Zhonghai Port (Jakarta) of the Donghua Empire, the headquarters of the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy.

Ling Zhuanghua, chief of staff, saw Commander Chen so excitedly expressing his determination to the emperor on the phone, and he couldn't help but secretly guess in his heart that the emperor had given the Seventh Fleet some kind of will, which could actually make Commander Chen so excited that it was like a chicken blood.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Our Seventh Fleet can finally be in Carrier City! After Chen Houfu respectfully put down the telephone microphone, he suddenly said loudly to the room full of colleagues and generals: "Now, the commander will convey the emperor's message!" ”

"Huh!"

With a sound in unison, all the officers and men in the combat command room stood upright.

Chen Houfu looked around one by one with blazing eyes, and said solemnly: "Order the Seventh Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy to immediately formulate a battle plan to capture the British Diego Garcia Island, and immediately implement it!" ”

"Great! Finally there is a battle! ”

"Hahaha! The emperor finally decided to continue to make a move on the British! ”

"This task belongs to the Chief of Staff! Whoever dares to rob me, I Ling Zhuanghua will be in a hurry! ”

"Mom Laba! You are the chief of staff, and I, Shen Chengzhang, am still the deputy commander of the fleet! I'll lead the team this time! Whoever fights with me, who is anxious with me! ”

“……”

Looking at the noisy group of colleagues, a smile flashed in Chen Houfu's eyes, and then his face turned pale, and he coughed twice in a deep voice.

Soon, the war room became quiet.

"It's not like that! What a system! Chen Houfu scolded with a smile in his eyes: "This commander has decided, this expedition will be led by this commander himself!" ”

"Holy! Chen Houfu, you are abusing power for personal gain! Shen Chengzhang, deputy commander of the Seventh Fleet, shouted dissatisfiedly: "How can anyone who is a commander personally lead troops to the battle, this is not in accordance with the rules!" Isn't that right? ”

"Yes!" The group of people who were arguing just now shouted in unison.

"! That's it! Chen Houfu scolded with a smile: "Deputy Commander Shen, don't fight with me, they all say that there is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, our Seventh Fleet must have you, the deputy commander, in charge, so that I can rest easy." Besides, the 3rd Squadron that greeted Wang Jingchun also had to be handled by your brother Chengzhang himself! ”

"Commander Chen, does the emperor want us to capture the British Diego Garcia Island at this time, do you have any deeper strategic intentions?" Ling Zhuanghua, chief of staff of the Seventh Fleet, calmed down and asked thoughtfully.

After finishing speaking, Ling Zhuanghua walked in front of the huge nautical chart the size of an entire wall hanging on the east wall, and soon found the location of Diego Garcia Island.

"Look, Diego Garcia Island is located at the meeting point of many shipping routes between the Cape of Good Hope, Singapore, the Red Sea, and Australia, and its strategic position is obviously very important."

Ling Zhuanghua picked up the command pole and said aloud to the map: "Madagascar to the west of the island has been controlled by the Germans, and Ceylon Island to the north will not be long before it falls into the hands of the Japanese. If we don't do it now, sooner or later the Germans and the Japanese will take the island! ”

"I thought, the emperor meant to let our Seventh Fleet establish a naval and air base on Diego Garcia Island, and watch the Japanese and German forces in the Indian Ocean." Shen Chengzhang speculated on the spot: "When Britain and France start a full-scale war with the German and Japanese armies in the Indian Ocean region, Diego Garcia will inevitably become a transit point for strategic materials that all parties want to compete for." With the character of our emperor, we will definitely hold high the banner of neutrality and peace at that time, and then open up to do business with the Allies and the Axis powers. ”

"Hahaha! Perhaps, the island of Diego Garcia, controlled by our Great Donghua Empire, will become a wonder in the Second Great War! ”

Chen Houfu seemed to understand the meaning that His Majesty Emperor Jincheng did not explicitly say from Shen Chengzhang's words, and laughed loudly: "Everyone, without further ado, now, I order!" ”

"Huh!" Everyone in the room stood up at the same time and saluted Commander Chen.

In the face of business, Shen Chengzhang, Ling Zhuanghua and others still gave high respect to Chen Houfu, the commander of the fleet.

Chen Houfu looked around and said solemnly: "This attack is the first foreign military operation since the founding of the Great Donghua Empire!" There's no room for error! Therefore, the commander personally led the command of the team, with the assistance of Ling Zhuanghua, chief of staff.

The 'Baiqi' flagship, the 'Dongting Lake' combat support ship, the 'Taihangshan' dock landing ship, the 'Longdun 155' missile cruiser, the 'Kaijiang 285' and 'Kaijiang 286' missile destroyers, the 'Tutu 360' and 'Tutu-361' missile frigates;

The 'Expedition 093' attack nuclear submarines, the 'Breaking Wave 468' and 'Breaking Wave 467' submarines formed the Royal Navy's Expeditionary First Squadron, which left port two hours later! From now on, the Seventh Fleet will enter the first level of combat readiness, and Deputy Commander Shen Chengzhang will be fully responsible for all matters of the base. ”

"Understood!" Everyone present responded loudly in unison.

……

The flagship of the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy of Donghua, the "Bai Qi," led 15 ships of various types and sizes, suddenly sailed out of the port of the Chinese Navy, out of the Java Sea, and into the Indian Ocean. This move made the intelligence officers of various countries in the China Sea confused, and they couldn't guess what the Donghua Royal Navy was going to do.

According to common sense, the next mission of the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy, Donghua, is to go to the South China Sea to rendezvous with the 3rd Amphibious Assault Subfleet of the Second Fleet heading south.

However, seeing that the 3rd Amphibious Assault Squadron of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy, Donghua was about to pass through the waters near Tokyo Bay, the flagship of the Seventh Fleet was entering the Indian Ocean at this time with 14 ships of all sizes in the opposite direction.

The First Fleet on the Japanese mainland is holding back its strength to engage in friction with the Royal Navy of Donghua passing through Tokyo Bay, and this news makes Yamaguchi Tashi secretly worried.

Admiral Koga Mine, commander of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, who has been staying in Tokyo, does not know how big the gap between the Japanese Navy and the Donghua Royal Navy is, without personally experiencing and appreciating the power of these advanced warships such as the Admiral-class aircraft carrier, the Shield-class cruiser, the Warrior-class destroyer, the Guardian-class frigate, the Seawolf-class ocean-going attack submarine, and the Kilo-class offshore attack submarine.

Although the overall quality of the officers and men of the Royal Navy of Donghua is not as good as that of the Japanese Navy, the Royal Navy of Donghua has an all-round superiority in technology and equipment, which can completely make up for their weakness of lack of actual combat experience.

The best pilot of the Japanese naval aviation, flying the Type 99 carrier-based fighter, could not even see the tail shadow of the F4-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of Donghua. No matter how good the quality of flight technology and experience is, it cannot catch up with the huge gap in equipment technology.

By this time, Yamaguchi had vaguely guessed what those closed manhole covers on the front and rear decks of the Royal Navy Donghua Shield-class cruiser were.

What is hidden under these manhole covers is definitely not the toilet that Chen Houfu said! It is very likely that it is a new achievement made by Donghua in the direction of rocket artillery development.

Underneath the manhole covers are rocket launchers!

ACCORDING TO VISUAL INSPECTION, YAMAGUCHI TAWEN ESTIMATED THAT THE CALIBER OF THIS NEW ROCKET ARTILLERY IS MORE THAN 350MM! I just don't know how far it has a range and how powerful it is.

In addition, Yamaguchi speculated that the rocket blizzard torpedo that Chen Houfu said that day was probably also a new type of rocket launcher.

If this speculation is true, this means that the shield cruiser of the Donghua Royal Navy has 16 sets of multiple rocket launchers on the front and rear decks, in addition to a double-arm multiple rocket launcher launcher in the bow and one in each of the ship's subordinates.

Only in this way can it be in line with the world's leading identity and level of the Royal Navy in the field of high-end science and technology.

Now, Yamaguchi Tashi basically judged that the naval guns on the Shield-class cruisers, Warrior-class destroyers, and Guardian-class frigates of the Donghua Royal Navy were all used to match each other, and their real long-range attack weapons were those dense rocket launchers installed on the fore and aft decks!

(To be continued.) )