ps: I've been floating outside all day today, and I just got home, so I'm sorry to make up for today's chapter for you first~~

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The first target plane.

In 1941, the Japanese had a fight with the British. At that time, the sun never set on the empire, although it was unrecognizable by the German bombardment, its Far Eastern territory of Singapore, the Lion City, remained quiet in the tranquility of the Strait of Malacca. The city's wide palm-lined streets, like its magnificent government buildings, exude elegance and serenity of the empire, but ironically, the British Empire has no more time to care for the possessions.

Later, due to the "Barbarossa" plan of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the pressure on the British mainland gradually decreased, and the intention of the Japanese empire to move south to the Pacific Ocean became increasingly apparent. For various reasons, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill decided to maintain a more "effective" deterrent in the Far East, despite the opposition of the military, and he decided to send a formidable, fast, and advanced task force of battleships and aircraft carriers to Singapore to disrupt any provocation by the Japanese navy.

It was just that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and the aircraft carrier Invincible ran aground in the West Indies during the voyage and could not join the new Far East Fleet. So in the end, only the Prince of Wales, the Counter Attack and the new Far East Fleet (also known as the Z Fleet) made it to Singapore. In fact, for Singapore, a small land, the Japanese have no interest in it. However, since the capture of the oil-rich Dutch East Indies (central Indonesia) had to pass through the British Malay Peninsula, the war of the Japanese invasion of Singapore inevitably began.

In general, the cause of the naval battle between the two countries was comical, as a buffalo trampled a mine on the beach in the British-controlled port of Kuantan, and the nervous guards mistook the Japanese for a landing campaign and immediately sent a telegram for help. In order to protect his colony, Vice Admiral Phillips, commander of the Z Fleet, decided to lead the fleet to support, knowing that it was 1941, and the role of aircraft carriers was not as decisive as after the start of the Pacific War.

At the same time, it was very bad luck that the Kondo Fleet, the battleship unit that the Japanese had originally wanted to dispatch, could not arrive in time because of the distance, so the Japanese Navy let the air force, which was supposed to be a support mission, carry out a tentative attack. As a result, 85 Japanese planes were able to send two large British warships to the bottom of the sea in two hours, while the Japanese themselves were shot down only 3 planes (1 Type 96 land attack and 2 Type 1 land attack), another 27 planes were damaged, and 21 crew members were killed. But in exchange for this, the battleships Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Counterattack, which had radar equipment (ultra-high-tech at the time), the most powerful main gun fire and armor protection, and a large number of anti-aircraft guns, were sunk, and 793 of the 2,743 officers and men on board were killed.

The military port of Mumbai, India, the port of call of the British Far East Fleet.

At this time, the Far Eastern Fleet actually had only two or three kittens, a number of cruisers and a dozen destroyers. Since the sinking of the Z fleet, the British Navy has known very pragmatically: in this part of the Far East, if there are fewer warships, it will not be able to withstand it, and if there are too many warships, it will not be able to withstand it. Therefore, it is also the meaning of sending a little "outdated" warship to act as a fleet of existence and brush up the sense of existence.

Vice Admiral George, the new head of the Far Eastern Fleet, sat on a recliner outside the house, sipping coffee. Originally, since the Japanese invaded New Zealand and Australia, George was very worried about the next move of the Combined Fleet, and from the nautical charts, India, the Philippines, and Australia as a string of pearls, had an important strategic position that could not be ignored. However, since the Japanese invaders carried out the Brazilian landing campaign, Vice Admiral George's heart immediately calmed down, and in his opinion, for the Stars and Stripes Navy that touched the interests of his own doorstep, it was bound to concentrate the main fleet to clear out the Japanese army and the combined fleet that invaded Brazil, so India could naturally sit back and relax.

However, at 10:17 a.m. on July 10, 1944, this good mood disappeared completely as a British soldier quickly ran in front of Lieutenant General George.

"It was reported that the Swordfish sent a wireless telegram before it sank, and on their way home, they accidentally encountered a Japanese fleet, 240 nautical miles away from us."

"What!?"

Five minutes later, piercing sirens rang out over the entire Mumbai military port. The combat readiness airfields on duty received an urgent call from the headquarters, demanding that interceptor planes be dispatched immediately to the southeast to intercept the aircraft carrier fighters that the Japanese might have taken off, and if possible, to find the enemy fleet and prepare for the next bomber attack. However, it is a pity that due to India's years-long "peaceful" and war-free situation, very few combat-ready planes on duty can take off normally, most of the pilots deserted or were absent, and even some ground crew members left their posts without authorization. Naturally, then, when the combined fleet arrived at the Bombay military port with a group of attack planes that had taken off in a hurry due to an accidental discovery, the British Empire was able to take off no more than 40 planes to intercept it, except for a slightly dense ground anti-aircraft artillery, and the tragedy began.

A few hours later, in the British Isles of Europe, Prime Minister Winston Churchill's residence.

At this time, Churchill was struggling with the fate of his troops in Normandy, which had been counterattacked by German troops and severely compressed in a small area of operations since the successful landing, and whether there would be another Dunkirk retreat? Thinking of this, Churchill shook his head fiercely.

"Knock knock!"

"Come in."

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, bad_news! The military port of Mumbai in India was attacked by the main force of the combined fleet of Japanese invaders, and the situation was urgent. Sir Hopkins, Churchill's important assistant, forgot his etiquette when he entered the house in a hurry, and spoke directly.

"What? How was the battle going, and how big were the losses? Hearing that the crown jewel of the British Empire was under attack, Churchill's heart tightened, but he still asked with a calm expression and a calm tone.

"The air raid took place four hours ago, and Lieutenant General George was leading the resistance. Worst of all, however, the telegram ended with a reference to the fact that 15 minutes earlier, the Japanese fleet had launched a landing campaign. The half-gray-haired Hopkins said with a sad expression.

"Damn it, my God!"

Stars and Stripes Republic, White House.

Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, less than a year after July 1944. At this time, because the war of the Allies was very unfavorable to the main plane, Roosevelt, the president of the Star-Spangled Banner, spent more brain cells than at the same time in history, and his face was much older.

"Your Excellency, I'm sorry to bother you late at night (it's 4 a.m. here because of the time difference), Harriman has just sent a telegram that the British are under attack by the Combined Japanese Fleet in the Indian port of Bombay." Roosevelt's henchman Marshall entered the house and said that as for Harriman, he was the special envoy of the Stars and Stripes to the British president.

"What the hell is going on?" Roosevelt asked with a wet towel to ice his face.

"It is highly likely that the combined fleet of Japanese will land in India." Marshall analyzed.

"Landing in India? You mean, they didn't just attack and destroy the Mumbai military port, but intended to capture India? Hearing Marshall's judgment, Roosevelt was somewhat unconvinced.

"Yes! The Harimandi telegram confirmed that the port of Mumbai had been attacked by a Japanese army. ”

"But do they have enough troops?"

"If their landing in Brazil was a façade in the first place, to confuse us. Then considering that the defense of Australia and New Zealand and other places does not require an excessive number of land forces, then landing in India should still be bearable in terms of troops. ”

"What the hell are they trying to do? What about Brazil? ”

"Looking at it now, Brazil is more of a smoke bomb, in order to contain the main forces of our Pacific and Atlantic fleets."

"Looks like they got their way. In order to defend the Atlantic shipping line, we concentrated almost all of our naval vessels to escort the ship. Well~~ Marshall. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"I want to know, from a military point of view, is India in danger of being completely subverted?"

"I don't think it's very likely that the Japanese would want to swallow it, given that there are more than 300,000 British defenders in India, and that all the ports in Africa are in the hands of our allies. However, "

"But what?"

"Now the Normandy landings are at a crossroads, and the Suez Canal is responsible for important logistical supply tasks. At this time, the Japanese invaded India, which greatly threatened the security of the Suez Canal, and the potential impact was even more deadly. I estimate that it will be a very big blow to the morale of European armies. In addition, I fear that Germany will therefore carry out some kind of joint combat operation with the Japanese Invaders, which will change the prospects of Normandy, our millions of Leagues. In the event of an accident or loss of these millions of troops, we will not be able to conduct offensive campaigns with similar threats for at least a year. ”

"But we are too far away, the Stars and Stripes Navy has no bases and forces in the Indian Ocean, and our forces are temporarily insufficient, and the new army is still in domestic training. By the way, I remember that the naval and army forces of Xin Yanhuang are quite good, how about letting them intercept the Japanese invaders? ”

"Ahem! Your Excellency, I'm afraid this is very difficult. ”

"Huh?"

"First, we have not severed our ties with the Yanhuang Bald Party, and the Red Party has shown that it has deliberately slowed down the pace and speed of its attack on the Japanese Bandits. Second, India still has 150,000 bald soldiers, and because they are equipped with our weapons and equipment, their combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced, so their existence at this time has become a kind of instability in India. ”

"Then tell Chiang Kai-shek that if he wants to get the continued assistance and recognition of the Star-Spangled Banner, he must help Britain hold India, and this is the task he must complete!"

But what if he doesn't want to? You must know that these 150,000 people are the last hole cards and elites of the bald party. ”

"Then properly control the frequency and speed of supplies to them, and reveal our meaning to the top brass of the expeditionary force. I'm sure there will be people within the bald party who will extend an olive branch. ”

"Yes, I see!"

In this way, a two-choice "examination question" that made Chairman Chiang extremely depressed was placed in front of him and the entire bald party the day after the Japanese invaded India. In 1944, in the sky full of beacon fire and gunpowder smoke all over the world, the blue sky and white sun flag became more and more lonely and dim.