Chapter 49 Surrender
The shouting was in five languages: British, Russian, German, French and Japanese. Each language was shouted three times, while the soldiers and crew of the other languages, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, could also understand it. Therefore, before the shouting of the Xiangyang ship was completed, a ship shone a white flag and surrendered to the crossing fleet.
Because the European army did not think that surrendering was unacceptable when it could not be defeated, and the rest were basically transport ships. Some of the crew members were not soldiers, but ordinary citizens, so they naturally did not want to die in battle. Although the only two remaining warships, the Orlando and the Lufthansa, did not fire the white flag, they also stopped shelling. Moreover, the captains of both ships recruited other personnel to discuss whether to surrender to the enemy.
Qin Yuhai also immediately ordered the chariots to stop the artillery and sent soldiers to the ship holding up the white flag to the ship, accept the surrender of the people on the ship, confiscate their weapons, and block the cabin, escort the personnel on the ship off the ship, and take care of them in a concentrated manner. However, the crew was not tied up.
At this time, on the Kunming ship, the three teams of the headquarters finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xia Bohai leaned on the back of the chair and let out a long sigh, saying, "Okay, this battle was finally won."
Xiao Jianjun also crossed his legs and said, "Yes, it's not easy. In fact, this battle is not difficult. However, this is the first time we have been in a comprehensive war with sea, land and air cooperation. In fact, before the time travel, we have never fought such a large-scale battle. What we lack the most is experience. There are still many areas that need to be summarized in this battle, but victory is more important than anything else."
Although this battle was won, there were still many mistakes in the process. The biggest problem was that there were many problems in the coordination of various troops. For example, after the airborne troops occupied the fort, the reinforcements had not yet come up; and the Marines occupied the dock and waited for a long time for the armored troops. Fortunately, the Eight-Nation Alliance was indeed not strong, and the crossing fleet had all-round advantages. Therefore, these problems did not cause any bad consequences, but if these problems arise in future combat, it would be bad.
At this time, only Qin Zheng was still sitting in a straight posture, looked at his watch, and said, "It's almost five in the morning. Should I notify the Taihu ship and ask them to set sail now and arrive at Dagukou. You must know that the passenger ship is not as fast as the warships, and can only run at most fifteen quarters. From the anchorage to Dagukou, it takes at least four or five hours. At that time, Dagukou should be almost done. There are also Hejiawan Village, where they are still fighting with the Eight-Nation Alliance, so the battle has not yet ended completely, so we cannot be careless."
Xia Bohai said, "It's still Zhou Dao that Lao Qin considered..."
He was not finished yet, and he heard the correspondent Gao Jun say: "Commander, Captain Xie of Xiangyang has been in communication. Both Orlando and Lufthansa sent people to Xiangyang to negotiate the surrender with us. They demanded that after surrender, they could ensure their personal safety and hope to know our true identity and nationality. Captain Xie asked how to answer them."
Xia Bohai was stunned for a moment and said, "Surrender if you surrender, what else can you negotiate?"
Qin Zheng laughed and said, "This is the habit of Europeans. If you lose on the battlefield, surrender is not a shame, but you still need necessary promises and guarantees. Moreover, it is reasonable for others to know who they surrender to."
It turned out that after the Xiangyang ship called out, the captain of the Orlando and the Hansha ships recruited the officers on the ship to discuss. Surrender is of course not unacceptable for the officers and soldiers of the two ships. After all, when the war reaches this point, the officers and soldiers of the two ships have indeed tried their best, and they are indeed not opponents of the enemy. This is not to defend the country's battle. Although before departure, every country swears to China when mobilizing the whole country to fight to safeguard the interests of its own country and punish the barbaric Chinese, but this is what it said to be It’s okay to coax the army, because most of the people who participated in the army were countrymen and had never seen any world and were very fooled. However, the navy is a high-tech military skill. Even if it is an ordinary soldier, his vision is much broader than that of ordinary army officers. The interests of his own country have to be maintained by other countries that are thousands of miles apart. Who is this deceiving? What we need to protect is the interests of the large consortiums and big capitalists in China. In addition to the professional ethics of soldiers, there is also the intention of making a fortune in China.
Moreover, the other party took the initiative to persuade the surrender. After the surrender, he also said that after the surrender, he would have everything in his face. He could use the ladder to go down the wall and save his life. The most important thing is to do. He would not be able to fight for the interests of the big consortium and the big capitalists.
However, the captains of the two ships are still a little confused, because the enemy this time was too weird, and they could fight so accurately in the dark night. They also used a fire-breathing shell when attacking the Russian ship at the beginning. What kind of weapon is this? The most important thing is, who is the sacred enemy? The captains of the two ships did not believe that the Qing Dynasty would have such a powerful navy. It is not impossible to defeat the war, and it is acceptable to surrender, but you must understand the defeat, and you must not be confused, but you must also know who the enemy you defeated is.
So the captains of the two ships both put down their lifeboats and sent envoys to the Xiangyang ship to negotiate the surrender, demanded that the crossing fleet ensure the promise they had just called, and expressed their hope to know the nationality and origin of the crossing fleet.
After hearing this, the three teams of the headquarters not only looked at each other, but promised that they would not be a big deal. Anyway, the fleet would not abuse the prisoners at will. However, it is a difficult problem to know their nationality and identity to the prisoners. You can't claim to be the People's Liberation Army.
Xiao Jianjun scratched his head and said, "This is a troublesome thing. How can we answer them? We can't go through time."
Qin Zheng said: "When Parcel Leader Luo led his troops to the shore yesterday, he also sent back the same problem. However, we all ignored it a little and thought that we could fool it by just finding an excuse. But now it seems that this matter can no longer be fooled, because we will definitely encounter such problems in the future. Because if we want to gain a foothold in this era, we must come up with a set of ways to make things happen."
Xiao Jianjun looked embarrassed and said, "So what should I do?"
Xia Bohai waved his hand and said, "You are all right, but these problems cannot be solved by the three of us alone. We should still focus on the wisdom and activate each person's intelligence. Therefore, I think after occupying Dagukou, we will immediately launch an enlarged meeting to discuss these issues. As for now, we are a military secret to them and cannot answer them now. After the situation stabilizes, we will give them a clear reply. If they are not satisfied with this answer, then we will not talk much about them and just sink these two warships."
Xiao Jianjun bowed his head and said, "Old Xia's method doesn't count. You can first Tang Shuo for a while, and when you encounter questions that we cannot answer in the future, you can first push the military secrets, and then everyone will negotiate what to do."
Xie Fuzhan, the captain of the Xiangyang ship, responded to the envoys sent by the two ships in accordance with the command of the command. When the envoys returned to Orlando and on the Hanshao, the officers and soldiers on the ship could only accept this method. After all, the two ships basically had no resistance now, and as long as the other party wanted to sink themselves, they had no choice. So the captains of the two ships came to the Xiangyang ship personally, handed over their swords, and showed that they surrendered to the crossing fleet.
Xie Fuzhan re-examined the meeting to ensure the personal safety and basic rights of the officers and soldiers of the two ships, and treated differently from other captured soldiers. At the same time, he ordered the two ships to immediately dock and anchor, seal the ship's warehouse, put the artillery cover on the cannon jacket, and then all the officers and soldiers of the ship were not allowed to carry weapons, concentrate on the shore, waiting for arrangements. After the two captains returned to the ship, they did not make any tricks, and they docked the warship, and then led all the officers and soldiers of the ship to get off the ship and concentrate on the shore.
It was not until this time that the battle was officially over. The command ordered the troops to immediately clear the battlefield, collect and count the captives and surrender personnel, clear the seized materials, and seize the surrendered ships. On the other hand, the Taihu ship and Hejiawan Village reported the news that the fleet had won the victory and successfully occupied Dagukou, and ordered the Taihu ship to immediately lead three other passenger ships to Dagukou to meet with the fleet, send Sanya ships and Huaihua ships to greet them, and of course they also had to bring the Japanese prisoners exiled on the deserted islands. Of course, at this time, the fact of the fleet traveling through the three passenger ships could be officially announced to the crew of the three passenger ships; and the landing troops of Hejiawan Village asked them to continue to garrison. After the situation in Dagukou was slightly settled, they would send reinforcements to Hejiawan Village, and the two sides would join forces to defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance that attacked Hejiawan Village.
Until about seven o'clock in the morning, the sky had begun to brighten, and the work of cleaning the battlefield had basically come to an end. First, the results of the naval battle were counted. In this battle, a total of seven large and medium-sized warships that sank the Eight-Nation Alliance, namely the Russian ships Sissoi, the Russian ships, the British ships Alora, the German ships Herta, the French ship Pascal, the American ships Newark, and the Italian ships Aiba; ten types of warships, fourteen transport ships, captured Russian ships, the French ships Lyon, the British ships Orlando, and the German ships Lufthansa surrendered. There were twelve other surrendered transport ships, and the results could be very generous.
The soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance on the surrendered ships were taken off the ships, collected books on the shore of the docks and sent special personnel to guard and count them. Each ship sent a squad of soldiers to guard them, and the seized materials were piled up in the command center, but all the materials collected were on the shore, and the materials on the surrendered ships were basically not moved.
Chapter completed!