Seeing that there was still an hour left in the time, Cheng Biguang decided to summon the commanders of the fleets to discuss the matter of the surrender ceremony, and he said to Shen Shoukun: "Brother Shen, take advantage of the fact that there is still a little time to summon the commanders of the fleets to come over for a meeting to discuss the surrender ceremony, so as not to make a fool of yourself when the time comes, what do you think?" ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it!" Shen Shoukun promised and turned to leave.

The Chinese Navy looks small in scale, but now the main fleet also has four sub-fleets, each of which takes a battleship as the flagship, of which the sub-fleet with the battleship Yingzheng as the flagship is the First Fleet, and there is also a seaplane carrier, three cruisers, four destroyers, six mine-strike ships, four submarines, and one supply ship in the fleet. The sub-fleet with the battleship Win No. 4 as the flagship is the Second Fleet, the sub-fleet with the battlecruiser Liu Che as the flagship is the Third Fleet, and the sub-fleet with the battlecruiser Liu Xiu as the flagship is the Fourth Fleet, and each sub-fleet has one seaplane carrier, three cruisers, four destroyers, six mine-strike ships, and one supply ship.

Huang Zhongying, commander of the First Fleet, Shen Honglie, commander of the Second Fleet, Wen Shude, commander of the Third Fleet, and Tang Tingguang, commander of the Fourth Fleet, came to the conference room to take their seats, and their deputies and chiefs of staff remained in command of the ships.

Huang Zhongying is from Fujian, Shen Honglie is from Hubei, Wen Shude is from Qingzhou, and Tang Tingguang is from Guangdong. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the phenomenon of naval gangs and factions was very strict, and in the naval fleet at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Fujian people were the most powerful. After the Wuchang Uprising, all the navy took refuge in Xiao Zhenlei, but the Fujian gang in the navy was extremely xenophobic. And they are very united, in order to control the navy well. Xiao Zhenlei had to try his best to suppress the Fujian system and support others to contain the Fujian system, so as not to form a big tail in the future. Shen Honglie, commander of the Second Fleet, was supported by him. The commanders of the other two detachments, Wen Shude and Tang Tingguang, were also propped up.

In order to pick up the navy in the late Qing Dynasty, there were people with higher qualifications than the three of them, and their background was greater than that behind them, but in order to suppress the Fujian system, Xiao Zhenlei had to let many Fujian naval generals do idle positions in the management of organs and prevent them from leaving the fleet, which was also a last resort.

Taking advantage of the one-hour time to prepare for the surrender of the Japanese, Cheng Biguang convened a meeting of the commanders of these detachments to discuss the specific matters of the surrender ceremony.

An hour later, Cheng Biguang, who had almost finished the meeting, was about to announce the adjournment of the meeting. At this time, the communications staff officer walked in and reported: "Sir, the Japanese fleet has sent a telegram in clear code, saying that we can send people over to accept the prisoners and ships, and the Japanese fleet has organized all the naval officers and men and wounded to wait on the decks of each ship!" ”

Cheng Biguang said to Shen Shoukun: "Brother Shen, then give orders to the marines of each ship!" ”

"Okay, I'll give the order!"

Shen Shoukun personally went to give the order to assign tasks to the marines of each ship, and which marines were responsible for taking over which Japanese warship, all of which needed to be specific and clear. Lest there be chaos at the moment, it would be a joke if there were two or three marines on the Japanese ships and no one on the Japanese ships. He also commanded. Each Marine Corps must carry a flag, and its flag cannot be raised on the Japanese ship that has been taken over only after it has been received, fully controlled and the ship is confirmed to be in no danger.

It's not always easy. Especially those marines, they had to rush to every Japanese ship in a small boat. After boarding the Japanese ship, the number of Japanese naval officers and soldiers who were not injured was counted, as well as their respective duties. There are also the number of wounded, their respective duties, etc., and the guns and ammunition are to be lightly checked, the inside and outside of the cabin are to be checked, everything that may pose a danger is cleared, and the ammunition depot and torpedo compartment are to be counted, and after the count, a special person is to be assigned to take care of them. This process lasted a full three hours, and it was not until about three o'clock in the afternoon that it was received.

Cheng Biguang and others waited on the Yingzheng, and at 3:10 p.m., the communications officer sent a telegram to report: "Sir, all ships have been taken over, all Japanese ships have been planted with our flags, and it has been confirmed, and Wen Haicheng, the captain of the Marine Corps who took over the Japanese battleship Kongo, sent a telegram to report that the commander of the combined fleet, Shigetaro Yoshimatsu, had committed suicide by disembowelment before they announced their surrender, and the corpses and relics had been taken over by our side!" Now the Japanese side is in charge of the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet and Chief of Staff of the First Fleet, Yamanaka Shibayoshi, who is the supreme leader, and he is ordered by Shigetaro Yoshimatsu to lead his troops to surrender."

Shen Honglie, the commander of the Second Fleet, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hey, this Yoshimatsu Shigetaro will actually commit suicide, and he will die a hundred!" The Japanese are really ruthless enough, in this way, all the responsibility for the defeat of the Japanese naval fleet was borne by him alone, a dead man, no matter how annoyed in Japan can he be to a dead man? What a good calculation! ”

Huang Zhongying also nodded and said: "Yes, Yoshimatsu Shigetaro shouldered all the responsibility alone, and Yamanaka Shibayoshi was indeed ordered to lead his troops to surrender, and he and other naval officers and soldiers do not have to bear any responsibility, which also makes them cannot be blamed in Japan."

Cheng Biguang raised his hand to stop it: "Okay, anyway, now that Ji Song is dead, there is no point in talking about it, what we have to do now is to hold the surrender ceremony, the surrender ceremony will be held on the Yingzheng, and the Marine Corps will send people to bring Yamanaka Shibayoshi and other major generals and captains of the Japanese Navy's fleets and captains of ships, and we will let the commanders of each fleet and the captains of each ship attend the surrender ceremony here, and let the Japanese side prepare the surrender letter and the commander's command knife before coming!" What do you think? ”

"Not bad!"

Shen Shoukun nodded and said, "Well, I think it's okay!" I think it is also necessary to prepare a camera or video camera to capture the footage of the surrender ceremony and preserve it for future generations."

"Ah, why didn't I think of that? Or the chief of staff has a flexible brain! Tang Tingguang said with a smile.

Cheng Biguang said: "Since you have no other opinions, then this matter is decided!" Notify the Japanese side immediately so that they can be prepared."

"Yes!"

Shen Shoukun remembered one thing, and said: "By the way, there is one more thing, we also need to verify which captured Japanese ships have good power and can sail normally, and which power is damaged and the hull can not sail normally, these must be counted, and then we will transfer ship pilots and operators from our ships according to the actual situation, or directly find pilots and operators from the prisoners, our marines are responsible for guarding and monitoring, and then organize ships and manpower to tow the prisoners and these ships back to China, what does the commander think?" ”

Cheng Biguang nodded when he heard this: "The chief of staff has thought it through, so let's send someone over to do statistics first, and then send a report to the country for instructions, after the surrender ceremony, we will continue to look for the Japanese West Sea Fleet to continue to attack, or return to China directly and need to give specific orders from home, let's do this first!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, under the supervision of the marines, the supreme commander of the Japanese fleet, Yamanaka Shibayoshi, the commanders of other detachments, and the captains of various ships, including 60 or 70 people, arrived at the battleship Yingzheng in small boats.

At this time, all the officers and men of the Ying Zheng assembled on the deck, and on the side of the ship, there was a Marine soldier standing guard with a gun for every two meters, and in the middle of the distance from the bridge to the bow deck, there were neatly standing naval officers and men, these officers and men were wearing straight naval uniforms and polished leather shoes.

All the officers and men on the battleship looked ahead with eager eyes, which was the direction where the Japanese surrenderers were coming, and on the bow deck, Cheng Biguang, Shen Shoukun and others were already waiting there. Due to the extremely limited position in the front, many naval officers and men could not see the situation in front of them, so many naval officers and men leaned on the roof of the command cabin and the top of the turret to watch.

The Japanese finally appeared, and they were hoisted from small boats to the deck of the Yingzheng, and when all the Japanese naval officers who had come to attend the surrender ceremony were hoisted onto the deck, they marched in unison to the bow deck after the unified arrangement and formation of the Chinese naval officers.

"Click, click, click!" As the Japanese generals who came to surrender walked, there were naval soldiers on both sides who were constantly taking pictures with their cameras, and the flashing lights kept flashing so that some of them couldn't help but raise their hands to cover their eyes and faces.

In addition to taking pictures, there are also three cameras that shoot movies in different positions and from different angles to follow the entire process of the surrender ceremony.

The captives were neither fast nor slow, they were still wearing Japanese naval uniforms, and their ranks were still on their shoulders, and many people recognized the identities of these Japanese captives at a glance.

The Japanese admirals were dying one by one, including Yamanaka Shibayoshi, each of these sixty or seventy people had their heads drooped, and they walked weakly, like zombies whose souls had been drained.

The captives soon came to Cheng Biguang and Shen Shoukun and stood neatly in the queue, Yamanaka Shibaji took a roll of paper tied with red rope from the hands of Gentaro Sanyamashita behind him, bowed ninety degrees to Cheng Biguang and handed it over: "Your Excellency, Honorable Commander of the Chinese Naval Fleet, I am ordered by the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, General Yoshimatsu Shigetaro, to surrender to your army, this is my letter, please accept our surrender."

Cheng Biguang took the book with a solemn face, opened the red rope, opened the book and read it, then rolled it up again and handed it to Shen Shoukun beside him, Shen Shoukun read it and put it in a special box and handed it to the officer behind him for safekeeping.

Yamanaka Shibaji took off his command knife from his waist again, bent down and presented it with both hands: "Your Excellency General, on behalf of all the officers and men of the fleet, I surrender to your army, please accept!" ”

Cheng Biguang took the command knife and said: "Okay, we accept your surrender!" ”

This process was realistically filmed by cameras and cameras, and after the surrender ceremony was over, Cheng Biguang immediately ordered to report the surrender ceremony to the domestic power generation. (To be continued......)