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Chapter 325 Wei Malang leads his troops to surrender

Shang Kexi immediately ordered that the main fleet join the middle battlefield first and give them an anti-encirclement.

At this time on the sea, Wei Malang's sight was blocked by a large amount of gunpowder smoke, and when he found himself surrounded by counterattacks, it was too late to escape.

Surrounded by 23 enemy ships, even if he still has 31 battleships left, he cannot be the opponent of the Dongjiang battleship.

Looking at the enemy ships surrounded from all directions, and hearing the sound of artillery from time to time, Wei Malang's heart gradually sank to the bottom of the valley.

At this time, he had to make a choice again, whether he would fight to the death with the opponent, and both sides would suffer, or simply surrender to save his life.

Of course, the end of the surrender was that he would never have the chance to return to the Netherlands. Even if the empire sent someone to redeem himself with a lot of money, he would not be able to go back, because the only ending would be death.

The adjutant's face was completely pale, without a trace of blood, and even his legs were trembling involuntarily.

Looking at Wei Malang with a deathly gray face, he had no choice but to persuade Wei Malang immediately to surrender as soon as possible.

Wei Malang was still hoping that the thirty warships on the right would be able to deal with the enemy ships blocking the way. As long as they could gather together, they might be able to break out of the encirclement by cooperating with each other.

But to his disappointment, although one of the five enemy ships was sunk, he didn't want to rush over to rescue him before he was defeated.

At the moment when he hesitated, the surrounding Liumeng warships had already found their targets and started shelling.

With just one round of salvo, Wei Malang's five warships were destroyed.

The dense sound of gunfire, and the sound of soldiers jumping into the sea screaming, finally woke Wei Malang up.

At this moment, Wei Malang knew that he was defeated, and he didn't even have a chance to escape.

Knowing the result, Wei Malang calmed down instead, and it was nothing more than surrender.

As for my family in the Netherlands, just treat myself as dead!

Thinking of this, Wei Malang let out a sigh of relief, and said to the adjutant calmly:

"Smith, order all warships to stop resisting, fly the white flag, and we...surrender!"

Hearing Wei Malang's order, the adjutant showed imperceptible joy on his face, and immediately saluted and accepted the order, and quickly conveyed it.

Moreover, the flagship also raised the white flag in the next second.

From the binoculars, Liu Meng also heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the white flag constantly rising on the mast of the Dutch battleship.

Although the Dutch battleship group has been surrounded by their own side, if the opponent really wants to go all out, there is still a chance to rush out.

And if I want to wipe out this fleet, I can't pull it too far apart, and I can't leave too much space for them.

Then, the consequence of doing this is that if you destroy all the enemy ships, you will also lose a lot of warships.

And the opponent chose to surrender at this time, which was naturally the ending that Liu Meng wanted to see the most.

Shang Kexi also saw the white flag raised by the opponent's flagship, and without Liu Meng issuing an order, he issued an order to stop the shelling.

The order was quickly transmitted among the battleships of both sides, and Liu Meng's battleships stopped bombarding one after another, and they still surrounded the enemy fleet without any relaxation;
Wei Malang's warships also stopped to fight back, and white flags were raised one after another on the warships.

After half an hour, all the enemy ships raised their white flags. Shang Kexi immediately dispatched small boats to paddle into the enemy ships, gathered the soldiers of the enemy ships, confiscated their weapons, and took care of the artillery and ammunition.

Naturally, there are also small boats to rescue those who are still submerged in the sea, whether they are Dutch soldiers or their own soldiers, onto the battleship.

It was also ordered that all the remaining less than fifty Dutch warships be assembled, and it took more than an hour.

Wei Malang also went to Liu Meng's flagship in a small boat with his adjutant, and presented his letter of surrender and his captain's sword.

When Wei Malang boarded Liu Meng's flagship, he was also shocked.

Not only was he shocked by the battleship that was quite different from the Dutch battleship, but also the naval gun that was obviously much lighter, and he was also shocked by Liu Meng's youthful appearance.

This young man who looks only 22 or [-] years old, but is exceptionally handsome, it is hard to imagine him as the supreme leader of Dongjiang.

Even the middle-aged general standing next to the young man looked more like a commander.

But Wei Malang is still sure that this young man is the actual supreme leader of Dongjiang.

Without him, Shang Kexi was standing behind Liu Meng, not to mention half a body behind, the deep worship and awe in his eyes couldn't be hidden from Wei Malang.

Walking up a few steps, Wei Malang saluted Liu Meng with a Dutch military salute, and then took the tray from the adjutant. On it was a letter of surrender handwritten with a quill pen and Wei Malang's saber. He cupped his hands and bowed deeply to Liu Meng and said :
"Respected Your Excellency, Chief of Dongjiang, I, Wei Malang, the Supreme Consul of East Asia, present a letter of surrender to your respected Commander-in-Chief! Please accept our surrender and treat my soldiers well! Thank you, Your Excellency!"

Liu Meng understood Wei Malang's meaning under the translation of the general translator, and took a step forward, taking the surrender letter from Wei Malang and saying:
"Okay! Your Excellency Governor Wei Malang, I, Dongjiang Supreme Commander Liu Meng, accept the surrender of you and your soldiers on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of Dongjiang! Please rest assured, I will follow the prisoner of war treaty and will not abuse any Dutch surrendered soldiers of!"

Hearing this, Wei Malang heaved a sigh of relief under the interpretation of the interpreter, stood up and looked at Liu Meng and said gratefully:
"Thank you Commander-in-Chief!"

Although Wei Malang has been in East Asia for more than ten years, he really can't speak Chinese.

After accepting Wei Malang's surrender, the three of them were naturally arranged to rest on Liu Meng's flagship. Next;

All naval officers and soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, that is, dragged the temporarily incapacitated Dutch warship behind the Dongjiang warship, and sailed back to Shicheng Island together.

It has to be said that these Dutch people know the rules very well. Now that they surrendered, they are more obedient than those Tartar captives.

Do as you please, absolutely obey.

It took two days before Liu Meng drove the battleship group back to Shicheng Island.

Getting off the battleship, Wei Malang, like Lankers, was also shocked by the prosperity and cleanliness of Shicheng Island.

Standing on the pier, Liu Meng watched the Dutch soldiers with their heads in their hands as they were escorted off the warship and into the POW camp.

Wei Malang said to Liu Meng, who was beside him with a serious face:
"I have to say, Your Excellency Commander's governance ability is really amazing! While possessing super powerful combat power, he can manage the place so well! Even the palace of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is nothing more than that!"

Under the explanation of the interpreter, Liu Meng understood what Wei Malang meant, and said with a smile:
"Your Excellency Wei Malang praised me absurdly. I am a native of Great China, and since ancient times, Chinese people have had an ancient motto 'If you don't sweep a house, you can sweep the world', which means that if you want to govern the world, you must first govern your own homeland!
And all of this is what I should do as the supreme commander of Dongjiang! "

(End of this chapter)