Chapter Seventy-Five: Shocking the World

On the second day of the naval battle, the Huaxia government officially announced that the Huaxia Navy had defeated the British Far East Fleet and that the British Far East Fleet had surrendered.

"Great victory! Navy victory! The central government announced the victory of the Navy over the British Far Eastern Fleet! ”

"Shocking news! The Navy has won a great victory, and our Navy has risen! ”

"Long live the Huaxia Navy!"

The shouts of the "......" newspaper sellers attracted the minds of the pedestrians on the street, and the pedestrians who heard the news stopped one after another, and they surrounded the newspaper sellers curiously.

Finally, someone couldn't help it, "I want a copy, how much?" ”

"Two copper plates."

The man gave the two copperplate newspaper sellers and then took the newspaper and said, "Our navy has defeated the British navy, and the British Far East Fleet has surrendered!" Long live the Chinese Navy! The man shouted and cried.

Pedestrians on the street immediately began to scramble after hearing this, and the newspaper sellers were very busy.

"I want one, no, two."

"I want one too."

“……”

In a short time the newspaper seller sold out the newspaper, and in the confusion the newspaper seller did not know how he had sold it out, and at last he saw that the bag containing the newspaper was full of copper plates, some of which were still silver, and many of them had come to take the newspaper before they had time to change, and the money had greatly exceeded the total value of the newspaper.

This scene was staged in major cities across the country, and soon most of the people in the country knew that the Chinese Navy had defeated the British Navy and was still completely annihilated, and they were all boiling. The people did not expect that the Chinese Navy would defeat the navy of the world's largest naval power, Britain, which made them a little unbelievable.

Restaurants in major cities are crowded with intellectuals, and they have expressed their opinions on this matter.

"Liar! How could the Chinese navy defeat the powerful British navy, I can't imagine that the central government is so ridiculous! ”

"Did the government turn the facts back, or did the people who made the announcement mistake?"

"Impossible, the previous confrontation in the waters near Shanghai has shown that our navy is on the rise, and it is not impossible to win."

"Then why didn't the Navy announce the specific number of warships, is it for today's preparation?"

"The naval strength of Britain in the Far East is not very strong, and our country should have the ability to win."

“……”

There are both skepticism and support for the government's announcement this time, and in short, the people are talking about this topic now.

A few hours later, the official newspaper of the Chinese government, Huaxia Daily, officially published a report with the headline 'Shocking victory!' Our Navy defeated the British Far East Fleet in a big way! Pictures of the Chinese Navy's warships dragging British warships occupy most of the page, followed by an introduction to the specific process of this naval battle, as well as the number of sunks, heavy damages, and captures of British warships and our navy. The reason why Huaxia Daily came out so late was to wait for the arrival of those pictures, since it is an official newspaper, it should seek truth from facts, and only when there is sufficient proof will it be published.

As soon as the newspaper was published, it was immediately rushed from all over the country, and soon there was a shortage, so Huaxia Daily had to urgently increase the number of publications.

A young man rushed home as soon as he grabbed the newspaper, he wanted to show it to his seriously ill father, he ran into his father's room with the newspaper in high spirits, "Father, our navy has won a great victory, and the British Far East Fleet has been completely annihilated. ”

The old man lying on the bed stretched out a trembling hand with difficulty to take the newspaper, and the young man hurriedly handed the newspaper to his father's hand. The old man took the newspaper and read it, and when he looked at the old man, tears flowed down his eyes, and then he cried, "I can still see the day when the Celestial Empire Navy defeated the British Navy, and I have no regrets in this life." As he spoke, the old man held the newspaper tightly in his arms.

"My son, you go to join the navy, after I die, you just need to burn me the news of my Celestial Empire Navy on the Qingming Festival." The old man sighed and continued, "If you enter the navy, you must glorify the Celestial Empire Navy, otherwise I will come back to you, and burn this newspaper to me when I go, I will share this news with my old comrades." ”

The young man knelt on the ground and said excitedly: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely glorify the navy and let the glory of the navy shine all over the world." ”

This old man was a member of the Beiyang Fleet during the First Sino-Japanese War, he witnessed the decline of the entire Beiyang Navy, the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War was a pain in his heart, after retiring he has been looking forward to the rise of the Beiyang Navy, but has not seen the rise of the Beiyang Navy, and finally he fell ill.

Under the influence of his father, the young man liked the navy very much, and soon he would join the navy, and his life was a legend, he was the second marshal of the Huaxia Navy - Li Haiyun.

People all over the country were boiling after seeing the picture of Huaxia Daily, the Huaxia Navy really defeated, the curse of no navy was broken after the First Sino-Japanese War, and countless veterans of the Beiyang Fleet were in tears, they finally saw the rise of the navy again in their lifetimes, which made them feel that they had died without regrets.

The whole country was cheered up, and the students who were marching through the streets to resist the British were even more excited, and they frantically surrounded the British Concession, demanding that the British cancel the concession and return the British right to occupy China.

The British did not expect that Huaxia would announce the results of the war so quickly, which made them very passive, and they had already telegraphed Zhu Erdian to negotiate with the Huaxia Patriotic government, but it was still a step too late. The British government had no choice but to announce the destruction of the Far East Fleet, and the British government relied on Germany for this, saying that Germany secretly sold advanced warships to China, so that the Far East Fleet was defeated without knowing it. The British government also said that it would rescue the captured soldiers, and the British government would not admit defeat.

Germany was also very shocked when he learned the news of the victory of the Huaxia Navy, although the British Far East Fleet was not very strong, but the experience of the British army was still more than a little stronger than that of Huaxia, but it was not strange to think of the battleship drawings that Qin Yu had taken out over the years. Immediately after that, Germany was a surprise, and the victory of China was also a victory for Germany, which meant that Germany could well implement its plans in the Far East in the future, and the powerful China would also have great benefits for them. But the British speech that followed made Germany very depressed, how can you rely on my head for the defeat of England, Wilhelm II immediately counterattacked, he mocked Britain for not even admitting defeat.

The French were in a cold sweat, their naval strength in the Far East was smaller than that of the British, fortunately they did not take advantage of the fire to loot before, otherwise their interests in the Far East would have been hit by China, and then they were gloating over the British, they knew that the next Sino-British negotiations would definitely be a very interesting thing, and they were going to watch.

Russia was also gloating over Britain's defeat, which had previously restricted the expansion of Russian interests in China, much to Russia's displeasure. Nicholas II publicly stated that Britain had declined, and that even a small China could not be dealt with, and that Russia should lead the Entente, and that the Russian soldiers were very powerful, and that until now China is afraid of Russia and does not dare to send troops to Outer Mongolia.

The Japanese were panicked, they could not imagine that the rookie navy of China would be able to defeat the powerful British navy, which reminded them of the threat of the Beiyang Fleet to Japan in those years, and the Japanese navy shouted to strangle the Huaxia navy in the cradle. However, Prime Minister Saionji vetoed the decision of the Navy, he felt that even if the Chinese Navy could defeat the British Far East Fleet, it would be nothing, and the Japanese Navy would be able to easily solve the British Far East Fleet, and that Japan's dispatch of troops to China without British instructions would make Britain disgusted, and it would also aggravate the contradictions between Germany and other countries, and Japan was not ready for a full-scale invasion of China. In fact, Japan is carrying out a plan, and the Japanese elite analyzes that Europe will have a big war in the near future, and they want to use this war to stand on the world stage, and they are not willing to be Britain's lackeys, and they want to have a greater say in affairs.

The United States is even more excited to see the victory of China, they must win the market of China, the rise of China can also restrain Japan, the two tigers will be defeated, this is very in line with their interests, as for the defeat of Britain they are also gloating, they have long hated this proud empire on which the sun never sets.

Some other countries in Europe were shocked by the victory of the Huaxia Navy, when did the Huaxia Navy become so strong, they laughed at Huaxia's incompetence before, and they didn't expect Huaxia to give them a slap in the face. Although the Chinese navy was victorious, these European countries still did not recognize the rise of China, they thought that China was just a shit luck this time, and barbarism and backwardness were still the state of China.

This time also frightened the South American countries, I didn't think that Huaxia could defeat Britain, but then they were also very happy, especially Argentina, Argentina and Britain originally had a Falkland Islands dispute, Argentina was very happy with Huaxia's slap in the face, and after Huaxia announced the news, they jumped out to congratulate Huaxia on success, but Britain didn't bird it.