Fu first ordered the Far East Fleet stationed in Malaysia to defend Singapore, waiting for the British to send reinforcements from the mainland, and then quickly transferred troops from India to assemble in Myanmar, preparing to wait for the arrival of the British mainland support fleet to attack the South China Sea Federation from both land and sea aspects.
Launch an attack at the same time. In order to buy time for itself to dispatch a supporting navy, the United Kingdom also requires the navies of Australia and New Zealand to find a breakthrough point in the south of the South China Sea Federation as soon as possible and launch an attack in order to hold back some of the troops and elites of the South China Sea Federation.
Just in the UK
When fu stepped up the deployment of combat ships in Europe and planned to form a strong support fleet to go to Southeast Asia, after the federal navy was quiet for five days, a fleet of not far away suddenly appeared on the sea east of Singapore. However,
In this fleet, there are only two
A heavy cruiser and several destroyers cruised back and forth on the sea without launching a substantial attack on the Port of Singapore. The British Royal Navy's Far East Fleet stationed in the Port of Singapore was also afraid of the elusive submarine of the Federal Navy and did not
Dare to leave Hong Kong to fight.
This is Singapore, which is still a port belonging to Malaysia, not the Republic of Singapore in later generations. It is located at the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula. It is a small island separated from the Malay Peninsula by a thin Strait of Johor. In the 20th century
At the beginning, the British Navy divided the Far East Fleet into two parts. One of them was permanently stationed in Weihaiwei, Shandong Peninsula, China, while most of the main ships were stationed in the Port of Singapore.
Since the Port of Singapore guards the eastern exit of the Strait of Malacca, the British began to carefully build the Port of Singapore many years ago. There are hundreds of fortress guns and shore guns of various types, plus dozens of warships in the port.
The British believe that this unsinkable fortress can hold on for at least half a year. By then, the support fleet coming from the British mainland will join the Far East Fleet to deal a devastating blow to any maritime force that dares to challenge the British Empire.
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But the British have forgotten that German Chief of General Staff Ludendorff once said during World War I: "Defense cannot win a war."
Just as the Far East Fleet used anti-submarine nets and mines to block the incoming waterways and prepared to fight a defensive battle with the Federal Navy, dozens of nautical miles behind the Federal Navy, two large and strange-shaped ships
The surface ships are adjusting their attitude to turn their bows into the wind so as to release the densely packed small aircraft carried on them.
At 10 a.m. on March 17, 1920, following an order from the aircraft carrier "Guangmu", planes one after another took off from the aircraft carriers "Guangmu" and "Zengcheng".
There is a gray-white torpedo hanging under their belly. After leaving the deck, they will sink suddenly. Just when they fall into the sea water, they rise staggeringly from a distance.
Get up and head towards the sky.
The King-class aircraft carrier can carry up to 55 aircraft. In addition to the 16 aircraft responsible for reconnaissance, the remaining 94 carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft will be divided into 2 attack waves, 30 minutes apart, to attack the aircraft parked in Singapore Port.
The British Far East Fleet launched a torpedo attack.
The first wave of 47 carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft have all taken to the sky. This batch of attack aircraft are all the latest "Skua" carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft. They will fly at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, from 2,000 to 2,000 torpedo attack aircraft.
Meters in the air broke into Singapore Harbor, then lowered to an altitude of 30 meters above the sea, dropped torpedoes from within 1,000 meters from the target, then raised to 3,000 meters again, and returned to the aircraft carrier.
After a brief formation above the mothership, 47 Skuas, under the leadership of the flying wing captain on the Guangmu, flew higher and farther to the west.
"God bless these brave pilots." In the navigation control tower of the aircraft carrier "Growth", Captain Naomi Bevins made the sign of the cross on his chest while watching the attacking group of aircraft flying farther and farther away.
"Don't worry too much, Lao Bei. They are all excellent pilots who have received several years of flight training. This attack mode has been practiced countless times. The British may not even think about it. We will use aircraft to attack their fleet. I
Commander Madan said that these things were all thought up by the president. Hey, how do you think our president knows so much? I also listened.
Said, the kind of army..." Kong Longjin, the aviation chief of the aircraft carrier Growth, is a young officer who was transferred from the pilots. In addition to his excellent business knowledge, he is also very enthusiastic about gossip. In addition to training and
Outside of duty, his favorite thing is to find out all kinds of gossip among his colleagues, and in recent years, there has been a trend of transitioning to other military services.
"You should stop asking about the president's affairs from now on. You have told me so many times that you still don't change your mind. You should still pay more attention to your planes. When will the second wave of planes take off?" Captain Nevins hates people calling him "Old Man".
"Bei", he hates people talking in his ear like flies about family affairs, but his flight chief has done both. If it weren't for Kong Longjin's professional skills, Nevins would have kicked him out long ago.
Got off his own warship.
"Don't worry, I can rest assured that you can fly the ship, and you should rest assured that I can command the plane. Don't rush. Wait ten more minutes. You'll waste gas if you get up early. Hey, I said, Lao Bei, you have been a pilot before. What are your results then?
How about that?" Kong Longjin didn't feel Captain Nevins' impatience at all, but he still adopted the captain's suggestion and stopped talking about his president, instead bringing the topic to Nevins.
"Commander the Navigator, I'm going out for some air!" Nevins couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly.
"Yes, the Navigator is in command." The Navigation Officer, the second most important figure on the mothership beside him, repeated the command from the command tube, walked to the command position, and took over the captain's command.
"Hey, Lao Bei, why don't you just open the window? It's windy outside... Oh, I said Xiao Gu, you got married last year? I remember at the wedding..." Kong Longjin couldn't stop him
Bevins, unlike the captain, could be replaced by the navigator. He had to stick to his post, so he had to change his goal and started talking to the navigator who took over the command of the captain.
Captain Bevins left the command room, went to the outer bridge, lit a cigarette, and looked at the ground crew of the flight wing on the deck below who were busy preparing to take off the second batch of aircraft, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
Although he is no longer unfamiliar with new naval vessels such as aircraft carriers, this new combat method is the first time the federal navy has put it into actual combat. Just like aviation
The air commander said the same thing. It is said that this kind of thing was thought up by the President himself as soon as he slapped his forehead. And since he became president, he has slapped his forehead countless times, from armored vehicles to new cruisers, from submarines to airplanes.
, from radio to radar, almost everything shows the president patting his forehead. Thinking of this, Nevins unconsciously touched his forehead with his right hand that was not holding a cigarette.
It is a lie to say that he is not worried. Nevins knows the aviation commander. The more words he speaks, the more nervous he is. He is using this kind of constant conversation to relax and numb himself. But Bayi
Vince can't stand this kind of relaxation. He's already very nervous and his brain is a little hard to use. If there's someone buzzing in your ear like a fly, he'll be shot dead.
heart.
Just when Bevins was about to finish smoking, a shrill siren suddenly sounded on the entire mothership. The sound, one short and one long, was a notification that the plane was about to take off. At this time, the flight deck needed to
Once the site is cleared, various ground staff will also use several passages on the deck to
, went down to the hangar, and the flight commanders of the flight wing wearing green reflective vests began to come to the deck holding colorful batons. They would make a final visual inspection of the status of the aircraft lined up for takeoff and direct the aircraft.
Takeoffs are from the two runways at the front of the deck and the left side of the deck.
Captain Nevins stood on the outer bridge, raised his wrist, and looked at the domestic watch. The time on it was pointing to 10:30. According to the mothership formation being 80 nautical miles east of Singapore Port, the head
It will take 42 minutes for a wave of take-off planes to reach the sky above Singapore Port, and there are less than 20 minutes left before they launch their attack.
Captain Nevins also asked the loudmouth aviation commander Kong Longjin why the planes were divided into two groups to attack. According to him, this was a conclusion reached after many simulation exercises. During the exercise, one
Although wave attacks are violent, due to various reasons, most of the attacks will be relatively concentrated and will
Many targets are missed. Due to the large number of aircraft, air commanders cannot accurately command the attack route of each aircraft. But dividing the aircraft into more than two waves, with an interval of about 30 minutes, is not only easier to command, but also can be controlled by the following ones.
The planes went to attack the areas that the first wave of planes did not attack.
Target, such an attack range will be more balanced. Moreover, this kind of attack in waves can also maximize the damage to ground personnel, because after the first wave of attacks leaves, a large number of ground personnel will definitely run out of the bunker to put out the fire.
, rescue the wounded, etc., within 30 minutes, such ground people
The fighter jets are at their peak. At this time, the second wave of attacks will rush in, which will cause greater losses to ground personnel and equipment. The last reason is that the attack aircraft from behind can observe the attacks of the previous wave of attack aircraft.
Results, thus providing more accurate basis for rear command personnel.
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