In a living room of the Hong Kong Governor's Palace, the decision-makers of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Hong Kong, everyone's face was very solemn, the Northeast Navy had blocked the port of Hong Kong, and issued an ultimatum to let the fleets of Britain, France, and Germany in Hong Kong, as well as the armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance, surrender to the Northeast Navy before 12 noon today.

Everyone could guess that the Northeast Navy would come to Hong Kong, but no one expected that it would come so quickly, which caught the decision-makers of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Hong Kong a little unprepared, especially the German naval commander Hummels, who was about to run away with the German fleet and the German army early this morning, but he was suddenly blocked, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Bridget, the commander of the British Navy's fleet, looked at the silent crowd, sighed and said: "Now that the Northeast Navy has arrived outside Hong Kong and given us an ultimatum, let us surrender to them before 12 noon today, let's talk about it, what should we do?" ”

Carragher, commander of the Chinese fleet of the British Navy, asked: "Has the news come home?" ”

Bridget nodded and said: "Not only have we sent telegrams to Britain, but France, Germany, Russia, Italy, and Austria-Hungary have all sent telegrams to inform all of us here about this terrible news. The problem now is that the Northeast Navy has issued an ultimatum, and I am not ready to surrender, if any of you here are willing to surrender to the Northeast Navy. You can go outside the port and surrender on your own. ”

Di Luofu, the commander-in-chief of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in Hong Kong and also the commander of the British Army, sneered and said: "I will never surrender to those Qing Dynasty people, and our British Army wants to avoid being shelled by the Northeast Navy." I am ready to march to Guangdong Province immediately, and I have already reported this plan to China. Presumably, the country will support my plan, and I don't know what the choice of other countries' armies will be. ”

Pratte, deputy commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army and commander of the French Army, immediately said: "Our French Army will advance and retreat together with the British Army, and we French will definitely not lay down our arms to the Qing Dynasty." ”

The commander of the German Army, Ginter, glanced at the German Navy Commander Hummels, and Hummels nodded lightly, although Hummels advocated the withdrawal of the German fleet and army from Hong Kong, but now it was blocked, and Hummels, as a German soldier, would not surrender lightly, not to mention what would happen to the navy. Now the only thing the Eight-Nation Alliance Army in Hong Kong can do is to attack Guangdong Province, and Hummels naturally agreed that the German Army, which had no other choice, would also attack Guangdong Province.

Although Ginter is the commander of the German Army, he is only a brigadier general of the German Army, leading 8,000 German Army troops to Asia, and is cooperating with the German Navy, so he must ask the naval commander for Jianyì, after getting Hummels's instructions, Ginter said: "Our German Army is also willing to attack Guangdong Province with the British Army and the French Army, and our German Army will not lay down its arms." ”

Then the commander of the Russian Army, Feliklewicz, the commander of the Italian Army, Andrea, and the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Drexler. All of them agreed to attack Guangdong Province, so that if there was no European intervention, the 90,000 Army of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Hong Kong would directly attack Guangdong Province.

The commander of the British Army, De Rofo, saw the British Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Britley, sitting aglomerate and not speaking, so he spoke: "Sir Brie. Hong Kong will definitely not be able to hold it, why don't you enter Guangdong Province with us! ”

Sir Brie shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I am the British Governor of Hong Kong appointed by His Majesty the King, and there is no order from the King. I will never leave Hong Kong, and I hope that General De Rofo will leave the original defenders of Hong Kong behind. I'll take them until the very end. ”

Di Luofu frowned and said: "The original defenders of Hong Kong are only less than 3,000 people, which is really ......" Di Luofu did not finish. Sir Brie went on to say, "This is at stake for our British honour!" ”

Since it has risen to the question of British honor, Di Luofu can only nod helplessly, promising that the original defenders of Hong Kong, which are less than 3,000 people, will be left to Sir Brie.

The matter of the army was decided, Bridget looked at the commander of the French naval fleet, François, the commander of the German navy, Hummels, and the commander of the Chinese fleet of the British Navy, Carragher, and said with a wry smile: "What about our navy?" ”

yes, what should the Navy do? The army can invade Guangdong Province, but the navy's warships cannot go ashore, so they can't be sunk by the dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy one after another in the port!

François, the commander of the French naval fleet, and Hummels, the commander of the German navy, couldn't help but smile bitterly, facing the 13 dreadnought battleships of the Northeast Navy that they had just fought before, it really gave people a feeling of despair.

Carragher saw that the two commanders of the French Navy and the German Navy were silent, he took out the charts he carried, spread them on the table, and then pointed to the charts and said: "I have made preliminary statistics, the navies of our three countries have 16 all-steel battleships, 4 ironclad battleships, 20 large fast armored cruisers, 35 fast protection cruisers, 33 destroyers and 50 torpedo boats in Hong Kong port. The only chance now is to forcibly break through the encirclement, otherwise you can only be beaten if you stay in the port until the navies of our three countries are completely wiped out. At present, the warships of the Northeast Navy, especially the 13 dreadnought battleships, are in the direction south of Hong Kong port, and we use some warships to contain the 13 dreadnought battleships, and then the main forces of the navies of our three countries take the opportunity to break through to the southwest. ”

Bridget, François and Hummels couldn't help but show thoughtful expressions on their faces, and François said with a twinkle in his eyes: "If the navies of our three countries break through, they can go to Da Nang, Vietnam, the base of our French Asian colonial fleet, Da Nang has newly installed a batch of 40 times the caliber of 305 mm coastal defense guns, if the elevation angle of the 40 times caliber 305 mm naval guns can only be about 20 degrees, the effective firing range is 8000 meters, and the elevation angle of this batch of coastal defense guns can reach 50 degrees, In addition, the coastal defense guns of Da Nang were originally built on the cliffs on the shore, so that the range of these coastal defense guns was 30,000 meters away, and they could completely pose a threat to the dreadnought battleships. ”

Hummels frowned and asked, "Then how do you choose a warship that will strike to the death?" ”

Carragher said: "I am ready to launch a decisive assault with 50 torpedo boats of our three navies!" ”

While the generals of the navy and army of the Eight-Nation Alliance countries in Hong Kong were discussing countermeasures, several European countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance were also in urgent consultations, and the Northeast Navy arrived in the waters outside Hong Kong's port at about 5 o'clock in the morning, and at that time it was already about 10 o'clock in the evening in Europe.

However, after receiving the news that the Northeast Navy had arrived outside the port of Hong Kong, the European heads of state of the Eight-Nation Alliance did not have to sleep, nor could they sleep, especially British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour, French President Faure, and German Emperor Wilhelm II were all in a hurry, and not only did the three countries have their armies in Hong Kong, but also many warships of the navies of the three countries were surrounded in Hong Kong.

Russian Tsar Nicholas II originally got the news of the defeat of the joint expeditionary fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and fell from his chair in shock, and heard that the commander of the Russian naval fleet, Makarov, led the remnants of the Russian fleet, and was going to flee back to Russia directly, and immediately scolded Makarov for being a coward and disgraced the Russian soldiers, and after losing the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait, Makarov did not even have the courage to fight again, and when Makarov returned to Russia with the fleet, he must severely punish Makarov.

But now that he heard that the Northeast Navy had besieged Hong Kong, Nicholas II couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, thanks to Makarov's decision, otherwise he would have to follow the fire now, it seems that Makarov's ability is still good, and the Russian Navy in the future will have to be led by this person.

Received a telegram from Hong Kong, British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour immediately summoned the ambassadors of the other countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance in London, and the ambassadors of these countries would use the radio to keep in touch with the country at any time, and the countries of the Eight-Nation Alliance decided to urgently discuss countermeasures, not only to solve the problem of the trapped fleet and the trapped army in Hong Kong, but also to discuss all aspects of the next war with Lin Daxin.

British Prime Minister Arthur? Balfour, who personally chaired the meeting, told the ambassadors of the other seven countries: "We had to hold this urgent meeting in the middle of the night, and we had a special radio station for several ambassadors, so that you could get in touch with the country at any time." The current situation is very bad for our Eight-Nation Alliance, and the situation of our Eight-Nation Alliance in the Russian battlefield can be said to be very unfavorable; now our powerful Eight-Nation Alliance Navy Joint Expeditionary Fleet has been defeated again, and what is even worse is that the Northeast Navy has arrived in Hong Kong, trapping our Eight-Nation Alliance's fleet and army in Hong Kong. We must all work together to find solutions to overcome the difficulties ahead. ”

Arthur? Balfour is actually very anxious in his heart, Hong Kong is an important British colony in Asia, and now it looks like it is about to be lost, and there are still a lot of warships of the British Navy in Hong Kong, the British Navy has just experienced the naval battle of the Taiwan Strait, and has suffered heavy losses, and these Hong Kong warships are no longer there, so the British Navy is equivalent to only half of the strength before the naval battle in the Taiwan Strait. (To be continued......)

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