Chapter Seventy-Three: The Capture of Lindy City
The beautiful grassland surrounds Lindi City, and the individual trees are lush and green, and the farmers in Lindi City are cooking dinner peacefully as usual, and all the people are talking about the events of the day under the sunset. Suddenly, the rumbling sound of artillery was heard from a distance, and the African People's Army, which had an absolute advantage, did not encounter any major resistance, and the weak British army, which had long been frightened by the bow, was unable to resist, but only symbolically fired a few shots and then retreated into the city of Lindy. In just five days, under the attack of the mechanized troops of the People's Army, the entire province of Lindi changed.
At the first time, Lee Jun-ho received an urgent report from the front and learned that the entire province of Lindi was under full control, so he decided to issue an order to attack Lindi City
The KPA, having completed the siege of the city of Lindy, did not rush to launch an offensive on the city. However, the defenders of Lindy City thought that the rebels were afraid of their own army's navy, and were building a defense navy. So the commander of the garrison told the naval commander not far away of his conjecture. When the naval commander learned about it, he decided to retaliate again, and the last time several warships sank inexplicably, it may have hit the rocks. No matter how powerful the rebels are, there is no way to have a navy. As a result, the African Fleet of the British Navy decided to assemble 5 cruisers and 11 destroyers to take revenge on the rebels.
Then these navies again drove into the Gulf of Neighbor Dipao, and the African People's Army was bombarded with great force. But the AMA Coastal Force is not to be trifled with. As the three British warships passed unsuspectingly through the closest point between Lindy City and the western shore of the Gulf of Neighboring Dip, dozens of shells suddenly whizzed, and many columns of water more than ten feet high splashed on the sea, but only two shells hit a British destroyer of smaller tonnage. A fire broke out on the warship, and more than a dozen British sailors were either killed or stunned. It took a while for the panicked British Navy to come to their senses and shout. After all, it must have been the well-trained army of the Western military powers, Lieutenant Commander Jo Hunt on board the Ninglang, who issued a temporary flagship flag order, ordering the other two ships to line up in a "one" shape, and sending distress signals to the other British warships cruising nearby. The sentries on the Ninglang watchtower soon discovered the KPA's artillery positions on the Maxian bank and measured the direction and distance of the gun positions. Lieutenant Commander Joe Hunt received the information and raised the shelling flag. The large-caliber naval guns deafeningly poured shells onto the shore of the Neighbor Dipai Bay, and from a distance, a thick cloud of dust was raised, and many gun positions and bunkers on the artillery positions in the north were overturned, and two coastal defense guns were completely blown into the sky, and all that were blown away were some light coastal defense guns! If some fortifications had not been built in advance, the battle would have been ended with that round of shelling. For the first time, the artillery units of the African People's Army were brutally baptized.
The British Navy, which was shelling the coastal defense positions with all its might, did not expect that dozens of shells were also whistling on the coast of Zhanjiang City on the front side. The Ninglang was the most seriously injured, and the Ninglang, which was in danger of exploding at any time, was more than 100 sailors suffered casualties, and the captain of the ship, Lieutenant Commander Joe Hunt, had no choice but to abandon the ship and board another uninjured Ningkron. Later, several more British destroyers were hit by shells, and a cruiser "Lyon" suffered four shells, causing an explosion at the ammunition depot, killing more than 100 people on board, and the Lyon sinked to the bottom of the sea. The remaining warships of the British fleet, which could not fight again, sailed away from the waters of Neighbor Dip Bay with a long smoke in tow.
The British Navy, which had been aggressive, was forced to hold its tail and flee with a tiger's tail, and the African People's Army sank 5 British warships and damaged 3 in this battle. Kills of British sailors cannot be counted. The AfP Coastal Defence Unit lost 4 coastal guns, 415 soldiers killed and 213 wounded.
The picture of the navy and the rebels fighting was clearly seen by the British officers on the walls of Lindy, and when they saw that their navy ended in a crushing defeat, their whole faces suddenly turned extremely pale. At the same time, he is worried about his future.
Shortly after the African People's Army defeated the British Navy, Lee Jun-ho's order to capture the city of Lindi and liberate the entire territory of Lindy Province also arrived. After seeing the telegram, Nebron said: "The chairman has called, let's end the fighting within 24 hours." The remaining one army and the remaining two armies advanced westward to threaten Iringa Province and cooperate with the troops on the Western Front. ”
Then all the guns of the African People's Army were aimed at the walls of Lindy at a 45-degree angle, and after the commanders gave the order, the shells were fed into the chambers and the bolts were pulled. "Boom-boom-boom-" There was a loud bang. Suddenly, the entire city wall of Lindi City burst into flames, explosions continued, and a large number of soldiers were killed and injured by shells.
The African People's Army then launched an attack on Lindy City with a ladder on its shoulders. The British troops at the head of the city also resisted desperately, and the two sides fought fiercely with each other for two hours, and the positions at the head of the city changed hands repeatedly, and finally the African People's Army saw that the number of casualties was too large. Forced to stop the attack, night had fallen by this time. Therefore, we can only temporarily stop the offensive and make other plans.
Just when Nibulang was at a loss, several African People's Army soldiers came to Nibulang with a soldier dressed in a British servant army and said, "Report to the commander, we have caught a spy." ”
The servant soldier knocked away the guards left and right and said, "Lao Tzu told you that Lao Tzu is not a spy, and Lao Tzu came to discuss the surrender of Cheng at the order of our commander." ”
When Nibulang heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "Oh, are you going to really surrender?" Then tell me about your conditions. ”
"It's very simple, first, to ensure the safety of our people and property, and second, after we surrender, your People's Army must fully integrate us. After agreeing, we will light three fires in the barracks, and we can open the gates and lead your army into the city. The servant soldier said:
After hearing this, Nibron agreed without thinking, and the KPA had a precedent of integrating the servant army, that is, all the officers went to the military academy for political study and then disrupted the troop establishment and arranged to the garrison. "Okay, I'll say yes. But after the war, you officers had to go to the military school to re-study. Weapons are distributed in accordance with KPA standards. ”
Then Nebron saw the soldier's uniform and felt awkward, and when he found that his rank was major, he ordered someone to bring a set of African People's Army uniforms for them to change into, and ordered someone to quietly touch under the city gate and light three fires in the barracks, and at this moment the city gate creaked open, and finally the soldiers shouted "Kill-kill-kill......" rushed in.
At this time, the British found that the servant army had rebelled, but it was too late, so they ordered to abandon resistance and surrender, and the whole territory of Lindi Province was liberated.