Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

With the urinary nature of Westerners, when faced with difficulties and feel that something is impossible and life-threatening, their first thought is always to surrender.

After all, the life of a white man is very valuable in their own eyes.

Therefore, it makes sense that the Governor of Malacca wanted to surrender.

Moreover, in the governor's opinion, this surrender must be done quickly.

Otherwise, it would not be so easy for him to surrender after the Daxia people attack again.

Therefore, the governor called Brigadier General Sterk, commander of the infantry brigade stationed in Malacca.

When Brigadier General Sterk arrived in the Governor's Mansion in a hurry, the Governor directly asked about the feasibility of surrender.

Sterk heard that the Governor wanted to surrender, and he agreed with the Governor's idea without much hesitation.

After all, in just half a day today, his infantry brigade of [-] people suffered losses of more than [-].

If the fight continues, Sterk doesn't know if he can hold out until reinforcements arrive.

Moreover, as a professional soldier, he could see more than the governor, a politician.

Let’s talk about the navy first. In the previous naval battle, he chose the port to watch the whole process from a distance.

The Daxia people's warships are obviously stronger than those of the John Empire.

Even if reinforcements from the Indian Ocean arrive, it will not be easy to defeat the Daxia fleet in front of them.

Unless the empire can transfer the empire's main fleet from Europe.

But is this possible? You must know that since the last time the Empire and the Hans Empire fought in the waters of Jutland, the Hans Empire has been keeping an eye on it.

If the empire dispatches warships from Europe at this time, Sterk can guarantee that the Hans Empire will not miss this opportunity.

At that time, if the imperial fleet is defeated, everything will be over.

Although Malacca is important, it is not that important compared to the mainland of the empire.

Moreover, it is said that this is only one of the two fleets of the Daxia people. The Daxia people also have a fleet that is more powerful than this fleet and is near the Eastern Pacific.

If that team returns to defend Malacca, Sterk feels that even if the main force of the imperial fleet comes, it may not be able to gain favor.

Let’s talk about the army.

Steck felt that he had gone a step too far in guessing the Daxia people's combat effectiveness, but once they played against each other, he found that he had underestimated it.

These Daxia people are all well-equipped with weapons and fearless of death. Their soldiers fight with a sense of fanaticism.

As a general, he hoped to have such a team under his command, but as an enemy, he felt a headache.

Compared with the soldiers on his side, Steck suddenly felt powerless. When did the soldiers of the John Empire who were traveling around the world become so powerless in the face of the enemy's attack?

Sterk felt that as a qualified general, when he knew that he could not defeat the enemy and was isolated and helpless, he would either surrender or withdraw.

Therefore, Sterk at this time did not object to surrendering to the Daxia people. At least after surrendering, everyone would still have a chance to return to the country after the war.

When the governor saw that Sterk agreed with his opinion, he asked Sterk to take advantage of the night to contact the Daxia people to discuss surrender.

Otherwise, when daybreak comes, the Daxia people will still attack. By then, the Daxia people, who have an absolute advantage, may not necessarily accept their surrender.

Now, they can still end this war with dignity.

Steck felt that what the governor said made sense, so he quickly returned to the military camp and asked his adjutant to go to the Daxia people's position under the white flag.

When the adjutant led two soldiers, holding white flags, through the city that had been bombed into ruins and came to the edge of the area controlled by Daxia, they were discovered by soldiers from the Beijing camp.

After learning that the other party was here to discuss surrender, the captain guarding the front was undecided and quickly reported what happened here to his battalion commander.

Then the battalion commander discovered that he couldn't make a decision on this kind of thing, so the battalion commander reported it up one level at a time, and finally reported it to Song Shaocan, commander of the 24th Division of the Beijing Camp.

However, even Song Shaocan couldn't decide, so he sent a telegram directly to the Imperial Military Headquarters.

At this time, it was Lin Yi who stayed behind at the Imperial Military Headquarters.

From the beginning of the war, senior military officials such as Lin Yi and Pan Chengzhang took turns guarding the military headquarters 24 hours a day in case there were important reports from the front.

When Lin Yi saw the telegram sent by Song Shaocan asking if the Governor of Malacca wanted to negotiate surrender and if he could contact the other party, Lin Yi directly asked someone to reply "yes".

After receiving the reply, Song Shaocan immediately sent someone to tell the adjutant that the two sides agreed to negotiate on the Imperial Fleet flagship "King Qin Huiwen" at 9 o'clock in the morning.

The adjutant brought Song Shaocan's original words to Sterk and the Governor of Malacca.

Both of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the Daxia people were willing to negotiate. This time, there is no need to worry that the Daxia people are attacking you.

Feeling relaxed, the two slept for four hours and didn't get up until 4 o'clock in the morning. After briefly freshening up, the two headed towards the port.

Although Daxia already knew that people from John's country would come to negotiate today, Daxia soldiers still did not relax their vigilance.

Soldiers hid behind bunkers or defensive positions to prevent enemies on the opposite side from taking the opportunity to make a sneak attack.

After all, the Daxia Empire has thousands of years of history, and they all know the art of war. Strategies like building plank roads in the open and concealing Chen Cang are basically useless to Daxia.

This kind of little tricks are all leftover after completing the mission. Naturally, they also know what it means to defeat an arrogant soldier.

Although they had the advantage, they still did not relax. Even when they were eating, sleeping, and resting, at least one-third of the soldiers along the entire defense line remained alert.

When the governor's car passed the defense line on the Beijing Camp side, the vigilant soldiers did not even look at them. Instead, they were always staring at the John Empire's defense line, guarding against each other.

Only those soldiers who were resting put down their work and raised their heads to look at the governor's car.

"Is that the governor of the John people? I heard that they came to surrender to the division?" A soldier was brushing his teeth, watching the governor's car pass in front of him, and asked a soldier next to him.

When the soldier who was eating steamed buns heard this, he raised his head, glanced at the car, and then said slowly: "It should be that at this time, only the governor of the John people would choose to take the car."

"Look at how this road has been bombed. It's faster to take a car than to walk. I really don't know what he wants."

The soldier said something and then lowered his head and started eating the big meat bun in his hand.

For him, how could a governor or something be as fragrant as the big meaty buns in his hand?

"You son of a bitch, don't you understand? Those John people are so good at pretending that they have to behave like a gentleman in everything they do."

"Let me tell you, this is like taking off your pants and farting. Who doesn't know that they are actually a group of robbers, how can they pretend to be gentlemen?"

Another soldier holding a bowl continued.

"Gentleman? What is a gentleman? Can you eat it?" At this time, a soldier with a chubby face who was squatting on the roadside eating noodles suddenly raised his head and asked.