The sun is projected on the sea, the deep sea looks extraordinarily blue, the waves crash against the coast, the golden sand looks a little restless under the waves, the coast is not far from the sea, a fleet is ready to go, all kinds of military ships are cruising slowly on the sea according to their respective routes, the sky from time to time skimming the fighter group, quickly rowing over the fleet, flying freely in the blue sky.

On the beaches and docks along the coast, you can see heavily armed soldiers, rifles, backpacks, camouflage uniforms, lunch boxes, water bottles, steel helmets, all the equipment that can be used on the battlefield, the soldiers have been prepared, waiting for the order of the superiors.

In fact, now these soldiers have received the order to board the ship and set off, and this order was issued by the Supreme Command of the Malayan Theater, and the commander is Zhou Daogang.

Now, Zhou Daogang is standing on a high ground not far from the beach, surrounded by a staff team, holding a telescope and looking at the Chinese naval fleet cruising in the coastal waters.

"Swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger", if Zhou Daogang must be asked to say his current mood, then this sentence may represent his heart, looking at the warships cruising in the sea, the planes soaring in the sky, the infantry on the beach and the dock ready to go, and those armored combat vehicles that are boarding from the dock one after another...... If you are a general, this scene in front of you may be a glorious chapter in your life.

As the commander of the Malayan Theater appointed by the central government, Zhou Daogang's mood at the moment is very excited, there are so many generals in the country, the president does not point out others, but points him Zhou Daogang as the supreme commander of the upcoming Malayan Campaign, what does this mean? This shows that the president has always regarded him as a true cronie and has trusted his military talents.

This is the first large-scale coordinated operation of land, sea and air force carried out by the Chinese armed forces, and it is still fighting overseas! Compared with the "small fights" on the Liaodong Peninsula in those years, the upcoming Malayan offensive is very likely to leave a strong mark in the history of modern warfare!

Zhou Daogang is very confident, but also a little conceited, standing on the commanding heights of this new Jinshan Port, he has a heroic feeling of creating history, and this feeling is definitely not something that Zhang Guoping, commander of the Burma Theater of Operations, can experience, he only needs to command the army and air force, and Zhou Daogang must not only command the army and air force, but also command the naval fleet. This is the president's trust, but at the same time, it is also a challenge to Zhou Daogang's command ability, fortunately, he has a very good staff team under him, whose members are all top talents from the army, navy and air force, and they give Commander Zhou advice and formulate offensive plans, so this Malayan campaign can become the starting point for Zhou Daogang to write a brilliant future. [It is worth mentioning that in this Malayan campaign, Zhou Daogang's chief of staff in the theater was Zhang Xiaozhun, and at this moment, this Chief of Staff Zhang was standing beside Commander Zhou, holding a domestic binoculars in his hand, looking at the fleet on the sea, the aircraft group in the sky, and the infantry on land.

"Report! The Air Force called. ”

A staff officer took a copy of a telegram and walked up to Zhou Daogang's side.

"Read."

Zhou Daogang didn't take the telegram, just nodded.

"At 9:29 a.m., our Air Force water patrol planes discovered two Australian Navy light cruisers and nine destroyers at ××× ××× south latitude and east longitude, heading north-west.

The staff officer finished reading the telegram, and then handed the transcript of the telegram to Zhang Xiaozhun.

Zhang Xiaozhun glanced at the telegram and said to Zhou Daogang: "It seems that the Australian army has finally been dispatched, and considering the actions of the South African army and navy, it is obvious that the British government intends to carry it to the end." Whoever dares to come will be beaten! Order the air force units, immediately dispatch bombers, and carry out an attack on the Australian fleet!"

Zhou Daogang immediately made up his mind and gave an order to the staff officer.

Zhang Xiaozhun reminded: "Judging from the report on this telegram, the Australian fleet has not yet entered the territorial waters of the Lan side, and it is a little urgent to attack now?"

"If you don't attack now, you will attack later. Australia is the Dominion of the United Kingdom, and according to the British government, this is also the British horse, and fighting the United Kingdom is equivalent to fighting Australia, so ah, now that Australia dares to come, it will be beaten back! Let it sober and sober. ”

"But the center has told us that if Australia does not attack Bangka Island or Lan Fang, then we must act cautiously, and now, according to the report, this Australian fleet has not yet posed a substantial threat to us, and I think it is inappropriate to send bombers to attack now."

Although Zhang Xiaozhun hesitated for a moment, he finally decided to clarify his position. []

Zhou Daogang handed the telescope to an adjutant, then turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaozhun, stared at his eyes for half a minute, and then asked the staff officer for the map, and soon found the location mentioned in the telegram of the air force unit on the map.

Indeed, that sea area is far from Bangka Island, which should actually be regarded as the boundary between Japan's sphere of influence and China's sphere of influence, and the Australian Navy's fleet has often appeared there before, and the presence of the Australian Navy's fleet there does not necessarily mean that it will attack Bangka Island, after all, the current Australian government is still debating whether to take the initiative to attack China's interests in Southeast Asia.

"Cancel the order just now, tell the Air Force to continue to send planes to track that Australian fleet, if it does not continue to sail north, ignore it, and if it crosses the demarcation line, attack immediately without hesitation!"

Zhou Daogang accepted Zhang Xiaozhun's suggestion and canceled the order to attack. Zhang Xiaozhun breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly understood why the central government sent Zhou Daogang to Bangka Island to command the Malayan Army, this person, although somewhat conceited, but not the kind of person who is stubborn and self-serving, he can listen to the opinions of his subordinates, provided that this opinion is "sensible" enough.

"How is the current progress of the troop boarding?"

Zhou Daogang didn't care too much about the Australian fleet, and after putting away the map, he asked a staff officer about the current loading of the army unit.

"Two divisions have completed boarding, but the boarding speed of the armored forces is not ideal, the main reason is that the sea conditions are bad, the tank landing ships are sailing too slowly, and those who have arrived at the base have now completed loading, but there is still a fleet that has not yet arrived at the base, which has been contacted just now, and the escort fleet said that it will take several hours to reach the base."

The tank landing ship mentioned by the staff officer is a kind of large landing ship designed and built by China itself, with a full load displacement of 2,500 tons, and it is a landing ship specially used to carry heavy equipment of armored forces, codenamed "Carp"; the design idea of this landing ship completely subverts the concept of landing in the past; in the past, the army used naval ships to land operations, and the transport ship anchored on the sea not far from the coast, and then relied on sampans and transport boats to carry the army ashore, but the "carp-class" tank landing ship is a completely new landing method. This kind of warship has a center of gravity and can directly rush to the beach, put the bow "resting" on the beach on the coast, and after unloading heavy equipment and personnel from the bow, it can also take advantage of the high tide to retreat and return to the sea, because this kind of landing ship is through the bow that can be opened when unloading equipment and personnel on the beach, and when the bow is opened, it is like a person grinning, so it is jokingly called "open smile" by the soldiers.

As for the army's lightly armed troops, their beach-rushing landing relied on a relatively small displacement of the "Catfish-class" landing craft, and the bow of this landing craft could also be opened, but it was not opened left and right like a "smile", but the flat plate-like bow baffle was directly lowered, because the weight of this "Catfish-class" landing craft was very light, it could be carried on the deck side of the transport ship. After the transport ship arrives at the landing site, it will use a crane to lift the landing craft to the sea, and then carry the infantry to charge the beachhead, and the landing craft is also equipped with a small-caliber high-level dual-purpose gun, which can not only defend the aircraft, but also be used to support infantry operations on the beachhead.

Considering that the Malayan Peninsula is a tropical region, there are many rivers and harbors, and the defending British army lacks armored combat vehicles, therefore, in this landing operation, most of the heavy troops of the Chinese Army are equipped with light armored vehicles, among which there is a very secret equipment, codenamed "snail", which is an amphibious landing combat vehicle, although it is not armed, but it can transport an infantry platoon across the river and across the bay at a time, which can actually be regarded as a pocket version of the landing craft, but equipped with tracks, It can be driven on land, which is a sign of the strength of China's automobile industry now, in fact, this "snail" was developed and produced by a private automobile manufacturing enterprise in accordance with the requirements of the Military Industry Administration.

It is worth mentioning that there are several domestically produced hospital ships participating in the Malayan landing operation, the concept of medical ships is not new, but the rear deck of these hospital ships has a helicopter take-off and landing platform, which can be used for helicopters to take off and land, and is used to transport the wounded on the front line.

These weapons and equipment are the direct or indirect products of the latest "four-year industrial development plan", and for this war, the central government of China has indeed made full preparations, and this battle will not be fought, and once the war starts, it must win a brilliant victory.

In addition to these special military vessels and vehicles, a large number of requisitioned vessels were requisitioned from the private sector to carry infantry and military supplies, and the crews who operated the vessels were also wartime personnel, who received wartime allowances in the army and wore naval uniforms.

The battle plan has long been decided, and all that remains is two things: first, wait for the order to attack from the General Staff; Second, wait for the troops to board the transport ship and form a large ship group.

According to the calculations of the theater staff, the first attack group has a total of five divisions and more than 90,000 men in this landing operation, and a large number of transport ships are needed; if everything goes well, these troops will only need one day to complete the boarding, but the problem now is that due to the strong wind and waves at sea, the sailing time of the tank landing ships is several hours later than the scheduled time, so that it will certainly not be possible to complete the boarding of the armored troops before noon today.

This morning, the General Staff has officially issued an order to attack, and the specific time of the attack will be determined by the Theater Staff in the light of the local weather, sea conditions, and other conditions, but no later than the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, because the British army has already taken action on the Kra Isthmus.

Now the time is very tight, and everyone is a little anxious, including Zhou Daogang, the commander of the theater of operations, who hurried to the dock telegraph room with his staff officers, contacted the transport ship regiment, and confirmed that it was because of the bad sea conditions that caused the delay, and then immediately issued a new order to the air force, ordering the air force to postpone the bombing operations in Singapore, West Borneo and other areas.

In order to ensure the smooth landing of the landing force and divert the attention of the British troops to other places, the Theater Staff decided to carry out a tactical bombardment of the British barracks and military facilities, bridges and transportation hubs in Singapore and West Borneo. This tactical bombing must be postponed.

Zhou Daogang waited anxiously for the arrival of the tank landing ships at the Xinjinshan Naval Base, and this was a morning, until the afternoon, when the long-awaited fleet finally arrived at the naval base, and the last heavy troops finally boarded the ship smoothly.

After careful calculations, the staff team suggested that Zhou Daogang immediately order the regiment to set off, so that after two days of sea voyage, when the troops arrived at the Kra Isthmus, it would be dusk the day after tomorrow, and once the vanguard troops landed, they could quickly use the cover of night to advance to the depth of the British defense, disrupting the entire strategic deployment of the British army.

Zhou Daogang accepted this suggestion, and the Malayan landing operation began, and the campaign was codenamed "Typhoon". (!) There is an update of the latest chapters in a timely manner