The banquets on both sides were held almost at the same time. At the naval base, because all the senior officials of the Far East Fleet and Z Fleet were present, the French thought it was just a social event between the two forces. After the banquet started, they relaxed, ate, drank, talked and laughed.
, unaware that his destiny will be completely changed after this banquet.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, when the banquet on the side of the Xuebing Army had ended, the banquet here began to get down to business. It was Wavell who acted as the villain, Ouyang Yun was just flirting with the ships of the Far East Fleet, and the British were even more disgusted.
.It happened that the "Prince of Wales" and "Repulse" were all depleted, and the Z fleet was seriously short of personnel. When Wavell and Phillips discussed this matter, Phillips proposed: If the cadet army wants ships, then
The man was ours. So, considering that Phillips would have to command the French in the future, it would be inappropriate to make the relationship too tense, so Wavell took the initiative to become the villain.
When he was half drunk, Phillips' adjutant suddenly ran to him from the phone hall and whispered in his ear: "Your Excellency, Commander, Huers and the others have succeeded." Phillips nodded calmly, and waited for him to leave.
He then quietly told Wavell the news. The latter put down his glass and said directly to Degu: "Commander Degu, I have something to report to you."
De Gu looked at him while holding the wine glass and waited.
"In view of the bad war situation in Southeast Asia, in order to prevent the Japanese fleet from entering the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Malacca, we decided to form a sniper fleet in the Bay of Bengal. You know, after losing the 'Prince of Wales' and the 'Repulse', we
Fleet Z has lost the ability to continue fighting. In order to ensure that your country's and our country's colonial interests in West India are not infringed, we have decided to requisition your Far East Fleet."
"What?" Degu stood up immediately. The Frenchman's face was already a little red from the alcohol. At this time, because of the surge of blood, it turned into a red patch. He poured the wine glass heavily on the table in front of him.
On the last beat, he yelled at the top of his lungs: "Commander-in-Chief Wavell, are you kidding me?"
His roar was so loud that it immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Wavell calmly looked directly into Degu's eyes and said slowly: "No, I'm serious."
Degu was so angry that he was trembling all over. He pointed at him with trembling fingers and said, "But what right do you have to do this?"
"Commander Degu, please don't forget that we are allies. Moreover, those who are resisting the Japanese army in the Moulmein area are our British infantry."
"No, I can't accept that."
"I'm afraid it's not up to you."
Several of Degu's loyal men put down their wine glasses and came over. After understanding the reason for the commander's anger, they also roared. However, as a group of British military police from the Chittagong Military Port broke in with loaded ammunition, they "sternly spoke out"
The roar was immediately blocked by the gleaming muzzle of the gun.
"Gentlemen, I give you two choices, either become a glorious volunteer to support Great Britain in fighting the Japanese bandits, or report to Governor Umbros's camp," Wavell dropped these words and waited with Phillips.
People left.
Wavell's learning ability was strong enough, of course, but maybe he was just disgusted by the word "volunteer army" and was eager to pass it on, so the French became the ultimate victims.
When only the senior officials of the Far East Fleet and the British military police with guns pointed at them were left in the banquet hall that had been bustling with life and entertainment before, Degu and his men stood there dumbfounded, with thoughts of Sybury in their minds.
The cold wind blowing from Asia.
Qi Minghao and others boarded the ship the next day. When they saw the naval officers and soldiers with obvious oriental characteristics running in and out of their warships and shouting loudly, Degu received special treatment and was allowed limited freedom of movement.
The scene in which the helicopter brigade of the Jungle Special Forces Brigade conducted frequent take-off and landing training on the British ship came to mind, and he finally realized that they had been sold by the British, and they were sold to the Chinese. At that moment, he rushed forward and bit Wavell twice.
All thoughts are there.
"What benefits have the Chinese given to Wavell? This is a waste, waste, do you know?" He said to a second lieutenant of the Z fleet who was nominally responsible for accompanying him but actually monitoring him, with a look of sorrow: "This is the ocean fleet.
Ah, the Chinese can only fiddle with sampans in the creek in front of their homes - I am sure that even if they were given a year, they would not be able to sail the 'Richelieu' out of the military port."
From the perspective of his love for the naval cause, Degou is still worthy of the title of Commander of the Far East Fleet. The butterfly effect caused by two butterflies has changed many things in this time and space, and the "Richelieu" is one of them.
After Ouyang Yun handed the notebook to Hou Debang, the accuracy of his "prophecy" became much lower. He thought that the French Far East Fleet only had two old battleships. In fact, whether it was the battleship "Richelieu" or the "Riche"
The battleship "Rieux" has not been in service for a long time, and in terms of combat power, it can be ranked among the top twenty in the world.
It was precisely for this reason that De Gucai felt more and more distressed.
Just when Degu was beating his chest because of the inhuman things he encountered in the Far East Fleet, Ouyang Yun, who had already withdrawn from Bangkok to Hanoi, shouted "I've made it, I've made it" - I received Qi Minghao's report in the morning about the ships under the Far East Fleet's organizational structure.
After receiving the written report from the ship, he immediately remotely controlled Tsune to verify it. After getting the specific data of the battleship "Richelieu" and "Richelieu", he was overjoyed. Because of the emergence of the aircraft carrier, the battleships were in the middle of the naval battle.
The role of the army has been greatly weakened. But even so, presence and absence are two completely unequal concepts. Just imagine, when the army of soldiers comes to the Japanese mainland, they face the solid coastal fortifications of the little Japanese.
, what could be more intimidating than the bombardment of a battleship’s giant cannon?
The Xuebing Army's secret code at the Haikou base to develop the navy was almost hidden from everyone's eyes and ears, so Degu felt that even if Qi Minghao and the others were given one year, they would not be able to launch the "Richelieu". But the fact is that
He gave him a loud slap in the face. Two days later, in the same area, he and the British second lieutenant were stopping to watch the training of Qi Minghao and others. Suddenly, a harsh whistle sounded, and then the "Richelieu" actually started to move.
The battleship "Richelieu" slowly left the dock under the tow of two tugboats, and then there was another long blast. Seeing the British sailors on the tugboat retracting the cable, Degou sneered: "Ensign, I think
You need to remind your commander and let the port maintenance workers prepare for repairs - the Chinese will crash your dock."
Ten minutes after Degoux said these words, his eyes suddenly widened - the "Richelieu" cut through the waves and sailed out of the naval port, and then began to sail further into the distance.
"Impossible! It must be your people who are manipulating it? I'm sure of it."
"Sir, as you see, our Z fleet has no officers and men on board," the second lieutenant finally said something related to the Far East Fleet after accompanying Degu for about four days.
"Pah!" In a daze, Degu heard a faint crisp sound, and then his left and right cheeks turned red as if he had been slapped at the same time, reaching the roots of his ears.