If you can't penetrate and get close during the day, you can only do it at night. In the underwater world, there is not much difference between day and night. After evacuating the designated sea area and dormant for half the day, Sumu Haisheng issued an attack order again
.This time, two combat groups were ordered to attack.
Sumu imagined that even conventional fighters such as fighter jets and bombers would find it difficult to perform night missions, so it would be even more difficult for helicopters with relatively simple size and functions to fly at night. "Let the night be our friendly force," said the order
When giving the order, he said this to the leaders of the two combat groups. But he forgot that the art of war, the right time, the right place, and the right people are always on the side of the landlord. Moreover, he only understood that the helicopter was a specific "Nani"
Damn it, how dare you say that helicopters cannot be used for night operations?
The top officer of the Xuebing Army in Karachi is Bai Liusu. This weak woman, who is only twenty-five years old, has now held the rank of general and has five divisions of 60,000 marines under her direct command.
, and counting the remaining troops of the Pacific Fleet currently under her command and other base personnel, the number of soldiers under her command has exceeded 100,000. At noon, she received a report and learned that the anti-submarine force was 150 kilometers away from the base.
A Japanese Min-02 submarine was discovered and sunk in the sea area of 1,000 meters. Combined with the intelligence sent back by Li Lanwang, it was inferred that Koizumi Minichiro wanted to use the submarine force to raid Karachi, and immediately summoned several unit leaders at the base.
Have a meeting.
The Karachi base currently has a total of four departments. In addition to the Pacific Fleet, there are also the Marine Corps India Command, the Base Security Command and the Karachi Industrial Management Committee. Following the Pacific Fleet, Chen Shichang led the army to fight abroad, and later Chen Ce
Responsible for the daily affairs of the fleet; at the Marine Corps Command in India, Bai Liusu is responsible for the daily training of the troops and is actually responsible for the external security tasks of the base; at the Base Security Command, Liu Dakai serves as the commander and is now actually responsible for the internal security of Karachi
; Karachi Industrial Management Committee, with Ju Taiping as chairman, is responsible for managing various factories run by Xuebingjun in Karachi.
Bai Liusu first informed everyone of the battle report that was sent back not long ago, and then gave his own analysis, saying: "The Min-02 submarine itself is not terrible, but the fifty special attack aircraft it carries are quite destructive. Therefore,
We must take appropriate precautions..."
After some discussion, everyone finally decided to raise the air defense alert level of the base to the highest "red" level from today on, and implement light control at night. Unless necessary, docks, factories and military stations are not allowed to turn on lights at night.
Enterprises such as oil refineries and steel mills that have open flames spilling out of their production processes must also suspend production at night. At the same time, the base security headquarters is ordered to strengthen anti-espionage and anti-infiltration efforts to never give the Japanese an opportunity.
During the discussion, Liu Dakai suggested that he should telegraph Chen Shichang and ask him to send a certain number of ships to return reinforcements. This suggestion was rejected by Chen Ce and Bai Liusu. Chen Ce was considering the overall situation and believed that the navy on duty was surrounding Australia and was waiting for an opportunity for a decisive battle.
, any act of diverting frontline troops is unwise. Bai Liusu, on the other hand, was confident. She pointed out that the reconnaissance planes of the land-based naval aviation forces did not detect the Japanese aircraft carrier during long-distance patrols during the day. Therefore, with the existing air defense capabilities of the base,
It will definitely not be a problem to withstand this wave of Japanese submarine attacks.
Karachi is close to the east and can easily obtain oil from the east. Therefore, after Ouyang Yun successfully captured Karachi, he built various factories here. To this day, take the oil refinery as an example, Karachi produces
The fuel is enough to support the daily training and combat needs of the Pacific Fleet. This also makes the security work of the base difficult. The refinery, especially the oil tanks, really cannot withstand the ravages of war. So, even so, even so,
Doing so would reduce the refinery's production capacity by half, but Bai Liusu and the others still decided to implement it.
The air defense alert level has been raised to the highest "red" level, which means that all air defense equipment in the base, including land-based naval aviation units, will be on 24-hour alert. At the same time, all warships on the dock will be pulled to the base dock.
A cordon was set up in the sea area 150 kilometers away, including a newly repaired Nissan aircraft carrier.
In the Battle of the Timor Sea, the Pacific Fleet captured a total of three Japanese aircraft carriers. Of these three aircraft carriers, except for one Shokaku-class aircraft carrier that was directly bombed and sunk because it had lost its repair value, the other two were towed back together with other captured Japanese ships.
Karachi. Of the two aircraft carriers that were towed back to Karachi, one only had its flight deck blown up, so it required extensive repairs. Now it has been repaired and put into active service. This aircraft carrier, named Zhou Shizong, is now in service.
In addition, the Ming Taizu, which did not follow the expedition of the Pacific Fleet, also joined the alert fleet. As a result, the total number of ships dispatched by Karachi exceeded 30, and the number of fighter planes exceeded 200. Its anti-submarine capabilities can be regarded as a large fleet.
Level.
Sumu Haisheng didn't know this, let alone that helicopters were as sharp as anti-submarine warfare at night, so the two combat teams he sent were like six sheep breaking into a pride of lions, and the outcome was not difficult to imagine.
When the two battle groups attacked, Sumu ordered the submarine to maintain a certain height so that it could receive the telecommunications signals sent back by the two groups. In fact, after leaving the battle group, the six Min-02s seemed to have left the world.
It seemed like it had disappeared, and no more messages were sent back.
Sumu waited all night, but did not receive any feedback from the front. He had already realized that the situation was not good, but he was still lucky. After waiting for another day and night, he confirmed that the two combat teams sent out had failed.
, the little devil no longer dared to make decisions without permission, so he called Koizumi Toshiichiro to report the situation and ask for instructions on the next step of action.
Tachibana Jiro's team was ordered to wait for an opportunity to ambush the Gakushu Pacific Fleet's return fleet. They were operating in the sea area 2,500 kilometers away from Karachi. Normally, there was no need to worry about being actively attacked by the Gakushu Pacific Fleet. But sometimes
It was such a coincidence that a supply fleet imitating the Pacific Fleet happened to be transporting supplies from Karachi. As a result, a combat group sent by the Tachibana Squadron to Somalia encountered it and was caught off guard and sank two ships.
The supply fleet of the Pacific Fleet also used helicopters for anti-submarine warfare, but the Japanese army could not adapt to this novel anti-submarine method at all. Therefore, they were often attacked when they thought they were safe, and then they were always in a passive position of being beaten, even flying fifty
There is no chance for special attack aircraft.
The battle reports of the two teams were collected by Koizumi Minichiro. The kid realized that continuing to act according to the original plan would only bring humiliation to himself, but he was unwilling to give up just now. In vain, the military power of the Xuebing Army was increased, so he ordered Suki and Tachibana