In the early morning of the 3rd, the "Bismarck" was still docked in the Port of Vigo, without any sign of starting a fire or weighing anchor.

Li Ao was not in a hurry and also sent a reconnaissance plane to Vigo Port for reconnaissance.

It was already dark at this time, the Spanish troops in Vigo Port did not use searchlights, and the "Bismarck" did not fire on the reconnaissance aircraft in southern Africa. This difference in treatment was obvious.

I guess the Germans also wanted to drive a wedge between southern Africans and the British.

But there is no need for this. There is not much harmony between the Atlantic Fleet and the Royal Navy.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Admiral Gunther Lütjens, commander of the German High Seas Fleet, sent people out of the port to proactively contact the Allies.

Lütjens hoped that the Allies would allow the crew of the "Bismarck" to return to France in a peaceful manner, and that the "Bismarck" could be disarmed and sunk in the port of Vigo.

Sit down?

Return to France in a peaceful way?

dream!

Li Ao's reply was firm: all crew members of the "Bismarck" were required to surrender to the Allies unconditionally, and the "Bismarck" must be dismantled at a port controlled by the Allies in accordance with the Allied forces' requirements.

John Tovey's attitude was even more intense.

No warships in southern Africa were sunk by the Bismarck.

So "Bismarck" must die.

Even if it sank, it would have to be by the Royal Navy.

The negotiations were fruitless, and Lütjens then sent a message to Mustache saying that "Bismarck" would fight until the last moment.

Mustache then called Lütjens back: I hope "Bismarck" will show resolute courage and do his best.

The crew of the "Bismarck" really tried their best. Except for a few wounded who came ashore in Vigo Port for treatment, most of the 2,200 crew members returned to the warship.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the "Bismarck", which was only seriously flooded and the hull was tilted severely, slowly sailed out of Vigo Port.

The Royal Navy didn't even have the patience to wait for the "Bismarck" to sail into the high seas.

As soon as the "Bismarck" left port, the battleships "King George V" and "Rodney" used their 16-inch and 14-inch main guns to fire at the "Bismarck" at close range.
Chapter completed!