Chief Tax Secretary Hurd sighed, "Lord Consul, you really miscalculated this time, why should you get involved in their Chinese affairs?" We just have to make money, and if we really fight, what is the use of this small country in the north? A bunch of old machines that he bought from Germany and France, not worth the hands of the British Empire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The British Minister Wittoma also sighed, "Mr. Hurd, what's the use of talking about this now?" I'm just tougher, I want to help Yixun say something, and in the future, I can easily get some benefits from Yixun, who knows that this kid is really a madman, and he dares to declare war on my British Empire, if I can't teach them a lesson this time, where will the face of our British Empire go? ”

"Now it's difficult to ride a tiger, and it's definitely going to be a fight, but if the local don't send troops, the more than 3,000 people in the hands of General Burleigh can take advantage of it, it's really hard to say, I heard that the Chinese army only relied on more than 1,000 people, and it was definitely no problem for the Huai army to beat the British army with ten elites, and it was difficult to take advantage of the more than 3,000 people in the hands of General Burleigh, if the battle was defeated, ......."

Hurd didn't finish speaking, but Wei Tuma knew very well what Hurd didn't finish, if he was defeated, not only would his political career end here, but he would also be held accountable and even imprisoned!

"Mr. Hurd, what do you think we should do now? Is it just to endure it? I have to think of a statement to send to China today, and I have to give my opinion. Wittoma wept and said secretly that he was making trouble for himself. However, I don't think it's anything, this small country is not actually a country, we have General Burleigh's army in our hands, and a British army can be worth ten Chinese troops! ”

Hurd shook his head and said: "Mr. Minister, I don't have any good way, you should try to make the Chinese army stronger, you must not leave this attitude to the country, after all, they are countries that can place orders of two billion francs to Germany and France, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is stronger, I estimate that to enter the Chinese mainland, at least more than 10,000 British troops!" If you say that the Chinese army is too weak, you will still suffer, and you must make the country feel that the Chinese army is a great threat to us. ”

Wittoma was shocked, "More than 10,000 British troops? This is not realistic at all, and if you add up all the British troops in Asia together, there are less than 20,000, where can you gather such a large army? ”

"More than 10,000 British troops refer to the regular army, not the mercenaries cobbled together by the colonial governors! You must not think that the Chinese army is really weak, as far as I know, the Chinese army has been unified, all German instructors are taught, after more than a year of teaching, plus they have fought the Huai army and North Korea this year, they have not stopped at all, and they have also established military universities, the level should not be low, it seems that they have increased their troops recently, they have at least 10,000 people, considering the fortifications, military fortresses, I said 10,000 British regular troops, this is still a conservative statement. They have their own national flag, their own political party, their own purpose, and a sound management system, and they should definitely be regarded as a country. Hurd reminded.

Wei Tuoma could only sigh again, "I don't care, things are already like this, it's too late to regret it, I'll report back to the country, see what the prime minister does, this time I'm really in trouble, if there are 10,000 British troops, we go to Yunnan and Sichuan to fight, than to fight the barren Northeast, isn't it much stronger?" ”

Hurd pursed his lips, thinking to himself that you are just a straw bag, every time after the incident, everything is understood, what did you do earlier?

President Meng officially changed his name to Huaguo, and declared war on the Qing court and Britain at the first time, causing huge repercussions throughout the country!

At this time, the time before the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was still very short, and even now there are still remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom insisting on fighting against the Qing court, and people are excited to hear this news!

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been more than ten years, hundreds of millions of people have died, which greatly shakes the rule of the Qing court, and in the original history, it took decades to slowly repair, and even to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the wounds of the Taiping army have not been completely repaired.

Jiangnan and Jiangbei, especially in Jiangnan and Jiangsu, there are a lot of people who have participated in the Taiping Army, and many landlords and bureaucrats have continued to search for opportunities for the rest of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to do mischief, bullying men and women, hundreds of thousands of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom people are not having a good time, I heard that there was an anti-Qing uprising in the Northeast again, it is really exciting, many people are thinking about going to the Northeast to find the Huacui Party, they don't care so much, they don't understand so much, anyway, they feel that under the rule of the Qing court, life is sad in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and the anti-Qing territory must be better.

Many people in the Northeast who are waiting and watching, on the contrary, have accelerated the speed of going to China, and their ideas are simpler, if they really want to fight a big war, they must arrest their strong men, and search for their grain.

Wittoma did not believe that the Chinese army was really strong, and the British commander in the Far East, General Burleigh, did not believe it even more, and did not take the Chinese army in his eyes at all, and he and his nephew Bolang did not even enter a state of war, and the army was still loose.

The news of China's declaration of war on Britain reached Europe, and Europe was shaken, of course, most people thought that such a small colonial country was crazy, and Britain from the royal family to civilians and soldiers all took this as a great shame, and the cries in Britain to severely punish China were like waves.

At a time when Britain was still hotly discussing how to sanction China at home, President Meng did not need war mobilization, and ten Danzhou ocean-going transport ships, an artillery regiment formation loaded with a field brigade and 200 German mountain guns, had arrived at the leased dock in Tianjin from Danzhou Port four days earlier.

President Meng had not contacted Tianjin before, the outside world knew nothing, and even Huaguo did not know about this military operation, until President Meng's army left Hong Kong, Zhao Qingluo and Xuan Yuewen and other high-level officials did not know that President Meng was gone, and Princess Katrina Kafu left a letter to the General Secretariat, announcing a military strike plan and occupying Tianjin! Huaguo Danzhou has done a good job in strategic defense.

War broke out.

Xuan Yuewu has no way to say, although he is only eighteen years old, but after more than a year with President Meng, Xuan Yuewen has grown into a manager who can look at the problem from the overall situation, he can't figure it out, President Meng doesn't bring anything, just a few days of dry food, he dares to attack Tianjin, how many British and French troops there are in Tianjin, he knows very well!

The British alone had 7 frigates and 2 light cruisers! There is also a barracks of more than three thousand people.

The Tianjin Concession Wharf was defenseless, and President Meng's ten ocean-going transport ships were all flagged with American flags, like the transport fleet of a large shipping company coming from Shanghai.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

As soon as the fleet landed, President Moe's army began to attack.

Wittoma woke up from her dream, "What's going on? Where to fire? ”

The official of the consulate shouted in fright: "Mr. Consul, go quickly, go quickly, it's the Chinese army calling!" ”

With a loud cry, Wittoma rolled down to the ground, and Wittoma's wife hugged the quilt and cried out in horror: "Honey, what's the matter? ”

Wei Tuma hurriedly said: "Oh no, something is wrong, hurry up, clean up, and take the child to the capital of Qingguo first!" ”

Mrs. Wittoma had to say that Mr. Wittoma had already run out with his pants.

What Wittoma didn't expect was that Burleigh's military camp and fleet were unprepared!

At this time, 7 frigates and 2 light cruisers of the British army, the deck was in a mess, and they hit the warships with mountain guns, that is, President Moe.

The firepower was completely suppressed, and a large number of Chinese troops swarmed to attack.

After two baptisms of war with the Huai Army, this Danzhou Field Army, which has just completed the reorganization, is not afraid to fight!

The commander of the British fleet urgently went ashore, and the barracks in the British concession called for help, and Burleigh hurriedly asked Colonel Brown to lead more than 3,000 troops to meet the attack.

A large number of Armstrong guns of the British fleet were captured without letting go of a single shot, which stunned the French warships watching the battle, and without orders from above, the four French warships completely became spectators.

Merchants throughout the intertwined concessions of Britain, France, and the United States were stunned.

At this moment, no one knew what was happening, saying that some people were hiding in the house and did not dare to move, and the soldiers and horses of the Qing court Tianjin and the soldiers and horses of the Tianjin prefect Yamen were assembled in a chaotic manner.

Tianjin has a heavy army of the Huai Army, and Li Hongzhang's Yamen, the governor of Zhili, is located in Tianjin, can there be no heavy troops?

Li Hongzhang had already woken up at this time, and he was asking his subordinates to quickly find out the situation and gather the army.

The Chinese and British engaged in fierce street fighting, and the British artillery was very disorganized, mainly 6-pounder mountain guns and small field guns (64 mm).

There were also horse-drawn guns, 9-pounder guns (76 mm) and 12-pounder field guns (76 mm).

However, there are quite a few of them, there are more than 200 gates, and in terms of firepower, they are not at a disadvantage against the Chinese army.

The British artillery could not react, and it was difficult for the main barracks to set up artillery positions, and if they were to fight, the Chinese army would attack from the side of the American Concession and would hit the French Concession and the American Concession, while the Chinese artillery would not take so much into account.

Because President Meng declared war on the Qing Kingdom and Britain at the same time, and wiped out the British Concession, he was not afraid, and there was no way to accidentally injure almost the houses of the Qing peasants, after all, this is a war.

President Meng's artillery, all German Krupp breech guns, a kind of small-caliber mountain artillery, four soldiers can push it, and when they arrive at the concession, they are all cement roads laid by President Meng at the beginning, and the speed of assembly is faster.

Boom Boom Boom!

The British Concession was like stir-frying, with thick smoke billowing everywhere, and there was no way for the British army to rise up after being suppressed, and three regiments of the Chinese army attacked from three directions.

"President, our Chinese army has taken the main street of the British army, and is attacking the British barracks, if we don't take the barracks before dawn, I will come and see you!" Lu Kangtian reported to President Meng and saluted.

President Meng returned a military salute, "More shelling, shoot the cannon for me first and then attack, and, don't say that you come to see you at every turn, I don't want your head, I want the head of a foreign devil!" ”

The battle of the 6,000-strong Chinese army field brigade to storm the British battalion began, Li Hongzhang was so frightened that his head was full of sweat, who would dare to believe that Xuan Yuemeng dared to come to Tianjin to fight? Li Hongzhang has gathered more than 8,000 people, and within one day, the entire defense army of Zhili will be able to arrive, and the Huai army will be able to gather at least 20,000 people in one day, and Wu Changqing's department in Yongding River has been in place!

Wu Changqing was speechless, "Lord Zhongtang, the Chinese army is menacing." ”

Li Hongzhang pretended to be calm and closed his eyes, "Are they all assembled?" ”

Wu Changqing nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Zhongtang, they have all assembled, there are more than 8,000 people, and they have sent people around to inform all battalions to come to Tianjin quickly." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded, did not speak, the old man was terrified in his heart, this is not the kind of panic in the last dynasty, this is the real fear, the old man's three views have been frightened by President Meng, and he collapsed with fright.

The artillery fire of the Chinese army is very intensive, and President Meng has turned on the bombing mode again, with an average firing rate of 60,000 shells per hour, which has far exceeded the conventional means of fighting in this era, and it is even more terrifying for Li Hongzhang, who has not experienced war for a long time.

"I have never seen such a war, how many shells does this Chinese army have? Is this not money? Also, this Xuan Yuemeng, two years younger than my child, why can she be so crazy, is this still a child? What are we going to do now, to reinforce the British? Wu Changqing was also very nervous, and his crackling mouth couldn't stop. (To be continued.) )