Solomon Islands, Ironport Strait.

On a rare sunny day, Lieutenant General Karan, the Supreme Commander of the British Army, walked out of his office and came to Honiara Beach, looking at the Channel of Ainport, and his heavy heart was slightly soothed.

Since the British Empire's policy of non-resistance, the morale of the entire British army has been hit.

However, the British Ministry of Defense also promoted Kahlan by one level, from major general to lieutenant general, which made Karan quite speechless and ashamed.

Starting from the abandonment of the Moresby Fortress, Karan led his army all the way back, which lasted half a year, almost covering the entire island of Papua on foot, and then surrendered it to the Chinese Empire.

Papua is the second largest island in the world, covering an area of 800,000 square kilometers.

Such a huge island was a victim of the British Empire's policy of non-resistance.

Of course, Karan knew in his heart that the British Empire was currently underprepared for war and could not afford to engage in a military confrontation with the Chinese Empire, so he did his best to avoid the outbreak of a full-scale war, and could only tolerate the Chinese Empire.

In order to give the British Empire precious respite, Karan led the British army throughout Papua to deliberately delay time, although it was retreating.

For example, after Karan withdrew from the Moresby Fortress, he led his troops to be stationed in Ryan, dozens of kilometers away from the Moresby Fortress, to make military defensive moves.

After the Chinese Imperial Shence Army captured the Moresby Fortress, if they wanted to take full control, they had to digest it for at least a while.

During this period, Karan, on behalf of the British Imperial military, sent negotiators to protest to the Imperial Chinese Divine Army, demanding that the Imperial Chinese Divine Army withdraw from Fort Moresby.

Obviously, Kahlan knew that the Chinese Imperial Army would not give up the Moresby Fortress, and he deliberately used the negotiations to stall for time.

And if the Chinese Empire wanted to completely occupy the island of Papua, it had to constantly find excuses to force the British army to give up its territory by force.

Papua Island covers an area of more than 800,000 square kilometers and is a vast area, because it is close to Australia, and has always been inhabited by a large number of British and Europeans. Especially when the Chinese Imperial Army occupied Australia eight years ago, a large number of European and American immigrants were forced to leave, so they naturally chose to chase after the island of Papua.

Therefore, by the time of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty in 3984 (1884), the island of Papua had expanded from the original two British strongholds to more than 20 large and medium-sized towns in the coastal area, not only along the coast, but also in the inland There are hundreds of more towns, but the population and scale are slightly smaller.

So, Kahlan played delaying tactics with the Chinese Empire, the British army did not resist, the Chinese Imperial Army advanced, the British army retreated, and one city after another was ceded to the Chinese Empire, and it took half a year for the Chinese Imperial Army to completely occupy the island of Papua.

Now Karan led more than 20,000 British troops to evacuate Papua Island and come to the Solomon Islands, also holding one city after another, a small island and the Chinese Imperial Army, anyway, there are more than 900 small islands in the Solomon Islands, and Karan has sent troops to garrison them.

If the Chinese Imperial Army does not fight, the British Army will never retreat, and once the Chinese Imperial Army attacks, then the British Army will retreat.

In this way, the Chinese Imperial Army is only a Marine Corps, with limited troops, and every time it attacks, it must be militarily prepared, in case the British army resists, the Chinese Imperial Army is not ready for military preparations, and the British army will be beaten up, it will be a shame.

Therefore, the Chinese Imperial Army had to fight with the British army one city after another, and sent troops to occupy one small island after another, which was also exhausting enough.

As a last resort, Li Weijun, commander of the Chinese Imperial Navy, had no choice but to ask the military department for reinforcements. Subsequently, the Ministry of War telegraphed the 93rd Town of the Chinese Empire stationed in Sydney, Australia, to cooperate with the naval operation and transfer troops to Liu Yongfu for command.

In the Ironport Strait, hundreds of warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy suddenly appeared, which immediately frightened the British friends on the island.

When the alarm sounded, Karan suddenly frowned, he couldn't imagine that the Chinese Empire would attack the Solomon Islands so quickly.

Soon, a speedboat under the flag of the Chinese Empire quickly approached the port of Honiara, and the defending British troops were waiting for Karan's order, and they were eager to fight.

Everyone can see that this Chinese Imperial speedboat is here to negotiate, which the British army has seen dozens of times in the past six months.

Every time the Chinese Imperial Army dispatched and sent such a speedboat to negotiate, there is no need to guess that it must have come to grab territory.

"Two soldiers of our Chinese Imperial Army were missing during the exercise just now, and we suspect that they were privately detained by your army, and we ask to send troops to land and search the city, if your army does not agree, causing a military conflict between the two sides, all the responsibility will be borne by your country!"

A British soldier said suddenly, imitating the tone and content of the speech of the representative of the Chinese Imperial Army.

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw the representative of the Chinese Imperial Army solemnly say to Karan: "Two soldiers of our Chinese Imperial Army disappeared during the exercise just now, and we suspect that they were privately detained by your army, and we ask to send troops to land and search the city. ”

Word for word!

The surrounding British troops suddenly laughed, the representative of the Chinese Imperial Army was improvised, he did not understand English at all, he spoke to Karan in Chinese, as for whether the British could understand it, it had nothing to do with him, this was also a strong performance of the Chinese Empire.

Karan's face turned pale, and he scolded in his heart: This excuse has been used more than a thousand times, so you can't change another excuse? Fack!

Angry to angry, Karan had to deny: "This is the sacred territory of the British Empire, and we have not found any personnel of your army!" ”

The interpreter next to him quickly told the original words to the representatives of the Chinese Imperial Army.

"Give you half an hour to hand over our personnel, or else you will bear all the consequences!"

After speaking, the representative of the Chinese Imperial Army left angrily, and Karan and other British officers and soldiers had angry expressions.

Even if it was only for half an hour, Karan had to procrastinate, adding up to a lot.

"Leave a few people to make trouble for the Chinese Imperial Army, and the others will evacuate immediately!"

The Imperial Chinese Army knew that the British army adopted a policy of non-resistance, so the time for issuing an ultimatum became shorter and shorter each time, and the British troops were given a day or a few hours to evacuate before, but now they are only given half an hour.

Obviously, the Imperial Chinese military also knew that the British were stalling for time, so they had to speed up the pace.

In the same way, Kahlan is not a fool, since the Chinese Imperial Army does not give him time, then he must buy time for himself.

While the British army was withdrawing, they buried radium and scum everywhere in Honiara, leaving a few British troops who were not afraid of death, and wanted to make the Chinese Imperial Army pay the price.

Half an hour later, Li Weijun ordered the fleet to start moving, and the twelve dreadnought-class battleships opened fire with their main guns, and fiercely shelled the British positions off the coast of Honiara, whether there were people in them or not.

At the same time, the Radium Sweeper entered the port of Honiara to remove the water radium planted by the British and cover the fleet's entry into the harbor.

The cannon roared, and the entire Honiara was suddenly in a sea of fire, and the smoke of gunpowder billowed out, covering the sky and the sun, as if the end was coming.

In the streets of the city, the windows were shattered by the sound of cannons, and the British residents panicked, they did not have time to evacuate, most of them hid in their homes, and only a few fled with their money.

The British soldiers left behind detonated the scum, and now they are smart enough to destroy all the materials that they can't take away, and they will never leave them to the Chinese Imperial Army.

The city was littered with fires, shells and even more fires set by the British themselves.

The ground radium caused a lot of trouble to the landing force of the Chinese Imperial Army, and Liu Yongfu had no choice but to send a sweeping radium team to find the ground radium buried by the British army one by one, and then destroy it.

It took half a day for the Chinese Imperial Army to enter the city of Khornia, and it took a day to barely control the entire city.

After all, with the sudden withdrawal of the British army, the city is out of control, and all kinds of crimes are rampant, the Chinese Imperial Army also wants to lose face.

In the city hall, Li Weijun and Liu Yongfu glanced at each other.

The former said: "At this rate, it will take at least half a year to take the Solomon Islands!" ”

Liu Yongfu was also quite speechless, and he was also helpless in the face of this tactic of the British.

"Lao Li, do you have any way?"

Li Weijun thought for a while and said: "I have an idea, if we send troops to surround this British army in Kahlan and cut them out completely, then there will no longer be a large British army in the whole Solomon, and even in the whole of New Zealand, we can divide our troops to occupy the Solomon Islands and New Zealand." ”

Liu Yongfu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly: "Lao Li, I can't see that you are quite powerful!" ”

Li Weijun glanced at Liu Yongfu angrily and smiled proudly.

Liu Yongfu immediately clapped his head and said: "Just do what you think, let's find a pocket, surround Kahlan and his main force of the British army, and kill him!" ”

Li Weijun said at the same time: "It is actually easy to kill this British army, this is just an island in the Solomon Islands, Karan will definitely lead the army to retreat to other islands and continue to consume us." As soon as Karan and his army board, we will surround them with the navy and sink their troop carriers. I just don't know, once we encircle and annihilate this British army, will the British go to war in anger? ”

"If you go to war, you will go to war!" Liu Yongfu suddenly said impatiently.

Li Weijun smiled bitterly and shook his head, he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse to meet such a militant as a partner.

Six days later, Kahlan led more than 20,000 British troops to retreat to Sukiki in the south of Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands, where the whole army boarded troop carriers and retreated to Malaita Island under the escort of two British armored cruisers.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, dozens of capital warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy suddenly appeared in the Maramassi Sea, blocking the way of Karan's fleet.

"What's going on?"

Karan was given an urgent notice and walked out of the cabin to the bridge of the armored cruiser Duke of Edinburgh.

"We are surrounded by the Imperial Chinese Navy!" The adjutant hurriedly replied.

"What? What do they want to do? Kahlan asked, looking shocked.

"I'm afraid it's not good, I feel like something is going to happen today!" The adjutant said worriedly.

From the telescope, Kahlan saw the full lineup of the Imperial Chinese Navy, forming an encirclement posture, encircling two British armored cruisers and twenty troop carriers in the middle.

"Report to the general, the Imperial Chinese Navy has said that two of their soldiers are missing, and they demand to inspect our warship!"

Poof!

Karan was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood.

"Why check our ships! It's just too bullying! ”

The British army was indignant, and Karan calmed down, he knew that if he was not allowed to check, he might not be able to leave today.

"Let them check! I'm going to see if they can't find anybody, what else can they do? ”

"But? That's too much of a bully! The adjutant frowned.

"But what? There are no military secrets on our ship, so it doesn't matter if they see it! Kahlan said innocently, although there was an ominous premonition in his heart, but I had to give in to the sword!

"Report, General, the Commander of the Imperial Chinese Navy wants to see you!"

"Fack, what the hell are they trying to do? Isn't it enough to humiliate us, but also to humiliate our commanders! ”

The British officers and soldiers were furious.

Kahlan also gritted his teeth with hatred, but he had no choice, so he went to the Chinese Imperial Warship Invincible.

On the bridge of the battleship Invincible, Li Weijun and Liu Yongfu saw that the British army had endured again, and the two of them immediately smiled evilly.

"Let's act!"

"Yes!"

The staff officer in the war room quickly picked up the intercom: "This is the fleet command center!" 3rd Cruiser Squadron! 4th Cruiser Squadron! 1st Destroyer Squadron! 2nd Destroyer Squadron! Listen to me! Dispatch as planned! ”

The order was issued, and more than 20 cruisers and destroyers approached the British armored cruisers and troop carriers from all directions, and although the British troops were full of righteous indignation, they were ordered not to open fire, and had to cover the defensive guns with their gun jackets, indicating that they had no hostile intentions.

However, just as they were approaching the distance of three or four hundred meters from the British ship, the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy suddenly fired Fish Radium at the British ship opposite.

"Fish Radium!"

"Enemy attack!"

"We've been fooled!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Fight back!"

Knock knock! Knock knock!

Without waiting for the British to counterattack, the quick-fire guns on the sides of the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy opened full firepower, and the shells instantly hit the British ships and exploded.

The ship's bloody heavy machine guns were even more flaming, and countless bullets were overwhelmingly fired at the British ships, and the British sailors who were caught off guard were shot one after another, and in the blink of an eye, blood flowed like a river, and countless casualties were inflicted.

Boom! Boom!

One by one, the fish and radium exploded, and the two British armored cruisers were saturated with at least eight torpedoes, and they exploded and sank in an instant. The other British troop carriers had no armor protection and no combat effectiveness, so most of them were hit by a ray or two, and they were blown to pieces in the blink of an eye, and more than 20,000 British troops sank into the sea in blood and fire.

The dinghy that Kahlan was riding in was still halfway down, and the sudden change suddenly made Kahlan dumbfounded.

Damn it! Fooled!

Karan immediately regretted it, if he knew this, he should have fought hard, and maybe some people could escape, it was better than the whole army being wiped out.

Karan was captured and taken to see Li Weijun and Liu Yongfu.

"You're a big liar!"

Seeing Li Weijun, Karan immediately scolded.

Li Weijun didn't care, this was a soldier who did not tire of deceit.

"I am actually very happy that you attacked our troop carriers, because in this way, the British Empire will no longer have an excuse to maintain a policy of non-resistance, and will go to war against you!"

Li Weijun said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, your current strength can't beat our Chinese Empire at all!" ”

"Even if I can't beat you, I will have to pay a heavy price!" Kahlan said hatefully.

At this time, Liu Yongfu smiled and said: "I'm afraid you think too much, your British Empire will not go to war with us, because they don't know that your army is annihilated, let alone find out that we did it!" ”

Kahlan sneered: "You think your siege will not be known? Hmph, our British Empire has quite a few submarines nearby, they will find out! ”

Li Weijun and Liu Yongfu immediately laughed.

At this time, a report came from the communication room.

"It is reported that one British submarine was sunk in the northeast and southwest seas, and no other submarines were found within a hundred nautical miles around!"

Hearing this, Karan's face suddenly turned to ashes.

At this moment, he finally knew that the Chinese Imperial Navy was prepared, and he had long been ready to cover up all the truth. Even two British submarines did not escape, and the strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy was too strong. (To be continued.) )