"Our emperor wants to recall the British students back home urgently?" Yang Feng looked with some surprise at Gong Zhaoyuan, the minister to the UK who ran over to report to him.
Cixi had previously sent a total of more than 300 overseas students to the UK, all of whom were selected from good families among the bannermen. Headed by her niece-in-law and Empress Guangxu's brother-in-law, Zhenguo Gong Zaize, these people entered the British sea respectively.
Studying at the Army School was supposed to take another year to complete.
"Your Majesty, it is said that the emperor is preparing for the New Deal. He probably wants to recall these people to help. After all, they have studied for a year and have some basic skills. In addition, the court seems to have no money to continue paying their expenses in the UK." Gong Zhaoyuan
He smiled and said that he was Li Hongzhang's confidant, so his position at this time was naturally on the side of King Zhennan.
Guangxu indeed had no money to support these more than 300 people studying abroad. Those Eight Banners disciples had to go through a lot of trouble when they arrived in the colorful world of London. Even the British newspapers commented that these people lived a luxurious life, especially those with noble backgrounds.
, a double-educated nobleman like Zai Ze spends money like water. If he runs out of money, he goes to the embassy to ask for it. As soon as Gong Zhaoyuan hesitated, he immediately slapped the table. A yellow-belted Duke of Zhenguo came to ask for money. You are the only one.
Dare the little Taoist priest refuse to give it? Believe it or not, the embassy will be destroyed by you. In the past year, Gong Zhaoyuan caused a lot of harm. It was not until recently that Cixi was killed by Guangxu that he became more honest. But even so, they can maintain their presence in the UK.
His studies were also a huge expense. Guangxu was so poor that he almost dropped his pants, so how could he care about so much?
Besides, haven't you already studied for a year? After all, you have gained something. Now that the imperial court is preparing for the new policy, it is the time to hire people. Going back will be a help to some extent. Just relying on Kang Youwei and others, in fact, Guangxu himself has no idea. From the Cixi incident
He felt a little bit that this guy whom he regarded as the pillar of the country was not very reliable in his behavior.
"How are the three cruisers our court bought?" Yang Feng didn't care much about this. What he cared about was how these people would go back. Originally, Cixi planned to let them graduate and ride on the three latest armored cruisers together.
Returning home.
A lot of money was spent on these three cruisers Ci Xi. One of them, the 7,000-ton Haiqi, had a required speed of 22 knots, and the other two 4,000-ton Haitian and Haichen had a speed of even more.
The requirement is to reach 24 knots. However, these three warships were not built at the Armstrong Shipyard. Old Armstrong now relies entirely on Yang Feng to make a living. How could he dare to take on this kind of business that was obviously meant to deal with Yang Feng? In the end, the British government pulled the strings and handed it over to the British Navy.
Built at the state-owned shipyard in Portsmouth.
Yang Feng didn't care much about them. This kind of warship using old-fashioned steam engines was already out of date for an era. Even if he returned to China, he would still deliver food to him. Now when he heard that those overseas students were preparing to return to China, he remembered this matter. If they
If you take these three warships back, it will be difficult to carry out your plan.
"It has just been launched. It is said that it will take more than half a year to complete." Gong Zhaoyuan said hurriedly.
"That's it. I will come over to visit one day." Yang Feng said with an evil smile. Since they are not returning to China on a warship, it would be easier to just ask a few warships to go over and send them all to the bottom of the sea. Although these
They are also a bunch of dabblers. But after living abroad for a year, their horizons may be much broader than those of Kang Shengren and his gang. It is best not to let them go back.
Prince Yang then let go of the matter and left London for Germany. His association with William had reached the level of a quasi-ally. The welcome he received here was even warmer than in London, and he lived in Charlotte Castle for almost half the time.
months. Then I went out to inspect his oil refineries and automobile and tractor manufacturing plants in Germany, and saw the Yangfeng version of the Ford Model T car being produced on the assembly line. Although this is a branch of the Swedish Yang's Automobile Factory, its actual size
It is larger than Sweden. In addition, it also provides a large number of auto parts to foreign countries, including Germany's Mercedes-Benz and Daimler. At this time, all European car manufacturers are using this company's gearboxes, tires and other accessories.
The next stop after leaving Germany is Sweden, its largest industrial base. With Young Power Systems Company and Bofors Steel Company as the core, there are almost dozens of companies including automobile factories, tractor factories, shipyards, arsenals, oil refineries, etc.
Already constitutes half of the Swedish industry. In a sense, this country has even been controlled by him. The number of Swedes working for Yang Feng and the Swedes relying on this system exceeds one million, and the number of workers used in shipyards alone
There are more than 50,000, and almost all shipyards along the coast of Gothenburg have been merged into the Young Shipyard. Four 7,000-ton armored cruisers and eight 5,000-ton armored cruisers are currently being manufactured on the slipway here, in addition to more than 20
A high-speed destroyer and countless civilian merchant ships. In the words of a Swedish newspaper, the respected Prince Yang once again resurrected the great Gustav era.
Just as this guy's yacht sailed into Gothenburg amidst the cheers of everyone's attention, a protracted and bloody battle was beginning on the remote island of Luzon. The 10,000-strong army led by Governor Blanco was divided into two groups.
Launched an attack on the Philippine rebel army led by Aguinaldo.
This was a real bloody battle. The Filipino monkeys who guarded the two strongholds of Novileta and Binacayan have learned trench warfare. Although they do not have machine guns in their hands, they all have the advantage of the rate of fire of the latest Mauser rifles.
The attacking Spanish soldiers were still littered with corpses. Although the monkeys' shooting skills were extremely poor, their crazy momentum was almost overwhelming. During the battle, there were even similar Japanese sword-fighting teams, wielding machetes and rushing towards the Spaniards.
It was a hand-to-hand battle. On the first day of the battle, more than 500 Spanish soldiers fell in front of the monkeys' trenches.
However, the advantages of the Spanish are also obvious. Their soldiers are of higher quality, and more importantly, they have heavy artillery support. The cannons pulled out from the fortress in Manila and warships at sea responded with dense explosions and flying shrapnel.
With the monkeys volleying guns, the battle between the two sides gradually became a stalemate.
This real battle completely inspired the fighting spirit of the monkeys. As the two sides fought bloody battles, countless Filipinos stood up, and large-scale riots swept across the entire Philippines like a flood, especially on Luzon Island.
, almost all provinces were submerged by the wrath of the monkeys. The hatred that had been suppressed for hundreds of years was finally completely released at this moment. The massacre of Spanish civilians has become the norm, and almost no trace of the rebel army will be left.
Any living Spaniard. In retaliation, the Spanish colonists also dealt with the monkeys in the same way. All the rebel strongholds captured by them were bloodbathed without exception. This war is being carried out in the most cruel way.
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While Aguinaldo was fighting a bloody battle with the Spanish in Binacayan, the rebel army led by Bonifacio was also taking the opportunity to attack Manila. Unfortunately, the revolutionary leader's military talent and his ability to mobilize the masses
There is really no comparison, and all his series of attacks ended in failure.
But this did not affect his status in the hearts of the rebels at all, and what is puzzling is that it seems that the monkeys are becoming more and more supportive of him, especially the poorest people at the bottom. They have even regarded this person as theirs.
Red Sun. Under the leadership of Bonifa Xiu, they took advantage of the opportunity that the Spanish were restrained by Aguinaldo and began to liquidate the Spanish collaborators, landowners, wealthy businessmen, and officials on the occupied lands.
Hang them, divide their property, and even divide their wives and daughters. In this way, the power of the revolution snowballs in the killing.
By November 1866, the bloody battle of Binayanca finally ended with the Spanish defeat. Governor Blanco lost more than 3,000 Spanish soldiers, while Aguinaldo's casualties were close to 10,000.
. His people were not the only ones here, there were also a large number of rebels who came from southern Luzon for reinforcements in the later stages of the battle. These people suffered the greatest losses because of their poor equipment. However, Li Hongzhang secretly transported more weapons to Aguinaldo.
With the arrival of 5,000 rifles, he integrated all these chaotic rebels into his own subordinates. By this time, Aguinaldo had more than 15,000 troops equipped with new rifles, and Bonifa
However, Xiu's subordinates gathered nearly 40,000 rebels during this period. Although they were poorly equipped, they were more fanatical and bloody.
At this time, the Spanish reinforcements arrived. A total of 30,000 Spanish soldiers carrying poison gas bombs, machine guns, and rapid-fire cannons landed in Manila. At the same time, the new Governor of the Philippines, Pola Vicia, a professional soldier, and a man who disembarked also
A notoriously brutal executioner, he massacred countless rebels in Cuba and Africa. On the first day after taking over power, the first thing he did was to execute mass executions of all rebels in prison, as long as they were subjected to such
Those who were accused of all kinds of crimes were directly taken out to be shot and hanged. In his own words, for those who betrayed the king, no punishment could compare with the crimes they committed.
From then on, this almost massacre-like execution became a daily routine in Spanish-controlled areas across the Philippines. Countless patriots died under his butcher knife. The entire Philippines was a bloody storm, and the killing lasted for half a month.
Months later, the most terrifying thing for the Filipinos happened. Bolavixia finally raised the butcher's knife against one of the most important figures. Rizal, the spiritual leader of the revolution, went through a process-like trial in Manila.