Watanabe Zan once again looked towards the direction of the Ming treasure ship.
"Yamamoto has been captured and surrendered but not killed."
After muttering something in a low voice, Watanabe Zan knew that it was all over now and he was afraid that he could only surrender unconditionally.
Watanabe Zan fell into deep despair. Of course, Watanabe was not the only one in despair. The crews of the dozens of remaining warships in the Japanese fleet were also in despair.
"Marshal, go talk to Zhang Wuji again. Unconditional surrender is not impossible. At least you can save the lives of our brothers."
Watanabe Zan turned around and slapped him in the face: "Asshole, I've told you many times, I'm not a marshal. Whoever wants to be the marshal can do it."
After being hit, the man was not angry: "General Watanabe, even if you don't want to be the marshal, you still have to come out and talk to Zhang Wuji. We are now surrounded like this, and we are doomed to die. The only way to save our lives is to surrender. But, there must be a process for surrender, right?"
"You go and discuss the process with Zhang Wuji. No matter what conditions Zhang Wuji puts forward, we can agree to them."
Upon hearing this, Watanabe Zan said awkwardly: "No, I don't want to go to Zhang Wuji and embarrass myself again. If you want to talk to Zhang Wuji, you guys go, I will never go."
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At this point, Watanabe Zan didn't want to go, but how could his subordinates agree? Usually, only Watanabe Zan and Yamamoto Ningji were the closest to each other. They were almost always together in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Even a few days ago, when they divided up Kojima Mitsuru's wives and concubines, they picked the most beautiful ones.
As those in a higher position, you are the first to come forward when good things happen, and the people below you will tolerate it. But when bad things happen, you hide away, and the people below you probably won’t be able to tolerate it.
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After Long Ze sent out flag signals for more than ten times, he finally flew down. Seeing this, Gong Yu said with a smile: "The matter has been done. Give the Japanese a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, if the Japanese do not respond, then we will start shelling."
A quarter of an hour passed. In fact, the Japanese knew that they didn't have much time left. Watanabe Zan, pushed and pulled by several people, took a small boat and came to the bottom of the Ming fleet and treasure ship again.
Gong Yu had been waiting for him here for a long time. As a loser, he had no dignity or status to speak of. When Watanabe Zan was dragged up, he knelt on the ground and said: "I, the Japanese Navy, Chief of Staff General Watanabe Zan, pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Wuji nodded: "I have detained Yamamoto. It seems that you are the supreme commander of the Japanese fleet?"
Watanabe Zan was terrified and didn't know how to answer such a question.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am here to surrender unconditionally on behalf of the Japanese fleet."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "You should indeed surrender unconditionally. Today I am your navy officer, but in no time I will be your emperor."
"I don't want to waste time talking to you. If you want to surrender, you need to take off all your clothes. Then, I will gather you monkeys on three warships. You can live, but you can only go back naked."
Watanabe Zan was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, this, this, isn't this a bit too insulting?"
Zhang Wuji laughed: "Hahahaha, it is indeed a bit insulting, but you can also choose to resist to the end. Staying alive requires a price. As for whether you are willing to bear this price, it depends on you."
"I only give you two quarters of an hour. You go back now. After two quarters of an hour, I want to see Bai Qi on all your warships. Otherwise, I will annihilate your navy."
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Watanabe Zan came here in a daze and was sent back by Zhang Wuji in a daze.
Being stripped naked and going back with bare buttocks was indeed a huge insult for a soldier. If this kind of insult happened to only one person, that person would definitely not be able to bear it. But fortunately, there were more than one person who was insulted. Therefore, under the threat of death if they did not surrender, all the Japanese still raised Bai Qi.
However, there are two people who wish they could die at this moment.
Those two people were the Japanese Queen Chiba and her bodyguard Sakura.
"Master, this is going to be difficult."
Qianye frowned and said: "It's really difficult. It's a pity that it's already dawn and it's difficult to break out. Otherwise, we would have swam back holding the plank last night."
Xiaoying said: "What the Pavilion Master said is true, but it's too late to say it now. You'd better think of a solution quickly. Yamamoto has been captured, and Watanabe Zan has agreed to the condition that all soldiers return to Japan naked. It's not a pity for them to die, but what should we do? If you and I take off our clothes, I'm afraid we will be killed by our own soldiers before we return to Japan alive."
Chiba's head hurts; "Damn it, the people of Ming Dynasty deserve to die, and the people of Japan deserve to die even more. As a soldier, shouldn't we be loyal to our country? It's outrageous that they can agree to the condition of going back with nothing."
After thinking for a while, Chiba continued to say to Sakura: "The Japanese fleet has been destroyed. It is not a pity for these people to die. You go and fire a few shots."
Xiaoying's eyes suddenly brightened: "The Pavilion Master is really smart. In this way, we can escape in the chaos."
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A moment later, when all the soldiers of the Japanese navy were thinking that it was a shame to return to Japan naked, two sudden loud noises broke the shameful moment in their minds.
Two huge shells flew directly towards the warships of the Ming fleet. One hit and the other missed. However, putting aside the issue of whether it hit or not, the fact that the Japanese dared to open fire was a huge problem.
Gong Yu didn't hesitate at all; "Damn it, the Japanese are cheating, do they dare to fight to the death?"
"Send flag signals and let the soldiers fire."
In an instant, there was another burst of artillery fire. At this moment, Watanabe Zan, the supreme commander of the Japanese fleet, was stunned: "Baga, who opened fire just now? This general had managed to find a way to survive from Zhang Wuji. If you want to fight to the death, why should this general embarrass himself?"
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