Chapter 232: Fusang's Choice

Li Yunhai was helped to the lifeboat that was put down by the soldiers, and Sa Bingzhen and the others on the Tiantai No. 1 aircraft carrier looked at the sinking 'Pearl River' in silence.

If there is no "Pearl River," the empire's first aircraft carrier will be destroyed in the waters of Fuso, and more than a dozen waterfowl fighters will have nowhere to land, either landing on Kyushu Island or falling into the sea, neither of which the navy can afford to lose.

In addition, there are one-third of the current core high-level people of the Huaxia Imperial Navy on the aircraft carrier, once these people have any losses, it will be a huge blow to the navy, and the 'Pearl River' deserves everyone's salute.

"The 'Pearl River' has done a good job, and immediately sent people to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water and speed up to end this war!" First the "Kashima" was sunk, and now the "Pearl River" was sunk, and the aircraft carrier was also hit by a bullet and lost its ability to act, which was a heavy blow to the Huaxia fleet, which had absolute superiority, and at the same time aroused their anger.

At this time, only the flagship "Haruna" and the wounded "Settsu" and some armored cruisers remained in the Fuso fleet, which was tightly surrounded by the Huaxia fleet, which wanted to capture these two battleships.

"Your Excellency, what should I do now?"

The officers looked at Admiral Gua Sheng Waiji in confusion, their own warships were sunk by the Huaxia fleet one after another, and the remaining officers were very depressed, according to the current practice of the Huaxia fleet, it was obvious that they wanted them to surrender, but they didn't know whether to surrender or continue to fight.

Admiral Gua Sheng Waiji stood on the deck and calmly watched the Huaxia fleet surrounding them silent, his back was so vicissitudes.

A soldier ran to Admiral Kuasheng Waiji with a three-point telegram and shouted: "Report to the sir, a telegram has been sent from the military headquarters and the naval headquarters, and a telegram has been sent from the Chinese fleet demanding our unconditional surrender!" ”

Gua Sheng Waiji took the telegram with a very calm face and read it, and after a while, he put down all the telegrams, and a tangled expression began to appear on his face.

"Telegrams were sent from both the military department and the naval headquarters, and they were two completely different opinions. The military headquarters ordered us to fight until the last moment and not to leave the warships to the China; The Admiralty Chancellor has demanded that we surrender and leave the Empire with precious sailors for its future rise. The time limit for the people of China is to surrender within half an hour, or else they will attack! I can't decide alone, think about it, and vote later! ”

"I also want to fight with the Shina fleet to the end, but the empire still needs to preserve these valuable naval talents on the ship, the imperial navy will rise again one day, please choose carefully!"

Everyone understands Gua Sheng Waiji's last words, although he is very disdainful of him in his heart, but he has to say that it is very good, the empire needs to preserve the seeds of the navy for its future rise.

A few minutes later, everyone made a decision, and most of the officers agreed to surrender, only a few more stubborn officers insisted that surrender was to strengthen the China Navy, and that they should fight to the death to the end, and not leave any warships for the China Navy, but they were quickly arrested by Gua Sheng Waiji.

Soon the white flags of the 'Haruna' and 'Settsu' were raised, and all the soldiers dropped their guns and stood there with their hands raised, waiting for the approach of the Chinese fleet.

"Commander-in-chief, is the devil cheating to surrender, I will let the waterfowl fighter plane take a look first, and then send a warship to collect the devil's weapons."

"Well, the dog will jump over the wall when he is in a hurry, and the devil man will do everything when he is in a hurry, we must be cautious and there can be no more losses!" Sa Bingzhen also suspected that the Fuso fleet was making a false landing.

Two waterfowl fighters approached the Haruna and Settsu close to the water, and found that the cannons of the two warships had been put away, and even the officers had gathered on the deck to raise their hands in surrender.

After receiving the report from the waterfowl fighters, the Huaxia fleet immediately sent ships for soldiers to take over the two warships, and after a short time, General Gua Sheng Waiji and other officers were escorted to the Tiantai No. 1 aircraft carrier.

At this time, one after another waterfowl fighters returned to the aircraft carrier, and Gua Sheng Waiji and others finally saw the appearance of the waterfowl fighters that scared them, and they were very puzzled in their hearts why Huaxia, which was so far behind Fusang, was so far ahead of Fusang in Mo, what changes had happened in this country?

Sa Bingzhen did not be polite to Gua Sheng Waiji and the others, and directly asked them to be put in a prison in the cabin, and the "Hainan" dragged the aircraft carrier back to China, and the aircraft carrier's thruster was blown up by Yan Zòng, so he could only return to China for repairs.

The 'Xianyang' and 'Ryukyu' continued northward with the lightly wounded 'Haruna', and shelled the coastal cities of Fuso along the road as planned.

In the Seto Inland Sea, the Chinese fleet, which entered from Kitakyushu City, specifically looked for those important cities to bombard, and the main target was the factories on the shore, and then went straight to the Kure Port base.

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Dongjing, the Prime Minister's Mansion is now occupied by the military department, and there is a wail from inside, followed by cries and scolding.

"You can't die a good death, you dare to betray the empire and surrender to the people of China!"

"The navy is finished, the empire will face a direct attack by the China fleet, and we have no way to retreat, so we can only restart negotiations and agree to those conditions of the China people!"

"Didn't you say that the China Navy didn't have new weapons? Tegaoke is a bunch of waste! It's no wonder that Shina's planes were able to fly to Kyushu Island, it turned out that warships that could provide planes to take off, and that kind of new aircraft, what the hell is going on with this China! ”

"I agree to continue the peace talks, make concessions, it doesn't matter if the island of Kyushu is ceded, let the people of China go and fight the Red Party elements!"

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After the navy was killed by the Huaxia fleet, most of the top officials of Fusang agreed to the conditions of the Huaxia peace talks, and now Fusang itself is exposed to the Huaxia fleet like a girl without clothes, and they no longer have the strength to argue with Huaxia.

"The people of China actually don't care about negotiations at all, they just want to paralyze us, the China fleet is currently bombing factories along the coast of the empire, even including cities, China wants to kill me Fuso!" Yamaprefecture Youtomo did not think that the peace talks could succeed, and it can be seen from the demand for the cession of Kyushu Island that he was just playing with them.

"But what can we do but make peace?"

"Internal and external troubles, the situation of the empire at this time is too similar to that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the beginning, in order not to participate in the European war, the territory ceded by Tsarist Russia is larger than the territory of the empire, and it is not impossible for us to cede Kyushu Island to China, as long as they don't continue to attack us."

"The withdrawal of the coastal factories into the inland empire began to be implemented very early, and most of the factories were moved inland, but now the domestic workers have become mobs, and with the riots, the evacuation of the coastal factories is very difficult!"

Fuso had been moving important factories along the coast to civil strife when China was recovering Ryukyu Island, but there were still a large number of merchants who had hopes for the navy and did not heed the advice to move out. Now that the workers are involved in the riots, the factories have been targeted, and the Fuso government has been prevented from moving out by the mob.

"Hmph, the riot will end soon, and the main problem is the Chinese fleet. All the important ports of the empire were sealed by mines, even Dongjing Bay, and the Chinese fleet was absolutely not allowed to enter Tokyo Bay. In addition, the news that the naval fleet has been shattered must be sealed and not leaked! Shan County Youpeng said.

The news of the destruction of the naval fleet was only known to the people in the military department, and in order to prevent the riot from growing, it was necessary to block the news to appease the people.

At this time, the troops withdrawn from Korea brutally suppressed the rioting population on the island of Honshu in Fuso, and anyone who dared to resist was arrested or killed. Under the orders of the military headquarters, the police, gendarmes, and military forces of Fuso, except for Kyushu Island, were all dispatched to suppress the riots strongly, and the people in various places were calmed down one after another, and for a time the people's resistance entered a low ebb.

In the imperial capital of China, Chen Fu was very excited when he saw the news sent back by the navy, and finally annihilated all the Fusang fleets, and in the future, East Asia and even the Pacific Ocean would be the world of the empire.

"Your Excellency, the Fuso delegation once again asked to return to the negotiating table to discuss peace talks, and promised to cede Kyushu Island and Sakhalin Island, but it was all done in the form of sales, that is, these two places were used to offset economic compensation!"

"It's really a good calculation, go and sue them, terminate the negotiations, as long as Fusang does not surrender for a day, the empire will not stop the war. Once again, the Empire will completely blockade Fuso and not allow any cargo ships to enter or leave the Fuso Seas. Chen Fu didn't want peace talks in the first place, and if the Fusang fleet was destroyed at this time, there would be no peace talks, and Kyushu Island and Sakhalin Island would soon be occupied by the imperial army without Fuso.

The news of the total annihilation of the Fuso fleet soon appeared in the Chinese Imperial Daily, and as soon as the news came out, the whole country jubilated, but the countries did not pay much attention to it, and Europe was the center of their focus at this time.

When the news of Huaxia's termination of negotiations came back to Fuso, the Fuso senior management was very depressed, and at the same time knew that Huaxia wanted Fusang to perish.

"Damn the Chinese people, we have all paid such a big bargaining chip, I didn't expect them to be dissatisfied, our army will never surrender!"

"The Empire will not surrender, we will fight until the last moment!"

"Yes, fight to the end!"

The Fuso military headquarters went crazy and drew up a plan for a decisive battle with the Huaxia army on its own soil, preparing to create a quagmire for Huaxia to fall into. Their idea is that if they don't give us any better, we won't make you better.

On March 28, Emperor Taisho Fuso officially announced to the whole nation the news of the total destruction of the Imperial Navy fleet and the termination of negotiations in China, calling on the rioting people to put aside their prejudices and resist the approaching Chinese army together at this juncture of national crisis, and called on the people to join the army to defend the empire and fight a general decisive battle with China.