On the pier of Victoria Harbor on Mahe Island, batches of Anjia Army Marine Corps officers and soldiers are boarding the "Yellow Sea" class transport ship one by one.
This class of transport ship has a total length of 210 meters and a displacement of 18,000 tons. It is propelled by four diesel engines on two axes. Its maximum speed can reach 32 knots. When sailing at a speed of 18 knots, its endurance is as high as 10,000 nautical miles. It can carry 1,000 troops and has a huge dock at the rear.
The landing bay can accommodate four "Green Lake" class landing craft and can carry four amphibious combat tanks or eight wheeled armored combat vehicles or two Leopard II tanks. The wide flight deck allows two helicopters to take off and land on the deck at the same time.
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This time, two "Yellow Sea" class transport ships were dispatched to transport a total of four marine battalions of officers and soldiers. With the cooperation of the raid fleet, they will gradually sweep away the field airports built by the Japanese army in the northern island chain of Madagascar, and slowly eliminate the Japanese army's aviation in the area.
advantages.
On the bridge of the battleship "Triumph", Lieutenant General Zhao Lei, commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet aircraft carrier task force of the Anjiajun Navy, was condescending and watched quietly as the crew and logistics personnel on the dock were loading various supplies to the warships of the fleet.
, they loaded fresh meat into the cold storage, rice, flour, soybeans, vegetables and various convenience foods and canned food into the food storage, added fresh water to the water tank, added fuel to the oil tank, and delivered fuel to the magazine.
Cannonballs.
"It's spectacular, isn't it?"
After inspecting the attack fleet, the commander of the theater, Admiral Xia Jian, came behind Zhao Lei and said: "This time you took the initiative to attack. I was sweating... The Japanese army occupies a favorable location and is waiting for work. The aircraft's reconnaissance range is not small. Once it is
Its bite is very dangerous."
Zhao Lei turned around and saw that it was Xia Jian. He quickly saluted, put down his hand and pointed around the battleship. He smiled and said: "This time we went specifically to remove the thorn. How could there be no risk? We have an unprecedentedly powerful killing force.
Qi. This time the Japanese are destined to be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and they will not be able to express their suffering!"
Xia Jian laughed loudly when he heard this. He didn't need to follow the direction of Zhao Lei's finger to know what the fleet's attack was based on.
A week ago, four "Liberation"-class guided missile destroyers and six "Yangtze-class" guided missile destroyers were incorporated into Zhao Lei's fleet. This greatly improved the survival and combat capabilities of the fleet in the Indian Ocean theater. This proactive combat plan almost
It all revolves around these ten battleships.
The "Yangtze-class" guided missile destroyer has already been introduced, so I won't go into details here. The "Liberation"-class guided missile destroyer project was established in early 2001. After one year and three months of design and finalization, the first batch of eight warships was launched in May last year.
It was built and launched in four months. After four months of outfitting and three months of sea trials, the Pacific Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet were each assigned four ships in early April. The commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, Li Haiqing, waved his hand.
The battleship is assigned to an aircraft carrier task force with a specific mission.
The "Liberation" class guided missile destroyer is 158 meters long, 18 meters wide, has a draft of 6 meters, has a full load displacement of 8,500 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, and an endurance of 7,500 nautical miles at 18 knots. Its weapons include a single-barreled 127 mm naval gun and two
40mm anti-aircraft gun, four Oerlikon 20mm cannons. Equipped with two ship-to-air missile launchers, equipped with 24 "Houyi" type Iib ship-to-air missiles, and two sets of vertical launch systems that can launch the latest "Longteng" type I
Cruise missiles, two twin 533mm torpedo launchers and two anti-submarine rocket depth bomb launchers.
Among them, the "Longteng" I-type cruise missile has a maximum range of 500 kilometers and a maximum cruise Mach number of 0.68. The guidance method is a built-in terrain matching guidance-assisted inertial navigation system. It is equipped with a high-energy warhead. The hit accuracy is within ten meters and can target ground facilities.
Perform precise strikes.
Whether it is the "Longteng" I-type cruise missile equipped on the "Liberation"-class guided missile destroyer or the "Falcon" II-type anti-ship missile equipped on the "Yangtze"-class guided missile destroyer, they can carry out precise strikes against maritime targets, especially the "Longteng"
The I-type cruise missile can also attack ground targets. In a sense, with the equipment of guided missile destroyers, the warships that the Japanese are proud of have completely lagged behind the Anjia Navy.
Zhao Lei said with emotion: "With the support of satellites and high-altitude airship radars, we only need to enter the missile range to attack ground targets. At such a distance, Japan's warships and land facilities can only be passively attacked.
, I think they will never understand what kind of blow they have suffered until they die."
Xia Jian said with a smile: "The Japanese naval warfare skills are indeed not outstanding. In the Pacific battlefield, the US Navy, which has the advantage of home field, was retreating steadily. This fully shows that under the same conditions, the Japanese are better at seizing and creating opportunities.
We must not give the Japanese such an opportunity. We must use unequal combat methods to completely destroy the Japanese's fighting courage and make them feel fear from the bottom of their hearts when facing us, whether on land or at sea.
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The French-born Major General Chateauroux, the chief of staff of the task force, also came behind the two men and said with great expectation: "I hope that this time we can draw out the Japanese main fleet and annihilate it in continuous mobile operations.
This will make it much easier for us to land and fight!"
Zhao Lei deeply agreed with this. He looked at the ten guided missile destroyers in the fleet and felt proud for a moment, full of expectations for the next war.
It was approaching noon, Xia Jian had just left, and eight buses brought new combat members to the raiding fleet.
These are 240 trainee officers assigned to the fleet from the Naval Command College, Naval Officer School, Naval Warship Academy and other naval military academies. Generally, naval cadets have practical courses on board ships after entering their second grade.
The fleet that performs combat missions is a place where students flock to. Although they are constantly facing life and death tests, they grow the fastest in such an environment.
Amidst the rapid whistles, the young trainees jumped out of the car nimbly and lined up neatly on the dock. Zhao Lei and his chief of staff personally inspected the energetic team.
The leading instructor, Navy Lieutenant Cheng Jie, who was just 22 years old this year, saluted Zhao Lei and reported the situation of the students.
Zhao Lei delivered a passionate speech: "Young men, welcome to the fleet for internship. Our fleet is a heroic unit in the Anjiajun navy. Since its formation, it has achieved great victories one after another. Next, the next one among you
Everyone will personally participate in it and witness how miracles are created!"
As usual, Major General Chateauroux, Chief of Staff of the Fleet, introduced the general situation of the fleet to all the trainees, welcomed their selection to the fleet for internship, and hoped that they can bring what they have learned to their future studies after returning home.
Go to work and work.
Nowadays, all naval military academies have French instructors. In order to learn the essence of the French, most of the trainees take French as an elective. However, there is no need to communicate in French today because Major General Chateauroux speaks Chinese very well.
, it sounds like there are no obstacles.
The review ceremony ended. The trainees were divided into small teams. Most of them followed the gangway of the warship docked at the dock and boarded their assigned ships with the precise and orderly pace unique to the army. A few people boarded the ferry boat.
, go to the anchorage where the internship unit is located, and board the ship from there.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, as the supplies were completed, the groups of logistics personnel who were busy on the dock gradually dispersed, leaving only the sailors still busy on their respective ships.
By nightfall, one battleship, one aircraft carrier, ten guided-missile destroyers, two carrier ships and two supply ships all completed supply and maintenance work. Then this fleet, which focused on speed and strike efficiency, left Victoria.
port and sailed towards the southern sea.
At this time, throughout the southwest Indian Ocean, sixty-four submarines deployed by the Anjia Army Navy were closely monitoring the situation on the sea.
In the past few years, the Anjiajun Navy has maintained a low profile and developed silently. However, the submarine force has been very active. According to the hydrographic data obtained from the French, submarines have been quietly operating in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, constantly
Geographically survey the waterway, understand the ocean currents and seabed topography data in various areas, and prepare for the final entry into the ocean.
You must know that the sea water hides everything. Even dangerous sea areas lined with reefs are still sparkling on the surface. If a fleet cannot figure out the situation under the sea surface and sail directly to any sea area without hesitation, it is very likely that it is
The ending of the ship crashed and everyone died.
The field airfields on Daros Island, Deroche Island, Poivre Islands, Quitivi Island and other islands that were recently seized and repaired from the Japanese army have all entered a state of combat readiness, with airfields drawn from Mesopotamia and the subcontinent.
Combat aircraft from the Anjia Army Air Force and Naval Aviation Force were stationed one after another, preparing to provide necessary air cover for the expedition fleet.
Zhao Lei commanded the fleet and sailed south at a speed of 18 knots. In order to prevent the Japanese army from detecting the movement of the fleet through radio waves, Zhao Lei strictly ordered the entire fleet to maintain radar control and radio silence, which could only be broken when an abnormal situation occurred or the enemy was encountered.
This silence.
In the warm sea breeze of the southwest Indian Ocean, sixteen ships lined up in two columns. Under the faint starlight, the waves split by the bows of the ships were quickly dispersing to both sides of the fleet. The naval battle flags of the Anjia Army were hung on these
Soon after the ship passed by, the sea returned to calm.
The first target of the fleet is Alphonse Atoll, which is the southernmost island captured by the Anjia Army fleet during its attacks. Work is currently underway to repair the airport. After passing Alphonse Atoll, head towards
Having entered the waters controlled by the Japanese before, fierce fighting may break out at any time.
After dawn the next day, although the fleet had not yet arrived at Alphonse Atoll, the carrier-based aircraft taking off from the "Huashan" aircraft carrier still began to conduct a large sector warning search with a radius of 200 nautical miles centered on the fleet.
You must know that although the five high-altitude airships deployed on this line closely monitor the Japanese army's every move through radar waves, there are inevitably many blind spots for monitoring between airships, and climate conditions also seriously affect the monitoring effect.
Aircraft must be relied upon to compensate.
The first day of the voyage was uneventful and nothing unusual was found along the way.
However, at 9 a.m. the next day, when the fleet successfully crossed the Alphonse Atoll area and headed towards the first strike target in the south, the battleship "Triumph" received feedback from high-altitude radar and detected an unmanned aircraft carrier.
An aircraft equipped with an identification friend or foe system flew over from the southwest, and Zhao Lei immediately ordered the aircraft carrier "Huashan" to dispatch fighter jets to intercept it.
Five minutes later, three F2-B "Golden Eyed Eagle" carrier-based fighter jets took off and successfully shot down the Japanese land-based long-range reconnaissance plane before it could get closer and see the fleet clearly.
Based on this situation, Zhao Lei quickly judged that the reconnaissance plane might have taken off from the field airport built by the Japanese army on Self Island. This was also confirmed by three Japanese pilots who were later rescued by torpedo boats dispatched by the transport ship.
However, the fleet's radio department all monitored the unencrypted radio waves that the Japanese reconnaissance plane sent out before it was shot down when it encountered an Anjia Navy carrier-based fighter. The Japanese must have been more vigilant. In this case, Zhao Lei ordered the fleet to turn to
Sailing northwest, the first attack target was changed to the Aldabra Islands in the west of the entire Japanese island chain system.
The Aldabra Islands are also called Turtle Island. There are tens of thousands of large turtles living on the islands. The turtles growing here are generally up to two meters long and weigh more than 200 kilograms. Some even reach 400 or 500 kilograms, resembling an elephant.
After the Japanese occupied the island, they saw so many turtles and felt like they had found a treasure. They quickly organized their troops to carry out brutal killings and made the turtle meat into cans and dried meat, which was very popular among the Japanese army.
In the past few years, the Japanese have built military camps, field airports and seafood processing plants on the Aldabra Islands. The Aldabra Islands occupy an important position in the entire island chain defense system.
After the raiding fleet went west, the long-range reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by Anjia military carrier-based fighter jets in the northern waters of Self Island. This situation quickly attracted the attention of the Japanese army. They immediately dispatched a large number of reconnaissance aircraft and mobilized submarines deployed in this area.
Intensified reconnaissance, but unfortunately nothing was found.
In the early morning of the third day, the surprise attack fleet arrived more than a hundred nautical miles north of the Aldabra Islands, and then launched an attack on the Japanese army.
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