632 Road Long (2)

Solomon, Guadalcana Island. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

The scorching sun, which brings up countless water vapors, and the southwest winds blow all year round, turning this strategic place that guards the Solomon Islands and borders the Coral Sea into a large steamer.

Although the current British, American, and Australian coalition forces have not been able to compare with the Japanese army in history, and Hua has completely controlled the sea control here, but in the key battle where losing this is equivalent to opening up the Australian gateway, they can only grit their teeth and resist stubbornly, waiting for support that may never come.

Thirty nautical miles southwest of the island, on two slender decks, four dragon teeth roared into the sky, hovering for a while and waiting for the partners behind them to take off one after another, and the 24 aircraft began to rush towards Kuah Island.

The Jinghai and Ninghai were the first light carriers to be refitted, and it took only 109 days from docking to delivery, mainly because of the use of a wooden flight deck that was simple to install.

Each light aircraft carrier can carry 16 Dragontooth torpedoes/bombers, although the Jinghai-class light cruiser indicators seem to be okay, but in fact, limited by the shipbuilding technology more than ten years ago, the survivability is not advantageous in front of the first generation of cruisers in various countries, especially the watertight compartment layout, etc., and even inferior to the Chongming Island-class destroyer.

The reason why Li Mo chose to convert into a light aircraft carrier was not to escort the aircraft, but mainly to cope with today's situation, because the construction of field airfields takes time, and many places are not suitable for the construction of airfields, and heavy aircraft carriers are currently being pinned down elsewhere, so they and fire support ships together form a good ground support combination.

Although ro-ro wheels and civilian ships can also be modified aircraft carriers, but they need to greatly improve the power, otherwise they will not be able to provide a strong enough windward speed, which will lead to the fact that the engine is not very good and the fighter cannot carry heavy bombs to take off, but at present, China's manufacturing capacity is limited, and all steam turbines and boilers need to be prioritized to nearly 100 warships under construction, plus the launch of the Hualun project, so it can no longer provide enough engines for civilian ship modification motherships.

The retirement of five Jinghai-class light cruisers seems to have had an impact on the number of light cruisers, but before the war, the Imperial Royal Navy already had 20 Yangtze River-class light cruisers, and before the end of last year, it got the second batch of 24 Bashan-class light cruisers that had been improved by Chang and accelerated their construction, so China still maintained a leading position in the number and quality of light cruisers.

Keeping the fighters at a low altitude of 500 meters, with an amber-like green color speeding under the belly, ground support is not a good task for Dragon's Tooth, but they must still hold their posts until the Navy Night Owl comes out.

Chen Sijiu glanced at the fighter plane passing overhead, sniffed, continued to hold the gun, carefully stepped on the thick weeds with his waist bent, and searched ahead.

Beside him were the companions of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 6th Marine Division, who had arrived on Kuah Island the day before yesterday, because the defenders here were unexpectedly stubborn, so they joined the jungle clearing battle after a short rest.

The sweltering rainforest made the soldiers sweat profusely, and the tactical vests full of bullets and equipment had become a burden, and as for the steel helmets, if the bullets that came out of the dense forest from time to time, it is estimated that many people threw them away.

"Spread out."

Chen Sijiu gestured and gently reminded the soldiers who followed him, as a veteran who had been replenished from other Marine Divisions to the Sixth Division after the war, he knew that he should remind his comrades-in-arms who had picked up their guns for less than half a year.

"Bend down, don't straighten up."

After patting the waist of the soldiers beside him, Chen Sijiu continued to move forward, his eyes flashed vigilantly like a civet cat, the green rainforest in front of him has become a big obstacle for the soldiers, and it is almost impossible to reach a hundred meters when walking here, so you need to be vigilant all the way.

Time passed minute by minute, sweat slid down the sideburns into the mouth with bitterness, everyone knew that the enemy was in front, but they couldn't rush over and quickly solve the other party, this kind of rotten battle was too much energy and physical strength.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a few coughs in his ears, and the squad leader of the top soldier squad immediately beckoned everyone to stop, and quietly went to the flank with a few soldiers, but before he walked out of 30 meters, he heard a huge explosion, and the smoke ball several meters high not only tore the platoon commander apart, but also lifted several soldiers nearby.

"There are mines, be careful!"

As Chen Sijiu shouted, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a little bean-sized spark rushing out, and the hissing sound suddenly sounded from the depths of the rainforest, and he shouted again: "Machine gun, lie down!" ”

The sound of machine guns rushed out from the dense forest, and when Chen Sijiu shouted to remind everyone to lie down, he also slammed a hungry tiger and pounced forward, and then quickly rolled behind a big tree. 【 I want: super fast update 】

The bullet almost swept along his rolling line, and the mud splashed in the chirping sound, hitting his face with pain, even he was so frightened that a cold sweat broke out on his back, but the scene he saw next made him angry, only to see a few soldiers who had no time to dodge just about to lie down, and were ruthlessly torn apart by the bullets, and the rest were unable to raise their heads in the overwhelming rain of bullets.

"Machine gun, fight back!"

During the shouting, four Type 1910 Huā Cat light machine guns flew up, and after the machine gunner adjusted the angle, the splashing bullets were immediately aimed at the tongue of fire in the depths of the rainforest.

Seeing that the opponent's machine gun was about to be temporarily suppressed, the whistling sound hit again, the shell fell next to a big tree, and several soldiers hiding next to it were killed before they could shout, this scene made everyone's eyes red, I didn't expect this group of turtle grandsons to really die, machine gun cannon mines, no wonder.

The mortars in the battalion also roared at the same time, shells rushed over the heads of the soldiers into the depths of the rainforest, and from behind the dense foliage there were occasional rumbling explosions, and in the blink of an eye, the encounter turned into a machine-gun and artillery fire.

The effect of this kind of attack is really not very good, because both sides can only see the faint figure behind the branches and leaves, so no one knows the deployment of the other party, but within half an hour, Chen Sijiu organized three tentative detours, but they were all beaten back by the other party, and he didn't have much to do, so he could only call for support.

After a while, there was a burst of motor sounds behind him, Chen Sijiu turned his head to look, three strange-looking tanks had already appeared in the distance with billowing black smoke, knowing that it was reinforcement coming, so he immediately ran over.

"How? How many enemies are there? ”

"I don't know."

Chen Sijiu walked to the side of the tank with his waist down, pointed to the front where there was still an exchange of fire, and shouted to the tank squad leader: "Look at the firepower, there are at least five 57 guns and 4 machine guns, and one should be 100 guns, according to this firepower, there are about three or four thousand people." ”

After speaking, Chen Sijiu looked at the tank and found that this tank was a little different from what he had seen in the past, because there was only one machine gun on the turret, and except for the two tubes on the frontal armor slope, he couldn't see any other weapons, so he wondered: "Brother, what are you guys doing?" What about the cannon? ”

"Cannon?" The squad leader looked in front of him and said with a smile: "Battalion commander, just look at it, these ground mice will know how powerful they will be in a while!" After saying that, the tank squad leader climbed onto the tank, quickly closed the hatch after a few arm turns, and slowly drove forward with black smoke.

Although Chen Sijiu was a little puzzled, he always felt that something was going to happen in his heart, so he hurriedly followed this tank back to the position.

The three steel monsters crushed all the way, and the bullets hit the frontal armor with a series of clanging sounds. Suddenly, on the first tank, the hearts of the soldiers of the second battalion had just hanged, and after this big guy shook twice, he actually continued to crush forward with black smoke like a nobody.

"Battalion commander, what is this strange thing? Cannons are not afraid either? ”

Chen Sijiu didn't know how to answer, but according to his estimate, the frontal armor of this thing was at least 100 mm, otherwise how would he dare to take a 57 mm shell.

Just when everyone was speculating about how this kind of tank without guns could kill the enemy, six long red lights suddenly erupted, but everyone's eyes straightened, and then a chill ran down their backs.

The three tanks suddenly turned into fire-breathing dragons, and the flames that erupted from both sides of the tanks were nearly 100 meters away, and wherever they were swept by the flames, they were like piles of dry firewood.

Spitfire tank, is Li Mo according to the later Pacific War experience requirements of the development, and most of the later generations of this type of tank are modified different, 3C type uses the territory of the 3 Cheetah tank, specially designed for the Spitfire, installed with two flamethrows, the use of compressed air, up to 50 times of fire, although slow, but up to 110 mm thick frontal armor can make it in complex terrain to ensure its own safety.

The three Type 3C tanks, fighting brutally to the fullest, and the flames spewed out by the compressed air became the messengers of hell in the eyes of the Australian soldiers, and the scattered sparks set the rainforest on fire in the blink of an eye, and they smashed through the trees and swept along the makeshift fortifications and trenches, leaving three roads paved with flames.

The screams replaced the neighing of the machine guns, the cannons became mute, and countless Australian soldiers shouted and ran in all directions, this scene made all the soldiers of the second battalion swallow their saliva, and they paid dozens of lives to fight without opening the gap, but they didn't expect the three Spitfire tanks to complete the clearance in just a few minutes.

Fortunately, this thing belongs to its own troops, and if the enemy also has this kind of equipment, it is estimated that he will not know how to die.

"Fire, fire! Don't let them come close! ”

Seeing nearly a hundred Australian soldiers screaming and rushing towards him with sparks all over their bodies, Chen Sijiu shouted anxiously, he knew that if these people ran into the middle of his team, maybe the flames would hurt him.

The soldiers did not dare to slack off when they heard the battalion commander's nervous shouts, and the dense bullets burst out like a torrential rain, and when the last Australian soldier fell, the three tanks that had been wreaking havoc in the distance had begun to turn around, and behind them were charred corpses and burning trees.

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The eagle roared over Honiara Harbor, and in a few minutes, countless huge fireballs rose in the dense rainforest in the distance.

This made the soldiers of the nearby Marine Division shout excitedly, because this is the first time that the aviation aviation has used napalm to support the Marine Division, there is no limit, the war eagle can finally take out all the weapons, napalm, incendiary bombs, and drop them from Guadalcana Island over and over again, these bombs with a large killing range have become the love of the soldiers.

After the fighters left, the two Dalian-class heavy cruisers on the sea began to roar again, and smoke clouds continued to rise from the island, which made He Yong in the division command post breathe a sigh of relief.

Short and stout, he is 35 years old this year, is a native of Anhui, when the Chinese army swept through the north, he gritted his teeth and broke away from the Huai army, went to Jiangbei to join the Chinese army, and later came to the Marine Corps, and participated in several wars, after the war went to the Marine Department of the Naval Academy to study command, after the expansion of the Marine Corps, he was pushed to the position of division commander, leading the formation of the Sixth Marine Division.

To tell the truth, he didn't expect to encounter such a big problem for the first time with his troops, although in order to ensure combat effectiveness, nearly 1,000 veterans were drawn from the four main marine divisions to enrich the grassroots command, but the losses after the war were still very serious, especially in the central rainforest area, the British, American and Australian coalition forces knew that this was the gateway to Australia, and the strategic location was extremely critical, so they all tried their best, and after landing on Honiara Port and being occupied and scattered, they all rushed into the depths of the rainforest to continue to resist.

The point is that the Sixth Marine Division, which is mainly composed of soldiers from the mainland, is very unaccustomed to the local climate, and in just ten days the non-combat attrition has exceeded 600 people, most of whom were infected with diseases and had to rest temporarily, but fortunately, now that the support has finally arrived, with the arrival of two heavy cruisers and two light support motherships, especially the progress of the first batch of the Sixth Marine Division, which has finally returned to normal, he is greatly relieved.

Walking to the map, He Yong began to study the battle situation again, and his thick eyebrows twisted up again, the original headquarters was going to take Gua Island in 20 days, but now it took 12 days to complete the clearance of less than half of the area, and the progress was seriously behind, even if the support arrived, no one dared to pack the ticket at this time.

"What? What difficulties did you encounter? Do you want your old classmates to help you? ”

Just when He Yong was frowning, a voice suddenly sounded from behind, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Li Xiuyan walking into the division command post with several officers, and immediately laughed and said: "I said why is it so smooth today, what kind of wind blew you Captain Li here." ”

Li Xiuyan smiled and hugged He Yong, because the two had been classmates for many years, so they didn't have any greetings to explain why they came here.

It turned out that after he completed the task, he did not leave Noumea immediately, but merged with the 12th Fleet, ready to see if there was a chance to expand the results of the battle, but he did not expect that the Entente Southwest Fleet was frightened this time, and even a patrol ship did not come out for several days, so he could only pack up and come back, and when passing by the Coral Sea, he received a telegram asking the 31st Fleet to support the Marine Corps under appropriate circumstances, and He Yong was his old classmate, so he ran over.

Looking at the energetic Li Xiuyan, He Yong smiled and said: "So small, you can be regarded as famous now, when I came from Guam, the newspapers all over the world were full of news about your annihilation of the enemy for thousands of miles, and now the outside world says that you are a Huo Hussar on the sea." ”

"We don't dare to compare with the hussar generals." Li Xiuyan waved his hand modestly, looked at the messy map, and said with a smile: "What?" It looks like you're not doing well, do you want me to help you? My high-explosive bombs are much stronger than those planes. ”

"Really?"

He Yong's eyes lit up, he knew a little about the power of the 380 mm naval guns, if the two Guam-class ships could provide fire support, the 18 heavy guns did not dare to say that they would destroy the enemy, at least it would be a heavy blow to the enemy's confidence, so this suggestion suddenly made his heart move.

"Well, or not."

Before He Yong's words were finished, a naval staff officer who ran into the command post panting out of breath in a crater immediately saluted and said: "Sir, the headquarters is in an emergency, asking us to rush to Gapo at full speed immediately, without delay!" ”

"What's wrong?" Li Xiuyan suddenly got up, and the previous order clearly said that he would provide fire help to the marines when passing through Kuah Island, and then go to Guam to rest and recuperate, why did he suddenly ask to go to Gapo?

"Something happened to the 2nd Marine Division!"

"2nd Marine Division?!" Li Xiuyan and He Yong glanced at each other, and at the same time thought of a place.

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Beijing, General Staff.

Zhang Zuolin pointed to the map to introduce the war situation, and as far as the eye could see, every face in the confidential conference room had grim words written on it.

"Five days ago, the Allied Bōs Front sent five divisions, 80,000 men suddenly crossed Hamadan and began to attack the outskirts of Baghdad, according to the information provided by the Ottomans, they dispatched 20 tanks to cooperate, due to the suddenness of the attack, the main force of the Ottoman Third Army was caught off guard and had to retreat to Baghdad on all fronts.

As a result, only a division of the Ottoman Third Army stationed at Dizful, north of Ahvaz in Greater Kuwait, was about 20,000 men, and the Ottomans had assured us that they would not withdraw this division under any circumstances, but. ”

Although Zhang Zuolin didn't finish speaking, everyone knew that the combat effectiveness of the Ottoman army was really a big problem, and if the Entente really wanted to attack, they would definitely not be able to withstand it, so that Ahvaz would be completely surrounded.

"The commander of the Second Marine Division, Li Tianhe, sent a telegram saying that he had sent 2,000 men from Kuwait to assist in the defense of Ahvaz, but the 50,000 Allied troops on the opposite side of the Zohrai River defense line had recently stepped up their offensive, and there were signs that the Entente army was likely to take advantage of the sea superiority and forcibly land Safaniyah on the coast of Najd in the Bay of Bōs to attack the south of Kuwait, so it was no longer possible to withdraw troops.

In addition, the Seventh Fleet currently has only five destroyers and nine torpedo boats left, two of which are in Muszabar Bay, and since they are currently unable to leave because the British fleet has strengthened the blockade of the bay, the Kuwaiti side is under great pressure!

At present, we are worried about Russia, because the Ottoman army has not eaten the main force of the Russian Caucasus before, Baku is still in the hands of the Russian army, and the winter is coming to an end, there is already intelligence that the Russian army is active again, if the Russian Caucasus Army sets out from Baku to Bōs Northern Tabriz, and then joins up with the Entente Bōs coalition army, then a huge army of at least 500,000 to 600,000 people will be formed. ”

"500,000?!"

Everyone in the conference room gasped, and several generals were full of grimness, if the two really converged, not only would Ottoman Baghdad not be able to hold it, but even Great Kuwait would be lost!

"Who is the Entente commander?"

Li Mo took a deep breath, suddenly attacked from the north and south, and could also encourage the Russian Caucasus Army to cooperate, obviously not the old-fashioned British Army General, the commander of the Bōs Army Archibald Murray, who was the opponent? is a prerequisite for making any military decision.

"An officer named Edmen-Henry Heinman-Allenby, who had been the commander of the cavalry in the British army in Egypt, and had recently succeeded him as commander of the Bōs Front, and he had a nickname." Zhang Zuolin paused and said heavily.

"Bleeding bull!"

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