After returning to the Crown Prince, Yajski reported to Matsevich the results of his negotiations with the other side. In fact, this result did not surprise Matsevich, so he immediately summoned the officers on board the ship to discuss the conditions proposed by the KPA.

In fact, the vast majority of Russian officers were also mentally prepared for the outcome of the negotiations, and when they heard that the overseas Chinese agreed to the crown prince's proposal to call at a neutral port instead of surrendering, more than half of the officers immediately agreed to accept this condition. After all, the idea of berthing in a neutral port is of course much better than surrendering, and it can also make the officers think that the dignity of the soldier has been preserved, so why not? Of course, no one wants to die without dying.

Although some officers believe that this kind of thinking is nothing more than self-deception and surrender in essence, and therefore insist on fighting to the death with the KPA Navy, after all, there are few people and weak strength, and they cannot change the overall situation. In the end, Matsevich adopted the most democratic method, which was to vote, and finally approved the conditions for accepting the East China government by a majority of 13 votes in favor, 6 abstentions, and 2 votes against.

After signaling the KPA Navy to accept the conditions, the Crown Prince soon received a reply from the KPA, resetting the guns and putting on their gun jackets as a sign of renunciation of the battle, and then returned to the group under the supervision of the 1st Battleship Detachment. And the 4 warships of the 2nd cruiser detachment returned to the group first.

By the time the 1st Battleship Detachment and the Brigade converged, it was already about 10:30 p.m., and the interception of the Russian ships by the other two routes had already ended, and all the Russian ships intercepted on both sides had also chosen to compromise and accept the conditions offered by the East China Government to disarm the warships and hand over the warships to the East China Government in exchange for the status of non-prisoners of war.

Wang Hailong was also very happy, and immediately ordered the formation of a fleet of warships, and assigned two warships to be monitored, each Russian ship was assigned two warships to monitor, one left and one right to hold the Russian ships hostage, and the rest of the warships formed another queue to deal with accidents, both fleets were sailing at a speed of 10 knots, and warned the Russian ships not to move, otherwise they would be sunk.

This interception operation was a complete success, a total of 8 Russian warships were captured, and on the way back, Wang Hailong couldn't help but start counting the results of this operation. The 8 warships include 1 battleship, 3 protective cruisers, and 4 destroyers, with a total tonnage of about 30,000 tons and a total value of about 2.5 million pounds.

But the harvest is still extremely rich, because the value of these 8 warships must not be measured only by money, but also by time, in this era, the construction period of a battleship is 2-3 years, and these 8 warships need at least 3 years of construction time, and even if it is only about half a year for maintenance, this is equivalent to saving a lot of construction time for the People's Army Navy.

For example, before the Russo-Japanese War began, the Japanese Navy's main ships were the "66th Fleet," plus two armored cruisers purchased from Italy; the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet and Vladivostok Squadron combined had a total of seven battleships and 3 armored cruisers. The KPA Navy has only 2 battleships and 2 armored cruisers, so in terms of the number of capital ships, the KPA Navy fleet is very different from that of Japan and Russia.

Now there is the Crown Prince, and the East China government has 4 armored cruisers and 2 battleships built in Shandong and Germany respectively, which are expected to be completed and put into service in 1906, when the People's Army Navy will have 5 battleships and 6 armored cruisers, even if it does not use modern warships, it will be enough to compete with the navies of Japan and Russia.

When the fleet returned to the port of Qingdao, it was already about 6 o'clock in the morning, and the port had already received the news and was ready to welcome the fleet back. Eight Russian ships were dispatched by the port to berth or docked, and then turned off. Immediately after that, naval personnel and medical personnel boarded the warship, and first reiterated to the Russian officers and men on the warship the conditions set by the East China Government, which was also to calm the mood of the Russian officers and men; then took the wounded away for medical treatment, and asked the Russian officers and men to pack up their personal belongings and prepare to leave the ship, but they were not allowed to carry guns and weapons, and the officers' sabers and guns could be carried, but the guns and bullets should be withdrawn. Moreover, someone immediately brought food and drink, but asked that except for a small number of personnel on duty in important cabins such as the power room and ammunition depot, the rest of the personnel should return to the dormitory or the ship's dining room to wait, and they were not allowed to move around at will.

Sure enough, after this action, the mood of the Russian officers and soldiers also stabilized, and the food provided by the East China government was very rich, both meat and vegetarian, and each person was given a small bottle of liquor. It also made the Russian officers and soldiers happy.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, the warship management personnel and engineering and technical personnel boarded the warship and asked the relevant personnel about the situation of the warship, collected relevant documents and logbooks, and also checked the warship's injury reports.

At noon, the preliminary inspection of the warships was completed, and the Russian officers and men on the warships were also notified to leave the ship. According to statistics, there were a total of 2,317 people on the eight warships, including 322 officers and 41 wounded, who were sent to the hospital for treatment in advance, and the rest were sent to a dormitory area of the naval base after lunch. After the work was over, it was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and all the Russian officers and soldiers were finally settled.

At this time, the preliminary inspection reports of the 8 warships also came out, and on the whole, the damage to these 8 warships was not too serious, except for the Crown Prince, the maintenance time of the rest of the warships took about 4-5 months. In fact, although the damage to the crown prince is heavy, after all, the power system is not damaged, and it is not difficult to repair, but the trouble lies in the fact that the dock that can now repair the crown prince is occupied by two warships under construction, and the second is that the crown prince has a main gun turret that has been destroyed, and the turret and artillery need to be replaced, but now the technical capabilities of the East China government cannot manufacture the crown prince's turret and 305 mm caliber main gun, so it can only be purchased from Germany.

Of course, with the current relationship between the East China government and Germany, it is not a difficult matter, but it is difficult to say when the German side will be able to supply, so the maintenance plan of the crown prince can only be shelved for the first time.

In the afternoon of the same day, the East China Government received a diplomatic letter from the Japanese Government, which turned out to be a serious protest from Japan to the East China Government, because the East China Government's fleet dispatch had not notified the Japanese Government in advance, which violated the cooperation agreement reached between the two sides, and demanded that the East China Government explain its military plans and apologize to Japan to ensure that similar incidents would not occur again in the future.

This is a misunderstanding, the East China government does not have any military plan, and the fleet dispatch is not a military operation, but a routine sea training plan, because the training area is near Qingdao, according to the cooperation agreement between the two sides, the training plan is not to inform each other, but just happened to meet the Russian warship escaped, so the warship was dispatched to intercept, it was an accident, the East China government originally planned to report to Japan afterwards, but the corresponding information is being sorted out, it is expected 1It will be submitted to Japan in 2 days.

After receiving the reply from the East China Government, Japanese Prime Minister Katsura Taro did not dare to ignore it and immediately summoned cabinet members to discuss the intentions of the East China Government. In fact, not only Togo Heihachiro, but also the Japanese Government has always been guarding against the East China Government, so when they heard the news that the People's Army Navy was pouring out, they were also extremely nervous, and they did not know whether the East China Government was going to directly enter the war or was preparing to attack the Japanese fleet.

In fact, everyone can see that the East China Government's explanation is nothing more than a quibble, what kind of military training should make the entire naval fleet go out, but the People's Army Navy only intercepted the fleeing Russian ships, but did not attack the Japanese fleet, and this also made the Japanese cabinet officials breathe a sigh of relief, and to a certain extent, the behavior of the East China Government is still beneficial to Japan, and if these warships are really allowed to escape to Vladivostok, it will be a huge threat to Japan's sea transportation lines. Therefore, the Japanese government did not continue to pursue the case.

Of course, the officials of the Japanese cabinet did not think that the East China Government really intended to help Japan, and after discussion by everyone, they believed that the East China Government's behavior this time was to show Japan its strength, to remind Japan not to underestimate the fighting strength of the East China Government, and to give an explanation to the country. However, there is no intention to oppose Japan. And now the situation in the Russo-Japanese battlefield is gradually tilting in favor of Japan, so it is not uncommon at this time.

On the other hand, it also shows that Japan's intelligence work against the East China Government is very effective, and such emergencies can be sent back to China in a timely manner, and at least Japan has a small amount of time to prepare, so it should continue to monitor the movements of the East China Government and report to China in a timely manner.