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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 268: The naval battle that changed the world

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    The invaders were careless. They had already entered enemy waters and did not even release the alert carrier-based aircraft.  According to what Jin Batian said, he deserved to be beaten.

    But according to the thinking of the bandits from Britain, France and Italy, threats from the sky or the sea may not appear until at least the bombardment of Guangzhou. They have just arrived in Chinese waters not long ago. How come this country's reaction speed has become faster¡ª¡ª  When the Nanjing government was first established, it was still being manipulated at will by European and American powers.

    After the Yanshan test shell hit the water and exploded, it splashed huge waves and poured water on the sailors on the deck of the Prince Hood.  At this time, the Prince Hood had just been unmasked by well-trained sailors, loading shells and adjusting the angle.  Just as the Prince Hood was preparing to fight back amid the busy work of more than a thousand people, eight supersonic artillery shells fell from the sky in an octagonal circle. Six of the shells hit the hull of the Prince Hood, and one shot penetrated it.  The deck of the Prince Hood exploded in the ammunition compartment of the No. 2 main battery turret. The British who made the thin-skinned and stuffed battlecruiser suffered the consequences. More than 300 tons of shells exploded, destroying the hull of the battlecruiser Prince Hood.  Even the keel is torn apart.

    Seeing that the Prince Hood had basically declared its end after the shell exploded, the Yanshan's gun muzzle turned and aimed at the Richelieu behind the Prince Hood, which had begun a test fire.

    Although in the shipbuilding activities of the first two years, the French also built a lot of warships at once, barely becoming the fourth naval power in Europe after England, Italy, and Germany. Most of the French built were fast battleships-that is, and  It's almost like a British battlecruiser with thin skin and big stuffing.  As well as some auxiliary ships such as cruisers and destroyers.

    Only three real main battleships have been launched - the Richelieu-class battleships Richelieu, Clemenceau, and Jean-Bart, and two Richelieu-class battleships are under construction.  In addition to the main guns of the Richelieu-class battleships, which use eight twin 380mm front-mounted main guns, other performances can meet the requirements of today's super battleships - for example, the top speed is 30 knots, and the main armor can be within the range of direct fire.  Withstanding the bombardment of the 380mm main gun, the full load displacement is close to 50,000 tons.

    Everything is fine, except that now it is not the 380mm main gun that has entered the direct range, but the 406mm main gun of the Yanshan.

    After the deck turret and bridge of the battleship Richelieu were plowed by the Yanshan, the Central Army destroyer that followed used six torpedoes to send the Richelieu and more than a thousand French bandits on it to the bottom of the sea.

    After two ships were defeated in a row, the British, French and Italian bandits who were on an expedition to Asia also reacted and fought under the command of their respective flagships.  Because they did not belong to each other, three battle groups quickly gathered on the sea, namely the ships of Britain, France, Italy and the Central Navy.

    Although the English had the most ships and were the strongest in combat, followed by the Italians and the French were the weakest, Chen Shaokuan still ordered the twenty-four battleships of the Central Navy to be divided into three equal parts, with each eight Zhongshan-class battleships dealing with one battleship.  group.

    Chen Shaokuan also had his own considerations. Although the English navy was the strongest, although the firepower of the Zhongshan-class battleships might be overwhelmed, the protection of the Zhongshan-class main armor was not so easy to be torn apart. Eight Zhongshan-class battleships were enough.  The five King George V-class battleships and other battleships, cruisers and old battleships (mothballed after World War I) contained the English at this time.

    The strength of the eight Zhongshan-class battleships is slightly higher than that of the main battleships of the Italian Navy. Together with some heavy cruisers, they can maintain a situation of being neither above nor below. The only ones that can cause some trouble to the Zhongshan-class battleships are the current main battleships of the Italians - the four.  Veneto-class battleships, Veneto, Littorio, Roma, and Imperator.

    The weakest French navy has been sent to the bottom of the water to feed the fish because of the Richelieu. There are only two cutting-edge battleships built in the 1930s, the Jean Bart and the Clemenceau, as well as some fast battleships and an old one.  During the war, there were more than 100 battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and even supply ships, including nearly 100,000 French naval officers and soldiers, as well as 50,000 French marines - the French:  We are a big land country in Europe. We need to bring marines with us even if we don¡¯t bring an army with us when we go out.

    Among them, the eight battleships headed by the Yanshan and the thirty heavy cruisers of the Nanjing Central Navy will have to deal with the French Navy first.

    After the battleship formation dominated by the Yanshan, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, has defeated the French Navy, it will assist the battleship formation such as Huangshan in dealing with the Italian Navy.  After annihilating the Italian navy, three fleets surrounded the English navy.

    This strategy was not thought up by Chen Shaokuan or the Naval Staff, but came from the famous Tian Ji horse racing in Qilu during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods two thousand years ago.  Jin Batian liked this strategy very much and compared it to eating one (the French Navy) and sandwiching one (the Italian Navy).?Navy) Look at one (English Navy) - Hey, hey, you are copycatting.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out out for the Chinese, it¡¯s hard to explain the copycat thing.

    With the Yanshan as a wedge, eight battleships and thirty heavy cruisers pierced the French fleet's formation for the first time, causing the Barr to lose power. The Clemenceau's bridge and turrets were seriously damaged and most of its combat effectiveness was lost.  , dozens of French fast battleships or light and heavy cruisers were damaged or sunk.

    The frightened French looked at the Yanshan that sprayed out shells at a super high rate of fire and all shouted in a trembling voice: "Devil, devil"

    This scene was naturally seen by Jin Batian from God's perspective. Jin Batian cursed: "What do a bunch of French bastards know? What they are talking about is science."

    Immediately ordered to change direction and once again led the fleet into the broken front of the French Navy.

    After two in and two out, the French Navy no longer had any ships with more than 10,000 tons of combat effectiveness. A dozen heavy cruisers and some destroyers were left to clean the sea. The remaining battleships and cruisers followed the Yanshan battleship and turned to attack.  Italian naval formation.

    At this time, the Italian Navy was fighting with all its strength against eight battleships and more than a dozen heavy cruisers. Small-tonnage battleships often couldn't even block the firepower of heavy cruisers because their armor was too thin, while the four main battleships  It was also frequently injured and caught fire under the bombardment of eight Zhongshan-class battleships.

    Although it was seen that less than an hour after the war started, the French navy had been almost completely destroyed, and the fleet that destroyed the French navy in a short period of time had turned around and came over to kill them. However, the current situation of the Italian navy is that even if it wants to leave, it must be able to do so.  Just get away.

    "Go forward, go forward." Seeing that the Italian navy's formation was a little messy, Jin Batian sent the signal to attack.

    Faced with the enemy navy's superior force and firepower, the Italian navy, which was strong on the outside and dry on the outside, became as soft as cooked noodles. After Yanshan led the team to break through the Italian navy's line twice, there was only a patch of Italians left on the sea shouting "Virgin Mary"  The voice of "Help me".

    After the twenty-four Zhongshan-class main battleships, all injured, surrounded the main force of the English navy, the English, who had dominated the oceans for two hundred years, once again raised the St. George flag.

    But the effect of the St. George flag is ultimately different from that of Athena's scepter of the goddess of victory. Amidst the bombardment, the St. George flag and the English flagship King George battleship sank into the sea.

    This time, for fear of being caught in the photo, the Central Navy did not use machine guns. Instead, it sent a large number of auxiliary ships to guard the surrounding areas to prevent fishing boats or merchant ships from approaching other waters. It also notified local troops in Hainan and Guangdong to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the British, French and Italian troops from sending troops.  The Marine Corps carried out infiltration attacks on the coast - in other words, they killed foreigners who came ashore without mercy.

    Some of the most seriously injured ships returned to Qingdao in advance and asked Nanyang Military Industry for repairs. The remaining ships watched on the nearby sea as the officers and soldiers of the navies or marines of the British, French, and Italian countries struggled to call for help after falling into the water, and were finally drowned by waves or waves.  Devouring by sharks - In order to attract large groups of sharks, the Central Navy poured barrels of pig blood transported from Guangdong into the nearby sea water - sharks have a very good sense of smell, so the gringos have nothing to say now.

    "Facing the foreign naval officers and soldiers who have obtained lifeboats, just use a big ship to drive over and use the waves to overturn their lifeboats.  Seeing the invaders being torn apart and devoured by the sharks one by one or even in groups, Jin Batian only felt one thing - it was so comfortable.  This is a kind of spiritual sublimation, a joy that bursts out from deep within - no matter how you look at it, it is just a simple abnormality.

    In this battle, the maritime coalition of Britain, France and Italy had more than 300,000 naval forces, more than 100,000 marines, 18 capital ships (including 12 cutting-edge battleships), and 300 auxiliary ships such as cruisers, frigates, destroyers, gunboats, and supply ships.  All the remaining ships sank in the South China Sea.

    The elite European navies were almost wiped out. This kind of loss was not only caused by the ships, but also by the economy and personnel. You must know that a capital ship is a symbol of a country's national power. There were more than a dozen sunk here.  , those naval officers and other personnel are also well-trained naval officers and soldiers of the Three Kingdoms, and it is not easy to train them - it took more than 100 years and less than 200 years after the English defeated the Spanish Armada to ascend to the throne of the world's ocean hegemony.  During this period, the English lost more than they won in many naval battles with Spain.

    After the Spanish Armada was destroyed, the King of Spain said nonchalantly: "Fortunately, the Armada was destroyed in my hands. At this time, we have enough money to rebuild it."

    It can be seen that the navy's economic requirements are huge, and countries without an economic foundation are playing the role of army.  After the Nanjing government's Central Navy has expanded its scale time and time again, its economic demand for maintaining the navy is also huge, otherwise the principal will notWill go around to attract hatred and call the shots MT.  In the end, these two major naval battles broke out in Asian waters - although it was only a matter of time before the decisive battle with the Japanese combined fleet.

    There was nothing wrong with the lightly injured battleships, and some of them went to Hanoi - Jin Batian had already done this kind of bombardment of Hanoi.

    The French colonists in Hanoi, who had just received the British, French and Italian coalition forces, discovered that the fleet had returned not long after leaving. However, the ship type was slightly different between the one that came back this time and the one that left - the Zhongshan-class battleship was, after all, based on the Bismarck-class battleship.  .  The numbers aren't quite right either.

    When the French Governor in Hanoi heard that the fleet was returning, he thought: "Could it be that the commander wants to take two girls on the road?"

    Before the thought was finished, the Hanoi Governor's Palace was already in ruins under the cover of artillery fire.

    Led by the Yanshan, the battleship bombarded Hanoi and destroyed military facilities and barracks in Haiphong and other places.

    There was chaos near Hanoi, and many natives took the opportunity to rob and kill French colonists and the officials they supported locally.  Originally, the terrain of Vietnam is that it is a coastal country, but because it is closer to the South China Sea, it is okay to say that it is an inland country on the coast - because it will enter Chinese waters before it leaves the high seas.

    This time the bombardment of Hanoi actually has nothing to do with territorial division - in this earth where the jungle is strong and the strong eat the strong, a strong country is yours even if it is not yours, and a weak country is yours and you cannot hold it.  This time it is just that some people in the navy need to dump the artillery shells that they do not want to take back to the Qingdao and Lianyungang bases.

    You say this is bullying, but how can you show your strength if you don't bully others regularly?  Look at those countries that are the world's police. Which one doesn't find someone to bully them every few years to show off their muscles?

    After the world's largest naval battle ended, all countries who received the news were shocked.  Among them are the Germans, allies of the Nanjing government. You must know that due to the blockade of the British and French fleets, the main force of the German navy was suppressed in the Baltic Sea.

    Originally, the German Naval General Staff also simulated this naval battle. That is, the Nanjing Central Navy, which had just fought against the combined fleet, could only use submarines to ambush on the waterway and carry out suicide attacks, in order to consume the main force of the British, French and Italian fleets.  , and at the same time dispatched fast ships and submarines to attack the supply lines of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, trying to delay the date of the decisive battle.

    No one thought beforehand that the Central Navy, which had just fought a decisive battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet two months ago, would still be able to use its naval guns to conduct an upright decisive battle at sea and eliminate the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces in one fell swoop.  You must know that most of the ocean-going ships of Britain, France and Italy are here. During the period when new ships are launched, Britain, France and Italy will become weak maritime powers.  This time the Germans had more opportunities at sea.

    At this time, the Germans had four main battleships - including two Zhongshan-class battleships purchased from the Nanjing government (Zhongshan did not come back after visiting Germany for exchanges during the Berlin Olympics, but painted another Zhongshan-class battleship in China.  Replaced with Zhongshan), and the Bismarck-class battleship copied by Germany through the Zhongshan-class battleship.  Looking at Britain and France, all the new battleships, including those from the First World War, were dispatched at this time, and the remaining ones at home were short-legged cripples - battleships that were not suitable for long-distance voyages.

    What are you waiting for, let¡¯s enter the North Sea.  Originally, they were afraid that the British and French fleets would come back from Asia and block the German Baltic Fleet. Now that the British and French fleets can no longer come back, wouldn't it be a big loss not to visit the British and French shipyards?

    Now people in the small European countries have also changed their minds. The Russian Empire suddenly fell, and the British, French and Italian naval forces were defeated and completely annihilated.  It looks like Europe is about to change.

    The first person to fall over to the German Third Reich was the Dutch, who were sea coachmen back then. The Dutch said they had stopped working as sea coachmen for many years.  In fact, since the Industrial Revolution, the Dutch, who were the first to establish a modern accounting system and a modern banking system, have been in decline. Who makes the Netherlands not have high-quality coal mines and iron ores like Britain?

    However, the main reason why the Netherlands fell to the German Third Reich was that the two countries shared the same language and the same language - the Dutch language used by the Dutch was developed from Low German, and can be regarded as a dialect of German, which everyone can understand.

    At the same time, the Netherlands and Germany border on each other. The Dutch knew without looking at a map that if the German Third Reich wanted to expand to the west, the first choice would be the Netherlands.  Instead of using the current tens of thousands of troops to fight the Third Reich, it is better to actively throw themselves into the arms of the Third Reich, and maybe the mustache can think better.

    In the past, the Dutch were hesitant because the British and French navies were relatively strong. If they surrendered too early, they would be afraid of shelling and bombing by the British and French navies.  Now that there is no threat from the British and French navies, the rise of Germany in North Germany is inevitable.  It's just that the King of the Netherlands is related to the King of England and doesn't really like the idea of ??defecting to Germany, but it doesn't matter.??It has long been a decoration.  His opinion is the same as having no opinion.

    " Belgium has similar ideas to the Dutch. Belgium itself was only separated from the Netherlands in the 19th century. Low German and High German are also spoken in the country. The Belgians, caught between France and Germany, have always been the role of the wallflowers.  The country does not have much military strength and combat effectiveness. Cash weapons like tanks are undoubtedly artifacts in the eyes of the Belgians and the Dutch - battleships are even less likely to be considered.  If Belgium makes a choice now, it will naturally choose Germany, which is relatively strong.

    The Third Reich of Germany thought that it was natural for them to surrender to these two little brothers, otherwise it would not have taken much effort to conquer the Netherlands and Belgium.  In order to open up the safety of the shipping route between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, Germany sent an armored regiment north to Denmark, and the entire territory of Denmark was determined within one day.

    The news of the destruction of the main fleet spread back to Britain, France and Italy. The British and Italians, from the top to the bottom, felt like their own mothers had died - the fleet could not be built in one or two days or even one or two months. Now both countries need it.  It will take the world one or two years to rebuild the main fleet, but Germany can give them this time.

    As for the French, they did not suffer so much after the destruction of the main fleet. According to what the French said, dear, we still have the Maginot Line.

    The Maginot Line is 700 kilometers long and costs 5 billion gold francs. In order to defend this line of defense, it is equipped with modern thermal weapons and modern enemy attacks. Countless laborers from the French colonies spent nearly seven years here sweating and  Youth can be completed - it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Great Wall of Europe in the 20th century (I don't see anyone being blocked by the Great Wall).

    There are 44 large-scale fortification clusters throughout the Maginot Line, more than 100 kilometers of underground tunnels, 1,533 large and small bunkers, and an earthwork volume of 12 million cubic meters.  The French, who have developed the Turtle Flow to the limit, believe that this line of defense can withstand any degree of attack, and the Third Reich will surely suffer a bloody blow here.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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