There were dark clouds in the sky, and the wind and waves were turbulent on the sea. One wave after another, huge waves set off waves more than ten meters high and rushed towards the distant coastline fiercely.
Four helicopters weighing more than four tons flew close to the sea in a column. They were like dragonflies in the wind, being disturbed by the restless airflow and flying up and down, left and right.
"Pay attention to keeping a distance from the sea and try to get in from the northwest coast before the heavy rain arrives!"
On a helicopter in the middle, Major An Haoyang, the reconnaissance section chief of the Fourth Army Intelligence Division, looked at the rough sea and spoke calmly into the intercom.
"clear!"
Lieutenant Duan Junsheng, the pilot of the IV-A armed helicopter at the front, answered while using all his strength to tighten the control stick of the aircraft and tightly grasping the throttle lever with his right hand.
As they entered the harsh climate of the Palk Strait, Duan Junsheng had already turned off the flight auxiliary equipment and relied entirely on himself and his co-pilot to control the helicopter. Behind them, the pilots on the other three iv-y helicopters also chose the same option.
way of flying.
Compared with the Type III helicopter, the IV helicopter has made a new leap in technology. This is mainly due to the great progress made in engine technology and composite materials. The newly developed fx1942--21 turboshaft engine has 1300k horsepower and strong power.
Composite materials have the characteristics of light weight, high strength, easy to form, fatigue resistance, crash resistance, and difficult to be detected by radar and electromagnetic fields.
Compatibility and other advantages, the use of new composite materials developed by the Materials Research Institute of the Xufu Academy of Sciences can not only reduce weight, but also improve mission, reliability and stealth capabilities. The most obvious performance improvement is the blade life using composite materials.
The service life of straight-II and straight-III all-metal blades has increased from 1,200 hours to the current 3,600 hours, which is almost three times the previous time.
Like the straight III helicopter, the IV helicopter also has four models, the most important of which are the general type and the military type. The IV helicopter adopts a single-engine single-rotor layout with a tail rotor. The tail rotor is installed on the left side of the tail beam.
It is an ordinary all-metal semi-monocoque structure, consisting of two longitudinal beams, several partition frames and metal skin.
Electronic equipment includes all-weather flight instruments, multi-channel high-frequency transceivers, heading, omnidirectional indicators of the relative position of the body and the glideslope, instrument landing indicators, VHF beacon receivers, navigation compasses and all-attitude flight indicators, etc.
Compared with the Z-III, the Z-IV's fuel tank has been rearranged, and the cockpit volume has been increased to 6.8 cubic meters. It can carry fifteen soldiers or six stretchers plus one medical staff or 2,000 kilograms of cargo, not counting the two pilots.
, the payload capacity greatly exceeds that of straight iii.
At present, the direct IV general-purpose IV-Y helicopter has begun to be installed in the Guards cluster and the two major combat clusters in the Myanmar-India theater. After more than three months of continuous testing, it has been proved that this model is effective in supplying and transporting troops.
The performance of command and control, electronic warfare, medical rescue, mine laying, air landing, etc. has been greatly improved compared to the direct III.
The military version of the ZIV is the IV-A armed helicopter. The crew includes a pilot and a co-pilot and gunner. The weapon system is a three-barreled 20mm Vulcan cannon with 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and can fire 16 rockets.
The missile's four-tube rocket nest has one pylon on the left and right, each carrying two missile launchers, each of which carries four Woodpecker I-type missiles.
The "Woodpecker" I-type missile is the first-generation air-to-ground missile developed by the Rocket Research Institute. It has a launch weight of 177 kilograms, a maximum range of 45 kilometers, an effective range of 12 to 16 kilometers, a speed of twice the speed of sound, and a guidance method of tracking guidance.
It uses a passive monopulse radar seeker, a fragmentation-killing warhead, weighs 66 kilograms, and is filled with 25 kilograms of potent explosives. The power unit uses a solid rocket motor, which is mainly used to accurately destroy ground targets, especially radars.
The four helicopters silently passed over the coastline and continued southward along a meandering river. They passed a large lake and a dense forest on the way. When they reached the second large lake, they turned to fly westward and crossed about thirty
After crossing the lake for more than a kilometer, we landed on land again, and finally stopped at the edge of a dense forest.
Major An Haoyang took the map and compared it with the signal fed back by the high-altitude radar on the helicopter's electronic display. He nodded heavily: "This is it, let's land!"
The IV-A armed helicopter continued to be on guard in the air, and the other three IV-Y general-purpose helicopters descended vertically, and finally stopped steadily on the ground. A heavily armed Anjia Army scout emerged from the oblate cabin of the helicopter.
Jumped down, including two communicators carrying military radios.
An Haoyang landed last. He took the microphone of the cockpit radio and briefly explained a few words. Then he came to the middle of the assembled team, called his teammates to his side, took out the map, and whispered: "We just need to wear
Passing through the dense forest with a radius of about five kilometers in front of you, you can reach the edge of Jaffna city. Jaffna is the main military stronghold of the Japanese army in northeastern Ceylon. There are many military facilities of the navy and army. We need to thoroughly understand
The situation of the Japanese army can only open a gap from here.
"During this period, the Air Force carried out reconnaissance on Ceylon. At first, nothing amiss was found. However, after comparing the photos taken over the past few months, the intelligence department found that there were many fewer people on the ground. The originally bustling city and transportation lines
, there were not many pedestrians to be seen at all, and it was suspected that the Japanese troops had already evacuated on a large scale!
"Come, this is where several major Japanese military camps are located. I will assign tasks...
An Haoyang divided the forty-five-person team into eight groups, seven of which were five-person groups each, each responsible for a Japanese camp. He led the team headquarters directly into the military port area in the southwest to investigate
The situation of the Japanese Navy.
Finally, An Haoyang urged: "Everyone, please be careful when you act. If you find that something is wrong, you would rather take a few more detours to ensure that you don't alert the snake. Although everyone here is an elite and has been tempered for thousands of times, we are not afraid of the Japanese."
siege, but we must remember our main mission and not lose the big for the small.”
"yes!"
The officers and soldiers dispersed in groups and dispersed. An Haoyang looked at his watch and said, "Let's go too!"
Perhaps because of the impending storm, the entire city of Jaffna was silent. The team led by An Haoyang walked around the city from the edge of the lake, then followed the coastal road and entered the port. The officers and soldiers were surprised to find that the entire port could not be seen.
When we arrived at a ship and even entered the area marked as a naval base on the map, we did not find a single Japanese soldier stationed there!
Standing on the empty pier, An Haoyang looked around and saw a wave of waves hitting the breakwater in the distance. However, due to the resistance of the breakwater surrounded by crab claws in the port area, the waves on the pier were not big. At this time,
, a thunderbolt suddenly flashed in the sky, and then huge raindrops fell.
An Haoyang took two correspondents and entered the rubbish-strewn four-story building. It was once a British navy building and the Japanese used it without hesitation. Now the building is obviously deserted and the silence is terrifying.
Soldiers who were investigating from all over had gathered around, and except for the sentinels who stayed on guard, the rest of them reported what they had seen to An Haoyang.
"The artillery on the anti-aircraft gun emplacement on the dock are all wood painted with green paint!"
"The barrels of the fortress guns in the port fort are made of oil barrels painted with black paint, so the caliber looks very amazing!"
"The soldiers standing guard at the guard box outside the barracks in the west are scarecrows wearing Japanese uniforms!"
"The cars parked in the parking lot behind are all cleverly placed wooden boxes. Due to some modifications, it looks like rows of cars from a height!"
…
The continuous information made An Haoyang's heart brighter and brighter. After thinking for a while, he immediately asked the communications soldier to turn on the radio and monitor the surrounding radio waves.
As expected, the radio station was very quiet. From medium wave to short wave, all messages were sent from the opposite continent. However, there was no radio wave transmission and reception in and around Jaffna. This was not what a heavily-garrisoned city should have.
Condition.
An Haoyang paced back and forth and said decisively: "Break the radio silence and report the situation here to the group army truthfully! Finally, I would like to add my opinion: The Japanese army used to set up maze formations to cover up the truth about the lack of its troops. This is by no means a sign of
I think it is weak, but the main force has indeed retreated, and due to the lack of personnel, it can only drag on day by day.
"According to various signs, the Japanese army in the Indian Ocean has begun to shrink. We must seize the time to go south, otherwise the cooked duck will most likely fly away!"
…
Half an hour later, Admiral Xia Jian, who had set up the theater headquarters in Madras, which was renamed Jiaozhou City, received a telegram from Lieutenant General Luo Lei, commander of the Fourth Group Army, and immediately ordered an emergency military meeting to be convened. The Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet aircraft carrier
Lieutenant General Zhao Lei, commander of the task force, was invited to attend.
Lieutenant General Yan Yaohuan, deputy commander of the theater, briefly introduced the situation of the telegram. Xia Jian said straight to the point: "Although it is windy and rainy outside, it will eventually clear up after the rain. If the intelligence is true, then there is no need for us to wait until next day."
After the month-long naval review, we will launch a landing campaign! Let’s discuss it!”
Pei Guangrong, Chief of Staff of the Front Army, was transferred from the position of political commissar of the Fourth Group Army. He is very familiar with the officer An Haoyang: "Chief An is a graduate of the Boy Scout Academy, the Special Major of the Xufu Non-commissioned Officer Academy and the Chang'an Military Command Academy. He has a military resume
Very rich and very strategic at the same time, the information he feeds back should be true and credible!
"The Allies are currently engaged in the war in North Africa and have no time to take care of the Indian Ocean. They don't even know that the Japanese army has taken the initiative to escape. If they find that the hard bones that were once difficult to chew have now turned into soft-legged crabs, they will definitely jump out and fight with us for the Indian Ocean.
Benefit!
"Although we have signed relevant agreements with the Free French Movement, the French have promised to lease their colonies in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific to us for a price of 200 million yuan for a period of ninety-nine years, but after all, the Free French Movement still has
It is not the legitimate government of France, and now that De Gaulle has passed the most difficult period and his status in the world is improving day by day, he must be thinking about how to go back on his word!
"Under such circumstances, we waste one more day. These islands with empty defenses are like a bride who has taken off her clothes, just waiting for the groom to go to bed. Whether we can enjoy all the benefits of being a groom depends on us.
Is the action resolute, otherwise we will regret it when the robbers come? Therefore, I think that as soon as the weather clears up, we should immediately launch an operation to seize the island, and the operation must be kept strictly confidential. Even if we occupy the entire island of Ceylon, we will not do it first.
Just make a big announcement and wait until we take down the other islands!"
Major General Pan Che, director of the Political Department, and Colonel Guan Zhonghao, director of the Operations Division, both agreed with the chief of staff's proposal. Colonel Qian Yushang, director of the Intelligence Division, said the most representative words: "In the past six months, other brother troops have been eating meat, but we are the only ones who have eaten meat."
Drinking porridge, if you can’t even drink porridge, then why don’t the brothers die of suffocation?”
Zhao Lei hesitated: "What if the General Staff and the Naval Command oppose our plan?"
Xia Jian was deeply satisfied with his brothers' strong appeal for war. He smiled at Zhao Lei and said, "Don't worry, no one knows the chairman as well as I do. If he knew everything that happened here, he would definitely be more anxious than me. I believe he would agree.
My action plan... Before you come, I have reported the details and my thoughts. We will make a plan now, and we will take action as soon as the order comes...
The generals looked at each other, nodded, and soon started thinking about how to capture Ceylon Island as quickly as possible.