Listening to the words of the British minister to the Qing Dynasty, Ogner, Lin Daxin couldn't help but laugh angrily, and there was a soul-stirring angry look in his eyes, so that the tough Ogner couldn't help but avoid Lin Daxin's gaze.

Lin Daxin asked in a cold voice, "Minister Ogna, what if I say no?" ”

Ogena didn't know what was going on, listening to Lin Daxin's calm voice, he had a feeling of fear, but Ogener still said strongly: "Our Prime Minister of the British Empire, the Marquis of Salisbury, has ordered the British Navy's fleets in Asia to enter the first level of combat readiness, Governor Lin, I think you should be able to understand what I mean." ”

Lin Daxin pursed his lips, and said in a cold voice: "Then Minister Ogner, you can go back to Beijing City, and the Northeast Navy under my command is waiting for your British Navy to visit!" ”

Lin Daxin sneered and said: "Minister Ogna, I can solemnly reply to you, the army in South Africa is only composed of civilian volunteers, if you British insist on putting it on my head, I Lin Daxin will also follow, you British let the horses come!" ”

Ogena shook his head and said, "That's a pity, Governor Lin, I must convey your words to the British. ”

Lin Daxin waved his hand and said, "Minister Ogna, I have a lot of things, so I won't send them." Hmph—"

After speaking, Lin Daxin turned around and walked out of the reception room of the Governor's Mansion and returned to his office. The two adjutants of the Governor's Palace, Lu Ming and Zhang Congyun, followed Lin Daxin back to the office.

"Bang-" Lin Daxin sat back at the desk and slammed the desk hard. "How can this be true? The British are just too domineering! ”

Lin Daxin was very angry, he originally thought proudly that using the name of volunteers to form a South African Volunteer Army to fight in South Africa would not only cause some big trouble to the British and give himself a bad breath, but also make the British unable to find any reason to come, after all, it was in the name of the South African Volunteer Army to participate in the war, which was civilian. It is a voluntary organization of the people of Northeast China, and it is really a wonderful and wonderful plan.

I didn't expect the British to be so domineering, and they didn't play their cards according to common sense at all, and directly believed that it was Lin Daxin who sent troops to help the Boers fight, although it was indeed Lin Daxin's troops, but the British simply ignored the fact that the South African Volunteers were nominally a civilian organization.

In fact, Lin Daxin still has some elements of annoyance and anger in it, but he said to several high-level officials in the northeast that he would join this war between the British and the Boers in the name of the South African Volunteers. Not only can it add a little blockage to the British, but it also makes it impossible for the British to find fault. As a result, if you are full of confidence, the British will be ruthlessly slapped in the face.

Lin Daxin smashed the desk before he sighed and said to the two adjutants: "It seems that the British are likely to do something to us." What are your thoughts? ”

Zhang Congyun said excitedly: "Marshal, the British deceive people too much, and they have troubled us many times before. Otherwise, we would not have been able to form a South African Volunteer Army, and this time the British would have dared to do something to us. We just took advantage of this to teach the British a hard lesson, and it was better to drive the British out of the land of the Qing Dynasty! ”

Lu Ming frowned beside him and said, "If the British start a war against us. The main thing is to rely on their navy in Asia, our Northeast Navy is not afraid of the British in Asia's several naval fleets, just afraid that the British will mobilize fleets from other places to rush to Asia, after all, the British Navy ranks first in the world, and in terms of displacement alone, although our Northeast Navy ranks second in the world, but far less than the total displacement of the British Navy, the British can draw out a large fleet with a strength that exceeds our entire Northeast Navy from its naval bases around the world. What worries me even more is that if the British and the Japanese collude, it will be very bad for us. ”

After the two adjutants finished speaking, Lin Daxin nodded, there were more than a dozen adjutants in the Governor's Mansion around him, Zhang Congyun and Lu Ming were the responsible persons, they had followed Lin Daxin for 2 or 3 years, and both of them had the rank of lieutenant colonel, Zhang Congyun was mainly responsible for Lin Daxin's personal security, and Lu Ming was used by Lin Daxin as a staff officer, and many of Lin Daxin's decisions were built by Lu Ming.

Lin Daxin was already ready to arrange Lu Ming into the General Staff that was about to be established, and the General Staff, which was originally set aside by Lin Daxin because of Zhao Hu's betrayal, decided to formally establish it after Lin Daxin was injured this time, and the first Chief of General Staff also had a candidate, that is, Wu Peifu, the commander of the First Division of the Dingbei Army.

Wu Peifu is one of the four captains of the first phase of the teaching team, whether it is ability or qualifications, being the chief of the general staff is the most suitable person.

The 1st Division had been in Shanhaiguan, and Wu Peifu needed to wait for Duan Qirui, the commander of the 11th Division, who had succeeded him, to rush to Shanhaiguan and complete the handover before he could return to Shenyang City and formally form the General Staff.

Duan Qirui is now leading the 11th Division to garrison Saixi Province, and it will take some time to reach Shanhaiguan, while the commander of the 11th Division will be replaced by Yang Xuezhi, the commander of the 111th Brigade.

Lin Daxin said to Lu Ming: "Send a telegram to the First, Second and Third Fleets of Bokou Port, and ask Sun Xitao, Jiang Chen, and Jiang Hui to transfer a part of the warships from their respective fleets to re-establish the Bokou Garrison Fleet and guard the Bokou Port, and continue to let Yin Jian serve as the commander of the Bokou Garrison Fleet, and then the three fleets will withdraw to Vladivostok and tell them what the British may do to us, so that they can be vigilant!" Several other fleets were also to be informed that from now on they were to beware of the British. ”

Originally, Lin Daxin was going to let the three fleets go outside the Wild Boar River wharf, block the sea passage of the Japanese troops who landed in the Far Eastern Province, and then eat the Japanese troops who had landed, but he didn't expect the British to suddenly jump out, Lin Daxin could only postpone this plan first, after all, the British might collude with the Japanese, in that case, the navy, which originally had an absolute advantage, would immediately become lost.

Therefore, Lin Daxin decided to withdraw the First Fleet, the Second Fleet, and the Third Fleet to Vladivostok and wait and see what happens.

On September 26, at the British Prime Minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, British Prime Minister Marquess Salisbury brought both British Admiralty Secretary Campbell and the Marquess of Lansdowne of the Foreign Office to his office.

The Marquis of Salisbury said with a gloomy face: "South Africa sent a war report, George of our army? Lieutenant General White led more than 4,000 troops of Leddy Smith to launch a counteroffensive against the Boer army on the outskirts of Leddy Smith, and had a fierce battle with the main force of the Boers and the Qing Dynasty volunteers in the Nicholson Gorge, as a result, because of the strong volunteer army, we suffered a defeat, losing nearly 3,000 men, and now Leddy Smith has been surrounded by the Boers and the Qing Dynasty! ”

Campbell and Lansdoorne looked at each other and frowned, not realizing that in South Africa, the war had just begun to turn against Britain.

The Marquess of Salisbury continued: "The armies supporting the South African battlefield have been sent from all over the world, and the tide of the war in South Africa will soon be turned around. Now the question is that the Far Eastern military strongman Lin Daxin, Landsdoorn, you send a telegram from the Imperial Minister to the Qing Dynasty, Ogener, and tell Campbell. ”

Lansdorn nodded and said: "The Imperial Minister in the Qing Dynasty sent a telegram from Ogener, and Lin Daxin said that the Qing Dynasty volunteers in South Africa were only civilian organizations, and he rejected all the requirements of the Empire. ”

Campbell asked with a solemn face: "Prime Minister, are we ready to declare war with Lin Daxin?" ”

Prime Minister Salisbury said: "The dignity of the British Empire cannot be trampled on, Lord Campbell, is the Imperial Navy ready?" ”。

Campbell said sternly: "The Royal Navy, always ready, to fight for the dignity of the British Empire!" ”

Prime Minister Salisbury nodded, then asked, "How much strength can the Navy amass in Asia?" ”

Campbell said: "At present, our Royal Navy's Singapore Far East Fleet and Hong Kong's Chinese Fleet have a total of 8 Sovereign-class all-steel battleships, 2 Majestic-class all-steel battleships, 8 large fast armored cruisers, and we can also transfer 2 Pavrel-class all-steel battleships and 2 large fast armored cruisers from the East India Fleet. The Far Eastern Fleet and the Chinese fleet also have 4 ironclad battleships, 8 new protective cruisers, 8 new destroyers, 48 torpedo boats, and some old ironclad ships, old armored ships and small gunboats with relatively weak combat effectiveness. ”

Prime Minister Salisbury said: "Although the strength of the Asian fleet is not weak, there is still some gap compared to the Northeast Navy. ”

Campbell nodded and said: "At present, the shipyard of the empire has delivered the 6 old man-rated all-steel battleships that were built in advance to the navy, and our navy is ready to form an expeditionary fleet, including these 6 old-age all-steel battleships, and also transfer 6 majestic-class all-steel battleships, 10 ironclad battleships, 12 large fast armored cruisers, 20 new protective cruisers, 30 new destroyers and 40 torpedo boats, rush to Asia, and merge with the Asian fleet, so that We will have the strength to eliminate the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin. In addition, we at the Admiralty have researched, and we can choose to join forces with the Japanese Navy! (To be continued......) R1071