Chapter 8 This is not a drill(1/2)
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 sea to Europe, the Atlantic Ocean has become the most frequent area for the Royal Navy to appear in the British.
A large fleet slowly sailed on the Atlantic Ocean. It was a fleet of 12 transport ships and 5 warships. Each ship was flew with such a flag. On the red flag was a dazzling golden dragon. The golden dragon was surrounded by 56 stars. This was a fleet from China, whose destination was Sweden, Nordic.
In another two days of sailing, you can reach the English Channel, cross the Dover Strait and enter the North Sea, and the transportation mission will be basically completed. Now is a sensitive moment. As a neutral country, China has always used the excuse of worrying about merchant ships being attacked by pirates. 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 become restless. 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 and continued to pay attention to the chart.
"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. For such a report, Yu Buhui thought it was normal 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 peak to assist escort.
Major General Jason was a little annoyed. He had been taking this fleet in this sea area for three days, and the expected target had 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, showing that China has been constantly transporting strategic materials to Germany as a neutral country. The entire military knows this phenomenon, but there is no good way to deal with it. It is unwilling to take China as an opponent into this war. The British are 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 is said to be far higher than the weapons equipped by the active troops of other countries. It would be fine if it was made alone in China. 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 this mission. Finally, he chose Jason. Although Jason was not in love, he was an authentic soldier. Obeying this concept has penetrated into his bone marrow.
There is another thing Jason knows better than anyone else. 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, 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 starts, 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 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 reported the discovery loudly. 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 surface directly in front of him. 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 in his mind. As long as the Chinese fleet approached for inspection, he could eliminate the opponent without any trouble and capture 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 down the magnifying glass in his hand, stopped looking at his chart, and shouted loudly 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 flags.
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, and the British Royal Navy failed to do anything about it. Even if it crossed the English Channel, there was no precedent for inspection. Now why should people check it for you 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. We must stop the ship to inspect, order the entire fleet to unfold formation, make all combat preparations, and notify the fleet on both wings to move closer to us quickly and keep all the Chinese fleet."
After the order was issued, the atmosphere on the sea suddenly became tense. The British fleet quickly arranged a standard combat formation. The fleet was divided into two rows, 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 fierceness 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 didn't expect that in such adversity, the Chinese Navy was so bold that it did not give in at all, but also asked its own fleet to give way. Jason looked at it and issued an order: "Tell the Chinese Navy that if we don't stop the ship, we will use force to force them to stop the ship."
Everything was a foregone conclusion. Yu Buhui smiled bitterly and picked up the radiotelephone and shouted loudly: "All ships have paid attention, all ships have paid attention, I am Yu Buhui. Please report if you hear it." Soon, the reply from other ships came from the walkie-talkie: "Courage, please give me instructions when I hear it!"
"Heard the Chengfeng..." After all the ships said that after hearing this, Yu Buhui ordered in a low voice: "Dear colleagues, everyone has seen the situation in front of him. I ask everyone to never lose face of our Chinese Navy. Now I order to launch the Yusha Plan."
There was suddenly silence in the walkie-talkie. After a while, I heard the other ships sending a unanimous answer: "I understand! (The Courage I understand……………………)". All the answers were sonorous and clear.
The Chinese fleet on the opposite side obviously slowed down, and all the transport ships began to gather slowly. Jason couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw it. It seemed that the Chinese were planning to accept their conditions. Jason's happiness could not last long because he clearly saw the flag utterance sent from the flagship of the Chinese fleet, "Get out of the channel immediately, otherwise we will fire."
Jason felt panic when he saw this. Such a small fleet was still so domineering when facing a powerful opponent. Don’t the Chinese Navy be afraid? Who are their soldiers? Jason made a silent gesture, and the messenger understood it, but Jason didn’t say anything, and the messenger had to wait for Jason’s orders. Jason, who had been silent for a while, finally gave the order: "Fire!"
The six 305mm caliber front main guns on the "King Arthur" were the first to attack the "Gulang". The six main guns fired together, and the huge explosion made the "King Arthur" tremble. The coffee cup placed on the table also slid toward the edge of the table and eventually fell. The cup made of ceramic fell and shattered after touching the deck.
Six huge water columns were aroused by the Gulang. The water splashed all over the entire front deck of the Gulang. Yu Buhui seemed to feel no danger at all, and calmly issued an order: "Broadcaster!"
"arrive!"
"You record it and send a telegram to the country!" The radio operator immediately took out the paper and pen, and looked at Yu Buhui calmly amid the rumbling cannons. The record's hands did not notice any tremor due to panic.
"100,000 Urgent! Shanghai East China Sea Fleet Commander Deng was transferred to the central government. The code name (Yu Zhu) fleet encountered a powerful British naval formation. Now our location is 600 nautical miles from the English Channel. Our fleet has no way out. The British fleet is attacking me. The fleet commander is not regretting and is determined to carry the entire fleet into a shattering move. This is just a urgent telegram. August 26, 3:25 pm."
After giving the order, Yu Buhui smiled faintly and ordered loudly: "All warships should pay attention, follow the flagships, and drive the express train to attack the enemy fleet." As soon as he finished speaking, the Gulang had already taken the lead and told the British fleet to force him. The other four warships also quickly followed, leaving only 10 merchant ships gathered together, silently watching the five warships make their final resistance. All the crew members on the transport ship lined up on the deck, watching the five warships pounced towards the British.
Yu Buhui looked back at the transport fleet and shouted loudly to the messenger: "Tell the transport fleet, we will take the first step."
"Let's fire! Concentrate all your firepower and hit King Arthur. If you don't hit it, you will hit it. If you die, you will have to drag a cushion!" Yu Buhui almost used all his strength to roar.
There were no bold words or slogans, but this small fleet rushed towards the British fleet without hesitation, as if the opponent was not strong.
After the British fleet opened fire on King Arthur, the entire fleet immediately opened fire together. Fortunately, the first round of attack did not hurt the Chinese warships. The Gulang kept leading the other four warships to make z-shaped evasion. While approaching the British fleet, they used 6 260mm front main cannons to pour out anger at King Arthur.
"Boom! Boom!" The Chinese fleet was filled with smoke. In the first volley, several shells fell on the hull of King Arthur. Unfortunately, the caliber of the shells hit seemed to be insufficient. They only made a few jingles when they hit the thick armor on King Arthur. After leaving a few white dots on the armor, they did not cause much damage to King Arthur.
Flashes of thick smoke rose from various British warships, and the British fleet's second volley was achieved. The rapid destroyer Minjiang, which had a displacement of 5,000 tons, was immediately hit by five rounds. One of the 305mm caliber shells drilled into the engine compartment and exploded. After the Minjiang was shot and caught fire on the deck, another dull explosion occurred, and the 83-meter-long ship was broken into two pieces from the middle.
"Brothers! Let's take a step first, see you in 18 years!" After Hu Jiuyue, the captain of the Minjiang River, shouted, the walkie-phone returned to silence. He only saw the huge whirlpool rolling up when the Minjiang River sinks, and ruthlessly rolling the soldiers who are still struggling on the sea.
"Fire! Blow me hard!" Yu Buhui's eyes wide open, his eyes were red, and bright red blood beads flowed from the corners of his eyes. The six main guns in front of the gate kept firing at King Arthur. The efforts of the Chinese fleet finally came to an end. The British, who had always pursued speed, also tasted the pain this time. The weak armor on the right wing of King Arthur was torn a hole by the front main gun of the Gulang 260 caliber. After the explosion, King Arthur smoke came out, and then another shell happened to hit the mast of King Arthur. With a rumbling sound, King Arthur's main mast broke, and the huge main mast hit the deck hard. The observer on the mast slipped in the air and made an arc, and was thrown to the sea. A small splash of water was stirred.
This strike was not enough to sink King Arthur. The warship just slowed down and began to slowly circle around the place. However, the artillery fire on King Arthur has never stopped.
The mast paragraph scared Jason into a cold sweat. Fortunately, the direction of the fall was wrong. If it hit the front, the command cabin would probably be smashed to pieces. While Jason was scolding the damn designer why the mast was so big, he kept asking the entire fleet to concentrate firepower to sink the remaining four Chinese warships that were approaching ahead.
With a rumbling sound, a 305mm shell hit a main gun of Gulang. The huge explosion raised the entire turret, and the fire caused by the explosion spread rapidly on the fore deck. Yu Buhui clearly saw that the limbs of several soldiers turned into pieces and flew away in the explosion, and a soldier continued to struggle in the fire. The fire spread very quickly and was difficult to control. The explosion detonated an ammunition compartment near the turret, and the fire became more and more fierce.
During the crisis, several sailors found cups from somewhere. They picked up a few buckets of water and poured them on their bodies. Then they wrapped themselves in a quilt and rolled into the fire. They wanted to use their blood to extinguish the flames. Yu Buhui saw it, his eyes were sore. Yu Buhui, who had never known what tears were, fell down and pointed to the front and shouted with all hissings: "Go forward at full speed and do not sink the enemy ships, we will sank them!"
The entire Chinese escort fleet had stopped doing anything to avoid it, but rushed straight towards the British warships. The artillery fire on each warship had almost never stopped, and continued to pour out rage at the British warships.
Jason soon discovered the intention of the Chinese fleet and kept calling on each ship to use the most intensive artillery fire to block it, while ordering the warships to keep a distance from the Chinese fleet.
The entire British fleet was attracted by the desperate actions of these four warships. All artillery fire was covered at the four warships. Two more shells hit the port side of the Gulang, and the ship was torn open and water began to enter.
Yu Buhui didn't see panic at all on his face, but instead showed a strange smile.
"Boom, rumble." Another Fearless Class Battleship, "Adam", which was constantly firing fiercely at the Chinese fleet, suddenly made a huge explosion, which scared Jason who was commanding the battle. What's going on? The 28,000 tons of water displacement of "Adam", the armor on the warship was definitely not easily torn apart by the shells of these small battleships in front of him. The only explanation is torpedoes, but the Chinese warship is at least two nautical miles away from Adam, and the torpedoes are impossible to attack. Jason suddenly felt that behind him, his backbone was cold.
"Oh God! It's a submarine. The damn Chinese actually have submarines to escort." Jason shouted suddenly after awakening.
"Nottingham, Royal Garden, find the Chinese submarine immediately to sink it." Jason ordered, and the two destroyers immediately stopped shelling and began to rush towards the submarine. Deep water bombs were thrown to the sea one by one.
Jason looked at Adam, commanded by his old partner Major General White, with a lot of water inflows. Three torpedoes accurately hit Adam's three shots in front and back. The large amount of water inflows made Adam sink quickly, and it was no longer helpful to see that the situation was already helpless.
Jason, who was red-eyed, shouted to the Chinese fleet that continued to pounce on him: "Sink them all!"
At this time, the four Chinese warships were only a little more than one nautical mile away from the British fleet. Although the tonnage of the four warships was not large, their speed was much higher than that of the British warships, and the distance between the two sides was constantly getting closer.
"Boom!" A huge explosion sounded from the "Mingyuan" advancing at high speed. It had been hit by several rounds before. The shaking Mingyuan was hit by a shell. The upper half of the entire battleship was shrouded by an explosion. Amid the continuous explosion, the crisp sound of metal breaking came. The cruiser Mingyuan, with a displacement of 8,000 tons, stopped moving forward unwillingly and slowly headed towards the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The last thing that was silent was the bow of the ship. The head of the ship that was about to sink was like the unyielding head of a warrior, glaring towards the front.
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, with a strong and powerful character "soul". Every year the principal will mention this word "soul" at the opening ceremony of the freshman's school 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 moving forward, 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 passing through the storm. The soldiers on the warships desperately used all their artillery to fight back at visible targets, and the warships kept rushing towards the British warships that were fighting and retreating. They were fighting desperately. At this time, life and death had long been left behind. 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, and 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 stopped moving forward. Two of the six torpedoes fired by the British fleet hit the bruised warship. Then another dense artillery fire enveloped the proud warship. The Zhuifeng was full of raging fire, and the ship was filled with leaking holes. The 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. They continued to retreat, and 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. 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 on his post again, 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, and he was hit by at least hundreds of shells of various caliber on his body. His 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 was fast-screwed 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 ahead of time 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 head-on 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 by 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 flags 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 relieved. It was not difficult to sink these transport ships, but if you wanted to seize them, you had to surrender. Perhaps because of the crazy fighting will of the Gulang just now, 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 unknown 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."
To be continued...