Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1102

[Chapter 1092 Surrender]

“Commander Riesling, Britain has surrendered!”

On the armored ship, Liu Chen pointed at the British soldiers walking out of the trench. These soldiers all raised their hands high on their heads, carrying a white flag.

Lei Ming also saw this scene, and a smile gradually bloomed on his face. Although fighting is a soldier’s duty, no one wants to see their soldiers die on the battlefield.

“Thank you, Your Majesty. Without this half-year siege, we would not have been able to capture India with minimal casualties.” Lei Ming looked excited.

After patting Liu Chen’s arm hard, he continued: “Let’s go ashore. Let’s accept the surrender of the European coalition forces.”

After that, he laughed loudly.

Liu Chen also had a smile in his eyes. India was the most difficult British bridgehead in Southeast Asia. Now that this fortress is occupied, it means that all of Southeast Asia has been included in the empire. From now on, Southeast Asia will be the empire’s back garden.

After signaling to the first mate, the warship sailed towards the port of Calcutta amidst the sound of the whistle.

In the allied trench position, San Yuzhu watched the British soldiers coming up from the trench with vigilance.

The British surrender caught him somewhat unexpectedly. He thought that the trenches would not be taken without a bloody battle, but it was obvious that he overestimated the British’s will to resist in a desperate situation.

Faced with an impossible war, Europeans chose to surrender.

Carefully monitoring the surrendered British, Chang Yuzhu ordered the soldiers to guard the surrendered prisoners separately, while the officers were guarded separately.

The purpose of this is to prevent the enemy’s officers from uniting the soldiers and avoid unnecessary chaos.

In the busy process, Lei Ming and Liu Chen, who had landed at the dock, quickly arrived at the forward position. At this time, Chang Yuzhu walked over, performed a military salute and said: “Commander, all coalition soldiers have surrendered. Excluding the dead soldiers, a total of 40,000 have surrendered. “Thousands of people.”

Lei Ming returned a military salute and said, “You have to perform very well. I will ask the emperor for credit. Where is the top commander of the coalition forces now?”

“They have been detained separately. I Bring them here now,” Chang Yuzhu replied, and then he ordered the soldiers beside him to bring them.

After a while, all the officers from the five countries, including Buterin, were brought to Lei Ming.

“Commander, his name is Butlin, he is the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and the others are the highest commanders of various countries.” Chang Yuzhu pointed at Butlin, who looked dejected.

Lei Ming’s brows raised. Once upon a time, they were helpless in the face of the provocation of the British, but now these British could only bow their heads humbly in front of them.

“Commander Butlin, now you should understand how stupid it is to fight the empire. If Calcutta had been handed over earlier, such unpleasant things would not have happened between us.” Lei Ming said slowly.

After he finished speaking, the translator translated this passage to Buterin.

“Those politicians are indeed stupid, but I will not admit that this is the failure of our soldiers. If we have your weapons, no one can decide whether to win or lose.” Buterin said that he was not willing to surrender this time, because even if he Being able to return to Europe, this defeat was also a stain that could not be erased in his life.

Lei Ming laughed loudly when he heard this, and said: “You still don’t understand the truth. Scientific and technological strength is a country’s combat capability. Did you Europeans use fire sticks when you conquered the Americas? You can’t lament anything. It’s just a role reversal now. “

Buterin was silent for a long time and said, “I hope you can keep your promise and let us return to Europe.”

“Of course, we imperial soldiers always keep our word. This will have to wait until the second negotiation is completed,” Lei Ming said.

In the Battle of India, so many soldiers were captured in Europe, and at the same time all interests in Southeast Asia were lost. When the news spread to Europe, the Europeans would inevitably return to the negotiating table again. Then it would be time to re-draw the global sphere of influence.

Butlin suddenly felt ashamed. He naturally understood that the exchange of interests after the war was inevitable.

Letting the soldiers take the officers down, Lei Ming looked at the city of Calcutta in the distance. This city on Indian soil was in European style.

But from now on, the city would officially belong to the empire. After Buterin announced his surrender, the British soldiers in Calcutta also chose to surrender.

After inspecting the battlefield, Lei Ming and Liu Chen entered the city of Calcutta, where the British soldiers had now been replaced by imperial soldiers.

Because the British chose to surrender, there was no major damage here, as if there had never been a battlefield here.

In particular, the White Tower in the center of Calcutta has not been damaged at all. This White Tower is the British Governor’s Palace.

The White Tower is white as a whole, with a dome building in the center and a hexagonal white city wall around it. There is a minaret at each corner of the city wall. It is said that the British built the White Tower after they established a foothold in India, so The White Tower was originally used as a bastion.

“The business that the British have been doing for so many years has now fallen into the hands of the empire. I’m afraid their queen will go crazy.” Lei Ming walked on the road paved with bluestones, feeling very good.

“This is for sure. This Indian peninsula has a population of hundreds of millions, which can be said to be a huge market. The most important thing is that it is fertile and wild and has abundant food production. If it loses this place, Britain will definitely be hurt, and for the empire, not only There is an additional market for dumping and an additional source of food, which is enough to improve the lives of the people of the empire. “Liu Chen was very happy. His original intention of joining the army was very simple, which was to live a good life.

He still thinks so, but if they want the empire to be wealthy to the current European level, in addition to producing food themselves, they also need colonies to provide them with supplies.

Only when they are materially rich can they completely escape their previous poverty.

The two of them walked to the Governor’s Mansion while talking.

Now this place has been taken care of by soldiers, and the Governor Nicholas of Calcutta has also become their prisoner. Now this place has become their temporary office. Sitting down in the former governor’s office room, Lei Ming had a proud smile on his face.

However, his smile quickly solidified, because he remembered the information provided by the secret guards, so he said to San Yuzhu who was following him: “Cao Kun fled to Burma, but there may be remaining bandits in Calcutta. Send soldiers to kill them.” It’s time to arrest these thieves who are cheating on others.”

“Yes, Commander.” Chang Yuzhu responded and immediately asked the soldiers to search the whole process. They would arrest and interrogate anyone who was a remnant of the Merchant Council.

(End of chapter)