Chu Tingchang read the telegram, and said in his heart that the people are really treacherous, and 12 artillery pieces want to flip the table, it is difficult to understand this mentality.

He immediately drafted a telegram for the communications detachment to send, in which it was written: Just because the war is urgent, I am afraid that I will not have time to make detailed calculations, but now relying on the United States' superiority in communications, the exchange of telegrams is as if I had seen it in person, isn't it beautiful? You and I each lead an army to fight each day, and the coming day will show a new hand, and he will drink the celebration wine again every day, and his ambition will not be rewarded.

419 immediately intercepted this telegram, Lin Xiuxuan took it in his hand and read it again, thinking to himself what kind of mess, is the deputy captain and Sun Liren a bond?

Over there, Sun Liren received the telegram, read it several times, hit the fire, threw the telegram to the ground, slammed the door, and the people around him did not dare to speak, and after a while, he came back and picked up the telegram on the ground and put it in his pocket. He said hatefully: "It's a long time coming, you kid had better pray to God and worship Buddha, don't fall into my hands."

Chief Chu sent another telegram to Vivier in Ranchi, informing him that he had done his best to rescue the nine remaining British troops under Captain Campbell, but the Japanese ships at sea ignored the safety of the civilians and chased after them, so they could only retreat.

There was no reply from the half-ring telegram, and it was only six hours later that the telegram was returned to express his gratitude, and it was Vivel's adjutant who drafted the telegram, saying that the Chinese allies had done their best to save their allies. The general said that he would ask Her Royal Highness for instructions to award a medal to such fearless and loyal allies.

Lin Xiuxuan read the messages again, and he already sensed that something was wrong, it seemed that during the period of time when 419 was potentially underwater, Chu Tingchang had done a lot of good things. However, since Chief Chu didn't mention it, it obviously won't be a big deal. He wanted to track down, but he didn't have time, because after drone detection, he found that the situation of the battle began to change again, and the Japanese number 3 seaplane carriers appeared in formation. When the 419 was underwater, the voiceprint characteristics of its ship's diesel engine were detected by sonar, and it was judged to be a transport ship, which appeared to be a mistake. Judging from the appearance of these planes, the Akitsu Island was unloading small seaplanes to the open islands, judging from the appearance of these planes, it was modified from the Zero fighter with pontoons, this kind of single-seat aircraft was of little value for reconnaissance, and it was obviously used as an aircraft fighting for air supremacy, and it seems that Yamamoto did not trust the army air force far away in Burma, and he tried to use these seaplanes to suppress the British Air Force. He also had too much to say about the British, who still had 50 Hurricane fighters at the airfield in depth.

The Japanese fleet began to march inland along the Ganges, and whether the British had laid out in this great river when they retreated, no one knows, and the eyes of the southern authorities did not have time to follow here. But the Navy decided not to wait for the grinding Army, and went ahead and uprooted the coastal batteries.

However, Yamamoto also kept an eye on it, and was reluctant to send his capital ship, he was worried that the hydrographic data and the strength of the British Air Force were unknown, and he was afraid that the capital ship would suffer, so he only let the 9th battle 2 light cruisers lead 8 destroyers into the estuary. In addition to providing fire support to the landing army, a new landing site was cleared, and mine-sweeping was also carried out. Four King Kongs are still off the coast of Calcutta, and two more are Kaohsiung and Atago, which are parked at the mouth of the river, ready to enter the Ganges for support.

419 noted the enemy's bold action, once the Japanese fleet entered the Ganges, it was like using the tactics of using the Yangtze River and Shuojiang River in the invasion of China, so that the enemy's firepower and maneuverability advantage could be extended a lot, and it would also bring many obstacles to Chu Tingchang's mobile operations, and the enemy's infantry could follow the warships to land along the coast and master the great battle mobility; If they had concocted the same method and sent another detachment into the Jamuna River, they would have posed the same threat to the Sun Liren in the east.

Judging from the interception of the British telegram, the British were deploying their air forces to intercept the Japanese fleet in the Ganges, but there was not enough * to lay mines. Laying mines is the best solution to block the route, but the British army is now being beaten on all sides in North Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, and it is overwhelmed, and it has just folded an aircraft carrier here and in the Mediterranean, and it is really impossible to transfer a few planes to support, but the enemy situation is developing rapidly, and it is obviously unrealistic to let 419 waste * on these light cruisers and cruisers.

Lin Xiuxuan and the other two chief officers, once again faced a grim situation, if the enemy's fleet penetrates too deep, a landing ground will be established in the rear of Chu Tingchang, and it may repeat the scene of landing and outflanking in Hangzhou Bay in 37 years, although Chu Tingchang is basically mechanized and should be able to maneuver, but it is always a serious threat.

In the end, the political commissar came up with a solution, he thought that since Chu Tingchang now had some mobile firepower in his hands, it was better to let him take it out and fight with the enemy cruisers. Don't fight anything else, just concentrate firepower on the flagship, and if it sinks, the enemy's momentum to the north of the Shuojiang River will stagnate, and I believe that the British army can also free up time to think of a way.

There was a dead silence in the conference room. Using a few self-propelled guns of more than 20 tons to challenge the 5,000-ton light patrol seems to be similar to suicide, but this plan does have something feasible, as long as you give full play to the advantages of drone reconnaissance and correct the shooting for Chu Tingchang's self-propelled artillery, you may catch the enemy off guard, and the enemy's light patrol is not impossible to beat, but around the Yamato, there is always a Longxiang aircraft carrier and a number of seaplane carriers, although these aircraft carriers have no attack power, but they can take off dozens of reconnaissance aircraft at any time, Provides reconnaissance for friendly forces within a radius of several hundred kilometers. And using the 105* cannon to challenge the light patrol 140 gun, it is bound to stay within the range of others, if there is a bad pool, Deputy Captain Chu has made a lot of calculations, and he will be gone if he grabs a trump card in his hand.

Lin Xiuxuan sat there, checking the terrain along the river through the computer. Seeing if there was any way to speculate, he noticed that the situation here was actually very different from Shanghai, when the battle of Songhu was at its most intense, it was October to November, the autumn rain washed the countryside and grassland into a muddy field, and the Japanese planes came out when the sky was clear, specifically looking for the waterlogged path left by the artillery and ammunition trucks of the national army, and then relying on the pilots to search for the target, it was easy to find the poorly concealed position; Once it is discovered, it will be attacked by air attack, or smashed by naval artillery, and it will be successful. But in the ghost of East India, the four seasons are not distinct, looking down from the sky, everywhere is lush, he deliberately observed the route of the British army and Chu Tingchang's troops, and found no obvious traces, believing that those traces will soon be covered by new vegetation. It seems that as long as the local spies are excluded, it will not be easy to find.

He exchanged ideas with the other two, and it seemed feasible, so he began to make a plan and liaise with Chu Tingchang.

Chu Tingchang here, Zhou Youfu left with the oil tank convoy overnight, Tao Mingzhang arrived, he ordered Tao Mingzhang to immediately camouflage all the chariots, and be sure that they could not be found in the air. The people he brought with him were all veterans, and he knew that a little laziness in disguise meant suicide, so he hurried to work.

He himself took a platoon and rode to the west bank of the Ganges to reconnoitre. There was no movement in the Hainan detachment over there, with drone reconnaissance, and it was still grinding south of Calcutta, probably because the infantry artillery had not yet arrived; But drones also brought bad news, and the Japanese detachment came faster than expected. Hearing the rumbling of artillery, the Japanese fleet was shooting at the fortresses along the river, and there were no people in the fortresses for a long time, and the Japanese knew it, but they were in a hurry to show their firepower.

The British command was terrified, and in a panic sent Wellington planes to drop down* upstream, which had not yet reached the enemy, with a lot of wood* mixed in, in an attempt to get through the barrier. This may scare off the Italians, but it will definitely not scare the Japanese. Soon, the flagship Kitakami asked the fighters on the radio to dislodge the enemy bombers.

At dawn, groups of Japanese water fighters arrived in pairs. Chu Tingchang hid at the bottom of the mountain to watch, and it was obvious that it was a Zero fighter with a pontoon, and it came so quickly.

The British Mosquito fighters lying in ambush at high altitude had been frightened for fear of hitting the enemy's carrier-based planes, but when they found out that they were seaplanes, they were ecstatic and swooped down one after another.

When the Japanese pilots discovered the enemy's situation, they did not meet the enemy, but lowered their altitude and clinged to the water, as if they knew that they were invincible and wanted to land on the water.

The British threw down a burst of strafing fire, and immediately shot down one, but the speed was too fast, and they were afraid of hitting the water, and the shooting window was very short and difficult to grasp, so they pulled it up instead, trying to slow down and do somersaults before coming down.

The original advantage of these wooden fighters was speed, not grappling, and they should climb high enough to come down after a blow, but the pilots were a little light, thinking that the opponent was a seaplane, and it was not a problem at all.

Unexpectedly, these two types of water combat maneuvers were not bad, quickly turning to bite the opponent and then chasing, even with a huge and ugly pontoon, they climbed at a good speed. Several Mosquito planes were doing somersaults upside down, and they saw that the enemy planes had already arrived. Re-leveled, but was torn to pieces by the opponent's powerful firepower. There were two other mosquitoes, roaring and climbing, trying to shake off the seaplanes behind, and one Japanese plane actually threw away the pontoons, and for a time the climbing speed skyrocketed, biting the mosquitoes fiercely, a string of shells, and shooting down the double-engine heavy battle that could not escape.

In the end, the air battle was 3 to 1, and the Japanese soldiers on the nearby ships sounded their whistles to congratulate the air force on victory, and only one Mosquito fighter escaped with wounds, which was bound to spread the new horror story written by the Japanese.

"Damn, the Japanese are going to rebel, and the seaplanes are so ruthless?" Chu Tingchang watched a string of planes leave with a telescope, and he didn't know how the one that threw the pontoon landed, but there were always two to three Type 95 water reconnaissance planes hovering in the air above the enemy fleet.

He is not afraid of the enemy's light patrol of 140 main guns, as long as he hides in the shadows, he is indeed not afraid of them, but these planes are a big problem, once they are discovered, they will keep hovering their heads, and even two or three relays, keeping an eye on their whereabouts, and he did not let out his firepower to drive them away, as for the British Air Force, it can't even do seaplanes.

Lin Xiuxuan has already found several firing positions for him, most of them are covered by trees, and there is still a way to retreat, but he feels that it is not safe, because there must be smoke rising from the shooting, and the enemy aircraft may follow the trail, and it cannot be ruled out that the seaplanes may have * direct attack, in fact, the 20mm guns of these water fighters alone also pose a serious threat to self-propelled guns without top armor.

Team Leader Lin's way of determining the position through the drone's field of vision, Chu Aiyun couldn't agree, he felt that it was best to take a look in person. He and his cavalry quickly headed north, almost parallel to the Japanese fleet on the river, several kilometers apart. You can see the flashing signal lights on the Japanese ship from time to time, reminding the ships behind to pay attention*.

The captain's reckless action made the 5,000-ton battleship, unable to dodge the * hidden in the waves, hitting two in a row, but neither of them exploded, and the second one was even cracked.