776 Soviet Empire's Sunset Three Sneak Attack Plan

"Escort?" Zhao Zheng was stunned when he heard this, as the commander of the main fleet of the Chinese Navy, General Zhao really did not consider the issue of escort. His idea is to use aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft to seize sea supremacy, and at most submarine to break the relationship...... That's a bad move used when you can't beat people in a naval battle! Now it doesn't seem necessary to adopt it.

Luo Yaoguo walked to a huge chart table on the other side of his office, staring at the Nanyang Islands and the South China Sea. said lightly: "Nanyang is China's natural territory, and it is inevitable to return to China's control in this world war!" However, we can't underestimate our opponents either. In the absence of any way to compete with us for sea supremacy, they are very likely to use sneak attacks or disruptive communications to make trouble with us......

There are so many islands in the South China Sea, if Germany can defeat the British home fleet there, and Italy can defeat the French and British fleets in the Mediterranean, we will become the control of the sea; under such circumstances, antisubmarine warfare is very likely to become a major battlefield in our struggle against the British, French, and Japanese navies...... By the way, we should also study the role of aircraft in anti-submarine warfare, compete for the development of large anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and build some light aircraft carriers for escort operations, with a displacement of about 10,000 tons and about 30 aircraft. ”

"Yes! Auxiliary. Several naval chiefs replied loudly at the same time. Zhao Zheng took a few steps forward and approached Luo Yaoguo, and said in a low voice: "Auxiliary Marshal, can our plan to go south to Siam be executed?" ”

Luo Yaoguo looked back at everyone, "Hualong (Chen Si) and Hanyu (Zhao Zheng) stay, and the others will disperse first." ”

After everyone left, Luo Yaoguo patted the chart table lightly and said with a smile: "You two are the protagonists of the next Nanyang Operation, so if you have any suggestions, just put them up." ”

Chen Si and Zhao Zheng glanced at each other, and Zhao Zheng said: "Auxiliary marshal, the battle at sea is not as good as the land battle, there are great variables, and sometimes it is not possible to win by relying on advanced ships and aircraft. Gambling sneak attacks can often lead to unexpected results! For example, the current Japanese Navy, although the performance of their carrier-based aircraft is far inferior to ours, they only need to have a way to let the aircraft carrier fleet slip through the Philippine Islands...... It is quite possible if the Americans release water! As long as the seven Japanese aircraft carriers can sail close enough to the Zhanjiang military port and then use carrier-based aircraft to carry out an undeclared sneak attack, they can still use backward aircraft to cripple our Nanyang Fleet in one fell swoop! Their 7 aircraft carriers can carry 600 aircraft, and our Nanyang Fleet cannot always maintain the highest combat readiness, and a sneak attack is very easy to do! ”

"Pearl Harbor!" Luo Yaoguo muttered in his heart, this kind of thing seems to be really possible! With the gambling nature of the Japanese, it is entirely possible that they will use this method to paralyze the South Sea Fleet, or the Pacific Fleet of the United States! It's all about who they want to target.

"Hanyu, do you have any good ways to deal with it?" Luo Yaoguo said in a deep voice.

"We can strike first!" Zhao Zheng lowered his voice and said: "We want to go south to the South Seas, and the resistance is the British Navy and the Japanese Navy. And the main force of the British Navy is not in Asia, so it does not pose much of a threat to us! And the 7 aircraft carriers of the Japanese are always a threat to us. Auxiliary marshal, lowly suggested, we can solve Japan before going to the South Seas! Let's use 5 carrier-based aircraft on 400 aircraft carriers to raid Wu Jungang! Completely paralyzed the combined fleet of the Japanese. ”

"What? Sneak attack on Wu Jungang! ”

Luo Yaoguo's body paused slightly, although Japan has always been a big trouble, but he still wants Japan to join his side and start a war against Britain and France! I never thought of using a Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack to crush Japan's powerful navy in one fell swoop! In this way, the threat of Japan to China will be completely eliminated.

"Hanyu, how sure are you of success?" Luo Yaoguo was silent for a moment and asked.

"If after the Taiwan is delivered to the Nanyang Fleet, there is 100 percent certainty that the humble post will succeed!" Zhao Zheng's face was full of confidence, and he said: "Counting Taiwan, the Nanyang Fleet can dispatch as many as 6 aircraft carriers, and there are 500 carrier-based aircraft!" And all are ahead of the Japanese aircraft of the BF-109 and A-4 Thunderhawk families...... In particular, the A-4C dive bomber, which can carry 500 kg of bombshells for 90-degree dive bombing, can take out a Japanese aircraft carrier with just one bomb! More than 300 A-4Cs and A-4Ds on 6 aircraft carriers will definitely wipe out the entire combined Japanese fleet! ”

"Hualong, what do you think?" Luo Yaoguo asked Chen Si again.

Chen Si's swarthy face showed a bit of mockery: "This time, the Japanese actually ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and what kind of Anglo-Japanese alliance they concluded with Britain is clearly to oppose us!" In my opinion, this scourge cannot be left, and I don't know when they will be able to do something to us!

Commander Zhao is right, let's strike first and destroy their combined fleet. As for the success of this battle! The view of humility is the same as that of Commander Zhao, and he will definitely win! In fact, there are far more than 400 planes that we can use to bomb Wu Jungang. ”

As he spoke, Chen Si picked up a whip and drew a straight line between Shanghai and Wu Jungang. "It's less than 1,000 kilometers from Shanghai to Wujungang...... Our air force now has nearly 800 He-111 medium bombers that can take off from Shanghai to bomb Wujun Port. In this way, even if 1,300 planes participated in this sneak attack, the facilities of the Japanese Combined Fleet and Kure Gungang would certainly be completely destroyed by us, and Japan would no longer have the capital to argue with us. ”

Luo Yaoguo thought about it and said: "Then if Japan joins our side, will it be more certain to defeat Britain and France?" ”

Chen Si and Zhao Zheng shook their heads at the same time and said, "There is no need!" Zhao Zheng explained: "The behavior of the Japanese is difficult to guess with common sense, and even if they form an alliance with China, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not betray...... Moreover, to expel the power of Britain and France from Asia, it is enough to rely on our strength. There is no need for Japan to join at all, unless the auxiliary commander has the idea of starting a war with the United States! ”

As soon as Zhao Zheng mentioned the war with the United States, Luo Yaoguo couldn't help but think of the Pearl Harbor incident, which in history was the war against the United States provoked by Japan, and as a result, Hitler was killed! In case in this time and space, these little Japan will have a hot mind and make a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor...... Provoke the Americans into World War II, and this ally will be a big deal!

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo finally made up his mind, he lowered his head and said, "The plan of the surprise attack on Wu Jungang, you two go and do it well!" How do you want the Air Force to cooperate with the report...... All preparations must be made before the end of August this year. The plan to go south should also be completed by the end of August, and both sides will start at the same time! In addition, the navy had to prepare plans for landing on Okinawa and Jeju Island, which we would take after the Kure Gungang surprise attack, thus completely closing the door to the Asian continent from the Pacific Ocean. ”

After the defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet, there was one less uncertain factor in the South Sea war, and the rest was the British Navy, but the decisive battle with the British Navy was not in the South Sea, but in the North Sea. Luo Yaoguo just wanted to ask about the situation of the Chinese expeditionary fleet, but the door of the office was suddenly pushed open, and Natalie hurriedly walked in, panting and shouting: "Fuwen, I just got the news that the offensive of the Soviet Red Army has begun, they have just broken through the first line of defense of the Russian army, and now they are attacking in the direction of Lake Ilmen." ”

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At 12 noon Moscow time on May 2, 1938, two assault groups of the Soviet Red Army launched an unusually fierce offensive against the last line of defense of the Russian army in front of them, northeast of Lake Ilmen. Lieutenant General Konev, who was in charge of the battle, knew very well that the opponent's armored forces were unlikely to wait for the Red Army to break through early, as long as he could cut off the Russian army before the Panzer Division commanded by Pavlov (Tukhachevsky's protégé) arrived, then the victory in the Battle of Lake Ilmen would be laid! Therefore, in order to achieve a breakthrough, Konev made very adequate preparations in advance, hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces were pulled by tractors and trucks to less than 5 kilometers from the Russian position, in addition to the use of the Soviet Union's valuable air force for support.

At 12:10, the Soviet artillery group began to exert its might, all the artillery began to drop ammunition at the highest speed, and the sound of the cannon was completely connected, only the rumbling roar echoed in people's ears. The explosion points of the artillery fire exploded layer upon layer in the trench defense zone of the Russian army, and the Russian positions were immediately submerged in the artillery hell composed of explosions, shrapnel, smoke columns, and dust!

By 12:30, groups of Red Army planes finally flew over the positions of the Russian troops. Most of these small wooden planes are biplane I-15s, and a few are single-wing I-16s. They were the only remaining bones of the Soviet Air Force, and this time they were all transferred by Stalin to the North-Western Front. Seeing hundreds of small wooden planes in the air in a formation of dive-dropping bombs, Konev nodded with satisfaction.

Clearly, the Red Air Force men had learned a lot from the enemy in last year's battles, and the planes seemed to have improved performance, with more horsepower and bombs. He knew that this was the help of the Chinese GCD at a critical moment, and these Chinese comrades took great risks and used secret channels to smuggle hundreds of 600 horsepower star engines produced by the China Republic Aircraft Company to the Soviet Union (in fact, Comrade Zhang Xueliang's private trading company sold civilian engines to the Soviet Union at a high price).

As the Red Army's air force instructor fired red signal flares over the Russian positions, Soviet planes in the sky began to dive at a 50-degree angle. The I-15 and I-16 accurately dropped the 50 kg bomb mounted on the fuselage on top of the Russian position. Watching the mushroom clouds rising from the opponent's position, Konev exhaled softly, in such a fierce shelling and air raid, those traitors who betrayed the Soviet Motherland should have already got their due end, right?

With the last I-16 dropping bombs, the Soviet ground offensive began!

Hundreds of T-26 tanks with 45mm anti-tank guns lined up in several rows to rush ahead, while tens of thousands of infantry followed the tanks on foot, holding Mosin with bayonets. Nagant rifles, chanting "Ula! Ulla! slogan.

However, the unexpected happened very quickly, when the tanks and infantry of the Red Army rushed to less than 200 meters from the position of the White Army, the long-awaited 57mm anti-tank gun of the White Army XIS-1 suddenly opened fire! This Soviet-developed gun performed so well in last year's battle that even the No. 3 tank, with its 60mm beveled armor, could not resist the tungsten armor-piercing shells it fired! So after the capture of this artillery, the German and Chinese arsenals immediately copied it, and of course the Empress's White Army also received a sufficient number of this artillery! A T-26 tank that rushed ahead was hit first, a blazing fireball rose up, and the tank's turret was lifted into the sky! Then more ZIS-1s began to wield, Soviet T-26s were hit one after another, and the entire battlefield was littered with the wreckage of T-26s with billowing smoke!

"What kind of troops is the other side!" Lieutenant General Konev wrung up thick eyebrows. The opponents encountered when breaking through the Russian positions before were already unimaginably tenacious, but they were still a lot worse than the enemy in front of them! And there is no such superb shooting technology, it is clear that the other party is the elite of the Russian army.

"It should be the Empress, uh, the Young Guard of the prostitutes, right?" Colonel Shalin, the chief of staff of the 1st Assault Group, saw a yellow and black flag wrapped in gunsmoke in the telescope, and he gritted his teeth and said: "According to intelligence, this unit is composed of young children of White Russian nobles who are in exile abroad. All the officers and men were well educated and rigorously trained, and they were extremely hostile to Soviet power! ”

"Sure enough, it's this group of counter-revolutionaries! Order the troops to intensify the attack, do not take prisoners, and kill them all! Lieutenant General Konev gave a stern order with a frown. Another infantry division was thrown into the battlefield, and the two sides were fiercely firing at positions no more than 200 meters apart, when the second wave of Soviet fighters also flew over the battlefield, and with a burst of red signal flares, these Red Air Force fighters began to dive in waves, dropping bombs one after another into the area where the exchange of fire was most intense. With an earth-shattering explosion, the resistance of the Empress's Young Guards weakened suddenly. The Red Army fighters, taking advantage of this opportunity, shouted "Ula" again and began to rush. This time their charge paid off, and countless infantry wearing khaki uniforms and rifles finally poured into the Russian position, and the two sides immediately began a fierce white-knives fight!

"Good! It's finally on! Seeing the Reds pouring into the opposing positions, Konev suddenly felt a sense of relief. He turned back to Shalin and shouted: "Go and send a telegram to the front headquarters and tell them that our army has broken through the enemy position!" "But Konev clearly underestimated the combat effectiveness of these Empress Young Guards, and the telegram was sent for a long time, and the bloody white-knuckle fight was not over!

At this moment, a buzzing sound came from the sky west of the battlefield. This time it was the White Russian Air Force that arrived on the battlefield! A group of hundreds of HS-123 fighters and He-51 biplane fighters roared in, and rows of smoke columns of fireballs rose above the positions of the Red Army! Caught off guard the Red Army infantry waiting for the attack and the Red Army artillery that was suddenly arranged. At the same time, the white-knuckle battle on the positions of the Russian army was also reversed, and out of nowhere, a large group of Young Guards appeared, which joined the battlefield with submachine guns and long rifles loaded with bayonets, shouting the slogan "Long live the Empress"! After two hours of fighting, the almost exhausted Red Army soldiers were stunned by this group of fresh troops who suddenly joined, and they were defeated in spite of the obstruction of officers and political workers! Once again, the situation on the battlefield is at a stalemate.

See this scene. Konev could only grit his teeth and order Vasilevsky's 2nd Assault Group to enter the battle in advance. He exhaled heavily, then turned his head to Colonel Shalin and said, "Send a report to the front headquarters that the position you have just captured has been lost again under the counterattack of the White Army. Ask the Front to bring in the Fourth Assault Group to reinforce us, plus an army infantry, preferably to the battlefield tonight. I fear that the tank units of the White Army will soon arrive. As he spoke, he lifted his wrist and glanced at his watch. It's almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and we're probably running out of time. ”

Konev was not mistaken, on a road less than 30 kilometers from the battlefield, three armored divisions of the Russian army were advancing in a long line. This is the 1st Russian Panzer Army under the command of Lieutenant General Count Pavlov! This Pavlov was Tukhachevsky's protégé and one of the first two tank regiments in the USSR (the other was Zhukov). The tank army under his command was annihilated by the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the battle at the end of last year, and he himself was captured, and Pavlov, who was greedy for life and feared death, did not bravely face the enemy's guns like a real GCD man, but chose to surrender...... After Tukhachevsky surrendered to the Empress and became Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, this Pavlov was naturally put to good use, and was ordered to form the first armored unit of Belarus - the 1st Armored Division of the Russian Army, which is the predecessor of the current 1st Panzer Army.

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