The carriage of the French consul in Shanghai quickly arrived in front of the Yu Garden, and he would definitely not see the Empress Dowager Cixi, but he had to come, at least to meet Guo Songtao face-to-face, in order to exchange diplomatic information between the Chinese, and the consul had to admit that at this time, he should "seek" from the Chinese. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

His body on the carriage kept trembling, he did not expect that the NATO fleet in France would be annihilated by the whole army, the Chinese are very fond of bragging, but in their military and diplomatic, they brag very little, because it is easy to be exposed by foreign countries, so it is impossible for him not to believe that the Chinese provided false information now, because the French side will definitely release news, but, obviously, the possibility of this total annihilation is very large, otherwise, at this time, the telegram from Vietnam has not yet arrived.

Now the situation of France in Vietnam has become very dangerous, without the order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the consul can judge for himself, the total destruction of the North Vietnamese fleet will definitely affect the layout of naval forces, the Beiqi area, will inevitably become the back garden of the Chinese Navy, even if the Admiralty resigns, there is no remedial effect, the reinforcements of the North African Fleet will immediately go to Haiphong Port at this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to change this fact, unless the Chinese whitewash the peace, At this time, the Nanyang Naval Division and the Beiyang Naval Division that went south to support had all been disabled. If this news is confirmed, the North African Fleet can probably wave its troops north, and follow the example of the old wisdom of the Yellow Sparrow.

But at this time, if the Chinese said it or even secretly spread that the Nanyang sailors were seriously injured and the formation was dead, the French would not dare to believe it at all, who knows that maybe they will be unharmed, waiting for the North African fleet to go north and attack them? The Chinese are so terrifying, the consul reluctantly got out of the carriage, they can use the conspiracy so superbly, when should they also buy a copy of "The Art of War" to read.

At this time, it was obvious that the French had lost their proud capital, but the consul was humbly preparing to find someone in front of the Yu Garden, but when he was stopped, he couldn't help but burst into a rage, "I want to see Lord Guo Songtao, this is a diplomatic negotiation!" You can't stop a diplomat! ”

Such a loud noise, of course, came out of the relevant negotiators, Yang Bing, the French head of the French Zhangjing, his face was very gentle, and he looked very happy, and that joyful look even made the consul look very dazzling, "Mr. Consul, what are you going to do?" This is the residence of the Empress Dowager, according to Chinese practice, if someone attacks the royal car, they will be killed on the spot, and it is already for the sake of you to be a diplomat, please don't get an inch. ”

"I need your country to report immediately about the battle at Haiphong Port," the consul suppressed his dissatisfaction, "I also need to ask to see Lord Guo Songtao, and I want to protest against him!" ”

"There is a matter of the Battle of Haiphong Port, we will report to the envoys of various countries, but this briefing will be held in Beijing, and this briefing is only for countries with diplomatic relations, if I remember correctly," Wang Yangbing said with a joke, "China and France have already broken off diplomatic relations, so there is no obligation to report to your country." In addition, Lord Guo Songtao is very busy now, he needs to prepare for the south, there is no time to meet with you, I will meet you, as for the protest, we will not accept it, Vietnam's affairs should be handled by the Chinese themselves, this is our Prime Minister Yamen's consistent proposition, so any affairs in Vietnam are unlikely to cause protests from your country, speaking of which, it should be our China protest to your country, your navy and army are still entrenched in the North Qi region, which seriously affects the sovereignty and integrity of Vietnam, Hurt the feelings of the Vietnamese people. ”

Such shameless words were said, it can be seen that the diplomats of the Prime Minister's Yamen have already arrived home cheekily, and the consul only felt that his eyes were dark, "Also," Wang Yang's face turned cold, "Please pay attention to the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries, it should be the expulsion of all diplomats, but Shanghai is a place where the two countries trade exists, so we have left your consul down, please don't interfere too much in our affairs, if you want to negotiate, you can, you can continue to negotiate next," he took a fold out of his sleeve," Of course, Mr. Consul should understand that different stages and different developments of things will lead to a change in our conditions, so our conditions have changed. Oh? Wang Yangbing raised his eyebrows, "By the way, your country will definitely not have it, because it is too late now, there are instructions for the consul to take the next step, then," he slowly retracted the fold, "Let's wait for a while." ”

The Shanghai consul stretched out his hand and snatched the fold from Wang Yangbing's hand without any dignity, "I can represent our country for the next step of negotiation," he opened the text, but it was okay not to read it, and he became more and more angry when he saw it, "What is your country going to do!" Reparations? He became angry, angry and funny, and spoke a little incoherently, "Your country is demanding reparations from France? Are you sure? ”

"I am very sure that your country's military operation in Haiphong Port has failed, so of course there will be reparations, and our sailors need to make up and pay compensation." Wang Yangbing said, "We are a very advanced country, of course, we must follow the example of Western powers everywhere, which is all due to it." There is no need to make a fuss about your country, which has failed once before near Beijing. ”

The subtext is that you must be very comfortable with the defeat in the Far East, and the consul still exclaims, "I will never accept this!" He didn't have time to look at the next few demands, but on this point, "France will never accept the demand for reparations!" ”

Wang Yangbing took a step back and waved his hand towards the guards in Yu Garden, and the commander of the guards stepped forward and shouted, "Who dares to be presumptuous in front of the emperor, fork out!" ”

"Haiphong Port is a big win! Haiphong Port wins! "In the city of Beijing, it is still March, but it is as lively as the New Year, and the newsboys are waving the outside of the daily newspaper, happily drilling around in the crowd, "Outside! Extra! The naval divisions of the North and South Oceans unite and annihilate the French fleet! Annihilate the French fleet! ”

"What? A big win? An old man with glasses bought a newspaper, and the people on the side gathered around, and looked carefully, a young man looked to be no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, or a teenager, and pointed to a few words on it, "On March 21, the Beiyang Navy Division arrived at Haiphong Port, and together with the Nanyang, they attacked the French army, and by the early morning of this day, they had destroyed the North Vietnamese fleet, killed the enemy chieftain, and reported the victory." He read out these big words accurately, and then the following careful report was gone, he couldn't help complaining, the pimples on his face were shining, "What, just a few words, there is no specific content, these newsboys, obviously pit people?" ”

"Don't cheat," the old man carefully read the words, as if he looked at the newspaper with the eyes of love that can never be seen far, and carefully folded it and put it in his arms, "The telegram does not have many words, and we will only know the details of this place until the fold of the report comes up, but there is one thing," he patted his chest, "The victory is absolutely unmistakable!" This is really," the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten, and his voice was a little choked, "I can't think of it, I can't think of it," he said slowly to a few people on the side, firecrackers have begun to be set off at the corner of the street, and the unique saltpeter smell of firecrackers is permeating, "You are about a young age, I don't know what happened before, thinking about twenty years ago, thirty years ago, we were chased and beaten by the British and the French at sea, and the coastal defense is not at all preventable, and Dagukou is also like a street, foreigners can come and go if they want, If you want to go ashore, you can go ashore, if you want to go to the sea, we don't have the slightest power to fight back, at that time, the people of Jingshi were panicked, I don't know how many people want to flee to the south, but, we have a saying, I think it is not bad to use it at this time, that is, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, the imperial court has practiced for so long in the sailor, and finally gave us a bad breath! ”

The author doesn't know anything about military affairs, so he still doesn't describe military battles head-on, so as not to be embarrassed. Hahahaha (To be continued.) )