Because when the Centurion sank, the Hairong had already chased it far away, and Liu Buyun had full confidence in its combat effectiveness, so he did not let the Haitian go over to help, but fully carried forward the humanitarianism and actively rescued the British officers and soldiers who fell into the water.

Phileeman finally realized the wish he had after the Battle of Jianghua Bay and boarded the Haitian to have a look, but unfortunately he was a prisoner of war, but after all, Fermante had seen a big scene, and after smiling self-deprecatingly, he quickly recovered his humble and arrogant expression, and calmly admitted his identity. After seeing Liu Buchan, Philmante took the initiative to give him a military salute to show his respect for the victor.

"I am Liu Buchan, commander of the Ocean Fleet of the Chinese People's Navy, and according to the discipline of our army, as long as you obey the arrangement and actively cooperate, all prisoners of war will receive preferential treatment." , Liu Buyun tried his best to control his excitement and said "calmly", and at the same time replied to Philmant a new-style military salute that he had only practiced not long ago.

It is no wonder that Liu Buyun will be excited, the Beiyang Naval Division has always been an example to learn from the British Royal Navy, and now he actually commanded the fleet to defeat his own teacher, which is really extremely glorious. And even if the teacher-student relationship aside, just looking at the glory of the British Royal Navy dominating the sea for hundreds of years, being able to defeat such a formidable opponent is enough to make the young Chinese Navy proud.

Vice Admiral Felimant's answer made Vice Admiral Phelimant breathe a sigh of relief, but he still asked one more question, "I don't know what the preferential treatment your army said?" ”

"Whatever we eat, you eat, and you use what we use." , Liu Buyun's answer surprised Philmantle, he had never heard of such treatment after becoming a prisoner, if the Chinese can really do what they say, they are undoubtedly more "civilized divisions" than Western armies.

However, Liu Buyun's next addition made Vice Admiral Philmantle's heart lift again, "But before that, we still need to do a screening, if someone has committed serious crimes against the Chinese people, we must also seek justice for the victims." ”

Fortunately, after screening, no problems were found, and Liu Buyun couldn't help but joke after listening to the report, "Actually, you have to thank our army for intercepting here, otherwise with the pride of your army, it is inevitable that you will not shell our civilian ships, and there will be more than one or two people who need to be liquidated at that time."

At this time, Vice Admiral Philmant had fully seen the smug look on Liu Buyun's face, which he tried his best to hide, but still showed some smugness, and he could no longer maintain the calmness he barely pretended.

After nodding silently in approval, Philistine couldn't help but sigh in frustration, "The British Empire has not suffered setbacks in the past few hundred years, but it is the first time that the Royal Navy has suffered such a crushing defeat, as the commander of the Far East Fleet, I am, I am."

"You have done your best, we have too much advantage in this battle, and the result will not change no matter what", Liu Buyun's comforting words sounded more like a show off to the loser.

However, Vice Admiral Phimante also had to admit the strength of the Haitian-class armored cruiser, and then he suppressed his indignation and made a request, "I want to visit this warship, I don't know if it's okay." ”

"This", Liu Buyun couldn't help but hesitate a little, Philmant is an expert among experts, even if he just looks at the dragonfly, he may also find out a lot of important information about the Haitian-level patrol.

At this time, Liu Buyun was surprised to see that the political commissar Zhou Chunyu winked at him, and suddenly his heart was settled, and he smiled at Philmante and said, "Why not?" Let our commissar show you around! ”

Zhou Chunyu agreed to Philmantle's visit to the Haitian, naturally because of Li Hui's instructions, and Li Hui, who has always paid attention to secrecy, suddenly became so generous, naturally he had his considerations.

First of all, the technical parameters of the Haitian armored cruiser are difficult to keep secret for a long time, let alone the change of the sight that is directly exposed to the outside, and the British shipbuilding technology, naval training methods, and strategic and tactical breakthroughs are only separated by a layer of paper, so the loss of leakage is not as great as it seems.

More importantly, although Li Hui was determined to fight a war with Britain for the sake of Hong Kong and at the same time to deter the foreign powers by the way, he did not want to fight with it for a long time, after all, even the formal reunification of the country has not been completed now, and if most of the forces are put abroad, resulting in the domestic chaos that cannot be calmed down for a long time, it is definitely picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

Li Hui may not have the strength to drive Britain out of Asia now, but he is far from having enough men to take over that vast colony, and it will be difficult to gain much profit after plundering it. And the technical advantage brought by the system will not last for a few years, if the war drags on for too long, and when the British Royal Navy completes the technological upgrade, the Chinese Navy will eventually have to spit out those colonies again, why bother?

Rather than this, it is better to threaten the British government with the security of the colonies and force it to negotiate reparations, for China, which is still in ruins, the cash that can be used immediately is much more valuable than the land that needs to be digested for a long time, and at the same time it can free up its hands to give priority to solving its domestic problems and those other powers that do not know each other.

Li Hui has always believed that when you want to fight, you should hide your strength so that the opponent is not prepared, and if you don't want to fight, you must clearly show your strength, and if necessary, you need to exaggerate moderately, so as to scare the other party and make it dare not act rashly. Therefore, Li Hui instructed Zhou Chunyu to allow Phimant and other captured British soldiers to visit the Haitian, and with their proof, there should be greater confidence in calming down the British government.

Philmante was greatly shocked after visiting, and at the same time, the huge guilt in his heart disappeared completely, "To be able to entangle with such a powerful warship for so long, our performance has been very good, and the responsibility for the defeat should be borne by the designers and shipbuilders, and we can't be blamed at all!" ”

At the same time, he quickly realized what a terrible crisis the British Empire had fallen into: "If, as they say, the Sea-Sky's armor could withstand 12-inch armor-piercing shells (which Philmant thought was very likely), the Royal Navy would be able to compete with the battleship Majesty, which is still under construction, and it would not be much of a bargain" (to be continued). )