Soon, the Taiwanese army also sent troops to escort the envoys of the Taiwanese army to the general headquarters of the Dutch army, ready to persuade the Dutch to surrender. And this is actually persecuting them, and now the general command of the Dutch army can no longer directly control the troops under their own command, because the Taiwanese army has cut off their contact. The general command of the Dutch army can control only six artillery regiments, but these six artillery regiments do not have any melee combat ability at all, and if Taiwan sends a special forces brigade, it can easily clean up their artillery. Therefore, Taiwan's special forces brigade soon escorted Chen Lie, the liaison director of the political department of the Nanyang Military Region, to the general headquarters in the Netherlands.

"Commander Bruce, you have done your duty as a soldier, and you are already able to do your best for your country. For the rest, you should minimize your losses as much as possible, and then ensure your own domestic security! Chen Lie said.

Chen Lie then talked about the theory that surrender was to better protect the country, and many of the noble officers also nodded silently, which obviously made them feel good. And human beings are hypocritical, and the vast majority of people will find a reason for themselves that seems reasonable, even if they want to do something bad. The top commanders of the Dutch army also thought that they could surrender, but they couldn't pull their faces for a while. But if the Taiwanese military helped them find a plausible reason, they all hoped that there would be a step down the river so that they could surrender safely. When the time comes, it will be much easier to surrender, after all, they can comfort themselves in their hearts.

"General Bruce, I think it's better to surrender!" A high counselor said.

And Bruce immediately glared at him, and it was clear that Bruce didn't want to surrender so easily. Because if Bruce orders the surrender, although in the future the country may not hold every surrendered soldier responsible, but he will also be held accountable as the commander who ordered the surrender! Bruce is also a nobleman, and if he orders to surrender, then I am afraid that he will be stripped of his title. Then he was tried by a military court. If he didn't surrender, most of the responsibility for the defeat would be borne by that Adenauer, but once he surrendered, Bruce would be even more responsible. Bruce is a very calculating man, of course he knows that this kind of thing is a pit. You can't jump into it lightly!

So Bruce naturally knew this, and of course he didn't want to give the order to surrender, after all, this kind of thing is not good. But a large group of Dutch officers also looked at Bruce, apparently hoping that Bruce would take the lead in ordering the surrender, so that they would all "go with the flow" and surrender. Anyway, in the eyes of these subordinates. is also calculating Bruce, of course they don't dare to take the initiative to order surrender alone, they all hope that Bruce will carry it. At that time, the black cauldron of surrender was solved by Bruce, so at that time, Bruce also carried the black cauldron alone, and then carried the black cauldron for everyone.

Now both sides are silently calculating the other, but neither wants to compromise, and the result is a stalemate. And Chen Lie saw this, of course, he knew very well that he had to take the initiative to speak, otherwise they would not be able to negotiate a good result at all.

"Everyone. I think you'll sign it together. When the time comes, we will get a relatively good surrender package, and then let all your officers above the division commander level sign it. At that time, all officers above the division commander level had signed, so it would be difficult to pursue them in China at that time. We all have an old saying in China, which is called that the law does not hold the public accountable. As long as all your officers above the rank of division commander have signed, and you are already almost seventy or eighty percent of your senior officers in the Netherlands, will you still be held accountable in the Netherlands at that time? I'm afraid that that time will pass in a daze, and no one will punish it! Chen Lie said.

And when everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod. If all the officers at or above the division commander level have signed, will the country still be able to seriously investigate it at that time? When the time comes, everyone will be united. Mobilize their respective relationships to resist the domestic government's accountability, and then the country can only fool the past. After all, they are also about 80% of the senior military officers in the Netherlands, and they are also involved in many wealthy nobles in the Netherlands, so if they really have to be seriously investigated. I am afraid that the Netherlands will be ruined at all, and this kind of psychology of not holding the people accountable for the law also makes them feel reassured.

"So what should we do? I wondered, what would happen if we surrendered? Into your prisoner of war camps? Bruce asked.

When Chen Lie heard this, he knew that Bruce already wanted to surrender, but he was worried that he would not be comfortable after entering the prisoner of war camp. But that's it. Chen Lie had already been authorized, and since those officers were worried about this, they had to be appeased. After all, if you want them to order, it is still necessary to give them some preferential treatment. After all, there are still more than 200,000 Dutch people, and it is not worth it if they are forced to jump over the wall in a hurry. Therefore, it is still okay to give these senior officers certain preferential treatment.

"We in Taiwan can give you the treatment of corresponding military ranks according to the status of visiting officers. However, those ordinary officers below the regimental level do not have these preferential treatments, and must participate in labor together with the soldiers. But rest assured, we will give them the workload according to the normal work, and will not abuse them and treat them as slaves. However, you should also know that we are not a hotel here, and they are not uncles, we can only give them a certain amount of appropriate treatment, and as for the benefits that are too good, don't think about it. Chen Lie said.

Chen Lie's statement is very direct, that is, those ordinary junior officers and ordinary soldiers should work for the Taiwan side before they can get food. However, Taiwan will not treat them as slaves, after all, they are behind the entire Western world, and it is not good for Taiwan to directly treat them as slaves at present. Taiwan can treat the natives as slaves, but it must not treat these Westerners as slaves, which will inevitably cause a very strict backlash. Therefore, there is still a certain amount of preferential treatment, and Taiwan has given them the treatment of a so-called visiting officer.

The so-called visiting officers, that is, officers who come from abroad, are not prisoners of war, so they are paid relatively well. The status of the prisoner of war officer was very low, not only did he not have personal freedom, but the food he had to eat bran was not very good. As for the visiting officers, they live in restaurants and inns, but they have a lot of personal freedom, and if they want to go anywhere, they must be watched, and they can't walk around.

"However, there is one thing that is not included, and you should not try to escape. If you try to escape and get caught, then you won't be able to enjoy the treatment of visiting officers, and even we may be killed on the spot, understand? Chen Lie said.

"Got it!" Bruce said.

Taiwan has done its best to be benevolent and righteous, giving them the last vestiges of pitiful dignity so that they can enjoy the treatment of visiting officers. And then they can all enjoy higher treatment, and they don't have to live the life of prisoners of war. As for those low-level officers and soldiers, they don't care if they can't enjoy such good treatment. Because they were all going to sell those officers in exchange for their own good treatment. And most of these high-level officers are from aristocratic backgrounds, and as for those officers from poor families, they also took the initiative to agree with the idea that they will not die and be poor.

Therefore, under Taiwan's preferential treatment order, those high-ranking officers of the Dutch army also chose to sign and surrender.

And as the order was sent to the various units that had been divided and surrounded by the Dutch, those Dutch put down their arms one after another in frustration, and then accepted the arrangement of the Taiwanese army one by one to live in the prisoner of war camp. And those officers above the regimental level are also happy, fortunately their boss has not forgotten himself and has given himself better treatment. You can enjoy the treatment of visiting officers, so you don't have to go to a prisoner of war camp to be a prisoner of war, relying on labor in exchange for survival. And they all completely forgot about those low-level soldiers for the time being, after all, those soldiers were also considered unlucky to them. Without his labor, where would he have his own life of enjoyment? Now this war has nothing to do with them, they just need to live a good life in the guest house of the Taiwan army, and when the war is over, they can all return to China. As for the victory or defeat of this war, it depends on the domestic arrangement, and they don't want to care.

"Well, this war is over. What is on the battlefield, you have done. The next step is the political issue, and we have to fight with Western countries, which is the most important thing. In particular, in the work of immigration, we must bring immigrants from the country as much as possible, so as to form a de facto occupation, so that our advantage is very huge. Wang Guorui said.

And, Wang Guorui continued: "Next, after we wait for the immigrants from the mainland to come, we will carry out the next round of army expansion, and then the commander of the first army, if nothing else, it should be you!" ”

And Chen Liyan was also happy when he heard this. Because the army will be expanded after the war, although this is something that everyone has guessed, but now that I hear Wang Guorui say this, it is certain. And the commander of this first army is his own, so I am afraid that he will soon become the third major general officer in Taiwan. (To be continued.) )