Tang Qiuquan put down the binoculars in his hand, laughed heartily, and said to the deputy commander, Major General Amosiev: "Deputy commander, have you ever seen an encirclement battle at sea?" ”

Amosiyev shrugged his shoulders, blinked his blue-gray eyes, and replied: "Commander, I have to admit that our division commander is a tactical genius, a master of strategy, and a master of the battle situation, to the extremely accurate Cheng dù, the sea encirclement battle, I have never heard of it, and it is their misfortune that the British have encountered such an opponent!" And, of course, the Japanese, perhaps, in the future there will be Americans! ”

Tang Qiuquan nodded with a smile and said to Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo: "Xiguo, order the fleet to stop attacking and let the communications officer send a signal, order the British to surrender, drop anchor immediately, and only give them thirty minutes to think about it, don't have any luck, otherwise, sink them all!" ”

The signal was immediately issued, and the sound of artillery on the sea also subsided, and the remaining thirty or so warships of the special task force stationed in India did not drop anchor, but reduced their speed to the minimum and swayed in the encirclement of the independent division's fleet.

Amosyev, observing the situation, said to Tang Qiuquan: "Commander, I am from the navy, a fleet, unless I am blocked in the port, facing a desperate situation, and there is no room for resistance, I will choose to surrender, otherwise, the possibility of surrender is extremely slight, or order the fleet, prepare to prevent the British from breaking through!" ”

Tang Qiuquan said confidently: "Deputy commander, if you don't believe it, let's make a bet, if the British refuse to surrender and resist stubbornly, I will give you my captured Japanese general's command knife, if it is the opposite, we see the white flag, I will ask you for the silver wine jug and cutlery, how about it?" ”

Amosiev had seen the command knife with the Japanese imperial insignia on the hilt, and he had asked Qiuquan for it a few times, but. Qiuquan was reluctant to give it to him, and as soon as he heard that he was going to make a bet, he immediately came to the spiritual head, and replied with great interest: "I like to bet." Let's wait and see, Commander, your Japanese general's command sword, I'm going to win! When the time comes, don't regret it, I know, you're hiding like a baby! ”

As if to verify Amosierv's words. There were three British ships, suddenly speeding up, rushing towards the encirclement, and kept firing their cannons, hitting the sea surface into a column of water, revealing a crazy momentum under despair, but the warships of the independent division. All of them were outside the range of the British ship's naval guns, and such an artillery bombardment was not a threat at all.

Tang Qiuquan sneered. I secretly applauded in my heart, "I was trying to kill the chickens and monkeys, kill a few British warships, and force the British to choose to surrender, and the first bird is coming, a good opportunity!" ”

He immediately ordered: "All the ships in that direction, concentrate their firepower, and sink these three British ships at once, quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly!" ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The three British ships were immediately enveloped in a rain of bullets. Twenty minutes later, the shelling stopped, and the British ship burst into flames, smoke billowed out, and nearly a thousand shells were fired at a live target. The three British ships were smashed into a ball of fire, and then they rolled and sank into the sea.

Qiuquan's warning played an obvious role, a British ship that was still smoking was the first to raise the white flag, since there was a leader, the next step, more followed, thirty minutes had passed, and the remaining 32 warships of the British Task Force in India had hoisted the white flag.

The brilliant sunset, reflecting the sea surface of the East Indian Ocean, the white flags, in a golden glow, are extraordinarily eye-catching, so far, the British task force in India, the whole army has been annihilated, perhaps, this is the British rice flag, the beginning of the fall of the Asian continent!

The first formal naval battle of the independent division's fleet, which lasted more than five hours, ended in victory at the expense of seven warships with minor damage and two with severe damage, sinking 31 British ships and capturing 32 ships, achieving a great victory in the first battle. …,

Tang Qiuquan looked at Amosiev and said jokingly: "Deputy Commander, it's beyond your judgment again, this bet, you lose, after returning to the base, you don't need me to remind you, Your Excellency Deputy Commander!" ”

Amosyev touched his forehead with his hand, groaned in extreme pain, and said with a bitter face: "Damn the British, let me bet on losing the most beloved treasures, they are not worthy of being called the navy!" ”

Xin Xiguo, the chief of staff on the side, looked at the two bigwigs of the fleet, betting like a child, and couldn't help laughing, and the fleet officers in the command room couldn't help laughing, covering their mouths and secretly having fun.

Tang Qiuquan glanced at Xin Xiguo and said, "Chief of Staff, have you laughed enough?" Immediately report the results of the battle to the division command, go to the telegram, and ask Commander Han Tie, how is the battle situation of the Marine Corps? ”

In the Zhenhati headquarters on the front line of Central India, Tang Qiuli looked at the telegram sent by the fleet, slapped the table with excitement, and shouted again and again: "Okay, Brother Qiuquan is really generous, the special task force of the whole army stationed in India fell second, captured more than 30 warships, and made a huge fortune, okay, Yuhe, immediately convey my order, commend the fleet in the whole army, and at the same time, let the fleet report the list of meritorious personnel!" ”

Zhao Yuhe said in disbelief: "Division commander, it is unheard of to be able to capture a warship at sea!" Commander Tang created a miracle, the fleet of our independent division can't grow even if it doesn't want to, and after all, there is not a single warship that we built at our own expense, and we have to do this kind of business several times! ”

Tang Qiuli and Zhao Yuhe laughed relatively loudly, and the laughter infected every officer in the command, everyone knew that the fleet had won a great victory in the eastern Indian Ocean, and more than 30 warships were captured.

At the same time, Tang Qiuquan, who was commanding the fleet and boarding the surrendered British ship to receive it, received a telegram from Han Tie, the commander of the Marine Corps, which made Qiuquan feel at ease.

"Commander Tang, after our marines landed on the island of Sri Lanka, the progress of the troops was very smooth, the resistance of the Anglo-Indian garrison was extremely weak, the Central Route Army had advanced hundreds of kilometers in depth, and now, it was approaching the outskirts of Colombo, and the progress of the troops on the South and North Routes, also smoothly, had occupied the intended target."

"Commander, I have a Jianyì, according to the reconnaissance intelligence, most of the British and Indian garrison troops have shrunk into Colombo, where the headquarters of the British and Indian garrisons is located, because the speed of the retreat of the British and Indian troops has exceeded my expectations, Colombo has become a place of heavy defense, and the troops will attack Colombo, there will inevitably be large casualties, I plan to focus on the siege, and the specific battle plan will be reported later!"

Tang Qiuquan did not hesitate to approve Han Tie's plan, the battle of Sri Lanka Island is an independent battlefield, and the sooner or later the time of capture has little to do with the overall deployment of the East India Campaign of the division headquarters, Han Tie's plan is very feasible, and there is no need to let the troops have too many casualties in the case of inevitable victory.

With nearly 100,000 elite marines, more than 20,000 British and Indian defenders can be said to be an extremely easy battle.

Qiu Quan quickly reported the construction of Han Tie to the division headquarters, and Tang Qiuli called back, "The fleet can independently decide the course of the battle in the eastern Indian Ocean and on the island of Sri Lanka, as well as the mode of operation, the construction of Han Tie is really a mature move, I am very relieved, the British and Indian defenders, retreat to Colombo, it is conducive to our marines to encircle and annihilate it, or to force it to surrender, comprehensive consideration, to force surrender as the best policy, the fleet can be dealt with at its discretion!" ”

Han Tie, who was on the island of Sri Lanka and commanded the troops to sweep across the island, was not as calm as in the telegram, he was scolding, not his own troops, but the British and Indian soldiers. …,

"What the fuck is this fighting? Seven brigades of my Marine Corps were exhausted, and I originally thought that I could have a good fight, but you look at these bastards, faster than rabbits, we have seen a few resisting British and Indian soldiers along the way, no, when I heard the sound of gunfire, I have long since disappeared, we are good, nearly 100,000 people, and there are only marching troops left! ”

"No, after besieging Colombo, I sent a telegram to the division commander, asking to participate in the battle on the front line of Central India and guard this rabble, what is the point? Can't you lift your spirits," Han Tie's words were said to Wang Dongshan, chief of staff of the Marine Corps, who couldn't help laughing.

Wang Dongshan was so happy that he couldn't straighten his waist, panting and saying hard: "My commander, don't complain anymore, it's okay, our own troops, covering an island, this is called being responsible for an independent offensive direction, if you are transferred to the Central Indian battlefield, can you dare to guarantee that our marines will be able to fight the main attack?" The brigade commanders of the directly subordinate corps and the Sulu mobile corps, all of them are like hungry wolves, and they don't want to die when they grab the task! ”

Han Tie was happy, the anger in his heart was extinguished a lot by Wang Dongshan's words, think about it carefully, Wang Dongshan's words are very reasonable, he just didn't fight a decent battle, and he was panicked, yes, he still didn't go to the Central Indian battlefield to join in the fun, so he used his strength on the British and Indian soldiers in Colombo!

For a whole day on 23 May, from the island of Sri Lanka in the south to Sajfpur in the north, with naval battles in the eastern Indian Ocean in between, the army and navy units of the independent division gained decisive superiority in various battlefields.

The second-line troops of the Eastward Advance Corps of the Indian Army, who did not know whether they were alive or dead, were attacked head-on by more than a dozen brigades of the independent division on the front lines of Dhaka, Kulna, Pokaro, Saif Purpur, and Zhenhati, and just as Tang Qiuli expected, the British Governor in India, with great effort, pieced together more than 100,000 second-line troops, was slightly defeated and retreated hundreds of kilometers.

Zhenhati, an important town in central India, the headquarters of the independent division, division commander Tang Qiuli, was holding a ruler, on the map of the South Asian subcontinent, carefully comparing and seeing, all the officers, including the chief of staff Zhao Yuhe, were inexplicable?

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