Since Su Zhizhen placed these Japanese soldiers who were not afraid of death in the most dangerous places in every battle, although the Japanese soldiers gained a reputation as a strong army, they also suffered heavy losses. The first batch of 200,000 Japanese soldiers had been killed and injured.
Nearly 120,000 people were disabled, but the disabled veterans and the families of the fallen soldiers who were sent home received generous disability and pension benefits. This gave hope to the Japanese people who were still struggling with hunger.
The enthusiasm for signing up to join the army is even higher.
What Fang Xiaoyu wanted was this effect. He was happy to use all means to weaken this nation, which was good at sneak attacks and had a feud with the Chinese. Therefore, he also further relaxed the limit on the number of Japanese soldiers. After the new
After a batch of replenishment, the Japanese soldiers in Su Zhizhen's hands were close to 500,000, accounting for almost half of the servant army.
These Japanese soldiers were all drawn from domestic captive laborers. For this reason, Fang Xiaoyu was complained a lot by the heads of major financial groups. Later, Fang Xiaoyu also said that he would fill this gap with prisoners of war from other countries as soon as possible.
The Japanese soldiers launched a large-scale charge on the dangerous battlefield, and Su Zhizhen was not too unkind. The Chinese Army's tank troops covered the infantry and followed closely behind the Japanese soldiers, providing them with fire support. If it was
On the Western Continent, such a group charge of Japanese soldiers would definitely be wiped out by the Allied troops equipped with a large number of machine guns. However, on the battlefield of the Southern Subcontinent, the Allied soldiers lacked ammunition and could not stop the fierce offensive of the Japanese soldiers and the Chinese army.
The defense quickly collapsed.
The Chinese army relied on the bravery of the Japanese soldiers and the absolute advantage of the speed of the chariot troops to quickly attack the Allied defense lines. The Allied forces were caught off guard, many defense lines were breached, and many troops were surrounded. After withstanding heavy artillery fire, many of the soldiers surrendered.
were captured in large numbers.
The Chinese army was unstoppable and soon occupied the Alexandra area and the Tunisia area, forcing the remnants of the Allied Mediterranean Fleet anchored in the Tunis port to retreat. For safety, they retreated to the port of Ceuta near the Strait of Gibraltar. The strength of the maritime power
The vacancies and the shortage of air force aircraft have turned the entire Mediterranean into the back garden of the Chinese Navy.
While attacking westward, Su Zhizhen also sent ten troops, plus the Saint Martin Empire's servant army to develop southward along the Nile River. With the cooperation of the Southern Ocean Fleet, this army also made rapid progress and soon penetrated deep into the south.
The subcontinent was more than 400 kilometers long, and in one fell swoop, they captured Addis Ababa, the important colonial stronghold of the Saar Empire in the eastern part of the southern subcontinent, and controlled a large area in the east.
Seeing the rapid progress of the Chinese Empire, the Boston Empire became anxious. On July 10, the Boston Empire used the Saar Empire submarine to sink the Boston Merchant Ship as an excuse to join the Allied Powers and declare war on the Allies. At the same time, some warships of its Tempest Ocean Fleet secretly pulled out
The anchor set sail, covering the transport ship carrying a large number of army soldiers as it headed towards the southern subcontinent.
The Boston Empire joined the Allied Powers in the war, shattering the last hope of the Allied Powers. In order to save the defeat, the Allied Powers concentrated their forces and began a crazy counterattack on the Western Continent battlefield, and also sent fleets to attack the Boston Empire.
"General, we have discovered a fleet, and the flag is that of the Boston Empire." The sailor reported loudly.
"What? The Boston fleet actually arrived here." Lieutenant General Betty was extremely surprised.
Originally, the Thrall fleet led by Lieutenant General Betty set sail with a secret mission, which was to attack the east coast of the Boston Empire. However, in order to maintain concealment, Lieutenant General Betty did not choose to sail directly to the Boston Empire, but sailed south, intending to reach the port of Guinea.
After replenishing, turn west to avoid the Boston Empire's warning patrol ships on the front. Lieutenant General Betty never expected that he would encounter the Boston expedition fleet here.
Both warships had no radars and were equipped with telescopes, so when the Saar Imperial Fleet discovered the Boston fleet, the other side also discovered them. When the lookout reported the same discovery to the commander of the Boston Expeditionary Fleet, Lieutenant General Dewey, he was also in his heart
Screaming secretly.
Originally, the Boston Imperial Government was jealous when it saw the Chinese Empire occupying colonies in the southern subcontinent, so it sent its own escort transport ship to seize the territory. Unexpectedly, it was discovered before it reached its destination, and it had such a big body.
The fleet was stationed here, obviously waiting to ambush him.
As the saying goes, it is a taboo for a soldier to be timid when encountering an enemy. Lieutenant General Dewey's first awareness was that he had been ambushed, and he was inevitably a little panicked. Since he had placed himself in the position of being attacked, the best way to deal with it was to retreat first.
Wait until you find out the number of the opponent's fleet before deciding whether to fight.
Although Dewey wanted to order a retreat now, he had no choice but to do so. If the fleet retreated, the slow transport ship and the large number of army officers and soldiers on it would inevitably be destroyed, so he could only bite the bullet and accept the challenge.
Seeing the opponent's large number of transport ships retreating and the warships approaching, Betty immediately understood that this was an encounter. It seemed that he had accidentally encountered a fleet preparing to attack his own colony. He would not miss such a good thing.
The Thrall navy immediately formed a formation and rushed forward.
There are not many warships in the Saar Navy, but they are all new models. In addition to the four latest 'Dreadnought' class Chinese ships, there are also six cruisers and fifteen destroyers, while the main warships of the Boston Empire are all placed in the East
Ocean defense against the Chinese Empire cannot be mobilized at the moment. The warships here only have six "Pennsylvania" class Chinese ships and eight "Orlando" class cruisers. Although they have the advantage in numbers, their ships are older and their combat effectiveness is not very strong.
After several years of fighting, the Thrall Navy with rich combat experience clearly had an advantage. They immediately began to accelerate to seize the "T" position. Seeing the opponent's posture, Vice Admiral Dewey also ordered the fleet to turn immediately. Facing the encounter, Boston
The navy was obviously in a panic. Because their ships were older and turned slowly, they could not keep up with the speed of the Saar navy.
Relying on their own speed advantage, the four 'Dreadnought' class battleships of the Saar Navy completed the turn first, and each warship's eight 356mm main guns were aimed at the 'Pennsylvania' class battleship that was still turning.
"Fire." Following Lieutenant General Betty's order, all the main guns started firing. Since the Boston Navy had not completed the turn, it was the time when the warship slowed down, and the distance was not too far, so the Saar Navy
The first round of shelling achieved results.
The battleship USS Ticongardro was first penetrated by a huge 356 mm shell from the waterline armor. The shell passed through four watertight compartments and exploded in the boiler room. Two boilers
It was detonated, and the overflowing high-pressure steam instantly steamed all the engine soldiers.
Due to the overflowing steam, it was impossible to enter the engine room of the 'Ticongadro'. The radiating steam caused the temperature here to continue to rise. Explosions occurred one after another, damaging important transmission shafts. The warship was suddenly lost.
gained motivation.
The stopped warship became a target in the eyes of the Thrall Navy. After two rounds of shooting, the riddled 'Ticongadro' was completely sunk. Although the 'Ticongadro' was hit
It sank, but its sacrifice was not meaningless. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the other five Pennsylvania-class battleships finally completed their turn, and their numerous 305mm main guns were aimed at the four battleships of the Saar Navy.
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The tactics of the Saar Navy were much more flexible than those of the Boston Navy. Seeing the opponent complete the turn, Vice Admiral Betty immediately ordered the destroyer to attack the opponent's battleship at high speed, trying to get close and then launch torpedoes.
The Boston Navy's cruiser was entangled by the Saar Navy cruiser that attacked from the side and was unable to escape for a while. Seeing the opponent's destroyer rushing up, the Boston Navy's gunners were a little confused. They didn't know that they should concentrate their fire on the opponent's battleship first.
team, or attack these rapidly approaching destroyers.
Seeing that there was some confusion in his own fleet, Dewey immediately ordered: "The main guns continue to attack the battleships, and the rapid-fire guns focus on attacking the destroyers. They cannot be allowed to get close."
Dewey, who had carefully studied the tactics of various naval battles in this world war, was very clear about the capabilities of destroyers, so he issued such an order. After receiving the order, the gunners immediately began to lower the muzzles and use the rapid-fire cannons on the sides.
Suppress the destroyer, while the main gun continues to attack the opponent's battleship.
Although Dewey issued a seemingly ideal and satisfactory order, he forgot one thing. The recoil of the battleship's main gun, especially the salvo of the main gun, was very large.
For a battleship with twelve main guns like the Pennsylvania-class battleship, each broadside salvo will cause the hull to move several meters, and will also cause the concussive waves to rush onto the deck. All these effects will make the rapid-fire cannon
The hit rate is greatly reduced.
The destroyers that had an opportunity withstood the opponent's intensive artillery fire. After losing three destroyers, they arrived 600 meters away from the Boston Empire's main fleet. This place was already within the effective range of the white-headed torpedoes used by the Saar Empire.
, the Saar destroyer group immediately launched its own torpedoes.
The dense torpedo traces were like a large intertwined net, rushing towards Boston's main fleet. The Boston sailors, who did not have much combat experience, panicked. The helmsman, under the command of the captain, panicked to avoid the torpedoes, and the entire formation was suddenly hit.
Messy.
Seeing that the opponent was so panicked that he no longer bothered to fire the main gun, Lieutenant General Betty immediately seized the opportunity and ordered the battleship to fire violently. Soon the Michigan was also hit by two shells, and the two main gun turrets at the front of the hull were also hit.
Flying into the sky, the fire spread across the entire deck. The sailors quickly launched fire-fighting operations, but the fire quickly spread to the ammunition depot.