Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Report! The enemy ships Chicheng and Chokai were both sunk by our troops!" The voice of the observer on the Qinhuang sounded in the bridge.

Hearing the sound of the observer's hand, the corners of Wang Hongchang's mouth raised slightly.

Although the sinking of two gunboats is not something worthy of celebration, no matter how you put it, it is also something worthy of joy.

There is no way, the navy of the Daxia Empire really doesn't have a good impression of the people of the Sakura Empire.

"Big flag, order the Baiqi to approach the Big Island! Control those little cherry blossoms."

"By the way, let them be careful. These little Sakuras are very insidious. If you find anything wrong, sink the Oshima!" Wang Hongchang ordered to the signal soldiers through the microphone.

"Yes!" The signal soldier responded quickly after hearing Wang Hongchang's order, then picked up the signal flag and sent the order to the Baiqi at the rear of his fleet.

After receiving the order, Bai Qi immediately accelerated and bypassed Qin Huang and Han Zu in front. It is approaching quickly towards the Oshima.

At this time, inside the Oshima, Koizumi Jiro looked at the Akamai and Chokai on his side, which were sunk in just a few rounds of shooting. His whole body was shaking like chaff, and he was glad that he did not hesitate. Surrendering is a very wise thing.

Sakura people are very strange sometimes.

When you are nice to him, he will always want to bite you. But once you give him a few hard blows, he immediately becomes as well-behaved as a grandson.

In Lin Yi's words, Xiao Yinghua is cheap and indebted. If you give her a beating a day, he will be more filial than your own son.

Therefore, you really can't be polite to Sakura, just give him a slap in the face if anything happens.

For example, Koizumi Jiro at this time did not have the slightest hatred for Wang Hongchang, who sank the Akagi and Chokai.

On the contrary, he was glad that he could surrender to Wang Hongchang, which was a very fortunate thing.

At the same time, there was still a trace of envy in his heart.

Especially when he felt the pressure brought by Bai Qi at close range, Koizumi Jiro was even more so.

In fact, the Baiqi is not big. After all, it only has more than [-] tons and a displacement of less than [-].

The main gun is only a 152-caliber naval gun, but even so, this battleship is as big as the Yoshino, the main battleship of the Sakura Empire.

"Baga! Where did the Daxia people get such a big warship? It looks bigger than the Yoshino!" Koizumi Jiro looked at the Baiqi getting closer and closer, feeling extremely envious in his heart.

"Koizumi-kun, now is not the time to talk about this. The enemy ships are getting closer and closer to us. What should we do?" The first mate on the side looked at the Baiqi and said with some worry.

"What can we do? Daxia obviously wants to capture us. And you have also seen what happened to the Chicheng and the others. We have no chance to resist."

"So, order the soldiers to stay where they are and not to act rashly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings." Koizumi Jiro glanced at his first mate and felt that he was asking an idiotic question.

If the Oshima's engine had not been damaged, he probably would not have surrendered so easily.

But if he didn't surrender, he could clearly see what would happen to the Akagi and Chokai.

At this time, he felt that it would be better to surrender.

As for what happened after the surrender, Koizumi Jiro never thought that if the Navy held him accountable after the war, he would retire at worst and then return to Osaka to do business.

No matter how you put it, he chose to surrender only when he had no choice but to do so, and the senior officials of the Navy had nothing to say.

(Friendly reminder, the Sakura Kingdom in this period has not yet reached the peak of militarism, and did not shout the slogan of "better to be broken than destroyed" like later generations. Therefore, under certain circumstances, the soldiers of the Sakura Kingdom were in desperate situations. If you go down, you may be willing to surrender.)

(In addition, Jiro Koizumi is from Osaka, and he understands the characteristics of Osaka people.)

When the first mate heard what Koizumi Jiro said, he thought about it and thought it made sense.

After all, they have lost their fighting ability now, so it is impossible for them to fight Daxia with their fists.

As for rifles, I'm sorry, they don't even have a few of them on this gunboat.

"Koizumi-kun, Daxia sent a signal saying that they are going to board the ship, and let us all gather on the deck."

At this time, the first mate suddenly saw the flag signal from the Baiqi and said to Jiro Koizumi on the side.

"It's normal. I just said that these Daxia people want to capture us."

"Let the soldiers gather on the deck. Tell them to be energetic and not lose the majesty of our empire! Even if we fail, our navy should still hold our heads high!"

"Hi!" the first mate said immediately after hearing what Koizumi Jiro said.

Soon, more than a hundred sailors of the Oshima began to line up on the deck.

At this time, the Baiqi also approached the Dashima.

The sailors of the Baiqi first threw a cable to the Da Dao and asked the Da Dao to tie themselves to the Bai Qi.

Then Qiu Baolin, the captain of the Baiqi, boarded the Da Dao.

Qiu Baolin's first impression when he boarded the Da Dao was that the Da Dao was small, very small.

After getting used to the spacious bridge and wide deck of the Baiqi, he now looked at the Dashima, and everything was small.

Qiu Baolin, a tall man with a height of [-] meters, looked at Koizumi Jiro who only reached his chest, his eyes were full of contempt.

"Are you the captain of the Da Dao?" Qiu Baolin asked in Daxia dialect.

Koizumi Jiro on the side frowned slightly when he heard Qiu Baolin's question, but he could barely understand it.

After all, Sakura, as a vassal state of Daxia for thousands of years, is relatively familiar with the Daxia language.

Especially the naval officers of Sakura Kingdom. Most of them were born into wealthy families and received a good education since childhood.

The characters of Sakura Country use a lot of Daxia characters, so as an upper-class person born in a wealthy family, they will understand some Daxia dialects more or less.

In this regard, the situation on the side of the Sakura Country Army will be worse.

Mainly, most of the army's recruitment targets are farmers at the bottom. They are not even proficient in Sakura Country's own writing, and they are basically asked to know the Daxia language.

From this point of view, there is a reason why Sakura Kingdom's navy looks down on the army and calls them a weakling.

"Yes, I am the captain of the Oshima, Koizumi Jiro." After understanding Qiu Baolin's question, Koizumi Jiro bowed at a ninety-degree angle, and then answered in half-baked Daxia dialect.

"Very well, my master wants to see you, please come with me."

"As for the people under your command, tell them that they can board the Baiqi if they want, but they are not allowed to carry anything."

"If you don't want to, just stay on the Oshima!"

"Remember, don't try to resist, otherwise you will bear all the consequences yourself!" Qiu Baolin said with a sneer.

When Koizumi Jiro heard Qiu Baolin's words, he didn't know why, but he felt a little cold on his back.