About thirty Chinese people boarded the deck from the side and quickly controlled all important positions of the ship. Half of them wore naval combat uniforms, and half wore fancy and whistle uniforms, with their heads
Wearing a steel helmet, like some indigenous troops.
A naval officer in captain uniform walked to the crew on the deck and asked in fluent English: "Who is the captain among you?"
"It's me!" Captain McCann stepped forward and said.
"Very good, sir, I will inform you officially now that the ship has been taken over by us!" said the young captain.
"I protest, our current location is within Brazil's territorial waters, and you have no right to do this!" Captain McCann said, "Look at the coast, we are less than two nautical miles away!"
"Your estimates are somewhat biased. According to the data we measured, you are now about five nautical miles away from the coast. Maybe you are right. There is a Brazilian patrol boat a few nautical miles away. But we just fight, and there are troubles.
It's the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." The captain said, "Tell your crew members to obey orders. If the ship is unfortunately sunk, I promise that your entire ship's sailors will be buried for it, and no one will save you!
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Captain McCann looked along the captain's finger and there was indeed a patrol boat there, but the Brazilian had no intention of coming to interfere, but just looked from a distance.
"You robbers!" Captain McCann roared angrily.
"Maybe it, but the robbery of the merchant ships of the enemy is a practice we have learned from your Royal Navy. Haven't you been doing this all the time?" said the captain lightly, "You don't need to be too angry, either,
Think of the merchant ships captured by your Royal Navy, and your mood will be calmer.”
"I protest, I want to see your commander!" said Captain McCann.
"I will convey your meaning to the Germans, and maybe you have the opportunity to give your opinion to him in person!" said the captain, "But now, you must order the ship and follow us!"
Under the force of force, the crew finally surrendered. After a while, the ship started again and was escorted slowly and left the coast again.
The one-sided naval battle in the distance has also ended. Two British light cruisers and a destroyer were sunk, and only the "Taurus" destroyer escaped in the naval battle. The British destroyer generally does not perform very well, but if he runs out of his way, he will run away.
In other words, it is difficult for Chinese and German cruisers to catch up with them.
The sea was covered with oil and dust. Five merchant ships were sunk because they forced to escape without listening to warnings. The warship was searching for seafarers who fell into the water. Three other seriously damaged merchant ships were abandoned. The Chinese installed them on the ship.
The drug was exploded and the undersea valve was opened.
The captured eight merchant ships were escorted to the northeast by six cruisers. At dusk, they met with the mighty main fleet on the sea about 150 nautical miles east of French Guiana, and the rear of the entire fleet was
The number of merchant ships captured increased to 32.
Since entering the Atlantic Ocean, the Sino-German joint fleet has sunk 24 British merchant ships and captured 32, destroying the total tonnage of merchant ships reached 290,000 tons. Although such a record cannot keep up with half of the German submarine force in the past two months,
But it is already quite impressive. Most importantly, due to the existence of this fleet, most of the fleets heading to Britain can only hide in the port and dare not go to sea.
This is the biggest blow to the British's maritime transportation lines.
The fleet sailed northward and entered the Caribbean Sea three days later.
April 1, 1941, Halifax.
This largest port city in Canada along the Atlantic coast and the most important naval base, now undertakes more than 20% of the cargo transport to the UK. It is also an important production base for automobiles and armored vehicles in the UK.
Although Europe has been in full swing, the Americans far away on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean do not seem to have any direct feeling. Although the Commonwealth countries with the British king as the head of the United Kingdom have long been tied up on chariots, it seems that the war is still so far away from them.
It is far away. As a natural port on the Atlantic coast, second only to the Port of Rotterdam, the war brought the residents here to the feeling that the port is only several times busier than usual, with hundreds of ships entering and leaving the port every week.
It was already late in Europe, but Halifax residents had just finished their lunch. On the busy docks, workers were still working overtime. There were too many strategic materials that Britain was so much needed. They were loaded with goods.
The freighter slowly began toward the anchorage. After waiting to gather a certain number, he was protected by the escort fleet.
On the No. 3 freight terminal, about 200 workers are loading packed cargo on a bulk cargo with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons. Although it is helped by various machinery, the dock handling work is still the same
It is not an easy task to dump whole boxes or bags of goods from flatbed trucks to cargo ships for physical labor.
"Hi, everyone rest for a while, work will start again in fifteen minutes!" At this time, the foreman blew the resting whistle, and someone carried several buckets of cooked tea and put it on the dock.
"Bryan, have you heard that a few American ships were captured in Grenada a few days ago. Those 'pirates' were so rampant!" Charlton scooped a large jar of black tea from the bucket and brought it to
A shaded place made of goods, said to a sturdy short man.
"There is any way? The Royal Navy seems to be no longer able to fight. When they see the barbarians, they will flee. Maybe today, the Chinese will shell Halifax." Brian curled his lips. Since the war began,
It turned out that the Royal Navy, which everyone was proud of, was defeated repeatedly, which disappointed everyone.
Now the Royal Navy has become the target of mockery of the people.
"This is not a fun April Fool's Day joke. You know, even Americans now have no choice but to deal with those savage Orientals. They are still very strong for the time being!" Charlton sat on a cargo box and took it out of his pocket
Extract cigarettes.
"Don't smoke, these are all arms!" Brian said, swallowing twice, "Damn it, I really want to find them to fight at sea! What is that?"
He saw some small black dots flying towards them in the sky.
At this moment, the air defense alarm at the port suddenly sounded.
"Run quickly, the enemy is really coming!" Charlton pulled him, and the two of them quickly ran to the house next to the dock.
Bang, Bang!
The anti-aircraft artillery located around the port began to fire one after another.
The dock was in chaos, and the enemy planes roared and quickly approached the sea. Then they dropped bombs in the port. The explosions rang one after another. Not long after, the entire port was rolled in.