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Text Chapter 636 The Fleet Arrives

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    At this time, Dakar could not be regarded as a real military fortress. The French army only had one division stationed here. In addition, all the French troops in the vast land of French West Africa were gathered here, which made it possible to piece it together.  There are more than 30,000 people, but for the French, this place must be defended for as long as they can.  Because even if the Chinese capture Lagos, without this most important transit station on the African coast, it will be difficult for them to go directly north to Spain. There is still at least more than 6,000 kilometers of voyage from Lagos to the north. Even with China¡¯s shipping capabilities, there is no intermediate  A port call was also unthinkable.  So for the French, they must hold on to Dakar no matter what. It doesn¡¯t mean to hold on, which is impossible if you think about it, but to hold on for as long as possible, the minimum cannot be less than two months, only  This will allow them to make their turtle shells stronger locally, and there will be no reinforcements. The Dingzhen formation will not allow the European French army to go south, so this arduous task can only be given to these 30,000 French troops.  .  The French commander in Dakar, Gammelin, was almost crying at this time. He was a close confidant of Jia Fei. After Jia Fei stepped down, he was driven here. He originally wanted to bully the niggas and stay there until the end of the war.  That's it. Unexpectedly, he has now become the mainstay of the entire Allied Powers group, but the question is how can he keep it?  At this time, Dakar was not the place that had disgraced the British during World War II. Now this place only had a few coastal defense forts, and the artillery used were relatively old. In terms of strength, it could not catch up with those during the Spanish-American War.  It¡¯s hard to say what the American coastal defense fortresses are.  Now he has to face two aircraft carriers, two super battleships, and more than 20 battleships and battlecruisers. According to his estimation, it is a miracle that he can last for a week.  After the Battle of Lagos, he shortened the time to four days, so this guy simply adopted an alternative method. He sealed the entire Gore Bay with mines. If there were not enough mines, the ship would sink.  All merchant ships and warships in the harbor were scuttled. The latter served as fixed forts, complementing the coastal defense forts on Gor¨¦e Island and Dakar. The task of defending Dakar was then handed over to the navy and fortress defenders.  , he withdrew the city directly with the main force of the French army.  Of course he didn¡¯t run away.  Lin Yongsheng's fleet, which arrived here from Lagos, took less than an hour to use bombers and 380 main guns to blast several large-caliber coastal defense guns in Dakar and Gor¨¦e Island into crumbs.  Then more than a hundred bombers went into battle and used coagulation decoys to burn the French warships that sank in the port into a soldering iron.  Immediately afterwards, the landing fleet rushed onto the beach from the north coast.  "No one?" Fu Cixiang was stunned for a moment.  "Yes, division commander. Except for those forts, there is no French defense in the entire Dakar. These cowards have all run away and do not dare to fight us at all." His first regiment commander said proudly.  Fu Cixiang always felt that something was wrong, but his 1st Marine Division did not encounter any resistance during the subsequent landing process, including the attack on the west coast of Gore Bay. Except for the fort defenders and Gore Bay who were grilled  The French navy could no longer find a single French soldier. In the end, even this guy himself thought that the French army had completely abandoned this last stepping stone on the Atlantic Ocean.  But after dark he knew he was wrong.  Because the port must be cleared as soon as possible, the mine clearing and sunken ship salvage work in Gorley Bay continued until nightfall, and the Chinese fleet carried large minesweepers.  It's just a waste of time at sea. As for salvage, it's even simpler. The sunken ships here are not big ships. The divers go down and tie the pontoons, inflate them and hand them over to the battleships to tow them out directly.  With a powerful power of 200,000 horsepower, let alone pontoons, these small boats with a displacement of 1,800 tons can be towed aside even without pontoons.  Fu Cixiang was standing on the shore with a group of his men, watching the battleship Huaxia forcefully pull a small steamer of several hundred tons. Suddenly, a series of firelights shone in the darkness on the east coast.  He subconsciously roared: "Shells!" Then the shells roared in, exploding water columns in Gore Bay, and even two minesweepers were hit. This kind of warship did not have any armor protection, and it came  The attacking shells were all of the 155 level, and both ships were slightly injured. At this time, the enemy shells were still falling. Seeing that the situation was not good, the minesweeper quickly withdrew from Gorey Bay.  Just as the bombardment began, the 1st Marine Division was suddenly attacked by a large number of cavalry on the outer defense line. Due to lack of vigilance, the 1st Marine Regiment was almost dispersed. Fortunately, the amphibious personnel carriers were repulsed with machine guns.  This cavalry also caused more than 200 casualties, which was already a very serious casualty for the First Marine Division, which had been beating the enemy violently.  This is Gamelin¡¯s tactic. Giving up the defense of Dakar and fighting within the coverage of the 380 naval gun is no different from committing suicide. Only by leaving the coverage of the naval gun can you save yourself to the maximum extent, and then take your ownLook for some places to hide below to avoid the attack of carrier-based aircraft.  Don't show up during the day, and only operate at night, using the horses he requisitioned from the Muslim black men for raids, plus a small number of trucks towing the cannons. It is impossible for carrier-based aircraft to be dispatched at night anyway, so they have at least a chance of getting close.  Ten hours of activity.  The cavalry attacked the Chinese garrison, and the artillery attacked the minesweepers in Gore Bay. As long as the mines here could not be cleared, the port would be useless. Even if the mines were cleared, they could still attack the transport ships in the port in this way.  Anyway, it is much more cost-effective to run away at dawn, even if they are attacked by Chinese carrier-based aircraft, than to crowd into Dakar and die with a single 380 shell.  His shameless tactics made Fu Cixiang furious. The next day, after the carrier-based aircraft discovered traces of the French army, this guy immediately assembled the entire First Marine Division and an infantry division that came with him to attack. However,  Without naval gun cover and relying solely on air support, it would be difficult for him to gain a decisive advantage.  After fighting a positional offensive and defensive battle with the French army who were defending against danger, although the French suffered heavy casualties, the First Marine Division also suffered hundreds of casualties. This kind of work is not what elites like them need to do.  After regaining his consciousness, Fu Cixiang immediately returned to Dakar, and then urged the landing ship to return to Lagos to pull over the South African servant army. It was better to let them do this desperate work.  While waiting for the South African army to move north, the mine clearing work in Dakar continued. However, due to occasional sneak attacks by the French army, the mine clearing progress was seriously delayed because there was no time to wait for the mine clearing to be completed here, and there was no need for the entire fleet to be here.  , Lin Yongsheng simply left the Zhiyuan aircraft carrier and four battle cruisers here to continue to provide support for the First Marine Division, while he led other battleships to bypass Dakar and go north to Spain.  The distance of more than two thousand kilometers is nothing more than a voyage of less than three days for this fleet. When the two super battleships Huaxia and Yanhuang sailed into the Rota military port in Spain, the Spaniards who came here were attracted by these two ships.  The largest warship ever built by mankind was stunned.  Moreover, at the invitation of the Spanish Navy, the two battleships also performed a shooting performance, using a retired Spanish armored cruiser as a target. The battleship Huaxia used two 380-penetrating explosive shells at ten kilometers in the first salvo.  He sent it to the bottom of the sea.  This scene completely shocked the Spaniards. After all, this maritime nation's worship of giant ships and cannons is deep-rooted.  "This is also the former overlord of the sea!" Lin Yongsheng couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the Spaniards on the shore who looked at his ship with admiring eyes.  "It's just the past. There were many overlords in the past, but now we are sitting in this position." Wu Shixun shrugged and said. At this time, an officer came over and handed him a telegram. He glanced at it casually, and then immediately  He smiled and said: "Commander, the General Staff's order, the emperor's decree, let us go to the British coast to fire a few cannons, and say hello to the British first." "Britain? Didn't they block all the coastal ports with mines? And the British  There are thunder curtains in the Strait and St. George's Strait, and there are also thunder curtains in the North Sea. How do we get in?" Lin Yongsheng said doubtfully.  "The mine layout plan of the English Channel minefield was subsequently sent. As for the minefield area of ??Plymouth Naval Port, it is not large. The British used all the mines on these minefields. According to the intelligence of the General Staff, we can completely  The port was bombarded at the maximum elevation angle from the outside of the Plymouth minefield," Wu Shixun said.  "That's it, order the fleet to prepare." Lin Yongsheng said immediately. The main guns of the Huaxia and Yanhuang ships have a range of 36 kilometers. At this time, it is true that few military ports would place mines so far away, especially the bay outside Plymouth Military Port.  Open, this situation is normal. The key is to block the mine curtains in each strait. The North Sea mine curtains have been deployed long ago. The mine curtains in the English Channel and St. George's Strait have been deployed since China entered the war. As long as the mines can pass through  The curtain, everything else is easy to talk about.  In the confused eyes of the Spaniards, the Chinese fleet that had just arrived at the Rota military port immediately headed north and headed straight for Britain. Looking at their course, the Spaniards immediately understood where their target was. Before Lin Yongsheng's fleet could wait,  Upon arrival, the news that the Chinese navy was about to attack the British mainland was already flooding the newspapers, and the whole of Britain immediately panicked.  Although the British government has been protecting itself with mines, everyone knows that it is only to prevent landing. Besides, can they deploy mines 500 kilometers away?  The combat radius of carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier is more than 500 kilometers. For ordinary people, it makes no difference whether the bombs or artillery shells that fall on their heads are bombs or artillery shells. The latter is even more terrifying, because the artillery shells will not fire coagulation decoys.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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