Please subscribe and collect. ```` [241] Liberation of Hong Kong and Macao In the north at the end of November, it was snowing in the middle of winter. But people living in Guangdong still wear singlets, and the temperature at noon even reaches more than 20 degrees. Commander Zhang Erpao of the Guangzhou Military Region had his collar buckle tied tightly. He held a slender baton in his hand and pointed on the large map of the temporary headquarters: "The combat plan has been discussed in many meetings, and I will No more wordy words, but it boils down to one word - "Quick!" "The sooner the better!" "After a month of coastal bombardment, the mortar battalions have beaten the foreign fleet to a halt. Yesterday, in episode 10, the artillery battalion of the 28th Division laid an ambush at Lianhua Mountain in Bao'an. The bombing and sinking of two British gunboats scared the shit out of the British fleet, and they ran away with black smoke. In addition to this battle, we had more than a dozen ambushes and sneak attacks on British and French warships. "Seven or eight ships were sunk, and another seven or eight were injured." "Comrades, the East India Fleet and the French Far East Fleet don't dare to show up at the mouth of the Pearl River now. They have been frightened by our artillery, and they don't want to do that now. Dare to cross the Pearl River Estuary to bombard our inland ports. In the words of the Chairman, the east wind has overwhelmed the west wind! "I will now convey the decision of the Central Committee. All participating officers and soldiers in the Guangzhou Military Region will obey the order!" After Zhang Erpao said this, he took temporary command! All commanders and fighters in the department stood up. ¡°Early on the morning of November 30, our army launched the campaign to liberate Hong Kong and Macau according to the established battle plan. Under the blockade of artillery fire, they rushed across the two-kilometer strait in one go, quickly captured Hong Kong and Macau, and captured all local foreigners. Take them back to Guangzhou Prison. We must shoot and kill all enemies who resist! There is no need to consider capturing British and French warships. They must be annihilated as much as possible. Of course, it is good to capture them, but there is no need to pay extra casualties for this goal" November 30 At four o'clock in the morning that day, Li Lu had already gotten up and ordered the whole group to start cooking. When they first invaded Beijing, Li Lu was just a platoon leader. Thanks to the revolutionary army's huge military expansion plan, based on her achievements in the Battle of Botou and the Battle of Beijing Liberation, Li Lu has now become a member of the new 21st Army. The regiment leader, Mao Tou also became his personal bodyguard. Near six o'clock, the whole regiment had already had breakfast and began to move towards the offensive position. As the attack time came, the 21st Army, the main force of this ground attack, began to attack from the Shek Kong area of ??the Kowloon Peninsula to Kowloon in the south. The battle went extremely smoothly. In accordance with the requirements of the operational outline, the 21st Army's infantry and artillery were integrated very smoothly. Following the large-scale assault of the infantry, the artillery battalions of each division were broken into pieces and followed each regiment in company formation, constantly advancing during the march. New artillery positions were constructed, and in accordance with the requirements of the frontline headquarters of each regiment, attacks were carried out on former enemy posts and artillery fortifications. Howling artillery shells streaked across the early morning sky sporadically, and the forts and infantry fortifications of the British and French allied forces on the south side of the Kowloon Peninsula were blown to pieces. As the front finger of the 61st Division of the 21st Army crossed Tai Mo Shan and entered the Kowloon Bay area, the wild charge horn was sounded. The 181, 182, and 183 regiments under the 61st Division came down the mountain and roared to occupy Tsuen Wan. By 10 a.m., the 61st Division It has completely occupied the Kowloon Bay area. With the arrival of various artillery battalions, the number of artillery in the Kowloon Bay area continues to increase. Countless artillery shells are bombarding the so-called Victoria Bay area on the beachhead of Hong Kong Island across the narrow line of Kowloon Bay. The main force of the British and French coalition forces was located in the southern part of Victoria Bay on Hong Kong Island. After the Kowloon Peninsula was lost without any surprise, the British and French coalition forces followed their defense plan and used all the forts in Hong Kong and more than 150 artillery pieces equipped by the coalition forces to fight against Kowloon. The 21st Army on the north side of the bay began artillery fire. Li Lu stood on a high ground at the Kowloon Bay Pier, holding a walkie-talkie in her hand and giving an order to the mortar company accompanying the regiment: "Blow! Blow hard! I must smash the foreign artillery position opposite!" As the three divisions of the 21st Army rushed into the southern tip of the Kowloon Peninsula, the three divisional artillery battalions began to cover the south bank Lord Sutter, the commander-in-chief of the British and French allied forces, stood on a hilltop on Hong Kong Island, using a monocular telescope Looking anxiously to the north. "Damn it! Damn it!!! These devils!!! Satan of the East!!!" Lord Sutter watched the coalition artillery positions on the south shore of Victoria Bay being lifted into the sky one by one, and cursed angrily. The French commander, Baron Gerblan, had his legs trembling slightly at this moment and shouted anxiously: "The Chinese have more and more artillery! Their shelling is too powerful! Each shot is more powerful than a 12-inch 304mm caliber 800-pound The coastal defense artillery is even bigger! Our artillery is completely unable to shoot at them! Just one shot of their artillery shells can destroy everything within 20 to 30 meters.All lives are destroyed! You son of a bitch! ! ! Where did these despicable yellow-skinned pigs get such cannonballs! ! ! Lord Sartre, we are losing this defensive battle! ! ! Lord Sartre roared crazily: "They have nearly a hundred artillery pieces!" And the number is still increasing. According to my observation, their artillery seems to be magical, and it only takes 2 to 3 seconds to complete a launch! In other words, a rate of fire of 20 to 30 rounds per minute! ! ! Damn it! This is impossible! This is impossible! ! ! " Baron Gerblan's palms were all sticky with oily sweat, and he could hardly hold the handle of the command knife at his waist. He said dejectedly: "I now know why the Five-Nation Alliance Army was completely wiped out by the Chinese in Shanghai. The Chinese This kind of artillery is the best in the world. With such power and high rate of fire, we can't compete with it. For the army, artillery is the truth, and the Chinese now have the strongest truth" To the north of Kowloon Bay, Li Lu used binoculars and military telescopes to check the damage status of the artillery on the other side, and asked Mao Tou next to her: ¡°Are there enough artillery shells in reserve? Have the militia battalions under our regiment followed? " After a year of training and study in the army, Mao Tou is no longer the beggar he used to be. Now he is not only good at rifle shooting and grenade throwing, but also a good demolition expert. He is now passing the military literacy classes and self-study textbooks issued by the army. I have been studying mathematics hard, and I have already learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and I am now learning decimals and fractions. Because the army has regulations now, anyone who fails primary school mathematics and Chinese literacy will not be promoted. "Don't worry, Commander, the militia battalion will follow. Well, this time the division's artillery company followed our regiment. The division allocated 900 rounds of artillery shells, one hundred rounds per gun, and the entire militia battalion was brought with it. " "Tell the militia battalions to pay attention to their own concealment and abide by safety regulations when delivering artillery shells. Do not send more than one at a time! " "Yes, commander, I would like to remind the militia battalion to deliver ammunition in batches and in small quantities. " "Well, otherwise, if a firepower point is taken, the ammunition will explode. ¡± ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Due to the high-intensity firepower of the 21st Army starting at ten o¡¯clock, by noon, the British and French forces on the south bank of Kowloon Bay had been bombarded and had no foothold, and began to attack the Stanley Barracks at the southern end of Hong Kong Island. Fleeing. Almost all of the more than 150 artillery pieces and more than a thousand artillerymen equipped by the coalition forces were killed in the devastating artillery fire attack launched by the 21st Army. Under the cover of artillery batteries along the coast, the ships crossed the sea and landed. The team had already set off from Shenzhen and finally entered Kowloon Bay. As the first force to cross the sea, 1,307 people from the 183rd Regiment of the 61st Division led by Li Lu boarded the ship and crossed the sea lightly. Each person only brought 300 rounds of ammunition and 4 missiles. Grenades. It only took 20 minutes for the 183rd Regiment to complete the landing. After landing, it immediately launched a fierce pursuit of the remaining enemy forces on the island. Except for one company that stayed at the landing point, the entire army pursued the direction of Stanley. Lord Special requested the warships stationed in Hong Kong to insert into Kowloon Bay several times and launch artillery attacks on the revolutionary troops on the north coast. However, the commander of the East India Fleet, Brusto, completely ignored this request and the British and French fleets and various large and small ships collected from all over Hong Kong. The ships were now anchored at the Stanley Naval Port, filled with supplies, and were just waiting for them to evacuate Hong Kong with their shameful colonial troops once the war situation got out of hand, and fled to the French colonial port in Annan. I have had exchanges with the revolutionary army's coastal defense artillery before, and I know how terrifying the accuracy and rate of fire of Chinese artillery are. The calibrated rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute of the 82-force is a nightmare for any fleet, and the Chinese artillery is flexible and elusive. The British and French combined fleets were often bombarded suddenly when they were caught off guard. This tragic downwind made the British and French combined fleets very sad, so much so that the original plan to bombard China's coastal ports was canceled the day before. The plan to bombard the coast and transport the army to land to seize Chinese artillery samples was also discovered by the Chinese coastal defense forces, and suffered heavy losses from the bombardment. When all three regiments of the 61st Division under the 21st Army completed the landing. After that, the battle for the liberation of Hong Kong Island has been settled without any dispute. At this moment, in the Stanley area, Li Lu's 183rd Regiment was frantically slaughtering the British and French forces who had fled all the way here. , starting from the annihilation of 3,000 people stationed on the Kowloon Peninsula, to the baptism of artillery fire at "Victoria Bay" and the loss of more than 5,000 people, and then fled all the way to Stanley, being continuously attacked by the 183rd Regiment and suffering heavy casualties. The high rate of fire of the 56 semi-automatic and the death harvest of the Type 81 light machine gun have left the British and French forces in a state of confusion, and they have no idea how to deal with it. The temporary fortifications and trenches set up by the British and French forces along the way also failed to stop the 183rd Regiment's attack The revolutionary army always suppressed the trenches with firepower, and then the assault team launched a grenade attack, killing the British and French troops in the entire trench and then continued to advance. In the Stanley Military Port, the remaining 5,000 British and French allied forces were frantically rushing towards the large and small ships parked here, hoping to escape for the rest of their lives. Everyone knows that the Chinese executed all prisoners of war in the previous Battle of Shanghai. The thought of being executed after being captured made the soldiers of the British and French allied forces tremble with fear. The French resolutely abandoned their Annan colonial soldiers, and the British were not unambiguous. They left the local soldiers in Hong Kong to defend the ship, and only took British soldiers and officers on board the ships. At the same time, they evacuated British merchants in Hong Kong on a large scale. Stanley Military Port was in chaos for a while. Those British merchants and immigrants who originally thought that the great British Empire would easily defeat those yellow-skinned pigs were so frightened that they carried boxes and cages with their families and wanted to board the ship. On the 4,800-ton displacement Padua steam transport ship, in front of the boarding ladder at the pier, a British sailor yelled rudely: "Madam, no luggage is allowed!" The British man traveling with the luxuriously dressed British woman yelled Said: "For the sake of God, these are my property, Britain should protect my property!" A sailor pulled the man away: "People behind get on the boat!" "No, you can't do this To me! I'm a gentleman!" the man yelled. The sailors completely ignored the man¡¯s shouts and continued to anxiously arrange to board the ship. Judging from the gunshots and explosions in the distance, the Chinese team was about to rush into Stanley Barracks. Suddenly the whistle blew, and the sailor's expression changed drastically. He quickly turned around and rushed onto the ship. Together with the other sailors, he pushed open the boarding ladder. Suddenly, a dozen British people who were climbing crazily behind him fell heavily. Throughout the Stanley Military Port, whistles were heard one after another. Along with the cries and pleas of British immigrants, ships began to leave the port one by one. "You bastards who deserve to go to hell! Bastards!" "You son of a bitch navy! May God let you be shipwrecked!!!" "Come back! Please! For God's sake! Come back!" " For the sake of the queen, please take me away! "Bloody hell is waiting for you!" "Navy, go to hell!"