133. Egyptian Wars (7)
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"Discover the enemy fleet! The location is south-southeast, 28,000 kilometers away! ”
"Speed 23 knots, cut to the front of the enemy, we need to stop them!" Rear Admiral Hubbard was absolutely a daring man in the German navy, and after discovering the traces of the British fleet, he ignored the fact that there was only one battlecruiser and one cruiser on his side, and directly ordered him to intercept him, and immediately led the battlecruisers "Yavos" and "Mithiri" to speed up towards the front of the British fleet.
"Distance 23000, Bearing 253!" Soon the gun commander reported a set of numbers, which meant that the enemy ship had come within range of the main guns of the "Yavos".
"A double column of enemy ships, heading southeast! Three destroyers in front, four battleships and two armored ships behind them! ”
"The enemy is trying to escape!" Hubbart said as he spoke, only to see a degrading orange flash of fire on the southeast sea, and the enemy ships opened fire first. Not long after, several huge columns of water rose on the sea surface about 800 meters in front of the port side of the "Yavos". On the bridge, Hubbart could clearly feel the danger contained in these columns of water.
"From 19500, the battleships in the rear of the enemy fleet opened fire on me! Oh, this flag, it's damn the Japanese! "There was a shout from the speaker!
"The Japanese, these hateful yellow monkeys have actually captured our 'Oriental Pearl', all the main guns are aimed at it, today I want to teach them a lesson!" Hubbard did not feel any concern about the shells falling in the distance, and he was even more furious when he heard about the Japanese warship. After the outbreak of the war, the Japanese took advantage of the fire and looted and captured Jiaozhou Bay under German rule, making the Germans feel that they had lost face.
In the midday sun, Hubbard and the "Yavos" were singled out against the British fleet, but after a few minutes, he could not stand it, and the British fleet had four old former dreadnoughts, although they were slower and less numerous, but they were rough and thick-skinned, and they also had 16 12-inch cannons combined.
Columns of water splashed around the Yavos, a scene that German sailors had also seen, and Admiral Sorochin had also commanded the Yavos and the Russian fleet under the command of Admiral Nasimov in a battle at Cape Sochi, but the difference in strength between the two sides was even greater, and the Russians had six old battleships.
Hubbard had no choice but to order the warship to speed up and distance itself from the enemy ship, and the bow of the "Yavos" splashed on both sides of the bow and got rid of the entanglement of the British ship. In this way, from time to time, the "Yavos" came into the battle distance, and after firing two rounds of artillery, it widened the distance between it and the British ships, so that the British fleet could not increase its maximum speed in order to maintain its formation.
Before you know it, the sun is already in the west, and Admiral Maouf finally leads the fleet to the battlefield.
"Your Excellency, Commander, look! The enemy's reinforcement fleet is coming! Sato Sakura looked in the direction of his lookout hand, and on the sea to the north, several gray ship shadows appeared at the junction of water and sky, approaching at high speed.
"Let the destroyers and cruisers withdraw first, and we will be on top in the back!" Sato Sazo calmly gave the order, which was less than 30 nautical miles from Port Said, and if the battlefleet dragged on to the back, the fleet might be able to withdraw to the harbor. But the British fleet was visibly panicked and began to scramble to speed away.
Now, on the contrary, the "Anyun", which has reduced its speed, has been left behind.
"Commander, these Britons simply don't pay attention to our banner!"
"Baga, these foreigners are all bastards who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Sato Sato was so angry that he scolded, "Speed up, let's speed up too!" ”
But it was too late, and there was a heart-stopping scream in the air, and about eight shells flew towards the "Anji" in mid-air, like a few thrown wine bottles. Sato Sazo was horrified to see a shell hit the side of the "Anyu" and hit a twin British Vickers 10-inch secondary gun in the amidships. A flash of white light flashed, and most of the "Anyun" was shrouded in brown gunsmoke, and a blazing heat wave swept over like a hurricane, and the entire warship shook violently as if it had been hit hard.
In the first round of shelling of the enemy ships, the unlucky "Anyun" suffered heavy losses.
The British fleet sped up and fled forward, and the "Yavos" who was responsible for intercepting it was also powerless to stop it, and the "Anyun" was already dragging behind with thick smoke and fire. The guns of the Maouf fleet chasing behind him flashed with fire, concentrating their fire on the "Anyu", and rows of water columns rose around the Japanese battleship. The "Anyun" is like a small boat in a storm, swaying helplessly from side to side in the waves.
A scream came through the air, and with a bang, the warship sank sharply as if it had been punched. Sato Sazo was slammed to the floor, his ears buzzing and he couldn't hear anything else. The smoke faded, and Sato struggled to get up from the floor, and was greeted by a ruined bridge.
"Sir, the power compartment is damaged, and the warship is stalling sharply!"
After hearing the report, Sato Sakuzo waved his hand helplessly and closed his eyes, it seems that it is difficult for him to escape today! A large hole was blown open in the area of the ship's midship power room, billowing smoke was coming out of the opening, and the speed of the "Anyun" had reached less than 10 knots.
If someone rescues, maybe they can save it, but now the British are running away on their own.
"The enemy ship sends a light signal demanding that we surrender!" The Signal Officer is reporting.
"Surrender? No, keep fighting! Sato Sakuzo said that Westerners will never understand the thinking of Orientals, and in the consciousness of Orientals, surrender is a humiliation worse than death!
The stubborn resistance of the "Anyun" saved the British fleet from the doom of total annihilation, which is indeed awe-inspiring. The battleship was blazing, the deck was almost parallel to the sea, and the few remaining small-caliber guns on the warship were still spewing fire, making indifferent return fire.
The peoples of the East have a much stronger will to resist than the Westerners, and they are much more tenacious in the face of defeat, perhaps because of different civilizations. Of course, it may be more because of the history of the Holocaust, in the East, many times, the conquered peoples were subjected to extermination-style slaughter, so it would lead to desperate struggles.
The "Anyun" was torpedoed to the bottom of the sea by the "Mitiri", and only 76 people survived the entire warship. However, it was not worthy of sympathy, and the Japanese did not treat the Germans much better when they attacked Jiaozhou Bay.
At Abu Ogra in central Sinai, the Chinese Workers finally saw the "instigated" side of the British, and after completing the artillery preparations for the assault on Abu Ogra, a white flag was suddenly raised in the city.
"And so they surrendered?" Guo Songling, commander of the 3rd Brigade of Chinese Workers, looked very depressed, and before his troops could launch a charge, the British recognized it as "cowardly" and waved a white flag, and the morale that had just been mustered suddenly dropped, which made people feel very unhappy. "Guys, how did you meet such a bunch of cowards!" Guo Songling, who won easily, was so angry that he scolded. (My novel "Under the Double Eagles" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )
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