Chapter 206: Boarding a British Battleship
The battleship HMS Avant-garde sailed through the waves, and the waves of the North Atlantic were undulating, and a large number of wrecks were emerging in the waves.
On the four life-saving kayaks, more than a dozen Red Alert soldiers calmly watched the huge battleship sail in front of them.
On the sea during the day, the main guns and various secondary guns on the battleship Avant-garde were clearly visible, and many British sailors, standing on the side of the battleship, holding rifles in their hands, followed the secondary guns to aim at the life-saving kayak.
The signal for help had been issued, but the British battleship was attracted by the explosion, and the Red Alert sailors on the lifeboat were quite calm.
Sooner or later, you will encounter the native navy of this time and space, especially the North Atlantic, which is filled with a large number of warships from the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, and the surface anti-submarine fleet of the Red Alert Navy, and the area of activity is also greatly restricted.
Sooner or later, they will meet one day, and all the Red Police sailors are already mentally prepared.
The main thing is that these Red Guard sailors knew very well that if it were not for the arrival of this British battleship, they would have died in the sea.
It's not that they won't hold out until their own rescuers arrive, but another enemy submarine that finally destroyed the anti-submarine Nycada will definitely not let them go.
In this naval battle, there was no mercy at all, and among the four anti-submarine sions that were destroyed in the anti-submarine warfare, two of the sailors who escaped on the sions were all killed by the enemy's submarines.
Of course, the Red Guard Corps will not let anyone on the enemy submarine survive, this is a war where you die or I live, and the prisoners simply do not exist.
The battleship Avant-garde slowly approached and came to the side of the four life-saving kayaks, the engines stopped, and the muzzles of the ships were all aimed at the four kayaks.
"Paddle over, board the ship."
The battleship Qianwei shouted, and the sailors on the four life-saving kayaks did not hesitate to row towards the Qianwei, and soon came to the side of the ship with the Qianwei, threw down the rope ladder, and one by one the sailors climbed up the Qianwei battleship.
The British sailors on the ship, all holding rifles, looked at these strange sailors who climbed onto the warship, wearing white military uniforms and military caps that were different from those of other countries, and looked like Asians, and they were not afraid at all when facing their guns.
A dozen Red Guard sailors who climbed the British Avant-garde were gathered together, surrounded by British sailors who surrounded them, and these British sailors seemed a little nervous compared to them who were calm.
Soon a British officer came up to the Red Guard sailors and asked, "I am Captain Gerald of the battleship Avant-garde of the British Royal Navy, who are you?" Who are your supreme rulers? ”
Among the dozen or so Red Guard sailors, the highest rank was a sergeant major, who stood up and said in a very fluent English accent of London, England: "Hello Captain Gerald, we are not enemies of the British Royal Navy, I am the highest-ranking person among these people, but I am not an officer, our fleet has received our rescue signal, we have not given up the rules of any of our comrades, I believe that Your Excellency will soon be able to meet with our senior officers." ”
When Gerard heard this, he asked with some curiosity, "What nationality are you?" Grew up in London? ”
"I am a Chinese, but I didn't grow up in London, but every soldier of us is required to know more Chinese, and Britain is a language that must be mastered." The sergeant major replied.
"It's kind of magical, how do you confirm your words?" Gerald asked, somewhat noncommittal.
"I don't need to confirm it, if the Avantgarde can wait here, the facts will tell. Of course, please rest assured, the captain of the ship, our fleet in the North Atlantic does not have surface warships capable of threatening the main battle ships such as battleships, and the main combat mission of our fleet is to search for and destroy submarines underwater, and it does not have the ability to threaten large surface warships. ”
Speaking of this, the sergeant major paused and continued: "If Your Excellency is not at ease, you can also notify the arrival of other warships of the British Royal Navy, I believe this will also help the first official contact between the two sides." ”
Gerard was a little surprised and asked, "I'm interested, but can you tell me first, counterattacking underwater ships is anti-submarine?" ”
"Yes, this is also the only combat mission that we came to the North Atlantic." The sergeant major did not hide it either, and replied naturally.
Gerald pointed to the floating objects on the surface of the sea around him and asked, "Is this your victory?" ”
"The destroyer we served found a submarine here and launched an attack on the submarine, although it successfully destroyed the target submarine, but there was another submarine hidden in this sea area, and while we were dodging the torpedo, another submarine carried out a sneak attack on us, unfortunately, our frigate could not dodge it and was destroyed, these wreckage and floating objects, some belonged to the destroyed submarine, and some of them belonged to the wreckage of our frigate."
During this period, submarines were also maritime weapons studied by various countries, and Gerald was not very unfamiliar with submarines, because Britain also carried out submarine development more than ten years ago, and now the British Royal Navy also has dozens of submarines, and the largest displacement has hundreds of tons.
However, the combat effectiveness of submarines in this period was not very strong, and it was difficult to navigate in the open sea.
"Who are your enemies?" Gerald did not doubt the other party's words, because in the past few months, the British Royal Navy also deduced that there were two mysterious ships engaged in the North Atlantic region, and it was not a large fleet battle, but more like a small maritime conflict, but the area where the battle occurred was very large, and both sides had their own losses.
"I'm sorry, that's not what I can answer." The sergeant major shook his head, he couldn't answer this kind of thing at all, whether to tell the enemy's information or not, this needs to be decided by the high command of the Red Guard Corps.
Seeing this, Gerald also understood, and turned back to his subordinates and ordered: "Prepare hot coffee and bread for these people, replenish them. Physical. ”
Gerald left the deck, he was going to inform his fleet to get more warships to come and join the Avantgarde, and at the same time report the situation here to Jericho, the commander of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet, as soon as possible.
After receiving a wireless telegram from Gerald, Jericho immediately ordered his fleet to rendezvous with the Avantgarde, and informed London of what was happening here.
At the same time, the 1st Anti-submarine Fleet of the Red Guard Navy is also approaching the area where the Avant-garde is located, which will be the first contact between the Red Guard Corps and the local forces. 20110