Chapter 743 Draw the Englishman's face (2)!
Occupy the commanding heights of public opinion! No matter when or which country wants to succeed, it must learn to make full use of the media and public opinion to gain moral support. After seizing the commanding heights, it doesn’t matter how condescending the opponent will do whatever you want. It’s so righteous!
Hitler can be promoted as Germany's savior, which is inseparable from the hardcore accomplice who "repeat lies a thousand times and becomes the truth". Looking at China, even if Chiang Kai-shek occupies the position of national leader and is not good at public opinion propaganda, he is still criticized by the upper mainstream people and is often dragged out to the number of people who are often faced with. Although his chronic diseases of the revolutionary party are difficult to change, his style of doing things exudes a slim spirit inside and outside, and of course, his opponents are good at using public opinion to discredit.
On the other hand, Zhu Bin is completely different. Since he got ashore, he has not completely used the appeal of the media to paint himself with gold, and has been growing positive reputation since childhood. Now, even though he has become a real "separatist who affects the political and military unity of the country", he has controlled more than half of the public opinion media, how many of them can tell him that he has too many problems?
The gap is here. All aliens know this. The Shaanxi faction, which was surrounded by Chiang Kai-shek from the beginning, was even more fascinated by the British who had been rampant for hundreds of years, were not familiar with it?
Since Sir Sandon can be sent to be the governor of the Straits colony, he must have two tricks, and it is definitely not comparable to the self-deprecating Frenchman. He can see the situation and understand that his tough methods may be a little unsolvable, so he immediately came up with this move!
Both the reconnaissance planes and fighter planes carry cameras. Even if they are far away, they took a lot of photos when both sides did not fully open fire. Although the distance is blurry, the Chinese warships' posture of bagging British tankers in the middle and pushing forward is not fake. How to write the narration, isn't it his own decision?
However, it seems that such publicity alone does not solve the problem! Because time is not rushing, even if he sends it away now, the news media will have to sort it out and send it out. It will take half a day to cause the world impact, but in another two or three hours, the opponent's fleet and cruise ships will enter the range of shore defense guns. At that time, should you fight or not?
The commander-in-chief of the garrison saw Mr. Jazz's confusion and couldn't help asking: "Just! Should we do it? If you want it, I think it's better to use the air force to fight now! Even if the Chinese have ways to interfere with communication, hundreds of our fighters can freely dispatch and advance in batches. Even with aviation bombs and cannons, they can sank their warships! The shore defense cannon is not applicable!"
After all, none of them had the courage to kill each other's ships and cruise ships at once! As long as there are survivors, they may not be able to explain clearly.
Although Sir Shandon does not know much about military affairs, he also knows the basic principles. Although the accuracy of the shore defense cannon is high, it is mainly used to deal with large ships, and it opens fire more than 20 kilometers away. It is impossible to hit wherever it is pointed. Any shell is crooked. The 381mm caliber high-explosive bomb is enough to blow the cruise ship to pieces. The consequences are... unimaginable!
On the contrary, Air Force fighter jets, with their flexibility and ingenuity, can completely identify and avoid cruise ships and accurately attack warships without causing accidental injuries. Of course, it is possible that the shot downed fighter jets can fall freely to impact.
The commander's words made him more and more irritable. How could he not know that the sooner he started, the better? Now that the other party has officially entered the Malacca channel, there are more and more ships from various countries entering and leaving, so many witnesses cannot be killed, right? No, so it's hard to say how to do it.
The Air Force... If you enter the forty-kilometer area, your head hurts? Although you can't tell whether it's all like this. This is a big headache! Moreover, without control and command, more than 30 or fifty fighter jets rushed over and could only fight on their own. It's a mess, and it is inevitable that huge losses will be caused by the opponent's orderly defensive aircraft group. Is it cost-effective?
Still hard to say!
Sir Shandon hopes that the grandchildren of Congress can do some serious business and don’t make a noise every time over trivial matters! The enemy is approaching, so you should hurry up and come up with a charter!
That's right, he sent an emergency notice to London. The cruise ship was retrieved by the Chinese and escorted to Malacca were all spread. The other party's tough answer and his intention to launch an attack were also reported. Whether to fight or not, just wait for a sentence above.
If it were the Chinese Navy seven years ago doing this, Sir Shandon would definitely have fought. Now, I dare not!
London is indeed as chaotic as ever! Conservatives still occupy a huge number, including Prime Minister Chamberlain, disagree to attack the Chinese Navy - no matter what, they rescued the cruise ship, but the British Empire fired fire and injured people. This face is very bad!
British people who pay special attention to decency and reputation cannot be picked out on this!
The hardliners led by Churchill didn't think so! He shouted loudly in front of the MPs with his stomach and eyes erected: "All the troubles are caused by the Chinese! Their faces of being enemies with the British Empire are obvious! The so-called pirate robbers must be their thieves calling for thieves! Otherwise, how dare you openly escort them to Singapore with armed ships? Don't you think about what does it mean to be entered into our territory by their warships without the permission of the British Empire?!"
After all, Britain was a maritime power established with a powerful navy. The security of overseas colonies was closely related to the stability of its rule. Now, its own navy cannot stop other countries' warships from forcing in. It still ignores the threat and continues to move forward when warned. If they succeed, the face of the British Empire will be truly lost!
It’s like someone slapped the face of his world’s largest country, and it was seen that Britain was weak inside. Those countless colonies could not rebel? Those who were hiding besides watching the fun and looking for opportunities would not be hurt? The British Empire must hold on to the end!
From the British standpoint, Churchill's choice was undoubtedly correct and wise. The appeasement policy of Chamberlain and others was not feasible at all. Just look at Germany. Unfortunately, the opinions were not unified, and no one could convince anyone. Unable to come up with a unified opinion, which made Sir Shandon on the front line!
After half an hour of frustration, all the fighter planes took off and rushed over in batches to occupy a piece of airspace. They surrounded the three layers inside and the three layers outside and were not allowed to flow. Don’t count on command and dispatch. You can only rely on the excellent quality of the pilot to control yourself and will not collide with each other.
The airplanes were placing many fronts in the fifty-kilometer-deep airspace. The vultures that looked like they were ready to go down to hunt at any time were surrounded by more than thirty fleets of "tiger sharks" guarding, advancing calmly and steadily. They circled the radius of the airspace and sea area of twenty kilometers. There was no one who dared to approach the entire channel!
Everything is under the control of the advanced weapons of the "Big-billed Parrot" in the sky. Any British fighter plane trying to cross the thunder half a step will be swept by the infrasonic cannon and retreat in a panic!
The formation was scary, but Zhu Bin smiled calmly and said to his subordinates who expressed concern: "The British are not arrogant Japanese. Without the orders from above, they dare not act recklessly. Every time they act, they have to think about it first and then think clearly. The decision-making speed is not average! When they get it straight, they don't know how to be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!"
If you change to the Japanese, no matter what impact you have. No matter how many people you die, let’s talk about it after you fight! Whoever shoots first is equivalent to having a chance to make meritorious service... The habit of defeating the superiors is deep into the bones of subordinate officers. Zhu Bin wanted to do this to them, and was beaten by the plane long ago!
In any case, the protection of destroyers is too weak, and these ships for global defense have not yet been upgraded to intelligent command and joint air defense systems. The weapons and equipment are much worse than the Chinese fleet. If you really fight, you feel that it is not enough for the aircraft to clean up.
The Malacca waterway is not too wide, and it is just a smooth waterway to clear out in the middle. It doesn’t mean that even a few kilometers wide can run large ships. Especially for a 50,000-ton luxury cruise ship, you must move forward carefully in the main channel, and the speed of passing cannot be too fast.
But no matter how hard it is, the waterway is too short. After three hours, British fighter jets have returned to refuel and replaced pilots. The "Tiger Shark" escort aircraft group has also been updated. The fighter jets and bombers who jumped from the South China Sea Fleet Fly have arrived one after another. The escort formation has grown a lot! With the excellent command system, they are flexibly organized and unified, and their combat effectiveness has risen sharply. Even thirty-six faces hundreds of enemy aircraft dispatched at one time, they don’t care that there are at least four air-to-air missiles under their wings!
The battleship formation has suddenly entered the range of the Mark i shore defense cannon on the turret!
The radio shielded area of the "Big-billed Parrot" has begun to cover the entire battlefield space! Not only is it above the fleet, but even the observation posts on the nearby islands and the warships cruising next to it are blocked and unable to communicate. The garrison headquarters cannot command the front-line armed forces at any time!
Sir Shandon was so anxious that the corners of his mouth were bubbling, his eyes were congested. He finally waited for London's orders, but when he opened it, he almost fainted!
"You can drive away the forces of the Chinese people by force, but you should protect the safety of the cruise ship as much as possible..."
The other party obviously used a cruise ship as a shield to force his own warships and planes to not open fire. If you want to protect the cruise ship, how can you fight this battle?!
The Jazz gritted his teeth and looked at the fighter planes that were almost forced to run over Singapore, and ordered the commander: "Let the shore defense guns fire a warning to the Chinese warships leading in front! Force them to stop moving forward! In addition, the notice will suspend entry by ships from various countries trying to pass through the strait channel, otherwise it may be injured by accident!"
"This seems to be the goal that the Chinese are trying to achieve!" The commander is not a fool. He also knows why these strange conflicts are. Once a war breaks out on the Strait of Malacca, all shipping will be forced to stop, and the losses caused are immeasurable!
Sir Shandon waved his hand irritably: "Those who say it! Stop the Chinese first anyway!"
Through the wired telephone, the commander issued an order to warn the shell. Soon, a 381mm cannon on the fortress emitted a thick smoke. A shell flew more than 30 kilometers. The destroyer deliberately deviated from the front and opened the road for about one kilometer and fell into the water for about one kilometer. The explosion of water column was hundreds of meters high with a "boom" and it was clearly visible!
Zhu Bin's face was not a little bit touched, and he ordered lightly: "Don't worry about it! Keep moving forward! I see if the British have the courage to hit the shells on our warships!"
There is no need to ask this! If you dare to fight, do you still need to warn me? Just start with it!
The fleet was unmoved and continued to move forward, but the passengers on the cruise ship were less calm. The loud explosion sounded clearly across several kilometers. Many smart people who noticed something was wrong also found the explosion of water columns through the porthole. They asked worriedly what was going on.
The armed guards replied expressionlessly: "It is probably because they have learned of the rescue of the cruise ship on the shore, so they specially fired to express their welcome!"
The guests who were fooled openly were thrusting their faces. Is this a welcome meaning? What if I haven’t seen the world before? People welcomed them to empty bubbles or fireworks, right? This is a huge splash that can only be blown up by live ammunition! The giant cannon has no accuracy, and if it is not careful, it will be hit in a crooked way, and the consequences will be unimaginable!
Unfortunately, they were worried and worried for a whole day, and they were not in good spirits. They were now restricted by the activity space on the grounds of insecurity, so it was impossible to directly ask Zhu Bin for questioning.
A British destroyer came up and sent messages to the pilot ship with light signals and flags, demanding that they stop advancing immediately and exit the channel. The commanded captain immediately responded: "Where did the British politeness and cultivation go? We escorted the robbed cruise ship, and you actually treated it with shore defense cannons? Is this the demeanor of the gentlemen of the British Empire?"
The flag language is not that complicated, but the meaning is easy to understand. The captain of the British destroyer is blushing. The order must be executed, and the order must be executed, and the bow cannon fires to warn them that the gun is small in diameter, and even if it is accidentally injured, it is not too big. After that, I actually want to block the way with a warship, and in short, you will not let you enter the port.
Zhu Bin ordered: "Crash in!"
The open-circuit destroyer immediately accelerated, and the diesel engine power was fully turned on and increased at 30 knots in one breath, and headed straight towards the British ship!
It scared the British! What kind of thing did you do? In the era of sailing warships, we used corners to penetrate each other. That was a conventional tactic. Now we are all playing cannons. You still have this set, do you have integrity? Have you learned the naval warship script?
He was not fast in the alley, and he didn't expect that the other party could play this trick of burning both hands. At that time, he was busy avoiding it, but the Chinese destroyer was reluctant to leave and squeezed. That would mean that everyone would be done together? Otherwise, I would just let the way out!
This scene was seen from afar by an aerial reconnaissance plane and left the electromagnetic shielding area and reported it to Sir Shandon, which made the old man so angry that he almost suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot. He angrily slapped the table: "It's simply rude! barbaric! There is no gentlemanly demeanor! The face of the navy has been completely discouraged by the Chinese!"
The commander smiled bitterly. This move is really vicious! It’s like a slutty fight. I’m with you. At worst, I can be a sea traffic accident. Let’s sink to the bottom and see who will suffer in the end!
The British dare not take the initiative! The collision between the two destroyers will inevitably lead to a loss of both sides. If everyone falls down together, the shells, oil and torpedo on the ship will all become like time bombs and are stuck in the main channel. If you want to clean it up, you will not know how to get the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month. If the Chinese are a little more despicable, they secretly use submarines to release some mines and distribute them inside... This channel will make people pass!
Well, that would almost certainly happen! Since they could block the Suez Canal, how could they care about it? They even had the same idea, and they must block the two major maritime traffic throats of the British Empire? If this weren't too far from the Atlantic and the North Sea, would they have blocked the English Channel?
The root of trouble is very clear, which is a series of fierce counterattacks brought by Britain's previous moves to check and balance!
The British expected that Zhu Bin would not be allowed to die, but unexpectedly, he actually used such explosive means to be like a loss-making attitude! He didn't even talk about the style of becoming a country for five thousand years of civilization in China. He was rough and direct, and had no technical content!
This is something that British senior officials never expected. They thought they knew the temper and personality of the Chinese, and they thought that Zhu Bin would swallow his anger like them, or compromise and come to ask the British for cooperation at the desperate situation. They thought that if they merged the entire Western world, the Chinese would be scared to fight, but they never thought about why Zhu Bin didn't dare to do something that Empress Dowager Cixi dared to do back then?
It’s better to be broken than to be full! Have you ever heard of this sentence? The British didn’t think about it. From Zhu Bin’s standpoint, if he admits a ruthless one this time, his subordinates will immediately fall apart and fall into pieces. He has no other choice except to push to the end!
They even thought that Zhu Bin had no intention of calming down the situation. Originally, this guy couldn't find a good excuse to provoke a full-scale dispute and join the European war. Now, the British have offered a perfect excuse to give him a chance. How could he miss it? He is an alien, and his ideas to go ashore are all about wars. Peace is a fig leaf. World Wars are the ultimate pursuit!
The constantly updated information flowed into London. When the MPs were all stunned when they heard that even the means of collision of warships were used! No matter whether it was the gold stolen by Zhu Bin, if it was just for this one, Britain could not give in! Otherwise, if it was spread, the Royal Navy would not even have the courage to collide. How can we survive in the future?
There was another quarrel, but after just one delay, the Singapore garrison ships, which were unblocked, watched the entire Chinese fleet enter the port area carelessly. At the dock, someone leaked the news, and tens of thousands of people from all over the country rushed over to form a lively group like a mountain, waving flags and hats enthusiastically, and cheering the cruise ships as they were getting closer and closer!
Zhu Bin stood in the most conspicuous place when the cruise ship approached the shore, smiling with stars and waved his hand. Countless reporters "Ka Li Kazha" took photos of this hero. Many veterans immediately exclaimed: "It's him! China's anti-Japanese hero! Zhu Bin, the leader of the navy! How could he personally rescue the cruise ship? This is big news!"
The bigger news is that I don’t know who wrote and published it in major newspapers such as the New York Times and the Times. With Zhu Bin’s waving photo as the front page, it clearly stated: “The Chinese Navy forcibly entered Singapore without permission, and the British Empire has no choice but to do anything!”
Chapter completed!