Chapter 191: The End
[Kavin, sitting in front of the computer and staring dryly for more than half an hour, not a word came out]
At 8 a.m. on 27 August, the combined Anglo-French fleet set off amid cheers at the Hong Kong docks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At 10 a.m. on 28 August, Fang Jinglong led more than 3,500 men from the 1st Division of the 9th Division of the Han Army to attack Hong Kong, and more than 500 men from a battalion of the 9th Division to attack Macao.
At 11:10, after the Portuguese defenders were killed by the Han army, the governor Joseph Gao surrendered to the Han army, and the Han army regained Macao.
At 11:30 a.m., Lieutenant General Roberts led less than 500 British soldiers to flee to the Hong Kong pier, where they fled by boat and fled in the direction of Vietnam.
At 11:42 a.m. on 29 August, the bombing airship formation of the Han Kingdom Air Force launched an attack on the British and French combined fleet from the air.
At 1:28 p.m., the main battleships (ironclads and cruisers) of the Anglo-French combined fleet were either sunk by the bombing airship formation of the air force of the Han Kingdom, or surrendered to the Han Kingdom.
At this time, the main warships of the Nanyang Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom had already acted separately to intercept the remaining ships of the British and French combined fleet.
When the Air Force bombed the airship formation and completed the task of destroying the main force of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, it also relied on its speed to catch up with the remaining ships of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet.
At 4:15 p.m., the last stubborn gunboat of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet was sunk by a "little fat" of the No. 7 airship of the Air Force bombing airship formation, and the air battle in the Taiwan Sea ended in a complete victory for the Han Kingdom.
In this battle, the Han Kingdom dispatched the air force to bomb the airship formation, the Beiyang Fleet, and the Nanyang Fleet, and the sea and air forces cooperated to defeat the enemy's British and French combined fleet, and their own losses: one gunboat was seriously injured, three battleships were slightly damaged, 13 people were killed and 48 people were wounded, and the air force did not suffer much loss in bombing the airship formation, and the flight altitude of each airship was too low, causing the enemy soldiers to use rifles to pierce a small hole in the airship, which was not a big problem for the airship to fly.
The Han Kingdom captured one ironclad ship of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet: the 5,915-ton Baya-class ironclad ship "White Watt"; three cruisers: the cruiser "Forfitt", the cruiser "Kaisheng", and the cruiser "Roland", and 14 other ships, with a total tonnage of more than 17,000 tons, and a total of 1,863 British and French prisoners.
However, the four capital ships of the British and French combined fleets that were captured were also damaged on their bodies, especially the "White Watt" ironclad and the "Roland" cruiser had to be overhauled.
As for the remaining 54 ships of the Anglo-French combined fleet, all of which were sunk into the sea by the bombing airship formation, the Beiyang Fleet, and the Nanyang Fleet of the Han Kingdom's air force, the total of nearly 8,714 officers and soldiers of the Anglo-French combined fleet, and 1,863 of them were captured, and most of the remaining remained in the sea forever, and I am afraid that no more than 300 people could survive.
After the battle, Yan Ji led the Air Force bombing airship formation back to Fujian Tangchuan Air Base, and most of the Air Force bombing airship formation rested here for a night before returning to the Yuanhe City Air Base in Siqi, and Yan Ji will take the No. 1 airship to rush back overnight to bring the news of the great victory of the Han Kingdom in the sea and air battle in Taiwan back to Yuanhe City.
There is no way, at this time, Fujian did not have a telephone and cable telegram to connect Siqi, and could not quickly transmit the news back to Siqi, but there were carrier pigeons that could deliver the news, but the carrier pigeons also had certain limitations, and even the speed could not catch up with the airship of the Air Force, so Yan Ji decided to personally send the news back to Yuanhe City, Siqi Province.
At 2:37 p.m. on 30 July, the airship landed at the Yuanhe City Air Base in Siqiyuanhe, and after getting off the airship, Yan Di immediately used the telephone in the air base to call the Han Palace.
From the day the Air Force bombed the airship formation and left the Siqiyuanhe City Air Force Base, the hearts of Yan Xueyi and the high-ranking people of the Han Kingdom also began to rise.
The imminent outbreak of the Great War will decide the fate of the Han Kingdom, once the Air Force bombs the airship formation, the Beiyang Fleet, and the Nanyang Fleet together and cannot defeat the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, then the Han Kingdom will no longer have any strength to stop the Anglo-French Combined Fleet, and the ships of the Anglo-French Combined Fleet will wreak havoc on the long coastline of the Great Han Kingdom.
The wait was always long, and during the five days from the 26th to the 30th, the high-ranking people of the Han Kingdom did not want to sleep at night, and they were always worried about the imminent outbreak of the Great War.
The same is true for Yan Xueyi, who is in the palace of the Han Dynasty, he is not in the mood to accompany his wife and children, and spends most of the day in the study, silent.
Although the pre-war plan was perfect, there were too many accidents, once the big war opened on the day of the storm was very strong, then the air force bombed half of the airship formation, and with the strength of the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet, it was impossible to defeat the Anglo-French combined fleet, or the Anglo-French combined fleet did not directly go to the 'Pacific Fleet' for a decisive battle, but harassed the coastal areas of the Han Kingdom......
When the phone call from the air base Yan Ji entered the Han Palace, the words "We will annihilate the British and French combined fleet" came out of the microphone of the phone, Yan Xueyi finally breathed a sigh of relief, Yan Xueyi did not let Yan Ji continue, and asked Yan Ji to hurry up and come to the Han Palace and tell it in person.
Moreover, Yan Xueyi also thought that his courtiers were also waiting for this news, so he left to call them to inform them of the news of the victory of the Han Kingdom over the combined fleet of Britain and France, and at the same time asked them to hurry up to the Han Palace.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a group of high-ranking people from Yuanhe City and the Han Kingdom gathered at the gate of the Han Palace, looking into the distance.
"It's coming!" Cheng Ying was the first to see several horses galloping towards the Han Palace, and at this time, only Yan Qi could come to the Han Palace.
Of course, with Yan Xueyi's extraordinary physical fitness, he can clearly see the face of Yan Yi on a war horse.
After a while, Yan Di and his party came to the front of the Han Palace, Yan Di dismounted and quickly walked in front of Yan Xueyi and gave Yan Xueyi a standard military salute.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!" This is Yan Xueyi's voice.
"Wan Sheng!" This is the voice of Minister of Military Affairs Cheng Ying and Minister of Police Gao Yunfei.
"Welcome back our great hero." Yan Xueyi stretched out his hand and patted Yan Qi's shoulder and said.
Hearing Yan Xueyi's words, Yan Ji said excitedly: "Surrender to Santo, lead the air force to annihilate the British and French combined fleet with the cooperation of the navy, and did not let go of any enemy ships." ”
Yan Xueyi waved his hand to stop Yan Qi from continuing to speak, and then said to Yan Qi and the ministers: "Let's go in and talk, and listen to our big hero tell how he destroyed the combined British and French fleet." ”
"The ministers obey."
Then everyone walked into the meeting of the Han Palace, and Yan Di began to narrate this sea and air battle for everyone, while Yan Xueyi and others listened carefully and rarely interrupted Yan Di's words. (To be continued.) )