C247 Forces Nouvelles Entering Europe

The sun was setting and the sea was lapping at the side of the boat. Tongzhi's first day of five years was about to be over. The deck of the Netherlands Merchant ships was filled with young men in blue military uniforms. They had their right hands stretched out horizontally on their foreheads as they saluted Chinese, who was sending him off.

Tears welled up in his eyes as wharf continued to cry