Chapter 178 - Taiwan
When the telegram of the victory in the naval battle reached Zhang Yun, at that moment, Zhang Yun really wanted to give the order to let Zheng Qiushan go south to attack Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, etc., the British colonies. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Then seize the Strait of Malacca, completely close the gate of the Far East seas, and never let European bandits come to the Far East again.
But think about Britain and India, such a large colony in the Far East, if they seize the Strait of Malacca like this now, then the British will definitely fight with themselves to the end!
And this is not what Zhang Yun wants, because even if the construction speed of the ironclad battleship is accelerating, it will take about a year to build one, so Zhang Yun can only forcibly resist the impulse to let Zheng Qiushan go south to seize the Strait of Malacca.
Besides, he only has such a steel battleship as the Sea Power, if he sends this battleship to the Strait of Domacca......
If the US warship crosses the Pacific Ocean and goes directly to Hainan Island to make trouble, how will it deal with it? Swim past to hit it!
Therefore, Zhang Yun had no choice but to order Zheng Qiushan to completely sweep away the British and American survivors in the surrounding sea area and then retreat.
After completing the replenishment as soon as possible, let the Haiquan take the supply fleet to meet Lu Yongwang on Taiwan Island, after all, he has been trapped on Taiwan Island for more than a year and has not returned, so he must be like an arrow!
At this time, after receiving Zhang Yun's telegram, Lu Yongwang almost immediately went all out in the direction of Kaohsiung Port......
"Commander, Commander, look at the fleet of our Patriotic Army on the sea!"
Lu Yongwang turned his head and glared at his guard fiercely and said, "Don't be noisy, Lao Tzu can't see it, I need you to remind me!" ”
Although he reprimanded his guards, at this moment, looking at the sailboats on the sea in the distance, Lu Yongwang himself was also excited.
Not to mention the excitement of his subordinates, even he was very excited, after all, he had been trapped on the island of Taiwan for almost a year......
Although there is still a telegraph connection with Zhang Yun, because the Taiwan Strait has been completely blocked by the British and American combined fleets, the island of Taiwan has lost direct contact with the mainland for more than a year!
At this moment, when he suddenly heard that he had won the naval battle and that he could finally return to Hainan Island to meet Zhang Yun, Lu Yongwang's mood was incomprehensible to others.
After thinking about it carefully, Lu Yongwang put his mind at ease, and the island of Taiwan has now been completely built into a new society according to what Zhang Yun ordered in his telegram!
According to the intention of looking for Zhang Yun, Taiwan has a government, but it does not belong to any province, but is directly governed by Hainan Island...... There are ten counties, one hundred towns, and several thousand villages.
More than a year has passed, and these have been done by themselves, no matter who Zhang Yun sends to take over his own mess, he can get started immediately, and he doesn't need to touch any more situations!
In this way, I have an explanation......
While Lu Yongwang was thinking nonsense, the fleet was getting closer and closer...... A large slipped wooden battleship and transport supply ship naturally does not need to talk about it.
More than a year ago, when he came to attack the island of Taiwan, Lu Yongwang came here with 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, and it was on such a wooden warship that he landed at Kaohsiung Port until today......
But what about the one in front, which is obviously more than ten times larger than other wooden-hulled battleships? Look at that color, it's steel!
The noise of the soldiers finally woke Lu Yongwang from his contemplation!
Lu Yongwang, who had received Zhang Yun's telegram earlier, was naturally not as ignorant as an ordinary soldier, but at this moment, Lu Yongwang was still a little surprised when he really saw this steel battleship!
The fleet finally landed, and after Zheng Qiushan went ashore, he held Lu Yongwang's hand tightly and said: "Our navy can't let Commander Lu, you are really ashamed to be trapped on the island of Taiwan for so long......
After some pleasantries, Lu Yongwang was very curious why he only saw people from the navy, but no one came to take over his job?
I couldn't help asking: "Who is the new guard on Taiwan Island?" Lu is really like an arrow, and he really wants to hand over to him immediately, and now go back to Hainan Island to meet Hou Ye. ”
"Could it be that he was thrown on the wooden-hulled battleship behind you by Commander Zheng?"
"Haha......"
Hearing Lu Yongwang's question, several senior naval officials, including Zheng Qiushan, laughed.
It wasn't until Zheng Qiushan found that Lu Yongwang was a little embarrassed and angry, that he smiled and said: "At present, the Anglo-American combined fleet has been completely annihilated, and in the entire Southeast Asian seas, our patriotic army has no opponents worthy of a war, so what else do you need to defend on Taiwan Island?" ”
"Therefore, Zheng came over this time, just adhering to the orders of the Hou Ye, and brought hundreds of administrative personnel to hand over to you, Commander Lu, and the officials at all levels on the entire island of Taiwan."
"As for the new Taiwan garrison, to be honest, according to Hou Ye's meaning, there is no need to set it up anymore, after all, the army is only for the enemy......"
"So next, there should only be the police on Taiwan Island to deal with public security or something, and even Zheng, after coming to pick you up this time Commander Lu, he will also return to Sanya Port immediately, and it is impossible to stay here for a long time!"
Zheng Qiushan's words made Lu Yongwang speechless, although he faintly felt something wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say any reason to oppose it!
Therefore, Lu Yongwang still decided to return to Sanya and then admonish Zhang Yun that Taiwan, which had been defeated after his own efforts and the blood of the soldiers, would be undefended!
Lu Yongwang always felt a little uncomfortable, isn't this selling Ye Tian's heart? It's just that Lu Yongwang didn't dare to say this......
The landing work at the port of Kaohsiung continued, and at the same time, tens of thousands of soldiers under Lu Yongwang also received orders to prepare to board ships in batches to leave Taiwan and return to Sanya.
As for Lu Yongwang himself, he naturally took the Haiquan with Zheng Qiushan and returned to Sanya in the first batch, and Zhang Yun once said to Zheng Qiushan that he would let him return to Hainan Island for the New Year......
This can be regarded as a recognition of Lu Yongwang himself, who has worked on the island of Taiwan for more than a year, and it can be regarded as a disguised reassurance!
Therefore, at the invitation of Zheng Qiushan, Lu Yongwang was the first to board the Haiquan......
"This cannon barrel is really too big, it is estimated that there are people thick, Commander Zheng, how is the power of your artillery?"
As soon as Lu Yongwang boarded the sea power, he held a main gun and did not let go, and asked in amazement.
Zheng Qiushan said a little proudly: "Commander Lu, the shells of the 155 plus howitzer under your command weigh only about fifty kilograms, and the shells of this kind of artillery are about twenty times that of the kind of shells of the artillery under you, how powerful do you say it is?" ”
After Zheng Qiushan finished speaking, he pulled Lu Yongwang to look at the naval artillery shells, ready to show off and satisfy his vanity!