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Text Chapter 1,500 Taking the initiative to attack

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    "Your Excellency, Commander, the battleship 'Franz Joseph I' sank, the battleship 'Ferdinand I' sank, the battleship 'Leopold VI' sank, the battleship 'Charles III' sank  , the battleship 'Josef II' was sunk, the battleship 'Josef I' was severely damaged and lost its combat effectiveness, the battleship 'Leopold VII' was severely damaged and lost its combat effectiveness, and only the battleship 'Franz I' was only damaged  He was slightly injured and can continue to fight. The four 'Joint Forces' battleships were not injured either!" Lieutenant General Lucart reported to Admiral Anton House!  In less than half an hour, the Austro-Hungarian Navy paid a heavy price. Among the 12 battleships, five were sunk and two were severely damaged. These battleships were all spent by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  A super battleship purchased from China at a huge price!

    Admiral Anton House was also very bitter. In just half an hour, the main force of the Austro-Hungarian Navy was wiped out. This directly made all the efforts of the Austro-Hungarian Navy over the past few years in vain.  !  It can be said that after working hard for several years, I returned to the pre-liberation period overnight!

    "Order all ships to search and rescue the wounded! The five battleships that can still continue fighting will return to Astor Bay and continue to provide support to the army!" Admiral Anton House ordered!  When the German naval aviation launched an attack.  The German Army took the opportunity to launch an attack on Astre.  The Austrian Army was under great pressure and suffered heavy losses.  Without the support of naval guns, they could not withstand the German attack!

    "Yes, Your Excellency, Commander!" Lieutenant General Lucart nodded, turned around and issued the order.  Five battleships sailed to the sea only about five kilometers away from the coast.  Use naval guns to provide fire support to Ast's army and help them resist the German attack.  Seeing that Chinese reinforcements are about to arrive, we can't let the success fall by the wayside!

    At 6:50, the Chinese Air Force fleet chasing the German naval aviation returned and flew over the Astor Bay.  Admiral Lucart watched the Chinese fleet leave in the sky, his eyes full of resentment.

    "Damn yellow-skinned monkeys. Why didn't they come half an hour earlier? We can see that they did it on purpose!" Lucart said in a low voice.  In his opinion, if the Chinese Air Force's fighter planes could arrive half an hour earlier, they would be able to stop the German naval aviation's attack on the Austro-Hungarian Navy in time.  The Austro-Hungarian Navy would not have suffered such heavy losses!  Lieutenant General Lucart believed that China had done this completely premeditatedly and wanted to use Germany's help to weaken the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and make the Austro-Hungarian Empire completely fall to China.  So that China can control the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  After all, after the Austro-Hungarian Empire's military strength suffered a heavy blow, there seemed to be no other way except relying on China.  Because the navy suffered heavy losses, Lieutenant General Lucart and other Austro-Hungarian naval admirals became even more dissatisfied with China.

    In fact, China did not expect that the German naval aviation attack would come so quickly.  From Corsica to the Bay of Astor.  The voyage was twice as far as the German naval aviation from Bavaria to Astre, which was why they arrived half an hour later.  However, China has no plans to use Germany's help to weaken the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  After all, Austria-Hungary is now China's ally, and a powerful Austria-Hungary will help China deal with Germany.  On the other hand, the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Navy has not yet been taken seriously by China.  The Chinese Navy's random deployment of a task force is enough to ravage the Austro-Hungarian Navy!

    Although there are only 5 battleships left in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the power of 10 343mm main guns and 48 305mm main guns.  It is still not something that human beings can resist.  The German army that was launching an attack on Ast suffered heavy losses under the fierce bombardment of these battleships.  The German troops that had already invaded the city of Astor had to retreat because their retreat was cut off.  On the battlefield east of Astre, the remains of tanks and armored vehicles are everywhere, and corpses and broken limbs of those killed in battle can be seen everywhere!

    The German commander, General Carl von Einem, was very dissatisfied with this.  He directly sent a telegram to the German Army General Staff, believing that the mission of the naval aviation had not been completed!  Claiming that the Austro-Hungarian navy was massacring his troops wantonly with naval guns, under such circumstances, he could not invade Astre at all.  Finally, Admiral Carl von Einem asked the German naval aviation to once again send aircraft to bomb the Austro-Hungarian Navy to create an opportunity for the army to capture Astre.

    However, his request was rejected??Rejection by the German Admiralty.  The German naval aviation's attack on the Austro-Hungarian Navy was very successful, sinking five battleships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and severely damaging two, including two super battleships equipped with 381 mm main guns.  The German naval aviation also suffered a lot of losses under the attack of Chinese Air Force fighter jets.  Therefore, with the intervention of the Chinese Air Force, the German Naval Air Force requested to stop attacking the Austro-Hungarian Navy in order to avoid greater losses!

    In order to protect the remaining fleet of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and support the Austrian Army in defending Astre, the Austro-Hungarian government urgently held consultations with China.  The Chinese Air Force also dispatched a second batch of fighter planes to the Bay of Astor to escort the Austro-Hungarian Navy.  At the same time, the third batch of fighter jets is also being prepared to ensure that before the arrival of the Chinese Navy's 31st Task Force, there will be at least two groups of Chinese Air Force fighter jets patrolling over Astor Bay.

    At 10 a.m., a small fleet of the Chinese Navy¡¯s 32nd Fleet, consisting of one heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, two destroyers and two frigates, arrived in Astor Bay.  Accompanying them were a fleet transporting the 19th Armored Brigade of the 19th Army Group.  This indicates that the Chinese reinforcements have arrived at Yaste, and the subsequent large forces will arrive soon.  The Austro-Hungarian Empire expressed a warm welcome to the arrival of Chinese reinforcements. Even the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which was somewhat dissatisfied with China, was also very enthusiastic at this time.  There is no doubt that China has now become the last life-saving straw for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they must grasp it firmly!

    Although Astor was attacked by the Germans, the port facilities are very complete.  The 19th Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army can take advantage of complete port facilities for loading and unloading.  As the Leopard tanks disembarked one after another, Archduke Karl, the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and senior government officials finally let go of their worries.  Looking at the Chinese Army's Leopard tanks, Archduke Karl was filled with envy.  These Chinese tanks are obviously much more advanced than the tanks sold to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire could also equip these tanks, maybe they would not be defeated by the Germans so quickly.

    The arrival of Chinese reinforcements undoubtedly played a role in stabilizing military morale for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  In particular, a group of H9C 'Canghu' dive bombers taking off from two aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy's 31st Task Force carried out a bombing raid on the German troops attacking Astre and repelled the German attack. This made the situation even more disturbing.  The Austrian Army holding on to Astre saw hope of victory!

    At 11 a.m., the fleet transporting the 118th Mechanized Infantry Division under the 19th Group Army of the Chinese Army also arrived in Ast.  The subsequent fleet will also arrive in the next few hours, which makes the Austro-Hungarian Empire very satisfied.  After the fleet of the 118th Infantry Division arrived, they drove directly into the Austro-Hungarian Navy port and used the equipment in the port for loading and unloading.  Moreover, officers and soldiers from the Austro-Hungarian Navy base also joined in, which greatly increased the speed of the Chinese army's disembarkation.

    The commander of the 19th Group Army, General Zhang Ruifeng, and the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General He Xingde, also arrived at Ast with this fleet.  When the senior generals of the Chinese Army arrived, Archduke Karl could not sit still and came out to greet him personally. Almost all senior government officials of the Austro-Hungarian Empire rushed to the naval base.  Shen Ruilin, China's ambassador to Austria-Hungary, was also among them.

    China did not disappoint Archduke Karl and others. General Zhang Ruifeng said that after the arrival of the 19th Army, it will launch an attack on the German army as soon as possible to ensure the defeat of the German army as much as possible and the safety of the surrounding coastal province!  Ensuring the security of the Maritime Province is already the greatest ability of the 19th Army. Before subsequent reinforcements arrive, they can only do this step.  The large-scale expansion of the Chinese Army has only just begun, and troops are being actively deployed everywhere. There are currently not many troops that can be invested in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

    However, this also made Archduke Karl and others very satisfied.  Being able to hold the Maritime Province and protect their safety is already a good thing for the Austro-Hungarian government at this stage to have another foothold.  As for counterattacking Germany, it depends on China!

    Starting from noon, troops of the 19th Army of the Chinese Army arrived one after another, and with the help of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they landed in Astre.  The main force of the Navy's Task Force 31 was cruising in the Adriatic Sea and did not show up to avoid being discovered by Germany, so it sent aviation for bombing.

    The German army also seemed to know the news of the Chinese Army's landing in Astre. General Carl von Einem ordered the attack to be stopped, and the German army switched to defense across the board.  Before more reinforcements arrive, the German army will not brave the fierce artillery fire to attack the well-equipped Astre!

    However, although the German army did not want to attack, the Chinese Army did not want to wait any longer.  The commander of the 19th Group Army, General Zhang Ruifeng, ordered to use the 19th Armored Brigade as a sharp knife to attack the German army!
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