Under the blue sea and blue sky, on the 90-degree east longitude route of the Indian Ocean, a huge transport fleet is heading south.
It is now the end of October. After continuous transportation, this is the last fleet to transport China's expeditionary force to the Southwest Pacific theater.
Over a period of more than three months, nearly two million troops were sent to Tasmania and New Zealand, took over the defense from the US military, and established headquarters and former enemy headquarters to prepare for Anjia.
With the cooperation of the army and navy fleet, a landing operation was launched on the Australian mainland.
MacArthur broke his promise to the Filipinos "I will come back" and sadly led the army and navy in the Pacific theater via the Indian Ocean-Atlantic route to Casablanca in northwest Africa. After a short rest there, some of them would return home to fight against the Japanese.
The other part joined the European battlefield and opened up the second battlefield against Germany.
In the United States, after more than three months of fighting, the U.S. military in the south finally stubbornly followed the U.S.-Mexico border to the west coast and captured the port of San Diego and Tijuana in northwestern Mexico after paying nearly half a million sacrifices.
In cities such as Cali, the U.S. military is currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese troops from Los Angeles to San Bernardino.
According to the instructions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. and Chinese troops who have been resting for three months in places such as Fort Wayne and San Antonio will be dispatched to the west coast in early November. Together with the U.S. troops withdrawing from the Pacific, they will move north along the coastline to outflank the Japanese army.
retreat.
The Japanese army in North America keenly discovered the intentions of the Americans. They assembled heavy troops in southern California, deployed layers of defenses, and resisted at all costs. At the same time, they accelerated the dismantling of factories in the American Midwest and the transshipment of looted precious metals, banknotes, and other valuables.
The speed of valuing securities.
Twenty nautical miles east of the transport fleet that stretches for dozens of nautical miles, the Anjiajun Navy's First Task Force is heading south in a battle formation. The fleet's air and sea search radars are fully activated, and more than 40 air defense fighters are hovering over the fleet.
, always be alert to the invasion of Japanese fleets from Sumatra, Java and the east coast of Australia.
In order to ensure the safety of this route, the Pacific Fleet worked piecemeal. It took a full year to bring the Nicobar Islands and Cocos Islands under control, built military airports on them, and destroyed the Japanese army's attack on Simo in western Sumatra.
Field airports were established on Lu Island, Nias Island, Mentawai Islands, Sipula Island, North Bagay Island and other islands, and small patrol fleets were dispatched in the waters near these islands to guard against the return of the Japanese army.
At 9:15 in the morning, in the Gulf of Carpentaria east of the Cocos Islands, an S3-h reconnaissance aircraft that had just completed a reconnaissance mission was returning.
Due to the replacement of a larger horsepower engine, the S3 reconnaissance aircraft has a greater range after loading the auxiliary fuel tank. At the same time, the speed and performance have also made a huge leap. Among them, the H type has been designed for harsh environments such as moisture and salt.
Modified specifically for use by naval aviation reconnaissance units.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, this land-based reconnaissance aircraft numbered 6059 departed from the West Island Field Airport in the Cocos Islands. It first flew to the western waters of the Sunda Strait to monitor whether there were any Japanese warships. Then it flew along the sea off Java Island and flew over
Over Christmas Island, it turns south in the western waters of Sumba Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, flies southwest from the Champagne Islands, and returns to the northwest corner of Australia, a total distance of 3,500 kilometers.
Since no abnormalities were found along the way, the second lieutenant pilot and observers relaxed at this time. They had been deployed in the Cocos Islands for two months, and the continuous routine reconnaissance made them lose the novelty of their first reconnaissance mission.
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Seeing the monotonous colors of the sea and the sky for a long time can easily make people tired. The second lieutenant pilot yawned and turned around and said: "Xiao Du, help me look at it, I'll take a rest first!"
"Okay, Brother Zhao, what did you do last night?" the observer, who also served as a telegraph operator, asked curiously.
The lives of pilots are very boring and monotonous, and the pressure is high. The superiors are trying every means to relieve the pressure of the pilots. Although the West Island field airport was not established for a long time, the naval logistics department still found ways to build a simple library and cinema on the West Island for the pilots.
They use it to reduce stress. Some pilots also like to find people to play chess and cards in private. Although gambling is strictly prohibited in the military, there is always fun to be had.
"I watched the movie late. The first one lasted for six hours. It was already two o'clock in the morning when I finished watching it. I only slept for more than three hours before leaving for the mission. I was so sleepy!"
"Haha, this movie that reflects the liberation of Northeast China has four episodes, each episode is one and a half hours long. It is indeed very attractive. However, movie theater sources are limited after all, and they will definitely be shown on a loop in the future. Brother Zhao, why do you stay up late?" said the man in the back seat.
the observer asked with a smile.
“The film’s torrent of steel-like tank convoys, fleet-footed formations of advanced fighter jets, and epic narrative techniques made people excited to watch it. They always wanted to know what would happen next, and they finished watching it before they knew it. But after watching it,
Little Japan was beaten so badly, everything is worth it!"
After the pilot finished speaking, without waiting for the observer to reply, he reached out to turn on the autopilot, then lay on the backrest, closed his eyes and took a nap.
After more than ten minutes, the observer also covered his mouth and yawned. He raised his head and rubbed his sore eyes. The clouds on the sea were very low, less than one thousand meters away, and nothing was found.
At this time, two black spots suddenly appeared in the distant sky, which quickly attracted the attention of the observer. His eyes widened, and then he realized that judging from the speed and shape of the black spots approaching, they were definitely not seabirds.
, it must be a fighter jet, and judging from the direction of flight, it is definitely not a fighter jet of the Anjia Army Navy!
"Brother Zhao, wake up, it's an enemy plane——"
Just as the pilot opened his eyes, the sound of the Japanese Navy's "Gale" carrier-based fighter jets swooping down had already been heard from the sky. The pilot was shocked and turned off the autopilot. At the same time, he pushed the nose of the aircraft down. According to what he said when he was in aviation school
From the experience learned, to avoid "zero combat" and "gale wind", you have to dive to a height close to the sea surface, and use the excellent dive and ultra-low altitude performance of the S3 reconnaissance aircraft to get rid of the opponent.
If you choose to escape upward or level flight at this time, it will be very dangerous for the "Gale" fighter jet that has the upper hand in climb rate and speed.
The S3-h reconnaissance plane had just rushed out of the bottom of the clouds about 800 meters above the sea. The sudden appearance of the huge fleet on the sea scared the two pilots and almost jumped out of their seats. When the Japanese naval fleet's anti-aircraft artillery fired, the pilots
Observers all saw at least four flat-topped aircraft carriers.
"Oops, it's the Japanese fleet..."
While the pilot was concentrating on flying the fighter plane, he shouted loudly: "Notify the base immediately, the enemy is attacking... The speed, I can't hold on for long!"
Seeing the sudden arrival of the uninvited guests, the Japanese fleet was obviously very surprised. The commander quickly adjusted the aircraft carrier to the windward direction, and then took off fighter planes from the aircraft carrier to intercept.
The S3-H reconnaissance plane flew quickly through the hail of bullets. The observer in the back seat quickly turned on the radio and emitted radio waves with warning messages. What the West Island base received was only an incomplete telegram. In S3-
Before the h reconnaissance plane was torn into pieces by gunfire, the observers only had time to send out the number of the reconnaissance plane and the size of the Japanese fleet, but they did not have time to report the specific location of the Japanese fleet to the base.
Immediately, the base forwarded the information to the First Task Force, and at the same time ordered the air defense forces stationed around the airport to be more vigilant, and fighter jets and bombers took off to deal with a sneak attack that the Japanese fleet might launch at any time.
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The Cocos Islands is an atolled coral reef island located on top of a military station in the northeast of the East Island. The sea search radar is constantly rotating, continuously feeding back information from the sea to the electronic screen.
Sea search radar is mainly used to discover and monitor sea targets. Limited by the curvature of the earth, the sea detection range of this radar generally does not exceed 40 kilometers, but it requires high resolution and must also detect low-altitude targets and strong sea clutter.
It has good detection performance in the background.
Therefore, the sea search radar always works in the centimeter band, and its power is smaller than that of the air warning radar. The size of the antenna is relatively small. In order to increase the detection range as much as possible, it is mostly installed at a higher position and uses a rotating antenna to ensure 360 degrees.
monitor.
Originally, there was an air search radar on the East Island, which was responsible for air defense alerts, but it happened to have a malfunction, and we are currently seizing the time to repair it.
"Squad leader, come and see if this is the Japanese fleet!"
A radar soldier suddenly discovered a series of light spots on the electronic display screen, approaching in the direction of the Cocos Islands. But fearing that something was wrong, the radar soldier immediately stood up and reported to the squad leader on duty.
The squad leader leaned over to take a closer look, his face changed, and after reading the data analyzed by the computer, he immediately loudly said to the correspondent on the side: "Report to the base immediately, thirty-five kilometers southeast, traces of the Japanese fleet were found...
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"yes!"
The news spread quickly, and the bomber group that was approaching the Japanese fleet quickly adjusted its direction.
As the air raid radar sounded, the air defense and shore-to-ship missile units deployed in the Cocos Islands all entered a state of combat readiness, and the two guided missile destroyers in the Anjiajun Navy's First Task Force, which also received the news, also began to launch missiles.