U.S. Consul Alder looked at Jensen's hellish expression and was very curious about the contents of the telegram, "Jensen, is there something going on?" ”

Jensen woke up to Alder's call and looked at Olsen and August. François said, "Can you believe it, the Japanese Second Fleet has just been wiped out by another fleet outside the port of Shanghai. After saying this, he himself showed an expression of disbelief.

"How is that possible, you're kidding." August. François raised his hands and made an exaggerated expression to indicate that the joke was not funny.

"Yes, I thought it was a joke, but I think you should take a look at the telegrams." After saying that, he handed the telegram to Alder, and then August. François leaned in and looked at the telegrams with Alder.

"Impossible, I don't believe it, the Huafu fleet mentioned in this telegram actually defeated the Japanese Second Fleet, and you have also heard that from the beginning of the battle with explosions and cannons, it has only been more than two hours now, and in such a short period of time, such a huge fleet has been completely annihilated, this is simply unbelievable, it must have been a prank made by someone." August. François said loudly that he did not believe it at all.

Alder pondered for a while and said, "Look at this name, Huafu fleet, is there any connection with the Huafu army in Jiangsu, I think there are many secrets that we need to crack, you think about it, why did that Guo Yu dare to provoke the authority of the Japanese government, and the confidence from there does not care about the threat of the Japanese fleet, is there nothing worth pondering here, I think this Guo Yu must have something to rely on, and this Huafu fleet is likely to be that Guo Yu's fleet, Or the naval power that belongs to Guo Yu's side, it seems that we have to reassess Guo Yu's strength, and it is very likely that there is a huge force behind this Guo Yu, otherwise he would not have risen so quickly. ”

Alder said a lot of things, in fact, he was talking about a problem, they looked away, Guo Yu, who was not optimistic, actually took out the hole cards that made them all look at it, of course, this also attracted their attention.

"Okay, let's not speculate here, send someone to the Shanghai dock to have a look, maybe there will be some gains." August. François said.

"Okay, I agree with this mention, George, you bring in and take a look at the docks for yourself, of course it would be best to know what is going on, we are here to hear from you."

The military attache named George took the order and took the people to the port of Shanghai to understand the situation.

At this time, the room also fell into a brief silence, and the three diplomats were thinking about their own thoughts, the progress of the situation, the next development, how they would respond, the change in their attitude towards Guo Yu, whether there was an opportunity for their own country, etc., etc., these people's brains were now running at high speed.

The capital, Duanfu.

"Prime Minister, sir, wake up." Someone knocked on the door of Duan Qirui's room.

A slightly hoarse voice came from inside the room: "Who's outside." ”

"Prime Minister, I'm Mao Nian, and I have something important to report to you." The man outside said.

Zhu Maonian is his confidential secretary, he should be on duty today, Duan Qirui knows that at this time, there must be something serious happening, and he needs to make his own decision.

The electric lights in the house turned on, and Duan Qirui asked Zhu Maonian to come into the house to talk.

"Prime Minister, look at these telegrams." Zhu Maonian didn't say anything, and directly handed over a few telegrams.

Duan Qirui blinked his still misty eyes and looked at the telegrams through the light. The contents of these pieces of paper are roughly the same as the telegrams that Jensen saw, the Japanese Second Fleet was completely annihilated by the Huafu fleet, and three cruisers were captured.

Seeing this, Duan Qirui's eyes widened suddenly, and the light that came out of his eyes frightened Zhu Maonian, who was waiting on the side, trembled in his heart, Premier Duan, is this going to eat people.

"Where did this telegram come from?" Duan Qirui asked quickly.

"It's the public code received by the telegraph room, and it's all sent every once in a while, and in the end, I'm afraid something big will happen, so I'll bring it to you." Zhu Maonian hurriedly replied.

"Big event, it's really going to be a big thing, a big thing." Duan Qirui muttered, and then he turned his head to Zhu Maonian and said, "Prepare the car, I'm going to the Grand Presidential Palace." ”

In the second half of the night in the capital, the weather was getting cooler, and the three giants of the Republic of China gathered again in the Grand Presidential Palace because of a telegram.

"Zhiquan, do you say that what the telegram says is true?" Li Yuanhong asked. At this time, his mood was a little happy, but also a little worried, that is, he hoped that this thing was true, and he was afraid that this thing was true, this kind of contradictory and tangled psychology continued to surge in his psychology, and he didn't know what kind of mood he was in now.

"It's hard to say now, I have already sent people who stayed in Shanghai to the Shanghai dock to understand the matter, and there should be results soon." Duan Qirui said.

"Look at this, Huafu fleet, is this obviously Guo Yu's fleet, when did this kid have a navy, and it is still a navy that can compete with the Japanese fleet, this is really not simple." Although Feng Guozhang has a personal enmity with Guo Yu, this does not affect his desire to see someone defeat the Japanese fleet, even if it is his enemy Guo Yu, it is also happy.

"It's too early to say this, but if it's really Guo Yu's navy, then this Guo Yu is terrible, we all know his family history, 14 years to make a living in the capital, at that time only opened an antique shop, and then built a few porridge sheds, and then went directly to the United States, in the United States development is good, it is said to make a lot of money, and then return to China for development."

"But you look at his development process, he bought a town guard envoy from Yuan Gong, and it has only been a long time since he has become the largest warlord in China, and the strength of his army is definitely in the top few, many people also say that he is now nothing more than a smaller number of troops, but the combat effectiveness is definitely higher than that of the entire Republic of China army, although it is not detailed, but we also know some of the situation of his army, advanced weapons, artillery and chariots, people from the intelligence department of the Ministry of War have done an analysis, if you want to defeat this Guo Yu's Huafu army, It is necessary to mobilize 3 to 5 times the strength to have a chance of victory. ”

"We haven't figured out the situation of his army yet, and now another navy has emerged, and it is such a powerful navy, as long as we see that they can defeat the Japanese Second Fleet, we know how extraordinary this fleet is."

"Alas, it seems that we have all looked away, this Guo Yu is a dragon, turning clouds and rain, and now no one in the entire Republic of China can suppress him."

Duan Qirui made a long speech, as if he wanted to say enough words in his heart at one time, so as to alleviate the feelings in his heart.

Outside the Shanghai wharf, a large number of people gathered at this time, including reporters from newspapers and personnel from various forces, all wanting to find out.

"Sir, we are reporters who declared, and we want to know about the situation of the artillery battle just now, you think you can let us go in and have a look."

"We are staff at the British Consulate in Shanghai and want to hear from you about what's going on here. Please inform your sir on your behalf. ”

"I am ......"

Some people wanted to enter the dock to see the situation, some people wanted to find someone who could call the shots here, and some people even got the idea of these officers and soldiers on duty and asked them about their situation directly, which made these guards and soldiers very annoyed.

At this time, a company commander stood up and shouted to the gathered crowd: "Don't mess up, everyone, I'll go and ask the commander now, please wait outside, but don't disturb my soldiers on duty until I return." ”

"What, there are reporters, there are British consulates, and a large group of people are outside to come in, that's not good, there is still a lot of work here, aren't they making trouble when they come in, tell them to go back first, don't make trouble here." After Wu Erzhu heard the report, he was directly ready to bombard.

At this time, Zhou Wu stopped him, because Zhou Wu had been by Guo Yu's side for a long time, he knew that Guo Yu attached great importance to the power of public opinion, and the sentence that he often hung on the edge was, "It is better to do than to say, public opinion is very important." ”

And Guo Yu attaches great importance to reputation, and this is how the Huafu Association developed, so he stopped Wu Erzhu, because he knew the role of these mouthpieces of public opinion.

"Deputy Commander Wu, I think it's better to ask the head of the meeting, you also know that he usually attaches great importance to these reporters." Zhou Wu persuaded.

"The master is sleeping, can you disturb him, if you want to beat yourself, I won't fight, and when the time comes, the master will lose his temper and find you." Wu Erzhu said a little tricky, that is, he is like this when he is with his own gang, and he usually always has the posture of a deputy commander.

"Okay, I'll fight." As he spoke, Zhou Wu took out the communicator and called Guo Yu.

Guo Yu, who was in a daze, heard the communicator ringing, took out the hand that was pressed under Hanxiang's body, picked up the communicator and said, "What's wrong." ”

"I'm Zhou Wu, I need to ask you something, now there are a lot of reporters outside the Shanghai dock, as well as the staff of the British Consulate, and there should be some people from other forces inside, they want to know about the naval battle just now, you see how to deal with them." Zhou Wu briefly reported the situation to Guo Yu.

Guo Yu smiled and said, "Are you all moving very fast, you are all shrewd, and you want information directly, I'm really embarrassed to do something to them." In this way, you can tell them the general situation of the matter, don't disclose the details, and I will hold a press conference when I have time to explain the matter to them in detail. As for the matter of the Huafu fleet, tell everyone not to say much, especially the situation in terms of the number of warships and the performance of the battleship, and deal with it as a confidential situation, so be it. ”

"Okay leader, I know how to handle this." Zhou Wu replied calmly. R1152