The war at sea came suddenly but ended helplessly. After not enough to attack the strength of the Sino-British Joint Fleet and finally lost the opportunity to be wiped out, the Japanese Navy suddenly found that it was a huge mistake to be tied up by the Russians. The Japanese Navy not only did not have the ability to deal with the Qing Dynasty's Dingzhen II ships, but even under the coordinated combat of three Russian ironclad ships, they did not have the ability to kill the British ironclad ships that were second to the Dingzhen II ships. Japan - without its own ironclad ships.

Colonel Rozedestvinsky's original idea was to give Japan free of charge to the Japanese as bait, taking advantage of the current conflicting psychology of the Japanese: First, he was unwilling to sit and watch the Russians' failure, because the next target was Japan. Second, Russia seemed to have a chance to do it. As long as he wiped out the Sino-British Joint Fleet, the Qing Royal Navy would be panicked, and the morale on the land was greatly reduced. When the reinforcements from some of the Russians' Europeans arrived in the Far East, the situation of the war would be fundamentally reversed. At that time, Japan could follow Russia to drive away the British forces in the Far East and jointly divide the British legacy left by the Far East. Third, Japan

I like gambling by nature. Rozedestevsky, who has served in the Far East for more than three years, has a deep understanding of the national character of this "Far East Monkey Country". Although from the surface, Chinese prefer gambling, except for the most irrational gamblers, traditional Chinese have bottom lines in casinos. Once they lose to the bottom line, Chinese generally face failure and end gambling. However, the Japanese are different. The mentality of Japan's island country makes them have a lucky heart to make a big fortune. Therefore, after leaving Vladivostok and contacting Japan, Rozedestevsky proposed this plan that makes the Japanese feel promising.

Of course, Rozedestvinsky's depiction was very bright. With three Russian ironclad ships and six Japanese cruisers, plus eight small ships, the firepower of the seventeen ships was a sneak attack, which was enough to destroy the strength of only eight combat ships of the Sino-British Joint Fleet. Therefore, the Japanese made up their minds to take a gamble.

The battle situation on the battlefield also reflects their gambling psychology. In order to make up for the lack of firepower, all ships loaded more ammunition in order to make up for the loss in the caliber. However, it caused the King Kong to be hit by torpedo in the first round of the fight. Then the ammunition depot exploded again, completely blowing the iron-wood mixed-structure cruiser to the iron-wood skeleton. For civilian ships like Xijingmaru, pure-wood structure ships do not have much firepower, so they should not have traveled far away to the ocean to die.

But for gambling, the Japanese came. Moreover, they were even more unable to bear the failure than the Russians. Every naval soldier knew that this operation was an action that could not be failed. Therefore, when the Pervenetz took the lead in fleeing towards Peter the Great, the four ships of the Japanese Navy still refused to leave, facing the five ships including the Daring. Four light patrols faced the three-iron armor and the two light patrols, where could they win?

Fortunately, the three ironclad ships of the joint fleet still faithfully implemented the strategy of fighting to the death and bombarding Peter the Great, ignoring the four light patrols of Japan. When the sun was gradually setting, the Pegasus gun position was blown away and lost its combat capability. They left the Bay of Pochet to the west and exited the battlefield. At this time, two Russian ironclad ships gradually withdrew from the war zone and fled to the east. Salman then changed his strategy and divided the Constantz to cooperate with the two light patrols to fight with the four light patrols of Japan, while the Dabang led the Campton to pursue Peter the Great and Pervenetz.

The stalemate battle continued, but there was no major progress. The sailors on both sides seemed to have exhausted their strength in this battle that lasted for four or five hours. The artillery fire lost its accuracy, and even if it was occasionally hit, it could not cause fatal damage to the enemy. In particular, the Iron Craft of the Constantz, after the brief day in the north, took advantage of the afterglow of the sunset and counted the results, they found that the Constantz was hit with 79 bullets.

With the return of the Bold and Campton, the Japanese lost the courage to continue fighting. With the speed of the ship, they patroled south with four light patrols, and turned east to meet with Peter the Great and Pervenetz and fled towards Japan.

The Sino-British Combined Fleet lost one ironclad ship, two fast cruisers, one communication ship, and one supply ship to five ships. The Russian-Japanese Combined Fleet lost six sailing ships, one ironclad ship, two light cruisers, one merchant ship, and one gun ship. Although the battle ended abruptly because of the sun's setting, if the battle continued, it was clear who would win and who would lose.

This was a miserable victory. Looking at the broken wood and smoke floating on the sea, Salman sighed with pity and ordered the containment of enemy soldiers floating on the sea. At the same time, hesitated in his heart that the next port area was the next port. Vladivostok was not sure that we could not go, and Pochet Bay was too close to the battlefield and was also a Russian territory. The only option was to turn to the south, and in Qingjin or Luojinbo Port, set sail to Juwen Island early tomorrow morning to repair the damaged warships. Heaven, with such heavy losses, the joint fleet may not be able to carry out large-scale combat missions for one or two months.

In this battle, the Sino-British Joint Fleet had more than 400 dead sailors, and the number of injuries was higher. About 600 people, accounting for nearly half of the entire fleet members. More than 700 prisoners were captured on the sea and were scattered on three large iron-armored ships. Facing the inquiring gaze of the correspondents, Salman smiled slutty and said, "I won't hear any sound tonight." He knew that his sailors needed a way to vent.

The Japanese also participated in the war, and this new trend is worthy of his deep consideration as a lieutenant general of the British Royal Navy. The Chinese are likely to use this as an excuse to launch a strike against Japan. With the strength of the Qing Royal Navy surpassing the joint fleet, the Japanese Navy, who had just suffered a tragic defeat, could not resist the Qing attack. Although from the standpoint of a soldier, he agreed with China's revenge, it was not a good thing to start from the perspective of a lieutenant general of the British Empire.

It was time to write a report to the Admiralty and the House of Lower House. Salman sighed and walked towards his captain's office.

The report of the battle of Vladivostok and Peter the Great Bay reached almost the same time the inconspicuous small houses on the west side of the Qianqing Gate - the military headquarters of the Qing Empire - I asked for the list of Chinese casualties in the joint fleet, which were 131 people in total, and all the joint fleets had 4,000 Chinese sailors and grassroots officers, which was removed by nearly one-twentieth. Although facing a victory, I still sighed and said to Li Hongzhang.

: "They are given a higher level of re-up, and their family pensions are doubled, and their families are ordered to be governed by the county and county. The families of these people will never be entrusted for taxes during my lifetime. In addition, the Summer Palace has been vacant since the death of the Empress Dowager. Now it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From today on, it will be transferred to the military and the Ministry of Works to enshrine the land for the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country. If each family is unwilling to be buried in Beijing, they will still be given a generous pension and sent back to their hometown. Those who have no bodies are left to be kept for clothing."

"The emperor is as kind as heavenly virtue." Li Hongzhang thanked him for his gratitude and thought for a moment: "This time Japan initiated a provocation, I think that if I do not send heavenly soldiers to punish me, I cannot comfort the loyal and wise spirits in heaven. I ask the emperor to issue an order, and I am willing to use my old body to rule the heavenly soldiers to share my worries."

I smiled and shook my hand and said, "Get up and talk." I pointed to Haitu and said, "The Japanese have been deliberately trying to go to the north to fight. This is a lot of thought. Unfortunately, I failed to steal a chicken and broke a handful of rice. If you want to use troops, you are good at using troops. But I am worried that the British may not be willing."

"The British and our Qing Dynasty are allies, and the ships that have been lost this time are all from the British." Li Hongzhang stood up in confusion and said, "The emperor is worried that the British will not allow us to defeat Japan?"

I looked at him with satisfaction, and after a brief reminder, he thought of the benefits and interests of this. As the head of the military department, he should have such insight. So he nodded and said, "The British suffered greater losses than us. I want to beat him, but they will definitely not allow us to completely defeat Japan. According to me, the British do not want to beat Japan too much. Look, there will be a complaint for the General Administration Office to spend some days. Alas..."

Li Hongzhang also fell into deep thought. I smiled and said, "This is not urgent. Sooner or later, there will be a chance to deal with him. Does Mr. Shaoquan want to go to Japan? Master Weng was very popular there some time ago."

"The emperor means... I want me to go to Japan for negotiations?" Li Hongzhang reacted quickly.

I nodded and said, "That's what it means. If such a big thing happens, the court can't respond. But the same thing is still the same. I don't have to rush. My intention is to let Master Weng reprimand the Japanese, he is good at this. In June, the navy is going to Nagasaki for a visit. You should lead the team to threaten the Japanese with force and ask him to cut the silver to pay." Haha, he continued, "I am not in a hurry to use troops. I have to raise troops continuously since the beginning of spring, and it costs a lot. If I continue to fight, I will have no money. So, if I can rest, I will take a rest. Not only the navy, but also Nie Shicheng, I will also issue an order to prevent them from busy fighting temple streets, so that the soldiers will rest and relax first. The Imperial Hospital reported that Zai Ying's body has also recovered a lot, and I think it's time to enter the palace to apologize. The Russians are just going to talk to him. Then let's talk. At this moment, I am not in a hurry, and the Russians dare not be anxious."

Li Hongzhang looked at me and wrote down word by word.

War is indeed the most expensive thing in the world. Li Bingheng's logistics department reported that the expenses over the past few months were nearly 10 million taels, which cost one-nineth of the annual income finance. This did not include the future ship replenishment costs of the Sino-British Joint Fleet. Of course, I have already calculated this account. The Russians are gone, and it is unnecessary to make it so strong. I don't care if the British are willing to spend money. Anyway, I don't want to spend this money to raise another fleet at my doorstep that is not 100% obeying my will. Especially the strength of this fleet is not weak.

Zaiying did not go as expected. She went to the palace to apologize to me the next day under the guidance of her father. I naturally comforted her with a gentle voice. As for me, Zaiying's personality is similar to Zaiying, both of which are both of her hot and thunderous temper. Although Zaiying is a little more scheming than Zaiying, she is not the kind of person who can hide her opposite intentions. Naturally, I don't have to punish him too much for being used.

However, there must be blame, otherwise he would not learn from his mistakes. After scolding him hard, he handed over the contact with Kasini to him.

After Yi Xin thanked his son, he also talked about the Japanese participating in the war and advocated sending troops to teach Japan a lesson immediately. He heard two ministers talking about this matter in a row. I suddenly realized that although my purpose of extorting silver has been decided, I had to do the superficial skill, otherwise, there would be no room for bargaining with the British. Second, it would increase the Japanese's gambling mentality. Although this time he won, the Japanese are naturally gambled. If they just sent a corrupt scholar like Old Man Weng to reprimand, the effect would probably not be too good. The Japanese would definitely be like the tiger in the donkey in Guizhou, thinking that my Qing skills were poor.

There is another key point. Now that the land victory is great, the navy will not be willing to do nothing. If nothing unexpected happens, a large number of requests for battle will be reported soon. I thought for a while and said, "The King Gong is very concerned about this matter. This matter is related to the national system. When I talked to Li Hongzhang yesterday, I originally planned to let Master Weng go to Japan for a hard time. Now I think it's because I've been thinking a little bit, and the navy must make a gesture. Kou Liancai, go to Xuan Li Hongzhang to see me. We have to discuss it again."

Taking advantage of Xuan Li Hongzhang's moment, I looked at Zai Ying's shameless face and said, "Zai Ying doesn't want to be like this. You are my brother. If your brother did something wrong, just admit it. Is it interesting to be as squeamish as a big girl? If you do this from the Russian side, I'm not relieved to hand over the mission to you."

"Zhe! It's the slave who is thinking a little bit. The emperor is wise! When I see the Russian, I will definitely not have a good face to show him." Zai Ying said with a little bit of improvement and said with her chest straight.

"Well, I will be like a good man in this way." I nodded and said, "Diplomatic affairs are not just ruthless. You have been dealing with foreigners for a long time. Isn't buying arms a matter of dealing with foreigners? If you just ruthlessly, you won't sell them to you. Okay, you can talk to Wu Tingfang. There are also some people in the General Administration's office that need to experience and experience. Guo Songshou is good. This time I will give you all the rights to the three of you, so you must discuss the bottom line. To the south of Xing'an Mountains and east of Zhugejuer, you will be able to win them all. In a few days, you will be in charge of the selection of girls. If you go back and do it, I will reward you more."

Zaiying bowed to receive the order and said, "Zhe! The servant received the order and thanked him."

"Emperor, since you want to negotiate, is it appropriate to order Nie Shicheng's troops to conquer Miaojie to discuss?" Yi Xin looked worried and bowed, "If the negotiations were completed, I am afraid that all the common people of Miaojie will suffer from the Cossacks again. During the Xianfeng period, the Chinese there were so miserable..."

I know he was talking about the Temple Street Massacre. The Cossacks crazily massacred the local Hezhe and Ewenki people, leaving a lot of shameful history to Chinese history. He was worried that if it was negotiated through negotiations, the local Cossacks might have another Temple Street Massacre evacuated.

But I also knew that his concern was purely unnecessary. Tens of thousands of troops were forcing to move outside the city. Cossack did this again and was no different from suicide. So he smiled slightly and said, "He dares! My heavenly soldiers are outside, so he dare not cause trouble even if he has ten courage. There is no need to worry too much about this section."

"The emperor is wise." Yi Xin said no more and bowed to salute, "This is why I am too worried about this. The emperor just talked about the selection of the daughters. I want to ask for an order. Foreword: Since the emperor is willing to reform the flag, I feel that it is the old calendar to rely on the Manchu and Mongolian Iron Cavalry to govern the world. The selection of the women of the Manchu and Mongolian dynasties in all dynasties is limited to the women of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners. According to the servant, I should bring one or two Han women into the palace this year. First, I would like to make a sound of the wind and use the power of the rebellious plot of Shiduo and his son to make them psychological preparations. Second, it is also a way to calm down the Han officials. Since our dynasty once again, the Han officials have been increasing day by day, so it is appropriate to do so. I should be with the Budian and ask the emperor to instruct the emperor."

Well, the talent show girl expanded the children of Han people's meritorious children, which is also a question of belonging to the Han bureaucrats. It is indeed of political significance. I nodded and said, "King Gong is very good. Go back and ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to set a rule to present it to the imperial examination. I will make another idea. In addition, I have promised Dexin, the chief of the Forward Battalion, that his two daughters will run for the election again. Although Ronglu is in custody, the Ministry of Justice has not found anything, and his daughter will run for the election. You will go back and investigate with the Ministry of Justice again. If there is really no real evidence, let him serve the foreigners in the research institute."

Yi Xin received the order and said, "The emperor is as kind as heaven, and if Ronglu doesn't know what he is, he will be in vain." He nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the cost of the flag business is really amazing. The emperor said that this big battle cost 10 million taels. According to the servant, this is still a small amount. Now the least bannerman has two taels of silver a month. There are millions of bannermen in Liaodong in the capital, and the money spent every year is enough to fight two major battles. What is most heartbreaking is that these people do nothing all day long. Just relying on their ancestors Xu Wei's success to visit teahouses and listen to storytellings every day, if they don't make any corrections, they will eventually make the front-line soldiers feel disappointed in the future."

I took a deep breath and nodded and said, "Yes, if I rashly stripped these people of their annual salary, a group of seven-foot-high men would not do anything, and would cause trouble. This is indeed difficult to do. All my dynasties have been willing to reform the flag affairs, but I have sold land for him and property for him. In short, I just don't want to live a honest life. Alas..."

Yi Xin seemed to think of the difficulties in the future reform of the flag business, and sighed, looking at me, with a worried look on her face, but no contact.

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