Bonella was completely panicked, after all, he was the commander-in-chief of the Asian Fleet, and Walcot and Walcott were the supreme leaders of the interests of the Malay Peninsula and even the entire British Empire in East Asia.

"Damn it, bastard! Keynes is a waste, a fleet was killed without even making a sound, is his brain full of poop? No, withdraw the troops, we must withdraw the troops as soon as possible, immediately return to the South Seas, and immediately return to the Malay Peninsula! ”

Bonella roared angrily. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"General Bonaira, calm down, calm down!"

Bruce exclaimed, "This is not the time to rush, we must come up with a sound countermeasure!" ”

"Calm down? How do you tell me to calm down? ”

Bonella roared: "It is not Laos, not Cambodia, the Malay Peninsula, the Strait of Malacca, this is the core interest of the British Empire, we will never allow the Strait of Malacca to be controlled by others!" We must get it back as soon as possible, or I will be a sinner in the British Empire!" ”

Bruce protested: "But, Bonella, don't forget, now tens of thousands of coalition troops are under siege by the Chinese army in Tianjin City, if we withdraw our troops like this, they will definitely be wiped out, that Guo Ye will definitely not give them the slightest chance, they will definitely be wiped out, this is tens of thousands of troops, such a consequence is also not something we can bear!" ”

Yes......

Bonella was so angry that he looked up to the sky and roared, he was so unlucky, he just protected the British and French troops to come to Tianjin to participate in the war, in just such a dozen days, the Malay Peninsula changed hands, and the situation in the entire Nanyang has deteriorated to the point that it is difficult to clean up!

However, not only did the situation in Nanyang deteriorate to the point of uncontrollable, but also Tianjin, the battlefield in Tianjin also deteriorated to the point of being out of control, all the allied forces were blocked in Tianjin, and the contact with the fleets of the three countries on the sea was cut off by the Lu army.

It's hard to ride a tiger, and it's a dilemma!

"General Bonella, I propose to strengthen the attack, crush the enemy in front of you in one fell swoop, put reinforcements on the Tianjin station, first rescue the coalition forces, and then, all our fleets will return to the sea and start a decisive battle with the Chinese mercenary corps and naval fleets in the South Seas, their fleet strength is not large, I think we can completely encircle and annihilate them in the South Seas!"

Bruce continued.

"You said lightly, without the army, our fleet is strong, and we can't help the Chinese mercenary corps, you know, their strength in the South Seas has reached two divisions, or even more, our strength in the Malay Peninsula is not one division at all, only two infantry brigades are stronger, and we have suffered a heavy blow, how can we drive the opponent out of the Malay Peninsula? When they get a foothold in the Malay Peninsula, we really want to cry without tears! ”

Bonella said hatefully, "No, we must withdraw our troops, even if the Chinese battlefield is really defeated, as long as we take back control of the Strait of Malacca, then we can explain to the parliament, but if we lose control of Malacca, we will really have no place to die, and even our government will step down!" ”

The offensive had to be halted temporarily, and Bonella invited Dundas and other high-ranking generals to the flagship to discuss the next steps.

When Dundas and others heard that the Malay Peninsula had also fallen into the hands of Chinese mercenaries after the Philippines, they were all stunned, Malacca is different from other places, it must not be lost, this is the door for European powers to enter East Asia!

"General Dundas, you say, how can the current situation be cleaned up? You know better about the strategic position of the Strait of Malacca, right? ”

Bonella looked at Dundas with hatred, Dundas was the commander-in-chief of the Four-Nation Alliance, if it weren't for their unfavorable battles, why would he mobilize such a powerful force to come to China? It will not give the Chinese mercenary corps a chance!

Dundas's face was full of shame, now the war is fought like this is the most fatal, the bones are in the throat, I can't swallow it, I can't spit it out, I want to mobilize the people, I can't get anything, the losses of the Four-Nation Alliance are too great, but I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect Guo Ye's bones to be so hard, I would rather break China, I would rather rise up, abandon the original Manchu government, and drive the coalition army out, and if you want to completely destroy the powerful Lu army, it is impossible just to rely on these forces in front of you!

"General Bonella, General Dundas, and General Bruce, at this time, the best way is to stop the war and negotiate, through negotiations, through diplomatic pressure, force Guo Ye to bow his head, so that our coalition forces withdraw from this war ......"

Suddenly, the French minister on the side said suddenly, and at the same time made a color to General Bruce, although Bruce didn't know what it meant, but as the French minister, since Gro spoke, he must defend it.

Bruce said softly: "I'm afraid you generals don't know yet, our ministers were the last to withdraw to the sea, and just when we withdrew to the sea, we got a telegram, and a new situation has now appeared on the European continent, but I am afraid that no country can continue to support us in the war......"

Several generals were shocked when they heard this, and Bonella was dissatisfied: "Mr. Gro, what is happening on the European continent? Can we even give up the war? ”

"General Bonella, it's very simple, now Prussia and Austria are on the verge of breaking out into war, both sides have gathered hundreds of thousands of troops, ready to fight in Europe, for control of the whole of Germany, such a huge war, will be the European continent in great trouble, at least, we France will not be able to send reinforcements in the future."

Bruce's face was full of surprise and asked, "Mr. Gro, are you telling the truth?" ”

Gro nodded and replied: "These ministers have also received such information, and now the war between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Austria is about to break out, not to mention that our French Empire, even the British Empire, does not dare to easily transfer the main force out of Europe." Although our overall strength in Asia is stronger than Guo Ye's, we are still very leisurely, and China has a large land and resources, and there are many manpower, although we can replenish the army without limit, we are lacking in stamina, so I think that the opportunity for us to stop and negotiate with our opponents should come......"

(To be continued.) )