In major countries on the European continent, the three staple foods of rice, wheat and corn have entered the harvest season.
Various countries are busy harvesting grain, collecting agricultural taxes for the first time since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and testing whether the tax system is complete.
In the traditional impression, the food harvest season is not the best time to go to war.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, decided to take advantage of this opportunity to launch the plan that the Yue Kingdom had prepared for a long time.
He picked up the red phone on the table, and after a few beeps, the operator greeted him respectfully.
"Fetch me from the Governor's Mansion."
The voice of Cui Wenwu, the governor of Yue Kingdom, soon came through the microphone.
"Your Majesty, please issue your decree."
The Yue King Bai Yuangui issued an order: "Danji Port can be taken.
I will say hello to the port of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean fleet will never dare to open fire without permission from Emperor Suhe."
Cui Wenwu said excitedly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the navy and army will never let you down. We will capture Danji Port as soon as possible."
"I am waiting for the good news from Cui Aiqing."
After Yue Wang Bai Yuangui finished speaking, he put down the phone.
The order to start the war has been issued, he just needs to wait for the results.
The pressure on the Governor's Office is already great, and he does not need to put more pressure on him.
At a secret military port in southern Vietnam, General Wu Yi received a telegram to start war. His hands trembled, and after taking a deep breath, he issued the order to go to war.
General Wu Yi led the Vietnamese army to compete for the Jinhe gold mine, resulting in the loss of troops and generals, and a large number of soldiers were captured by the Chu State.
If an ordinary general encountered such a failure, he would have been demoted again and again.
He was a distant relative of the Yue King Bai Yuangui, and he was very loyal to the Yue King.
Only then did he get the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
General Wu Yi knew that he only had this chance. If he could not capture Danji Port, he could only disband his troops and return to his fields, living a mediocre life.
The order to start the war was issued, and the navy began to escort the army's troop carriers as they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Strait of Gibraltar is full of patrol ships of the Imperial Mediterranean Fleet, and the actions of the Vietnamese army cannot be concealed at all.
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In the Port of Gibraltar, a high-pitched whistle sounded from the battleship Li Jing, the flagship of the empire's Mediterranean fleet.
The boilers of the ships of the Mediterranean Fleet were started one after another, and thick black smoke billowed from the chimneys.
The Mediterranean fleet is ready for war and can go to the battlefield at any time.
Governor Haiteng has just received a notification from King Bai Yuangui of Vietnam that Vietnam is preparing to attack Danji Port opposite Gibraltar Port.
He immediately became nervous and notified the Mediterranean Fleet to prepare for war. At the same time, he immediately sent a telegram to the Imperial Governor's Office to ask what the Mediterranean Fleet should do.
When a war breaks out between the empire's vassal states, and they are not attacking the empire's fleets and ports, Governor Haiteng cannot make the decision without authorization and must obey the arrangements of the capital.
Governor Haiteng felt very uncomfortable when he saw Vietnamese warships and transport ships swaggering directly in front of the Mediterranean Fleet.
He has been keeping an eye on the wireless telegraph machine. As long as the order from the capital is issued, he will immediately send these weak warships to the bottom of the sea.
There was a beeping sound, and the wireless telegraph machine began to receive telegrams.
Governor Haiteng did not wait long, he immediately saw the telegram from the capital.
"Stay vigilant and wait and see what happens."
When Governor Hyten saw these eight words, he knew that the Mediterranean Fleet would not be able to obtain military honors.
He actually knew in his heart that the empire would not interfere in everything in the affairs of the vassal country, especially if there was no conflict of interest.
Even if the Yue Kingdom captures the Port of Tangi, it will have no impact on the Empire's control of the Strait of Gibraltar.
The tense situation in the vassal countries will even bring more benefits to the empire.
The empire can find more opportunities to intervene in the internal affairs of vassal states.
The conflicts between the vassal states have intensified, and they will not unite against the empire.
In order to protect themselves from each other, these vassal states would also purchase weapons and equipment manufactured by the empire.
Governor Hyten knew that only soldiers like them were more eager for the outbreak of war in order to gain military exploits.
All forces in the empire did not want the empire to intervene prematurely in the war between vassal states.
Governor Hyten sighed and asked the Mediterranean fleet to continue to be on alert.
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General Wu Yi saw that the warships and transport ships had left the range of the main guns of the Mediterranean Fleet battleships.
He patted his chest and relieved the pent-up energy in his heart.
The Mediterranean fleet reacted as they presumed.
But there is still a very small chance that the Mediterranean Fleet will send troops to stop Vietnam's actions.
Fortunately, such a small probability event did not happen.
General Wu Yi can safely occupy Danji Port without worrying about the sudden attack of the Mediterranean Fleet.
The Mediterranean fleet does not take action. With their preparations, this war will be won.
If the Mediterranean Fleet takes action, General Wu Yi will immediately issue an order to withdraw.
The Strait of Gibraltar is not wide, so the fleet arrived overnight.
General Wu Yi saw that there were only five small coastal defense batteries on the coast of Danji Port.
Danji Port is only a small-scale port, and it is not taken seriously in Fujian at all.
There are only two ironclad ships in the port of Danji Port, which look like destroyers.
General Wu Yi smiled. They, the Yue Kingdom, had used strength far beyond that of Danji Port just to prevent accidents.
The empire's Mediterranean fleet intervened, and the war could not be fought.
But the fleets of Chu and Song are not far from Danji Port.
The redundant fleet of Vietnam is to defend against these two countries.
As long as there is no external intervention, General Wu Yi believes that it will be extremely easy to capture Danji Port.
He picked up the loudspeaker and said excitedly: "Fire."
The warships, which had already been prepared for battle, heard the order to fire, and their guns roared one after another.
The two small destroyers docked in the port of Fujian were immediately overwhelmed by artillery fire.
The coastal defense batteries at Danji Port also received strong firepower coverage.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, since the coastal defense turret uses several meters of reinforced concrete, the naval gun can only break some of the concrete when it hits it, and has minimal impact on the inside.
The coastal defense batteries quickly counterattacked, causing some damage to the warship.
General Wu Yi asked the warships to attack the coastal defense forts, which only attracted the attention of the forts.
Warships are steel warships, but coastal defense batteries are reinforced concrete buildings several meters thick.
A coastal defense fort of this thickness cannot be penetrated by armor-piercing shells, and high-explosive shells cannot affect the inside of the fort.
General Wu Yi saw a thermite shell fired from a coastal defense battery, which burned directly through the armor of a cruiser.
This renegotiated cruiser had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield.
General Wu Yi issued an order: "Let the army land. This kind of shore defense fort must be handled by the army on the shore."
The navy provided cover to the army, and the army began to land at Tangi Port.
The Min Kingdom had less than 500 garrison troops in Danji Port.
When they saw the landing troops of nearly ten thousand people, they could only choose to huddle in the city and did not dare to stop the landing troops.
Army general Gao Feiyan commanded the army to land. He had never experienced such an easy landing battle.
The smile on Gao Feiyan's face had not yet disappeared. He immediately heard the whistling of high-yield artillery shells above his head.
The defenders of Fujian were not stupid either. When they discovered that the enemy wanted to land, the coastal defense artillery immediately changed the target of the attack.
They believe that the land army is a greater threat than the warships at sea.
General Gao Feiyan's expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Quickly separate, spread out and avoid."
Shells from the coastal defense artillery fell on the troops, and the soldiers on a landing craft disappeared.
The landing craft where General Gao Feiyan was on was lucky not to be hit by the shells.
He saw that the army had completed the landing, was not blocked by the enemy, and had run to a safe area.
The firing angle of the coast defense gun cannot be downward, and it cannot attack enemies that are too close to the coast defense gun.
He lamented that he was very lucky, as there were almost no defenders here in Danji Port.
If an army sets up a position on the shore to block it, they will have to pay a heavy price to successfully land.
General Gao Feiyan observed that the coastal defense guns at Tangi Port could only fire in the direction of the Strait of Gibraltar and could not move behind the coastal defense guns.
There are shooting holes around the concealed cannon, and soldiers inside can shoot with firearms and throw grenades outward.
General Gao Feiyan immediately decided to lead the army around the back of the coastal defense batteries.
After taking down these five coastal defense guns, Danji Port is within their grasp.
The army circled around, carrying combat supplies on their shoulders, and quickly moved towards the rear of the shore house guns.
General Gao Feiyan did not dare to waste time and solved the coastal defense artillery as soon as possible, which would probably save an expensive warship.
They encountered little resistance along the way and quickly moved around to the rear of the hidden anti-cannon.
General Gao Feiyan immediately organized an army to attack.
He found that the ground here was rocky, so a thick layer of cement was laid, making it impossible to attack by digging trenches.
The coastal defense turrets have shooting holes, and the crossfire formed by the machine guns is a sharp weapon for harvesting lives in the wide terrain.
General Gao Feiyan tried to attack, but the casualties of the army were too great, so he had no choice but to besiege.
"The group immediately dispersed and looked for a secret passage leading to the fort.
The second regiment was responsible for the feint attack on the fort.
The space inside the fort is limited. They can store some water and food, but I don't believe they also store a large amount of ammunition.
The Third Regiment will follow me to capture the port city. Even if the fort has a secret passage leading into the city, this small city has been captured by us, and the fort has become a sourceless water."
General Gao Feiyan chose the most primitive attack method and besieged the coastal defense fort.
He arranged a feint attack on the fort and immediately led the army to capture the small port town.
There are only 500 defenders in the city, and they have never dared to come out to fight.
General Gao Feiyan was full of confidence in taking over this small port town.
What he expected was not bad, even if they lacked the weapons to attack the city.
This small port town did not have much determination to resist. The army made a slight charge and the defenders in the city surrendered immediately.
General Wu Yi received a telegram from General Gao Feiyan.
He immediately ordered the fleet to withdraw from the battlefield to guard against the attack of Danji Port's coastal defense artillery.
The army has surrounded the coastal defense artillery, and sooner or later it will be in the bag.
There is no need for the navy to confront the coastal defense artillery.
General Wu Yi was very patient. For two days, he waited on the ship for the results of the army's victory.
General Gao Feiyan has been pretending to attack the shore defense batteries, consuming the ammunition in the fort.
After two days, the machine gun bullets and grenades in the fort were exhausted and unable to stop the Vietnamese army's attack. The coastal defense artillery chose to surrender one after another.
General Wu Yi saw that the national flag above the coastal defense gun had been replaced, and he showed a long-lost smile.
He commanded this war and achieved the predetermined results perfectly.
General Wu Yi immediately sent a report to Xiyang to report the victory to King Bai Yuangui of Yue.
The Strait of Gibraltar is a busy strait.
There are many merchant ships plying this strait.
The Vietnamese navy cannot control the Strait of Gibraltar, and they have no ability to block the passage of merchant ships.
When the merchant ships passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, they discovered that the Vietnamese army was attacking Tangi Port.
Some large freighters had wireless telegraph machines, and they immediately spread the news.
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Luoyang City, Jin State.
Jin Wang Li Fengming received the report on the situation in Danji Port, and he stood up from his seat happily.
"I have finally waited for this opportunity. The Yue State is in front to attract the attention of all countries, and no one will pay attention to the Jin State's actions.
In the eyes of most people, territory in the desert is worthless.
You can neither grow food nor build factories."
Jin Wang Li Fengming immediately issued an order for the Jin army to launch an attack quietly.
When the Yue and Fujian snipe and clams were fighting, he, a fisherman, quietly benefited.
If the king of Fujian Zhang Yuliang was still alive, the king of Jin Li Fengming would not do this.
It was precisely because he knew the difference in abilities between the king of Fujian Zhang Yuliang and the king of Fujian Zhang Wan that he launched the war without any scruples.
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King Rui Su Lei received the news that the Vietnamese army had occupied Danji Port. He simply couldn't believe it.
He read it several times before confirming that Yue State had really done something big.
King Su Lei of Rui was previously worried that the King of Yue would be disheartened because of the failure of the Jinhe Gold Mine.
When the Yue State's national power declined, the Chu State was unable to check and balance it.
Rui needs to face the pressure of Chu alone, which will inevitably slow down the development of Rui.
Now that the State of Yue is showing extremely aggressive aggression, the State of Chu will definitely strengthen its defense against the State of Yue.
Switzerland's external environment will be more relaxed.
As soon as King Sulei of Rui put down the telegram, he received a report from the red-haired eunuch.
Liu Zhengyuan, Duke of Lu State of Cao State, asked to see him.
Liu Zhengyuan was an envoy sent by his uncle King Cao Li Dazhuang, who brought a large number of technical talents and workers to strengthen the military strength of Rui.
King Sule of Rui gave these people great preferential treatment, hoping that they would continue to work in Rui after the aid was over.
He immediately summoned Lu Guogong Liu Zhengyuan, worried that there was a problem with military merit.
When Liu Zhengyuan saw King Rui Su Lei, he saluted and said happily: "King Rui, European countries will soon need a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
We take advantage of this opportunity to sell as many weapons and ammunition as possible.
Use other countries’ money to develop our military industry.”
King Sule of Rui asked in surprise: "Mr. Liu believes that Vietnam's occupation of Danji Port will lead to intensified conflicts among the major vassal states in Europe."
Liu Zhengyuan stroked his beard and said confidently: "The foreign ministers' superficial opinions do not matter what the Yue Kingdom does, but the attitude of the empire on this matter has left all the major vassal states in Europe in a state of turmoil."
He was very happy to hear about this matter. The large amount of weapons and ammunition produced by Cao State could be sold through the black market he established.
Since ancient times, arms have been an extremely violent industry.
When King Rui Su Lei heard this, his expression kept changing.