At about 5 o'clock in the morning, in the Strait of Malacca, the headquarters of the aircraft carrier "Zhongshan", the flagship of the Second Fleet of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.

In the brightly lit and overcrowded command headquarters, Jiang Haoran, commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, sat at the head, and below him were Yang Honglie, commander of the Second Fleet, Xie Chen, commander of the task force, Dai Anlan, deputy commander-in-chief of the Far Second Group Army, and Liao Yaoxiang, Yu Shao, and other division commanders of the Far Second Group Army.

Another fresh face has to be introduced, Zhu Jinyuan, commander of the 3rd Marine Division, and the 3rd Division is the main force of the Penang landing operation.

Zhu Jinyuan graduated from Wusong Naval Academy, is Xie Chen's younger brother, is considered a professional class, participated in the famous Jiangyin naval battle, Jiang Haoran in Wenzhou when the navy, he was still a lieutenant colonel battalion commander under Yang Honglie, after two years, but has been among the ranks of generals, carrying the golden rank of major general on his shoulders, I have to say that Jiang Haoran's army is a "general" production plant, of course, you have to have the ability to do it.

Because this campaign was the first large-scale frontal offensive of the navy, and the forces invested included the navy, army, aviation, armored troops, and helicopter units, which were very huge and complex, and failure to keep up with one link could lead to the failure of the entire campaign, Jiang Haoran convened this meeting before this, and instilled tactical thinking and combat missions into the minds of every command.

At this time, the three fleets were only a few dozen nautical miles apart, and the seaplanes could send all the commanders to their respective front lines within tens of minutes, without delaying the next battle in the slightest.

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At about 6 a.m., Penang, the headquarters of the 55th Wing of the Island Army.

Wing Commander Shiro Yamazaki, who had not slept all night, dragged his tired body into the command headquarters, lying on his back on his chair and refusing to move for half a minute.

After most of the night's efforts, he finally blocked this round of crazy attack of the wolf's tooth special combat team, fortunately, he did not use a single soldier on the coastal defense line, but just urgently assembled the puppet army and puppet police in the city to supplement the front line, although their combat effectiveness was not satisfactory, but in the end it was more than 2,000 guns, and the wolf's tooth special combat team after several days of fierce fighting, the ammunition obviously appeared in a non-continuous situation, the firepower was sharply reduced, and finally was driven out of the city by the locust army.

Shiro Yamazaki breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he held on for another three hours, the 58th Wing would be able to reach the outskirts of Penang, and then the two armies would be flanked inside and out, and he was not afraid that the wolf's tooth special combat team would not die.

After a busy night's work, Shiro Yamazaki was really tired, and he snored thunderily after lying on the chair for less than two minutes.

An hour later.

"Boom, boom!"

Several loud bangs woke Shiro Yamazaki from his dream, ejected from his chair, and exclaimed, "Where to shoot?" What happened? ”

The chief of staff of the 55th Wing, Yamamoto Sagi Nakasa, hurriedly walked in and said, "Yamazaki-kun, it's an aviation unit, an aerial fortress bomber. ”

Shiro Yamazaki let out a long breath, explained to Yamamoto Sagi, and lay down again.

When he heard that it was a long-range bomber, he was relieved, as long as the carrier-based aircraft did not appear, it meant that the Chinese Navy had not yet arrived, and there were no problems on the coastal defense line, so he could sit back and relax.

During this time, the Chinese Air Force came to bomb from time to time, and they were used to it, but fortunately, the fortress built by the British was really good, and basically it would not bring too many casualties to the locust army, as for the people in the city, it was not a problem that the locust army should worry about, and Jiang Haoran could only be blamed for being ruthless.

But as if today was destined to be a not peaceful day, Shiro Yamazaki had just squinted, and another soldier came in to report that a large number of ships had been found on the sea, and the overwhelming carrier-based aircraft were flying in groups.

"Nani?" Shiro Yamazaki exclaimed, jumped up again, and without even asking, he pulled his legs and walked out.

The most feared thing has happened, and the main thing at the moment is, of course, to go to the forefront and see.

Because of the bombing of planes from time to time, the command headquarters has long been moved from the ground to the underground, and there are tunnels in the bomb shelters that lead directly to the coastal bases, and even the kind that can run cars, and the generosity of the British is all shown.

Ten minutes later, Shiro Yamazaki and Saki Yamamoto both entered the forward headquarters, and the sound of explosions was already heard outside, and the entire coastline was covered in artillery fire, even in the headquarters more than ten meters deep underground, it felt deafening and the whole earth seemed to be shaking.

Fortunately, the headquarters is located in a secret area, not only is the area bombed not large, but the vision is also good, and you can clearly see that hundreds of ships of various types are coming on the sea surface in the wind and waves.

"Call the Suzuki squadron and immediately strike at sea targets." Shiro Yamazaki howled hoarsely, and immediately a telegraph soldier picked up the telephone and howled.

The Suzuki squadron is an artillery position arranged by the island army in Seberang Perai, which is located relatively forward, an island more than ten miles away from Penang, and is the gateway to Penang in terms of location, so three 406 mm shore guns are arranged on it, and the batteries are all surrounded by reinforced concrete nearly 20 meters thick.

The 406-mm shore gun has a range of 56 kilometers, the shells weigh more than a ton, and the armor-piercing force can penetrate 10 meters thick reinforced concrete.

Although the rumbling explosion drowned out the sound of the cannons, a thick stream of fire soon appeared on the sea, hitting the Chinese Navy warship, and then a snow-white column of water on the sea surface soared into the sky.

A test shot did not hit the target, but Shiro Yamazaki was not at all worried, he was confident in his artillery.

Soon, the flowing fire continued to appear on the surface of the sea, this time it was three salvos, the three flowing fires swept away from the air, between the lightning and flint, the sea surface once again set off a monstrous wave, and then I saw two warships with billowing smoke, and even one of them quickly disappeared on the sea surface and sank.

The first ones were some landing ships and cruisers, where they could withstand the attack of 406-mm guns, and one shot was enough to kill.

"Well played!" Shiro Yamazaki shook his fist and howled.

As long as these three cannons are still there, it may not be easy for the Chinese navy to advance to the edge of the beach.

The planes in the sky soon discovered the existence of the giant cannon, and several fighters and bombers immediately circled over Seberang Perai, and then the black bombs fell straight down, and in an instant it was a burst of fire.

But it didn't seem to work very well, the shells flew out almost in the face of the bombardment, and still hit the battleships on the sea.

The artillery is set in an ironclad turret, even if it is directly hit by an aerial bomb, it is harmless, and the turret has been well shockproofed, and the soldiers inside will hardly be affected too much, so the outside is blazing, and the inside is still firing shells.