Chapter 201 Towards War

"Hell, what are these goddamn yellow-skinned monkeys trying to do? Do they really dare to go to war against the great French Republic? Colonel Thomas, the captain of the Atarant ironclad, roared madly with a flushed face. ///c。 m44rc。 m

"Your Excellency, please calm down. You must be responsible for the lives of hundreds of French soldiers aboard the ironclad ship Atarante. With the ironclad ship Atarante, we are no match for the Sichuanites at all, and even the entire Far Eastern Fleet is useless. The gunner, chief engineer, and chief navigator of the ironclad of the Atarante all persuaded.

"Damn it, the glory of France, you can't let these yellow-skinned monkeys trample on it!" Thomas scolded hatefully. However, there is no other way. As others say, the current Far Eastern Fleet is already old. It's no longer a place for them to show off their might.

"Right full rudder, return to Da Nang!" Thomas, the captain of the Atarant ironclad, finally had to compromise. What glory of France, in the face of absolute strength, is simply a piece of shit.

The "Leshan" and "Qijiang" followed the ironclad ship Atarant and "escorted" them away, and after twenty nautical miles of difficulty, the two light cruisers returned.

"One day, I will let these yellow-skinned monkeys know the price of provoking the French Republic!" Colonel Thomas, the ironclad of the Atarant, said hatefully. However, he had to admit that the two cutting-edge warships of the Western Sichuan Navy were very good, at least in terms of speed, they could throw off the Atarante ironclad by a large margin, even if it was a one-on-one battle, the Atarante ironclad ship was not sure to have the upper hand.

drove away the French ** ship that was surveilling, which made the navy in western Sichuan breathe a sigh of relief. Previously, because of the fear of France's strength, even if the French navy often appeared near the North Sea, the western Sichuan navy did not dare to forcibly drive it away. After all, although the current French Republic has declined, it is still one of the most powerful countries in the world, and their navy, the second in the world, has thrown out several streets of the western Sichuan navy in terms of total tonnage.

"Next time, if you encounter such a thing, you can't retreat, any country's warships, as long as they dare to approach our military port, all of them will be driven away!" Wang Yuze said.

"Does that include the British Navy?" Li Dingxin, chief of staff of the fleet, asked. The British Navy, the first in the world, and the Kawanishi Navy are just getting started. In the face of the British Navy, I am afraid that a lot of concessions will need to be made!

"Yes, of course. However, when facing the British Navy, try to be careful not to break out into a huge conflict with them. Wang Yuze added. There's no way around it! Who said that the British Navy is now powerful, and the Kawanishi Navy is far from being an opponent of others? The current British Navy, no country can compete with them. Although the British Navy's "Chinese fleet" was also a number of old warships, the Kawanishi Navy was able to kill them all. But once Britain draws warships from other fleets, the nascent Kawanishi Navy will not be anyone's opponent at all. Even the entire navy of western Sichuan has the possibility of being destroyed. Therefore, at some point, the Kawanishi Navy had to swallow its anger.

After returning to the North Naval Port, Wang Yuze once again praised the navy and hoped that they would make persistent efforts to improve the navy's combat effectiveness. At the same time, Wang Yuze also inspected the progress of four "Chengdu"-class heavy cruisers and four "Leshan"-class light cruisers of the second batch, which are under construction. Wei Han, the director of the shipyard, assured Wang Yuze that by June, the eight warships would be launched, and they would be able to equip the troops by September. This made Wang Yuze very satisfied, after the start of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, once the Kawanishi Navy started a war against the Japanese Navy, the Kawanishi Navy would be able to have more warships available.

After that, Wang Yuze took a train from Beihai back to Chengdu. The railway from Chengdu to Yongning has been built a double line, which has increased the capacity of this railway, making Qinzhou Port and Fangcheng Port the most important external passage in western Sichuan. In addition, the railway from Kunming to Yongning is also about to be opened to traffic, which can further relieve the pressure on the Chengdu Yong railway.

On February 25, Wang Yuze returned to Chengdu. On the one hand, he deals with the military affairs accumulated during this time, and on the other hand, he also accompanies his family. His son, Wang Zirui, is more than a year old. The little guy has just learned to walk now, and under the care of his mother Xiong Menghan, he is running around all day long, which is very cute. Whenever Wang Yuze returns to the small courtyard, even if he is inside, he will play with the little guy for a while to cultivate the relationship between father and son.

In addition, under his hard work, the second wife Yang Shilan, the third lady Zhou Rui and the fourth lady Yuying have spread good news. This made Wang Yuze very happy. Wang Xiao only has such a son as him, of course he hopes to be able to spread out. Only Zhou Rui was a little unhappy, Zhou Rui, who was less than twenty years old, is now a junior at West Sichuan Women's University, and now she has a big belly, so she naturally has to temporarily suspend her studies, which makes Zhou Rui blame Wang Yuze to death.

On the morning of February 26, as soon as Wang Yuze came to the study, Wei Zhiyong, director of the Western Sichuan Military Intelligence Bureau, arrived.

"Director Wei, is something going on?" Wang Yuze asked.

"Dashuai, North Korea is in chaos! On the 5th, an uprising broke out in Korea. But now it has been suppressed. Wei Zhiyong, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, said.

"It's finally here. Pay close attention to the shape of North Korea, if there is new news, report to me immediately! Wang Yuze stood up from his chair suddenly. The uprising of the Dongxue Party can be said to be the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War! It would not be long before the Sino-Japanese War began.

"Yes, Dashuai!" Wei Zhiyong replied. Although, he didn't understand that North Korea was just a small Danwan country, and the Donghak Party uprising was just a small uprising, and now it has been suppressed, why does Wang Yuze attach so much importance to it? Of course, he didn't delve into these reasons, just to do things on the orders of Wang Yuze.

For the next period of time, Wang Yuze paid close attention to the shape of North Korea. From the late 9th century, the actual rulers of North Korea headed by the group of concubines and relatives were even more corrupt and extravagant. The repayment of the principal and interest of various indemnities and foreign loans, the increasing military and political expenditures, and the endless increase in royal expenses have also emptied the Korean treasury and caused the deficit to soar. The North Korean government had to sell official titles to maintain its revenue, and even the imperial examination became a trading market. The Korean rulers also colluded with the Japanese invaders and became accomplices in the invasion of Korea by the foreign powers. Since the central government of the DPRK is so absurd, the local officials and local tyrants in the countryside are even more cunning and domineering, and the disparity between the rich and the poor is unprecedentedly strict, and the social contradictions in the DPRK are constantly accumulating like dry firewood. The Korean rulers' acts of arrogance and indulgence at home and compromise with the outside world and betrayal of the country greatly intensified the class contradictions between the landlord class and the peasant class.

Sure enough, after entering April, the Koreans Jeon Juan Joon and others led a peasant uprising at the end of April and occupied Baeksan as their base camp. The rebel army smashed the official office, opened a warehouse to help the people, and held a general meeting in Baishan on May 4 (March 29 of the lunar calendar), and put forward four programs, such as "Fu kills, Fu hurts", "loyalty and filial piety, helping the world and the people", "exterminating the Japanese and clarifying the holy road", "driving troops into Beijing, and destroying the magnates". behead the corrupt officials internally, and chase the tyrannical enemy outside", known as "Baishan Advocate Righteousness" in history. The idea of the Dongxue Rebel Army won the support of the common people, and more and more peasants joined the Dongxue Army along the way, and the uprising team soon grew to more than 000 people, and the weapons were greatly improved. Soon, Jeon Hyun-jung was promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief, calling himself "General Mung Bean", Kim Deok-myung as his military advisor, and the two generals, Sun Hwa-chung and Kim Kai-nam, each led an army, and the troops were directed at Jeonju, the capital of Jeolla Province.

The North Korean government army was defeated and forced to beg for help from the Qing government. Japan believed that the time had come to start a war, and said to the Qing court, "Why don't your government act on behalf of Han Jian quickly?" …… Our government will have no other intentions," inducing the Qing government to send troops to Korea. The Qing government did not see through this Japanese conspiracy, so it sent Ye Zhichao, the governor of Zhili, and Nie Shicheng, the commander-in-chief, to lead more than 20,000 people from the fifth town of the Daqing Army to land in Asan in North Korea around June 6, and set up camp here to prepare to suppress the uprising, and at the same time notify Japan according to the five-year Sino-Japanese Treaty of Tianjin. In June, the Korean government and the rebels reached a Jeonju peace agreement, and the Qing army quelled the uprising without a fight.

Japan was overjoyed when it learned that the Qing court had sent troops to Korea. At that time, Ito's cabinet was facing impeachment in a no-confidence motion in the parliament, and when he received the news, he grasped at the straw and went all out to provoke a war. From June 94, Japan sent an advance team of 4,000 people to land at Incheon, North Korea, under the pretext of protecting the embassy and overseas Chinese; On the other hand, Japanese Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu instructed Keisuke Otori, the minister to the DPRK, to "impose such impromptu punishment as he deems appropriate," authorizing Otori to provoke provocations and find excuses to launch a war of aggression.

At the same time, Wang Yuze summoned cabinet members and high-ranking military officials during a tour of the embassy and issued an order to prepare for war in an all-round way. The Ministry of Finance has allocated 100 million yuan in military spending for the special war as military spending for this war. At the same time, the army has also entered the stage of full-scale combat readiness. The army units of the Western Sichuan Army canceled their vacations and entered the first level of combat readiness, and once they received an order, they could immediately launch an attack. In particular, the troops stationed in Shaanxi, Hubei, Guizhou, and the northern and eastern parts of Guangxi are all ready for battle. At the same time, the two cavalry corps, as well as the troops stationed in Chengdu and Yunnan, all began to march towards the border of western Sichuan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. War, on the verge of breaking out!

PS: The first update has arrived! Today's four watches! In addition, in today's four chapters, a large part of the information about the Sino-Japanese War is cited.