, sink two old man star battleships "Goliath, Revenge, and hit the Rising Ocean!" ”

"Sink two Edgar-class 1st class protective armored cruisers, USS Demien, USS St. George, Orlando-class second-class cruiser USS Lagarde, and sink four smaller destroyers. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)"

Zhang Zuoshuang slowly opened the second page of the document and took a deep breath: "The First Fleet Antarctic Star sank, the captain Yang Tai died, and the whole ship had 685 people, and only 37 people were rescued. ”

"The Polaris was badly damaged and has lost the possibility of continuing to serve, with eighty-nine people sacrificed and seventy-seven wounded, and the captain Zhou Cheng is also on the injured list."

"Vladivostok sank, Xiao Tianzhi abandoned the ship at a later moment, the whole ship was 521 people, 430 people were rescued, and the rest were killed.

"In addition, the Duke, Akashi and Soya have also been traumatized, and the remaining seven capital ships have temporarily entered Penghu to standby, and Lan Jianshu is leading six Defending-class destroyers to join the Second Fleet off the coast of Hong Kong."

The battle report echoed in the brand-new command hall of the National Defense Building, and every officer clenched his fists when he heard this battle report, and at the same time, he also felt a trace of pride!

Yes, pride!

In the face of the twenty-one warships of the world's first navy, the First Fleet still fought a heart-wrenching battle in the case of unfavorable weather and sea conditions, and the effectiveness of the equipment could not be played.

It is a British Royal Fleet with hundreds of years of tradition, a total tonnage more than the sum of the next three, and it is so proud that even France, Germany, the United States and other countries think that it is unattainable, and even dare not touch its edge!

Although it was only a detachment, or even half of the detachment, don't forget that Hua also did not go all out! The Second Fleet is monitoring the British and French fleets off the coast of Hong Kong and Cam Ranh Bay, and the mysterious submarine force is underwater in a certain sea area, waiting to strike a fatal blow!

Under the condition that the strength is equal and the equipment is restricted, it is already good to be able to fight like this! Everyone believed that if the sea conditions were changed, even if the rain was lighter, the result would be completely different!

But war is unpredictable, even if it occupies a certain technological advantage, it will still be offset in the face of nature, this may be the charm of the navy, and the good teacher of Britain taught the young Hua a good lesson, that is, how to use the harsh natural conditions. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Perhaps Philettman doesn't know that after this war, the Chinese Navy will launch operational research on various meteorological conditions**, of course, these are just later words.

The cost of sinking and heavy damage to the three capital ships was a bit large, but it was not too unexpected, as early as after the news of the weather conditions in the sea area reached the command hall, Chen Ping had already vaguely guessed something.

Ji Weishan's best solution at that time was to avoid the battle and wait for the weather to clear up and take advantage of the equipment, but in that case, it was possible that Philippman would smoothly pass through the Bass Strait, and join up with Hong Kong and the fleet sent from India unscathed, forming a large flood peak.

The door of the conference room was closed under the gaze of the staff officers and officers, and before Li Mo returned, the few people sitting in the conference room at this moment were the core personnel of the General Staff and shouldered the responsibility of leading the country.

Li Enfu lit a cigarette, his eyes were still a little ruddy, and after taking two puffs with Liang Dunyan, and the first speaker of the House of Lords, Rong Kui, exchanged glances, he slowly raised his head: "Yuanshou, I am also sad about the sacrifices and losses of the First Fleet, but I still have to remind you that you can't completely force Britain into a hurry!" ”

"Mr. Li, look at what you said, how could we be*......" Zhao Long, commander-in-chief of the army and deputy chief of the general staff, spread his hands and smiled reluctantly.

"Come on!" Li Enfu didn't know the military's careful thoughts, his eyes swept over the two and said solemnly: ", I know that you are sad, but in your position, you should know better than me that as long as you fight, there will be sacrifices......"

"To put it mildly, even if we win another complete victory this time, there will still be big sacrifices in the future, so I think it is far better to die early than later, because it will keep us awake all the time......"

"Mr. Li said a lot, and sooner rather than later." Chen Ping lowered his head and said with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Since you agree with my words, then I will say again, you must not treat the British Far East Fleet this time like you did with Japan and Russia! I know that this may hurt the feelings of the soldiers, although I would also like to completely annihilate the British Far East ships and think that the dead soldiers will take revenge, but it will cause a serious confrontation between my country and Britain! We are not ready for a full-scale confrontation with the British, so we have to think about the whole picture. Li Enfu took a deep breath and reminded solemnly again.

"The army must serve the interests of the country, not a tool for revenge! This is an iron frame that cannot be crossed! ”

"How many can I sink then?!" Chen Ping raised his eyelids abruptly and looked at the three of them, the cold light in his reddish eyes suddenly exploded, even Li Enfu and the other three who had known each other for many years were chilled by this cold light.

As the core personnel of the General Staff Headquarters, the three of them are very clear that the actual commander of the three armies is actually somewhat similar to Li Mo. "He'll bite two." He is the Lord who will never suffer.

Such a person is not suitable for running a country, but he is a natural soldier, because this kind of person can inspire his comrades-in-arms, and when the enemy punches, he will recklessly return to the past, and even use his teeth later!

And the Navy clearly hasn't used its teeth yet!

Lan Jianshu's six Defender-class destroyers are moving south, Le Fei also has six Defender-class destroyers, and the eight submarines have not appeared from beginning to end, even in difficult times, Chen Ping did not transfer them to blockade the Bass Strait!

Because from the very beginning, the opinion of the General Staff was very unanimous, that is, to use the blow to Philettman, force him to withdraw to Hong Kong, and then use submarines to blockade the harbor and force the British Far East Fleet to withdraw from the battle!

However, this battle of equal strength has changed some people's minds, although judging from the size of the navy and the proportion of losses, Hua obviously suffered heavy losses, and the destruction and sinking of three capital ships is equivalent to the loss of one-fifth of its strike capability, while the British Far East Fleet, although it has suffered many losses, can only be regarded as a small setback in the total British navy.

However, if the navy uses 12 destroyers and four light cruisers as a team, and then uses submarines that are already lurking around Hong Kong Island, it is not impossible to repeat the scene of Yokosuka Harbor, but the question is if the Far East Fleet is completely annihilated, what can it gain but revenge?

The furious British Empire will send more warships, even if it is impossible for them to contact France, Germany, Italy and Austria, but it does not mean that they will not find the United States and Russia, the two wronged leaders, in a few years, the Russian fleet of nearly forty capital ships will definitely kill, if you add double the British fleet and the United States, which has coveted Hawaii for a long time, then simply surrender!

Therefore, from the very beginning of the Battle of the Southeast, the General Staff strictly limited the scope of the army's use of force, which is why the Admiralty transferred the position of the theater to the Second Fleet's heavy patrol to strengthen the First Fleet, that is, in order to form an advantage, forced Filitman to withdraw to Hong Kong, and then blockaded Hong Kong Island by submarines, blocking the Far East Fleet in its old nest, so that the British must come to save the Far East Fleet unless they go crazy!

At that time, the Prime Minister's Office could use the life and death of the British Far East Fleet to seize the initiative in negotiations! Now, the first step has been completed, and even done very well, although the loss of three capital ships, it has succeeded in forcing Fillettman to flee to Hong Kong in a hurry, and the three battleships from India have not yet crossed the Strait of Malacca, so strategically speaking, it is themselves who win.

But the problem is that the Navy will definitely have to vent its anger, but if they are allowed to do it, God knows if they will completely knock down the British Far East Fleet with red eyes! So there is Chen Ping who asked.

"Three capital ships!"

"And we want to try not to spill over the battleship."

After the three of them discussed, Li Enfu gritted his teeth and stretched out a palm: "You go and tell Long Guozhang that we will do our best to persuade the council to compensate him for the two battleships lost by the navy this time, but we must not destroy the previous plan!" ”

"Zhao Long, immediately send a report to Qin Shou, one battleship, two first-class armored cruisers!" Chen Ping nodded, suddenly got up and walked out: "Tell him, pick up all the big ones!" ”

"Pick up the big ......,. *……”

Hearing these three words from outside the door, Li Enfu almost hit his head on the conference table to death, in the end, these guys still refuse to suffer!

After the radio wave transmitted the order to Qin Shou, who had been breaking his fingers all day long off the coast of Hong Kong, the submarine commander's eyes were green, and he took the photo to screen the target over and over again.

On September 12th, when Philettman arrived in Hong Kong with the remnants of the fleet and entered Victoria Bay with the help of the garrison fleet, eight Grey Spine Sharks performed a good show of breaking through the Uraga waterway, following Fillettman's fleet, avoiding mines, and quietly entering Victoria Bay, which is known as the best naval cat land of the Far East Fleet!

The hunt, which reached ** in an instant, and the spear with a range of five thousand meters once again showed its amazing strength, and the old man star battleship Ocean, and two 10,000-ton large first-class armored cruisers were immediately blown up and sank as soon as they approached the dock at night.

The remaining submarines, which had not been able to deal with the main target, vented all their anger on the auxiliary ships, and according to later statistics, at least three torpedo ships, two second-class armored cruisers, and several auxiliary ships were destroyed that night, and the fire on the pier even reflected the whole of Hong Kong.

At the same time, in the early morning of 13 September, two regiments of the Marine Corps and the advance regiment of the 7th Infantry Division, under the cover of the heavy artillery of the First Fleet, routed two French cruisers stationed in Guangzhou Bay and successfully landed.

On the afternoon of the next day, the 3rd Marine Corps advanced three battalions approached Kowloon, which was only separated from Hong Kong Island by a strait, which also announced that the British Far East Fleet stationed on Hong Kong Island was completely surrounded!

On the morning of the 15th, Philettman sent the latter letter: "Hong Kong is surrounded, request for support." "After the telegram, three telegraph lines to the outside world were cut off at the same time.

Far Eastern lightning and thunder!

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