Chapter 456: The Crisis of the South China Sea Fleet
The fact that the Battle of Malan can be fought as it is now has exceeded the expectations of the Supreme Command. It is certainly worthy of continued "investment". The South China Sea Fleet's expedition to the Gulf of Thailand was originally to support the Third Expeditionary Army, so it was temporarily assigned to the Third Expeditionary Army. The command was justified, and in the eyes of Gu Zhutong and Sun Liren, with the South China Sea Fleet supporting Zhang Lingfu from the sea, the tension in Gan Bang would definitely be alleviated.
Why did Xu Kai delay joining the Malan battlefield after he led the South China Sea Fleet to arrive in Singapore's offshore waters, but only wandered around the periphery to do some "stealing" things? The reason was that Xu Kai wanted to first destroy the water gate arranged by the Japanese in the Gulf of Thailand. aircraft carrier fleet.
The South China Sea Fleet has the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier fleet and two mixed fleets. In terms of quantity alone, it is better than Japan's remaining navy in the Gulf of Thailand. However, because the Watergate aircraft carrier is a newly built aircraft carrier after Koizumi Minichiro arrived in Singapore, it is more powerful. Modern aircraft carriers are superior to the escort aircraft carrier Spring and Autumn in both displacement and comprehensive combat capabilities. For the sake of insurance, Xu Kai wanted to mobilize the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet and start operations in deep sea waters that are more suitable for submarine operations.
However, I don’t know if they are aware of this or for other purposes. No matter how much the South China Sea Fleet does, the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet is firmly rooted in the waters east of Diaomen Island and does not move at all. In this way, because of the fear of Diaomen Island The Japanese army had a strong coastal defense force, so Xu Kai could only continue to play fishing games with the Japanese patiently.
After the initial sneak attack on the Japanese army in Kam Bang, the South China Sea Fleet left the Gulf of Thailand. Now, under the orders of Gu Zhutong and Sun Liren, Xu Kai knew that he could no longer continue "fishing", so he could only bite the bullet and decided to fight with the Watergate The aircraft carrier fleet engages in a head-to-head decisive battle.
Xu Kai was ready for a decisive battle with the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet. However, because the Watergate aircraft carrier was the only remaining Japanese aircraft carrier in Southeast Asia, Koizumi Minichiro did not want to put it in danger, so Xu Kai Kai and his gang's indiscriminate bombing of Singapore not only failed to lure the USS Minato aircraft carrier fleet, but instead lured over fifty special attack aircraft units of the Yamato Soul Listening Team.
Xu Kai decided to lead his troops to bomb Singapore in a last-ditch effort to fish out the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet from the waters of Diaomen Island. Although this violated the orders of Gu Zhutong and Sun Liren, this was done because Singapore was of great significance to the Japanese army in Southeast Asia. It seemed that the purpose of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao could be achieved, so after discussing with Sun Liren, Gu Zhutong decided to give Xu Kai a day, "After one day, if the Japanese are not fooled, please move westward immediately."
The South China Sea Fleet's indiscriminate bombing of Singapore naturally angered Koizumi Toshiichiro even more, and at the same time, it also exposed himself to the sight of Japan's Yamato Soul Standing Team.
At half past eight that morning, Hatoyama Funaki personally assembled the troops, then divided his new fifty special attack aircraft force into five groups, and decided to implement unlimited special attack tactics against the South China Sea Fleet.
What is completely different from that era is that, stimulated by the rapid development of China's military technology, the military technology of other countries in the world has also begun to advance by leaps and bounds. Compared with China, although Japan has few breakthrough technologies, after all, it has Koizumi. The time traveler is in charge, so he can also give out surprises from time to time (at least he gave the Americans a lot of surprises), such as the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft and the new Fifty Special Attack Aircraft. Compared with the previous Fifty Special Attack Aircraft, the new Fifty Special Attack Aircraft Not only has the speed been improved, but a 30mm rapid-fire cannon has also been loaded. The addition of the rapid-fire cannon not only makes the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft no longer a single one-time consumption weapon, but more importantly, changes its use. It needs to be widespread, such as conducting interceptions or raids on the ground.
The reason why Hatoyama Fleet has the ability to launch the so-called unlimited special attack tactics against the South China Sea Fleet also depends on the newly equipped rapid-fire cannon. In Hatoyama Fleet's vision, because the South China Sea Fleet lacks heavy anti-aircraft weapons, its counterattack will be five The capabilities of the Ten Special Attack Planes are close to zero. In this way, the Fifty Special Attack Planes can take advantage of their fast speed and solid defense to launch continuous attacks on the South China Sea Fleet using rapid-fire cannons. As long as the Chinese officers and soldiers on the ships can be After the massacre, the Nanhai Fleet will become an empty shell force. At that time, if conditions permit, the Yamato Soul Team will even be able to hand over a glorious report card of capturing a China fleet.
At nine twenty-five, on the South China Sea Fleet's flagship Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier, Xu Kai was frowning and staring at the chart in front of him and asking himself why the little devil hadn't been fooled yet. Suddenly, the radar soldier on the side shouted and reported loudly: " From the main building, a large number of Japanese fighter planes were found due west, only about 30 kilometers away from the combat airspace of our aviation force."
As an escort-class aircraft carrier, the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier can only carry fifteen aircraft. Three of these fifteen fighters are seaplanes, so its real combat power is only twelve. Twelve Baijis have been modified into The multi-purpose fighter jets will definitely not be a problem against the Japanese aviation forces in large groups, but once the number of Japanese aircraft exceeds a certain number, then the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier will have no choice but to retreat or rely on escort ships to concentrate air defense. Why didn't Xu Kai dispatch it before? The Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier was worried about being captured by the Japanese army by concentrating its air power. The reason why he dispatched the Spring and Autumn aircraft carrier's air force to bomb Singapore today was actually a desperate attempt to lure out the Watergate aircraft carrier fleet. Now it seems that he succeeded in angering the Japanese by doing so, but it only attracted more cruel enemies.
"Ask Brother Xiao and the others to retreat immediately, notify all ships, and immediately escort the Chunqiu to retreat towards Vietnam." Xu Kai was very decisive. He knew that the South China Sea Fleet was no match for the large-scale Japanese aviation force, so he immediately ordered the retreat towards Vietnam. , then he called Sun Liren to ask for support.
Regarding Xu Kai's fishing plan, Sun Liren originally disagreed because he was worried about the war situation in Ganbang. When he received Xu Kai's telegram asking for help, he immediately became furious. He took the telegram and said to Gu Zhutong: "Look, look. Look, instead of helping, they reached out to us. In this situation, do we have extra aviation units to support them?"
Gu Zhutong was also very annoyed. The Japanese army had maintained high-frequency air strikes during this period in order to prevent the Third Expeditionary Army from sending troops to the unknown position again. Although this behavior of the Japanese army did not change the outcome of the Unnamed Battle, direction, but it has firmly restrained the Chinese aviation force. Therefore, under the current circumstances, not to mention that the Third Expeditionary Army has no spare aviation forces available, even if they do, they dare not use them in other directions. Otherwise, Zhang Lingfu It won’t be that difficult in Gambang.