Half an hour later, the official residence of the Prime Minister of the British Empire at No. 10 Downing Street, London, "Is the Chinese fleet heading for France?"
Winston Churchill stood in his office and looked carefully at a pile of photos on his desk. These were photos secretly taken by those brave young men in the air today when they were hijacked by dozens of Chinese planes. Photos
The mighty aircraft carrier formation frightened all the British senior officials.
"Yes, Mr. Prime Minister, we confirmed it as soon as possible after obtaining the latest information." British Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Dowding sat on the sofa aside and nodded affirmatively.
"This information is very true. This is a photo taken by Captain Lem and his boys at noon today over the enemy fleet at the risk of their lives."
"Humph, I'm afraid the Chinese people risked their lives by letting them take pictures on purpose," Churchill said with an angry look on his face.
Faced with the Prime Minister's questioning, Lieutenant General Dowding could only smile bitterly and remain silent. Today, it was not only the Chinese who deliberately let them see it, but also forced them to see it. The Chinese people did this to make it clear that they wanted the British Empire to see them.
They are here to demonstrate.
"The abominable Chinese" Lieutenant General Dowding is now eager to mobilize all the aircraft to sink the Chinese aircraft carrier, but this wish can only be thought in his heart, unless the top brass of the British Empire have a collective brain cramp.
Otherwise, forget it. Germany alone will suffocate Britain. If China is added to the mix, it will be impossible for anyone to survive.
The two aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet are the Zheng Chenggong and Chen Tang. The two aircraft carriers have a total of 150 carrier-based aircraft. They are now equipped with the latest F6F Hellcat fighters, Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedoes.
It can be said that the current hardware level of Taipingyan Fleet is one of the best in the world. This is why Su Tong has the confidence to let them come to Europe for a tour.
"Sir, Commander Zhou Zhen of the 1st Marine Brigade is here to report." On the Pacific Fleet's flagship Zheng Chenggong, Zhou Zhen, wearing a marine camouflage uniform, stood in front of the command room and reported loudly.
Chen Shaokuan, who was sitting on a chair drinking black tea, raised his head, looked at Zhou Zhen and said with a smile: "Commander Zhou, are you still accustomed to life in the navy?"
"Sir, it's no problem. As long as you overcome seasickness, everything else will be much easier to handle."
"Come, take a seat." Chen Shaokuan pointed to the chair in front of him with a very kind attitude, "Brigadier Zhou, the president has emphasized that the Marine Corps is different from ordinary troops. He is an amphibious elite who can capture dragons in the sea and hunt tigers in the mountains.
Troops, as the first brigade commander of the Marine Corps, you have a great responsibility. After entering Paris, you must show the bravery and majesty of our Chinese soldiers, and at the same time, you must transport the cultural relics back to the ship safely, otherwise even if
If I can get around you, the president will not let you go." At the end, Chen Shaokuan's tone became stern.
Zhou Zhen stood up abruptly and said, "Sir, please rest assured. If you fail to complete the task, you will not be able to return home if you are humble enough to do so."
"Okay, very good." Chen Shaokuan's face showed a smile again: "Let's have a cup of black tea."
"Thank you, sir. I'm still used to drinking our green tea." Zhou Zhen looked at the British-style black tea with a lemon aroma floating in front of him and shook his head with a smile.
Chen Shaokuan laughed and explained helplessly: "Haha, I am used to drinking. During the First World War in the fifth year of the Republic of China, I participated in the Battle of Groling with the British Royal Navy. At that time, I could only drink on board.
I've been addicted to this tea ever since. I even made friends with a lot of British naval officers at that time."
Looking at Zhou Zhen's confused gaze, Chen Shaokuan smiled and said: "You must be curious why I gave them a blow today despite having a good impression of the UK, right?"
"Yes," Zhou Zhen said frankly: "I'm really a little confused. Why didn't we notify the British government in advance when we went to the Strait of Dover, but used these extreme methods to pass through the Strait of Dover?"
Chen Shaokuan stood up, stretched out, and exercised before replying: "Brigadier Zhou, you don't understand the British. After more than two hundred years of glory, their arrogance has penetrated into their bones. If we
If we talk to them well, they will look down on us. There will never be a shortage of arrogant fools in this world. Only when we show our strength will those proud British people look at us differently. This is true for the British and the same is true for the French.
This is true for all Europeans, do you understand what I mean?”
"Understand, after arriving in France, I will never do anything that insults the honor of Chinese soldiers." After hearing this, Zhou Zhen didn't understand that Chen Shaokuan was taking the opportunity to call him here today, and he was also warning himself to pay attention when he arrived in Paris.
There is no need for him to mess around with other matters.
"Sir, the port of Le Havre has arrived," the orderly at the door reported.
"woo woo woo woo"
A long whistle sounded over France's second largest port.
"Hurry up and hang up the colorful flags, Dougen, you idiot. If you can't hang up the colorful flags within three minutes, I will stuff you into a torpedo tube and launch you." Hitler was very worried about the arrival of the Chinese fleet.
Therefore, he specially ordered Major General Fischer of the German SS responsible for guarding the port to prepare for the reception.
Amidst the noisy firing of several German destroyers and light cruisers at the dock, the Pacific Fleet of the Chinese Navy slowly entered the port.
Under the orders of Admiral Chen Shaokuan, Commander of the Chinese Navy and Commander of the Pacific Fleet, all the ships of the Pacific Fleet also hung colorful flags, all the guns on the warships took off their gun jackets, and all the muzzles were pointed to the side.
Chen Shaokuan in the war room ordered in a deep voice: "Attention all units, start firing salutes, let go"
"Boom boom boom boom"
The naval guns, including the 460 mm caliber of the battleship Zhenyuan, began to fire at the same time. The simultaneous roar of hundreds of naval guns from dozens of battleships shook the entire Le Havregan. Due to the hundreds of guns
The vibrations produced by the simultaneous roar of the naval guns were so great that most of the glass in the port of Le Havre was shattered. They were announcing the arrival of the Chinese navy in this way.
"Oh, God, what are these Chinese people doing? Do they want to destroy all the glass in Le Havre?" Major General Fisher muttered to himself.
"General, they have entered the port," an SS flag captain reminded beside him.
"Command the orchestra and prepare to play"
"yes"
Just as the German SS flag captain on the side was about to take the order and leave, there was a commotion behind him.
"What's going on?" Major General Fisher snapped, somewhat annoyed.
"General, they are some Chinese people who are going to greet the Chinese navy," a German officer replied hesitantly.
Major General Fisher looked back and saw a group of ragged Chinese people pouring out from behind the port. Most of them were porters at the port of Le Havre, and a small number of them opened restaurants or did small businesses here.
At this time, they were arguing with and even pushing and shoving the SS soldiers who were maintaining order. In normal times, those ill-tempered SS soldiers would have beaten them with a rifle butt, but today those
The SS soldiers were as if they were collectively trying to be groomsmen. They were very good-tempered. They were all sweating profusely and lined up in a human wall to block these Chinese laborers, who they usually didn't even look at.
At this time, bursts of noisy sounds reached General Fisher's ears.
"What are they shouting?" Major General Fisher asked with a frown.
"General, those workers are shouting that they are going to greet their own country's navy, they are going to board their own warships, that is their land." A German officer who understood a little Chinese translated at the side.
Major General Fisher was silent. He turned his head and looked at the blue sky and white sun and red flags held high in the hands of the Chinese workers, and then looked at the fluttering military flags on the warships slowly entering the port. This man had always
The SS major general known for his arrogance sighed: "Let them go, today belongs to them."
"Yes." The SS flag captain beside him waved his hand to the soldiers behind to maintain order. The SS soldiers, who were already sweating profusely from the impact of the crowd, let go of the human wall in relief.
For a moment, the crowd that had been blocked rushed towards the pier like a tide. Cheers and jumping sounds sounded at the same time. Some people even beat gongs and drums, making a deafening sound.
"Sir, look ahead." Zhou Zhen pointed to the pier in front and said to Chen Shaokuan in surprise: "There seems to be someone greeting us in front. Oh, those are our people."
"I saw that those were workers who came to France during the First World War. After the war, some of them could not go back and had to settle here." Chen Shaokuan's voice was very low, as if there was a hint of
A touch of sadness.
"Order, except for the officers and soldiers on duty, all personnel should go to the deck and line up to assemble. We must use the neatest military appearance to tell these compatriots that our Chinese Navy will always be their strongest backing."
"Look, sir, those Chinese people are saluting us," the SS flag captain on the dock said to Major General Fisher.
"I saw it, they weren't saluting us, you idiot, they were saluting those dock porters," Major General Fisher scolded angrily.
The two leading aircraft carriers slowly approached the port. The naval officers and soldiers on the aircraft carriers wearing white uniforms lined up neatly in front of the deck. They all faced the crowd on the pier with solemn expressions in the most standard military posture.