"Whoa".

After hearing the report of the heavy casualties of the officers and soldiers who went ashore on leave, He Fang slapped the table heavily, his face distorted with anger, and the thick beard on his jaw trembled.

He wears a white Commodore uniform trimmed with gold thread and a knight's Iron Cross with silver oak leaves with two swords at his neckline, the highest medal of honour ever received by a Queensland army general, representing his status in the military world.

He scolded angrily; "These frenzied slaves are rampant, and there must be someone behind them, who seems to be dissatisfied with our trip, very good...... Since I dare to come forward, I don't mind killing Nagasaki Prefecture into a river of blood. ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, the fleet has just received a telegram from the base camp today, ordering it to return the same day." The subordinate officer reminded.

"I know this, I will not accept the order of the foreign monarch, these Japanese slaves wantonly trample on my Queensland majesty, which is tolerable, which is unbearable, immediately send a long-distance telegram to the base camp through the Changqi American Business Telegraph Office, explain the reason, ask the earl to withdraw the order, and after dealing with this serious incident in front of us, our fleet will return on the same day."

He Fang quickly made a decision, which caused the officers under his command to look at each other hesitantly, and hesitated without answering.

The Queensland army is highly lawful, and they know how serious disobedience can be, and even His Excellency the Commander cannot bear such serious consequences.

The worst is to lose his official position and leave his post, and the worst is to ......

Of course, He Fang knew what the fleet officers were worried about, he sighed slightly, his eyes became resolute again, and said; "Since the rise of Queensland, Lord Earl has always advocated revisiting the Han and Tang dynasties, reshaping the Chinese bloodline, and those who commit crimes against strong men will be punished even if they are thousands of miles away.

Today's Nagasaki incident cannot be taken lightly.

If Nagasaki does not have enough reverence to say that the city will not be washed in blood to make an example, this is a war, and it will not be pacified in three or five days.

Presumably, Lord Earl could understand this distress, and you immediately sent a telegram and informed Lord Tian's team to suspend trade negotiations and return to the fleet immediately.

All officers and men were ordered to end their vacations, return to their battle positions, and the battleships were stripped of their gunners and ready for battle.

An ultimatum was issued to Nagasaki Prefecture, and all the gangsters involved in the violence, the owners of the surrounding shops, and the main messengers behind the scenes were handed over within half a day, and a clear answer to the incident was given within three days, otherwise I would bombard Nagasaki and wash the city in blood.

Quickly inform the British envoy to Japan, Sir Henry, and ask him to meet with us as soon as possible to discuss the handling of this serious incident, so as to preserve the majesty of the British Empire.

In addition, we will inform the envoys of various countries to express our solemn attitude of no forgiveness and win the understanding and support of all countries.

Finally, bring me the participants of the event, and I want to know what the hell is going on? ”

A series of orders were issued, and He Fang glanced at everyone majestically, and said word by word; "Now...... Execute the command. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." The naval officers replied in unison, quickly spreading out to convey orders.

Not much

A terrible siren sounded over the entire fleet, and thick black smoke came out of the steam boiler and the coal burning, and the officers and men of the fleet rushed to the battle positions in battle uniforms, quickly removed their gun suits, and pointed the huge muzzles of the black holes at the city of Nagasaki.

The heavy cruiser "White Tiger" led the four ocean-going cruisers, "Parrot," "Woodpecker," "Cardinal," and "Pheasant," slowly left the dock and retreated some distance to cruise outside the bay, with their guns pointed at the three main ships of the Fuso Navy stationed in the bay.

The "Blue Dragon" heavy cruiser, relying on its thick iron armor and sharp cannons, cruised in the bay and warned the Fuso navy through a loudspeaker not to act rashly, otherwise it would be completely annihilated.

The sound of a terrible siren echoed over Nagasaki, freezing the atmosphere of the city, and panicked residents fled to their homes, locking all the shops along the streets, and emptying the streets.

At this time, in the port of Nagasaki, the main ships of the Fuso Navy that could be used for decisive battles at sea at this time were the old ironclad ships "Fuso", "Hiei" and "Kongo", and the combined displacement of these three ships slightly exceeded that of the Seiryu heavy cruiser.

Fuso also has the protected cruisers "Naniwa" and "Takachiho", the unprotected cruiser "Tsukushi" (the same type as "Chaoyong"), etc., and more than 10 capital ships of all sizes with a total tonnage of 17,057 tons.

The six capital ships of the visiting Queensland fleet have a displacement of 26,550 tons, especially the two 8,800-ton giant ships "Qinglong" and "White Tiger".

The only thing worth worrying about is the shore batteries around Nagasaki, Fuso has been vigorously developing shore artillery defense due to the weak navy, Nagasaki Prefecture has a total of 4 shore batteries, equipped with German Krupp 280 mm long-barreled shore guns 4, 260 mm shore guns 4, 210 mm shore guns 7, and some small and medium-caliber rapid-fire guns.

Its firepower level is about the same as that of a "Blue Dragon" class heavy cruiser, and the number of large-caliber guns of the Nagasaki Shore Fort has reached as many as 15, which is only slightly inferior to the Tokyo Bay Shore Fort in second place, but due to the backward technical level, it is still an old racked and retired artillery, and the firepower density per unit time is similar to that of the "Blue Dragon" class heavy cruisers.

In terms of firepower accuracy, due to the superiority of shore artillery, the accuracy disadvantage of the retreating guns was basically offset, and it was similar to the hydraulic reciprocating 280 mm twin-mounted long-barreled naval guns equipped with the "Qinglong" class heavy cruisers.

Once a war starts, it will test the actual combat and training level of both sides.

Overall

The Queensland fleet occupies an undoubted advantage, with more than twice the density of projected firepower per unit time of the opponent, thicker armor, stronger defense, and the shooting technology and training level of the Queensland Navy, which has experienced a series of bloody battles in the East Indies, are incomparable to the Fuso Kingdom in the old era.

Standing in the wide command tower of the heavy cruiser "Qinglong", He Fang held the telescope with a stern expression and observed for a moment, but did not notice any abnormal movement of the ironclad ship of the Fuso Navy in the bay, and put down the telescope and his expression eased slightly.

"Keep a close eye on the enemy fleet and batteries, report any unusual movements immediately, and order all artillery crews to be ready for battle and ready to open fire at any time."

"Yes, Commander, be ready to fire at any moment."

"Maintain a speed of 5 knots, serpentine maneuver."

"Yes, Commander, serpentine."

He Fang looked into the distance with deep eyes, the "Postman" fast coal carrier was still moored in the harbor, but the steam engine was already running, and thick black smoke was coming out of the huge chimney.

The "Postman" is a Borneo fleet auxiliary vessel, with a speed of up to 17 knots, capable of accompanying the fleet on long-term high-speed ocean voyages.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the postman has raised the flag, and our important people and Japanese negotiators will come on a small steamer, and after inspection they are unarmed, are you allowed to ask for instructions? ”

"Permission."

"Yes, contact permitted."

The sailors of the fleet immediately stood on the side of the ship and waved flags, and after receiving the order, the postman freighter arranged for several armed sailors to sail all the way on small steamers to deliver important people to the heavy cruiser Qinglong.

The first to climb up the heavy cruiser Qinglong along the ship's gangway ladder was Tian Shan, the Queensland Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Representative, who walked up with a heavy face, and He Fang stepped forward to salute him; "Representative Tian, in view of the urgency of the matter, I have to make this decision, please forgive me."

"Hey, what a lot of good things!" Tian Shan sighed, turned his head and looked at Nagasaki Prefecture Governor Kobayashi Shoji and others, who were still standing on the small steamer and looking up, and said with a trace of indignation on his face; "The frog at the bottom of the well only looks at the square inch of land, and does not know the size of the world, it can be described as a poor mountain and bad water, it is time to teach them a lesson."

"How...... Didn't go well in the previous business negotiations? "He Fang is sensitive to a trace of disobedience.

"Not only is it not going well, it is simply difficult, these little devils of the Japanese country seem to nod their heads and bow, but they are not willing to make concessions at all in business negotiations, and do not accept Queensland's imitation of the old practice of the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, and enjoy consular jurisdiction and free trade facilitation alone, and do not accept our concession request, and do not accept preferential treatment of tax exemption and exemption, on the grounds that we are not an independent country, and cannot enjoy the convenience of trade and trade between the two countries, and can only be handled equally by British businessmen or the Qing Dynasty."

"It seems...... I still haven't been beaten! A cold smile appeared on the corner of He Fang's mouth.

That's right, the cause of the Nagasaki incident was found.

He didn't need any evidence, and in fact he couldn't get any.

In addition to killing three of the fallen sailors who participated in the attack on the sailors on leave, one was seriously injured and died, and the remaining 11 fallen samurai committed suicide by disembowelment, and the three owners of nearby shops did not know anything, not to mention the mastermind behind the scenes.

This attitude shows that the other party resists to the death, and it is a lawsuit that is completely unclear, even if it is taken internationally, it is said that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong.

He didn't need evidence, two dead and five seriously wounded sailors on leave, and 11 other people with injuries of varying severity, which was enough for him to launch a retaliatory war.

Now everything is ready, only a telegram is owed to the Red Fort.

It was okay for the goodwill visiting fleet under his command to issue a threat of war, but there was no ambiguity in the fact that war must be authorized by the Earl himself.

According to He Fang's understanding of the Earl's tough and arbitrary character, this paper order is almost eighty percent certain.

Those who clearly commit strong men, although they will be punished for thousands of miles, this is not just a verbal statement, but a place to put it in place, and it must not be false at all.

If you don't accept it, you, it's that simple.

Climbing up the rope ladder to the side of the ship were Sir Henry, the British Minister to Japan, Pierre, the French Minister, Bradley Beale, the American Minister, Shoji Kobayashi, the Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, and a group of others, a total of more than 20 people.

Nagasaki is the only port and trade city in Fuso that is open to the outside world, and most of the envoys from all over the world live here for a long time, but there are very few in Tokyo, so it is convenient to come and go for anything.