Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 660 Inadequate Preparation

The battalion commander originally thought about taking some people away, preferably the wounded, but he didn't expect the French officer to hand out a check, and it was obvious that all the people he wanted to take away had certain backgrounds officers and their relatives.

The battalion commander said to the French officer with a cold face: "I must ask my superiors for instructions. I have no right to make private decisions."

The French officer obviously didn't see the battalion commander's unhappiness, so he said: "Think about it, this is a lot of money, it's in your own pocket, and you don't have to pay anything, it's borrowed It’s just your country’s ship. What’s more, didn’t you come here to save us?”

The battalion commander really wanted to slap the Frenchman out with a slap. Daming came to rescue the besieged Frenchmen, but they took it for granted.

"Your income is not high, it's five thousand Mingliang!"

Indeed, for the battalion commander, 30 Mingliang was an astronomical figure that he could not even imagine.His monthly salary is only more than 20 Mingliang, and [-] Mingliang is more than his savings for [-] years in the army.It is impossible for most Ming families to have such a huge sum of money, but for the battalion commander, this check that seems to be slapped on his face is an insult to the military uniform he is wearing.

"Go away!" shouted the battalion commander, ignoring the Frenchman at all.

The Frenchman was a little anxious, and hurried up to grab the battalion commander's arm: "You can't do this, let's get out of this ghost place!"

The battalion commander's face was full of frost: "Scatter."

In a hurry, the French officer even wanted to threaten the battalion commander, saying that if he disagreed, he would send his own troops to surround these Ming people and not let them go.Of course, this is also a very stupid choice, because now Villar must obey the instructions of the European Military Region Command of the Ming Dynasty, and it is entirely up to Ming to leave Flanders.As long as a European command sent a telegram, Villars could arrest or even shoot this stupid French officer.

The officer also knew this, so he could only hustle with the battalion commander.

But at this moment, a bomber of the Qing army was shot down by a Mustang fighter plane of the Ming Air Force.When the plane fell, the pilot of the bomber frantically let the plane crash into the landing ship of Ming Dynasty who was waiting on the beach.

I saw a bomber weighing more than 20 tons carrying ammunition and crashing into the Daming landing ship with a smoky trail. The landing ship also discovered the plan of this damn plane, and hurriedly set up its anti-aircraft guns to shoot, but at this time the crashed The bomber was very close.

The bomber finally hit the front end of the Daming landing ship all at once, causing a violent explosion.Because the landing ship was lying on the beach, there is no saying that it was sunk, but the explosion and impact caused serious damage to the front hatch of the landing ship, and even the landing ship was burning with flames, and there was no way to use it immediately. up.

"What the hell!" The battalion commander couldn't help but swear.

Xiang Jin's expression also solidified: "This...how should we go back?"

Lan Dongjun tried his best to calm himself down, and said: "We have a lot of ships, as long as we report this situation to the superior, other ships will come immediately."

Xiang Jin also thought about it, he smiled and said: "That's right, don't talk about boats, we can send out even planes. It's okay to let a helicopter pick us up."

"Then you are thinking too much. We have so many people. If we want to take off and land a large number of helicopters, we need an aircraft carrier. The nearest aircraft carrier is still in the Gibraltar naval port, not in Plymouth."

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The Marine Corps Communications Battalion sent out to carry out communications missions suffered a setback, and the news was immediately passed to Bai Mingxiu in London.

After reading the relevant report, Bai Mingxiu was still a little angry.

"...This battle plan is too problematic. Knowing that Xiqing will prevent us from evacuating the Holy Alliance in Europe, you are evacuating the fleet stationed in France, and you have so little protection for the troops carrying out the mission. Moreover, Where is our aircraft carrier? We have an aircraft carrier without an airport!"

Commander of the European Military Region Meng Xuanbao said helplessly: "The navy's aircraft carriers are still insufficient, Your Majesty. There are only 12 aircraft carriers in the entire army, 5 of which are assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, and one is in North America, and the other four are mainly in Gibraltar. .We have ordered the aircraft carrier to come to the English Channel, and it is estimated that in three days, we will have 3 aircraft carriers in the English Channel and the North Sea."

In fact, the Ming Navy has not completely transferred its main battleships from battleships to aircraft carriers.Although even small soldiers like Lan Dongjun and Xiang Jin have learned about the great role and future trends of aircraft carriers through training, Daming has only built 12 aircraft carriers, which are very valuable.But Daming has 28 battleships, 7 battlecruisers, and several others are in a sealed state.

Taking the situation in the European battlefield as an example, Ming Dynasty actually needed aircraft carriers very much.Because the airport on land will disappear because of pig teammates.However, since Ming Dynasty holds the command of the sea, the safety of the aircraft carrier is not a big problem.Even though Ming has British military bases in the North Atlantic Ocean, they are still not as flexible as aircraft carriers that can be deployed in the front coastal areas.

The aircraft carrier is closer. Once it receives an order, it can take off a large number of aircraft to support the battle. It can be used not only at sea, but also on land.

Bai Mingxiu asked Meng Xuanbao again: "How many ships have we prepared?"

"According to His Majesty, we have conscripted British civilian ships on a large scale. Now more than 300 civilian ships of various sizes have responded to our call and are ready to be put into evacuation operations. We also have 15 landing ships that can be used here, and 4 A 4-ton freighter and a [-]-ton freighter."

Bai Mingxiu nodded and thought to himself: "Compared to the Dunkirk retreat during World War II, the situation is much better now, at least we have overwhelming command of the sea and air, and how many French troops can actually be withdrawn?" , I don't particularly care."

In fact, if he really wanted to withdraw all of these French troops, Bai Mingxiu could say hello to Cheng Lin. As long as Cheng Lin's military actions were slightly off, most of the French troops could be withdrawn to Britain.But the later this war goes, the greater the role Chenglin will play as the Qing army's commander. Bai Mingxiu doesn't want any fluctuations on Chenglin's side.Therefore, he would rather have a real fight in Flanders. Anyway, the final loss was not the Ming army, but the French army.

(End of this chapter)