The sky is shining with a faint light,

The wind had stopped, there were no waves on the sea, only the billowing black smoke that rolled up into the sky, a fleet sailed from the southern sea in the morning light, sailing north at a speed of fifteen knots, forming a "one" formation, it seemed to be very close to the coast, standing on the shore seemed to be able to hear the roar of the warship engines, of course, this was just an illusion, it was the illusion of the defending soldiers at that moment before the outbreak of the war, in fact, that fleet was now almost six nautical miles from the coast, this distance, It is difficult for the field artillery on the shore to threaten the fleet, on the contrary, the large-caliber naval guns of the fleet can easily attack the shore targets remotely.

This gray fleet is an ocean-going task force of the Chinese Navy, codenamed "Typhoon", and the mission it carried out this time is also "Typhoon", the purpose of which is to cover the landing of the Chinese Army on the Kra Isthmus, divide everything on the Malayan Peninsula into two, intercept the British Army's northward retreat, and take advantage of the situation to sweep southward, sweeping away the British power in the Malay Peninsula in one fell swoop, and then controlling the entire southern part of the Malay Peninsula.

Seeing that the "typhoon" was approaching, the British troops defending this coastline urgently asked for help from the British command in Songkhla, and at the same time began intense preparations for war.

This is a beach, the bottom of which is a soft sandy seabed, which is very suitable for landing operations, and the commander of the Chinese fleet and the landing force chose this place as the landing ground of the first army troops, which is quite sharp, and the British field commander can only meet this thunderous blow.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the "typhoon" began to roar.

Almost instantly, there was a violent flash of light and a deafening explosion on the surface of the sea, and the Chinese fire support fleet began to carry out the first fire coverage of coastal defense facilities, and not only large warships such as battleships, heavy cruisers, and light cruisers participated in the artillery salvo, but even small warships such as destroyers and submarine hunters also participated in the shelling of shore targets, with 305 mm shells, 203 mm shells, 150 mm shells, 127 mm shells, and 105 mm shells...... As long as the shells could reach the targets on the shore, they all rained down on the shore fortifications, and this was only the first wave of attacks.

After the shells hit the shore, the shallow and deep areas of this beach became a hell of steel and flames, the sound of explosions, the smoke of gunpowder, shrapnel flew sideways, completely covering the terrified shouts of the British soldiers, the Kra Isthmus has always had no fortified area, this was originally the territory of Siam (Thailand), after the British army forcibly occupied it the day before yesterday, although it took two days to build a few thin defensive lines in the local area, but these defense lines are basically composed of civil fortifications, and there are not even a few concrete pillboxes, Relying on such a thin defensive line, it is impossible to withstand the heavy shelling of the enemy in any case, not to mention the naval artillery.

The first attack wave is China's naval artillery, the next is the second attack wave, this time the attack is some armed merchant ships and military supply ships, their weapons are not naval guns, but a very terrifying weapon, this weapon will emit a strange "whine" sound when it is fired, and the white smoke billows at the scene when it is launched, and the sea near the ship is completely covered by smoke, looking from afar, it is spectacular.

These terrifying weapons with a "whine" sound were launched from the deck of the ship, and after the warhead crossed an arc in the air, it smashed down on the target on the shore under the action of gravity, and this smash was definitely not just one or two warheads, but dozens, hundreds of warheads, each attack, covered by fire is a large area, like a swarm of enraged hornets, angrily pounced on any target they fancied, the accuracy may not be high, But the explosive power of firepower at that moment is indeed not comparable to ordinary cannons.

It's a new weapon known as the "multiple rocket launchers," which were used by the Chinese army in fighting in northern Burma, but the Chinese navy now uses more rocket launchers than the Chinese army, codenamed Hail, in both range and power.

Rocket artillery was the second attack wave of the Chinese landing force, and when this round of attacks ended, the naval artillery attack began again, because the battlefleet that had just completed the maneuver was reloaded with shells, so another round of naval artillery attacks began, and this time, it was not a salvo, but free fire.

A little later, the "whining" of rocket artillery sounded again, and the rockets whimpered and pounced on the shore targets, covering the British positions again in a deadly rain of bullets.

The British battlefield was completely suppressed by the fire of the Chinese fleet, and the British soldiers could not raise their heads at all, and even if they raised their heads to look at the sea, they could not see anything clearly, because the positions were completely covered by the smoke of gunpowder.

Since the end of the European war, this is the first time that the British army has been hit by such fierce artillery fire, and it is very different from the situation in the European war, the British army defending the beach position does not have any effective means of counterattack at all, and a few long-range howitzers have also been lost in the air raids of the Chinese air force in the first two days, and now, the British army defending the beach position only has field artillery available, in this situation, the attacker's fire preparation will not take long at all.

It was under this kind of calm artillery fire that the Chinese Army's landing ship regiment finally caught up with the firepower ship regiment that was walking in front and immediately carried out a landing operation.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the two "carp-class" tank landing ships first rushed onto the beach side by side, and directly rested their bows on the soft sand, but the engines of the ships did not stop running immediately, and the sound of the British soldiers hiding in the positions could hear the roar of the ship's diesel engine.

"Boom! Boom! ”

After a few heavy crashes, the two tank landing ships opened the mussel hatch cover in the bow almost at the same time, and the steel pedal also fell on the beach, just when the steel pedal was still jumping, the first "Wildcat" light tank could not wait to rush out of the cabin, jumped on the pedal, and rushed off the tank landing ship, and when the tank track touched the soft sand, the tank's turret began to rotate, when the tank turned to the right, the gunner had already fired the first tank shell in this landing battle.

"Tom!"

"Boom!"

A 45-millimeter tank high-explosive shell rushed out of the gun and flew towards the British position, although because the tank was still moving, the shell did not hit the target that the gunner really wanted to hit, but the shell still fell on a high ground, and the explosion of the shell kicked up the dirt and splashed the faces of several British soldiers.

"The Chinese are coming up! The Chinese are coming up! ”

The British soldiers did not bother to wipe the dirt off their faces and heads, and shouted in panic, and at the same time began to fire wildly with their rifles, in vain to hit the frontal armor plate of the tank with the rifle bullets.

"When! While! ”

Although the "Wildcat" tank is a light tank, the armor is not thick, but it is enough to resist rifle fire, and just when the rifle bullet fired by the British soldier hit the steel plate of the tank, the second "Wildcat" tank has already sailed onto the beach, and soon began to suppress the fire, and at the same time, six more "carp-class" tank landing ships successfully stormed the beach, and under the cover of the close-range support fire provided by the landing ship, more "Wildcat" light tanks and infantry rushed to the beach from the cabin of the landing ship. The infantry-tank coordinated attack tactics began, and by this time, the group of fire support vessels cruising offshore had begun to extend its firepower to a deeper depth.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Platoon artillery fiercely bombarded the rear of the British position, almost completely cutting off the connection between the British front-line troops and the rear.

"Dada...... Dadada......"

The British positions on the front line finally recovered from the heavy bombardment of the naval guns, and before the smoke of gunfire near the positions dissipated, the British machine-gun bunkers began to fire back, and the firing range in front of the beach had been emptied.

However, the Chinese landing force had enough "wildcat" light tanks, and the Chinese infantry could rely on the tanks for cover, and steadily opened up the landing ground in depth and gradually eroded the British defensive positions.

"Tom!"

"Boom!"

A "Wildcat" light tank used a high-explosive bomb to silence a British machine-gun bunker made of palm trunks and sandbags, taking advantage of this moment of silence, the Chinese infantry gathered near the tank quickly rushed over, while running, using the semi-automatic rifles in their hands to suppress the fire of the British trenches, although some of the Chinese infantry fell and failed to rush near the target, but more infantry finally rushed into the British position, followed by the strafing of submachine guns and the roar of flamethrowers, The British position was immediately overwhelmed by flames, and many British soldiers began to retreat to the rear amid screams, but there were still some British officers who valued honor and led the soldiers to defend their positions until they were all wiped out in trenches and machine-gun bunkers.

This was only the first echelon of the landing force, and when they occupied the beachhead, more "carp-class" tank landing ships and "Catfish-class" infantry landing craft were already rushing towards the beachhead, loaded with tanks and infantry, and rushing on the two-kilometer-long beach, and by this time, attack aircraft piloted by naval aviation had already appeared in the sky.

There are not many places suitable for landing in the Kra Isthmus area, this bay is the best landing ground selected by the Chinese attacking forces, the Chinese army is determined to win, and the British defense is quite tenacious, but this tenacity is only temporary, under the suppressive fire of modern firepower, any position can be breached, and the British army is obviously at an absolute disadvantage in firepower.

"The fifth company has occupied position No. 1!"

"The first company has occupied position five!"

"The second company's attack was blocked! Call the artillerymen! Target coordinates×××, ×××! High Explosive Bomb Attack! ”

"The enemy mortar positions have been destroyed! Artillery transfer coordinates ×××, ×××! High Explosive Bomb Attack! ”

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In the different frequency bands of individual radio stations, reports on the battle situation and requests for fire support were forwarded to the landing operations command through the electronic equipment of the communications troops, and then some orders from the command headquarters were fed back to the front line. And under the fierce attack of aerial bombs and napalm dropped by naval aviation attack aircraft, the second-line defensive positions of the British army also quickly became shaky and could collapse at any time.

Standing on the bridge lookout post of the "Bohai" aircraft carrier, Zhou Daogang silently looked at the billowing black smoke rising from the coastline, and did not speak for a long time.

"Report to the Commander! The communications battalion has already established positions on the shore, is it now necessary to move the command to the shore? ”

A senior staff officer walked up behind Zhou Daogang and asked.

Zhou Daogang nodded and said, "Please order the captain to put down the traffic boat, I will land with the chief of staff." ”

"The draft of the transport boat is deep, I'm afraid it can't hit the beach directly, why don't you take an infantry landing craft?" The staff officer reminded.

Zhou Daogang shook his head, and his eyes were firmly on the beachhead.

"Nope! The transport boat could not directly hit the beach, so I waded ashore with the chief of staff. Bring your camera, and I command you to record this historic moment! From now on, China's ocean-going military power projection will become an important factor in determining the international balance of power! ”