Chapter 645: Refusal to Meet
Gavina waited in a line on the docks with the civil and military officials of the Governor's Palace, and not far behind him were British soldiers, Malay and Indian soldiers handing over their weapons to the NLD fighters and being taken aside.
In the morning, he was still the governor of the strait, the overlord of the seas of Indonesia, but before the sun set, he became a prisoner, and the ups and downs of life were nothing more than this, Gavenner's heart was full of mixed feelings.
"Your Excellency, they're coming." An adjutant saw that Gavenna's expression was a little dazed, and hurriedly whispered a reminder.
According to the rules, surrender must be presented with a sword, Gavina also held the sword in both hands, and was about to present it to Boss Chen who was walking towards him, but when he saw Prince Menlev who was following Boss Chen, his anger could no longer be suppressed!
"Menlev, you traitor, liar, you still have the face to come over? You should hide in a dark corner and live in fear, the European countries and you, the Russian Tsar, will not let you go, and the Russian people will always be ashamed of you! Gavenna yelled angrily.
The rest of the British were also spewing out of anger, and if it weren't for the weapons being slashed, I'm afraid someone would have shot at Monlev.
Prince Monlev's face showed a momentary look of shame, and then he snorted forcibly: "Aren't you very proud that the six countries of Britain, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Australia and Prussia have united to humiliate me and target me?" Ever thought there would be today? This is the retribution for your disrespect for me and the Russian Empire, and I also tell you that the NLD has already taken targeted countermeasures against the attack of the Combined Fleet, and today Singapore is destroyed, and after a while, it will be Manila's turn. In the end, your combined fleet is dehydrated, and you are in a dilemma. Until surrender or annihilation! ”
Gavenner's face turned extremely ugly, and Menlev was telling the truth. Although the Democratic Alliance was sunk more than a dozen ships, they were all cargo ships and a few frigates, and the rest of the ships could be restored to their original state after repair, and their combat effectiveness would not be greatly affected, but Spain was insatiable, in addition to the warships from the European mainland, they also claimed to call Manila's warships into China, which made his heart full of chills.
Now he no longer dares to despise the Navy of the Democratic Alliance. Although the naval guns of the Democratic Alliance are generally not large, it is obvious that the focus of his development is not on large-caliber artillery, but on rapid-fire and speed, while the Spanish warships are generally old and moving slowly, and if the capital ships of Manila are really transferred to China, he will not dare to think about it anymore.
And the coalition fleet is running out of supplies. How long can it last?
At this moment, Gavina was so anxious that he couldn't go to China to tell the coalition what was happening, but it was just his fantasy.
"Hahahaha~~" Seeing Gavina's dejected look. Prince Menlev's heart gave birth to a trace of pleasure for no reason, and he simply broke the jar and laughed.
The old guy was tempted to hide his inglorious history of being banished by the coalition fleet. But under the intimidation of Boss Chen and others in turn, he still confessed truthfully.
Boss Chen just glanced at Prince Menglev. With a smile, he said, "Mr. Gavenner, although His Excellency Menlev is an enemy of the European countries. But not necessarily punished by the Russian tsar.
He helped the Democratic Allied forces to destroy Singapore, and he was about to take Manila, and then cannibalize the coalition fleet, and it was obvious that this would greatly weaken the naval power of Europe, and I think the Russian tsar would be happy to see it, because the hostile relations between Britain and Russia will not be alleviated by the coordinated war against China, do you agree with me? ”
"Humph!" Gavina snorted coldly: "I know you are stirring up relations between Britain and Russia, but I have to admit that the Russians have never been a trustworthy ally, and I think after this incident, no country will dare to form an alliance with Russia." ”
Gavenner's words were full of hatred and contempt for Russia, but Prince Menlev's eyes lit up, and the more he thought about it, the more likely he became, at the cost of surrender and apostasy, he helped China to severely damage the coalition fleet and reduce Russia's strategic pressure in Europe, which is clearly the most clever plan to kill people with a knife, and it is also a great hero of the Russian Empire, how can His Majesty the Tsar punish himself? At most, it is just a symbolic punishment due to the pressure of various countries, and I believe it will not be long before it will come back.
You know, the Russian nation has always been a nation that only talks about practical benefits, profit is heaven, that is, God, everything must serve interests, as long as it is profitable, even parents can sell it, the so-called morality is put aside, put the word profit in the middle, this point is played vividly by the Russians, what morality and shame, go to hell with it!
"Do you know now? It's late! Prince Menlev said triumphantly.
Boss Chen also waved his hand: "Mr. Gavenna, our Democratic Alliance Army has always treated prisoners preferentially, I hope you don't embarrass me and the commander-in-chief, come on, take it down." ”
I don't know if it was intentional or ignored, Boss Chen obviously saw the saber that Gavinner was holding in both hands, but he didn't even mean to take it.
Gavinna also showed a hint of puzzlement in his eyes, but he didn't say much, and walked back with the civil and military officials under the escort of the soldiers of the Democratic Alliance.
"Commander Chen, the Chinese representatives in Singapore want to see you." At this time, a fighter ran over to report.
"Say I don't have time!" Boss Chen looked embarrassed, and then waved his hand.
"Huh?" Xian Yunying was puzzled: "In charge, the commander-in-chief has always had a tolerant attitude towards overseas Chinese, and if you don't see it, I'm afraid it won't have a good impact, and it's nothing to appease you." ”
Que Liubo also looked at Boss Chen very incomprehensibly.
Boss Chen shook his head and said: "Although the commander-in-chief's mind is not clear, I can guess that Borneo can be independent, the islands of Niassi in India can also be independent, and even the islands of the Philippines can be independent in the future, but only Singapore, which chokes the Strait of Malacca, is extremely important and must be directly governed by the central government." ”
Glancing at the sixth uncle, Boss Chen said meaningfully: "You say, if I meet with the Chinese representatives of Singapore, how should I answer if they take the opportunity to ask for independence?" If you agree, it will ruin the commander-in-chief's big business, and if you don't agree, it will cause dissatisfaction among the local Chinese.
Take a step back and say, why didn't I take the sword that Gavinner offered? Because the British are our prisoners, we will either expel them or arrest them, but we can't stay in Singapore for long, after we leave, Singapore will become a terra nullius, in case the local Chinese become independent, it will bring great trouble to the commander-in-chief, so it is more appropriate to keep the status quo and still be governed by the British.
I believe that we can break down Singapore this time and still do it next time, and we should have plenty of defensive strength left at that time. ”
Everyone showed a look of understanding.
Boss Chen said again: "Okay, let's hurry up and repair the warship, and carry out a sweep within the limit of 200 kilometers around Singapore, and implement the three-light policy against the local Malays." (To be continued......)
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