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Chapter 1771 has its own abacus

Karachi, the capital of the province of the West Sea. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Standing at the top of the naval base building, Lu Guang holding a telescope, silently looking at the choppy sea level in the distance.

The dark clouds rolled in the sky, the wind howled, the lightning bolted one after another, and the thunder continued to explode in the ears.

An hour ago, the waves on the shore were unusually soft, but now the wind has piled up huge waves high and smashed them down with a howling and howling. The fierce waves were lined up and rolled high, and white flowers were on the crests of the waves, like the hideous teeth of a tyrannical mad beast.

Today was originally the day when the aircraft carrier task force set off for the Persian Gulf to participate in the war, and the weather forecast two days ago confirmed that the weather today was not very good, and there might be a storm, but the navy was not too concerned. Generally speaking, winter storms in the Northern Hemisphere are not too large, and even if they experience occasional wind and rain, they will stop after a short time, and major events will not be delayed.

However, at four o'clock in the morning, the radar of the airship, which was deployed more than 800 kilometers away from the coastline, sent a warning signal that the sky over the Arabian Sea was covered with clouds, and the detection wave emitted by the radar confirmed that a tropical storm was approaching and was currently moving north at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and it was expected to reach Karachi by noon.

In this case, most of the sailors are newcomers, and the aircraft carrier task force will certainly not be able to go to sea, but there is still hope for the future, if the storm suddenly turns and the wind and rain come as scheduled, but as long as it does not cross the storm front or center, with the hydrological conditions of the Arabian Sea that the fleet crosses, it should not be a big problem.

However, according to the warning signal at 8 a.m., the storm has accelerated its speed and is expected to make landfall at around 11 a.m., when the central wind will reach force 12. Commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Provan. Admiral Grillio decisively suggested that the mission of the aircraft carrier task force be suspended for the time being, and that it should be done after the storm had passed.

Although Cheng Guang was unwilling, he was helpless about this abnormal change, so he could only order the aircraft carrier task force to dock at the anchorage immediately, and no one was allowed to disembark and experience the coming storm on the battleship.

In a way, this is also a kind of combat training!

The Karachi Military Port is under the protection of Monorah Island and the Cliff Peninsula, and the huge waves are blocked from the port, but the current wave power still makes the journey secretly frightened.

"Crackle-"

A thunderbolt exploded near the building, and the lightning rod that stood tall shot out dazzling sparks.

Admiral Li Haiqing, the political commissar of the fleet, strode to Lu Guang's side, took his hand and said:

"Commander, let's go back to the building! When we were in Nanhua, we had a lot of experience with this tropical typhoon, and if we didn't die on the battlefield, but were killed by lightning, we would have been wronged! ”

Cheng Guang felt a faint pain in his face being blown by the wind, turned his head, and said to Li Haiqing with some regret: "Lao Li, what do you say is going on!" Our aircraft carrier formation has just been about to go on a mission, and it has encountered such a big storm and waves, and those who know the inside know understand that we are protecting ships, and those who don't know think that we are greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

Seeing that the branches and leaves of the big trees in the distance were violently shaken by the strong wind, Li Haiqing dragged the light to the staircase and motioned to the guards to lock the door, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and comfort:

"Commander, we are not familiar with the weather conditions in the Indian Ocean, who knew that there are also tropical typhoon signals in winter? At least when we were in South China, we never experienced it in January! As for greed for life and fear of death, the *** Navy does not have capital ships at all in the western Indian Ocean, only two light cruisers and six destroyers, they are not our opponents, as long as the army achieves a decisive victory and solves their problems at all, those who understand things will make their own judgments!

"However, we still have to explain to the boss that this storm will last for I don't know how long it will last, and see how we can make up for the shortcomings of the Strait of Hormuz that cannot be *** in time......"

Cheng Guang nodded: "Also, our navy started from scratch, and it is understandable that it is a little difficult to deal with this unpredictable natural disaster." This incident is also a wake-up call for us to deal with such extreme weather that suddenly appears. If we had left the port a day earlier, maybe this problem would not have arisen! Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, since we have a storm here, it is estimated that the climate over there is not much better, and it is unlikely that the Japanese army will escape! ”

Hearing the wind outside pounding on the iron gate, making a "bang" sound, Li Haiqing and Cheng Guang came to the window together, only to see that the big trees below were bent by the wind, and the waves in the distance set off waves more than ten meters high, constantly beating the breakwater, and the thunderous roar continued to stop, and they couldn't help but look at each other in shock.

"Well, this is still in a sheltered harbor, I don't know what the ocean is like outside? Most of our sailors are newcomers, if we sail on the ocean, suddenly faced with this situation, I am afraid it will be difficult to parry, it seems that we have to hurry up and train, all kinds of conditions have to go through it, otherwise it will be difficult to become a big weapon! ”

When Li Haiqing said this, he said: "I want the horses to run fast, and I want the horses not to eat grass, is there such a cheap thing in the world?" Even if we want to leave the port in advance, it is estimated that we will be stopped by the above, so we can't leave the port today, it should be providence! ”

Cheng Guang knew what Li Haiqing was referring to.

In order to hide its strength, the Indian Ocean Fleet only dispatched a task force led by Zhao Lei to carry out the mission this time. The fleet consists of three aircraft carriers, four light cruisers, twelve destroyers and twenty-eight auxiliary ships, which are fully capable of fulfilling the tasks of the Strait of Hormuz.

At present, the requirements for the construction of aircraft carriers are not too high, and the general practice is to obtain by renovating the superstructure of oil tankers and merchants, passengers, and cargo ships. One would only think that this fleet that suddenly appeared was an unfinished modified aircraft carrier of the British, obtained from the shipyards of the West Indies, and would have no other ideas. If the battlefleet and the heavy cruiser fleet were to be dispatched, I am afraid that the great powers would have to be vigilant.

Cheng Guang shook his head and smiled, and comforted: "There is no way, we can't do it now, we can only hide our strength desperately." In two years, our self-built aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines will be incorporated into the fleet, and then there will be nothing to scruple about! ”

As he spoke, there was a dense sound like fried beans outside, and I saw that under the continuous lightning, the rain shot down like an arrow!

With the deafening thunder, the sky and the earth were foggy, the wind was roaring, the lightning was flashing, the thunder was roaring, the sky seemed to have dug a hole, desperately pouring water downward, the wind swept the torrential rain, like countless whips, and pumped fiercely on the glass window.

It's no longer clear in the distance, but with the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, everyone knows that the tropical storm has landed!

......

More than 900 kilometers from Karachi, at the mouth of the Gulf of Oman, the port of Muscat, the sky is full of dark clouds, the ground is blowing strongly, rolling up the yellow sand and fallen leaves, and the air is filled with a tense and solemn atmosphere.

Senior General Kotaro Nakamura, commander of the Japanese Indian Ocean Front, was throwing a tantrum at his headquarters in Jalali Castle at this time: "That bastard Yoshimoto Sadachi, don't you understand the reason for the ban? If Iraq and Khuzestan are lost, what good will it do to achieve a greater victory in Syria? ”

Lieutenant General Anda 23 advised: "Maybe they have a problem......

"Difficulty?"

General Kotaro Nakamura strode up to the map, picked up his baton, and pointed to the map:

"The current situation is already obvious, the Anjia army with lightning speed, with a partial division straight into Baghdad, cut off the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea, after the main force takes Khuzestan, quickly go north, and then cooperate with the British to eat the main force of our army in one fell swoop. As for me, the enemy has no ships, and he goes south along the road on the left bank of the Persian Gulf to Muscat, and I don't know where the year of the monkey has gone!

"Therefore, the danger will not be with us, it can only be with Khuzestan and Iraq! Yoshimoto told me to leave Muscat quickly, otherwise something would go wrong...... Could it be that bastard trying to take my place? ”

Speaking of later, Kotaro Nakamura gritted his teeth, and the blue veins on his face were revealed.

Nakamura Kotaro is a 21st student of Lu University, and in the same period, there are Terauchi Shouichi, Ueda Kenkichi, Nishi Yoshiichi, Furujo Kanro, Kashii Kohei, Kenkawa Miji, Hayashi Kei and others, who think they have excellent ability, but they are even inferior to their juniors Umezu Mijiro, Ishikawa Koichi and others, and their hearts are unsettled, and now they see that Yoshimoto Sadachi, the 28th term of Lu University, also wants to rebel, and he is naturally angry.

"Commander, please calm your anger!"

Anda Twenty-Three walked to the map, his expression very serious:

"After the An Jiajun took the West Indies, we still don't know if there were any ships that could be used in mega port cities such as Karachi and Mumbai. According to Imperial intelligence, there were more than 30 large shipyards in Bombay alone in the West Indies, most of which could produce 10,000-ton ships, and it was hard to believe that there were no warships in the docks of those shipyards that were under repair or about to be completed. Coupled with the fact that passenger ships, cargo ships, and oil tankers had taken refuge in harbors during the war, it was easy for the enemy to assemble a large fleet in the Arabian Sea.

"At present, the enemy has occupied all the ports on the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, and the main forces of the Imperial Navy, which are used in the Pacific theater, are assigned to our Indian Ocean Fleet, equipped with only old ships captured from the Dutch and Far Eastern navies, and in very limited numbers.

"The narrowest part of the Persian Gulf, only more than 50 kilometers, if the enemy on the opposite side, under the cover of its powerful air force, launches a sea-crossing operation, we have few soldiers around us, and there is no chance of victory at all! From this point of view, Yoshimoto-kun's suggestion is still very reasonable! ”

Kotaro Nakamura was stunned for a moment, looked at the map carefully, and then fell silent.

"Besides, even if Yoshimoto-kun wants to go south, he can't do it!"

Anda 23 carefully analyzed: "The commander has basically determined that the enemy's target is Baghdad, cutting off our north-south railway and highway communications, then, from the Persian border to Baghdad, only two or three days away, under the attack of the enemy's powerful mechanized corps, I do not think that the troops deployed along the way to maintain law and order and transport can play a role in slowing down the speed of their attack.

"In Baghdad and the surrounding areas, we have a separate infantry brigade and two Lanyin divisions, and the enemy's strength is at least five times more than that of our army. In this way, the troops we returned to support need to arrive before the Anjia army captured the city of Baghdad, which is obviously too difficult for the officers and soldiers who are engaged in the battle with the British army and can only rush back for at least half a month!

"Now that the city of Baghdad is doomed to be undefended, our army's labor division retreats from the northern front, and fights to the death with the well-armed and well-recuperated An Jia army, which is simply a situation of defeat and invincibility! Therefore, I agree with Yoshimoto-kun's opinion that staying on the northern front to fight and defeat the British first and win the opportunity to join forces with the German and Italian armies may be the right choice for us who are currently in a difficult situation! ”

Nakamura Kotaro listened to Anda Twenty-three, and knew that he had made the mistake of subjectivism, and after pacing back and forth for a while, the whole person had calmed down, and his expression returned to his usual state:

"Anda-kun is worthy of being a pillar of the Imperial Army, like a slap in the face, wake me up in time! That's right, Gibbon can't go south, otherwise they will be able to win under the attack of the British army and the Anjia army? It's better to survive the death and get a chance to survive by defeating the British army!

"Well, alas, we have not been able to communicate with the troops in Persia and Iraq, but the troops deployed in the further north border areas and in Syria can communicate by radio! According to German intelligence, the enemy was divided into four routes, including the southern part of Iraq, where the enemy was advancing towards the city of Kut, and its intention to cut off the southward retreat of the Baghdad troops was already clear......

"But the bad thing is that the enemy has a method that we don't know can interfere with our radio signals, and there are no telephone lines here, even if we want to mobilize the front-line troops! In my decades of leading troops, I have never encountered such a battle in which I do not know the situation of the enemy and cannot command the front-line troops.

"Anda-kun, look at how this is: since Baghdad can no longer be defended, and the road to the south may be cut off by the Anjia army at any time, it is better to let General Nishiyama, the commander of the 45th Division, who is in command in the border area of Iraq and Syria, immediately send people to Baghdad by plane, and strive to transfer all the troops there to the northern front, under the unified command of Yoshimoto Sadachi, to form the northern route corps of the front army!

"In addition, we will send people to Iraq and the southern region of Khuzestan to inform the troops to withdraw to Faw, Abadan and Basra, and we will send a fleet to pick them up for their retreat, completely abandon the west coast of the Persian Gulf, and most of the withdrawn troops will be transferred to Madagascar with me, and the other troops will be stationed on the line of the Hajar Mountains in the south of the Arabian Peninsula to ensure the safety of Muscat Port and reserve a hope for the Northern Route Army to evacuate!"

Anda Twenty-Three immediately agreed: "This is a very good proposal! Our front army is tasked with the combat mission in the Indian Ocean, and Chief of Staff Ishihara has always insisted that the empire in the Indian Ocean should have Madagascar and Ceylon as its two strategic support points, so our move to Madagascar to fight can be regarded as a positive manifestation of our adherence to the will of the base camp.

"Concentrate all the troops on the Persian Gulf coast, we also have four independent infantry brigades, four Lanyin divisions, leaving a small number of troops to stick to the coastal areas of Oman, which also reflects our high sense of responsibility. Under the attack of dozens of mechanized divisions of the An Jia Army, who dares to guarantee that he will be able to turn the tide? ”

"Anda-jun, the strength of the Northern Route Army is not weak, they have two main divisions, four independent infantry brigades, and six Lanyin divisions, as far as the current empire is concerned, it is also a powerful force, if it can be preserved, we still have to try to find a way to preserve it!"

Kotaro Nakamura thought carefully for a while, and then said: "The key to the retention of the Northern Route Army is that the Germans take the initiative to cooperate and launch an offensive in Turkey to reduce the pressure on the Northern Route Army. Then, the Northern Route Army aimed in one direction and continued to fight forward, whether it was to Egypt to join Rommel's North African officers, or to the Mediterranean Sea, where the Italian navy would respond and evacuate, it would be able to achieve its own goal. The only thing that needs to be done now is to buy time for the South Chinese army to stay in Khuzestan and Iraq for a longer time......"

"yes, I wonder if the enemy will send troops to the south along the Persian Gulf coastal road?" Anda Twenty-Three muttered to himself thoughtfully.

"Most of these desert areas are barren land, what are they used for?" Nakamura Kotaro shook his head negatively: "Their goal is us, as long as the headquarters evacuates Oman, the people of China will have no interest in these deserts!" I still don't understand what the people of China want to do in the barren mountains and deserts of southern Persia, it's completely incomprehensible! ”

"Perhaps, as speculated in China, there is oil down there!"

Anda Twenty-three remembered something and reminded: "According to the speculation of domestic geological experts, since Egypt and the Khuzestan region of Persia have rich oil reserves, and the Chinese have also discovered a large number of oil fields in Libya, then there should also be large oil fields in the west coast of the Persian Gulf with the same geological conditions. Before the outbreak of the war, the Americans set up exploration companies in the Persian Gulf, and although they found nothing, they could not help but make people think of it.

"If you think about it, even the areas in Germany where the conditions for exploration are extremely difficult have been found by the Chinese people, so it is very likely that they have found it in the Persian Gulf region as well! Otherwise, there is no way to explain the actions of the people of China! ”

"Yo Xi!"

Kotaro Nakamura nodded again and again, and then showed joy:

"If this is the case, then the Northern Route Army may really be saved, because the South Chinese army will definitely not allow the British to make a comeback, and will inevitably send troops to first bring all the Persian Gulf coastal areas under control, and then fight our army, so that the Northern Route Army can buy enough time to fight a decisive battle with the British!

"However, we must urge our country to ask Germany to quickly declare war on Turkey, so that the whole game of chess can be brought back to life!"

Speaking of this, Kotaro Nakamura stood up, came to the window, and said, "Now that the sky is suddenly getting dark, it is estimated that a storm is coming, so hurry up and send an airplane to notify the troops on the front line to evacuate!" ”

"Hey!"

Anda Twenty-three and all the staff officers bowed and saluted, and quickly got busy.

......

In Britain, when a new day came, the city of London, which was almost in ruins, sounded again with terrible anti-aircraft sirens, and all the remaining churches, the bells rang tightly, reminding people that a new round of bombing by the Germans was coming.

Although most of the city's population has been evacuated to Scotland, hundreds of thousands of people still live in the rubble. Hearing the alarm, people wearing bronze helmets quickly hid in anti-aircraft bunkers, and the officers and men of the antiaircraft artillery positions nervously pushed shells into the cannons, carefully looking for targets for firing.

For a time, the sound of footsteps, the shouts of the people, the bells of Shen Xiong, the heart-rending sirens, the cries of the old and weak, the women and children, melted into one, and the dilapidated city of London was moving rapidly and struggling painfully in the tense atmosphere of the air raids.

Soon, in a deafening roar of swarms, hundreds of German bombers, under the cover of an equal number of fighters, flew over London, and when they descended to a certain altitude, dropped a string of bombs under their buttocks.

"Boom-"

A building that had just been repaired collapsed with a bang.

"Boom-"

I don't know what building was set on fire, and the flames soared into the sky.

Soon, the city was shrouded in explosions, fires, and smoke, and the city of London was once again subjected to a baptism of steel that it had to endure almost every day.

As British fighters took off from the central and northern regions rushed over London, the anti-aircraft guns on the ground finally began to return to color, and the British and German fighters bit together in the air and fought to the death!

"Bang bang—"

"Boom-"

"Dada-da-"

There were constantly fighters dragging thick black smoke on their buttocks, falling staggeringly, and parachutes appeared in the air from time to time. The bombing, which was almost routine, did not end until noon.

Uxbridge, a suburb of London, is the operational command of the British Home Defence.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was in a heavy mood when he received the report that the German bombardment had ended today and that the southern ports and cities had once again been dealt an almost devastating blow.

It has been more than a year since the start of the war, Britain has lost almost all its colonies in Asia, and the mainland has been bombed for nearly half a year. Fortunately, the *** people suddenly went crazy, pulled the United States into this war, and led the Chinese and South China governments to declare war on ***, so that at least in Asia, *** people dare not expand unscrupulously!

Churchill instructed the commander of the garrison to the south to keep a close eye on the movements of the Luftwaffe and the navy and army, and to be alert to a landing operation that could be launched at any time, and then hung up the phone.

At this time, Secretary of War Hall. Sir Belisa went into the room and said to Churchill with some dismay:

"I just got news from Syria that a mechanized unit of the Japanese army suddenly appeared in the city of Palmyra, and it is estimated that the city built on the edge of the desert has been lost. From the city of Palmyra to the north, if we take the city of Raqqa, then my troops on the line of Deir ez-Zor and Maiadin will be surrounded by the enemy. After months of continuous fighting, our army and the Greek army were very tired, and I suggested that the troops immediately retreat, retreat to the Turkish border, rest and assemble, and then engage in a decisive battle with the enemy. ”

When Churchill heard this, his eyes became very serious, and he shook his head again and again:

"No, at present, the defense of western Syria, Lebanon and Jordan is very weak, and at the same time, our North African troops are fighting against the German-Italian coalition led by Rommel.

"Sir, do you know what that means? , the armies of Italy and Germany will triumphantly join forces in the Middle East, the British Empire will be completely cut off from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and Turkey will surely succumb under the oppression of the powerful military power of the Axis powers! Therefore, it is possible to retreat, but not to the Turkish border, only by rail, quickly retreat to the cities on the Mediterranean coast, use the city defenses there, and maneuver with the Japanese army!

"At present, the government of China and South China has declared war on ***, and the situation of the war may be fundamentally reversed at any time, what we need now is persistence, persistence, and persistence, understand?"

"Okay!"

Hall. Belisha shrugged helplessly, turned around and was about to leave, just in time to retire with the director of the sixth division of the Ying*** love department who hurriedly walked into the door. Sinclair hit head-on.

Stop. Sinclair looked excited, held a telegram in his hand, and said to the Prime Minister and the Minister of War: "Good news, the South Chinese army has finally sent troops, and at four o'clock in the morning, with a huge force of more than 20 divisions, they have broken through the territory of Iraq and Persian Khuzestan, and the defense line operated by the Japanese army has been broken!" At the moment, the war is developing in depth! ”

"Really?"

Churchill was overjoyed, quickly stood up, took the message, and examined it carefully.

Hall. Bailey salad live Hugh. Sinclair's hand asked excitedly, "Has the news been confirmed?" ”

"It's confirmed!"

Stop. Sinclair explained: "This information, passed through layers by our intelligence agents in Persia and Iraq, the United States, and Turkey, finally succeeded in sending a telegram back to London in Turkey. It is reported that Chinese has studied a wonderful electronic instrument that can interfere with the transmission of radio waves...... I recommend buying this advanced electronic device from Nanhua now! ”

After reading the telegram, Churchill was relieved and said to the Secretary of War with a smile: "Dear Belisha, go and order the troops to retreat." All troops were stationed on the Mediterranean coast to guard against death. We respond to all changes with the same, wait for *** people and Chinese to go dog-eat-dog, and wait until both of them are exhausted, and then we will pick up the cheap! ”

Hall. Belisha nodded knowingly, and quickly walked out of the room.

"Prime Minister, are you allowing the Chinese to occupy the empire's traditional sphere of influence -- the Persian Gulf coast and Iraq?"

Stop. Sinclair asked curiously.

"Why not?"

Churchill smiled slightly: "The most important thing for us now is to preserve our strength. The empire can no longer withstand great attrition, and as long as our army is there, there is hope of recovering the rights and interests of the colonies in the future. If all the people are gone, what can we do to regain the glory of Great Britain? ”

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