Chapter 20 Breakthrough
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Liu Jingxiao said without thinking: "Don't ask me about this question, find a personnel department... Lin Lingcao's seniority is not yet here?"
Lu Da nodded and said, "It's a little bit short... But now he wants to act as the captain of the Fenglei Ship with the rank of major, which is really a little short..."
Liu Jingxiao didn't say anything, just glanced at Lin Lingcao and said, "Lin Lingcao, in which year did you join the army?"
Lin Lingcao's answer was very appropriate: "Entered the army for 90 years in the Republic of China!"
Liu Jingxiao re-estimated the candidate for the captain of the "Feng Lei". The ship was actually the "Jingyuan"-class steam propeller wooden cruiser of Taiwan's Second Fleet. It is 2,560 tons in platoons, equipped with twenty twenty-pound front-mounted rifled guns, four twelve-pound naval howitzers, and four six-pound guns. Whether it is artillery or tonnage, it can be called the strongest warship of the Shandong Navy.
Among the Shandong Navy, there are many people who are over ten years old, and there are also many Zhuque alumni who followed Liu Jingxiao out of seclusion to join the Dingbian Army. However, why did Lu Da resist the opposition and entrust the captain of the "Feng Lei" to a female officer who had only joined the army for 90 years in the Republic of China.
Liu Jingxiao said to herself again: "This is really a bit short of her seniority..."
Lu Da cannot fight for his subordinates: "But you, the commander..."
Liu Jingxiao pushed him back: "That's right, I took everyone to become monks and eat in the 86th year of the Republic, and officially collected Shandong in the 90th year of the Republic... But have you forgotten? By the 92nd year of the Republic, I still had the rank of colonel, and Junqing was similar to me. If you are promoted, Ding Ning was the fastest, and he was a major general for four years, but he started from the company commander level..."
Lin Lingcao stood beside the hospital bed, with a white face and eyes that were very vivid, and she looked heroic. She didn't seem to pay attention to the dispute between Liu Jingxiao and Lu Da. At this time, Liu Jingxiao said again: "And I was also a cavalry battalion commander!"
Lu Da was not very good at speaking, and Liu Jingxiao asked again: "What is Lin Lingcao's position now?"
"Agent Captain Kuaiyi, with the rank of major!"
Kuaiyi is Lu Da’s current flagship, but Fenglei will replace Kuaiyi’s status after being in service. The most critical issue at the moment is that Fenglei will be accepted by the Navy, and the captain has not yet officially decided.
"There are many non-commissioned officers here for four years..." Liu Jingxiao changed his mind suddenly: "If Lin Lingcao really wants to be Captain Fenglei, I can speak... But Lu Da, you are responsible for this person..."
Lu Da suddenly became excited, gave a standard military salute, and said, "Please rest assured that if Lin Lingcao has any mistakes, Lu Da is willing to bear it..."
Liu Jingxiao glanced at Lin Lingcao again. Lin Lingcao was very calm. Seeing Liu Jingxiao staring at him, she immediately saluted: "Teacher Commander's promotion!"
Albion Lentinim.
"Her Majesty, who has Albion and Celtic United Kingdom and... (more than seventy words omitted below) and His Majesty the Queen, together with His Excellency the Emperor of the Holy Kingdom of Cape and the King of the Netherlands... declare war on the evil empires in the East... All members of the parliament applauded the bill, and now is the time to make those country bumpkins pay the price...Long live Albion!"
At the gate of the parliament, the Speaker of the House of Lords read out the declaration of war to a large number of people gathered in front of the parliament in the most standard Lentinim accent. This capital accent has always been qualified to say this. Moreover, in the ears of the audience, only this capital accent reflects the spirit of patriotism. As the Speaker read the declaration of war, the Albion spontaneously sang the national anthem "God Bless the Queen", and the inspiring singing fully reflects the spirit of patriotism.
"The Tories and Whigs all tried their best to applaud..."
"The Lentinime people are always the most patriotic people in Albion!"
"Do you know Mr. Pim? His speech in Parliament was so energetic that he shouted that all the Albion gathered together and killed the Chinese with his sword!"
"Yes! Absolutely wonderful! Albion's glory needs our protection!"
"And Mr. Wein, he gave his deposit of 20,000 pounds as military expenses. He is such a great man..."
"Have you started recruiting? I heard that the Highlanders have taken the initiative to serve Her Majesty the Queen, and they have automatically formed ten infantry battalions!"
"I hope our troops will return victoriously soon and bring back countless gold and spices!"
"This is natural. Those who deserve too much advantage, and now is the time for them to pay!"
The discussions on the streets of Rendynume are always full of patriotism.
The next day, the people of Portsmouth, regardless of age, young, young, and women, were shoulder to shoulder to see Albion go to the expeditionary force. The officers admired the red ribbons, the soldiers were wearing red uniforms, and a small number of cavalry were wearing light yellow cowhide coats. The women took the initiative to send food, alcohol and cigarettes to the athletes on the expedition.
The combined fleet of Albion and Cape is one of the largest fleets ever. The Albion squadron is divided into five columns, each with thirty ships, and one with ten battleships, a propeller steamship, and two escort warships made of three-masted gunboats equipped with fifty gunfires. The Cape fleet has fifteen battleships and twenty-five steamships, and the Netherlands has eight battleships and three steamships. These are not all the ships planned to mobilize by Albion. According to the plan, Albion will have more than three hundred ships in the Far East.
Moreover, according to the cabinet's combat plan, the initial army forces invested in the Far East battlefield will reach five Albion divisions, with a total of 26,400 people, 60 field artillery pieces, four divisions of Cape's troops, a total of 28,000 people, 80 field artillery pieces, and 7,000 Dutch troops and 20 artillery pieces.
After the landing is successful, the force will gradually increase to nearly 200,000 people, and the entire coalition has more than 1,600 field artillery and carrier-based artillery.
However, the Albion Army in the middle of the ninety years of the Republic had been in peace for a long time. The entire Albion Army had only 200,000 people, and was stationed among countless colonies such as India, Ceylon, and South Africa. Therefore, under the mobilization of the army, the Cape people agreed to send 28,000 troops to four divisions, while the Albion themselves estimated that the army's strength to mobilize less than 50,000 troops to the Far East.
However, there are more than 40,000 troops in India, and nearly 200,000 Indian police forces. A considerable number of these police forces have field equipment and are not bad in combat. The fact is that before the order of Rendynum arrived in India, the Indian governor had already carried out a large-scale mobilization without authorization, which led to the Indian troops reaching a full 200,000 troops and 60,000 Albion people.
This time, his own initiative was carried out with the support of the Albion colonists, and Rendynume had to acquiesce to the action, even praising: "One of our wisest actions!"
At this moment, Xiaodiji did not know that the decision of the Albion people would be simply, the controversial Tog and the Huili parties in Congress united and shouted: "If Jerusalem is the holy land of the Western world, then Johor is the holy land of the Eastern world. I will never allow the holy land to fall into the hands of the pagans. Albion people! Raise your interests to conquer the rich East!"
Over the past century of the Republic, Albion has become more and more aware of the East and has become more and more passionate about it. As long as the Republic is won, it will be a huge market of more than 5 billion pounds. Such a market can only belong to the Albion people. Under the instigation of emerging capitalists, Albion's war machine began to start, and at this time Xiao Diji was still intoxicated with the joy of successfully defeating the Netherlands and Albion's last large fleet in the South Ocean. The army and Marines carried on the steamer were successfully landing on the East Indies and expanding to the entire archipelago, and the entire Nanyang fell into the hands of him and the Shen family.
However, the last resistance of the Netherlands fought for his life, which made Xiao Diji feel pain in joy. Since the war started, the combat ships owned by the Second Navy Fleet have suffered extremely heavy losses. Now only one-third of the combat ships can be used, and one-quarter of the combat ships have been sunk or cannot be repaired. The rest of the combat ships have also been severely damaged and have to return to Johor for combat repair.
Johor is the pearl given by God to Albion. There is a first-class shipyard in the entire Eastern world, first-class equipment and the best workers, and a large amount of raw materials. The ship repair is quite smooth, but some ships may not be fully restored to their combat effectiveness after a year. Thank God!
Xiao Diji couldn't help but cross his chest and sang: "Don't forget the old friends, I miss you infinitely..."
Xiaodiji used standard Rendy Neumi language, and no noble Albion could tell any fault in his singing style. He praised his classmate Ludell, the former commander of the Albion Johor garrison fleet. It was this commander who handed him the entire Johor port and did not even destroy it.
On the other side of the ocean, the "Jingqing" hit two big fish, one was the luxury cruise ship "Big Albion" and the other was the fast steamer "Olympia".
Hua Yueying had a very good look. He rushed up the mast and saw Albion's national flag at the first time. He shouted: "I caught a big fish... two big fish! two yellow fish!"
"Strike!" Without command, the warships rushed up immediately. However, for unarmed cargo ships, the Jingqing prefers to capture merchant ships. In this way, everyone will divide the spoils on it. Sometimes the cargo of a cargo ship can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan.
Fei Capital also reacted immediately and said loudly: "Turn! Break through! Break through!"
The Great Albion loaded nearly one and a half million ounces of gold and some silver, and the Olympia contained nearly five million ounces of silver, and it was not willing to give up such a wealth.
Jingqing was very fast, and the steam engine started at full speed and quickly entered the turning radius of the two ships. The artillery had been loaded. With the sound of shells, silver water columns were jumping between the two merchant ships one after another. The "Great Albion" was hit by two bombs at the first time, and flesh and blood flew across the deck.
Duncan shouted: "Show them awesome!"
The naval howitzer on the "Jingqing" fired the grenade out immediately. The four-shattered missiles of the "Great Albion" flew everywhere. The crew members' calls continued, and the hull was damaged in many places. It was a scene of hell. I made up my mind: "Crash it in!"
The "Great Albion" was not equipped to hit the corner, but no one could bear such a crazy behavior. Looking at the enemy ship running towards him desperately, the "Jingqing" had the courage to die with the enemy. But when it was about to hit him, Duncan couldn't help but shout: "Revolver, avoid it!"
The "Great Albion" and "Olympia" both rushed out to Jingqing's interception at the first time, but they were not feeling well. The closest range of shells was a very high hit. The raindrops hit the two ships, and the flames were raging for a moment, becoming the best targets for the pursuers.
Duncan had already made up his mind and shouted: "Chasing me! Chasing me! It's okay to be sank!"
Jingqing's slaughtered the high-quality military coal in the ship warehouse and tried hard to shovel it into the boiler, completing the big circumference as soon as possible, and then chasing it while firing a cannon.
Driven by gold coins, the speed of the "Jingqing" at this time has far exceeded the designed speed. As he was about to catch up with the enemy ship, the two enemy ships ran forward desperately, hoping to break through as soon as possible.
The "Great Albion" was severely damaged, and the "Olympia"'s design speed can reach more than 11 knots, so it is seen that the "Great Albion" will become the victory of the "Jingqing".
However, the "Great Albion" suddenly went crazy, and the entire warship sailed forward with a raging fire, while the "Olympia" which was originally faster and lighter was abandoned behind.
Bai Siwen shouted in pain: "Oh my God! I bet that this fireboat can run at least thirteen quarters!"
The Supervisor Jiang glanced at it and cursed: "What's the vision! All the newly added soldiers of the Second Fleet have this kind of quality? It's almost seventeenth quarter!"
The "Great Albion" was hit hard and miraculously ran an ultra-high speed of 16 and a half knots, far exceeding the designed speed of 9 knots. This is a puzzle that confuses sailing history enthusiasts.
Only gold coins, the driving of gold coins can tell all this! The "Great Albion" threw the "Jingqing" farther and farther away, while the "Olympia" became his sacrifice. After catching up with it, a dense bombardment of artillery fire. The "Olympia" was forced to raise a white flag, and nearly five million ounces of silver on the ship became the winner's trophy.
The legendary voyage of the "Great Albion" was a complete miracle. In the case of severe damage, the ship broke through the intensive defense of the Johor Strait and intercepted countless warships. In the end, it paid capital to arrive in Mumbai with gold and silver.
Although some people claimed that he took away one million and six hundred thousand ounces of gold and part of silver, when he arrived in Mumbai, Fei Capital said: "Thank God! Thank the Queen! On behalf of the Netherlands East India Government, I brought 221,000 ounces of gold and 360,000 ounces of silver as military expenses, and asked our Albion government to recover Nigeria East India for them..."
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Peace is already desperate, peace has passed!
The war has begun!
Let us join the sacred war!
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I would like to dedicate this book to the soldiers of the Yunnan Army who have fought hard for eight years.
I would like to dedicate this book to the Chinese military and civilians during the sacred war of resistance
This book refers to Mr. Ahn's "Nanjing" in the description of the battlefield
Chapter completed!