Super Emperor of the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 304: Visiting the Will Army

You can search for the latest chapters in Baidu for "Super Emperors Search Novels of the Late Qing Dynasty (www.soxscc.com)"!The signing of the new covenant also announced the end of the Great Qing Maoqiu War Heinz.

The two sides successively invested more than two million troops in the Far East and Mobei, which lasted four months, and finally recovered their native land outside the Northeast Pass in the Qing Dynasty. The old Maoqiu ended with heavy losses.

Although the two sides are still vying for territory in the northwest, they mainly rely on wooing and intimidating the local tribes, and seldom engage in head-on confrontations. The struggle for the kingdoms there to be semi-independent has strengthened their sense of existence.

This war proved that it is useless to visit the number of people in the modern war. The quality of the powerful army and advanced weapons are the important and even decisive factors in determining the war.

The reputation of Sha Maoqiu's European road rollers has also become less glorious with the defeat of this war. The original Sha Maoqi is gold and jade, and it barely supports the position of the strong among the second-rate powers. The defeat of the war completely reduced to a second-rate power, and the right to speak in the international status began to decline.

The Will Army also learned a lot through this war, increased the number of artillery and extremely strong, and learned part of the essence of positional warfare and trench warfare.This made their already powerful army even stronger.

But this is also why they underestimate the old Maoqiu, and Maozi's strong strategic depth will teach them a severe lesson. Of course, this is also a later story.

As time went on, the second five-year plan began to be implemented, and in 1892, the smile of the customs resumption that year began to manifest, and it was no longer in a disadvantaged position in foreign trade.With the rapid economic development, the industrial system is gradually improving.

With the illegalization and disappearance of opium, the foreign trade deficit is completely a thing of the past, and foreign exports continue to grow, and the trade surplus is getting bigger and bigger.

By 1893, the economic aggregate directly surpassed Gaul under the watchful eyes of the Western powers, becoming the fourth largest in the world. The gap between the economy and Mijian, the largest at the same time, was only less than doubled, and the growth rate was still Do that.

Although there is still a gap between per capita and Western powers, it is almost one-tenth of theirs, but at the current development speed, this per capita will be caught up in less than 30 years. Of course, there is no war between the two sides of peaceful development. .

Since then, he has been officially recognized as a first-class power in both economic and military terms, and Mijian’s status has surpassed Gaul’s official rank and will keep pace with the army.

Since then, the Western European powers no longer have the strength to overcome the challenge of Chongyang alone. Even Gili Gaul, the United States is not good. Although their overall national strength is still above, they may be able to suppress on a strange battlefield, but they want It is impossible to challenge at home.

We must know that this is a country with 15 million square kilometers, more than 500 million people, accounting for nearly a quarter of the world's population, the fourth largest economy in the world, and a powerful navy and army.

In August 1894, at the invitation of Emperor William II of the Will Army, Wang Guangxu officially decided to visit Europe.

With the launch of Qing Dynasty 2 and Dongfeng 3 in September, Wang Guangxu will officially set off.

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Zhang Zhidong, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Yang Rui, Tang Shaoyi and other important officials gathered.

"The emperor! We have communicated with the Will Army. This time we will visit the Will Army in secret in the name of military exchanges."

Tang Shaoyi communicated with the Will Army many times. Due to the current tension in Europe, as an ally of the Will Army, the hostility received is bound to be huge. From a security perspective, it is better to be more secretive.

"The emperor will arrange all the fastest battleships of the Qing Dynasty, the Dongfeng Battle Cruiser, and the destroyer Langzi this time. Even Gran has to gather a quarter of the world's fleet to suppress us."

"And it is impossible to catch up with us in speed. As for the country, there is no strong fleet in the entire Far East. There are fixed, wide, and Yang iron armored ships and cruisers that are enough to protect our coastline."

The Minister of the Navy Ding Ruchang reported that the tonnage of the warships now exceeds 200,000 tons. The warships taken away are about half of the tonnage, but the combat effectiveness is more than two-thirds.

Causality Although the navy is strong, most of their new warships are on shipbuilding platforms. Although a large number of them are started at the same time, they will not be able to go to sea for a while.

Although their tonnage is high, can they run if they can't beat them?

"The emperor! Now the situation in Europe is tense, it is not suitable to travel! You are the backbone of the entire country, in case something happens to you..."

The chief minister of the cabinet, Li Hongzhang, is still making the last effort, hoping to prevent this from happening. After all, the emperor is too important to this country. In case there are two shortcomings, the ghost knows what will happen to this country.

Although there are now a prince and two princes, it is not at all a question of heirs. At this stage, no one can replace Wang Guangxu's position. Even if something goes wrong, the country will fall back into darkness.

Even Zuo Zongtang was somewhat opposed to this trip. Although there are many masters in the Dragon Team, Zhao Bingjun has also activated the European spy system and cooperated fully, but once the West went directly to war, the danger was too great.

If you can escape on a warship, on land, the brave individual and the poor little guards are very vulnerable in the face of war.

"You don't have to worry. Although the situation in Europe is tense now, both sides are engaged in diplomatic games and skirmishes. Both parties are far from ready for a real war. It will take at least five to ten years."

Wang Guangxu smiled knowingly at Li Hongzhang and several old Chen who opposed it.

Although he also understands that there is a certain danger, he still wants to go to Europe to see in person. After all, the time has been changed, and the problem cannot be viewed completely according to the previous strategic perspective. The First World War is too important.Although he is now known as the fourth in comprehensive national strength in the world, he understands that there is a huge gap with the top three and even Gaul. This gap is not in military and experience strength, but in the comprehensive strength of the entire society. .

Moreover, such a large-scale war cannot be provoked when neither side is far from ready. After all, there is too much involved, and as far as Asia is, it is not worth them to risk defeat in the European battlefield...