Chapter 1149: Shelling of London Harbor
"Come, I'll show you something."
Liu Chen left the generals to count the supplies, and took Xie Yuan into Tangier's war room, at this time there was already a beautifully made sand table in the war room, this sand table was at the bottom of the map, and it was full of warship models.
Xie Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw it, "Liu Chen, your sand table is good." “
Smiling proudly, Liu Chen pointed in the direction of Britain and said: "During this time, I have been sending warships to patrol the Atlantic, constantly exploring the situation of the navies of various countries, and the current intelligence shows that on this sand table, in general, the current British Navy still has two hundred and seventy-eight warships, these warships are distributed in the four major military ports of the United Kingdom, the most important of which is the port of London." “
Xie Yuan nodded, and he said, "What I'm worried about now is that the British Navy will not fight the Empire head-on, but play a game of hide and seek with us. ”
"Hehe, this is not afraid, as long as we blockade Britain, they will inevitably risk a war, because if they don't fight, they will die, and there is still a glimmer of hope for them." Liu Chen said gloomily.
Every time he remembered the humiliation he had received in London, he longed to give back to the British tenfold.
"The emperor also means this, so that we don't have to take the initiative to find the British fleet, but directly blockade the UK, and we are free to play as to what happens during the blockade." Xie Yuan said.
Liu Chen nodded slightly, and he said: "However, before going to the UK, Tangier's defense cannot be ignored, these Europeans are lagging behind the empire in weapons, but their brains are not stupid, if Tangier is ended, our supply ships will not be able to provide the supply of more than eighty warships." ”
On this issue, Xie Yuan deeply agreed, strategically we must despise the enemy, but tactically we must attach importance to the enemy, and there must be no negligence.
"At the moment we need to worry about Spain on the other side, if they suddenly attack the British, it will be extremely disadvantageous to us, so I propose to demarcate a war zone in the Mediterranean region, and inform Spain and Portugal that once their warships break into the war zone, it will be regarded as an act of war." Xie Yuan drew an arc on the outside of Tangier.
Liu Chen showed an appreciative look, "I didn't have an idea, so I just did it, and notified the location of the war zone, and we went to the United Kingdom." “
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London.
Brooke had returned from Moscow, and the news he had brought back had clouds over London.
"Your Majesty, this is Empress Catherina's reply, saying that as long as we meet their conditions, they will agree to launch an attack on the Chinese Empire in the east." Brooke said cautiously.
"Blackmail, it's blackmail." Murphy said angrily: "For the sake of these technologies, we in England did not hesitate to fall into the war with the Empire, but she wanted to get it so easily. “
"If Britain were to fall," said Vidomia, "it would be useless to keep these technologies, and the most important thing now was to defeat the Eastern Empire, even if it was to provide technology to the whole of Europe." “
"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, if the Empire occupies London, I believe they will plunder the British excellent scientists as soon as possible." Brooke said: "Rather than being destroyed by the Empire, it is better to send them to Tsarist Russia." ”
Murphy couldn't help but sigh deeply, although he knew that Brooke and Vidomia were right, but he still couldn't bear to let everything he had worked so hard get so cheap.
"We're running out of time, the Empire's preparations will be launched as soon as they're complete, Murphy, prepare now."
After a pause, she said: "Brooke, go with the agreement, and hope that Ekarina will keep her promise and launch an attack on the eastern side. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two of them left in response.
Seeing the two disappear, Vidomia went to the castle window and looked down on the streets of London.
London is no longer the prosperity and order it once was, and the whole of Britain is in a state of war under the mobilization of the war.
The streets were littered with fortifications, and the British army grew from 100,000 to 500,000, and the militia was even more armed, men, women, and children.
Once the Empire's armies are asleep, they will fight them to the death.
"Come, I will swallow you the bitter fruit of war." Vidomia squinted her eyes and said that she had decided to accompany Britain to fight to the end.
But her idea fell through after only ten days, and the Imperial fleet gathered outside the port of London had no intention of landing ******* the port of London, and I returned. “
On the King-class ironclad ship, Liu Chen stared at the port of London with a telescope, and at this moment his hatred filled his heart, if it weren't for the British, how could they suffer such humiliation.
Stroking the main gun of the King-class ironclad ship, Liu Chen said: "Monarch, today is your day of revenge, use the cannon fire to vent your anger." “
Xie Yuan and Liu Chen were on the same ship, and the current imperial warships were all equipped with radio communications, and any warship could command the war.
His eyes narrowed as he looked at the port of London not far away, and then gave the order for the shelling.
The order reached each battleship, at which point the battleship's guns began to adjust their angles, and the artillerymen carried heavy shells into the breeches and waited for orders.
"Fire!"
Everything was ready, and Liu Chen roared angrily and gave the order to shell.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The artillery roared, and metal shells rushed out of the chambers, some of them headed for the port of London, and some flew directly to the harbor buildings.
In the bright light of fire and explosions, the port of London instantly turned into a sea of fire, and the buildings on the shore were hit by cannonballs and suddenly collapsed, like crushed tofu.
On the streets of London, the citizens of Britain screamed and fled in all directions, never thinking that one day Britain would be attacked by other countries.
This self-confidence lasted for hundreds of years in Britain, and today they pay a heavy price for their stupidity and ignorance.
"What about our fleet? Where are they? Kill these damn yellow pigs. “
In one of the fortifications on the street, a man shouted that he had been part of the crowd protesting against the Empire, which had become his daily conversation after the Imperial fleet had been detained.
But now he was so frightened that he could only hide in the fortifications and curse in despair.
Shells rained down, explosions continued, flames, blood, severed limbs and screams made London Harbour and the surrounding area seem hell on earth.
At this moment, the British, who were living in the dream of world domination, finally realized the fear of being dominated by war.