Chapter 698: Three Different Battlefields, Three Different Battles
Each airship has a huge five-star painted on its airbag, which is China's mark in the world!
Morris raised his binoculars and looked at the group of airships, which were really behemoths. He was excited in his heart, and soon, soon it would be time for these big guys to show their destructive power. Oh, and there's. In addition to the huge five-star on the airbag, there is also a set of numbers -- 01-0X. Morris looked at several airships in succession and was able to confirm that this was indeed their number.
"What a bunch of aerial monsters."
There was an exaggerated shout from a Frenchman, but this did not affect Morris's observation, and he held the binoculars, paying attention to every detail of the Chinese airship. Especially their hanging blue.
Suddenly the shots rang out.
"Dada...... Dadada......"
It seemed that the soldiers of the Russian frontline positions were shooting, but the gunfire did not affect the flight of those aerial monsters. Morris predicted that the airships would rise at least a thousand meters in height. This is not something that a bullet can threaten at all.
Soon, the silent fortress of Alcarek was overwhelmed by the low roar of engines. Countless airships slowly lowered in altitude, and Morris stood by the window and watched the strange scene in the sky, a sight he would never forget.
It was from this moment that the real chaos of the fortress began.
First of all, there was a detachment of Magpie airships, the height dropped directly to three hundred meters, twenty heavy machine guns sprinkled a dense rain of bullets from top to bottom, twenty chains of fire intertwined together, if there was no cover to block it, no one could rush to survive such a dense rain of bullets.
Just when Morris gasped. Just when countless reporters were amazed at how the Chinese airships were not afraid of bullets, a series of bombs fell off the mouths of these ten airships.
"Boom, boom, boom......" A violent explosion shook the entire fortress. Standing at the window with a camera in his hand, Morris felt as if he had arrived on the shores of a hurricane. The air flow in his face made it impossible for him to breathe.
Magazine! One of the five ammunition depots of the Alcarek fortress, was bombed. The smoke of gunpowder seems to have affected the culprits in the sky. For the first time, the huge airship was shaken, but such a 'storm' could not destroy them, and the ten airships were rapidly climbing upward.
There was an unconcealed exclamation of exclamation from the inn, and as soon as Morris's sigh fell, he saw ten more larger airships flying towards the headquarters to the west of the fortress.
At this moment, all the airships in the air seemed to have their own goals, and they scattered in all directions, and for a while, huge airships were floating everywhere over the entire fortress.
Headquarters, arsenals, warehouses, artillery positions, and even many of the strong, permanent fortifications were all under the indiscriminate bombardment of bombs. The entire Alcarek fortress was in disarray.
Morris heard a loud cannon fire in his ears, and he walked out of the room, to the top of the inn, and then climbed to the top of the building, where he saw that many people were busy. They were spreading a patch of white with white sheets, and instead of helping, Morris took a telescope and looked out of the city.
Did the Chinese army attack today?
The Russian army has deployed more than 200,000 troops in the Alkarek fortress and the surrounding defense lines and positions, while the Wehrmacht opposite them is less than 150,000 troops, and Morris has been in the fortress for half a month. He never doubted that the Russian army would eventually win the battle to defend the fortress and inflict heavy losses on the Chinese defense forces. But now, the 100,000-strong troop is not an irreparable problem for China's army.
Everything changed the moment the airship dropped the bomb.
Just as muskets made knights out of war, airships and bombshells made old forts a thing of the past.
The tide of the war has changed. The pace of the war has also accelerated.
On the same day, the Wehrmacht broke through the two lines of defense laid out by the Russian army outside the fortress and reached the Alkarek fortress. Meantime. This afternoon. The port of Singapore was attacked by airships and submarines, and the combined fleet suffered heavy losses. And it was firmly blocked in the port, and such a shocking news also reached distant Central Asia with a telegram.
Everyone inside the fortress of Alcarek was in mourning. These journalists and military men knew all too well the significance of the Battle of Singapore. And the Wehrmacht opposite them, all of them were cheering, with the most excited enthusiasm to welcome the long-lost victory.
In the distant battlefield of Hawaii, the battle has begun in the port of Los Angeles, on the west coast of the United States. Four U.S. warships, supported by shore guns, struggled against the small Chinese battleship Dingyuan and the armored cruiser Hangzhou.
On the surface of the sea with the roar of artillery, the Americans did not notice that they were only a short distance of more than 300 meters away from their second-class ironclad ship Maine, and suddenly two white water marks appeared on the sea.
It's like there are two huge swordfish swimming in the sea, that's two torpedoes.
The observers on the old American warship did not see it until the torpedoes were close to a hundred meters away. "God, torpedoes, torpedoes on the port side. There were still less than 100 yards to go......" The whole person was so frightened that he was incoherent.
The captain of the USS Maine and the commander of the US West Coast Fleet are going crazy.
At a distance of 100 yards, which stupid fool did you give the spotter's place to? Lieutenant Colonel Robertson, the captain, ran towards the conning tower like a wind, "Right full rudder, fast, fast right full rudder~" The anxious roar could not save the warship, the two torpedoes were too close to the inside, the right turn of the Maine, one of the torpedoes could not dodge, but instead handed over the fragile stern to one of the torpedoes, and the other hit the middle of the Maine.
In an instant, silence seemed to return to the surroundings, Roberson and Dewey both held their breath, and the captain of submarine 522 also held his breath, his eyes fixed on the periscope.
The distance of 300 meters, at most 20 seconds at the speed of a torpedo, but these 20 seconds are indeed so long for everyone on the 522 submarine, like hours, days. All eyes were on their captain.
In fact, it only took ten or twenty seconds for the captain of the No. 522 submarine to jump up like an electric shock, and two huge waves suddenly burst out on the port side of the main ironclad ship of the US army. "Beautiful. Hit the ......"
One smashed almost the entire stern of the Maine, and the other opened a large hole in the middle of the Maine that was difficult to bridge. The huge spray almost exceeded the height of the chimney of the warship. The whole warship seemed to shake only slightly, but on the deck. Everyone on the entire warship was rolling involuntarily. Then, as if nothing had happened, the ironclad of the USS Maine sailed steadily on the seas. Only the American sailors on deck were running around in a panic.
"Boom! Rumble! ”
"Bang! Boom-"
At this moment, the Maine ironclad seemed to be divided into parts by time and space, and both Roberson and Dewey were stunned, and then the two of them looked at each other gloomily, and both prayed in their hearts 'God forbid'!
The Maine was just an ironclad ship of less than 7,000 tons, not an Indiana-class battleship of over 10,000 tons, which was still being built in dockyard. After the two torpedoes hit, the ironclad ship Maine will definitely not pass easily.
The 8th day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar in 1894 is a day that will forever be recorded in Chinese history.
The Chinese National Defense Forces were in what came to be known as the 'First East-West War'. During the day, three different battles were fought from three different battlefields.
The Battle of Singapore in the South Seas, the Battle of Al Carek in Central Asia, and the Artillery Battle of Los Angeles in the North Pacific.
And in three wars respectively, they won absolute victories. Even the smallest artillery battle in Los Angeles left behind the USS Maine, the capital ship of the US West Coast Fleet, and the USS Olympia protective cruiser. Commander of the U.S. West Coast Fleet, a famous naval star in the history of Laos and the United States in the original time and space, U.S. Navy Admiral Dewey, sank with the USS Maine outside the port of Los Angeles.
[Dewey.] During the Spanish-American War, he led the U.S. fleet to destroy the Spanish Asian Fleet in Manila at a small cost. There are only three honors in U.S. history -- the holder of the highest special honorable military rank -- Captain General: the first President of the United States, George Murphy. Washington, World War I Army General John Washington. Pershing and Admiral George Brown during the Spanish-American War. Dewey.
Lao Mei's special general is higher than a five-star general]
Singapore.
The whole city became extremely noisy, and the sound of gunfire and artillery mingled to announce the arrival of another progress in the war.
In the evening of yesterday. A thousand Chinese paratroopers took advantage of the darkness to parachute into Singapore and organized themselves before dawn to launch an onslaught on the British colonial forces behind them, who were terrified but unprepared.
The 19th Division and the Taiping Army across the Johor Strait also took the opportunity to launch a sea-crossing offensive. Successfully broke through the Johor Strait, and then swept half of Singapore with great ease. In the afternoon, they launched artillery shelling and tentative attacks on the city of Singapore.
The heart of the Straits Settlements of the British Empire - Auxiliary Secretary of State.
"Quick! Fast! Let's hide! Let's hide! A middle-aged Englishman pulled a little girl and shouted. He ran out of the room. They are like a father and daughter, and the middle-aged man is carrying a leather suitcase in his hand.
And at the same time in the corridor of the Auxiliary Secretary. There were already quite a few colonial employees and officers, like the women, running around like flies without heads. In contrast, the father also knew how to pack some things in boxes, and his reaction was relatively calm.
"Pike, Pike, stop, stop, stop. I think we should run away from the harbor and to the west, preferably in the woods on the outskirts of the south or east, but before we do. We'd better get a few clothes and some food. ”
"No, no. Don't be stupid, my dear. At this time, we should go to the Chinese Quarter, which is the safest. To go to the countryside is to die, and it will be the most chaotic place in Singapore. Listen to me. There is not a trace of security there! ”
"But, but ......"
"Don't hesitate. Min Anna. We didn't kill Chinese civilians. Except for some members of the community, we do not have Chinese blood on our hands. We went to Zhou's house, and I thought we'd be helped. ”
A pair of little mandarin ducks in the chaos. (To be continued......)