After Wang Guorui replied to the telegram to the British in clear code, he immediately began to prepare for his work. And Wang Guorui is going to specially prepare to confer the title on a person today, that is, to confer the title on that Chen Fa, this time he successfully followed Wang Guorui's order and sank the British cruiser, which can be regarded as maintaining the security of China's maritime frontier. And with such a big credit, if you don't give him a promotion, it will really be a bit of a disadvantage to him. And this award is not only a reward, but also has great political significance.

"The Governor of Taiwan and the Chairman of the Taiwan Military Commission signed an order to promote Chen Fa to the rank of rear admiral because Chen Fa, the captain of the battleship Xuanyuan, was loyal to the country, fulfilled his duties, and made great contributions to maintaining the tranquility of China's maritime frontier. Wang Guorui, Governor General of Taiwan and Chairman of Taiwan's Military Commission. Now, please ask Chen Fa to come up and accept the award. Song Yang, deputy director of the General Office of the Military Commission and director of the chamberlain, read out the order and said.

And Chen Fa stepped forward with his head held high, and then saluted Wang Guorui under everyone's attention, and then Wang Guorui personally put the rank of major general on his shoulder. And this situation makes everyone very envious, because since Taiwan's highest military rank has been promoted to winning the lottery, Wang Guorui has rarely awarded titles to people with the rank of major general. Especially those major generals at the deputy army level, Wang Guorui will hardly come to help them confer titles. Only those major generals at the regular army level, Wang Guorui will consider personally helping them confer titles, and it is not absolutely possible, only those with special contributions will go. And now this Chen Fa is also the captain of a battleship, although the level of the sword-class battleship is relatively high, but it is only at the division commander level, and it has not reached the army commander level. And now Wang Guorui has personally come to confer the title, which means that I am afraid that Chen Fa will be promoted next, at least the deputy commander of a large fleet.

When the military rank on Chen Fa's shoulder was replaced by a gold star, he took the initiative to show it. And everyone began to applaud.

"Wang Guorui, Taiwan's governor-general and chairman of Taiwan's Military Commission, signed an order to form Taiwan's strategic fleet. The Taiwan Strategic Fleet is the general reserve of all fleets of the Taiwan Navy and has the most powerful Sword-class battleships in Taiwan. Taiwan's strategic fleet is planned to have four Sword-class battleships, and three more are scheduled for construction. The four Sword-class battleships will become Taiwan's highest strategic weapon, and in the future, they will be on the sea under our control. It will have a final word. Rear Admiral Chen Fa is the candidate for commander of Taiwan's strategic fleet. ”

Hearing this announcement of the appointment, more people also felt red-eyed, even more than the rank of major general. Although this strategic fleet has only four battleships, these four battleships are all first-class battleships in the world at present, and their strength is absolutely very large, and they will become Taiwan's Dinghai Shenshen Needle. As long as these warships are available, Taiwan's naval strength will be a qualitative improvement, surpassing other people's battleships for more than a generation. And as the commander of this strategic fleet. The future is limitless, because to be able to master Taiwan's most powerful weapon, it is definitely very trusted, and the political significance is different. At present, Taiwan has two most important fleets, one is the Taiwan Strait Fleet, which is responsible for Taiwan's mainland defense. And the other one is this strategic fleet, and from then on they will probably all be candidates for chief of staff of the Navy.

When the title was being conferred on the Taiwan side, there was a lot of noise in the United Kingdom. The Downing Street Prime Minister's Office also gathered a large number of Londoners despite the night. They went to the Prime Minister's Office at No. 10 Downing Street to protest and demand that the government declare war on Taiwan, and then they had to teach Taiwan a harsh lesson. And even to destroy China, and then let China become a British colony. And this kind of unrealistic call is still very high, especially those British who have been so many bosses, and really think that Lao Tzu is invincible in the world. It's as if China is something they can destroy with their backhand.

"Declare war on China immediately, or you will step down for me!" "Yes! If you don't declare war on China, you all will step down for me! "Declare war on me immediately, or step down immediately!" ……

Someone outside has already begun to shout for the Marquis of Salisbury to step down, which makes the Marquis of Salisbury anxious. And they certainly know that now is not the time for war. Once the war starts, the consequences are really unimaginable. On the one hand, they have to deal with the war of the Boers, and if they start a war with Taiwan again, it will be a two-front battle! What's more, Taiwan is not a soft persimmon, and Britain is not ready for war yet. Don't look at the British as if they were coaxing, but in fact, like the United States in later generations, every time they want to attack a certain country, they are carefully considered, not even if they go to war. Since ancient times, waging war against foreign countries has not been decided by one person or political group or political party, and everyone's opinions must be sought. If it is for those indigenous people in Africa, then it will be fought, anyway, I am not afraid that I will not be able to fight, it is just a matter of whether it is worth it.

However, when it comes to fighting Taiwan, the problem is very huge, and if Britain is not played well, Britain will have to fall from now on, and the Germans and French will have to laugh at it. So where can the British be not cautious, so of course they will not be stupid and start a war against Taiwan directly in accordance with the "will of the people". Don't look at the menacing public opinion, but the Marquis of Salisbury is not afraid at all. It's just a matter of shouting these ordinary people, let them scold themselves for a few words, anyway, when they become politicians, they must have the consciousness of spitting on their own faces.

However, the Marquess of Salisbury worries him the most. And sometimes, the last thing you want is to come.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have secretly inquired about it, and those Liberal Party guys are already preparing to use this incident to launch a cabinet downfall, hoping to pull us down!" Said the secretary of the Marquess of Salisbury.

The Marquis of Salisbury was immediately furious: "These idiots, don't they know that Taiwan can't fight so hastily?" If Taiwan is rashly attacked, the consequences will be unimaginable. The Chinese all understand that sandpipers compete with each other for fishermen's profits, don't these politicians understand? ”

"Your Excellency, they are the opposition, they don't have any long-term ideas, they just want to bring us down so that they can come to power. As for other things, it was only after coming to power that I got a headache. The Prime Minister's Secretary said.

The Marquis of Salisbury touched his head, and then he really couldn't do anything about the situation.

"Do we have a surplus of Sovereign-class battleships in our British Empire? Can you transfer the Chinese fleet and then deter Taiwan. Our Chinese fleet is far from being able to suppress Taiwan, and if Taiwan wants to, it can destroy our Chinese fleet at any time, and even be able to take Hong Kong away. We must strengthen the strength of the Chinese fleet, otherwise our interests in the Far East will not be guaranteed at all. Our current rule in the Far East is already shaky, and if we don't think about it, we may lose all the interests of the Far East. Said the Marquess of Salisbury.

However, the secretary shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, we have no extra Sovereign-class battleships to move over. Since Taiwan gave the Netherlands three Sovereign-class battleships, the Netherlands has been so bold that it doesn't seem to take us very seriously. And the Netherlands and us are separated by an English Channel, although the relationship between the Netherlands and us seems to be good, but not afraid of 10,000 is afraid of what if! What's more, their queens are all married to the governor of Taiwan, who knows if they will come together? Our Sovereign-class battleships have been withdrawn from the Mediterranean Fleet, and there is already a partial vacuum in the Mediterranean. On the other hand, we are building a new Sovereign-class battleship, but the French are also nervous, and they are all building ships. Not to be outdone, the Germans began to build ships. But we can't help but bite the bullet, and according to our established policy, our navy of the British Empire must ensure absolute strength. And the tonnage must be more than the sum of the second and third places, and this time Taiwan gave three ships to the Dutch, which has upset this balance and put our European Europe in the shipbuilding race. We really can't come up with enough warships to go to the Far East, so we can't get them either. ”

"It seems that the interests of our Far East are in danger. If we can delay it for two years, as long as we can delay it for two years, then we can also rally all countries to attack Taiwan together. Is there anything you can do to appease those oppositionists? As long as we can appease the anger of the people and the opposition, I am afraid that we will be able to hold out until the time comes when we launch a war against Taiwan. Within two years, within two years we will definitely go to war against Taiwan. In two years, we can all be ready, and then we can unite other countries to destroy Taiwan and solve our big problem. If we go it alone, then we are too risky and lose more than we gain. Even if we win, we must be careful that Germany and France take advantage of the opportunity to mischief, and if we don't get the hegemony of the British Empire, we will be destroyed. Said the Marquess of Salisbury.

The secretary thought for a while, and then finally said helplessly: "Your Excellency, you might as well go to Buckingham Palace." ”

"When you go to Buckingham Palace, it seems that you can only do that!" Said the Marquis of Salisbury.

The Marquis of Salisbury really has no choice, so he can only ask for a foreign aid, and who else can this foreign aid be besides Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom? (To be continued......)