Xiang Ying was a bit of a bully today. France is now desperately trying to mobilize elites to the country. The soldiers left in the colonies at the moment are actually second- and third-line garrison troops. Tianlai Novel
They have insufficient training, little military pay, and poor equipment... Therefore, the French soldiers Xiang Ying saw were all in tatters. Their uniforms were only 60 to 70% new, and their weapons were also very old.
The Xiang clan here are all elite warriors who have been carefully selected several times and spent a lot of money to arm them. This is completely Shang Si versus Xia Si, which is not of the same magnitude at all.
But the people don't understand the ways here, so they believe their own eyes. Now the French army's momentum has been completely suppressed by the Chinese. This is an indisputable fact.
Today's small appearance will definitely become the memory of the people of Port Said in the future. To change the world's old ideas about China, we must start bit by bit from now.
When Counselor Raku rushed back to the consul's house, what he saw almost made him angry to death. The Chinese just stood there in such a showy manner, while his soldiers were all in rags and looked like beggars.
But now that it was a diplomatic situation, he couldn't get angry yet. He could only glare at the military attache with his eyes, and his meaning was very clear, let this kid wait to be punished.
"I am Counselor Raku, who are you..."
Xiang Ying looked at him calmly, raised his hand in salute and then smiled and extended his hand to shake. "Hello, Mr. Counselor, I am Xiang Ying, the captain of the Zhiyuan. I have been entrusted by Yuan to handle this conflict..."
When he heard that this was the captain of the Zhiyuan, Raku's eyes shrank and his clenched hands trembled involuntarily, and he pulled them back. It would be a bit too rude to do so.
OK! You are the captain of the Zhiyuan, and you gave the final ramming order? I remember your appearance, this hater of France will never forget it!
However, he didn't dare to show any of his cruelty on his face. Instead, he wore a diplomat's usual smile, "Nice to meet you, nice to meet you! This is not the place for conversation. Please go into the conference room to talk in detail!"
"Take a break! Stand at attention...Everyone is here. Dismiss! You can move freely within a radius of 200 meters of the consul's office!"
Xiang Ying did not want to tire his men. Since the military posture of more than an hour had achieved the purpose of deterrence, it was enough. As his order was issued, the twelve pacesetters were finally able to move. They wiped their sweat. , began to pace in place.
At this time, the people of Port Said dared to approach these oriental soldiers cautiously. The girls cast foreign eyes, and the vendors also tried to sell the fruit, sugar cane juice and so on in their hands.
Soon these traders discovered the huge purchasing power of this group of Chinese people, and these people actually paid directly with silver coins. Although people in Port Said were not familiar with this kind of silver coins, they were definitely genuine silver after identification.
What's even more amazing is that almost every soldier has about twenty silver coins in his pockets, which make a heavy and crisp impact.
Now the public's good impression of the Chinese has increased. Many people have even forgotten the domineering collision in the morning. Especially in the eyes of girls, they are handsome, heroic, and rich. This He is simply the prince charming in his dreams.
All of a sudden, the twelve pacesetters were surrounded by countless burning eyes. If it weren't for the fact that this was the Consul's Mansion, these women would have dared to rob them.
Xiang Ying had no time to care about the petty affairs of his subordinates. He was already sitting face to face with Raku Counselor in the conference room. At this time, Counselor Raku asked a question: "Dear Captain, why didn't you bring an adjutant or an adjutant with you?" Clerk? Don’t you need minutes?”
"Hahaha...meeting minutes?" Xiang Ying smiled and shook his head, "Where is the meeting? And what can be recorded? I am here today just to give you an ultimatum unilaterally!"
"What? What do you mean..." Counselor Raku suddenly became nervous.
"Let's open the skylight and speak frankly! The entire canal conflict should be a conspiracy of you French people, right? From the shelling of the fifth station to the collision in Port Said, your premeditated plan is to hold us back and then attack us in Europe. Is it right to form a clan alliance?”
"You are buying diplomatic time for the French emperor, right? In this case, do you think we have any need to negotiate?"
"That's enough!" Raku slammed the table with a bang. "Can you please be polite? Nonsense without any evidence is an insult to France!"
"Evidence? No, no, no, even if there is evidence, I will not show it to you now... I am giving you a unilateral ultimatum at this moment!"
"Your series of provocations in the canal have angered the Chinese and the Qing Dynasty. We are ready for a multi-national ruling! All evidence will be published in the multi-national ruling court..."
"The charges against France include the following. First, hiring desert bandits to bombard the Zhiyuan. This is Chi Guoguo's unilateral declaration of war!"
"Second, taking advantage of our war relationship with Tsarist Russia and using Austrian artillery in an attempt to blame other countries..."
"Third, ignore the treaty on the safe navigation of the canal, attempt to sink ships and block the canal, and besiege us..."
"Fourth, brazenly opening fire on His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty is a de facto declaration of war on the Qing Dynasty..."
"Are these four charges enough? Do you have any explanation? Do you still want to negotiate with me? You have actually declared war on us, do you still want to negotiate with me on an equal footing?"
"False accusation! This is a false accusation! Absolutely a false accusation..." Counselor Raku stood up and roared, spittle flying everywhere.
Xiang Ying curled his lips, "We can make it clear in the multinational adjudication court whether to frame the accusation or not... But now we and the British side have reached an agreement..."
"That is... the Suez Canal is completely out of order at this moment, and the level of chaos has threatened the safety of merchant ships... so the combined fleet decided to divide its forces in half and station them in Port Said and Port Suez..."
"Help France maintain order in the canal... There is no other way. Britain has the largest number of merchant ships, and they are not willing to suffer losses. What do you think?"
"No!" Counselor Raku was like a cat that stepped on its tail. "Absolutely not. The management of the canal is in our hands. You have no right to station troops here! The navy can't even..."
"No?" Xiang Ying also slapped the table with a bang. "Then you have to explain to us clearly how you plan to protect the safety of the canal. Even the shelling incident has happened. We can only conclude that you have lost control of the canal." Control!"
"We are protecting overseas Chinese! Protect overseas Chinese, do you understand? We can't just watch the people of our country pass through such a dangerous canal!"
Rakudu was already mad. "You are declaring war! This is declaring war on France!"
"Declaration of war? Hahaha... You have already opened fire brazenly, and now you are biting back at us and saying that we are declaring war?"
"Excellent, then I can only apologize. The war is now underway, and the combined fleet outside Port Said will take action soon. I don't believe that your Port Said is an iron wall! I don't believe that we can't conquer it..."
"You..." Counselor Raku's blood pressure surged, making him feel dizzy.
Note: This is the sixth update today... I will try my best to have another update at seven or eight o'clock in the evening...
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