[101] Reinforcements departed

After receiving the telegram from the Xianning, the Kuomintang headquarters in Zhoushan immediately ordered the Xianning to resist resolutely and wait for reinforcements. At the same time, a report was sent to Gui Yongqing, commander of the Taiwan Navy.

Gui Yongqing was in the Duwan Naval Base in Kaohsiung Port when he received the telegram, and he didn't take it seriously at first glance, but there were only a few ships on the mainland that could drive out? Ten fingers is enough to count, and it is so cold and miserable, and there is not a single ship with a displacement of more than 1000 tons. Compared with the hundreds of Japanese-made British-made and American-made warships in Gui Yongqing's hands, it is too inadequate.

In addition to the more than 300 Japanese-surrendered ships that surrendered in China, there were also 30 or 40 warships that were disbanded by the Japanese Navy after the war as compensation, plus more than a dozen ships that Britain aided to Lao Chiang, and the United States assisted Lao Chiang with 1780 ships through the "512 Public Law".

In short, Gui Yongqing had all kinds of warships, gunboats, minesweepers, oil and material supply and transport ships, service boats, patrol boats, transport ships, landing ships, hydrographic survey ships, floating docks, and lifting and hoisting ships...... Almost 600, anyway, the naval equipment that a big country should have in this year is all there. More than one hundred and fifty of them are surface combat ships in good condition!

Relying on the nearly 600 ships in his hand, Gui Yongqing did not pay attention to the navy composed of the few gunboats of the People's Liberation Army at all; in accordance with Lao Chiang's instructions, he blocked the water of the mainland's coastal blockade, and constantly robbed people and boats in the southeastern coastal areas, plundering countless fishermen and fishing boats.

When he saw the telegram, he muttered to himself, "Three hundred to four hundred tons by eye...... This is just a gunboat for the army, send me a telegram, and order the Zhoushan Command to send its own ships to reinforce it. However, Gui Yongqing still admires the style of reporting small things in the Zhoushan Command.

After receiving the telegram that the Xianning had encountered the enemy, the First Fleet of Duwan stationed in Zhoushan and responsible for the blockade of the Yangtze River estuary and its surroundings immediately sent a telegram back to the Xianning, and issued the same order as the Zhoushan Defense Command, that is, to fight the Xianning until the moment of Zuihou, and at the same time send a telegram to the other nine small gunboats, asking them to quickly move closer to the Xianning for rescue.

Of course, Ma Jizhuang, commander of the Kuomintang First Fleet, felt that he was still unsure, and he didn't know if the PLA would have follow-up ship reinforcements.

So Ma Jizhuang ordered his subordinates to send reinforcements, and considering that time was pressing, he quickly ordered the "Xinyang" and "Yingkou" ships parked in the port of Dachen Island in Zhoushan to go to reinforcements. Six small gunboats followed.

After the Kuomintang Zhoushan Defense Command received the telegram here, Shi Jue, the defense commander, did not take the telegram sent by the Xianning too seriously, isn't it just a gunboat of three or four hundred tons in Yujian, and hand it over to the First Fleet of the Navy, they have more than 50 ships stationed in Zhoushan, and it will be done if a few are sent at will, but it is still necessary to reconnoitre, and it is good to ask the Air Force to send planes to investigate the situation, so Shi Jue ordered the Air Force to send planes to investigate.

As soon as the telegram was received on the Qingdao base, the entire leadership rushed to the simple small conference room for a meeting, and first notified the East China Military Region, hoping to get support from the air force fighters stationed in Puhai. Then all the commanders started an emergency meeting in the conference room.

After everyone sat down around a simple table, the meeting began.

General Lin Zun said straight to the point: "I think we should send ships to reinforcements immediately, and if we rush to it at full speed, we can arrive in about ten hours." ”

General Yi Yaocai, commander of the Qingdao base, also said: "I agree with Comrade Lin Zun's opinion, the enemy must have also received a telegram asking for help at this moment, Zhoushan is closer to the battle area, and their reinforcements may arrive soon, and we are very short of time." ”

General Duan Dezhang, political commissar of the Qingdao base, nodded: "Time is pressing, I think it's good to do this, no matter what happens over there, our reinforcements must be sent out as soon as possible, but we can't catch up with this naval battle, and there are enemy reinforcements to fight." In case something happens to 608 and 610, you can pick them up. Lao Xiao, give everyone an order. ”

Commander Xiao said calmly: "The form is urgent, then let's go!" No matter what it looks like, I'll be in charge. ”

The generals in the conference room suddenly stood up: "Please give the order to the commander." ”

General Xiao Jinguang also stood up: "I order, Comrade Deng Zhaoxiang led the destroyer "Xicaracal", Comrade Lin Zun led the frigate "Naitong", and set off together with 4 037 hunting submarines and 6 024 missile speedboats at the base to rush to the target sea area for reinforcements. ”

General Lin Zun and General Deng Zhaoxiang saluted, turned around and ran out of the conference room. The battle alarm sounded inside the base, and all the naval officers and men in the base rushed to the warships moored in the harbor, and the logistics units were busy in accordance with the combat procedures.

Admiral Luo Shunchu, chief of the general staff of the Navy, suggested: "I think we still have to urge the air force again, because our navy has suffered too much loss from air raids in the past, and even the most decent ships have been destroyed by bombs dropped by planes." ”

Commander Xiao stood up without hesitation and ordered the telephone operator in the corner of the conference room: "Pick me up Commander Liu Yalou of the Air Force, quickly!" ”

After multiple transfers:

"Hey, I'm Liu Yalou, Lao Xiao, we have received the telegram from the Navy, and we have urgently ordered the East China Air Force to go to reinforcements, you can rest assured, we will do our best to ensure the air safety of the Navy ships."

"Lao Liu, I can tell you, this is not a joke, your Air Force now has thousands of planes, right? I only have such a destroyer and two frigates, I just sent out two of these three big ships, if I am injured by the enemy's air force, I tell you, I will fight with you! ”

"Such a big deal! Lao Xiao, did you report to the central government? ”

"Of course, the telegram has already been sent."

"Okay, since your navy has used all the blood capital, I will give you a statement here, unless the air force is all exhausted today, you will never let your big ship be bombed by enemy planes!"

"Good! That's what I want! ”

The telegram from the Qingdao base reached the northern capital, and the Central Military Authority Duty Office was aware of the seriousness of the situation at that time, and immediately notified all military commissars to convene an operational meeting.

The reason why Commander Xiao dared to send his own heart and soul treasure was because of the previous missile test launch, which was very successful, launched at 20 kilometers, and the target was a gunboat converted from a dilapidated civilian merchant ship at the Qingdao base, but he did not expect the first shot to hit the target, and the base commanders who observed from a distance were almost stunned at that time, and General Zhang Aiping felt that it was not enjoyable, so he suggested that he should open up a little distance and come again at 30 kilometers, but General Xiao resolutely refused.

Commander Xiao's reason is very simple, such a haode baby, it's too wasteful to beat it like this, he said that haode will end the test launch as long as he hits, what's the matter, now I don't think it's fun, right? Hehe, I'm sorry, I don't fight, it's distressing to beat me again, the commander.