Chapter Seventy-Four: The Battle of the Indian Ocean (Part II)
Seeing the white flag waving the flagship of the Royal Navy escort fleet of the British Empire, Li Yunhai ordered the fleet to stop shelling and arranged for destroyers to move forward to accept the surrendered warships. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Commander Li, congratulations, you will go down in history with this naval battle, this is the first appearance of a dreadnought battleship, the first time to participate in naval combat, forcing the Royal Navy of the British Empire to surrender, this is world news, tomorrow, your name will ring all over the world."
"This is all under the command of His Majesty and the Deputy Chief of General Staff."
"Alright, don't be scared, hurry up and accept the prisoners, and transfer all these naval officers and men to the troop carrier."
"Yes, Deputy Chief of the General Staff."
Seeing that the British escort fleet surrendered, the most unhappy thing was the captain of the Lanfang-class battleship No. 1. He also muttered: "Why are these British people so can't help fighting, they only fired a few shots, and then surrendered, why don't they defend their honor?" ā
Today is the debut of the Lanfang-class battleship, and the biggest result is the Lanfang-class battleship No. 3, which successfully sank 1 opponent's battleship.
Li Yunhai's orders were issued in order, first of all, to rescue the British naval officers and men who had fallen into the water, which was in line with the humanitarian aid that is commonly used in the international community.
A telegram was sent to inquire about the location of the submarine formation.
Power generation consults the situation of the battlecruiser.
Transfer all salvaged and surrendered naval officers and sailors to troop carriers.
While Li Yunhai was busy giving orders, Chief of Staff Yang Yili walked into the operations command room and said, "Commander, the flagship of the Royal Navy escort fleet of the British Empire has been scuttled. ā
Li Yunhai had a violent temper, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately gave an order to shoot all the British crew members who fell into the water.
Li Zhaoshui stopped him, "It doesn't matter about this matter, since they have surrendered under the white flag, the battleship is our property, and they dare to scuttle our battleship, so let's ask the British government for this account." There is no need to leave a stain on a few dying people and find another chance to kill all the people on this battleship when the captives return. ā
Soon received a call back from the No. 1 battlecruiser, which had already caught up with the opposing fleet, and an artillery battle was underway, and the war would be over in 1 hour at most.
At a distance of 50 nautical miles from the main battlefield, the Lanfang-class battle cruisers were shelling the light cruiser fleet, which was simply an adult bullying a child, and the British light cruiser had 6 single-mounted 152mm main guns, which could not hit the other side no matter what, and could only be passively bombed; Escape, slower than the other party; The firing range is too short; I want to fight hand-to-hand, but the opponent's destroyers and torpedo boats are more advanced than my own; There is no way to fight this battle.
With a "boom", a shell hit the side of a destroyer, causing the shells in the destroyer's magazine to detonate, directly blowing the destroyer into two sections and quickly sinking into the sea, leaving only a huge whirlpool and a cloud of smoke left behind after the explosion.
"Bang", not far away a frigate was hit on the rear deck, the shell exploded in the boiler compartment after the shell pierced the deck, and the frigate directly lost all power and slowly stopped on the sea.
From time to time, shells exploded around the light cruisers, and from time to time unlucky destroyers and frigates were hit, and if they were hit, they were basically sunk or seriously damaged.
"Captain, why don't we aim at their light cruisers, but specifically at his destroyers and frigates?"
"We don't look down on those frigates and destroyers, and I hope that these three light cruisers can be forced to surrender, and they can be used by the Archipelago Military District in the future; Besides, Lao Tzu now likes to abuse the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and this is what he wants, isn't it cool to see them being abused and powerless. ā
"Captain, let's finish our work and go back to our lives, and maybe we can participate in the battle over there."
"Haha, I guess the battle over there will be over a long time ago, and we won't even be able to drink cold water when we go back, so it's better to have a good time with these Brits."
Watching the surrounding frigates and destroyers gradually being sunk, and from time to time there were shells exploding around the light cruisers, General MacDonald even had the heart to die, why was he so unlucky, he finally had a big mission, I didn't expect to encounter the perverted Lanfang Kingdom, who would have thought that the Lanfang Kingdom, which had just been founded for 1 month, was so strong, tell it to others, others must think it was a joke, the Royal Navy of the British Empire was abused like a dead dog, unable to escape and unable to escape, dead and dead, How can this be done?
Under the overwhelming shelling of the Lanfang Navy, there are now 3 light cruisers left in the fleet, and the Lanfang fleet stopped shelling at this time, and the captain of the British fleet also knew that the navy of the Lanfang Kingdom deliberately kept these 3 light cruisers in order to capture them, so what should I do? Hey, don't make up your own mind, let's get an idea from the commander of the expeditionary force.
The captain of the fleet sought MacDonald's advice, but MacDonald was now sitting in his chair and had no strength to stand up. After a moment of brewing feelings, MacDonald said, "Why don't we break out?" At least some warships will be able to escape. ā
"It's useless, then all our battleships will be sunk, and not these 3 light cruisers will be left. Our artillery can't hit each other, I'm not as fast as the other side, how can we escape. ā
At this time, the battle cruisers of the Lanfang Kingdom waved flags, demanding that the 3 light cruisers surrender quickly and rescue the crew who fell into the water, otherwise all the 3 light cruisers would be sunk and all the crew members would be fed to the sharks in the sea.
MacDonald thought about it for a while, for the sake of these imperial seamen, it is better to surrender, anyway, he is unlucky this time, and he doesn't mind being charged with surrender again, at least he can save the lives of these overboard crew members, and it can be regarded as doing his last bit of strength for the empire. So he ordered the captain of the fleet to fly the white flag and surrender and rescue the crew who had fallen overboard.
"Haha, what's the matter, they surrendered, but I heard from the deputy chief of the general staff that it makes more sense to capture the enemy's warship than to sink it directly; After going back this time, we must treat this kid Li Jiang to a treat, and we are here to send him equipment. ā
"It's still the captain's idea."
"Okay, Chief of Staff, let's send a telegram to the Deputy Chief of General Staff and the Commander first, and send someone to receive these 3 light cruisers."
An hour later, the crew who fell into the water was almost rescued, and the 3 light cruisers were also received in good condition, but at this time, the chief of staff of the No. 1 battlecruiser came to report to the captain: "Captain, we caught a big fish this time, guess who we caught this time?" ā
"Who is it? It can't be Minto's guy. ā
"Definitely not, let's capture alive the commander-in-chief of this expedition, McDonald, do you think this is an accident."
"Haha, it's really a blessed person who doesn't have to worry, this credit is actively leaning on us, and I can't push it out if I want to. Quick, send a telegram to the commander, report the good news. ā
"Yes, Captain, but what about the frigates and destroyers that have lost power?"
"It's useless to keep it, it's too old, let's sink it after transferring the personnel, it's our war exploits."