Guangzhou on the third day of August.

Holding the telegram sent by Liao Wenhui in his left hand, Liu Xian faced Luo Shuya with an indifferent expression. In his right hand, he handed a formal declaration of war. "China and France are officially at war today. You have three days to evacuate. But as an old friend, from a neutral standpoint, I don't want to sell all the consulates and legations. Because of a temporary conflict of interest, it does not mean that they are enemies for a lifetime.

There are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests!

France is a big country in the West, and China is also the leader of the East. In this society where technology is developing rapidly and the earth is getting smaller and smaller, the interaction between East and West will never be severed. The future between China and France is far from being a war, and it can be decided forever! ”

Liu Xian is quite a bit of 'standing and talking without backache', showing a sense of superiority. He now has the upper hand, and the end of the First Battle of Fuhai www.uuxs.cc has completely discounted the French expedition plan of the French expedition. After all, warships can't be driven on land, and if you want to conquer a piece of land, the army is the carrier!

Now that the French Army is finished, only France's powerful sea fleet is left to 'show off its might', and Liu Xian can almost be said to be invincible. Of course, my heart is full of a sense of superiority over the law and the Western world.

Luo Shuya looked at Liu Xian with serious eyes, as if the person opposite was the first time he had met. "Your Majesty, I am very shocked that you have said such a thing. Your political vision is as superior and long-term as your military vision. ”

Bend over and touch your chest in salute. After Luo Shuya finished speaking, she turned around and walked out!

Liu Xian smiled.

"Announced, from today. Abolish the French privileges in China! ”

The loud voice flew out of the Qin Palace, and in just five days, it spread throughout China. China (Qin) France went to war. The new Qin abolished a single privilege of France in China.

This is the first time that Liu Xian has extended his claws to the heads of today's world-class powers. In front of him, he forcibly took back Macau, and his influence was not at the same level at all.

The usury empire was a mess in the Franco-Prussian War. But rely on the country's strong financial sector. Seven years later, France has already regained its position as the world's leading power. And while having a strong army, France also has a powerful navy that ranks second in the world.

If after 1875, are there still a few countries in the world that really have the strength to threaten Xinqin? That France is definitely one of them. In other words, in the huge world, so many so-called Western civilized countries, in addition to the British Empire, the global hegemon, only France can really threaten Liu Xian.

For the other powers of the Western world, the military power of the United States does not live up to its name. Germany's weak navy is not worth mentioning, and the performance of the warships of the Italian navy is okay, but the actual combat capability and the combat effectiveness of the army, Liu Xian despised it with the corner of his eye. Finally, Austria-Hungary, a European power that is almost landlocked, and Lao Maozi in the north. Needless to say, the threat of the former is not at all, and the real threat of the latter to China is on land, and it is completely beyond the reach of the current new Qinlai. Of course, Lao Maozi has now sharpened his knives with Turkey. It's about to start!

If you look at the whole world, Britain and France have the ability to threaten the Qin army. They had less than half a cent on land, as evidenced by the Franco-Vietnamese War. But on the sea, the weak Xinqin Navy was not at all a finger of opponents for either of Britain and France.

For the French fleet. What Liu Xian was most afraid of was not the French army's attack on Hongji, Qinzhou, and Shilu, these ports that controlled the lifeblood of the Qin army, but the fear that the French fleet would go north to Guangzhou Bay. Blockade Lingdingyang, and then shell Fujian and Guangdong along the way. That's where the real tricky is!

Now the French shelled the port of Hongji. In Liu Xian's eyes, two main points can be analyzed: first, the French do not have the courage to break the kettle; The second is that the French seem to be wrong in their analysis of the Qin army.

The coal in Hongji Port and the ore from Shilu Iron Mine have not been stored in Qinnan over the years. Take the production and consumption of the Chinnan Iron and Steel Plant. There is nothing to worry about for at least a year. And there is no good coal and good iron ore, and the Qin army still has inferior coal and inferior iron ore. Most of the southern kingdom has fallen into the hands of the Qin army, will the Qin army run out of coal and iron? And more importantly, Hongji Port, Shilu Port and Qinnan Port are all equipped with a fort and coastal defense battalion marines, and the French army must use warships to fight against reinforced concrete batteries, so don't lose your blood and die!

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Balls of flames rose one after another, and the huge explosion sound that cracked the eardrum was connected into a line, like a series of thunderbolts falling from the sky, making people feel that the explosion always resounded in their ears and never stopped.

The feeling was completely different from the muffled and muffled explosions heard inside the battery. The squadron leader had fought for so many years, and he had never seen such a fierce artillery fire as now.

But it's just a joke.

As far as the squadron leader is concerned, there is no pattern at all in the landing point of the shells, and they are all over the place, and they are very blind.

Although this kind of blind bombardment, which has no regularity to speak of, can cause certain losses to the port area and the wharf, it does not pose the slightest substantial threat to the two artillery batteries on the open surface and the four gun emplacements in the shadows.

It's just that such 'indiscriminate bombing' has caused him to lose a seasoned squad leader, and thinking about it makes the squadron leader extremely depressed. At present, the French warships were still a little far away, and if they were a mile or two, he swore to heaven that he would be extremely 'enthusiastic' in entertaining the visitors.

In the distance, the group of French warships was moving slowly towards the shore, and the white smoke from the main turret in the bow enveloped the warships one after another, and the thick smoke clouds made the observation posts in the coastal defense camp unable to see the true face of the warships.

The French warships were fighting for a while, but seeing that there was no movement on the shore, the artillery stopped bombarding. The warships marched slowly along the channel in two columns towards the pier. During this process, the cannons on the warship were constantly spraying shells. It's just that it's no longer as unscrupulous as it was just now, as if there is an inexhaustible supply of ammunition.

"Battalion, the enemy warship has entered the best range, is it not to hit him? These foreign devils dare to look around when they are dying, as long as my cannon fires, these French guys will not be surnamed Wu if they don't die. ”

On the fort on the left wall, Wu Junliang looked at the French fleet that was gradually approaching with blazing eyes. When the news came from the observation post, he was in a state of flux.

Liao Wenhui gently slammed the glowing steel cannon around him over and over again, his eyes fixed on the slowly moving French warship. From the position of the lookout, the ten warships lined up in two columns within the effective range of their own shore defense guns on the sea, each warship moved slowly at a certain distance, and the lookouts on the mast could see it clearly.

"Don't panic. It's not time yet. When it's time to fight, I'll order you to fire! ”

Wu Junliang, the commander of the left wall battery, confidently stated: "You can rest assured that you can rest assured. As long as you give him the order, I will immediately let the foreign devil take a bath! This shooting Zhu Yuan has already been calculated, these ten ships, except for the two Iron King Eight can't be cleaned up, the other eight, any of them can be sunk! ”

Liao Wenhui didn't look back, just looked at the moving warship on the sea, "I also believe that you have this strength." The two ironclad ships don't have to worry about it. Leave the wooden shell and iron ribs underneath, and that is a great achievement. Remember, you must sink the biggest warship for me! Complete the mission, and I'll give you a drink! ”

"Then the camp must have good wine ready. I don't drink wine. ”

"Don't give me a poor mouth. I'll sink the enemy ship first! ”

On the sea, the French fleet, which had thought that it was gradually approaching and would attract a fierce attack from the enemy, saw that it was less than two kilometers away from the port, and there was still no reaction on the shore. Gradually, he became more courageous, and his driving speed increased.

The warships behind drove into the range of the fortress artillery one by one, and Liao Wenhui calculated the distance between the warships and the blockade line in his heart. And to his disappointment, the enemy's warships had already entered the minefield, but for such a long time, none of the anchor mines suspended in the river had exploded. This made Liao Wenhui wonder if the mines were useful. Could it be all some iron lump of inaction?

Just as he was in a hurry, a huge column of water suddenly stirred up from the midboard side of the second French warship in the right column, and the red light flashed violently, and then a dark cloud of smoke quickly rose into the air. And this warship was like a galloping horse that was strangled by the neck, and it landed quickly at a speed.

This explosion was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, louder than all the shells fired by the French just now, and it touched everyone's hearts!

Billowing black smoke quickly rose from the ship, enveloping the warship, following the smoke that had just exploded into the air.

The bombed warship could no longer move. The wooden warship was on fire, red light flashed in the black smoke, and the sound of explosions continued to sound.

Very good luck. The mine directly blew out the warship's steam engine, or caused damage to the warship's steam boiler, and the warship stopped directly on the water.

The telescope could see that a huge hole had been cut in the side of the ship, and the raging sea water had poured into it mercilessly. However, this alone was not enough to sink the battleship, which was more than 2,000 tons.

When the first explosion was heard, all the French on the warship were like a flock of frightened birds, like a flock of headless flies, either fighting a fire, or rushing to repair power, or mending a hole in the ship's side.

The sailors on the other warships were stunned by the scene in front of them, and the warships around them, which had just increased their speed, quickly slowed down. The French fleet, which immediately reacted to what had happened, went crazy and bombarded the batteries and the harbor area.

The squadron leader jumped up happily and rushed out of the observation post bunker, and the warships in front of him had slowed down and even stopped, which was a better target than to see.

The squadron leader must not have doubted the command ability of the senior officer. The battery will open fire immediately!

"Attention of the divisions, the target enemy warship ,...... Fire! (To be continued......) R1292