The reception of Wang Maoru was Japan's cabinet veteran, Kato Hirobumi's disciple, and former Prime Minister Saionji Gongwang. As the most important guest of honor on this visit to Japan, Wang Maoru is also the first visit to Japan by a senior official of the Chinese government since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, and in the view of the constitutionalists of the Japanese government, this will promote Japan's economic development. Because of the reception of U.S. Secretary of Industry Oclaire, Saionji did not come to Tokyo Bay until four hours late, and then guided the Chinese visiting fleet to Funabashi, so Saionji arranged for his friend Admiral Yuzaburo Kato to be the receptionist to guide the Chinese visiting fleet to Funabashi. Kato Yuzaburo is one of the few high-ranking officers in the Japanese military who supports the party and government rather than the military to govern the country, but this gentleman has not been in good health, and this time he was invited by the public hope of Xiyuan Temple, and he still came with curiosity about Wang Maoru and came with illness.

The flagship of the Chinese visiting fleet was the 13,300-ton Old Man Star battleship, compared with the smallest Japanese battleship Kongo, 27,500 tons, and the Chinese battleship was less than half of the smallest Japanese battleship in the same period. Of course, what makes the Chinese people even more depressed is that the Japanese government does not know whether it is to protect or scandalize the Chinese fleet, and deliberately sent the 33,800-ton Nagato battleship and the 27,550-ton Hiei battleship to protect the Chinese visiting fleet. But in comparison, people are so big, and their own fleet is so small, it's really ugly.

"I'm cāo his uncle, they must have done it on purpose." Yuan Fangqiao said angrily.

"Come on, Japan has this strength, and our navy is inferior to them. Normal. Wang Maoru said lightly.

Yuan Fangqiao said: "Xiushuai, you said that if we had fought the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle well, would it be possible to win?" ”

Wang Maoru said: "In terms of strategy and tactics. Let's reckoning, there's a chance. But what is the war about, it is training, it is logistics. The Japanese fleet has been killed, people can produce it, and if our fleet is killed, it will be over. So. Our defeat was inevitable, but we didn't expect it to be so bad. The court of the Qing Dynasty, that's really ...... There's a saying. If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates. Everyone smiled bitterly, dispelling a trace of the shadow of the contrast of the Japanese battleships.

"Xiushuai, Japan's Temporary Reception Minister Yuzaburo Kato is on the battleship Nagato. Why don't you come? Yang Du said suddenly. It doesn't make sense. ”

"Nothing is reasonable in Japan, Yuzaburo Kato, this old man who participated in the Sino-Japanese Naval War and the Russo-Japanese Naval Battle, is an old fox, he is watching us." Yuan Fangqiao said.

Wang Maoru said with a smile: "You are right, this old fox is the second most important contributor to the victory of the Russo-Japanese naval battle, he is like a poisonous snake, when he appears, it is the time when he wants people's lives." So. We wait carefully, he will definitely come out. Not now. ”

The unhappiness in the hearts of the Chinese Navy soldiers looking at these two Japanese battleships was not so easy to eliminate, especially when the Japanese Navy stood on the battleship Nagato and looked at the Chinese Navy fleet with its head down and contempt, the sense of shame could not be eliminated. Some Japanese soldiers defiantly took out their white shirts, on which were written the words "Jiawu."

The Japanese called the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle the Battle of the Japanese Naval Battle, because Japan did not calculate the number of years according to the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and the Japanese deliberately hung it with the word "Jiawu" that the Chinese could understand, in order to provoke and humiliate China.

The Chinese seafarers were furious, and the shouts reached Wang Maoru's ears, Wang Maoru asked what was the matter, and Feng Yinbin reported that the Japanese sailors were provocative, hanging white shirts with the words "Jia Wu" twice. Suddenly, the officers in the conference room also burst into flames, and Wang Maoru said coldly: "Do you have good marksmanship, take off that shirt for me." ”

Guards Squadron Leader Uresong immediately said: "Xiushuai, you seem to have forgotten me. ”

When Wang Maoru saw him, he laughed out loud and said, "Good boy, you go and knock that shirt off for me." ”

"Okay." Urezon laughed, and then he went back to his cabin, rummaged under the bed and pulled out a box, which opened to reveal layers upon layers. He took out three rifles from the box, and thought carefully about picking out one of the Japanese Type 38 rifles, the reason for choosing the Type 38 rifle is that the range of the Type 38 rifle is the farthest of the three rifles, these three rifles are the German Mauser K98, the Japanese Type 38 and the Chinese E1 Division rifle, in terms of range alone, the Japanese Type 38 completely wins, and Urezon quickly assembles the gun and walks out. The Chinese sailors stood on deck and yelled at the Japanese, who waved their shirts and shouted taunts, when Uresong came out with his gun on his back.

Uresong was the leader of the Guards Squadron, and there were twelve squads in the Guards Squadron, all of which were under his responsibility and had great power. His costume is different from the blue and white clothing of the Navy, he wears a five-color broken camouflage uniform of the Guards, and the general Wehrmacht Army wears a four-color butterfly pattern camouflage uniform, so when such a person came out of the deck, everyone was stunned at the same time. Urzesson's military rank was colonel, and although he did not have many people in charge, his position was very high. In the navy, the colonels served as captains and captains, and even Yuan Fangqiao, the captain of the battleship Asterisk Old Man, was the commodore of the navy. The sailors immediately stood up and saluted, and Urezon returned the salute. He raised his head, saw the mocking eyes of the Japanese soldiers, sneered, and then raised the gun behind his back, the Japanese naval soldiers laughed, saying that the Chinese soldiers still dare to shoot, these cowards, we can sink their mini battleship with one shell.

The Japanese sailors were laughing, and the Japanese sailors who were waving the shirt with the word "Jiawu" were shot with a bullet flying the index finger of their right hand, and the shirt fell into the water, and the Japanese were dumbfounded. At this time, a flock of seagulls flew over the port of Tokyo, and Ugersong turned his head and fired four shots at the seagulls, and the four seagulls fell. He slung his gun to his back and walked back into the cabin without saying a word, just as he had done when he came.

"The people of China...... No, what are the Chinese doing? Some Japanese soldiers couldn't help but be surprised.

The Japanese port of Tokyo fired at the main Japanese battleship Nagato, which also set a historical record, and China fired the first shot on Japanese soil.

Everyone stopped talking, and everyone looked at the shirt with the word "Jiawu" written on it that fell into the sea.

Urezeson's calmness greatly shocked the Japanese navy, and they were stupid and silent in the process, but they admired it in their hearts.

Now, all the Chinese soldiers immediately cheered, and one by one they couldn't help but admire the handsome guards who were so awesome, what kind of officer could be so powerful.

After this conflict, the Japanese no longer dared to be arrogant, and the sailor who provoked the Chinese was also expelled from the battleship Nagato because his right index finger was gone, in fact, the whole process Japanese Navy Minister Kato Yuzaburo saw in his eyes, and the Japanese Navy Department and others could see the whole process of qīngchu Chu clearly in the command envoy. They first saw the children teasing the Chinese, and then the Chinese thundered, and the more angry the Chinese, the louder these Admiralty generals became. However, when Urezon appeared, the Chinese dared to shoot at Japan's largest battleship, the Mutsu, in the port of Tokyo.

But is there accountability? How can it be investigated? This incident was a temptation of the Japanese, and the Chinese fought back with a tough attitude, but the Japanese had no choice. The Tongguo incident also made the Japanese naval generals fortunate to realize that their current opponent was not Li Hongzhang, not a Qing countryman, but a brand-new Chinese people.

Kato Yuzaburo sighed: "This person is a warrior. ”

"Yes, he has good marksmanship." The battleship Nagato, Katsuya Kayama, said.

"No, I'm referring to the man behind him, the man of the nine-tailed fox." Matazaburo Kato said.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuzaburo Kato guided the Chinese visiting fleet to arrive at Funabashi Port, where he welcomed Chinese leader Wang Maoru and personally stood at the pier to receive him. Wang Maoru pretended to be flattered, in fact, he also wanted to see what this poisonous snake looked like, but it was a pity that after Kato Yuzaburo accompanied Wang Maoru to the station, he coughed and took some medicine.

However, despite his illness, Yuzaburo Kato insisted on sending Wang Maoru to Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, the seat of the Japanese imperial family, by train.

In the car, Kato Yuzaburo and Wang Maoru talked, but Kato did not say anything about the two countries, but sighed about ancient Chinese culture, he was even able to recite all the poems of the Tang Dynasty, and for Han Fu, he said that his favorite was Cao Cao's "Tanka Xing". Unfortunately, Wang Maoru, a Chinese, did not study ancient Chinese culture as deeply as Kato, an old Japanese man, and he couldn't help but stand up and bow to Kato, saying: "In cultural studies, I am willing to bow down." ”

Kato said with a smile: "I know that you have an ancient saying in China, which is called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and winning a hundred battles, which is a famous saying in the Art of War of your military strategist Sun Tzu, but now you have forgotten all about it." During the day in Tokyo Bay today, your officer shot down a flag marked Jiawu, which proves that some of you are bloody. I studied the before and after the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, and came to the conclusion that no matter how the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle was fought, Japan won. Do you want to know why? ”

The surrounding atmosphere suddenly went wrong, and the atmosphere that had just been friendly suddenly became extremely tense, and the mention of Jiawu at this time was equivalent to the Japanese vetoing the Nanjing Massacre in front of the Chinese in the future, as long as it was a Chinese, they would fight a battle.