Chapter 66: Epilogue
The battle at sea is nearing the end, at this time, the gun deck part of the Overlord has been fired many times and caused a large explosion, the whole battleship is already in the sea of fire, some brave sailors are still desperately pumping water to put out the fire, but just looking at the blazing foredeck and the only two masts left, the overlord that has lost power has no way to escape. The total loss of the Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info gun deck left the Overlord defenseless, and in this case, it was only a matter of time before it sank.
Vincennes seems to have had some better luck than the Overlord for the time being, at least not yet. But a shell from nowhere landed near its waterline, and the strong pressure of the explosion squeezed through the hull, and the outside was not visible for a while, but the inside was half-filled with the raging seawater. The Vincent's hull had begun to tilt to the right, and the sailors nervously moved the ballast to the left side of the hull, trying to keep the hull as balanced as possible. The carpenters on the ship are frantically carrying the ship's materials to the bilge, trying to repair the leakage, the ships of this era do not have the concept of watertight cabins, if large ships have the danger of entering the waterline, if they cannot be eliminated at the first time, they will often sink directly, and they cannot even be saved.
The gunners on the Vincennes still insisted on fighting, but the barrels used by these pirates to fire cannonballs had no fire, and the sound was very soft, and when the guns on their side roared into the sky, the other side was quiet, which made it almost impossible for them to find the exact location of the enemy, and they could only shoot at the sea area where there were probably pirates. So despite the Vincennes' fierce fighting, it did not pose a threat to these light warships of the Chinese Navy in the slightest.
"It's really nothing," said the example who was standing on the deck of the Dongfeng, looking out at the battlefield in the distance, and beside him was a group of non-combat veterans. "In the era of battleships, the two sides were several kilometers apart, shooting at each other, like a group of eggs wielding hammers at each other, to see who would win the big luck first."
When receiving the battle warning, a send-off party was being held on the Dongfeng, preparing to bid farewell to the veterans who would leave Pingnan tomorrow. With the arrival of the invasion warning, the veterans of the military department returned to the various combat units to prepare for battle, and these non-combat veterans were asked to stay on the Dongfeng. You must know that the huge steel ship of the Dongfeng is definitely no less than the "Yamato" of the United Fleet in the legends of later generations, this kind of huge steel ship with a length of more than 160 meters and a width of more than 20 meters, for the few warships that are only 70 meters long and more than 10 meters wide to attack Dongfang Port today, they are simply the existence of Star Destroyers, and with the smoothbore artillery of this time and space, it is impossible to penetrate the hull of the Dongfang if it is close to 10 meters. Even if these enemies plan to seize this huge ship, they can only take the method of jumping gangs, but the boat gang that comes to the ship is also a lot shorter than the Dongfeng, and they don't need to count on the methods of climbing ladders and swinging ropes, not to mention that there is still an arsenal on the Dongfeng, which contains more than 100 automatic weapons, as well as RPGs.
Yang Feng was nervous and excited in the cockpit at this time looking at the hot naval battle outside, he was just a third mate on an ordinary freighter in the old time and space, although he had always dreamed of being able to drive a battleship on the sea, but this boy who did not participate in the navy was absolutely impossible to realize his dream in the old time and space, until he participated in the crossing. In fact, when he was purchasing ships, he followed Bu Zhongfu to look for a long time in the retired ships of the navy, but either he could only disassemble and not use, or he was quite disappointed that there was only an empty frame of retired naval warships left, and finally only bought four naval fishing boats. When he arrived in the new time and space, he couldn't help but feel a deep disappointment, the main body of the navy was still based on the four 8154 fishing boats, and these new time and space tamperers were still called cruisers...... Finally seized two sailboats, the big five-masted ship was actually bought by the Ministry of Commerce, leaving a Chunxiao. He wanted to become the captain of the Chunxiao, but he was completely unfamiliar with the operation of the sail battleship, and the noun of the sail cable system alone almost broke his head, let alone flexibly issue orders according to the wind direction, so he could only watch Yang Junbo, who had played the "dragon slaying technique" of commanding the sail battleship back then, snatch the command of the Chunxiao. At this time, he couldn't help but look at his command platform angrily, there are still many instruments on it that have not sent back information, since the Dongfeng entered the port, the ship's equipment has been maintained and sealed, and the Senate has not even had the idea of moving the Dongfeng for three months. At this time, after receiving the battle alarm, he dragged Zhang Zefeng to the wheelhouse, and when he arrived in the wheelhouse, he found that the ship could not be started without an hour of cleaning, so he sent Zhang Zefeng and several veterans of the mechanic department to the power cabin to prepare.
However, at this time, the Overlord and Vincennes who were outside the harbor did not have the idea of fighting the Dongfeng, and the Overlord was now seriously flooded in the front compartment, and the entire bow of the ship had been tilted to the water, and people could even walk from the aft tower all the way to the water. There were no fixed things on the deck - supplies, cartridges, cannons, at this time like dumplings fell straight into the sea, and the sailors also knew that the ship could not be saved at all, and began to jump to the shore one after another, as for why not swim to the Vincennes, now the hull of the Vincennes has tilted more than thirty degrees to the left, and those who have eyes know that the Vincennes is also not saved. Ston just calmly hugged the handrail on the back deck at this time, looking at the killing gods in the distance who were wandering in the darkness firing cannonballs at them, he couldn't help but wipe the wet corners of his eyes with his hand, what had he not encountered in more than ten years of crisscrossing the sea? But the most ferocious enemy that has been encountered before today is as ridiculous as a suckling doll compared to today's iron clippers of the Chinese Navy, and the six Fengrui-class battleships of his own fleet are replaced by other places, even if they conquer an island country, but they are beaten to the ground under the guns of others, as if they are devastated. He couldn't help but think back to their confident military discussion a few hours ago, the fleet that was determined to win was now only two ships left, and it was still besieged in the harbor at this time, and at a glance he knew that they were planning to capture these two ships, but the Aror and Carson in front of him had nothing to do unless they scuttled through the bottom of the ship and sank themselves. But this is someone's port, and salvage and repair are not easy things to do? Ston now recalled his great exploits in the Medenor Navy, but at this time it was as ridiculous as a passing cloud, and the tricks were exhausted, and in the end he still sank with the ship.
"Officers and men of the Maidno Navy, I am Manteson, chief of staff of the Turkish barbarian army, you have done your best, there is no need to fight any more, there is no need to shed blood and sacrifice for this war that does not belong to us, the Chinese said, as long as you lay down your arms and surrender, you will ensure the safety of your lives and personal property." A loud sound rang out from many places throughout the harbor, froze the Meedno people who heard it. This is said in the Medenor language, and it is very standard and fluent, not like the tone of the Annam or the Wuguo people who learn Medenor, but how can there be Medenor people here shouting for these pirates? And it's still so loud?
Manteson was sitting in the studio, speaking loudly into a microphone. Since he was captured, he has not confessed, but these strange Chinese did not intend to torture him in the slightest, but did not allow him to sleep, illuminated him with strong lights, and interrogated him in four or five shifts a day, and after a few days he finally compromised, not only explaining the plans of the Maidno people, but even the fact that he stole a priceless milk bottle from the sea city when he was a child. Today's battle he has been listening to the live broadcast, the Chinese elders guarding him have been turning on the walkie-talkie, the frequent conversations in it make him very clear about the entire battle process, although he does not know what kind of spell these Chinese use to transmit the sound so clearly, but he clearly knows that the casualties of the Medeno fleet are very huge, the fleet of six ships has only two left at this time, and the land battle is also lost, if these Chinese army is not to reduce their own casualties, It is estimated that he would have rushed to finish out all the sailors a long time ago. At this time, when he saw Yang Minghuan running in to read the persuasion document to him, he agreed without saying a word, after all, they were of the same clan, and they were naturally willing to cooperate knowing that there was a chance for them to survive.
The Medeno sailors who stormed the five-star square were now besieged in several buildings, their cannons were discarded in hand-to-hand combat, most of the sailors were killed or wounded in the battle, and many of them died under the shotguns fired by their own men, and even more sailors were killed by the shotguns than the Chinese soldiers. In their panic, they were besieged from two directions, and had to retreat into several street-side houses, which were only about two stories long, and there were not many rooms, and there were no hostages to take in them, and they were all huddled behind the piled up tables and chairs, and looked out.
In the distance, the pirates on the side of the plaza were pushing a cart this way, stopping beyond the range of their guns, and then methodically doing something around the cart at the officer's command. A person slowly walked to the front, holding up something like a horn to them, and then a clear voice of the military official came, "Maidno people, I am Li Jieqi, the commander of the Senate Army, the crimes you committed against Dongfang Port today are very serious, but they have not reached the point of unforgivability, put down your weapons and fly the white flag and come out, we guarantee your safety, but if you want to resist to the end, we will definitely accompany you, I hope you will not go further and further on the wrong road, I'll give you sixty seconds to think about it, and ...... from now on."
Before Li Jieqi finished speaking, a fire appeared from the window of the house in the distance, and with a "bang", a recalcitrant Medeno sailor shot at him. Before he could speak, he heard a loud voice shouting from the direction of the machine gun platoon behind him, "Machine gun fire!" Then came the deafening sound of gunfire.