Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the first place, listened carefully to everyone's report. While confirming everyone's ideas, he also put forward his own opinions: "Your plans and insights are very good, and the preparations for this battle are also in place.
, there is no problem with the cooperation between various arms.k First update”
"What I want to say here is that no matter how perfect the plan is revised, there is always a gap between the expectation and the reality! First of all, we have to analyze what forces the John Bull Empire has in Malacca that can threaten our army. Secondly, we have to analyze
What will be needed is to destroy these forces."
"The power that the John Bull Empire can threaten our army can be summarized in several aspects. The first is the opponent's air force; the second is the various firepower networks of the base and fortress; the third is the John Bull Far East Fleet; and the fourth is the possible reinforcement fleets of the Allied Powers.
The fifth is the enemy's army troops and colonial troops."
"According to intelligence, the John Bull Empire has more than 40 Hendry Page 0100 bombers in Malacca. This type of bomber is the most advanced model of the John Bull Empire, with a top speed of 40 kilometers per hour.
, with an ammunition load of 815 kilograms, five 10 mm caliber machine guns, and an endurance of 350 kilometers.”
"This aircraft has a maximum ceiling of 2.6 kilometers. It poses a certain threat to our air force, ground forces and naval fleet. The best way is to raid the opponent's airport before they take off and destroy them on the ground.
These bombers nip the threat in the bud."
"John Bull's firepower network is divided into three parts: shore-based heavy artillery and anti-aircraft artillery, Far East fleet naval guns, and the opponent's mobile artillery regiments. These firepowers have a powerful effect on our army's navy, land and air forces.
Hidden threats.”
"In addition to the bomber force in the sky, our army has another effective means to deal with them. This is the shallow-water heavy gunships that have just been put into operation in our two major fleets. Our country has only built this kind of shallow-water heavy gunships so far.
4 ships will not be built again in the future.”
"Because it has very obvious shortcomings ~ slow speed, with a maximum speed of only 11.5 knots; poor endurance, 4500 kilometers and 9 knots, which is not suitable for continuous operations and ocean operations; this kind of gunboat is actually a platform equipped with large artillery
, can directly exchange fire with the enemy's artillery on the coastal forts. "
"Its advantage is that it has strong firepower on the opposite shore, in the air, and on the surface of the water; the near-shore draft is only 1.45 meters, and the main gun is 4 152mm twin-mounted guns, 76mm with a maximum elevation angle of 80 degrees, and 8 high-level dual-purpose machine guns
, 12 20mm anti-aircraft guns; due to the use of artillery accelerators, its main gun firing range is as huge as 25,050 meters."
"But besides the firepower network, John Bull also has a big killer weapon, which is the product of the cooperation between John Bull and Uncle Sam, a powerful mine. The John Bull Empire has deployed a nearly ten square meter area at the Malacca Naval Base.
The huge minefield covering kilometers makes sneak attacks by our army’s submarines and warships impossible!”
"For this kind of mine position, it is difficult for our warships to enter the military port until there is no safe driving route or until the threat is completely eliminated."
"As for the possible existence of the John Bull Empire or Uncle Sam's support fleet that I just mentioned, my idea is the same as that of the General Staff Department, that is, they dare not risk entering the Strait of Malacca. Because the Dewey Task Force is a
A very real example is that they are afraid of our shore-based bomber force."
"The last one is John Bull's ground troops. I think these troops will eventually be prisoners of the Army troops in the southern theater led by Ali."
"This time we fight against John Bull, I call it Operation Thunderous Slash. The targets of our bombers and naval guns are mainly the John Bull Far East Fleet, airports and military operations in the mainland, as well as traffic movements. Lines and fortresses, barracks, etc.”
"The reason why I call this operation ~Thunder Slash" is mainly because our operation is to use lightning speed to quickly seize control of the Malacca Strait without waiting for the Allied Powers to react, turning the entire Southeast Asia into a The back garden of the empire!”….
"In addition, the landing site of the Southern Theater Command landing force can be considered to be at Mersing outside Kuantan. These are my thoughts. If you have better ideas or more complete plans, you can put them forward and we will discuss them together. Strive to be as perfect as possible!”…
After Zhou Yu expressed his opinions, the high-ranking officials of the empire put forward their own ideas one by one, and there were also some flashy ideas among them. Before the military operation against the John Bull Empire, the high-ranking officials of the empire had a heated discussion and were very enthusiastic.
At dawn one day later, the military operation against the John Bull Empire in Malacca, which was codenamed by Zhou Yu~Thunder Slash, began! The purpose of this military operation was to wipe out all colonial forces in Southeast Asia and fully control the Strait of Malacca. This is a very important key point in Southeast Asia!
In order to create more convenient landing conditions for the Southern Theater Army as soon as possible, the Imperial Navy dispatched the South China Sea and East China Sea fleets, all C-level and above aircraft carrier formations, and formed four major task forces.
After the last time the Pacific Fleet ambush the Dewey mixed fleet, Zhou Yu discovered a problem, that is, as the empire's control of the sea area increased, a single aircraft carrier formation was no longer suitable for the new combat requirements. Therefore, he combined the empire's three major The naval fleet has been completely divided into new categories.
Taking the Pacific Fleet as an example, Zhou Yu reorganized the Pacific Fleet and all B-class warships and above. The Pacific Fleet has more than 120 main warships suitable for ocean warfare, including two types of C and D-class ships. Zhou Yu Divide them into the First and Second Pacific Task Forces.
Zhou Yu left some C-class, all B-class, and A-class ships of the Pacific Fleet to guard the imperial naval fleets in the Pacific to assume the role of coastal defense.
The First Pacific Task Force consists of 3 D-class aircraft carriers, 3 D-class battleships, 20 D-class destroyer leaders, and more than 30 D-class light and heavy cruisers. In addition, there are various logistics supply ships, and a The squadron consists of the Ghost Squadron.
The Second Pacific Task Force consists of 3 C-class aircraft carriers, 3 B-class aircraft carriers, 3 C-class and B-class battleships, 20 C-class destroyers, and more than 30 C-class light and heavy cruisers. In addition, there are various It is composed of a logistics supply ship and a small group of ghost squadrons.
All the remaining ships of the original Pacific Fleet are collectively called the Third Pacific Fleet, or the Pacific Shore-based Fleet. They are assigned to the Pacific Fleet's jurisdiction, and all island chains are responsible for shore-based patrol tasks.
The division of the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet is exactly the same as that of the Pacific Fleet.
The two major fleets, the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet, with a total of more than 240 main warships, are spread out on the sea. The scene is scary. In addition, the Southern Empire waters near the Strait of Malacca do not have such a large space for the two fleets to enjoy themselves.
Move around.
Therefore, Ye Fu temporarily dispatched two major fleets, the most advanced former Southern D1 aircraft carrier fleet and the former Eastern D1 aircraft carrier fleet to waters 50 kilometers away from Malacca. The remaining warships were all placed further away in the Southern Imperial Sea and Nansha Islands.
Cruising the Southwest Sea.
At dawn that day, the first batch of more than 600 level and dive bomber formations arriving from various imperial airports in Southeast Asia arrived over Malacca.
The Chinese Empire had made preparations for this battle against Malacca countless years ago, but the time was never ripe. Therefore, it never took action against John Bull! Zhou Yu believed that seizing the strategic point of the Pacific defense line and the rich resources of John Bull
It was of great significance that the empire belonged to Spain.
The Imperial General Staff's operational intention this time was exactly what Zhou Yu had planned: to send heavy troops to land, seize air supremacy, annihilate the John Bull Empire's Far East Fleet, and the army to rapidly develop attacks along the coast to capture the West Malay Peninsula and the John Bull Empire.
, the main naval base in Southeast Asia-Singapore Naval Base.
The ultimate goal of the war was to completely drive European colonial forces out of Southeast Asia and clear the way for the empire to enter and exit Asia, the Yindu Ocean and the South Pacific...
Before the war began, the Chinese Empire showed no signs, and the John Bull Empire was not aware of the sudden attack by the Chinese Empire. When the piercing air defense siren sounded over Malacca in the John Bull Empire, most of the John Bull Empire
The cow soldiers were still lying on the bed.
The Malacca Naval Base has been operated by the John Bull Empire for countless years and has super strong defenses. The most recent so-called battle was more than ten years ago, when the Chinese Empire used an airship to throw leaflets at Malacca. It was later proven to be a false alarm.
That's all.
Therefore, all John Bull people, including the senior leaders of the John Bull Empire, believe that the Malacca Naval Base is impregnable and cannot be poured into water! Correspondingly, their awareness of prevention is also very poor.
The last time the Dewey Mixed Fleet was bombed by the Chinese Empire's air force on Saipan, the John Bull Admiralty realized the dangers of the Malacca Strait. Therefore, they immediately deployed a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower in the base and deployed superpowers in the fleet bay.
Minefield.
But it is very regrettable that the John Bull Admiralty, based on the last 'experience', believed that the maximum cruising radius of the Chinese Empire's aerial bomber formation was about 500 kilometers. They did not realize that the Chinese Empire's bomber force was bombing the Dewey Fleet.
At that time, Zhang Long deliberately concealed the biggest secret of the voyage.
At that time, Zhang Long made this decision by chance. He did not expect that the John Bull Empire and other members of the agreement would regard the Imperial bombing as the maximum cruising radius of the Imperial fighters and bombers. Therefore, John Bull arranged the
If there is some numbness, then it is worth understanding.