After the defeat of the Anglo-Indian forces in Assam, the Chinese First Route Army was ordered to move west after a few days of rest.

Although in addition to the armored tank troops, the army that advanced westward had only one corps of strength, but it was not something that the remnants of the Anglo-Indian Army could resist, and the Third Route Army was advancing from the coast of the Bay of Bengal, which was even more unstoppable.

The intersection outside the city of Guwahati is crowded with people, and the grain here is also piled up.

"Don't rob, everyone has a share, thirty catties of rice for everyone."

"The Celestial Governor has decreed: a great battle is about to break out here, and all those who have received food and ten pennies should go west as soon as possible, so as not to be affected by the flames of war and cause casualties."

"Listen, and all those who have received the food go over there to get their haircuts, that they may discern. Those who repeatedly take the collar will be shot. ”

Under the protection of a large number of Chinese soldiers, people kept receiving food and money to the side to get haircuts, in fact, the so-called haircuts are to cut off their hair casually with scissors, mainly for distinguishing. Some of the invading personnel and some Tibetan soldiers who understand the language are assisting in this work.

Li Songshan and Zhang Xiaozhun watched this scene from the top of the temporary headquarters in Guwahati City.

Zhang Xiaozhun frowned and said, "Commander, commander-in-chief, what does this mean?" ”

Li Songshan said: "The war has nothing to do with the civilians, and sooner or later this place will become the battlefield of the big war, so let these ordinary people hide in the Ganges Plain." ”

Zhang Xiaozhun smiled bitterly: "I'm not a countryman, so it's too good for these guys, right?" Giving food back money? It's just that why are all British banknotes? It seems that we also have quite a few rupees. And there are tens of millions of people in this area, and if you want to do it all, then you can't send out a few million pounds? ”

Li Songshan also couldn't figure it out for a while, and immediately said: "This is not something we should take care of, the commander-in-chief only has intentions." We are now besieging the British and Burmese army, and these bastards are beginning to struggle to the death, and I think it won't be long before they can be wiped out, and the logistics are smooth, then we really have nothing to fear. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun said with a smile: "That's right, but I heard that the British and French sent a powerful fleet to escort 300,000 British and French troops by sea, and they will soon enter the Bay of Bengal." But our troops have not yet crossed the Zangnan River, so should we speed up? ”

Li Songshan smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are luring the enemy." If we don't give those grandchildren a little hope, will they come desperately? The Commander-in-Chief could expect him to make a mistake in his busyness. However, the name of this Tibetan South River has been obtained, and when you hear it, you will know that it is a big river in the south. What Brahmaputra River, this name is not to be said, after the school teaches students, a name has to be understood for half a day, people who have not learned it don't understand anything when they hear it, where is this river, you have to look for a long time. ”

Zhang Xiaozhun laughed dumbly when he heard this, and thought it was true.

Zhang Xiaozhun was very strange in his heart about the sudden order given by the commander-in-chief Li Bufan, but Li Songshan obviously changed the topic, and he didn't ask more. Removing all these tens of millions of people is definitely a huge project that is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is thankless. Not to mention paying a lot of money, there is still so much food wasted. can understand that Li Bufan is definitely not a pedantic person, he is very good to the Chinese people, but he is definitely not so 'kind' to the outside world.

Of course, not to mention the above, he can't think of any purpose for doing this for the time being.

Could it be that the commander-in-chief really intended it that way? Ready to use this as the main battlefield of ground warfare with the Western powers? ――

A large fleet sailed out of the Red Sea and into the Gulf of Aden.

There were more than 100 warships, and nearly 200 huge troop carriers and supply ships.

"Buzzing" a reconnaissance plane soared into the sky from the British aircraft carrier "Hundred-Eyed Giant".

On board the battleship "War Weyware", the joint commander of the Anglo-French Navy, British Admiral Matt. Admiral Parr looked a little fascinated and said to Major General Miller beside him: "Are the Chinese's planes really as advanced as you say?" ”

Miller said, "Yes, Commander. It was the former captain of the Far East Fleet "William" who escaped twice in a row in the Far East, and after escaping from Singapore, Miller led the sailors to India, and was then called back to China to report on his duties.

The British Royal Navy urgently needed to understand the danger of the Chinese Air Force, and needed a detailed explanation from people like him who had experienced the war, especially since Miller was also ordered by the commander of the Far East Fleet. The advanced level of the Chinese Air Force aircraft shocked the British Royal Navy, but the war had broken out, and India was something that Britain could not tolerate losing, so it had to send the Navy to escort the army for emergency reinforcements, and Miller, an experienced general, naturally became the chief of staff of the Combined Fleet.

Miller paused, then continued, "Rest assured, Commander. The real threat to warships is the Chinese J-2 Swallow fighter, a multi-purpose fighter that can carry 500 kilograms of aerial bombs for almost vertical dive bombing, with an extremely high bombing hit rate. As for the Chinese H-1 Thunderbird bombers, although they can carry more bombs, they are more used for horizontal bombing. According to my detailed calculations, the maximum range of the J-2 Swallow of the Chinese should be between 1300-1500 km, that is, their combat radius is about 700 km. Our convoy is advancing along the western coast of the Bay of Bengal, far beyond their operational range, and the greatest threat is non-existent. ”

Admiral Matt nodded and said, "In this case, then I will be relieved a lot." ”

Miller said with a wry smile: "Commander, we must not let our guard down because of this, if our warships are anchored in the harbor and are defenseless, the opponent's H-1 Thunderbird can also inflict a fatal blow on us, and the hit rate of the bombing immobile target is very high." We even suspect that the other side's bomber has a range of more than 3,000 kilometers and can completely threaten us. ”

Admiral Matt smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for the losses in front of me, I really couldn't believe this fact. If, according to what you said, our active aircraft are even more broken in front of the Chinese, even the 'Avenger' fighters reasonably developed by many aircraft factories in the empire are far inferior to the Chinese's aircraft. ”

Miller was surprised: "Avengers? ”

Admiral Matt nodded: "Yes, we have suffered such a huge loss, of course we want revenge." This is a near-all-metal biplane fighter developed by the empire with all cash technology, referring to the appearance design of the Chinese J-2 swallow fighter, with a power of 400 horses, and the speed of the test aircraft reaches 290 kilometers per hour, of course, mass production will take time. ”

Miller smiled bitterly: "Is this the result of the concentration of all the forces of the Empire?" I'm sorry. Although I don't know the specific surname of the Chinese aircraft, I think it is much more powerful than this data, and I think we can only hope for quantity. Also, I wonder, how much range is the Avenger? ”

"700 km."

"Is it only half of the Chinese J-2?" Miller's mouth was filled with bitterness.

Matt sighed, and continued, "It's all for later." I don't think the Chinese will let us get reinforcements so easily, it is said that their submarines are very powerful, more powerful than the Germans, and they also sank many capital ships. ”

Miller said: "It's common sense that torpedoes can sink battleships, commander, as long as we are careful, submarines have no chance." What I was really worried about was the surface fleet of the Chinese, I went to their pocket battleships, they had a strange design and upset me. ”

Admiral Matt laughed and said, "What other weapons can be loaded on a warship?" At best, a liftable cannon. The Chinese Jiangsu-class pocket battleship has a displacement of only 12,000 tons, and no matter how big this giant cannon is, can it compare to the 15-inch giant cannon of the 'War Weathiness'? ”

Miller smiled bitterly and sighed inwardly: I hope so-

In addition to being a maritime hub in the Far East, Singapore is also home to the British Far East Fleet.

After the outbreak of the war, the Chinese army quickly moved south, leapfrogging Singapore and capturing it in one fell swoop, almost completely capturing the British Far East Fleet's station. As a result, it has almost become the most important station and rest center of the Chinese Navy in Southeast Asia.

In order to ensure Singapore's security and prevent the leakage of military secrets, Li Bufan soon ordered the forced relocation of Singapore's non-Chinese population in order to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Although the Chinese Navy has a record of defeating the world's third naval power, its international ranking has always been very low, because in the eyes of the Western powers, the Chinese Navy relied on half of the air force and half of the results of submarine attacks in the First World War, and its surface ships were just cleaning the battlefield, and its strength was not recognized or fearless.

Although the Chinese Navy does not say anything, no one is holding a breath in their hearts.

Finally, the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ministry of National Defense, Li Bufan, was issued to the Admiralty: to take out the troop carriers escorted by the combined British and French fleet.

Navy Commander Li Haijun immediately telegraphed China's two major fleets: the Pacific Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet, to quickly assemble in Singapore.

At the Singapore Naval Base, the veterans of the Chinese Navy finally got together again.

Li Dingxin, commander of the Pacific Fleet, circled with Lin Jianzhang of the South China Sea Fleet, and Li Dingxin said proudly: "Oh, isn't this Brother Lin?" I heard that the anti-submarine formation of your South China Sea Fleet is doing a good job? actually killed more than 40 Yankee submarines, there are two hits. ”

Lin Jianzhang's face turned blue with anger, and he said angrily on the spot: "The surname is Li, you think you are amazing, aren't you just lucky to kill more than sixty ships?" That's because those submarines are mostly on your side. ”

Li Dingxin said proudly: "Of course Lao Tzu is amazing, luck is also part of strength, even if Lao Tzu is powerful, what's the matter?" Of course, the one surnamed Li is amazing. Look, our naval commander, surnamed Li, right? Our commander-in-chief, surnamed Li, right? ”

Lin Jianzhang was almost so angry that he turned his back on it, pointed at Li Dingxin and shouted, "You old boy is not a thing, you want to trick me into being disrespectful to our commander and commander-in-chief, right?" I'm sorry, I'm not going to fall for you. The commander-in-chief and our commander are powerful, but it has nothing to do with you. Immediately in battle, there is a kind of competition on the battlefield, whoever has a better record will belong to whoever has an extra capital ship. Do you dare? ”

"Why? That capital ship is already ours, and you still want to gamble with it? Stop dreaming. ”

"Don't you dare!"

(To be continued.) )