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    "What the hell, what do these damn yellow-skinned monkeys want to do? Do they really dare to wage war against the great French Republic?" Captain Thomas, the captain of the ironclad Atalante, turned red and roared crazily.

    "Captain, please calm down. You must be responsible for the lives of hundreds of French soldiers on the Atalante. With the Atalante, we are no match for the Western Sichuan people. Even  The entire Far East Fleet is useless." The gunnery officer, chief engineer, and navigator of the ironclad Atalanta all advised.

    "Damn it, the glory of France cannot be trampled by these yellow-skinned monkeys!" Thomas cursed bitterly.  However, there is no other way.  As others have said, the current Far East Fleet is extremely old.  This is no longer a place where they can show off their power.

    "Full right rudder, return to Da Nang!" Thomas, the captain of the ironclad Atalante, finally had to compromise.  The glory of France is nothing but shit in the face of absolute strength.

    "Leshan" and "Qijiang" had been following the ironclad Atalante, "escorting" them away, and sailed toward the end of the ship for twenty nautical miles before the two light cruisers returned.

    "One day, I will let these yellow-skinned monkeys know the price of provoking the French Republic!" Captain Thomas of the ironclad Atalante said bitterly.  However, he had to admit that the two new warships of the Western Sichuan Navy were very good. At least in terms of speed, they could outstrip the Atalante armored ship by a large margin. Even in a one-on-one battle, the Atalante  The armored ship was not sure of gaining the upper hand.

    The French navy that was monitoring was driven away, which made everyone in the Western Sichuan Navy breathe a sigh of relief.  Previously, because of fear of France's power, even if the French navy often appeared near the North Sea, the Western Sichuan Navy did not dare to forcefully drive it away.  After all, although the French Republic has declined, it is still one of the most powerful countries in the world. Their navy is the second largest in the world, and its total tonnage is several times higher than that of the Western Sichuan Navy.

    "Next time if you encounter something like this, you can't back down. As long as warships from any country dare to approach our military port, we will drive them away!" Wang Yuze said.

    "Including the British Navy?" Fleet Chief of Staff Li Dingxin asked.  The British Navy is the best in the world, and the Western Sichuan Navy is just getting started.  When facing the British Navy, I'm afraid a lot of concessions will be needed!

    "Of course it does. However, when facing the British navy, try to be careful not to break out into a huge conflict with them." Wang Yuze added.  There is no way around this!  Who said that the British Navy is now powerful and the Western Sichuan Navy is far from being their opponent?  No country can compete with the British navy now.  Although the "Chinese Fleet" of the British Navy are also old warships, the Western Sichuan Navy can easily kill them all.  But once Britain transfers warships from other fleets, the new Western Sichuan Navy will not be its opponent at all.  Even the entire Western Sichuan Navy may be destroyed in one blow.  Therefore, at some point, the Western Sichuan Navy had to swallow its anger.

    After returning to the Beihai Navy Port, Wang Yuze once again praised the navy and hoped that they could continue their efforts to improve the navy's combat effectiveness.  At the same time, Wang Yuze also inspected the progress of four "Chengdu"-class heavy cruisers and four second-batch "Leshan"-class light cruisers that are under construction.  Wei Han, director of the shipyard, assured Wang Yuze that all eight warships will be launched before June and will be able to equip the troops by September.  This made Wang Yuze very satisfied. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, once the Western Sichuan Navy started a war with the Japanese Navy, Western Sichuan would have more available warships.

    Afterwards, Wang Yuze took a train from Beihai back to Chengdu.  The railway from Chengdu to Yongning has been built as a double track, which has beneficially increased the transportation capacity of this railway, making Qinzhou Port and Fangcheng Port the most important external channels in western Sichuan.  In addition, the railway from Kunming to Yongning is about to be opened to traffic, which will further alleviate the pressure on the Chengdu-Yongning Railway.

    On February 25, Wang Yuze returned to Chengdu.  On the one hand, I deal with the military and government affairs accumulated during this period, and on the other hand, I also spend time with my family.  His son Wang Zirui is over one year old.  The little guy has just learned to walk. Under the care of his mother, Xiong Menghan, he runs around all day long and is very cute.  Whenever Wang Yuze returns to the courtyard, he will play with the little guy for a while to cultivate the relationship between father and son.

    In addition, due to his hard work, good news came out one after another about his second wife Yang Shilan, third wife Zhou Rui and fourth wife Yuying.  This made Wang Yuze very happy.  Wang Xiao only has a son like him, so of course he hopes to spread his business.  Only Zhou Rui is a little unhappy. Zhou Rui, who is less than 20 years old, is now a junior student at West Sichuan Women's University. She is pregnant now, so naturally she has to take a break from school.? This made Zhou Rui complain to Wang Yuze to death.

    On the morning of February 26, as soon as Wang Yuze came to the study, Wei Zhiyong, director of the Western Sichuan Military Intelligence Bureau, rushed over.

    "Director Wei, what happened?" Wang Yuze asked.

    "Commander, North Korea is in chaos! On the 15th, the Dongxue Party uprising broke out in North Korea. But it has been suppressed now." Wei Zhiyong, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, said.

    "It's finally here. Pay close attention to the situation in North Korea. If there is any new news, report it to me immediately!" Wang Yuze stood up from his chair with a sudden sound.  The Donghak Party Uprising can be said to be the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894!  Soon, the Sino-Japanese War will begin.

    "Yes, Marshal!" Wei Zhiyong replied.  Although, he doesn't understand. North Korea is just a small country, and the Dongxue Party uprising is just a small uprising, and it has been suppressed now. Why does Wang Yuze pay so much attention to it?  Of course, he didn't delve into the reasons. He was just doing things according to Wang Yuze's orders.

    In the next period of time, Wang Yuze paid close attention to the situation in North Korea.  Beginning in the late 19th century, the actual rulers of North Korea, headed by Concubine Min's concubine, were even more corrupt and extravagant. History records that the North Korean court at that time had "long-night banquets that lasted all day long, with elite women performing hundreds of plays, and wine pools and meat forests."  A huge waste of money."  Various reparations and repayments of principal and interest on foreign loans, increasingly huge military and political expenditures, endless increases in royal expenses, etc. have also made the North Korean treasury empty and the deficit soared.  The North Korean government had to sell officials and titles to maintain fiscal revenue, and even the imperial examinations became a trading market.  The rulers of North Korea also colluded with the Japanese invaders and became an accomplice of the foreign powers' invasion of North Korea.  North Korea's central government is so barbaric, local officials and rural tyrants are plundering and arrogant, and the gap between rich and poor is unprecedentedly serious. North Korea's social contradictions are accumulating like dry firewood.  The North Korean rulers' behaviors of being arrogant and extravagant at home and compromising and traitorous externally have greatly intensified the class contradictions between the landlord class and the peasant class.

    Sure enough, after April entered, the Korean Quan Zhun and others led a peasant uprising at the end of April and occupied Baishan Mountain as their base camp.  The rebel army destroyed the government offices, opened warehouses to help the people, and held a meeting in Baishan on May 4 (March 29 of the lunar calendar). They proposed "No killing, no harm."  The four major principles of "driving out the Japanese barbarians and clarifying the holy way" and "driving troops into Beijing and annihilating all the powerful people" also stated in the memorandum that they would "save the people from ruin and build the country on a rock; kill the corrupt officials internally and expel them externally."  The violent and powerful enemy", known as "White Mountain Promoting Righteousness" in history.  The ideas of the Donghak Rebel Army won the support of the common people. More and more farmers joined the Donghak Army along the way. The rebel team soon grew to more than 13,000 people, and their weapons were greatly improved.  Soon, Quan Zhun was elected as the general, calling himself "General Mung Bean". Jin Deming was the military advisor. Two generals, Sun Huazhong and Jin Kainan, each led an army, and their troops were directed towards Quanzhou, the capital of Jeolla Province.

    The North Korean government troops were retreating steadily and were forced to ask for help from the Qing government.  Japan believed that the time had come to launch a war, and said to the Qing court, "Why doesn't your government replace Han Kan immediately? Our government must have no other intentions," thus inducing the Qing government to send troops to Korea.  The Qing government did not see through this Japanese conspiracy, so it sent Lieutenant Commander Ye Zhichao and Commander-in-Chief Nie Shicheng to lead more than 20,000 people from the Fifth Town of the Qing Army to land in Yashan, North Korea around June 6, and set up camp here in preparation for suppressing the uprising.  , and at the same time notified Japan in accordance with the 1885 Sino-Japanese Treaty of Tianjin.  On June 11, the Korean government and the rebels reached a state-wide peace agreement, and the Qing army quelled the uprising without fighting.

    When Japan learned the news that the Qing government had sent troops to Korea, they were overjoyed.  At that time, the Ito Hirobumi cabinet was facing a no-confidence impeachment motion in the parliament. After receiving this news, it was as if it was grasping at straws and started to provoke a war with all its strength.  Starting from June 8, 1894, Japan on the one hand sent an advance team of 4,000 people to land in Incheon, North Korea under the pretext of protecting the embassy and overseas Chinese; on the other hand, Japanese Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu ordered the Minister to North Korea Keisuke Ohtori to "get  "Implement temporary measures as deemed appropriate", authorizing Otiao to provoke provocations and find excuses to launch aggressive wars.

    At the same time, Wang Yuze summoned cabinet members and military leaders while inspecting the embassy and issued an order to prepare for full war.  The Ministry of Finance allocated 100 million yuan in special war military expenditures as military expenditures for this war.  At the same time, the army has also entered a stage of comprehensive preparations for war.  All departments of the Western Sichuan Army have canceled their vacations and entered first-level combat readiness. Once ordered, they can launch an attack immediately.  In particular, the troops stationed in Shaanxi, Hubei, Guizhou and the north and east of Guangxi are all ready for battle.  At the same time, the two cavalry corps, as well as the troops stationed in Chengdu, Yunnan and other places, all began to move towards the borders of western Sichuan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.  War is about to break out!

    PS: The first update is here!  Four updates today!  In addition, in today's four chapters, a large part of the information about the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894 was quoted. Please bear with me!  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward (this site). Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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