"Commander Feng, Lord Wang has ordered that these Huayong battalions must be completely annihilated, and tell those traitors that there is no good end to being traitors!" Feng Wentian's adjutant said.

When Feng Wentian saw this telegram, he immediately shouted: "Immediately mobilize a division of troops to besiege them, and request the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade to support the profits, and ask Lord Wang to hand over the command of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade to me." ”

"Commander Feng, the Huayong Battalion is just the strength of a regiment, do we need to dispatch a heavy artillery brigade like this? This is a knife used to kill chickens! The adjutant asked.

But Feng Wentian said viciously: "Today, I just want to kill chickens with a knife, otherwise how can I let them see the terrible?" ”

Soon, through exchanges, Feng Wentian successfully obtained the command of the First Heavy Artillery Brigade granted by Wang Guorui, and Wang Guorui also gave him a privilege, that is, there was no restriction on how Feng Wentian could use this heavy artillery brigade, and Wang Guorui was also very generous in spending ammunition, and he was not restricted from using the index. You must know that the shells of the heavy artillery brigade are expensive on weekdays, and even if it is training, it must have a certain index, and it is not something that can be used casually. And this time Wang Guorui did not give them the restriction index, this is obviously Wang Guorui made up his mind, to make the bones of these traitors of the Huayong battalion no longer exist, and they must use the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade to bomb them and become scum.

This time to fight Huayongying, that is, to let those who want to be traitors see that traitors are not so easy to be, and I am afraid that there will be no bones at that time!

"Order the artillery regiment to block the retreat of the Huayong battalion without saving shells. Moreover, he ordered all the Huayong battalions to be surrounded on three sides to prevent them from breaking through. Next, the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade is waiting for my order at any time, and fight hard! Feng Wentian ordered.

On the front line, this Huayong battalion is in a place where it is impossible to advance or retreat. They didn't make a breakthrough in time just now. Stopped by the lucky deputy company commander. When the deputy company commander found that the position could not be held, he immediately retreated in time and blew up the communication trench, preventing the Huayong battalion from continuing to break through. However, the losses of that company were also very huge, and the commander of that company was killed. And was seized by this Huayong battalion and successfully carried out hand-to-hand combat. Taiwan's army is not good at hand-to-hand combat, but the Huayong Battalion was born in the Green Battalion or other Manchu Qing armies, and hand-to-hand combat has become commonplace. Under this mode of operation, Taiwan's infantry company of more than 130 people lost more than 80 people, and only the remnants of more than 50 people remained, and the company commander was killed by a sneak attack from the beginning, and several platoon commanders also died two. This can be said to be a big loss. It set a record for the highest losses of a single infantry company in a single battle since the establishment of the army in Taiwan. And this record is not a glorious record, the loss of more than 80 people in a battle is not a small record. If the deputy company commander hesitated, then maybe the entire infantry company would be completely annihilated, and I am afraid that it would really be the most humiliating, and the establishment of this infantry company would be abolished at that time.

However, due to the failure to break through in time. These Huayong battalions are tied up here. Further breakthroughs, they can't do. But retreat. Then they can't do it either. Because a whole artillery regiment was bombarding their retreat with unsparing shells, they could not retreat at all.

And several surrounding infantry regiments also immediately surrounded them, and they were equivalent to being completely surrounded.

"Captain Bauer, we can't retreat!" Immediately, an interpreter said.

The handsome colonel Bauer immediately said angrily: "What are these Chinese thinking?" For us. An artillery regiment was actually brought in to block the road for our retreat, and we could not advance or retreat, and it was impossible for us to attack! ”

"Damn, didn't the Japanese say it? Will they come to our aid? He said that as long as our Huayong battalion broke through their position, would they come to our aid? But why don't you even see the shadow of the Japanese now? If only I could go back. I'm going to clean up these Japanese! Bauer said angrily.

And Bauer didn't know that he had been sold by a certain Japanese "chief of staff". Akashi Genjiro prevented the Japanese from sending troops to support in time, so now the Huayong Battalion is already a lone army, and it has long been equivalent to being sacrificed at any time. And the British are not heartbroken for the Huayong battalion, and they will not be heartbroken if they sacrifice it, anyway, let the Chinese fight the Chinese, they will not be heartbroken.

"Colonel Bauer, what shall we do? Let's surrender! The translator said.

"Surrender?" Bauer suddenly felt a little moved.

These people in the Huayong battalion are also undisciplined about surrendering. They are all a group of people who live for money, they don't have any absolute loyalty, they are all a group of traitors, just to eat. But now when they are facing the test of life and death, they all choose to hope to surrender again, so that they can have a stable life.

And this idea immediately made Bauer even tempted. As an Englishman, they were very undisciplined on the battlefield. Western countries even set so-called "surrender conditions" for soldiers, such as being surrounded, running out of ammunition, and so on, and in some cases, surrender is allowed. With the virtue of Westerners, they are not ashamed of surrendering, so they surrender when necessary, compared to the Chinese. Westerners regard war as an obligation, as long as they do their best, and the enemy is too strong, then even surrender is not unforgivable.

So Bauer was now surrounded by a division of troops in the front, and in the rear by an artillery regiment that did not skimp on ammunition, so that they could not retreat at all. You must know that the shells fired by this artillery regiment are enough to suppress the number of shells of an enemy infantry corps. However, in order to deal with their Huayong battalion, Taiwan was not stingy at all, and directly used the most shells, and the shells were thrown over as if they didn't need money, which was simply a cheat.

So they couldn't bear the pressure and chose to surrender in the hope of surrendering.

"General opposite, our Huayong Battalion wants to surrender!" Immediately someone shouted with a white flag.

"Stop, don't try to repeat the old tricks, use sneak attacks to win!" Immediately a soldier shouted.

"General, we really want to surrender, and I hope that the general will agree to our surrender for the sake of us all Chinese!" The soldier of the Huayong battalion said.

And this news was sent to the headquarters in the capital, and then Wang Guorui thought for a while and said: "Agree to their surrender, but they must surrender unconditionally!" No conditions can be put forward, and everything will have to be resolved by us in the future. ”

"Husband, why did you let them surrender? Didn't you say you'd let them die? Zheng Hong asked.

Wang Guorui said: "I said unconditional surrender, then we don't have to be polite." After they surrendered, we sent all these more than 1,000 Huayong Battalion soldiers to Caishikou to be beheaded. ”

"Husband, do you want to kill?" Zheng Hong asked in surprise.

Wang Guorui said: "Yes, I will kill them. trick them into surrendering, and then send them to all the people of the capital again to kill him. ”

"Husband, you must know that killing and surrendering is ominous!" Zheng Hong said immediately.

"Ominous? Hum! Wang Guorui snorted lightly.

The telegram was sent to the front line, and after that Feng Wentian saw this telegram, he immediately said: "Order the 1st Brigade of Heavy Artillery, cancel the firing order, and accept their surrender!" ”

"General Feng, just let them surrender? Our 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade finally had a chance to show its face, and it was gone? Said the liaison officer of the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade.

"Execute the order, this is Lord Wang's order!" Feng Wentian said.

And after hearing that the Taiwanese troops on the opposite side were willing to agree to their surrender, the soldiers of the Huayong battalion also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that it is okay. We surrendered, and they accepted ours? The translator said.

"I don't know if they'll kill us after we surrender!" Bauer thought.

But the interpreter immediately thought he was very "smart" and said: "Colonel Bauer, in our China, there is an old saying, that is, a general cannot easily kill those who surrender. Killing and surrendering is ominous, this is a rule that we have recognized in China since ancient times. Since ancient times, killing people who have surrendered, no one will end well at all. So, I think we surrendered, they won't abuse us, they won't kill us. What's more, Wang Guorui wants to buy people's hearts, so naturally he can't kill those who surrender. So, I'm safe. When this kingdom is about to change dynasties, they will not choose to kill and surrender, otherwise they will definitely lose the hearts of the people. So, we're safe. ”

When Bauer heard this, he was relieved. However, he felt that things were not so simple, because anyone hated traitors very much, but would Wang Guorui forgive the "traitor" so easily? Even the British Empire, when faced with traitors, is never merciful. No country likes traitors, and the leaders of any organization hate traitors very much, and traitors are shouted at by everyone. Will Wang Guorui accept the surrender of these traitors so easily? This was obviously a surprise to him.

However, obviously since this is the case, it is better to gamble, I hope Wang Guorui really adheres to the ancient Chinese precept since ancient times, and the ominous ancient precept of killing prisoners, Wang Guorui will not kill these prisoners. Anyway, after surrendering, it is not necessary to obey the other party's disposal, and the fate is in the hands of the other party, what else can it be said? (To be continued.) )