Chapter 531: Blockade
The mission of the South China Sea Fleet is to deal with naval threats in the surrounding areas, so the Cam Ranh Bay of the French Far East Fleet and the Singapore of the United Kingdom are all areas that the Chinese Navy is closely watching.
As the so-called preparedness, the Chinese Navy has made great efforts in peacetime, and it came in handy at this time, and the first wave of attacks showed great power, and the main targets selected by China were several airfields near Cam Ranh Bay, and the French Navy did not have aircraft carriers, so the greatest threat to China's carrier-based aircraft was land-based aircraft, so China attacked the airfields first.
Attacking an airfield is also a very learned thing, some people may think that attacking an airfield is to attack the aircraft first, in fact, this is a very wrong idea, the really efficient way is to attack the runway, once the runway is destroyed, the plane can not take off and land normally, can only wait in the hangar for the fate of being slaughtered.
The runway is much simpler than in later generations, and the requirements for aircraft to take off are also low, but China's attack is still very effective, in order to cause greater damage to the runway, the bomb charge is increased, and after some bombing, there are craters of different sizes on the runway.
Of course, the French can still repair it quickly, but it will take at least a few hours, and the most precious thing on the battlefield is time, and China has been able to do too much by taking advantage of this gap.
The second wave of attacks was carried out by a formation with torpedo aircraft as the core attacking warships, and the French Navy seriously neglected air defense forces at the time of construction, even the most advanced Dunkirk, and when France realized the superiority of air power, it did not have time to refit due to financial difficulties.
However, although the air defense was weak, the French still desperately fought back, whether on the warship or on land, all the French soldiers seemed to go crazy. A dense network of fire crossed into the air. These soldiers became as if possessed by Napoleon, and became extremely brave.
In fact, they can't afford not to work hard, if the Far East Fleet is defeated, France will lose its sea dominance, then it will not be able to get supplies from Europe, and not only that, but even these soldiers fighting in the Far East will not be able to go home.
From very early on there were legends among the French soldiers that the peoples of the Far East were considered inferior. They did not enter civilized society at all, and they did not know how to treat prisoners of war well, and once they became prisoners, they had to be beheaded, and even if they were lucky enough to survive, they had to be used as coolies, and there was even a saying that the Vietnamese ate human flesh, and if they caught a white person, they would be thrown into a pot and cooked. Then serve.
Most of these nonsense statements are false, in fact, the French are thieves, they have done too many evil things in the Far East, and they are worried that others will liquidate them, but in any case, most of the soldiers still believe it, they dare not fight desperately, and the result of defeat is that they cannot bear it.
A Chinese torpedo plane was hit by an anti-aircraft gun, and it suddenly exploded like a goddess scattering flowers. Scattered debris fell into the icy waters.
The other pilots were not afraid. They have seen a lot of this sacrifice, although the aircraft carrier is the most powerful weapon. But as long as there is a battle, there will be casualties, and no one can leave anything to chance.
Finally, a torpedo plane broke through the interception of the fire net, and gently and skillfully threw the torpedo it carried, and the torpedo stirred up a bright splash, and rushed towards the Lone Pull at a very fast speed.
With a bang, a torpedo hit the bow of the Guba, and suddenly a hole of several meters appeared on the warship, as an old ship before World War I, the defense of the waterline was very weak, and the torpedo successfully tore apart the external armor defense, and the fire ignited in an instant.
Immediately after that, two more bombers dropped bombs on the Guba, and four heavy bombs fell in the middle of the warship, and the violent explosion lifted most of the superstructure away, and the casualties on the warship were extremely miserable.
As the most powerful warship, the Dunkirk was under the heavy care of the Chinese Air Force, and was attacked by a dozen torpedo planes, although a few torpedo planes were shot down by luck, but five torpedoes hit the Dunkirk, and the 30,000-ton giant ship soon became a pile of scrap metal.
After the defeat of two battleships, other warships were not spared, China carried out a total of three waves of attacks, sinking more than 20 warships, the main force of the French Far East Fleet disappeared, the port facilities were also seriously damaged, and it will take at least half a year to recover.
After a big war, the Chinese side lost only 15 aircraft, but in exchange for the destruction of the entire French Far East fleet, once again proved the huge advantage of aircraft carriers, but also completely changed the balance of power in the Far East.
China's intervention is more unexpected than the world's expectations, and the ruthlessness of the shot also makes the countries look sideways, a colony far from the mainland, if the fate of losing the right to control the sea has been determined, France is really vulnerable in front of China, this huge gap in power is simply irreparable, and more people are more and more aware of the importance of aircraft carriers, and having aircraft carriers is everything.
China did not pay attention to the views of other countries, and after destroying the French Far East Fleet, which was the most threatening force, it immediately blockaded the coastal areas of Vietnam, and in order to better control the coastline, China transferred two aircraft carriers, the Yuan and the Qidian, whose mission was to approach the Strait of Malacca to deter Britain and prevent Britain from participating in the war.
In addition, it is necessary to cooperate with the other three aircraft carriers to blockade Vietnam on the periphery, and now most of all the supplies of France have to go through the Strait of Malacca and then be transported to Vietnam, and now the Chinese fleet has formed two insurmountable blockade circles, and a large net has been enveloped over the French.
Any ship that dared to transport supplies to the French army was relentlessly attacked by China, and various ports in Vietnam were also attacked by China, a large number of cargo ships were sunk, even fishing boats were not spared, and port facilities were destroyed.
The destructive power of war is indeed not comparable to other acts, a port construction may take several years, but the destruction takes several hours, and the entire coast of South Vietnam, including the ports of Cambodia, has been violently attacked.
Due to the limited combat radius of carrier-based aircraft, an aircraft carrier is capable of controlling an area of about two hundred nautical miles. Fortunately, the French defense was not strong either. Only then can the Chinese aircraft carriers act arbitrarily, and the three aircraft carriers will either be concentrated together to attack a certain military town, or they will be scattered and disturb various places.
In addition to attacking the rear, the Chinese Navy focused its strikes on Vietnam's bee waist, which is only 50 kilometers at its narrowest point. Now that the main force of the French army has invaded North Vietnam, it has become a lifeline of logistics, and now it is being bombed indiscriminately, and the situation of the French is suddenly worse.
If the arms could not be transported, the soldiers did not attack. If the medicine could not be transported, the wounded soldiers would have to resign themselves to their fate, and even the food could not be transported, so the French soldiers had no choice but to collect grain on the spot and loot the Vietnamese people in large quantities, which in turn aroused greater opposition from the people.
It can be said that before the Chinese Army entered the war, the French were already in disarray and difficult to maintain. Even many French generals advocated a return of the main forces to South Vietnam. Hold on to help.
But the French also know that they can really wait for backup, and how to transport supplies to the French mainland after losing the right to control the sea. They're just trapped beasts.
This is the power of sea dominance, as long as you control the sea, you control everything, you have the sea, you have victory, every time you use the Chinese navy, let China's top brass more clearly understand the power of maritime superiority, but also completely understand why Britain, a small island country, just rely on sea superiority, to build an unprecedented empire on which the sun never sets.
China is a traditional continental country, and for many years China's threats have come from land, and China has not had enough understanding of the blue area of the ocean, and there is even an instinctive rejection.
This traditional concept cannot be changed in a short period of time, and the army is still a well-deserved big brother in the Chinese army, accounting for more than eighty percent of all generals.
However, with the increase of national strength, China's high-level view of the military has changed dramatically, and there are not many countries in the world that want to attack China itself, and the powerful China has to focus on the sea and expand the living space of the whole country.
The status of the navy and the army is also quietly changing, and the army is destined to be a shell launched by the navy, especially in this war, before the army has attacked, the navy has already created a situation that is absolutely favorable to China, which has greatly inspired the naval faction of the military, and the call for aircraft carriers has become more and more intense.
Previously, the reason why France was able to fight with the Vietnamese was largely because of the continuous supply of supplies and arms from the sea, but now after the sea route was cut off, the French garrisons of the three Indo-Chinese countries seemed to have fallen on an isolated island, and all aid was lost.
Not just by sea, but also by land, as Siam is currently a quasi-ally with China, and the Chinese navy has entered the war, and Siam has also taken the opportunity to blockade the western border, cutting off possible French access to supplies.
The three Indochinese countries suddenly became a huge cage, trapped in which more than 200,000 French colonial troops, they are now in a dilemma, and at this time Paris is in a huge divide, China has eliminated France's Far East Fleet, France, as a big country, must not swallow its anger so much, must start a war with China.
Many people advocate sending France's only aircraft carrier, the Béarn, to the Far East, of course, they also know that using one aircraft carrier against China's five large aircraft carriers is looking for death, so France has found Britain and the United States, hoping that the two countries can abide by the treaty, jointly send troops, form a powerful joint fleet, and punish the Chinese.
However, Britain and the United States have no interest in this at all, the Spanish Civil War is intensifying, the Soviet Union and Germany have increased their involvement, these two countries are a thorn in the side of Britain, a thorn in the flesh, whoever has the ambition is the misfortune of Britain, the British have to stubbornly maintain the balance of the European continent, of course, the overly strong France is not what Britain needs, it can weaken some better, as for the United States has already received a large order from China, its mouth has been blocked, and it has also been guaranteed by China, and it will not be for France to take the fire, The most fundamental thing is that neither country has the certainty of overcoming China across the ocean, and can only watch France be blocked! (To be continued.) )