Neither Ha Fei nor the generals of the Burmese Front are idiots.

They saw the unprecedented intensity of artillery fire on the Chinese East Bengal defense line from afar, and saw the Chinese tank groups emerging from the high ground, and if they no longer knew that the Battle of East Bengal was a huge trap, then they would not have to be confused.

They never imagined that the "death march" that had come with great expectations and experienced a terrifying and discoloring experience would come here, and it seemed that they were only one step away from breaking through. But I never thought that this last step would be a moat.

The navy has done its best, they watched the navy fight frantically, fighting to the death, one after another battleships sank under the Chinese "battleship batteries", and finally the large warships were completely lost and forced to retreat, only to face the Chinese navy's counter-pursuit.

The change between victory and defeat can be so fast, they once received a declaration of victory from the command of the Lamball coalition army, which made them feel the paradise of light, but in the blink of an eye, the situation changed drastically, and in the blink of an eye, they were sent to hell and plunged into endless darkness.

"It's all over. We've done our best. Xia Fei finally said this sentence in the face of the generals of various countries.

Judging by the scale of the Chinese offensive against the British, China has more than two armies in Gala, perhaps four, or even more. Judging from the fierce attack of the Chinese side, the British army could not stop it.

The British army is finished, where is the strength to save them. It is true that they still have 6 or 700,000 troops left, but they have run out of ammunition and food, and there is no point in delaying it for a few days, and it will only make many people starve to death. They really don't want to be unable to deliver food in time to save them, as the Chinese say.

"Victory!"

After receiving Xia Fei's surrender message, Dibrugel's command burst into earth-shattering cheers.

"It stinks!" It was not known who was screaming in the command.

For a while, everyone rushed out of the headquarters, desperately breathing in the fresh air outside and feeling the fragrance in the air.

Li Bufan, Li Songshan and Zhang Xiaozhun were also as relaxed and happy as teenagers, relieved and cheering with the staff officers.

"Long live the Commander-in-Chief!" The staff members of the command headquarters shouted one after another, and the huge cheers alarmed the surrounding personnel, and many officers and men learned that the commander-in-chief had actually come to the front line to direct the battle, and they joined in the cheers one after another.

"Brethren, comrades. In the South Asian theater. In less than a month, we annihilated more than 3 million Western coalition forces in one fell swoop, while our army suffered less than 200,000 casualties. This is a great victory that has never been seen before. Although it may not be a newcomer, it is absolutely unprecedented. You are all heroes of the Chinese nation. This war will go down in history. Victory in this battle. Let our country be invincible in this war, and it will mark that the rise of the Chinese nation will be unstoppable. Long live the Chinese nation! Long live the Chinese soldiers! ”

"Long live the Chinese nation! Long live the Chinese soldiers! Long live the Commander-in-Chief! Countless officers and soldiers let out earth-shattering cheers.

Li Bufan stood on the high platform, now that he has appeared. At this juncture, he must make some speeches to further boost the morale of the three armed forces. In the face of wave after wave of cheers, he waved his hand for a long time to stop the cheers, and continued: "The Western barbarians are trying to unite in vain and force us to submit with guns and cannons. Facts have proved that as long as we are united, our Chinese iron cavalry will be invincible, and any enemy will be vulnerable in front of us. Our ancestors were able to establish the Han and Tang dynasties, and we will also be able to be unparalleled in the world and the first in the world! ”

"Unparalleled in the world, the first in the world!"

"We are the number one power in the world!"

Li Bufan soon came to a quiet courtyard in cheers, Li Songshan and Zhang Xiaozhun naturally accompanied each other, as for the stench that can smoke people to death, they don't want to go in again for the time being, with the surrender of the Xia Fei Front, this battle has been completely decided.

"After this war, the Western barbarians will be completely at a strategic disadvantage for at least a year, and we will completely seize the initiative." Zhang Xiaozhun looked elated.

Li Songshan said with a smile: "It's just that the navy's losses are a little bigger, otherwise this battle is really perfect." ”

As soon as the loss of the navy was mentioned, Li Bufan was furious. He meticulously planned the tactic of "battleship batteries," thinking that he would be able to repel the Western Combined Fleet at a relatively low cost, and that he would be able to rely on his absolute air supremacy, dispatch the Air Force, and completely annihilate the enemy's Combined Fleet under naval and air strikes. At that time, the main force of the navy could not retreat, and if it retreated, hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chinese army would be exposed to the range of the opponent's naval artillery.

As for the fact that the Air Force had not attacked the coalition navy before, first, it did not want to startle the snake, and second, it was worried that if the opponent's navy was killed, the main force of the British army would shrink back. If you don't leave the other party some hope, how can the other party be willing to give up the cost? In the end, I really want the Air Force to concentrate on solving the Western Air Force.

In short, this is the biggest surprise, even anyone can miscalculate, the commander of the opposing fleet, if not a genius, is an idiot.

Li Bufan said fiercely: "The remnants of the enemy's fleet are fleeing, is there any news?" ”

Li Songshan smiled bitterly: "News has come. Our navy was in pursuit, but there was a storm at sea, and the pursuit was extremely difficult, and the planes could not be put into battle. ”

Li Bufan snorted coldly and said, "No matter what method is used, we must drive out the remnants of the enemy, and we must not let them go." ”

Li Songshan said: "According to the call from the Li Navy, our warship suffered some damage in the naval battle, and in order to ensure the safety of the fleet in the storm, it is impossible for the fleet to move forward at full speed, and the other party is bound to go all out to escape, and it is difficult to catch up." As long as the other side drags on until dark, it is basically impossible for us to pursue. Judging by the distance, our submarine forces are still in the southwest area of the Ganges estuary, and they should have time to set up an ambush on their way home. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said, "Then tell Li Hengshan and kill them." ”

In the midst of the storm, Miller commanded the fleet to brave the storm.

"Hahaha it's God is helping us, there's this storm. It would be impossible for the Chinese Air Force to attack our fleet. Miller felt a kind of ecstasy for the rest of his life, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh wildly.

York, his old subordinate staff officer, said bitterly: "General, it's dark before we can be truly safe." ”

Miller nodded, although he felt that York was a little disappointed, but the storm at sea came and went quickly, and it was really necessary to be guarded against.

Miller, of course, did not know that almost a hundred kilometers away, a submarine force was interspersed at high speed in front of them, on a special submarine (a base car variant). Li Hengshan looked at the arrogant Miller. Gnashing teeth. At the beginning, the Chinese plan was to let the submarine ambush the Western Combined Fleet, so as to make the navies of the enemy and us as evenly matched as possible and reduce the pressure on the navy, but they never expected Panetta's unintentional worry and change course. Let Li Hengshan's ambush fail.

Li Hengshan's heart was very self-blaming. If it weren't for the failure of his ambush in the first place. The loss of the main force of the Chinese Navy will not be fought like this, and the main force of the Navy will lose almost half, and the real vitality will be greatly damaged. The most important thing is that China's shipbuilding capacity is insufficient, and it is difficult to replenish it.

"Miscellaneous, be proud! Lao Tzu must let you bury the belly of the fish! Li Hengshan cursed while contacting the submarine formation by radio to adjust its position.

It was getting dark, and Miller was finally relaxing.

York also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "General, it seems that we are really safe." ”

Miller nodded: "Order the warship to speed up, let's go to the front and have a look." ”

"Yes!"

Miller didn't expect that his sudden thought made Li Hengshan, who was not far from the water, almost vomit blood, and had already calculated the speed and interval of the opponent's fleet clearly through the intelligent brain "Meimei" on the base car, and the submarines were also lurking in order, ready to wipe them out in one fell swoop. But the other party's change fell through again. He can't give up the remnants of the entire Combined Fleet just to attack one of the opposing warships, right?

Suddenly, he saw a small fleet appear on the silver screen, which was impressively the Chinese Navy. He took a closer look and said to himself: "It's actually Sa Shijun, this kid, it's really ruthless, and he actually chased all the way to such a far?" Forget it, cheap him. ”

Miller's ship moved forward quickly, and the rest of the warships remained in the same formation.

Suddenly, not far from the fleet, a series of waterlines rose up and rushed straight at the warships, and the violentness of just over 100 meters came in an instant, and the warships of the fleet were not allowed to evade at all.

"Boom." A series of violent explosions, more than a dozen warships were hit by torpedoes almost simultaneously, and more than half of the warships were blown in two by the huge explosive power of the torpedoes on the spot and quickly sank.

The sudden upheaval made Miller and York almost stunned.

"Damn it, Chinese submarines!" Miller quickly came back to his senses and screamed. Submarines are simply assassins in the navy, the First World War has shocked the world, and China's submarine force can ambush the main fleet of the Japanese Navy, which is even more famous in the world.

Miller nervously shouted: "Anti-submarine, drop depth charges immediately!" "Through the position where the torpedo emerged, the warship rushed over and quickly dropped depth charges, and several warships that were hit by torpedoes and were heavily damaged, but did not sink, also joined the anti-submarine sequence.

The violent explosion of the depth charges and the violent fluctuations of the water waves made the submarines constantly vibrate violently. Li Hengshan's base car naturally won't get close here, he watched the impact of the depth charge explosion on the submarine through the silver screen, and looked anxiously at the fleet not far away, obviously the torpedo explosion had attracted Sa Shijun's kid, but he couldn't help but shout: "You stinky boy, can you hurry up?" ”

Sa Shijun naturally couldn't hear Li Hengshan's self-talk, he had actually pounced at full speed, and finally saw the enemy ship that was dropping depth charges from a distance, and saw his old enemy Miller on the telescope, and immediately roared: "Miller, you can't run away!" ”

Miller also felt that a warship was coming, and when he boarded, he raised his binoculars and looked, and he also saw Sa Shijun. But now he only has one cruiser left in good condition, and several other warships have been hit hard, and there is not much combat power left, while the other party has a full five warships, especially the warship piloted by Sa Shijun is an 8,000-ton armored heavy cruiser, and the strength of the two sides is very different. Instant scolding: "Damn it! Then he shouted: "Stop attacking, full speed west!" ”

Miller fled, and several heavily damaged coalition warships immediately raised their white flags, their warships were heavily damaged by torpedo attacks, and timely rescue may have saved them from sinking, but in the face of surface ship attacks, there is little to fight back.

Sa Shijun ignored these surrendered warships, and pursued Miller relentlessly, constantly shelling. But Miller was obviously very good, and kept directing the warships to evade, and the sky gradually darkened.

"Never let him go." Sa Shijun gritted his teeth.

"Captain, you can't chase anymore. Otherwise, we won't have enough fuel to return home. ”

"What?!" Sa Shijun's eyes were almost spewing fire, staring at the first mate. Insufficient fuel is a taboo for the navy, once the fuel is exhausted, it is extremely dangerous for the warship to drift on the vast sea, and the slightest accident will cause the ship to be destroyed and killed.

No matter how unwilling he was, Sa Shijun could only stare at Miller's warship and rush into the darkness (to be continued......

PS: Fuel has always been a limitation of the navy, especially in the modern navy, once there is no power, the bomb supply system will also be paralyzed, the warship is basically de-combat, and the stored power cannot provide long consumption. Small warship shells can also be carried up in the ammunition compartment, but if it is a large warship, a single shot of naval guns weighs hundreds or even hundreds of kilograms, which is simply fatal. In World War II, the U.S. Navy was unable to launch a direct attack on the Japanese mainland from Hawaii, but due to range restrictions, it had to fight all the way from Southeast Asia. In this book, it is written that if the first island chain and Guam are taken, the Pacific direction will be almost safe, and it is also based on this. Because as long as the opponent fails to strike a blow, the entire fleet will have no return, there is no absolute certainty, and no admiral dares to take this risk.