The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 405 The British Want to See You
A personal guard excitedly reminded Teng Yuzhao, and Teng Yuzhao could not help but look in the direction of the personal guard's finger.

Sure enough, the fake British army on the right side of the battlefield raised a white flag that was waving desperately. Judging from the strange fluttering posture of the white flag, it seemed to be a shirt.

It was certain that the remaining coalition forces on the west bank would eventually surrender, but Teng Yuzhao never expected that these British troops would be the first to surrender.

Logically speaking, the right side of the battlefield where the British army was located was the direction where the coalition forces faced the least pressure. There was only one battalion of troops from the Guards Association and Teng Yuzhao's special guard squadron assisting in the battle.

But it was precisely the fake British troops in this direction that surrendered first.

In the area where the British troops gathered, raising the white flag and demanding surrender was definitely not the Indians' own decision; it must have been the idea of ​​the British officers.

With the surrender of the British army on the right battlefield, the Russian army in the middle battlefield also quickly raised the white flag. The last direction to raise the white flag was the Japanese army.

It was not until this time that the artillery fire on the battlefield finally stopped and the gunfire became sparse.

Teng Yuzhao really hoped that the Japanese would resist to the end, which would give him the opportunity to destroy them.

Just as he was secretly feeling regretful about the surrender of the Japanese army, he saw Li Jinyu running up from the foot of the mountain from afar. Teng Yuzhao walked up to him and said with a smile.

"Mingguang, whether it was the blocking battle or the battle just now, you fought very well. You need to work harder. I am looking forward to you leading an army on your own one day."

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Teng Yuzao's words made Li Jinyu very excited, and he wanted to salute Teng Yuzao out of joy.

But Li Jinyu suddenly remembered that although the foreign devils on the battlefield had surrendered, this was still a battlefield and the battlefield had not been cleaned up yet. Li Jinyu couldn't help but put down his raised arm.

"Marshal, the greatest credit for today's victory should go to the mortar battalion. Without them, we wouldn't have defeated so many foreign devils so quickly, and we wouldn't have achieved this great victory at such a small cost."

Teng Yuzao nodded, "Very good! Not being greedy for credit is a rare quality among senior officers. I know all your contributions."

Teng Yuzao asked again, "Why didn't you hurry up and command the troops to clean up the battlefield? Instead, you came to me. Is there something wrong?"

Li Jinyu said hurriedly, "Yes, just now the Second Battalion reported that among the surrendered British troops, the British Colonel Harris who led the team said that he had something to see the Marshal. I came to ask the Marshal whether he wanted to see him?"

Teng Yuzhao was a little surprised that the British colonel wanted to see him. This was the first time since the war began that a prisoner specifically wanted to see him.

Teng Yuzao had no good feelings towards the British.

Teng Yuzhao didn't want to meet this Harris at first, but then he thought, it's not easy for anyone to become a colonel in the British Army. Even a colonel in the fake British Army is the same as a colonel in the British Army. It's no big deal to meet him and see what Harris has to say.

Teng Yuzao nodded, "Okay, I'll meet him."

Li Jinyu turned around and ordered a messenger following behind him, "Go and tell Li Guochang to bring that foreign colonel over."

Before the signalman turned around and ran to deliver the message, Teng Yuzhao waved his hand and said.

"Don't bother, I'll just go over and see what he has to say." "Marshal, this won't do."

Li Jinyu hurriedly stood in front of Teng Yuzao and said, "Marshal, the battlefield has not been cleaned up yet. It will be very dangerous to go there now."

Teng Yuzao knew that what Li Jinyu said was the truth. Although there were only one or two sporadic gunshots on the battlefield, it still showed that the accounts had not been completely settled.

Teng Yuzhao didn't believe that there would still be some Allied forces refusing to surrender and resisting at this time. This should be that there are still some Allied forces who are hoping for luck and want to escape, or even the officers and soldiers of the Guards Association are using excuses to kill the foreign devils.

But Teng Yuzao still said, "It doesn't matter. There are so many people here. How can one or two injured foreigners want to hurt me? How is that possible?"

At this time, these foreigners were not equipped with grenades or anything like that, so he didn't need to worry.

The most dangerous thing is for the wounded soldier lying on the ground to detonate the grenade when Teng Yuzhao passes by. There will be no signs, and the other party may not even know who he is and just want to take him down with them.

It would be difficult to shoot him with a rifle.

In that case, the movements of the wounded soldier pretending to be dead or the intact soldier would have to be much larger, and it would be almost impossible to avoid the eyes of so many people.

Moreover, with so many people guarding them, it would be difficult for the opponent to find a suitable shooting angle.

What's more, not to mention that the Tsarist Russian soldiers and Indians of today do not have such courage, even the fierce Japanese devils in later generations have not been brainwashed by the militarism in their country at this time, and they would still surrender. There is probably not a single Japanese devil who is determined to die on the battlefield today.

Moreover, Teng Yuzhao also believed that there would not be many Japanese soldiers in the entire Japanese army who would go to the battlefield with the determination to die and without fear of death.

Seeing that Teng Yuzao insisted, Li Jinyu was helpless. He knew that it would be difficult for anyone to successfully change Teng Yuzao's decision and stop him.

Despite this, Li Jinyu still had to settle for the second best and arranged for a messenger to immediately convey the order to the troops at the foot of the mountain.

Order the nearest troops to immediately clear the battlefield along the way where Teng Yuzhao was heading to the location where the British prisoners were gathered. All the foreign devils lying on the ground were to be stabbed with bayonets to check whether they were pretending to be dead. All seriously injured prisoners who were still breathing were to be killed.

Finally, Li Jinyu added, "Tell the troops below that this order is only limited to the section of the road where the Marshal passes, and they must also cover it to avoid being seen by other surrendering foreign devils."

"We need to reiterate to them that the rest of the area must abide by the order that the Marshal just issued not to kill prisoners. Violators will be severely punished."

Seeing that Li Jinyu was furious and violated the military order that had just been issued in front of him, Teng Yuzhao just smiled bitterly. Not only did he not blame Li Jinyu, he did not even stop him.

After all, Li Jinyu was doing this for his own safety. There was no need for him to make things too difficult for his subordinates at this time.

Colonel Harris, a tall and thin officer in his forties with a head full of silver hair, saw Li Jinyu, who held the rank of colonel, and Teng Yuzao, who was wearing a German cavalry uniform but without any rank insignia.

Around the young man without military rank, there was a group of nervous-looking young men who were protected by soldiers armed with live ammunition. When they strode towards him, Harris could already sense that Teng Yuzhao had a special identity.

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