While the flagship Old Man Star Battleship of the rescue fleet made three huge and long sounds of the volleyball, black smoke suddenly emerged from the mighty thick chimney.

"Dou..." The other rescue ships following him also began to honk the whistle.

The Old Man's Asterisk battleship began to head east, and various fishing boats, passenger ships, steamers, etc. also followed behind the seventeen warships.

For the navy soldiers, the seventeen ships received a message that made them desperate. The Japanese Fourth Fleet might attack the Chinese rescue ships. Once the Japanese Fourth Fleet bombarded them, they had to fight back. At the same time, the navy soldiers also knew that they were definitely not opponents of the Fourth Fleet. If they had a fight this time, they would be a battle of death.

Therefore, at this time, the sailors did not cheer, they just leaned silently on their clothes and wrote their suicide notes.

Although they knew that the journey of death ahead was inevitable, the naval soldiers rushed forward without hesitation. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Chinese Navy had become a turtle. Now they did not want to be a turtle. They would rather fight until death and no longer live in vain. They were ready to die with the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Navy - even if they could not, they would let the other party knock off their front teeth.

There are only 300 rescue ships behind them, and there are six or seven hundred fishing boats around them to see them off. Unknowingly, their faces are full of joy. Each boat proudly hangs the five-color Chinese flag and shouts patriotic slogans. As civilian ships, they can follow their fleet to Japan to rescue their compatriots. What a meaningful thing this is. Who says that we ordinary people are not patriotic? Who says that fishermen only care about themselves?

However, the sailors on the seventeen warships ahead looked at the cheerful people on the civilian ships from afar, and a burst of sadness surged in their hearts.

Liu Guanxiong stood in the command cabin of the flagship Old Man Asterisk battleship, looked at the civilian ship behind him with a telescope. He sighed and said, "The President is kidnapping."

"What are you kidnapped?" asked his adjutant Zhou Chuliang.

Liu Guanxiong said: "Kidnapping public opinion is even kidnapping the world! If the Japanese really fired fire on Chinese civilian ships, the president will immediately launch an anti-Japanese "gaochao" and... realize China's militarization route. Because hatred will stimulate greater potential, the president's move will undoubtedly become a true dictator in China."

Zhou Chuliang hurriedly said, "General, be careful of your words, there are ears to the wall."

Liu Guanxiong smiled bitterly and shook his head. He said, "I'm not afraid of hearing the walls. I'm afraid that the thousands of people behind me will be buried in the sea with me. I'm afraid I'm in danger this time."

"You know this is a journey of death, but you still take the initiative to lead the team..."

Liu Guanxiong said: "Who will lead the team if I don't lead? Early in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, I should be buried in the Yellow Sea with my comrades. Haha, this time it has fulfilled my wish."

"But how can I not tell the civilian ship?" Zhou Chuliang asked.

"Gambling." Liu Guanxiong sighed. "The president is gambleing, but no matter what, the president is invincible."

"Why do I say this? I am not sure." Zhou Chuliang said in surprise.

Liu Guanxiong said: "If China and Japan do not fight, Wang Maoru, the initiator of this rescue operation, will definitely be more popular with the people's hearts and more declining reputation. This will bring him endless glory and political capital, and immediately establish his image as a tough president. It should be noted that until the founding of the Republic of China, there have been many military presidents, including Yuan Shikai, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, Li Yuanhong, etc., but they have compromised and bowed their heads to the outside world, which is very unpopular. The president has established an absolute image and authority with a tough attitude. In the future, no one can shake his status."

"Is the benefit of fighting the country a road to militarization?" Zhou Chuliang said, "It's just that. I'll even kill them all..."

"We are just chess pieces under the President." Liu Guanxiong said helplessly, "A Navy Minister who died at the hands of the Japanese is more meaningful than a living Navy Minister, right?"

Zhou Chuliang was shocked and said, "This... politics is really ruthless, but the civilian ship behind it..."

"The courage of the Japanese is to bet on the Japanese. Japanese warships that even civilian ships dare to attack will completely ignite the anger of 450 million Chinese people." Liu Guanxiong said.

And on the shore, a rough and heroic song suddenly resounded through the sky. Tens of thousands of people on the shore were singing in unison, and the Chinese people were singing loudly.

Listen, that is the loud Chinese national anthem "Song of No Clothes"!

"Why do you say you have no clothes? You are in the same comrade with your son. The king set up his army and repaired my spear. He is in the same vengeance with your son!

Is it true that I have no clothes? I am in the same womb as my son. The king raised his troops and repaired my spear and halberd. I worked with me!

Isn’t you saying that you don’t have clothes? I have the same clothes as you. The king of you builds your army and builds your armor and soldiers. Let me go with you!"

Among the tens of thousands of people on the shore, they suddenly sang the military song of the National Defense Forces. Perhaps it was a patriotic student who sang it first, or perhaps it was a soldier of the National Defense Forces. The singing immediately resonated with the soldiers. All 12,000 soldiers of the 32nd Infantry Division of the 11th Army of the National Defense Forces, who were responsible for the vigilance, began to sing loudly one after another, and then tens of thousands of people slowly sang together.

He went to the national crisis with great pride and calmly went to Japan. Even if the body was destroyed, he would be a dignified Chinese soul!

These people are the chess pieces in Wang Maoru's hand. They are the chess pieces in which he kidnapped public opinion and the Japanese government. He is gambling, and he is gambling with the future of the Chinese Coast Guard. Perhaps for the naval department, they are indeed too weak, so weak that they have become a burden to the Ministry of National Defense. The navy spends a lot every year, but they cannot fight. They raise a group of passionate soldiers but can only catch pirates. With the money of the navy, Wang Maoru can add twenty A-type infantry divisions or two hundred bombers.

Yes, Wang Maoru was gambling and lost the navy. Wang Maoru could use public opinion to realize China's militarization path and make his rights more concentrated - Liu Guanxiong guessed very correctly. Losing the navy, winning China's militarization path, and being able to invest 60 million naval funds every year into the air force, Wang Maoru made up his mind.

If you lose in the battle in the sea and Shanghai, Wang Maoru will win a great victory in this big game of chess in the country and become a real dictator.

The rescue ships slowly left Weihai Army Port, and Wang Maoru also got into the car, sat in the car, Wang Maoru turned around and said to Zhang Kui'an: "Appoint all personnel to the Ministry of National Defense, the Second Army, the Third Army, the Fifth Army, the Eighth Army, the Ninth Army, the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, and the Eleventh Army, enter the second-level combat readiness state. He ordered the Guards Armored Division to go to Beijing Railway Station and be ready to be transferred to Shenyang at any time. Once the Japanese Navy intercepts artillery or impacts, we will declare war on Japan immediately."

Zhang Kui'an said in surprise: "Declare war on Japan?"

"Yes!" Wang Maoru said with a cold face, "First slaughtering me Chinese, then stopping me from rescuing ships and declaring war. The reason is enough."

Wang Maoru did not stay in Weihai, so he returned to Beijing by plane with Zhang Zuolin. At this time, anti-Japanese marches broke out again in Beijing. Beijing Mayor Xia Chao tried to arrange the marches without robbery and other activities. During the activities, young students were more aggressive, and Japanese people in China also cautiously ran to the Japanese embassy more carefully. For a while, the Japanese embassy was overcrowded. The police had to protect the Japanese embassy and consulates in various places. At the same time, the sales volume of Japan in China fell again, and buying Japanese goods became a move to sell the country.

On the plane back to Beijing, Wang Maoru was restless. Of course, he knew why he was restless and used the Chinese Navy as his political bargaining chip. In order to realize the road to militarization and monopolize the power of the state, he chose an extremely dangerous way to sacrifice the navy.

The navy is still the name of the coast guard, but the annual investment is as high as 10 million silver dollars. This is just the maintenance and maintenance, the salary of the navy's soldiers, and the additional shells and increased ships. It would be a considerable expense. If so much investment is made, the navy can fight the Japanese fleet, but the current situation is that all the Chinese Navy ships are formed into a formation, which is not even as weak as the fourth fleet among the four major fleets of the Japanese Navy. They have been raising troops for a thousand days. They know that this navy will not be used in the short term, so Wang Maoru chose another path to develop the air force.

Yes, develop the Air Force.

When large aircraft appeared, China's large bombers could fly directly from Changchun, Chenyang, Harbin, Vladivostok, and Weihai to Japan. The bombing area was enough to cover the entire territory of Japan, especially the air force that departed from Vladivostok. If napalm bombs were added, as for the current Japanese architecture, it would be waiting for the devastating economic regression of the Japanese soldiers for thirty years. Wang Maoru nominally removed his military post, but in fact, military development and military strategy formulation were still formulated, just like this time he decided to invest on a large scale in the development of the air force.

However, the sacrifice of naval soldiers to stimulate the Chinese people, arouse the anger of the Chinese, and then militarize them, is actually a risk. Wang Maoru's heart is always surrounded by the calm faces of the naval soldiers and soldiers. These soldiers may have known for a long time that this will be their journey of death, but they resolutely chose to die.

They died for themselves and for their ambitions. Wang Maoru felt sad and reluctant, but only for a while. For an ambitious person like him, the sacrificed soldiers died to the death of their deaths, and that's all. Politics are ruthless, and politicians are cold-blooded. Wang Maoru is naturally no exception as a politician. (So, don't take any touching words from officials seriously, that's all political needs)
Chapter completed!