Chapter Ninety-Nine: Surrender
The inner city of Tianjin, the headquarters of the coalition forces.
Wadsey was holding a letter of persuasion from the outer city half an hour earlier, not so much a letter of persuasion as a letter of forced surrender.
The content of the letter is very simple, that is, it expounds the situation of this war, and one of the key points highlighted is that tens of thousands of coalition troops could not stop the advance of the Dragon and Tiger Army, and they were wiped out in just a few days, not to mention the thousands of coalition troops in the inner city.
The letter also made it clear that the British commander Seymour and the Russian commander Turgrev had already surrendered, and if the coalition forces in the inner city of Tianjin did not surrender, then at seven o'clock tomorrow morning, the Dragon and Tiger Army would do their best to attack the city, and once the siege battle began, even if the coalition forces wanted to surrender, the Dragon and Tiger Army would not accept it.
After reading the letter, Wadsey sat down in his chair in a dejected manner, how could he have suffered such a humiliation when he led the troops? In the face of such a naked threat, he had no choice, because in the face of absolute strength, all resistance and shouting were in vain.
The letter quickly reached the commanders of the command.
Half an hour later, the commanders of all countries fully understood the contents of the letter under the translation of the translator, and for a while, a pin drop could be heard in the command room.
Who would have thought that more than three months ago, they would capture Dagukou and occupy Tianjin City with high spirits, and today, three months later, they will become the generals of the defeated army and the turtles in the urn.
It's really feng shui in turns, and now it's the Dragon and Tiger Army!
This transformation of the victor into the loser made the commanders present a little unable to come back to their senses, and they didn't feel good in their hearts, but what if it wasn't a taste? Defeat is defeat!
After five minutes of silence at the headquarters, Wadsey finally made up his mind and spoke: "On behalf of the German army, I accept the persuasion of the Chinese, I don't want to die on Chinese soil, I want to return to my hometown, even if I have to accept the punishment of defeat after returning home, I don't care, I am almost seventy years old, even if I die, I will be buried in my hometown, if you want to continue to fight with the Chinese [***] team, I will not stop you." ”
The commander-in-chief said so, what can the commanders of the rest of the countries think? Now in the inner city of Tianjin, although there are more than 3,000 teams, but 2,000 are German [***] teams, the United States, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, etc. add up to less than 2,000 people, Germany has chosen to surrender, they only have less than 2,000 people, and what to use to compete with the Chinese [***] team?
As Wang Jundao's letter of persuasion said, tens of thousands of coalition troops have failed, and with only a few thousand people, what waves can be stirred?
Hold on until reinforcements from various countries arrive in Tianjin? Dream, maybe the news hasn't been transmitted back to the mainland of the countries yet, where are the reinforcements?
Although there was wireless telegraphy in these years, it would be good if the radio could travel as far as thirty or fifty miles, from Tianjin to the mainland of various countries, far away from the ocean, how many thirty or fifty miles was that? Hundreds! Thousands! And in between, not every place has a wireless telegraph receiving point and a transmitting point, and even if there is, it will take a lot of time to reach the mainland, and once the telegram is distorted, it will be equivalent to a blank transmission!
Even if the information for help has been sent to various countries now, it is impossible for each country to send troops in a short period of time, and even if it is already sending troops, how can reinforcements rush to China from their homeland without a month or two?
With the current situation in the inner city of Tianjin, if the [***] team really launches an attack, not to mention a month or two, even if it is an hour or two, more than 3,000 coalition troops may not be able to hold on.
As Wadsey said, the commanders didn't want to die in China, in a foreign land, they also wanted to return to China, to their hometowns.
So, without any controversy, all of them, like Wadsey, chose to surrender!
For the generals of European and American countries, surrender is not a shameful thing, so even if they choose to surrender, they do not have any burden and guilt in their hearts, but they are a lot more relaxed, at least these days, the pressure and fear given to them by the [***] team have been completely relieved at this moment.
After a brief discussion, Wadsey immediately wrote the surrender in his own hand, signed his name, and the commanders of the various countries also signed their names and presented their guns.
Half an hour later, Wang Jundao received the letter of surrender and the guns of the commanders of various countries, and he immediately summoned the high-level of the Dragon and Tiger Army, and Luo Shiguan, who was in charge of logistics affairs, to discuss the surrender affairs tomorrow morning.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Wadsey led the commanders of the coalition forces to hand out the command knife to Wang Jundao with both hands under the inner city gate of Tianjin, in front of the Dragon and Tiger Army, the coalition army, and the people of Tianjin.
Subsequently, the Dragon and Tiger Army took in the surrendered coalition forces, drove into the inner city of Tianjin, and took over all the supplies of the coalition forces.
At the same time, Yamaguchi Suchen's body was also escorted into Tianjin City by Qin Xiao.
At this point, the Battle of Tianjin ended, which announced the complete defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, and now, only Yuben and Russia are still entrenched in Northeast China.
Wang Jundao didn't have the extra mind and time to summon the commanders of the coalition forces, for him, these people were just the generals of the defeated army that invaded China, and it was already extraordinarily generous not to kill them.
As for the dignity of the soldiers, Wang Jundao will not give these coalition commanders at all, because they are not worthy, from the day they decided to lead the troops to invade China, they should have the consciousness of being captured and stepped on as prisoners!
Therefore, Wang Jundao imprisoned all the allied officers, and even though the commanders of various countries strongly protested, he insisted that these people be squatted in the inner city prison of Tianjin, and only hung their lives with the treatment of prisoners.
And those coalition soldiers who surrendered, very simply, they will become free miners and road workers like the foreign soldiers who surrendered before...... To engage in the hardest and most dangerous labor, it is deserved to die, and it is good luck not to die.
As for whether the countries themselves will send envoys to ransom these officers and soldiers, that is not his consideration, anyway, he doesn't care at all.
If you send messengers, you will receive the mouth of my lion, and if you do not send messengers, I will drain the value of these captives.
If you can't stand it and can't accept it, then it doesn't matter, even if you send troops here, I will follow!
Wang Jundao was originally a 'self-made man', for him, there is no fear of other countries at all, as long as China does not have internal strife, as long as China is united, even if all countries in the world are enemies of China, then why be afraid?
In fact, with the transportation capacity and communication capacity of this era, Wang Jundao does not believe that any country can send hundreds of thousands of troops to land in China to fight across the ocean, Britain, the United States, Germany, and France.
As for Russia, it has already sent 200,000 troops to attack northeast China, and its Trans-Siberian Railway has not yet been completed, so it is simply impossible to carry out expeditionary logistics support, and with the supply capacity of the Far East, it is already the limit to support these 200,000 troops to fight in China.
As for the idea that the G-8 will form a coalition again, is this possible? Wang Jundao has already thwarted the Eight-Nation Coalition once, and there has been a rift within the Eight-Nation Alliance, and he wants to reorganize the Coalition Army, and he doesn't know how to do it.
Moreover, Wang Jundao already has a way to deal with these countries, at least so that countries will not be able to attack China within a year, and in two or three years, it will be difficult for the economy to operate normally!
Therefore, Wang Jundao is now fearless, just develop in China with confidence!
Only three days after the reconquest of Tianjin, the situation in Tianjin was completely stabilized.
The news of the Dragon and Tiger Army's recovery of Tianjin also spread rapidly to all parts of Tianjin like red ink falling into clear water, and the people of Tianjin who fled their homes because Tianjin City was occupied by foreign soldiers also returned one after another.
Even so, nearly half of the houses and shops in Tianjin have become vacant, among which there are people who fled from Tianjin relatively far away and have not received the news and have not returned, but after Luo Shiguan's statistical estimates, because of the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, at least a quarter of the people in Tianjin City died.
In the inner city of Tianjin, Luo Shiguan was reporting the situation to Wang Jundao and asking Wang Jundao for a solution.
Wang Jundao thought for a while, and said: "The original official buildings and industries in Tianjin City will naturally be taken over by us, and those private buildings and industries, if there is still no one yet, you should seal them up first, if the master comes back in the future, as long as it is determined that the situation is true, it will be handed over to the original owner, if the original owner is dead, and it is their parents or children who come back, after verifying their identity, they can also hand over these houses and properties to their parents or children, of course, if it is their relatives, As long as you can show the deceased's previous inheritance certificate or relevant certificates, you can also hand over the deceased's things to them. ”
Luo Shiguan nodded, and asked again, "What if it's the deceased's brothers and sisters?" ”
Wang Jundao said lightly: "If they participated in industrial management or industrial creation before, they can get their due part according to the proof, if there is no relevant proof, they can find witnesses or evidence, if not, then if they want to get it, then spend the corresponding price to buy, if they don't create, they want to get it for nothing, how can it be so easy in the world?" ”
Luo Shiguan naturally knew this truth, nodded, and asked again: "What if no one has come to claim it?" ”
Wang Jundao said without thinking: "Post a notice, spread the news, limited to three months, if no one has come to claim it after three months, then it will automatically be transferred to official ownership, you will auction most of the original private buildings and properties according to the situation, and it is better to keep a small part, I will be of great use in the future, remember, it is an auction, not a sale." ”
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