Chapter four hundred and eighty IX: Fire and fight back
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At this time, the British Far East Fleet did an extremely stupid thing. Out of arrogance that had been formed for a long time, the commander of the British Far East Fleet was angered by the two Chinese warships' refusal to return north, and immediately ordered the firing of artillery demonstrations against the Chinese. Applying pressure. These arrogant British guys believe that the roar of naval guns alone can scare the courage of the Chinese navy, and the sailors who fired the guns even fired the guns near the Zhiyuan on their own initiative, trying to warn China with water jets soaring into the sky. People should be honest and obedient.
Although Shen Honglie, the commander of the fleet, was angry, he had dealt with foreigners more than once, whether in the Northeastern Army or after he surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek, so he was relatively able to restrain his anger. He convinced himself that "two-front warfare is not good for the country"; but Ye Fei, the naval commander and political commissar who accompanied the fleet, was a fiery man with strong national pride (Note 1) and immediately ordered two heavy cruisers to fight back, "give I'll fire back, and I'll hit the biggest one!"
When Shen Honglie heard this, he quickly tried to dissuade him, but Ye Fei replied resolutely, "The Chairman said, 'If you seek peace through struggle, then peace will survive; if you seek peace through compromise, then peace will perish.' Of course I know that the British this time It's just a threat, but if we back down, they will only push further in the future, so this time we must give these British guys a lesson and let them understand that a country can be conquered by just setting up a few cannons on the coastline. Gone forever.”
"But once the artillery is fired, it is equivalent to declaring war on Britain! Even though the People's Liberation Army is strong, it is impossible to defeat two great powers at the same time. What's more, now that the domestic war has restarted, it is a three-front battle. This is a taboo for military strategists!", Shen Honglie said anxiously.[
"The British fleet fired at us on the high seas. This was already an act of declaring war! Now we are not declaring war on the British, but we have to fight!" Ye Fei said sternly.
"That's true, but, but." Shen Honglie didn't know how to argue. But he didn't want China to have another strong enemy, let alone see the navy that had finally grown and developed destroyed. He could only start from Persuaded from a military perspective, "Even if we want to fight, there are so many enemy ships that we can't confront them head-on!"
"I just said to fire back. But I didn't give the order not to retreat." Ye Fei replied in a bachelor's manner, but he then added. "However, tactical retreat is allowed, but if you just run away during the retreat, Road, but there is no way to fight back, then it is not a retreat, but an escape! Our heroic People's Navy can be defeated, but there will be no deserters! It didn't happen before, it doesn't happen now, and it won't happen in the future!"
While speaking, a total of 16 203mm main guns on the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan were all ready to fire. Following Ye Fei's order, these 16 heavy guns roared at the same time, and the target was the flagship of the British Far East Fleet. The British aircraft carrier "Eagle". The British never expected that the Chinese would have the courage to open fire on the warships of their "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets". They actually launched the aircraft carrier to increase their momentum, but they forgot that the aircraft carrier entered the effective range of the enemy's naval guns. What a dangerous thing it is. Now they have to pay the price for it.
Due to the advanced sighting instruments imported from Germany, the accuracy of the two Chinese heavy cruisers' sea shelling has been greatly increased. Moreover, they are now firing at a position less than 15 kilometers away from the enemy. The hit rate is naturally frighteningly high. The first round of shelling
A total of 9 of the 16 large-caliber cannon shots made direct hits.
The hull of the USS "Eagle" aircraft carrier, and just five or six seconds later, the second round of 16 rounds fired again. Due to the results of this bombardment, the parameters were revised, and the hit rate of this round of bombardment reached
One hundred percent, the smoke-filled "Eagle" aircraft carrier began to tilt
The British Far East Fleet is indeed well-trained. It reacted immediately after less than 10 seconds of astonishment. The high-speed warships in the fleet rushed forward at full speed without waiting for the commander's order, trying to rush to
A smoke screen was laid between the flagship and the enemy ship to cover its withdrawal from the battle. However, the rate of fire of the new main guns equipped on the two Chinese heavy cruisers was too terrifying. However, a few seconds later there was another salvo, and all hits were again "
"Eagle", and what's different from before is that this time an armor-piercing blast penetrated into the main magazine of the "Eagle" aircraft carrier.
After a loud noise that resounded for dozens of miles, the giant ship with a standard displacement of more than 26,000 tons sank into the South China Sea with billowing smoke. Because it sank so fast, less than 30 of the more than 900 crew members on the ship sank.
Life survived, and the "Eagle" aircraft carrier also had the honor of becoming the first aircraft carrier to be sunk in the world in this time and space.
After the aircraft carrier and flagship was sunk, the other ships of the British Far East Fleet suddenly rushed toward the task force like crazy. Their cannons continued to fall like raindrops, setting off a wave of waves around the two Chinese heavy cruisers.
White water column with
Multiple cannon hits hit, and even Shen Honglie, who was used to staying on the bridge to command, was hit and injured. However, he seemed not to feel the severe pain of the wound at all. He only thought about how to get the fleet to retreat. You need to know that the British
Even if the Far East Fleet lost its flagship
The "Eagle" aircraft carrier still has 6 warships (3 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers. In addition, there was originally a destroyer, but it is being repaired in the shipyard at the moment and cannot go into battle.), 3 of which are
The big ship is no bigger than the two medium-sized ships.
The national heavy patrol is small, and based on Shen Honglie's understanding of the British military, the British Far East Fleet should still have a few submarines. I don't know where they are now. In addition, Singapore has at least dozens of land-based aircraft, and its overall strength is far beyond the special
On top of the dispatch formation.
In fact, before sinking the enemy aircraft carrier, Ye Fei did not intend to do such a big thing. He only planned to give the British some color and limit the scale of the conflict to the level of "friction". But he did not expect that his luck would be so good (or bad).
?), three rounds of bombardment will destroy that ship at least
The big thing with more than 20,000 tons was sunk. Now the British will definitely not give up, and a declaration of war is almost inevitable. Since war is inevitable, Ye Fei wants to sink as many British warships as possible to weaken
Enemy, and at the same time earn some more bargaining chips.
Note 1: There is a very interesting phenomenon in history. Once mixed-race people or aliens develop national identification with a certain ethnic group, they often behave more aggressively than pure national figures. The former is like Zheng Chenggong, and the latter is like Stalin. Historically, in the "Purple"
The same seems to be true for Ye Fei, a Chinese-Filipino man of mixed race who ordered the firing of British warships in the "Quartz" incident. (To be continued...)