Chapter 397: Crashing into it
"Found mines left over from World War II? Their imagination is so rich! ”
On the frigate Hanqi, which was preparing to leave Saigon, the captain said with a funny face.
On the channel in front of him, two US landing ships were lying there, waving flags saying that mines left over from World War II had been found on the channel, and they were in the process of removing them, and all ships were suspending their passage, and they would notify them separately when the mines were removed, of course, I don't know when this was exact.
This section of the Saigon River is only 300 meters wide, and two large landing ships are basically blocking most of the river surface there, and this thing has a shallow draft and a water depth of three meters or two meters, and it doesn't matter whether the channel is a channel or not, but the Hanqi with a draft of five and a half meters must take the middle channel, and the two landing ships blocking there will not be able to pass through it no matter what, and it is obvious that the people of the United States do not dare to intercept it directly, so they can only take this kind of means to make people speechless.
"Your Excellency, what next?"
Ruan Phuc Hyun said tremblingly that after half a lifetime of political turmoil, he knew very well that if he stayed for even a second, there would be unknown dangers.
"It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning, take His Majesty the King to a helicopter!"
The captain said with a smile.
Well, Ngo Dinh Diem missed a very important question, the Hanqi carried a carrier-based helicopter, and soon a carrier-based version of the Pixiu helicopter was towed out of the hangar, and then Nguyen Phuc Yen boarded the helicopter under the protection of four Jinyi guards, took off from the deck under the stunned gaze of the Mi people, and flew over their heads to the sea.
Wu Tingyan, who was watching this scene at the consulate of the United States, was also stupid.
"Shoot it down, shoot it down in the open sea!"
The Prime Minister shouted hysterically.
It should be said that this is feasible, after all, the vast sea really wants to shoot down this helicopter. Then you can kill and don't admit it.
And yet at this very moment. Eight-point flashes of metal appeared in the blue sky. Soon, as the distance became larger and larger, eight elegantly shaped fighters appeared in his field of vision, and the tiger shark that took off from the Kunlun aircraft carrier arrived, and the consul of the United States beside him shrugged helplessly, obviously it was too late to do anything at this time.
Half an hour later, Nguyen Phuc Yen landed on the destroyer Li Van Trung, and immediately after that, the destroyer headed south at full speed, arriving at Nyingtian eight hours later, after being picked up by the personnel of the Fuhrer's Mansion. He held a press conference in his capacity as King of Annam. And through the Ming Imperial Radio issued a statement to the outside world, angrily denouncing Wu Tingyan for his own selfishness, not thinking about the national crisis, ignoring his trust, and brazenly launching a rebellion, causing the country and the nation to fall into danger, he issued an order as the king of Annam, the commander of the navy, land and air force, asking the army and people of Annam to work together to suppress the rebellion and restore the national order.
And at the same time. Ngo Dinh Diem, who reacted quickly, also issued a statement to the outside world, first turning over the old accounts of Nguyen Phuc Thanh as a puppet for the Japanese people. Then he recounted his previous mistakes, in short, to prove that he was no longer worthy of being king, and that a free and democratic republic was the best choice for the people of Annam. And officially announced that through the parliamentary vote, a national referendum will be held in three months to determine whether to continue the imperial system, if the referendum results in the people need a republic, then Annan will completely abolish the imperial system, and before the election results are in, he has been authorized by the parliament to temporarily govern the country as prime minister, of course, he will also participate in the presidential election.
The turmoil in the political situation in Annam immediately caused an uproar in the outside world.
Yang Feng, the head of state of the Ming Empire, immediately convened a meeting of the Council of the Holy Alliance in Southeast Asia, and then issued a public statement on behalf of all the member states of the alliance in his capacity as chairman of the council to strongly condemn Wu Tingyan's mad behavior, and claimed that all the members of the Holy Alliance in Southeast Asia, including the Ming Dynasty, will continue to recognize King Annam as the supreme head of Annam, and no matter what the final election result of Annam is, the countries of the Holy Alliance in Southeast Asia will not recognize its legitimacy.
At the same time, the Council of the Holy Alliance in Southeast Asia also announced that it would admit the Kingdom of Annam as the tenth member of the League.
In contrast, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States publicly stated that it would respect the choice of the people of Annan, and that no matter what the result of the referendum, the United States would only recognize the government that represents the will of the people of Annan.
Of course, this kind of rhetorical thing is meaningless, everyone understands what the situation is, to say that the referendum result in three months is not the republic, it is simply a hell, it is obvious that Daming and Mi Guo collided head-on this time. The European countries were calm and cautious and thoughtful, and it had nothing to do with them anyway, Gaul even accelerated the withdrawal of troops, and did not hesitate to hire the passenger planes of the Ming Imperial Airlines to transport the soldiers back home.
And North Vietnam and the countries of the Soviet system gloated, and the Soviet newspapers happily described it as two vicious dogs grabbing bones, but Comrade Li had no comment on this.
Then it depends on how Yang responds, it is obvious that the United States is determined to win Annan this time, and he will definitely not tolerate the US military base blocking his doorstep, this contradiction is irreconcilable.
"Führer, the USS Midway aircraft carrier formation appeared in the waters off Phu Quoc Island, and Ngo Dinh Diem urgently transported a regiment to Phu Quoc Island with a landing ship."
In the General Staff Headquarters of the Ming Army, Chen Hu, Chief of the General Staff, quickly introduced the current form to Yuan Fuhrer Yang.
The response of Yang Yuan is Phu Quoc Island, send Nguyen Phuc Hao to Phu Quoc Island, and directly set up a new government of the Kingdom of Annam, as for the composition of this government, it is very simple, just put together the people from the Annan embassy in Daming, and the Annan ambassador to Daming is the new prime minister, and then draw a group of people from the Annan envoys in ASEAN countries, so that the government team will be formally formed.
As for the simpler army, he is worried that the ASEAN Rapid Reaction Force is not yet stationed, and this mercenary force will be stationed on Phu Quoc Island in the future.
However, it is obvious that the people of the United States and Wu Tingyan have already thought of this, after all, there is a lesson from Goryeo, Eisenhower is not a fool, Goryeo has Jeju Island, Annam and Phu Quoc Island, this small island is nearly 600 square kilometers, if you really want to make Yang Feng an unsinkable aircraft carrier, then it will be like a nail pierced in the soles of your feet.
"Regardless of them, order the fleet to move on, whoever dares to stop it and don't fire, just hit me!"
Yang Feng said with a sneer.
His fleet had already set sail, and if it had been put in World War II and he had sent to escort His Majesty King Annam on Phu Quoc, it would have been a very powerful fleet.
"Damn, what do they want to do?"
Off Phu Quoc Island, Vice Admiral Clark, commander of the US Seventh Fleet, looked at the two giant battleships in front of him, the Huaxia battleship and the Yanhuang battleship, like two steel mountains breaking the waves on the sea at a speed of 29 knots, and above them were pirate attack planes constantly circling.
And in front of these two battleships, is his interception fleet, with the aircraft carrier Midway as the core, and more than 40 cruisers and destroyers, forming the densest formation on the sea, in order to block the Ming warships from approaching Phu Quoc, of course, they played the flag to conduct exercises here, in order to avoid accidental damage, no ships are allowed to enter, but obviously, these two Ming warships are not prepared to listen to them.
"They say the equipment is faulty and can't steer!"
The chief of staff of the fleet beside him said with a melancholy expression.
"It looks like these guys are just as imaginative as we are."
Lieutenant General Clark said with a sneer.
"Order all ships to shell the target ships freely, and warn them once again that we are exercising, and stop advancing immediately, otherwise we will not be responsible for accidental injuries."
Then he commanded.
The officer next to him immediately conveyed the order, and then the sailors on all the American warships on the sea were happy, and the main guns of all the cruisers and destroyers were aimed at the target ships on the sea, and one after another shells of various calibers were fired out in an instant, stirring up columns of water on the sea, and those hits exploded into a ball of flames, which looked spectacular.
These target ships were evenly divided on the route of the Ming warships, and although it was impossible for the Huaxia Yanhuang two ships to collide, once they crossed the target ships, then there would definitely be shells shooting at the target ships falling on the two battleships.
However, the Huaxia Yanhuang 4th ship did not slow down at all, and not only that, but also rushed straight towards the aircraft carrier Midway
"The equipment is faulty, the ship cannot be stopped, and the collision is not responsible."
The Chief of Staff repeated the latest reply of the Ming fleet to Vice Admiral Clark with some solemnity.
"Mar's."
Lieutenant General Clark couldn't help but curse.
These guys are really cross, he knows very well what the Ming army is going to do, to be honest, the shelling of his cruisers and destroyers is completely ineffective against this Huaxia Yanhuang, his battleships are all escorted by aircraft carriers, mainly light cruisers and destroyers, at most a few heavy cruisers, at this time it is no longer the era of battleships, and those main guns of up to 203 mm are completely ineffective against the two George V-class battleships.
But if any of them crashes into the Midway, then the aircraft carrier will be finished, and of course the battleship will be finished.
"Huaxia, if it continues to follow its current course, at most ten minutes, Huaxia will collide with us."
The chief of staff measured the course and said.
Vice Admiral Clark did not speak, nor did he give further orders, and more than 40 American warships were still shelling the sea, while the two Ming warships still maintained their course and speed and crashed straight into this fleet.
Soon two warships passed through the sea between the two target ships.
The Chief of Staff continued to look at Lieutenant General Clark.
"Raise the elevation angle and keep firing!"
The latter said almost through gritted teeth.
At this time, the sailors on the American battleships also began to feel a little frightened, although all the naval guns were still firing, but according to Vice Admiral Clark's order, they raised the elevation angle, and one shell after another densely swept over the heads of the two battleships, and continued to explode on the sea behind them.
But the two warships remained indifferent and continued to ram into the US fleet at a speed of 29 knots. (To be continued.) )
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