After inspecting a few warships of the Northern Fleet, Emperor Guang Dong did not leave immediately. Instead, he stayed behind to have dinner with the entire Northern Fleet.
When the Emperor of Guang Zhou was inspecting the army, he never made any special arrangements and ate the same food as the soldiers.
This moved the soldiers of the Northern Fleet to tears.
In the Northern Fleet, most of the soldiers responded to the Emperor's call and cut their braids. Only a few people still had braids.
After this, those who still had braids made up their minds to cut off their braids.
With such an emperor who loved his soldiers like his own children and shared weal and woe with them, what else could they be dissatisfied with?
That night, Emperor Guangpeng did not rest early. Instead, he summoned the generals of the Northern Fleet in the meeting room and held a secret meeting.
The Minister of Military Affairs and Governor of Zhili, the Minister of Beiyang, Li Shaoquan, and the Minister of the Navy, Ding Ruchang, also attended this meeting.
"Dear ministers, the Northern Fleet has officially formed today. Although the Beiyang Squadron was still very weak. However, I believe that the future Beiyang Squadron, the future Imperial Navy, will become the world's most powerful naval force. I will also focus all my efforts to support the development of the navy. But I hope that in the future, when the Empire needs the navy to defeat powerful enemies and risk their lives, the navy will be able to win!”The emperor of Guang Dong had a serious expression.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" All the generals answered.
"I don't know if everyone has noticed, but our neighbor to the east is also vigorously developing the navy. And their target is my Ming Empire. I dare to say that it won't be long before they become the empire's greatest threat!”said the emperor of Guang Dong.
The generals were instantly moved. As part of the navy, they had a direct feeling of the changes in the sea power in the Far East.
"Your Majesty, the East Asians are indeed developing their navy. However, their national strength is weak. I'm afraid it's difficult for them to pose a threat to us at this stage!”Ding Ruchang said.
The other admirals nodded in agreement. No one seemed to care about the Japanese.
"If it's just the East Asians, they really can't pose much of a threat to us. Even if they were completely westernized and began to vigorously prepare for war. This was because their national strength was too weak. However, don't forget that the Japanese Empire was not the only one in the world. According to reliable sources, the Sun Never Sets Empire had decided to support the Japanese. This also meant that the Japanese would receive endless loans and other support from the Sun Never Sets Empire. In addition, the East Asians were self-reliant. They even invested most of their revenue into expanding the army. Under such circumstances, they will soon pose a threat to us!”Guang Zhou emperor emphasized.
The expressions of the generals could not help but turn solemn.
Many of these generals had studied in the Sun Never Sets Empire and knew how powerful the Sun Never Sets Empire was.
If the Sun Never Sets Empire stood behind the Japanese, then the Ming Empire would face much greater pressure.
"The East Asian people have wild ambitions and have long coveted Great Ming's territory and resources. Now, they were in cahoots with the Sun Never Sets Empire, which would pose a great threat to the Ming Empire. Therefore, I hope that in the future war, the Imperial Navy will definitely win!
The Japanese Empire is a country made up of islands. In that case, they naturally can't pose a threat to us. Therefore, the navy was crucial in future wars.
I hope that the navy can make defeating the Japanese Empire's navy their first goal. After achieving this goal, the Empire's navy would become even stronger and strive to surpass the other naval powers!”
The emperor had high hopes for these generals.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The admirals all replied.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. In the future war, the Northern Fleet will definitely be able to defeat the Japanese!”The commander of the Northern Fleet, Liu Buchan, guaranteed.
"I trust you." The emperor nodded. Two years later, the Beiyang Squadron's Jingyuan, Laiyuan, Zhiyuan, and Jingyuan would return to China and join the fleet. Three years later, the four Mersey-class cruisers that I ordered from the Sun Never Sets Empire will also be completed and returned to our country. At that time, the strength of the Beiyang Squadron would greatly increase.
And I hope that war will break out at that time. Since the Japanese are destined to be our enemies, we are destined to defeat them. In that case, we don't have to wait for them to start a war. Instead, we will take the initiative to start a war. In that case, we will have an even greater advantage!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone's eyes lit up.
If the Ming Empire took the initiative to start a war, then they would have an even greater advantage.
The Ming Empire's chances of victory in the war would naturally be greater.
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