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Chapter 968 Battle of Port City ()

The naval battle that took place in the waters outside Victoria Harbor lasted for almost two hours and was gradually coming to an end.

So far, the Yin Army's Far East Fleet has only six warships that are still fighting.

They gathered together at extremely small intervals and kept firing at the three armored warships that were maneuvering at high speed in the surrounding position.

Trying to use this method to prevent those terrifying armored battleships from rushing towards him.

From a distance, it looks like they are hugging each other for warmth.

It was just the efforts of these Yin Army's last warships that even the gentlemen and gentlemen on the shore who knew nothing about naval warfare could see this very clearly at this moment:

As the armored warships with skull and crossbones flags hung on their masts continued to dodge most of the cannonballs during high-speed maneuvers, they gradually moved closer and closer to the six warships.

Once they were close to a mile away, their terrifying small cannons could fire wildly at them.

It was also the time when the last six warships of the Far East Fleet were completely defeated.

Say it! Since Dayin's Far East Fleet cannot defeat the three armored warships of Xuange Camp Fleet, can't they just run away?

Unfortunately, you really can't.

In the previous time, it was not that there were no warships from the Yin Army, seeing that something was not going well, they turned around and sailed towards Victoria Harbor, trying to escape into the sea from the other end, and then ran away.

The problem is that this ship has steam power and a displacement of 1072 tons.

With a speed of 14 knots at full speed, it is the fastest ship in the entire Far East Fleet: Surprise.

It was then that the ship turned around and started escaping. The two ships that were closest at the time, the Bekicking and Fenghuahui, immediately gave up their original goal and pursued them straight away.

Using a 150 mm caliber naval gun, it almost hit the head of the "Surprise".

Three consecutive rounds of artillery fire greeted it, detonating the gunpowder magazine above and turning it into some broken wooden boards floating on the ocean.

Anyway, the Xuange Camp fleet put on a posture at that time:

Run, who wants to run first, then who should they kill first?

Some time later, two more warships tried to escape in succession, but they were destroyed and sunk by the Xuange Camp fleet using this priority attack method.

Not one of the remaining surviving warships of the Far East Fleet had any thought of escaping.

Even if they knew that even if they stayed here, they would only be able to live a little longer.

Finally, around 3:50 that day.

When the flagship of the Great Yin Far East Fleet, the Severn, a large warship with a displacement of 3536 tons, the entire upper deck was blasted with 20 mm caliber bullets, or cannons, and the people on board were littered with casualties.

Several white leaflets were held high by the Yin Army sailors above and waved vigorously.

It showed that they now wanted to surrender to Xuange Camp.

With the surrender of the flagship 'Surprise', the captains of the remaining five battleships had complex emotions such as grief, anger, and helplessness on their faces.

As fast as he could, he shouted:

"Damn idiots, hang up the white sheets quickly; if you wait a little longer, these people will open fire on us.

The flagship took the lead in surrendering, and our responsibility will be much smaller afterwards..."

In this way, the Great Yin Empire was stationed in the port city, with a total of twenty-three warships. The quite powerful Far East Fleet was completely defeated.

Among the battleships that responded, nine were sunk or destroyed.

The remaining fourteen warships, including the flagship "Surprise", all stopped resisting and raised the white flag of shame representing surrender.

In this battle, the total tonnage of the Yin Army's Far East Fleet, considered the result of their victory, reached more than 26000 tons. I don't know how much it exceeded the system's requirement of tons.

At the pier of Victoria Harbor, there are still a larger number of armed merchant ships parked.

In terms of overall number, there are probably not as many as seventy or eighty ships.

If it were in other circumstances, these Western civilian armed merchant ships would not mind helping in the battle if they encountered this situation, so as to gain favor with the Great Yin Empire and gain some benefits.

It was just like the second duck war with Daqing that had just ended.

In fact, out of a total of 173 warships dispatched by the Yin-Fa coalition, only one-third of the navy's own warships were dispatched, and the rest were some armed merchant ships that were requisitioned or actively joined.

These armed merchant ships approached like this.

They just thought that after they became the Yinfa coalition and defeated the Daqing court, they could drink some soup and dip some oil and water when eating meat.

But in this naval battle, the armed merchant ships have been lined up neatly on the dock.

He didn't make the slightest move that might cause the Xuan Ge camp fleet to misunderstand at all; his obedient appearance was like children sitting in a row in a kindergarten, waiting for the fruits to be divided.

After seeing the complete defeat of the Far East Fleet, the countless Western gentlemen on the shore who were watching the battle suddenly became pale and silent.

All the ladies, ladies, and young ladies couldn't help crying because of the huge fear in their hearts.

However, these gentlemen and ladies who used to be high in the East and enjoyed all the privileges of the colonists soon knew one thing:

Why are you crying? It's too early to cry now, and there will be plenty of opportunities for them to cry loudly later.

Because it seemed that even after achieving a total annihilation of the Great Yin Far East Fleet, a glorious result that ordinary people could not imagine, the three armored warships still refused to give up.

According to their follow-up analysis, they actually wanted to continue landing in Victoria City.

The situation was indeed the same. After the three armored warships first stopped maneuvering, they began to move the ships horizontally about three miles away from the fort.

Just relying on itself, that kind of powerful defense like a turtle shell.

Carrying the firepower from the forts on the mountains on both sides of the strait, a bombardment began like a roll call.

In fact, under normal circumstances, in a duel between coastal defense artillery and naval guns, coastal defense artillery should have a greater advantage.

Of course, this has a prerequisite.

That is when the two sides are bombarding each other, and the number, caliber, model and power of the cannons are similar, the result will be like this.

Smokeless nitrocellulose was used in the face, and several armor-piercing projectiles were advanced for launchers and explosives, as well as extremely accurate shelling.

After such an artillery battle lasted for about fifteen minutes, the royal artillery shell exploded with gunpowder and was destroyed first.

Later, another Wellington battery held on for seven minutes longer, also following in the footsteps of the former.

The strongest Murray fort, under the siege of three warships, persisted for a total of twenty-five minutes, but was completely silenced.

At this point, Gangcheng is completely facing Xuange Camp and has opened its arms.

wrong! This statement is incorrect.

Because when the three armored warships eliminated the forts and continued to approach the Victoria Harbor pier, they set up a scene ready for landing.

Hu Biao and others on the ship were somewhat surprised to find that there were about a thousand lobster soldiers hurriedly setting up anti-landing defensive positions behind the buildings near the dock.

Good guy! Even after the fight reached this point, the lobster soldiers still did not give up resistance.

However, soon after, these Da Yin armies realized that it was not because their own navy were all free-loading trash, and that was why they were beaten into such a dog-like state.

It's that the opponents are just too strong, and it would be even more difficult to stand up to them.

In fact, the lobster soldiers didn't even last ten minutes.

Because Hu Biao and the others only shelled twice, those heavy machine guns had no time to fire due to range issues; these lobster soldiers were a little unable to withstand it.

Suddenly, a change occurred that made them despair.

The roaring in their ears was as loud as the tsunami, and the curses sounded extremely familiar to people, including but not limited to '*his mother', 'attack the street', 'follow the Xuange camp to fight the ghost guy', etc.

It reached their ears one after another, and it was extremely clear.

After following the voice and looking over, even Hu Biao was a little dumbfounded. Because there were probably as many as seven or eight thousand people, men, women and children dressed as common people, holding kitchen knives, sticks and some farm tools in their hands.

They rushed in from the small city of Victoria and killed the lobster soldiers behind them.

After coming back to their senses, Hu Biao and the others just thought for a moment and realized that the appearance of this large number of people did not seem to be such a bizarre thing.

Because Hong Kong City is not far from Yangcheng, the nearby people have naturally heard of the legendary fighter planes of Xuange Camp in the battle that took place in Yangcheng twenty years ago.

Even modestly speaking, among the people in front of me.

A large number of young people among them have grown up listening to the stories of Xuange Camp since they were young.

So today, when they discovered that it was the heroic grandfathers from Xuan Ge Camp who came with a powerful armored battleship, their hearts started to boil with excitement.

To use a modern term, Xuan Ge camp is on Lao Guang's territory, and it has a good mass base.

That is to say, in the past time, these people really couldn't help Xuange Camp in the naval battle, so they just suppressed and did not take action.

After discovering Xuange Camp and clearly intending to land, how could he still hold back?

I don’t know who it was, but the first one shouted in his mouth: "My mother, follow the heroic grandpa from Xuan Ge camp to beat these ghosts who do all kinds of evil."

After hearing this shout, dozens or hundreds of people immediately responded.

Then more and more people joined such a ranks.

Not long after, almost all the people living around Victoria City came and killed them all; just like what the people of Yangcheng were said to have done twenty years ago.

Facing the roaring and tsunami-like shouts of killing, the lobster soldiers, who had already been shaken after the shelling killed and injured hundreds of people, completely collapsed.

Ignoring the officers' scoldings and kicks, they all started an extremely embarrassing escape deeper into Victoria City.

Seeing this, the concubine who cosplayed as a pirate female captain released the heavy machine gun in her hand and pulled out the "Chrysanthemum".

While waving the katana in his hand, he shouted in his mouth:

"Dog, dog, dog! The children quickly docked, and then rushed up to me, grabbing money, food, women, whatever they saw.

But remember one thing, you must keep the most vicious foreign woman for me~"

Perhaps it was because this war was going smoothly as never before, and after reaching this level, there was no longer any suspense at all.

Therefore, Hu Biao's mood is unprecedentedly relaxed at the moment.

When he was no longer required to take command, he walked out of the command tower with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. After walking to the deck, he happened to hear the concubine's shouts.

Immediately, it was just like those little lovers' actions that the two of them often do on weekdays.

After stepping forward, this guy picked up the palm of his right hand and slapped the imperial concubine's hand with a moderate slap. He squeezed her hand and it felt as good as ever.

At the same time, he joked:

"I'll leave you the most vicious one, can you use it, and how can you use it?"

After hearing this, the imperial concubine was also in a very good mood, and her eyes flashed and she planned to show off her skilled driving skills to Hu Biao.

Result? The imperial concubine cannot speak.

Suddenly, the two of them felt a real murderous aura coming from them.

Looking back, what a guy! He saw Daniel and five or six other concubines' loyal lickers staring at him fiercely.

One hand was already placed on the hilt and hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he would take action if he disagreed.

Although he didn't speak, the meaning in his eyes was obvious: Grandson, put away your paws. If you have the ability, try giving me a slap.

When the CPU in his head almost burned out, it took Hu Biao a while to react.

He raised his hand and slapped his forehead with a dumbfounded expression on his face, but he did not dare to continue slapping the imperial concubine.

Lang Qing and other teammates who didn't mind the excitement, and even the imperial concubine herself, laughed and looked in a good mood.

*******

According to the news published on the front page of The Times more than a month later, it stated:

On March 61, 3, at about 20:4 in the afternoon, Gang City, the logistics base of the Great Yin Empire in the east, completely fell into the hands of Xuan Ge Battalion.

In this incident, the Great Yin Empire suffered astonishing losses.

The entire Far East Fleet, except for a small squadron stationed in the Lijiapo area, other warships were sunk, captured, and burned. It cannot be said that the entire army was destroyed, but it can also be said to have suffered heavy losses.

After the Gangcheng Fort was destroyed, Victoria City also fell into the hands of Xuange Battalion.

A large amount of materials, gold, silver, and equipment, which was equivalent to more than ten years of hard work in the port city, have completely become the spoils of Xuange Camp.

Because tens of thousands of rioters joined the battle to capture Victoria City; a large number of male members of the Great Yin Empire were killed in the battle.

Not many female members were killed, but they were all snatched away.

The casualties of Xuange Camp itself were almost negligible.

According to information from an unnamed source, they only killed 17 people and seriously injured 25 people. All battleships are basically intact...

Regarding the content in The Times, I can only say that it is quite accurate.

In this battle in Hong Kong City, comparing the results and casualties of Xuan Ge Camp, the two are not directly proportional at all.

The fleet suffered few casualties, and there were no members of any team among them. If there were no accidents, these people could all go back alive and break the record for the most survivors in previous missions.

To be able to achieve such a good result, it can only be said that the system has finally become a human for once.

Thanks to the accumulation of everyone in the team, they have quite good qualities in many aspects. As long as the system gives them enough time to prepare and operate, the tasks issued by the system are actually not difficult.

After the Magic City team has developed for such a long time and worked hard.

It is like before the fleet sets off, such an outcome has been determined in advance.

It's a pity that nothing in this world is perfect; just when Hu Biao couldn't express how pleased he was with the result of this victory.

The commander of the Xuange Camp Fleet, who used to be a little beggar in Yangcheng, is now regarded as a top criminal thief in the Daqing Court, with a famous reputation in the world of rivers and lakes.

With a look of helplessness, he walked to Hu Biao and began to report:

"Lord Hu Yitong, the fleet's supplies have now been calculated. Other food, thermal coal and other supplies are okay. A lot of them have been seized here in the port city, and they can be easily replenished.

Only in terms of 150 mm caliber artillery shells, the fleet currently has only a little more than % left.

In terms of 20mm caliber heavy machine gun bullets, the reserve is even less than the artillery shells, only about %; if we encounter another large-scale naval battle, the ammunition will not be enough~"

After hearing such a sentence, Hu Biao couldn't help but cover his face with his hands, and whispered a curse word in his mouth:

"What the hell! When we were fighting just now, these guys had a little too much fun as soon as they got up to the head. They didn't stop and wasted a lot of ammunition~"

But if you think about it seriously, it seems that the problem of reputation is not big.

Because after Dayin's Far East fleet was completely destroyed, there were no decent opponents nearby; by the time their fleet in Bombay arrived after receiving the news, the day lily was cold.

Besides, the strength of Dayin's fleet in Mumbai may not be as strong as that of the Far East fleet. Whether it dares to come or not is still unknown.

So, it's not a big problem.

After Hu Biao organized his language, he spoke with authority:

"Put away the bullet casings properly. Some necessary raw materials and machinery happened to be seized here in the port city. We just happened to take advantage of this period to manufacture bullets and artillery shells.

You also arrange for some smart and trustworthy people to follow you and learn how to process these ammunition. "

After hearing what Hu Biao said, Shuiwei left with satisfaction.

But Hu Biao also knew one thing: because they needed to stay in the port city to produce ammunition, their fleet's results in this mission could only end here, and there was no way to continue to expand...

　The weather has been cold recently, and my child has a cold and cough again. He needs to be taken to the hospital for some medicine, so the next chapter will be updated later.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)