After the John Bull Empire cruise ship "Birch" was captured, Li Yong not only did not make things difficult for these people, but also gave extremely high treatment to those who provided services on the ship. This was an extremely rare humanitarian act among warring countries.
Behavior!
Soon after, the No. 1 ship intercepted the neutral Dutch merchant ship "Dano". After conducting emergency refueling at sea and storing sufficient fuel, Li Yong took all the crew members of the "Birch", including
The sailors, captain and their families and other captives were all handed over to the "Dano".*..*!Book.*
The released crew members and passengers on the ship were particularly grateful for the kindness treated by the officers and soldiers of the No. 1 ship. When they were leaving, they bowed to the No. 1 ship and cheered loudly: "al!" (The most beautiful oriental people!
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These people also included the crew members on the "Dano". After returning to Europe, they trumpeted the humanitarian treatment they received. Because these people actually received money paid by the No. 1 ship while they were captured.
Remuneration for labor!
This incident was published on the headlines of major newspapers and magazines in the European world. The titles they used were almost all "pire" (elegant people from the Chinese Empire). This resulted in more European refugees fleeing to the Chinese Empire.
!This is taking advantage of something they never thought of.
Shortly thereafter, the No. 1 ship intercepted two freighters from a third country that had not participated in the war. Then, after all the prisoners on board the two third-country freighters signed an oath not to participate in the war as required, they were
Ship No. 1 was released without any difficulty.
At the same time, Li Yong ordered the sinking of the "Birch", and at this time, the sky gradually darkened. Shortly after the two newly captured freighters disappeared, the No. 1 ship discovered another one heading southeast.
Merchant ship, this merchant ship discovered the bombed and sunk "Birch".
The panicked merchant ship tried to escape from this dangerous area at maximum speed, but still could not escape the pursuit of the No. 1 ship. When the No. 1 ship caught up with the merchant ship, a very funny conversation took place between the two ships.
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Ship No. 1 asked: "What kind of ship are you?"
The other merchant ship replied: "Odd merchant ship!"
Ship No. 1 asked again: "A merchant ship from the John Bull Empire?"
The other party replied again: "No! Xin Zealand Merchant Ship!"
It turned out that the captain of this ship, Moose, was a New Zealander with a strong sense of national pride. He was extremely angry that New Zealand was still controlled politically, economically, and diplomatically by the John Bull Empire. Because from 1907. John
The Niu Empire was forced to agree to Xin Zealand's independence and become an autonomous territory of the Federation.
The "Qi" merchant ship was quickly scuttled, and its crew was taken to the Andaman Islands by the No. 1 ship. A small number of people assisted the No. 1 ship in the logistics work, and Li Yong and the others once again asked these prisoners for this purpose.
A considerable amount of compensation was paid!
The next day, Ship No. 1 returned to the route from Madras to Yangguang, where it encountered only one Russian merchant ship, the "Wo".
Li Yong let the ship take away the proud Captain Moose and others. The merchant ship "Wo" kindly informed Li Yong and the others that there were two John Bull Empire conventional frigates in the sea more than 80 kilometers eastward, heading in this direction.
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For this reason, after the No. 1 ship and the "Wo" separated, an emergency military meeting was held on the warship command tower. Some people believed that the two cruisers of the John Bull Empire could be attacked. However, Li Yong finally chose to turn south and avoid
After the sight of the "Wo", it turned westward towards Madras.
Li Yong's idea was to prepare to approach the Madras coast and bombard the oil storage tanks along the coast, causing even more chaos in the Yindu Ocean.
Responsible for guarding Madras are two sharp-edge-class cruisers of the John Bull Empire, which are the two warships cruising on the route from Madras to Yangguang as the "Wo" just reminded.
This is the sequelae of Li Yong and his gang's riot in the Bay of Bengal. For the safety of the waterway, two Blade-class cruisers set sail to perform additional safety cruise missions. They never expected that Li Yong dared to take the idea to Mader, which had shore fire defense capabilities.
Alas go….
But at that time, when the two ships were sailing, some people also suggested that Madras needed protection, but the officers of the two ships did not believe that the No. 1 ship dared to go deep into Madras to conduct a sneak attack alone. The two ships were paralyzed by them.
Carelessness paid a heavy price!
Six days later, when the Madras warships on duty and the two Blade-class frigates went out for patrol again, a few hours later, the No. 1 ship suddenly approached the coast of Madras. The coastal defense personnel issued a warning to this uninvited guest.
question, but the No. 1 ship did not answer and continued to approach the shore.
But even so, the shore defense personnel did not take the lead in firing at the No. 1 ship. Instead, they waited until the No. 1 ship got into position and used two rounds of shelling to tell the shore defense ghost guys, "We are not here to make soy sauce, but to set fire!"
Later, the shore defense personnel suddenly woke up, "It turns out that it is not a friendly force but an enemy ship!"
The shore defense firemen who woke up from the shock corrected their angle and fired sparse counterattack shells at the No. 1 ship with the old shore defense artillery group. However, they only fired more than 10 shells, and they still missed the ship from a very long distance.
The bullets are really no threat at all!
"Commander! The closer we get, the more lethal it will be." The first mate on board the ship confidently said to Li Yong.
"No, didn't you see the enemy's artillery group firing back? Safety first! What's more, our ultimate goal is to cause panic, not to shoot civilians." Li Yong asked unceremoniously after hearing this, and said
The messenger on the side ordered: "Order the firepower to be directed at the coastal oil storage tanks, and do not allow it to extend in depth!"
Wang Zhongqiang nodded secretly after hearing this. He understood the psychology of Europeans very clearly. Ever since the German Imperial Army brazenly launched an attack on Belgium, which remained neutral, the European world has been extremely disgusted with the practice of involving civilians in wars.
At this time, Li Yong's behavior just made the European world see the elegant qualities of the Imperial Army, causing more European talents to flee to the Empire, and also gave the Empire a good reputation as a kind and loving people!
"It's the commander!" The ordering soldier stood at attention, saluted and sent the order.
But the first mate muttered in a low voice with slight dissatisfaction: "What's the point of killing a few more ghosts? Our number of artillery shells is not large. Only by extending the depth can we expand the results of the battle, and the panic caused will be greater. The explosion will
Oil tanks have too little influence!" (To be continued...)