Chapter 274: The Spy Shadow of South Asia (19)
For the other six mechanized integrated divisions of the Yunnan-Guizhou Allied Army, Jiang Fangzhen directly applied the establishment of the German SS armored division during the East Australian War, but removed the T34/85 tanks and replaced them all with 59 main battle tanks.
Originally, the Ministry of National Defense planned to select 3,000 officers and men from the whole army to form a teaching regiment, but when the Donghua Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force units heard the news that they were going to support the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Southwest China, not to mention that the troops were all based on the company as the formation to write a bloody letter to ask for battle, they rushed to sign up.
Some units even had mass fights and brawls in order to compete for places.
Jiang Fangzhen could only suck and report the situation to Cheng Gonglin.
In order not to dampen the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of all officers and men, Cheng Gong, after careful consideration, changed the 3,000-member training regiment into a 50,000-strong volunteer army, mainly composed of the air force and the army.
As a result, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Army of Donghua suddenly set off an upsurge of selection for the whole army.
Seeing this situation, the officers and men of the Donghua Royal Navy were not happy, saying that the emperor was eccentric. Why don't you let the navy participate in the good thing of fighting devils!
Cheng Gong was really upset by Chen Houfu, Chen Jiliang and others, so he could only nod and agree. As a result, Shengsheng was robbed of 10,000 places by the Royal Navy's marines.
Naturally, the selection of volunteers of the Donghua Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force cannot be completed in a few days. Therefore, the 3rd Amphibious Assault Squadron of the North Pacific Fleet would not wait long on Paradise Island and left the North Pacific Fleet base Agatu Military Port at 8 a.m. on August 6, 1939.
After two years of construction, Agatu Island, which is about 50 kilometers southeast of Paradise Island, has become the main base of the North Pacific Fleet, and has also developed into Agatu City, a satellite city of Paradise Island.
The 3rd Amphibious Assault Squadron's departure to the South China Sea this time can make the officers and men of the 4th Amphibious Assault Squadron who remain at the base envious.
So much so that even Wang Jingchun, commander of the North Pacific Fleet, did not hesitate to use his privileges to temporarily appoint himself as the acting commander of the 3rd Fleet, and turned Yang Tinggang, the former commander of the 3rd Fleet, into the acting commander of the 2nd Fleet.
On this day, God is also beautiful, the wind is beautiful, and the sky is clear.
Under the enthusiastic beating of gongs and drums by the dragon and lion dance teams spontaneously organized by the officers and men left behind at the base and the citizens, the officers and men of the 3rd Squadron all wore white regular clothes and stood on the deck like javelins to salute.
On the island of the flagship "Huo Quai," Li Delin and Long Zizhou, who had changed into ordinary Marine Corps training uniforms, looked at the majestic warships departing from Hong Kong in battle formations, and their hearts fluctuated, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time.
In the face of these huge and domineering steel giants, the power of individuals is too small.
In order to personally experience the mighty and domineering of the most advanced and powerful amphibious assault battle group in the world today, Li Delin and Long Zizhou did not even take the plane for the return trip, but insisted on sailing across the sea with the 3rd Squadron.
After the patience of fleet commander Wang Jingchun, Li Delin now has a little understanding of the Donghua Royal Navy.
The Donghua Royal Navy crew number starts with CV-XX and is a general-class aircraft carrier, named after the ancient Chinese generals;
The shipboard number begins with LHA-XX is a Jianghe-class amphibious assault ship, named after the rivers in various parts of China;
The port number begins with LPD-XX is the Kunlun Mountain-class dock landing ship, named after the famous mountains in various parts of China;
The broadside number starting with LCC-XX is an all-round class fast combat support ship, named after lakes all over China;
A shield-class cruiser with a port number starting with CG-XX, named after the Dragon Shield XX;
The broadside number begins with DDG-XX is a Warrior-class destroyer, named after Kaijiang XX;
The broadside number that begins with FFG-XX is a Defender-class frigate, named after the Tutu XX;
A Seawolf-class attack submarine with a port number starting with SSN-XX, named after the Expedition XX;
The broadside number begins with SSL-XX is the Kilo-class submarine, named after the Breaking Wave XX and so on.
CV-03 "Huo Quzhi" and CV-04 "Wei Qing" belong to the Second Fleet of the Royal Donghua Navy, also known as the North Pacific Fleet of the Royal Donghua Navy.
The CV-01 "Sun Wu" and CV-02 "Han Shin" belong to the First Fleet of the Royal Navy, also known as the Home Fleet of the Royal Navy.
The CV-07 "Baiqi" belongs to the seventh ship of the Royal Navy of Donghua. It is said that there is also a CV-06 "Wu Qi" still under construction, which will join the Seventh Fleet in June next year.
In other words, the Royal Navy of Donghua actually has only three large fleets, six sub-fleets, and four submarine groups. It is not like the outside world has seven large fleets.
In Li Delin's mind, even if such a large fleet can have one, it will be unfortunate. As far as the Nationalist Government is concerned, it cannot afford to feed such a large fleet. The Donghua Empire can have three large fleets, and its overall strength should surpass that of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.
Originally, there was only one Jianghe-class amphibious assault ship, but at Wang Jingchun's suggestion, Cheng Gong agreed to let the LHA-05 "Pearl River" join the formation, further enriching the amphibious combat capability of the task force to deal with a landing battle that might occur at any time.
According to the plan discussed overnight by Wang Jingchun and Chen Houfu, the Donghua Royal Navy task force will be divided into two sub-fleets, the northern fleet will be stationed in Sanya Port and Fangcheng Port, and the southern fleet will still be Jakarta Port. After the fleet's rendezvous, it will conduct a six-month naval training and exercise in the South China Sea.
In this way, the Royal Navy of Donghua can form two amphibious assault battle groups in the waters of the South China Sea, the Sea of Java, the Strait of Malacca, and the Bay of Bengal.
The overseas Chinese living in Nanyang finally looked forward to the blessing of the country, and they did not have to worry about being bullied by foreigners and local aborigines. It's like he has changed from an inferior person to an superior person. There is bitterness in it, although Li Delin and Long Zizhou are not empathetic, they can understand a little bit.
After all, having been operating in Guangxi and Yunnan for decades, they know too well what foreigners are.
As the Guardian-class frigates, Warrior-class destroyers, and Shield-class cruisers left the port one after another, Li Delin and Long Zizhou, who were on the flagship "Huo Quai", unconsciously flew to the sea frontier thousands of miles away.
by a general-class aircraft carrier with the number CV-03 "Huo Quai";
two river-class amphibious assault ships, LHA-105 "Nujiang" and LHA-106 "Pearl River";
two Kunlunshan-class dock landing ships with the port numbers LPD-212 "Yimengshan" and LPD-213 "Changbaishan";
two all-round fast combat support ships LCC-331 "Poyang Lake" and "Weishan Lake";
four shield destroyer cruisers CG-507 "Dragon Shield 019", CG-508 "Dragon Shield 110", CG-109 "Dragon Shield 111", CG-510 "Dragon Shield 112";
Eight Warrior-class destroyers DDG-612 "Kaijiang 239", DDG-613 "Kaijiang 240", DDG-614 "Kaijiang 241", DDG-615 "Kaijiang 242", DDG-616 "Kaijiang 243", DDG-617 "Kaijiang 244", DDG-618 "Kaijiang 245", DDG-619 "Kaijiang 246";
Eight Guardian-class frigates with the port numbers FFG-730 "Tuotu 301", FFG-731 "Tuotu 302", FFG-732 "Tuotu 303", FFG-733 "Tuotu 304", FFG-734 "Tuotu 305", FFG-735 "Tuotu 306", FFG-736 "Tuotu 307", FFG-737 "Tuotu 308";
six Seawolf-class attack nuclear submarines with the numbers SSN-412 "Expedition 039", SSN-413 "Expedition 040", SSN-414 "Expedition 041", SSN-415 "Expedition 042", SSN-416 "Expedition 043", SSN-417 "Expedition 045";
Ten Kilo-class conventionally powered submarines are SSL-851 "Breaking Wave 430", SSL-852 "Breaking Wave 431", SSL-853 "Breaking Wave 432", SSL-854 "Breaking Wave 433", SSL-855 "Breaking Wave 434", SSL-856 "Breaking Wave 435", SSL-857 "Breaking Wave 436", SSL-858 "Breaking Wave 437", SSL-859 "Breaking Wave 438", SSL-860" Breaking Wave 439";
The 3rd Squadron of the Royal Navy's Amphibious Assault Fleet, composed of 48 ships, formed a battle formation and sailed along the international route from Paradise Island to Tokyo to Hong Kong.
The ocean-going ships of various countries sailing on this route stopped and rushed to avoid it, lest the slightest carelessness anger such an invincible sea hero.
Some of the people on these ships took out their cameras to take pictures, and some used the ship's radio station to send the news.
(To be continued.) )