African Nationhood

It was warm and cool in Ragusa in July. Ou Haiwa stood in the cab of the "Sanfeng" battle cruiser and communicated via radio with the British, French and Italian warships in the harbor.

Most of the warships of Britain, France and Italy are concentrated here because Nanhua has reached an agreement with Britain.

The three-nation coalition forces all know that Nanhua has taken the lead in developing active sonar, which can sense objects ahead through electromagnetic waves while traveling and display them on the electronic screen.

This advanced technology is the key to the invincibility of Nanhua submarines under the sea. France and Italy also want this technology, but authorization negotiations and sonar installation will take time.

This attack was still dominated by the Nanhua submarine force, supplemented by surface ships from Britain, France, and Italy, and launched the final offensive against the Austro-Hungarian navy in the Adriatic Sea.

In the past few months, most of the Austro-Hungarian navy has stayed in the harbor, and at the same time, the firepower of the coastal defense bases has been continuously strengthened.

The navies of the four countries can only conduct harassment in the Adriatic Sea, but it is impossible to storm ashore.

This time the South China Navy took the initiative to launch an offensive in the Adriatic Sea, and the Allied Forces Command and the Italian Navy naturally responded.

Since an offensive is to be launched on the Adriatic Sea, the first solution is to install coastal defense artillery at the port. In order to solve the problem of coastal defense artillery, in addition to suffering huge losses in the sea attack, the remaining solution is for ground troops to land operations in areas closer to the port. .

Nanhua has a giant landing ship and can transport seaplanes and armored vehicles. It is really the best companion for landing operations.

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After the coalition's beachhead is established, they will attack Sparanto and nearby islands.

The British, French, and Italian coalition forces set off from Pescara, Italy, on Nanhua's landing ship, landed on the coastline between Spalato and Sibenik (now the Croatian port city), and established a beachhead position.

The three countries of Britain, France and Italy are naturally willing, because the land attack is slower, so the three countries of Britain, France and Italy can also divide their forces to attack Sibenik in the north.

Now that Nanhua has taken the initiative, Nanhua's landing ships must be shared.

This was once the border city of the Principality of Dubrovnik, and a 7-kilometer-long stone wall was built here.

The two sides agreed that the marines of the South China Navy would march overland towards Spalato (now Split, Croatia) and capture the Austro-Hungarian naval cities they encountered along the way.

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On July 7, the South China Marine Corps attacked under the leadership of Brigadier General Ou Haiwa.

Previously, Nanhua was huddled in Cataro and Ragusa and was unwilling to take action, and the coalition forces could not urge them.

Britain, France and Italy also wanted to take this opportunity to spy on the internal structure of the Nanhua landing ship to accumulate intelligence for future imitations.

Half of Nanhua's submarine force will be divided into escort submarines for Britain, France and Italy.

The two parties attacked from a pincer and took the lead in solving the islands and port cities in this sea area.

As for the islands between Ragusa and Spalato, allied forces and Nanhua ships are needed to force them to surrender. The Austro-Hungarian troops on these islands will not be too determined to fight.

Even though most of the coast here is tidal flats, with the help of the Nanhua landing ship, they will be more relaxed.

55 kilometers north of Ragusa, there is a small town called Ston.

Later, with the decline of the Principality of Dubrovnik, this small city became the front line of the Croats against the Ottoman Turks.

Now when Ou Haiwa's Marines arrived here, the small town was already dilapidated and no longer felt like a frontier fortress city.

After the plane bombing, of course there was no resistance here.
Ou Haiwa asked his men to check carefully and found no traces of the resistance forces. He guessed that the resistance forces here should have turned inland. They only wanted to occupy coastal ports during this trip, not to occupy inland cities.

Therefore, Ou Haiwa gave up his intention to advance inland and continued to advance north.

As the advance speed increased, the resistance encountered along the way became less and less. However, the sandy land along the coast was not conducive to the army's advancement, and their marching speed inevitably slowed down.

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When the British, French and Italian coalition forces occupied the beachhead, they encountered strong resistance from the Croatian local guards. The British, French and Italian coalition forces successfully landed with the loss of more than 1000 soldiers.

The coalition forces first dispatched troops to evict the ancient coastal city of Trogir (now an ancient historical and cultural city in Croatia), and then attacked Spalato. At this important seaport, the coalition forces encountered strong resistance.

The Croatian Defense Forces here were determined to resist. By the time Ou Haiwa arrived at Spalato with her troops, the British, French and Italian forces had lost nearly 3000 troops.

As soon as Ou Haiwa's Marines arrived, they set up their formation and attacked aggressively. Nanhua's aircraft also launched air strikes along with the coalition's aircraft.

The buildings in the city of Spalato were severely bombed, but these Croats still refused to give in.

There was no way for the coalition forces and Nanhua's heavy artillery troops to continue their attack, so the entire city held on for another two days before it was finally defeated.

After entering the city, the coalition forces and the South China Marine Corps suffered a day of street fighting before finally regaining this important seaport town.

In this battle, Sparato had more than 8 people, and more than 4 people died, most of whom were old and weak.

The coalition forces hated such a city very much, but they could not retaliate blatantly, so they confiscated all the food and property in the city and allowed the city to fend for itself.

The South China Marine Corps also lost hundreds of people here, but this city cannot be wasted. Ou Haiwa ordered his men to take in some young children. Then he found King Nicholas I and discussed selling the city to The old king.

The old king looked at the ruined city and felt a little pity.

But the coastline of more than two hundred kilometers is still good, and most of these coastal lands are plains, which is much better than the mountainous land of Montenegro.

After discussion between the two parties, the price of these lands was 20 pounds, including the islands in this sea area.

Both parties were happy, but the Italians knew about it.

They were quite dissatisfied with South China's private sale of land. The Dalmatian coast was a land that Italy had long favored, and this was also the condition they had agreed with the Allies.

The Italian Prime Minister complained to the Allied Forces Command, hoping that Britain and France could stop Nan Hua's behavior.

Marshal Foch naturally found it hard to say this, and the London Cabinet was cooperating with South China on active sonar, and the South China Expeditionary Force was advancing aggressively within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had put great pressure on the Allies.

The Germans had to send their troops to Austria-Hungary to help defend Vienna.

To stop Nan Hua at this time, am I out of my mind or do I lack intelligence?

Let's talk about Italy's achievements since it entered the war. Not to mention the loss of troops in the Battle of Caporetto, even the battle line was almost unsustainable. If the coalition forces hadn't sent people over, the Italians might have been defeated first.

Not to mention the mediocrity of the navy. If it hadn't been for the arrival of the South China Navy, when would it have been possible to achieve a great victory like the Battle of Otranto?
And what's wrong with Nanhua handing over these territories to the allies of the Allied Powers?
Mendinegoro made significant contributions to the Allies. At that time, Serbia was about to be subjugated. It was the Mendinegoro army that managed to resist and saved the foundation of the Serbian army.

The fire was reserved for today's counterattack against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, otherwise the Serbian army would have been completely annihilated.

Prime Minister Lloyd George's refutation directly rendered the Italian Prime Minister speechless, and they could only feel depressed alone. (End of chapter)