The merchants and workers in the concession reached a compromise with the East China government. The most disappointing one was naturally the merchants from Britain, France, Japan and Russia. Bijing did not cause any major trouble. However, the East China government decided to buy a batch of foreign factories and shops, which allowed a batch of foreign merchants to see hope again. If the comprador merchants whom they knew came forward and took photos of these factories and shops, or simply invested by themselves and found a comprador as a white glove, this would ensure that these factories and shops were actually controlled by themselves, or could operate normally according to their own plans. After the British and French coalition forces defeated the East China government, they would take back these industries from the comprador merchants.

So these foreign merchants also began to act and went to consult compradors one after another. Of course, they were inevitable to bargain. Although the entire comprador class was dependent on foreign capital, personally, some comprador merchants and foreign merchants still had the conditions for reciprocity negotiations, and the current situation was also beneficial to comprador merchants, so they naturally had to fight for more benefits for themselves.

The East China government itself was jealous of these situations, but it did not stop them. Firstly, there were not many merchants who could play this white glove game. After all, most shops were closed; secondly, if this white glove game was successful, it was based on the premise that the British and French armies finally defeated the East China government. If the British and French armies could not defeat the People's Army, there would be no way to talk about it. However, time travelers were full of confidence in the victory of the People's Army, so naturally they would not take these things to heart.

Of course, more merchants had only disappointment and no hope, and could only place all hope on the British and French army. However, at this time, a piece of news came that excited them. The British and French joint army was finally formed and was about to set off.

After the East China government launched the battle to attack Shanghai, the negotiation progress of the formation of a coalition forces between Britain and France was significantly accelerated because the rulers of the two countries were mature politicians, and they knew when they could fight, and when to compromise with each other and put aside their attitude. The People's Army's attack on Shanghai made Britain and France awaken. It turned out that all the colonies and concessions in the Far East region of the two countries were under the threat of the People's Army, so the formation of the coalition forces must be completed as soon as possible. Although it took 4 or 5 months after the establishment of the coalition forces to reach the Far East, after the establishment of the coalition forces, it could boost the confidence of the Far East colonies and concessions, and make the East China government's actions be cautious.

So the two countries first reached an agreement that the name of this army was the United Far East Expeditionary Force, referred to as the Expeditionary Force. A total of four countries, including Britain, France, Russia and the Netherlands, will participate. After the army arrives in the Far East, Japan will also participate. The Expeditionary Force will be divided into two parts: the navy and the army, but there is no unified command. The navy commander is the British, and the army commander is the French, and the navy is respectively commanded by the navy and the army. A coalition coordination group is also established, with 6 staff members from Britain and France each sending and one person from Russia and the Netherlands each participating to be responsible for coordinating the cooperation and cooperation of the navy and army.

The navy is naturally dominated by Britain, with the commander being Admiral Phillips of the United Kingdom. Britain will dispatch 14 battleships, including 2 Edward VII-class battleships, 3 Fear-class battleships, 4 Duncan-class battleships, and 5 Majestic-class battleships, and will form three squadrons.

These 14 battleships are the main warships of the British Navy. Among them, the Edward VII-class battleships are the latest British battleships, both of which were put into service in 1905. The first ship, Edward VII, will serve as the flagship of the Expeditionary Fleet; and the Magnificent Class Battleship is known as the best battleship in the 19th century and the largest number of first-class battleships ever built, and set an example for the design of battleships in other countries. The Shikijima-class and Mikasa-class battleships of the Japanese Navy are all built based on the Magnificent Class; the Magnificent Class Battleships are improved models of the Magnificent Class and have better manipulation than the Magnificent Class; and although the Duncan class is designed based on the Magnificent Class, its overall strength is the weakest among all British battleships. It mainly sacrifices armor for the pursuit of speed, and the displacement is reduced by about 1,000 tons, but the speed is 1 knot faster than other battleships.

In addition to these 14 battleships, the UK will also dispatch 5 large armored cruisers, 8 protective cruisers, 22 destroyers, and 30 logistics ships. It can be said that with the strength of this fleet, it is enough to rank among the top three in the navies of countries around the world. In the British navy, which is about one-third of the troops, the British Empire's navy's two-strong standard is indeed well-deserved.

Originally, the French navy had always been a strong enemy of Britain, but in the mid-to-late 19th century, the navy's ideas for building the army went astray, such as Green Water Navy, Builds, and destroyers, and ignored the construction of large warships, and was left behind by Britain. Although at the end of the 19th century, the French Navy suddenly realized and built 12 battleships and many large armored cruisers with its strong industrial strength, its strength is now ranked second in the world, but it is less than 1/3 of that of the British Navy.

This time France also made a lot of money, dispatching a total of 5 battleships, 4 large armored cruisers, 6 protective cruisers, 15 destroyers, and 12 logistics ships. All French warships are formed separately, and the commander is Lieutenant General Chamonte.

The Russian Navy was originally ranked third in the world, but in the Far East War, the Pacific Fleet and the Baltic Fleet were all wiped out, and it is estimated that it will retreat to the 6th to 8th place. However, the Russian army still has a Black Sea Fleet, so it can still bring in several warships.

This time, Russia dispatched three battleships, namely the Glory, Pantlemon and Retasrov. Although there are not many warships, they all have their own stories. The Glory is the fifth of the Borodino-class battleship. The first four ships were all incorporated into the Second Pacific Fleet to participate in the Far East. As a result, they sank and two prisoners in the Battle of Tsuma. At that time, the Glory was not completed, so they were not incorporated into the Second Pacific Fleet. Now the Glory has finally been completed. As the only new battleship of the Russian Navy, it has also been entrusted with high expectations by Russia.

The Pantlemon was originally named Pojongjin. It was completed in 1903 and was commissioned in 1904. It was actually a new warship. However, on June 27, 1905, the crew of the ship carried out a strike to support the Russian workers in order to improve their lives, political rights, and the government reorganized constitutionalism, and drove the Pojongjin to the port of Odessa where the general strike was held. On June 30, the Russian government sent a fleet to suppress it, but failed to intercept Pojongjin. On the evening of July 1, Pojongjin sailed to the port of Constanta in Romania. Because they could not get supplies, the rebels handed over the ship to the Romanian authorities. In August, the Romanian authorities handed over the Pojongjin back to the Russian government, and the Russian government still organized Pojong into the Black Sea Fleet, but changed its name to the Pantlemon.

The Retasrov is a second-class battleship with a full water capacity of less than 10,000 tons and the main gun is only 254 mm, because Russia really can't send any decent warships now, so it has to take out the warship to make up the numbers. In addition, Russia also sent 6 destroyers.

Originally, except for the Glory, all other warships belonged to the Black Sea Fleet. According to the current provisions of the 1870 [London Agreement], foreign warships are prohibited from exporting to the Dardanelles through the Black Sea. Therefore, the warships of the Black Sea Fleet should not be able to drive out of the Caspian Sea. However, this time, Britain and France came forward, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which had sovereignty to the Dardanelles Strait, had to let it go.

The Netherlands participated in the expeditionary force entirely to retaliate against the East China government's Java protection operation in 1903. Of course, it also believed that Britain and France would win this battle, so they also wanted to follow them to pick up fruits. Moreover, under the pressure of the East China government, the Netherlands was forced to give up a large amount of rights to the Java overseas Chinese, and also wanted to take this opportunity to take back these rights.

After 1903, the Netherlands also felt that its naval strength was limited, so it increased its efforts in naval construction. However, after all, the Netherlands was not very experienced in building ships, so they had to purchase the design drawings of the protective cruiser from the British Armstrong Company, namely the Yoshino of Japan, and the prototype of the Haitian and Haiqi, which were newly purchased by the Beiyang Navy after the Sino-Japanese War, and started to build 6 4,500-ton protective cruisers and 8 destroyers.

However, the Netherlands had poor industrial capacity and could only build medium-sized protective cruisers and destroyers. Therefore, it also marked two Garibal armored cruisers to Italy, named Utrecht and Republic.

At the end of 1903, Chile's two battleships in Britain, the Liberty and the Constitution, but because of the financial tension in Chile, they abandoned these two battleships. At that time, Japan and Russia were looking for new ships. Although both battleships were of secondary battleships, they had thin armor protection and small main guns, but they had powerful secondary guns and high speeds. After all, they were the foundation of battleships, so they still had considerable combat effectiveness. In addition, there were not many finished ships to buy at that time, so Japan and Russia sent delegations to the UK to negotiate. However, the Russian delegation took the lead and the distance was close, so they would definitely arrive in the UK before the Japanese delegation.

In order not to let these two battleships fall into Russia's hands and strengthen Russia's strength, Britain once wanted to buy these two warships. At this time, the Netherlands proposed to buy these two warships, so Britain also followed suit and bought the two battleships to the Netherlands. After the Netherlands purchased these two warships, it named them William I and Seven Provinces. William I was the leader of the independent founding of the Netherlands, and the seven provinces were the official name of the founding of the Netherlands and the United Republic of the Seven Provinces of the Netherlands. Therefore, these two names are enough to show that the Netherlands has high hopes for these two battleships.
Chapter completed!