Chapter 136 knocking the bone and sucking the marrow
After receiving Li Yuncong's telegram, Yang Feng was also happy. Isn't this a dish delivered to his door? This fellow immediately asked him to take the concubine Dezhi and investigate in the city to see if anyone else knew about it.
If you want to send it to Fuzhou together, this matter needs to have both human and physical evidence. As for the physical evidence, just ask the arms dealers who sold the Mauser gun to De Shou. Based on his relationship with the Mauser family, this is all a matter of words.
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We must fight, but it is probably impossible to reach Nanchang. The logistics cannot keep up and mountain road transportation is too difficult. But Ningdu and Ganzhou probably won’t be too difficult. It’s not that he wants to grab territory. In fact, there are still many places in Fujian and Zhejiang.
Blindly expanding without control is a very irrational behavior. He wanted to use this as an excuse to force Cixi to be punished for a crime of virtue and longevity. It would be better to be beheaded in public. In this case, she would arrange for someone to stumbling upon her.
It is estimated that the other party will not be so obedient.
After receiving Yang Feng's telegram, Li Yuncong immediately sent Dezhi's concubine, who was still reluctant to part with him, as well as a group of local officials and captured weapons to Fuzhou, while he arranged to attack Ruijin. At the same time, the First Division's
The Second Brigade, also under the command of Jiang Guiti, swept through the counties from Liancheng to the north and then attacked Shaowu from Nanping. There was basically no fighting along the way and he just went to receive them. Even Shaowu, the important town of Yang Yijun, was in Wang
After Chen died for his country, the gang of caterpillars dispersed when they returned home. At this time, they were basically unarmed.
However, Yang Feng encountered a problem, which was certainly not domestic.
Just as the Japanese and Russian armies were engaged in a protracted battle around Morioka, the newly formed Russian Fourth Army landed. However, it did not land in the north of Japan, but directly landed in Maizuru. The target was obviously Kyoto, and I guess Nico
La was moved by the news that Yang Feng had recently received in Europe about the treasures of Japanese imperial tombs.
Because the harvest from the tombs of the father and son of You Peng in Shan County was extremely rich, after these things were transported to Europe, they immediately aroused an upsurge in archeology. Taking advantage of this hot topic, Tomorrow Daily also began to hype the Japanese imperial tombs.
Treasure, anyway, no one except the Japanese government knows what is in it. So just brag about it!
You must know that Marco Polo said in Europe that Japan was the country of gold, and when the great powers opened Japan's door, gold in this country was several times cheaper than in the world. Although this was related to the amount of gold and silver in their country at that time, it is enough to prove that
The rumors are true. Since it is the imperial tomb of the Golden Kingdom, what else can be found in it? Gold!
Under the instructions of the big boss, reporters from Tomorrow Daily gave full play to their imaginations and described the Japanese imperial tombs as if they were paved with gold bricks. In order to prove their inferences, they also made a lot of lies and even made up nonsense.
Of course, they don't know this. These materials were provided by Yang Feng. He has now specially found a group of people to process Japanese ancient books. From compilation to old-fashioned, one-stop production, and then these ancient books are produced by himself.
The soldiers under his command sold the proceeds from looting in Japan to domestic and even foreign collectors. They captured the Japanese capital. It would be strange if they didn't grab some of this stuff.
Not to mention those Europeans who knew almost nothing about Japan. Even Yang Feng himself looked at the newspaper compiled by his men and wondered whether it was true.
Although the Russian army captured cities and territories in Japan during this period, they actually did not gain much in terms of wealth. Japan was extremely poor at this time. Except for those major cities, there was nothing worth grabbing elsewhere, such as Tokyo, Osaka, and even
Sendai and other places have been screened by Yang Feng. Even if they are captured, there won't be much. So the only options left for them are Kyoto and Kobe. They can still do it without landing in Maizuru.
Where to log in?
Now all the Japanese elite are in the north, and there are only two newly formed divisions in the south. The equipment standard is that of a militia, which is not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Russian army. There are also some sword-drawing teams, which are already equipped with machine guns.
The Russian army is just waiting to be tusha.
But the British couldn't stand what they were doing. What were they doing? Are they preparing to destroy Japan? This was absolutely intolerable to the British Empire, so Baokele, the acting minister to China, came to find Yang Feng.
"Isn't this bad? You also know that I am a good friend with Her Majesty the Empress of Russia. She has been unhappy if I don't help Russia in this matter. If I go to help the Japanese again, it will seriously hurt our relationship.
"Yang Feng felt very embarrassed about the British proposal to invite him to send troops to Japan to mediate the Russo-Japanese War.
He is not lying. Alice, who has now changed her name to Alexandra, has given him several letters of dissatisfaction due to the North Korean incident.
Baokele said with a smile: "Your Excellency Governor, we understand this very well, but we are not going to fight the Russians, we are just trying to prevent this tragedy from spreading in the name of maintaining peace. Although the Japanese should be responsible for their
I am responsible for the mistake, but this kind of punishment is a bit excessive, especially since the Russians have massacred hundreds of thousands of civilians in Japan so far. As a righteous person, I don’t think you will like this."
The British are actually helpless now. The North Korean incident has intensified the conflict between Britain and Russia, and anti-British sentiment has surged in Russia. As a Russian ally, France has been severely condemned by Russian public opinion for its inaction in this incident, and even claimed that this
It was a betrayal of the Russian-French alliance. In this case, France had to step out to maintain this relationship. On the grounds of strengthening the French naval power in the Far East, it combined the latest battleship Charles Martel with an older battleship.
The battleship Corbell was dispatched to Saigon, and together with the original Far East Fleet, it already had enough power to influence the situation. Moreover, the French government also publicly stated that they would firmly maintain the Franco-Russian alliance. The implication was that the British would no longer want to attack the French-Russian alliance.
If Vladivostok takes action, don't blame us for joining the war.
In this case, the British have to curb their arrogance in the Far East. You must know that the situation in this sea area is becoming more and more complicated. The German fleet has not left yet, and it is estimated that they are not ready to leave either. At the Kagoshima base
Before it was built, life was very comfortable with Taiwan's three ports of Keelung, Tamsui, and Dagou as home ports, relying on Yang's shipyards in Mawei and Dagou for maintenance, and two arsenals in Taiwan and Hanyang to provide ammunition.
No investment is needed from the German government, and their plundering of Japan can sustain consumption for a year without any pressure.
In addition, there is Yang Feng's Swedish fleet in Mawei Port. Although this fleet does not have large warships, it still cannot be underestimated. These guys are too fast. The only ones in the Far East waters that can compare with them are the four Viper-class ships of the British Navy.
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After adding the two battleships, the French Far East Fleet already has the strength to fight the British fleet. Together with the Russian fleet in the Sea of Japan, and another Russian fleet with the two Yekaterina-class battleships as the core, it also has the strength to fight the British fleet in a decisive battle.
On the way.
In addition, there is the Chinese Navy. Although the Beiyang Navy has been split up, it is the only navy among all countries that has real experience in large-scale ironclad battles. It cannot be underestimated in terms of strength and quality. These fleets
After careful calculation among the British, the only one who can be considered relatively close to them is Yang Feng. After all, this guy also has countless assets in the UK. It is not an exaggeration to say that his main assets are in the UK.
"There is definitely no problem for me to join forces with your country. When it comes to Britain, it is just like my second motherland. Even if Britain is invaded and I leave everything here and run back to join the war, I will not hesitate. But if I help Japan
, this is somewhat inappropriate, you also know that I dislike this country very much, unless they can provide benefits worthy of my doing this." Yang Feng said.
"Your Majesty the Governor, this country is already very poor." Baokele said with a smile.
Japan is indeed very poor. One of the four islands has been ceded and leased, and another one has been snatched away. This cannot be snatched back no matter what. Even if the occupied northern area can be snatched back, it will be gone.
It's all gone, don't talk about things, even people were captured by Russia and sent to Siberia as slaves. This is also an act of venting anger after the Russians gained too little. Since you have no money, then pay with meat!
The men worked as coolies in mining and logging in Siberia, and the women worked as camp prostitutes for the Russian army. The more beautiful ones were sent to Moscow to be sold to dignitaries as toys, and even children were sold there. Recently, raising two Japanese slaves has become a new trend among the Moscow aristocracy.
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The two richest cities in the entire country were looted, almost all industries were wiped out, and they were also saddled with debts with compound interest rates. It is estimated that even if the war ends, it will take more than ten or twenty years to pay off. In this case
If Yang Feng still wants to attack others, that would be too shameless.
Of course, this kind of shameless thing is what Yang Feng likes to do the most.
"That's true. They really can't get it if they ask for money. If they borrow money, no one will dare to lend it to them now. Cutting the land is of no use to me, but if there is no benefit, I will definitely not send troops to help this person.
Busy, let's see. Don't they still have four cruisers? Now it's useless for them to have a navy. The four cruisers they keep are also sunk by the Russians. They might as well give them to me, although they are not worth it.
It’s a few dollars, but it’s better than nothing.” Yang Feng said.
The combined fleet now still has three battleships: Matsushima, Naniwa, and Takachiho, plus the steel-hulled cruiser Kaohsiung. They are stuck in Wu Port and dare not go out. These four warships Yang Feng are of little use, but they can be used
Come for sale, especially the Naniwa here is quite powerful.