"We are willing to deliver the ships of the Royal Navy to your country as reparations for the defeat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info" The British King's envoy, the Marquess of Hamilton, bowed his head slightly with a respectful expression, "Whether it is a concession or an indemnity, whether it is extrajudicial jurisdiction or any other conditions, it can be negotiated." As long as Britain is allowed to continue to exist. ”

London, 10 Downing Street. Xiao Hongbao, who made a front stop for Zhang Cheng's trip to London, received the British king's envoy who secretly came to London from Scotland as Zhang Cheng's representative. The King's envoy brought the begging of the King and the Government of England, who offered to keep Britain as a nation as long as they could continue to be the rulers of the country. It doesn't matter what you sell.

It's just that as a confidant around Zhang Cheng. Xiao Hongbao knows Zhang Cheng's mind very well. He knew that Zhang Cheng had never had the idea of opening up to any country. Britain, who resisted fiercely, was also unlikely to escape from Zhang Cheng's hands. The reason why he wanted to meet with the British envoy was just to show his bearing as a world hegemon.

"We have all of this now, and we can have whatever we want now." Xiao Hongbao leaned back on the back of the sofa and said with a smile, "As for your fleet. To be honest, you do have a lot of fleets, but our navy doesn't need them. ”

“...... That's the Royal Fleet, which has exhausted all of Britain's national strength! The Marquis of Hamilton stared at Xiao Hongbao with a flushed face and roared. The reason why the British Army was almost immediately collapsed after the Ming army landed was largely due to the fact that the British invested most of their national strength in the navy. The warships were all terrifying gold-eaters.

Britain, which has no oil production itself, in order to maintain this large Royal Navy, those personnel salaries, spare parts turnover, base maintenance, etc. are not counted. The sheer amount of oil needed by these warships to go to sea was enough to wipe out the British country's already small foreign exchange reserves.

But the Royal Navy did not perform well throughout the war, and now they remained motionless in Scarpa Bay as if they had not participated in the war when Britain was in danger of extinction. The orders of the royal family and the government are completely deaf to them.

Under these circumstances, the British, who were angry and trying to reconcile with the Ming, decided to give the fleet to the Ming army as war reparations in exchange. It's just that Da Ming is not very interested in the British fleet.

"As I said, Da Ming is not interested in your fleet." Xiao Hongbao said indifferently, "Of course." If your naval fleet is willing to surrender, then we don't mind accepting it. However, the final outcome is nothing more than entering the shipyard and dismantling. ”

"That's the Royal Navy's fleet!" The Marquis of Hamilton felt that his whole person was not good, and the fleet that had consumed the entire wealth of Britain was actually going to be dismantled into scrap steel?

"Your Excellency the Marquis." Xiao Hongbao stood up with a smile and looked at the British government bigwig in front of him playfully, "You seem to have considered the wrong direction of things?" What you should be thinking about now is to repent and beg for forgiveness for the war crimes committed by the Ming Dynasty in the midst of this war for your royal family and government officials. And not to discuss with me here the importance of the naval fleet of your country! Can you understand? ”

“...... All right. The Marquis of Hamilton sat on the chair a little dejectedly, and looked at Xiao Hongbao with despair in his eyes, "We are willing to surrender unconditionally, but I hope that Daming can forgive all the high-level personnel." Otherwise, we would have chosen to flee to the Americas and establish a government-in-exile and continue to persevere. ”

"Are you threatening Da Ming?" Xiao Hongbao raised his eyebrows in some surprise: "Are you sure you know what you just said?" ”

"Not a threat." Hamilton gritted his teeth and said, "We just want to not be sent to the gallows. I hope Daming can understand our hardships. ”

"It's not for me to decide who will be sent to the gallows." Xiao Hongbao shook his head and said, "But what you mean, I will convey it to His Excellency the Supreme Commander, as for how Your Excellency will order." That's not something I can understand. ”

"Thank you." Although I didn't get any promises, at least I was able to get in touch with Daming, which is a very good result. The British could no longer fight, and their remnants of the defeated army in Scotland had no fighting power at all. Even the flight to Ireland only delayed the defeat slightly, and had no meaning for the whole situation of the war.

Xiao Hongbao quickly conveyed the meaning of the British to Zhang Cheng, who was leisurely drinking coffee on the banks of the Seine River in Paris. For the British's peace, Zhang Cheng's instructions were also very simple. All British troops laid down their arms and entered the prisoner of war camp, and all heavy weapons, including warships and aircraft, were counted and confiscated and handed over to the Ming army. Those who committed unforgivable crimes against the citizens and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the course of war will be severely punished, and they will not be forgiven.

Of course. Zhang Cheng also gave some sincerity. For example, if no one in the British royal family and the top of the government committed inhumane crimes during the war, such as the massacre of prisoners of war, then Zhang Cheng promised to give them ****. Exonerate them from their crimes.

Zhang Cheng telegraphed to the front-line troops to stop military operations for twenty-four hours, giving the British time to consider. and informed the British that if they rejected their proposal after twenty-four hours, he would not accept the surrender of the British. Both the British royal family and the top of the government will be court-martialed for trial.

Zhang Cheng's response made the British top brass blow up. Most of the top brass felt that they could accept Zhang Cheng's suggestion to surrender unconditionally. After all, the safety of their lives has been guaranteed, and these high-ranking people or their families have accumulated huge wealth in some well-established banks in the Ming Dynasty early in the reign of so many years, and they will still be upper-class people in the future.

However, there are also many high-level officials who have formed a friendship with Daming during the war and cannot resolve their hatred, saying that they are unwilling to accept this clause, because they know that once they accept it, it will mean their own destruction. In this case, the deadline will soon be reached within twenty-four hours.

Angry and bickering, the British top brass eventually reached a settlement. Those who could not accept the conditions of the Ming Dynasty could take a ship to the United States to form a government-in-exile, while others chose to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

When the official reply of the British was sent to Zhang Cheng's side. Zhang Cheng happily agreed to this condition. Zhang Cheng didn't care at all about the fools who fled to the United States. Because he knew that this was just to keep those guys alive for a while longer, but it would indeed speed up the course of the war, and at the same time, it would effectively reduce the casualties of the officers and soldiers.

When the two sides began to surrender and handover, there was no performance. It was a fleet-like British Royal Navy that had never played a role, but it made a move that shocked the world in Scarpa Bay.

When the British government decided to surrender and the order to hand over all the Royal Navy ships to the Ming as trophies, it was delivered to the Royal Navy in Scapa Bay. These officers and men of the Royal Navy, who were completely like soy sauce in the war, were men at this time.

When the Ming Navy sent a receiver on a ship to slowly sail into Scarpa Bay on October 24, a dark and rainy day. But he was surprised that the powerful warships were full of flags.

"The British can't be so spineless, right?" A rear admiral of the Ming Army, who was in charge of receiving the ship, looked at the British battleship with the highest etiquette of the navy with a surprised face, and exclaimed in surprise: "Most of their officers have studied in the Naval Officer Academy, and they don't even care about the last dignity of the navy, right?" ”

Warships fly the full flag during the day, which is called "whole ship ornament", which is the highest etiquette of the navy. When meeting VIPs, commanders, and friendly ships, the ship will pay tribute with all the ship's decorations. The meaning is the same as the 21-gun salute. The British Navy is preparing to hand over its beloved warship to its enemies, and flying the full flag at this time will not only be laughed at by everyone, but will also be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever.

"Something seems wrong." The best commander of the fleet, a vice admiral of the Ming Navy, stood in the bridge and frowned, put down the telescope in his hand, "The atmosphere is too weird, knowing that we are coming, the British actually didn't even greet one?" ”

"Look!" Suddenly, a naval staff officer stretched out his hand to the shore and shouted, "Look, what's going on over there?" ”

All eyes were drawn to it. As the ship approached the port area, everyone was surprised to find that the port area was actually filled with tens of thousands of officers and men of the British Royal Navy! And a huge military band is playing.

"What are they going to do?" The officers of the receiving fleet of the Ming Navy frowned, and they sensed the strange atmosphere of the matter.

Then, a shocking scene happened.

Suddenly, a series of orange-red flares flew off the shore, and the long dragon flares seemed to indicate something ominous. Sure enough, it didn't take long for these Ming officers to be surprised to find that the British fleet docked neatly in the harbor was actually slowly sinking!

"They're sinking themselves!" The officers of the Ming Army shouted, "Go and stop them!" ”

"Forget it." The commander of the Ming army, who had recovered from the shock, waved his hand: "Fulfill their last dignity." ”

On October 24, 1943, the British Royal Navy carried out a self-sinking project codenamed Rainbow in Scapa Flow, and all 161 ships and ships sank in the icy waters of Scarpa Bay. The news shook the world! (To be continued.) )

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