It is enough to comfort the heroic soldiers of the Chinese fleet that they exchanged their sacrifices for the safety of 30 transport ships, and the ammunition and food loaded on these transport ships gave the defenders of Semarang great support, until the end of the World War in the South Seas, Semarang did not fall into the hands of the British.

At two o'clock in the morning on 3 January, the unharmed Song Zu ship sailed into Ma Chen, and when the Song Zu ship docked at the wharf, a group of military police boarded the Song Zu ship and came to the cabin of the captain Gao Longcheng.

The captain of the gendarmerie first saluted, and then said solemnly: "Captain Gao Longcheng, you are suspected of escaping from the battle, please come with us." ”

Gao Longcheng smiled, "Are you trying to arrest me and take me to court-martial?" ”

The captain of the gendarmerie said in a deep voice: "We don't know if we can't go to the military court, that's not our duty, we're just responsible for arresting you, please cooperate with us, Captain Gao Longcheng." ”

Gao Longcheng still sat on the chair, without the slightest intention of standing up, he said with a smile: "Do you know why I ran away? ”

The captain of the gendarmerie frowned, "Captain Gao Longcheng, I don't care about this, I just hope that you will cooperate with us as much as possible." ”

Gao Longcheng smiled bitterly, "The other five battleships are all sunk, right?" ”

The captain of the gendarmerie was a little annoyed, and his tone became stern, "That's right, because you escaped from the battle, and they were all wiped out..."

"Even if I don't run away, they'll all be wiped out." Gao Longcheng said as he reached into the drawer, and when he took it out, he already had an extra revolver in his hand.

At this time, Lin Fei did not develop a new type of pistol for officers, because the pistols were not very useful, and the officers' guns were all revolvers captured from the Spaniards.

When the captain of the gendarmerie saw Gao Longcheng take out his pistol, he immediately raised the rifle, pointed it at Gao Longcheng, and said sharply: "Captain Gao Longcheng, it will not do you any good to resist by force. ”

Gao Longcheng smiled helplessly, "Comrade gendarme, don't worry, I won't shoot you, I have a sentence, I hope you can remember it and tell it to Your Majesty." ”

The captain of the gendarmerie hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "What words?" ”

"The reason why I escaped from the battle was not because I was greedy for life and afraid of death, but because I wanted to leave a warship for His Majesty." Gao Longcheng's voice was flat and low, which reminded people of his last words.

The captain of the gendarmerie said coldly: "Who will believe you when you say this, I think you are greedy for life and afraid of death." ”

"Alas... I knew you wouldn't believe it, so I took the gun out. Gao Longcheng suddenly raised the gun, pressed it on his temple, closed his eyes, and said softly: "Your Majesty, goodbye." ”

After Gao Longcheng finished speaking, his fingers moved, pulled the trigger, and the bullet entered from the left temple, shattering the brain, and then shot out from the right temple, with bright red blood and milky white **, sprinkled on the bulkhead.

At three o'clock in the morning on January 3, Lin Fei was sleeping on his desk when Xiyun came in and woke him up and told him the news of the defeat in the Battle of Semarang and the suicide of Gao Longcheng.

This time's surprise was far more than before, Lin Fei was speechless, so frightened that Xiyun's tears came down, sobbing and calling "husband", Lin Fei reacted, Lin Fei said softly, "I'm fine", and then said: "First block this news, order Song Zu's ship, return to Dayu City, and the sailors of Song Zu's ship will not be held accountable." ”

Xiyun went out to convey the order, Lin Fei's heart was like a knife, this time it was five battleships and nearly a thousand sailors... Those battleships were all built by Lin Fei with great effort, and those sailors were all trained by Lin Fei with all his painstaking efforts.

What made Lin Fei even more sad was that the fleet commander Sun Yong, the captain of the Crazy Dragon Ship Yuan Bochao, and the captain of the Angry Dragon Ship Gu Pengsong, these people were not only his good subordinates, but also his good brothers, especially Sun Yong, who had been following him since he was on the Zhiyuan ship.

Lin Fei felt a burst of self-blame again, if it weren't for the fact that he had to defend Machen and Semarang, his own fleet would not have been wiped out...

Lin Fei had mixed feelings for a while, he raised his hand, slapped it heavily on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "I must avenge this revenge." ”

The following period of time, is the darkest period in the history of the Chinese Empire, the British army in the total annihilation of the Chinese fleet, began an unscrupulous attack, on January 6, the British army captured Makassar in the south of Sulawesi, the island of Chinese and the Chinese aborigines were brutally killed, on January 8, the British army occupied Manado in the north of Sulawesi, on the same day the Netherlands announced, Sulawesi officially returned to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in this way, Lin Fei lost Sulawesi Island that had been painstakingly operated for half a year.

The battle between Semarang and Machen continued, and although the two cities were still in Chinese hands, the Chinese suffered heavy losses.

On 10 January, the British and French fleets bypassed the city of Zhurong and bombarded the Sulu Autonomous Region on Hole Island with heavy artillery, killing more than 1,000 people.

On 12 January, the British and French fleets bombarded Zamboanga in Mindanao, killing more than 3,000 innocent civilians and destroying a large number of houses.

Lin Fei had no choice but to order all localities to step up the construction of shore fortifications, intending to have a decisive land battle with Britain and France in the Philippines.

In these dark days, Ling Xue, Xiyun, Meixiang and Jade Frost became Lin Fei's greatest comfort, Lin Fei had no relatives in this era, except for his brothers, there were only lovers left.

Especially Ling Xue, every time Lin Fei returned home, she would try her best to please Lin Fei, and even tired herself to the point of sweating and panting, every time Lin Fei hugged her to sleep, she would feel guilty.

The time came on January 18th, and the Chinese Empire was still in crisis, and on this day, something worse happened...

At nine o'clock in the morning of that day, the British and French fleets appeared outside Manila Bay and attacked three merchant ships sailing out of Manila Bay, all of which were carrying grain, totaling more than 5,000 tons. The attack of the British and French fleets caused the sinking of three merchant ships and the death of all the crew members on board.

At two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Britain and France announced at the same time that they would impose a complete port blockade on the Chinese Empire, and from now on, no sails would be allowed to enter the sea...

Lin Fei's heart trembled when he heard the news, so vicious Britain and France... The Chinese Empire is an island country, and the domestic economy depends on the maritime operation and maintenance system, once the seaport is blocked, the entire social economy will face collapse, and once the social economy collapses, the Chinese Empire will be self-defeating.

At the same time, there were voices in the Chinese Empire calling for Lin Fei's abdication, because Lin Fei's command of the war was unfavorable, and the people of the Chinese Empire were no longer monolithic.

The Filipinos in the Chinese Empire also had a small-scale rebellion, these Filipinos were usually extremely docile at Lin Fei's feet, but now that Britain and France attacked Lin Fei, they were ready to move, the Chinese Empire, there was about to have civil strife, and it was difficult for foreign enemies to invade to kill a country, and it was often civil strife that killed a country.

The Chinese suffered the massacre of the dead race, the territory was wantonly encroached upon, the domestic shipping was blockaded on a large scale, and there were signs of turmoil in the country, Lin Fei felt his insignificance and powerlessness for the first time, but Lin Fei would not admit defeat, because Lin Fei knew that he still had the last chance to fight, if he grasped this opportunity, then the previous decline of Huaxia would be swept away...

The next day, on January 19, Jin Ming suddenly came to report to Lin Fei: "Claros has landed in Dayu City, I hope to see you."

Claros, Claros again...

Lin Fei frowned and asked, "What is Claros doing when he comes to see me?" ”

"Report to Your Majesty, Claros said he was going to make a break with you."

"Make a break? What do you mean? Lin Fei remembered the past between him and Claros, the hatred between them was not a day or two, when Lin Fei attacked Manila, it was Claros who came forward to stop it on behalf of the United Kingdom, and later the Sino-British free trade negotiations, Claros jumped out and threatened Lin Fei in every way.

In Taiwan, Lin Fei had the opportunity to completely annihilate the Japanese army, but the British sent warships to protect the Japanese fleet, and finally let the Japanese flee back to the mainland...... I can't talk about these things for three days and three nights...

Could it be that Claros wants to break off these past events, but these are great power struggles, not personal grudges, what is Claros looking for me to break off?

Lin Fei couldn't figure it out, nodded and said, "Okay, I agreed, let Claros come to see me." ”

Jin Ming agreed to come down and go out to make arrangements, and it didn't take long for Lin Fei to see Claros in the reception room, and Claros at this time was full of joy, and he was even richer than before.

Claros saw Lin Fei coming in, stood up and said with a smile: "Old friend, we meet again, eh, why have you lost so much weight?" Isn't there something bothering? I'm willing to help you out. ”

Lin Fei knew that Claros was deliberately angry with himself, why was he upset, how could Claros not know, Lin Fei said coldly: "Claros, there is no need to talk nonsense between us, let's talk directly if we have something to say." ”

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point, where to start." Claros frowned and pondered, Lin Fei looked at him with a sneer, without saying a word, Claros pretended to be for a while, and then said with a smile: "Let's start with the doomsday trial plan." ”

Lin Fei raised his eyebrows, this plan had been entrenched in his heart for a long time, and later when Britain and France declared war on Japan and Jose, Lin Fei was vaguely aware that the core content of this so-called doomsday trial plan was to launch a world war and destroy the Chinese Empire.

Lin Fei asked in a cold voice: "Isn't this plan of yours to start a world war and destroy our Huaxia?" ”

Claros laughed, "Although the content of the plan is so, behind this plan, there are magnificent waves that you can't imagine. ”

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