The results of the contact and communication made Sa Daoyi feel a little relieved, and the Chinese are willing to negotiate.

That's good, which means that the fleet on Hengchen Sea is still mainly based on intimidation, rather than really wanting to attack Malacca and completely turn against Britain.

However, the specific negotiator felt a headache. It was Deng Shichang, the commander of the fleet in front of him. The negotiation location he chose was also very subtle, on Bintan Island opposite Singapore.

At this time, Bintan Island was under the jurisdiction of Indonesia under the Dutch colonial colonies. There were construction sites for mining bauxite, and there were not many residents left. On the contrary, there were many pirates lurking in some remote corners, but no one was willing to clean them up.

The Chinese were very unceremonious and chose such a sensitive place to negotiate, and the Dutch did not express fierce protests. Sa Daoyi speculated that it was most likely related to several warships left the fleet and sent to the Java waters.

Although it is just a few ten thousand tons of cruisers, it is an absolutely invincible behemoth for the current Dutch Navy. The Chinese must be in the name of patrolling and condolences to overseas Chinese, which makes people unable to refuse.

Sa Daoyi knew more deeply that the potential threat of negotiations on Bintan Island was that as long as the negotiations broke down, he would immediately see the spectacular scene of Singapore across the sea being bombarded by ships.

With a nervous and complicated mood, Minister Sa Daoyi took a speedboat to cross the strait and landed on Bintan Island. On the way, he saw a huge battleship cruising on the east entrance of the Malacca waterway. He sighed with regret: "If we can negotiate on those battleships, we may take the opportunity to check the reality and allow the empire to obtain the most real and clear information."

The Chinese naval situation is too mysterious. Since Yang Hao took power, various new warships that have been continuously launched into the water have made the navies of various countries look at them and they want to figure out the secrets.

But unfortunately, as of now, no other country has boarded these warships. Even the captured and surrendered naval officers or the technicians hired by the Chinese could only work on a few captured warships before they were transformed, and were later cleared to naval schools and even civilian ships.

This idea was just a flash and was decisively pinned off by Sa Daoyi. It was simply a delusion. China's tough rise was entirely due to the mysterious and powerful military power. Once it was dug into the secret, it was equivalent to digging its own grave, and even a fool would not do that.

The speedboat landed on the north side of Bintan Island. Just halfway up the lonely mountain facing the strait, Deng Shichang temporarily opened up a campground. Marines were responsible for cleaning up and guarding the surroundings. Destroyers were cruised on the sea, except for the low flat ground on all sides. You could see the ships passing through the narrow strait at a glance.

Welcoming Sa Daoyi and his party members - in fact, he and a counselor, two secretaries accompanied him, and several convertible jeeps pulled the curious few people to the mountainside and bumped. After a brief walk, he arrived at a flat grass.

Sa Daoyi widened his eyes and observed that it was a colorful military tent that formed a semi-encircled shape. In the middle, a large parasol covered the square table below on an open space the size of a basketball court.

Deng Shichang was wearing a white short-sleeved summer military uniform and sat comfortably on a portable folding chair. He smiled and waited until the British were approaching, before he stood up and greeted him in English: "Welcome the Minister to visit the island."

Sa Daoyi's profession is too sensitive and immediately responded: "I heard from the general's words that it seems to treat this island as China's territory?"

In diplomatic occasions, you cannot let the other party catch any grammatical problems at will, otherwise you may fall into a passive situation.

Deng Shichang smiled and said, "The Riau Islands where Bintan Island is located, and the Anambas Islands and the Natuna Islands in the east have been considered China's territory since the Song Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. Although the old empires did not attach much importance to maritime power for many years after that, it does not mean that we have given up sovereignty. Now we have made clear claims and believe that the surrounding neighboring countries can understand it."

Is this really the case?

Sa Daoyi was determined to denounce it as nonsense, but he did not dare to draw conclusions easily. Although he was proficient in the situations of Asian countries, it was difficult to make China's thousands of years of history clear. China's history was too long and its cultural influence was too great. At least 1,500 years ago during the Sui and Tang dynasties, as he knew, it had already radiated its civilization to neighboring countries and regions. Maybe the ships representing the Eastern Empire had already declared sovereignty everywhere at that time.

At least during the Ming Dynasty in China, the Ming Empire in the 14th century had already sailed far away with its powerful navy, and it is said that the traces left by them were found on the west coast of America. It is very likely that the Chinese were the first to sail around the world.

According to the consistent style of Westerners, on the route they explored, no matter whether there are people, countries, or civilizations found on the island continent, they will be unceremoniously planted flags and declared "conquering". Can they do this, can't the Chinese?

Putting one's heart in mind, European powers were used to being robbers, and subconsciously imagined others as similar.

Noting the change in the expression of the British man, Deng Shichang thought to himself: "Mr. Yang is indeed a master of his generation, and he is even so proficient in diplomatic rhetoric. When it comes to the issue of territorial sovereignty, you only need to take out the four words "Since ancient times", and it is indeed a disadvantage!"

There is no need to fight hard and fight easily. Starting from Yang Hao's statement, the British responded step by step. When the two sides officially met, Sa Daoyi really didn't have much confidence to win.

Deng Shichang was not in a hurry to chase and rush back and raised his hand to invite the other party to sit down: "It's rare to have a good weather, we must not let it go. Mr. Minister, try the tea I brought first, it should be in line with your taste."

On the table, there was a beautiful set of tea sets. As soon as the oolong tea in the pot was poured out, a refreshing fragrance immediately penetrated into the nose, causing a trace of clear body fluid to appear in the throat, as if the heat of the weather had also been reduced a lot.

Sa Daoyi has been in Asia all year round. As a guest of the courts of China, Japan and the DPRK, he is of course familiar with the tea ceremony in the East.

He also knew that he could not solve any problem in a hurry, so he simply let go of his heart. He took the bull eye cup with a stern and drank three bowls of bright and bright strong tea in a row. After a bitterness, a hint of sweetness appeared on the base of his tongue.

"Thank you General Deng for your hospitality. It's indeed a rare good tea. However, with so many warships and sailing thousands of kilometers to such a small island to enjoy tea, isn't General a little too mobilized?"

Sa Daoyi held the table with one hand, staring at the other party with a sharp look like a hawk.

Deng Shichang leaned comfortably on the back of the chair and said leisurely: "If every voyage of the navies of various countries can be able to taste tea with each other on the island. Then I think the world must be very peaceful and is a good thing for everyone. But unfortunately, such things are always difficult to achieve and will often turn into a life-and-death war. Mr. Minister, do you hope to have a leisurely tea tasting next time, or will you finally meet in war?"

It was understated and threw the problem back.

Sa Daoyi's deep eye sockets couldn't help but shrink in his heart, and he was secretly surprised: "The Chinese general's vocabulary is sharp enough, not like those ordinary old-style officers who are clumsy in words. It is said that this is a rare Chinese naval general, no overseas background at all. He is an elite trained by the old Naval Academy. It seems that it is indeed more difficult to deal with than others!"

He finally understood why Yang Hao asked Deng Shichang to negotiate so reassuringly. It was obvious that he trusted this person very much, not only his loyalty, but also his wisdom and confidence.

Sa Daoyi decided not to get entangled in this and immediately changed the topic: "God General, I know that some colonial officials in our country had a hot mind and did something extraordinary. We feel very sorry for this and are willing to give appropriate compensation. However, I think that the reason for conflicts and conflicts should be borne by both parties. In your country's slang, "One slap can't be slapped." Do you think this is the reason?"

Deng Shichang narrowed his eyes slightly and did not immediately question him.

Before coming, he had read the relevant information repeatedly and knew that it was impossible for the British in this era to apologize to others casually. The strength of the world's largest power gave them enough confidence and unreasonableness. In order to forcibly sell opium, they openly launched a war against another country. It is conceivable what kind of national customs it is. This way of thinking that can commit any heinous crimes for money but does not feel guilty about it at all. There is no reason to defeat them with more fierce means.

Deng Shichang didn't know that in the time and space where Yang Hao came, even in a hundred years, the British would not apologize for launching the Opium War. Their domestic history even completely forgot that there was something happened back then. Of course, there is another possibility that the British committed too many sins, and there were more than 200 countries invaded by them in the world, and China was just one of them, so it was nothing.

The so-called concentration of a great country is "not biting if there are too many lice, not worrying if there are too many debts, not doing too many evils, and not taking revenge seriously."

Britain in the 21st century has fallen into the situation of European scoundrels, and American followers, and they are still so stubborn, not to mention the current Victorian era, which is so powerful that the British Empire is the only one who is the only one in the world.

With such an opinion, Deng Shichang would not be idle and quarrel with the British. Since he is a general, just do what he is most skilled in.

Deng Shichang turned his head to look at the strait, pointed to the shadowy battleship in the distance and said, "Mr. Minister must have heard of our latest battleship. I believe he has not seen her true strength at close range. Don't you mind showing it?"

Sa Daoyi barely showed a stiff smile and shrugged, "Just about looking at the style of China's strongest warship, thank you for your generosity."

In fact, his heart was in a mess. He never expected that the other party was tough and did not intend to compete verbally. It was obvious that the carriage was to scare people!

Deng Shichang's hand gently turned in the air, and the orderly soldiers waiting beside him immediately turned around and ran to the tent, sending the orders out by telegram. Soon, he saw the warships in the distance suddenly changed directions, blocking the exit of the strait, and the destroyers and cruisers that were huddled forward and behind, blocking the entire channel!

Sa Daoyi was assigned a large-scale binocular. He didn't bother to study how this thing was made, and hurriedly adjusted the focal length according to the explanation of the person next to him, and took the distant scene into his eyes.

I saw that the ships that were originally approaching were in chaos on the sea! Whether they came from south or north, they were all frightened by the fighting postures put on by the Chinese Navy! None of them wanted to be involved in the naval battle. Then there was no place to deal with them if they were shot!

The sea on the east side was almost empty. Several scattered ships with Chinese flags turned around and left. On the sea on the west side, the ships heading to Singapore turned around in the waterway regardless of the danger. The ships anchored in the Singapore port started fire and fled in panic!

In fact, since the Chinese Navy rushed into Malacca, many ships did not dare to drive into the South China Sea, and they were anchored into the port, but they did not dare to turn off the fire. At this time, the storm on the sea surface changed suddenly, and they immediately burned the boiler. They could pull the anchor away in a few minutes.

As for the British naval ships, they had already run to the north of the strait and were ready for battle.

Just by showing off, Malacca will be a mess. It is foreseeable that in the future, the shipping here will fall into a semi-paralyzed state for a long time. Sa Daoyi can imagine that Sir Mitchell, who is now in the Governor's House in Singapore, must be swearing.

The four "Hebei-class" battleships slowly pulled into a long snake formation, just rightly embedded in the waterway, but none of the ships touched the underwater reefs on both sides. Sa Daoyi was very surprised by the extent to which the Chinese understood the sea conditions. This meant that they had been planning a British colony for a long time. They had already made full preparations!

Slowly, four battleships entered the center line one after another, and they didn't care that they had been aimed and locked by the opposite Singapore coastal defense guns. They rushed straight to the west side of Bintan Island, and lined up their thick muzzles and aimed at a lonely island in the narrow passage.

The melodious whistle sound spread in the strait, and then the fire flashed on the "Hebei" led by the leader and the cannon fired!

This is the first time that Sa Daoyi has witnessed the spectacular scene of the battleship turrets with his own eyes! The clearly magnified scene in the telescope made him, who is knowledgeable, unable to help but widen his eyes, his body trembled violently with the explosion, and his heart seemed to stop in an instant!

The three horizontal three-mounted 305mm main guns were bombarded three times in a row at a few seconds in a row. The orange fireworks sprayed out of the muzzle rushed out hundreds of meters away! The ripples formed by the flat surface spread out violently, with obvious depressions on the sea level, and the heavy hull was slightly shaken, as if there were signs of parallel movement!

The fireworks walls fired by the nine cannons were higher than the main mast, and in a blink of an eye it even covered the entire giant ship! Looking diagonally opposite, it looked like a sea of ​​fire suddenly burst out from the water surface, forming a mountain of fireworks waves that were empty and rise up!

Amid the rolling orange fireworks, the thick warhead tore open the thick smoke and rushes wildly at more than twice the speed of sound, pulling traces visible to the naked eye against the sea! Sa Daoyi even rumbled through the air and howling loudly roared through the air. The hallucination made his bones chill!

In a blink of an eye, shells flew through the sky to reach the target island! On the steep hill with an altitude of only more than 100 meters, suddenly, thick clouds of smoke suddenly rose rapidly. Nine explosions burst into dense bursts of narrow spaces, bursting out with a heavy mushroom cloud swept up, looking spectacular from a distance!

Soon, the sound of cannons on the sea and the explosions on the island followed one after another! From so far, Sa Daoyi felt that the earth seemed to be shaken, which made people's heart beat wrongly!

Sa Daoyi has now made considerable research on the navy, and he immediately came to a terrible conclusion! Such a dense heavy artillery company and such a precise hit at such a long distance mean that it would be very dangerous to face such battleships in naval battles! They didn't even have the chance to get close, and they would be destroyed by the amazingly powerful shells more than ten kilometers away!

No wonder the British Navy suffered repeated defeats and did not even have the chance to escape. Faced with such amazing firepower, there was no power to fight back!

This is not finished yet! The first battleship had nine rounds finished and quickly moved out of position. The three behind it drove there one after another, and they also fired nine rapid fires. Thirty-six shells exploded on the isolated island one after another. The boiling fireworks completely surrounded and swallowed the entire island. A strong cloud of mushrooms rose hundreds of meters high. Countless gravels flew out of the smoke and clouds, like projectiles were thrown into the sea in a mess.

The earth-shaking explosion came from the ground, as if it was setting off a huge wave on the sea. After more than ten minutes, the fireworks on the isolated island slowly disappeared. When the telescope looked over, they saw that the hill was actually smashed to pieces and exploded beyond recognition!

Sa Daoyi was frightened! If such firepower was launched towards Singapore opposite, I was afraid that the city and port could be completely turned into ruins without a few volleys!

What can I do if there is a shore defense cannon? I am afraid that it will not be fired a few times, and I don’t even have time to aim, so I may be destroyed by others first. The entire city was bombarded into ruins. What can a turret do with just a turret?

The four battleships attacked the same target, but none of the shells missed the shells. The amazing accuracy indicates that the Chinese Navy has fully mastered these giants! As long as someone dares to provoke, even if they do not have the superb ship-controlling skills as the British Navy, they can still be invincible with this shooting technique!

Among the British diplomats who accompanied him, one was dressed as a naval officer. Seeing such an amazing scene, he felt very cold. He was still unconvinced and thought that he would command the latest British battleships to take revenge in the future. Now it seems mysterious!
Chapter completed!