Expedition to Europe

When the defense forces of Port Hedland left the bunker and launched an attack on the Perth Expeditionary Force on the dock, the chaos on the dock had reached its peak.

The soldiers of the Perth Expeditionary Force had no organization or discipline. They had fallen into a carnival and did not care about being on the battlefield. They had no intention of preventing the defense army from rushing out. The wealth of Port Hedland had made them forget everything. At this time, even if Derek Chaplin personally went ashore to stop them, he could not stop the soldiers' wild hearts.

Compared with these soldiers of the Perth Expeditionary Force, Port Hedland is indeed rich. Although Perth and Port Hedland are both resource-based cities, Port Hedland is much more generous than Perth in terms of distribution system.

Objectively speaking, Perth is far richer than Port Hedland, but the wealth of Perth is concentrated in the hands of a few people, and most Perth citizens have not enjoyed the dividends brought by the rich resources.

Port Hedland was different. Although the city had just risen not long ago, because of its special relationship with Lan Fang, there were many things in the families of Port Hedland that could be regarded as luxury goods in the eyes of the soldiers of the Perth Expeditionary Force. These things included porcelain, daily utensils, clothes, furniture, and even bowls and plates for eating. In the eyes of the Perth Expeditionary Force, they were all rare treasures.

So when the defense forces of Port Hedland rushed out, the scene they saw was really unbearable.

There were at least thousands of Perth Expeditionary Force soldiers on the dock. These soldiers were holding a few things they had robbed from the houses in Port Hedland. Some of them looked drunk because they drank too much, some wrapped curtains around themselves as clothes, and some carried their rifles behind their backs to free up their hands to take things. They had no sense of defense at all.

This can't even be called a battle, because when the soldiers of the Pers Expeditionary Force saw the Port Hedland Defense Force, they were all stunned and surprised, and did not resist at all. It was not until they were knocked to the ground by the butts of the guns that they screamed like pigs being slaughtered.

It was too late. Even if one or two officers wanted to organize a defense, they couldn't organize it at this moment. The soldiers who landed were not organized at all. The soldiers couldn't find officers, and the officers couldn't find soldiers. They were all busy grabbing things, and there was no concept of "discipline" at all.

So the "battle" was carried out easily and happily. Without much effort, the troops led by Wu Chengzhi and Ruan Xingfei captured more than 1,900 prisoners. This was thanks to the low efficiency of the Pers people. If their efficiency could be higher, Wu Chengzhi and Ruan Xingfei would have captured more prisoners.

Seeing his own people being captured one by one like chickens, Derek Chaplin on the "Pers" was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

Now is not the time when the army has not landed yet. If the army has not landed yet, Derek Chaplin can still command the troops to provide fire cover and use artillery to disperse the defense forces, but the soldiers who have landed now have mixed with the defense forces, which means that the defense forces are using the captured soldiers as shields. Derek Chaplin dare not order to open fire. In that case, even if Derek Chaplin wins the war, Derek Chaplin will have no place to stand in Perth.

So in less than half an hour, Wu Chengzhi and Ruan Xingfei and others took the prisoners to the prisoner-of-war camp happily, and the dock was calm again. All kinds of furniture and clothes that were once treasured by the soldiers of the Perth Expeditionary Force were thrown all over the ground, but no one tried to collect them at this time. God knows when those defense forces hidden in the dark will rush out?

No one wants to use themselves as bait.

But since they are here, the war must be fought. After another busy period, at one o'clock in the afternoon, Derek Chaplin organized the troops to land again and prepared to launch a second attack.

This time, he didn't dare to be careless. Derek Chaplin fully learned from the lesson and selected a 100-man force to act as the vanguard. They landed in advance in lifeboats, used the terrain to build defensive positions, and then covered the landing of follow-up troops.

This is a normal landing operation!

Unfortunately, the accident happened again halfway through the landing operation.

Seeing the vanguard troops set up defensive positions on the dock and the follow-up troops landed one after another, Derek Chaplin finally felt that everything was under control again, so he was particularly confident when he said it: "Just now, it was because we were not prepared that those people took advantage of the loophole. Now it is different. When we get serious, these rats who like to burrow in the ground can only retreat. If they dare to fight us head-on, we will definitely destroy them completely."

Derek Chaplin had been observing the situation on the dock just now. When Wu Chengzhi and Ruan Xingfei led the troops to rush out, Wu Chengzhi and Ruan Xingfei noticed that the number of defenders was only more than 1,000. If the troops were equal, Derek Chaplin was sure to defeat the defenders.

In Derek Chaplin's concept, no matter how powerful the troops in Port Hedland are, they are only at the level of the German army. In the world war, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps was not completely at a disadvantage when facing the German army, which gave Derek Chaplin sufficient confidence.

"I hope so. You'd better be careful. We can't afford another loss." Tom Spicer was not as optimistic as Derek Chaplin. His originally gloomy expression was even more gloomy.

So far, although the war has not officially started, the Perth Expeditionary Force has lost more than one-third of its troops. Although Tom Spike is not good at military affairs, he is not optimistic. If the scene just now happens again, then the Perth Expeditionary Force will not have to fight, and it is better to go home directly.

"No accident--" Derek Chaplin just opened his mouth and suddenly heard a violent explosion from the outer harbor.

"What the hell is going on?" James Jerome reacted the fastest and threw himself directly at the porthole to look out to sea.

The scene in front of him made James Jerome unforgettable. In James Jerome's sight, the "King George V" that was still on patrol just now had been thrown out of the water and then hit the water heavily. The fragile hull could not withstand the huge impact and broke into two parts from the middle. The bow part sank quickly, and the stern part had a certain buoyancy because there was still air in the cabin. The tail was tilted up, and the rotating propeller had already emerged from the water.

The Black Swan was even worse. Unlike the King George V, which was directly broken into two pieces, the Black Swan seemed to have been ignited by the explosion. The entire warship was on fire, as if it could melt steel. Standing in James Jerome's position, he could see the sailors who were burning like fire jumping from the warship into the sea.

Jumping was useless, it would only make them suffer more pain. With such burns, they could not be saved even if they were sent to the hospital immediately.

James Jerome must not know how big his mouth was. After a long while, he muttered to himself: "Submarine, it's a submarine, they have submarines--"

This is nonsense. Near the Black Swan, which had not yet sunk, three submarines had already floated up from the sea, and the round bridge part was clearly exposed on the sea. James Jerome even knew that at the other end of those periscopes, there must be someone watching here.

"Attack, attack, damn it, attack now!" Derek Chaplin also came to his senses and ordered the "Perth" to avenge the "Black Swan" and "King George V".

"It's useless. We can't beat them, unless you want us all to die here." James Jerome was rational and was no longer prepared to resist.

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"Why can't we beat them? They only have three submarines, and we have two warships. The Perth is a cruiser. Can't it deal with three submarines?" Derek Chaplin was unwilling to fail. Perhaps he had realized it, but he just didn't want to admit it.

"You are such an idiot. You can only see three ships now, but how many more can't you see? Use your pig brain to think about it. Will the Hedlanders show you all their strength? This is a trap from beginning to end. You are such a pig head that you are hopelessly running into it. How come you didn't get killed?" James Jerome didn't want to endure it any longer and scolded Derek Chaplin.

No matter how the Hedlanders would treat James Jerome and his men, James Jerome probably wouldn't have the opportunity to scold Derek Chaplin in person in the future, so James Jerome would definitely vent his anger, otherwise he couldn't forgive himself.

"You - you idiot, you are the fleet commander, and you actually blame me?" Derek Chaplin immediately shirked responsibility.

"Fuck you, Commander. Have you ever respected me as a Commander? When did my orders really take effect?" James Jerome was furious and punched Derek Chaplin in the face.

Well, the naval officers are still in good shape. If they are thin, they can't bear the life of wandering on the sea all year round, so James Jerome's punch was really heavy, and Derek Chaplin was beaten to the ground.

"You, you dare to hit me?" Derek Chaplin wiped his nose, and the back of his hand was already red, which made Derek Chaplin lose his mind. Derek Chaplin went straight to touch the holster on his waist.

"Enough! Can you be like a warrior? Even if you fail, you still face it bravely?" Finally someone said something fair. Tom Spike really couldn't stand these two guys.

Like a warrior?

It's easy to say, but it's hard to do!