Li Yong was not angry at the first mate's words, but smiled and said: "Haha...you! You know how to look at problems from a soldier's point of view, don't you think about it from another angle? What benefit does killing civilians do to us?
?Not a lot of bad reputation? Will you conquer the enemy just like that?"
"I think even you, Nan, know that that is impossible! In the previous German Empire, there was a John Bull nurse named Cavel who privately helped to rehabilitate Allied soldiers from occupied Belgium.
Fleeing to Holland, she was later found guilty and executed by the German Empire."
"This incident caused the originally depressed John Bull Empire to volunteer and instantly recruit a reinforced division. This behavior also angered public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic. What does this incident mean? It shows that the people's support can be used!"
"Our empire always adheres to humanitarianism as its creed when it comes to treating civilians. The biggest benefit of doing so is that it will bring more talents to defect to the empire. This will only benefit and not harm the future construction of the empire. So we
What’s the point of being happy but not doing it?!”
The first mate of the No. 1 ship was a military fanatic and politically illiterate. He had never thought about the twists and turns Li Yong said, and could not understand it. In his mind, people from countries at war with the empire might have their own intentions.
Unscrupulous aliens, one pair will be killed and another pair will be lost. But he believes in Li Yong because Li Yong went to private school and studied abroad.
So, he said with a clear sense of reasoning: "Since you said that, Commander, I think it must be reasonable. But I just feel unhappy. Why should we worry about these guys who are helping others do evil?
You know, didn’t these guys also dress up and go to the European battlefield to help the ghosts fight!”
Li Yong grinned and said cheerfully: "Hey... you! I knew you were looking at me with a stubborn mouth. Come on, let's get down to business!"
At this moment, Wang Zhongqiang also smiled and said: "You are quite interesting. The battle is over, we should evacuate!"
It turned out that during the conversation between the two, the Imperial soldiers had completed 8 salvos cleanly and fired nearly 150 artillery shells. Of course, these artillery shells not only included 126 mm main gun shells, but also 14
76mm high-speed rapid-fire artillery shell.
Since we were launching non-movement near the coast, the artillery shells were extremely accurate. The shells screamed and fiercely flew towards the oil storage tanks along the coast. The sparks caused by the explosion of the artillery shells ignited a large number of oil storage tanks, creating a thick
Black smoke was everywhere, but the civil buildings not far away were unscathed.
What's more interesting is that when the No. 1 ship opened fire at the beginning, people on the shore were running around with their luggage. But not long after, when they discovered that the target of the No. 1 ship was only the oil storage tank and did not extend to civilian areas, they
They turned around again and watched the shelling scene from a distance, even gesticulating and talking to each other.
After all the oil storage tanks along the coast were hit, Li Yong decisively ordered the No. 1 ship to evacuate the scene. Because the stock of artillery shells on the No. 1 ship was limited, Li Yong did not want to waste too much here. After achieving his goal, he did not
The hesitant order retreated.
This time, Li Yong ordered to avoid accidentally injuring civilians and only fired at oil storage tanks. Therefore, more than 150 rounds of artillery shells did not cause particularly heavy casualties. According to statistics after the shelling, the number of casualties on the shore was less than 50. And all of them were
No military personnel or civilians were accidentally injured.
The fierce bombardment from the No. 1 ship across the shore not only caused dozens of casualties, but also destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of oil. As for the thick smoke on the shore, dozens of kilometers after the No. 1 ship went out to sea, when I looked back, I could still see the dark clouds in the sky.
Like thick smoke.
However, although the sudden and extremely bold military action of the No. 1 ship on the other side of the coast did not cause huge physical losses in Madras, it had a great psychological impact on the John Bull Imperial Army, and the coast of the Yangtze River fell into panic.
, and the economy of Madras has also been hit hard...
After shelling Madras, the No. 1 ship turned south and then north. Two days later, in the early morning, the No. 1 ship, which had been missing for two days, attacked the coast again, located in the Visakhapatnam Sea in the middle of the Indian coast.
Port. This seaport is also a natural harbor, and the shipping business in the port is extremely busy.
This is also the John Bull Empire. It is the most important oil refining port on the coast of India, as well as aluminum smelting, rice milling, jute and other industries. The output is mainly iron-manganese ore and petroleum materials. The No. 1 ship used radar to search and determined that there was no John Bull in the port.
After the presence of Niu warships, they immediately launched a surprise attack on the port.
This time, the No. 1 ship only fired more than 100 rounds of artillery shells, and they fired fueled incendiary bombs. These incendiary bombs were the only incendiary bombs in the entire ship. Like last time, the target this time was still offshore oil refining.
factories and oil storage tanks, but the physical losses caused are much greater!
Because it was an incendiary bomb, those flammable materials near the shore were unable to withstand this weird fire, causing tens of millions of pounds in losses to the John Bull Empire. In addition, the originally busy port exploded, and a large number of merchant ships, freighters and other warehouses were
Fleeing in panic. In the chaos, the No. 1 ship also disappeared at the sea level in the port.
The bombardment of Visakhapatnam Port set off a "monstrous wave" throughout the Indian Ocean. The Governor of India, the John Bull Empire, urgently ordered the Indian fleet to blockade the Bay of Bengal, but the No. 1 ship disappeared into the sea like a loach.
Never appeared again.
In fact, the No. 1 ship did not leave the Indian Ocean after shelling the Visakhapatnam harbor. Instead, it turned south and sailed to the busiest shipping area in the Indian Ocean. Because the No. 1 ship had little fuel, it had to
Then look for "cows" to replenish, otherwise you can only sit and wait for death.
A week later, the No. 1 ship finally captured a new "Cow" 4,500-ton ship, the K., which was transporting fuel for the John Bull Empire's European Squadron. The ship contained 5,000 tons of high-quality Welsh anthracite, and thousands of tons of
Other fuels.
The fuel of the "K" ship just solved the urgent need of the No. 1 ship, which was about to run out of fuel. The defenseless "K" was soon fully controlled by the No. 1 ship. Two days later, the No. 1 ship escorted the "K"
The ship successfully arrived at Diego Asia, a colony of the John Bull Empire, which was isolated in the Indian Ocean.
The residents here do not know that the Empire has gone to war with the Allies, nor do they know that the No. 1 ship is a lone hero in the Indian Ocean. Because this place has not had contact with the outside world since June, they have no knowledge of the outside world!
The No. 1 ship refueled the "K" locally and performed necessary maintenance and upkeep on the warship.
It was not until a few days after the departure of the No. 1 ship that the surprised local residents learned the specific news from the John Bull Fleet, which hurriedly came to search.
This added a new color to the mystery and legend of the No. 1 ship, and the reputation of the No. 1 ship became even louder.
Two days later, the No. 1 ship finally captured the largest prey, the 8,456-ton Greek merchant ship "Ross". This ship contained hundreds of tons worth of rubber and other metal extracts. This is not the most important thing.
, What surprised Li Yong the most was that the fragments of the Imperial Locust, which had been missing for so long, finally showed up.
After interrogating the crew and passengers of the ship, Li Yong was ready to release them. Because this was a third-country merchant ship, although it had cargo worth millions of pounds, Li Yong did not want to get into trouble for the empire.
Be prepared to embarrass the other party.
But the confession of one woman caught Li Yong's attention, because this woman was very sociable. When she had sex with a John Bull officer not long ago, the officer once showed off to her, saying that he had something in his hand.
, which can promote him from an ordinary lieutenant to a general.
At that time, the lady didn't take it seriously, but afterwards, the officer had an argument with the lady and angrily called her a coward. This left a deep impression on the lady. When Wang Zhongqiang interrogated her, she instinctively muttered the matter as intelligence.
came out, and Wang Zhongqiang also took notes...
Use your sensitive awareness, there must be a big surprise here!
So he interrogated the woman again and got more precise information. According to the woman, the John Bull officer was originally the flagship lieutenant of the Far East Fleet and is now the captain of the torpedo ship Meister, which is now stationed on
Inside the Colun Port of John Bull Empire.
Li Yong knew about Colunpo Port. Most of the ships passing by in the North Indian Ocean were repaired and replenished en route. However, because it was a non-military seaport, there were many ships going north and south all year round. Therefore, the John Bull Empire did not have large warships in this port.
There are only a few small ships stationed in this port. So what the woman said is most likely true!
After releasing the Ross merchant ship, Li Yong ordered the No. 1 ship to turn around and sail north.
In the early hours of two days later, the No. 1 ship once again erected a fake chimney and painted it into the name of the cruiser John Bull Imperial Tourmaline. This time there was no logo like the previous times, but a serious incarnation of the John Bull Imperial Tourmaline.
Ship.
When the No. 1 ship, the False Tourmaline, flying the Union Jack flag, quietly sailed into Colombo Port, the busy people in the morning were not even aware of the approaching danger.
The No. 1 ship was just like a normal John Bull frigate, sailing in depth. Among the many ships, Li Yong did not find the target torpedo ship "Maister" this time, but only saw a 400-meter torpedo ship.
The torpedo ship "Leiter" weighs more than a ton.
And when Li Yong decided to turn around and leave after checking without finding the target, an accident happened!
The activated torpedo ship USS Leite suddenly launched two carrier-based torpedoes at the passing No. 1 ship without warning. However, its sudden attack did not hit the No. 1 ship, but was well prepared.
Yes, the No. 1 shipboard machine gun exploded two small torpedoes.
At the same time, a piercing alarm bell sounded on the Leite ship, followed closely by an alarm bell on the shore. (To be continued...)