Meng Douban said affirmatively: "With my understanding of Mr. Wang Feng, he is by no means a person who allows others to fight and does not fight back, maybe his fleet has already left the Yangtze River unknowingly and is floating in the vast sea looking for opportunities." ”

Genui's eyes couldn't help but flicker, he still knew Meng Douban very well, this was a very steady veteran, and he would never make irresponsible remarks, what he was thinking was, if he informed the coalition forces of this possibility, would Wang Feng suffer a big loss, and then take advantage of the situation to occupy northern Vietnam?

Meng Douban glanced at him and said lightly: "Mr. Genui, I think the most important thing you should do is not to report to the coalition forces, but to sit back and watch the changes, because the coalition forces are arrogant and arrogant, and they may not believe your words, and I have no doubt that even if the coalition fleet goes to sea to look for it, it may not be able to find the fleet of the Democratic Alliance.

In today's world, the rise of China is inevitable, and in the face of historical trends, any attempt to block it will only bring disaster to France, in my eyes, France can try to make friends with this rising oriental giant, and maybe we can restore the glory of the Napoleonic era through friendly relations with China.

Take the current war situation as an example, if the coalition forces suffer a big loss in the hands of the Democratic Alliance forces, they will inevitably ask you for help, of course, France is not obliged to help the coalition forces, you can receive a certain amount of payment, or you can choose to stand by and watch, or even fall into the ground, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely support you. ”

Genui was slightly shocked, indeed, even if the Democratic Alliance Navy is defeated, Wang Feng still has a powerful army, and France may not be able to seize northern Vietnam as he wishes, in comparison. If the coalition forces are defeated in China, France can take the opportunity to restore its influence on the European continent, and even force Britain to repeal the ban on France's naval development, which is a godsend for France!

Hugo muttered from the side: "Just the political opportunist who made a lot of promises to the peasants by empty words and lies to form an alliance with a butcher?" I dare to assert that this day will come. France is bound to become a public enemy of the world. ”

Guo Yu was quite unimpressed by Wang Feng's murderous efforts, especially the expulsion of millions of Vietnamese from his homeland, which, in his view, was a counter-violence with violence, contrary to his internationalist spirit, and was not at all sufficient to serve as the leader of the independence and liberation movement of the colonial people.

And for Napoleon III, it was even more hateful gnashing of teeth, he was driven out of France by Napoleon III.

"Thank you, I see." Genui was aware of Hugo's feud with Napoleon III. Quan Dang didn't listen, smiled slightly, and looked at the sea with confidence in his eyes

Eight days later, when the mighty coalition fleet came to the coast of Hong Kong, Prince Menlev smiled: "I heard that this was once British territory, and I heard that it was occupied by the Democratic Alliance forces without firing a single shot, Mr. Raglan, how do you feel about this?" ”

Raglan said expressionlessly: "A momentary fluke is nothing. I don't have an idea. ”

"Oh?" Prince Menlev pointed in the direction of the Spit and said, "Now we have more than a hundred warships. There are thousands of artillery pieces, and on the hill in front of you is the Governor's Palace of Hong Kong, don't you want to wash away the shame of your Majesty? And after Hong Kong, it is Macau, Mr. Gemales. Don't you want to earn a share of your queen's glory? Further inside, there is Guangzhou, which I heard is the trading center of southern China, and there are many big merchants with a net worth of millions, tens of millions of rubles. Gentlemen, if we rob the city of Canton, how much wealth will it bring, have you calculated? ”

Fernand, Gioulai, Brückney and other giants of the five countries were all moved, and they all looked at Raglan, unexpectedly, Raglan said coldly: "Gentlemen, our goal is to enter the Yangtze River and cooperate with the Qing army to destroy the ruling center of the Democratic Alliance, not to be pirates, I personally am very disgusted with the practice of wantonly robbing a city, the property of civilians is not our spoils of war, robbing civilians does not match our status as gentlemen, so I oppose it." ”

Prince Menlev sneered: "I think you are frightened by the Chinese." ”

Awu Silit Hill also advised: "Mr. Raglan, Singapore is far away after all, and if we can capture Hong Kong, it will bring great convenience to our supplies. ”

Raglan also sneered: "If any of you want to go by yourself, in short, the British Royal Fleet will not attack Hong Kong now." ”

Raglan's abnormal behavior is obviously scruples about attacking Hong Kong, in short, no one will believe his righteous remarks about the robbery of the city of Guangzhou, so what is he afraid of?

Fernand, Kimarães and Mount Awuslitt also squeaked, their eyes were full of suspicion, and Gioulai and Brüshny guessed in a whisper, only Prince Menlev said disdainfully: "Mr. Raglan, the British are really afraid of the Chinese, but our heroic Russians are not afraid of the Chinese, you don't go, I'll go, I want to know now, if I capture Hong Kong, how should Hong Kong's supplies be distributed?" Who owns Hong Kong's sovereignty? ”

Raglan said without hesitation: "If you can really capture Hong Kong, then all the proceeds of Hong Kong will go to Russia, and as for sovereignty, I think Her Majesty will pay a ransom to your country." ”

"Good!" Prince Menlev wanted this sentence, and his green eyes swept away: "Gentlemen, are you all as afraid of the Chinese as the British?" I can give you a chance, as long as you participate in the attack on Hong Kong, you can share the profits of Hong Kong equally with our Russia. ”

"This" five giants were moved again, but when they thought of Raglan's abnormality, they had to pay more attention, because Raglan's qualifications showed that this was by no means a person who cowered and avoided war, and he was definitely an old fox, there must be something strange in this, but no one could guess what Raglan had in mind!

On the one hand, there are unpredictable risks, and on the other hand, there are the benefits of breaking Hong Kong, especially Raglan on behalf of the United Kingdom to express his willingness to redeem Hong Kong, which is really embarrassing!

"Gentlemen, you have disappointed me so much, okay, you don't go, I'll go by myself, no matter how weak our Russian fleet is, there are twelve large and small warships, I still don't believe that I can't break through Hong Kong! Don't blush then! Prince Monlev took out his pocket watch, looked at it, and urged.

"I'll go!"

"I'll go too!"

It was Gioullai and Brückny who represented Austria and Prussia respectively.

Russia's current naval strength is indeed very weak, and it originally had three fleets, namely the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, and the Okhotsk Fleet in the Far East.

The two Black Sea Fleets were completely wiped out in the Crimean War, and the Okhotsk fleet was deployed in the Far East Pacific, and there was no opponent at all, so there was no need to spend too much money to build, and many ships were not even equipped with steam engines, and sailed completely by sail manpower, and the three warships promised by Murajoviv to Xianfeng came from the Okhotsk fleet.

Now the only one with a bit of scale is the Baltic Fleet, the twelve warships sent to China are all drawn from the Baltic Fleet, but due to Russia's poor scientific and technological level and superficial understanding of naval warfare, only four are equipped with propellers, and the rest are paddle steamers.

Although Russia could not do it, Austria and Prussia still had some family backgrounds, among which Austria's leading battleship was the cruiser Elzezog. The Friedrick, with a displacement of 1,724 tons, was armed with seventeen 30-pounder guns, and the battleship Salamander, with a displacement of 3,075 tons, was armed with fourteen 150-mm breech-loading rifled guns and fourteen 68-pounder smoothbore guns.

At that time, Prussia did not have the ability to build large and medium-sized warships on its own, and his two leading battleships came from the purchase of the British, namely the Arminius with a displacement of 1917 tons, equipped with four 208 mm front-loading rifled guns, and the 2444-ton Eros, equipped with eight 150 mm rear-loading rifled guns.

In addition, the two countries also have nearly 30 frigates of several hundred tons, and more than 40 warships together with Russia, which is also a force to be reckoned with in Europe.

Prince Menlev glanced at the giants of the four maritime powers proudly, and then waved his hand: "Gentlemen, let's win the beautiful first battle, let's go!" ”

Prince Monlev, Brückny and Gioulai each took small boats and sailed towards their own fleet, and in a short time more than 40 warships were at full speed and headed straight for Tsim Sha Tsui.

Mt. Astro finally couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Raglan, I don't understand your behavior, you really let that greedy old guy from Menlev ransack Hong Kong?" Can you tell me why? ”

Gemales and Fernand also leaned their ears together.

Raglan said lightly: "The Democratic Alliance Army is by no means a soft persimmon, Hong Kong, as the first line of defense guarding Guangzhou, and the South China Sea Fleet base of the Democratic Alliance Army, how can it be so easy to attack?" You see, the mountain in front of you is called Taiping Mountain, which is more than 2,000 feet high, and if you set up artillery on the mountain, you can cover a very wide sea surface. ”

Fernand wondered: "What if Hong Kong doesn't have too strong a defense?" Aren't we at a loss? ”

Raglan smiled slightly: "I have already said the importance of Hong Kong, if the Democratic Alliance army doesn't even care about Hong Kong, this can only mean that his artillery is seriously insufficient, we should seize the opportunity to sail into the mouth of the Pearl River and go straight to the city of Guangzhou!" ”

The three pairs of green eyes instantly became bright, and they understood what Raglan meant, that is, to test the coastal defense strength of the Democratic Alliance with Russia, Prussia and Austria, if it is too strong, there is no need to fight hard, if it is very weak, then you are welcome.

You must know that Guangzhou is thousands of times richer than Hong Kong, so how can the sacking of Hong Kong be compared with the sacking of Guangzhou? The Three Kingdoms picked up sesame seeds, but what they were holding was a big watermelon!

All of a sudden, the three of them secretly exclaimed that it was indeed an old fox, and there was a deep look of admiration in their eyes when they looked at Raglan! (To be continued......)