Zhang Quan's answer actually meant that China's intervention in the Franco-Vietnamese War had entered the countdown, and the Vietnamese who had been aroused by national hatred immediately became emboldened, and Huang Huatan, who had been entrenched in Anshi for many years, was the first to wave the banner of King Qin, and led his subordinates who had just been armed with Chinese arms to kill their own nests, and then the Vietnamese troops in many places in Annam and Beiqi played the same banner, expelled French officials and expatriates one after another, and even appeared large-scale violence against French nationals.

Instead of sending troops to quell the rebellion of the Vietnamese everywhere, he ordered all the French expatriates to concentrate in the major cities on both sides of the Red River, especially Hanoi and Haiphong, and as for those near the south, they should withdraw as much as possible to Cochinzhina, where French rule was most secure.

As for Hue, there was no point in dwelling on it at this time, and even the brigade that reinforced Hue had retreated to Da Nang, while arranging defenses and preparing to hold on, leaving only Colonel Philip's small force in Hue as a symbolic existence.

His goal is very clear, that is, to concentrate as much as possible to hold part of the stronghold, and then wait for domestic reinforcements, although at this time the public opinion in France is not very favorable to the government, but it is absolutely impossible to give up Vietnam, after all, this is the most important French colony in Asia, has huge economic and strategic interests, he guessed right, despite the domestic anti-war voices, but the French Congress still narrowly passed the decision to increase the number of troops to Vietnam by 100,000.

At the same time that France announced the increase in troops, Nguyen Son Shu, who had been in exile in China for many years, returned to Hue with a group of Chinese advisers escorted back to Hue by the Chinese army, and was immediately appointed as the prime minister by the Queen Mother, who was temporarily regent, to fully preside over the affairs of Vietnam. There are also those who help the French, in short, they have been disrupted.

The Vietnamese royal family and his cabinet are actually a symbolic thing, anyway, with Chinese troops stationed here, it is impossible for the French to enter, and as long as the Vietnamese king does not declare an armistice, then it means that their war with the French is still continuing, the French cannot enter, of course the Vietnamese king cannot declare an armistice, and Emperor Yang's requirements for them are these.

"陛xià. What's next? Yuan Shikai asked with reverence, the Nanyang Fleet just reported that a landing ship was wrecked and sunk in the southwest waters of Hainan Island, although all the crew members have been rescued, but all the materials transported on the ship have sunk into the sea, which is the material on it, it is filled with retreating mercenaries, think about it, you will know that it is a mouthful, this emperor is simply happy. There is not the slightest dragging mud and water.

"What's next? Next step is to negotiate! Emperor Yang said with a smile.

"Negotiations?" Yuan Shikai was a little confused.

"Quite simply, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs send a note to the French government demanding that French troops withdraw from Vietnam, stop aggression against Vietnam, and restore peace." Yang Feng said. This is a standard war, and the procedural issues must not be missing.

"And then?" Yuan Shikai said.

"If the French do not agree, then we will order the naval blockade of the ports of Vietnam, including Saigon, and prohibit the entry of French troops and military supplies, if they dare to attack our blockade fleet. Then declare war. Yang Feng said.

According to his order, Zhang Quan, in his capacity as foreign minister, summoned the French minister to China, Bi Sheng, and formally demanded that the French troops withdraw from Vietnam. Naturally, the French would not agree, but they were also the second largest navy in terms of tonnage, and it was impossible to be frightened back by a few words from China, which now ranked fifth in the navy, and two days later France officially rejected China's request, and then the Chinese government announced that it would send a fleet to blockade all the ports of Vietnam.

The major powers were all excited at this time, and their eyes widened and stared at the South China Sea, this is a war between two powers, no matter who wins or loses, it will be of great benefit to the other powers, not to mention the actual combat test of the strength of the perfect battleship, which is tempting enough.

As long as China and France fight, they don't have to worry that the French will grab oil with them in Nigeria, and Germany will be left alone to put pressure on them.

In the same way, China will also relax its oppression on the United States, in recent years, look at what the United States has made Emperor Yang become, although Britain has also reaped a lot of benefits, and the current United States has borrowed Hades debt from Britain alone is enough for them to repay for decades, which means that this country has actually been controlled by the British consortium, but it is not a good thing for China to continue to expand in the Americas.

As for Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary at this time, they were all happy to see someone help them cut France, especially Germany, for fear that China and France would not be able to fight, and desperately advocate his justice for Emperor Yang in Europe, that is, Yang Feng's own media did not have the strength of the Germans.

After so many years of treachery with the Chinese wolf, no one knows better than Germany the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, and it may be worse than the German army, after all, there is a gap in the education level of the soldiers on both sides, but beating France is ravaging, and as for the navy, it is Emperor Yang's strength, not to mention.

The Russians are also looking forward to the fight between China and France, so that Nikolai will not have to worry about Yang Feng in the short term, his wife knows Yang Feng well, and knows very well that Yang Feng cannot be idle, and he has to think about other people's homes when he is idle.

It can be said that this war has reached the point where everyone expects it and expects it, and if it is not fought, it will not be tolerated.

France's decision on China was naturally to protest and protest again, and at the same time to step up the transfer of troops to the Far East, especially in the navy, the remaining three ships of the Charlie Martel class, the Charles Martel, the Joel Guibelle, and the Bouvet were all sent, plus the diesel armored cruisers Poseo and Joan of Arc imitating the Princess Asteria class, and the three Kwaitun-class Kwaitun-class Kwaitun, the Tual, and the Montcalm, plus six protective cruisers and twenty destroyers, to form a gorgeous expeditionary fleet. Ready to run to the Far East to defend the dignity of the French Republic.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that although this fleet is strong, it is still slightly inferior to their opponents, because they need to go all out to deal with the French army, and the Chinese Navy has transferred back two Princess-class and two Canglong-class from Hawaii, anyway, they have no work to do at Pearl Harbor, and the United States Navy on the West Coast, two Canglong-class can eat to death.

In this way, the diesel fleet that the Chinese Navy can assemble in the South China Sea is very impressive, three battleships, two of which are perfect battleships, two large armored cruisers of nine thousand tons, six armored cruisers of seven thousand tons, seven four thousand tons, and then dozens of destroyers, although the French army still has an advantage in the number of battleships, but it is at a disadvantage in terms of quality, not to mention that there is a large group of steam-powered warships in the north whose combat effectiveness does not belong to France at all, although it has taken a back seat in China, but it is a good thing to pull out, The future of the French Far East Fleet is worrying.

If Emperor Yang had killed the two battleships in Vietnam before the French reinforcements arrived, it would have been more than just worrying.

"No, no, we won't do that, it's a war to show our gentlemanliness, so until the French reinforcements arrive, unless their navy takes the initiative to attack us, we won't start a war first, we just need to block the port." Emperor Yang said.

In fact, the generals of the General Staff were very eager to strike first, and casually found an excuse to kill the two battleships of the French Far East Fleet, after all, they were not very confident, and they were afraid that once the two French fleets converged, it would be difficult to determine the direction of the war.

"You're not really scared of the two extra battleships they've had, are you?" Yang Feng said with a smile to his chief of naval staff, Wang Song.

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that it's a bit risky." Wang Song said honestly.

"Yes, I just want you to fight a risky battle, so far our army has fought too smoothly, it can be said that every battle is fought in the case of overwhelming superiority, this is not good, it is not conducive to your growth, you need to learn to face a real strong enemy, the French are your whetstone, let you really grow up the whetstone." Emperor Yang said earnestly.

Of course, he was just talking, in fact, those French battleships were not in his eyes at all, at this time the French armor was not very thick, and it would be strange if their Harvey steel plate could block the 280 piercing bomb!

Since the emperor said so, then Wang Song naturally has no opinion, although the French have a large number of battleships, but there is a huge gap between the number of armored cruisers and the Chinese Navy, in the final analysis, it is still their own advantage, this is not that the French do not want to send their armored cruisers, in fact, they still have a large number of armored cruisers and protective cruisers, but the key problem is that the Chinese Navy still has a fleet in the Americas, even if Germany and Italy do not stab them in the back, If those two perfect battleships sailed off the coast of France, it would be a lot of fun.

In this way, amid the protests of the French, the Chinese Navy's Southeast Ocean Fleet all went south to Yazhou Military Port, and used this as a base to officially blockade all ports along the coast of Vietnam, including the coast of Cochin, the French Cochin, and before the blockade began, the Far East Fleet, which had been confronting the Chinese fleet off the coast of Da Nang, fled back to Cam Ranh Bay, and their escape was not prevented. (To be continued......)