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At this time, the British Far East Fleet did an extremely stupid thing, and out of the arrogance that had been formed for a long time, the commander of the British Far East Fleet was angered by the return call of the two Chinese warships refusing to return north, and immediately ordered a cannon demonstration to exert pressure on the Chinese. These arrogant Britishmen believed that the roar of naval guns alone could frighten the Chinese navy, and the sailors who fired the artillery even took it upon themselves to hit the shells near the Zhiyuan, trying to warn the Chinese to be honest and obedient with a column of water that soared into the sky.

As the commander of the fleet, although Shen Honglie was angry, he had dealt with foreigners more than once, whether in the Northeast Army or after he surrendered to Chiang, so he could relatively restrain his anger and convince himself that "fighting on two fronts is not good for the country"; However, Ye Fei, the commander and political commissar of the navy who accompanied the fleet, was a fiery person with a strong national self-esteem (Note 1), and immediately ordered the two heavy cruisers to return fire, "Give me a cannon to return fire, and hit the biggest one!" ”

When Shen Honglie heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded him, but Ye Fei replied with a resolute face, "The chairman said, 'If you seek peace through struggle, you will coexist in peace; If you seek peace through compromise, you will die peacefully. I naturally know that the British are only intimidating this time, but if we retreat, they will only gain more inches in the future, so this time we must teach these British Yankees a hard lesson, and let them understand that the era when a few cannons could conquer a country on the coastline is gone. ”

"But once the cannon is fired, it is tantamount to declaring war on Britain! Although the PLA is strong. It is impossible to defeat two powers at the same time, not to mention that now that the civil war has started again, it is a three-front battle, which is a taboo for soldiers! Shen Honglie said urgently.

"The British fleet opened fire on us on the high seas, which was already an act of declaration of war! Now it's not that we're going to declare war on the British, it's that we have to fight! Ye Fei said solemnly.

"That's right, but, but." Shen Honglie didn't know how to argue. However, they do not want China to create another strong enemy, and they do not want to see the navy, which has grown up with great difficulty, be destroyed in one fell swoop, so they can only persuade from a military point of view, "even if they want to fight." There are so many enemy ships. It's not something we can confront head-on! ”

"I just said shoot back. But no order was given not to retreat. Ye Fei replied very humbly, but he immediately added. However, a tactical retreat is allowed, but if you only care about running away and don't even fight back, then it's not a retreat, it's an escape! Our heroic People's Navy can be defeated, but there are no deserters! Not before, not now, and not in the future! ”

As he spoke, a total of 16 203mm main guns on the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan were all ready to open fire, and with Ye Fei's order, these 16 heavy guns roared at the same time, and the target was the flagship of the British Far East Fleet, the "Eagle" aircraft carrier. The British never thought that the Chinese would have the courage to fire at the warships of their "empire on which the sun never sets", and actually drove the aircraft carrier out to increase their momentum, but they forgot how dangerous it is for the aircraft carrier to enter the effective range of the enemy's naval guns, and now they will have to pay for it

Thanks to the advanced sighting instruments imported from Germany, the accuracy of the two Chinese heavy cruisers in shelling the sea has been greatly increased, not to mention that they are now firing at a position less than 15 kilometers away from the enemy, and the hit rate is naturally frighteningly high; nine of the 16 large-caliber shells fired in the first round of shelling directly hit the hull of the "Eagle" aircraft carrier, and just five or six seconds later, the second round of 16 shells came again, and because of the correction of the parameters as a result of this shelling, the hit rate of this round of shelling reached 100 percent. The hull of the aircraft carrier "Eagle", with thick smoke billowing out, began to tilt

The British Far East Fleet was indeed well-trained, and after less than 10 seconds of shock, it immediately reacted, and the high-speed warships in the fleet rushed forward at full speed without waiting for the commander's order, trying to rush forward

A smoke screen was cast between the flagship and the enemy ship to cover its exit from the battle column, but the rate of fire of the new main guns equipped with the two Chinese heavy cruisers was too terrifying, but a few seconds later another salvo fired, again all hit the "Eagle", and unlike before, this time an armor-piercing blasting bomb drilled into the main ammunition depot on the "Eagle" aircraft carrier, and after a loud noise that resounded for dozens of miles, the giant ship with a standard displacement of more than 26,000 tons sank into the South China Sea with billowing smoke, because it sank too fast, Of the more than 900 crew members on board, less than 30 survived, and the aircraft carrier "Eagle" was honored to be the first aircraft carrier to be sunk on this time and space

After the aircraft carrier and flagship were sunk, the other ships of the British Far East Fleet suddenly rushed towards the task force like crazy, and the shells kept falling like raindrops, setting off a white column of water around the two Chinese heavy cruisers, and many shells hit, even Shen Honglie, who was used to staying on the bridge and commanding, was also injured by shrapnel, but he didn't seem to feel the sharp pain of the wound at all, and only thought about how to make the fleet retreat, you must know that even if the British Far East Fleet lost its flagship "Eagle" aircraft carrier, There are still 6 warships (3 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers, in addition to one destroyer, which was currently being repaired at the shipyard and not being able to fight. The size of the three large ships is no smaller than the two Chinese heavy cruisers, and with Shen Honglie's understanding of the British army, the British Far East Fleet should still have a few submarines, I don't know where they are now, in addition, Singapore has at least dozens of land-based aircraft, and the overall strength is far above the task force.

In fact, before sinking the enemy aircraft carrier, Ye Fei didn't want to fight so big, he only planned to give the British a little color to see, and limit the scale of the conflict to the level of "friction". But I didn't expect that luck to be so good (or bad?). Three rounds of shelling sank the big guy of at least 20,000 tons, and now the British were bound to refuse to rest, and the declaration of war was almost certain. Since war was inevitable, Ye Fei thought about sinking as many British warships as possible to weaken the enemy and earn more bargaining chips by the way

Note 1: There is a very interesting phenomenon in history, once a mixed-race or alien has a national identity with a certain nation, the performance is often more intense than that of pure national figures, such as Zheng Chenggong and Stalin, and Ye Fei, a Chinese-Filipino mixed-race who ordered the firing of British warships in the "Purple Quartz" incident, seems to be the same. (To be continued......)