Chapter 302: Turmoil on Diego Garcia Island (11)
The scene of a ship firing missiles at night is far more spectacular than it looks during the day.
The officers and men of the 186th Regiment of the 16th Brigade of the 5th Division of the Royal Marines of Donghua who landed on Diego Garcia Island all stopped their ongoing search missions and stopped to look at the sea at the moment when their own warships launched missiles to attack. Many of the soldiers raised their arms and cheered mercilessly.
The remnants of the British Far East Fleet want to come to the waters around Diego Garcia Island to cause chaos, and it is good to be willing, but the reality is very cruel.
In the face of the "harpoon" fired at a high speed of Mach 0.9, the sturdy hull made of steel was like a hymen, and it broke in one pass.
This is a typical asymmetrical blow! It is not much different from the later US-British coalition attack on Iraq.
The Royal Navy of Donghua did not give the British warships a chance to enter the field of vision, and completed the task of fatal strike against the enemy from a distance of 100 kilometers.
However, in order to cooperate with the will issued by His Majesty Emperor Jincheng, Chen Houfu was very unkind to issue an order to Du Qinghe, the commander of the 186th Regiment of the 16th Brigade of the 5th Division of the Royal Marine Corps, who had landed, to put the whole regiment on combat alert and strictly guard against enemy ship artillery attacks.
When Du Qinghe learned that the 12 152mm naval guns on the British Navy's Southampton-class light cruiser could fire 96 heavy artillery shells in one minute, he immediately notified the combat units of all battalions and companies under his command to quickly evacuate five kilometers away from the coastline.
In this way, the entire island of Diego Garcia naturally became a chicken.
At the door of a bar called "Dick Sailor" in the port of Diego Garcia, a young female reporter with long brown-red hair, a pair of big green eyes that looks particularly mature and charming, and a graceful and sexy figure, is using the camera in her hand to photograph the arrogant tactical actions of a soldier of the Royal Marines of Donghua.
With the identity and ID of an American reporter, the American girl Betty Thorpe was not subjected to too much interrogation and pestering by the soldiers of the Royal Marines of Donghua, and she also won the favor of many officers and soldiers of the Royal Marines of Donghua with her good upbringing, profound knowledge, and humorous conversation.
After learning that the beautiful female reporter of the New York Times made a special trip to follow up with Leslie Howard, a famous Hollywood actor and two-time Oscar nominee, the Marines enthusiastically helped Betty find the big star Howard hiding in the harbor hotel.
The island of Diego Garcia, although small, is also very remote. However, this does not prevent tourists from all over the world from coming here for sightseeing tours and vacations.
Although there are only about 3,000 indigenous people living on the island, there are no less than 1,000 immigrants who regularly travel to and from the port area every day.
For the officers and men of the Royal Marines of Donghua who are on combat missions, their combat targets are not the merchants of various countries in the port area, so naturally they will not pay too much attention to them. In addition, the British garrison on the island had all surrendered, and their mission changed from combat to combat readiness.
Merchants and tourists from all over the port area will only be the target of the intelligence services, and no combat unit will waste time and energy doing such thankless and irrelevant work.
After all the officers and men of the Royal Marines of Donghua on the island were ordered to advance into the hinterland of the island, the port of Diego Garcia temporarily returned to its original calm.
"Ms. Betty, why did all these Donghua soldiers leave the port area?"
Howard looked at the figures of the last group of Royal Marines who had left, and asked in a low voice that seemed to be quite calm.
Betty squinted at the pretentious male star next to her, and said softly, "It is said that the British warship is coming, and it is possible that the port area will be shelled." ”
"I don't know if the British warships will shell the port area, but I know that the warships of the Royal Navy of Donghua have just fired a similar rocket attack."
Howard looked around for a moment, then whispered: "I remember that the British Navy once had a design to install rocket artillery on battleships, but later it was found that this weapon was not suitable for battleships, so it was canceled again. Ms. Betty, do you think that with the world's strongest technology mastered by the Donghua Empire, would they make such a low-level mistake? ”
"My camera just caught a rocket." Betty raised the Laika single-lens camera in her hand and said, "I'm sure this rocket is different from all the rockets I've seen before."
The Donghua Empire can build advanced King-class battleships, Yamato-class aircraft carriers, Keeling-class destroyers, and XXI submarines, and I don't think they can make such low-level mistakes in the design and selection of naval guns! This is certainly a new type of rocket that has never been seen before! OTHERWISE, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DONGHUA EMPIRE TO GIVE UP THE TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY OF THE 480MM52 TIMES DIAMETER TRIPLE GUN THEY MASTERED! ”
"Looks like we've stumbled upon an amazing piece of information!" A smug smile appeared inadvertently on the corner of Howard's mouth.
"I advise you to find the female star from Berlin quickly!"
Betty naturally turned her head and looked around, and said with a nonchalant smile: "My mission is to cover you to get information from that German actress. If the time of the joint is exceeded, I will choose to leave here without hesitation. I don't want to be targeted by the military commanders of the Donghua Empire and the CIA. ”
"Do you think it's possible for the British warships to break through the blockade of the Royal Navy of Donghua?" Howard looked at the quiet sea ahead and said slowly.
"The probability is basically zero." Betty replied indifferently: "However, from this I can judge that the information in the hands of the German actress is very important. Otherwise, the British Royal Navy would not have ordered their old warships to challenge the new warships of the Donghua Royal Navy. It's no different from looking for death! ”
"At the expense of a small fleet, just to create an opportunity for us to get out. It seems that the value of this intelligence definitely belongs to the strategic level! Howard's expression gradually became solemn, and he muttered to himself.
At this time, a Dodge military truck, which originally belonged to the British army on the island, came to a halt in front of the "Dick Mariner" bar from far and near.
Chen Yilong, who was fully armed, and Yin Qinghe, who was dressed in civilian clothes, pushed the door out of the cab, and with Chen Yilong's right hand gesture, the Navy SEALs who jumped out of the car quickly completed the outer blockade and control of the bar.
"Lao Yin, do you think this is very suspicious for foreign men and women?" Chen Yilong pointed to the banana tree standing on the left side of the bar door, as if looking at the lively Betty and Howard, and frowned.
"It's not suspicious, you won't know if you check it in the past."
Yin Qinghe smiled noncommittally, and walked over to Betty and Howard as he spoke.
"This gentleman, this girl, please show me your evidence, routine business, please understand." Yin Qinghe spoke fluent English, and did not show his ID to the handsome men and beauties in front of him, but put on a casual appearance of going through the motions of routine affairs.
"Didn't you just check it out?" Howard was obviously a little dissatisfied, and said indignantly: "You soldiers of the Donghua Empire can't endlessly check the personal privacy of a legal citizen of the United States!" ”
"Americans?" Yin Qinghe looked at Howard twice with a little surprise, and then his face turned pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Put your foreigners' stinky shelf with me?" Are you Lao Tzu one of those soft officials of the National Government? Exercise! Name your name, age, place of origin, occupation, where you are from, and what you are doing here! ”
(To be continued.) )