Chapter 650: 650Good news from afar
Chapter 650 650 Good news comes from afar
"Huh..." Seeing the enemy ship very close to him being smashed into a ball of exploding fireworks by cannonballs, Bernard let out a sigh of relief.
He finally took victory in his hands. With a great victory that was almost one-sided, he ended the humiliation of the navy entering the war without firing a single shot for several months.
It was only then that he realized that his palms were full of sweat, and even the sweat on his head had soaked the lining of his big-brimmed hat.
With a slightly slow movement, he raised his hand and took off his hat, then looked at his adjutant: "We won."
"Yes, sir! I think we have a great victory." The adjutant smiled and said to Bernard: "We did it, we wiped out four of the enemy's main battleships!"
"General! The cruiser fleet is calling. The enemy cruisers and destroyers are running away. Will our army continue to pursue it?" The officer in charge of communications came over and handed over a message.
"No need, organize the formation! Cover the injured warships to leave the battle zone!" Bernard took the message and gave the order.
He breathed a sigh of relief and was obviously much more relaxed, and his words were less tense. The entire bridge was filled with the joy of victory. After all, this was the first real victory they had achieved since forming the battleship fleet.
“When East Bay No. 1 went to the Mirage Kingdom to scare the goblins, they should have known that we were not easy to mess with!” Bernard put on his big-brimmed hat again and said solemnly.
“Oh!” cheers burst out from the bridge.
"Okay! Such good news must be reported to Your Majesty as soon as possible! Send a telegram... Annihilate all four enemy main battleships, and not a single one will slip through the net!" Bernard was in a good mood and ordered the telegraph officer.
"Yes! General! Congratulations!" The officer stood at attention, saluted, and went out to perform his mission.
Everyone feels that everyone should tell His Majesty the king away earlier, so that the generals waiting for the news over there are happy and happy.
Soon, Tang Mo, who was having a meeting with the generals in Anpu's frontline headquarters, received a telegram announcing Bernard's victory.
When the officer sent the message to Tang Mo, Tang Mo stood up and loudly announced the news of the navy's victory: "Gentlemen! Bernard wiped out all 4 battleships of the Mirage Navy. We won!"
“Long live His Majesty the King!” All the generals stood up, stood at attention and saluted Tang Mo, congratulating this brilliant victory.
"The navy has cut off the enemy's sea lines of communication, and we have gained control of the sea! The mirage army in Beiyuan City has become a turtle in the urn." Tang Mo continued to say happily: "The next step is up to us!"
"None of those people from the Mirage country can be easily let go!" A general said: "Although they are persecuting the people of Qi State, those Qi people who died will be your people in the future! If the people from the Mirage Country do this, we We must take the harshest revenge!”
"That's right! Your Majesty! We must emphasize our legitimacy. The subjects of Qi are also your subjects! We can't ignore it!" Nangong Hongye added.
Tang Mo nodded, pressed his hands down, and restored silence to the venue: "I understand! I understand everything! All the goblins of the Mirage Kingdom in Beiyuan City will be executed! If the Mirage Kingdom wants to make peace, then We need to provide another 300,000 workers and compensation!”
Hearing this decision, Parker, who was presiding over the construction of a large number of new industrial zones, hesitated to speak. He really did not want to waste the mirage labor in Beiyuan City.
Although these people all deserved to die, Parker did not think that these goblins should be pardoned, but he felt that it was more cost-effective to let these goblins die of exhaustion and starvation on the construction site than to kill them all on the battlefield.
"I know what you are thinking, but these demons whose hands are soaked in blood can no longer be used. They have lost the qualifications to be human and will not be tamed. Killing is the safest way. I have the labor force you need. We will use subsequent goblin labor to make up for it," Tang Mo saw Parker's confusion and explained to him.
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"We are finished!" After receiving the telegram from China, Mirage Saburo fell into his chair and muttered with a pale face.
Mirage Wenxi, who had been staying by his side, snatched the telegram and read the contents carefully. Then his face became ugly and he also flopped down on the chair next to him.
They had fantasized about the fact that the Tang Army's fleet was defeated, that they could regain control of the sea, and at the same time resume transportation and reinforcements to Beiyuan City.
At least they can continue to reinforce the troops in Beiyuan City, and at least they can transport enough artillery shells so that they can withstand the increasingly fierce attack of the Tang army.
It’s a pity that all this can only be thought about in dreams. The environment they are in now is even worse than before.
If they were only cut off from most of their supplies before, now they have completely cut off their transportation routes. What does this mean? This means that even if they are willing to take the risk of returning to Mirage Country by ship, there is a high probability that they will be intercepted and sunk by enemy ships on the way.
They cannot go back unless the war ends now, unless their homeland Mirage can negotiate peace with Tang and quickly end the warring relations between the two countries, then they will have a chance to return to the country.
But this can only be their fantasy, because the conditions offered by the Tang State are really unacceptable, so the war has continued until now.
"We're done." Mirage Wenxi muttered in confusion: They were indeed very passive, because just now, another peripheral defensive position was lost!
That is a very important defensive position. The Mirage State also dug an underground ammunition depot there to store ammunition.
But yesterday the ammunition there was emptied by the defenders. Without ammunition, the Mirage army had to retreat back to the city, abandoning the strong fortresses and trenches there.
What is despairing is that nearly 200,000 Mirage soldiers are trapped in the city, lacking ammunition and heavy weapons support, and can only engage in street battles with the Tang army.
However, the Tang army did not seem to be interested in street fighting. They only captured some peripheral neighborhoods and rescued a group of Qi people, and then never launched a large-scale attack again.
The war has reached this point, and Mirage Musaburo no longer has any hope of victory. What he fantasizes about now is to hold on until the time when Tang wants to make peace.
"I knew those **** in the Navy were unreliable at all! They wasted so much national money, only to fail! If so much money had been given to our Army, we would have won the war long ago!" The more I thought about it, the more I felt. The aggrieved Mirage Musaburo clenched his fist and smashed it **** the table.
You must know that each of those battleships made of expensive steel is not cheap. Mirage paid almost all the price to accumulate such a large scale.
The result only took one day, one day! This fleet, which took more than two years to build, was completely wiped out in just one morning!
If this money is given to the Army, how many cannons will it cost? How many tanks? How many cars and how many machine guns? How many divisions and regiments can be formed?
With such a large number of troops, even if the enemy kills them, it will take a month, or even several months, right? As a result, the navy was lucky and lost all the bets in one morning!
"How can we defend our country's maritime borders if we don't have that many warships in the navy?" Wenxi shook his head. For an island country, the navy will always be the priority force for development, and this is impossible to change.
This is also the tragedy of an island country: once the navy loses, it is equivalent to losing all their wealth and there is no way to continue to persist.
Therefore, Mirage Wenxi understood clearly: "For us, it may not be a good thing that the Navy lost so completely."
"Huh?" Mirage Musaburo looked at the other party and clarified his doubts in a long voice.
Mirage Wenxi continued to explain: "If the navy loses, His Majesty the King will no longer persist in this war. Soon we will start peace talks with Tang State. As long as we hold on, there is hope of returning home safely!"
"You're right! It's very possible that we can go back as heroes!" Mirage Saburo said excitedly: "Although the Tang State said that war criminals should be punished, it only needs to randomly push out a few scapegoats..."
"That's right!" Mirage Wenxi smiled: "I hope that we, as well as the soldiers who fought bravely for the kingdom here, can go back!"
Mirage Wusaburo nodded, swept away his previous decadence, and rekindled hope: "That's right! Beiyuan City is a good bargaining chip! As long as we hold it, if the Tang people want it, they must show sincerity! Hahaha!"
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In the base camp of the Mirage Kingdom, the generals of the Mirage Navy sat on both sides of the long table dumbfounded, waiting for His Majesty the King who was absent.
Everyone has already heard the news. The battleships built by Cyric were no match for the Tang Army's battleships, which directly led to the disastrous defeat of the Mirage Navy.
Cyric's advisor had a shameful face, because he had just heard that during the decisive battle, a main gun manufactured by Cyric exploded, causing an accident, which seriously affected the war situation.
Facts have proven that the Cyric battleship that Cyric built by imitating a cat is a complete failure. The armor protection could not protect against the shells fired by the Tang army's artillery, and its speed was slower than the opponent's. It could not be hit or run away.
These are the contents of the last telegram sent back by Mirage Kazuo. Cyric's advisor felt that these were the words of Mirage Kazuo who was incompetent and put all the responsibilities on Cyric.
But a fool also knows that if what Kazuo Mirage said is false, and Cyric's battleships are indeed very strong, as they claimed, and overwhelmed the Tang army's battleships, then the result will definitely not be what it is today...
(End of this chapter)