The British now wish that China and France would fight for both sides in Vietnam, they are good fishermen and profit, originally they hoped that Yang Feng would help them block Russia, but now this problem does not need to be considered, anyone can see that Russia's expansion has reached the limit, this country with only a population of more than 100 million people is about to surround the earth, and Nikolai's enthusiasm for the land has been unable to expand its territory. Now he can't even digest his new territory, as evidenced by the situation in Luzon, and Colombia is also thinking about regaining lost territory, with nearly half of the Russian army having to be pinned down in a distant, treacherous colony where huge polar bears are struggling in the swamp.

The Russians are powerless to expand, but the Chinese's ambitions for expansion are gradually revealed, although they are not enough to threaten the British Empire, but they already need to be contained, and now there is such a good chess piece as France, which naturally needs to be used well.

"Leave them alone, even if they have the support of the British? In Asia, we still have the final say. Emperor Yang said with a sneer.

"Where is Lin Taizeng?" He then asked.

"I have arrived in Taiwan and am beating dogs for maintenance." Yuan Shikai said.

"Let them go directly to Yazhou after completing the overhaul." Yang Feng said.

"Cheng Biguang asked the Beiyang Fleet to go south again." Yuan Shikai said.

Cheng Biguang's Beiyang Fleet on behalf of him has already asked for war for the third time, after all, the southeast and southeast fleets are all going south, and the Beiyang Fleet is hiding behind to watch the excitement, which can be said to be a very shameful thing, and they have no enemies in the north to guard against now. The U.S. Navy is gone, the Japanese Navy is gone, and Russia still has four cruisers in Aomori, and Britain has two protective cruisers in Nagasaki as symbolic existence, these two are potential enemies, but they are too weak to pose any threat at all. Even if there is no Beiyang Fleet. It is no different from suicide for these warships to dare to enter the Bohai Sea, and there are nearly 100 torpedo boats under the three major fortresses alone, not to mention that there is a perfect coastal defense system.

As for the German fleet in Kagoshima, it is completely negligible, China and Germany are so good that they are now close to signing a formal alliance treaty, in this case there is no need for the huge Beiyang Fleet to stay in the Bohai Sea, that is two second-class battleships, four large armored cruisers, ten protective cruisers, all of which are about to catch up with the strength of a second-rate naval power, and there is no need to waste too much to be idle.

"That's right. Then let them go south too, but they don't have to go all, leave Haiqi, Haitian, Haichen and half of the destroyers in the north, and the other capital ships go south. After thinking about it, it was not good to dampen their enthusiasm for participating in the war, so Yang Feng said.

In fact, he didn't want these old warships to go south, not that they weren't combat-ready enough, but he really had to count them. The combat effectiveness of this fleet is still very impressive, especially the two ships in Dingzhen still hold the highest record of the caliber of the Chinese Navy's artillery, and the power has increased dramatically after replacing them with 305 mm piercing bombs specially made for them.

But the point was that it was too slow, dangerous in the face of high-speed destroyers and steam gas torpedoes of the French army.

"Forget it. Anyway, we have destroyers, it's just to provide them with more protection, although these old warships are slow, but they still have plenty of firepower. Emperor Yang said to himself.

The vast majority of these old warships have been refitted. In particular, in Hanyang and Fuzhou, the 152 and 120 mm rapid-fire guns produced by Jiangnan No. 3 Factory were installed on these warships in large quantities. The medium-caliber rapid-fire firepower is extremely terrifying, and although the speed is slower than that of diesel engine warships, it is definitely faster than that of merchant ships, and the fastest speed is more than 20 knots, which is still very useful for blockading ports.

The Beiyang Fleet that got the order was jubilant, even the fleet commander Cheng Biguang was a little overjoyed, these years can suffocate them, just watching others show off their might outside, they can only stay in the Bohai Sea to exercise and play, now they can be regarded as the opportunity to participate in the war, quickly divide the fleet in half as quickly as possible, leaving the deputy commander Fang Boqiao to lead the three ships of Haiqi to continue to stay in Weihaiwei, six destroyers stationed in Lushunkou, and the remaining capital ships all anchored and headed south, and sailed to Yazhou Military Port.

At this time, in the distant Indian Ocean, the huge French expeditionary fleet was also riding the wind and waves, and the warships that had just been maintained in Colombo were rushing to the East at full power, ready to defend the dignity of the French Republic.

On the battlefield in Hanoi, Vietnam, the huge Vietnamese army, which had swelled to 100,000, was launching attacks on Hanoi again and again under the cover of Chinese heavy artillery.

The Vietnamese army had changed their tactics at this time, because with the arrival of reinforcements on the southern front, they no longer needed to worry about the danger of crossing the Red River alone, so they directly crossed the Red Sea at the weak point of the French defense in the upper reaches of the Red River, and crushed the frontal French army with the Vietnamese army on both sides of the southern front, obtained a stable ferry port on the south bank, and even erected a pontoon bridge on the river, and then avoided the fortress that made them bleed into the river, and launched an attack from the southwest of Hanoi.

The French army dug trenches on the outskirts of Hanoi, set up machine guns, barbed wire, and firmly blocked the Vietnamese army, so far nearly 20,000 Vietnamese troops have fallen on the battlefield, but this did not deter the heroic Vietnamese people in the slightest, although countless warriors fell, but more warriors spontaneously came from all over Vietnam to join the ranks of resisting the invaders.

Their bravery has been respected by almost all countries in East Asia, and a large number of Chinese people have donated money and materials for them, buying rifles, machine guns, and even cannons, and sending them to the front line in Hanoi in a steady stream, including some big capitalists, celebrities, and members of the upper and lower houses of the National Assembly, all of whom have organized groups to go to the front line in Hanoi to offer condolences, and even a large number of enthusiastic young people have volunteered to go to Hanoi to help the Vietnamese brothers, and even the king of North Korea who is far away in Seoul has personally donated money to Vietnam, and hundreds of Korean young people have also formed a volunteer army to rush to the war.

In recent years, because the historical circles have studied the origins of the Japanese and the emperor more and more deeply, the theory that the Japanese and the emperor originated in China has spread widely, and even among some Japanese students who went to China to study, there have been voices calling for Japan to return to China, and the views of the yellow family have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Now Vietnam, which is also a yellow race, has declared war on the colonizers, which naturally makes the Japanese excited, knowing that there are still white colonists from three countries on their land, and the Japanese people's admiration for the Vietnamese people is naturally like a surging river.

In this case, it is not surprising that a large number of Japanese volunteers went to Vietnam to participate in the war, many of these Japanese volunteers were participants in the original war, combat experience, especially the experience of trench barbed wire, and many were artillerymen, the addition of these people greatly relieved the pressure on the Chinese volunteers, and even an artillery regiment composed of Japanese volunteers appeared on the battlefield, with the cannons purchased by the Chinese people, the combat effectiveness is quite strong.

"Well, that's pretty surprising." Emperor Yang lay in the hot springs of Huaqing Pond and looked at the report of the Vietnam battlefield with some astonishment.

"I'm afraid this will have an impact on our acceptance of Vietnam." Yuan Shikai said worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, what flowers can these people turn over?" Yang Feng said disdainfully, he really doesn't care about these Vietnamese, they are all supported by Chinese arms, as long as they don't give them ammunition, all the machine guns and cannons will become decorations, and when the time comes, they will be obedient and leave their lives to be honest and obedient to the people, and if they are disobedient, they will directly send troops to push.

Of course, it is better to solve it by the hands of the French.

Emperor Yang looked at the map and suddenly smiled.

"Sue sù Liu Bu Chan, the naval blockade is limited to the coastal areas of Vietnam, and the coastal areas of the Khmer are not within the scope of the blockade." He said with a hint of sinister on his face.

Yuan Shikai didn't understand for a while, and said suspiciously: "What if the French army lands on the Khmer coast?" Although there is no port there, even if it is landed by small boat, it will not take long for the first batch of 50,000 French troops, only three or four hundred miles from the coast to Phnom Penh, even if the French army marches on foot for ten days, and then Phnom Penh can go straight to Saigon by boat along the Mekong River, and from the railway north to Da Nang as a base to attack forward, Hue may not be guaranteed. ”

"What's the big deal, if Hue is not guaranteed, let our people retreat to Hainan Island with the Vietnamese king's mother and son, and then send it directly to Beijing, it just so happens that I am ready to adopt this little king, and it is good to let him be my godson." Emperor Yang said with a smile.

"But in that case, the French army will continue to go north..."His Excellency the chief of chamberlain's words came to an abrupt end, and he suddenly understood the intention of His Majesty the Emperor, to put it bluntly, it was to put the French army into Vietnam, let them go north, and then wipe out the Vietnamese army in Hanoi, and when they cleaned up the Vietnamese army, Liu Yongfu's army would go south from Zhennan Pass to avenge them.

No matter how much the French army is put into Vietnam, there is nothing to worry about, because as long as the navy is defeated, they will not be able to supply the coastal areas of Guò Vietnam, and the logistics will not be able to supply at all, there will be no ports along the Khmer coast, even if a small dock is urgently built, there is no railway from the coast to Phnom Penh, and a simple road can only be built for emergencies, and the French have no landing ships, no ro-ro ships, and it is difficult to transport trucks to Vietnam in large quantities, and then transport supplies from the sea to Phnom Penh, even if they can do this and wait for the official declaration of war, The Chinese Navy can also confidently blockade the Khmer coast.

That is to say, the logistics supply of the French army can be cut off at any time, even if all their 100,000 troops are put into Vietnam, as long as the naval battle is won, they will be just a turtle in an urn in front of the Chinese army.

But it was enough for this turtle to bite the Vietnamese army. (To be continued......)