In later textbooks of the United States, the Nagasaki Incident has always been named as the Nagasaki Massacre, and it is defined as the persecution and massacre of the free and law-abiding merchants of the United States by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan. However, those who truly understand this history know that it is not that simple. For example, in this incident called the Holocaust, the death toll of Chinese merchants was only 35. If Guangnan, Siamese merchants and targeted Chinese groups were added, it only caused 500 casualties.

In fact, such incidents that were called Holocaust can be used in textbooks, and more because the United States' overseas military operations can be supported by the people. Therefore, some incidents with very small deaths are often called massacres to better interfere with overseas situations. Europeans are accustomed to this point, such as the famous Boston Massacre in later history, which only five people died.

After the Nagasaki Incident broke out, it was not that Japanese rioters surrounded Nagasaki Castle and carried out a large-scale massacre. On the contrary, Wei Bonian soon learned from the mouth of the samurai warriors of the Tangjin clan that the incident was not planned by the Tokugawa shogunate. The main basis was that except for the sanctuary of the Kyushu, no Kyushu clan mobilized the Kyushu clan.

After understanding the situation, Wei Bonian implemented military control of all Chinese merchant ships as a Chinese envoy that night, and authorized sailors to force all Japanese merchant ships and sailors, while other foreign merchant ships were released. Before that, Wei Bonian had asked for help from the base camp and the Beiyang War Zone on Jeju Island.

In the middle of the night that night, Wei Bonian personally led an 800-man armed team to rush into Nagasaki City, controlled the main streets and the Nagasaki Purpose Office, announced military control of the city, and ordered all Chinese and Chinese in the city to evacuate to the wharf. The ships at the wharf first took them to the five islands nearest Nagasaki Port for temporary resettlement. The next day, the Chinese Self-Defense Force and the Chinese Business Volunteer Team were formed, and the armed forces controlling Nagasaki reached 4,000. Although there were insufficient guns, there were many cannons and they were directly placed at the intersection and filled with shotguns to block the attack.

The Japanese mob was quickly suppressed. The Kaori Tsubasa and the two surrounding Daming Daimai reorganized a siege of 2,500 people, but failed. Ten days after the Nagasaki Incident, the Beiyang Fleet arrived. Unfortunately, the commander of the Beiyang Fleet only brought warships and did not lead the Marines, because the information he received was only a riot in Nagasaki and the merchant ship needed escorts.

However, there are still marines on the ship, and the sailors in the fleet are not short of weapons. Song Luofeng, commander of the Beiyang Fleet, sent a thousand people ashore to support Wei Bonian. Wei Bonian was Song Luofeng's nephew, and it was appropriate to cooperate.

News that the Chinese controlled Nagasaki Castle quickly spread, and some daimyos from Kyushu and Honshu began to gather troops, but some daimyos, such as Shimazu, deliberately making excuses to delay the dispatch of troops.

In the base camp, the veterans' conference room, the veterans have been urgently summoned because of the sudden Nagasaki Incident. This time, the veterans' meeting included two young characters, Ah Hai and Ma Donglai. Li Mingxun summoned them to the base camp to report their duties at the beginning of this year. According to the plan, they first worked for a period of time and then took over the General Yuan.

"The news sent by the Beiyang Fleet was that before the Japanese army completed the encirclement, everyone had completed the evacuation. The fleet had isolated the contact between the Five Islands and Kyushu. Wei Bonian was contacting ships from all parties and transporting the expatriates to the base camp to settle." Ah Hai introduced the situation in Japan to everyone and briefly summarized it.

There were newspapers on the table, and the front page headlines were all about Japan, words such as massacre, massacre filled people's eyes. Lee Mingxun asked: "How is the public opinion?"

"The overall public opinion is to retaliate, but this is the case when the Senate has not made a decision yet. This forces us to make a decision as soon as possible. The domestic business class is guiding public opinion. Some advocate war revenge, some advocate diplomatic consultation, but they all require intervention in Japan." Ma Dong said.

The elders knew very well that one-third of the merchants or commercial organizations in the United States engaged in maritime trade had trade with Japan, otherwise Japan would not be the United States' first trading partner. Whether it was war or diplomacy, these merchants did not want to lose Japan as a trading partner, and their purpose was to continue doing business to safeguard their own interests. What they were most worried about was that the United States, like Portugal and Spain, withdrew from Japan.

"Where are the Dutch people who left the island, how are they now?" Lin Cheng asked casually.

Akaido: "After the incident, Nagasaki sent people to protect the Dutch who left the island, but according to our information, one of the Dutch was not dead, and all the senior officials left the island in advance, saying that they were fishing outside the sea."

"Obviously, this matter is related to the Dutch. The Head of State speculated that the Dutch not only formed an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, but also wanted to cause trouble for us in Japan. Perhaps they hoped that we would have a full-scale war with the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, so that we would face two land enemies of Japan and the Qing Dynasty, giving the Dutch more chances on the ocean." Simmons hit the conference table with his fist and expressed his own opinions.

Even if there is no evidence, Lee Mingxun believes that Simmons' speculation is very accurate, which is also the key point. Whether to intervene in Japan is He Bin is a Japanese expert, and he has the most say in this regard: "His Excellency Simmons, perhaps the Dutch has provoked this dispute, but whether to intervene depends on the attitude of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan. I suggest sending an envoy to Japan, preferably led by the veteran, go directly to Edo, and talk to Tokugawa Ietsutsuka General, and I or the veteran Linhe, so as to avoid conflicts as much as possible."

"That's right, if the Tokugawa shogunate is willing to resolve the dispute and can resume previous trade, or even partially restore it, we can give domestic merchants an explanation." Lin He agreed that He Bin served as the business representative and minister in Japan for a long time. Lin He presided over the negotiations with the Tokugawa shogunate and the Hokkien land, and met the general of the conquering general. One of the two was enough to make a decision.

"What do you mean is to avoid a war with Japan?" Li Mingxun asked at everyone.

Simmons, Lin He, He Bin, Gao Feng and other veterans nodded and presided over the meeting. Gao Feng and Simmons were very determined and the reasons were simple. Simmons' naval fleet had been assembled and was preparing to go south to fight the Dutch. Gao Feng also knew that his army, especially the Beiyang War Zone, would start a decisive battle with the Qing Dynasty next year and next year, restore his hometown and liberate the entire nation. He really didn't want to have trouble at this time.

The soldiers' ideas are relatively simple, while Lin He and others hope to have an explanation for the country. Using war to make Japan surrender is an explanation, but the cost is too high. Using negotiations to restore the previous state is also an explanation. In this form, they want to use the latter to solve the problem.

The other veterans, Pan Xuezhong and Qian Jin, were not very good at this, so they did not have a clear attitude. Lin Cheng and Xu Changxing, the chief and deputy in charge of the General Office of the Executive Yuan, were still hesitating and did not have a clear attitude. Perhaps they had not weighed the pros and cons, and Li Mingxun looked directly at Ah Hai and Ma Donglai: "What about you, what do you think?"

These two were trained by Li Mingxun and the second generation of the ruling team of the United States. In this regard, the Senate reached a consensus, so they could not avoid this issue and had to express their opinions.

Ma Donglai is a new veteran and has been in Australia. He has little experience, lacks wide connections, and does not dare to express his opinions. Ah Hai is different. He has no shortage of connections and prestige. More importantly, this student who Li Mingxun has been training has shown his courage since he was young.

Ah Hai pondered for a moment and said something amazing: "What I mean is to launch a full-scale war against the Tokugawa shogunate, combining resolving conflicts with opening the door of Japan, killing two birds with one stone, and doing everything once and for all!"

"This is unnecessary. At this moment, we must avoid war as much as possible. Moreover, the Nagasaki Incident is likely to be a pit dug by the Dutch for us. The purpose is to keep us from being restrained by Japan. We cannot be fooled!" Simmons said immediately. He was a straightforward and spoke quickly. Others frowned without saying a word.

As Simmons guessed, Matt Sorco wanted to make Japan a war quagmire for the United States, because Matt Sorco clearly realized that this war with the United States would be a life-and-death battle, unlike last time, there was room for negotiation. Matt Sorco did not think that the Qing Dynasty could make the United States use all its strength, so it was crucial to find a heavyweight opponent for the United States. But Matt Sorco got one thing wrong, that is, the Netherlands had very little energy in Japan, and Japan was a country that was closed to the country.

The Netherlands has only an artificial island off the coast of Nagasaki in Japan. Generally speaking, the Dutch are not allowed to go to Kyushu Island. Their interactions with Japan are just to meet Nagasaki. As for the Tokugawa shogunate, the Dutch rarely meets and has little influence. So when Matt Sorco sent Cologne to Japan, Cologne made it clear that not to convince the Tokugawa shogunate, he even had a slight chance of meeting the general. More importantly, Japan is an island country.

This restricts Cologne from secret operations, and cannot remind the United States that they were provoking them, otherwise they would simply not start a war. After all, Japan does not have the ability to send troops to sea. The United States is willing to avoid war easily. The United States has only Nagasaki in Japan, and no matter how big the losses are, it is. Therefore, Cologne cooperates with Tadao Okubo. Their plan is to provoke a mob and take the opportunity to massacre Chinese merchants and Chinese in Nagasaki. If it succeeds, the elders who escaped from the Manila massacre and the United States citizens who are familiar with this history will never sit idly by. When the army heads to Japan, the scale of the war will be difficult to control.

This is the limit that Cologne can achieve, and if Japan and the United States are willing to resolve peacefully, then there is no way for the Netherlands. So Simmons and others believe that as long as the United States wants to avoid this battle, it will definitely be avoided. Why should we take the initiative to jump into the pit? There is also a full-scale war? This is because the Dutch people were not digging deep enough, so dig it again by themselves?

Fortunately, Ah Hai is a founding elder and has an indelible relationship with the head of state and the ruler. Otherwise, some people would definitely doubt whether this guy was a Dutch undercover.

Li Mingxun knocked on the table, signaled to calm down, and said, "Reason, Ah Hai, what about your reason?"

Ah Hai stood up and asked, "Sir, I want to ask, why should we oppose a full-scale war against Japan?"

There are many reasons for this. Simmons wants to speak, and Gao Feng also has his opinions, but Lin Cheng stopped them and asked them to say that they could say a lot. Lin Cheng cleared his throat: "After all, there are two things. First, they waste time, second, they waste money. Of course, they are essentially a waste of money. Are you right?"

Gao Feng and Simmons looked at each other and thought about it carefully. Their reasons were summed up in terms of money!

The so-called money is resources. Since the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, the United States has been deliberately retaining war resources. It has not made every effort to manage the southwest or restore the southeast, so the United States is not short of money, but this does not mean that it will accumulate more money if it drags on. In fact, starting this year, every year, the war resources accumulated by the United States are equivalent to reducing 8 million taels of silver. The reason is very simple. The United States has expanded its army and is too large. The current finance cannot afford such an army at all, so it can only eat the food for the first time.

Therefore, even if the navy launches a maritime offensive and defends the southeast next year, the war will start as soon as possible the year after that, by restoring the territory, liquidating the gentry, and supporting the war with war, so that it can snowball. Therefore, wasting time is wasting money, and launching a full-scale war against Japan is extremely costly. According to the understanding of most veterans such as Simmons, if you don’t fight Japan next year, you will lose 8 million. If you fight for two years, you will lose all your savings over the years. What can you use to carry out national liberation and restore your hometown of China?

"Two generals, I would like to ask again, if we do not break out with war with Japan, will we launch a national liberation plan next year?" Ah Hai asked again.

Gao Feng said: "It is very likely that it will not be possible. It is best to clear the ocean before the decisive battle against the Qing Dynasty."

Gao Feng's words are honest. The navy is more than enough to deal with the colonists. However, destroying the fleet does not mean destroying the pirate ships. First, the fleet must be wiped out and then conquered these sea enemies' ports and castles, especially in all strongholds east of Malacca. In this way, even if the Dutch plays official pirate tactics, the efficiency is very low without the support of the ports. Everything goes well, the navy and the Marines will take a year. If the war is forced to start next year, the resources of overseas territories gather in large quantities into the war zone, and the Dutch launches pirate attacks, the losses will definitely be heavy. After all, unarmed or a little armed merchant ship is the main force. What's more terrifying is that in next year's southwest monsoon season, a large number of overseas legions will go to the base camp season. If these troop transport ships are attacked, it will be a few hundred people and hundreds of casualties.

Because of this, even if we want to go to war with the Dutch, the Senate would rather lose eight million next year than to start sea and then land, rather than to launch it at the same time.

After hearing Gao Feng's answer, Ah Hai said, "Your answer is exactly what I need. Veterans and gentlemen, please give me a quarter of an hour. I will prove to you that the war against Japan is not a consumption of our country's strength, but a leap of strength. In other words, we are not trapped by the Dutch. On the contrary, the Dutch shot themselves in the foot."
Chapter completed!