Degu misjudged the ship-managing capabilities of the cadet soldiers led by Qi Minghao. Wavell and Phillips also made this mistake. When Qi Minghao insisted that the cadet soldiers alone control the seven large ships participating in the Far East Fleet operation,
, was unanimously opposed by the two people. Priffith's attitude at the time was no different from Degu's before. Of course, because he was here to help after all, his words were much more tactful: "The control of a large warship is not
Such an easy thing. Well, in order not to delay the rescue operation, I will give you three days to try it out!"
Exactly three days later, the "Richelieu" was sailed out of the military port by Qi Minghao and others. Phillips learned the news a little later, and the British were dumbfounded at the time. The reason why Wavell and Phillips did not let the Chinese
There are other reasons for controlling the seven large warships of the Far East Fleet - after experiencing Ouyang Yun's domineering and "shameless" in Bangkok, Wavell was worried that the Chinese would seize the Far East Fleet if the rescue operation failed, so he took precautions
Thinking of danger before it happens, he decided to keep these large ships under his own control no matter what.
When he received Phillips' report, he was even more shocked. He blurted out and asked Phillips if he was blinded - "How is it possible? The Xuebing Army, the Xuebing Army is just the country's warlord armed force - too, too incredible
"It's..." It was a bit messy, and Wavell seemed a bit incoherent.
It was not only the senior British and French navies such as Degou and Phillips who were shocked, but the British and French naval officers and soldiers under their command were also shocked. The level of thinking about the problem was different. The lower-level officers and soldiers had simpler ideas. They originally wanted to look at the Chinese people.
Qi Minghao and his crew were treated with a joking attitude, but now that they saw that they had actually launched the "Richelieu" battleship, everyone was dumbfounded and at the same time only left in shock.
After the "Richelieu" came the "Richelieu", then two heavy cruisers, and then three frigates - the seven warships left the dock one after another, and after going around in a circle, they returned again. When night fell,
When the last returning frigate blew its whistle loudly before berthing, the officers and soldiers of the Royal British Navy who were waiting eagerly on the decks of many ships of the Z fleet were finally completely impressed.
July 2nd, Wednesday, cloudy.
At around eight o'clock in the morning, in the Japanese Army Headquarters in Singapore, Koizumi Minichiro had just sat down in his office. His newly appointed adjutant, a major named Hatono Shaotoshi, hurriedly walked in holding a telegram. "Your Excellency,
Yashiro Yukichi sent a telegram, and the British army bombed our Mawlamyine frontline position again," he said, presenting a telegram to Koizumi.
Koizumi glanced at it and frowned: "Today is cloudy, and there are strong winds above level 4, which is not suitable for aviation operations - are the British crazy?"
"Your Excellency, Yashiro will once again request the aviation force for tactical guidance. What do you think?"
Although Yamamoto Isoroku emphasized that there were no rigid military targets when he left, Koizumi had this idea out of some considerations, so he has frequently mobilized troops during this period. His biggest move is
More than 100,000 Indonesian National Independence Army troops were mobilized to move towards Mawlamyine.
A large number of Japanese retinue troops gathered in Mawlamyine. Wavell felt that the Japanese army would launch a major attack in the near future. In addition, he originally had the idea of containing the Japanese aviation forces in Singapore to increase the safety factor of the rescue operation. Since the last time,
Frequent fighter planes were dispatched to bomb the Japanese positions in Moulmein on March 29, and today is the fourth day of air raids.
Compared with the crumbling infantry, the British's air force combat capabilities are much stronger. Of course, given the quality of the Japanese soldiers, it would be unrealistic for Wavell to defeat their will with this level of air force alone. Wavell
He must have seen this, so he set the target of the air strike to be those Indonesian natives.
Facts have proved that Wavell's choice was correct. No, the air raid only lasted three days. Not a few Indonesians were killed, but no less than 20,000 Indonesians were hacked away. So I originally wanted to repay Koizumi for his kindness.
And Yashiro Yukichi, who was engaged in a big fight, had to send messages frequently to request the aviation force for tactical guidance——
With the experience of that time and space, Koizumi was a staunch supporter of the policy of "using barbarians to control barbarians." He ingeniously released the Second and Third Marine Corps on leave, but transferred nearly 100,000 Indonesian National Independence Army, which had only formed combat strength, to the front line.
The purpose is to achieve the maximum goal at the minimum cost. Unfortunately, the performance of the Indonesians is too disappointing, at least for now, it cannot be compared with the North Korean puppet troops fighting in the country and the national puppet troops acting as guards in North Korea.
This was not too surprising. Koizumi lightly knocked on the table with his right hand, raised his eyebrows and told Hatano Shaomin: "Answer Colonel Yamabe's call for me."
"Hai!"
The call was quickly connected. Koizumi took the phone from Hatano and said, "Yamabe-kun? I'm Koizumi Minichiro."
"This is a humble position. Sir, what are your orders?"
"How is the training of the Zero Group? Are you satisfied with its performance?"
"Satisfied, quite satisfied. Your Excellency, as far as I know, compared with the Baiji Dolphin of the Xuebing Army, except for the slight lack of armor protection, the Zero's other performances are similar, and its flexibility is better than that of the Baiji Dolphin. Your Excellency, I am now
I am very much looking forward to the battle with the Academy Air Force," Yamabekawa said repeatedly.
"In order to ensure sufficient flexibility, a certain amount of armor protection must be sacrificed. Yamabe-kun, I want to give you a task now!"
"Your Excellency, please give me the order."
"The British air force is attacking our Moulmein frontline positions unscrupulously. Your Kisarazu Air Wing immediately transferred to fight. Yamabe-kun, I look forward to your success!"
"Your Excellency, please wait and see. With Zero War, the British are no match for us at all."
Yamabekawa Sankey came to prominence in the "Hainan Strategy", and since then he has received great attention from Yamamoto and Koizumi. Some time ago, the commander of the Kisarazu Air Force committed suicide for the murder of Zhou Fohai, so Yamamoto promoted him. Yamabe was promoted.
Commander Kisarazu Air Force soon accepted the command of a group of Hainan Airlines Zero Fighters. During this period, he devoted most of his energy to the training of the Zero Group, which is why Koizumi asked that question just now.
At around ten o'clock, Yamabe personally piloted a Zero Fighter No. 0003 and led a total of fifty-nine fighters of the Kisarazu Air Force to fly northwest. As these sixty fighters flew away from Singapore, Singapore at this time
In this area, the only remaining Japanese expeditionary fleets were dozens of fighter planes carried by the aircraft carriers Hōsho and Ryūjō.