Rebirth of the Northern Giants

"What's that?" Uchida Masatoshi, who was watching the tragedy of the Pioneer, suddenly yelled, jumped up and shouted.

Ji Guize followed his gaze, and saw a dark ship suddenly appearing from the water not far away.

"This is, this is the submarine of the Chinese people." Ji Guize was extremely shocked. When did the Chinese people have such advanced technology that the submarine could quietly lurk not far from his own ship without being discovered.

In fact, the reason why this submarine was not discovered was that the Japanese were not prepared for the first battle, and that Masatoshi Uchida focused his attention on the merchant ships and the North Sea Fleet.

The extremely arrogant Japanese were stunned by the sudden appearance of the submarine. Before Masatoshi Uchida could react, he found two waves of water separated, like the back of a whale, coming towards Chiyoda.

"Yes, torpedo, dodge quickly" Uchida Masatoshi shouted wildly with a pale face and at a loss.

It was too late, but soon, as soon as the submarine appeared, it sent two gifts to Chiyoda.

The leader who had been lurking for a long time finally showed its fangs at this time.

Hit the Japanese by surprise.

Bang, bang, two explosions sounded, and the torpedo hit the belly of Chiyoda's rear ship.

Zhang Dawei stared nervously at the periscope inside the Chief. For the first actual combat, it was no wonder he was not nervous. The other crew members held their breath and looked at him.

"The captain was hit." The periscope did not disappoint him, and reported to him in surprise.

The crew of the Jerkhead cheered.

"Dive down, leave, and leave the rest to the North Sea Fleet." Zhang Dawei is not greedy for credit, he is already very happy when he succeeds in the sneak attack. It is not his style to slam into enemy ships. He likes to hide in dark corners, just like he did just now , Waiting for others to be careless, and then come up to take a bite, this is the wolf's style.

After a glimpse of the leader, Shi Shiran disappeared into the eyes of the Chinese and Japanese sailors.

If it weren't for the leaning hull of the Chiyoda and the fire that was already raging into the sky, everyone would almost think they were dazzled.

"What is this?" Ryukyu Wang Shangtai muttered.

"Unexpectedly, the President even dispatched a submarine. Could it be that he followed us all the way and was not discovered by us?" Lin Tai was afraid for a while. If it was the enemy's submarine, he still didn't know how to deal with it. Fortunately, it was his own.

"Surround the enemy ship and not let a single Japanese go." Lin Taizeng gave a ruthless order in order not to leak the secret.

The Beihai Fleet arrived in a hurry, and the Chiyoda was surrounded by the Chinese fleet before it even had time to escape.

"Hurry up, report to the base camp, and found an advanced Chinese ship: a submarine." Uchida Masatoshi saw that he could not escape, and wanted to leak the news.

"Your Excellency, the communication room was hit by an enemy ship, and it was completely destroyed by fire." Ji Guize said with a face ashamed.

Under the siege of more than a dozen ships, the Chiyoda had no chance of surviving.

What is amazing is that when the Chinese crew dropped the lifebuoy, Sapiwo's son escaped unharmed and was not killed by the bombing.

Lin Tai once rescued dozens of Japanese captives, chiseled it into a Pioneer, and took the Ryukyu royal family with him. Before the Japanese combined fleet arrived, Shi Shiran withdrew from this sea area. .

Volume Two, The Wind and Cloud of the Capital, Chapter [-], Policy on Japan

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When the Chinese and Japanese navies were coming and going and entangled in the Ryukyu waters, Ye Zhikui also discussed the Ryukyu Kingdom with Li Hongzhang, Jianren Shiwu, Wu Tingfang, Xu Jingcheng, Wang Fengzao and other foreign ministry officials at the official residence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China government.

Since the withdrawal of the South and North Ocean Ministers, all foreign affairs have been handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ye Zhikui's eyes were bloodshot, and his hair was a little messy. He hadn't slept well these past few days. The division of military regions, Tibet, and Ryukyu all took up a lot of his rest time.

However, as soon as he heard that Liu Mingchuan had sent a piece of information from Taiwan, he couldn't wait to call the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold a meeting.

"Mr. Li, this negotiation with the Russians allowed us to recover a large part of the territory lost by the Manchu Qing. You have made great contributions to our China's glory." Ye Zhikui exchanged greetings with Li Hongzhang and took the first place.

In the meeting room, other officials were already seated, and when they saw Ye Zhikui coming in, they all stood up to say hello.

"The Grand Marshal is too generous. I still need to reimburse the government for a huge sum of 200 million rubles. Haha, otherwise, even if I sell all my property, I won't be able to repay the debt." Li Hongzhang narrowed his eyes with a smile, obviously in a good mood .

During the Sino-Russian negotiations, the Chinese government spent 200 million rubles to buy the Russian Wade. Since the matter was urgent at that time, Li Hongzhang borrowed from the Heilongjiang branch of the Bank of Asia in advance in his own name.

"Mr. Li, you should pay attention. You are a creditor of the government. It is said that the one who owes the money is the uncle. You should treat me better." Ye Zhikui replied with a smile.

When Yang Du walked into this small conference room with the folder, what he saw was Ye Zhikui and Li Hongzhang joking with each other.

"Xizi, bring the documents. Sit down first and let everyone know what's going on." Ye Zhikui saw him coming in at a glance, suppressed his smile a little, sat up straight, and said calmly.

Yang Du found a suitable place to sit down, inspected more than a dozen curious foreign affairs officials, flattened the documents, and said flatly: "Everyone, I have a document from Taiwan about Ryukyu people living in Taiwan. I believe that some of you here are still involved in the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Ryukyu Kingdom over the past decade or so, and you should be more familiar with it than me, a junior."

Speaking of this, Yang Du took a special look at Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang blushed a little, embarrassed for a while. As the most important person involved in the past, he certainly remembered it clearly. , Of course, the Northeast is the main thing.

"Everyone, China is the suzerain of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and has the right to interfere in the domestic and foreign affairs of Ryukyu. At the same time, as the suzerain, we must also ensure the safety of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Japan invaded Ryukyu for no reason and imprisoned the Ryukyu royal family. This seriously endangers the status of our suzerain. It is a great provocation of our country, and we cannot listen to it, let it go, pretend to be deaf and dumb, and turn a deaf ear to it."

All the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have speculated about the meaning of Yang Du's words. The Ryukyu Kingdom is now in name only. Of course, no matter in history or now, Ryukyu is not a Japanese territory according to international law, and China has always been the suzerain of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Li Hongzhang smiled wryly, and said, "Generalissimo, now that the Ryukyu royal family has been moved to Tokyo by the Japanese, even if we have more than enough heart, we still have not enough power."

Ye Zhikui shook his head, and said triumphantly, "Old Li, that's what you don't know. The Ryukyu royal family was rescued by my intelligence personnel in Japan two days ago, and they are probably on board the Beihai Fleet ship now."

Although he has not received any news from Ryukyu King Ping'an, Ye Zhikui has decided to intervene in Ryukyu affairs no matter whether the matter is successful or not.

"The Ryukyu King was rescued?"

Everyone was startled, and there was a lot of discussion. This was silent, and without the slightest word in advance, the government of the Republic of China had rescued the Ryukyu royal family.

Li Hongzhang coughed twice, and asked in disbelief: "Thousands of miles away, the government can rescue the Ryukyu royal family. The Grand Marshal really likes to surprise people."

Ye Zhikui nodded and said, "Because of the secrecy, not many people knew about it, but now that we have been rescued, of course there is no need to keep it secret."

"How does the Generalissimo plan to arrange for the Ryukyu royal family?" Wu Tingfang interrupted and asked excitedly.

Ye Zhikui said with a serious expression: "Japan's occupation of Ryukyu is illegal and unpopular. We must support the people of Ryukyu in their anti-aggression war. As the suzerain, we are bound to help the Ryukyu royal family to restore the country. Just as the war saved North Korea from Japanese aggression, today we have no choice."

Not hesitate to start a war, Li Hongzhang frowned, and said with some worry: "Generalissimo, now that the British are invading Tibet, it may be difficult to start a Sino-Japanese war again."

Ye Zhikui said nonchalantly: "The British invasion of Tibet was simply a bad game. Apart from showing its majesty as the world's hegemon, they would not get any benefit. Needless to say, to get from India to Tibet, you need to cross many mountains and mountains. , logistics supply is difficult, their troops will not be too many, even if they occupy Tibet, they will retreat due to climate and other issues, of course, the government of the Republic of China will not let them occupy Tibet."

"When fighting Japan, the most important thing is to look at the navy. Japan is an island country without the slightest strategic depth. Once the Japanese navy is defeated, it will herald Japan's defeat. But our navy is now gaining momentum. After two sea battles, its strength is not high. Falling instead of rising, many enemy ships were captured. After repairs, they are now able to join the ranks of the battle. In a short period of time, the strength of our navy exceeds that of Japan. Therefore, as long as the Japanese navy does not make fatal mistakes, the possibility of defeat It's extremely tiny."

Wang Fengzao was always in a state of contemplation before, and only after hearing this did he ask: "I see that the Generalissimo seems to be very afraid of Japan, what is the reason?"

Ye Zhikui looked at his words, and replied sadly: "Zhifang, you have been an imperial envoy in Japan, haven't you seen through the wolf ambitions of the Japanese? One mountain cannot have two tigers, and one Asia can only have one superpower, let alone Japan. People have provoked our country many times. In order to seek territory, they invaded North Korea, Taiwan and other places, and even occupied Ryukyu. It was the Japanese who were behind the assassination of the National Congress. It can be seen that the Japanese have never died , To deal with such countries, we can only fight back fiercely, and gain hundreds of years of peace in the first battle."

Ye Zhikui's words attracted the approval of all the officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they all nodded in understanding.

Seeing this, Ye Zhikui said with a smile: "So, everyone, the reason for holding this meeting today is to ask your Ministry of Foreign Affairs to circulate the compiled Ryukyu materials to embassies of various countries as soon as possible to win sympathy and support. We must learn from history and Now the people of Ryukyu are looking forward to the rejuvenation of the country, taking the initiative in the Ryukyu affairs in the international arena, so that the government can justify the Ryukyu affairs, and the Japanese government has nothing to say."

Li Hongzhang stroked his beard, and he could only secretly lament in his heart that young people are terrible. What he could do nothing more than ten years ago, now seeing Ye Zhikui is confident.

Ye Zhikui continued to conclude: "Everyone, if Japan voluntarily withdraws its troops, supports the restoration of the Ryukyu royal family, and signs a peace treaty and never invades Ryukyu, nothing will happen to both sides. Otherwise, we and him will see the truth."