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Chapter 464 The imperial conquest (third update, please subscribe)
When Dongxiang Heihachiro and others were taught the history of "Nanhua's difficult road and blue thread to start a business" on the train, the two ironclad ships of the Linhai Second Fleet were ordered to set off-the destination, Haizhou.

"What is our goal?"

When the car drove towards the factory, Zhu Xianhai said in an extremely calm tone.

"It's to let them know, don't be shameless, if the negotiation with Haizhou fails, then go to Dagukou to negotiate!"

Surprisingly, Zhu Xianhai was not annoyed at all. Liu Kunpeng and other nearly [-] Nanhua businessmen were arrested. This is not good news. They have been in charge of soliciting immigrants.

Man Qing's behavior was definitely not that simple.

Originally, I always thought that what policy did Zhu Xianhai adhere to towards the Manchu Qing Dynasty?It is to make a fortune in silence, while doing business with them, it is natural to do business with Heaven.But try to avoid official contact, this is to ensure immigration.

"Your Majesty, in this way, the conflict between us and the Qing Dynasty is inevitable. Will this affect the next step of immigration?"

Compared with others, immigration is the most important thing. Even Sun Hu, the chief of staff, knows the importance of immigration.

"It's about to break out, but..."

Frowning, Zhu Xianhai sneered.

"If we don't give them a hard time, today they imprison our people, tomorrow they dare to ban immigration to our side, if they want to beat them, they have to beat them! They have been beaten a few times to know that the foreigner is not good. It's easy to provoke, and we have to let him know that we are not easy to provoke!"

Apart from sneering, Zhu Xianhai didn't mind what the Marine Corps was doing in Dagu, and he was very clear about Manqing's temper.

The treaty is clear!

As long as you are beaten, signing the contract is very quick.The purpose of sending warships this time is to negotiate.

But Zhu Xianhai was curious, who made them dare to arrest people from Nanhua, even if they were from the Qing Dynasty, so what?Now they are still... well, they can be regarded as foreigners.Chinese people who came back from abroad.

"I can't live without doing my own crimes. Didn't the kingdom of heaven always want to buy our warships? Sell them, as well as obsolete weapons. France wants to buy them, and we can't favor one over another in the kingdom of heaven..."

Zhu Xianhai can't bear the feeling of being underestimated. Now even if it's European affairs, we Da Nanhua are intervening. In the end, "I Daqing" dared to arrest our people. Can Zhu Xianhai not be annoyed?
On the way to the shooting range, when Zhu Xianhai was indignant, talking about how to clean up the Manqing and make them pay for their actions, a very strange idea suddenly popped up in his mind-the future history book Here, will Nanhua also become a great power?

Well, in essence, Nanhua is different from other great powers. Even if Nanhua's army goes there, it cannot be equated with an invasion. After all, Nanhua is also China...

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Xianhai felt relieved.After arriving at the shooting range, the preparations were already made over there. Two mortars were laid out in a straight line, and several soldiers stood beside them.

"It's Type 64 and Type 65 mortars, right?"

These two mortars have always been the trump card of Nanhua. The former even changed the direction of the Civil War. The famous 4-inch mortar once brought a near-destructive blow to the Union Army during the Civil War.

That is, after the Civil War, armies from various countries were introduced one after another.However, they all use monkey iron-thick wrought iron barrel, wooden barrel or fire plate timed fuze, and the range is only about 1500 meters.And this is also the reason why mortars have not been fully popularized, because the range is short.But he largely replaced the old mortar.

"Yes, Your Majesty, what we improved this time was shells. After switching to smokeless propellants, the maximum firing range of Type 64 and Type 65 increased by 50%, exceeding 4.5 kilometers. Smokeless propellants, even now It's a miracle!"

miracle!

This miracle was created by Zhu Xianhai. Under his prompting, Nanhua tried to use celluloid, that is, nitrocellulose to make smokeless propellants. The test results were very successful. The new type of propellant was first applied to rifle bullets, and then began to be applied to other weapons. The changes brought about by smokeless propellants to the performance of weapons are subversive, and the performance of many weapons has been greatly improved.

"Prussia's Krupp cannons have a range of only 3.5 kilometers. Since the outbreak of the war, they have suppressed French artillery. We can suppress them with mortars."

Sun Hu said with a smile.

"Of course, the most important thing is to practice new tactics. In the past few months, we have been summarizing the battle against the Afghan army, but that battle was fought too quickly, and the tactics we trained before were not useful at all. , this time, you can train well in France."

Nodding his head, Zhu Xianhai said.

"In this battle, fighting is secondary, and training is the main thing. Our purpose is not to win this battlefield for the French, but to demonstrate our strength in Europe, and to be able to jump on the world stage. Going up, participating in the world game, if we just set our sights on South America..."

After thinking about it, Zhu Xianhai said.

"At least in the next twenty years, it is impossible for us to participate in the world game."

One of the most typical examples is the U.S. imperialists. In the 1890s, their economic strength surpassed that of Britain, Germany and other countries, and became the number one in the world. But what about their international influence?
hardly!
Even if they beat Spain in 1898, so what?It's just a small and weak European country, not a big power at all.

"In that case, Your Majesty, there is absolutely no need to go to France in person."

Once again, Sun Hu persuaded.

"After all, Nanhua is now tentatively settled, and His Majesty needs to be here in all aspects."

In fact, from the very beginning, after Zhu Xianhai made the decision to personally lead the expeditionary force to France, he was opposed by everyone. After all, in the Chinese tradition, there have never been many good results in the imperial expedition, let alone Huaxia. The French emperor took three. If the airship troops hadn't rushed there, the emperor would probably be reduced to a prisoner by now.

As the king of a country, how can he easily take risks?Throughout the ages, those emperors who think of themselves have not had any good results!

As ministers, they will of course try their best to dissuade the emperor.

Facing the dissuasion of his subordinates, Zhu Xianhai shook his head and said.

"Going to Europe... I have my own ideas, after all, there are always things that need to be done!"

(End of this chapter)