Chapter 1311: Shocked
Two days later, Chittagong, the command of the Chinese Pacific Fleet.
Chen Shaokuan walked into the headquarters with a happy face in his hand, and shouted loudly while the person was still at the door: "General seat, good news, good news!" ”
Jiang Haoran raised his head from the crowd on the side of the battle sand table, looked at Chen Shaokuan who came in from the door with a smile, and said, "Brother Houfu, what makes you happy like this." ”
Chen Shaokuan waved the telegram in his hand and said: "Hong Lie sent it, they have fully seized the air supremacy of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula. ”
"Oh...... So fast, it's just the third day to win air supremacy, the little devil is too unbeaten, right? ”
Jiang Haoran's playful words suddenly ushered in a burst of laughter, and after receiving the telegram from Chen Shaokuan's hand, Jiang Haoran hurriedly browsed it, and immediately frowned, and said suspiciously: "Brother Houfu, something is wrong, I remember that the intelligence said that the island army stationed a whole sixth flight regiment in Singapore and the Malay Peninsula, and there were at least more than 500 aircraft of various types, but the enemy planes annihilated on this notice were only more than 100, where are the enemy's remaining planes?" ”
Chen Shaokuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "I think maybe it is to support the Dutch East Indies, in the past few days, Nimitz has launched a crazy attack on the island army in order to avenge the revenge of Palembang, and compared to Singapore, the Dutch East Indies are obviously more critical in front of him." ”
Jiang Haoran nodded, seemed to think that this explanation was more reasonable, and didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "In this case, order all the B29 bombers in the base to take off and launch a devastating bombing of the roads, bridges, fortifications, and docks in Singapore and the Malay Peninsula." ”
Yesterday afternoon, the Mi army has captured Palembang and successfully controlled the Palembang airport, and after completing the bombing mission of the super air fortress that took off from Chittagong, it can land at the Palembang airport, and after completing the refueling and reloading, it can return to the battlefield again in a short time.
The two divisions of the Chinese Marine Corps are also progressing exceptionally smoothly on the island of Sumatra, advancing westward along the coastline, running nearly 200 kilometers in five days, and at this speed, they will soon reach the Strait of Malacca.
Just when Jiang Haoran thought that the battle was about to proceed smoothly, Yang Honglie in front sent a telegram again, informing him that the British East India Fleet had suddenly appeared in the Gretel Strait and was swaggering towards the Strait of Malacca, with huge landing ships and transport ships behind them.
"Grass, are the British really ready to attack Singapore with great fanfare?" Jiang Haoran immediately muttered.
Chen Shaokuan said: "This ...... No, if the British have this ability, why would they lose Singapore and the Malay Peninsula? And on such a far front, what do they use to ensure that logistics keep up? Also, with the Singapore fortifications they built at great expense, it is impossible not to know how difficult it will be to attack Singapore from the front? ”
Jiang Haoran said: "That's what you said, but how do you explain their motives now?" ”
The room was silent, and no one could come up with a convincing explanation.
After a long time, Jiang Haoran broke the silence and said: "Order, except for the aviation unit to continue to carry out the bombing mission, the other sea units will stop attacking and stand by at the predetermined location, I want to see what the hell they do." ”
Chen Shaokuan seconded: "It's okay, if they really plan to attack and let them go to the mines for us, I don't believe they can really take Singapore." ”
Jiang Haoran nodded, and then as if he suddenly remembered, he said, "By the way, where is the Marauder Independent Regiment now?" ”
Before Jiang Haoran set out from Wuhan, he ordered the independent regiment of the marauders to go to Chittagong to stand by, and they had arrived in Chittagong before Jiang Haoran arrived, and three days earlier, they had secretly gone to sea to carry out Chiang Haoran's secret order.
Chen Shaokuan said: "They have now entered the Andaman Sea, and it is estimated that they will be able to join the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team tonight, what, do you doubt that the British army will give them orders to carry out their mission?" ”
"He dares, Lao Tzu immediately exterminated them as rebels?" Jiang Haoran said fiercely.
Jiang Haoran's face changed, and everyone in the room was silent, although he knew that it was not aimed at them, Jiang Haoran's sudden violent killing intent almost made everyone present tremble.
No one will doubt that Jiang Haoran is just talking, it has really come to this point, he really dares to kill, although it is true that the Marauder Independent Regiment is a British army, but now they are all subordinate to the Southeast Asian theater of operations, then they are all Jiang Haoran's soldiers, and if they violate his Jiang Haoran's orders, they will be treated as rebels and no one will have anything to say.
With this suspicion, it is natural to try to rule out this possible threat, which turns out to be unnecessary.
In fact, it is not difficult to confirm this, at this time, the Marauder Independent Regiment and the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team have entered the Amanda Sea, and are currently hiding on several unknown islands, only about two hundred kilometers away from the central part of the Malay Peninsula.
For the sake of the secrecy of their actions, the radio stations they carry are all in a state of silence, and the communication basically depends on the navy's radio call sign, because the sudden appearance of an unfamiliar radio station is very likely to arouse the vigilance of the island army, and the navy's radio call sign has been active in the nearby sea areas for a long time, and basically they are all registered in the enemy's intelligence department, and even if they appear in the nearby sea areas, the enemy will suspect that it is a reconnaissance ship or a submarine.
As long as it is certain that the Independent Predators Regiment did not turn on the radio and send or receive messages during this period, it is almost certain that this could not have happened.
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Time flies, and a day has passed in the blink of an eye, and the bombing of Singapore and the Malay Peninsula by the Chinese air force has not stopped, and more than 1,000 sorties are carried out on the island every day.
The British East India Fleet did not stop advancing, advancing hundreds of nautical miles in one day, and several destroyers had even sailed into the Strait of Malacca, and they had no intention of stopping, and were still advancing at a rate of twenty knots per hour.
At present, the island army has completely lost air supremacy in Sumatra, Singapore, and the Malay Peninsula, and even if there is still a powerful naval fleet, but under the premise of no air supremacy, it is self-defeating to come out and block it, so if the East India Fleet is willing, they can almost go straight to Singapore by long car.
But the question is, the defense of the island army on Singapore is not weak, and the fortifications are extremely strong, can it be defeated with two light aircraft carriers, dozens of warships and three divisions of landing troops of the East India Fleet?
Not to mention that Jiang Haoran didn't believe it, even Nimitz, who knew them very well, didn't believe it.
But what is surprising is that at this juncture, Jiang Haoran actually received a telegram from the British authorities, demanding that the Chinese navy stop its attack on Singapore, and that the British should fight the battle to regain sovereignty by the British themselves.