"Your master is not here, of course I firmly believe that he must be alive, but the waves on the sea are so strong, it is possible that the time will be delayed!"
"Now the British fleet is getting closer, this battle is simply unavoidable!"
"Xiang Ying, you are in charge of the Chinese Navy. You must tell me the truth. Do you have the confidence to win?"
Huniu's hands were shaking a little. This was the most dangerous moment for the Chinese people at the moment. This battle was a matter of life and death.
"Xiang Ying, you have to think clearly... If you can win, everything we do today will be a joke in the end, and Zai Chun's death will not affect us!"
"But if we lose and the British win in the end, then we Chinese will be in doom!"
"With the virtue of the British, they will definitely support the Manchus and continue to be puppets. The semi-colony your master mentioned may even become a real colony!"
"Zai Chun has a good relationship with the British royal family. In order to save face, the British will have to investigate the cause of Zai Chun's death!"
"The secret of the miracle medicine cannot be kept by then. Once it is exposed, the British will stand up for Zaichun!"
"Let me make it clear. It doesn't matter if I die, it doesn't matter if you die...but Fu Yin'er can't have any accidents. Do you understand?"
Huniu's words made both Xiang Ying and Lin Zhen, who had experienced battles in the field, break out in cold sweat. The stakes here were too terrifying.
Huniu was right. Even if the Chinese lost the naval battle and the British massacred the city, they would not attack the senior officials in the end, especially the descendants of Xiao Letian.
But all this must be based on the premise that face cannot be torn. If face is torn with Zai Chun, then Zai Chun's faction, which has the support of the British, will definitely counterattack.
Cixi and Ci'an, including the senior officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, would do everything possible to encourage Britain to take revenge.
At that time, it will no longer be a question of Lin Zhen's death. Xiang Ying and Huniu will be implicated, and even Fu Yin'er will be implicated.
This situation must not happen. Huniu must protect the safety of her son.
"Xiang Ying, you have to remember...whose body does the future of the Chinese race belong to? It belongs to Fu Yin'er. All your future careers are the link between past and future for Fu Yin'er!"
"When your master is old and Fu Yin'er is still young, there will be such a gap in leadership, and that will be the stage for you Xiang Ying and Lin Zhen!"
"I can guarantee your prosperity and wealth! I can guarantee the prosperity and wealth of your descendants for generations to come!"
"But you must also understand that this world belongs to Fu Yin'er and will always be his!"
"He is the prince who inherits the great treasure, and he is the dragon seed! The future revitalization of the Chinese race still lies with Fu Yin'er, and only he can unite the entire Chinese race to fight against the world!"
"Fu Yin'er cannot be in any danger, not only to his life, but also to his political life. His future cannot be damaged at all!"
"As long as the reputation and power are not destroyed, even if the British gain power temporarily, Fu Yin'er can lead the Chinese to rise in the future!"
"This is a century-old plan, do you understand? Now Xiang Ying, tell me... are you confident in winning?"
"If you can win, let's do this, even if we kill Zai Chun... If you don't have confidence, haha!"
Huniu drank the wine in one gulp and said with tears streaming down her face, "If we really can't win, then give us the magic medicine..."
"Leave a good destiny and pave the way for the future..."
The teacher's wife even cried. Xiang Ying and Lin Zhen couldn't stand any longer. They knelt on the ground with a plop, "Master's wife..."
Xiang Ying burst into tears and said with choked sobs, "Fu Yin'er is our life... We will not put the prince in danger even if we die!"
"I will work hard until my death. If I don't succeed, I will become a benevolent person. I will definitely win this battle..."
"No!" Hu Niu said loudly, "I don't want you to express your position. I want you to tell me clearly whether you can win and how you are going to win?"
"I don't want you to shout slogans... I don't want slogans... I want to listen to your truth..."
Lin Zhen and Xiang Ying looked at each other and knew that they had to pass this level today. They wiped away their tears and stood up.
Lin Zhen turned around and opened his briefcase. Inside was a large folded military map.
Xiang Ying lit two more candles and said softly, "Mother, this is the entire topographic map of the South China Sea... I will tell you how we are going to fight!"
"Confidence is not something you can just blow off, we have our plans!"
The three of them gathered in front of the table. Lin Zhen pressed the edge of the folded map with an apple, trying to make it as flat as possible.
Xiang Ying pointed at the dots on the map and whispered, "Look, Master, this is the oil-producing area of Brunei. This is the foundation of our Chinese oil industry and the lifeblood of the future internal combustion engine industry..."
"This is the main battlefield I have chosen!"
"The British are very cunning. They attach great importance to technology. After all, this is the country where the first industrial revolution was born... They already know the information about our internal combustion engines!"
"This time the British fleet comes and they will definitely not let this piece of fat go. I am going to use Brunei as bait!"
"At present, we have begun to let the outside world know... Some prospects of internal combustion engine technology are still important. We have leaked them to the West through some hidden channels..."
"Don't worry, Mrs., it will definitely not be core technology. It is just some industry prospect analysis and other things. They are all empty talk, but they are also very important!"
"I just want the British to know how important oil will be in the future and how much we Chinese people value this place!"
"I even allocated part of the navy's funds... It's gold, physical gold, about 20 tons of gold and 500 tons of silver..."
"This is also a kind of bait. I also let them leak this information!"
"In the future, I will also personally serve as bait and go to Brunei to take charge... This way I won't be afraid that the British won't bite the bait!"
"As long as they come, we can take advantage of the geographical location and kill them here..."
Xiang Ying's finger pointed to a place on the map with four small characters on it, Eight Immortals Dark Sand!
"Eight Immortals Ansha? Eight Immortals Ansha...Do you want to..." Huniu didn't give it in vain. She has also studied a lot of military knowledge over the years.
"Do you want the British fleet to be stranded?"
"Yes, Master's wife is right... I will lead the main fleet to a decisive battle with the British fleet around the Eight Immortals Sands. The time will be at high tide!"
"It's normal for a naval battle to last for several hours, and sometimes it even lasts for a whole day... and the interval between high tide and low tide is 12 hours, which is enough time!"
"We fight and retreat, attracting the British fleet to catch up, and lure them into the Eight Immortals Sands... Then when the tide goes out, those large-tonnage warships will definitely run aground!"
"At that time, we will be the ones cutting the flesh with a slow knife!"
Huniu stared at the map with twinkling eyes. "What if the British are not fooled? Xiao Letian also said that the British Royal Navy has rich experience and has dominated the oceans for hundreds of years. Are they really that easy to be fooled?"
