513 Naha Bay, Homecoming
"We are French warships, and we will regard your actions as provocation... We will reserve the right to appeal... Repeat, you are provocation..."
The French flags on British warships all showed a sense of harshness on the outside, but this kind of scene must be said that the act of forcibly breaking into one's own battle formation and destroying the formation is regarded as an extremely impolite provocation around the world, and it is very easy to get out of fire.
But the British warships are so arrogant. From beginning to end, Xiao Letian's eyes showed that when the US military was dominant in later generations.
"I'm driving dangerously, I'll snatch your queue, and I don't listen to your warnings. If you have the ability, you can fire at me. I don't even open the cannon door. I'll send you my face to you and ask you to hit you. Do you want to hit you? If you don't have any, don't talk nonsense..."
"If you have ZHAO, you want to go, but if you don't, you die... I'm so arrogant."
The above is a conversation that Xiao Letian imagined. Of course, the Royal Navy will not say that. They will only do this and do it very arrogantly for you.
When the British frigate passed by the side of the Glory ship, the Glory dropped the rope ladder. The British captain and several officials climbed over skillfully. Xiao Letian knew that it was to send the French retreat order.
"Where is the French envoy, Mr. Molière, Major General Bruce, we are commissioned by the French government to send the documents signed by your king... Please sign with the special envoy and the general."
"I'm sorry... the envoy... the envoy cannot come forward. I'll go and invite the general now."
"The special envoy cannot come forward. Why is this? He is the general manager."
"Well..." The French officer blushed and twisted like a monkey's butt, as if he was a woman. "The special envoy... The special envoy was captured by Ryukyu..."
"Ah." Several British officers shouted, "You are defeated so badly, we thought you were defeated by logistics, and you are really defeated."
With a loud roar, there was a red monkey butt on the entire deck. All the French soldiers were so embarrassed that they wanted to jump into the sea to commit suicide. At this time, Major General Bruce finally calculated, which made the British officer change the topic.
"God of General, this is the file of the Emperor of the Fiction. Please check it..." When Bruce opened the results folder, the expression on his face immediately turned distorted as if he was constipated.
Three seconds later, a wolf howl uploaded from the Glory, which scared Xiao Letian in the distance, trembled, "Damn it, it's haunted in broad daylight, isn't you just asking you to withdraw your troops? As for you..."
"How could it be that the unconditional withdrawal of troops? Your Majesty, France cannot bear such a shame. How could it be that unconditional withdrawal of troops? You are lying to me..."
The crazy Bruce rushed up and was about to attack the British. The British officer definitely didn't want to be with his bad habits. He easily avoided him and said with a sneer, "I'm sorry, you have seen the authenticity of the documents clearly. Our British Navy has fulfilled our obligations... I'll remind you at the end that your country is facing very severe diplomatic pressure now. I hope you can calm down and restrain yourself..."
"Leave Ryukyu immediately and go to Hong Kong for a rest. Let the civil servants leave the rest..." After saying that, several British officers turned around and left.
Xiao Letian was not in the mood to hear Bruce and the others' howls. Now the whole of Ryukyu is waiting to greet him. The tsunami-like cheers have already pressed against the sea.
Xiao Letian and his officers raised their heads and chests to accept the pride they deserved, and the sailors from the Lion City also had their eyes shining and solemn and concentrated, feeling the vitality of the entire Ryukyu Kingdom.
"This is Ryukyu. The dull Ryukyu I came to five years ago. At that time, the Naha Port General gave people a sense of dusk. I really didn't expect it to become like this today..."
"This is the people's spirit inspired by the Prime Minister. I thought the celebrations in Lion City were already lively, but compared with the momentum of Ryukyu, we were compared..."
"Look, the Shuri Fort is on the top of the mountain. It's so big and powerful... It looks even more powerful than the fort built by the British..."
The 280-caliber coastal defense cannon was surrounded by a dragon on the cliff of Shuri Castle. As the artillery rotated, the entire Naba Bay was within his fire control range. It was precisely because of the deterrence of this American cannon that the French fleet did not dare to shoot in close shots from beginning to end.
No matter when, the most shocking thing was the big ships and giant cannons. The appearance of Shuri Castle not only shocked the sailors in Lion City, but also the European sailors on the two silver cargo ships were stunned.
"God, the turret that controls the Strait of Gibraltar is probably so big. Is this still the barbaric East Asia we think? It would be better if the French lose this cannon."
Merchant ship sailors could only guess the power of the cannons from the size of the turret, but the officers on the two British warships were experts, and they could guess the telescope as soon as they glanced at them.
"Damn... it's a 280-caliber rear-mounted rifled gun with a range of at least 20 kilometers... Fortunately, there is only one. If one more ball is used to form crossfire, the French fleet would be in trouble..."
"Record... the intelligence officer records immediately... Xiao Letian is not only a top politician, but also a very excellent military equipment expert... We in the UK are reluctant to use such a good cannon, but Xiao Letian is willing to use it. How rich is he."
The officers were right. There were not many special steel varieties in the 19th century, and the steel used to make the inner chamber of the rifled gun was far less excellent than later generations.
The principle of a rifled gun is that there is a spiral raised rifle on the inner wall of the barrel. When the shell is pushed forward by gunpowder, the raised rifle is cut thinly on the outer shell like a turning knife.
Although it is a very thin layer, it can also give the shell a rotating force. After the shell comes out of the cannon, the original direct force will become a rotating force, so that the shell can fly further and more accurately.
The rifled gun has many benefits, but there are also weaknesses, that is, if the quality of the rifled steel is not good, the raised rifle will easily be smoothed, which is a big problem that has troubled European engineers today.
Although the Shuri Castle turret is powerful, according to European experience, generally after firing more than 100 shells, the rifle will wear out. After firing two hundred shells, the accuracy of the shells will be much worse. If it is close to three hundred points, the barrel can only be replaced.
"God, it will cost no more than 50,000 to 60,000 pounds to replace this cannon barrel. Xiao Letian is really rich, he is really rich... The intelligence officer wrote down that Xiao Letian is a rich man, a big rich man..."
Xiao Letian didn't know that the British were plotting against him. His whole emotions were now ignited by the fanaticism of the city. The ship had entered Naha Bay. The sound of salutes on the Qixing Mountain Fortress had sounded, and the roars of the people were heard in the mountains.
"Prime Minister... Prime Minister... Prime Minister..." Everyone only said this sentence. Their prime minister finally came back from Europa, and returned with victory, a fierce victory that shocked the entire Asia.
"Everyone has... stand attentive and salute." A roar was heard on the dock, and thousands of new soldiers with outstanding achievements stood attentively and saluted. The sound of big leather boots hitting the stone slab was deafening.
Xiao Letian saw the familiar blue military uniform, and looked at the haggard faces, and suddenly felt hot and almost burst into tears.
"European Expeditionary Force...all... stood at attention and saluted Ryukyu." With a bang, more than one hundred officers' leather boots hit the deck and gave a new military salute with their right hand. They were thanking the brothers who guarded their families, and they were thanking them for their risks.
You can't cry, I can't cry. Countless people are reminding themselves in their hearts. But sometimes people are so useless. They can't control their feelings when they are deep. All the officers, including Xiao Letian, burst into tears.
The ship was getting closer and closer, and the pier was right in front of him. All the docking merchant ships were avoiding him. The largest waterway and the most spacious pier could only be used by the most noble prime minister.
"Brothers... Thank you... Thank you for guarding our home. I, Xiao Letian, saluted you." Xiao Letian burst into tears and leaned against the bow of the boat and shouted loudly to the brothers.
The new army brothers on the dock could no longer control the gate of emotions. The depression that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly burst out, and everyone cried.
"Prime Minister, you are back... We fought this battle so miserably, so miserable..." The dock suddenly cried.
The flying scissors slowly leaned on the pier. The pedals were already set up. Xiao Letian was the first to walk down, followed by Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Luo Huo, Xiang Shaolong... A familiar face appeared in front of people again.
"Old Xiao, what's wrong with your legs? Luo Huo, your face is also full of color. Master Long, you still owe me a drink..." A familiar figure appeared in front of everyone's door, and friends who were familiar with each other jumped and greeted him.
But when more than a hundred officers stood neatly on the dock and lined up in small square formations, the whole city suddenly became quiet.
"Why...what happened? Why did you come back with such a few people? Oh, I know, it was the Prime Minister who left the others in Europe. Yes, there is nothing wrong with it, that's it..."
Kind people dare not think of that terrifying reality. They try hard to find various excuses for themselves, but the tears in their eyes betray them.
Xiao Letian could not stand such grief and anger. He suddenly shouted, "My fellow villagers of Ryukyu, I, Xiao Letian, are incompetent... The European Expeditionary Force went to 300 people, and when they came back, only one hundred people were injured... The rest of the brothers have been buried in a foreign land..."
"I, Xiao Letian, are sorry to everyone... I'm sorry..." Xiao Letian took off his military cap, bowed 90 degrees, bowed again and again, apologizing to everyone present.
There was a bang on the dock, and countless people fell to their knees. Even the King of Shangtai at the front kneeled for Xiao Letian. "What is Shang's father's crime? Shang's father has made merits and no faults. Shang's father's reputation is the blessing of hundreds of millions of people in East Asia."
"Please accept my worship." King Shangtai knelt on one knee, and the other ministers and the people also knelt down. Only the new army could not kneel down. That was Xiao Letian's death order, and those in military uniforms would not kneel down.
Chapter completed!