The Japanese soldiers on the railing moved, sighed heavily, and then blasted the cigarette butt to the waters where the Qianlong 1 submarine was located. Chu Zhao's conscience was raised to his throat. Wouldn't he be really discovered?

Fortunately, the Japanese soldier just shook his head and turned around and walked into the cabin.

Chu Zhaoliang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, the Japanese soldier did not find it." A sigh immediately came from Qianlong 1 submarine.

"All boats obey orders, return now!" Chu Zhaoliang ordered.

"Received, received..." The answers of the captains came again from the radio.

Under Sasebo's flames and chaos, the five submarines in Sasebo's port began to slowly turn the bow, and then returned triumphantly from Sasebo's waterway.

After busy for a long time, the Sasebone Pier was in a mess. After the night attack last night, there were less than twenty of the combined fleets anchored on the Sasebo Pier.

A battleship and five cruisers fought a little while, all of which failed to hit the bottom of the port in the night attack last night, and the rest were some warships that were old-fashioned warships or had lost most of their combat effectiveness.

When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone in Sasebo Port, Togo Hirahachiro, who had been busy all night, sat weakly on the dock.

Seeing the remains of Sasebonai's smoke, Togo Hirahachiro felt the helplessness in his life for the first time.

Togo Heihachiro sighed and said, "Adminton, call on other surviving captains and army generals to the command center to discuss."

"Yes, Commander!" After receiving the order, the adjutant colonel quickly ran to notify the surviving officers of the other joint fleets.

"Yamamoto, let's go, follow me to the command center!" Hirahachiro Togo said.

Yamamoto Ioruru responded to the ground and helped Hirahachiro Togo who was sitting on the ground. The two of them walked towards Hirahachiro Togo's wartime command center one step deep and one step shallow.

Soon, Togo Heihara's adjutant, Colonel, summoned the captain and army commanders who survived the joint fleet from various scattered places to Togo Heihara's command center.

Before some captains could wipe the darkened stains on their faces, everyone's expression revealed fatigue.

Togo Heihachiro said, "Everyone can sit down!"

"Hi!" The officers took off their hats and sat down neatly on the conference table.

"I believe you all know the difficulties our empire joint fleet is facing now, right?" asked Hirahachiro Togo.

All the officers lowered their heads heavily. Everyone knew that in the Battle of Dadonggou, not only the commander of the joint fleet at that time, the Imperial Navy was also seriously injured. In the Battle of Tsuma last month, the last little elite of the Empire was also exhausted on the Tsuma Strait.

In addition, the night attack that the enemy could not see was carried out by the enemy last night. The Imperial Navy is now at the end of its strength and has no way to compete with the Beiyang Fleet at its peak.

If Sasebo can still fight against the Beiyang Fleet with his strict defense, then last night's sudden attack was actually so vulnerable to the Beiyang Fleet.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see this problem, and every officer here is not blind, so they have no good suggestions, only silence.

"You guys also know the request made by the Admiral of the Beiyang Fleet, Tang Jian? I hope to hear your opinions more?" Hirahachiro Togo asked again.

A slightly fat middle-aged officer stood up. It was Colonel Uchida Masazu, the captain of the armored cruiser of Chiyoda San.

Colonel Uchida Masazu said excitedly: "The joint fleet of the Empire is the hard work of His Majesty the Emperor and spent ten years to spend countless funds. How can we give up? His Majesty the Emperor and the people are squandering their means to strengthen the imperial navy. If they surrender unconditionally, wouldn't it be destroyed by the Empire's fleet that has been put into countless hard work? I, Masazu Uchida, are willing to live and die together with the fleet!"

The other captains also waved their fists to express their support when they heard Masato Uchida at the beginning, but Togo Hirahachiro remained silent.

After a moment of excitement, the crowd calmed down when they saw that their commander had no expression, hoping that Hirahachiro Togo could make up his mind.

Togo Heihachiro was still silent, as if he was struggling to make a very difficult decision.

At this time, Yamamoto Izuru, who had been following Hirahachiro Togo, said, "Sir, can you listen to your subordinates say a few words?"

The captains then noticed a young student soldier beside Hirahachiro Togo. When they heard that this student soldier who had no hair could dare to speak loudly at an extremely important meeting of the captains of the United Fleet, they all showed a look of contempt on their faces.

How could a student soldier who was still young can speak casually at such an important meeting?

When Masazuo Uchida, who was excited, was about to stand up and scold this ignorant boy, Togo Hirahachiro waved his hand and signaled Masazuo Uchida who was about to stand up to calm down and let Yamamoto Iroru continue to talk.

Yamamoto Iroruo received recognition from Togo Heihachiro, and continued: "I think the joint fleet should follow the Beiyang fleet's suggestion of unconditional surrender!"

As soon as Yamamoto Izuru finished speaking, the entire conference room was in an uproar. The captains whispered to each other. Masazuo Uchida became even more excited and cursed, saying that Yamamoto Izuru was a traitor to the Empire and was not worthy of being a samurai of the Empire at all.

Only Hirahachiro Togo was still silent. Just when Iroru Yamamoto said he surrendered unconditionally, a trace of undetectable light flashed in Hirahachiro Togo's eyes, and then it disappeared in a flash, and he still looked at the captains who were quarreling in front of him coldly.

After a long time, Hirahachiro Togo coughed lightly, and everyone immediately felt that he was out of control. The commander had not expressed his opinion yet.

Dongxing Heihachiro signaled to Yamamoto Izuru to continue saying that Yamamoto Izuru was only a 17-year-old young man who had just left school. He was frightened by several captains and his face turned pale when he was questioned by them.

Now, Hirahachiro Togo not only did not scold him but encouraged him to continue talking, which gave the boy great courage.

While everyone was silent, Yamamoto Iroku continued: "I want to ask you all the questions?"

Uchida Masato slapped the table angrily and said, "You ask!"

Yamamoto Iroru was inspired by Togo Heihachiro, and his courage increased immediately. He straightened his back and continued to ask: "Masters, if all the warships of the empire sink, according to the current strength of the empire, how long will it take to recover your vitality?"

"Slower is fifteen years, faster is less than ten years!" Uchida Masato replied immediately.

"If all the Imperial Navy talents were loyal to the Emperor in the Battle of Sasebao, how long will it take for the Imperial fleet to recover?"

Uchida Masato was speechless for a moment and immediately realized that he had fallen into the trap of Izuru Yamamoto.

At this time, Hirahachiro Togo said slowly: "It will take more than thirty years to slow down, and it will take twenty years to fast!"

The captains looked at each other, wondering how to take on this topic. If the Empire's joint fleet put all the bets on this impossible bet, it would have taken a long time for the Imperial Navy to recover.
Chapter completed!