Chapter 8: This is not an exercise (1)

This is how the Atlantic Ocean is. When it is calm, it is like a gentle virgin, and when it is tyrannical, it is the most terrible destroyer. As the only way to return to Europe, the Atlantic Ocean has become the most frequent area where the British Royal Navy appears.

A large fleet of ships slowly moved on the Atlantic Ocean. This was a fleet of 12 transport ships and 5 warships. Each ship was flew with such a flag. Another dazzling golden dragon was surrounded by 56 stars. This was a fleet from China, whose destination was Sweden, Nordic.

After two days of sailing, you can reach the English Channel, cross the Dover Strait and enter the North Sea, and the transportation mission is basically completed. Now is a sensitive moment. China, as a neutral country, has always used the excuse of worrying about merchant ships being attacked by pirates, and each fleet has sent a certain number of escort fleets. This time, the light battleship "Gulang", the cruiser "East Sea" and three destroyers.

The weather was a little gloomy, and the sea surface began to restlessly. The dark clouds kept pressing towards the sea, and a heavy rain was coming. On the flagship "Gulang", Captain Yu Buhui was lying on the big table in the office, looking at the chart attentively. Yu Buhui was not worried about this voyage. Since the war in Europe, the British Royal Navy has not shown any precedent for taking the initiative to make things difficult for the Chinese fleet. It is estimated that as long as China does not participate in the war, such a thing will not happen. What Yu Buhui is worried now is whether this heavy rain will be accompanied by a hurricane, which is the most deadly thing.

"Doudu" knocked on the door.

"Come in." Yu Buhui continued to pay attention to the chart without raising his head.

"Report, the submarine in front sent a telegram saying that a fleet was found 15 nautical miles ahead, with a number of about 10 ships." The guard stepped back after the report. Yu Buhui thought it was normal for such a report, and was about to arrive in the British territorial waters. It was normal for a British fleet to appear. I thought that even if this happened, Yu Buhui always felt a bad premonition that it was not peaceful ahead.

"Notify all escort warships and make all combat preparations. Notify the submarines and continue to monitor the other party's movements and report them immediately whenever there is any situation." Yu Buhui still issued such an order. Yu Buhui did not fully know what the fleet was transported by him. His mission was only responsible for safe escorting the fleet to the place. However, Yu Buhui also guessed the importance of sending submarines to the top peak to assist escort.

Major General Jason was a little annoyed. He had been taking this fleet in this sea area for three days. The expected target has not appeared for a long time. Major General Jason was a little resistant to this mission. Five days ago, the intelligence department obtained from Japan, which showed that China had been constantly transporting strategic materials to Germany as a neutral identity. The entire military knew this phenomenon, but there was no good way to deal with it. It was unwilling to take China as an opponent into this war. The British were unwilling to see it. This time, the intelligence sent by the Japanese secretly showed that China was transporting a batch of the latest weapons to Germany, which was said to be far higher than the weapons equipped by the active troops of other countries. If it was made alone by China, it would be fine. Once the Germans also mastered the manufacturing technology of these weapons, it would be a disaster for the allies.

Jason knew clearly the importance of this mission. Not only did he destroy these weapons, but he could not let go of any Chinese warship that was escorted. This mission was very difficult. For this reason, he hesitated for a long time to carry out the mission. Finally, he chose Jason. Although Jason was reluctant, he was an authentic soldier. Obeying this concept has penetrated into his bone marrow.

There is another thing Jason knows better than anyone else that once the mission leaks out the news, the fate he confessed to China as a scapegoat will not be changed. However, judging from the strength sent by the Royal Navy Minister to himself, it is not very difficult to complete this mission. The front is composed of two Fearless Class battleships plus three battlecruisers, and five destroyers are responsible for the main attack. Within 20 nautical miles of the two wings, there are two cooperating fleets, composed of three battlecruisers and two fast destroyers. Once the battle begins, the warships on both wings will quickly encircle the Chinese fleet. Even if the fleets on both wings discover the Chinese fleet first, they will first entangle the Chinese fleet as planned, and then call other fleets to encircle. From the intelligence point of view, the Chinese only sent 5 warships to escort, and they are all small and medium-sized ships. From Jason's perspective, it is not difficult to complete this mission as long as nothing unexpected happens.

Standing in the command cabin of the flagship Dauntless battleship King Arthur, Jason's telescope had never left his hand. Although it was not difficult, Jason was still very nervous to do such a risky job. The consequences of failure would be unimaginable.

"Report to the general, thick smoke was found on the sea ahead, and it should be a large fleet." The lookout on the mast loudly reported the situation. Following the direction the lookout pointed by the lookout, Jason raised his telescope and looked carefully. Sure enough, a large group of thick smoke rose on the sea directly ahead. According to his years of experience in sailing on the sea, this is definitely a large fleet, perhaps the Chinese fleet that he is looking forward to.

Jason's telescope looked ahead tightly. The first thing that appeared was the mast of the ship, and then the Chinese flag on the mast. Gradually, the outline of the ship became clearer and clearer, and the distance between the two fleets was getting closer and closer. From ten nautical miles to five nautical miles, the naked eye could clearly see that the opposite was a Chinese fleet. Jason counted carefully and counted, which was exactly the same as the intelligence, with no more or less. Ten cargo ships and five escort warships. Jason felt that his breath suddenly became cramped. Jason took a few deep breaths, stabilized his emotions and issued an order, "Notify the fleet opposite and let them stop the ship, we need to check." Jason was very smart when he was playing. As long as the Chinese fleet approached for inspection, he could eliminate the opponent without any trouble, and captured the entire fleet. Now it depends on what the Chinese people do.

"What? We want us to stop the ship for inspection?" Yu Buhui almost suspected that he had heard wrongly. Did the British be blind? Didn't they see this is the Chinese fleet? What do they want to do? Why should they check?

Yu Buhui put the magnifying glass in his hand, no longer looked at his chart, and shouted to the messenger: "Tell the British that we are the Chinese Navy escorting the Chinese fleet, and the British fleet has no right to inspect it."

The messenger quickly conveyed the reply to the British fleet in flag language.

Jason did not expect the Chinese fleet to be so tough, but when he thought about it, he felt nothing was wrong. Who said that it was an extraordinary period? A while ago, the Chinese fleet was unobstructed in the seas of Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. The British Royal Navy was hungry and could not do anything about it. Even if it passed through the emergency channel, there was no precedent for inspection. Now why should people check it on the sea? However, Jason was still unwilling to give up and continued to order: "Just say that we suspect that there are military supplies shipped to Germany on the ship, so we must stop the ship for inspection. Order the entire fleet to unfold formation, make all combat preparations, notify the fleet on both wings to move closer to us quickly, and must leave all the Chinese fleet."

After the order was issued, the atmosphere on the sea suddenly became tense. The British fleet quickly formed a standard combat formation. The fleet was divided into two rows, one by one, one front main gun had been removed, and the black muzzles had pointed to the Chinese fleet in front.

After replying to the British, Yu Buhui couldn't sit still. He climbed into the command cabin and used a telescope to observe the movements of the British. Yu Buhui was soon surprised. The British demanded that the ship be stopped for inspection, and the entire fleet had begun to enter the battle formation.

Yu Buhui knew that there was nothing good this time, but he never expected the British to do this. When he came, Deng Shichang, the commander of the East China Sea Fleet, said: "Once there is something wrong, the things on the transport ship must not fall into the hands of the British." Thinking about the strong explosives placed on both sides of the cabins of all transport ships when loading the ship, Yu Buhui knew that there was no way out this time.

The distance between the two sides is now about three nautical miles, which is within the range of the main artillery fire in front of the Fearless Class battleship. If you want to run out of the range, you have to run for a half hour, not to mention that the transport ship has no chance of running away. It seems that you can only choose to fight to the death.

As a commander of a Chinese naval warship, Yu Buhui has a sense of arrogance in his bones. This arrogance comes from the fine tradition of the Chinese navy. When the British and French forces invaded China, the fleets of both sides encountered the Chinese fleet on the sea of ​​China. Although the power was a huge difference, the Chinese Navy fought bravely under the leadership of Liu Shiba and struggled to outsmart the encirclement. All three trapped warships fought until the last moment. During the Second Sino-British Naval Battle, the Chinese fleet taught the British a lesson with the submarine as a surprise weapon and completely drove the British through the Strait of Malacca. The New Chinese Navy has never been afraid of any opponents, and the British are no exception. They have never been afraid in the past, and they are not afraid now.

Yu Buhui and this fleet have no way out, but Yu Buhui told himself that he must not fall into the prestige of the Chinese Navy.

"Tell the British, please let them go out of the waterway immediately, otherwise we will regard this as a war." Yu Buhui shouted loudly, looking firmly at the British fleet directly in front of him.

Jason did not expect that the Chinese Navy, which was in such adversity, was so bold that it was constantly unyielding and asked its fleet to give way. Jason looked at it and issued an order: "Tell the Chinese fleet that if we don't stop the ship, we will use force to force them to stop the ship."
Chapter completed!