Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The three heavy cruisers, according to the French standard, had to be equipped with at least 60 cannons per battleship, and the sail battleship era's cannons were evenly distributed between the left and right sides. This meant that there were a total of 90 cannons facing the merchant ships that Xiao Letian was riding on, as well as these brave fishing boats.

The thick wood cannon's door was opened, and the pitch black gun muzzles were aimed straight at Xiao Letian. The deck of the ship was filled with rushing sailors, and the sails that had just been lowered were being pulled up once again. There were rapid and chaotic French orders everywhere, and even after listening for a long time, people still could not understand what they were shouting.

However, everyone was not stupid. There was no need to guess what the French wanted to do. A sorrowful atmosphere spread out on the sea, and everyone was furious.

This was the sea of Germany, it was not far from the hamburger, why were these Frenchmen so arrogant? It was obvious that there was no powerful navy to bully Prussia.

"You Frenchmen are really pushing it too far. As men, you want to use such despicable methods to defeat them. You even want to use insulting women to restore your dignity?"

"No matter how weak the Ryukyu Kingdom is, it is still an independent nation recognized by the world. The laws of the world are not just for show, you dare to humiliate a country's prime minister like this? Do you really dare to treat the envoys of a country in such a manner? "

"Not only that, but in front of you Frenchmen there are thousands of Prussian civilians aboard more than a hundred civilian ships! Are you all trying to kill the civilians? "

Everyone looked at the barbaric threat of the French in disbelief. These proud Prussian were thoroughly enraged this time. German Nationality's unique Inherent Skill was successfully activated.

"Let them fire …" Let them step over our bodies... Let the whole of Europe see what a mob they are! "

"Despicable and shameless devil …" Get back, we won't allow you to hurt Prussia's guests... the benefactor of hamburger! "

~ This is battle qi, Xiao Letian anxiously looked at the dangerous situation that was about to happen, he could not understand the situation. No matter how Xiao Letian calculated it previously, he was sure that the French would not massacre the civilians. Right now, Prussia was in the midst of the excitement of defeating the Austria.

"Something's not right …" "There's a problem here …" Xiao Letian's brain had already started to churn. "With the French's intelligence capabilities, avoiding the Prussian Offshore Defense Fleet's patrolling won't be a problem, and they might even shoot and kill us Chinese people …"

"Even if we blow up the Portugal merchant ship, I believe that the diplomatic dispute caused by it would be resolved by the French. But how dare they act against thousands of Prussian civilians? "This is a declaration of war …"

"How can this be? "How could this be …" No matter how Xiao Letian thought about it, he couldn't figure out the crux of the problem, but Xiao Letian knew that France and Prussia definitely could not start a war. If they were to shoot their guns now, Prussia would definitely lose, and all his efforts would be for naught.

"Stop..." Send a signal to the French people to stop right now, I, Xiao Letian will go over right now … Do not fire! " Xiao Letian jumped and roared, and very quickly, the hundred over Chinese officer s understood the crux of the matter, and they all jumped and shouted back and forth in German and English.

"Disperse... Prussian friends, we thank you for your protection... "But don't make senseless sacrifices. Disperse, the Frenchmen will really open fire..."

"Thank you, thank you …" "We Chinese will remember this friendship, but we cannot bleed now. War should not involve innocent civilians, please leave …"

Xiao Letian jumped the fiercest among this group of people, and in the end, he even climbed up to the tall mast and shouted at the Frenchman, "I am Xiao Letian, I will not escape, I will stand here … "If you let these civilians go, I'll leave with you …"

The mast had a very strong wind, Xiao Letian had to grab onto the rope with both hands to be able to stand firmly. After roaring three or four times, his throat was drowned by the ocean breeze, making him speechless.

If only he had known that Napoleon was such a vengeful person, he would never have slapped his face like that. Now that the situation had turned stiff, he was afraid that he might accidentally trigger an all-out war between the two great countries in the army …

Xiao Letian really did not dare to think about what would happen later, the possibility of this happening was extremely high, especially since the entire Prussian Nation was in the midst of experiencing victory and excitement, even the slightest provocation would cause this group of people to go crazy, and at that time, not even the King would be able to suppress them.

Xiao Letian was very clear on the situation of the Prussian military equipment. In a war like this, 80% of the ammunition reserves had been used up, 70% of the bullets reserves had been used up, and even the military rations were barely enough for half a month of war.

At that time, forget about the hope of revival in the Prussian Nation, even the small amount of money from the Sino-German fund would be lost. Therefore, today he absolutely could not allow these Frenchmen to kill anyone. The situation definitely could not get worse, even if he was arrested and sent to Paris, he still had some diplomatic hope. If he started to die here, then it would truly end.

Xiao Letian stood on top of the mast facing the wind and shouted at the Frenchman heroically, "I am Xiao Letian … I'm standing right here... You guys are shooting at me... "Let these citizens go …"

The shouts resonated across the sea, all the Prussian fishermen and sailors heard it. The simple and honest citizens had already lost all their sense of reason due to the anger, their emotions had been stirred up, this group of people all shouted towards Xiao Letian with tears brimming from their eyes.

"If the Prime Minister does not leave, we will not leave... Allowing the enemy to step on our corpses to move forward, the Prussian will definitely not remain indifferent while watching our friend die … "

The roars of more than a thousand people shook the ground, causing Xiao Letian's tears to fall. He was not moved, he was just angry.

"Aiya, this is the feeling of being held up. I can't even tell you the truth inside, you guys have gone crazy. You guys are really risking your lives now, but have you thought about me? I don't want to die yet. I don't want to be blown up by the French. Even if I were to go to France, I wouldn't necessarily die, would I? "

However, he was unable to say these words as Xiao Letian could already see from the corner of his eyes that Lei Ao, who had returned with him, had already set up his camera.

Sigh … Many of the saints in history had probably been dragged out like this.

Whether it was the fisherman's sailors' violent protests or Xiao Letian's personal negotiations, neither of them were able to stop the Frenchmen from preparing for battle. In just a short period of time, all the cannons on both sides of the three battleships had opened, and a large number of sail had been pulled up.

Xiao Letian watched as the armed sailors on the enemy's deck distributed ammunition and rifles. From the hidden shooting deck, waves and waves of battle preparation roars came out. There were also the captain and the first mate who were dressed in the uniform of a high ranking military officer. They all raised their telescopes to look at the battlefield.

Eh? Something's not right. Why are these military officers facing me? Why are you looking out at the sea with your binoculars? Was this the legendary naked Guo Guo ignoring my mother? You want to humiliate me after killing me?

Xiao Letian's heart was filled with questions, but very quickly, everyone noticed the abnormality.

The situation on the sea surface was like this: Portugal's merchant ship was heading south, three French battleship s were coming up from the southwest, and then with a right full rudder, the warship's Left side and the merchant ship's starboard side were parallel to each other.

At that time, the three French battleship were in a one word formation, and were travelling south together with the merchant ship. Of course, under the pressure of the French, the sails of the merchant ships had all fallen. The merchant ships only relied on wind and sea currents as well as inertia to sail towards the south. Of course, in order to stabilize the direction, there were still a few triangular sails.

In order to maintain the same speed and distance as the merchant ship, the French battleship had put down a large number of sails. The entire deck was as empty as dead wood in winter.

It was precisely because both sides had slowed down their speed that they were able to let the fishing boats in. Otherwise, the fishing boats wouldn't be able to catch up, nor would they be able to fill up the fifty meter wide area in the middle.

But now, the French cruisers began preparing for battle, restoring mobility was the first priority. As more and more sails caught the sea breeze, the fleet's speed began to increase, and it would be impossible for them to advance alongside the merchant ships.

The French battleship's speed became faster and faster, and the distance between both sides also started to increase. From the initial fifty meters, it slowly became sixty meters, seventy meters … Soon the crowded fishing boats began to disperse, and the crowded scene was no longer there.

"What are the French going to do? Could it be that they were afraid of getting covered in blood after firing off the cannon? "F * ck, if that's the case, then this bunch of Frenchmen are really terrible. They're going to kill people and yet they still pretend to be gentlemen. Are they looking down on our blood?"

When Xiao Letian heard the crowd roar, he was speechless. How much do they hate the French? Only then could they make the worst and most disgusting association. Even if the French soldiers invited the Prussian fishermen to drink, they would probably think that the French had pissed on them.

Xiao Letian shook his head, getting rid of all these thoughts in his head and continued to observe the situation on the ocean, but when he raised his head and shouted "Ah!" Xiao Letian subconsciously cried out in alarm, and he even unconsciously released his hands to cover his mouth.

His feet were actually smooth wooden sticks. Forget about him, even the most nimble Sailor would not dare to let go of his hand and stand on top of it.

"Ai ai ai …" Xiao Letian waved his hands, looking like he was about to fall into the ocean.

"Lord, be careful …" The crowd cried out in alarm.