Chapter 763: Attack on Sagar Island
Bai Huyan took refuge in the Russians and got a chance to take revenge, and the Russians also got the ideal lead party, the two sides hit it off, after finalizing the details, Bai Huyan left with his entourage, he needed to move his people to Tashkent, on the one hand, to take Russia hostage, on the other hand, the Russians will also select young people to give special training.
The news of the fall of the three Central Asian countries soon spread to China, and then transferred from China to Wang Feng, it is obvious that after the end of this winter, Russia will invade Xinjiang at any time, although Wang Feng has the intention of letting the Russian army enter Xinjiang and muddy the waters of Xinjiang, but he will not let the initiative be in the hands of the Russian army.
Wang Feng felt that time was very urgent, and immediately told the Seventh Army and the 36th Mountain Army to stay in Burma for the time being, and the Second Army to return to China and assemble in Lanzhou, and ordered Li Xiucheng to lead the Third Army to gather in Xining after quelling the rebellion in Sichuan, while he himself took the fleet and sailed to Calcutta on 1 December.
It is very close from Yangon to Kolkata, only 1,500 kilometers, and 1,500 kilometers is indeed very close to the NLD navy starting from Tianjin, bypassing the east coast of Australia, and then entering the Strait of Malacca through the Indian Ocean to Yangon.
Five days later, a fleet was ushered in on the island of Sagar, located at the westernmost tip of the Ganges Delta in northeastern India, covering an area of about 300 square kilometers, and 100 kilometers south of Calcutta, where the forts built on Sagar Island had to be destroyed in order to trace the Pajileti River into Calcutta.
Looking at the panicked harbor ahead, the turrets that emitted screeching sirens, and the more than a dozen warships that urgently set sail. Zhou Xiuying's eyes showed a look of remembrance.
Yang Shuijiao couldn't help but say, "Xiuying, the last time you went to the UK. Isn't it the ship that turns in Sagar? If you come here today, you can revisit the old place. ”
"yes!" Zhou Xiuying sighed faintly: "At that time, I came secretly. I also have to make up for fear of being discovered by others as Chinese, but today is different, today is with a fleet, and on every ship, the five-star red flag and the naval flag are flying. ”
When he said this, everyone couldn't help but feel excited, yes, when Wang Feng went to the UK. China only had its first humble fleet, and it came by capturing the warships of the East India Company, but in just a few years, the Chinese navy not only increased the number of ships rapidly, but also had the ability to independently develop and build ships, and successively defeated the Russian fleet, the British Straits Settlements fleet in Singapore, the Spanish fleet in Marani, and the combined fleets of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Austria, and Prussia. Leap to become the strongest naval force in the Pacific and Indian Oceans!
Li Hongzhang was also excited, took a deep breath, and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to note the defenders." Let them lay down their arms and surrender? ”
Wang Feng said without thinking: "There is no need, the British are the masters who do not see rabbits and do not scatter eagles, and do not destroy their fleets." He'll keep arguing with you and send people over and over again to negotiate. Only by destroying his armed forces will fully demonstrate our will. In addition, after Calcutta, you will visit Turkey on behalf of me and the Chinese government, in addition to establishing diplomatic relations and striving to reach an alliance against Russia, and then go to Iran on the return journey, and try to reach a similar agreement with Iran. ”
"The minister understands!" Li Hongzhang arched his hand.
Wang Feng gave Boss Chen another look, and Boss Chen immediately waved his hand, and the flag-bearer waved the flag around.
The five battleships, led by General Li Guangbi, circled to the side to cover the transport ships to transport the marines to seize the battery, and the other 20 battleships went straight to the port.
According to the requirements, the torpedoes must be fired as soon as possible, and the entire fleet gradually formed a fan shape, and the three destroyers were mixed in the fleet.
"Knock knock~~" As the distance approached, the bow guns of each ship began to fire, although they were basically empty, but the water columns that were lifted one after another could not only interfere with the sight of the British ship and the battery, but also exert a certain amount of psychological pressure.
Today's China, with its booming economy and increasingly sophisticated military production capacity, no longer needs to deliberately save ammunition.
"Knock knock~~" It didn't take long for the shore artillery and the British ships to start firing back, of course, Sagar's coastal defense capability and Singapore could not be compared, because France and the Netherlands and other Western powers did not dare to challenge the British hegemony in the Indian subcontinent, relatively speaking, Singapore was the most important node to contain China, and the British deployment of heavy troops in Singapore was also fateful.
However, Sagarh's fort, although not comparable to Singapore, is much stronger than Sydney's flower shelf.
In the artillery fire, the British ships and batteries were shot one after another, but what made them anxious was not the frontal battlefield, but the Chinese marines who landed from the side, everyone knew that once the Chinese army was allowed to go ashore, the history of the fall of the Singapore battery was about to repeat itself, but no one could stop it, because China still had five warships to escort the escort, and sent ground troops to block the load, but it was useless to use the Chinese naval guns as a live target, and the only thing they could do was to desperately fight back, hoping that the frontal defense could defeat the attack of the Chinese warships.
The warships of the Democratic Alliance were also constantly being shot, including the three destroyers, but when they were designed, the torpedo tubes were buried below the deck, and the deck was reinforced with steel plates, and a few shots in a short period of time did not detonate the torpedoes below.
Although they knew, everyone was sweating in their palms, and at this time, it was not yet the time for the real test, and the three destroyers were facing the coast with their bows facing the coast, and the probability of being hit on the side was very small.
"Look, it's turned around!" Yang Shuijiao suddenly pointed.
The three frigates were gradually crossing, obviously preparing to launch torpedoes, suddenly, a ball of fire rose, and one of them was hit by a bullet on the side of the side, which even Wang Feng was heartbroken, but fortunately, the martyrdom in the legend did not happen, and everyone was relieved.
"It's launched!" Yang Shuijiao shouted excitedly again.
Nine torpedoes were thrown into the water one after another, and then they took up nine white lines and rushed towards the British ship.
"Boom, boom~~" Several huge explosions sounded one after another, and the six British ships burst out with bright fire, four of which were smaller tonnage and were blown to pieces on the spot, and the other two were a large radioactive hole appeared out of thin air on the side of the ship, and the sea water poured into the hole frantically, and the hull had a significant tilt, obviously, even if it was unsinkable, it lost its combat effectiveness.
All of a sudden, nearly half of the British ships were killed, and this sudden change made the artillery fire on the shore instantly thin, which was obviously frightened.
"Finally ashore!" Zhou Xiuying turned her head and let out a long sigh.
The transport ships docked one after another, erected long sampans, and groups of marines, carrying mortars, landed on the shore and assembled on the spot. (To be continued.) )
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