Chapter 710: Peeling Back the Threads

It has been a month since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xianfeng Temple No. Wenzong, posthumously admonished Emperor Mo Maode Zhenwu Shengxiao Yuan Gong Duanren Kuanmin Zhuang Jianxian Emperor in the Tianyi Yun Zhizhong, although the name was extremely praised, but it was hastily buried in the Dingling Tomb, which was built last year, but it was not covered with hair.

Zaichun succeeded to the emperor's throne, Lan'er and Niu Hulu's two palaces were respected, called the Queen Mother, and Lan'er was called Cixi; Niu Hulu's family entered Ci'an, and the queen mother of the two palaces listened to the government.

This title has aroused controversy, because there is a famous saying in the Democratic Alliance that China does not need the Virgin, does this not allude to the imminent demise of the Qing Dynasty? However, after changing it temporarily, it seemed that the heart was weak, and Cixi and Ci'an were a pair of difficult sisters and sisters, so they had to be careful and accept the title of the Queen Mother.

As early as a few days ago, Tao Wei met with Wang Feng, and sure enough, as he guessed, Wang Feng did not say a word about Zuo Zongtang's actions, but appointed Zuo Zongtang as the governor of Gansu Province, and officially reorganized Zuo Zongtang's subordinates and the Green Battalion regimental training in the northwest into the 24th and 25th Army of the Democratic Alliance Army.

At the same time, Wang Feng transferred Zhang Zongyu's 21st Army to the northwest to form the Sixth Group Army of the Democratic Alliance Army with the 242th Army, with Zuo Zongtang as the commander, stationed in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and instructed Zuo Dangtang to release the news that the Democratic Alliance Army would attack Tibet in the near future, and it was imperative to win the heads of Chongshi, the assistant minister stationed in Tibet, and more than 5,000 bannermen below, and also claimed that he would abolish serfdom in Tibet.

Tao Feng didn't understand the intention, in fact, Wang Feng's intention was very simple, he just wanted to force Tibet to rebel, because military occupation is the real occupation, Wang Feng did not want Tibet to retain too much autonomy due to surrender, and by the way, he could also wipe out the opposition forces in the Sichuan-Tibet region, and even the British and Indian Sikh forces that invaded Tibet in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Wang Feng specially ordered Zuo Zongtang to pull the army to Qinghai for training, so as to adapt to the plateau climate as much as possible.

In addition, Wang Feng formed the Seventh Group Army with Jiang Zhongji's 16th Army, Zhou Shunbo's 19th Army, and Xie Anbang's 23rd Army, with Zhou Shunbo as the commander of the group army. Zhang Shusheng's 17th Army, Li Xubin's 18th Army and Liu Mingchuan's 20th Army were merged into the Eighth Group Army, with Li Xubin as the commander of the group army.

As for Hu Yihuang's 22nd Army, it was temporarily ordered to move to the Sichuan-Hunan border to exert pressure on Sichuan, and the meaning of this is obvious. Wang Feng intended to let Hu Yihuang lead the future Ninth Group Army and sit in Shuzhong, Hu Yihuang was overjoyed and led the army to go, while Tao Tao himself stayed and made Wang Feng a secretary first.

This day was November 4th, and Wang Feng, Boss Chen and Boss Chen were discussing the matter of Singapore, but even with Chen Lao Liu's wisdom, they couldn't discuss the reason. The key lies in the fact that the coalition fleet is stationed in Nagasaki, and once the navy of the Democratic Alliance is moved, the coalition forces will inevitably move, and they will fight face to face on the sea, with 20 to 100, even if the ships are more advanced, it will be the result of defeat.

Just as the Democratic Alliance forces planted their eyes in Nagasaki, it is impossible for the coalition forces not to pay full attention to the major ports along China's coast. If you lose once, you won't eat it a second time, everyone is sure. As long as the NLD fleet is far from the coast, the coalition fleet will follow.

The premise of solving the Singapore problem is to annihilate the coalition forces or drive them out of Southeast Asia, but what about annihilation now? Fighting head-on, or even attacking Nagasaki directly, is obviously not possible!

"Fuck it!" Boss Chen slammed the table and said angrily: "This foreigner is shrinking in Nagasaki and not leaving, do you really think that supporting a little Japan can fight against us?" ”

Chen Lao Liu said helplessly: "Foreigners come far to no avail. How can I go home? Although he did not dare to enter the Yangtze River or attack our naval base again, after all, his strength was stronger than ours, so how could he be willing to retreat in disgrace? Moreover, Yiying's diet is provided by Japan, which does not cost him a penny, and there are Japanese women who sleep with him for free. Why is he in a hurry to leave? As long as our fleet is captured by him, he will attack with all his might, and he may not be able to win a great victory. ”

Boss Ah was unconvinced: "Don't we have torpedo boats?" ”

Chen Lao Liu shook his head: "Although the torpedo is powerful, it is not omnipotent, the sea has a lot of room for Zhou Xuan, the ships do not have to be crowded together, if they really want to launch torpedoes, they may not be able to hit a few, and once the foreigner fleet discovers the threat of torpedoes, it will definitely concentrate its firepower to bombard the torpedo boats."

We have only twenty combat ships at full capacity, and in a naval battle, how can we have the ability to escort torpedo boats? If the torpedo boats are completely gone, how can they be the opponents of foreigners? ”

This is a dead knot, a salvo of torpedoes, sinking eight out of ten is amazing, the blow to the coalition forces is very limited, the key is that naval warfare is not better than land warfare, land warfare can use the terrain and all kinds of unexpected factors, it is not impossible to attack the crowd with outnumbered, and the sea is vast, neither of the warring sides is more advantageous than the other, and can only rely on strength to fight.

It's like Prince Menlev being captured by the NLD army, he can't be beaten, he can't even escape!

"Hey~~" Boss Chen sighed helplessly: "It's really not good, I can only wait for a few years, when we build more warships and have the strength to fight with the coalition forces, and then lead him out for a decisive battle." ”

Wang Feng has not squeaked, and let the two brothers of the Chen family talk to themselves, but in fact, his heart is also full of thoughts, is he waiting for Xingjiapo to establish a country? At that time, the dust will settle, and the only way to take down Singapore is by force, which in turn will have a bad impact in the Chinese world.

Boss Chen also understood this, this was all brought by him, and his face was full of remorse.

At this moment, a member of the Black Hawk team hurriedly rushed in, took out a piece of paper and said, "Report to the commander-in-chief, there is an emergency call from Shanghai!" ”

In the army, Wang Feng still retains the title of commander-in-chief, and when he heard the urgent call from Shanghai, he waved his hand immediately: "Read!" ”

"On November 1, fifty U.S. merchant ships were stationed in Nagasaki, dormant and unmoving, while the Allied fleet began to replenish freshwater food."

"Oh?" As soon as they heard the news, Wang Feng's eyes lit up, the extra fifty American merchant ships were obviously worth exploring, but more importantly, when the ships were berthed in the port, they generally did not replenish fresh water food in advance, because the temperature of the cabin was high, the air was dirty, and the storage conditions were very bad, which would affect the freshness of fresh water and food, and they would only be loaded and replenished before leaving.

Wang Feng hurriedly asked, "But what is on board?" ”

"This," the black hawk hesitated, "it was not mentioned in the telegram, so it should not have been detected." ”

Chen Lao Liu followed: "Hibernation is a key word, what is his purpose?" And the foreigners began to replenish food and fresh water, is it preparing to leave Nagasaki? ”

Boss Chen hurriedly looked at the map, but just by looking at the map, what kind of reputation could he see? The options for the coalition forces are numerous.

Wang Feng muttered: "The coalition forces replenish fresh water food, there must be a plan to leave, since we don't know the purpose of the foreigners, then we might as well rule it out one by one, first of all, is it possible for the foreigners to go to the United States?" ”

"The United States? How is this possible? "Including the Black Eagle, the two brothers of the Chen family are vetoed without thinking about it, this is easy to guess, if the coalition forces go to the United States, it is equivalent to giving up Southeast Asia and Singapore, no one thinks that the foreigners will retreat without a fight, and even if the fleet returns to Europe, it will go from Singapore, instead of detouring to the American continent.

Wang Feng asked again: "Is it possible for the coalition forces to be relocated to Singapore?" Or back to Europe via Singapore? ”

Boss Chen shook his head and said: "I can't think of a reason for the foreigners to change their stationing in Singapore, this is equivalent to giving up Japan, unless the Japanese young Zhuang faction can stand alone, otherwise, if our army attacks Nagasaki, the foreigners' efforts for half a year will be wasted, and the foreigners stationed in Nagasaki can already watch our navy, and there is no need to retreat to Singapore."

In the same way, when the foreigners returned to Europe, they not only gave up Japan, but even Singapore and even India, so the commander-in-chief, I think the foreigners' movement was caused by the 50 new ships from the United States. ”

Chen Lao Liu deeply agreed: "If the ship is equipped with weapons and equipment, there is no need for foreigners to hide it, he trains the Japanese Young Zhuang faction, can he still not give weapons?" You can guess it, there's nothing to hide, right? ”

Everyone was silent, staring straight at the map, out of Nagasaki to the east, the vast Pacific Ocean, to the south, Southeast Asia and Singapore, and to the west, the East China Sea Fleet base, all three directions were vetoed.

Then, if the coalition forces leave Nagasaki, there is only one way to go north, to the north, is the Korean Peninsula, which is divided into two roads, one is through the outer side of the Korean Peninsula through the Kuril Islands, through the Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean back to Europe.

It's November now, and when I return to Europe from the Arctic Ocean, isn't that looking for death? Therefore, only the last road remained, passing through the inner side of Korea into the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, until the Qing Dynasty!

'Burn down the Old Summer Palace? Wang Feng suddenly had an extremely terrifying thought, could it be that the foreigners were going to the Qing Dynasty?

To tell the truth, the situation has developed to this point, the great enemy of the foreigners is himself and not the Qing court, Wang Feng has long not thought that there is a possibility of the outbreak of the second Opium War, but the coalition forces drove the fleet to the Qing Dynasty, not to rob but to visit friendly?

Zhou Xiuying, who had not squeaked, suddenly reminded: "A while ago, there was a news from Beijing, a French missionary disappeared, and the foreigners asked to search the whole city of Beijing, but the Qing court naturally would not agree, and the dispute between the two sides was very fierce, and then there seemed to be no follow-up, is there a connection between this?" ”

"Oh! I understand! Chen Lao Liu suddenly screamed: "If those 50 American merchant ships were not loaded with weapons but soldiers, then we could explain why the merchant ships did not unload when they arrived ashore, and why the foreigners were in a hurry to leave, because the foreigners were going to attack a certain target."

And this goal obviously cannot be us, after all, the strategic intention of the foreigners is very clear, that is, to support Japan to clash head-on with us, he hides behind his back to provide assistance, and where do the foreigners have the courage to invade our base again?

Therefore, the foreigners must have gone to the Qing Dynasty, using the disappearance of a missionary as an excuse to attack the Qing Dynasty, and before the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by our army, they would grab a handful and leave, making up for his futile losses, which is also in line with the greedy nature of the foreigners! (To be continued......)