Chapter 159: Carnival
Of course, Gorshkov just couldn't get over his face, he knew very well that he had no choice at this time, if he didn't agree, the Moskva aircraft carrier would definitely not be able to run, and the value of a cruiser was nothing compared to it.
As for the issue of face, this is easy to solve.
Immediately after that, there was another explosion on the Frunze, although it did not seem serious, but it led to the destruction of the main engine, the cruiser of more than 10,000 tons, lost the ability to sail, in this case the captain had to order to abandon the ship, after all, they were still fighting, and there was no choice in the face of a strong enemy at this time.
However, before abandoning the ship, in order to prevent the battleship from falling into the hands of the enemy, the brave and tenacious Soviet sailors, endured the grief in their hearts, planted explosives on the ship, and finally withdrew and detonated the explosives.
But alas, the great Soviet shipbuilders were so skilled that the power of the explosives was simply not enough to blow up the sinking of the Frunze, so it was picked up by the enemy.
Of course, this is the statement of the Soviet Pravda, and in this way, the hearts of the Soviet people are much better.
In short, anyway, Gorshkov finally abandoned the Frunze and left the battlefield with the remaining two ships, at this time the battle in the air was already over, the Soviets lost twelve Lajiu, the Ming army lost eight Haifu, three of the pilots were killed, and the other five parachuted into the water, because they were carrying radio devices, so they were quickly rescued by the searching destroyers.
This was the entire loss of the Ming army.
But their success was brilliant, not only shooting down thirty-six enemy planes, but also sinking one cruiser each, when they dragged the mortally wounded Frunze off the coast of New York. The whole world was in an uproar.
It's incredible.
Thumped. Another big win. The record of the Ming Navy is also too rebellious, one victory after another, since their creation, they have not tasted a defeat directly, this is still like a little shou every day, is it a Chinese who are turned around by various countries?
If the previous battles were too far away for the people of the United States and did not cause much of a sensation, but this aircraft carrier duel is only more than 2,000 kilometers away from the coast of the United States. The impact on them was strong enough.
Of course, they will not know what the real reason for the victory is, because just after the naval battle, all AK630 and Styx anti-ship missiles were dismantled and thrown directly into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean more than 4,000 deep, and all sailors, Chinese and Prussians, were given a gag order forbidding to divulge the true situation of the battle to the outside world, and as for the heavy damage suffered by the Frunze, it was blown up by the sea fury with bombs.
Although because of the protests of the Soviet government. While Truman was secretly having fun, he seriously banned the Kunlun fleet. dragged the Frunze into the territorial waters of the United States, but still could not stop the enthusiasm of the American people, and countless American people sailed out of New York and ran to the high seas to visit the captured Soviet cruiser, and the latest cruiser.
In addition to celebrity journalists, there was also a large number of notorious anti-Soviet figures, like McCarthy, Joseph. Kennedy, even Acheson visited the cruiser in a private capacity, not to mention the figures of the military of the United States and Britain, which completely set off an of humiliation of the Soviet Union in the United States.
And Yang Feng and his army, once again, as the mainstay of the free world, stood in front of the people of the United States, sweeping away the image crisis caused by the bad behavior in the subcontinent war.
is also like a carnival, as well as the Chinese in the United States.
They finally saw a real Chinese fleet in New York, in the port of the United States, a mighty fleet, and not a few shabby ships.
Aircraft carriers full of the latest fighters, cruisers with large-caliber guns held high, beautiful and elegant destroyers, sailors in neat uniforms.
In their eyes, New York is not a blank envy of country buns, but with real confidence and pride, with an equal attitude, with a touch of majesty standing on the docks of the world's largest metropolis, standing at the feet of Lady Liberty, they are like American sailors, holding cigars and drinking the latest flavors of drinks.
Well, the Chinese in the United States, who have been cautious and live bent over in front of white people, have found that these compatriots from the far east are even more imperial than the imperial zhuyi.
The Kunlun aircraft carrier group, which stayed in New York for three days, pushed the carnival of humiliating the Soviets directly to Gao Chao when they set off for Washington, and they used carrier-based aircraft to sink the Frunze as a target ship on the high seas outside New York.
The whole of New York was crazy, and all the Chinese who could get a boat poured out of New York Bay and into the sea fifty kilometers away from New York Bay. Hearst came trembling, and all the anti-Soviet elements were like chickens, and McCarthy and Kennedy's father even went to the Kunlun aircraft carrier to watch the spectacle.
In the limelight, the sea fury full of bombs took off from the deck one after another, because there were too many hangings, and the wind direction was not very good, plus the aircraft carrier did not start, so these fighters were catapulted and took off, watching them be shot out by the catapult in a very short distance at the bow of the ship, and the sea was cheering.
The Haifu's payload capacity is extremely strong, this kind of British Navy's last propeller fighter, in fact, is mainly used as a fighter-bomber in the later period, and can even hang two thousand-pound bombs, in the Goryeo War, this thing is the main force of ground attack on the British and Commonwealth aircraft carriers, more than 20,000 sorties, and even often take off and land in the snowstorm in Goryeo, it can be said that it is an untimely but outstanding carrier-based aircraft.
At this time, the remaining 36 Sea Fury, like 36 American vultures, flew to the cruiser Frunze not far away under the attention of tens of thousands of Chinese people, swooped down from a high altitude like a special dive bomber, dropped bombs at an altitude of 600 meters, and suddenly pulled up. One by one, a thousand-pound aerial bomb, with a sharp whistling that made people's blood boil, like an ancient solid cannonball, instantly smashed open the deck of the Frunze and landed inside the hull, and the time-delay fuse immediately detonated nearly 200 kilograms of explosives inside, and the exploding fire ball was like erupting lava, carrying countless steel fragments into the sky.
Immediately a frantic scream rang out on the surface of the sea.
One after another, the bomb-laden Sea Fury swooped down, and the horrific explosion tore at the Frunze's body over and over again, quickly turning it into a pile of tattered wreckage, and then began to sink rapidly, and with only six bombs, the cruiser completely disappeared from the sea.
On the rest of the sea in the sky, the pilots watched this scene speechlessly, their bombs had not yet been dropped!
"It's a pity, what a good ship, brand new, newer than the Hongwu, why did it blow up as a target? Stay in the United States and find a shipyard to repair it! ”
In the distant Führer's capital, Hu Hao chattered in front of Führer Yang like a stingy old lady.
"Yes, it works, but what can I use to feed another cruiser?"
Yang Feng said speechlessly.
"That, that's not difficult to solve, as long as you say something, how much money does it cost a year, our family will give you a bag."
Hu Hao immediately patted his chest and said.
In fact, the financial problems of the Ming Empire have always been the focus of everyone's attention, because in addition to the official territory, that is, the Ambuna Islands plus several surrounding islands, even if it is West Borneo, Yang Feng has not collected taxes so far, so what taxes does he collect if it is not his territory? As for the Chinese immigrants on the land he owned, theoretically he had to pay land rent, but Yang Yuanfeng waved his hand, as long as he was farming, all land rent was free.
And even if the place where taxes are collected, that is, the Anbuna Islands, which currently has a population of less than one million, a large part of them do not have to pay taxes, such as soldiers, students, mercenaries, etc., only those ordinary people who pay taxes, their taxes are not low, but their income is also high, and the benefits are also high, free housing, free medical care, free schooling...
If it is really calculated, the taxes of the Ming Empire cannot even maintain the welfare of these people, let alone maintain a large army to fight.
At present, there are two main sources of funds to support the operation of Yang Feng's state machinery, one is Yang Feng's own income, this figure is terrifying, last year he made a net profit of 100 million US dollars a year, and this year it is estimated that it will easily double.
The second is the donation of Chinese in Southeast Asia.
The significance of the Ming Empire to the Chinese in Southeast Asia is self-evident, especially for big capitalists like the Hu family, with Yang Feng's protection, they can use their business acumen to squeeze other peoples in various countries to their heart's content.
In the British, under the Dutch people, they still have to look at these white people, but now with Yang Feng as a backer, they can already be said to be unscrupulous, the former must balance the contradictions of various ethnic groups, so as not to affect the rule, but Yang Feng will not consider this problem, as long as he dares to be unfavorable to the Chinese, he will directly start.
With the mountain of dead bodies in Batavia, no one dared to provoke him, and no one dared to provoke those Chinese capitalists, especially in the East Indies, where the Dutch people had actually lost control, and the exploitation of the Chinese capitalists could already be described as outrageous.
In short, show the sins of this class to the fullest in those monkeys.
In a sense, Yang Feng is now acting as a mercenary for these Chinese capitalists, although there is nothing clear in writing, but one-third of the annual military expenditure of the Ming Empire is automatically borne by the Chinese in the East Indies, French Indochina, Siam, Malaya, Honsavawady and other places, and the local Chinese guilds are specially responsible for fundraising, and some of those who are particularly close to Yang Feng usually donate an additional batch for some special requirements. (To be continued......)