It's already dawn, but the sun hasn't come out yet.

In the sky against the backdrop of skylight, strings of cannonballs shot straight into the sky from the ground.

For a time, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloomed, and the sky of the port of Marseille was wonderful.

Tracer shells give a good indication of the trajectory and also expose the position of the anti-aircraft gun position.

Whenever anti-aircraft guns were fired, Ming bombers would swarm like locusts.

One bomb after another fell with whistles, and the anti-aircraft artillery positions immediately turned into a sea of fire.

The attitude of the Ming naval aviation towards anti-aircraft artillery is that it is destroyed when it is discovered.

The French soldiers on the anti-aircraft artillery positions, threw down the anti-aircraft guns and ran.

When the high-explosive bomb was dropped, I couldn't run even if I wanted to.

The battle had only been going on for ten minutes, and smoke was already billowing from the harbor.

The Franco-Mediterranean fleet, all the ships were billowing smoke.

Every ship was attacked by airborne torpedoes, and the Mediterranean Fleet was sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When everyone's eyes fell on those smoking destroyers, Sun Xiang in the sky suddenly found a battleship much larger than the destroyer.

Visually, it has a displacement of about six or seven thousand tons.

What is this?

Merchant vessel?

Wrong! The triple turrets on the fore and aft decks indicate that this is a warship.

Warships, when did the Mediterranean Fleet have such large warships?

Sun Xiang wanted to attack, but there were no torpedoes.

With a sharp pull on the joystick, he found two attack planes with torpedoes that had not yet had time to attack.

The wings of the plane constantly swayed from side to side, turning to the machine guns on the dive plane, and constantly firing at the point.

Tracer flicks on target!

Fortunately, the two pilots quickly understood Sun Xiang's intentions.

They also quickly discovered the giant ship that had just sailed to the departure channel!

A battleship of seven or eight thousand tons is already considered a giant ship for the French.

Two torpedo attack aircraft quickly dived and dropped torpedoes one after another.

Blowing up and sinking the ship in this place could clog the channel of the port of Marseille for months.

Sun Xiang watched as the first torpedo was thrown into the sea, and in the blue water, an obvious waterline rushed to the battleship.

Sun Xiang in the sky watched this to the waterline and brushed past the bow of the French warship.

"Damn it!" Sun Xiang scolded fiercely.

The noise was so loud that he couldn't even hear what he was swearing.

Just when Sun Xiang was annoyed, a huge flame suddenly erupted from the rear deck of the battleship in the sea.

"Well done!" Sun Xiang waved his hand excitedly.

That place was the ship's steering gear and engine, and the aft compartment was blown up, and the ship lost power.

The speed of the torpedo is a bit slow, and hitting a fixed target is basically different from hitting a moving target.

Attacking a warship on such a voyage depends on technology and luck.

You must know that if a torpedo attack aircraft wants to throw torpedoes, it needs to fly flat against the sea surface for a period of time.

At this time, the side-fire from the ship's guns could easily destroy the aircraft.

The two planes were hit by the dense artillery fire on the side of the warship, which was definitely a stroke of luck.

The target of the battleship on fire immediately became obvious, and the Ming torpedo attack aircraft seemed to be sharks that smelled blood.

More than eight torpedo attack planes swarmed in, frantically outputting at the French warships.

Later, even bombers flew over.

Explosions erupted one after another around the warship, and columns of water rose one after another.

After being besieged by the group for six minutes, the French warship was hit by two torpedoes at the same time.

Fragments of shattered steel flew more than a hundred meters high, and the battleship was torpedoed from the middle.

The second half sank rapidly, and the first half floated strangely on the surface of the sea.

Looking at the port of Marseille that was smoking, Paul stood behind the observation hole in the bunker and wanted to cry without tears.

Only fourteen minutes have passed since the first explosion sounded.

Within fourteen minutes, the French Mediterranean Fleet, docked in the port of Marseille, had suffered a devastating blow.

What sadds Paul the most is that the French cruiser San Diego, which had just been built by the Marseille shipyard and had been in service for less than half a month, was also sunk on the waterway by the Ming naval aviation.

Such a huge battleship sank in the fairway, and the port of Marseille did not want to enter the big ship again.

The Ming planes came and went like the wind, leaving only a port of Marseille that smoked everywhere.

All aircraft carriers are gathering up the planes that have been released!

"Second master!

All the planes were recovered, and only one was slightly injured. ”

Chen Laohu reported to Li Xiu with a smile.

"This time there are no planes directly on the deck of the aircraft carrier?"

Li Xiu looked at the aircraft carrier in the distance and asked angrily.

Chen Laohu blushed a little, the last time the plane slapped on the deck, the command of that aircraft carrier was very responsible.

The captain of that aircraft carrier, ......, was a son of the Chen family.

"No ......! No. ”

Chen Laohu was embarrassed.

"In the future, I don't want everyone to arrange for the warship to take care of my own children and nephews, and they must have that ability.

Li Lin wanted to be the captain of the ship, but I didn't agree. ”

"No!"

Chen Laohu is very helpless!

Daming is your family, how do you want to toss it, it's not up to you?

The prince went on the ship as a captain, but Chen Laohu didn't believe it.

The crown prince, who has never dealt with the navy since he was a child, will not be interested in the navy for no reason.

Even more reckless, he asked to be the captain when he came up.

When Li Xiu said this, he was beating himself more.

"How's the port of Marseille blowing?" Li Xiu didn't want to embarrass his old subordinates too much, and began to ask about the effect of the attack.

"The French Mediterranean Fleet is finished, but according to prior intelligence, there should be seven destroyers moored in the harbor.

Unexpectedly, a cruiser appeared in the middle.

Our lads did a great job of blowing up and sinking the cruiser that wanted to run in the channel of the port of Marseille. ”

"What's that? Bombed and sunk in the waterway? Li Xiu shouted in surprise.

"Yes......! It was blown up and sunk in the waterway. "Chen Laohu is a little inexplicable, it should be a good thing to blow up and sink the warship, why is the second master so expression?

"With such a big ship sunk in the harbor, do you think the French still have the strength to catch it?

The waterway is blocked, and they can't get out, and we can't get in.

But they couldn't get out in the first place, the problem was that we had to go in.

Now the Mediterranean fleet is all gone, they don't even have ships.

It can be used as a barrier to the wreck to keep us out of the port of Marseille. ”

Li Xiu took a sip of tea helplessly, this sunken ship should be the biggest obstacle when attacking Marseille in the future.

"Uh......!" Chen Laohu was speechless.

He didn't expect that the enemy warship would be blown up and blown up by mistake.

"Forget it, you can't be harsh on the boys. It is always good to be able to blow up and sink the enemy's warship, and it is better to be rewarded for it.

The Mediterranean fleet of the French was finished, and the port of Marseille was blocked.

Then let's go to Toulouse! ”

Li Xiu thought about it and gave a new order.

"To Toulouse?"

"Hmmm! It's also good to mobilize the French army, let's blow up Toulouse again.

Anyway, the Eastern Front is very quiet now, so let the French worry about it, and you can't let the French rest assured. ”

"No!"

Chen Laohu nodded in agreement, this time there was smoke everywhere on the southern coast of France, but he wanted to see what Napoleon would do.

After nightfall, the fleet on the sea quietly departed and headed for the port of Toulouse.

Also the next morning, the fleet came off the coast of Toulouse.

As Li Xiu expected, mines were also laid off the coast of Toulouse.

However, Li Xiu didn't care, the deployment of mines could not be longer than the range of carrier-based aircraft.

A large group of Ming naval aviation fighters flew over the city of Toulouse.

In advance, the Ming army did not determine a good target for attack.

After all, the Ming army did not have aerial photographs of Toulouse in their hands.

Naval aviation just dropped bombs indiscriminately in the sky and then strafed them indiscriminately.

Anyway, there is no fixed target, so it is the right thing to throw the bomb and run out of bullets and go back to eat early.

Napoleon ordered the mobilization of reserve corps only yesterday to go to reinforce Marseille.

I received a distress telegram from Toulouse at noon today!

Frustrated, he put the telegram on the table, and he understood that the entire southern coast of France was the target of the Ming attack.

Without naval strength, the Ming can be restrained. The Mediterranean Sea is where they wreak!

Even if the Ming navy now attacks Gibraltar, the British and Spaniards may not be able to hold it.

Once the Ming navy entered the Atlantic, Britain would be the first to withdraw from the war.

There is no way, Britain is a country that lives on trade, and without trade, the British will starve to death.

It was impossible to imagine such a scene, and Napoleon was grateful to God for creating the world in a place like Gibraltar.

Napoleon canceled the order to aid Marseille, and it is still unclear where the Ming will land.

The main forces of the French army are in Kiev, and there is only a little reserve left on the mainland, so they dare not scatter it casually.

Looking at the huge map of France in the office, Miela walked in.

"When you come into my office, don't you know how to knock on the door?" Seeing Mula, Napoleon frowned.

"Your Majesty! You don't want to know, what did I talk to Peter about in Stettin? The smile on her face was a little stifled.

"It's all written on your face, what is Peter going to do? He wants to make Catherine's rebellion? Napoleon asked dismissively.

He simply looks down on the Russian army, as for Peter!

This old fellow opposed Catherine and had no chance of success.

Abilities, means, are too much worse than Catherina.

"Huh!

It is Catherine who wants to unite with us, and the Russian army wants to attack the Ming with us until the Ming is driven out of Russian territory. ”

Mula could no longer hold back the smile on her face, and for the first time Napoleon saw the guy smile like a doll in a month.

"Catherine wants to unite with us?" Napoleon was skeptical of the veracity of this statement.

Since the beginning of the war, the Ming army, with the help of the Russian army, has won great victories again and again.

Not only did it annihilate a large number of Austro-Hungarian troops, but it also won a decisive victory in the Battle of Tsaritsyn, which faced the main force of the French army.

The southern front has shrunk from Tsaritsyn to the Amur and Kharkov lines.

The French troops, having suffered heavy losses, had to withdraw from the front line and repair near Kiev.

Now there were only a small number of French troops on the southern front, more Italians and Spaniards.

In the case of successive victories, Ekaterina will take the initiative to negotiate peace?

Napoleon was very unconvinced!

He knows too well the ambitions of this old Russian woman!

Just look at how much land she annexed after she succeeded to the throne, you can see how greedy this woman is.

"Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty is depriving Catherine of her military powers, which makes Catherine very uneasy.

Moreover, the generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be disgusted with the Russian aristocracy.

The Russian nobles were very worried that once the Ming people turned against the guest, no one would guarantee their interests, and even they would be slaughtered.

According to Peter, the military power of the southern front has now belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

The command of the Northern Front, in the hands of Kutuzov.

But Kutuzov, to accept the orders of the commander sent by the generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty.

That is, Catherine is gradually losing control over the Russian army. ”

"Huh! As far as the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is concerned, it would be good not to hold Daming back. Napoleon said this, but his heart blossomed.

Daming's grip in Europe is Russia, once Daming and Russia turn against each other.

They no longer have a foothold in Europe!

The coalition forces with absolute superiority in numbers will crush the elite troops of the Ming army until the Ming defense line retreats back to Central Asia!

"Catherine is a woman who regards power as her life, and taking away her military power will indeed make her make this decision."

Napoleon nodded, agreeing with Mula's words.

"We have agreed with Peter that we will attack in the spring when the roads are muddy and the Ming army is difficult to supply logistically.

Peter would contact the Russian commanders, destroy the roads behind the Ming army, and attack the lone Ming army.

Blow up supply lines such as Ming airfields and stations, and occupy the Ming army's airship landing grounds.

The most important thing is that they will directly attack the command post of the Ming army and capture the generalissimo himself and other senior generals of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Great!" Napoleon stood up on his large desk.

What Mula brought was good news.

At the beginning of the spring offensive, these important places of the Ming army were attacked by the Russian army.

Then the Ming army will fall into a situation where there is no command and no supplies.

No matter how powerful the Ming army was, it would not be possible to achieve victory in this situation.

That's great!

This is simply a fatal blow to Daming!

Napoleon was already eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring.

"What conditions did Peter have?" Napoleon, worthy of him, quickly sobered up from the excitement he had just had.

"Of course, there are conditions, but the main condition is that the coalition forces must not judge Catherine's old bitch and the Russian nobles for any reason.

Moreover, after the war, the coalition forces were not allowed to station troops in Russia.

We rejected the rest of the conditions.

The current Russians are not qualified to bargain with us. ”

"Then I can rest assured that the war on the Eastern Front is over. We will be able to concentrate on dealing with the Ming army in the Mediterranean! ”

"The Ming army in the Mediterranean?"

"Yesterday and today, the Ming army attacked Marseille and Toulouse, respectively.

The Mediterranean Fleet, it's over! ”

"...... so fast!"