An order from the division commander Tang Qiuli frightened Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff of the division commander, and he was also shocked by his crazy and bold plan, which was beyond his comprehension.

Tang Qiuli looked at his chief of staff, with a somewhat blank expression, and said: "Yuhe, the purpose of the war is to stop the war, and our attack on both land and sea is to weaken the British military strength in the South Asian subcontinent to the greatest extent, so that they will not dare to provoke a war again, and win permanent peace for the Indochina Peninsula, go, convey my order!" ”

Zhao Yuhe reacted and said: "It's the division commander, I immediately conveyed your order, I am very shocked by your plan, and it is also beyond my imagination, I think, what you said is very reasonable, however, I still need time to digest!" After saying that, after saluting the military, he left in a hurry.

Looking at Zhao Yuhe's back, Tang Qiuli smiled a little helplessly, he also knew that his plan was crazy enough, to capture several islands in the eastern Indian Ocean, especially the island of Sri Lanka, for the British, who had been arrogant for more than a century, they had to be stimulated to go crazy, and it was inevitable to find themselves desperately.

However, this naval fleet battle plan was made by Tang Qiuli after carefully weighing the current international and Southeast Asian situation, and the British were now on their own soil, pressed and beaten by the Germans, and only half a breath was left, and they would do whatever it took to urge the German Führer Hitler to capture the British Isles before June.

Now that the British mainland has fallen, how much strength does the British army in India still have, and its own Hukang Valley and Magau battle plan. It is to weaken the strength of the British in India to the greatest extent, and from another point of view, even if the British lose their homeland and keep India, then they will go from land to sea. A blockade line that would block the expansion of the British would be enough to curb the chances of the British rising again.

The only thing that should be taken into account is the attitude of the Americans, and only the Americans can stand out for the British. Moreover, according to the development of the situation in Southeast Asia, in two or three months, Rì himself will take action against the Americans, and the United States will fight a war. Inevitable.

At that time, the Americans will be too busy to take care of themselves, busy protecting their own interests in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, and how can they have the strength to manage affairs in the eastern Indian Ocean, even if they have the heart. It is also powerless, not to mention, when the Americans are beaten by Rì himself and the wolf is unbearable, they will definitely turn to themselves for help, and the old Jiān giant of the Americans will not do such a stupid thing.

So. His own plan, which seems crazy and bold, is actually based on the situation of the war situation in Southeast Asia that is favorable to him. In later generations, didn't the Americans create a first and second island chain against Chinese mainland to block and encircle China's access to the sea, then they themselves will now pull up a chain on the British colony.

Regarding the final outcome of the war in northern Burma and the battle in the eastern Indian Ocean, Tang Qiuli had no doubts about his victory. Both in terms of strength and armament, the British were at a disadvantage. At that time, they waved their troops into the East Indies, faced with a total rout, unable to resist their own attack, and the British had no other way but to sign a series of treaties in order to keep their colonies in India.

In the form of legal principles, the legitimization of the area occupied by oneself, just like after the end of World War II, the British engaged in the partition of India and Pakistan in order to contain India's strength, and India engaged in East Pakistan in order to dismember Pakistan. …,

At about eight o'clock in the evening of April 25, in Leizhou Bay, the Zhanjiang base of the division fleet, in the fleet headquarters, Vice Admiral Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the fleet, raised his head from a pile of papers, looked at his watch, rubbed his sour eyes, cleaned up the things on the desk, and was about to get off work, and his staff officer had already picked up his military uniform for him.

There was a sharp knock on the door, Tang Qiuquan stopped, and shouted in slight surprise, "Come in!" ”

As soon as the door opened, Rear Admiral Xin Xiguo, chief of staff of the fleet, hurriedly came in and said, "Report to the commander, I just received an urgent call from the division commander!" After speaking, he handed a telegram marked with the word top secret to Tang Qiuquan's hand, and the staff officer of the guard immediately went out, closed the door tightly, and then stood straight at the door.

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuquan said to Xin Xiguo: "Xiguo, immediately notify the members of the fleet command and the captains of each ship, and in twenty minutes, go to the fleet war room to hold an emergency military meeting!" ”

Xin Xiguo hurriedly went to inform him, in the office, only Tang Qiuquan himself was left, he looked at the telegram again, showed a smile, and said to himself: "Qiuli is such a big hand, my opponent in the East Indian Ocean does not even have an aircraft carrier, the largest warship, less than four thousand tons, such an opponent, very unchallenged." ”

At 11:30 p.m. that night, two aircraft carriers and more than 20 warships of the division's fleet left Zhanjiang Military Port; an hour earlier, more than 100 armed civilian ships at the Yulinhai Air Base on Hainan Island, loaded with three brigades of marines, sailed toward the Strait of Malacca under the escort of more than a dozen warships. ”

At this time, Tang Qiuli was already asleep, and Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff on duty, thought about it, carefully put away this telegram, and ensured that when the division commander came over tomorrow morning, he could see that he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, his face was very solemn, and he walked to the large military map, and his eyes stayed for a long time on the location of the Hukang River Valley and the eastern Indian Ocean.

In the early morning of 26 April, the morning star in the east had not yet been hidden by the dawn, and the Myitkyina field airfield of the Southern Flight Group of the Division was brightly lit, and all the personnel began a tense and busy day.

One after another, bombers and fighters were pulled out of the hangar and lined up neatly on the take-off runway, mechanics were busy doing the last inspection of the fighters, ground crews were busy refueling the fighters, loading ammunition, and hanging bombs, and the pilots, on the edge of the runway, lined up in horizontal formations according to their respective units, and the commanders were in front of the queue, making pre-war arrangements.

In the airport command post, Commander Le Yiqin, looking at the busy situation on the airport through the large glass window, with a thoughtful expression, Director He of the Operations Department of the Flight Group, asked behind him: "Commander, the plane group is about to take off, is today's bombing still going according to yesterday's way?" ”

Le Yiqin turned around, with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes, and said: "Go on, the way will not change, as long as the British planes don't come out for a day, Lao Tzu will bomb them to death every day, but today, the time for the bomber group to take off is postponed for an hour, and all the ground radar stations in northern Myanmar are ordered to start the plane immediately after the plane group takes off, and give me a dead eye on the direction of the East Indies." ”

Minister He did not understand Le Yiqin's intentions, and asked: "Commander, can the British plane appear today?" Will our pilots, especially fighter pilots, be fatigued or paralyzed by maintaining such a posture in the air? What is the use of a late take-off an hour? ”

Le Yiqin replied affirmatively: "Yes, the British plane, it will definitely come today, I threw such a big bait, the British have no reason not to take the bait, take off late, it is for the British planes to come, leave time, Lao He, you see, as long as the bombs of our bomber group fall on the heads of the British and Indian soldiers again, the British planes will definitely come, and their ground commanders will definitely not be able to stand such bombing!" ”…,

Minister He still doesn't understand very well, in fact, Le Yiqin's order for the bomber group to take off an hour late is purely a feeling, and he can't say the beauty of this feeling, he just thinks that doing so is beneficial to today's air battle, that's all, in the face of his deputy's doubts, he didn't explain again, in fact, he can't explain clearly.

Le Yiqin continued: "In addition, I ordered Wu Xinrong, the commander of the Eighth Fighter Regiment, to serve as the fighter of the Jǐng Ring in the air of the Ma Gao Division Command, increase it to one brigade, and expand the scope of the Jǐng Ring to the airspace four hundred kilometers west of Ma Gao, and the other two brigades to maintain the state of taking off at any time, I have a hunch that what is coming today is not only the fighter of the British, but also the bomber!" ”

At 7:30 in the morning, the morning sun was brilliant, the white clouds dyed red by the glow, lazily fluttering in the air, it was a good weather for the bombers who carried out the bombing mission, and the three red sè signal flares rose over the airport, which was the signal to take off, and the bombers slid out of the runway with a roar, and rushed straight into the blue sky, and then, lined up in a neat formation, flew to the west respectively.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant General Bright, commander of the British Air Force in India, gave the order to take off at several airports, and the British pilots, with a look of nonchalance, joked with each other, and stepped into the cockpit of the plane in a relaxed mood to carry out a mission that they will never forget, and many of them will never return to the airport in India.

Putting down the phone, Lieutenant General Bright, felt empty in his heart, a trace of fear, and couldn't help but hit his heart, this time, the air force stationed in India was dispatched, five fighter wings, six hundred and twenty-four fighters, two bomber wings, one hundred and thirty-five bombers, all of them were put into it at one time.

Winning this battle, Lieutenant General Bright, who is a well-deserved hero of the Indian army, what if he fails? He didn't dare to think about the consequences, and he didn't want to think about it.