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The forces under the jurisdiction of the front army include: the Second Armored Army, the Second Army, the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army, the First Cavalry Army, the Marine Command, and the First Air Force.There are a total of four armored divisions, two armored grenadier divisions, 27 infantry divisions, nine armored cavalry divisions (that is, a mixed force of light tanks and cavalry), and 27 army-level artillery regiments. Four self-propelled artillery regiments, 65 division-level artillery regiments, nine cavalry artillery regiments, and a large number of logistics troops, with a total strength of 4500!It has more than 3000 cannons of various calibers, more than 1500 tanks and assault artillery (the infantry army does not have a tank battalion), and more than [-] aircraft.

"Australia has mobilized 65 troops, all of which are heavily armed...India's troop dispatch is also as high as 40! Half of them are heavily armed...Is our transportation force enough?"

Standing in front of the map and muttering to himself was Luo Yaoguo, behind him was Minister of the Navy Long Tenghui (who had just returned from Europe), Deputy Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi, Minister of National Defense He Yingqin, Commander of the Naval Transport Command Tang Long (Lieutenant General, Marine The first phase of the school, the third phase of Haida University), Zhao Zheng, commander of the Navy's Nanyang Fleet, Chen Si, commander of the Navy's Western Fleet, Li Shunen, director of the Air Force General Administration, Zhang Xueliang, chief of staff of the Chinese Frontier Defense Army, and others stood in a row. Staring at Luo Yaoguo.It seems to be waiting for the head of the Chinese National Defense Forces to make his final decision.

"Auxiliary commander." Upon hearing Luo Yaoguo's question, Long Tenghui, Minister of the Navy, immediately stepped forward and explained, "The Ministry of the Navy has placed a large number of orders with shipyards around the world since the end of the 'Anti-Soviet War' last year. The two shipbuilding companies of China United Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. also came up with a 2500-ton transport ship that uses a 10000-horsepower reciprocating steam engine as power, has a simple structure, uses a large number of welding techniques, and is suitable for mass production. It only takes about 230 days for a ship. Now the first batch of 100 Victory Ships has been delivered for use, and the second batch of 200 Victory Ships is expected to be delivered before October this year. With this additional 10 million tons In terms of transportation capacity, the Navy has sufficient capacity to transport 100 standard infantry divisions or 20 standard armored divisions to India or Australia at one time while ensuring the transportation tasks on various battlefields.

According to the plan, the landings of 'Operation Australia' and 'Operation India' will be carried out in stages.Within a month from April 1939, 4 to May 15, the Naval Transport Command will make every effort to ensure the smooth implementation of "Operation India".Afterwards, starting from May 5, until the entire territory of Australia is occupied by the Chinese Defense Forces, the Naval Transport Command will ensure the transportation of materials and troops required by the Australian Front. "

What Long Tenghui said was all explained in detail in the "Sunset Project" submitted to Luo Yaoguo, and Luo Yaoguo is just making a final confirmation now.

"Brother Hanqing, within a month, can you gain a firm foothold in India?" Luo Yaoguo turned around, looked at Zhang Xueliang standing in the crowd and asked. The final draft of "Project Sunset" has been greatly revised from the previous drafts.Due to the subtle changes taking place in Sino-Japanese and Sino-German relations, the Australian operation was brought forward.This was Luo Yaoguo's instruction, not because they were worried about the Japanese getting ahead first, but because they were worried about Germany!

In case Germany forces it to sign a treaty ceding Australia to Germany after defeating Britain... China will be in big trouble!At least "share" this continent with the Germans.And this possibility is not non-existent, because the British navy in this time and space is obviously weaker than in history, and the strength of the German navy and air force is unprecedentedly strong!Germany invaded Britain after the Battle of France, and the possibility of victory is very high!Even if the British royal family and government go into exile in Canada, Hitler will still be able to establish a puppet regime in London and sign such a treaty, and the Australian government will most likely recognize the British government in London in order to avoid being ruled by "yellow people"— In Chinese history, during the Warring States period, Feng Ting, the governor of Shangdang County in South Korea, raised Shangdang County to surrender to Zhao, which led to the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping?

Of course Luo Yaoguo is unwilling to let Australia become another Shangdang.However, the advance of the Australian operation has caused a lot of trouble for the CCP's plan to liberate India.The period of one month can be counted from the time when the naval fleet left the fortress of Singapore.It may take less than 1 days for the CCP Army to actually fight. After that, logistical support will be needed... You know, there are as many as 25 million to 120 million British and Indian troops in India right now.Although they are all lightly armed units, they are not comparable to the armored units of the Chinese National Defense Forces, but the South Asian Army of the Communist International of the Communist Party of China does not have many heavy weapons.What made Zhang Xueliang even more depressed was that the National Defense Forces also used this as an excuse to launch the so-called "Muslim coalition forces" to invade India together with the White Russian army. This India is really a mess.

Zhang Xueliang's face was gloomy. The Kuomintang had obviously planned to mess up the Indian revolution, but now he didn't dare to dwell on it. After all, the other party had fulfilled part of the agreement. If they completely tore up the agreement, what would Zhang Xueliang do?

"Of course, the whole of India cannot be conquered in one month, but it can allow the various ethnic groups in East India to establish a people's regime with the help of the Communist International, and carry out the land revolution and caste struggle. The prominent land conflicts in India and the thousands of years of practice The caste system determines that India determines that the class conflicts there are the most intensified in the world! As long as there is a spark of class struggle, it will definitely ignite the fire of class struggle in the entire South Asian subcontinent."

"Oh, ok, ok, then I can rest assured. Well, the Indian people have been oppressed for 4000 years, and now they can finally get a new life. Your party has done something that is indispensable to all mankind What a great thing!" Luo Yaoguo nodded solemnly, as if he agreed with Zhang Xueliang's views on class struggle, but if you look closely at his expression, it seems that he is holding back a smile?

Zhang Xueliang sneered, "The work of helping the Indian revolution is undertaken by our party, but... I heard that there is a Muslim coalition army, and the White Russian army is also planning to come to India to make a fortune. I don't know how the assistant commander will explain it. Woolen cloth?"

"The Muslim army was invited by the Indian Muslim League to liberate Muslims in Northwest India. Muslims do not have a caste system, so their enthusiasm for revolution is not high. As for the White Russian army, it entered India to pursue Stalinist revisionism." Speaking of this, Luo Yaoguo paused, then turned to ask Bai Chongxi, "Brother Jiansheng, has the Persian campaign started? How is the situation now?"

Bai Chongxi walked to the edge of the map with a baton, pointed to a river in northwestern Iran, and said: "The ten infantry armies of the Chinese Expeditionary Army and the Belarusian Persian Front have already crossed the Arras River and are heading towards Daburi. It is estimated that Tabriz will also be abandoned...The Soviet Russian Red Army may conduct a somewhat large-scale defensive battle in Tehran, because there is intelligence It shows that the Soviet Red Army is forcing the citizens of Tehran to dig trenches and build fortifications outside the city."

"Ten infantry corps...that's about 10 to 55 people." Luo Yaoguo walked with his hands behind his back, "How many people are there in the Red Army now?"

"It's estimated to be 100 million!" Bai Chongxi frowned, and reported a surprising number.

"Why are there so many!?" Luo Yaoguo was stunned for a moment, he had treated the Soviet Red Army as a dish in the past few months, and Father Stalin was dead in his eyes.Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the Soviet Red Army had another million people!

Bai Chongxi smiled and said: "Most of them are the so-called oppressed classes in Persia. The Iranian People's Party supported by Stalin also engaged in class struggle in Persia...but they didn't set up collective farms anymore. They just divided the land equally and suppressed the Persian people. Landlords, rich peasants, capitalists, religious leaders, and nobles killed about 10 people! But they also inspired a group of people. The Iranian People’s Party took them as the core and formed the Iranian Red Army with the help of Soviet military advisers. There are about 80 people. Most of the officers are the backbone of the People’s Party of Iran, and the soldiers are from poor and lower-middle peasants and working class all over Iran. However, the weapons and equipment of this army are very simple. Three soldiers share a rifle. There are very few machine guns and mortars, and there are only a few dozen cannons, which are still the equipment of the original Iranian army. This kind of mob is probably not going to make a difference, so you don’t have to worry about it.”

"The Iranian Red Army...is really troublesome!" Luo Yaoguo frowned, then shook his head, and said in a low voice, "This trouble is not ours either. By the way, has Japan done anything recently?"

"They seem to be preparing for a large-scale land-sea joint operation! The target is either Australia or the west coast of North America." He Yingqin replied.

"West coast of North America?" Luo Yaoguo snorted softly, and said mockingly: "These little Japans are like this. If you take advantage of a little bit, you don't know how powerful they are. In the future, they will suffer from them." His voice became gloomy as he spoke. "If it really attacked the west coast of North America, that Hitler must have promised them some benefits!"

"Auxiliary Commander, I guess the benefit is Australia! The Japanese have been thinking about that treasure land, so we have to hurry up." He Yingqin thought for a while.

Luo Yaoguo nodded, his face darkened again.This Australia can now be said to be the core interest of China!It is a continent of 760 million square kilometers, rich in resources and fertile land, suitable for immigration and reclamation.What's even more valuable is that there were less than 1000 million white colonists on that continent!It is not difficult for the Chinese to expel them or assimilate them. As long as they take this continent and immigrate tens of millions to one billion, it will always be China's land.

"Hanyu," Luo Yaoguo named the number one navy general again. "Is the Nanyang Fleet sure to destroy Cunningham's Australian fleet?"

"The Nanyang Fleet has already made a plan to launch a decisive battle with the Australian fleet in the Indian Ocean or the Timor Sea. The time is set from April 4 to May 15, trying to defeat the British fleet before the start of the Australian operation and clear the way for the landing. Obstacles." Zhao Zheng took the baton from Bai Chongxi, and tapped lightly on the two sea areas west of Australia on the map.

"According to the information obtained from submarine reconnaissance, the main force of the Australian Grand Fleet is currently concentrated in Darwin Port in northern Australia, where we found a total of three aircraft carriers and a battlecruiser. However, the whereabouts of two British aircraft carriers are still unknown... …We didn’t find them in Port Jackson in Sydney or Port Moresby on Guinea Island either. I fear they are hidden in South West Australia, or some port in the South. Even, the two aircraft carriers may have been transferred to India! "

"Transferred to India..." Luo Yaoguo frowned, and asked Chen Sidao, the commander of the Western Fleet: "The Western Fleet now only has one large aircraft carrier and three medium-sized aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships. Can it handle the two large British aircraft carriers?"

The Chinese Navy's shipbuilding wave started after the defeat of the Soviet Union.Due to the limitation of industrial strength, the construction period of China's large-scale aircraft carrier will be more than two years.But the situation on the battlefield is not waiting for anyone, so the Chinese navy can only use the brains of refitting merchant ships.The first batch of refits were three 15000-ton passenger ships belonging to China Merchants, all of which were less than 5 years old.

The three motherships after the refit were named Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang respectively.Although the displacement has increased to 18000 tons, which seems not much smaller than the 20000 tons of the "Zhongshan" class, the number of carrier-based aircraft is only 48.In other words, the four motherships of the Western Fleet together only have 224 carrier-based aircraft.Although there are 2 more than the 120 on the 104 British aircraft carriers, because the Indian combat plan requires that the Western Fleet be divided into two, there will still be some troubles in case of encountering these two British aircraft carriers.

However, Chen Si nodded very positively at this time, and replied: "Please rest assured, the assistant commander, the Western Fleet can guarantee to complete the escort mission!"

Chapter 0845 Sunset of the Old Empire ([-]) Voyage to the West

October 1939, 4, 15 pm.

Andaman Islands, Ten Degrees Strait.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, two small destroyers of the 1936 type (also called torpedo boats in Germany) flying the blue sky and white sun flag are patrolling back and forth at the entrance of the strait nervously.They belong to the Malacca Coastal Defense Fleet of the Chinese Navy and are currently performing patrol missions in the waters of the Andaman Islands.

On the deck, the sailors are conducting various tactical training under the command of the officers. Following the command of the officers, the sailors are nervously adjusting the shooting parameters of each artillery, repeatedly loading and firing the training ammunition .On the stern deck, there are also sailors practicing throwing depth charges, which looks like a rigorous training.And on the mast of the destroyer, there are sentries with wide-eyed eyes, searching the distant sea level repeatedly with binoculars.

Suddenly, several masts floated above the sea level in the telescope and a few streaks of blue-black smoke went straight up into the sky, and then more and more masts and smoke appeared on the line between the sea and the sky.Although it is dusk now, the visibility on the Ten Degree Strait close to the equator is still very good.The sailors at the lookout post can even recognize the two slightly slender masts at the lead, which are the unique style of the "Polish Legion"-class armored ships. Waving faintly above them is the blue sky and white sun flag of the Chinese Navy!From the shape and size of these masts, any watchman of the Chinese navy can accurately judge that there are at least two "Polish Legion" class armored ships in this approaching fleet, and there should be two powerful Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser.

That must be the main force of China's Western Fleet!This newly established China's second ocean-going fleet has finally left its home port of Singapore and started its first expedition!

Gradually appearing on the sea level, a rather large fleet is slowly heading towards the Ten Degrees Strait. It has two 15000-ton "Polish Legion"-class armored ships, and two "Greek Army" ships with a standard displacement of 15000 tons. Admiral Pell" class heavy cruisers, four "Guangzhou" class air defense cruisers with a standard displacement of 8000 tons and powerful anti-aircraft firepower, six 6000-ton "Konigsberg" class light cruisers, and 22 more Large destroyers, and four particularly large aircraft carriers - "Zhongshan", "Liaoning", "Jilin" and "Heilongjiang".Under the cover of these military ships, there are nearly 200 transport ships, tankers, medical ships, landing ships, and light destroyers.The entire fleet is in the most standard anti-submarine formation, with large ships in the center, non-combat ships such as transport ships and oil tankers outside, and an anti-submarine protection net composed of dozens of destroyers on the outermost periphery.The entire fleet is like a floating city, slowly but firmly pressing in the direction of India.

Admiral Chen Si is now standing on the island of the "Zhongshan" aircraft carrier, looking at the Ten Degree Strait named after the latitude line 20000 meters west of sea level, but his face shows a rare solemnity.Although five days ago, at the military meeting in the General Staff Building, he boasted in front of Luo Yaoguo that he would win Haikou, but in fact, he was still somewhat afraid of the two "missing" British aircraft carriers of.It is estimated that the two missing British aircraft carriers should be the "Ark Royal" aircraft carrier and the "Indomitable" aircraft carrier that had just been put into active service in November 1938. The two aircraft carriers can carry 11 carrier-based aircraft in total.Although there are not many, we still have to pay attention to the performance of the British carrier-based aircraft in the battle of Truk Atoll.

In addition, intelligence shows that the United Kingdom has recently sent an "Oriental Fleet" including at least one battleship and an aircraft carrier to the Indian Ocean region to fight in the Indian Ocean.If this "Oriental Fleet" joins the two missing aircraft carriers, then his mission this time will be full of variables.It's not that I'm worried that my 224 carrier-based aircraft can't beat at most 180 British carrier-based aircraft, but I'm worried about what happens to the huge transport fleet containing 20 Communists and 15 National Defense Forces, especially the British Navy. Aviation is also good at night raids.

"Commander, we have already crossed the Ten Degrees Strait." The voice of the navigation staff rang in Chen Si's ear.

According to the plan, this huge fleet of 254 ships of various types will be divided into two after sailing through the Ten Degrees Strait.With the "Zhongshan" as the flagship, including the "Liaoning" aircraft carrier, the "Huaiyuan" armored ship, the "Wuhan" heavy cruiser, three air defense cruisers, and four light cruisers, they will form the 31st Task Force. The 31st Task Force will be commanded by Chen Si personally, escorting more than 5 transport ships and landing ships of the 100th Army commanded by Lieutenant General Du Yuming, to attack Ceylon Island.

The remaining half of the fleet will form the 32nd Task Force with the "Heilongjiang" aircraft carrier as the flagship, under the command of Admiral Zhang Yiming, to protect the 86 transport ships loaded with the Communist International Army across the Bay of Bengal, and go to capture India. Calcutta.

"Well, let's divide the troops according to the original plan."

Under Chen Si's order, the entire fleet began to move. The originally complete and huge fleet began to be divided into two at sea. One team headed west to Ceylon Island, and the other headed east to Calcutta.

"Commander, the destroyer Changping of the Singapore Squadron reported that they found a submarine south of the Ten Degree Strait!" Just as the fleet had just completed the diversion, the voice of the communication staff of the 31st Task Force made the "Zhongshan" ship island The air suddenly became tense.

Chen Si hurriedly walked to the chart and asked, "Where did you find it? How many ships are there?"

"it's here."

The communications staff pointed to Car Nicobar Island in the south of the Ten Degrees Strait. "It is 25 nautical miles away from us. Only one ship has been found so far. It is probably a British reconnaissance submarine. This area is the only way to enter the Indian Ocean. The British will definitely deploy submarine surveillance."

Chen Siwei frowned, nodded, and approved the staff's analysis. "If I were the commander of the British Eastern Fleet, I would definitely send submarines to scout... It seems that they have already found us." He looked up at the sky and ordered lightly: "To Port Blair (Andaman Island) ) to generate power and have them send two squadrons of Bf-110s to cover us and Task Force 32 after dark."

The Bf-110 is a twin-engine large fighter developed by the German BMW company. The Sino-German Aircraft Company also participated in the development and obtained related technologies.This kind of large fighter with two engines and three seats cannot be compared with a single-engine, single-seat fighter in terms of dogfighting performance.Therefore, after the Chinese Air Force and Navy obtained this aircraft, they did not use them to compete for air supremacy, but as reconnaissance aircraft and night fighters.The two Bf-110 squadrons deployed in the Andaman Islands were the first batch to adopt the latest airborne radar.

"Sir, according to the plan, the two squadrons are going to protect 120 Fw200 bombers of an aviation bombing regiment to attack Calcutta tonight. And, to attack a fleet at sea at night..." Hearing this order, the communications staff officer was slightly stunned Next, hurriedly reminded.

Although the British have certain advantages in night bombing, it is really incredible to find and bomb a high-speed fleet in the dark night sky!Therefore, in the original plan, there was no plan to send night fighters to provide air cover for the fleet.

"It's not a big mistake to be careful." Chen Si smiled lightly: "Let them cancel the bombing tonight. We have an absolute advantage now. As long as we proceed cautiously, the winner of this war must be China. So now I am not afraid to fight with the British." I'm just worried about being attacked by them. I'm afraid this is the only way for the British to save the situation, right?"

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Mumbai, India.British Eastern Fleet flagship "Brave" aircraft carrier.

"Admiral, I received a report from the H28 submarine. Two hours ago, a Chinese fleet consisting of more than 200 ships sailed through the Ten Degree Strait! Four aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, Ten light cruisers. The Chinese fleet began to diverge after passing through the strait, some turned to the northwest, and the rest continued to go west."

"Oh, they are here!" Admiral James Murthaville, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Fleet, let out a sigh of relief, with a relaxed expression on his face, he walked to the chart and stared.

The Ten Degrees Strait is located between the Andaman Islands and the Car Nicobar Islands. It is the only way to go west from Singapore to the Indian Ocean.The only explanation for the presence of a fleet of more than 200 Chinese ships there is that the next attack target of the Chinese is India!