No one is a fool.

There were more than 200 submarines in front and behind the operation of the sortie fleet, what a great deterrent power that was, what a powerful force it was, and it was almost useless now. The main force of China's Grand Fleet is heading towards the southern shore of the Gulf of Aden, and even more so, they are advancing towards Djibouti, which is forcing the combined fleet of the three countries to go to the battle.

The distance between the north and south of the Gulf of Aden is about 250 kilometers, and if the two go hand in hand, they will have to engage tomorrow during the day. For the sortie fleets of the navies of the three countries, this is a trivial matter. Their original plan was to fight a decisive battle at night, so the role of the submarine force in the whole plan is very important. But now the strategic initiative seems to be in the hands of the Chinese, as long as they are not afraid of the planes stationed on the front line in Djibouti.

How much of a change does such a change have for the overall strategy of the sortie fleets of the three navies? It's time for battle. The officers and men of the British, French and German navies are not all rookies, and they understand how passive they are with their toes. And this passivity often means defeat in war!

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Djibouti, a colony of the French. In the battle for the Suez Canal, although the French lost to John Bull, the interests of the Gallic rooster Anglo-Saxons did not dare to swallow it all, and Djibouti, a colony that pinched the neck of the canal, was firmly in the hands of the French government.

Djibouti City, the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of French Somalia, is one of the largest seaports in East Africa. Located at the western end of the Gulf of Aden in northeast Africa, facing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is the southern gate of the Red Sea, it is located at the transportation point of Europe, Asia and Africa, and chokes the throat of the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean. All ships heading north through the Suez Canal to Europe or from the Red Sea south to the Indian Ocean via the Cape of Good Hope had to be refueled at the port of Djibouti. Its strategic position is so important that it is called "sentinel of the sea" by the West.

In the roar of the engine. The sky that had been bright suddenly became dark, like a large dark cloud blown by the wind, blocking out the sunlight. But now it is not dark clouds that are blocking the sun, but planes, large groups of planes, which fly into the harbor from the northeast at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and then drop in vain, like a flock of birds of prey that have found their prey, roaring and swooping down from the sky.

The first to enter the military port were two reconnaissance aircraft. They were not slow, and after the port warships lowered their altitude, a group of large planes flew from the southern sky, all heavy naval bombers with two engines. The aircraft carrier is not as good as the land, and the big guy with four engines can't get on the aircraft carrier now.

Heavy torpedoes and bombs were hung under the belly of these planes, and they did not come from a high altitude, but flew into the military port almost close to the high ground of the military port, and as soon as they entered the port, the height of these bombers was further reduced. The formation spreads out at a height almost close to the surface of the sea. One of the planes flew right above the French Doge's Palace, and the powerful air currents were so powerful that the flown French tricolor flag was about to tear apart, and the roar of the engines was deafening, making all the French people feel in a daze.

The Port of Djibouti is one of the largest seaports in East Africa. The actual development has not been long. In the 50s of the 19th century, France invaded Djibouti as an overseas territory, then known as "French Somalia". In 1887, the French colonists established the Governor's Palace in the city of Djibouti. Until 1895, it was a small town with a small population. End of the 19th century. With the construction of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway, the population has gradually increased.

The Port of Djibouti was opened in 1896. It's only been 24 years now.

The geographical location is very important, but it is also subject to certain 'restrictions' that cannot be openly proclaimed, and the French did not lay a large number of coastal fortifications in the port of Djibouti, or built a large number of military port facilities. It can be said that the status of the port of Djibouti has always been limited to the positioning of a trading port.

Even though the fighting in Somalia has caused a steady stream of aircraft to fly from the rear to the front line, Djibouti has stockpiled a large amount of fuel and other supplies as a hub, but there is still not much armament. Even in times of crisis, air defense units had to be transferred from the port of Djibouti to Somalia. Today's port of Djibouti is like a girl wearing only a light gauze jacket, not honestly staying in the room and hiding no one, but standing at the window scratching her head and posing, really looking for!

"What's going on? Chinese airplane??? Odamane Hugo, the governor of French Somalia, who had the same surname as the late great writer Hugo, muttered to himself.

"It is very obvious that the Chinese attacked Djibouti at a critical moment in the confrontation with the Grand Fleet." George Ernest Morrison, a former Australian who is now a citizen of the British Empire and former chief correspondent for The Times in China, sighed.

He is a man who hates China to the core. As a Chinese expert who has lived in China for ten years, Morrison originally had a good impression of China, and since leaving The Times, Morrison has returned to his hometown, and he wants to become a politician. As a result, the destruction of Australia completely changed his whole person, and China's 'war of aggression' made him instantly hate China to the extreme. Morrison can't say how much he loves his motherland, but when his motherland perished, his feelings for China were extremely hateful.

This is a patriot's hatred of the aggressor, that is, Morrison's hatred of China at this moment.

It's just a pity, Morrison's hatred of half a dime did not make China lose a dime more, the main force of the Chinese Grand Fleet with the three-country attack fleet in the sea a small bay, from the port of Aden is not much more than Djibouti, in such a dangerous environment, the Chinese still sent a large number of bombers to Djibouti, Morrison and Hugo are 10,000 can't figure it out.

The Chinese Grand Fleet, which was close to Hiss, was quite dangerous from any point of view, and it was less than 300 kilometers from the port of Aden, and if the remaining forces of the combined fleet of Britain, France, and Germany also took the opportunity to attack, the Chinese Grand Fleet would be facing the enemy on both sides, and the distance between the enemy and us would be six or seven hours away from each other at most.

The rapid reaction fleet has been shortened to about 100 nautical miles from yesterday afternoon's sortie to most of the day now, and the distance between them and the main force of the Chinese Grand Fleet has been shortened to about 100 nautical miles.

It's almost 2 p.m. now. If the combined navy of the three countries pursues with all its might, and the Chinese Grand Fleet does not move much. Just in time to meet the Chinese Grand Fleet at night.

Under the current situation, China's Grand Fleet has only two ways to go: First, it will go head-on. But this must be done with the plane; Second, with this departure, the war came to an immediate end, and the tense situation was eased.

Nothing good on both sides, but the situation has not been completely corrupted by anyone. Such an outcome is already a good ending for Europeans, whose confidence is getting weaker. Finally extended his life for a while!

Now many Europeans have lost confidence in the war, they just want to pray for a decent peace, the hegemony of the world is Chinese, the rules of the world can be divided by you, but you can't squeeze too hard. Many European politicians already have such thoughts and mentality.

Just as Morrison sighed, the bomber that flew over the governor's palace did not hesitate to pounce on the barracks not far away. The huge barracks were actually garrisoned by only one battalion of French troops. There is only one division in Djibouti as a whole, and most of them are still deployed in coastal cities in the east.

Therefore, the camp was very empty, there were no anti-aircraft guns, and some of them were all pulled to the east. The Europeans' planes became more and more ineffective [the quality of pilots declined], and the European fighters had to rely more and more on the help of air defense positions, so only the only battalion of anti-aircraft guns of the French army in Djibouti was also pulled to the east. The hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and an even greater number of anti-aircraft machine guns that had been deployed when the planes first arrived in Djibouti also quickly moved eastward.

There was only one company of anti-aircraft machine guns left in the camp, scattered in the four corners, facing the besieging groups of aircraft from all sides. No matter how loyal the French soldiers were, they lost the courage to fight, and the entire camp was plunged into a sea of fire and black smoke without a single plane being shot down.

And the port.

As one of the largest seaports in East Africa, it is not a military port. But there was also more than one warship docked, and even more merchant ships. All of them were brought in from the Suez Canal. Naturally, he was robbed!

A dive bomber plunged diagonally down like an arrow and slammed its nose at a distance of fifty or sixty meters from the cruiser. A bombshell rained down in the panic shouts of the sailors below. Amid the roaring explosions and the black and fiery smoke, the plane quickly climbed high into the air.

There were seventeen warships of all sizes throughout the harbor. There are not many of them, and they are even more dispersed. The largest group is also only three warships. One heavy cruiser, two destroyers, gathered together. Under the siege of dozens of bombers and torpedo planes, it sank completely in less than half an hour.

Scattered warships are scattered points of fire that only make the enemy's attack easy.

All 17 warships, large and small, with a total tonnage of 60,000 tons, were sunk or sunk, and the total time spent was no more than an hour, and the result was only nine fighters, and the combat strength of the Chinese naval forces was negligible.

Of course, before all seventeen warships were finished, the sailors were also busy for a while. The anti-aircraft weapons on each of the warships were in full swing, and some sailors even fired at the planes with rifles in their hands.

"Dada...... Dadada......"

"Boom! Rumble! ”

"Wow! Wow! ”

More than 200 warplanes arrived, and the entire port of Djibouti became extremely noisy, and the sound of gunfire and artillery was intertwined, announcing the arrival of this war. And the roar of aircraft engines is even more terrifying.

"Quick! Fast! Let's hide! Let's hide! The Governor cried out. The Governor's Palace is very unsafe, and the Chinese will certainly bomb the Governor's Palace after destroying the most important combat targets. Hugo didn't want to die, so he cried out loudly, beckoned his wife, children, and the entire Doge's palace to leave.

"Mr. Morrison, I think we should run away from the harbor, preferably in the woods, but before we run. We'd better get some food and drink. ”

Morrison is also a character, the guest of Governor Hugo, there is a reporter from the Munich Zeitung next to him, and the two of them look at the chaotic Governor's Palace, and know in their hearts that it is necessary to leave here. But the social experience of these two people who traveled north and south was not the same as that of the cowardly and panicked governor, and the two of them knew very well how to avoid the bombing of the planes, and even considered the little food and drink.

Morrison turned and hurried back to his room, and in less than a minute, he walked out with a suitcase. The coat was unbuttoned, and as soon as he walked, he could see two pistols at Morrison's waist.

He is nearly 60 years old, and his energy is still very strong, and his body is also very healthy.

When they came to the hall, the heads of the servants and the noisy ladies and ladies and ladies and gentlemen were about to explode, but Morrison saw the German reporter at a glance, "Hi, Mr. Hitler." Let's go! The German journalist, who seemed to be just thirty years old, was also carrying a suitcase in his left hand and a large cloth bag in his right hand.

"Look what I've found! The finest cognac, the finest Bordeaux wines, as well as cigars from Havana and caviar from St. Petersburg. ”

Morrison liked the German journalist very much, and there was a lot of energy in this young man. Hitler seemed to have no idea that it was time to flee for his life, and his smile reminded Morrison of a picnic.

"It's Latour, and it's really the best wine." Morrison no longer felt the fear of death for a while, and he said this to Hitler in a very natural tone with a relaxed demeanor.

The relaxed expressions of the two people formed the most stark contrast to the panicked gentlemen, ladies and ladies around them.

By this time, the whole military port was completely chaotic, because the attack came so suddenly, most of the people did not know what was happening, they were only instinctively driven to run to those places where there was cover, and some French officers also tried to organize soldiers to gather in the arms, but soon several fighters pounced and dispersed the Gallic roosters with machine guns and small bombs. Ports, warehouses, transport stations, and railway stations were raining bullets everywhere, and explosions were heard one after another, completely covering out people's shouts.

Morrison followed Hitler into a wooded field, and then the two men stopped breathlessly, turned around, and stood in the woods and looked out over the harbor, which had been beautiful and bright in the past, with black smoke billowing and blazing into the sky.

"Mr. Morrison, I think we can get out of here." Hitler is now alive and well in Munich, and the 'tragedy' of his hometown of Austria-Hungary, he will always only hold his hands and watch the excitement. He also has a bad sense of China now, because his 'motherland', the German Empire, has lost too much in recent years. Now the Russian intervention put great pressure on the German Empire.

Even the Germans could not have imagined that their own young and strong laborers could only work from Africa. Before the war, there were no more than 5,000 blacks in Germany, but now there are more than 200,000.

But if the same thing had happened to the French, as it is now, Hitler would not have shown it on his face, but in fact he would have been very comfortable. The Gallic rooster and Germany are absolute mortal enemies! Even the war did not bring the two countries closer, and relations eased. (To be continued.) )