Chapter 818 July Fire 13

At a distance of 27,000 meters, in the narrow port of Cape Verde, the 406mm ultra-heavy armor-piercing shell stirred up a column of water nearly 100 meters high, and a cloud of brown smoke rose from the bottom of the sea, making the bay, which was already restless because of the strong wind, roll more and more unquenchable.

A 670-ton torpedo destroyer threw away the cable, and the sailors on the deck were even praying to get out of hell, but the black spots falling from the sky ruined the last hope of leaving.

The shells ran straight down from the middle of the ship. There was no explosion and no gunpowder smoke. The shells weighing more than a ton directly used their usual surnames and smashed the destroyer and more than 100 sailors on it into the bottom of the sea.

I didn't even hear the call for help!

The sailors ran and dodged randomly like headless flies. Short 184 water reconnaissance planes were hit into hornets by more than a dozen Hornet fighters at the same time before they could take off. The majestic body of the Malaya shuddered in the rain. One shell after another fell from the sky, and fireworks and fireballs were from The deck rose up, and the scattering flow formed by the explosion formed the most gorgeous fireworks.

When the shells from the sea began to extend back to the port, the three battleships that had finally escaped from India had all been turned into scrap iron, and the Anson had only one mast floating on the surface.

On the top of the mast, the British Royal Navy flag, which used to represent the invincible and let the sight escape, has only half of the scorched black, hunting in the strong wind.

Campbell sat in the office in a daze. He refused the soldiers to go to the bunker and silently watched the harbor turn into ruins.

His face was pale and his sweat was like a spring.

In the rumble of the explosion, he slowly opened the drawer, took out the gun given by the Emperor when he was the commander of the Indian Grand Fleet, and pressed a bullet into the chamber.

At 11 a.m. on July 13, the second task force of the Xinhua Navy suddenly attacked the port of Cape Verde, sinking 3 battleships, including the Queen Elizabeth-class battleship Malaya, 2 cruisers, 11 destroyers, 34 aircraft, and 4,613 people died, known as the Pearl of the Atlantic Ocean. The Cape Verde Naval Base, the most important base of the British Royal Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, was completely destroyed by 720 406mm shells and 5,200 152mm range bombs.

Former commander-in-chief of the Indian Grand Fleet, Lieutenant General of the British Royal Navy, Molion Campbell, committed suicide with a gun in the base office half an hour after being suddenly shelled

.. White Hall.

In the headquarters of the British Royal Navy, there is a rush of people. The navy, known for its elegance and stability, is becoming anxious and restless.

In the corridor, Sir Nelson, who has made outstanding contributions to the British Empire and made outstanding contributions to dominating the seven seas, stood quietly in the murals, watching the current descendants in a hurry and even in a hurry.

"Report, Silvis found a Chinese light cruiser off the coast of Western Sahara, suspected to be the latest Honolulu class."

"The Boone transport ship reported that it was attacked by two Chinese planes, 37 nautical miles southwest of the Canary Islands, west of the Sahara."

"God, the information transferred from Panama, the second battleship formation of their fifth task force has set off, and the third battleship formation is accelerating to clear the Mona Strait. They are going to enter the Atlantic Ocean!"

"The bad news is that William II and Tirpitz have arrived in Kiel Harbour and are inspecting his ocean fleet!"

"In Spain, there was a riot in Spain. Alfonso XIII left the palace three hours ago, and his whereabouts are unknown."

"Generals, President Melkin just sent a telegram. The Prime Minister asked us to do our best. His Majesty will also make a public speech this afternoon. If we can't save the situation, then maybe we have to prepare the surrender draft!"

In the famous Whitehall conference room, the Secretary of the Navy Edward Carson had just put down the phone. The most direct leader of the Royal Navy, Lieutenant General Hamilton, the First Secretary of Maritime Affairs, rushed in again with a pale face, holding the electric newspaper and trembling slightly: "Just now, the soldier found Campbell in the rubble. He was shot in the head. Kill!"

"Bangdang."

The exquisite white porcelain coffee cup rolled down from the hands of a general, and the brown coffee juice spread around the oak floor. Just like the situation in the Atlantic at this moment, the sudden appearance of the task force with two powerful Taiwan-class battleships spread from the South Atlantic to the north like a virus.

It is meaningless to ask the responsibility again to find out how the other party arrived here for a long distance. Now the most important thing is to figure out the other party's intention and block it! Otherwise, once they enter the North Sea and join the German navy, the tragic scene of the Italian navy in the Ionian Sea will be repeated again!

Carson waved to calm everyone down and asked, "Guys, who can tell me where their destination is now?"

"I think it's the Azov Islands and Gibraltar."

"Reason?" Carson looked at the speaking general in a concise tone and didn't want to delay for a moment.

"First, we found their cruisers in the Canary Islands on the coast of West Africa. The first stop north along the Canary Islands is the Azov Islands, which is our last fortress in the Atlantic Ocean.

Second, don't forget that there is also a Chinese fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. They have been ling near the coast of Spain recently. Together, they can have four super battleships equipped with 16-inch heavy artillery, and aircraft carriers, which will have enough power to threaten Gibraltar!

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Mo has been committed to seizing the throat of maritime traffic, including the Strait of Malacca, the Red Sea, the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal! So he must be interested in occupying and opening up the Gibraltar fortress.

"I don't think so." Hamilton shook his head with a solemn face: "Li Mo's fifth special tling fleet in the Caribbean can enter the Atlantic at any time. With this fleet, they have the ability to change here, so Li Mo no longer needs to open up Gibraltar. I think they will go directly north into the coast of our country.

Combined with the intelligence just now, the Germans will take action in the next few days, so I think they should have a tacit understanding with the Germans and are ready to attack us!"

"No, it should be the East Coast of the United States. Li Mo's army has never entered the European continent, but it fought in the United States, so I think his ultimate goal is to defeat the United States! And leave us and Europe to Germany.

"I have to see the Prime Minister immediately." Three different speculations made Carson even more headache. He also knew that he could not infer the other party's actions just because of Cape Verde's attack, so he stood up and said to Hamilton, "Frederrick, didn't Jellico say that his two prestige ships were injured? Let them come back for repair."

"But." Hamilton opened his mouth wide. He wanted to say that it was only a minor injury, and it had been dealt with would not affect the future war. What's more, the United States is now under greater pressure. Once it withdraws, the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States will also suffer losses, but after seeing Carson's lifeless eyes, he only nodded.

On July 14, under the strict order of the British Admiralty, two prestige-class battleships supporting the United States began to rush to the North Sea on the grounds of injury. At the same time, in order to defend Xinhua's Second Task Force, a small fleet of 30 destroyers rushed to the Azov Islands.

On the night of July 14, King George V summoned British reporters at Buckingham Palace, expressed his concern about the war for the first time, and called on all Britons to prepare for an upcoming Patriotic War.

In the early morning of July 15, just three days after being launched, the U.S. Navy battlecruiser Lexington, which was not even recruited by sailors, led 7 cruisers and 27 destroyers to urgently depart from Chesapik Bay to support the Jelico fleet in Miami.

At 10 a.m. on July 15, a formation of 110 Handley Page 400 bombers departed from South Carolina for the British Overseas Territory 900 kilometers away, the Bermuda Islands, which is also the only barrier off the East Coast of the United States.

At 3:00 p.m. on July 15, the second special convoy of the Xinhua Empire, which had never appeared, suddenly appeared in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and two French transport ships were captured after sending a telegram

.. July 15th is the night.

Countless New Yorkers rushed out of their homes, carrying big and small bags, stepping on the newspaper printed that the Chinese fleet was crossing the Atlantic, and rushed to the Central Railway Station.

The station has long been full of people. People who are usually polite have long forgotten their manners. The train to Chicago is full of people. Some of them even climbed on the roof of the car and tied themselves firmly to the railing with a belt.

The sudden crowd frenzy caught the railway company off guard and had to temporarily find a large number of bodyguards with live ammunition to maintain the order. "Damn it, you black-skinned pig, get out of the car!" A large group of belated workers found that they could not squeeze into the train and were about to wait for the next train. Suddenly, they saw two black men hiding in the corner and standing on the ground in a small position.

The crowd was instantly ignited by a certain emotion. Nervousness, uneasiness and confusion about the future turned into impulsiveness and tyranny in an instant. Countless white people rushed to two poor and thin black boys. Before they could shout, they were dragged to their necks.

The head, body and even the nails began to bleed out, and more people watched numbly.

"Fed, these white bastards killed Dix."

"Guys, kill these black-skinned pigs!"

Suddenly, a high-pitched voice broke the numb crowd next to him. A large group of black people who came from the suburbs to take a chance to find a way to leave New York found their partners who had been killed. The hatred suddenly made everyone's eyes red, and all the knives and bullets burst out at this moment.

When everyone was stunned by the fights and flying bullets, several black people suddenly ignited the train and put a torch into the crowded train carriage.

The fire lit up the whole of New York!

That night, the chaos at New York's Central Railway Station caused more than 2,700 people to die in the fire and stampede, and more than 5,000 people were injured.

However, this still did not dissipate people's idea of leaving. Just that night, more than 30,000 people chose to leave the coast and migrate inland after learning the news that the Second Special Fleet of the Xinhua Empire began to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Not only in New York, the terrible news that the Chinese shelled all the cities and settlements on the East Coast spread like a plague throughout the United States in the shortest time, from Miami in the south to Portland in the north, a total of about 7 million Americans left the East Coast of the times after the news of the Second Fleet.

The factory began to shut down, and the raw materials could no longer be delivered. Even if all the southern states were almost lost, the American industry did not stop. Only three days after the Second Task Force arrived in the Atlantic Ocean, it was paralyzed by more than 40%, and the whole country was shut down.

Ma Han was born and wrote the sea power theory that affected the future for a hundred years. In just a few decades after the end of the national war, he jumped from a barren land to the world's largest economic and industrial country, but he fell into despair and confusion because of the arrival of a fleet. I don't know if Mahan will feel sad in heaven

"General."

The poor wooden gate was knocked open again. Before Jellico and the generals raised their heads from the chart, Roosevelt, who was about to go crazy, rushed in awkwardly: "China, the Chinese army has just landed in the Appalachian Bay!"

Joseph King looked at Roosevelt stupidly, and the pen between his fingers quietly slid to the ground.

The speed of the Chinese people is really terrible!

They first deceived the world with an unfinished battleship, and then used Campbell's evacuation to let the aircraft carrier battle group drill out of the Caribbean Sea. When they finished shelling Cape Verde, everyone thought they would continue north to the Azov Islands and Gibraltar, but suddenly began to cross the Atlantic Ocean!

And when everyone's targets and eyes were on this mysterious fleet, their army used the navy as a cover and suddenly crossed the whole Gulf of Mexico!

Florida is so narrow that it has no depth at all.

Now almost all the troops are deployed along the east coast, which is equivalent to leaving the whole back to the enemy. They don't even want to hit Miami. They just need to occupy Jacksonville in a straight line, and Florida will be lost.

"General, Cuba's political axe announced its accession to the Allies an hour ago, and the representatives of Xinhua in Havana signed the document for the lease of Guantanamo to the Xinhua Navy!"

"It's not good! The Chinese fleet has set off! An hour ago, they all set off from their Fifth Task Force stationed in Panama. At present, the third battleship formation has entered the Bahamas. The first battleship formation is passing through the Mona Strait, and the second battleship formation is also preparing to cross the Strait!"

"General, news from Washington and London, Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, all of their diplomatic envoys began to evacuate this morning."

One after another news, at the same time, are like thunder blowing up in everyone's ears!

Jerike opened his mouth wide and stared at the calendar on the wall.

July!

From the first day, the Chinese have decided to pay attention to the winner within this month!

July is the craziest month since the beginning of the war. From Europe to the Americas, the number of casualties exceeded 500,000 in just half a month!

July is destined to be a turning point that determines the future of the world!

This is an unforgettable and extremely hot month.

Standing in front of the chart, Jellico knew that he had no choice. He knew that the probability of losing the decisive battle in the open sea was more than 90%, and he also knew that he might not be able to stop the enemy, but he had no second way to go!

Li Mo and his ambitious men dug a big hole for himself and the whole agreement, a fire pit that he had to jump down!

If he doesn't go, the whole East Coast of the United States will shudder under the enemy's muzzle. Two years ago, the 15-inch Guam class almost paralyzed the Atlantic Ocean, not to mention that it is now two more powerful Taiwan-class, and the disappeared aircraft carrier battle group must be hiding somewhere behind them!

Of course, there are also three battleship formations and two aircraft carriers that are sailing through the Mona Strait!

When he closed his eyes, he seemed to see the flames covering the whole ocean.

When he opened his eyes, he gave the only order that could not be changed.

"Let's all go. I need everyone to cheer up. We are going to defend the last dignity of the Atlantic Ocean!"

(to be continued)