Chapter 584: Landing Operations (1)

High-altitude bombardment was not much of a threat to a fleet in motion, but at this time it was not. In order to rescue the wounded who fell into the water and put out the fire for the warship, the entire fleet has almost stopped at sea, which has turned the moving target, which is difficult to hit, into a fixed dead target.

Although the accuracy of high-altitude bombing is not high, it is still very threatening in the face of a fleet that is fixed in dense formations, especially those aircraft carriers with a very large area, which are the favorite targets of bomber bombers. Strings of two hundred and fifty kg bombs fell from a high altitude, and the density of the bombs compensated for the lack of accuracy. Due to the greater penetration of high-altitude bombs, the aircraft carriers that were hit were bombed and exploded one after another.

With the detonation of high explosives, aircraft carriers and other warships in their vicinity exploded and caught fire, and the entire Axis Third Fleet was completely paralyzed. The Yaman Empire's submarine forces, which had set sail from the harbor, had already arrived nearby, and taking advantage of the confusion of the Axis fleet, they raised their periscopes one after another and attacked the sneak attackers with torpedoes.

The attackers were attacked instead, and when three rounds of attacks were over, Vice Admiral Brinston looked at the only remaining aircraft carrier, and he even had thoughts of suicide. Knowing that Vice Admiral Dönitz's fleet still had eight aircraft carriers, far from being able to defeat him now, Vice Admiral Brinston had to order the fleet to sail west at full speed, sending a telegram for help to friendly forces.

After several hours of fierce fighting, although Vice Admiral Dönitz successfully turned the tide of battle and inflicted heavy losses on the Axis fleet that was supposed to sneak up on them, the other four ports were attacked, and most of the Yaman fleet was sunk, and the Yaman army was generally defeated.

Regardless of the flaws, the Axis navies succeeded in carrying out such a complex operational plan, attacking five military ports at the same time, four of which were resounding successes, and at the cost of less than 200 aircraft, they sank 16 aircraft carriers, 39 battleships, 67 cruisers, nearly 100 destroyers, and more than 300 auxiliary warships and supply ships of various types, and the loss of more than 2,000 aircraft and casualties approached 80,000.

The attack on the port of The Hague was the opposite, with the Axis navies losing twelve aircraft carriers, seven battleships, eleven cruisers and twenty-seven destroyers, more than a thousand aircraft and more than 10,000 personnel.

Facts have proved that in the absence of foresight or strategic vision at the top of the government, the flashes of a few generals cannot achieve much effect. Even with such a bright spot as the port of The Hague, after such a painful experience, the high seas fleet of the Yaman Empire has basically lost its combat effectiveness, and the surviving Dönitz fleet has to retreat in the direction of the Yad Sea, so as not to be found and destroyed by the superior navy of the opposing side.

As for the native fleet of the Yaman Empire, they could only shrink in the Yade Sea and did not dare to show their heads, and the top brass of the Yaman Empire's navy were already frightened, and they did not dare to attack. The Axis fleet had taken full control of the Storm Ocean, and with complete control of the seas, Admiral Halsey began to discuss with Admiral Mack of the Army the possibility of an amphibious landing operation.

In order to eliminate the Nantes Army as soon as possible and drive all the Axis forces into the sea, the Yaman Empire has transferred more than eighty percent of the country's troops to the frontal battlefield.

The Allied forces were overwhelmed all the way, and the combined forces of Nantes and Saar, plus part of the armies of the Kingdom of Sero and the Grand Duchy of Rees, had been compressed into the Pyrenees, and it was not far from collapse that at this time, the huge losses in the navy shocked the Allied bloc.

In the face of heavy losses, the Yaman military hierarchy quarreled fiercely over whether to continue the attack on the Nantes Empire or shrink the defense, but just as they were arguing over whether to attack or defend, a great crisis was approaching.

As early as the First World War, the Chinese Imperial Navy and Army joined forces, has perfectly performed several successful amphibious landing operations, after the war countries have also carried out in-depth research on this new mode of warfare, especially the Boston Empire, which has been keeping an eye on the Chinese Empire, has carefully studied this tactic, and correspondingly imitated a large number of landing ships for the navy, this time they finally came in handy.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Yaman Navy was still being reorganized, the Axis group decided to carry out amphibious landing operations in the port of The Hague and the port of Stedam, and directly invaded the interior of the Yaman Empire in order to shake the morale of the other side and cut off the other side's material supply, for which the Axis group mobilized 25 aircraft carrier squadrons, more than 2,000 cargo ships and more than 100 landing ships.

In order to maintain the secrecy of this operation, the port area of Pools began to enter a state of secrecy as early as half a month ago, and all ships and personnel were allowed to enter and exit, in addition they also spread rumors that they had landed in the port of Le Havre of the Nantes Empire, and even frequently sent reconnaissance planes and hydrographic survey ships in that direction, which made the Allied troops really nervous and made their defensive forces more dispersed.

Admiral Hull commanded a formation of ten aircraft carriers, covering 100,000 troops, and launched an attack on the port of Sturdam first. Under the heavy bombardment of the battleship's main guns, the shore fortifications were blown to pieces, and the dense carrier-based aircraft also rushed towards the nearby airfield, and the Yaman air force that rose into the air immediately began to counterattack, and the two sides fought fiercely in the air.

"Order the troops to start landing operations." Admiral Hull gave the order, and the troops with the landing ships rushed to the front, rushing towards the beachhead near the port of Steddam, and now that the Yaman navy had been fully contracted, there was no naval protection there, and they could easily launch an attack.

There was a loud bang, and a landing ship that rushed to the front hit a mine. The Yaman Army was in ruin, and they were laying mines in all the ports and nearby waters, leaving no passage at all, in order to block the landing of the Axis fleet.

"Order the minesweepers to attack." Admiral Hull gave the order, and a group of wooden fishing boats quickly went out and rushed towards the channel, these fishing boats had no mine-clearing equipment at all, and in order to clear the channel as soon as possible, he directly ordered the soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Lysbon to go to the mine.

This is the sorrow of the soldiers of small countries, because of the weakening of the national power, they have to rely on the big countries to fight, and those big country generals do not treat them as human beings at all, they receive the worst weapons and ammunition, eat the worst military rations, and do the most dangerous work, and now they are sent up again, and they are required to clear the mines in their way with their flesh and blood.