Pearl Harbor. On February 25th, Jesus, the Heavenly Brother. Christ's 1832nd birthday.

When the red sun was about to disappear into the western skyline, Pearl Harbor on Oahu was already a hot scene, with countless trucks running between warehouses and docks, and brigades of Army soldiers waiting on the docks, and whenever the trucks stopped, they would drive up to help unload the goods under the command of the officers. Bags of supplies, ammunition, fuel, tents, uniforms, flags, and everything imaginable about marching and camping were lifted from these trucks and stacked neatly in sections.

The cranes on the dock swung back and forth, and the materials unloaded from the trucks were hoisted one by one onto the landing ship that had long been docked at the edge of the dock. There were also some strange-looking six-wheeled armored cars that looked a bit like "coffins" and rumbled over.

This armored car is called the A-11 assault vehicle, as early as when the car began to appear on the streets of Beijing, Shanghai and other metropolises, the Army Equipment Bureau of the Ming Military Department gave the major ones that were still in the initial stage at that time, oh, it should be the car companies issued a research and development bidding task and funds, requiring them to try to produce a four-wheel drive six-wheeled, total weight of no more than 7.5 tons, with strong road driving ability and a certain off-road ability, and easy to maneuver, while having a certain amphibious ability of the wheeled armored vehicle.

These requirements may not seem high, but for the Daming automobile industry, which is still in the seedling stage, it is really not easy at all. Therefore, it was not until the war had actually started in the Taiping decade that the Chitu Automobile Company in Beijing came up with a six-wheeled armored vehicle that barely met the requirements of the army.

After getting the wheeled armored car they wanted, the Army Armament Department remodeled it and changed it to a "assault artillery vehicle" equipped with 30 mm machine artillery shells, an "assault reconnaissance vehicle" equipped with a 13 mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun, an "assault mortar vehicle" equipped with a 120 mm mortar, an "assault command vehicle" equipped with a radio station, an "assault troop vehicle" used to transport infantry, an "assault repair vehicle" equipped with various emergency repair equipment and towing equipment, an "assault rescue vehicle" equipped with first-aid equipment, and an "assault rescue vehicle" equipped with engineering equipment. assault engineering vehicles" and other eight sub-series, thus forming a family of six-wheeled armored vehicles.

Like the armored vehicles in another timeline, this A-11 family is also an "ancestral family" to be carefully served...... And the "armored automobile corps" of the Ming Army, which is equipped with a large number of "ancestors", is, of course, the "ancestral corps", and to pull them up to fight, it is really much more complicated than using "self-propelled fully intelligent riflemen". Therefore, the mixed brigade that was ready to be used for land operations in Australia took at least 72 hours from the time it received the order to go out to the time it was loaded!

And that's when these mixed brigades have been on high alert since they arrived in Hawaii!

Standing on the top of the bridge of a Nanjing-class command ship upgraded from an Austrînd-class cruise ship equipped with oil-fired boilers, steam turbines, and high-power long-wave radios, looking at the army and marines who were boarding the ship, Zhuge Weidao and Mu Zhongjun, the two admirals responsible for liberating the indigenous people of Australia, were all red with excitement.

Because they both know it...... It's going to be stud!

According to Guo Xiaobao's report, last night he took the lead and braved the enemy's raining shells to lead five cruisers and destroyers, including the Kong Ming "Great Light Cruiser," to launch a heroic and decisive charge against the British fleet twice as large as his own, and finally achieved the astonishing record of sinking four British armored cruisers and three destroyers at a slight cost of slightly injuring one cruiser and one destroyer, killing 10 people and wounding eight others.

Seeing Guo Xiaobao's achievements, Zhuge Weidao and the new chief of staff of the Pacific Fleet, Zhuge Yangyang, thought that the British were going to retract Port Moresby...... So last night, they gave Ma Xuchen an order to take the Java Sea, the Banda Sea, the Arafu Sea, and the Torres Strait into the Papua Sea, and then launch an air attack from the Papua Sea to bomb Port Moresby.

However, this morning, Zhuge Weidao received another report that the British Grand Fleet did not return, but rushed through the Solomon Sea without hesitation and began to head for the Marshall Islands.

This shows that the British have made up their minds to gamble on the fortunes of the country!

In the eyes of Zhuge Weidao, Zhuge Yangyang, Mu Zhongjun, and Zheng Guoxian, although the behavior of the British is a bit crazy, it is a very correct decision. Because they have now exposed their position, if they don't stud immediately, the main force of the Daming Western Fleet will converge with the Nanyang Fleet, enter the waters north of Australia, and attack Port Moresby from the southeast (that is, the route taken by Zhuge to let the first voyage be taken), and after the Daming Pacific Fleet completes the assembly, it will press to Australia from the north and northeast...... Under the attack from both sides, although Britain's Australian Grand Fleet will not suffer much loss in terms of total strength, the British are absolutely inferior to the quality of surface ships, the quantity and quality of aviation, and the quantity and quality of the underwater fleet.

Instead of waiting for failure, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the Ming Navy has not yet completed the assembly, and go all out to stud and seek a duel with the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy!

And although Zhuge Weidao knew that his total strength was inferior to the British, he still would not give up the opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop!

The reason is very simple, if the main force of the British Royal Navy is defeated, the operation to land in Australia will be a sure victory! Although Britain deployed heavy troops on land in Australia, Australia was not an industrial country and could not support an industrial war at all. As long as Australia's sea transportation channels are cut off, the people (natives) of this wild continent will soon be liberated.

As for the possible losses of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Navy...... Compared to the liberation of the Australian people, it is nothing at all!

Therefore, Zhuge Weidao and Mu Zhongjun immediately issued orders to various troops to implement the "Southern Plan"!

The so-called "Southern Plan" is the grand plan to concentrate the navy and army to attack the southern continent directly.

According to the plan, the Pacific Fleet will be divided into two parts, one part is the decisive battle fleet, including the 1st Air Force, the 2nd Battleship Fleet, the 3rd Cruiser Fleet, the 4th Submarine Fleet, etc. The other part is the landing fleet, including the fifth escort team and the sixth command reinforcement team.

Now the first, second, third, and fourth teams have all attacked. The first team has changed course and is rushing back to the middle of the Pacific with all their might. The second team has been operating around the Trik Lagoon, and after receiving the order of Zhuge Weidao, it has been commanded by the commander of the team, Li Kezhi, and rushed to the Marshall Islands at full speed. The third team fought and withdrew under the command of Guo Xiaobao...... Retreat to Kwajalein Atoll. There, they would make an emergency resupply, reload themselves with torpedoes, and then engage the British fleet in a decisive battle. The task of the Fourth Sentai is the same as that of the Third Sentai is to find ways to ambush the British fleet, weaken their strength, and slow them down.

The Fifth Escort Squadron was responsible for covering the landing of all landing ships and transport ships on the Australian mainland, so it was impossible for them to participate in the decisive battle of the fleet, and the boarding of the Army and Marine Corps was not completed quickly.

As for the 6th Command Support Team...... will rush to the Marshall Islands under the personal leadership of Zhuge Weidao! The squadron consisted of a number of old ships remaining in Hawaii, some fast cruisers, destroyers, and the latest Nanjing-class command ships.

Among them, the Nanjing class will become the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, with unified command of the upcoming naval Armageddon!