At the operational meeting held in the early morning of 26 December, staff officers Li Mingming, He Kaisheng, Li Tianqian, and Xiyun unanimously proposed to abandon Machen and Semarang, reduce their forces, and defend Zhurong City and Borneo west of Zhurong City, as well as Sulawesi Island.

When Lin Fei heard this, he slapped the table and said angrily: "Give up Ma Chen and Semarang, absolutely not..."

Li Ming hurriedly said: "Semarang and Ma Chen are completely under the front of the British and French troops, their strength is extremely strong, we are not their opponents, rather than wasting strength in these two places, it is better to arrange the troops on the back line of defense." ”

Lin Fei shook his head categorically and said: "No, Semarang is our last base on Java Island, giving up Semarang is equivalent to giving up the entire Java Island, and the hard work we have paid before will be in vain." ”

"Machen is a military port that we carefully manage in Borneo, and Zhurong City is closely intertwined, and giving up Machen Port is equivalent to giving up Zhurong City."

He Kaisheng said: "Your Majesty, our problem now is that we may not be able to hold Ma Chen and Semarang......

Lin Fei said: "I have mobilized troops to reinforce Semarang, Semarang can be defended completely, Machen has our fleet, and there are shore defense facilities, so there is no need to worry about defense." ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice..."He Kaisheng persuaded hard, Lin Fei shook his head and said: "Okay, don't say it again, I have already decided, we must not give up Ma Chen and Semarang, let's break up." ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he got up and left, Xiyun followed behind Lin Fei and persuaded in a low voice: "Husband, I also think that Ma Chen and Semarang should be given up, otherwise it will ......."

Lin Fei smiled and said, "Yun'er, don't persuade me anymore, I have already decided on this matter, order the troops to mobilize supplies to Semarang and Ma Chen." ”

What Lin Fei decided could no longer be changed, and Xiyun didn't say anything anymore, and went to convey the order according to Lin Fei's intentions.

Britain and France inflicted two defeats on the battlefield to the Chinese Empire, and they also needed to recuperate, so after conquering Jakarta and Pontianak, they suspended their attacks, and during this period of truce, Lin Fei's 30,000 elite troops entered Semarang and 20,000 troops entered Machen Port, ready to defend these two cities to the death...

Time entered 1897, Lin Fei's crossing entered the third year, and Lin Fei also suffered the biggest crisis since the crossing.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of 3 January, the temporary fleet of two Emperor-class cruisers and four Dragon-class cruisers was sailing on the route from Horak Island to Semarang, escorting 30 large transport ships, loaded with large quantities of ammunition and food, intended to be sent to Semarang.

The reason why Jakarta fell quickly was partly because the British army mobilized a large number of Indonesians to participate in the battle, and these Indonesians were almost the main force of the battle, and partly because Jakarta had relatively little food and ammunition stockpiling, and the defenders were quickly in a situation of running out of ammunition and food in the high-intensity fighting.

In order to avoid this situation in Semarang, Lin Fei decisively ordered to hoard a large amount of ammunition in Semarang, so this transport team was able to make the trip, the ammunition loaded on these 30 large transport ships was enough for the defenders of Semarang to persist in half a month of high-intensity combat, 40,000 defenders, half a month of high-intensity combat, enough to kill and injure hundreds of thousands of British and Indonesians, the British and Indonesians, absolutely unable to bear such a big loss, Semarang can also be saved.

The commander of the fleet is Sun Yong, the gun captain on the original Han Wu ship, he is now the captain of the Qinhuang ship, although he was reluctant to be the captain, but with the entry into service of the Emperor-class cruiser, Lin Fei needs the captain very much, Sun Yong is the sailor on the Zhiyuan ship back then, after training, the ability is fully qualified for the role of captain, so Lin Fei let Sun Yong be the captain and served as the commander of this fleet.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the fleet was still more than fifty kilometers away from Semarang, and suddenly, the observer of the Qinhuang ship reported: "Commander, in the direction of Semarang, a battleship was found, flying the British flag, judging by its appearance, it was a British cruiser. ”

Sun Yong's heart trembled when he heard this report, and it was clearly written in the British Royal Navy Operations Manual written by Sa Zhenbing for the Huaxia Navy that the British Navy would generally let the cruisers sail in front of the entire fleet to reconnoiter and discover enemy ships at a high speed, and when the enemy ships were discovered, the cruisers would immediately return to rendezvous with the main fleet and report the reconnaissance situation, and then the main fleet would launch a destructive strike on the target.

Sun Yong found a British cruiser, doesn't this just mean that the main British fleet is nearby?

Lin Fei gave Sun Yong a strict order that under no circumstances should it clash with the main British fleet, and the reason does not need to be repeated.

Sun Yong planned to lead the transport fleet to avoid the main British fleet, but where could he hide? Now it is impossible to return to the port of Mazen, because the British warship also has a bluebird on board, and at this time the cruiser must have reported the news of its discovery to the main fleet, and the British main fleet is turning its course, and the thirty transports are all slow ships with a speed of only ten knots, and they will definitely be caught up by the British main fleet.

Sun Yong frowned, looking at the nautical chart in front of him, at this time the fleet was the closest to Semarang, far away from Machen Port, and the only hope now was to sail into Semarang, the water near Semarang was relatively shallow, and the draft of the British capital battleships was relatively deep, so they did not dare to sail into these seas.

Sun Yong gave the order to speed up the march towards Semarang, and at this time, Gao Longcheng, the captain of the Song Zu ship, sent a message: "Commander, let's throw down the transport ship and retreat." ”

Gao Longcheng was originally the captain of the Hidden Dragon Ship, and among the captains of the Dragon-class cruisers, his qualifications were relatively old, because Lin Fei let him take charge of the Song Zu Ship, Gao Longcheng was calm and extremely cautious, which was also the reason why Lin Fei was relieved to hand over the Song Zu Ship to him.

Sun Yong said angrily: "Gao Longcheng, what nonsense are you talking about, these are thirty transport ships, loaded with a lot of food and ammunition, how can we give them up?" ”

"The British main fleet will be coming soon, and we will not be able to compete with the British main fleet, so we can only retreat as much as possible, and the speed of the transport fleet is too slow, and it will hold us back."

"You don't have to worry too much, the enemy ships may not come over." Sun Yong's words did not fall, only to hear the chief of communication shout sharply: "Alarm... Alert... Discover the main fleets of the British and French armies... Discover the main fleets of the British and French armies..."

Sun Yong hurriedly put down the microphone of the Jade Bird machine, picked up the microphone, and asked, "Chief Communication, what's going on?" ”

"Report to the commander, in the direction of Semarang, a large number of enemy ships are coming, including nine large battleships, eight medium cruisers, of which the battleships include, three Sovereign-class battleships, two Majestic-class battleships, four Charliematra-class battleships, and eight cruisers, each of which is also the size of a Great-class cruiser..."

The main British fleet really came, and there were not only the British fleet, but also the French fleet. The British fleet alone, the Chinese fleet can't cope with it, and now there is more French fleet, and it seems that Sun Yong and them are more than lucky.

Gao Longcheng said anxiously: "Commander, now is the last opportunity to order a retreat, if you don't retreat, it will be too late." ”

Sun Yong didn't speak, his brain was running rapidly, if he retreated, his six warships could be saved, but the thirty transport ships would be finished, once the thirty transport ships were sunk, what would be affected was the defense of the entire Semarang, and if Semarang was lost, countless Chinese would be exterminated and slaughtered.

Sun Yong made up his mind that even if he fought his own fleet, he would protect the transport fleet and protect the Chinese in Semarang, and Sun Yong ordered: "The Emperor-class cruisers and Dragon-class cruisers will immediately march towards the British and French fleets, block the British and French fleets, and the transport fleet will sail to Semarang at full speed to transport food and ammunition for Semarang." ”

When Gao Longcheng heard the order, he exclaimed in the communicator: "Commander, this order can't be given, our six cruisers, go to fight the nine battleships and eight cruisers of Britain and France, it's completely looking for death..."

Sun Yong said coldly: "We have to ensure that the transport ship delivers food and ammunition to Semarang, so that we can defend that city... Even if we fight out, we're spectators in this war anyway..."

In front of the British and French battleships, the Chinese fleet had almost no chance to fight, so it was better to choose to give it a go today... Gao Longcheng stopped talking.

Sun Yong said in a deep voice: "The whole fleet, the cloud burst bomb is ready, sailing towards the enemy ship." ”

All six battleships were ready for cloudburst bombs and headed for the enemy fleet, while the British and French fleets on the opposite side did not divide their forces to encircle and suppress the transport ships, because the Chinese navy was so prestigious that even the most powerful British and French fleets did not dare not deal with it with all their might.

The six battleships turned to meet the enemy on the side of the ship, and just as the course was adjusted, a sudden rumbling sound was heard on the sea, and a cloud of white smoke drifted out of the British and French battleships...

The Anglo-French battleships opened fire ... The 343 mm guns of the Sovereign, the 306 mm guns of the Majesty, and the 305 mm guns of the Charlie Matra were fired together...

This was the first time that the Chinese fleet saw the scene of 300-mm heavy guns firing ...

I saw that on the surface of the sea, huge water columns were splashed suddenly, and the water columns were one piece higher than the water columns splashed by the main gun shells of the Emperor-class cruisers, and the water columns splashed by the main gun shells of the Dragon-class cruisers were even more incomparable.

Sun Yong said in a deep voice: "Speed up, each ship is free to measure the range, and fire freely..."

The two sides got closer and closer, but the British and French fleets did not turn course and meet the enemy on the sideboard, but faced the Huaxia Fleet directly, because their main guns were too strong to have any need to approach the Huaxia Fleet on the sideboard...

A great battle with the extremely weak against the extremely strong is waiting for the Chinese fleet.

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