Chapter 1534: A Devastating Crisis
", I really don't believe in this evil." Yang Honglie scolded angrily, put down the binoculars, turned back to the staff officer behind him, and said, "Order the landing force to go up and forcibly tear open their defense line." ”
"Wait." Hearing this, Chief of Staff Zhong Lingfeng hurriedly put down the binoculars, stopped the staff officer, turned to Yang Honglie and said, "Commander, the order of the general seat is only to attack, is it appropriate for us to attack on such a large scale?" ”
Yang Honglie said: "What's inappropriate? At present, the enemy's aircraft carriers have not yet appeared, and the Seventh Fleet of the Mi Army and the British East India Fleet on the left and right flanks have not been able to attack for a long time, and if they continue to drag on, they will have to weaken, and if we do not enter the stage of onslaught, they may have to suspect that we have ulterior motives. ”
"However, the order of the main seat ......"
Yang Honglie raised his palm and interrupted: "Chief of Staff, the general seat has never liked that the front commander has to ask and ask for instructions on everything in the war, he only looks at the results, the battle has reached here, and it can no longer be delayed, no matter what the purpose of the general seat is, our attack will not make a big mistake, and the fighter plane is fleeting, so let's execute it." ”
Seeing that Yang Honglie was so persistent, Zhong Lingfeng couldn't say anything more, waved his hand, and motioned to the staff officer to carry out the order.
In a short time, countless landing ships began to rush forward, and snow-white splashes were drawn on the sea.
Immediately, several aircraft carriers also began to move forward, and only by shortening the sea distance could the carrier-based aircraft stay in the air be extended, and the support firepower of the landing force could also be brought into full play.
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Dangan Reef, the flagship of the Southern Fleet of the Island Army, the aircraft carrier Xianghe.
A telecommunications staff officer hurriedly walked into the headquarters with a telegram in his hand and reported to Commander Jizaburo Ozawa that an urgent telegram had been sent from the port of Suqadana, and that the Pacific Fleet had begun to land on the beach, and that warships and aircraft carriers of all types were rushing towards the port of Suqratana and the port of Sanfa.
"Well, they finally can't hold it anymore." Ozawa Jizaburo said with a smile on his face, and then said in a cruel voice: "Order, raise anchor, and all warships move forward at full speed." The order was that the major land-based airfields were brought into a state of first-class combat readiness, and the 'blitzkrieg' was ready for implementation. ”
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The aircraft carrier Zhongshan, Yang Honglie and Zhong Lingfeng were still standing on the bridge, paying close attention to the battle situation ahead.
The dense number of landing ships has arrived at the port of Suqadana, and the beachfront landing is just around the corner.
Almost all of the fighters, bombers, and planes hovering in the sky took off from Chinese aircraft carriers, and the enemy's air power was still so weak that it seemed that it had no power to fight back against this air battle.
The enemy's shore-based firepower was paralyzed for a time under the blockade of dense fire from the air, and the sporadic fire network simply could not prevent the landing force from coming ashore, and everything seemed to be in no suspense, and the troops were soon able to rush to the port of Suqadana.
At this moment, a telecommunications staff officer hurried in and reported to the two men that the East India Fleet had sent an urgent telegram to surprise the island aircraft carrier fleet fifty nautical miles ahead of them, the fleet was huge, and the number of aircraft carriers was unknown.
"They're finally out." Yang Honglie's expression was a little proud, and he immediately issued an order, and all the bombers loaded with whaling fork anti-ship missiles took off and went straight to the island fleet.
The British East India Fleet had only three aircraft carriers and carried less than 200 carrier-based aircraft, so it stands to reason that Yang Honglie should be nervous about the safety of the East India Fleet when he heard that the island aircraft carriers had suddenly appeared, but there was no trace of such worry on his face.
Of course, in Jiang Haoran's tactics, it was by no means completely scattered the East India Fleet as cannon fodder, and the British army would not be so stupid to let him fool him, but Jiang Haoran provided them with sufficient security.
At the beginning of the campaign, Yang Honglie mobilized capable forces to raid and land on the secret airfield of the island army on the Riau Islands, seized the airfield with lightning speed, and repaired and put it into use in a very short time.
At this time, more than 200 Mustang fighters and more than 100 Tiger jet fighters at this airfield all provided fire support for the East India Fleet and escorted them.
Coupled with the fact that there are more than 100 Flying Fortress bombers carrying lethal weapons on the Indochina Peninsula, this kind of strength can completely withstand the attack of the enemy's battle group composed of even ten aircraft carriers, and there is no problem at least covering the retreat, so the British Major General Somerville is willing to act as this pawn.
The British army's defeat along the way, they actually hope for a decisive victory to wash away the shame, in their opinion, this is not Jiang Haoran gave them a chance to prove themselves.
Just after Yang Honglie issued the order to attack the island military aircraft carrier, less than 20 minutes later, the British army Somerville sent another urgent telegram, this time it was actually a distress message.
Just five minutes earlier, the carrier-based crews of the island warships had formed a huge air formation and swooped down on them, and all the carrier-based planes of the East India Fleet had risen into the air to meet the enemy.
But they did not expect that behind the enemy's carrier-based aircraft group, there was actually a huge group of land attack aircraft.
The British Air Force stubbornly resisted and held the enemy aircraft group in the sky more than 20 nautical miles above the aircraft carrier battle group, but the terrible thing still happened.
The enemy's land attack planes suddenly threw out a large number of small fighters under the belly of the plane, and swooped down on the British fleet, and the speed was amazing, and the new Hellcat carrier-based aircraft equipped by the British army were simply beyond the reach of the dust and could not intercept them.
I could only watch as the enemy's small planes roared away, rushing straight to the aircraft carriers and ships on the sea.
Moreover, they have the ability to pursue autonomously, and they cannot dodge the target at all.
In just five minutes, more than a dozen battleships were hit, including the light aircraft carrier "Dreadnought" and the battlecruiser "Prestige".
What is even more terrifying is that the amount of aircraft carried by the enemy's small planes is staggering, and all the aircraft carriers and warships that were hit were completely incapacitated almost instantly, and the destructive power led to the inevitable sinking.
Holding the message, Yang Honglie was horrified, the enemy actually developed a new type of weapon, from the description point of view, this weapon is comparable to the whaling fork, and it is very likely to be the latest anti-ship of the island army.
Without thinking too much about it, Yang Honglie immediately ordered the "Changsha" aircraft carrier in the rear to go to support.
The loss of one aircraft carrier by the British means that dozens of carrier-based aircraft cannot land, and these losses are nothing, once the losses of the East India Fleet continue to expand, the beach-grabbing troops in front will be stranded on the coastline, and as the enemy's aircraft carrier fleet approaches, the entire East India Fleet may be wiped out.
Therefore, Yang Honglie once again ordered the nearby army airfield to mobilize all the fighters that could be mobilized and could reach the range to support, and ordered the heavy bomber group to pounce on the enemy's aircraft carrier battle group at all costs, and must drive them back to resolve this devastating crisis that the East Indies was about to face.