When the young Huaxia officer was brought to Lieutenant General John, the officer saluted Lieutenant General John and said, "Mr. Lieutenant General, I am Wang Hongyong, a staff officer of the 42nd Group Army of the Chinese National Defense Force, and I have been ordered to bring you our commander's Tongdie. On the orders of our President and the Ministry of Defence, we are about to regain Hong Kong. And your army is now surrounded by our army, and for the safety of you and your soldiers, our commander advises you and your men to lay down their arms and surrender to our army, otherwise in another three hours our army will have to deal a devastating blow to your army by military means. ””

Lieutenant General John frowned when he heard this, "Is this an ultimatum for your army?" ””

"Yes, this is our commander's ultimatum!" Wang Hongyong said without hesitation, "Our commander believes that you and your subordinates have fulfilled their duties, and it will not dishonor your honor to lay down your arms to us in such a situation of disparity in strength, and we assure you in the honor of the Huaxia National Defense Force that you and your officers will be treated in accordance with your ranks, and the personal property and life safety of your soldiers will also be guaranteed, and we will treat them well in accordance with the regulations of the Geneva Convention." Wang Hongyong continued to answer without humility or arrogance.

Lieutenant General John shouted, "Humph! Are you so sure you're going to be able to eat us? You must know that Hong Kong is protected by more than 10,000 elite infantry and three warships of the British Empire. The honour of our British Imperial Army is not to be tarnished. Wang Hongyong smiled slightly: "Your Excellency General, please forgive me for saying that the three frigates you mentioned can only become targets for activity under our dive bombers." And whether your infantry will survive a day under the combined blows of our heavy artillery and tanks is in question. I know that your country has sent a fleet to Hong Kong, and I don't want to say whether that fleet can help you hold Hong Kong, and even if it does, I am afraid that you and your troops will be wiped out before they can reach you. ””

After listening to Wang Hongyong's words, Lieutenant General John's face changed slightly, "Mr. Captain, you go back first, I want to think carefully about this matter." With a wave of his hand, the guards behind him sent him out in a knowing way.

When Wang Hongyong was taken out, Lieutenant General John behind him sighed and turned to the guards behind him and said, "Hurry up and prepare the car, I want to meet His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong quickly." ””

At the Governor's Palace, Lieutenant General John met with the 20th British Governor of Hong Kong, the current Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Frank Law.

The 57-year-old Sir Frank Frank Fulle was born into a prominent British family and was appointed Governor of Hong Kong on 28 October 1937. During his tenure, he also made some contributions to Hong Kong's education and economic prosperity, so Hong Kong people also have a certain good impression of him.

When the Chinese army gathered around Hong Kong, he declared on behalf of the Hong Kong government that Hong Kong had entered an extraordinary period, and began to build air-raid shelters in various parts of Hong Kong and Kowloon, gradually implement light control, food control, pile up sandbags and roadblocks on roads, and conduct various exercises to prevent the Chinese army from raiding.

At this time, Sir Frank Robert looked at Vice Admiral John in front of him and asked softly, "General John, tell me the truth, can you and your subordinates hold out until the arrival of our British Empire task force?" Lieutenant General John smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, please forgive me. If the opposing Chinese army launched an attack, the most optimistic estimate would be that our troops would only be able to hold out for two days at most. Pessimistic words can only last one day. ”

Luo Fuguo slowly closed his eyes, and a look of pain appeared on his face: "God, will I become the last Governor of Hong Kong in the British Empire?" ””

Lieutenant General John said softly: "Sir Frank Law, Hong Kong is a place that is not dangerous to defend, and we can only reluctantly deploy our troops in the vicinity of the Shing Mun Reservoir to build a defense line of Drunken Bay across the east and west of the New Territories, but due to the lack of manpower, this defense line is very fragile, and our soldiers of the British Empire alone cannot resist the attack of the Chinese." I suggest that you agree to the conditions of the Huaxia people, and the Huaxia people only give us three hours, and we don't have much time left. Sir Frank Law sighed, he also knew that if the fight started, it would be good if those citizens of Hong Kong did not rebel behind their backs, so don't expect them to help the British army.

"How much time is there until the ultimatum of those Chinese people?"

"Your Excellency the Governor, it's less than half an hour." ”

Just when Sir Frank Frank Rofuguo was hesitating, someone from outside came to report: "Your Excellency the Governor, Your Excellency, just now, more than 300 tanks of the Chinese have driven to a place less than a kilometer away from our position, their cannons have lost their armor, and their planes have begun to appear over us." ””

This report was like the last straw in the balance of Sir Frank Rofuko's heart, although he was not a soldier, he also knew that if the Chinese tanks rushed over, it would be a massacre for the British soldiers who did not have heavy weapons. He sighed and said bitterly: "Lieutenant General John, you go and tell those Huaxia people that we accept their conditions. ”

"Yes! Your Excellency the Governor: "I'll give orders at once." Lieutenant General John saluted and headed for the door.

With the order of Lieutenant General John, the British troops on the defense line of Drunken Bay laid down their weapons and walked out of the shelters and trenches one after another, and gathered at the designated place of the Chinese army.

At 3:20 p.m. on 21 December 1938, the Nanjing Presidential Office broadcast a piece of news that shocked the world: "A total of 12,321 soldiers of the British garrison in Hong Kong laid down their arms and surrendered to the 42nd Group Army of China. At this point, Hong Kong has returned to the embrace of the motherland!

After the news came out, the world was amazed: "This is the first time in 200 years that the British ** team has surrendered to a former colonial country overseas.

Ta Kung Pao in China wrote an impassioned article with the title of "A Hundred Years of Snow Shame, Today Snow", giving high praise to the move to recover Hong Kong, and other newspapers in other places also published articles praising the government's action. Students also held a massive parade to celebrate Hong Kong's handover.

In contrast to the national celebrations in China, the British government has been slapped in the face several times in a row, and members of Parliament have criticized the current Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's Asia policy. They criticized that it was precisely because Chamberlain's government repeatedly provoked the Chinese government on the issue of Tibet, turned a small incident into a serious military conflict between the two countries, and seriously underestimated China's military strength and determination, which led to the capture of more than 10,000 British soldiers, including Sir Frank Rodsea and Lieutenant General John.

The families of the captured British soldiers got their own relatives and spontaneously came to Downing Street and Buckingham Palace to protest after entering the prisoner of war camp of the Chinese. They held aloft signs that read "No war, let our loved ones go home" and loudly denounced the stupidity of Chamberlain and the government.

The British media even nicknamed Chamberlain the "most incompetent prime minister" of all British countries, and the British Times declared in the newspaper that the House of Lords should submit a motion of no confidence to remove the most incompetent prime minister in British history, because he sent more than 10,000 British troops to the prisoner of war camps of the Chinese.

The Western countries also commented on the surrender of the British on this gathering, and the American media said in a playful tone: This incident has fully proved one thing, that is, when Prime Minister Chamberlain wants to do something, the British people must be fully mentally prepared and have a strong heart, otherwise their lives will inevitably be in danger.

Germany's Berlin Zeitung published an article in which it openly congratulated the Chinese government on recovering the land that had been robbed by shameless bandits, and this article satirically said: Chamberlain wanted to take Tibet's Gola into his arms, but he did not take into account the reaction of the original owner, so that not only did Tibet not grab it, but even Hong Kong was lost. It is in response to a sentence of the Chinese people: stealing chickens does not lead to rice.

The French, who had fought friendship with the British in World War I, were very interesting to side with the British, and most of the French media condemned the Chinese government for not violating the agreement to attack Hong Kong without authorization. All the Chinese government had to do now was to return Hong Kong to the British government and unconditionally release more than 10,000 British soldiers, including Sir Northcote.

In the face of various comments from the world classics, Su Tong, who had the initiative in hand, was not in a hurry, and he sent a telegram urging the troops to step up their assembly in the area of Xinjiang near Kashmir, and on the other hand, to speed up the reorganization of the army. At present, the armed forces in China have completed their initial reorganization, and 60 percent of the units have been reequipped, but the completion of the refitting of the troops does not mean that the troops will be able to bring into play the power of the new weapons immediately. The training of officers and generals and the training of new tactics must also keep up.

For this reason, Su Tong has drawn up a one-year plan for Ge, and within one year, Ji Ge will send the middle- and low-level officers and senior generals of the former Central Army and various local units to the schools of various arms in Chahar in batches to be re-reformed, and he can't make jokes about letting tanks charge behind the infantry and planes follow the infantry to advance.

The capture of the British troops in Hong Kong made Chamberlain very sad, and he sent a series of telegrams to Sir Carr, the ambassador to China, to meet Su Tong and ask the Chinese government to release the captured British soldiers, but Su Tong played hide and seek with him, which made Sir Carr very angry.

Early that morning, when Su Tong was sleeping at home with Xia Da Dazao and Yulia, a big Yanma, in his arms, our little nurse gently pushed open the door.

"Jianming, the American ambassador, Mr. Johnson, and the British ambassador, Sir Carr, are here, and they have asked to see you, so get up quickly."

The little nurse's fresh breath and warm snort blew on Su Tong's face, tickling Chief Su's heart. Su Tong pressed his patience with some impatient thoughts, hugged the little nurse and kissed him fiercely, and then reluctantly finished washing and rescuing under the service of his daughter-in-law, got dressed and went to the living room to meet the two early guests! ~！