Chapter 199: The Commander Who Vomited Blood
Outside the city of Azeem, where Port Azem is located, the 19th Infantry Regiment of the Royal Army of Monia is stationed, and after learning that Port Azem was captured by the Tang Imperial Army, the 19th Infantry Regiment of the Royal Army of Monia quickly organized troops and launched a counterattack on Port Azem.
However, at this time, the two field infantry divisions of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, which attacked Azeum Harbor with the Third Fleet of the Tang Empire Royal Navy, had already arranged a defensive line in Azeum City, and relied on the artillery support of twelve batteries in Azeum Harbor and many warships of the Third Fleet, which easily blocked the 19th Infantry Corps of the Monia Royal Army.
The news of the capture of Port Azeum soon reached Nasya City, the capital of the Monia Empire, and in a large hall of the Nasya Imperial Palace, the Monia Emperor Ippoli angrily shouted to a dozen ministers: "Can anyone give me an explanation?" The largest military port of our Monia Empire was captured by the Tang Empire army so easily, and even the entire main fleet was captured by the Tang Empire army almost intact, is there anything more absurd than this? ”
Prime Minister Toliczka then said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty is angry, no one thought that the Tang Empire would go far and far to attack the military port of our Monia Empire, and the fog in Azeum Harbor this morning made it easy for the Tang Empire army to land successfully, and the 19th Infantry Corps, which is currently stationed outside Azem City, has launched a counterattack against Azem Harbor, but because the batteries in Azeum Harbor and the First Fleet of the Monia Royal Navy are controlled by the Tang Empire army, So the counterattack of the 19th Infantry Corps did not go very well. ”
Emperor Ippoli suddenly said with some discouragement when he heard this: "This time the port of Azeum was attacked by the troops of the Tang Empire, and the loss of our Monia Empire is too great, you must know that the port of Azeum has the largest shipyard of our Monia Empire, in addition to the six Champion-class super dreadnought battleships and six Victory-class battlecruisers that are about to be completed, there are also a large number of warships under construction at the Azeum Shipyard, and the First Fleet has gathered almost eighty percent of the strength of our Monia Royal Navy, Now it's all trophies! ”
Prime Minister Toliczka sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, we can only mobilize more land forces to recapture Port Azeum as soon as possible, and strive to minimize the losses this time." ”
Emperor Ippoli asked with a somewhat gloomy face: "The Tang Empire army occupies the fort of Azeum Harbor, and there are a large number of Tang Empire warships in Azeum Harbor, how easy is it to recapture Azem Harbor!" ”
Unlike the sad face of the Monia Empire Emperor Ippoli, the Tang Empire Emperor Su Yi was full of joy at this time.
Su Yi had already received a prompt from the system, congratulating him on capturing fourteen super dreadnought battleships and fourteen battle cruisers of the enemy, including the six Champion-class super dreadnought battleships and six Victory-class battlecruisers under construction in the Port Azeum shipyard.
These twelve giant ships have been basically completed, only some interior decoration has not been completed, and even the twelve giant ships have completed a sea trial, carried out a test of the power system, and checked whether there is a problem with the hull structure and whether the bottom of the ship is leaking, and finally the twelve giant ships have met the design requirements in these aspects, that is to say, these twelve giant ships that have not yet completely completed the construction can be completely driven away by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
The Royal Navy of the Tang Empire only needs to continue to complete the interior decoration of these twelve giant ships, conduct one or two sea trials, and finally complete the painting, so that these twelve giant ships can join the sequence of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, so the system can determine that these twelve giant ships were captured by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, plus the eight Champion-class and eight Victory-class of the First Fleet of the Monia Royal Navy. All of a sudden, Su Yi was systematically rewarded with fourteen Japanese Nagato-class super dreadnought battleships and fourteen British Hood-class battlecruisers.
The Nagato-class super dreadnought battleship, the first fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire has been equipped with three, and the Hood-class battlecruiser Hood is the last battle cruiser built by the British Royal Navy, and is regarded as the pride of the British Royal Navy after its service.
The Hood-class battle cruiser, with a standard displacement of 41,125 tons, a full load displacement of 46,880 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, was armed with four twin 42-caliber 381 mm main guns, twelve 140-mm secondary guns, four 102-mm anti-aircraft guns, four 533-mm torpedo tubes, broadside main armor 305 mm, deck armor 76 mm, main turret armor 381 mm, and a crew of 1,341 people.
The system rewards, plus the captured, are equivalent to making the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire have twenty-eight more super dreadnought battleships and twenty-eight battle cruisers at once, and they have achieved such great results, but the price paid is very small, no wonder Su Yi's face is smiling like a flower.
In the Xiande Hall in the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, Su Yi smiled and said to Wang Chengliang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire: "Hurry up and let the Third Fleet bring back the six Champion-class and six Victory-class ships in the Port Azeum Shipyard, plus the eight Champion-class and eight Victory-class captured in the port of Azeum, but fourteen super dreadnought battleships and fourteen battlecruisers, this raid on Port Azeum, the Royal Navy has made a lot of money!" ”
Wang Chengliang said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there would be a heavy fog in Azeum Harbor, it seems that God is also on the side of our Tang Empire, thanks to the fact that two marine brigades went with us this time, otherwise it may be impossible to bring back all the captured warships because there are too many captured warships." ”
At this time, Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, suddenly said to Su Yi: "Your Majesty, in the Port Azem Shipyard, in addition to the six Champion-class and six Victory-class, there are also a large number of warships under construction in the Monia Navy, but many of these warships have only been partially completed, and it will take a long time before they are completed, but if our Datang Empire can occupy Port Azem for a long time, we can complete the construction of these warships and add them to the sequence of our Royal Navy." ”
Su Yi listened to Zhang Qihui's suggestion, but he was a little moved, after all, after this raid on Azeum Port, the Monia Navy could not pose much threat to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire in a short period of time, and as long as there was the support of naval warships, the Army of the Monia Empire wanted to recapture Azem Port, it was simply an impossible task, not to mention that the twelve batteries in Azeum Port also completely fell into the hands of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire.
Su Yi turned his head to He Yunfei, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, and asked, "Yunfei, what do you think of Qihui's suggestion?" ”
He Yunfei pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if our Tang Empire occupies Port Azeum for a long time, the Monia Empire will inevitably mobilize heavy troops to try to recapture Port Azeum, in this way, Port Azeum is likely to be shrouded in war for a long time, and the shipyards in Port Azem are also likely to be affected, in addition, if we occupy only one Port of Azem, we not only need to transport a large number of shipbuilding materials from the Tang Empire to Port Azeum, but also have to transfer a large number of engineers and workers from various shipyards in China, Enter the shipyard in Port Azeum. ”
After a pause, He Yunfei continued: "Of course, there is also an advantage to occupying Port Azeum for a long time, that is, you can use Port Azeum as bait to continuously consume the strength of the Monia Empire's army, so that the Monia Empire cannot be distracted from the war in other regions. ”
He Yunfei's words made Su Yi hesitate, and then Su Yi asked Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, "Chengliang, what is your opinion?" ”
Wang Chengliang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, now the shipbuilding industry of our Tang Empire is developing rapidly, at the beginning of next year, the thirty-six Zhenyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six Dingyuan-class battlecruisers built by our Tang Empire will all be delivered to the Royal Navy, and dozens of large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers built by our Tang Empire have joined the sequence of the Royal Navy, and by the end of this year, nearly two hundred of these three types of warships can still be put into service. Therefore, the minister thinks that the shipyard in Port Azeum is actually not too important to our Tang Empire, and the six most valuable Champion and six Victory classes in the Port Azeum Shipyard have been acquired by our Royal Navy. ”
The Zhenyuan-class super dreadnought battleship is designed by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire with reference to the Queen Elizabeth class and the Bavarian class, with five twin-mounted 42 times the caliber of 381 mm main guns, and the maximum speed can reach 25 knots.
The Dingyuan-class battlecruiser is designed by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire with reference to the King Kong-class battlecruiser and the prestige-class battlecruiser, with four twin-mounted 42 times the caliber of 381 mm main gun, the maximum speed can reach 31 knots, the construction of the Dingyuan-class is the same as that of the Zhenyuan-class, and at present, there are fourteen large shipyards in the Tang Empire, a total of 36 Dingyuan-class ships are under construction.
The reason why Su Yi named the two giant ships Zhenyuan-class and Dingyuan-class was to commemorate another time and space, a tragic navy in history.
Su Yi nodded slightly and said: "Since the most valuable things in Azeum Port have been grabbed by us, then there is no need to occupy Azeum Port, after all, it will take half a month from our Tang Empire to Azeum Port at the earliest, in case the Monia Empire does not give up the attack on Azeum Port, then the logistical pressure on our Tang Empire's army will be too great." ”
Zhang Qihui, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, also said at this time: "Actually, it's okay to give up Port Azeum, anyway, the most valuable things in Port Azeum have already been obtained by our Royal Navy, but when we retreat, we can't cheapen the Monia Empire, at least we have to blow up Port Azeum." ”
In addition to the 19th Infantry Regiment of the Royal Monia Army, units of the 8th Infantry Regiment and the 12th Infantry Regiment of the Royal Monia Army later joined the counterattack on Port Azeem.
It's a pity that the two field infantry divisions of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire have twelve batteries in Azeum Harbor and the artillery support of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
In the end, the three infantry regiments of the Monia Royal Army entered the largest military port of the Monia Empire in the early morning of May 8, 3014 in the Tang calendar.
It was not the three infantry corps of the Monia Royal Army that broke through the defense line of the two field infantry divisions of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire in Azem City, but the army of the Tang Empire took the initiative to withdraw from Azeum Port.
When the Royal Army of Monia regained Port Azeem, it was found that the entire Port of Azem could no longer be seen in its original appearance.
The twelve forts in Azeum Harbor became twelve ruins at this time, which was when the Royal Army of the Tang Empire evacuated, detonating a large number of remaining shells in the forts, and blowing up all the twelve forts.
In addition, many port facilities in Port Azeum, including many warehouses for stockpiling supplies, were also blown up before the withdrawal of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and the worst was the Port Azeum Shipyard.
The largest shipyard in the Monia Empire has a total of 12 new docks of 50,000 tons, 12 docks of 40,000 tons, 10 docks of 30,000 tons, 10 docks of 20,000 tons, and more than 60 docks of less than 10,000 tons.
When the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire withdrew, all of these hundreds of docks were bombed and dilapidated, and the Monia Empire wanted to restore these hundreds of docks, and the amount of work was almost equal to rebuilding hundreds of docks.
The Royal Navy of the Tang Empire just took away the six Champion-class super dreadnought battleships and six Victory-class battlecruisers that were basically completed in this shipyard, as well as the six large armored cruisers, eight light cruisers and twelve destroyers that were nearly completed, and the remaining warships under construction in the dockyard were not of much value because they were not completed, and they were also blown up by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
Of course, the biggest gain of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire was the almost complete capture of the First Fleet of the Monia Navy.
More than 30 warships of the Royal Navy's Azeum Port garrison fleet, as well as more than 200 passenger ships, cargo ships and military transport ships parked in Azeum Harbor, were all packed and taken away by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
When Pifanu, the commander of the First Fleet of the Monia Royal Navy, returned to Port Azem and saw the empty port and the ruined shipyard, he couldn't help but be angry, and suddenly spurted out a large mouthful of blood, and then fainted on the dock of Port Azeem.