Historically, since the beginning of 1942 was the time when the Japanese Navy was running amok in the Pacific, the Japanese Navy's strategists set their sights on the Indian Ocean.

Before World War II, the British Empire was the dominant force in the Indian Ocean, both at sea and on land. The entire Indian Ocean was dotted with naval bases for the British, and only the port of Dijego-Suares on the island of Madagascar remained under the control of Vichy France. Japan was prepared to make diplomatic efforts to make the French regime, which was subordinate to Nazi Germany, easily available to the Japanese Combined Fleet, so that the Japanese could easily cut off the Allied lines of communication in the Indian Ocean.

However, the Japanese navy's ciphers were no secret to the United States and Britain, and soon, the British, upon learning of the Japanese intentions, launched a landing war against Madagascar.

Now, the Japanese devils are busy conquering cities in Southeast Asia, and they don't even bother to glance at this place.

The Maritime Resistance Army was framed and framed, and public opinion was propagated. Then there were sufficient military preparations, which had already taken the lead in the unexpectedly start of the landing operation.

It was 5 a.m. on January 16, 1942. It was more than three months earlier than the historical British attack. The battle for Madagascar began.

Madagascar has a rainy season from November to April, and January is not the best time to attack from a purely military point of view. On the contrary, the time in history when the British army began to attack - May was more suitable for combat.

However, the weather conditions are definitely not the most important role for the Naval Resistance Army, Li Guang, Yuan Ye, Yuan Ran, as well as the international environment and economic support that the Naval Resistance Army and hundreds of thousands of people have been operating for a long time are the most important. At this moment, whether it is the rainy season or the dry season, there is no room for the naval resistance army to wait, and the opportunity is ripe. What is needed at this moment is a thunderous and stormy military operation.

Located in the northern part of the island of Madagascar, Puerto Dijego-Suarez (now known as Antsirana). The port is a well-known harbor in the Indian Ocean. It is just over thirty kilometers from the northernmost point of the island of Madagascar, and access to the port is only through a waterway only one kilometer wide. In addition, this seaport has a large area of water, and there is a narrow peninsula in the middle that divides this seaport into two, and the port area and anchor area are clearly distinguished. Naturally, the port is divided into two areas, one is the dock area and the other is the anchorage. Nature creates miracles, and such a port is simply a good port for military and civilian use.

The French built a large number of fortifications here. The whole of Dijego-Suarez was turned into a huge fortress by the French. The difficulty of the landing operation was very great.

Because this port is located in the northernmost part of Madagascar and is located on its east coast, that is, northeast of the island of Madagascar, it was named Vladivostok by Li Guang in honor of the good port of northern China occupied by Maozi.

In the command bridge. Li Guang looked down at the map in front of him. The island of Madagascar is more than 1,000 kilometers long from north to south and more than 500 kilometers at its widest point. The total area is 580,000 square kilometers. This is the fourth largest island in the world. It is much larger than the Japanese mainland, more than 1.5 times. Larger than twice the size of the British Empire's mainland, it is even more rare that it is a monolithic island with considerable defensive depth strategically.

The 16th was a rare opportunity for the Naval Resistance Army, and on this day there was a rare weather in northern Madagascar when the heavy rain gradually stopped.

The right time, place and people. At this moment, Tianshi clearly showed his preference for the Naval Resistance Army. The atheist Li Guang couldn't help but have a sense of God-given opportunity in his heart at this moment, as if God was really supporting the Naval Resistance Army. Such a rare good weather made the morale of the Maritime Resistance Army uplifted, such a good omen. It also made the hearts of the soldiers full of expectations for this land of the founding of the country.

The opportunity is definitely not to be missed, and the landing battle of the Naval Resistance Army began with an air attack.

At six o'clock, more than 70 fighters of the Naval Resistance Army took to the air.

In the whole of Madagascar, the French army was seriously under-armed in such a large area, with a total strength of no more than three thousand. There were also 10,000 to 20,000 black native troops. However, the 20,000 black indigenous troops were not strong in combat, because as early as 40 years, the French mobilized the elite of 4,000 indigenous troops to North Africa to serve as cannon fodder for the French. The remaining black troops are almost all security forces and the like, and some of the black units are even commanded by the tribal chiefs, and their combat effectiveness is extremely weak.

According to Yuan Ran's knowledge in Madagascar, the French army has built four or five airstrips on this large island, and the total number of civilian and military aircraft does not exceed 30. Thirty of them, which sounds like a lot, but the combat effectiveness of these aircraft does not need to be paid attention to at all. The fighters are all antiques with a life span of nearly 20 years, and their performance is inferior to that of the backward water reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Army.

At six o'clock in the morning, there was just a hint of fish belly white in the sky. Braving the slightest drizzle, Yuan Ran piloted a water reconnaissance plane and flew into the sky. She was to serve as a navigator for the water reconnaissance aircraft on the PJP.

Originally, Li Guang was very reluctant to go to the battlefield for Yuan Ran, but he couldn't bear Yuan Ran's insistence, so he still let her participate in the war. Yuan Ran is well aware of several airports in Madagascar. In Madagascar's inland capital city of Antananarivo, which Yuan Ran called Chang'an, there were French fighter jets deployed. However, there are very few of them, no more than four, and the rest are civilian aircraft.

With Yuan Ran leading the way, the battle of this group of water reconnaissance planes went very smoothly, and the French had no defense at all, and several fighters were destroyed on the runway. During the battle, Yuan Ran also tried to throw a bomb, although there were not many results, but the little girl still laughed happily. Li Guang sometimes wonders if Professor Yuan will not raise a daughter, Yuan Ran's performance in many aspects is definitely no worse than a man, and even surpasses Yuan Yin, the third elder of the Yuan family, who served as a pilot instructor of the Naval Resistance Army, in terms of talent for piloting airplanes.

Could it be that Professor Yuan raised four sons in a row and habitually raised his daughter as a man?

On this day, Yuan Ran flew into the blue sky with the soldiers on a water reconnaissance plane, the flight time reached more than 10 hours, and three successive bombings of three French airfields in the interior of Madagascar took place. Three air strikes. The threat of the airfields in the interior of the French army was completely eliminated.

However, Yuan Ran is not the main battlefield here.

The battle on the main battlefield was spearheaded by the aircraft carrier USS Liberty Dragon. Nearly one-third of the French army and navy stationed in Madagascar are concentrated in the northeast -- the port of Dijego Suares, which is named Vladivostok by Li Guang.

A few kilometers south of the port, the French army built a military airfield.

In the first wave of air raids, the Naval Resistance Army concentrated all its fighters to bomb the French airfield, and the French were unprepared, and all twelve miscellaneous fighters were blown up on the airport, and the runway, control tower and outbuildings of the airport were also severely abused.

According to the comments of flight commander Yuan Zi, Li Guang's dispatch of planes should be regarded as excessive use of force. A small airfield is simply not worth the use of so many fighters by the Naval Resistance Forces. Waste so many bombs. At least half of the forces should be allocated to bomb the French warships in the military ports.

However, Li Guang has Li Guang's plan, and the Naval Resistance Force is such an aircraft carrier, and it really can't withstand the slightest mistake. No matter how powerful the French harbor fortress was, it was dead and could not pose a threat to the fleet of the Naval Resistance Army. But airplanes are different. Even if it is difficult for a fighter to carry a bombshell, a small bomblet can threaten the safety of the Liberty Dragon. Li Guang planned for a year. A series of battle plans were drawn up. It is inseparable from this light aircraft carrier, once it is damaged, it will affect the subsequent combat plan, and it cannot afford to be injured.

Having destroyed the airfield in Vichy France, the Liberty was completely safe. As for the French warships leaving the military port, Li Guang was not worried at all. Do you really think that the battleship Atlantic is a vegetarian?

Twelve warplanes aboard the battleship Atlantic. There was no pause in the day's fighting. These water reconnaissance planes were divided into three waves and took turns to harass and bomb the French warships in the harbor. That's not all about it. Rather, it closely monitored the movements of the French battleships. The chances of the French battleships trying to escape from the port were slim. If you want to risk your life to rush out of the harbor, the three Tengu-class destroyers and the Atlantic battleship of the Naval Resistance Force are looking forward to it.

In this military port, the French have a fortress and a powerful 12-inch artillery group. For this fortress, unless his brain is flooded, Li Guang will never attack it head-on. You know, the level of fortification construction of the French can be said to be the best in the world, much higher than the level of the Germans. This was recognized during World War II, and the fortification of the Maginot Line was recognized as insurmountable. (Refers to the front)

The Naval Resistance Army succeeded in dealing with the Italians in the Arabian Sea, but the Naval Resistance Army had no time limit, and always secretly fired a few rounds of artillery, and withdrew before the Italian army had time to react. Second, the caliber of the Italian shore guns was not large, and the threat to the battleships was small.

And now the French fortress not only has five-inch and six-inch shore guns, but also two twelve-inch shore guns, which is not something that the Atlantic's naval guns can resist. Nelson, a well-known expert on naval warfare, famously said, "Two shore guns are worth a hundred naval guns." "As for whether it is really possible to fight two against a hundred, and do not pursue it, but no one is willing to bombard a battleship and a twelve-inch shore gun, but it is 100 percent.

The Atlantic led three Tengu-class destroyers and was eyeing the guns from beyond range. The French are not stupid, they are all too familiar with the performance of this battleship when they see such a powerful battleship just outside the port, especially the Atlantique, which was originally a French battleship.

In this case, the French looked at their own battleships, an old light cruiser, two torpedo boats, three or four small gunboats. The combined tonnage was less than a fraction of the Atlantic battleship. So he lit the boiler and only dared to cruise in the harbor, not to go to sea at all. Anyway, this port can indeed be described as a natural harbor, with an internal space of ten kilometers, which is almost enough for these warships to avoid air raids.

Just after eight o'clock, the second wave of air raids by the Naval Resistance Army aimed at the French warships cruising in the harbor.

By this time the French had already woken up from the blow and were already prepared. Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns spewed out flames in a vain attempt to intercept the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army.

In the face of French anti-aircraft fire, Liu Gensheng was overjoyed. Before the war, the staff estimated that the number of French anti-aircraft guns in this port would not exceed thirty. This estimate is reasonable, because the US naval base at Pearl Harbor has only 31 land-based anti-aircraft guns, but the number of anti-aircraft guns on the battleship is as high as 780.

Liu Gensheng did not expect that as soon as the fighters of the Maritime Resistance Army appeared in the sky above the port, the French began to crack and start firing indiscriminately. Several anti-aircraft guns were all leaked under the noses of the Maritime Resistance Army.

According to the degree of chaos caused by the French army's fire, Liu Gensheng was sure that the French army was afraid that there were only a few anti-aircraft guns. Weak anti-aircraft fire. It's a big plus for the Air Force. The French air defense is weak, not that the French really do not know the importance of air defense, it has been two or three years since the outbreak of the European war, and the French army is very clear about the power of fighters. It is a pity that the French army surrendered early in the 40s, even if they knew the importance of air defense, they could not add a few anti-aircraft guns here. Therefore, the anti-aircraft guns here are still eight small-caliber anti-aircraft guns arranged in three or five years. These anti-aircraft guns have short barrels, shoot high and low, and are difficult to maneuver. The maximum angle of anti-aircraft shooting is 80 degrees.

This kind of firepower did not pose a threat to the large number of fighters of the Naval Resistance Army, and the fighters swooped down frantically at a large angle, and there was a fierce bombardment of the French position.

The Navy's fighter pilots are really very knowledgeable about dive bombing and dive strafing. Not to mention dealing with anti-aircraft artillery positions in the open air, even the fighters of the bunker sea resistance army have a considerable degree of certainty.

Under the command of Liu Gensheng, the Air Force fought without haste or impatience. For a while, the situation on the battlefield was a little strange. You must know that the French anti-aircraft artillery was originally set up to protect the battleship. But now it's completely reversed. More than 40 fighters of the Naval Resistance Army bombarded the artillery positions on the periphery of the French army as if they were completely peeling. In turn, the French battleships at this moment had to begin to help the land-based anti-aircraft gun emplacements to increase their anti-aircraft fire.

In the third wave of air raids, the anti-aircraft artillery on the perimeter of the French army had been completely cleared. Only two fighters of the Naval Resistance Force were wounded, and none of the pilots were lost.

The French navy managed to survive the day, calculating that it would take another two or three hours to rush out of the harbor when it was dark. Look for an opportunity to escape. If it rains a little more heavily, it will be even more ideal.

But they have lost the best chance to escape, and if they had escaped during an air raid on the airfield, they might have had a chance. At this time, it is absolutely wishful thinking to escape.

In the evening, the skies over Madagascar are completely clear, and the sky is as clear as the eye can see.

The French were still lucky, because in the first wave of bombing, the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army dealt with fixed targets on the ground.

When the French Navy began to withstand the first bomb hits, they knew that it was too late and everything was over. Liu Gensheng's first bomb hit the only French cruiser, and the armor-piercing shell broke through the thin armor from the side and exploded in the hull. After the explosion, the cruiser seemed to be still for a moment, followed by a muffled explosion, dozens of puffs of black smoke came out from the inside of the hull, and after another moment, the cruiser was already shrouded in smoke and lost its combat effectiveness.

It can be said that the most skilled trick of the pilots of the Naval Resistance Army is dive bombing, whether it is a fighter pilot or a bomber pilot. More than 40 warplanes were like dark clouds pressing down, and they took turns to bombard the poor few French warships.

This intensity and this ultra-high accuracy of bombardment was fatal to the blow of several French warships. A French destroyer, seeing that the situation was not good, rushed to the exit of the port with anti-aircraft guns firing indiscriminately.

The four maritime reconnaissance planes in charge of surveillance finally caught the fighters, and they pounced on them in a fierce pursuit and fierce attack, and the French destroyers, who had just finished dropping bombs and were not seriously injured, were already frightened, raised the white flag, and surrendered.

Before the dreadnought bombers of the Naval Resistance Army had dropped a few bombs, the battle was completely over. The French navy has been completely destroyed.

In this battle, the pilots of the Naval Resistance Army played at a significantly higher level than in the "Gift Mission" against the Japanese army. Although the battlefield was one-sided, and the entire field was dominated by the Naval Resistance Army, the psychological adaptation to the battlefield and the improvement of the tactical level made the pilots of the Naval Resistance Army rapidly increase the bombing level to a hit rate similar to that of training. (To be continued......)

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