"Our ship was ordered to ram your ship!"

China's South China Sea Fleet divided five old warships, unfurled such a flag, and accelerated with all their might, and smoke billowed from the chimneys of the warships. The five warships rushed towards Miller's detachment with an indomitable momentum.

Miller and York were stunned for a moment, they couldn't imagine that such a crazy thing would happen, and with their sailing experience, they could see at a glance that each other was simply going to die together.

In the history of naval warfare, it is not that there is no ramming tactic, in fact, before the era of dreadnoughts, most large warships had ramming angle designs, and even the "Dreadnought" battleship, the world's first fully heavy battleship, also had ramming angle designs. However, this kind of ramming tactics is almost always used by large ships against small warships, and with the armor and tonnage of huge ships and the bonus of speed, the small warships are instantly smashed to pieces. However, if two warships of almost the same tonnage and simplicity of structure collide, the consequences are almost catastrophic, and if a small warship rams a large warship, the consequences are almost crushed in most cases.

However, it is not absolute. Even if a 10,000-ton giant ship is hit by a 1,000-ton warship with all its strength on the sideboard, it is entirely possible to cause the destruction of the 10,000-ton giant ship and the result of death.

China's old warships are not large in tonnage, and the location of the impact of these warships is precisely on the side of the side.

"They're crazy!" Miller shouted in horror, knowing that the Chinese warship was constantly shouting, it had approached within five hundred meters, and with the speed of the warship in this period, this distance was a matter of one or two minutes. With such a short distance, it is very difficult to accelerate and avoid it.

York shouted on the spot: "General, fire, sink them, or we will all be finished!" ”

Miller roared: "Shut up! Don't you see? We are surrounded by more than a dozen Chinese warships, as well as seven or eight new warships, and it is said that the Chinese's new warships have a speed of more than 30 knots. Once we fire, they can fight back openly, sinking us all and annihilating us. Then he immediately shouted and ordered: "Pressurize, avoid at full speed!" ”

The British Navy is a powerful fleet with a long history and a long heritage, and the quality of its officers and men is impeccable. At the sound of an order from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the power of the steam engine was immediately added with coal, and the pressure of the steam boiler was added to accelerate, and smoke billowed from the chimney of the warship. However, the power of the steam engine is completely different from that of modern power, and the speed of coal heating is far less fast than that of the steam turbine fueled by heavy oil fuel, and the acceleration takes time.

York immediately felt the gap, and the Chinese warship almost pressed over with a thunderous momentum, as if a monstrous wave was pressing towards him, and his heart couldn't help but tremble, fear, and almost couldn't breathe. The fear could no longer be suppressed, and he shouted: "General, we have no time to speed up, we can't dodge!" ”

Miller, a great admiral who lived through the Battle of Jutland, didn't know this? His face was almost blue with anger, and he shouted, "Damn, why is this happening? Semaphore! Q: What exactly does China want to do? ”

Sa Zhenbing and Lin Jianzhang saw each other's flags, and Sa Zhenbing sneered: "Tell them that the order our South China Sea Fleet has received is: to expel the enemy ships that invade our territorial waters at all costs." We Chinese have never had a tradition of firing at our allies, but the task must also be completed! ”

Miller and York's faces turned green when they saw the Chinese flag, and they were not relaxed at all because the Chinese side revealed that they would not open fire and fight, but were full of despair. Because they have long judged that the Chinese side will not easily start a war with Britain, but a collision is not the same as a fire, and any politician can fully understand such an accident as a "malfunction, equipment failure, accidental collision" and other "accidental" accidents.

During the war years, in fact, many veterans had the consciousness of dying on the battlefield, and could even find reasons for their own war deaths, such as defending their families and the country, protecting their relatives, and making their comrades-in-arms shed less blood and sacrifice. But if they know that their death is worth nothing, who can be willing? After all, that's not how unsung heroes are.

Miller looked at the Chinese warship that was ramming with a thunderous momentum, and he was completely avoided, unless the other party turned or stopped, the best outcome would be the same fate. Finally, he couldn't stand the pressure and yelled: "Flag language"

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In the southeast of Yunnan, the border between the estuary and Lao Cai is almost separated by a wall, and the famous Yunnan-Vietnam Line Railway passes through it, running through the two places.

Ever since Li Bufan, commander-in-chief of China's Ministry of National Defense, issued an order on combat readiness, China's Hekou line immediately became a huge barracks, where nearly 50,000 troops from the three integrated divisions of an entire army were rapidly assembled, and countless officers and men rushed to repair the battle-ready fortifications, equipped with tanks and artillery pointed at Lao Cai one after another.

Martial law was issued, and the border trade, which had been prosperous because of the development of the southwest, became history in an instant, and the trade was completely cut off, and even the civilians in the estuary began to evacuate in an orderly manner. The breath of war instantly filled this world.

The French colony of Annam was so frightened that the French colony of Annam had to send additional troops to the border to defend the whole country, and the French army and its affiliated colonial troops in Lao Cai were originally only one regiment combined, but they were soon increased to one division and one regular French regiment.

However, the French troops stationed in Lao Cai did not feel the slightest sense of completeness. The garrisons of French Annan all understood that their colonial garrisons were not the elite of the French army, and their combat effectiveness was actually inferior to that of the second-line troops, let alone the colonial legions, which could only deal with indigenous civilians. If you don't read it like this, what can you use to confront the elite main force of the Chinese army that defeated Japan, besides, even if you win the battle by shit, don't forget that the Chinese garrison in Yunnan has 500,000, and it is a desperate number to think about.

Major General Lake was the commander of the garrison in Lao Cai, France. In the telescope, he saw quite clearly that the Chinese army on the opposite side was building dense firepower points, erecting machine guns, artillery, and waiting for the daunting tanks behind, the main gun caliber of the tank was so large, Europe had never seen such a large tank with such a large main gun, in his opinion, it should be the French Army equipped with the most 75 mm caliber similar tank guns.

Adjutant Lieutenant Colonel Ellison made a sentence that his face was like dirt, and the whole person was trembling in awe, and the cold sweat had already soaked and the military uniform: "General, general, are the Chinese preparing to attack?" "You must know that since China has stationed troops in Yunnan on a large scale, the gossip that the Chinese are going to attack has not stopped, and even these garrisons believe it." Because no one thinks that the Chinese will have nothing to do with putting 500,000 troops in Yunnan to "play", and there is no doubt that the purpose is them.

Although Ryker was almost suffocated by nervousness, as a general, he still felt calm on the outside, even though the clothes on his body were already soaked with "sweat". Of course, no one dares to say that it is a "cold sweat" that is scared, only that it is because of the hot weather, in fact, even in March, the weather here is still more than 20 degrees.

When Lake saw the panicked adjutant Ellison, he couldn't help but become more and more nervous in his heart, and said angrily: "You went over and asked the Chinese, what do they want to do?" ”

"I—I?" Lieutenant Colonel Ellison hesitated and pointed to his nose in shock, thinking he had misheard.

Lake was disgusted by this feeling of fear, especially Ellison, who showed his fear so obviously, that he felt that he had lost the face of "the world's number one army power", and said impatiently: "Of course it's you!" Do you still want me to go in person? ”

"But, but general, the Chinese are already under martial law" Ellison replied with a little stammering, wanting to refuse, obviously knowing that this junk hit the muzzle of the Chinese gun, and there was absolutely no good fruit to eat.

Lexon said, "This is an order. If you don't go, I'll shoot you right now! As he spoke, he pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Ellison's head viciously.

Lieutenant Colonel Ellison's mind went blank in an instant, more than he could have imagined. You must know that the French army has been developing for many years, and it has long had a complete set of military dispositions, as an officer, even if it is wartime disobedience, all the commander can do is send him to a military court, not to mention that the war has not yet begun.

However, as soon as Lieutenant Colonel Ellison wanted to speak, he saw Lexon's murderous eyes and said in a panic: "You, you don't have the right to do this. ”

Lake smiled like a demon, "Maybe you don't remember, during the Battle of Verdun in the World War, at least seven colonel-level officers were disciplined on the battlefield by me. Since you are my subordinate, there is no choice! Then he revealed his murderous intent and slowly pulled the trigger.

Ellison's pupils contracted in fear, and he hurriedly shouted, "I'll go." But, Your Excellency, if I had not died, I would have taken you to court-martial. Lake looked like he was going to shoot, but he wasn't sure if General Lake would really shoot, but he didn't want to gamble, after all, he negotiated with the Chinese, and in such a peaceful time, at least he wouldn't kill him easily.

Lieutenant Colonel Ellison held the white flag nervously, walked towards the Sino-Vietnamese border, and walked in the buffer zone of the national border, as if he felt countless guns pointed at him, and the feeling was almost crazy. He tried to show a smile that was uglier than crying, kept waving the flag, and shouted, "Don't shoot, I want to talk to your commander." ”

There was silence on the Chinese side, and a large number of soldiers were eyeing him, their guns still pointed at him, but they did not fire.

Lieutenant Colonel Ellison stepped on the cordon, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but saw that the Chinese side was also a lieutenant colonel rushing up one by one, and punched him in the face, and the huge force almost knocked his entire body flying, and several teeth were knocked away with blood.

The shocking change of this scene made the French officers and soldiers on the other side of the border extremely nervous, and they loaded their reflex bullets one after another; When the officers and men on the Chinese border saw this scene, they also loaded their bullets one after another, and the light and heavy machine guns were safed, and the situation was about to erupt