5342 Explosion in the Indian Ocean
The two fly-slippers are flying the national flags of Belgium and Portugal, which means that the two ships are actually hung under the names of Belgium and Portugal.
However, things on the ocean are not so particular, and in that era they also paid attention to affiliation. Many non-European merchants often spent money to affiliate some ships in small European countries for the convenience of traveling on sea.
The picture shows how easy it is to do business on a sea. I hope that the navies of these great powers in Europe can be regarded as the friendship between European countries and thrive!
In the era of no radio, satellite communication, or even video equipment, the vast sea is an inability to go. What kind of national navies are actually pirates when they reach the high seas!
Friendly countries may not rob, but who knows if they are not very friendly to their own countries and go up to rob money and bomb ships and kill people?
There are more merchant ships that disappear on the sea every year, and no one can investigate the truth!
Today, the two flying scissors are hung with the Belgian flag and the other with the Portuguese flag, but the real owners of the two ships are the Chinese.
The sailors on both ships were disguised by Chinese sailors, with the purpose of transporting the last batch of German arms to the Chinese!
The Holy and the Biscay Bay, two European ships, carry the most important arms of the Chinese. These are the last two ships, and Germany can no longer export any arms to the Chinese.
The British encirclement and suppression was comprehensive. Benjamin had communicated with BSME through secret channels, strongly protesting Germany's arms support for the Chinese, and demanding that all contracts be stopped.
The Chinese warships that are being produced on the dry dock must be stopped, and all drawings must be transferred to the UK. Any Chinese diplomats and immigrant students in Germany must also be provided to the UK. If necessary, these people will be arrested!
Although Bismarck has always implemented the policy of keeping a low profile in front of the United Kingdom, keeping a low profile is not a consent. In the face of Benjamin's provocative behavior, Bismarck certainly refused!
But politicians are also very clear that the negotiating table is about going back and forth, bargaining back and forth!
The British strangle against the Chinese people is step by step. Germany will definitely not agree to the transfer of Chinese warships and drawings, including diplomats, because this involves Germany's sovereignty and dignity.
But Bismarck also knew very well that what Benjamin wanted was just an arms embargo, and the development of military technology in the Chinese people had a very deep German imprint.
Even if the Chinese can produce many weapons, they are subject to production capacity and have to be imported!
Especially the main artillery shells of battleships, the Chinese can produce them! However, the production capacity has not been improved. After all, the Chinese started too late and the time was too short!
So most of these shells need to be imported from Germany, and these two Chinese flying scissors disguised as European merchant ships are two specialized in transporting arms!
When they left Germany, Germany had already made it clear that these were the last two ships and they really couldn't be shipped out!
The UK has limited time to block the North Sea and the Dover Strait, and all ships passing by must undergo strict inspections!
These are the last two ships before the blockade order. Now I can only hope that God will bless you!
The Holy and the Bay of Biscay migrated away from Germany in the most dangerous storm, with the national flags of Belgium and Portugal, hired some European sailors with high salaries, and then got away with it!
The journey away from Europe was still very smooth. These high-paying European sailors were very dedicated and any investigation helped the Chinese solve the problem. In addition, Britain had not completely blocked the sea at that time, so everything went smoothly.
Walk around Gibraltar and enter the Suez Canal, and you will be in danger!
But unfortunately, when they entered the Red Sea, British spies got intelligence from Germany, and the global spy network of the Empire of Sun-Downward Empire began to search!
The navies from all British colonies mobilized to hunt down these two Chinese merchant ships in disguise!
After arriving at the Indian Ocean, the two flying scissors were exposed. This era was the most prosperous period of British capital in India. India was the most important part of the British colonial system and the gem on the crown!
The British fleet here is also very elite. When they found these two cargo ships in the Indian Ocean, they immediately started to hunt them down!
This is a chase in the Indian Ocean. At first, a British destroyer discovered the target and then began to ask for help from the surrounding area. Twelve hours later, two cruisers caught up and joined the hunting!
The three warships rumbling shelling on the sea suppressed the scissors, trying to force them to sail down and dock to the nearest port. It seems that the British are also very interested in Chinese arms.
By studying the Chinese arms, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese navy can also be judged!
It is precisely because of the idea of capturing alive that the pursuit lasted for 36 hours without sinking these two ships. However, as it gets closer and closer to India and Sri Lanka, there will definitely be more and more battleships surrounding the hunt in the future.
What to do? This is a difficult problem for all Chinese officers and soldiers!
The lifeboat was put down, and all the sailors hired in Europe boarded the lifeboat. They were Europeans and worked with money, so the British would not make things difficult for them.
The rest depends on the Chinese!
The Holy One issued a flag to the Bay of Biscay and issued the final message according to the Chinese codebook!
"You continue to retreat... our palace behind... because your ship is loaded with the 300 caliber shells that the flagship Taishan is urgently needed..."
"The 100 shells you carry are the most urgently needed by the Taishan! And the other small-caliber shells we carry are still stored in the Chinese ammunition depot!"
"Farewell forever! My motherland, my friends forever!"
"Long live the Chinese people! Long live the head of state!"
The Holy Shira was raised and the white flag began to turn and slow down. In order to reassure the British Navy, the two small-caliber naval guns on the Holy Shira were pushed into the sea, just like those used to fight pirates!
The officers and soldiers on the Bay of Biscay watched tears as their friendly forces left the formation and headed towards the British Navy's cruiser!
The British Navy was indeed careless. They believed that a fly-scissor ship without any armed forces would definitely not dare to rashly attack the Royal Navy!
But they never know what these soldiers who are determined to die will do!
The Holy Cabin is loaded with 520 rounds of 210 caliber shells, and more than 1,100 rounds of 210 caliber shells... This is a mobile arsenal on the sea!
At this moment, all the shell cabins have been tied up with explosives, and the fuse has been received!
The Holy Shi was getting faster and faster, heading straight for the nearest British cruiser. At first, the British thought that these Chinese were surrendering, but suddenly found out why the ship was getting faster and faster?
"Slow down...stop the ship...damn...they are going to hit our warship...fire the artillery..."
Boom... Boom... Boom...
At this moment, the main gun of the cruiser had no time to spin, and everything was intensively fired by the secondary gun, and the Holy One was blown away!
But the hull structure is still there and the speed is still there!
Just below twenty meters away from the cruiser, fuses everywhere were ignited!
The long tongue of flames passes through the cabin, and the Chinese military songs are sung at this moment!
"I go up the mountain and become a tiger... I go down the sea and become a dragon... I am a great hero in the world!"
"I waved my hand and started the rain...I danced with wind...I watched my rising China in the east..."
Boom boom boom... The song has not been finished, the scissors have already hit the steel warship, the wooden shell is broken, but the fuse has burned to the end.
The violent explosion rolled up mushroom clouds on the sea, and the starboard side of the entire cruiser was blown up by more than a meter, and the sea water poured in!
Chapter completed!