Chapter 340: Don't Retreat! Hands up high! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)

Carrier-based aircraft, of course, flew over from the sea!

They all took off from the four aircraft carriers of the First Air Battle, a total of 128 aircraft, all of which were water sangyongs with pontoons - although Zhuge was the main carrier-based aircraft of Daoli to complete the landing directly on the deck of the aircraft carrier, this thing could not be completed overnight. It is necessary to replace it with a new type of carrier-based aircraft, and it is also necessary to carry out some modifications to the aircraft carrier, adding things such as blocking cables, blocking nets, and landing scopes, and the pilots must also be trained accordingly.

So today, the one who was sent by Zhuge Weidao to blow up Marcy Island is still a water double dragon that looks very clumsy. However, although these seaplanes are very inflexible, have a small combat radius, and have a low bomb load, they are the absolute masters on the battlefield of today's Tangmasek Island!

Because the only field anti-aircraft weapon that the Anglo-Indian Army Field Corps stationed on Marcy Island had was the anti-aircraft guns used to fight airships, and the number was not much, only one squadron. It's okay for this thing to hit airships, airships fly slowly, and they're big, as long as they fly a dozen or a dozen accurately. The anti-aircraft gun has a large caliber and can be loaded with "explosives", which can easily ignite the hydrogen in the airship, so the effect of hitting the airship is much better than that of ordinary machine guns.

But I think too much about this thing when it is used to fight a plane, even when Ssangyong on the water makes a small-angle dive, the speed can be increased to more than 200 kilometers per hour...... At this speed, the effect of lifting the gun with one shot and pulling the bolt is not as good as that of a rifle! At least the rifle is a small turn of the gun, and the muzzle of the gun cannot keep up with the plane at all.

Therefore, now the field air defense of the British and Indian armies is basically an ornament against the aircraft...... I can only stand up to the bombing!

What's even worse is that the current heavy artillery of the British and Indian troops will not be able to move their positions before they can fire two shots. The idea of the artillery of the British and Indian armies is still stuck in the Napoleonic War era of this timeline, and small-caliber infantry guns and cavalry guns can be pulled around. The 100-mm first-class medium-caliber artillery can still be fired for half an hour before moving, while the 150-mm first-class and above cannons will not move after being placed away. Because these guns are not only heavy and troublesome to move, but also have a relatively long range, and are usually placed behind woods or hills, they are not easy to be seen by artillery observers on enemy observation balloons, and the possibility of being counterattacked by artillery is very small - there is no artillery radar in these days, and if the enemy's artillery is outside the distance that can be visually detected by its own observers, it can only use the "sound measurement" method to calculate the position of the opponent. The equipment and calculation formulas of the sound measurement are still relatively rudimentary, so the error is very large, and it will not work if it is far away.

But when the Ming army has a "manned machine for the integration of inspection and fighting", it will be a dimensionality reduction strike!

As soon as the British and Indian artillery fired, the co-pilot on the Ming Army Ssangyong plane could see the smoke and fire, and then at least find a rough idea, and then fly closer to see it, then you can see it at a glance. After the target was discovered, it was a bombing and strafing.

It's not a round yet, but a round of shore-based bombing first, and a round of ship-based bombing later!

But that's not all!

At the same time that these biplanes finished dropping bombs, ran out of bullets from their front machine guns, and flew away with their wings, the airships, which were originally at an altitude of 3,000 meters, began to lower their altitude and come down to "replenish their guns." What they dropped was not an ordinary bomb, but a terrible napalm!

Dozens of Wyvern No. 4 airships had already quietly flown over the island. But instead of rushing to make a move, he patiently waited for the Ssangyong plane to find the target, complete the bombing and strafing, and then carefully descended and threw the napalm on the place where the Ssangyong plane had blown up.

At this time, the six heavy artillery positions of the British and Indian armies are completely finished!

Two rounds of bombing, strafing and one round of napalm, this is no longer a nail in the coffin board, but a direct cremation.

The artillery and ammunition that had not been blown up before were destroyed by the explosion and fire caused by napalm, and even the artillerymen who had just dropped their cannons to avoid bombs and bullets and lay down in the bomb shelter pit were burned alive by the sudden fire from the sky...... It's so miserable!

On Mount Bukit Timah, Viscount Bellsford witnessed the cremation of his heavy artillery position and was already speechless in astonishment...... This battle can still be fought like this!

At this moment, three red signal flares suddenly rose into the sky from behind the positions of the Tomorrow-Japan coalition forces, hung high in the air, and slowly fell.

The bombardment of the heavy artillery of the Ming army came to an abrupt end!

Under this sky, countless officers of the Ming Dynasty and Japan jumped out of the trenches, raised the command flags and sabers in their hands, and gave orders loudly in different languages.

"Brothers, follow me!"

"Bulge to ......"

The 80-mm and 120-mm mortars on the mortar positions behind the trenches began to fire almost simultaneously, dropping shells at the Anglo-Indian defensive line on the other side of the channel at the fastest speed, once again turning the Anglo-Indian positions into a sea of fire.

Then, waves of green and black people poured out of the trenches and towards the beachhead on the northern shore of the Straits of Johor, where assault boats and rubber boats had already been placed...... The battle to force the crossing of the Straits of Johor has finally begun.

This was an assault that used nine Ming infantry battalions and four devil brigades, of which the nine battalions of the Ming army were to contain the attack and attract the firepower and attention of the defenders, while the four brigades under the independent brigade of the northern Japanese army were the main force of the attack. Their main direction of attack was the area around Woodlands Beach, the middle of the Anglo-Indian line, which was also the narrowest part of the entire strait. And a Ming army's Zhouqiao battalion has also been moved in place. As soon as a breakthrough is formed, they will immediately follow up and build a bridge, or in less than an hour, they will be able to build a pontoon bridge across the strait.

As long as the bridge is erected...... The Ming army and the devil's brigade will be able to pour up to the island like a tide!

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"Hurry up, help the untouchables, get your rifles and machine guns up!"

"What are you dog bastards doing? Hurry up ......"

"No one is allowed to retreat, and whoever retreats will be shot......"

On the southern shore of the Straits of Johor, the British-Indian positions had emerged from the safest artillery holes, shouting and urging the "Indian warriors" huddled in the trenches to take up arms and fight. When he saw the sluggish Indian, he did not hesitate to go up and give him two whips.

This bad attitude is not due to the inactive behavior of the Indian Ahsan in the trenches, but the habit of leading troops for many years - the attitude of the British officers has always been bad, and only the Rakshasa officers can compare with them in this regard. Even the samurai officers of Japan were kinder to their subordinates (who were also samurai...... This is because Britain has been engaged in a conscription system for a long time, and those who are recruited as soldiers are either drunkards, villains, or homeless people, and basically there are no good people.

When these British officers arrived in India, they were naturally even more vicious!

The drunkards, the scoundrels, the homeless in Britain are at least human, and the Indians are in their eyes...... You can't be a human at all!

Under the coercion of this group of British officers, the Indians who survived the shelling of the Ming army did not complain, and no one dared to escape, all of them set up rifles and machine guns weakly, and lay on the trenches with falling mortar shells, looking as if they were ready for battle.

Seeing that the Indian Ah San at the bottom finally did not escape, the British officers were relieved. At this time, the first batch of Japanese devils were already rowing assault boats and rubber boats near the beachhead of the Woodlands Strait.

"Aim....... Fire! ”

The British officers gave the order to open fire, and their positions burst into gunfire and bullets rained down on the heads of the enemy in front of them...... But it doesn't seem to hit anything! The assault boats and rubber boats quickly approached the beachhead.

The British officers commanding from the side were a little anxious...... Marksmanship is not good!

Just when these white-skinned officers were anxious about the marksmanship of their subordinates, the Japanese devils' assault boats and rubber boats had already crossed the strait under the pressure of the Indian Ahsan's unpredictable head. Then I saw a bunch of smoke bombs thrown out of the assault boat and rubber boat, and under the cover of smoke, the ghost soldiers on the assault boat and rubber boat rushed down one after another with shouts.

Woodlands Beach has been bombarded by the artillery of the Ming army for an hour, and the mines, horses, and deer barricades have been almost cleared, and only some mines are still trampled on from time to time. But this can't stop the devil's charge at all!

And the barbed wire fence pulled in front of the seawall did not hold them back for long. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Japanese soldiers, dressed in black uniforms and hats, had already begun to charge up the embankment.

"Get on the bayonet!"

"Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"

"Hurry up and ......"

On the British and Indian positions, all the white-skinned officers were shouting urgently, but the Indian soldiers under them were not in a hurry at all......

Seeing that the Japanese devils had rushed up, those white-skinned officers shouted again: "Don't retreat, don't retreat......"

This time, Indian Ah San was obedient, and indeed no one retreated, they just raised their hands high ......