Chapter 8: This is not an exercise (3)

Yu Buhui no longer has time to look back. Now he knows clearly what the ending is before him. He can choose to survive. It is very easy to do so. As long as he stops resisting and hangs the white flag to surrender, he can save his life. Continuing to resist cannons will be a dead end. Looking at the thick smoke of gunpowder on the sea and the rumbling sound of cannons, Yu Buhui seems to have seen the scene of his first trip to the Naval Academy.

There is a stele on the playground of Shanghai Naval Political College, and there is a strong and powerful word "soul". The principal will mention this word "soul" at the opening ceremony of the new student every year. Every time I tell you that this word "soul" symbolizes the unyielding spirit of the Chinese Navy. This word "soul" is condensed by the Chinese Navy with countless blood and great military achievements. In the sequence of the Chinese Navy, there are only warriors who keep thinking about the past, and no cowards who are afraid of death. Now Yu Buhui finally understands the meaning of this word "soul". It is time for him to practice the true meaning of this word "soul".

The two wings of the battlefield were thick smoke again. This was the arrival of reinforcements from the British fleet on both wings. The British reinforcements that arrived in time were in an absolutely favorable position. The two wings of the three remaining Chinese warships were completely exposed to the muzzle of the main gun in front of the British reinforcement warship. Another dense fire was covering the three warships. This time the artillery fire coverage came from three directions and all-round coverage.

The three Chinese warships were like lonely boats in a storm, stubbornly walking on the storm. The soldiers on the warships desperately used all their artillery to fight back at visible targets. The warships kept rushing towards the British warships that were retreating. They were fighting to the death. At this time, life and death had already been run away. All the officers and soldiers of the warships had only one belief, even if they were torn to pieces, they would fight to the death.

All efforts made by Chinese warships seemed almost futile. With absolute advantage, the British Royal Navy fully utilized its artillery advantages, constantly retreated and maintained a distance from the Chinese warships. The dense artillery fire continued to pour onto the three Chinese warships that were advancing tenaciously. After experiencing repeated artillery fire, the Three Gorges finally couldn't support it anymore. The continuous damage made it unable to maintain its fastest speed. The warship leaked everywhere and insisted on staggering forward. When more than 20 heavy shells fell on the Three Gorges, a violent explosion occurred in the Three Gorges. The entire ship was detonated like a bomb, and then exploded into pieces of debris.

After only two minutes, the fast cruiser Zhuifeng also stopped moving forward. Two of the six torpedoes fired by the British fleet hit the bruised warship, followed by dense [artillery fire enveloped the proud warship. Zhuifeng was full of raging fires, and leaking holes were everywhere on the ship. Zhuifeng was beginning to sink rapidly on the vast sea.

Only the lonely figure of the Gulang was left on the sea. Although this light battleship with a speed of 24 knots had been hit by more than 30 bullets and caught fire on the deck, it was still rushing towards the King Arthur, and narrowing the distance between the two sides to less than half a mile.

But at this time, half a mile was so far away. The British army on King Arthur also showed a well-trained side. Under Jason's command, the balance of the warships had been adjusted and retreated. While retreating, they kept firing at the Chinese warships with artillery fire. Just now, King Arthur's 305mm shells fell from the Chase Wind.

The British army's artillery fire was too dense, and another shell fell in front of the command cabin of the Gulang. Fortunately, the power of the shell was average and did not cause fatal damage to the Gulang, but the splashed fragments also blurred the glass in front of the command cabin. Yu Buhui picked up an axe, knocked off all the glass in front of the command cabin, and stood back on his post, shouting loudly: "Go to the full force and keep moving forward."

The Gulang is like a wounded wolf, moving forward on the open sea. Perhaps it is God's blessing, or perhaps it is the will of heaven. The dense artillery fire of the British fleet never hit the Gulang again. At this time, the distance between the two sides was too close. Other warships of the British fleet also threw rats and dared not bombard the artillery fire, for fear of accidentally hurting their warships. The battlefield suddenly became quiet, and only the fire-ridden Gulang was seen stubbornly chasing its target "King Arthur".

The Gulang was too seriously injured. At least hundreds of shells of various caliber were hit on the body. Its proud speed could not be fully utilized. The distance between Gulang and King Arthur was increasing little by little. Is this the last fate of Gulang?

Watching the Gulang rush towards his flagship madly, Jason suddenly felt an indescribable fear. A question kept appearing in Jason's mind. Can such an opponent, the Royal Navy, defeat them? They are like a group of dead soldiers. They will never stop fighting until the last moment of their lives. They are like warriors on the battlefield. They cut their guns with swords, fists with their knives, and teeth with their knives. As long as there is an enemy standing opposite, they will pounce on them without hesitation.

All British warships seemed to be frightened by the desperate and futile charge of the Gulang, and even the torpedo was launched. At this time, the submarine that seemed to have disappeared for a long time appeared again like a poisonous snake. The submarine fought for the danger that it could not be spared from being discovered, and resolutely rose a periscope to the sea and locked the final target with the torpedo.

Almost at the same time as the four torpedoes were launched, six or seven deep-water bombs landed on the submarine's head. After a muffled sound from the sea, a piece of oil stain rose, leaving only four torpedoes flying towards the established target.

The target of the torpedo was King Arthur. Jason also discovered the torpedo and immediately commanded the battleship to perform standard evasion actions. Two torpedoes passed by King Arthur, but then two more pounced over. King Arthur quickly moved forward and barely dodged the two torpedoes attacking the stern of the ship.

On the King Arthur who escaped from death, Jason breathed a long sigh. As soon as he looked up, Jason was stunned by everything in front of him. He just watched dodging torpedoes, ignored the Gulang that had been approaching him, and accelerated forward and narrowed the distance from Gulang. Now Gulang is close at hand. In a panic, Jason has lost the ability to speak and can only watch Gulang pierce towards the head of his flagship.

"Bang!" The violent impact made Jason unable to stand firm on his body. Jason rolled in the command cabin in a mess. Jason was hit hard on the bulkhead with a huge impact force, and the back of his head was hit hard, and he immediately lost consciousness.

The entire British fleet was stunned by this scene. After the Gulang broke out a big hole in the front of King Arthur, a huge explosion occurred. The explosion immediately surrounded King Arthur. The explosion caused all British warships to react, and they all put down their sampans and began to rescue the personnel on the King Arthur.

Fortunately, King Arthur was strong enough. The impact and the explosion on the "Gulang" did not cause it to sink immediately. Although the people on the ship suffered huge losses, people continued to jump into the sea to escape.

While saving people, the British fleet did not forget the 10 transport ships. The 10 warships had already surrounded these transport ships from all directions. The only thing that made them wonder was that these transport ships had no intention of escaping from beginning to end. Maybe they had given up on escaping because they knew they had no chance of escaping. How could a bulky transport ship escape the pursuit of the warships?

The armed resistance was over, but this did not mean that the battle was over. On the East China Sea Transport No. 8, the captain Lieutenant Colonel Salem is the owner of the highest military rank, and at this time he naturally became the commander of all transport ships.

Salem, who was humorous, touched the walkie-talkie and issued an order to other transport ships in a relaxed tone, saying, "The mission of the warship has been completed, and the brothers above are waiting for us underground. Now it's time for us to perform."

British warships kept approaching the transport fleet, constantly using flags to surrender the personnel on the transport ship.

"You are not combatants, the battle has ended. Your wisest choice is to surrender unconditionally." Looking at the flag verbs sent by the British warships, Salem had a faint sneer on his lips, and he picked up the phone and ordered again: "Hold up the white flag and let them lean on it."

The white flag slowly raised on Yun-8 made the British fleet breathe a sigh of relief. It was not difficult to sink these transport ships, but if you wanted to seize them, you would surrender. Perhaps it was scared by the crazy fighting will of the Gulang just now, and the British warships kept a distance from the transport fleet cautiously, for fear of getting too close, so the transport fleet also bumped into it.

Jason was also lucky and was rescued from King Arthur by his subordinates. Jason, who had always claimed to be a tenacious battle, had the first thing he did when he woke up was to pick up a telescope to observe the Chinese transport fleet. The Chinese transport fleet was quietly waiting for the British warship to approach, and the distance was less than half a nautical mile. Jason suddenly felt an ominous premonition. The Chinese transport fleet was too calm, which formed a huge contrast with the warships that had fought to the death just now. Jason suddenly thought of something and ordered loudly: "Notify all warships to keep a distance of more than 1 nautical mile from the Chinese fleet."

But this order was still too late. Salem on Yun-8 was already shouting loudly on the walkie-talkie: "Brothers, what do we do?"

All the soldiers standing on the deck replied in neat shouts: "The Republic of China, the soldiers of the Eighth Transport Brigade of the East China Sea Fleet."

"What is my final plan?" A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Salem's mouth, looking coldly at the British warship that was about to retreat, as if looking at a group of dying people.

"Jade broken! Jade broken!" All the sailors stood on the deck and shouted deafeningly, which resounded on the Atlantic Ocean. The shout was deafening, and the shout was unstoppable.

Amid the shouting, Salem turned his hand toward the detonation button that he had prepared early, and then pressed it hard.

At the same time, all the transport ships experienced huge explosions, which formed a small cloud of mushrooms.

All the people on the British warship were shocked again, thanking that their warships did not lean on and did not notice that the disaster was rushing towards them.

When the first British sailor pinched his throat and found that he could not breathe, everything was too late. Because it was a good wind, the 5 tons of sarin and 10 tons of chlorine on the ship of 8 had covered the range of 1 nautical mile ahead under the action of explosion and wind. The British soldiers rolling on the deck everywhere, screaming in despair were everywhere, and the screams were hovering over the Atlantic Ocean and refused to dissipate for a long time.

The gloomy sea surface suddenly became clear at this moment, and the dark clouds disappeared in an instant. The sun showed a cruel smile again, sneering as the sickle of the god of death was constantly waving in the air.

Jason was stunned by everything in front of him. When the sun shone, he could clearly see with his naked eyes. The air of death was constantly rushing towards them. Jason issued a trembling order at the fastest speed: "All warships tell us to advance and avoid the disadvantage of poisonous gas."

All Chinese ships were spared, and all Chinese sailors were all heroic. Although the British successfully intercepted the fleet, they also paid the price of two Fearless Class battleships being sunk. This can also be said to be a laughing stock in the history of naval warfare. Using such powerful force to deal with such an opponent, he ended up like this, not to mention the reality that 2,816 British sailors died under the attack of poison gas.

This time, which was not evenly matched, nor fierce, was forever recorded in the history of the world's navy. This battle also became a permanent nightmare for Major General Jason. Many years later, Major General Jason was often awakened by the tragic scenes of this battle in his dreams, and these nightmares almost accompanied Jason's life.

Beijing, Zhongnanhai.

When the telegram sent from the Gulang roster was transferred to Yang Yi's hand, Yang Yi's face turned pale. After an order was issued, almost all the important figures were summoned to the presidential conference room.

Yang Yi waved his hand and reported on the telegram: "Just just now, at most an hour ago, one of our fleets was intercepted by the British. When the telegram came, the British had already fired fire at our fleet. So far, the Thumb fleet has not sent any recovery, and it is probably no longer there."

The venue was quiet and could hear the sound of a needle falling. Yang Yihuan looked at everyone and continued: "I announced as the President of the Republic of China that from now on, China has joined the war. Please call the Ministry of the Army to order the Northeast exercise troops. This time we are not practicing, yes, this is not an exercise, this is a war. There is a life-and-death war."
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