The battle was not fierce. The ships were surrounded in the dock and could not move. A dozen gunners and taxmen died on the first ship. There were only fifty or sixty people on one ship. Marines were sent out in the early stage.

, the rest are the captain, mechanics and other technical personnel under the protection of the deck.

At this time, a soldier approached the cabin, threw the first grenade from the cabin door, and the captain immediately ordered the surrender.

As the soldiers of the first ship surrendered, the remaining two ships also raised the white flag one after another. During the entire process of conquering the shipyard, the first battalion and two companies did not even suffer any casualties caused by the Dutch, except for the dozens of casualties caused during the attack.

In addition, the biggest casualty was when they jumped off and climbed onto the ship. During the two processes, four soldiers were sprained, three were injured, and one of them suffered a fracture.

So far, the biggest casualty of the Chinese soldiers was the raid on the Dutch barracks, followed by the shipyard. The defenders of the fort were too obedient. What harmed the Chinese soldiers more was the natural environment. Countless people were scratched by various vines and shrubs.

There are also mosquitoes, although anti-mosquito measures have been taken, they cannot be eliminated.

After the navy surrendered, the Second Company left a platoon behind, responsible for guarding the enemy and defending the shipyard. This platoon also included six wounded.

The remaining five platoons moved closer to the inner city. At this point, although there were still about 200 colonial troops and about 500 militiamen concentrated in the inner city, they had lost all possible support. After the northern fort was controlled, the pirates lost their ability to board.

The only chance of finding an island is to find a random beach to get close to, but pirates are just like bandits, they will all run away when the cannonballs fall.

In the entire Surabaya, the only military presence maintained by the Dutch was the inner city and the southern fort, both of which were sealed. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon and the battle had lasted three hours. However, because the battle was too simple, except for bullets,

Nearly 20,000 were consumed, nearly a hundred three-inch artillery shells, and hundreds of 37-inch artillery shells. Since other weapons can be reproduced and because production has increased significantly, they can be replenished, but bullets and artillery shells cannot.

When attacking the inner city, the battle will be fierce, especially the bunkers built by the Dutch, which will be difficult to defeat with three-inch cannons alone.

They are still on the defensive, but Liu Yiming is no longer ready to attack. At this time, attacking the heart comes first.

At six o'clock in the evening, two battalions of troops were assembled outside the inner city. Directional mines were deployed at every opening around the city. Surabaya had actually been captured.

Liu Yiming is already thinking about the issues after the war and the next battle.

"The news that Surabaya has been captured will not spread in a short period of time, so we must make good use of this window period!"

At seven o'clock in the evening, Liu Yiming summoned the commanders of each battalion and company and the Chinese leaders in Surabaya to gather in a small foreign-style building not far from the inner city for a meeting. The theme of the meeting was how to treat the Dutch.

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth." First Company Commander Wang Yang said through gritted teeth. The first battalion suffered the heaviest losses in this battle. This was also the thinking of the troops and other young people, as well as some old people.

"This group of people are useful, at least they are hostages. With this group of people here, the Dutch will be more or less scrupulous. I think that only the evil leader should be killed and the rest will be kept for purpose!" At this time, there were also people who were thinking calmly. Many people were thinking calmly.

Mainly middle-aged and older people, with some young people mixed in.

Anyway, one group is to kill, another group is to kill the leader, and the others are used as bargaining chips.

"Okay, okay, I roughly understand it. At present, the battle in Surabaya is only in the inner city. If the southern forts don't attack him, he will surrender in a few days." Liu Yiming ended the speeches of both parties.

"We need to consider how to proceed after the war. First of all, the Dutch will not give up after the war. He will not just watch Surabaya escape from his control. There will be brutal battles ahead!"

"However, we immediately cut off Surabaya's external contact. We should be able to hide it for a few days. Then they will confirm it, which will take another two days, until they send troops. We should have five to ten days to prepare!"

"The most important thing now is time. A batch of arms supplies I ordered in Singapore has set sail and is expected to arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow afternoon."

"There are two things to do now. First, the attack on the inner city must be completed before tomorrow afternoon. Second, we must immediately prepare to receive equipment and expand production. Tomorrow there will be a lot of production equipment on the merchant ship, including a set of small steel-making furnaces.

, various types of machine tools, raw materials, etc.”

"As for the Dutch in the inner city, arrest them if you can, but you can't kill them maliciously! We need chips to delay time."

"In addition, find a messenger to let the people in the inner city know that besides surrendering, they have only one other option: destruction. If you can reduce casualties, do so! Our soldiers are very valuable."

The meeting ended quickly. That night, the first battalion tried to touch it, but was discovered. Three people died and seventeen others were injured.

Early the next morning, the messenger turned into a negotiator. Lin Anmin, an import and export businessman who had been engaged in trade for a long time, was proficient in many languages ​​and had traveled to many countries, volunteered to negotiate.

Lin Anmin entered the city, came to Henry's headquarters, started negotiating with Henry, and explained the current situation.

"Hello, Mr. Major, I am a representative of the Chinese. Before the negotiation begins, let me show you something. This is the flag of your military camp, this is the flag of your navy. There is nothing to prove on the fort. Maybe we can give

Do you want a shot?"

"I think this should be able to prove that you have no reinforcements. May I ask, Mr. Major, if you would consider surrendering?"

"It's a good idea, you yellow! Monkeys! Even if you despicably attack the military camp, we will never surrender. Just wait, Batavia will send troops here soon. If I were you, I would definitely

A small boat goes a long way!"

"Mr. Major, before we came here, we considered that you might say these things, so I just pretended that I didn't hear what you just said. In order to increase our persuasiveness, please send a red flare, and you can decide after the negotiation."

The representative said calmly.

"Then let me see what tricks you can do." Henry fired a red flare with his own hands.

"Quick, maximum firing angle, reload!" As soon as the red signal flare was launched into the air, in a residential building outside the inner city, an extended version of the heartless cannon was displayed in the yard. The shells were also specially made warhead-type shells.

"Loading complete!"

"Ready!"

"ignition!"

As the lead wire burned out.

Bang ~

The explosive package wrapped with twenty kilograms of picric acid flew out in a perfect parabola and landed in an unknown corner of the inner city.

Rumble~

There was a thunderous noise, accompanied by thick smoke rising into the sky. A small building that was hit collapsed instantly, and the surrounding buildings were also damaged. Stones as big as millstones rose into the sky and flew dozens of meters high. Under Henry's command

Just enough to see clearly.

"So, Major Henry, do you need to make a bet that we only have this shot?" the negotiator said with a happy heart.

"I demand that to be treated as an officer, you cannot deprive us of our private property or mistreat us!" Henry turned his head and gave in even faster, but he couldn't help it. What he was talking about was a new heavy artillery with a diameter of over 300 mm! And it can obviously shoot.

The city wall was blocked, but they hit the living area. The one shot just now killed at least a dozen people, and Henry was scared.

"Everyone can leave items not exceeding one hundred guilders, hand in all weapons, line up in an orderly manner, and accept our arrangements. I am already very kind!" Lin Anmin said easily.

"What!" Henry opened his eyes wide: "You can't do this, that is my private property!"

"But how to identify whether it is your property will be very troublesome. We don't have so much time. So, you can bring your belongings and portable property. But the fixed assets, goods, and factories and workshops in the city must be intact!"

"And all Dutch people will be under centralized custody until the end of the war. If you win, you will naturally be saved. If you fail, we are not demons. We will release you!"

"In addition, I believe that it will not be all of your property in Surabaya, Major Henry. If you agree, you will only give up part of your property. If you don't agree, it is not necessarily true. Maybe the next shelling will be here?" Lin Anmin

Said slowly.

"What is concentration camp?" Henry asked.

Seeing that Henry didn't mention the property, Lin Anmin knew that he could accept it.

"Don't get me wrong, it's not that kind of concentration camp. We will concentrate you in the southeast corner of the city, where all the Dutch will live before the end of the war. We will provide the necessary food and water."

"At the same time, you will elect representatives to manage the Dutch, but they must abide by our rules and regulations. Don't worry, as long as you don't come out, we will not enter the controlled area, but you can't come out either."

"You'd better hurry up. The commanders outside don't have much patience. In fact, some people want to choose to attack by force. In that case, they can take revenge. What do you think?"

"I..." Henry hesitated.

Seeing this, Lin Anmin took out two surrender documents, with the surrender written in Chinese and Dutch, and a Chinese guarantee not to harm prisoners of war.

"Sign and then call everyone to surrender their weapons. You are not allowed to leave this place with any weapons."

Henry stood there like a sculpture.

"If you don't sign, I won't be the one to speak next time, and I won't have such favorable conditions." Lin Anmin threatened.

Seeing that Henry still didn't move, Lin Anmin stood up.

"Then let the cannon do the talking!"

"Wait a minute, we surrender!" Seeing that Lin Anmin was leaving, Henry chose to surrender after being unable to withstand the pressure.

If he surrendered, he would be able to take away most of his working capital, probably hundreds of thousands of Dutch guilders. In comparison, it would be much better than being thrown naked into a prisoner of war camp.

Lin Anmin took the surrender letter and left the inner city. The inner city was still being organized. The next day, the 16th, the surrender was officially completed.
Chapter completed!