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86_86661After receiving Chen Fangzheng's order, the "Hurricane" immediately waved the flag against the British "Silang": "Silang" should not make useless resistance! All the personnel on board immediately surrendered, and the result of all stubborn resistance was only a dead end! After making a final warning, we will resolutely sink the "Silang"! This is the final warning! ”

Vice Captain George shouted, "Williams, you madman, you're a gambler!" You're doing something absolutely crazy! Guardsman! Tie this guy up! Raise the flag to the Hurricane - the 'Silang' will no longer resist! All the staff surrendered out of the warehouse! ”

The three guards immediately tied Williams up. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Williams shouted angrily: "George, you pig!" You coward, you are a sinner of our British Empire! You're going to go to the gallows! ”

Lin Chong, captain of the "Hurricane," and Jiang Zilong, captain of the "Iron Lion," saw that the "Silang" waved the flag that they would no longer resist, and they simultaneously issued an order to stop the attack.

However, the commander of the Far East Fleet, Admiral Philmantel, at this moment issued an order to sail into the South China Sea at full speed to prepare for the rescue of the "Silang," and at the same time telegraphed to the British Navy Command to dispatch large-tonnage warships to the South China Sea to provide support.

At the same time, Captain Lin Chong reported to Commander Chen Fangzheng that the "Silang" had been disarmed and surrendered, but the hull of the Silang was severely damaged by our artillery bombardment, and requested that rescue ships be dispatched to organize the consignment to Hainan Island.

Chen Fangzheng ordered the "Hurricane" and the "Iron Lion" to quickly return to the team and prepare to participate in the decisive battle with the West Sea Fleet, and also transferred the ocean-going tugboat "Carriage" to clean up.

After completing the handover formalities with the "Carriage" hauling ship that had come to clean up the ship, the "Hurricane" and the "Iron Lion" handed over the British naval officers and men aboard the "Sirang" with the transport ship of the ground forces sent by General Li Chuang, and then quickly advanced at full speed toward the main force of the Hainan Fleet.

The "Hurricane" sailed less than 10 nautical miles, and on the right side spotted a group of 15 ships of the British Far East Fleet, approaching the south of our sea.

Lin Chong immediately ordered the Hurricane to immediately stop its advance, and quickly reported the situation to Commander Chen Fangzheng. Chen Fangzheng feels that the current situation is very serious.

Although there is a certain gap between the combat strength of the Far East Fleet and that of the Hainan Fleet, at present, the Hainan Fleet is facing the Japanese West Sea Fleet, which is not very strong, and although the Japanese West Sea Fleet was hastily formed, and the ships are a little old, their tonnage and combat effectiveness are by no means much inferior to the Hainan Fleet!

If the British and Japanese fleets unite to attack the Hainan Fleet, then the Hainan Fleet will be exposed to the enemy. In terms of the proportion of the number of warships, the Hainan fleet was only half of the British and Japanese fleets combined. Therefore, in this case, the situation of the Hainan fleet should be very dangerous!

The Hainan fleet is currently equipped with four large-tonnage ironclad ships, nine cruisers of 3,000 tonnage and above, and two 3,700-ton battleships. In total, fifteen battleships can be put into battle.

Although the Hainan Fleet has been built by the old prince Chen Chuwang, Chen Shichang, and Chen Fangzheng after more than 20 years of hard work, the Hainan Fleet is still relatively thin compared with the world's advanced fleets.

Although the fleet facing the South China Sea this time is technologically more advanced than Britain's Far East China Fleet and Japan's West Sea Fleet, it will also have an advantage in terms of average tonnage. However, in terms of numbers and the total tonnage of ships, the Hainan fleet is definitely less than them.

Once the British and Japanese fleets are united, then our Hainan fleet will definitely suffer a great loss, and the chances of victory will be extremely small.

Chen Fangzheng reported the current situation in the South China Sea to Chen Zhong, and Chen Zhong, Zhang Tong, and Zhou Zhiguang seriously analyzed the situation of the Hainan Fleet in the entire South China Sea war.

Zhang Tong and Zhou Zhiguang believed that China's Hainan Fleet should retreat to the vicinity of Hainan Island, and at least, if the British Far East Fleet might land on Hainan Island, the strength of our ground forces in Hainan would still be able to stop its attack.

However, Chen Zhong does not think so. Chen Zhong said: "This time, at the moment when the decisive battle with the Japanese fleet is about to be decisive, if our Hainan fleet inexplicably retreats to Hainan Island and hides.

In this way, first, it is very likely to cause damage to the morale of our army, which will lead to a complete defeat. Second, if our Hainan Fleet withdraws from this area, it will be tantamount to making way for Japan's West Sea Fleet, and they will be able to drive straight into our Hainan, and in this way, to a great extent, it may lead to a real alliance between the British and Japanese fleets. Therefore, I believe that our Hainan fleet should not retreat, but continue to move forward! ”

Zhou Zhiguang said: "Lord Wang, if our Hainan fleet continues to advance, it may cause two situations. First, if the British warships take advantage of the situation to enter Hainan, our Hainan will face great pressure. In addition, it is also possible that the French fleet docked in the vicinity of the Beibu Gulf will join the ranks of the British army and attack our Hainan Island together. Because, the French have long coveted me Hainan.

The second situation is that if our Hainan Fleet continues to advance, we will have the disadvantage of being alone and going deep, facing the Japanese West Sea Fleet head-on, the British Far East Fleet on the left and rear sides, and there is also a force that should not be underestimated, that is, some warships of the Chinese fleet of the British Far East Fleet stationed in Hong Kong; as far as I know, the fleet stationed in Hong Kong has about six or seven warships of 3,000 tonnage.

In that case, we would be completely caught up in their encirclement!

Therefore, Lord Wang, I think the safest way is to quickly withdraw our Hainan fleet from this sea area and retreat to the east coast of Hainan Island. In this way, we can not only rely on Hainan Island as a supply, but also use our artillery units on the ground to strike at the invading enemy, and at the same time, we can also keep an eye on the French and prevent them from taking advantage of them, and moreover, our Hainan Fleet can rely on the supplies on the island to consume them, and then find an opportunity to destroy them. ”

Chen Zhong and several generals were discussing fiercely, and the communications corps reported another message from the "Hurricane": It is said that the British Far East Fleet is approaching our Hainan at full speed, please instruct us on how to deal with the "Hurricane" and the "Iron Lion."

Chen Fangzheng looked at Chen Zhong, waiting for Chen Zhong's decision.

Zhou Zhiguang said: "Lord Wang, please consider my suggestion, so that the 'Hurricane' and 'Iron Lion' can meet us, immediately return to the vicinity of Hainan Island, and line up to meet the enemy!" Zhang Tong also agreed with his statement.

Chen Zhong pondered for a while, and then said, "What you said makes sense, but my Hainan fleet can't retreat!" Now I command!

General Zhang Tong immediately sent a telegram to Li Chuang, and the artillery units on our Hainan Island were ready to be put into battle, and any enemy who dared to intrude on our Hainan Island would be resolutely shelled by our artillery units!

Immediately call Ling Zhan of the 10th Army of Pingxiang, Guangxi and the 3rd Department of Dong of the 18th Army to move closer to the Vietnamese border,

General Zhou Zhiguang immediately ordered the 1st Army of Qigang in Guangdong and the 19th Army Headquarters of Huang Biao to approach Hong Kong and prepare to attack Hong Kong!

General Chen Fangzheng ordered the 'Hurricane' and the 'Iron Lion' to return to the team quickly, and our Hainan fleet advanced at full speed to 22.2 degrees north latitude and 114 degrees east longitude! Attack Hong Kong! And prepare for a decisive battle with the Japanese West Sea Fleet! ”。

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