Chapter 312 Let’s go and liberate India! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Junmen, the Yingyi fleet seems to have retreated! Do you want to pursue it?"

When Ma Xuchen, Chief of Staff of the First Air War, reported to Zhuge Weidao the good news that the Yingyi fleet had begun to escape, Zhuge Weidao had just won the first aircraft carrier battle victory in human history, and also pioneered the use of aircraft carriers to launch artillery attacks and torpedo attacks.

The "God of the Navy", who had an astonishing record of sinking battleships, was frowning as he watched his men fish out the plane with a crane.

This is really a stupid operation!

The SsangYong carrier-based seaplane takes off directly from the aircraft carrier, but it cannot land directly on the aircraft carrier. This is because the "experts" of the Naval Aviation Admiral's Office - the group of people who were personally promoted by Zhuge Weidao insist that

The balsa wood body of the Ssangyong aircraft cannot withstand the blocking ropes and blocking nets, and the aircraft carrier deck is too short to allow such a "large aircraft" with two wings, two engines, and two seats to glide and land on it.

In the early test flights, there were many accidents in which the aircraft was damaged by the blocking cables and blocking nets, and there were also several casualties.

So there is an operating mode that takes off from the aircraft carrier, lands on the water, and then uses a crane to hoist the aircraft from the water back to the deck. The biggest problem with this mode is that it is too slow to retract the aircraft, and you have to use a crane to hoist them one by one.

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This method of recovering the aircraft is understandable from the perspective of normal safety management. Which unit can have an accident as soon as it is trained, either with equipment damage or casualties? Moreover, the personnel and equipment lost are all of high value!

If Zhuge Weidao were the admiral of the aviation force, he might be able to handle it, but Guan Tianpei doesn't have a backing like the Zhuge family. If he really wants to throw people and airplanes every three days, how can he be the admiral of the army? Let alone be defeated.

He was promoted to the high position of Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet.

But now on the battlefield, the method of using a crane to lift an aircraft is not only inefficient, but also very dangerous - in order to avoid collision with the aircraft, when the aircraft carrier lifts the Ssangyong aircraft on the sea, it has to stop on the sea first, and then use it to lift the aircraft.

The small boat tows the plane to the side and lifts it one by one. The whole recovery process can take an hour at a time, and can take two or three hours at a slower time!

It is rare to be so leisurely during a war. Even if you can be so leisurely, it will delay the fighter plane, just like now! The Yingyi are about to run away, and the four aircraft carriers of the Ming Dynasty have not yet completed the aircraft salvage! And it is not even close or

Half of it was not completed, but only less than 30 aircraft were recovered. It was impossible to start action immediately. To complete the salvage, it would take at least an hour and a half. At the speed of the British and Spanish fleets of more than 20 knots, it would take an hour and a half to complete the salvage.

It ran 70 kilometers, and the Yingyi formation was already about 20 kilometers away from the location where the Ming aircraft carrier recovered the aircraft. It was almost outside the combat radius of the Ssangyong aircraft!

If Zhuge Weidao leads an aircraft carrier formation to pursue, the speed difference between the two formations is only about 3 knots, which means that the distance can only be closed to 5 kilometers per hour. If he wants to close to 20 kilometers, he will have to chase for 4 hours.

It was all dark. And from dark to dawn, it was at least 10 hours, 14 hours before and after. The British fleet could run 300 nautical miles, and all reached their naval base in the Andaman Islands.

According to the intelligence obtained by Zhuge Weidao, the British have been operating in the Andaman Islands for many years, and have also designated the central and northern parts of the Andaman Islands as restricted areas. Therefore, the Ming Navy is not familiar with the situation there, and it is very likely that they will be arrested if they go there rashly.

Introducing a minefield.

"Give Mr. Chen an order to pursue him as far as the Great Strait." After weighing the situation, Zhuge Weidao decided not to pursue him.

Ma Xuchen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The military is wise, we have won enough in this battle. Not only did we sink 2 British and Yi battleships, we also sunk 6 British and Yi destroyers, and shot down nearly a hundred British and Yi aircraft.

The suicide plane, our own losses were only 8 Ssangyong aircraft and dozens of sailors. This battle was not only a great victory, but also pioneered the coordinated operation of sea and air. With this battle, the military can boast of the history of the navy.

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Guo Xiaobao also happily came up and asked: "Junmen, shouldn't we return in triumph?"

"Returning in triumph?" Zhuge Weidao turned around and looked at Guo Xiaobao, "Where are we now? Baozhi, have you seen the purpose of our sending troops this time?"

"The purpose of sending troops?" Guo Xiaobao couldn't answer - it's not that he forgot, but he didn't know at all!

Because when the First Air Battle was launched, there was no clear purpose. It was just to go west to the Indian Ocean and hit wherever it went. If there was any purpose, it was to contain Jiajia, even if it was a maritime guerrilla force.

Fine!

"Liberate India!" Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "Xiaobao, the emperor's declaration of war doesn't say anything anymore. We want to liberate all countries in India."

"Now?" Guo Xiaobao was stunned, "Isn't it a little early now?"

Ma Xuchen also said: "Yes, military gate, the Malay Peninsula has not yet been captured, and the Strait of Malacca has not been opened, so it is impossible to capture India!"

Zhuge Weidao shook his head: "It's not that we want to capture India right away, but we want to take advantage of the British-Indian navy's concentration in the Gulf of Oman and the Andaman Sea to touch Bombay, the capital of the Indian Empire. I heard that Emperor William is now

The emperor is guarding the country, and he is guarding Bombay! If our fleet goes to Bombay to drop bombs, can Emperor William with big guns call his fleet back from the Gulf of Oman and the Andaman Sea? In this way, won’t the Persian Gulf Fleet be able to recover the horse?

Scatter, the Malay Peninsula side is even more certain to win?"

He looked at the two people in front of him and saw that they both had surprised faces. He knew that they must be very in favor of his suggestion, so he nodded and said: "Since you don't object, then this matter has been decided."

How long can the fleet's supplies last? Is it enough for us to go to Bombay?"

"We have just gone out with enough supplies!" Ma Xuchen said, "We have brought a high-speed supply ship, a high-speed oil ship, a high-speed coal supply ship and a high-speed ammunition ship, which is enough for us to operate in the Indian Ocean for two or three months."

Zhuge Weidao clapped his hands and said, "That's enough. Hurry up and make a plan for a surprise attack on Mumbai. Try to complete it before the plane is recovered, and then send a telegram to the Admiral of the Nanyang Fleet."

"Yes, Junmen!"

Ma Xuchen and Guo Xiaobao looked at each other and had no choice but to give Zhuge Weidao a military salute and accept the task.

"Junmen, telegram from Yihang Battle to Zhuge Junmen!"

Batam Island Anchorage, the battleship Hongwu Emperor. Guan Tianpei, who was standing on the rear deck watching one after another of the Ming Dynasty's "beggar's battleships" slowly sailing into the anchorage, heard Ge Yunfei's voice full of surprise.

He quickly retracted his gaze from the "Island" class shallow-water heavy gunship with a standard displacement of 7,000 tons, a dual 320 mm 45-caliber armored turret and strong key protection armor, and looked at Ge Yunfei: "How about it? Fighting

Does it have to be like this?”

"A great victory!" Ge Yunfei said with a smile, "A great victory. We sank two British cutting-edge battleships and six destroyers, and shot down more than 100 British and foreign suicide planes! Our own losses were slight, almost negligible!"

"Hahaha" Guan Tianpei stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Zhuge Daozi is really capable! He can win such a battle. By the way, when will he return? I have to go back to Brunei Port to celebrate his success.

feast."

"Junmen," Ge Yunfei said, "Zhuge Junmen will not come back for the time being. He will pursue the victory to liberate India!"

"Ah? Liberate India? Now" Guan Tianpei looked at Ge Yunfei, "What exactly does Zhuge Daozi want to do?"

"Junmen," Ge Yunfei sent up a copy of the telegram, "Zhuge Junmen wants to lead a naval battle to Bombay, India, to meet Emperor William of the Indian Empire!"

"Oh, so that's it!" Guan Tianpei thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay! It's time to let the First Air Battle scare Emperor William. He shouldn't always let the Indians come to die. If he has the ability, he should do it himself!

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Chapter completed!