The South China Sea, like a pearl that has been nurtured for hundreds of millions of years, stretches out from the great address of China, and is embraced by the Southeast Peninsula and Luzon Island. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

This is the ocean of China, it has seen the navigation of the land of China from the Song Dynasty, witnessed the glory of the treasure ship and horse when the three treasure eunuchs went to the South Seas seven times, and today, it will once again witness that the vast land of China ushered in another ocean era.

Standing on the top of the bridge, Vice Admiral Spee was excited, although he could not return to China to fight, although he could not fight the enemy in the North Sea, but this did not prevent him from fighting the enemy.

What made his heart surging was that the ancient empire behind him "had joined the alliance, had a large territory in the world, a large population, and a country with unimaginable backgrounds, and under the leadership of a madman, after drawing the bayonet again and again, finally unsheathed at this moment."

The three naval battles of the counterattack, although not yet announced for political reasons, have been informed that whether it is the near-savage fighting off Perth, the combination of skill and speed in the Battle of the West Cape, or the tragedy of the post-Hebrides, it is a testament to the strength of the country.

Twenty years of hardship, twenty years of wind and rain.

Li Mo's madness, arsonist, "used money and technology that I don't know where it came from, to bring to life this country that was once discriminated against by all Europeans, including him, and was known as a heretic and opium."

Free education for all, cultivating tens of millions of outstanding students, "a large number of technical schools have made up for the lack of industrial capacity, and when the shortcomings are made up, the thick dust on its body has finally been gradually swept away" emitted a shining light.

"Twenty years later, we will slay the dragon with a sword!"

These words were the words of the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Theater of Operations when the fleet was assembled in Subic Harbor three days ago, and in front of dozens of captains, division commanders and regimental commanders in the conference room, and then smashed his fist on the blackboard.

"The plan is codenamed Dragon Slay."

At that time, he was very puzzled by this sentence, although he had recently made up a lot of "Chinese" culture, but he still could not understand too much" until the arrival of the Chinese staff officer who came to the Scharnhorst to be in charge of liaison and coordination, he knew that for the Chinese people who used the dragon as their totem, "French Indochina is the tail of the southern dragon." Every time it wiggles, it will make the South China Sea unstable, so this time they are ready to slaughter the dragon completely, and make its tail a royal ornament.

This is crazy!

But the title "Dragoon F" is really interesting. Spee touched his beard, the corners of his eyes swept around, red anti-collision lights flashed on the sea like stars, in addition to his Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, there were also four light cruisers, eight destroyers, fifteen transports and six warships of a type called landing ships that had never been seen before.

Judging from the appearance, the full load of such a warship should be about 10,000 tons, and the chimney and bridge are all placed in the stern, exposing the wide deck in the front section. 【 I want: super fast update 】

However, the firepower on the deck is not strong, there are only two twin, blade millimeter naval guns, and six quadruple millimeter rapid-fire machine guns, which should belong to a kind of logistics transport ship.

And it is this that makes him feel very strange, China has no shortage of large ocean-going freighters, it is currently the world's third largest maritime transport power after Britain and the United States, why should it build such transport ships? What are its unique effects?

Just as Spee looked at a landing ship in the distance, a buzzing sound suddenly sounded in his ears, and he saw several seaplanes flying over the head of the fleet and heading towards the Vietnamese coastline in the distance. Shi Pei turned his head to look at the east, the morning light gradually rose, the earth was awakened, and the battleship bathed in it seemed to be covered with a layer of golden armor.

Ahead, a faint horizon has appeared, and several Chinese destroyers have rushed out like wild horses that have escaped from the reins, and together with them, the Scharnhorst, which temporarily joined the Royal Chinese Navy, also began to accelerate. Spee turned and walked to the bridge.

So far, this dragon-slaying operation still makes him and all the German officials talk about it, because Hua does not intend to use the traditional offensive strategy of going south from Guangxi all the way, they have set their sights on the long and narrow coastline of Vietnam, and selected four points from it, respectively, to carry out sea landing battles in Haiphong, Bien Shui, Dong Hai and Hue, and then quickly penetrate into the depth, cut French Indochina into four sections, and cooperate with the main force to go south, seven army divisions "to cut off the 50,000 French army and 150,000 puppet troops entrenched here."

In front of it "is Hue, where the French have hoarded 20,000 French troops", and some permanent fortifications have been built on the seaside, so after the twelve capital ships were transferred to counterattack and did not return, the Chinese Navy needed the assistance of German heavy artillery.

"General, the Chinese people have sent the coordinates."

"So what are you waiting for?" As soon as the correspondent's words fell, Spee's eyes became focused: "If you don't return to China, you can also let those hateful French people taste the power of German shells!"

"Boom ——。" Outside the bulkhead, a sudden roar "made the Tianshan-class landing ship Quan-3 cabin chaotic, and the clever soldiers quickly drilled out of the cabin, and when they went to the deck to see, there was already artillery fire in the distance!"

Two German armored cruisers and four light cruisers kept firing shells, and the fire and black smoke made the whole sea seem to burn.

Li Daniu raised the telescope, and the coastline more than 30 kilometers away was already in flames, although it was too far to see really, he could still imagine that "under the catharsis of nearly 60 naval guns, nothing could survive at all."

The French shore guns arranged in the shore fortifications opened fire, but this was not Europe, and the French only placed some small guns of five or six inches here, and under the suppression of the two German cruisers, which were more vigorous than the Chinese navy, they began to fire in only half an hour.

"Toot toot.

A series of warnings sounded from all over the deck, and the fighters' breathing suddenly became rapid, and they no longer had the heart to watch the artillery battle, but plunged into the cabin and began to prepare.

"The landing craft is very fast, and it will shake very strongly" So hold on to your guns! ”

"Don't bring in tarps until you go ashore, or the sand and sea will turn them into burning sticks."

"After the landing craft opens the hatch, you must spread out and run, otherwise the bullets will sift you into a sieve!"

"Bow your head, bend down, don't be reckless, there are 20,000 French Yankees there, or 50,000 puppet troops!"

The "machine gun squad" should immediately seize the high ground as soon as they come ashore, "suppress them back!" ”

Li Daniu stood on a high place and carefully explained what to do when landing, this strong man who came down from the sniper battle of Motianling "has now become a qualified battalion commander."

In the other five landing ships, the battalion commanders were also explaining the key points and tactics of the landing.

As the milky white light in the cabin suddenly turned red, "the soldiers suddenly became nervous", and at this time, the veterans walked out one after another, trotting forward along the queue, not forgetting to pat the helmets of their comrades along the way.

No matter what the war, the role of veterans is irreplaceable"Their smile and self-confidence often become the key to victory."

The soldiers began to line up into the bilge, and in the huge bilge dock were parked four landing craft, which were propelled by four high-powered aero engines, and could take 100 heavily armed soldiers to the coast at a speed of 20 knots. The sailors on board greeted each of their Army mates who walked in, and when the waiting numbers were full, they climbed into the machine gun towers on either side, where two twin 127mm machine guns provided fire support before and after the soldiers left the landing craft.

As the flashing red light went out abruptly, "the hatch of the landing ship slowly cracked, and the sea water poured into the dock compartment rapidly", holding up the four landing craft.

"Let's go."

As the headphones came shouting, "the engines of the four landing craft hissed violently," and the four propellers, driven by the aero engines, "constantly rolled up the mist."

"General" look! ”

When Spee twisted the telescope along the adjutant's finger, his eyes fell out in an instant, what was this?

Under the surprised gaze of the German officers, they saw that the bow doors of the six landing ships were all opened, and after a while, 24 matchbox-like flat-bottomed dinghys were released. Standing in the shaking landing craft, Li Daniu grabbed the handrail next to him, because of the waterline, speed, and the fact that they were sailing in an S-shape, several soldiers behind him vomited in a few minutes.

As the distance got closer, "the four machine guns high up next to him opened fire, the sudden sound tearing the air apart, and the thick shells did not jump and fall into the cabin.

Rumble!

A 75-mm shell landed not far from the landing craft, and a high splash of water carried a large amount of seawater to the soldiers, and the jingle sound on the thick protective hatch from time to time made everyone's breathing faster.

It took about thirty minutes for the landing craft to land from the start, and it can be said that it was a difficult moment, and the fierce jolting and hissing that seemed to sound from the ears made everyone's hearts hang in their throats.

The landing craft was unarmoured, but in order to ensure increased speed within the limited size, it had to be light enough, so that even a hit by a 75-mm shell would be fatal.

Fortunately, the French were not well prepared for the landing of China from the coast, "the previous hour's covered shelling also destroyed most of the fortifications, so there were not many shells falling around." 3 minutes! The captain cocked up his fingers and shouted.

When Li Daniu and the soldiers heard this, they clenched their rifles violently, and "with the sound of scraping mud and sand from the bottom of the boat," the captain suddenly shouted: "Open the warehouse!" ”

The thick front hatch quickly opened, and when it began to flatten, Li Daniu was the first to run and jump into the waist-deep water, raising his gun and rushing forward.

Seeing a comrade-in-arms jump into the water" The soldiers at the back of the line breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that there was no danger, but they did not expect a series of machine gun shells to suddenly fly from the shore, and the rain of bullets tore these soldiers to pieces in the blink of an eye, and the flesh and blood were scattered in the cabin, and the entire deck seemed to be drenched with blood in an instant. The sailors who operated the machine guns had red eyes, turned their guns sharply at the point of fire, and fired wildly, and as the hatch closed little by little, the landing craft did not dare to continue to stay, and quickly turned around and sailed towards the mother ship.

The physical exertion of running in the water is very large, although it is only a hundred meters, but when Li Daniu fell on the shore one by one, the whole person seemed to collapse" But he must not stop at this moment, so he immediately panted and tore open the tarpaulin, stuffed the bullet, and aimed the crosshair at a few French soldiers who rushed in. Bang!

With the sound of this gun, the first large-scale landing battle of Hua, codenamed "Dragon Slayer", began: "In order to ensure adequate fire support, the Imperial Royal Navy, in addition to inviting Shi Pei, also sent sixteen light cruisers and thirty destroyers, and under their fierce artillery fire, the curtain of the battle on the Southeast Peninsula was opened.

Due to the thorough preparation, the French army entrenched in Indochina lacked heavy weapons, so it took only five hours and less than 1,000 casualties to complete the expansion of the defenses of all four landing points, and the follow-up transport ships began to send troops to the coast in a steady stream. August 9th.

The Governor of French Indochina sent a distress telegram.

"The Chinese Army has landed!" ~！