Alston went to the bathroom lonely and washed his face with cold water to sober himself up. The enemy will not give himself too much time to think about it, and if he does not reply for too long, he is afraid that he will be hit hard.

The cold water still worked, and Auston was much more sober, and it became clear that resistance might be honored, but the whole fleet would be damaged.

The warship was captured and could be negotiated to come back, and the person was captured and could be ransomed. But if you die in such a disadvantaged battle, there is no chance of recovery.

As a temporary commander of the coalition forces, in addition to the honor of a soldier, he must also be responsible for the subordinates he leads. Even if you can't lead them to victory, do your best to bring them home.

"it, these mothersfucker..." Auston seemed to wake up, poured cold water on his face again, and walked out of the bathroom firmly.

When I came to the conference room, the quarrel had not stopped, but the voice of surrender was louder, and the number of people accounted for more. Perhaps the possible death is nearer, so that more people choose to live.

"Mr. Alston, we'd rather see the sun tomorrow, and I think so do the kids on our warship."

"No, Mr. Auston, we should stick to it and not step on the glory of the soldier like a ****."

“・・・・・”

"Well, gentlemen, have you already thought it out? Vote now, and if you want to get back on the fight right away, you can leave now and go back to your warship and fire. ”

Alston didn't want to say anything more and gave everyone a choice. Scanning the crowd, no one left, some people were hesitating, but they couldn't make up their minds after all. "Voting is now open. Raise your hand if you accept surrender. ”

With that, Auston himself was the first to raise his hand. Seeing that the commander of the provisional fleet had made a statement, those who wanted to surrender in the first place also raised their hands.

After the representatives of the four parties have already been raised, there are three other parties, who are still weighing. Not much. Two more reluctantly raised their hands, and now only one remained.

"No, the Great Japanese Empire will not surrender, we should fight to the end." The representative of the Japanese side saw that only his side was left, and everyone else raised their hands to express their attitude.

He shouted out urgently, but after attracting everyone's attention, it was all disdainful eyes. Hell, in the patrol fleet. The Atago in Japan has been beaten to slag, and everyone is buried with you?!!

Obviously, everyone present threw it with the eyes of an idiot. If it's a strong opponent in front of you, it's okay, you can fight. But is it just a fierce opponent today? Apparently not, that's the devil.

The fall of the Atago was not only the dislike of the other side for Japan, but also the killing of chickens to show the monkeys, so that everyone could see the strength of the two sides. Otherwise, no one would have been sent to demand surrender.

"Mr. Ikeda, Koki, what happened to me about the Atago. Regret and sympathy for the soldiers of your country. But the strength of the other side is unpredictable, and although our fleet is strong, we have no problem with their navy. But as you can see, the thing that fires shells in the air is not something we can deal with. ”

Auston was a little dissatisfied with Koki Ikeda's insistence. I want to drag everyone into the water. But as a temporary commander, it is still necessary to speak in the interests of all.

"Koki Ikeda, your warship is gone, and I'm afraid there won't be your vote here, but you still expect us to intercede with you then. Ask them to let you go. ”

On the German side, Erok insisted on fighting just now, but he quickly figured it out. The German Empire came to show its strength, not to be a hero and to casualties its strength for no reason.

At that time, Xiao will be weak, it will still be the strength of its own country, and it will not be difficult to build warships, that is, marks. The talent on the warship is the foundation of the navy, and in the absence of a chance of victory, it is imperative to preserve the strength as much as possible.

So I don't care about the cry of the little tree Ikeda, Japan is now in the fleet, and there is no longer a voice, and there are only a few people left on the command ship of the coalition forces, what role can it play!

Koki Ikeda looked at a pair of eyes, all of which were expressions and thoughts like Ellock. The appearance that was still excited just now instantly withered, he really has no right to represent, at most he only has the right to suggest, and the decision here has nothing to do with him anymore.

Knowing that it was useless to say anything, Ikeda drew his saber and ・・・・・ the tip of the knife towards his abdomen.

The delegates next to him quietly put their hands on their waists, but then withdrew their hands again. When the others saw that Koki Ikeda was about to commit suicide by disembowelment, they had no intention of stopping it, and they all sat as if they were watching a play.

If Koki Ikeda died, he might have given the enemy a slightly better impression, at least for the sake of those who were on his side, risking the possibility of angering the other party's commander, and the right to surrender for Koki Ikeda's life.

For a long time, the little tree Ikeda did not stab. He knew that among the Japanese patrolling the fleet, he knew the most, and if he died like this, he would not get much news from Hulin's side in the country.

Even from these white people, there is a price to pay, and now is not the time to be loyal to the emperor, so we must try our best to survive and not be killed by that demon.

"Gentlemen, it seems that everyone has decided, I will negotiate with the other party on behalf of everyone to strive for more benefits, if we delay too long, we may be thrown into the sea to feed the fish!"

Seeing that Koki Ikeda had put down his command knife, Auston left him alone, and after making sure that everyone agreed, he accompanied the two soldiers who escorted Jensen to the Victoria Lewis-class cruiser.

Hu Lin is already waiting for news here, if these people still don't surrender, then Hu Lin will let people kill a few small boats, and if he doesn't say anything, then he can only kill these warships as originally planned.

The helicopter can't fly continuously for a long time, and a single refueling is only about three hours. During the encirclement, eight helicopters took turns to refuel on the island to ensure that the helicopters had enough fuel to stay above the fleet.

Auston came to the command ship of the Hirayama Navy, and Hirayama's flag fluttered, knowing where the army came from. I was very surprised to see the Pingshan Navy, which was not weaker than the quality of its own naval soldiers.

I don't know when the Qing Kingdom had such an army, but if I think about it seriously, I also understand that Pingshan, a place with a lot of good things, was supposed to take it after taking Beijing, but I didn't expect them to come over first.

Hirayama has a lot of advanced equipment, even Britain does not have it, and the information obtained from the German spies, if Hirayama is taken, I am afraid that Britain's military strength will be greatly enhanced.

However, it seems to be a little late now, and only then do I know that there are some things in Pingshan that are very strong, and they can't compete with them for the time being, but fortunately, there are still few unknown things, and these strange things should be difficult to make, otherwise it won't be the only one, if there are more, it will be a terrible thing.

The negotiations were still held in the conference room of the Victoria Louis-class cruiser, the Victoria Louis-class cruiser is still under the German name for the time being, and has not yet changed its name, if it really wants to add a name, it must be the Fangchenggang, Hulin has not taken care of it for the time being, so he doesn't have to care about these small problems.

The negotiations were conducted in a friendly atmosphere, and after Auston was asked for a portrait, he was treated kindly, promised not to harm the surrendered personnel, and the corresponding living facilities, and demanded that he be released and returned to China after the end of the war.

Of course, there is no need for Hu Lin to do anything about these surrendered officers and soldiers, it is wrong to break the rules, he only said that after the end of the war, there needs to be a taste of releasing these people.

Auston didn't have much objection, these things, when the country will talk to the Qing government, the result is likely to be unconditional release, maybe with the habits of the Qing emperor, there will be some compensation.

After the negotiations, things were easy to do, Hu Lin asked Li Tie, Xiong Qing and others to arrange to receive the patrol fleet of the coalition forces, which had a full 6 warships and more than a dozen gunboats.

These warships were divided into patrols by various countries, and the six warships included the British battleship Centurion, the American cruiser Newark, the German cruiser Queen Augusta, the Italian cruiser Elba, the armored cruiser Russia, and the French cruiser Pascal.

Originally, there was also a Japanese Atago, but it was smashed into the sea by Hu Lin and others, and Hu Lin and others were not a pity at all. The dozen or so gunboats didn't bother to pay much attention to it. (To be continued.) )