Ramsey and his men had been living in the prisoner camp for almost a month, from the first thought that they would soon be able to get out, to half a month later they became restless and irritable, and then for almost a month, he was looking forward to the British army suddenly rushing in through the gates of the prisoner camp, and then he was going to hang the cold guard (referring to the Luoxi River) and the cunning trader (referring to Liu Kuang), especially the latter, who not only drained him of every copper plate like a vampire, but also made him owe usury that he might not be able to pay off in his lifetime. Although the Colonel knew that his debts would snowball, he was craving for all the luxuries he enjoyed. For example, he is now lying on a chaise longue in the shade of a midday tree, and the Cuban cigar burning between his fingers is said to have been made on the thigh of a female Cuban tobacco factory worker. Just thinking about this scene made the colonel think that the cigar tasted unusual, when in fact it was probably made from the thigh of the aunt of a tobacco factory in a rural town on the coast of China. "Oh God! When will Spintozzi come here with the army? Holding out the dazzling sunlight leaking through the shade of the trees, the Colonel muttered quietly.

"You'll see him soon." A disgusted voice rang out from the Colonel, and the Colonel didn't have to turn his head to know that the owner of the voice was the damned villain captive battalion commander, Major Rossi River.

E. Liou was just squeezing the captives' money, and Scound

El·luo, on the other hand, was like a slave owner, driving his captives to work like cattle with a leather whip every day. However, now the admiral did not care about his disgust for the villain, and was anxious to know the latest situation in the outside world, so he sat up, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"I mean, in a few hours, you'll see General Spintozzi and his more than four thousand men. For some time to come, you will have a wonderful time together in the captive camp. Luo Xihe looked at the colonel with a playful look as he answered the latter's question.

"Impossible!" Ramsey jerked to his feet, staring into Lotsi's eyes, hoping to see in the latter's eyes the panic of lying. Although the colonel was in the prisoner camp, he was always concerned about the situation outside, and in the past few days, he learned from the soldiers who went out to work that the Liberation Army had been moving frequently recently, and occasionally he could see stretcher teams carrying the wounded and corpses passing by, and the colonel knew that the moment he was looking forward to had finally come, so he imagined the scene of his comrades rescuing himself every day. Luo Xihe shattered his hope with a word, how could he not be in a hurry?

Ramsey failed to see what he wanted in the eyes of the Losse River, who told him in a very affirmative tone, "Yesterday at four o'clock in the afternoon, the last two thousand British troops on Hong Kong Island, under the command of the commander, General Spintozzi, surrendered to our troops at Stanley. The war on Hong Kong Island has officially ended, and the remnants of the British army and fleet have retreated to Canton. In this battle, the British army lost more than 1,000 casualties, captured more than 4,000, and sank four warships. ”

A sentence, a number, like a hammer beating Ramsey's heart. Luo Xihe looked at the dejected colonel, and felt that today's blow to him was enough, so he smiled and said: "General Spintozzi is about to arrive, as a senior who has been here for a month, you must take care of their lives!" After saying that, he left regardless of how ugly the colonel's face was.

At the same time, General Spintozzi, who was staying on the upper deck of the "Xiangmi Lake", came from Hong Kong Island to New An by boat, and let out a big snort. After dawn, the captives on Hong Kong Island began to move to Kowloon, and the Guangfu Army specially requisitioned several barges parked in Shenzhen Port to transport the prisoners between the two sides of the strait. The original plan to build a pontoon bridge between Tsim Sha Tsui and Wan Chai had to be abandoned due to the difficulty. Except for the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Companies that remained on Hong Kong Island, the rest of the troops were engaged in the work of escorting prisoners. Of the more than 4,000 captives, nearly 3,000 were Indians, and in order to guard over these captives, Li Xiangqian deliberately mixed the British and Indians, so that there was no white majority in each squad. Seeing that the usually high-minded white man ended up with himself, the Indian soldiers were also emboldened, and they took the opportunity to take revenge when they usually had contradictions, and the beating of British soldiers happened from time to time. The soldiers of the Liberation Army received an order that "as long as no one is killed, they will not interfere", and only by indulging the expansion of the contradictions between the two sides will it be conducive to the management of prisoners.

Captured British officers were given preferential treatment and were allowed to sail to Xin'an, also to isolate them from the soldiers. More than twenty captives boarded the "Xiangmi Lake" and immediately became extremely interested in this strange ship. All-iron ships were not uncommon in this era, but it was the first time that a dark steamer without a chimney had been seen, and everyone was full of curiosity about the power plant it used, but unfortunately the Liberation Army did not allow British officers to go down to the cabin to find out. Spintozzi wanted to see the Type 55 anti-aircraft gun on the deck, but the big guy had a coat of armor, and the general could only guess its general appearance by its outline. Approaching the machine gun position of the ship's building, the two machine gunners aimed the muzzle of the Type 89 12.7mm machine gun at the captives on the deck, in case they did anything wrong, and were pointed at by the two murderous strange guns, and the prisoners consciously stayed away from it.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the "Xiangmihu" arrived at the naval base in Shenzhen Bay, and compared with the army's "luxury lineup," the navy and air force can be said to be extremely simple, and the navy has no warships that can handle it except for the "Xiangmihu." The few speedboats at the docks are too shabby compared to the size of the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet. Zhang Anbang has already submitted to the General Headquarters that several fishing boats be converted into patrol boats, so that even if they cannot participate in ocean-going operations, they can play the role of coastal defense, cracking down on piracy, and border defense and anti-smuggling. However, it is still in the demonstration stage, and the required professionals still need to be trained. As for the Air Force, the captives did not see the "Hornet" at all, and at this time it was tracking the British fleet around Humen, so that the British missed the opportunity to observe this "ultimate weapon" up close.

Once ashore, the jurisdiction of the captives was placed in the hands of the Losi River. In order to escort the safety of the prisoners, and to let the British see the scientific and technological level of the Liberation Army, Major Luo specially drove a cage car. This car is a flat-headed firewood, but the cargo compartment is fenced with barbed wire, which is the transportation used by the original space-time security team to transport suspects, and more than 20 prisoners are not crowded when they are loaded in, which can be regarded as allowing the British to enjoy the treatment of not carrying a temporary residence permit when they go out in the Pearl River Delta in the first few years of the 21st century. Spintozzi was given preferential treatment, and Losihe invited him into the back seat of his special car, a pickup truck, so that the two could communicate first.

After getting into the car, the two of them looked at each other, and Lotsey thought Spintozi's sideburns and beard was funny, and the general thought that the major's summer uniform with a small open collar was too frivolous. After the pickup was activated, Luoxi River first opened the conversation, "General Spintozzi, my position has been introduced to you just now, and you must also understand that you and your subordinates will be under my management until a peace agreement is reached between our army and the British army and you are repatriated. I hope that we will have a good relationship with each other in the coming period! ”

"That's what I hope for, too." People were under the eaves and had to bow their heads, and the general also let go of his usual arrogance in his tone.

"It's good, we've agreed on this point, and it's a good start." A smile appeared on Luo Xihe's face, "As long as you obey my orders, you will find that I am a good talker, and you will also be treated fairly." Oh, by the way, your old friend, Colonel Ramsay of the Royal Navy, has been waiting for you, and I'm sure he's already looking forward to it. ”

Himself a dignified general, now reduced to listening to the orders of a major, Spintozzi's mood was extremely bad, and he only vaguely coped with the Lotsi.

Several of the main roads radiating from the main base had been turned into concrete or asphalt roads, and it was only a ten-minute drive from the docks to the prisoner camp, and when Spintozi got out of the car, he saw Ramsey leading several officers to meet him. There is a Chinese proverb that "when a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman, his eyes are full of tears", and it is now very suitable for a meeting between two British soldiers. Unwillingness, pain, disappointment, guilt, all kinds of emotions changed in the eyes of the two, and their lips trembled with excitement, but they couldn't say a word. Seeing this scene, Luo Xihe actually had a sentence in his mind, "Holding hands and looking at tears, I was speechless and choked".

"Your old friends must have a lot to say when they meet, so I won't bother you." Luo Xihe finally couldn't stand this emotional picture, and interrupted the "affectionate" gaze of the two, "Colonel, you can arrange the residence of the newcomer, and make adjustments when the new house is repaired." After saying that, he immediately fled with his men.

After the outsiders left, Ramsey and Spintozzi hugged each other, and it was also the excitement of meeting after the catastrophe, and the officers under him also shook hands with each other. After everyone knew each other, Ramsey took Spintozi's hand and walked inside, "General, let's go to my place first!" ”

As the group walked towards the officers' barracks, Spintozzi looked around, and saw that there was hardly anyone around except for the sentry on the watchtower, and asked, "Colonel, what about the others?" ”

"The soldiers went out to work, and the other officers went to lead the team." Ramsey explained, "Lowe said that this time our army was captured more than 4,000 people, and the prisoner camp could not be lived, so most of the soldiers went to build new houses. ”

"Four thousand?!" The more than 20 new officers all took a breath of cool air, although they were all witnesses of the battle, but they were in the game, and they did not know the whole picture of the battle. In the final siege, more than 2,000 people were captured, which had already made a group of officers lose face, but they didn't expect the total number to be so large. Add to that the wounded, and the expeditionary force has already lost most of it. There is basically no chance for the army to turn around, and now everyone can only honestly wait for peace to come, and then be repatriated.

"It is true that more than 4,000 people were captured, but the Indians and Muslims should be the majority, and the British should be only about 1,000." After all, he is the one who coordinates the overall situation, and Spintozi's judgment is still relatively accurate. Listening to his words, the officers were in a better mood. It is inevitable to be depressed when you suddenly hear bad news, and when you learn that the loss is smaller than you think, the bad news becomes "good news".

Walking into Ramsay's "suite", the officers consciously gave up their seats to the senior officers. However, nearly thirty people poured into the room at once, and it became crowded, and the air became a little stuffy. Ramsey turned the knob on a small white box on the wall, and the newcomer heard a buzzing sound overhead, and in search of the voice, a device with three iron blades, similar to a screw, spun rapidly, and soon everyone felt the wind blowing. Ramsay's "suite" was the only room with a ceiling fan, and he could only afford the eight pounds a month, and other officers had to come to him from time to time to rub the ceiling fan.

Spintozzi didn't care about this new power ceiling fan, he was anxious to know what was going on in the prisoner camp, so he went straight to the point, "Colonel, can you tell us about your experience this month??" ”