, 852 The Sunset Five Sunset Plan of the Old Empire

A white finger tapped on the map at that location in Singapore, and then swiped lightly across the map. Singapore, Sumatra, Sunda Strait, Indian Ocean...... And that huge and rich Australia. This almost unexplored continent is the living space left by God to the Eastern civilization! It is only temporarily occupied by less than 10 million Western colonizers.

This is a one-millionth map of the Eastern Hemisphere hanging on the wall of the office of the Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces. It is marked with the word "Top Secret" in eye-catching lettering. Because on this map, it has been marked with a variety of tactical matches, some indicate the naval fleet, some indicate the naval fortress, some indicate the air base, and some represent the numbers of the various units of the army...... Anyone who is proficient in military affairs will immediately think of these symbols as part of a plan for a full-scale war of aggression carefully drawn up by the staff elite of the Chinese National Defense Forces. Of course, looking at the place where this map is hanging, you will know that this plan is already the final case!

On this map, Singapore seems to be at the heart of the entire military operation! There are two huge blue arrows extending from Singapore to the south and west respectively.

The westward arrow is divided into two in the Andaman Islands, pointing to Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of Bengal, and Ceylon, the pearl of the Indian Ocean. and the arrow pointing to Calcutta, which extended from Calcutta, was divided into three, and the three Chinese infantry corps were divided into three routes, all the way along the Ganges River to the west towards New Delhi; swept the East Indian states to the northeast and threatened the heavily defended fortress of Imphal from the back; The other road is active in the area around Kolkata, attacking East and West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and other states to expand the base of "Red India". In addition, on the map of the location of East and West Bengal, the words "Socialist People's Republic of Bangladesh" are written in red ink. And in the northeast of "Bangladesh", south of the Brahmaputra River (Brahmaputra River) and west of the Dominion of Myanmar, there is also a "Naga People's Republic". In addition, the name "Orissa Bihar People's Republic" is also marked on the map......

The arrow pointing to Ceylon is much simpler, with a naval fleet called the "Western Fleet" escorting three Chinese Defense Force infantry corps to seize the island, which is held by more than 100,000 British Commonwealth troops. And this small island and the Maldives archipelago will form the Chinese province of Ceylon.

In addition to these two roads, there are two arrows, one of which is a huge green arrow extending from the northwest of India. More than 100,000 Muslim coalition troops, funded by the government of the Central Asian Autonomous Republic in the Chinese colony, will join the Afghan royal army to attack the northwestern states of India.

The last arrow was inserted from Persia along the coastline of the Arabian Sea, and after capturing Karachi and Hyderabad, it rushed straight to the affluent areas of India's west coast...... The soldiers are directed at Mumbai, the economic center of India!

It is clear that an all-out attack on British India, the liberation of the peoples of British India, and complete control of the Indian Ocean are two important components of the so-called "Sunset Plan".

And another important component of this "sunset plan" is "Australian Operations".

Compared with the "Indian operation", the scale of the "Australian operation" is undoubtedly ten times larger!

In order to seize this continent of more than 7.6 million square kilometers, and annihilate more than 600,000 troops in the British and Australian New Zealand theater and the Australian Grand Fleet. The General Staff of the Chinese National Defense Forces has issued an order to form the "Australian Front," with the commander-in-chief of the Front Army being Senior General An Sihua, former commander of the First Armored Group Army, and Lieutenant General Liu Fei as the chief of staff.

The forces under the jurisdiction of this front army include: the Second Panzer Army, the Second Army, the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army, the First Cavalry Army, the Marine Command, the First Air Force, and other units. In total, there are four armored divisions, two panzergrenadier divisions, twenty-seven infantry divisions, nine armored cavalry divisions (that is, a mixed force of light tanks and cavalry), in addition to fourteen corps artillery regiments, four self-propelled artillery regiments, twenty-seven divisional artillery regiments, nine cavalry artillery regiments, and a large number of logistics troops, with a total strength of 650,000! It has more than 4,500 cannons of various calibers, more than 3,000 tanks and assault artillery (the infantry army is not equipped with tank battalions), and more than 1,500 aircraft.

"The Australian side used 650,000 troops, all heavily armoured...... The scale of India's troops is also as high as 400,000! Half of them are reloaded...... Is our transport capacity sufficient? ”

Standing in front of the map and muttering to himself was Luo Yaoguo, behind him Minister of the Navy Long Tenghui (who had just returned from Europe), Deputy Chief of General Staff Bai Chongxi, Minister of National Defense He Yingqin, Commander of the Navy Transportation Command Tang Long (Vice Admiral, Naval Colonel I, Haida III), Commander of the Navy's Nanyang Fleet Zhao Zheng, Commander of the Navy's Western Fleet Chen Si, Director of the Air Force General Administration Li Shunen, Chief of Staff of the Chinese Border Guards Zhang Xueliang and others stood in a row, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Luo Yaoguo. It seems to be waiting for the head of the Chinese National Defense Forces to make a final decision.

"Auxiliary Marshal," Hearing Luo Yaoguo's question, Minister of the Navy Long Tenghui immediately stepped forward and explained: "The Admiralty has issued a large number of orders to shipyards in various places since the end of the 'Anti-Soviet War' last year. Moreover, the two shipbuilding companies of China Shipbuilding and China United Shipbuilding have also come up with a 10,000-ton transport ship suitable for mass production, which uses a 2,500-horsepower reciprocating steam engine as power, has a simple structure, uses a large number of welding processes, and is suitable for mass production. It will take only about 230 days to build such a ship, and now the first order for a total of 100 Victory ships has been delivered, and the second batch of 200 Victory ships is expected to be delivered by October this year. With this additional 1 million tons of transport capacity, the Navy has the ability to transport 20 standard infantry divisions, or 5 standard armored divisions, to India or Australia at one time while supporting various battlefield transportation missions.

And according to the plan, the landing of the 'Australian operation' and the 'Indian operation' will be carried out in stages. For one month from April 15 to May 15, 1939, the Naval Transport Command will make every effort to ensure the smooth implementation of the 'Indian Operation'. Thereafter, from 15 May until the entire Australian territory is occupied by our Defence Forces, the Naval Transport Command will ensure that the Australian Front is required to transport supplies and troops. ”

What Long Tenghui said was explained in detail in the "Sunset Plan" submitted to Luo Yaoguo, and Luo Yaoguo is just confirming it now.

"Brother Han Qing, in one month, can you gain a firm foothold in India?" Luo Yaoguo turned around and looked at Zhang Xueliang standing solemnly in the crowd. The final version of the Sunset Project has been significantly revised from previous drafts. Due to the subtle changes that are taking place in Sino-Japanese and Sino-German relations, the Australian war has been brought forward. This is Luo Yaoguo's instructions, not that he is worried about the Japanese taking the lead, but that he is worried about Germany!

In the event that Germany, after defeating Great Britain, forces it to sign a treaty ceding Australia to Germany...... China is in big trouble! At the very least, the continent will have to be "shared" with the Germans. And this possibility is not non-existent, because the British Navy is obviously weaker than history in this time and space, and the strength of the Luftwaffe and Air Force is unprecedentedly strong! Germany invaded Britain after the Battle of France, and the chances of victory were very high! Even if the British royal family and government were in exile in Canada at that time, Hitler would still be able to set up a puppet regime in London and sign such a treaty, and the Australian government would most likely recognize the British government in London in order to avoid being ruled by the "yellow race" - In Chinese history, during the Warring States Period, the Korean Shangdang County Shou Feng Ting raised the Shangdang County to surrender to Zhao, which led to the Battle of Qin, Zhao and Changping?

Of course, Luo Yaoguo is not willing to let Australia become another party. However, the Australian operation was carried out ahead of schedule, which caused a lot of trouble to the plan of China and G to liberate India. That one-month period can be counted from the time the naval fleet left the Singapore Fort. I am afraid that it will be less than 25 days before it can really be used in the operations of the Chinese and G Army, and after that, the logistics support will have to be ...... You know, at present, the Anglo-Indian army in India can be as many as 1.2 million to 1.5 million. Although they are all lightly armed troops, they are not as good as those armored units of the Chinese National Defense Force, but the GC International South Asian Army of China and G does not have many heavy weapons. What made Zhang Xueliang feel even more depressed was that the Wehrmacht also used this as an excuse to launch the so-called "Muslim Alliance" to invade India together with the White Russian army.

Zhang Xueliang's face was gloomy, the Kuomintang side had obviously had the intention of messing up the Indian revolution for a long time, but now he didn't dare to dwell on this, after all, the other party still fulfilled part of the agreement, if the agreement was completely torn up, what could he Zhang Xueliang do?

"Of course, one month will not be able to defeat the whole of India, but it will allow the various ethnic groups of the East Indies to establish people's power with the help of the GC International, and carry out agrarian revolution and caste struggle. India's prominent land contradictions and the caste system that has been in place for thousands of years have determined that India has decided that the class contradictions there are the most intense in the world! All it takes is a spark of class struggle that will surely ignite the fire of class struggle throughout the South Asian subcontinent. ”

"Oh, okay, okay, then I'll be relieved. Well, the people of India have been oppressed for 4,000 years and now they can finally have a new lease of life. Your party has done a great thing that is indispensable to all mankind! Luo Yaoguo nodded there solemnly, as if he agreed with Zhang Xueliang's views on class struggle, but if he looked at his expression carefully, he seemed to be holding back a smile?

Zhang Xueliang sneered, "The work of helping the Indian revolution has been undertaken by our party, but it is just ...... I heard that there is a Muslim coalition army, and the White Russian army is also preparing to make a fortune in India, I wonder how the auxiliary commander will explain it? ”

"The Muslim army was invited by the Muslim League of India to liberate the Muslims of northwestern India, and their Muslims have no caste system, so the enthusiasm for the revolution is not high. As for the White Russian army, it entered India in pursuit of Stalinist revisionism. Speaking of this, Luo Yaoguo paused, turned his head and asked Bai Chongxi, "Brother Jiansheng, has the Persian campaign begun?" What's going on now? ”

Bai Chongxi walked to the edge of the map with a baton, pointed to a river in northwestern Iran, and said: "The 10 infantry corps of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the Belarusian Persian Front have crossed the Arras River and are advancing towards Tabriz. Stalin's Red Army withdrew south with only a slight resistance at the Aras River, and it was expected that Tabriz would also be abandoned...... The Russian Red Army may be engaged in a modest defense of Tehran, as intelligence suggests that the Red Army is forcing the citizens of Tehran to dig trenches and build fortifications outside the city. ”

"10 infantry corps...... That's about 55, 560,000 people. Luo Yaoguo paced with his hands behind his back, "How many people are there in the Red Army now?" ”

"It's estimated to be 1 million!" Bai Chongxi frowned and reported a surprising number.

"Why are there so many!?" Luo Yaoguo was stunned, he had treated the Soviet Red Army as a dish in the past few months, and Stalin's father was also a dead man in his eyes. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the Soviet Red Army had another million people!

Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "Most of them are the so-called Persian oppressed class, and the Iranian People's Party supported by Stalin has also engaged in class struggle in Persia...... However, they did not set up collective farms anymore, but divided the land equally, suppressed the Persian landlords, kulaks, capitalists, religious leaders, and nobles, and killed hundreds of thousands of people! However, it also mobilized a group of people. With them at its core, the Iranian People's Party formed the Iranian Red Army with the help of Soviet military advisers. There are about 800,000 people, most of whom are officers of the Iranian People's Party, and soldiers are poor middle peasants and working class people from all over Iran. However, the weapons and equipment of this army are very simple, three soldiers share a rifle, there are few machine guns and mortars, and there are only a few dozen cannons, which are still the equipment of the former Iranian king's ** team. This kind of rabble is estimated to be unable to achieve any climate, and you don't have to worry about the auxiliary text. ”

"Iranian Red Army...... What a hassle! Luo Yaoguo frowned, then shook his head again, and said in a low voice: "This trouble is not ours either. By the way, has Japan made any recent moves? ”

"They seem to be preparing for a large-scale joint operation on land and sea! The target is either Australia or the west coast of North America. He Yingqin replied.

"The West Coast of North America?" Luo Yaoguo snorted lightly and sneered: "These little Japan are like this, if they take advantage of a little bit, they don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and they will have their hardships in the future." His voice darkened as he spoke. If they really attacked the west coast of North America, that Hitler must have promised them some benefits! ”

"Assistant, I guess this benefit is still Australia! The Japanese have been thinking about that treasure land, so let's hurry up. He Yingqin thought for a while.

Luo Yaoguo nodded, his face a little gloomy again. This Australia can now be said to be China's core interest! It is a continent of 7.6 million square kilometers, rich in resources and rich in land, suitable for immigration and reclamation. What's even more valuable is that there are less than 10 million white colonists on that continent! It is not difficult for the Chinese to expel them or assimilate them, as long as they take this continent and resettle tens of millions and billions, it will always be Chinese land.

"Han Yu," Luo Yaoguo called the name of the first admiral of the Navy again. "Is the Southern Sea Fleet sure of destroying Cunningham's Grand Australian Fleet?"

"The South Ocean Fleet has made a plan for a decisive battle with the Australian Grand Fleet in the Indian Ocean or in the Timor Sea, which is scheduled for April 15 to May 15, in an effort to defeat the British fleet before the start of the Australian operation and clear the way for the landing." Zhao Zheng took the baton from Bai Chongxi's hand and lightly tapped on the two seas west of Australia on the map.

"According to the intelligence obtained from submarine reconnaissance, the main force of the Australian Grand Fleet is currently concentrated in the port of Darwin in northern Australia, where we have found a total of three aircraft carriers and one battle cruiser. However, the whereabouts of two more British aircraft carriers are unknown...... We also didn't find them in Port Jackson in Sydney and Port Moresby on the island of Guinea. I'm worried they're hiding in the southwest of Australia, or some port in the south. Even, these two aircraft carriers may have already been transferred to India! ”

"Transfer to India...... Luo Yaoguo's eyebrows tightened, and asked Chen Sidao, the commander of the Western Fleet: "The Western Fleet now only has 1 large aircraft carrier and 3 medium aircraft carriers rebuilt from merchant ships, can it cope with the two large aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom?" ”

The Chinese Navy's shipbuilding boom began only after the Soviet Union had been defeated. Due to the limitations of industrial strength, the construction period for China to build large aircraft carriers will take more than two years. However, the situation on the battlefield waits for no one, so the Chinese Navy can only use the brains of refitting merchant ships. The first batch of refit was three 15,000-ton passenger ships belonging to China Merchants, all of which were less than five years old, all of which were products of CSSC and Zoomlion, and the refit project was also contracted to these two companies.

After completing the refit, these three motherships were named Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang respectively. Although the displacement has increased to 18,000 tons, which looks not much smaller than the 20,000 tons of the "Zhongshan" class, the number of carrier-based aircraft is only 48. That is, the four motherships of the Western Fleet together have only 224 carrier-based aircraft. Although it is 104 more than the 120 on the two British aircraft carriers, since India's battle plan calls for the Western Fleet to be used in two, there will still be some trouble in case of encountering these two British aircraft carriers.

However, Chen Si nodded very affirmatively at this time, and replied: "Please rest assured, the Western Fleet is guaranteed to complete the escort mission!" ”

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