Karachi was just a small fishing village before it was occupied by the British in 1842. With the British building a dock here in 1854 and a railway in 1861, Karachi has now developed into a city guarding the Indus River Basin.
gateway, and plays an important hub role in transporting cotton, wheat and other crops produced in India to the British mainland.
Such an important strategic communication hub, the British would never give up before the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia. However, now, with the British Far East forces being fully suppressed by the Japanese in the southeast, their Far East fleet has also lost its
The capital to compete with the Japanese Combined Fleet and the existence of Karachi have little practical significance for the British army to get out of the current embarrassing situation. The UK can still support itself in Europe, all because of the strong support of its ally the United States.
Under such circumstances, if abandoning Karachi can be exchanged for greater support from the United States and a batch of advanced fighter jets can be purchased from the Cadet Army to change the unfavorable situation of the British air combat in the Far East, it will still be acceptable to the British.
Although the lease agreement was signed not long ago, the control of Karachi by the Seventh Expeditionary Corps headed by Chen Shichang has actually penetrated into all aspects. Whether it is at sea or on land, the war is far from reaching Karachi, and the predecessor of Karachi is only a civilian building.
It is a cargo transfer terminal, so the British only deployed a weak armed force equivalent to the police force here. How can they prevent the "arrogant and unreasonable" entry of the student army?
The Xuebing Army's transformation of Karachi has so far included four aspects. The first is the transformation and expansion project of the Karachi Cargo Terminal. In Ouyang Yun's initial plan, the Karachi Military Terminal will be able to accommodate more than six large ships at one time.
Berthing at the same time, and at the same time, more than two anchoring areas will be set up not far from the pier. The Xuebing Army has accumulated a certain amount of military dock construction experience in building military ports in Haikou and Dongshan, but it is much weaker than Karachi. In addition
The locals do not trust Xuebingjun, and they lack enough large-scale machinery. They also need to build new cement plants, power plants and other supporting factories and mines, so this project is extremely difficult to carry out. Up to now, it is only based on the original cargo terminal.
The construction of the first pier has been completed, and piling has only been completed for several other piers. Secondly, the construction of land military supporting facilities such as land airports and land military camps as well as living areas. According to Ouyang Yun's vision, Karachi Land Forces
It will include three forces, namely the five-division-sized Marine Corps, the three-division-sized Land Aviation Force, and the one-division-sized Land Guard Force. Naturally, the Marine Corps is to cooperate with the expedition of the Pacific Fleet, and the Guard Force is
Responsible for the defense of the military port. As for the three-division land aviation force, it is to ensure that it has enough air power to protect itself during the voyage of the Pacific Fleet. The construction of land military facilities and troops is not weaker than the expansion of military docks.
However, because the difficulty of the project is relatively low, the progress is much faster. Currently, five barracks have been completed, and the framework of the airport has also been built. Except for the dock expansion and the construction of land military facilities, the other two projects are
One is the shipyard, but the other is the oil storage area. The engineering difficulty of these two projects is no less than the first two. However, because Xuebingjun has accumulated enough experience in this area, it went smoothly and should be able to seize the opportunity.
The first two projects were completed before,
As the war in Southeast Asia gets tighter, Chen Shichang and other senior officers of the Seventh Army feel the heavier burden on their shoulders. The little devils are so crazy that they dare to travel 6,000 kilometers to attack the US Pacific Fleet. Once the Strait of Malacca is opened, there is no guarantee that they will not enter. Attacking Karachi in the Arabian Sea. Although Ouyang Yun's original intention of building an aircraft carrier fleet was to deal with the Japanese combined fleet, there will eventually be a battle between China and Japan on the sea, but it is definitely not now.
What does the Xuebing Army rely on to grow rapidly? Some people may say it is the technology provided by the commander-in-chief, while others say it is the soldiers who dare to fight hard. Chen Shichang has always stayed by Ouyang Yun's side and has almost witnessed the growth of the Xuebing Army. Every moment, I have my own understanding of this. The most important reason why Xuebingjun can grow rapidly is that it has obtained the two treasures of Fujian and Guangdong, so that it has ample time for development.
Time, time, give me another two years, the Pacific Fleet will be able to grow into a war behemoth, Chen Shichang often thinks like this, but he also knows that this is a wishful thinking, worried that the Japanese will come in from the Strait of Malacca, Chen Shichang He did not relax his vigilance in that direction for a moment, and now, when he learned that the commander-in-chief was only one day away from Karachi, he breathed a sigh of relief, felt a light on his shoulders, and his first reaction was to take a deep sleep. Sleep,
In the dock specially opened for the construction of the "Revenge-class" aircraft carrier in the Karachi Shipyard, a huge dark-black hull is lying quietly in the cement-cast dock. The island and the sides of the ship are covered with scaffolding, wearing Workers in blue overalls were busy up and down, hoisting steel plates one by one through the winch, and then with a flash of arc light, the steel plates were welded to the hull and became part of the "Enmity Class".
When the Xuebing Army took over the "Enmity Class", it was almost completed. However, because Ouyang Yun wanted to increase the number of carrier-based aircraft on this aircraft carrier and had other detailed considerations, he made some Renovation is easy to propose but difficult to implement. As the project progressed, various problems emerged. As a result, the "Enmity-class" ship has been unable to complete the final assembly. This has also become a worry for Chen Shichang.
In the construction of large ironclad ships, the role of welders is very important. Although Xuebingjun attaches great importance to cultivating its own welder strength, it has never been able to keep up with the development of the situation. In the end, in order to resolve this contradiction, Ouyang Yun asked a single hero to pass the fourth in Osaka. The black-hearted businessmen in the division wiped out all the Japs with certain technical expertise in the Osaka Fourth Division.
When Chen Shichang came to see Chen Mingsheng, the latter was talking with the British technical director Luo Hanni, who worked in the Royal Navy, and a Japanese section chief.
The section leader's name is Ono Suihao. He was originally a second lieutenant of the 4th Osaka Division. Because he once worked in a Japanese shipyard and had outstanding welding skills, he unfortunately became the target of the cadet army's trap. First, he was tricked by a single man. I went to Haikou, and now I was brought to Karachi by Chen Mingsheng.
"Mingsheng." Chen Shichang walked onto the dock platform and called Chen Mingsheng,
Chen Mingsheng and the other three stopped talking and turned to look at him,
"Good news, the junior officer will arrive in Karachi tomorrow. How are you doing here?" Chen Shichang asked,
Regarding the matter of welcoming the Commander-in-Chief, Chen Shichang, Chen Mingsheng and others had previously discussed and planned to launch a surprise attack on the "Enemy Class" construction project as a salute to the Commander-in-Chief's arrival.
Chen Mingsheng said: "The construction section has caught up. Let's make another surprise attack tonight. We can ask the commander-in-chief to review it tomorrow."
Chen Shichang greeted Lu Hanni and Xiaoye respectively, and responded to Chen Mingsheng: "That's good. Do you have time now? I'm going to have a meeting. Bian Jingdao and the others are already waiting in the conference room."
Chen Mingsheng put the drawings in his hand into his bag, explained to Lu Hanni and Xiaoye, then walked towards Chen Shichang, and walked side by side to the conference room.
Lu Hanni watched them leave and asked Ono: "The junior officer Commander Chen mentioned should be General Ouyang Yun, the commander-in-chief of the Xuebing Army."
Ono nodded,
Lu Hanni blinked her blue eyes and asked with a smile: "Are you afraid of him?"
Ono said "Yes" and said: "We Japanese are all afraid of him. If Japan is finally defeated, I think it will be defeated at the hands of Mr. Ouyang."