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"Brother Fuwen, according to you, we won't attack Australia for the time being." Bai Chongxi knew that Luo Yaoguo had always been coveting Australia, so he asked.

Luo Yaoguo smiled: "It's only nine months, don't worry, let Britain and Japan consume it first, we still have a lot of things to do. It's about time to start in India. Wang Junhao has already talked with the one in Afghanistan. What Khan has negotiated, using the equipment of five light infantry divisions in exchange for the support of the Zahir dynasty. In addition, the CCP can’t wait any longer. They have been sending people to urge them every day these days, and they keep asking for more southward march The strength of the regiment..." As he spoke, a smirk slipped from the corner of his mouth, "Our Chairman Jiang is getting impatient waiting in Tbilisi, and it's time for him to march to Persia. Otherwise, Comrade Stalin But it’s going to be squeezed dry, and it’s time for this great leader to move, the Indian people need him!”

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Right now, the South Pacific.

British Australian Grand Fleet, flagship, HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier.

Under the reflection of the morning glow, the sparkling waves were split by the V-shaped bow, and the 2-ton hull undulated and galloped south.

On the ship island, Admiral Cunningham stood with his arms folded beside the chart table, watching the staff discuss and calculate around the chart, his face gradually showed a dignified expression.

The second wave of air strikes on Truk Atoll has ended, and the fleet is fleeing southeast with all its might.The statistics of the battle results of each ship have just been sent. A total of 48 ships were sunk or damaged in the two waves of air strikes, including two battleships, two heavy cruisers, and three light cruisers. In addition, Truk Atoll The airport, docks, warehouses, and shipyards in China have also been damaged to a certain extent... However, there is no aircraft carrier!

Of course, the results of this battle must be exaggerated. If the actual results can be divided by two on this basis, Cunningham will be satisfied.However, even in this exaggerated victory, there is no Japanese aircraft carrier!Obviously, they are not in the Truk Atoll, but hiding in the depths of the nearby ocean. They should be heading south now, right?

Cunningham frowned slightly, and a hint of sarcasm slipped from the corner of his mouth.It is a pity that the Japanese aircraft carrier was not sunk, but those Japanese aircraft carriers wanted to find themselves in the South Pacific, but it was delusional.This sea area was originally the sphere of influence of the British Empire. As long as you go a few hundred nautical miles to the southeast, you can enter the Solomon Islands. From the Solomon Islands to the south, there is a sea area that is so complicated that it makes people crazy. Thousands of islands are dotted in it. , The Japanese want to find their fleet there, like finding a needle in a haystack!

And as long as their aircraft carrier is not wiped out by the Japanese, their Truk Atoll may be attacked again at any time!Would they dare to concentrate the southbound fleet at Truk again?Do they still dare to regard Truk Island as the foundation of Japan's foothold in the South Pacific?

The threat of Japan going south should be lifted for the time being, unless they annihilate the American aircraft carrier on the west coast of America, and then concentrate all 8 aircraft carriers in the South Pacific, so there may be a chance to force themselves to lead the aircraft carrier to fight against the Bismarck Islands!Otherwise, there may not be a chance of winning with more than 4 aircraft on four Japanese aircraft carriers against the 300 American aircraft on New Britain.

But what about China?Thinking of this ancient empire that has dominated the East since ancient times, Admiral Cunningham's expression became more dignified than ever. With an area of ​​more than 2000 million square kilometers and a population of 6 million, it is no less than the industrial strength of the United Kingdom. Germany, a restored Tsarist Russia with the support of China and Germany... What makes him even more disturbed is that the Chinese have now captured Singapore, opening the door to Australia in the south and India in the west!And the next target of the Chinese, will it be Australia?

Just as Admiral Cunningham was considering how to use his six aircraft carriers to deal with the two threats from Japan and China at the same time, hurried footsteps came from behind.

"Report, the radar has spotted an unidentified plane about 50 kilometers away from us! Sir, are we going to send a plane to intercept it?"

This voice suddenly made the air in the ship island tense. Cunningham hurried to the chart platform, pondered for a while, raised his hand to check the time, and said slowly: "It is 5:10, from New Britain. The B-17 and Blenheim that took off from the island should have returned long ago, this plane must belong to the Japanese! They found us."

"Sir, what should we do then?"

"Go southeast at full speed, as long as we enter the Solomon Islands, we will be safe."

Chapter 0827 of the chaos in the Pacific (three) desperate to fight

Lieutenant General Chuichi Nagumo looked up at the rising sky and heaved a sigh of relief on the Shenlong aircraft carrier, the flagship of Japan's First Air Fleet.

"Where is the British Aircraft Carrier? How far is it from us?"

"The British are about 350 nautical miles from us in the Pacific Ocean about 250 nautical miles northeast of the island of New Ireland and are currently fleeing at full speed in the direction of the Solomon Islands."

Nagumo slid his finger on the chart and found the symbol representing the British aircraft carrier just marked on it. They are still three or four hundred nautical miles away from the Solomon Islands, and 250 nautical miles (about 462 kilometers away) from their own First Air Fleet. ).If this distance was placed three months ago, I am afraid that I would have no way to deal with them, but now I have an extra trump card in my hand!

"Genda-kun." Nan Yun turned his head to look at Genda Mino, with a cold gleam in his eyes. "How is the preparation of the Second Special Attack Brigade? Can it be dispatched?"

"Hay! The Second Special Attack Brigade can be dispatched at any time!" Minato Genda took a deep breath. Although he seemed to look normal, his heart could not be calm.Although he is also a Japanese officer who was brainwashed by Bushido spirit and militarism, he is not as hard-hearted as Gan Fukengoro. When he thinks that he will soon send more than [-] young lives to a dead end, he will inevitably feel a little bit of guilt deep in his heart .

"Very good!" Nan Yunzhong nodded his head emphatically, and his expression became extremely dignified. "Genda-kun, today is the first time a real kamikaze is used on an aircraft carrier. Do you understand the meaning?"

"I understand!" Genada Minoru roared and clenched his fists. "The kamikaze commando team is the basis for the empire to participate in the Pacific holy war! As long as the kamikaze special attack tactics can exert their full power on the aircraft carrier, the empire's national fortune will definitely be reversed!"

After speaking, Genda bowed deeply to Nagumo, then turned his head and left the island.Today, he will personally command the second kamikaze special attack brigade to attack!

"Kamikaze special attack...reversing the fate of the country... Can the fate of the country really be reversed by this tactic? Perhaps Japan's national fate could not be reversed when China rose, right?" Looking at Genda's back, Nagumo Tadaichi darkened Sigh, he also knows that the Japanese Empire has reached a desperate time, and it may not be possible to win just by fighting with one's life!

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1939年2月15日，晨，5点20分。

In the hangar, several aircrew soldiers slowly pushed a Bf-109T fighter with folded wings onto the elevator. With the help of the hydraulic oil pump, the fighter was slowly lifted onto the deck. The spirit of Genda Mi inside was lifted.

This Bf-109T is one of the few in the entire Shenlong Air Force.Only the pilots with the best driving skills can master a brand new model in a short period of time, and Genda Minoru is certainly one of them!Today he will fly this plane as the commander-in-chief of the entire special attack brigade, and also the commander-in-chief of this air strike!According to the best tactics researched by Genda Minoru and Ganfu Kengoro before, the kamikaze aircraft can only be the core of the air strike, and can exert the greatest efficiency with the cooperation of other aircraft, and the death of the kamikaze team members will be valuable!

"Sir! It's almost our turn!"

The cameraman and telegrapher Maeda Liwen's shout woke Genda from his contemplation. At this moment, Genda's Bf-109T has been pushed by the air crew to the first take-off line, which is only 110 meters away from the bow.He quickly turned the engine to the maximum, and the 1300-horsepower Daimler-Benz DB601E engine suddenly sent out bursts of surging sound that made people's hearts flutter.

The howling wind on the deck and the high-speed rotating propeller brought enough lift to the wings of this Bf-109T. When the flight controller standing on the front deck suddenly waved down the red flag in his hand, Genda's Bf-109 and Another Type 96 warship roared and rushed to the end of the deck at the same time.The moment the wheels left the deck, Genda felt that the fuselage of the plane sank slightly, and then it rushed into the sky!

"The performance is really good!" Although it was not the first time to fly a Bf-109T into the air, Genda still couldn't help admiring.If Japan can produce such a good aircraft, it shouldn't be necessary to consume the lives of kamikaze players as ammunition, right?Thinking of this, he couldn't help but cast his gaze to the aircraft deck below. The Type 96 warship and Bf-109T have completed their take-off, and now it is the turn of the Type 98 warship and Yi-190, the so-called kamikaze, the hope of the rise of the Great Japanese Empire!

But seeing their rough take-off technique, Genda frowned slightly.It seems that what the Japanese empire lacks is not only advanced aircraft, but also skilled pilots. Because there is not enough fuel and aircraft, the courses of aviation schools in Japan are much simpler than those in China and Germany. There are not many pilot students.It is these few pilots, but some of them are consumed as one-time "human bombs"!Can a war really be won like this?

As fighter jets, torpedo planes, and suicide planes soared into the sky, in just 20 minutes, all 154 carrier-based planes had left their respective aircraft carriers. The flight deck, which was crowded like canned food just now, now looks empty Get lonely.

"Start replenishing the kamikaze planes now! We must be ready for the second kamikaze attack within 3 hours!" Seeing that all the kamikaze planes took off safely, Nagumo Tadaichi heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly arranged for the second wave of attack coming.

Due to the limited space on the aircraft carrier, taking the Soryu-class aircraft carrier that can carry 73 aircraft as an example, the standard configuration of the carrier-based aircraft is: 96 Type 109/Bf-21T carrier-based fighters; 97 Type 21 carrier-based torpedo bombers and Type 98 / Yi-190 type suicide aircraft 21; spare aircraft (also suicide aircraft) 10.In other words, if you want to execute the second wave of kamikaze special attacks, you must add 11 more suicide aircraft after the first wave of air strikes.And these planes are now simply disassembled and loaded on a high-speed transport ship in wooden boxes.However, it is not a particularly easy task to transport them to the aircraft carrier and then assemble them one by one...

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"Report! The radar found a large number of enemy planes! The number is more than 100, and the distance is 50 kilometers!" On the Royal Ark aircraft carrier, the radar director shouted loudly.

"understood."

As early as when the early warning radar first detected the Japanese reconnaissance plane, Cunningham knew that World War I was inevitable.However, he didn't show any nervousness, and he didn't even lift his eyelids, as if these demonic suicide planes were not a threat at all in his eyes.

"Order all the tube-nose swallow fighter jets to take off immediately to block the high altitudes. Order the outer ships to block the low altitudes with high-altitude firepower, and the core ships to block the mid-high altitudes with high-aircraft firepower to stop the Japanese suicide planes that slipped through the net." Cunningham said indifferently. .

"Your Excellency, Admiral, should we send a seaplane to search the northwest direction?" Phillips reminded in a low voice.He had made similar suggestions when the fleet was spotted by Japanese planes before, but Cunningham ignored them.

"No need." Cunningham replied coldly: "The speed of the Swordfish is too slow. Sending them to attack the Japanese fleet is no different from sending them to death. We made the same mistake during the Beihai War. Now... I don't want to lose these lads again, this war depends on them!"

"But... shall we just be beaten and not fight back?" Phillips pointed to the chart and said, "I estimate that the Japanese aircraft carrier is between 200 and 250 nautical miles away from us. According to intelligence, the speed of the enemy aircraft carrier is above 30 nautical miles. , but our two "prestige" class ships are only 28 knots. Therefore, it is difficult for us to get rid of them.

It is only 7:30 in the morning, and it is estimated that each enemy attack will take three and a half hours. Before sunset, they can launch at least two attacks. It's hard to get rid of them! "

"Launch two more attacks? What do they use?" Cunningham showed a hint of sarcasm: "How big is the Japanese aircraft carrier? How many suicide planes can it carry? Without those suicide planes, the attack power of the Japanese aircraft carrier will be depleted." Alright."

"Then shouldn't we seize this opportunity to severely damage the Japanese fleet?"

"No!" Cunningham shook his head at Phillips and explained: "In the North Sea sea battle last November, we lost too many carrier-based pilots, and now the situation in Europe is getting more and more critical. It is impossible to send many pilots here. So we can't afford to lose, and now the entire Australian fleet is more than 11 carrier-based pilots. Besides, Japan is not our main enemy. I don't want to be here with They're going to lose both."

For this reason, Phillips felt that it was a bit far-fetched. Maybe there was something hidden in it?Just when he was about to ask, the other party waved his hand and stopped the conversation.

Because at this time, 60 suicide planes, 60 Type 97 torpedo bombers, and 32 escorting Type 96/Bf109T fighter jets, a total of 152 Japanese Warhawks have already covered the sky!

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"Mr. Genda, the British seem to have been prepared for a long time." Maeda, who was sitting in the rear driver's seat, said in a low tone.

"It's radar. The Brits have something that can detect planes beyond the visual distance." Genda stared at the densely packed tube-nosed swallow fighter jets in the sky ahead with a sullen face. He roughly counted, and there were about 100 of them. , 96 times more than the Type 109 and Bf-2T escorted by myself.Although the performance of this aircraft is not very good, it is not much worse than the Type 96.

"Attention all fighters, all attack! Scatter the formation of the British guys, then double-click the formation, and keep rushing to me, disrupting their formation!" Minato gritted his teeth and began to give orders loudly.

"All Kamikaze planes! In three-three formation, Shenlong Squadron and Longxiang Squadron attack the Royal Ark, Zuihe Squadron attacks the Glory, and Xianghe Squadron attacks the Indefatigable."