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Chapter 636: The Fleet Arrives

At this time, Dakar could not be regarded as a real military fortress. The French army only had one division stationed here. In addition, all the French troops in the vast land of French West Africa were gathered here, which made it possible to piece it together.

There are more than 30,000 people, but for the French, this place must be defended as long as they can. Because even if the Chinese capture Lagos, without this most important transit station on the African coast, it will be difficult for them to go directly north.

Spain still has at least more than 6,000 kilometers to travel north from Lagos. Even with China's shipping capabilities, it is unimaginable to not have a port call in between.

So for the French, they must hold on to Dakar no matter what. It doesn’t mean to hold on, which is impossible when you think about it, but to hold on for as long as possible, the minimum cannot be less than two months.

This will allow them to make their turtle shells stronger on the mainland. There will be no reinforcements. The Dingzhen formation will not allow the European French army to go south, so this arduous task can only be given to these 30,000 French troops.

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The French commander in Dakar, Gammelin, was almost crying at this time. He was a close confidant of Jia Fei. After Jia Fei stepped down, he was kicked out here. He originally wanted to bully the niggas and stay there until the end of the war.

That's it. Unexpectedly, he has now become the mainstay of the entire Allied Powers group, but the question is how to defend it? Dakar at this time is not the one that made the British disgraced during World War II. Now this place only has a few shores at best.

The anti-forts and the artillery used are relatively old. It is hard to say whether their strength can match the American coastal defense fortresses during the Spanish-American War. Now he has to face two aircraft carriers, two super battleships, and more than 20 ships.

Battleships, battlecruisers, according to his estimation, it would be a miracle that a person like him could survive for a week.

After the Battle of Lagos, he shortened the time to four days, so this guy simply adopted an alternative method. He sealed the entire Gorei Bay with mines. If there were not enough mines, the ship would sink. In the harbor

All merchant ships and warships were scuttled. The latter served as a fixed fort, complementing the coastal defense forts on Gorée Island and Dakar. The task of defending Dakar was then handed over to the navy and the fortress garrison.

He withdrew the city directly with the main force of the French army.

Of course not running away.

Lin Yongsheng's fleet, which arrived here from Lagos, took less than an hour to use bombers and 380 main guns to blast several large-caliber coastal defense guns in Dakar and Gorée Island to smithereens.

Then more than a hundred bombers went into battle and used coagulation bombs to burn the French warships that sank in the port into a soldering iron.

Immediately afterwards, the landing fleet rushed onto the beach from the north coast.

"No one?" Fu Cixiang was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, division commander. Except for those forts, there is no French defense in the entire Dakar. These cowards have all run away and do not dare to fight us at all." The commander of his first regiment said proudly.

Fu Cixiang always felt that something was wrong, but his First Marine Division did not encounter any resistance during the subsequent landing process, including the attack on the west coast of Gore Bay. Except for the fort defenders and Gore Bay who were grilled

The French navy could no longer find a single French soldier. In the end, even this guy himself thought that the French army had completely abandoned this last stepping stone on the Atlantic Ocean. However, after dark, he knew he was wrong.

Because the port needs to be cleared as soon as possible, the mine clearing and sunken ship salvage work in Gorley Bay continues until nightfall. The Chinese fleet all carries large minesweepers. It is nothing more than a waste of time at sea. As for salvage, it is even simpler.

, the sunken ships here are not big ships. The divers went down, tied up the pontoons, inflated them and handed them to the battleships to tow them directly. With a powerful power of 200,000 horsepower, not to mention the pontoons, even without the pontoons, these 1,800-ton displacements can still be towed.

The boat was towed aside.

Fu Cixiang was standing on the shore with a group of his men watching the battleship Hua Xia forcefully dragging a small steamer of several hundred tons. Suddenly, a series of firelights flashed in the darkness on the east coast. He subconsciously roared: "Shell!

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Then the shells roared in, exploding water columns in Gore Bay, and even two minesweepers were hit. This kind of warship did not have any armor protection, and the incoming shells were all 155-level.

The ships were all slightly injured, but enemy shells were still falling at this time. Seeing that the situation was not good, the minesweeper quickly withdrew from Gorei Bay.

Just as the bombardment began, the 1st Marine Division was suddenly attacked by a large number of cavalry on the outer defense line. Due to lack of vigilance, the 1st Marine Regiment was almost scattered. Fortunately, the amphibious personnel carriers were repulsed with machine guns.

This cavalry also caused more than 200 casualties, which was already a very serious casualty for the First Marine Division, which had been attacking the enemy violently.

This is Gamelin's tactic. Giving up the defense of Dakar and fighting within the coverage of the 380 naval gun is no different from committing suicide. Only by leaving the coverage of the naval gun can you save yourself to the maximum extent, and then take your men with you.

Find some places where you can hide to avoid the strikes of carrier-based aircraft. Don't show up during the day, and only operate at night, using the horses he requisitioned from the Muslim black men to conduct raids, plus a small number of trucks towing cannons.

Anyway, it is impossible for carrier-based aircraft to be dispatched at night, so they have at least close to ten hours of activity time. The cavalry attacks the Chinese garrison, and the artillery attacks the minesweepers in Gore Bay. As long as the mines here cannot be cleared, the port will be

It's useless. Even if the mines are cleared, they can still attack the transport ships in the port in this way.

Anyway, it would be more cost-effective to run away at dawn, even if they were attacked by Chinese carrier-based aircraft, than to crowd them all in Dakar and kill them all with one 380 shell.

His shameless tactics made Fu Cixiang furious. The next day, after the carrier-based aircraft discovered traces of the French army, this guy immediately assembled the entire First Marine Division and an infantry division that came with him to attack. However,

Without the cover of naval guns and relying solely on air support, it would be difficult for him to gain a decisive advantage. After fighting a positional offensive and defensive battle with the French army who were defending against danger, although the French army suffered heavy casualties, the land battle continued.

The division also suffered hundreds of casualties. This kind of work was not what elites like them needed to do. Fu Cixiang, who had regained his consciousness, immediately returned to Dakar, and then urged the landing ship to return to Lagos to pull over the South African servant army. This kind of

Let them do the hard work.

While waiting for the South African army to move north, the mine clearing work in Dakar continued. However, due to occasional sneak attacks by the French army, the mine clearing progress was seriously delayed, because there was no time to wait for the mine clearing to be completed here, and there was no need for the entire fleet to be here.

, Lin Yongsheng simply left the aircraft carrier Zhiyuan and four battle cruisers here to continue to provide support for the First Marine Division, while he led other battleships to bypass Dakar and go north to Spain.

The distance of more than two thousand kilometers is nothing more than a voyage of less than three days for this fleet. When the two super battleships Huaxia and Yanhuang sailed into the Rota military port in Spain, the Spaniards who came here were attracted by these two ships.

The largest battleship ever built by mankind was stunned. Moreover, at the invitation of the Spanish Navy, the two battleships also performed a shooting performance, using a retired Spanish armored cruiser as a target, and the battleship Huaxia fired the first salvo

Just two rounds of 380 piercing explosive bombs were used to send it into the seabed ten kilometers away.

This scene completely shocked the Spaniards. After all, this maritime nation's worship of giant ships and cannons is deeply rooted.

"This is also the former overlord of the sea!" Lin Yongsheng couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the Spaniards on the shore who looked at his ship with admiring eyes.

"It's just the past. There were many overlords in the past, but now we are sitting in this position." Wu Shixun shrugged and said. At this time, an officer came over and handed him a telegram. He glanced at it casually, and then immediately

He smiled and said: "Commander, the General Staff's order and the Emperor's decree tell us to go to the British coast and fire a few cannons to say hello to the British first."

"Britain? Didn't they block all the coastal ports with mines? Moreover, there are mine curtains in the English Channel and St. George's Channel, and there are also mine curtains blocking the North Sea. How can we get in?" Lin Yongsheng said doubtfully.

"The mine layout plan of the English Channel minefield was subsequently sent. As for the minefield area of ​​Plymouth Naval Port, it is not large. The British used all mines on these minefields. According to the intelligence of the General Staff, we can completely

The port was bombarded at the maximum elevation angle from the outside of the Plymouth minefield," Wu Shixun said.

"That's it, order the fleet to prepare." Lin Yongsheng said immediately. The main guns of the Huaxia and Yanhuang ships have a range of 36 kilometers. At this time, it is true that few military ports would place mines so far away, especially the bay outside Plymouth Military Port.

Open, this situation is normal. The key is to block the mine curtains in each strait. The North Sea mine curtains have been deployed long ago. The mine curtains in the English Channel and St. George's Strait have been deployed since China entered the war. As long as the mines can pass through

The curtain, everything else is easy to talk about.

In the doubtful eyes of the Spaniards, the Chinese fleet that had just arrived at the Rota military port immediately headed north and headed straight for Britain. As soon as they saw their course, the Spaniards immediately understood where their target was. Before Lin Yongsheng's fleet could wait,

When we arrived, the news that the Chinese navy was about to attack the British mainland was already flooding the newspapers, and the whole of Britain was immediately panicked. Although the British government had used mines to protect itself, everyone knew that it was only to prevent landings, and besides, they could

Do mines reach 500 kilometers away? The combat radius of carrier-based aircraft on an aircraft carrier is more than 500 kilometers. For ordinary people, it makes no difference whether the bombs or artillery shells that fall on their heads are even more terrifying. The artillery shells will not solidify outside.

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