China."

In the evening, Lin Haichao personally found Guo Yu with a telegram.

"What's the matter, I still need you to come over in person." Guo Yu put down the book in his hand and took the telegram handed over by Lin Haichao as he spoke.

This is a telegram sent by South China, the content of which is that Britain, France, and the United States have jointly formed a joint mediation team, and sent a telegram to South China, asking it to contact Guo Yu and the Huafu fleet, asking the Huafu fleet to stop its offensive behavior and wait for the mediation team of the three countries to come to Japan to jointly settle the war between Nanhua and Japan.

Guo Yu pursed his lips, these people are still like this, participating in mediation, their tone is still so blunt and condescending, and they do not put Nanhuaguo in an equal position.

Guo Yu also knows that although he has risen like a rocket and attracted the attention of these old powers, his own power has not been taken seriously by these people, or rather, he has taken it seriously, but they are still unwilling to let go of the feeling of being condescending to the Chinese.

In the final analysis, I haven't really had any unhappiness with them, and the other party doesn't know their own strength, if they are based on their own strength on the surface, there is only a newly established island country, with a population of three or four million, and they really don't value it.

If it weren't for his own force in the eyes of these people, it is estimated that he would not have had the opportunity to sit down and negotiate with them, and he might have directly sent troops to destroy him.

"It seems that the Japanese can't sit still, this is to find help, ready to deal with themselves, but I estimate that the attitude of Britain, France and the United States is not very tough, at least they did not directly declare a joint declaration of war with Japan against their South China country, it seems that they are still unwilling to directly fight us as enemies, this is our victory." Guo Yu said.

"They need our medicines, they need the materials we transported from China, and then the Japanese fleet is completely annihilated, and our strength is also realized, they will not think carefully about the consequences of our development, these European powers come to Asia, mainly to make money, but not for Japan, and at will face an opponent who can't figure out the details of themselves, then the gains outweigh the losses." Lin Haichao said.

"We have a very good timing, they are on the European battlefield, and they can't spare themselves to manage Asian affairs, I want to send a mediation team, it is already their best effort, as for sending troops, they don't have that condition."

"If the sea can't suppress us, the army won't be able to play a role, and they should be able to see the current shape clearly, so it's unlikely that they will be directly involved." Guo Yu said in a relaxed tone.

"Your Majesty, then how do we reply to them, or drag it out." Lin Haichao didn't know if Guo Yu was still thinking about continuing to bomb the coast of Japan, so he asked.

"No need to delay, in fact, the bombing of Japanese ports now, there is not much meaning, important military ports have been cleaned up by us, for those small civilian ports, bombing or not has little effect, as long as we hold Japan's foreign trade routes, we can directly strangle Japan's throat, as for the rest, it is not meaningful, but it plays a role in some disgusting people, since someone has now stood up to take care of this matter, we must always give people some face, at least don't make it too stiff, Maybe I'll be able to get those Europeans to help me release the blood of the Japanese. Guo Yu said with a smile.

"Then I'll call the other party back?"

"Okay, let's just say that we agree to accept mediation, and then contact the other party to determine the place and method of negotiation." Guo Yu said.

On December 22, 1916, on an ordinary day, the Yuehua Hotel on the Bund in Ningbo, South China and Japan, under the convening of the mediation group of Britain, France and the United States, finally sat together and began this negotiation that attracted the attention of the world.

It was determined that it was in Ningbo, and it was also the result of many consultations, and the negotiations could not let people go to Japan, as for going to South China, it was too far and inconvenient, and finally the mediation team chose Huaguo, which was still neutral, Guo Yu was also willing, and Japan would not be too resistant, and it was finally decided.

At first, Guo Yu originally chose Shanghai, but the Japanese proposed that Shanghai was Guo Yu's territory, which was unfair to the Japanese government and needed another choice, and finally chose Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Ningbo is one of the five foreign trade ports determined in the Nanjing Treaty, so it developed earlier, and there are many European businesses here, and Ningbo also has a Bund, which is now more famous than the Bund in Shanghai.

In fact, when the Bund in Shanghai was the most famous, it was in the 20s and 40s, and it is still in the development stage, and it is not as drunk as the later generations.

For Yuehua Hotel, Guo Yu likes it more, not like his decoration service or anything, but it's just this name, Yuehua, Huaguo Joy, a good omen, I don't pay it back here, in fact, Guo Yu has not been to see it, he doesn't participate in the negotiations, the identity is not equal, soldier to soldier to general, and he will give them face.

Britain sent nothing more than a cabinet member, Deputy Prime Minister and Privy Council Minister. Clegg led the mediation team.

The Japanese side is led by Terauchi Masayo himself, a delegation composed of many cabinet members, the lineup is quite strong, Japan is now at a disadvantage, they hope to negotiate, get good results, so it can definitely be regarded as doing their best.

On Guo Yu's side, the team was led by Premier Qian Wenxing, and the rest of the personnel were all directly transferred from Jiangsu, including Mu Sheng, Vice Premier of South China and Governor of Jiangsu Province, and many government officials in Jiangsu.

This time, Guo Yu also came to Ningbo, not because he was not worried about the ability of his subordinates, but simply because he was bored at sea and wanted to live on the shore for a few days.

On the ship, it is inconvenient to do anything, although it is a modern warship, it is much better than the current warship facilities in the Republic of China, at least Guo Yu can take a hot bath, but it is not convenient to say anything, how can there be a comfortable place to live on the shore.

On the same day, Guo Yu followed Qian Wenxing and his party who came from afar to Ningbo, while Lin Haichao, Zong Huaishan and other naval personnel naturally stayed on the ship, waiting for Guo Yu's order to deal with future battles at any time.

After entering Ningbo, Guo Yu quietly broke up with the negotiation team, and under the response of Zhou Wu, he directly lived in a garden house in Ningbo.

Ningbo Moon Lake is located in the center of Ningbo, the area is not large, but the environment is very good, this house is on the edge of the Moon Lake, although it is now in winter, the trees are mostly yellow, but Guo Yu does not care, since the literati can not do it, then cook wine and eat meat, at least can resist the cold moisture. R1152