Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

However, when the First Defense Division received the report, they did not know that the British were coming to land, because the small boats of the Marine Corps were too small and submerged in the clutter of the sea surface. Three battleships, so they determined that these three battleships were here to carry out a retaliatory attack.

Zhao Linhai, commander of the first garrison division, immediately reported the news to Lin Yuan in Beijing. Lin Yuan laughed when he heard that the British had sent three battleships to Guangzhou Port to retaliate. People sent warships to attack our Guangzhou port, why are you laughing, "

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Three battleships want to attack our port, isn't this a joke?"

The attendant said: "Shuai Lin, although I also think it is very impossible for three battleships to attack the port, but can you explain it to me in detail, we all like to hear your explanation of these things,"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Go and get a military map of the vicinity of Guangzhou." The attendant ran out in a hurry and brought in a map, followed by several attendants on duty. They came to listen to Lin Yuan's "lecture". Even Shen Wanqing, who was sleeping, got dressed and listened to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan pointed to the map and said with a smile: "Look at this place, Zhuhai, Guangdong, guards the key point of the Pearl River estuary. British warships must pass through Zhuhai if they want to enter the Pearl River estuary and reach Guangzhou. We have coastal defense batteries in Zhuhai, and there are There are hundreds of our large coastal defense guns,"

"Speaking of these cannons, I have to mention an artillery expert in our country, Luo Chaoying, Luo Lao, Luo Lao has a complex of large-caliber artillery, and he especially likes large-caliber artillery. If I didn't stop him, he would use the 500mm rail gun It has become the standard weapon of the army,"

Everyone chuckled, and Lin Yuan went on to say: "Old Luo's plan to manufacture large-caliber rail guns failed, so he started to manufacture large-caliber coastal defense guns. I think it is too expensive to build a large number of warships at this stage, so I will build some coastal defense guns." The artillery guards the coastal defense, maybe there will be an enemy attacking beyond their own capabilities, so Mr. Luo made a batch of 420mm coastal defense heavy artillery, and I mentioned their caliber, you should be able to imagine its lethality."

"In the confrontation between coastal guns and naval guns, naval guns will never be able to defeat coastal guns. The reason is very simple. First: shore guns are not limited by the size of the launch platform and can be made into a large caliber; second: shore guns The launch platform is fixed, unlike naval guns, which will be affected by waves, so the shooting accuracy of shore guns must be higher than that of naval guns."

Lin Yuan cleared his throat at this point, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll stop here, everyone go back to sleep first, everyone will know the result of the battle tomorrow."

Everyone went back, and the battle near the fort had already begun. The commander of the coastal defense artillery ordered to open the artillery cover door and aim at the enemy ship. It was already dark at this time, and the British warship could not see the fort on the shore at all. Moreover, the British did not do a good job of reconnaissance beforehand. They thought there were no Chinese forts here.

The radar transmitted the location information of the British warship to the turret, and the turret fired at the British warship. The 420mm heavy guns rained down on the British warship, and a shell directly hit the watchtower, knocking the whole watchtower up. , The shells that fell into the water exploded in the water, and the shock wave hit the battleship like a heavy hammer.

The battleship did not suffer much damage from the shells, but the small boats were different. They were too close to the battleship, and the shells flying towards the battleship also exploded around them, and the huge water splashed by the explosion even directly knocked some The boat capsized.

The captain of the British warship couldn't help being furious when he saw his warship being beaten into such a mess. He pointed to the fire of the fort in the distance and said, "Aim at the Chinese fort immediately and fire."

But the gunnery chief said helplessly: "Captain, we can't fire the guns. The Chinese forts are too far away from us and have already exceeded our shooting range."

The captain then said angrily: "Speed ​​up, get closer and shoot," but before the words finished, another batch of shells fell around the warship, and several shells fell directly on the warship. The captain knew in his heart: this wave of shooting hit The artillery shells fired were obviously much more accurate than the previous wave, indicating that the Chinese artillery was constantly correcting the shooting. If he forcibly approached the fort to attack, he would probably be blown to nothing in the end.

The captain immediately contacted Hixon when he thought of this, and said, "Your Excellency, the coastal firepower of Lin Yuan's troops is too strong for us to rush through,"

Hixon had no choice but to give an order to withdraw all of them, so the three battleships fled back to the sea in desperation, and those small boats followed behind. After returning to the team, they found out that more than 200 marines had died in battle. People, the three battleships were also damaged to varying degrees, and Hixon's rhetoric turned into a joke in an instant.

Hixon said to Maxwell: "It seems that we can't attack Guangzhou anymore, we should still find Lin Yuan's main fleet for a decisive battle,"

Maxwell said: "But those four warships are hiding in Guangzhou Port and cannot come out, nor can we enter."

Hixon thought for a while and said: "Then we will give up the plan to punish the Chinese and continue to go north to find the main force of Lin Yuan's fleet for a decisive battle." So Hixon sent an order to temporarily anchor the fleet, rest overnight, and wait until the next day. The day continues to go north.

Early the next morning, Lin Yuan asked the news media under his control to announce the news that "my fleet defeated the British Far East Fleet." The days of one country are gone forever", although China has now defeated Japan, regained the land occupied by Tsarist Russia, and also included the whole of Siberia, but it is the first time to defeat the British, so as soon as this news comes out , The people are all rejoicing.

Lin Yuan also asked Wen Sili, who was under his control, to write a pro-China newsletter. In this newsletter, he sharply criticized the arrogance of the Western world headed by the United Kingdom, and emphasized: The current Western world should Look at their relationship with China with a new way of thinking. Although this press release made Wen Sili feel that she was betraying the country, she was already controlled by Lin Yuan, and she dared not listen to Lin Yuan's words.

Lin Yuan also asked his subordinates to take the press release to the radio station and broadcast it to the rest of the world. Of course, Hixon also received it. He was so angry that he yelled loudly in the fleet headquarters: "We must find Lin Yuan's fleet. Send their warships to the bottom of the sea,'

At this time, the main force of Lin Yuan's fleet has left North Korea and sailed into the East China Sea. In two days, it will reach the waters near Hong Kong.