"Kill them!"

The anger of the French officers and soldiers erupted like a volcano, and the officers sent to negotiate were actually attacked while holding a white flag? This is nothing short of a naked humiliation and trampling on the dignity of the human people, ignoring the existence of the French army, which they claim to be the "world's first army".

Due to the rotation of the garrison, many officers and men stationed in Annam also participated in world wars, and there were also officers and men who were not afraid of death in their blood, and there were always soldiers who put life and death out of the way.

"Stop!" Major General Lake roared angrily, stopping this dangerous behavior.

"Why?" Immediately, an officer angrily asked rhetorically.

Lexen said, "Do you want all of us to die?" Don't go, [***] people in Yunnan have 500,000 elite troops who have been redressed, and we are opposite us, and there are nearly 50,000 people stationed in three divisions, and once the war breaks out, we will all have to die without a place to bury. ”

"But the Chinese deceive people too much!" There was an incomparably angry roar from the officer.

Lake said sharply: "Of course they have to deceive people too much, otherwise, what will they use to provoke a war!" As a soldier, dying on the battlefield is the best destination. Of course, we have to die worthwhile and match the strategic needs of the country, so that we can die well. Do you think that if the war breaks out and we die in battle, it will be worthwhile? In this era of national anti-war, do you think that France will travel thousands of miles to avenge us and fight a decisive battle against China for our sacrifice? ? His series of rhetorical questions silenced the originally angry officer.

"No!" Major General Lake summed up in affirmative, and said with deep sorrow, "I regret to tell you that then we will become sinners of France even if we die in battle." Because what our country needs now is not war, and the world war has not been fought enough? Aren't there enough people dead? Provoking a war now will only make it difficult for the country and the political axe to ride the tiger. Beat? What kind of battle will you take to fight a decisive battle with China's millions of troops? How many people will die? Have you thought about it? However, if we do not fight, then how will the world view our France, which is known as the world's first army power, was beaten by the Chinese and did not dare to launch a counteroffensive? And that thrown into the faces of our soldiers? ”

Major General Lake knew very well in his heart that France did not want a war in the Far East, because the Chinese had gathered such a large army on the border, and once the war started, it would definitely not be a local war. Once the war really broke out, the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops would kill them to pieces.

Military action is the ultimate means of politics. Why do the Chinese want to press the border? It is clear that the Chinese have lost patience in the negotiation of unequal treaties. Once a war breaks out, it is difficult to say whether Annan can keep it, not to mention the interests in China. The British also did not want a big war in the Far East, and the so-called delay in negotiations was nothing more than a way to save face. Will Britain in this situation travel to war with the Chinese for the sake of France? That was definitely a dream.

Major General Lake could think of what the British would do with his toes, and the British would say "everyone is an ally, so how hurtful and angry is this?" Sit down and talk about it", yes, the Chinese are also members of the Entente, and no one can blame the British for doing this. France has traveled thousands of miles to take on China, which has a multi-million army? Fools know how it will end.

Junior officers can ignore politics and just have to obey orders. However, as a general and a military commander, he could not fail to understand that before coming here, the French governor of Annan deliberately received him and gave him an analysis of the situation in the Far East. He came not here to command battles, but to avoid war.

"It's an order!" Major General Lake naturally does not and does not have time to explain to these low-level officers and soldiers, so he can only use military orders to suppress people.

He walked to the front of his own side of the border and shouted at the opposite Chinese border: "Stop! Your Excellency, we are allies, why do you treat my officers in such a friendly manner? ”

The lieutenant colonel said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, we are under martial law." He entered our cordon. According to the regulations, I could have ordered him to be killed on the spot, and it was because we were allies that I just punched him and knocked him back. ”

Only then did Major General Lake recall the situation just now, and he also knew that this was an international practice, and he knew that he could only swallow this dumb loss. In fact, during the period of China's decline, this kind of thing was almost a two-sided thing in three days, and it also made the French army accustomed to it. But now that China is on the rise, at least in the Far East, China's army does not need to fear any enemy, and they have the confidence to defeat any enemy, how can they tolerate such a situation anymore? Even if the other party really used this as an excuse to shoot Ellison, then Ellison would just die in vain, and there would be no place to reason internationally.

Major General Lake did not want to dwell on this issue, he had more important things to understand: "Okay then. I would like to ask Your Excellency why your army has entered a state of combat readiness. ”

The Chinese lieutenant colonel said bluntly: "It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, this is a military secret of our army, and I have nothing to say!" ”

"Major General Lake is speechless, what kind of answer is this? Doesn't it mean that you didn't say it? He had long heard that there were a large number of officers of Li Bufan's direct line in China's modern national defense forces, all of whom had dead faces, behaved more rigidly than the Germans, and had more official conversations than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that kind of official rhetoric could make people angry

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"Boom"

In the vast South China Sea, two warships collided violently. An old Chinese light cruiser slammed into the sidespin of a British light cruiser. The huge impact force directly caused the weak armor of the British warship's side-spin light cruiser to burst, and half of the smaller ship was smashed.

In an instant, steel fragments and broken warship parts flew all over the sky, strangling many Chinese and British naval officers and sailors of the two warships on the spot, and flesh and blood flew everywhere. The huge force of the impact caused many British officers and men to be shaken into the air, and the counter-impact force of the impact also caused the officers and men of the Chinese officers to fly upside down and fall to the ground, and several officers and men were thrown out of the warship and fell into the water.

Everyone who saw this scene was stunned. The British cruiser was smashed and half of its body was destroyed, which was for sure, but the bow of the Chinese warship was also deformed by the huge impact, and it was stuck on the British warship, although it was slightly better, but there was also no possibility of repair. One hit, two warships were scrapped.

"Abandoned ship !!" The remaining officers of the two warships did not care about anything else, and immediately gave this order, and as long as they could move, they all jumped into the sea like dumplings

"Boom" two warships collided again, this time two destroyers collided, because the British destroyers turned to dodge, but the speed was not increased, and the Chinese destroyers could not hit the sidespin, so they could only use rear-end collisions. The destroyers were not so strong, and the two destroyers of China and Britain were deformed by the collision, especially the British destroyers, the entire power propeller was smashed, the steel plates were twisted and deformed, and the sea water rushed in, and the officers and men on board were hit so violently that they also suffered heavy casualties

"Oh God" Rear Admiral Miller and York of the Miller Detachment were so frightened that they could barely breathe, as officers and men of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, who had been invincible in the world for hundreds of years, they could not accept or understand such an act of the Chinese Navy, and the demons of fear instantly invaded their hearts, and they swore that they had never wanted to escape from this terrible sea at this moment.

"The Chinese are crazy, they are really crazy." York trembled and roared, "General, we must get out of this damn place." ”

Miller Khan rained down and laughed miserably: "Crazy, crazy." The Chinese are crazy, and so are our aristocratic politicians in Downing Street. This is what they want to see the determination of the Chinese to recover the concessions and abolish the unequal treaties, the determination to fight. And the price to prove this is the destruction of our detachment! ”

York yelled, "General, we can't just die here, it's worthless. Without waiting for Miller to answer, he roared like crazy, "If you want to Chinese the flag, let's leave, we'll leave immediately!! ”

"Boom" Before he could finish speaking, the other two small warships were also hit, and the entire sea was in shambles.

The waving of the flag on the British detachment "William" was clearly seen by Sa Zhenbing and Lin Jianzhang on the pocket battleship "Jiangxi," the flagship of the South China Sea Fleet.

Lin Jianzhang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Great, the foreign devil finally relented." Lao Sa, you can stop the impact of the 'Zhenhai'. ”

Sa Zhenbing gritted his teeth and said, "You must continue to hit!" ”

Lin Jianzhang said angrily: "Lao Sa, the one above is Sa Shijun, your nephew." You're letting him die. "Using an old cruiser of more than 2,000 tons to ram an armored heavy cruiser of 7,000 or 8,000 tons is almost a lifeless task.

Sa Zhenbing's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Five warships, the other four have all hit the enemy ship, as long as my nephew's warship does not collide, can Hou'an serve the public?" As he spoke, he grabbed the radio communicator and shouted at it: "Lieutenant Colonel Sa Shijun, I order you to sink the enemy ship at all costs, and tell the enemy that as long as you dare to invade, then don't leave!" ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Soon, a voice came over the radio, and at the same time, there was a faint roar of Sa Shijun: "Full speed, full speed!! Sa Zhenbing trembled in his heart, and opened his mouth with difficulty: "What are your last words?" It was as if those words were as heavy as a thousand pounds.

"Today's Chinese Navy is a real navy, and its glory is worth defending with our lives! One day, when our Chinese navy will become the world's largest navy, please let me know that then my brothers and I will die without regrets! ”

Sa Zhenbing listened to the sound from the radio, and couldn't hold back for a moment, tears gushed out. Sa Shijun has been taught by him since he was a child, and he has always been taught by the shame of the First Sino-Japanese War, inspiring him to become an excellent naval officer and soldier, in order to hope that he will revive the glory of the navy, and his efforts and sweat are vividly vivid, but today, he personally ordered this nephew who pinned his expectations on him to ram the enemy ship and order him to die.

On the cruiser "Zhenhai", Sa Shijun stared at the "William" with almost red eyes, and shouted: "Rush up, hit the side-spinning torpedo, detonate it, and kill the British!" "The William is a hybrid, and it can sail much faster than ordinary warships, and only by doing so can the enemy ship be completely destroyed.

Miller and York saw it and shouted in frenzy, "No, these madmen, speed up the rudder"

But the "Zhenhai" is still approaching rapidly, and the feeling is like Mount Tai pressing on the top, which makes people full of fear and despair

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