Chapter 65: The Battle of the East China Sea (2)

The Japanese fleet clearly had an advantage, but the carrier-based aircraft of the temporary fleet did not hesitate at all, and their first reaction after discovering the opponent's group was to launch rockets in a concentrated manner. www.biquge.info Although the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese defense fleet had learned that the parachute flight team was equipped with new air combat weapons, they had not taken it seriously, especially after speculating that the other side was only a joint fleet of the United States and Australia, and the Japanese pilots took it even more lightly.

Something surprising to the Japanese pilots finally happened, in the face of the overwhelming burst of rockets, the Japanese carrier-based pilots who had been flying in groups after taking off desperately pulled the control handle of the fighters to disperse and escape, but they did not know that they could not be faster than the rockets anyway. The sound of "boom" and "boom" explosions rang out, and the flying fragments of rockets enveloped half of the Japanese carrier-based planes that were marching in formation, and dozens of fighters in the Japanese carrier-based aircraft group were injured and fell in just one shot.

The unexpected rocket attack caught the Japanese carrier-based aircraft group by surprise, not counting the Japanese fighters who were directly damaged, and then some Japanese fighters withdrew from the battle because they collided with each other in order to avoid the rockets. "Fire, fire." The communication channel was filled with the excited shouts of the pilots, and after two rounds of rockets fired in succession, the carrier-based aircraft of the Provisional Fleet, which had taken control of the situation, immediately engaged in a fierce air battle with the opponent.

"The helicopter took to the skies and did everything in its power to rescue the pilot who had parachuted out." From time to time, fighter planes crashed into the sea, and after ordering the second wave of carrier-based aircraft to take off, McHausen ordered helicopters to also take part in the battle. The fighters that crashed into the sea were like dumplings, and there were also Japanese fighters with umbrellas, but at this point in the battle, the losses of the Japanese fighters were obviously large. Finding that air combat did not seem to be dominant, Takahashi immediately commanded the fleet to speed up, trying to approach the temporary fleet and defeat the opponent by the fleet's own force.

Takahashi didn't know that his order was unaware of his order, but he inadvertently catered to McHausen's arrangement, because the temporary fleet still had a second wave of carrier-based aircraft in the air, and the acceleration of the Japanese fleet made the parasol carrier-based aircraft that followed the launch quickly lock onto the target. The air defense siren sounded again, and what Takahashi Zhenxiong never expected was that the rocket weapons used by the opponent for air combat could also be used condescendingly to attack the fleet.

With the sound of continuous explosions, the Japanese fleet was gradually enveloped in fireworks, although the second wave of McHausen sent out only a pitiful 30 carrier-based aircraft, but even so, it still caused big trouble to the Japanese fleet. Including Takahashi's flagship, the Japanese fleet suffered heavy losses, while the temporary fleet only paid less than 10 carrier-based aircraft losses. The smoke drifting over the sea gradually dispersed, and as the Japanese fleet approached, the temporary fleet gradually suffered casualties, and two frigates that had been captured from the Thai Navy were sunk by the Japanese fleet.

The Provisional Fleet and the Japanese Fleet suffered casualties among each other, but the losses suffered by the Japanese Fleet were greater, because just ten minutes earlier, the air battle between the two sides had come to an end, and the Provisional Fleet had paid more than two-thirds of its carrier-based aircraft at the cost of almost completely annihilating the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese fleet. The pilots of the carrier-based planes who returned victoriously did not care about resting, but only jumped to the ground crew to immediately reload their fighters with ammunition, and they wanted to avenge their comrades who fell into the sea.

The temporary fleet encountered and exchanged fire with the Japanese defense fleet in the waters of Miyako Island, and when he heard the news, Zhuo Fei couldn't help but secretly worry, he wasn't very worried about the old ships of the temporary fleet, what he was really worried about was those carrier-based aircraft. The combat strength of the Umbrella ground forces is elite, but they are also inseparable from the fire support of the flying team, and the Umbrella does not yet have the ability to produce fighters, and on the premise that it is impossible to continue to receive assistance from US fighters, the loss of these fighters in the Umbrella's control is one less.

"Immediately order the flight team to take off and carry out a large-scale bombing of the southern coastal areas of the Korean Peninsula to help the Dangkou army move south." In order to stop thinking about the temporary fleet for a while, Zhuo Fei thought of a good way to concentrate on himself, that is, to start a battle in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula immediately, while diverting the attention of the Korean Japanese army, and also buying time for the engineering troops on Jeju Island to build defense facilities.

The Dangko Army and the Korean Independence Army, which had remained silent, received orders almost simultaneously, and in the next ten minutes, the radio waves between the Dangkou Army and the Korean Independence Army were noticeably denser, and the Japanese defense line confronting them was attacked almost simultaneously. The southern tip of the Korean Peninsula was in full flames, and the Dangkou Army clearly put on a strong posture to move south, while the Korean Independence Army lost its trace again after breaking through the Japanese defense line.

"One light and one dark, one master and one pair, as long as the stone side can cooperate properly with the Dangkou army, the entire southern tip of the Korean Peninsula will be stirred into a pot of porridge by them." Zhuo Fei was very comfortable nestled in the chaise longue and sunbathing, and next to the chaise longue sat Vivian and Angela, who were busy peeling mangoes for Zhuo Fei at this time. Angela, who came to Jiaodong from Sumatra, made a special trip to visit Zhuo Fei and Vivian, and by the way, she also brought a lot of Nanyang fruits, otherwise Zhuo Fei would not be able to enjoy Angela's service at the moment.

Vivian, who has been staying in Jiaodong, is better, but Angela, who came to Jiaodong from Nanyang just now, didn't understand the reason why Zhuo Fei attached so much importance to the Korean war, and when asked about the reason, Zhuo Fei's answer was too general to make Angela very dissatisfied. "The Japanese will certainly not sit idly by and watch us control Jeju Island, because Jeju Island is too close to their mainland, but if the Dangkou army goes south smoothly and controls several ports at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, even if we evacuate Jeju Island, there will still be a place where we can carry out cross-sea operations against the Japanese mainland, which is why I ordered the Dangkou army to go south."

After reading the map brought by the attendant, Angela could be regarded as understanding, but after reading the map, Angela had another question in her heart, why didn't Zhuo Fei directly launch cross-sea combat operations from Jiaodong, after all, Jiaodong is not very far from the Japanese mainland. "Jiaodong is not good, if we start fighting across the sea from here, there will be no chance to meddle in the Korean Peninsula. If we don't take this opportunity to send troops to the Korean Peninsula, once the war is over, maybe Kim Koo will tear up the contract signed with us and take Jeju Island back. ”

Vivien and Angela expressed disbelief in Zhuo Fei's words, but Zhuo Fei patiently explained to the two of them in a good-natured manner, "Do you two really think that our umbrella is the best in the world?" I dare say that as soon as the Americans come to their senses, they will follow suit and meddle in Asian affairs. In the eyes of communist countries, the United States is an out-and-out bourgeois country, and the largest communist country in the world today is the Soviet Union, and communism also has a large market in China. ”

"The Korean Peninsula happens to be caught between China and the Soviet Union, so I say that the Americans will not let go of this opportunity, and they will do their best to support the pro-American North Korean government to contain China and the Soviet Union." Zhuo Fei said this not because South Korea in the future was an out-and-out pro-American faction, and without the strong support of the United States, South Korea, which is the size of a projectile, would not have become one of the four Asian tigers.

When Zhuo Fei and the three of them were chatting in Jiaodong, the naval battle that took place in the waters of Miyako Island had come to an end, the temporary fleet commanded by McHausen did not achieve the final victory, and the Japanese defense fleet commanded by Takahashi Zhenxiong did not win, in the words of Takahashi Zhenxiong, the two warring sides only had a draw. However, the actual situation was not as Takahashi said, as the temporary fleet commanded by McHausen lost more than half of its carrier-based aircraft, two of the three aircraft carriers were sunk, and more than six frigates were sunk and damaged.

The Japanese Home Defense Fleet, which far outnumbered its opponents in terms of the number of ships and carrier-based aircraft, also suffered heavy losses this time, not only losing a large number of carrier-based aircraft, but also suffering firepower from the enemy's carrier-based aircraft on almost all the main warships in the fleet. Including the flagship of Takahashi Zhenxiong, the Japanese defense fleet was also sunk and damaged many warships, and the Japanese ships that finally returned to Taiwan's military port were two-thirds of the time when they departed, and the other ships had been sunk in the waters of Miyako Island.

Machausen was very satisfied with the heavy damage to the Japanese defense fleet and the loss of the ability to go to sea again, although the temporary fleet also suffered a lot of losses, but in McHausen's view, it was worth it. Like McHausen, Zhuo Fei also affirmed the achievements of the temporary fleet, but at the same time, he also regretted the loss of those carrier-based aircraft, which lost dozens of carrier-based aircraft in a naval battle, which is not a good thing for the umbrella of relatively weak air power.

While secretly ordering McHausen to lead the temporary fleet back to Singapore to recuperate, Zhuo Fei ordered the Dangkou army to speed up the speed and intensity of the attack, striving to open a passage between Inchon and Daejeon before the arrival of the next air force on the Japanese mainland, and actively approaching Daegu. South of Daegu is the port of Busan, and across the Tsushima Strait is Japan's Kyushu Island, and Zhuo Fei wants to give Japan the illusion that he wants to march into Busan immediately.

"Don't care if the Japanese are fooled or not, we all have to fight at our own pace, if the Japanese are not fooled, we will use Jeju Island, in short, the cross-sea operation must be carried out. But before that, we need to get help from the USSR and the United States, because we need enough aircraft, otherwise fighting across the sea is just a joke. It was clear that the war had shifted, but Zhuo Fei did not dare to get carried away, but asked Chongqing to come forward and seek renewed support from the Soviet Union and the United States.