Chapter 497
After the fighter planes in charge of the vigilance discovered the high-altitude reconnaissance planes of the Chinese army, the fleet entered the state of the highest realm, and the fleet commander ordered the take-off of 11 reconnaissance planes to expand the search area around the fleet. The simultaneous conduct of anti-aircraft and anti-submarine operations has exhausted the officers and men of the fleet, and there is still a considerable distance from the mainland, and it is impossible to maintain a state of mental tension all the time. Moreover, they have already experienced tens of thousands of nautical miles of sailing, and the state of the officers and men and the state of the warships are not good, and they can only hope that they will not encounter the Chinese fleet on the way.
Unfortunately, the Americans were unable to do so, and when the battleships at the San Diego Military Harbor sailed into the Pacific Ocean and tried to join the detachment, the main Chinese fleet was already less than 200 nautical miles away from the American detachment. On the west coast of Mexico. In the vicinity of the Levia Higado Islands, the Chinese army accurately captured the figure of the US detachment.
The first attack wave released by the three aircraft carriers of the Chinese fleet quickly resisted the air over the target, and 10 US fighter planes on air defense alert were the first to meet them, while the only US aircraft carrier was ready to release the fighters. However, this aircraft carrier is the primary target of the Chinese army's aircraft, and the US fleet's air defense formation is scattered, there are no specialized air defense warships, and the air defense efficiency is average. Moreover, in the face of the high-speed aircraft of the Chinese army, those anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns were somewhat powerless.
After the US fighters were killed, those anti-aircraft firepower became the targets of the Chinese fighters, and in a hurry, the anti-aircraft firepower alone could not stop the Chinese planes from wreaking havoc. After the end of the first wave of attacks, two U.S. capital ships had already been heavily damaged, a cruiser had sunk, and a raging fire was burning on the deck of that precious aircraft carrier, and even if it was extinguished, it would not be possible to continue to take off and land aircraft. Another battleship was hit by three torpedoes and five aerial bombs, the hull tilted sharply, the raging sea water poured in, and it was only a matter of time before it sank.
The U.S. detachment continued to be attacked like a target by Chinese planes, and the first wave of planes that ran out of ammunition returned, and the second wave of planes followed closely behind to the battlefield. Powerful battleships can only be attacked, and there is nowhere to vent their strength, and this kind of grievance is unbearable for US officers and men. Their fantasies of giant artillery bombardment did not appear, and instead were replaced by long-range strikes out of sight. Those dexterous but brutal Chinese planes seemed to be more powerful than battleships.
The era of aircraft carriers not only requires advanced aircraft and warships, but also scientific and rational tactics. The Americans are still in the toddler stage in this regard, and one of their fleet aircraft carriers could have played a greater role, at least inflicting some losses on Chinese aircraft and warships.
The air attack was divided into three waves, of the four capital ships, two battleships were sunk, four were heavily damaged, and one of the faster battle cruisers became as fast as a turtle because of the flooding. In addition, more than a dozen other warships were damaged, so when the main force of the Chinese fleet appeared in front of them, the acting fleet commander found that their enemy was six capital ships and more than forty other types of warships, so he decisively surrendered.
The failure of the US military's counterattack plan in the Pacific Ocean can be regarded as a tentative attack on the Chinese army, and there is also a certain psychological element of gambling. The Americans paid for this with a powerful detachment, and most of the gains of the rioters since the beginning of the war were consumed, and they once again retreated to the San Diego military port, trembling under the protection of the road airline.
After eliminating the threat of the U.S. Navy, the Chinese offensive on the Australian continent resumed, and under the pressure of the Chinese army from many sides, the coalition forces fell into bitter battles and lost important cities one after another. In the Battle of Sydney, more than 10,000 American soldiers and more than 3,000 British soldiers surrendered to the Chinese army, which was the largest surrender on the Australian battlefield, and the coalition forces were finally defeated by the Chinese army to resist the determination. More than 15,000 Australian soldiers retreated to Canberra, their last city, their last line of defense.
While the frontal battlefield was in full swing, a deal was being carried out in secret, and on the northern border, large quantities of supplies were piled up in train cars and quickly transported by rail to Russian territory. The place of origin of these materials is not indicated, and all of them are written and marked in Russian, but it is easy for the outside world to see that these are materials produced by China -- she is replacing Britain and the United States as Russia's largest aid country, using Russia to contain Germany, Lu Liang has begun to prepare for the division of interests after the war, and the contradictions between China and Germany are prominent.
Before the end of the battle in Australia, the war on the southeast peninsula was once again ignited, and the well-prepared Chinese army dispatched fifteen infantry divisions, three mountain divisions and one mechanized infantry division to launch a fierce attack on the British defense line in Burma. The British, who had little way to retreat, fought to the death, and there were millions of colonial troops, relatively sufficient supplies, and thousands of British native officers under the command of them, which actually blocked the offensive of the Chinese army.
At the cost of 150,000 colonial troops, the British successfully held Rangoon, a battle that was dubbed the "Great Victory of Rangoon" by the London newspapers, declaring that the Chinese could not cross the Rangoon line and enter the most precious India. But this report became a joke ten days later, and the Chinese army, waiting for the arrival of heavy firepower, launched a second offensive, more than 500 large-caliber artillery pieces and more than 600 aircraft joined the battlefield, and the jungle on which the British army relied on was ignited by the incendiary bombs thrown by the Chinese army, and the British army ran out of the burning jungle crying, and then entered the ambush circle that the Chinese army had already prepared.
At the same time, the Indian Ocean detachment of the Chinese army set out from Singapore and used the cover of more than 500 planes on the Malay Peninsula to break through the defense line of the British islands and spread the flames of war into the Indian Ocean.
In the face of the aggressive posture of the Chinese army, the British army adjusted its strategy and tried to slow down the advance of the Chinese army by lengthening the battle line and logistics supply line of the Chinese army. They abandoned large areas of Burma and retreated westward, eventually hiding behind the fortifications of the border area, where millions of A-San soldiers and a large number of supplies were hoarded, and it can be said that most of the forces that the British could draw on in India were located in this line of defense.
The Chinese army bypassed this line of defense, and the parallel advance on the ground was not worth the loss for the Chinese army, they not only had to face the strong fortifications and long defense line of the British army, but also needed to solve the problem of logistics and supply in the tropical jungle area. Therefore, after placing ten divisions of infantry and five divisions of soldiers of the Burmese Independence Army here, the Chinese army focused its efforts on the sea.
The British, like the French, pinned their hopes on the enemy attacking their own strong lines, with the Germans bypassing the Ardennes Forest and the Chinese from the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean. The Chinese army had superior naval and sea transport forces, while the British did not have a perfect sea defense force in India, and the British Indian fleet became much thinner due to the withdrawal of the mainland.
The Indian Ocean Detachment of the Chinese Army, with two fleet aircraft carriers and seven light aircraft carriers as the core, completely controlled the sea supremacy in South Asia, and the Chinese troops of the two Marine Divisions landed near the mouth of the Ganges River in India, opening the prelude to the South Asian strategy.
The battle on land was not fierce, the British colonial army was vulnerable to the elite Chinese army, and the British could come up with an army equal to the number of the Chinese army, for the Chinese soldiers, in fact, fighting with that kind of army was an insult to themselves. It's not that the enemy is poorly equipped, it's that they're not an army at all, and even in the face of fierce Japanese troops, it's more comfortable than fighting with such an enemy.
Without resolute resistance, no sneak attack and harassment, and no tactical use, the enemy was almost able to let the landing Chinese army go hundreds of miles inland. History has proved that the more superior the natural environment, the more it will create a soft nation, and this place with the most superior natural environment in the world will naturally create the race with the lowest combat effectiveness. This is the sorrow of the British, who have hundreds of millions of people in the South Asian colonies, but they are the worst soldiers.
However, at this time, the British could not care about self-pity, and their main force on the northeastern defense line was being cut and surrounded by the Chinese army. The landing of the Chinese army also indicated that their main direction of attack was not the northeast, so more than 300,000 British soldiers were transferred back, and the war broke out.
After a successful landing, as long as the logistics can keep up, the transport ships are sufficient, and the routes are safe, the Chinese army can send a steady stream of soldiers ashore. The reality is that the Chinese army has the above conditions, and the soldiers from the southern coastal areas, the soldiers from the Japanese Legion and the Burmese Legion, are fully able to adapt to the climate of South Asia. In order to reduce the damage of local soldiers, the Chinese army made extensive use of the Foreign Legion, and 150,000 Japanese soldiers and 50,000 Burmese soldiers became the main force of the battle. The course of the battle showed that the other side was worthy of the title of the worst soldier in the world, and more than 300,000 soldiers were defeated in two days, losing large areas of the northeast one after another.
A month later, the Chinese troops of the two armies landed in South Asia, and the countdown to British rule in India began, and fifteen days later the Chinese flag was raised in the center of Delhi. After that, it took another month for the Chinese army to completely expel the British from South Asia and become the new masters of the land.
The South Asia Raiders were one of the easiest battles fought by the Chinese army, and the carefully prepared defensive lines and fortifications of the British did not come in handy, and millions of colonial troops were easily routed by the Chinese in the field. The flat terrain of the Deccan Plateau and the Ganges Plain provided favorable conditions for the rapid penetration of the armored and mechanized units of the Chinese army. The British officers were helpless in the face of the Chinese army's tactics of high-speed interspersed encirclement, helpless in the face of the incompetence of their Indian soldiers, and even more helpless in the face of the decline of the British army. Tens of thousands or even 100,000 surrenders abounded in the battle, and this battle only tempered the Chinese army's logistical ability and ability to collect prisoners of war. (To be continued.) )