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Chapter 1049 The war begins

Wang Wu couldn't help but asked Tan Fusheng this question.

Not only was the sworn brother sitting opposite him, he looked very worried at the moment, with "I have something to do" written all over his face.

More importantly, although he, Wang Wu, is a rough man.

However, as long as you are in the capital city recently, you can hear too much related news, and you know that Daqing is afraid that a fight will soon begin with the little devil.

The source of the news is not only what the newsboys running through the streets shouting outside the window.

Anyone who is not deaf can hear a lot of bad news.

In addition, there are some unconfirmed gossips that are said to be spread from the palace and military aircraft in the daily discussions among the neighbors.

For example: Emperor Guangxu, Emperor Shi Weng Tonghe, and a group of imperial parties have started since the beginning of the month.

He vigorously advocated a war with the Japs, and was regarded as the main war faction in the court.

They think that the dignified young people can't defeat those big-nosed foreign devils, but can they also defeat those bandy-legged, dwarf-like little Japanese devils from the island country?

As the newspaper said, Daqing's territory is more than thirty times that of the island country.

It's just that at such an important moment, instead of discussing important state affairs with the scholars, his sworn brother came to have a drink with him.

And he, his sworn brother, has become a man of the hour recently.

Therefore, in this battle, we must convince them so that the little devil can remember them for a long time.

With such a decadent expression on his face, something must be wrong...

Don't look at it now, he already has a young generation of Qingliu in Daqing, and is recognized as the number one person.

Because of what he said, he was regarded as a leader by the younger generation of scholars; it is said that even Emperor Guangxu praised him in private.

For a time, the ministers in the imperial court were divided into two sides, and they were arguing non-stop. One moment they heard that they were going to fight, and the other moment they wanted to negotiate a peace with the little devils from the island country, but no one was sure of it.

I think that given time, he will definitely be a loyal minister of Daqing.

There are also some Yin and island countries with advanced experience in constitutional monarchy.

Just the forced smile and the tone of his mouth, everything seems unconvincing.

But only he himself knows that, regardless of his newspaper articles, he is very certain about the benefits of the emperor taking charge.

After hearing the question from his sworn brother Wang Wu, Tan Fusheng tried his best to put a smile on his face and said lightly:

"Fifth brother, I'm fine, don't worry; I just haven't had a drink with you for a long time, and I miss you a little. I took the time to come over today and wanted to have a drink with you and talk about home affairs."

Didn't he rely on Daqing's strongest army to dominate Zhili and several northern provinces?

Because he kept publishing articles in the "Northern Times", introducing in detail the various shortcomings of Daqing and the benefits of His Majesty the Emperor taking charge.

Under the circumstances that neither of them want to fight now, they are considered the masters and factions of the imperial court.

But Lao Fo, she didn't want to go to war with the island country on her sixtieth birthday; and Li Zhongtang was not willing to cause his Beiyang side to suffer heavy losses in this battle.

The population is more than ten times that of the island country, and its finances, including hidden income, are five or six times that of the island country. No matter how you calculate it, you can crush these little devils to death.

The reason why Tan Fusheng is like this is that he really has various concerns in his heart, but it is just not convenient to tell others, including this absolutely trustworthy sworn brother.

On the contrary, in his own heart, his confidence in the gamble with Xuan Geying became less and less.

Especially since the Asajima incident began, Daqing's poor performance almost reached the point where he almost despaired.

It's just that now, given the last fantasy in my heart, I still refuse to accept reality. We can only pray that this battle will not break out, otherwise Daqing may be completely doomed.

Although he didn't know the specific layout of Xuange Camp this year, it was just the tip of the iceberg. Thinking about it, he knew that Daqing was no match at all.

Facing his sworn brother, Wang Wu obviously said something that didn't mean what he said. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

At this time, the waiter finally brought up some braised pork, fried peanuts, and a pot of Erguotou.

Seeing this, Wang Wu, who had nothing to say, simply poured a glass of wine for Tan Fusheng and himself, picked up the glass and said loudly:

"Come, have a drink first, and then I will take you to take a bath. As long as you have a good sleep, you will wake up tomorrow as a strong man."

After feeling Wang Wu's deep concern, Tan Fusheng finally showed a sincere smile.

After picking up the wine glass, I planned to put down those bad things.

Just when Wang Wu was about to touch Tan Fusheng's wine glass, a voice full of panic suddenly shouted outside the restaurant:

“Here we go, the little devils took action on us at sea.

Today on the sea side of Nafeng Island, a Japanese fleet attacked our troop transport ship.

Being caught off guard, we suffered heavy casualties; even if an Uncle Sam's cargo ship happened to pass by at that time and rescued many people, it is estimated that many others were killed and drowned. "

After hearing the above sounds, Tan Fusheng dropped the wine glass in his hand on the table with a 'ding dong~' sound.

Then, he stood up with a pale face, and his legs and stomach hit the table. Not only did he overturn the dishes on the table, but he also hit his stomach and it hurt.

The thing he was most worried about has happened now.

Miraculously, at this moment, there was still a slight sense of relief in his heart; because he knew that if Xuan Geying came to power, at least this nation would not be so humiliated.

Similarly, when such news spread, the last illusions in the hearts of those young people who were looking forward to not having a war with the Japs this time were shattered.

It's just that they don't know how desperate Xuange Camp's arrangements are now.

And if they knew this, Hu Biao would definitely tell them: The time to truly despair is far away...

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That's right! Just like in history, on July 7, the Battle of Toshima broke out.

The two ships Jiyuan and Guangyi escorted the rented Yin merchant ship, loaded a group of soldiers and supplies, and sailed to the vicinity of Fengdao. They were shamelessly attacked by Japanese ships.

After a fierce battle, the Jiyuan ship fired its tail gun and severely damaged the enemy ship Yoshino, and then escaped directly; after the Guangyi was injured in the battle, it was defeated and ran aground near the Eighteen Islands of North Korea and was destroyed.

The Gaosheng, which transported more than a thousand people at that time, was destroyed by the Naniwa commanded by Togo Heihachiro. A large number of people on the ship died after falling into the water.

Xuan Geying, who had known this period of history for a long time, naturally didn't know how to do anything.

In fact, as early as ten days ago, the team had adopted various means, including not limited to gossip, analysis of newspaper articles, and even secretly sending unsigned letters to Beiyang.

If you want this tragedy to happen, it's best to avoid it.

But after they had done so many things, this tragedy still happened.

The only thing that changed was that they arranged for an Uncle Sam's cargo ship to pass by in advance and rescued more than 200 people.

The original 871 deaths were reduced to 637.

In short, such an extremely helpless result made everyone in the Xuange camp feel quite powerless. There was only one thought in their minds: Daqing, a pig teammate, was too difficult to lead...

(End of this chapter)