Chapter 339: Sydney Falls
In the dark night sky, countless lines of fire suddenly appeared, crossing like meteors.
A terrible siren sounded over the Garden Island, but in an instant it was swallowed up by a roaring explosion.
Near the harbor wharf, there are piles of all kinds of materials ready to be transported to the front line, tens of thousands of boxes of guns and ammunition, and piles of coal, when the shells explode on it, it instantly triggers a super explosion.
Boom Boom Boom ......
In an instant, the mountain collapsed and cracked, like a ten-magnitude earthquake, and the flames of the explosion rose into the air, up to a thousand meters, like a volcano suddenly erupting, instantly illuminating the entire night sky, and countless ammunition boxes were knocked into the air, and then smashed down in all directions, a series of explosions, as if the end was coming.
All the branches of the British army working on the docks were instantly stunned, and their eyes were full of fear.
"Run!"
"Help!"
The British troops who were the first to come back to their senses turned around and ran, but the blast wave of the explosion was faster, and the next second it tore the British troops who tried to escape to pieces, and then everything within a radius of seven or eight hundred meters was destroyed and crushed to the ground, and then it was engulfed in flames and thick smoke.
There were a large number of transport ships moored in the harbor, as well as some warships, some of which were urgently activated by the British in an attempt to escape, and some had to turn their guns and aim at the warships of the Chinese Empire that had broken into the harbor in an attempt to return fire.
However, their speed was still too slow, and more than a dozen mine-striking ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy quickly approached and simultaneously launched Fish Radium.
Boom! Boom!
With the sound of violent explosions, the British battleships were severely damaged one after another, one after another exploded and sank, and the unprotected transport ships turned into flames in the blink of an eye, and were blown to pieces.
Knock knock......
More and more warships of the Chinese Empire entered the harbor, and they constantly opened fire, bombarding targets in all directions, destroying everything as quickly as possible.
All guns were loaded with blasting shells. It's more destructive. In particular, the Hsiungfeng-class battleships and Dingyuan-class ironclad ships have unmatched power from the 305-mm main guns, and every time a shell falls on the shore, it will explode a huge crater with a diameter of more than 10 meters and a depth of more than 1 meter, and even the soil will be instantly scorched. The blast wave instantly destroyed everything within a radius of 100 meters. If you hit a building on the shore, you can destroy a building with a single shot, and the earth and rocks will fly, and the smoke and dust will billu.
The cannon roared, endlessly, the flames were flying, the scorching sky was scorching, and the entire Huayuan Island Military Port was red in the blink of an eye.
"What about the battery, why don't you fire back?"
"How is the radium arranged? Why did the enemy come in so easily? ”
Rear Admiral Lu Jie, commander of the Huayuan Island Naval Base, learned that the Imperial Chinese fleet had quietly broken into the military port. When he came to the vicinity of the wharf, he saw that the entire wharf was in flames, hundreds of thousands of tons of military supplies had been destroyed, tens of thousands of British logistics personnel had only escaped a few hundred, and the area within a radius of several kilometers was full of charred corpses, and blood stained the sea water.
"Follow me to the fort!"
As soon as Lu Jie finished speaking, he saw explosions on the fort hills on the left and right sides one after another. Clouds of fiery red mushrooms rose into the sky and looked from afar. It seems to have become a beacon in the dark night.
The batteries on the hills on both sides of the Huayuan Island Naval Base usually aim their guns in the direction of the sea, and the Chinese Imperial Fleet had the military deployment map of Huayuan Island, and entered the inner harbor along a safe route without water radium, and when the British defenders on the batteries reacted, their artillery could no longer hit the enemy ships. In turn, the warships of the Chinese Empire sailed into the inner harbor. Artillery could be raised from the opposite direction to attack the British batteries from behind.
In this way, before the British battery had time to turn its muzzle, it was accurately hit by the naval guns of the Imperial Chinese Navy.
"How is that possible?" Lu Jie was surprised, and felt that the naval guns of the Imperial Chinese Navy were too accurate. In the darkness of the night, how did they know exactly where the British batteries were?
The next moment, Lu Jie realized the problem, and he guessed that the Imperial Chinese Navy had come prepared, and it was clear that it had mastered the military deployment of the Huayuan Island base.
"Damn it!" Lu Jie was so angry that he almost vomited blood, this is the naval base he has operated for many years, and he originally planned to use it as a promotion qualification, but now he is afraid that it will be in vain.
"Send a report immediately to inform the base camp that the Huayuan Island Naval Base has been attacked by the main fleet of the Chinese Imperial Navy!"
"Send someone to send a letter to Admiral Matt immediately, telling him that the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy is all in Sydney, and ask him to quickly mobilize the main force of the British Imperial Navy to encircle and suppress!"
"Also, inform the Governor of Australia!"
After Lu Jie gave the order, the whole person was immediately paralyzed to the ground, and his eyes were glazed to watch the Chinese Imperial Navy ravage his naval base with artillery, his heart was dripping blood, and his face was full of cattle.
The Imperial Chinese Navy carried out a heavy artillery bombardment of the Huayuan Island Naval Base for more than five hours, and by dawn the next day, the entire inner harbor of the Garden Island was reduced to ashes, and all kinds of military and valuable targets were destroyed.
But the battle was not over, and after dawn, Chen Shaoyi ordered the Chinese Imperial Marines to begin landing, preparing to capture the land targets at the Garden Island Naval Base, as well as capture Sydney, destroying or plundering all British supplies.
An hour later, the 3rd Marine Brigade landed lightly and, under the cover of naval guns, quickly launched an attack on the high ground around Garden Island. The British defenders, frightened by the heavy artillery fire of the previous night, put up a little resistance and fled.
Lu Jie shot six British officers in succession, but he still could not stop the British army from fleeing. He scolded loudly, knowing that he had no power to return to the sky, so he had to reluctantly evacuate the Garden Island Naval Base in three steps and one turn.
With the military deployment map provided by the Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D., the Chinese Imperial Army completely occupied the Huayuan Island Naval Base in only two hours.
At noon, all the heavy equipment of the 3rd Marine Brigade was disembarked, and heavy artillery was deployed around the Garden Island base to defend against a counterattack by British troops from Sydney.
However, the British army in Sydney did not come to recover the Garden Island Naval Base, at this moment the city of Sydney has been in chaos, a large number of British people rushed to flee the city, although the British army in Sydney still has a reserve division, but they are all recruits who have not been trained for a long time, lack of combat effectiveness, because the elite British troops have all been transferred to Guam to attack Guam Fortress. In addition, more than 10,000 British wounded and sick soldiers were also wounded in the battle of Fort Guam and sent back to Sydney for treatment.
Sydney had never experienced a war since it was ruled by the British, and it didn't even have a decent fortification. How to face the advanced equipment and strong combat effectiveness of the Chinese Empire's Shence Army, from the British Governor of Australia down, no one dares to say that they can defend Sydney.
After two o'clock in the afternoon, the 3rd Marine Brigade of the Imperial Chinese Empire completed complete control of the Huayuan Island Naval Base, and at the same time completed the reconnaissance of the situation in Sydney. With the intelligence support and guidance of the agents of the Sydney Intelligence Station of the Chinese S.H.I.E.L.D., the 3rd Marine Brigade began to launch an attack on the city of Sydney.
At the same time, the main force of the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet also sailed out of the inner harbor of the Garden Island Naval Base, along Jackson Bay, and into the world's largest natural harbor north of Sydney - Port Jackson.
Sydney's geographical location is dominated by a peninsula jutting out of the bay, which produces more than 70 natural harbours, of which Port Jackson is the largest, with more than 100,000 annual flights from here to transport Australian wool and ore to the UK.
When the Imperial Chinese Navy fleet sailed into Port Jackson. There are also thousands of large and small ships moored in the port, there are four 10,000-ton ore carriers alone, and other 5,000-ton, 3,000-ton, hundred-ton, and dozens of tonnage ships are lined up in the entire harbor wharf.
Since the Imperial Chinese Navy had blockaded the entire Jackson Bay last night, all the ships in Sydney could not leave the port, and the owners of these ships were terrified. I was afraid that the next moment his ship would be sunk by a cannon from a warship of the Imperial Chinese Navy.
"How can you sink so many good things?"
"It's all Lao Tzu!"
"Bahaha!"
Chen Shaoyi rarely laughed wildly. I was so excited, so many big ships were enough to move Sydney's gold, silver, treasures and all kinds of supplies back to the Chinese Empire, which meant a great credit.
"When you fire the cannon for a while, don't damage those big ships to Lao Tzu!"
The commanders of the ships received the order and then ordered the guns to be fired.
Knock knock!
As soon as the cannon rang out, the British troops on the shore were suddenly blown up. The defensive position that was finally built with sandbags was razed to the ground in front of the giant ship's cannons.
"Oh mom, it's too cruel, run!"
These British soldiers who had just joined the army not long ago. They were all recruited by the locals temporarily, and nine out of ten were ruffians who couldn't get along and didn't take the dignity of the British Empire into account at all.
The British army dispersed, and the shipowners who were secretly observing the situation around them suddenly wept and were as sad as their father, because they knew that their ship would soon be "confiscated" by the enemy.
It was useless to cry, their lives mattered, and the shipowners fled quickly, and in the blink of an eye the harbor was empty.
The Fourth Marine Brigade of the Imperial Chinese Navy then began to land, and the first group of Shence soldiers were lightly armed and quickly advanced to the city of Sydney to search for the movements of the British army. Then the heavy equipment began to come ashore, and the remaining units of the 4th Marine Brigade began to assemble.
Just as the Chinese Empire's Shence Army was attacking Sydney, the news had been quickly transmitted back to Britain by telegram.
Benjamin urgently convened a hearing to demand an explanation from the military.
"Sydney was attacked by the Chinese Imperial Army, the question is how did they suddenly appear in Sydney?"
"That's right, intelligence indicates that the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy is heading for Guam!"
"Sydney is indeed being attacked by the Chinese Imperial Army, the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy, the Pacific Fleet, is all in Sydney, and they raided the Garden Island Naval Base last night!"
"The Huayuan Island Naval Base has fallen this morning, and hundreds of thousands of tons of military supplies have either been destroyed or captured by the Chinese Imperial Army, the latter of which is equivalent to financing the enemy, and the consequences are unimaginable."
The atmosphere in the conference room was tense. Compared with the loss of hundreds of thousands of tons of military supplies, the occupation of the Huayuan Island naval base has become insignificant. Because hundreds of thousands of tons of military supplies, worth tens of millions of pounds, not counting the loss of money, if the main fleet of the British Imperial Navy lost supplies, the result would be miserable. How can you fight the Chinese Imperial Army without guns and ammunition at that time? Is it impossible to bite people with your teeth? Even steel teeth are not easy to make!
The thought of hundreds of thousands of tons of military supplies being destroyed or funding the enemy made Benjamin breathless and forced himself not to spew old blood.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is very grim now, Matt has transferred the elite British troops to Guam to fight, Australia is empty, once it is captured by the Chinese Imperial Army, then the British Empire will completely lose control of the Pacific Ocean, and even Matt and the main force of the Royal Navy of the British Empire will be defeated by the Chinese Imperial Navy due to the lack of coal and cannonballs, and it will eventually seriously threaten the British Empire, this is the moment of life and death."
Hearing Benjamin's heavy words, other parliamentarians and military personnel also felt the seriousness of the situation.
However, even if they knew the seriousness of the situation, even if they were to go into battle in person, they would not be able to fly to Sydney immediately.
"Let Matt immediately lead the main force of the Royal Navy to return to the aid and annihilate the Imperial Chinese Navy in one fell swoop!"
Some lawmakers immediately suggested that this was also the final decision, because Benjamin and the others really couldn't think of any other way, and it was too late to send troops from other British colonies to reinforce Australia.
It's just that even if Matt is notified to rescue Sydney quickly, it will take six days to go back and forth, after all, there is no radio communication equipment, so the fastest ship can only be sent to manually notify Matt. If Matt's fleet is delayed, I'm afraid ten days and eight days are possible.
The question is, can Sydney hold out for ten days and eight days?
The answer is clearly no!
Sydney may not be able to hold out for three days, this is because Benjamin and others overestimated the combat effectiveness of the British Imperial Army.
In fact, if Benjamin knew that the British army in Sydney had a division, plus more than 10,000 wounded British troops, a total of more than 30,000 people, and faced more than 10,000 people in the two marine brigades of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, he would have given up Sydney without even holding on for a day, and it is estimated that he would immediately vomit blood in anger.
The British army in Sydney has a whole division, but most of them are new recruits, and the elite have been transferred to the front line in Guam to fight, while the experienced veterans are all wounded and are lying in Sydney's major hospitals for surgical treatment.
The streets and alleys of Sydney were filled with gunfire, and the Chinese Imperial Shence Army was in a group of five and a small team of ten, driving dozens or even hundreds of British soldiers all over the streets.
Occasionally, a few bold British residents upstairs looked down from the window, and saw that the soldiers of the British Empire were being chased like dogs by the soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Army, who were several times or even dozens of times smaller than themselves, and they were immediately disappointed in the British Imperial Army.
At this moment, a group of British troops suddenly stopped, they stopped running, turned around, and faced the pursuing Chinese Imperial Army head-on.
The five soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Army, who were pursuing the British army, were also startled, and quickly stopped the pursuit, formed a battle formation, and prepared to fight on the spot. There are more than sixty British troops on the opposite side, naturally they don't dare to be careless, and the five soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Army are also sweating on their foreheads, this Nima chased a little hard, and forced people to be anxious.
The British resident upstairs suddenly burst into tears and muttered: "Yes, don't run away, the dignified soldiers of the British Empire, it is really embarrassing to be chased by the enemy like dogs, you are all heroes, you should fight the enemy to the end!" Especially ......"
Halfway through, the sound stopped abruptly.
I saw that the stopped British soldiers did not open fire and attack, but knelt on the ground, held their rifles high above their heads with both hands, and shouted in stiff Chinese: "Surrender, watch kill us!" ”
It turned out that this group of British troops was so caught up by the Chinese Imperial Army that they couldn't run, so they stopped and surrendered, they didn't realize that there were only five Chinese Imperial Army soldiers chasing them, but they were more than sixty people, they were purely stupid, and their minds were blank!
"Fake, your family!" The British residents upstairs were so angry that they closed the windows angrily.
As a result, five Chinese Imperial soldiers cautiously approached with guns, and finally disarmed and captured the more than 60 British soldiers.
At this time, on the opposite floor, a German reporter took this picture, and since then this photo of five soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Army capturing 63 British soldiers has gone viral all over the world, making the British Imperial Military lose face, and also making the prestige of the Chinese Imperial Divine Army far and wide, and clothed with more mysterious colors. As a result, when the armies of other countries encountered the Chinese Imperial Army in the future, they had not yet started fighting, and their morale was weakened by three points. (To be continued.) )