The "Keeling"-class destroyers sold by Donghui to Germany and Japan have always been an advanced new type of destroyer that Britain and the United States are eager to know and acquire.

Limited intelligence from British and American intelligence organizations shows that the Keeling-class destroyers are equipped with a state-of-the-art radar system for sea, air, and fire control. No matter how much the spies in both countries paid for it, they were not able to obtain specific information on such radars from Germany and Japan.

Since Donghui claimed to the outside world that the "Keeling"-class destroyer, the XXI-class submarine, the "Yamato"-class aircraft carrier, the F4U fighter, and the AD-1 attack plane were all jointly developed by the former PLAN organization and German and Japanese scientists, the three parties signed a confidentiality agreement and were not allowed to disclose half a word to any fourth party. Therefore, from the beginning to the end, these cutting-edge military technologies are not for sale to other countries, and naturally they are not included in the global technology patent free trade directory.

Of course, the Allied camp led by Britain and the United States was unwilling to be forced by Germany and Japan in the field of military technology.

The incident in which an Australian warship rammed a fishing boat in the Arafura Sea was actually a trap orchestrated by the British Navy and intelligence services against the Second Fleet of the Pacific Fleet of the Donghui Navy.

According to the plan of the British side, this time it will not only be able to capture at least one intact destroyer of the "Keeling" class, but if it is lucky, it will also be possible to capture a Type XXI submarine of the Donghui Navy.

As a matter of fact, if it weren't for Cheng Gong's determination to detonate the "powder keg of the island of New Guinea," the trap set by the British Navy's mixed fleet aiding Australia today would have really had some chance of success.

Originally, the shipboard radar of the battlecruiser "Counterattack" had always displayed the position signals of the Donghui Navy's 163 ship "Nanhua", the 165 ship "Shenpeng" and the Australian Navy's destroyer "Darwin". Seven minutes after the "Darwin" lost contact, the communications soldier who had been staring at the radar screen suddenly shouted:

"Report to the Captain, the signal from the Darwin is gone!"

Brigadier General Cahill said in a deep voice with a gloomy face: "What are you panicking about! How far is it from those two destroyers of the Donghui Navy now? ”

"Forty-seven nautical miles! The target speed does not exceed 24 knots, and the course is northeasterly. ”

"Report to the captain, a large fleet of aircraft has been found in the airspace to the northeast! It's only ninety kilometers from our ship! ”

"Sound the air defense alarm!" Brigadier General Cahill immediately decided: "Prepare for battle!" ”

The piercing sirens sounded over the battlecruiser "Counterattack," and all the officers and men of the anti-aircraft gun positions on the ship were in position in less than a minute, fully demonstrating the high tactical quality of the officers and men of the British Royal Navy.

Without Commodore Cahill's orders, the communications officer immediately sent an early warning telegram to the rear fleet of the Donghui Air Force on the dispatch of a large group of aircraft.

At this time, Brigadier General Cahill finally realized that war was inevitable!

The fact that the Donghui Air Force shot down the reconnaissance plane that took off the "Counterattack" without any warning and then sank the "Darwin" shows that the Donghui Government has issued war orders to the Donghui Navy and Air Force at the same time as deciding to carry out rescue operations against the three Donghui fishing boats.

Obviously this incident was designed by the Royal Navy and MI5, how did it suddenly become that the Royal Navy's Australian Aid Fleet fell headlong into the trap set by Donghui?

The thought of this made Brigadier Cahill feel as sick and uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a hundred flies.

Why did Donghui dare to take the lead in provoking a war? Do they really think that the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy will fight to the death with the combined fleet of the British, French, and Australian navies for the sake of Tohui?

According to MI5's exact information, the Donghui Navy has only one offshore defense fleet stationed on the island of New Guinea, and even with the King-class battleship, it is impossible to break through the layers of maritime blockade chains set up by the Royal Australian Navy against the island of New Guinea.

Although it is said that the Donghui Air Force has deployed a large number of the world's most advanced fighters and attack planes on the island of New Guinea, without a powerful ocean-going navy, it is impossible for the Air Force alone to break through the naval blockade. As long as the external supplies of Donghui Dingnan Province and Zhennan Province are cut off, millions of Donghui people in these two provinces can be firmly trapped to death.

With these millions of Donghui citizens as hostages, there is no fear that King Donghui will not bow his head!

Military experts from Britain, France, the United States, Australia, and other countries do not know how many times they have deduced such war exercises on the sand table. Unless Donghui really has all the powerful naval fleets that he doesn't know where to hide, otherwise, Donghui won't win at all in this battle.

On the surface, Donghui appears to be an ally of Germany and Japan. However, in the face of Donghui's delay in agreeing to join the Axis camp, Germany and Japan were already dissatisfied.

As long as the Japanese did not contribute to the war in East Australia, the Germans would certainly find all kinds of reasons to preserve their strength. At that time, there will be no need for Germany and Japan to openly turn against Donghui, and the Australian federal army, which has the full support of Britain, France, the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, will certainly be able to wipe out the Donghui Kingdom from the island of New Guinea.

However, judging from the current tough posture of the Donghui Navy and Air Force, Donghui does not seem to see the huge crisis they are facing, as if they want to fight a full-scale war with Australia.

Based on the various international political skills shown by Cheng Gong, the king of Donghui, in the international community, this young king is not the kind of war maniac who has no brains, but more like a wise man who plans and then acts.

No qualified leader of a country would pin the fate of his country on a friendly ally.

Commodore Cahill had a faint feeling that the Royal Navy seemed to be playing with fire this time! In the hands of that young king of Donghui, he must have a real trump card that has not yet been exposed!

With a distance of 90 kilometers, it takes less than 10 minutes for a fleet of Donghui Air Force aircraft with a speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour.

"Report to the captain, those two Donghui Navy's 'Keeling'-class destroyers have turned around and headed towards the location of our ship!"

The communications officer's sudden scream made Brigadier Cahill suddenly feel that his brain was running out.

"Report to the captain, the flagship sent a telegram that the fighter jets that took off from the aircraft carrier 'Athletic God' were suddenly attacked by the Donghui Air Force, and six carrier-based planes were shot down by the other side! General Somerville clearly ordered that we are already at war! ”

"Fack! Isn't the fleet of the Donghui Air Force not yet here! Brigadier General Cahill roared.

"It's the four Donghui fighters that arrived first." Fernando explained with a wry smile: "These four fighters have been hovering over our fleet to keep a watch. It is estimated that our reconnaissance plane, which lost contact, was shot down by one of these four fighters. ”

At the critical moment when Commodore Cahill could not decide whether to let the "Counterattack" turn back and join the fleet, or continue to move forward to meet the two destroyers of the Donghui Navy, a telegram from the battleship "George V", the flagship of the British Royal Navy's mixed fleet for aid to Australia, shocked the whole world.

"At 4:37 p.m. on June 1, 1939, our exercise fleet suddenly encountered a shameless sneak attack by the Donghui Air Force in the waters of the Arafra Sea in the east and XXX in the west, and six heroic naval aviation officers were killed! Here, on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy, our fleet lodges a strong protest to the Donghui government! All officers and men of the Royal Australian Navy will enter a state of war immediately! ”