Chapter 381: Secret Gathering
The Chinese ocean-going fleet continues to set sail, and the next stop is the countries of the Americas.
When the Chinese fleet came to New York for an official goodwill visit to the United States, the Chinese organizations and representatives in the United States spontaneously organized themselves to go to the docks to take a look at the giant ships of the motherland.
When the Chinese ocean-going fleet docked, all the Chinese on the dock began to cheer.
"Long live the Chinese nation, long live China."
"Long live the Chinese nation, long live China."
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This was the first time they had seen the power of the Chinese Navy, and this power made them extremely proud. Even those Americans were so shocked that they couldn't speak, the 70,000-ton super battleship is really spectacular! The two Kunlun Mountain class ships around him, compared with the famous general class, look like children. Not a level at all.
The officers and men of the Chinese Navy standing tall on the ship with their heads held high and saluting in unison made all the Chinese people can't help but cheer again. This is the army of the motherland greeting them, and of course they have to respond with more enthusiasm.
The excited crowd kept the policemen busy with the order, but they had no choice but to do their best to maintain law and order at the scene, and in the cold winter, every policeman was sweating profusely.
Chen Ce only exchanged views with the US military on the first day of a three-day visit to the United States by the Chinese Ocean Fleet, and then he devoted his time to meeting with the Chinese representatives. Here, a shipload of cargo was unloaded by a supply ship in the ocean-going fleet. It is full of some basic daily necessities, which are specially given to these Chinese in the United States.
Three days later. The Chinese fleet left the United States and went to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and other Latin American countries. And the remaining weapons and equipment of the three ships are also constantly decreasing. By the time they set off for Japan, Mifune had unloaded all their weapons and brought back a lot of local specialties.
The trip to the Pacific Ocean was the most boring, and by the time the ocean-going fleet arrived in Tokyo for an official visit to Japan, the spring of the 14th year of Zhongxing had arrived.
When the huge group of ships of the Chinese fleet sailed into Tokyo Bay, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo personally came to greet the Chinese fleet. There is no way for him to come, and now he is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and it is not appropriate to send other people. It means to look down on China a little. So he had to go out in person.
At the end of the trip to Japan, the Chinese ocean-going fleet immediately returned to China.
The trip of the Chinese Ocean Fleet brought many benefits, and the supply ships carrying the artifacts docked at the Tianjin dock, and then the relics were sent to the Chinese Museum for protection.
And just as the Chinese ocean-going fleet left Europe. Germany in Europe has made another big move. And the action is getting more and more frequent. Following the end of the naval battle. Once again, the German and Allied forces fought silently.
At first, German reconnaissance planes spotted a British convoy quietly heading for Dover.
"Strike now and sink the British fleet!" With the command of the command. More than 70 German planes were divided into 3 echelons and flew murderously straight into the assembly area, ready to show their hands in front of their superiors.
However, with the help of advanced ground radar, the British army soon discovered the German formation and sent six Whirlwind fighters to quietly approach the enemy group under the cover of clouds.
Perhaps the Germans were too confident that they simply did not notice the arrival of the British planes. At that time, the German aircraft were deployed in three tiers, with the DO-17 and H-2 bombers on combat duty at the bottom, the ME-110 fighter group on close support missions in the middle, and the ME-109 fighter group and the Warhawk-2 at the top.
Faced with a situation where the enemy was outnumbered, the British army knew that they could not fight hard. The British planes continued to hide in the clouds, first giving way to the German cover planes, and then trying to grab the tail of the bomber group and take it to the knife.
As the British expected, when the German formation roared past, the large number of bombers was like a big tail dragging behind.
"Attack!" Three Whirlwind fighters suddenly swooped down on the German bomber group. Three other Whirlwind fighters jumped slightly, and their guns were pointed at the German escort group. The German fighters, who were at ease, seemed to be admiring the beautiful scenery along the way, and did not even notice the British planes in ambush in the clouds, so they had to rush to the battle in a panic.
Compared to bombers, Whirlwind fighters are more agile and maneuverable. It didn't take long for one of the British Whirlwinds to bite a German bomber. After some time of entanglement, the Whirlwind pilot took aim and jerked the trigger. The enemy plane was immediately shot, emitting black smoke and falling headlong. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two German bombers hurriedly turned around and fled, but unexpectedly collided together, and immediately turned into wreckage and fragments, and fell into the sea one after another.
Annoyed, Goering gave the order to attack on all fronts, and he wanted to learn from the previous air raids on London, England, and teach Britain a hard lesson. More than 500 German bombers, under the cover of more than 1,000 fighters, launched an unprecedented fierce attack on nine airfields in British territory. Although the British army had been prepared for this, they still lost more than 500 planes and more than 300 pilots were killed or wounded in the following days of fighting. Not only that, but 5 airports in the south of the UK were also severely damaged. To make matters worse, six of the seven radar stations in the most critical positions of the British army were bombed. The entire communication system is on the verge of being destroyed.
The British also continued to raid and bomb the German mainland, destroying a large number of industrial facilities. This angered Hitler, and the Luftwaffe, which had completely gained the upper hand, changed its bombing targets and gathered more than 1,200 planes to carry out a massive retaliatory bombing of London. The bombardment for several days in a row plunged the whole of London into a sea of fire. Numerous casualties were immense, and a large number of houses and factories were blown up. And it was this move that gave the British a respite. Taking advantage of this short opportunity, the British army allocated a large amount of manpower and material resources to repair the bombed-out airstrip and repair the damaged aircraft.
A few days later, three hundred German bombers, under the cover of six hundred fighters, massively crossed the English Channel to prepare for the fatal final blow against Britain. In the face of the attacking German fighter group, more than 400 British fighters took to the air in six waves to intercept them. Under the sudden attack of the British army, the unprepared German aircraft group was soon in disarray. A decisive battle begins. Unfortunately, after just over 20 minutes, the Germans lost nearly 200 fighters, while the British also lost more than 200. Seeing that the fighter plane was lost and the effect of the air attack was no longer available, the German army had no choice but to retreat.
Seeing that Hitler, who could not have an advantage in the sea and air, and that any further drag on like this could only be an endless battle, he reluctantly announced: postpone the "Sea Lion Plan" indefinitely. In this way, the Sea Lion project went bankrupt completely.
However, Hitler did not let the Allies go, and sent German "wolf packs" to dive into the Atlantic to strike at any ships flying the Allied flag. In this way, the destroyers of the Allies and the submarine forces of Germany were engaged in a life-and-death struggle in the Atlantic.
However, Hitler also began to plan for the next step, and he knew very well that being dragged in Britain like this would be very detrimental to Germany in the future. Originally, at the suggestion of Andri, he also did not agree to fight on two sides, but by this time, there was no way to fight on both sides. Once the vehicle is started, it is difficult to stop.
For this reason, Germany began to create public opinion, trying to convince the world that it was going to implement the "Sea Lion Plan". Germany resorted to a number of tactics to confuse people's eyes. First of all, they created a false impression, printed and distributed a large number of British maps, equipped the troops with a large number of English translators, assembled a large number of sea-crossing and landing tools along the English Channel and the Calais Strait, deployed many false artillery pieces on the coast, and sent troops to conduct frequent landing combat exercises, creating the false impression that the troops were going to attack Britain on a large scale. Then, the Germans moved eastward on a large scale, but they said that they were going to the east to rest before attacking Britain.
When all this was arranged, Germany began to move diplomatically. They began by diplomatically halting their usual attacks on the Soviet Union and turning the finger to Britain. German diplomats in the former Soviet Union took the initiative to meet with senior Soviet officials and explained to them that the German troops were transferred to the east only to take a break from the attack on Britain, and that as for the large increase of German troops in Poland, it was actually sending young soldiers to replace the veterans who were about to retire.
After the German army had increased its troops in Poland in large quantities, the German ambassador to the Soviet Union went to meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to explain and inform him that Germany would send reinforcements to northern Norway via Finland, and explained that the German army had entered Romania to send military representatives to help Romania train troops.
Because the existence of the Sea Lion Project successfully concealed Hitler's operational intentions, by mid-June 43, Germany had amassed 240 divisions of Axis troops on its eastern border with the former Soviet Union, totaling about 3.8 million men, more than 5,800 tanks, 53,000 artillery pieces, and 2,830 aircraft. However, the Soviets believed Hitler's promises and explanations, and therefore did not pay attention to the military deployment of the German army; before the German offensive was launched, the headquarters of all military districts and above in the western border of the Soviet Union were stationed in cities, and the troops were also conducting camping training as usual, and only a few companies were on duty in the positions of the divisions in the front. The communications units of the military regions are still taking part in national defense construction, and field artillery and antiaircraft artillery units are shooting targets at shooting ranges or conducting training in military districts as usual. The aircraft of the Soviet Air Force were mostly concentrated on a few airfields.
And in Japan in the Far East, when the Germans began to deploy troops, they also began to secretly arrange. The navy began to return to the Sasebo naval base in the name of repairs and maintenance, and the Kwantung Army of Korea began to quietly send troops to the narrow border between the Soviet Union and North Korea in the name of changing defenses.
At the same time, Japan also secretly greeted China and explained its intentions, and Germany also sent a note to China, hoping that China would adopt a policy of pretending not to know about Japan's military action, and that Japan would dare to do something unfavorable to China.
PS: This chapter is excessive, China is about to enter the war! (To be continued.) )