Chapter 218 The Disastrous Indian Landing Operation (Part 1)

The fuselage trembled violently, and Minoru Genda secretly screamed. When he turned around, he saw that the fuselage was smoking, and the plane was trembling continuously. Minoru Genda decisively opened the shield and jumped out of the cabin. When the parachute opened, the front

The plane was whining down, and a Mustang fighter jet roared past. After pulling up, he ignored Genda Minoru and continued to join the battle group.

Minoru Genda was somewhat ashamed and angry, looking blankly as the fierce battle in the air continued, but he couldn't use any strength.

The most thrilling scene occurred at this time. Two British torpedo planes passed through the fire net of the task force and fired two torpedoes at the aircraft carrier Akagi before the fighter planes were shattered by anti-aircraft fire. Because the distance was only one thousand meters,

After avoiding one, the Akagi was unable to avoid another. At this critical moment, the old destroyer "First Frost" accelerated hard and blocked the torpedo with its body, which was enough to severely damage the "Akagi". Just to the south

In front of Yun's eyes, a violent explosion occurred on the "Chu Shuang", and the ship's hull bounced more than one meter into the water. Two British torpedo planes were hit by anti-aircraft fire and turned into two balls of flames in the air.

Nan Yunzhong looked solemn and stood at attention to salute! All the Japanese naval officers raised their hands to salute!

The fierce air battle lasted for more than an hour. The Hurricanes and torpedo planes flown by the British suffered heavy losses. The torpedo planes were mainly shot down by the Zero, and the Hurricanes were mostly hit by ship fire. After the Hurricanes and torpedo planes all withdrew from the battlefield

, the fierce battle in the air gradually stopped. The victorious Mustang fighter group showed no intention of showing off, but turned around and left.

1, 2, 3, 4,... 12 Zero fighters landed on the deck of the Akagi one after another. When the count reached 12, there was no more. 62 Zero fighters took off and returned to the sky.

There are only 12 aircraft on the aircraft carrier, and the total results of the entire task force are to damage 1 Mustang, shoot down 16 Hurricanes, and 20 torpedo planes. It seems that the results are pretty good, more or less acceptable. Unfortunately, as

Fleet Commander Nagumo Chuichi knew very well that the result of this air battle was really disastrous. As the main force of fighter jets, not one Mustang fighter was damaged, but the downed Hurricane and torpedo planes caused a loss to the task force.

The freighter sank, three freighters were damaged, the deck of the aircraft carrier Soryu was damaged, and the First Frost sank.

The sea after the war was a mess. The lowered boats were searching for pilots and army officers and soldiers who fell into the sea. Before the war started, a tank regiment of tanks was lost, and it still had air superiority. Will the Battle of India continue?

Nagumo's emotions were complicated. At this time, the commander of the Army, Honma Masaharu, the commander of the Indian Seal Army, came down with his men. Nagumo saw Honma with a solemn face, and bowed slightly to express his apology. Honma returned the greeting: "Your Excellency Nagumo.

For the army, the battle can continue without air supremacy. For the task force, it is difficult without air supremacy. I think the problems here should be reported to the base camp truthfully. The Chinese are already participating in the war in another way.

There is no doubt that the Chinese do not want us to get India and do not want the empire to grow and threaten their interests."

Maybe it’s because of the pain from being beaten by the Chinese army. Today’s Japanese navy and army will no longer speak about China and shut up China. Only civilians still call it that.

Thinking of the contradiction between the Japanese navy and the army, these words sounded like irony. Nan Yunzhong did not change his expression and said seriously: "The results of the air battle are dissatisfactory. I will report this matter to the base camp and eliminate the enemy on the ground."

Regarding the airport, I leave it to Honma-kun and the warriors of the empire."

Masaharu Honma was also annoyed when he heard this. He was indeed gloating before. The problem is that a tank regiment under his command also entered the sea, right? We are all in the same boat. Let me just say a few words, where can I go?

Did you know that the grudge between the navy and the army is too deep, and a dispute can be provoked by just talking.

"In that case, it's up to the Army. Farewell!" Without further ado, Masaharu Honma turned around and left. Nan Yunzhong looked at him with a frosty face, watching him leave, secretly cursing this guy in his heart.

The plane blew up.

Because of the air, the messy scene was deliberately slowly cleaned up by the navy. It was already afternoon when the army landed. The transport ship anchored, the soldiers got off the ship and boarded the boat, and when they rowed to the shore in various ways, the sky started to start again.

Buzzing, the air defense siren sounded again. This time there was no navy carrier-based aircraft to cover it. The landing army was still more than a hundred meters away from the shore. This was really killing me, the fleet's anti-aircraft artillery.

This would be absolutely out of reach. There were only a few machine guns on the transport ship, which wouldn't have much effect at all. The small destroyers stepped forward bravely, setting up their anti-aircraft guns.

There were not many planes coming back this time, only two groups of Mustangs and two squadrons of Hurricanes, a total of 48 planes. The purpose was either to annihilate the Japanese army, or to cause some trouble for the enemy troops who landed.

After the previous air battle ended, when Fang Ping returned to the airport, Alexander was waiting on the ground full of hope. When he saw Fang Ping, he couldn't wait to step forward. He reached out to help Fang Ping get off the plane and asked: "Colonel, what was the result of the air battle?"

?”

This British guy has always been quite arrogant, but since the day he met him, this British guy has been losing weight day by day. This is all the result of the suffering of the war. Fang Ping feels that he is quite pitiful. For the battlefields in Europe and Africa, the British government

The fleet was transferred away. Of course, even if it is not transferred, it cannot change the result. Churchill is determined to rely on China. Anyway, India is on the edge of Myanmar. If not, he can retreat to Myanmar. Compared with India, Egypt is more

Be more fatal.

"The air superiority is basically in hand. I suggest that the aircraft be divided into three groups immediately and take turns to attack the Japanese landing site."

Fang Ping's suggestion was supported by Alexander, and he immediately started to arrange it. The British fighter planes suffered a lot, but there were still three squadrons of Hurricanes and two squadrons of attack aircraft. After being organized into three groups, the Mustang fighters mounted two 225

The kilogram bombs were on the road, and the other groups of pilots took the time to rest, since they were not planning to let the Japanese troops land smoothly.

In fact, it was stupid to force a landing at this time, but the relationship between the Japanese army and navy was so bad, and the army also wanted to show its strength, so the landing was destined to be difficult from the beginning.

Without the threat of ground anti-aircraft fire or the nuisance of enemy aircraft, it was a joy to see fighter planes flying over the landing site. The bombers stared at the transport ship and bombed, while the Mustang and Hurricane dived and dropped bombs against the small amount of anti-aircraft fire. The first one was hit.

It was a transport ship, carrying all infantry. The Japanese troops on board even used rifles, and several Mustang fighter jets were indeed hit by rifle bullets. But for the Mustang, this injury is nothing, as long as it is not

Just hit the pilot directly and you'll be fine.

The bombs fell one by one. The transport ship on the sea did not bother to put the soldiers. It lifted anchor, lit the fire, and moved to evade. However, this did take some time, or it was already too late. The bombs fell on the ship one by one. Half

An hour later, even after all the bombs were dropped, the Mustang began to swoop down. The 12.7 mm machine gun bullets were not sparing at all, and it focused on shooting the soldiers who had landed on the beach. Anyone who was hit was killed on the spot.

By the time the planes had fired all their bullets and flown away, the three transport ships on the sea were leaking water everywhere. Basically, they could not be saved. There were Japanese soldiers who had fallen into the water, and there were a lot of floating corpses. There were corpses everywhere on the beach, and the sea water was dyed red.

.

In just half an hour, one brigade suffered more than a thousand Japanese casualties. This made Masaharu Honma want to cry, but also gave up the thought of continuing to land during the day. The transport ship quickly retreated and accepted the naval special order.

Under the protection of the mixed fleet, Honma was too embarrassed to go see Nayun, and hid in the cabin and sighed.

It should be said that Honma Masaharu's choice was wise. When the second wave of planes came, Honma cheered when he heard the news. You didn't have to explode, right? Soon the Chinese pilot told Honma through actions: "You

What a beautiful thought!" The two 225-kilogram bombs carried by the Mustang fighters were not intended to be taken back. Relying on its excellent performance, the Mustang began to dive. It no longer bombed battleships, but specifically bombed transport ships. In less than twenty minutes, the Mustang fighters

The work was called off, leaving the task force with three more transport ships severely damaged.

This time there was no fixed target to bomb, and the results were obviously not as good as the last time, but it also caused more than 100 Japanese casualties.

A task force that lost air supremacy was destined to be in trouble. Nagumo Chuichi made an urgent call to China to request air reinforcements, otherwise this Indian landing battle would not be fought.

When the news reached Tokyo, the cabinet began to quarrel again. This time, Mitsumasa Yonai and Moto Sugisugi, the two ministers of the navy and army, came together to find trouble with Hirota Koki. Protest! We must protest strongly! Protest against China's sale of new fighter jets to the UK! Demand

China also sells Mustang fighter jets to Japan! Uh, no, it’s a transfer of Mustang fighter jet technology.

Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro almost spit on these two people! Isn’t this trying to get skin from a tiger? Why are we building so many warships if our protests don’t work? If our protests don’t work, can we still run rampant in Southeast Asia? What should we do? We argued all night, and finally

Come up with three methods. First, send an additional aircraft carrier to reinforce the Indian task force, and urgently supplement the fighter jets deployed by Thailand and Singapore to the task force. Well, this is thanks to the Singapore oil depot left by the British, otherwise the fleet would be

Worry about running out of fuel. Second, protest against China's violation of the neutrality law and the sale of new fighter jets to the UK. You still have to protest, otherwise people will really think you don't exist. Third, urgently contact your ally Germany to request the transfer of new fighter jet technology

Japan, which has suffered so much from its air force, finally no longer dares to regard the Zero as the best in the world. It is better to quickly introduce the German BF190, otherwise it will be miserable when facing the Chinese Air Force in the future.

The Japanese government urgently called Beijing and requested a foreign ministerial meeting on Sino-Japanese relations. China responded positively, but also stated that the Chinese government was now in a state of war with the Soviet Union. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the meeting between the foreign ministers was chosen at

At sea, a secret meeting is fine, but an open meeting will inevitably lead to incomprehension between Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Japanese government accepted the suggestion of this secret meeting and decided to send the cruiser Shentong to escort Hirota Kogi to the sea off Lushunkou, while the Chinese side sent the cruiser Dongting Lake to escort Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui out to sea.

After receiving domestic instructions, the task force began to retreat. Warships are not easy to be bombed, but transport ships cannot. Before the air supremacy is seized, don't think about landing in India. It's quite thoughtful to say that such a large-scale force

The fleet was blocked from landing by one or two hundred planes. It's really embarrassing to tell anyone.

Originally, Honma Masaharu was still thinking about landing at night, but when she saw the domestic telegrams, she lost her temper. Japan is too small and has few resources, so it cannot afford to lose it. The equipment of a tank regiment almost made Honma Masaharu jump into the sea.

Germany's diplomacy was not so smooth. Hitler left this issue to the people below for discussion, but no one agreed to transfer technology to Japan. Field Marshal Bob also strongly opposed it, saying: Promising Japan is equivalent to forcing China into the British and American camp.

Go, it is undoubtedly unwise to do this. Others think the same thing. Anyway, everyone looks down on Japan and thinks that Japan is really lucky to defeat the American fleet.

After careful consideration, Mustache decided to reject Japan's request. The reason is that the current war between China and the Soviet Union is just a unilateral war, and he is still neutral towards the war between the two major military groups. Considering the needs of allies, the BFW-190 is not suitable for transfer.

, but the technology of BF-109 can be transferred to Japan.

German military experts also believe that the biggest problem with the Zero is that the protection is too poor. When faced with the Mustang fighter's 12.7-caliber machine gun, it will fall down even if it touches the edge. Moreover, the Zero cannot dive at the extreme limit because it is too fast.

It can even fall apart. Only Japan dares to use such irresponsible aircraft.

Alexander learned that the Japanese task force was withdrawing. He was overjoyed and called London urgently to ask for stronger diplomacy. It would be best if he could get China to join him. He could not ask China to add one or two wings of air force volunteers to reinforce India even if it paid a certain price.

Churchill, who had temporarily overcome the crisis, breathed a sigh of relief and called Beijing urgently, asking Ambassador Johnson to help China form an alliance in advance. Johnson's efforts undoubtedly had no good results, but in the end he got a result that was not too bad. China agreed.

Send an additional wing of torpedo planes and a wing of fighters to reinforce India.

Originally, Fang Jianxiong was not going to agree, but Chen Shaokuan took the initiative to propose that the Navy's torpedo planes were still tested in actual combat and could be practiced in India's war. The domestic torpedo plane was named Osprey and carried a domestically produced Swordfish electric torpedo.

.The speed of the modified torpedo aircraft is greatly improved compared to similar products. It can fly at a maximum speed of 480 kilometers after suspending the torpedo.

Fang Jianxiong was persuaded by Chen Shaokuan, and then he came up with a plan to reinforce India. However, the implementation of this plan was a bit troublesome. HNA's ground staff had to set off from Yunnan and take various supplies by land and enter India via Myanmar. Chen Shaokuan

He patted his chest and said that these were not problems, as long as the navy could fight the war. To be honest, if Fang Jianxiong hadn't relented, Chen Shaokuan would have wanted the submarine force to attack Japan's maritime transportation lines.

After the Japanese army entered the Indian Ocean, the biggest trouble it caused to China was the transportation of aid supplies from the United States. It was definitely not possible to use the American fleet. Japan and the United States were at war. It could only be transported by the Chinese fleet, and this time the Foreign Minister

During the meeting, Fang Jianxiong asked Wang Chonghui to get Japan to agree and not to affect the safety of China's maritime transportation lines.

Of course, this kind of security is only temporary. When China joins the allies, that will be a thing later. Let’s deal with it for a while first.

Chen Shaokuan left happily. He didn't think there was anything wrong with President Fang Da talking about friendship with Japan while sending planes to fight against the Japanese army. Anyway, they were all volunteers. China is a democratic country. Anyone who wants to go abroad to fight will do the same.

It can’t be stopped, right? We’ve gone to England, which is thousands of miles away, so why can’t we go to India, which is thousands of miles away?

When Churchill learned of the outcome of the negotiations, he pumped his fist in excitement. This showed that China would never sit back and watch Japan land in India. It also showed China's determination to join the Allies. The difference was sooner or later. In order to make this time earlier, Churchill called

Roosevelt said that the transportation of aid supplies to China should be accelerated, so as to encourage China to form an alliance as soon as possible.

Roosevelt knew very well that China is not the United Kingdom. One is a small island country and the other is a large continental country. Once China becomes a climate, there will naturally be conflicts of interest with the United States after the war. Even though they are allies now, it is really hard to predict the future. It is a pity that Roosevelt cannot care about it now.

After so many wars, the defeat of the Navy pushed Roosevelt into an embarrassing situation. The domestic opposition was already questioning Roosevelt's ability to govern. If the Sino-US alliance cannot be promoted as soon as possible, the US military will not be able to form sufficient combat effectiveness for a while, and Japan will

The attack by India and even Australia was imminent. There were also technical problems with new fighter jets, etc., all of which were tormenting Roosevelt.

Roosevelt ordered the staff in his office to urge the transportation of aid supplies to China, and at the same time called Hurley, asking him to step up diplomatic activities and promote China's alliance as soon as possible.

The Dongting Lake left Lushun and went to sea, and soon encountered the Japanese cruiser Shentong. The former had a displacement of 4,800 tons, and the latter had a displacement of 5,100 tons. The main guns were two twin 155s, but the anti-aircraft guns were different. The Shentong was launched in 25 years.

The USS Shentong was equipped with a 127-caliber anti-aircraft gun, while the Dongting Lake launched in 1935 used a 105-caliber anti-aircraft gun, and its number was larger than that of the Shentong. It can be seen that the guiding ideology of the two navies when building ships was different.

According to the usual practice, Hirota Hongyi, who proposed the meeting, arrived on the Dongting Lake in a small boat, and Wang Chonghui greeted him at the side of the ship. After the meeting, Hirota Hongyi did not say any protest after a brief greeting, but he was targeting the Indian issue and hoped that the Chinese government would stick to it.

Be neutral and don't sell new fighter jets to Britain.

Wang Chonghui said that although China remains neutral, it does not have a corresponding neutrality law to restrict arms sales. Capitalists are all profit-seeking. As long as the profits are sufficient, there are people who will do the business of beheading. It is difficult for the government to truly restrict these.
Chapter completed!