Chapter 321: Clever Capture of Enemy Ships
After quelling the rebellion, Vena II immediately announced that Prince Rani had colluded with bandits in an attempt to usurp the throne, and now that Prince Rani and his henchmen had been ambushed, all the bandits had been eliminated, and other deceived people would no longer be held accountable.
As soon as this announcement came out, Prince Lani's cronies who originally wanted to resist were no longer making trouble, originally they and Prince Lani were just a combination of interests, but now they have a way to live, who will push themselves to death for Prince Lani. What's more, Vena II started from his father, and the three of them were kings, and his ruling foundation was deeply rooted and could not be easily shaken by others, otherwise Prince Rani would not dare to enter the palace because Vena II was still alive.
Now that Prince Rani is dead, it is naturally impossible for those officials who were enveloped by him with money to avenge him, after all, Vena II has announced that he will not pursue it, and who is willing to stand up for Prince Lani.
There are only a few people who can see death as home, and the majority of people will not choose to bury a dead person with the life of their whole family. Moreover, they did not have much affection for Prince Rani, so the situation in Delhi quickly stabilized.
When the political situation stabilized, Vena II announced a large-scale plan of economic reform, and granted merchants of the Chinese Empire free access to and manufacture factories in the kingdom of Champs, enjoying the same preferential treatment as their own businesses.
Vena II put on a posture of putting on a posture of silence, burying herself in economic development, and not making enemies of the Entente countries without war or peace, and secretly sent a special envoy to express her willingness to coexist peacefully with the Entente countries.
Seeing that the Chhansi Kingdom was soft, the governor of the Saar Empire breathed a sigh of relief, in the Chhanxi colony, the number of Sahr's army was very small, and it was not enough at all, otherwise he would not have taken advantage of the victory to pursue.
Prince Lani's rebellion made the governor of the Saar Empire mistakenly believe that in these feudal countries, the royal family ties are quite weak, and the newly enthroned queen does not have much affection for the former queen, on the contrary, she may also thank herself for giving her this opportunity to take power.
It's a pity that he doesn't know how deep the relationship between Vina II and Lena III is, and this gesture is the smokescreen she released, in fact, the 12th Army of the Imperial Chinese Defense Force is secretly marching towards the port of Gar in the name of the royal family guard regiment of the Zhanxi Kingdom.
In order not to alarm the Sahr, they deliberately took a path and took a deserted area, and after half a month, they reached the vicinity of the port of Garr.
When it comes to fighting, Xiao Cheng is much more professional than Liena III, he first let the troops hide in the mountains, and sent a large number of scouts into the port of Gard to reconnoitre. Naturally, the reconnaissance mission fell on the special forces that had returned to their own army, and these nimble special forces quickly obtained accurate information.
"Oh? The fleet of the Saar Empire is here? Xiao Cheng's brows furrowed, if he wanted to lead the team to attack, he would have to brave the fire of warships, and according to the information obtained from reconnaissance, there were three warships with a main gun caliber of more than 300 millimeters in this fleet, if it was a fight, the power of these guns would be extraordinary.
The army's conventional artillery has a maximum caliber of only 203 mm, and this is still a heavy artillery regiment, and there are only 155 mm howitzers in its own ranks, and these weapons pose no threat to warships at all.
If the two sides face each other in the attack, Xiao Cheng will only have the share of being beaten, not to mention that the artillery of more than 300 mm caliber can destroy his own troops in a whole row and company with one shot, and this time it is indeed a bit tricky.
Xiao Cheng was thinking in the temporary headquarters, and a group of senior officers and staff officers were discussing with each other how to fight this battle.
Deputy Commander Qiao Yijie came over and said: "Commander, I don't think we should attack the port of Gard, the threat of naval artillery to us is too great, it is more certain that we will attack the port of Dila, which is controlled by the Nantes Empire a hundred kilometers to the south, it is said that the Nantes Empire has transferred all the large warships back to the country, and there are some small gunboats and torpedo boats." ”
Xiao Cheng shook his head: "No, we must fight Gar Port, this is the largest stronghold of the Saar Empire in the Zhanxi Kingdom and even the entire Southern Ocean, if we can capture here, we can at least wipe out half of the Saar Empire's garrison in the Southern Ocean, and last time Liana III was injured here, in order to boost the morale of the Cham Western Kingdom and stabilize the position of Vena II, this battle must also be fought." ”
Qiao Yijie said: "But the other side has a large number of warships, how should we fight?" ”
Xiao Chengdao: "Dong Weixin, how is the diving ability of your special brigade?" ”
Dong Weixin said with a smile: "Does the commander want us to sneak into the warship in advance to sabotage?" Make them unable to fire? We have no problem with this, diving is one of the compulsory subjects for special forces. ”
Xiao Cheng nodded and said, "I want you to infiltrate the warship, but not to sabotage, but to steal the warship." ”
"Stealing a warship?" Dong Weixin's mouth opened in surprise: "Commander, we can dive, but we can't drive a warship, how can we steal?" ”
Xiao Chengdao: "Send a telegram to Commander Sun of the Southern Ocean Fleet, asking them to support some sailors, we will first let the special forces get on the ship to eliminate the guards, and then let Commander Sun's sailors drive the ship out." ”
Receiving Xiao Cheng's telegram asking for help, Sun Xiaohu smiled slightly, these days they are just cruising on the high seas every day to deter the Sahr Empire fleet, but they are not allowed to go to war, both officers and soldiers are very opinionated, and they are eager to rush to the other party's military port immediately and sink the Sahr warship into the sea.
With such an opportunity to vent, Sun Xiaohu naturally would not let it go, and he immediately decided to send a large number of sailors, together with the naval commandos of the Southern Ocean Fleet to support Xiao Cheng.
Of course, Sun Xiaohu was not supported in vain, and in private, Xiao Cheng promised Sun Xiaohu that he would pick a few good warships from the captured Sahr people, and join the Southern Ocean Fleet after a makeover in the shipyard, of course, this kind of thing is the most difficult to ask Fang Xiaoyu.
"Commander Sun is really interesting, he even sent a naval commando." Qiao Yijie said with a smile.
Xiao Chengdao: "I think the warships I promised to give to Commander Sun are more attractive." ”
Qiao Yijie said: "Then we can start acting immediately." ”
Xiao Cheng nodded: "That's right, when the personnel of the navy are in place, we will start to act immediately, there are only 10,000 defenders in the port of Gar, and if there is no support from the navy, it will be easy to capture them." ”
After three days of celebration in the port of Gar after the last ambush of the attacking Jhansi army, and a few days later the news of the death of Lena III brought the Saar Governor to the point that the Chhansi army was no longer capable of attacking the port of Gar.
When the Governor's Office used Prince Rani to divide the kingdom of Chamsi, the defense of the port of Gar was naturally even more relaxed.
The navy is more lax than the army, they think that the kingdom of Zhanxi has no navy at all, they are certainly not in danger, if there is a threat from the land, there is a garrison in front of them, they have enough time to react, so these sailors often drink and make trouble in the harbor, often do not return to the barracks all night, and the warship is only arranged with two or three guards at most.
The special forces of the 12th Army, the naval commando team and a large number of sailors were slowly approaching the military port on dozens of small sampans at this time, in order not to alarm the other party, they did not let the boat get too close, but gave up the boat when there was still a kilometer away from the military port, and everyone put on rubber diving suits and quietly slipped into the water.
Divided into three teams, the soldiers of the Chinese Empire spread out in formation in the sea in two waves. The naval commandos took the lead, the special forces of the 12th Army followed closely, and the sailors formed the second echelon, ready to get on board and move the warships after the special forces in front took control of the warships.
After swimming for a while, the naval commando team first found the warship that had leaned on the berth, the captain of the commando team made a gesture, and the naval commando team and the special group that followed closely behind immediately divided into groups and approached the warships, and the sailors also began to divide into groups and followed.
When it comes to fighting in the water, a special brigade born for land warfare is not comparable to a naval commando unit that specializes in fighting at sea. The men of the special brigade carried only submachine guns and pistols wrapped in tarpaulins, which were unusable under water, and the only thing they relied on was daggers at any time.
The Navy Commandos, on the other hand, have the same submachine guns, pistols and daggers as the Special Forces, as well as underwater air-powered spearguns, waterproof flashlights and crossbow hooks designed for boarding.
At this time, the naval special forces had already shown their heads one after another, hiding in the dark shadow of the warship. After careful inspection, no guards were found nearby, and the fighters of the naval commandos immediately took out their crossbows, shot the hook rope onto the side of the ship, and firmly hooked the railing.
The commandos quickly climbed up the rope, a technique that the fighters of the Special Forces were equally adept at, and they climbed up after them.
Lin Nan, the captain of the naval commando, was the first to climb onto the deck of the battleship 'Hood', which was the flagship of the Eastern Continental Fleet of the Saar Empire and the best former Chinese ship of the Saar Empire, with a tonnage of 20,000 tons.
Lin Nan quickly hid under the turret of the front main gun, carefully observed the surroundings through the dim light of the ship, and the soldiers of the naval commando team and special forces who arrived behind quickly tore off the tarpaulin and took out all the weapons.
Lin Nan said in a low voice: "There is only one sentry on the aft deck of the ship, the first squad of the assault team is responsible for it, the second squad follows me to the command tower, the third squad is on guard at the bow of the ship, and the special combat team is responsible for searching the cabin, everyone remember not to shoot as much as possible." After assigning the task, Lin Nan jumped up and rushed towards the suspension ladder with the second team.
In fact, Lin Nan didn't need to be so cautious, the vigilance of the Saar Imperial Navy was really unimaginable, and there was only one sentry on such a big ship.