It's the day

The flames in Nagasaki Bay were in full swing, the main ironclad ship "Fuso" was sunk, the Hiei was heavily damaged, and the Kongo was forced to surrender and raised the humiliating white flag under the watchful eyes of all people.

The inhabitants of Nagasaki saw this scene with their eyes open, many of them sat down on the ground with tears in pain, and many of them were pale and could not say a word, they were shocked by the great force of Queensland, they were surrounded by deep fear, and they could not afford to resist at all.

Eight torpedo boats were sunk, and the mob attacking the postman coal carrier was bleeding from their heads in front of the machine-gun defensive position, leaving the corpses in disarray, and the whole of Nagasaki was enveloped in a miserable rain of defeat.

This was a fiasco performed by more than 60,000 Nagasaki residents with their own eyes, and it brought great psychological trauma and chaos to the people, dozens of desperate homeless samurai committed suicide in the streets, and some thugs took the opportunity to smash and loot shops along the streets, rape and plunder, and the market was in chaos.

In addition to consolidating its own defenses, the coal carrier "Postman" also sent small boats to participate in the rescue in the bay, and on the orders of the fleet commander, sent a number of 120 armed soldiers to take over the No. 1 and No. 3 coastal batteries, ordered a curfew to be imposed in Nagasaki, restore order, and enter the stage of dealing with the aftermath.

At dusk

The sound of continuous explosions came from the No. 1 and No. 3 coastal batteries, which were the result of the Queensland armed sailors blowing up the batteries and the shore guns, completely destroying the coastal defense system of Nagasaki Prefecture, and destroying the accumulated efforts of many years.

The fleet was very short of manpower, and there were no extra people to garrison on the coastal batteries, so they simply blew it up. Anyway, the Nagasaki coastal battery has a reserve of heavy artillery shells, which is very convenient to detonate.

The news of the defeat was transmitted back to Tokyo as soon as possible, causing a shock in the government and the opposition, and public opinion boiling......

Youpeng of Shanxi, a well-known real power faction in the military, said bitterly about this;

"Our country's naval achievements accumulated over more than ten years have been ruined today, and the army has truly become a lame duck since then, and the lame foot is undoubtedly the navy, which is really painful."

Not to mention the panic in Tokyo, where everyone is pushing the blame, and the political struggle is instantly fierce, and we will turn back to Nagasaki Prefecture......

in the city

Queensland sailors took to the streets with loaded guns, took over the barracks and docks, stationed in Nagasaki Prefecture to supervise the implementation of curfews, locked up the relevant important responsible persons of the Japanese side, and forcibly carved out a large area in Hirado District, which is under the jurisdiction of Nagasaki, mainly with Karato Town as the center, and all the surrounding more than 10 towns are included, including the total area of nearby mountains and forests as high as more than 6,000 acres, ready to be used as a concession.

Whether you agree or not, I will take this land first.

In the midst of the chaos of the war, no one stepped forward to stop it, and it became an established fact so comically that only a paper convention was needed to determine the name of the concession.

Captain Iguchi Iguchi, the captain of the ironclad ship "Kongo", carried a huge shame and ordered the entire ship to surrender, preserving the last bit of precious blood and blood for the Fuso Navy.

After the war, Colonel Iguchi returned to his Japanese-style courtyard, dismissed his slaves, killed his wife and children with a sword, and finally committed suicide by disembowelment.

On his deathbed, he left a foot of white silk with Matsuo Basho's "Haiku";

Beside the lonely ancient pool, the frog jumped into the middle of the water and plopped into the middle of the water......

Later generations are puzzled, the "frog" in the scarlet sentence must refer to the "Blue Dragon Heavy Cruiser" raging in Nagasaki Bay, the middle of the water should be "Nagasaki Bay", and the idle ancient pond may refer to the country of Fuso since Edo.

The benevolent see the benevolent, and the wise see the wise.

After entering the 20th century, the famous professor of the University of Tokyo, Itamoto Ghost Yuki, made an authoritative commentary on this;

At the last moment of his life, he foresaw that Fuso would inevitably slide into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal abyss due to the "bombardment of Nagasaki incident......

"Plop" sounded

The calm picture is changed from static to dynamic, vividly interpreting the earth-shaking changes brought by the bombardment of the "Nagasaki Incident" to the society of Fuso.

From this point of view, Fuso is also grateful to the Queenslanders of Australia, through this powerful medicine, the ruling class up and down of Fuso country woke up in the chaos, so that the Fuso farming society began to quickly enter a semi-industrialized society......

Marked by the "bombardment of Nagasaki incident," Fuso's society turned westernized in its entirety, and while falling into the abyss of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, it worked hard to learn advanced Western science and technology, promoted social self-transformation, and rose step by step to become a powerful country in East Asia.

Four days after the shelling of Nagasaki

The reinforcement fleet led by the heavy cruiser "Xuanwu" led by Commodore Geng Guigui personally arrived at the port of Nagasaki, bringing with them a large number of artillery shells, coal, oil and other supplies, as well as 1,700 heavily armed soldiers drawn from the Shangri-La Division, with the cooperation of the Weihai Weihuayong Battalion, to take over Nagasaki Prefecture in an all-round way.

At this time, Nagasaki Prefecture was a hostage in the hands of Queensland, and the three heavy cruisers "Blue Dragon", "White Dragon" and "Xuanwu" were gathered here.

In particular, the "Xuanwu" heavy cruiser, which has an actual displacement of 9,960 tons, is equipped with a total of six 305-mm hydraulic reciprocating main ship guns, and its huge muzzle is shining with a cold luster, which is simply an invincible monster in the maritime hegemony in East Asia.

Seriously

The fast light cruisers "Naniwa" and "Takachiho", which Fuso recently imported from Britain, are equipped with two 260 mm main guns produced by Krupp in Germany and six 150 mm secondary guns, and the power is still good, but this kind of main ship gun is still an old-fashioned frame and retreat gun, with a long firing time and poor accuracy, and it is very chicken.

The British have a lot of donkey eggs, and they still have a hand in exporting advanced warships.

This class of ships is more than 3,600 tons, designed by British designer Sir William White and built by Armstrong Shipyard in the United Kingdom.

Construction began on March 27, 1884 (Meiji 17), and was launched on March 18 of the following year. The sister ship "Takachiho" of the same class began construction on April 10, 1884, was launched on May 16, 1885, and was completed and returned to Japan at the end of the same year.

These two cutting-edge warships have just been built, and they have not yet formed combat effectiveness after returning to China, and they were taken by the fleet commander He Fang at a glance, and they were detained and prepared to be brought back as trophies to enrich the strength of the Borneo fleet.

The Queensland Coast Guard plan and the 3,600-ton cruiser plan that officially started construction in 1887 coincide with these two cutting-edge warships, which are very in line with the naval development strategy.

As for the 260-mm repulsion main gun that the Borneo fleet does not look up to, it can be returned to Australia and converted by the shipyard and replaced with a hydraulic re-entry 280-mm main gun, a twin-mounted hydraulic re-entry 150-mm secondary gun, and a twin-mounted 95-mm sub-gun, which can be synchronized with the main equipment of the fleet.

in accordance with the Naval Equipment Program;

The new 3,600-ton cruiser was planned for construction in 1887, and it was only in 1888 that it was able to receive the new ship, and now it was possible to get the battleship two years earlier.

As for the feelings of the Fusang country, He Fang directly turned a blind eye.

The widows of the island countries are afraid of power but not virtue.

This is the Earl of Queensland's Li Fushou's words for Fuso, and all policies on the Queensland side are based on the instructions of the Earl.

After the war, international mediation resumed.

After a brief meeting, the diplomatic envoys of various countries quickly settled on a new peace treaty plan, which was slightly changed on the basis of the "Nagasaki Fourteen Articles" and became the "Nagasaki Seventeen Articles" after adding some contents, and the full text was sent to the Japanese negotiator plenipotentiary Sato Ubei, who forwarded it to the Tokyo Cabinet, that is, His Majesty the Emperor.

The new Nagasaki 17 Articles add the following;

The first item adds responsibility for the war, blaming it on the Japanese side and demanding that the Japanese government assume full responsibility and be responsible for war reparations.

The removal of the part of this article that holds accountable those responsible for the Japanese government is of great significance, and this is a special amendment proposed by the British representative.

The British are old masters of international diplomacy, and they know that a weak government is more conducive to safeguarding foreign interests, and a Fuso government after a defeat can hardly win the support of the people, so it needs the support of foreign forces even more, even if it does not hesitate to give up part of its interests.

Taking advantage of the fire to rob, the British have always been above the professional level.

The most obvious evidence of this is the second part of the article, in which the British diplomatic minister, Sir Henry, strongly demanded an increase in the amount of compensation, and on the basis of the original 200,000 yen, the war reparations were listed separately, totaling 4 million yen, and the British and Queensland sides were half of each other, and everyone happily shared the spoils.

A new clause was added to the establishment of the British Concession, in which the British would send the Weihai Weihua Yong Battalion and Queensland soldiers to maintain law and order, and the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession would be set up to manage it, and the Japanese would not be allowed to enter without permission.

The British Concession was administered by the British and Queenslanders in the Ministry of Industry, and under the jurisdiction of the British Foreign Office, representing British interests in the region and Queenslands in the region.

The second newly added clause is that Queensland will lease Okinawa and its affiliated islands separately for use as a garrison for the Far East Fleet for a period of 99 years, which can be renewed after the expiration, and the Japanese side may not refuse to renew the lease without a legitimate reason.

The British were not interested in this part of Okinawa, so they did not get involved.

Queensland originally did not have a Far East Fleet, but under an order from the Red Fort, the fleet headed by the heavy cruiser "White Tiger" was transferred to the Far East Fleet on the spot, with Okinawa as its home port, focusing on maintaining the security of Queensland's trade routes and regional stability.

The clause calls on the Japanese side to release the Ryukyu King and his family, restore Okinawa to its original appearance, and create a social environment in which multiple ethnic groups can coexist in harmony.

The third newly added clause requires the government of Fuso to recognize the Earl of Queensland as "the protector of overseas Chinese", and that there shall be no obstacles to overseas Chinese doing business, real estate, trade and immigration, and that fair and just legal treatment should be given.

The "Nagasaki Seventeen Articles" continued the previous hardline attitude, and the Fuso State either accepted it in its entirety or overthrew it, and there was no third way to go.