Chapter 120: The March War XI
The battleship shelled the island with no more than five or six salvos, and the damage caused was simply shocking. Hundreds of houses were destroyed and smoke billowed from them. The concrete runway was also blasted out of numerous large craters.
Looking at the craters, one gets the feeling that the battleship's main guns are simply devastating. The 152mm cannon hidden in the cave was not directly hit by the gun position, but more than 30 soldiers were broken or unconscious by the shells that hit the cave. Three heavy guns on the cannon position were destroyed, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded.
Li Guang himself was hit by a falling stone, and he was already bleeding and swollen.
Now is not the time to count losses, there are still four planes flying in the sky, and Li Guang ordered the runway to be repaired as soon as the Chilean Navy surrendered.
Thousands of people immediately began to devote themselves to the emergency repair work, not only bulldozers, but also tanks.
The transport aircraft has a strong ability to stay in the air, and there is no problem for several hours, but the fighter supports two hours at most, and now half of the fuel has been consumed, and it has reached a very dangerous situation.
When the fuel was about to run out, the large hole on the airport runway was barely filled, and the bulldozer even dragged dozens of tons of steel plates to spread them on the runway. But the ups and downs are not standardized at all, whether it is safe or not, I can't take care of it, the fighter has been in the air for two hours, and the fuel is almost exhausted.
Li Guang ordered the fighter to release fuel and land immediately.
In everyone's fear, the two rookie pilots performed beyond the normal level, and after landing on the ground, the fighter plane was like jumping on an undulating mountain road, full of dangers, like juggling. In the end, the landing of the two fighters was only damage to the landing gear, and there were no casualties.
At this moment, dozens of fishing boats have begun to salvage Chilean soldiers in the ocean. And more fighters of the Naval Resistance Army have successively boarded the battleship and completely controlled the battleship.
After the war, the medical treatment work was carried out in an orderly manner, and the airfield was once again repaired in preparation for the landing of the transport plane. Li Guang was still angry in his heart at the moment, the Chilean side was so domineering, and it used such powerful force without warning, and the two sides did not have any contradictions before. And in this battle, the losses on the stone statue island were huge, and the number of people killed alone exceeded three hundred.
The Naval Resistance Army had also had fallen before, but never before. The total number of officers and men killed in battle before the Navy and the Army together did not exceed a hundred.
"Report, catch a little devil."
Li Guang was woken up by this sound and rushed out of the headquarters. I saw two warriors with a little devil. At this time, Li Guangna still didn't understand, and screaming at the devil (said to be the military attache of the embassy in Chile) was a punch and kick. The little devil curled up on the ground like one. After venting for a long time, I felt that my feet hurt my heart, and the surface of my feet was not lightly smashed by a stone just now, coupled with such a movement, Li Guang, who was in pain, grinned.
After being reminded by the staff officer, Li Guang saw that there were several Chilean officers behind him, one of whom still had the rank of general.
Behold the general in his hand a saber with a beautiful scabbard and a glittering gem on the hilt. Look at this knife, the decoration is greater than the practicality. Li Guang knew that this was probably the so-called Western surrender ceremony.
Li Guang took the war knife with one hand without grace, Torah. General Juan said: "The victor has the right to be proud, but please abide by international law and give our soldiers the treatment they deserve as prisoners of war." ”
Now Li Guang can make do with understanding Spanish, and said: "The moment you ordered the ship's guns to shoot at our fishing boat, you have already lost your qualification as a soldier. China's 5,000-year-old civilization naturally does not have the same knowledge as the barbarians. You barbarians, you don't know what civilization is. ”
"I'm sorry, but trust me, I didn't give that order."
Afterwards, Li Guangcai figured out that the cannon on the fishing boat was the work of the training officers supported by the little devils, but the destroyer had sunk, and several naval officers had not been found.
In just over 20 hours, Li Guang has experienced ups and downs, and it is said that art comes from life, and the battle he experienced is even more legendary than the movie.
Who would have thought that the battle would end in such a way that victory would come too suddenly. Even having won, Li Guang still has an unreal feeling.
"General Lee, how are you going to handle relations with our country? Although our army lost this battle, the strength of our Chilean navy is definitely not something that the power of this island can contend with. ”
Li Guangdao: "If you can't win, you have to fight, and if you win, you have to fight." Chile will have to pay a price for dealing with me. ”
"As long as there is a war, there will be casualties, and if the war can be spared, I don't think General Li will take the lives of the soldiers of your army to waste."
Li Guangdao: "Now that my motherland is being invaded by the Chinese army, I have no intention of going to war with your country, and I have signed a contract with your country to obtain the right to use this land. However, your country heeded the instigation of the devil and sent troops like a fool, which caused me serious losses. All this Chilean political axe must be compensated, otherwise I don't mind going on and on. And what I mean by war and your understanding may be different, I have 10,000 lives here. Even if I fail, I will compensate with the lives of 10,000 Chileans. Military civilians, men, women, young and old. ”
Li Guang paused for a moment and said, "I'll give you a telegraph, please contact your political axe immediately." My conditions are simple, punish the perpetrators, compensate for the damages. Otherwise, it will continue to be fought, and it will be an unlimited war. ”
Before the naval resistance army mastered the battleship, Lato. Juan must have sent a telegram to the Chilean political axe, but Li Guang is not afraid of Chile sending a large army again.
Chile now has one of the most powerful battleships in hand, and Chile must organize an army even if it sends troops. Sending troops is not an easy task, you have to type to write a novel, and you have to organize the army, at least ten days and a half months.
The gunfire had just stopped, and the workers were already working at full speed. In particular, the two instigation submarines are now replenishing all the manpower and working non-stop construction 24 hours a day.
Ten days, Li Guang asked to go to the water for ten days.
Not only submarines, but also various other production departments, the workers did not have time to wipe away their tears, and they were all put into production. Bombshells and 152mm grenades were given the highest priority. However, due to the small stockpile of aerial bombs, the number of bombs that can be transformed into dexterous bombs is limited. And manufacturing, now the Naval Resistance Army does not have that ability.
The video game grenadiers are now equipped with hundreds of auxiliary personnel dedicated to transporting wooden bombs up the mountain, and these people begin to intensify their bomb throwing operations day and night.
Li Guang knew that Chile did not have aircraft carriers, and the only advantage that the naval resistance forces could win was the air force. In order to make the air force combat capable, Li Guang ordered the general staff to immediately start drawing up a plan so that the air force's combat strength could be restored as soon as possible.
The Statue Island is 3,000 kilometers away from Chile, and there are no long-range bombers or aircraft carriers.
In ten and a half days, the Naval Resistance Army will definitely not be able to fully master the battleship, but there is no problem in being familiar with the operation of the ship's guns, and even if the battleship is used as a floating battery, it has extremely strong combat effectiveness.
The Chilean political axe army presented a strange chaos at the moment of receiving the telegram, and who would have thought that such a powerful fighting force would be wiped out in one day. In South America, this fleet has almost the power to destroy a small country. But the ending was so unexpected that even the battleships and thousands of soldiers became trophies of the naval resistance army.
Before the troops, Chilean President Pedro Aguirre and the army and navy generals dismissed it as nothing more than an armed march or an ocean-going training. But who would have thought that such a reversal would occur. Now Pedro Aguirre, who is in a state of frustration, has a deep hatred for the ambassador, and this fat pig who does not know whether to live or die actually proposes to Chile that he is willing to send the invincible navy of the Great Empire to help Chile pacify this group of pirates.
Pedro Aguirre said in his heart, if I have to ask for help for this matter, then can I, the president, still sit down? I'm going to be sprayed to death by the parliamentary guys.
When Chile's Minister of Defense Padilla. Agen received Lato. General Juan's telegram was even more furious. A lone army, and still on my Chilean soil, dared to make threats, which is simply unbearable
In his speech to parliament the next day, President Pedro Aguirre declared: "If we fail to eradicate this group of pirates, not only will we jeopardize our maritime transport, but Chile will be reduced to a small country with no international standing among the three great powers of South America." At that time, Bolivia, Peru, countries with which we have a historical hatred will join forces against us. ”
At this time, in Chile, the fascist mentality was quite dominant, and Chile had been the boss on the west coast of South America for many years, so it was impossible for him to admit defeat, even if he knew in his heart that he had fallen for his own evil deeds and was used as a gun by himself.
There was also an uproar in the council, and they were clamoring for troops. But when they were confronted with the specific armament to be dispatched, they found that they might not be able to defeat the opponent as if they might be.
And by this time, the Chilean political axe did not know the reasons for the defeat of the Navy. Latto. General Juan did not give a specific description of the course of the war in his report, and the Chilean side did not know the true strength of the naval resistance army. Of course, Li Guang would not ask them to reveal this secret.
Although three ironclad ships were decommissioned from the aggressive fleet of that year, the Chilean Navy still has three heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, more than a dozen destroyers, more than a dozen minesweepers, and eight submarines. As for the small warships, there are hundreds.
And if necessary, three ironclad ships, although old, can be put into service with a little repair.
Having lost the war, both the political axe and the military on the Chilean side are now clamoring and shouting, just hiding from the people. It is very strange that at the first time there was no pre-war mobilization of the Navy, and there was not even the war preparation that should have been.
For the Maritime Resistance Army, the only regret in this battle is that the submarine that Chile showed up is missing. Baxia and Jairus cruised for a few laps but could not find any trace of it.
In fact, this Chilean submarine, with a displacement of just over 250 tons, hurried back after discovering that the Chilean Navy had surrendered.
This submarine knew about the process of the battle, and also knew that the Maritime Resistance Force used fighter planes. But the power of his telegraph was too small, and the telegraph could not be sent for 3,000 kilometers at all. And when he rushed back, he found a more serious problem - not enough fuel. The fuel carried by the submarine is not even possible to rush back to Chile, even to Robinson Island. And the location of the stone statue island is really special enough, there are no people around 2,000 kilometers, and there is no way to replenish it.
The captain thought and thought, and then thought and thought. In the end, it was decided to float up and take the initiative to surrender to the Maritime Resistance Army.
On 5 July, the Maritime Resistance Force encountered another miracle and captured a Chilean submarine, and the submarine was sent to surrender on its own initiative.
The results of this battle were brilliant enough to capture a battleship with very little damage, a seriously damaged cruiser, and an intact submarine.
During the battle, the optical rangefinder of the main mast was destroyed by heavy artillery, and it was only necessary to replace the rangefinder to return to the battle.
And the Chakabuko cruiser is a bit of a chicken rib for the Naval Resistance Army. Armor protection and battleship speed were rubbish, and the most important front main guns were blown up. Li Guang has nowhere to buy this thing. The Engineer could only simplify and move one of the main guns located in the stern of the battleship to the bow of the ship. As a result, the cruiser had only one 203mm main gun. And the power system of the cruiser is aging, and the ship type is still from the last century. The engineers eventually came to the conclusion that there was no need for retrofitting. After the transformation, it is still difficult to meet Li Guang's requirements. So this warship with a displacement of more than 4,000 tons was classified as a training ship and part-time to defend the statue island. Since this ship has such a role, Li Guang still gave him an apt name - the Bodyguard.
The captured Chilean submarine, in the eyes of Lippmann and his entourage of the submarine design group, has little to learn from. This submarine is from a famous family and is a product of Sweden, but it is too old, and it was also made in the middle of World War I. Li Guang then handed over the submarine to Quan Yonghai for use as a training crew, and he didn't even bother to afford a name.
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