Neat warships stayed at Longgang Anchorage, which looked majestic. Here were the remaining fleets of the Lions Empire, including two seriously damaged battleships, seven cruisers, 12 destroyers, and more than 190 ships of various models.
transport ships and more than 100 requisitioned civilian ships.
These ships were all trophies of the Tang Navy. They all surrendered. Now these warships are staying in the ports of the Tang Empire, the port that they originally wanted to attack and occupied.
Blomeier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Leines Imperial Navy was, after all, more honorable than the Emperor to whom he was loyal. He sank with the Leines aircraft carrier and did not witness the fluttering of his navy's white flag.
All the battleships are relatively new and were built in the past few years. They were once the pride of the Lions Empire Navy, and every one of them was invested by the Lions Empire.
In order to build this large navy, the Lions Empire almost emptied its own treasury. They used up their steel production capacity and even slowed down national construction.
In the great era of warship technology development, every warship has some new warship equipment, and every warship witnesses the progress and development of this era.
For example, some of the newly manufactured naval destroyers of the Lines Imperial Navy are equipped with radars imported from the Tang Empire, and some are simply imported air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment.
In order to meet the needs of ocean warfare, the destroyer has evolved from its original displacement of more than 1,000 tons or more than 1,500 tons to a displacement of more than 3,000 tons or even close to 4,000 tons.
In order to deal with these big guys, cruisers were forced to be built larger and install more artillery, so that they could destroy enemy destroyers during sea battles.
But without the protection and blessing of missiles, these warships are fragile and unable to resist the attack of aircraft, so in the end they can only hang up the white flag and be escorted here, waiting for their fate.
There are only a few dozen Lions Empire sailors left on each battleship. Their mission is to stay on board and maintain the battleships honestly, so that these battleships will not be scrapped in the anchorage due to loss of maintenance.
Tang Mo had heard about Operation Rainbow, and he would not make the mistake of the British Navy and let these enemy warships sink themselves at his doorstep.
Although the enemy's life and death has nothing to do with him, letting these scraps of copper and iron commit suicide in his own hands is a negligible loss to the prestige of the Tang Empire.
This is like a peerless master who, after defeating his opponent, was about to kill the opponent, but the opponent spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm on the master's pants... Although the outcome could not be changed, the peerless master himself felt disgusted.
Because the scale of the fleet mobilized by the Lions Imperial Navy this time was too large, hundreds of ships escaped in the end.
The ones that escaped the most were escort destroyers. Among these destroyers, most of them were destroyers that Tang State had previously sold to the Lions Empire.
These destroyers relied on their high speed and the advantage of being located relatively far back to quickly leave the battlefield, abandoning the ships they were escorting, and fled back to Lines.
However, the main fleet in front was attacked by the Tang army and eventually became prisoners of the Tang navy. Now, they gathered at the anchorage, forming a unique landscape.
The ammunition depots on all battleships have been locked, and all weapons have been confiscated. These ships now have no combat effectiveness.
The Ryans sailors who were washing up on the deck looked at the oil tankers going back and forth in the lane and were surprised by how busy Long Island was. The port here is ten times larger than they imagined! There are also ten times more ships here than they imagined.
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Every day, there are countless cargo ships and oil tankers coming and going here. The equipment produced here will be transported to the mainland of the Tang Empire, where it will be sold to all parts of the world.
Not only precision machinery is produced here, but there are also various research and development laboratories. One-third of the essence of the Tang Empire is accumulated here, like a huge treasure house.
But this treasure house only belongs to the Tang Empire, and no one can take it away! Because as long as you look at the terrifying aircraft carrier next to it and the guided missile destroyers parked around it, you should know that not everyone is qualified to covet everything here.
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The sailors of the Tang Empire who left Longgang also looked at these warships with white flags curiously. In their impression, the Navy of the Datang Empire stopped producing such backward warships many years ago.
They curiously looked at the huge size of these battleships and the densely packed main guns of various calibers on them, as if they were looking at a pile of antiques.
There is really no other way. They are Longgang people. They have seen Longgang build guided missile destroyers and aircraft carriers with their own eyes. It is really difficult for them to comment on artillery warships.
In their eyes, the giant-gun battleships built by other navies are just symbols of the old era that express the romanticism of war.
"Hey! Look! Isn't that a battleship? Our Dongwan class...has it been retired?" Looking at the dozens of sailors washing up on the deck opposite, the sailors in Longgang pointed and chatted.
"I heard that the gun barrel of that thing is too expensive." Another sailor nodded and said. They knew the inside story. They heard that there would soon be two Dongwan-class ships for town houses - the Bismarcks of the Imperial Navy of the Tang Dynasty.
-class battleships are about to be decommissioned.
These two battleships continued to support the battle during the landing in Mirage, destroying almost all the gun barrels in stock, so they had to retire in tears.
After all, the Tang Imperial Navy no longer continues to manufacture and produce 380 mm caliber main gun barrels. That thing is too expensive. The Datang Imperial Navy no longer needs to use such outdated weapons to ensure the penetration of enemy warships.
Armored.
As a result, the two battleships with "outstanding" merits became in an awkward position. They had to face the problem of having no guns to use. In the end, these two battleships, with a full load displacement of more than 40,000 tons, had no choice but to retire with tears in their eyes.
dismantle.
The Dongwan-class battleships, like the Yucheng-class battleships, became the history of the Tang Navy.
"Hello! Welcome to Longgang!" When the tanker was closest to the anchorage, the sailors of Longgang waved to Lyons's sailors and shouted loudly.
The other party seemed to hear their shouts, raised his head, and waved... as if they were really guests.
As everyone knows, most of the Lanes sailors have been living in the prisoner-of-war camp on Dragon Island for several days.