Chapter 71 Postponement
With the first round of calibration, the hit rate of the second round increased significantly, not only wounding the remaining two intact Rune battleships, but also sending the lucky ones who escaped the catastrophe for the first time to the bottom of the sea, and the three 280mm shells ignored the piled up defensive armor, and unceremoniously added an artificial island and reef to the bottom of the sea, and the bow turret was reimbursed for the Lune's first ship this time unharmed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"It's terrible!" After two rounds of shelling, Wen Hui was no longer interested in paying attention to this battle that was destined to end, it was purely a one-sided beating, since the goods were so powerful this time, was the original asking price too low? Now Wen Hui is thinking about this problem, if Ru Man puts these four ships into active service, then as long as their commander is not stupid, the outcome of the future naval battle will be determined before it begins. Tut! Sure enough, it's still too kind, this time it's a little bit of a loss!
The unexpected episode lasted less than an hour from beginning to end, and the remaining three ships raised the white flag very brightly, avoiding the fate of being sunk. The other party has surrendered, and Wen Hui can't do anything to attack the prisoners, not to mention that the navy has always been an aristocratic service, and in this case, receiving prisoners and trophies is the only thing to talk about.
Stopping the ship to salvage the drowning and treating the wounded, then with three trophies and more than 2,300 surviving prisoners, Wenhui's fleet set off again.
"I said you can't just blow up these three old ships?" The battle lasted less than an hour, but it took half a day to save people and receive the loot, Wen Hui insisted on bringing some "meeting gifts" to Kingsman, and the three loot followed together. But these three ships were already slow, and they were damaged, and the speed of a fleet depended on the slowest ship.
So because of Wenhui's decision, their speed was slowed down, and the delivery time would be delayed.
"Rest assured, I don't think Mr. Kingsman will mind that, especially if we prove they didn't buy the wrong thing. What's more, how can you do a door-to-door visit without a greeting gift? ”
"Boss, the other party wants to see you." A sailor came over and indicated that the group of captives had asked to meet.
"What for?"
"They want to protest that you don't abide by the conventional conventions of engagement and are fighting ......in violation of the rules outside the firing range," the sailor had a strange expression when he conveyed it.
"him! If you talk too much, you will leave him behind. "It's good to keep your little life, so many things, don't you know that this is my territory! Wen Hui waved his hand indifferently, anyway, these people were going to be handed over to the Ruman government, and it didn't matter if there were one or two less.
Wen Hui was a little cool here, and brought some "specialties" to Kingsman by the way, and in order to take care of these "specialties", Wen Hui unexpectedly delayed the delivery time.
"How so?" Kingsman looked ugly, he had been impeached, and yesterday's welcome ceremony at the docks was a complete joke, where a group of people blew the sea breeze stupidly for a long time, and nothing to gain except a long runny nose.
Today, someone impeached Kingsman for colluding with outsiders to embezzle arms purchases, remembering that he signed the procurement contract with confidence, and waited patiently for a month, but he didn't expect to wait for this result!
A month! That Dmitry had enough time to abscond with the money, and he didn't know anything, how could he sign such a large but unguaranteed purchase contract? I don't know where he got the warship atlas, and when he saw that Kingman, he forgot everything.
But this is not to blame, when Kingsman brought Wen Hui's warship atlas back to the Admiralty, it caused a sensation from top to bottom, and the Secretary of the Navy said that as long as these four warships formed combat effectiveness, then the surface part of the battle would have no result other than victory.
But...... Kingsman couldn't help but sigh, how could it be like this! Is it a scam from beginning to end" But judging by Dmitry's dealings with Germania, his reputation is very good, as long as you have enough gold, he can even sell his soul.
"Look away, old man, maybe things aren't as bad as you think. Who can tell what is going on at sea? Not to mention a fleet of mixed convoys, so it would not be surprising that anything happened during this period. The man who comforted Kingsman was Ruman's Admiralty Gurs, who was also a strong supporter of the warship purchase.
"I understand what you say, but it's not that simple, and everything will turn bad when it is linked to politics." Kingsman sighed again, this purchase was also reached against public opinion, and there were also many opponents, plus what kind of rumors came out of the delivery on time. In just one day, both the pressure of public opinion and the pressure of the government was strong, and Kingsman was desperate, if things were really as bad as he thought, he had no choice but to die.
"Minister! A strange fleet asks to enter the port! The opponent's armed forces are very strong, do you send warships to deal with it? Gus's lieutenant barged in to report the emergency, and the fleet that had been mixed with the convoy of transports had just asked to enter the port, but no one dared to let this fleet of seven battleships enter the port, and the warships in charge of guarding the harbor had already urgently lit a fire and entered combat readiness.
"Coming?!" Kingsman's voice was a little out of tune, could it be......
"Can you tell the other party's ship?" Gus needed to make sure that no one could put seven strange battleships that were not part of his own power into the harbor at once, and the harbor was the best target for battleships.
"Uh...... I don't know. The adjutant who received the news was frightened, how could he have time to discern this, the inertial thinking of war made him mistakenly think that this was a conspiracy of Lune.
"Idiot!" Gus cursed, "Order the warships to immediately light a fire and stand by, and at the same time get in touch with them and ask for their identities." ”
"Minister, oh, Minister Kingsman is there, our goods have arrived, and they have brought us 'gifts.'" At this time, the chief officer in charge of port liaison rushed in and brought specific news.
Kingsman and Gus looked at each other and got up from their seats at the same time, God forbid! They're finally here.
"Gus, you're really my lucky star." Kingsman, who was already desperate, regained confidence on his face at this time.
"Don't say so much, quickly organize people to meet them, and tell your subordinates not to be impulsive, those things are broken but our losses." Gus reacted immediately.
"Yes, yes, yes......" Ginsman nodded happily.
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"What's going on? There's nothing welcome on the dock, so why aren't even the porters prepared? We're just in charge of shipping, not unloading. Looking at the somewhat deserted dock, Wen Hui was very dissatisfied, their efficiency was too poor.
"......" Boris is tempted to say that all this is caused by your delay.
"All the dresses, deck formation!" The captain gave the order, and then a group of sailors in white military uniforms quickly rushed out of the cabin and lined up on the deck.
The Ruman navy, which had been a little nervous, saw that the opponent's gun jacket had not been removed, the sailors were saluting in line on the deck, and the warship was still hanging colorful flags to salute, so it gradually relaxed, this posture did not look like an attack. Many Ruman sailors went to the port to watch the excitement, and the news of the purchase of four advanced warships had already spread, and everyone wanted to see what kind of warships were worth such a big price for the country.
By the time Kingsman and Gus arrived at the port with their people, the dock was already crowded, and the berths where several warships docked were even more surrounded by water, and there were constant exclamations and exclamations, and more of them were smiles and pride on the faces of the soldiers, such expressions have rarely appeared on soldiers on a large scale since the beginning of the war.
"What a scene before the war!" Gus looked at the excited soldiers, and the confidence and belief in victory returned to them, stopping the expulsion intention of his gendarmes, "Let's go, let's go and see what kind of ship is worth 30 million gold coins." "Gus had seen the atlas before, and he couldn't wait to take all the five warships on it into his arms, but now that he saw it from afar, Gus just wanted to go further and take a look inside the warship!
"Hey! Mr. Kingsman, you look terrible right now! Wen Hui saw the Kingsman and his party squeezed out of the crowd, and the image of Kingsman at this time can be said to be very rude. Previously, because of the delivery delay, Kingsman was very depressed, and now squeezing from the crowd has ruined Kingsman's image.
The sailors knew that it was Kingsman who brought them the four big guys, and the constant hugs and handshakes along the way left Kingsman without any image to speak of. But Kingsman enjoyed the moment and did not refuse the sailors' simple greetings and warm smiles.
Especially when he saw the three broken battleships with the flag of the Rune Navy, the smile on Kingsman's face became even bigger, now he didn't even need to explain, the fact is the best explanation, this invisible slap on the faces of those people, I don't know what their expressions are, Kingsman has never looked forward to it so much.