Shelling Purple Quartz (3)
"Commander, Captain Chavez was wounded by an enemy shell and his life is in danger!" A soldier came to report. "Impossible! The London is a heavy cruiser, the armor is very thick, how can those communists penetrate it! Lieutenant General Maiden asked angrily. The enemy used *, the army heavy artillery with a diameter of one hundred and fifty-five mm, and the large-caliber * penetrated the protective steel plate of the bridge of the USS London! The soldier replied. Does the Communist Party have such a large caliber *? That's impossible! Lieutenant General Maiden's eyes widened. It's true! The soldier affirmed. Take me to see it and tell the officers and men of the ship that I will be in command! With that, Maiden walked outside with his men. However, Maiden did not expect that he was carried back this time without even walking to the command position.
"Hit! Give Lao Tzu a hit! "Wu Fatzi shouted and stuffed a cannonball into the barrel of the cannon, and pulled the fire rope to shoot a cannonball, Wu Fatzi stared at the trajectory of the cannonball, and found that the cannonball hit again." No, how is it a blasting bomb? Wu Fatman turned around and kicked his bomb feeder to the ground. What the fuck are you doing with that blasting bomb, this is a heavy cruiser, hit * Don't you fucking know? Fat Wu yelled. Captain, *run out! The bomber said aggrievedly. What the? Wu Fatzi paused for a moment, "Then hit them with a blasting bullet, and if you can't kill them, you will shock them to death!" Wu Fatzi said hatefully. Wu Fatzi's explosive bomb hit the London, and the place where the bullet hit was right on the bulkhead, and on the other side of the bulkhead happened to be Lieutenant General Maiden. The tremendous force of 155 millimeters shook Lieutenant General Maiden and his men to the ground, and Lieutenant General Maiden was so shocked that he was dizzy, and he couldn't slow down for half a day, and was lifted up by a cadre and sent back to the general's lounge on the London. "Retreat! Fall back! "The first mate of the London hastened to give the order to retreat! The commanders of the two British battleships were wounded and evacuated in disarray! On the way to retreat, Bang Hai's shells kept hitting the surroundings of the two warships, as if to see off the British!
The two rescue troops were repulsed, so that the British considered using diplomatic means to solve the matter, but the PLA river crossing campaign was not delayed, the million PLA began a surprise attack on the assault section of more than 1,000 kilometers, divided into three combat groups of the river-crossing troops, with the support of artillery fire, with the help of hundreds of thousands of fishermen and millions of people, in one fell swoop broke through the Kuomintang defense line of the Qianli River, all units have launched their own attack plans according to the predetermined plan, the red flag fluttered on the entire Yangtze River, shouting to kill the heavens, On the more than 1,000-kilometer defense line of the river, a majestic picture of a million troops crossing the Yangtze River unfolded.
Liu Hai, who stayed in place to monitor the stranded Purple Quartz, received a notice that his superiors were no longer willing to waste time and energy on this matter, and gave the following instructions to the Third Field Army: In order to create an atmosphere for peace talks, solve the problem at an early date, and facilitate Sino-British friendship in the future, only monitor the Purple Quartz, not allow it to surrender its weapons, concentrate its personnel, cut off its fuel, assist it in treating the wounded, and provide it with daily necessities. Dai Guoliang, head of the Propaganda Unit of the Political Department of the 1st Special Regiment, with two fighters, boarded the Purple Quartz on a sampan and had a brief meeting with the captain of the ship, Krens. Dai Guoliang conveyed a letter to Liu Bocheng to Krens. The letter stated that as long as the Purple Quartz stayed where it was and did not move, he could guarantee the safety of the Purple Quartz. Krens was very pleased with the outcome of the meeting. In addition, Krens also proposed to Dai Guoliang to ask the People's Liberation Army to help them buy vegetables. Three days later, a local vendor sat on a sampan and leaned on the Purple Quartz and brought them sixty-five pounds of potatoes! At the Zhenjiang Front Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, China and Britain held a total of 11 negotiations on the Purple Quartz incident. The negotiators were Yuan Zhongxian and Kerensi, commanders of the Zhenjiang Front of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Yuan Zhongxian said: The British warships violated China's inland rivers and the positions of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which was obviously an act of aggression and could not be forgiven by the Chinese people. Krens's reply was, "Allow me to state that I have no right to discuss the question of responsibility for the incident, and whether I can discuss with General Yuan the question of making the Purple Quartz ship sail safely out of the Yangtze River." From this dialogue, it can be seen that the two sides are not concerned about the same issue at all, and the Chinese side hopes that the British side will apologize on the issue of principle, while the British side has clearly avoided the issue of responsibility and proposed that the Chinese side release the warship first! The two sides have been in a stalemate with no results. During this period, the British battleship Purple Quartz repaired the damaged steering gear, and finally it took more than 20 days to repair the steering gear to a state that could barely maintain navigation.
The Purple Quartz was trapped alive by the river, the two sides have been delaying, and Liu Hai has been on guard day and night, time has passed day by day, and after a full hundred days, the Purple Quartz incident has finally taken a turn. This turnaround was something that Liu Hai could never have imagined, and it was also the most dereliction of duty he considered himself. Here's how it happened, a sudden typhoon put an end to the three-month trapped life of the Purple Quartz. So, how did a typhoon, a natural phenomenon, end the Purple Quartz incident? When the typhoon came, many artillery positions of the People's Liberation Army along the river adjusted their deployment one after another, and Liu Hai also made necessary adjustments; at night, a passenger ship Jiangling Jiefang sailed from Hankou to Shanghai, sailed through the waters where the Purple Quartz was moored, and the Purple Quartz took the opportunity to lift anchor, approached the Jiangling Jiefang, and fled eastward behind the passenger ship. After Liu Hai found out, he first fired a signal flare into the air and ordered the Purple Quartz to stop sailing immediately. Subsequently, the artillery on both sides of the strait opened fire together, and the Purple Quartz fled while firing back. For a time, the fire on the river was in the sky, and the sound of artillery continued. The Purple Quartz desperately fled downstream to the Harbor of Nature. After a short respite, the Purple Quartz took advantage of the dark night and typhoon to make the river rise, turned off the engine and lights, and under the cover of night, drifted downstream, secretly crossed the fire control area of the Jiangyin position of the People's Liberation Army, avoided the Wusongkou channel of the usual route, and fled into the sea from the north mouth of Chongming Island. The Purple Quartz finally escaped to the wide sea outside the Yangtze River, ending its 100-day trapped life.
"Report to the commander, the responsibility for the escape of the Purple Quartz lies with me, it was my negligence in taking precautions that gave the other party a chance, I am willing to take all the responsibility, and obey any punishment in the organization!" Liu Hai stood in front of Mr. Chen and said. "Nope! This is providence and the result we hope for! Mr. Chen said unexpectedly, "The whole incident is an unexpected incident for both sides. Although the British warships were subjectively not hostile to the PLA when they sailed into the Yangtze River Theater at a sensitive moment, before the large-scale campaign was launched, the unfriendly side sent warships to break into the front line of the theater, which somewhat smacked of provocation. The point is that the commanders of the British Navy had a preconceived belief that the PLA would not dare to open fire on it on its own initiative. Moreover, before negotiations had begun in the previous conflict, warships were sent to rescue one after another, thus triggering even greater conflicts. The greatest impact was the end of naval artillery policy in China since 1840. Western warships put an end to the history of casual access to China's inland waters. As long as this result can be achieved, it is the best outcome, can you understand it? "Yes!" Liu Hai is naturally not stupid, if it continues like this, it will not be beneficial to both China and Britain. "It's good to know, bangs, you're lucky to be able to participate in such a meaningful thing in person!" Mr. Chen said.
Liu Hai, who had just returned to his division, received an order from his superiors, and his division immediately went to Nanjing, which had already been captured, to join his independent brigade Liu Xiaoshan, and re-lead the Fourth Division to immediately march south, preparing to participate in the upcoming Battle of Shanghai! After ordering his two regiments to prepare for the march, Liu Hai and Sima Hong came to the riverside. "You're amazing, you can beat the British away!" Sima Hong leaned on his bangs and said. "It's not me who ran away, it's people who run without paying attention!" Bangs said with a smile. "Didn't Mr. Chen say it? Let him run away is the best result, now we are fighting the Kuomintang, and it will not do us any good to get too stiff with the British! Sima Hong said. In any case, this is the most meaningful battle I have ever fought, since the Opium War, the British have opened the door to China, and their warships have rampaged in the rivers of our country at will, and I believe that after this time, this kind of humiliation is finally over! The history of the British thinking that with a few warships and a few cannons they could go on a rampage in our country, is completely over! It's not a big deal, but we're lucky to be able to be a part of it! We have witnessed the complete realization of our nation's independence, and I feel that this is more worthy of joy than defeating the Japanese devils! Liu Hai looked at the Yangtze River and said. Yes, in the future, on the Yangtze River, we can only sail our Chinese ships, no matter what country's ships want to come in, then you have to ask my man's cannon if he agrees! Sima Hong said. Hehe, after the liberation of China, I will apply to join the coastal artillery unit and guard our coastline well, for more than a hundred years, our coastline has not been defended, from now on, we will never let him lose it again! Liu Hai hugged Sima Hong, "In the future, you have to give me a son, and when he grows up, he will take over my class, and guard our coastline for generations!" "Hmm!" Sima Hong's cheeks flushed, "But if you want to have a son, you have to get married first!" "I said it, when the whole country is liberated, I want you to be the first bride of New China!"
In 1950, Britain, as the first Western country to recognize the new China, pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party had controlled almost all of Chinese mainland in response to the anger expressed by its allies. The British Foreign Office also said that the Chinese Communist Party has the support of the Chinese people and has recently established the People's Republic of China. The Chinese Communist Party carried out land reform and distributed land to peasants, thus winning the support of the Chinese, who accounted for more than 80 percent of China's total population. The most important thing is that New China has the ability and determination to manage China well.