Chapter 553: Nanyang (5)

Zhao Zhengyang sat on the snow-white chair, the cushion embroidered with golden *** under the buttocks felt very comfortable to sit up, looking at the celebrity oil paintings hanging on the wall, smelling the mellow aroma of coffee in his nose, Zhao Zhengyang also secretly praised those British people in his heart that they would enjoy it. But enjoy it, but from the instructions sent by the government, combined with the recent bills issued by the British government, I already have a rough understanding of Churchill's intention to invite him, and he did not say a word at this time, just savored the taste of the cup of coffee in his hand.

Churchill, who was sitting on the side, looked at Zhao Zhengyang, who had been silent since he entered the door, except for a polite greeting with himself, and then sat down and remained silent, and was secretly angry in his heart. I think that as the prime minister of the British Empire, the head of state and president of which country does not give much face when he sees him, but now this mere Chinese ambassador to the UK, who should have nodded when he saw him, will actually throw his face at himself.

Churchill forcibly held back his breath and said to Zhao Zhengyang: "Ambassador Zhao Zhengyang, I came to you today to inquire about your country's government about the fact that your country's fleet is sailing for Malaysia. Malaysia is a traditional colony of the British Empire, and your government should greet our big brother when it sends a fleet there without authorization? ”

Well, those words finally came, Zhao Zhengyang put down the cup in his hand and looked at Churchill with a smile and said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have just received an order from our government, because our overseas Chinese have been treated unfairly by your country, my country's South China Sea Fleet was ordered to go to Malaysia to evacuate overseas Chinese, I did not expect to cause such a big reaction from your government." ”

"Evacuation of overseas Chinese" Churchill almost tilted his nose, can you use the evacuation of overseas Chinese to dispatch aircraft carriers, to dispatch dozens of destroyers, and even to drive the entire South China Sea Fleet over?

Churchill suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Why didn't you inform our government when you went to Malaysia to evacuate the nationals, and what if it caused a dispute between the two countries?" ”

"Really? 0 However, just a few days ago, didn't Bill No. 5072, which was passed by the House of Lords of your country specifically for our nationals, not notify our country? So is your government responsible for the misunderstanding that has arisen as a result? Zhao Zhengyang pushed back neither softly nor hard. Paralyzed, you British have issued such a fucking resolution, wanting to take our Chinese enterprises and factories in Nanyang to a pot, and you don't notify us when you come, and now you panic when you see our fleet coming, why did you go earlier?

Churchill couldn't help but be speechless for a while, once upon a time, why did the British Empire notify the Chinese government of the resolution? However, judging from the current situation, it seems that the British government is really at a loss, and you have to take the property of other people and overseas Chinese, and you are not allowed to come and evacuate overseas Chinese?

"But aren't you afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings and serious consequences if you use armed forces to evacuate our colonies on such a large scale?" Churchill stared at Zhao Zhengyang and said word by word.

Seeing that Churchill still wanted to hold the Huaxia government accountable, Zhao Zhengyang's heart also became angry, and he stood up open-mindedly and replied in a resolute tone: "The consistent position of the Chinese government is to never give up the interests of our overseas Chinese, which is a basic rule that a civilized country should abide by. The Chinese government has never believed that there is anything wrong with our evacuation of overseas Chinese, so our position on this evacuation operation remains as firm as ever. ”

"You"

After listening to Zhao Zhengyang's words, Churchill's hands trembled with anger, and he kept reminding himself to be calm and not to fall for the hateful ambassador in front of him, which would lead to irreversible consequences in the relations between the two countries.

"Well, since it was a misunderstanding, then I hope that your country's fleet will immediately return to its original station and not enter Malaysia to aggravate the tension in Asia."

"I'm sorry Mr. Prime Minister," Zhao Zhengyang shrugged, the Chinese government's evacuation plan is beyond my control, unless your government can immediately revoke the motion No. 5072 passed a few days ago, then I can notify my government to make a new resolution, in short, the premise of all this depends on your government.

Churchill naturally understood that there was only one premise for Zhao Zhengyang's words, that is, the next move of the Chinese government depends on whether the British government can revoke Bill 5072, and if not, then the Chinese fleet will continue to sail to Malaysia.

Churchill, who was holding his breath for a while, could only end the meeting in a hurry.

In the early morning of November 13, sea fog covered the sea and the docks and seaports along the sea. Ships of war, cargo ships are intertwined with the waves, and it is impossible to distinguish them at all.

Rear Admiral Bertja of the British Third Far East Fleet was now commanding the Third Far East Fleet, including the battleship "Prince of Wales" and the battlecruiser "Counterattack" and twelve destroyers, marching in the sea fog, the waves roaring, hitting the hull and making a "bang-la-la-la" roar.

Although he knew that the Huaxia Fleet was coming, and his third squadron was far from being the opponent of the Huaxia Fleet in terms of quantity and quality, the pride of the British Royal Navy would not allow him to escape without a fight under any circumstances.

"The speed of the right rudder is fifteen knots, and it advances in battle formation"

"It's a speed of fifteen knots, a full rudder right"

Although the glory of the empire on which the sun never sets is no longer as shining as it was decades ago, the heritage of being a maritime power still exists, and the entire fleet is still neatly changing formations like an arm and finger with the orders of Rear Admiral Bai Tejia.

"Report that the fog ahead has begun to subside, and now the visibility has reached 500 meters" from the watchtower from the report eased the uneasiness in the mind of Major General Bai Tejia slightly.

"Your Excellency, do we have to take the initiative to seek fighters?" Colonel Bulaya, chief of staff, asked with some concern: From the news from the Philippines, the officers learned that a fleet of more than 30 destroyers, including one aircraft carrier, two cruisers, and more than 30 destroyers, was heading towards Malaysia at high speed, and their own fleet, which had taken the initiative to go to the guard, might run into the other side at some point.

"Colonel Palaia, are you scared?" Rear Admiral Bai Tejia glanced at this subordinate coldly: "Don't forget that the word has never been afraid in the dictionary of our Royal Navy of the British Empire, although the enemy's fleet is much larger than ours, but the Royal Navy has never had a tradition of bowing its head in front of a strong enemy, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, Mr. Rear Admiral, I will certainly keep the whole fleet in the best state of readiness"

"It's good if you understand, you must know that the stronger the enemy, the stronger our fleet becomes, although they have a large number of aircraft, but our air defense formation can protect our battleships and battlecruisers very well." Major General Bai Tejia cheered his subordinates in a timely manner.

"Yes, General, I immediately ordered the fleet to deploy an anti-aircraft formation"

As soon as Colonel Park Laiya's words fell, a terrible air defense siren from the "Mofeili" destroyer serving as a guard was heard in front of them, and the two looked at each other, and their faces changed at the same time.

Soon, a low roar of planes was heard in the sky, and soon the fleet in front asked for a report on whether to open fire and expel the planes in the sky.

Rear Admiral Bai Tejia's face changed a few times, he knew that since he had discovered the opponent's plane, the position of his own fleet must have appeared on the table of the commander of the opposing fleet, and if his own side opened fire, then it was likely to attract an overwhelming blow from the other side.

"Warn them at once, this is the fleet of the British Empire, let them leave immediately"

Soon, an airwave was transmitted to the sky, "This is the Far East Fleet of the British Empire, you have broken into our warning range, please leave immediately, otherwise we have the right to shoot you down repeatedly, this is "

The two planes that received the warning did not leave, but instead sent each other's answer on the public channel: "We are the South China Sea Fleet of the Republic of China, we are carrying out the evacuation mission, according to the international navigation law, we have the right to innocent passage in the South China Sea, if we are subjected to any unfriendly behavior or attack, we will have to take self-defense actions to defend our safety." Any unfriendly actions by your side will be met with a counterattack from us, repeated"

Upon receiving the reply, Rear Admiral Bertja immediately did not hesitate to call for the assistance of shore-based aircraft, and ordered the fleet to keep course, and the honor of the British Imperial Navy prompted him to choose to defend the honor of the Royal Navy.

Eighty nautical miles away from Rear Admiral Bai Tejia, Zheng Xin, commander of the South China Sea Fleet, also received a report from a reconnaissance plane ahead, and Zheng Xin did not hesitate to order 12 F6F "Hellcat" fighters, eight Avenger torpedo bombers, and four "dreadnought" dive bombers to take off immediately. His order to the pilots was: "If the Brits dare to fire first, shoot him."

Looking at the fog gradually dissipating, Zheng Xin also ordered the fleet to search and advance in battle formation, beware of a sneak attack by the opponent's submarines or torpedo boats.

"Report, the forward reconnaissance plane found that six British "Spitfire" fighters were flying at high speed towards our fleet." A sudden report broke the tense and solemn atmosphere in the war room.

"Order" Hellcat to take off immediately to meet the enemy, and if the opponent does not listen to the dissuasion, shoot it down immediately. ”

After issuing the order, Zheng Xin did not notice the sweat oozing from his palms, and issued another order, all torpedo bombers and dive bombing and immediately take to the air, if our warships are attacked, immediately launch an attack on the enemy