With his hands tied behind his back, Colonel Henry, who fell to his knees, made the blazing southern sun of early summer a little drowsy, but the pain in the wound on his body tugged at his nerves, and the burning throat, and the dry and bloody lips, making him feel as if he was living in hell.

At this time, there was a commotion in Henry's ears, and he tried to raise his head, and opened his dizzy eyes, and he saw a group of people standing there not far in front of him, exclaiming, as if there were still people arguing about something, and he also heard the voice of the British Imperial envoy, Macartney.

"Am I dreaming? Are they here to save us? Colonel Henry pursed his chapped lips diligently, his eyes widened with all his might, and at last, he saw, yes, not only Ambassador Macartney, but also an acquaintance, Viscount Edmund, a member of the East India Company's Board of Supervisors, and many familiar faces of the West.

Seeing them, this finally provoked Colonel Henry's survival. Colonel Henry struggled to his feet, screaming in his hoarse voice: "Help me, Your Excellency, Mr. Commissioner, please help us, help us......"

Colonel Henry's actions soon paid off, as a heavy, hard butt made intimate contact with his face, causing him to lose consciousness and roll on the hot and dry earth.

"You guys, you can't do this to a British [***] officer, you're committing a crime! My God, I will accuse you, of these barbaric, vulgar Orientals. Viscount Edmund, a member of the East India Company's supervisory committee, waved his arms angrily and shouted at the guards in front of him who were watching the hundreds of British prisoners of war who were kneeling on the ground, as if they had lost their lives.

Although the British Imperial envoy Macartney was also angry in his heart, the cold and blood-devouring eyes of the soldiers who were watching the British prisoners of war kneeling on the ground quickly calmed him down, and tried his best to stop Viscount Edmund, who wanted to rush forward.

"God, what the hell is going on, are you abusing prisoners of war like this?" A Western colonial official shouted loudly in annoyance, although he was not willing to say a good word for the British, but now, seeing people of the same skin color as himself being treated by those Chinese in such cruel ways, a sense of sorrow rose in his heart, who knows if it will be the soldiers of his own country who will kneel on the ground and suffer such torture in the future.

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"Please, you better keep your mouths shut! From the moment they escaped from the POW camp, they were disqualified from being treated as prisoners of war. Slowly walked past the crowd and walked to the group of Western colonial officials he had invited, Liang Pengfei's grim and cold gaze swept over the Westerners in front of him, and the cold gaze that was enough to freeze the soul made the originally noisy scene instantly become dead silent.

"Want to know why I'm treating them the way I do? Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask my lieutenant to tell you what these fools who are kneeling here at this moment have done. The corners of Liang Pengfei's mouth curved slightly, and he nodded to Sun Shijie, who was standing beside him.

The story was quite simple: more than 10,000 British prisoners of war and thousands of Indian prisoners of war were all held in several prisoner-of-war camps about five miles from the Kowloon Bay Pier in Hong Kong.

These people, even those army officers and junior naval officers, from Colonel Henry to privates, had to work tirelessly every day in exchange for food to fill their stomachs, no entertainment, no women, no right to instruct the colony workers to serve themselves, which made Colonel Henry and other army officers very dissatisfied.

As for those British naval captains and those senior officers, they have all been transferred to King Crab Island by Liang Pengfei, because, according to the terms of surrender, those naval officers will become naval instructors at the military academy established by Liang Pengfei, of course, if they don't want to, then they will stay and work hard with those army officers.

Of course, those proud British naval officers are not willing to do such a vulgar job, so they are all willing to go to King Crab Island and serve as instructors, and Liang Pengfei is not afraid of them stealing and playing cunning, after all, his academy has gathered Spanish and Dutch naval elites, plus an English, the competition between them will be more intense, Liang Pengfei believes that under his own means, The arrogant Englishmen certainly did not want their students to lose to those two of the best defeated officers of the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

The officers of the British Army, on the other hand, did not enjoy the same treatment as their fellow sailors, and these British prisoners of war, before they became soldiers, were hardly a good bird, including the sailors of the British Navy.

However, when their dissatisfaction was expressed, they were rewarded with heavy and harsh rifle butts, and a much smaller share of rations than the others, which made the British realize that it was useless to continue such protests, but it was the greatest insult to them who were excellent, proudly [***] people.

Therefore, under the instigation and co-operation of Colonel Henry, after two months of observation, it was confirmed that Liang Jiajun was not very strict in guarding the prisoner of war camp, and the British [***] officers decided to plan a riot, or a prison escape plan.

Because, if you take the main road from the prisoner of war camp to the wharf, you need to go around a big arc, and you also have to pass through a heavily guarded barracks halfway down the road, but if you go in a straight line and climb over the two low hills, the distance in a straight line is actually only about three miles.

And the Orientals had cleared the mines blocking the harbor in the days after the surrender of the British, and merchant ships, transports, and warships would be anchored there every day on the wharf, and if they could take it, they would surely be able to break out of the bay.

As for breaking out of the bay, of course, they had many options, such as piracy, or find a way to cross the Strait of Malacca and return to the west, or simply cross the South Seas and go directly to Australia or New Zealand, which was also a British colony.

However, considering that there were not many ships moored at the docks, and that the more people who knew about the matter, the greater the chance of being discovered by the Chinese, they decided that they would only instigate the 2,500 prisoners of war from their one prisoner-of-war camp to escape with them.

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On the night of Liang Pengfei's grand wedding with the eldest princess of Spain in St. Paul's Cathedral in Macau, Liang Pengfei's soldiers also got a holiday, except for a few sentries, most of the guards went to the barracks stuck on the avenue to gather together, they quietly left the room, and then managed to tear down a fence south of a prisoner of war camp, more than 2,000 prisoners of war intended to quietly cross the two low hills, directly to the dock, but, As they left the confines of the camp, the ground beneath their feet exploded.

Some of the British prisoners of war who thought they had escaped escaped escaped from the camp were returned, but there were still many outlaws who ran wild in the mountains and wilderness at the instigation of Colonel Henry and others.

As a result, one explosion after another occurred on this road, and some prisoners of war even saw the flames coming from the feet of their comrade in front of them tearing the lower body and limbs of that comrade to shreds.

The casualties soon deprived them of the courage and determination to cross the three-mile escape, and by this time, when the Chinese soldiers, who had already been awakened, began to surround them from all sides, the prisoners of war only dared to shrink into a ball, and did not even have the courage to take a step.

However, those Chinese soldiers did not take immediate action, but only ordered them to retreat to the front of the prisoner of war camp, and when they retreated tremblingly, they were greeted by the rough hemp ropes, Colonel Henry and other lucky people who were not killed by the mines did not even have a chance to resist, but they lost the opportunity to enter the prisoner of war camp, and were directly escorted to the open ground in front of the pier, from early morning to now.

Of course, about the new weapon of landmines, Sun Shijie deliberately skipped it, just saying that the conspiracy of these guys was discovered in time. After listening to this experience, seeing Liang Pengfei's gloomy face, Macartney's heart rose to his throat.

"Forgive me, honorable Führer, for not inventing your dignity, I don't think they intend to offend your dignity, but everyone longs for freedom. Believe me, after this experience, they will not and dare not make such a mistake again. Macartney walked up to Liang Pengfei and humbly lowered his proud head.

"You mean that I should forgive these prisoners of war who tried to kill my soldiers and escaped from prison?" Liang Pengfei stared at Macartney for a long time, then suddenly laughed and said lightly. "I'm sorry, dear ambassador, I can't grant your request, they must pay the price for their sins." This sentence was overflowing with cold killing intent and a strong smell of blood, which made everyone present tremble.

(To be continued)