The fleet led by Sun Guoqing was arrayed at the mouth of the Yangtze River, six or seven kilometers away from the military port, which shows the sincerity of his welcome.

The ships on both sides were getting closer and closer, and through the telescope one could see the Huanglong flag flying high.

But at this moment, the Huanglong flag on the Haichi ship was lowered, and the five-color flag was immediately raised, and the other two ships followed suit.

"Oh...that's not right. Isn't this five-color flag the military flag of the Chinese Republic of China? Master Luo, look at it!" Sun Guowei was very surprised and handed the binoculars to Luo Changgui.

Luo Changgui looked at it pretendingly for a while and asked in confusion: "What's going on? Could it be that these three cruisers revolted before they came to Zhenjiang?"

"There is an uprising. How is this possible? The cabinet appointed Huang Zhongying as the chief of staff of the fleet. The message from the acting commander only arrived last night. How could he be...and the two captains on the Hai Rong and Hai Chen are both Manchus?

"They can't possibly rebel." Sun Guowei still couldn't believe it.

However, the reality is so cruel. Next, five or six, no, more than a dozen warships sailed out from the thick fog behind them. On the tall flagpoles of these warships, the five-color flag of the Republic of China was flying.

"Order the fleet to retreat back to the military port, and let the East Pier Fort and Jiaoshan and Beigushan Forts fire to stop them." Sun Guowei ordered angrily to the captain of the Chuguan behind him and his combat staff.

"Yes...right away..." The captain and staff were also confused and disoriented by the sudden changes.

"Hurry up...the gunners and gunners are at their posts, the battle is about to begin!"

The captains on each ship shouted loudly, but the officers and soldiers on the ship did not have telescopes and did not know the truth. When the captains said that a war was about to begin, they felt that the clouds and mountains were shrouded in mystery.

Who are you going to war with?

But the military orders were overwhelming, and they ran to their respective posts in a hurry, using their frozen hands to manipulate the cold iron lumps, but they seemed to be disobedient no matter what they did.

By the way, the flag signal for retreat was hoisted on the flagship, and the other ships were even more chaotic. Just now, they were lined up in a welcoming array. Suddenly they wanted to retreat. In a panic, they turned around and several warships almost collided with each other.

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"Fire artillery warnings and flags to ask Sun Guowei and others to surrender in front of the formation. In addition, order the naval guns of Haichen and Hairong to bombard Beigushan and Jiaoshan forts." Huang Zhongying put down the telescope in his hand and began to issue orders.

This is the certificate of surrender that their cruisers must produce when they first join the Republican Army. They will let Grand Marshal Chen Tianhua, who is sitting on the Blood Wolf, see how he can conquer these remaining Yangtze River naval forces of the Qing Dynasty.

"Boom...boom..."

"Boom boom...boom boom boom..."

"..."

The three cruisers finally opened fire. Each ship had only six or seven 150mm main ship cannon shells, and only a dozen 120mm broadside cannons.

However, these big lumps are more than enough to deal with the Beigu Mountain and Jiaoshan Forts.

A shell from the main ship Haichi landed in the waters on the front deck of Sun Guowei, raising water more than ten meters high. The cold river water hit Sun Guowei and Luo Changgui on the deck, turning them into drowned rats.

The most unlucky ones were the Beigushan and Jiaoshan forts. It was also foggy in the evening. Everyone knew that cruisers were joining the Zhenjiang Port. No one expected such a change?

When the signal soldier saw the flag signal sent by Sun Guowei, he came down and ran into the fort command post. Before he could report the enemy's situation, the high-explosive shells of the main naval gun and broadside gun accurately landed on several forts and command posts.

Place.

In less than ten minutes, the fort and command post were blasted into the sky by large-caliber artillery shells. They were all destroyed before the Yangtze River Fortress could even function.

What made Sun Guowei and his Yangtze River Fleet even more desperate was the abnormal behavior of the naval port and the East Pier fort. Several minesweepers and torpedo boats lined up at the end of the welcoming team. Due to the bad situation, they turned around quickly and headed towards the military port like an arrow.

What people didn't expect was that the garrison camp at the military port greeted them with guns and cannons. Needless to say, the two garrison camps at the military port also revolted in advance.

Two minesweepers and a torpedo boat tried to break through, but were beaten to pieces by the shore defense artillery in the East Pier Fortress. Who among the ships behind dared to move forward.

"What? Master Luo, your two garrison battalions also revolted in advance, and as the commander, you actually took a ride on the ship?"

"This...how do I know this? They must be those revolutionaries in the garrison camp. I originally waited for the cruiser to arrive at the military port, then turned around to deal with these guys, but I didn't expect that they took advantage of my absence and started an attack in advance!"

Luo Changgui pretended to be innocent.

This series of scenes dealt Sun Guowei one blow after another. He had no way to retreat. Going up to fight was like an egg hitting a stone. What should he do?

"Oh, Chief of Staff Sun, a man who knows the current situation is a hero. A good man will not suffer the consequences of the moment. How about not surrendering in this situation? Saving your life is the most important thing. Whoever you do it for is not doing it?" Luo Changgui hurriedly enlightened from the side.

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"well…"

Sun Guowei sighed silently. It was the general trend, so he surrendered.

Bar!

"Raise the white flag, shut down the engine, accept surrender!" He issued the painful surrender order.

In this situation of being surrounded on all sides, even Sun Wukong cannot escape from this encirclement.

"Send the marines on board the ships and take speedboats to take over these ships. Be careful not to mistreat the prisoners."

At this time, Chen Tianhua, who had been observing on the Blood Wolf flagship, finally issued the first combat order.

"yes…"

The combat staff returned to the telecommunications room and used spark transmitters to issue instructions to the ships under their jurisdiction.

Basically accepting surrender on a one-on-one basis, Chen Tianhua's Yangtze River Fleet had marines on each ship.

Behind the fleet, a long haul of more than ten large barge merchant ships of over 1,000 tons was towed. In the cabins were nearly 10,000 Republican soldiers and war supplies.

They came to recapture Zhenjiang Prefecture.

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"Report to the Commander, the Republican Army has occupied the east pier of the naval port, all the Yangtze River Navy has been captured, and the forts on Beigu Mountain and Jiaoshan Mountain have been destroyed by several cruiser cannons."

Just after returning to Zhenjiang from an inspection in Yangzhou Prefecture, Xu Liangzhen, the commander of the Ninth Town Division of the Qing Dynasty Army, had not yet entered the camp gate. One of his subordinates, Commander Biao, who was guarding the camp, reported to him.

"How is this possible?" the combat staff officer next to Xu Liangzhen categorically rejected. "The general received telegrams from the Cabinet Army Department and the Provincial Admiral's Office in the morning, saying that Huang Zhongying led three cruisers to Zhenjiang to strengthen the land and water defense here. How could he suddenly do so?

The whole thing has changed, and you haven’t heard anything at all?”

"No matter what, this is already a fact. The cruisers and the Yangtze River Fleet have all been assigned to the Republican Army. The fortress and fort have been destroyed. The Republican Army can calmly land from the East Pier and attack our Zhenjiang City and military camp." The commander of the regiment expressed an expression.

Said with certainty.
Chapter completed!