The destroyer circled the harbor for more than half a circle and found that except for a lot of black smoke, there were no other heavy weapons firing at it. So it sent a safety signal to the landing fleet outside the harbor, and then appeared from the harbor channel again.
got a bigger body
In the shadow, an ocean-class heavy cruiser carefully moved its tens of thousands of tons of body, squeezed in from the narrow channel like a hill, and then stopped steadily in the middle of the harbor, and moved the large ships on the deck.
The muzzles of cannons, large and small, were pointed in the direction of the dock.
Following this heavy cruiser were several transport ships. Different from other transport ships, each of them dragged a long tail behind them. This tail was composed of more than a dozen landing craft connected end to end. When the transport ship entered the harbor,
After that, these landing craft started their motors one after another and headed towards the targets they thought were correct. In their open cabins, they loaded armored vehicles and federal troops.
Since this kind of landing craft has a flat bottom, it can directly rush to the shoal and use the hatch with a springboard at the bow to land. It can also carry the hatch onto the dock, allowing soldiers or vehicles in the cabin to drive directly onto the dock. Therefore, these landing operations
It went very quickly and very methodically.
A steady stream of landing craft was towed into the harbor by transport ships, and then one after another rushed onto the beach or docked on the pier. Armored vehicles painted in colorful colors and federal soldiers wearing the same colors ran down from the landing craft, and soon
That is, they are assembled into a small team of dozens of people, and then headed by one or several armored vehicles, they advance deep into the Port of Melbourne.
For a moment, the Melbourne port area was filled with people shouting and screaming. From time to time, there were also bursts of deep roars of heavy machine guns and crisp snaps of rifles. The armored vehicle entering the port area used the loudspeaker carried on the vehicle to
The English broadcast was played over and over again, and the general content was that the South China Sea Federal Army would take over the seaport and city. All residents must enter their rooms, close the windows and doors and do not look out, and anyone who violates the ban will be shot and so on.
I don’t know whether the accent of these broadcasts is wrong, which makes the Australians unable to understand, or whether they are too unfamiliar with war. From time to time, some white people in the port area stand at the door of their homes with rifles, demonstrating against armored vehicles or the federal army, but their endings are the same.
One, shot by a heavy machine gun or rifle bullet
For its own safety, the federal army will fire at all targets that pose a threat to itself. This does not violate the orders of the federal Ministry of Defense, nor does it violate military discipline. On the contrary, if such a situation occurs, the commander will not give the order to fire. Let
Only when your own soldiers are in danger will they be sent to a military court.
At the same time that the landing force was advancing towards the city of Melbourne, the two British Hurricane fighter jets also flew near the Federal Navy aircraft carrier formation. The two British pilots could already see with the naked eye the three huge ships floating on the sea in the distance.
There are warships. They are traveling on the sea at a very slow speed, and there are more than ten warships surrounding them.
The two British pilots discussed with each other using hand gestures. They decided to fly over to see what was going on. They raised their flight altitude and planned to fly over the fleet. According to their understanding of the Royal Navy's air defense force, if the aircraft flew over 2,000 meters above
Flying over the fleet at an altitude and speed of nearly 500 kilometers per hour, the navy's anti-aircraft fire cannot pose a threat to it.
In fact, when the two Hurricane fighter jets were dozens of kilometers away from the fleet, the air radars on the destroyers and aircraft carriers in the fleet had already discovered them. However, the radar officer on duty on the aircraft carrier at that time was talking to the returning attack aircraft group.
, did not pay attention to the report sent to him by the ship's radar unit, nor did he receive the inquiry from the destroyer. As a result, the fighter jets on alert above the fleet mistook it for its own aircraft and did not intercept it, and the air defenses on the destroyers
There was no firepower.
As a result, these two British fighter jets actually flew over the federal aircraft carrier formation. It was not until they passed through the fleet that the radar tuber remembered to check the radar report, then inquired via radio, and finally determined that the two aircraft were unknown.
airplane.
"Unknown aircraft? Damn it, it's still unknown at this time?! Military police, arrest this radar officer!!!"
"Inform the captain of the Annan and ask him to come to the flagship to see me. These are his men. This is making fun of the entire fleet."
When the fleet commander received this report, he was furious. These were two fighter jets, and they were two planes that escaped when the federal fleet had a complete advantage. If these two planes carried bombs or torpedoes, then the entire
The air defense systems in the fleet can no longer react to it, and they can easily drop bombs on any warship.
Since the Federal Navy has always been the victorious party, many young officers have the concept of being the best navy in the world. It seems that as soon as their own fleet is dispatched, the other party will have no room to fight back. With this kind of mentality of underestimating the enemy
, some young officers find it easy at work
Human errors or negligence occurred, and they didn't care. But the older officers knew that during the war, any small mistake could cost them their lives. This was what the Navy and the Ministry of Defense repeatedly said before the war.
The key points of exhorting and demanding these senior commanders.
This unlucky radar officer was arrested by the military police at work. The details of this incident were also broadcast throughout the fleet through the fleet's communication system. Due to his dereliction of duty, the safety of the entire fleet was threatened. Waiting for him
Even if he returns to the country to go to court-martial, the captain of the aircraft carrier Annan, which is the main force of the fleet's air defense, will also be dragged down by this incident. After this battle, whether he can continue to be the captain of the Annan will have to be left to his fate.
Closing loopholes and learning lessons is one aspect. The problem of the two British fighter jets must be dealt with immediately. However, when the fleet knew that these two aircraft were enemy aircraft, they had already flown out of the fleet's air defense area, and then sent aircraft to
It's obviously unreliable to chase them, so we can only use radar to lock them.
signal, and then waited for them to return. Since this is the sea, it is impossible for them not to come. As for whether they will return to land from the direction of the fleet, that is not important. As long as they do not fly out of the radar range, they will not come from
Wherever it returns, it will be intercepted by carrier-based fighter jets.
This is just a small episode in this landing battle. Whether these two planes will fall into a trap or not, it has nothing to do with the progress of the war. When the first Federal Navy transport ship docked at the dock, the Second Armored Division's
When the tanks drove onto the pier from the cabin, the landing battle was theoretically successful. No matter how brave the Australian army was, their equipment and numbers could not compete with the federal armored divisions, unless they chose guerrilla warfare to harass the federal army.
Otherwise, they are doomed to fail in a head-on battle.
Just when Group B successfully landed at Darwin Port and moved inland, and Group C successfully landed at Melbourne Port and successfully occupied most of the city, good news came from Perth, thousands of kilometers away. Fifth
A tank battalion of the Armored Division and an infantry regiment of the 1st Mountain Division have all
After occupying the city of Perth, most officials of the Western Australia government and the Perth city government were captured alive. The tank battalion and the mountain regiment are currently divided into three directions, towards Augusta, Albany and Northam in the south.
The city attack is advancing, and it is expected that more than ten cities here will be fully occupied within 2 days.
The fighting in Perth was actually the most intense among the three landing sites. This was mainly because a bloody conflict between Chinese miners and the police occurred here some time ago. Both the Western Australian government and the Perth City Government were afraid of being attacked by Chinese miners.
In order to retaliate, hundreds of Australian troops were transferred from the nearby garrison.
Soldiers from the African Defense Force, and many white residents in Perth City also spontaneously became vigilant. They formed many organizations similar to security squads and carried guns to patrol many places in Perth City on a voluntary basis to prevent Chinese miners from harming their lives.
