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Several radio stations in the Electromechanical Department of Yinghui Park rang together, and information was quickly transmitted to all places.

"In London, all international students, journalists, and businessmen must leave the country within 10 days."

"In Paris, all international students, journalists, and businessmen must leave the country within 10 days."

"Lisbon, the mission concludes its visit in three days and leaves for the United States."

"Dinghai, Xiamen, all officers and soldiers have canceled their vacations and entered the first level of combat readiness."

"Kowloon. Pay close attention to the movements of the British troops in Hong Kong. ”

Changle Book House, Yi Zhishu stood in the corridor with a jade cigarette holder in his mouth and looked at the cloudy sky, it seemed that there would be a heavy rain soon, and he couldn't help but think of the famous sentence in Gorky's "Haiyan" - let the storm come more violently.

Since the British want to find an excuse to go to war, then he doesn't need to be polite, he can't hide from what he should come, and since he can't dodge, he simply gives it a go and sees who can have the last laugh!

Zhao Wenlie walked slowly into the courtyard, and when he saw him standing in the corridor, he hurriedly quickened his pace and stepped forward with a smile: "This cloud looks a little hideous, I'm afraid there will be a rainstorm." ”

"How can you see a rainbow without wind and rain?" Yi Zhishu said and turned around and entered the study, Zhao Wenlie smacked it, then followed up the room, sat down and said: "Big shopkeeper, the students are pondering, there are many businessmen in Britain and France who have opened businesses, banks, and factories in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and the railway from Xuzhou to Xi'an is also built by the British Railway Company, and Yuanqi still owes the British a huge debt, they will inevitably oppose the war, Britain is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy........" ”

"There is growth." Yi Zhisuff praised him before saying: "It is precisely for this reason that they need an excuse to start a war, of course, it is not enough to have an excuse, they also have to expand the situation, and then kidnap public opinion." ”

Zhao Wenlie hesitated and said, "Expand the situation? ”

"Yes." Yi Zhizhi nodded and said, "Look, the British will soon expand the situation." ”

Hong Kong, Governor's Office.

Bao Ling put down the telegram in his hand, put his pipe in his mouth and took a few puffs, the telegram was sent by Prime Minister Palmerston, for the 'Dart incident' that occurred in Lingdingyang, the British domestic praise is mixed, after all, the Guangdong sailors are carrying out normal anti-smuggling tasks, encountered resistance, conflicts, the loss is the big special, Palmerston asked him to expand the situation as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for the parliament to pass the war bill.

After thinking about it for a long time, Bao Ling ordered: "General Michel Seymour is invited to come here." ”

Rear Admiral of the British Royal Navy, who was in charge of the British East Indian Ocean Fleet and the Chinese Fleet, walked into Bao Ling's office, and said straightforwardly: "Your Excellency needs to send the navy to threaten force?" ”

Bao Ling handed him the telegram directly, "The situation needs to be expanded. ”

After reading the telegram, Xima pondered for a while before saying: "Your Excellency, our fleet in Hong Kong has only 28 warships, and the strength is only 3,000, so we can't cross the Humen Gate at all. ”

"We don't need to go through the Tiger Gate." Bao Ling said in a relaxed tone: "You just need to bombard Humen and expand the situation, so that those parliamentarians who are full of justice, humanity and conscience cannot oppose the war." ”

It only needs to shell Humen, which is nothing more than a live-fire exercise for the fleet, and Sima nodded and said, "For the honor of Great Britain, the navy is willing to obey your orders." ”

"There's no hurry." Bao Ling said with a smile: "At night, arrange for a few broken ships to be burned, and claim to the outside world that the Chinese on the other side did it, and tomorrow we can shell Humen, so that we can justify it." ”

That night, a fire broke out in Hong Kong's naval port in Central, and five warships were set on fire at the same time. Early the next morning, Bao Ling sent a telegram to the Liangguang Governor's Office in Guangzhou and the Nanyang Prime Minister Yamen in Shanghai, claiming that because of the Da Special Incident, the Kowloon Regiment had crossed the border at night and set fire to five warships anchored at the Hong Kong Military Port, causing casualties among 23 officers and men, and this was a serious provocation to the British Navy!

At ten o'clock in the morning, Rear Admiral of the British Royal Navy and Commander of the Fleet in the East India and China, West Ma Gott, led the fleet to Humen!

Shanghai, Zhenhai Mansion, Changle Book House.

Yi Zhishu finished reading the telegram, glanced at Wu Changqing, and said, "Make something out of nothing, the thief shouts to catch the thief!" The Kowloon regimental defense has already called, and it was the British themselves who set fire to several broken ships. ”

Wu Changqing smiled bitterly and said, "The problem is that no one will believe this when it comes out." ”

"No one will believe it?" Yi Zhizu laughed and said: "Newspapers are guided by public opinion, and let newspapers of all sizes issue issues to expose the ugly faces of the British." ”

Wu Changqing said: "I mean the consuls of various countries. ”

"They believe it or not, it doesn't matter much to us." Yi Zhizhi said disapprovingly: "What we need to care about is the people's will, and we have to let the government and the opposition know that it is not Yuan Qi who is causing trouble, but the British who deliberately created an incident and expanded the situation in order to start a war." ”

Wu Changqing hesitated for a moment before he said: "Then Nanyang Prime Minister Yamen also published a statement in the newspaper to strongly protest and condemn the ugly behavior of the British? ”

Yi Zhizhi shook his head and said, "Of course, it must be done!" ”

Wu Changqing, who was waiting, left, Yi Zhishu took out the jade cigarette holder and lit a cigarette, the action of Bao Ling was really fast enough, I think it was also because after the telegraph was connected, the information was transmitted quickly, do you want to cut the telegraph line? The thought flashed to him, and he denied it, at least not yet.

After pondering for a while, he glanced at Zhao Wenlie and said: "Draft two telegram orders - telegram order Humen Mai Tingzhang, the British ship will attack, resolutely fight back, and you must not be soft." ”

"The telegram ordered Chen Hongming of Dinghai to lead the main force of the fleet to the south, capture Victoria City, Hong Kong, and completely annihilate the fleet stationed in Hong Kong, so as not to let it escape."

Listening to these two orders, Zhao Wenlie was stunned, but Wei Yuan said: "Sir, is it ....... to capture Hong Kong?" ”

"What? Still have illusions about the British? Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "As soon as the war starts in Humen, Britain and France will inevitably declare war on the Qing Dynasty, and there is no room for mediation, in this case, why should we look ahead and backwards?" Let's declare war on Britain first! First, pull out Hong Kong, a supply base, and capture the British troops stationed in Hong Kong, so as to increase the bargaining chips for future negotiations. ”

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment before he said, "Sir, may the Nanyang Navy compete with the combined fleet of Britain and France?" ”

"Naturally, it can't." Yi Zhi was content, but in his heart, he was thinking, why did Wei Yuan knowingly ask.

"The lord still remembers that the British fleet crisscrossed the southeast coast and frequently attacked the coastal prefectures and counties." Wei Yuan's voice sounded very low, "If Hong Kong is captured and the British army is angered, the tragedy of the year will inevitably be repeated again." ”

Zhao Wenlie couldn't help but interject: "If Hong Kong is not captured, the British army will let go of the coastal prefectures and counties?" ”

"Impossible." Yi Zhizhi said: "The British and French forces are coming from afar, and the fleet needs supplies, and it is inevitable to harass the coastal prefectures and counties. ”

"Hong Kong can resupply the British and French fleets." Wei Yuan said in a deep voice: "In this way, it is better than the British and French fleets going around to sack the coastal prefectures and counties." ”

"Sir, although Britain and France and other countries claim to be civilized countries, their armies are robber nature, and even if they have Hong Kong as a supply base, they will also loot everywhere." Yi Zhishu said in a deep voice: "Ci is not in charge of the army, since the war has broken out, there is only one goal, to win the war, for this, you can do whatever it takes, and at all costs!" ”

Hearing him say this, Wei Yuan was silent for a while, Yi Zhizhi took the cigarette holder and glanced at Zhao Wenlie, and the other party hurriedly picked up the pen and drafted the telegram.

After reading it, Yi Zhizhi signed it, and then said slowly: "Sir, don't worry too much, Yuanqi monopolizes foreign trade, and later, I will make an appointment with Bao Ling and ask him to do his best to restrain the British army." ”

Hearing this, Wei Yuan's face softened slightly, and he arched his hand and said, "In the next generation of coastal people, thank you. ”

Yi Zhixiang secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, he just casually said a perfunctory reassurance, the other party took it seriously, not to mention Bao Ling, even the Queen of England, I am afraid that she will not be able to restrain the army in the war, and the cruelty of the war is unimaginable to outsiders.

Zhao Wenlie returned from the mechanical and electrical department, Wei Yuan had already left, Yi Zhizhi was standing in front of the large Nanyang map and smoking, he stepped forward and said tentatively: "Is there another meaning for the big shopkeeper to pull out the supply base of Hong Kong?" ”

Yi Zhizu turned around and glanced at him, and said, "See the fame?" ”

Zhao Wenlie smiled, "The British fleet has come across the ocean, and it will inevitably need a supply base, and if it loses Hong Kong, a supply base, it will inevitably have to find another one." As he spoke, he glanced at the map on the wall, "Is the big treasurer forcing the British fleet to capture Manila?" ”

"Manila is one of the targets of the British army." Yi Zhizu nodded slightly: "Without the stronghold of Hong Kong, the British army will pay more attention to Manila." ”

Guangzhou, Humen, Jingyuan Fort.

As soon as the sky was bright, the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division, Mai Tingzhang, hurriedly got up, he rested in the barracks of the Jingyuan Fort yesterday, he knew very well that the British fleet would inevitably arrive at the sea near Humen early in the morning, and the battle might start early in the morning.

Before he finished breakfast, Adjutant General Cheng Wenshao hurried over and reported: "Yujunmen, a call from Shajiao, the British fleet has crossed the Shajiao Fort. ”

The Shajiao Fort has long been abandoned, but it has set up a lookout post and laid a wired telegraph, Mai Tingzhang nodded, and said: "Order, after a quarter of an hour, all forts must be ready and ready at any time. ”

The British flagship "Coromandel", on the bow deck, West Horse and Horse Holding a telescope to observe the Humen Fort in front, the Weiyuan Fort is obviously still in the process of being rebuilt, a mess, but on the other batteries, you can see the Qing army dragging pigtails busy back and forth, it is obvious that the other side is ready for battle.

"Command, lower half-sail, slow down." After more than ten years of continuous expansion, the Humen Fort has become a major fortress in the Far East, not to mention the strong firepower, these Qing troops are also well-trained, and it is not at all something that his twenty or thirty warships can gnaw.

Seeing that the British fleet began to slow down from a distance, and finally anchored outside the range of heavy artillery, Mai Tingzhang pouted, full of disappointment, it was obvious that the other party was not stupid, most of them just went through the motions, put a few empty cannons, and then left, he didn't finish a cigarette, and the sound of artillery sounded on the sea.

He could see clearly without a telescope, the shells fell near the upper and lower crossbar batteries, splashing a lot of water columns, but they were still far from the batteries.

Not only Mai Tingzhang was disappointed, but the officers and soldiers of the Guangdong Navy Division were full of disappointment, and they had been training hard for many years, and now someone finally sent them to the door to let them practice, but they were so far away, how could they not be depressed, and the deputy general Cheng Wenshao came to Mai Tingzhang and said: "Military Gate, do you want to fire a few cannons to scare them?" ”

"What's the hurry? Wait a minute. Mai Tingzhang did not give up, "Don't scare them away, what if they don't know whether they are alive or dead, and continue to approach?" ”

Seeing that the other party was quiet, he hesitated for a long time, and finally gave an order: "The first team, approach the artillery bombardment!" ”

With the waving of the flag, the five British ships quickly raised their full sails and broke away from the formation and headed diagonally to the northwest, and after entering the range of the guns, they made an arc across the hull.

Under the rung, a man who was always slightly excited stared at the sign plate in front of him, and said loudly: "Attention! The target is about to enter the A5 zone. ”

President Qian Zhao Linsen raised the green flag in his hand and shouted loudly: "A5, prepare for shelling!" ”

"The target enters A5, and the target enters A5!"

The green flag in Zhao Linsen's hand waved, and he shouted: "Fire!" ”

"Boom, boom." The 12 gates of artillery fired a salvo, making a muffled thunderous sound, and seven or eight shells accurately hit the first battleship, and another four or five shells also landed near the battleship.

Looking at the battleship that was beaten with sawdust flying sideways, Xima couldn't help but be dumbfounded, the Qing army's artillery hit rate was so high?

He didn't know at all that the officers and soldiers on the Humen Fort had already divided this water surface into several areas, each of which had a corresponding gun position and a corresponding shelling element, and the battleship entering this water area was simply a live target!

"Well played!" Mai Tingzhang saw through the telescope that a salvo had damaged a British ship, and he couldn't help but shout, and as soon as the words fell, another salvo from the upper rungbox battery disabled the second British ship, and then the three batteries on the west bank also opened fire.

Almost the first round of shelling, the five British ships suffered heavy losses to varying degrees, and the officers and soldiers on the British battleships behind them all looked at the cold air one by one, when did the gunners of the Qing army become so powerful? With such a high hit rate, even they can't do it!

The guns on the turret were breech guns, and the loading speed was slow, and although the five British ships suffered heavy losses, they still stubbornly fired back, and the sound of guns became dense in an instant, and the rumbling of guns resounded across the sea.

The five British ships were all fifth-class ships, there were not many guns on the ships, and the hit rate was not high under hasty return fire, although the guns were fired back, but the casualties caused to the batteries were limited, but the hit rate of the Qing artillery was high and fearful, the two sides exchanged fire, and in only three rounds, the five British ships were tilted and sunk by the hulls of the hit, and there was no chance to escape.