When Tsukahara II43 bombed the Seychelles and the Royal Navy Indian fleet, Zhu Binhou led his officers to line up at the dock in the Saudi Arabia Battleship. On the Anhai battleship behind him, the sailors changed into white dresses and circled around the ship to wait for the president to board the ship.

After blocking Inoue Naimei, he led the fleet to join the 13th fleet to the Persian Gulf and rushed towards the Sunda Strait. Although the Japanese Navy wanted to intercept, Yamamoto Iroku's main force was not there, and the Tokyo base camp did not want to start a full war, so he could only watch the 22 fleet enter the Indian Ocean. This time he returned to the Indian Ocean, the 22 fleet was greatly strengthened. The entire fleet includes two Sichuan-class aircraft carriers, one Liaoning-class aircraft carrier, the Anhai and Zhenhai battleships, two Wuhan-class heavy cruisers, four light cruisers and ten destroyers. In addition, the squadron that has been in the Persian Gulf and Adu Atoll, there are as many as 47 ships of various types, which are already the best combat force in the Indian Ocean in terms of scale.

With the leased port of Djibouti, France, and the Chagos Islands, Adu Atoll and Persian Gulf bases that are being handed over, it can be said that they already have the ability to operate in the Indian Ocean for a long time. As long as the engineering ships sent from China and two large floating docks arrive at the Chagos Islands and then open up the railway transportation from Central Asia to Persian Gulf, the 22nd Fleet will be renamed the Indian Ocean Fleet. Think about the dilapidated late Qing naval division more than 30 years ago, and look at the Republic of China Navy, which now has nearly three fleets, it seems like a dream.

"Standing attentively! Playing music!"

The majestic naval song came from the dock. During the performance of the military band, Yang Qiu, with the first lady and Saudi King Ibn Saudi Arabia, walked into the military port side by side. Today, in addition to escorting the president and his wife to Cairo, a warship delivery ceremony will also be held.

After reviewing the naval officers of both sides, Ibn Saudi Arabia walked towards the two light cruisers in front of the Anhai. These two 4,500-ton Riyadh-class light cruisers were ordered by the Saudi government from the Jiangnan Shipyard in early 1937. The template comes from the Xin'an Jiang-class Berlin cruiser in China, equipped with four dual-unit 120mm/l56 semi-automatic high-level dual-purpose naval guns. Four dual-unit 40mm anti-aircraft guns, a four-unit 550mm torpedo launcher, and can carry 100 mines or deep-water bombs, with a maximum speed of 37 knots. Telephones, centralized fire control, primary sonar, air defense command, etc. that run through the entire ship are very advanced. It can be said that a few subsystems such as radar and sonar are basically in line with the current world level, and of course the cost is also very high.

Ibn Saudi Arabia was very happy and kept thanking Yang Qiu while listening to the officer's introduction. Since forming an alliance with China, he and Saudi Arabia have become Middle Eastern giants. Their status is not much worse than that of the traditional boss Egypt. In order to thank China for its support, and for his naval dream, and for the continuous oil wealth, he ordered four Riyadh-class light patrols and four destroyers in one go. If it weren't for the World War and the unwritten agreement between major powers, he even proposed the idea of ​​buying Anhai and Zhenhai.

Fortunately, this old guy didn't succeed. Otherwise, the 22nd Fleet would have lost two Anhai ships today. Although the two Anhai ships of the First Fleet could no longer be considered battleships, the 305mm naval gun and a speed of up to 33 knots were still sure to deal with the heavy patrol level. After the officers muttered, the delivery ceremony of the two ships finally ended. After seeing off Ibn Saudi Arabia, Yang Qiu and his wife boarded the Anhai battleship, which had been prepared. Although it was not far from Cairo from here, Yang Qiu still chose the battleship. It was not because of safety, but because the battleships were a symbol of national strength in this era. If the four Beijings had to sit in the Yellow Sea, the Shandong class would be delivered as soon as the end of the year, he would not mind taking the world's largest tonnage battleship to the Mediterranean to display it.

With a loud whistle, the Anhai and the escorted Wuhan heavy cruiser were the first to leave the dock. A moment later, the two Riyadh-class light cruisers of the Saudi Navy also shook the cables. According to the agreement between the two countries, the Saudi Navy will automatically join the 22 fleet until the end of the war. However, they will not enter Egypt. They will start training when escorting to the entrance of the canal, and then the 22 fleet and the theater commander will send some tasks according to the situation.

After settling down, Yang Qiu, Gu Weijun and others boarded the naval bridge together. It was different from Japan's weird "Demon-Suppressing Tower" style. The naval style of the Republic of China was more similar to that of Europe. After improvement, the four Anhai-class American islands were replaced with islands similar to Richelieu and Veneto-class styles. "President. Good news! Good news!" As soon as they entered the island, Deng Haogan rushed in excitedly, unable to suppress the excitement. Report: "Yamamoto Izuru took action! Two hours ago, Japan attacked Seychelles! The British Navy's Athletics aircraft carrier was sunk, the Avenger overturned when the beaching of Amilans west of Seychelles. Lamilis was hit and hid in the port of Seychelles and caught fire! There were two heavy patrols and four destroyers sunk..."

The news brought by Deng Haogan instantly ignited the entire fleet. On the afternoon of June 24, Tsukahara Nishiso San led four aircraft carriers, Akagi, Kaga, Aolong and Feilong, and ventured deep into the search for the Indian fleet in Somerville. With only one day of fuel left, he finally caught the fleet in Seychelles that was preparing to continue wandering the East African coast, and sank seven warships including the Avengers aircraft carrier and two heavy patrols. Although the Avenger battleship and Lamilis struggled to resist, they were still not spared. The former was overturned and completely scrapped due to serious water inlet when it was actively stranded. The Lamilis was also seriously damaged. Even if it was dragged back to Britain, it would be impossible to fight for at least one year. At the same time, Tsukahara Nishiso San also launched three air strikes on Seychelles, destroying the British and French naval facilities and a large number of fighters here, and the entire Seychelles turned into ashes.

"Great! We are the only one left in the Indian Ocean!" Zhu Binhou and the officers celebrated each other. Somerville lost an aircraft carrier and two battleships, declaring that Britain could not provide any strength to the Indian Ocean before resolving the SAR! Although Yamamoto Iroku won the bet, it still did not change its ability to deploy in the Indian Ocean for a long time, so it could only continue to rely on the Linga anchorage. That is to say, there are only 22 fleets left in the Indian Ocean now!

"It's a pity. If..." Gu Weijun smacked his lips, looking unsatisfied. Yang Qiu understood his thoughts. If Somerville was not distracted from dealing with the French Navy, perhaps the entire Indian fleet would have to explain it here. So he laughed at this: "Shaokawa has also become greedy. If Somerville is here, I'm afraid Yamamoto Izuru may not have gained anything."

Zhu Binhou interrupted: "The president is right. Somerville has been swimming near Madagascar before leaving. If Whitehall had not sent him half of the fleet to the Mediterranean, he might not have gone to Seychelles. If that were the case, Yamamoto Iroku no matter how powerful it was, he would have to sigh."

"If we look back now, we can definitely destroy Izuru Yamamoto's main force!" Pan Duheng next to him looked fierce, and it seemed that he wanted to gather the fleet to chase Yamamoto immediately. Yang Qiu also made a big fist against this proposal. Izuru Yamamoto must not have much oil, so after blowing up Seychelles, it was worth it, even if half of the 22nd Fleet was sacrificed to eat it. However, this idea was given up after circling around in my mind. China and Britain had not formed an alliance, and Roosevelt did not take action, so there was no need to give this gift to others.

Yang Qiu slowly walked towards the platform outside the bridge, half-squinted his eyes, and suddenly wanted to meet Churchill. "What is his expression now? Jin Bihui's French dinner should be ready. As long as Dallang is not stupid, the two fleets will definitely have a war! If a few more ships are lost...what is the confidence left of the British Empire? To the east of Suez, Chen Shaokuan and Irosaki Yamamoto! The Royal Navy is in a hurry. Will Roosevelt take some ships from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean? If the British Navy suffers a lot, Xiaowang should not give up this.

Is it a chance? Unfortunately, his navy...oh, otherwise it would be so exciting. With a fight between Britain and France, the deadly revenge will be settled! Commanding the Southwest Pacific and actual maritime power in the Indian Ocean... Roosevelt would not be willing to hand over the navy to Chen Shaokuan's big mouth command, right?! Let him continue to hesitate. As long as he stands up and mediates Britain, France, Richelieu, Dunkirk, haha. Darlang should make the right choice. Then hand over the arms ordered by the French government to Charles de Gaulle to strengthen the relationship between Poland and France... The future should be almost the same.

It’s really a great stage to invite Yamamoto to have a drink. Cairo is such a wonderful stage!”

Gu Weijun looked at Yang Qiu who walked out of the cabin, clasped the railings with both hands, and thought to himself. He turned his head and smiled: "Commander Zhu, send a report to the shore and ask them to prepare a plane. I will bring you a few warships back in a few days."

"warship?"

"Yes, warship! Haha..." Gu Weijun laughed out loud.

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In the Portsmouth military port, Churchill, who was about to board the ship and head for Cairo, trembled violently, and his big hand grabbed the railing and was a little dull. After a long time, he looked at Cunningham, who brought the news from Seychelles, and his tone suddenly became very light: "What a bad news."

Looking at Churchill, Cunningham felt a little reluctant, but he still said another news: "The Mediterranean Fleet reported that Darlang's fleet had been mobilized, and the Richelieu had set off for Orland Bay, and some cruisers left Marseille."

Before he could wake up from the Seychelles strike, Churchill was disheartened again: "Has he found out?"

"I don't know, it seems to be a normal transfer. Because we found that there were supply ships and a lot of repair equipment left by Marseille."

"Let's go! No matter what happens, you must accept it peacefully or... destroy him!" Churchill stomped his crutches hard, and in an instant he had been regaining his usual toughness.

Four hours after Seychelles was attacked, four battleships including Hood, George V and an aircraft carrier quietly left Portsmouth in the name of escorting Churchill and disappeared into the night. At the same time, Somerville's Fearless aircraft carrier and two Avenger-class battleships also came from Alexandria. (To be continued)

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