Chapter 640: Big Fish
Speaking of which, Prince Menlev is also quite unlucky, such a big South China Sea, it is not good to meet anyone, but he just ran into the Navy of the Democratic Alliance, but at this time, it seems that he has no other choice than to hold the determination to die!
Although he hid in the cabin, Prince Menlev was still sweating profusely, and the telescope looked back nervously against the porthole glass, only to see the battleship of the Democratic Alliance Army gradually approaching, and suddenly, the main guns on the foredeck flashed fire in turn, which scared him so much that he almost fell on the spot!
This is close to eight kilometers, and he doesn't dare to think about what it means to fire a cannon from such a distance.
Sure enough, near his own fleet, a splash of water several meters high bloomed, accompanied by two deafening loud sounds, it turned out that two transport ships were shot, and black smoke billowed immediately.
Before more than ten seconds passed, it was the second round of shelling, except for a few more pillars of black smoke around it, and his ship shook violently, obviously being shot.
"Damn Raglan, if I could live, I would never let you go!" Prince Menlev roared in despair.
It's inconceivable that he actually hated Raglan when his fate was hanging by a thread, but think about it, if Raglan hadn't driven him away, how could he have met the Democratic Alliance?
But the premise of the cruel words is that he can survive, surrendering to the Democratic Alliance is likely to be shot, and the ship is sunk, and he can't help but think of the terrible scene of hundreds of soldiers who fell into the water being torn alive and bitten alive by sharks.
'Escape, only escape! Prince Monlev gritted his teeth, although it was a shame to escape, but this sea area was only a hundred kilometers from the long coastline of Borneo, and if he escaped, he could find the Dutch and return home, and he could also stab the whereabouts of the NLD navy to the coalition forces, which would almost offset the guilt of escaping.
Prince Menlev immediately waved his hand: "Go." We hurried away and went to Borneo to find the Dutch and tell them that the NLD navy was not on the Yangtze River. β
Several members of the entourage hurriedly rushed out of the cabin with Prince Menlev in their arms.
If they can live, who wants to die, but if Menlev doesn't leave, they won't be able to move. Because he abandoned the coach and fled, after returning home, he would not only be executed, but also bear notoriety, but it was different to run with Monlev, as long as he could return home alive, the sky would fall and there would be a big man on top of him, and all the responsibility would be borne by Monlev.
Outside the cabin, there was already a mess. There was a constant roar in the sky, and twelve ships, at least seven or eight of which had been shot, two of the transports had tilted into the water, and the sailors and crews threw themselves into the sea and were swimming hard towards the other ships.
The only two frigates, although stubbornly fighting back, had only two guns and a rate of fire of only two rounds per minute. The effect of the counterfire is desperate.
"Quick, untie the dinghy." Prince Menlev pointed to the stern. The first to run over.
Before boarding the boat, Prince Menlev shouted: "This battle can't be fought, the firepower of the Democratic Alliance is too strong, everyone should flee for their lives." If you can run away one by one, you will avenge the brothers who died in battle in the future! With that, he grabbed the cable and slipped down.
In fact, Prince Monlev was not kind, he realized that all the ships were rushing forward. Only one of his small boats rowing backwards was too obvious, so he had to create chaos and scatter in all directions to reduce his chances of being exposed.
Sure enough, as soon as the soldiers saw that even the prince had run away, the forcible heart of death immediately disappeared without a trace, and the desire to escape ~~ hope came to their hearts again, and the captain shouted: "Turn to the left, hit the rudder!" β
The helmsman immediately filled his left rudder, and the boat rowed a white wave of water at a great angle of inclination to the left, and the spray almost overturned Monlev's lifeboat, causing him to cling to the gang and curse indiscriminately.
The turn of this frigate meant the complete collapse of the Russian army, and those who had small boats on each ship put down their small boats one after another, and those who did not also turned around and reversed course, and even a cargo ship turned into the sea when it turned its rudder, like a swarthy pot bottom upside down on the sea.
Shells poured out, ships scurried in all directions, and the sea was in chaos, which was exactly what Prince Menlev wanted.
"Row, row!"
The lifeboat had no power and no sails, it was all driven by human paddles, and Prince Menlev looked back from time to time, urging him constantly.
And on the General Li Guangbi, Boss Chen sneered: "The Russians think they can run away if they disperse? It's too naΓ―ve, give the order, choose your own target, disperse the pursuit, and pick up the boat to fight first! β
Why hit the boat first? Because the speed of the Russian big ship is slow and the target is large, it can still catch up if it runs far, while the speed of the small boat is not fast, but the target is small, and if you are not careful, you will ignore it.
"Wait a minute!" Xian Yunying hurriedly stopped, "Have you noticed?" The first one to leave was a small boat that was lowered from the Russian gunboat, that's, that's it, the Russian army was completely defeated after he left, so I suspect that there may be big people on it, it's better to catch it alive, see if it's useful, and even if it's not good, you can understand some of the situation. β
"Good!" Boss Chen turned his head and said, "Let General Li Guang take a trip." β
"Yes!" A soldier rushed out, waving his flag in the air, and a moment later the General Li Guang made a sharp turn to the right, and made a circle to the small boat of Prince Menlev.
The dinghy is on the sea, it can only be resigned to fate, the big ship will not sink easily if it is shelled, and the small boat can be sunk as long as it is a cannonball, seeing that the small ships are blown to pieces, Prince Menlev's heart is tightly hung in his throat, and he keeps scolding: "Fool, fool!" β
"Your Excellency, a warship is coming after us!" At this point, one of the attendants almost yelled.
This warship was more than 60 meters long, extremely fast, and as it approached, it kept firing at other ships on the sea.
Prince Menlev's legs suddenly weakened, but he still shouted strongly: "Hurry up, hurry up, he may not be coming at us, maybe we can escape after this formation." β
Unexpectedly, the entourage stopped rowing, put the oars aside, and their faces showed a look of despair one after another, except for the blind man, everyone could see that this warship was coming at him, and escaped the pursuit of the steamship by rowing the oars, it was simply a fantasy, not to mention firing the cannon, even if it passed by, the waves brought up could overturn the dinghy.
"Huh? Wait, fire? One of the attendants seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, the warship did not fire at us, is it trying to capture us alive?" β
Yes! Prince Menlev thought about it, and this is also the truth, otherwise why bother to chase after him so hard, and roared at the moment: "Hit the white flag, hit the white flag!" β
The entourage looked at each other, where did the white flag come from on the dinghy? But it was still organic, and he hurriedly took off his military uniform, took off his white shirt and waved wildly.
Sure enough, the warship gradually slowed down until it stopped at the side, and under the watchful eyes of the gun-wielding soldiers, it threw down a soft ladder, led by Prince Menlev, and several people honestly climbed up.
The fighters did not abuse them either, but were divided into separate detainers, and not long after, they were sent to another, larger ship, and Prince Menlev was taken to the bridge.
This man was older, about fifty years old, and like Murajoviv, although he also had a contempt for the Orientals from the bottom of his bones, he was a royal man, and in general, the royals were violent, perverse, arrogant, selfish, insidious, suspicious, and generally afraid of death, because they were born high and had unique conditions, and the meaning of their coming to this world was only to enjoy themselves.
Although they often go to the battlefield to fight for military exploits, they are always guarded by a dense army, and the situation is not so bad that no royal family member is willing to die, because they still have to save their lives to enjoy themselves.
Prince Monlev did a good job of hiding this contempt, with a slight smile, his back was slightly arched, and he looked at the few people in front of him.
Boss Chen asked, "I am Chen Guide, commander of the East China Sea Fleet of the China Democratic Alliance, who are you?" β
Prince Menlev introduced himself: "I am the commander of the Russian Expeditionary Fleet, Alexander Brown. Prince Monlev, also deputy commander of the coalition fleet. β
"Huh?" Boss Chen's eyes lit up, Prince, the commander of the Russian warship force, the deputy commander of the coalition fleet, this is a big fish, and the comprehensive identity is equivalent to the Yixun of the Qing Dynasty!
Zhang Tianxi hurriedly asked, "How is the arrangement of Xingjiapo?" How many warships are there? By the way, why did you come back to Singapore? β
"Singapore is the supply base of the coalition forces, all the warships of the coalition forces have been allocated, only the British Channel Fleet is left to guard hundreds of merchant ships, the strength of this fleet is not strong, there is only one cruiser and four frigates, with the strength of your army can be easily defeated, the British army stationed in Singapore plus the local army has about 5,000 people, it is not a problem for your army, but there are about 100 shore guns, if your army can't lead the fleet out of the port of Singapore, there should be some trouble."
Prince Monlev immediately guessed that the navy of the Democratic League must have come for a surprise attack on Singapore, but he honestly told the situation in Singapore, after all, others are in the hands of the Democratic Alliance, if the situation explained does not match the facts, I am afraid that he will be the first to die.
As for the third question, he was naturally embarrassed to say that he had been driven away, but only said that he was disheartened by the heavy losses caused by the attack on Hong Kong, and he also felt the strength of China, so he voluntarily resigned from the post of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and returned to Europe via Singapore with the remaining ships.
After Prince Menlev finished speaking, there was a brief silence on the bridge.
Not long after, Xian Yunying asked: "If this Russian didn't lie to us, it would indeed not be a problem to annihilate the Strait Fleet with our strength, but how can he deal with his shore artillery?" In the case that he is weak and we are strong, it will be difficult for their fleet to be lured out of the port, and they will only rely on shore artillery to defend it, which will bring us a lot of trouble, what good ways do you have? (To be continued......)
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