.Chapter 533 "Sea Whale" is born (II)

Haines really doesn't know the real situation of Taipingtian** team in Palembang, because what he saw is actually just a fur.

No, because we have to completely clean up the last remnants of the British Far East Fleet and to sweep away all British combat ships in the waters near Borneo, a part of the Red Navy High Seas Fleet, which was originally stationed in Palembang, did not return to Palembang after safely escorting the crew of the "Xiangyang Ship" to the Lanfang Special Area.

Therefore, as Haynes had mastered, in Palembang and its surrounding waters, it did seem that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Red Navy combat ships were no longer visible.

But what Haines could never imagine was that the so-called Red Navy combat ships of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were no longer the figures of the Red Navy's surface combat ships. Underwater, there were three "Sea Whale-class" submarines of the Red Navy that he could not see, quietly waiting for the arrival of a great opportunity that would give them a first try.

These three "Sea Whale-class" submarines set off from Zhanjiang Port before Luo Dagang led the main force of the High Seas Fleet to annihilate George Satrus' main force, and arrived in Palembang at the end of March. Of course, the three "Oriental Red Class" large freighters parked in Palembang that General Haynes saw were also the three "Oriental Red Class" freighters parked in Palembang.

But for General Haines, he not only did not have the existence of the "Sea Whale Class" submarine, but he even did not have much understanding of the true "connotation" of these three "Oriental Red Class" large freighters.

As before, he was used to thinking that the three large cargo ships transported to Palembang this time were just some supplies, and he never expected that those who came down from the ship were all fully armed soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Red Army. Of course, he would not have thought that among the nearly 8,000 Red Army soldiers who walked down the cargo ship, there would be a powerful figure - General Chen Yucheng, the commander of the Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

Chen Yucheng led nearly 8,000 soldiers from the Third Red Division of the Red 1st Army, and had arrived in Palembang.

If the division of labor was strictly followed in advance, Sumatra should have been the "guard" of the Allied South Asian Theater Command, which was about to be formed with Chen Zongyang as the commander. However, in order to give Chen Yucheng and his expeditionary soldiers a chance to learn about war in the war, the Supreme Command of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, at the suggestion of Lin Haifeng, classified Borneo and Sumatra as Chen Yucheng's experimental field.

Therefore, Chen Yucheng's arrival this time not only means that the Red Army soldiers in the Lanfang Special District will soon set off a war in Borneo, but also, a large-scale landing operation aimed at Singapore has already entered the planning stage. This is a preview of the future landing of soldiers of the Expeditionary Force on East Africa and even the British Isles.

Haines never expected that the reason why Palembang did not have the Red Navy was completely a big trap set against him.

Because Shi Dakai, Lin Haifeng and others who were far away in Beijing had long thought that after repeated consideration, Haines would not travel thousands of miles to Sarawak to put out the fire, but would have to make a trick to surround Wei and save Zhao. Therefore, they chose the best way to fight for the "Sea Whales" of the Red Navy, and laid in advance in the strait between the Dragon Orange Islands (Linga Islands) and South Sumatra, waiting for the effort.

Moreover, Shi Dakai, Lin Haifeng and others also predict that as long as nothing unexpected happens, the "sea whales" of the Red Navy will be able to meet the British at the earliest, roughly after noon on the tenth day.

Sure enough, in order to truly defeat the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom people, General Henry Kipalle, who resolutely decided to take action personally, not only brought all eight main battleships of the First Iron Armored Detachment and the Second Guarded Iron Armored Detachment and part of the First Guerrilla Detachment, but also quickly left Singapore at noon on the 8th.

However, on April 9, when the aggressive General Kaipail was approaching the Dragon Tooth Islands with his fleet, the General Kaipail became a little guilty. Because he suddenly thought of such a key question, when he arrived in Palembang, would it still be as empty as ever? After all, in his memory, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suffered many losses to their British Empire.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, while ordering the three light ironclad ships of the First Guerrilla Detachment to continue to advance towards Palembang at full speed, he slowed down the speed of the main force of the fleet.

In this way, it took until nearly 21:00 a.m. on the last ten days night, when Kaipail and his main fleet finally wandered into the southwest waters of the Dragon Tooth Islands.

Although the humid sea breeze was cool and pleasant, he was exposed to the scorching sun during the day for a day. After dinner, General Kaipail, who had stood on the podium for a long time, began to feel tired.

Since the warships of the First Guerrilla Detachment had already set foot in front of them early, Kaipail, who was naturally very at ease with his future, simply greeted the captain of the "Nile" and returned to the cabin step by step, yawning, intending to have a good sleep.

He took off his hat, took off the general's suit, then sat on the bed, picked up the heavy leather boots that were put on one leg with both hands, and pulled them down hard.

"Dong", the long leather boots that were pulled down fell to the ground with Kaipail's hands.

However, Kaipail, who was sitting on the bed, did not continue to pull the leather boots that were still on his other leg. Not only did he still open his hands, but he also stood up his ears.

Because while his long leather boot fell to the ground, he seemed to hear another sound, not the loudness of "dong", but the dullness of "boom".

No, something happened

Amid the messy footsteps that immediately sounded outside the hatch door, Kaipale immediately confirmed that there was no problem with his ears.

God

Kaipail bent down and began to stretch out his hands and hurriedly grab the leather boot that he had just thrown to the ground.

It was not because he was too panic, or because the ship of his flagship "Nile" was swaying too hard at this time. Just as General Kaipail's hands had already grabbed the leather boot on the ground, his whole body fell out of the bed and pierced his head on the ground.

"General...General, wine...Dear God's Sacrifice No.... An explosion occurred..."

Chapter 533: "Sea Whale" is born (II)

Chapter 533: "Sea Whale" is born (II)
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