Chapter 529: The background of a powerful industrial country
While the battle in Darwin was in full swing, Deng Shichang's D1 aircraft carrier formation also started a battle with Dewey's First Fleet in the 50-kilometer sea area of Joseph Bonaparte Bay.
The D15 warship vanguard, taking advantage of its speed, always completes long-range shooting actions outside the range of Dewey's First Fleet.
Gradually, the Dewey fleet was lured away from the coastline by the Imperial 5th warship vanguard.
At this time, the empire's D1 main fleet Deng Shichang also completed the semi-encirclement of Dewey's first fleet.
According to the empire's overall strategic guidance, Deng Shichang was originally prepared to focus on coercion. However, after the Marine Corps landed, Deng Shichang felt that leaving behind the powerful Uncle Sam's First Fleet would be very detrimental to the logistics of the Darwin theater of the empire.
Therefore, he believed that all enemy ships in the waters of Joseph Bonaparte Bay should be eliminated. Even if not eliminated, at least Dewey's First Fleet should be disabled. Anyway, Uncle Sam's country can afford the loss, Deng Shichang thought.
After having this idea, Deng Shichang immediately contacted the Empire's First Task Force in the South China Sea, hoping that Lu Han could go to sea and cut off the support of the enemy navy in the west.
At the same time, he also requested larger-scale army support from the southern theater, using Darwin as a gap to spread to all directions.
After receiving the report, Ali and Lu Han actively responded to Deng Shichang's request, and corresponding military operations were launched immediately.
The Imperial General Staff did not raise objections to Deng Shichang's unauthorized actions, but coordinated all aspects to cooperate with Deng Shichang's command. Because news came from America that Uncle Sam's plan to send an additional 200,000 troops to Africa was passed.
Soon, the Second and Fourth Fleets of Uncle Sam's country will escort this huge group of Uncle Sam's troops and set off for Africa. The most important thing is that Uncle Sam's Second and Fourth Fleets are no longer what they used to be.
More than 300 A2 bombers imitated from the Imperial Locust aircraft have been produced in the early stage and placed on aircraft carriers. The performance of these aircraft carriers has also reached the level of the Imperial B-type aircraft carriers.
The industrial potential of Uncle Sam's country was fully utilized at this moment. Although the navy, land and air force of Uncle Sam's country did not experience a real war, Uncle Sam's economy and industry were well-deserved number one in the world.
There is no way that the Imperial Seed Organization would not be aware of such a huge movement in Uncle Sam's country.
Since the Situ Meiden incident, all the Hua people living in the Empire of Sam have been transferred to third countries or transferred back to the country. Therefore, in Uncle Sam's country, only the seed organization of the Empire's intelligence organization is left.
In addition, the John Bull Empire also felt that its interests in Ao were threatened, so it also planned to send a fleet to reinforce Ao, and wanted to join hands with Uncle Sam's country to launch a defensive counterattack against the Chinese Empire in the waters of Ao.
With this information, Zhou Yu believed that the empire no longer needed to guard its strength in the Ao border. Since it had attracted so many coalition forces from the two countries, it was a good time to launch a full-scale attack on the Ao border.
Therefore, in response to Deng Shichang's sudden move, Zhou Yu instructed the Imperial General Staff Department to fully cooperate with Deng Shichang's military operations. With Zhou Yu's instructions, the General Staff Department would coordinate various ministries and actively cooperate with Deng Shichang's department.
After Deng Shichang received strong support from the General Staff Headquarters, he took greater military action. He ordered Ye Chen's troops to clear out the remaining enemies in Darwin Bay and then turn to the Gulf of Carpentaria to clear out the Ao fleet there.
But while still on the way, Ye Chen received a direct order from Zhou Yu: he was not allowed to defeat the Ao fleet in the bay because the fleet was "one of our own".
Of course. Ye Chen knew very well what this "one of his own" was about. Like Chauvin, this fleet must also be die-hard Xiusi.
Sure enough, the fleet staged a so-called "dragon-tiger battle" with Ye Chen's D2 aircraft carrier formation in the Gulf of Carpentaria. In the end, it lost to Ye Chen's D2 aircraft carrier formation and was "captured"...
Ye Chen's D2 aircraft carrier formation, after thoroughly arranging the AO Carpentaria fleet, began to turn its guns and carry out a deep attack on AO security along the Gulf coast.
At the same time, Ye Chen also attracted a fleet of Imperial Locust aircraft to bomb deeper military targets.
There were originally very few AA troops on the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and most of them were die-hard loyalists to the Xius. Therefore, the bombing was carried out very quickly, and some firepower points that threatened the landing troops, as well as the anti-aircraft firepower network, were eliminated one by one.
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The Southern Theater Command also began to deploy a large number of land forces, escorted by the Second Southern Task Force, to move towards the Gulf.
At the same time, with the active cooperation of the Xius loyalists, the imperial minesweepers easily lifted out the hidden mines in the bay, clearing the way for the landing army.
In Joseph Bonaparte Bay, D1 Deng Shichang's fleet, which no longer retained its strength, started a showdown with Dewey's First Fleet.
After meeting Deng Shichang's troops, Dewey did not dare to fight. Instead, he fought and retreated towards Kitzport.
But even so, in the face of Deng Shichang's fleet, which had a fleet of carrier-based aircraft, Dewey's First Fleet still suffered serious losses.
At the cost of eight warships being sunk and more than a dozen warships being slightly or seriously damaged, Dewey's fleet finally retreated to the military port. With the help of anti-aircraft firepower in the port and the assistance of security cannons, it was able to withstand the powerful offensive of Deng Shichang's fleet.
But Deng Shichang was obviously not satisfied with this. He sent the first batch of fighter planes, including more than 200 Imperial shore-based fighters and Locust bombers, to take off from the Yinyi shore base and go straight to the Kittsport Naval Base in Uncle Sam's country.
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In addition, more than 40 fighter-bombers and torpedo planes took off from the formation and rushed towards Dewey's First Fleet in the port of Uncle Sam's country.
There were as many as 10 torpedo planes among them, and their target was the main aircraft carrier, the brain of Dewey's First Fleet. Deng Shichang's purpose was to sink the enemy's main aircraft carrier and make Dewey's First Fleet lose its depth response capability.
When the empire's mixed fleet of more than 200 aircraft rushed into the enemy's port, the D1 aircraft carrier-based aircraft group also rushed towards the Dewey First Fleet. Immediately afterwards, more than 10 fighter planes flew in a single file and rushed towards the Dewey First Fleet.
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Dewey also realized that the attack of the Empire's D1 aircraft carrier formation was extraordinary. Various types of anti-aircraft guns on board launched fierce artillery fire on the Empire's aircraft fleet.
Under the fierce artillery fire from Uncle Sam's country, as many as four carrier-based aircraft of the Empire were hit. Moreover, these four carrier-based aircraft were all torpedo aircraft.
Fortunately, although these four torpedo planes were hit, none of them exploded or crashed. However, for the safety of the soldiers, the four torpedo planes were forced to withdraw from the battle order. (To be continued. If you
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