Chapter 1318, Coastal Strike
The sudden bad news instantly evaporated Charlie Clumbel's drunkenness
At that time, he was about to get up, but one of them was unsteady on his feet, and he directly sat down on the seat behind him with a 'poof'.
"No, my brain is so messy......"
His left hand subconsciously held his forehead, and at this moment, Charlie Crumbel only felt that his whole brain was a mess.
"The coastal port to the south has been attacked by an unknown fleet? That Celestial Empire's navy?! Then the fleet I sent out before ......"
Thinking of Charlie Clumbel here, his face was not very good-looking, but at this moment, it was even more difficult to see it.
And this attack on the coastal port has to start from before......
The Yangtze River Fleet, located on the surface of the sea, found the charts from the supply fleet in the rear after successfully annihilating the enemy's steel fleet.
Yuan Xi, who had completely confirmed the enemy's position, naturally had no scruples after this.
However, their fleet, after all, made a roundabout voyage along the sea area on the periphery of the battlefield map, so even on the premise of knowing the location of the target, it still took a lot of time to go around the rear of the enemy empire.
Subsequently, the enemy's coastal port was locked, and the Yangtze River Fleet under Yuan Xi naturally launched an artillery attack directly from the sea without mercy.
It was said earlier that in the face of coastal strikes from the sea fleet, the side deprived of naval combat strength basically did not even have the power to resist.
After several rounds of shelling, the Yangtze flotilla, which had forcibly destroyed the defense of the port, began to land.
There is no doubt that the Yangtze River Fleet is not only the naval combat power, considering the needs of the landing operation and occupation later, therefore, on the battleships of such an expedition, it is natural to be equipped with the combat power of the army, and such a force is generally called the Marine Corps!
For a city near the sea, the sea is simply a natural barrier, because in the player's own territory, there are basically few indigenous enemies on the sea, and even if they do, it is impossible to defeat them.
Therefore, natural disasters such as tsunamis aside, cities near the sea are comfortable most of the time, and there is no need to send too many troops to garrison them, leaving a small fleet to cope with everything.
And now, this comfort has obviously been completely broken......
How could a small fleet be an opponent of the Yangtze River fleet? They were almost easily crushed to death.
The marines of the Ten Thousand Worlds civilization quickly landed and stormed the harbor, which was about to be bombarded into ruins.
The garrison in the city wanted to resist, but where could the ordinary cannons, firepower and range match the main ship guns on the battleship? That's really heavy firepower!
After a bombardment, they were directly deprived of the power to resist.
The overwhelming superiority brought by the Yangtze River Fleet made this coastal attack operation go extremely smoothly, and it occupied this coastal city almost at a speed like a blitzkrieg.
Charlie Crumbel is really lax, although it is possible that his coastal city has not had any accidents in the past few decades, so he thinks that he does not need to invest too much money and manpower in this area, but it is undeniable that he is now paying the price.
Defense facilities have always been a matter of being prepared, and this is the same as raising an army.
Of course, the offensive of the Yangtze River Fleet could not stop there.
After quickly replenishing supplies in that coastal city, they soon went one step further and carried out a sweep of other coastal cities.
There is no doubt that this entire coastline city, in their opinion, is already a lamb to the slaughter, according to Yuan Xi's plan, it will definitely not let go of any of them.
By the time Charlie Crumbel received the news, the artillery fire of his second coastal city had been completely ignited!
"Build battleships! Pass the order, hurry up and build a battleship for Lao Tzu! β
Inside the ornate palace, Charlie Clumbell roared a little out of control.
The recent series of bad news has made him extremely emotionally unstable.
The main fleet sent out before was obviously hopeless, and all ten of them had been wiped out.
Now that the enemy's steel fleet has rushed under his nose, if he can't form a fleet to counterattack, then in the face of the enemy's sea fleet, he can only stand and be beaten!
Feeling the irritable mood of their emperor, the ministers standing below were all sweating profusely.
Originally, at this time, if their emperor wanted to build a battleship, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would definitely be the first to jump out and cry poor, but now, he didn't have the courage.
After all, if you are angered at this juncture, it is really a dead end.
But there are some things that you have to say even if you bite the bullet......
"Great, Emperor, to build a battleship, it will take two or three years to say the least, according to the current situation, I am afraid it will be too late."
At this time, it was the Minister of Military Affairs who spoke, and he could be regarded as a member of Charlie Clumbel's command.
"Then you say, what do you say?!"
Faced with this question directly thrown by their emperor, the Minister of Military Affairs quickly spoke after a little silence......
"Emperor, according to Weichen's opinion, the coastal area should be prepared for a long-term war of resistance, it is better to let the shipyards of several other coastal cities step up the manufacture of destroyers, first let us have a certain number of warships, the formation of a fleet is the most important thing, as for the problem of insufficient firepower, we can adopt the method of fighting, mainly to gain time, not to fight hard with the other party, and then let the shipyard in this time to build as much heavy firepower warships as possible to make up for the shortcomings in firepower."
Hearing this proposal, Charlie Crumbel, after a little thought, also felt that this was a feasible solution, so he quickly agreed to this proposal.
"Okay, let's do it, and let the shipyards everywhere immediately execute it......"
Speaking of this, as if remembering something, his voice paused slightly, and then spoke again......
"In addition, all the fishing boats and civilian ships of sufficient size are requisitioned! After the improvement, it will be put into the military! And mines, all of them are laid out for me! β
Although the small warships that have been improved from civilian ships and fishing boats are certainly too far behind the warships in terms of comprehensive combat strength, the current situation is better than nothing.
After sweeping three coastal cities in a row, the minefields laid by the Europa side can be said to be the first to affect the Yangtze River fleet.
I have to say that this simple and crude method is indeed useful, although the experienced salamander warriors can dismantle those mines, but the other party's move still greatly affects the sweeping efficiency of the Yangtze River fleet.
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