Chapter 603 There are killers

Diaomen Island.

A tall seaplane slowly crossed the island southeast of the Malay Peninsula, nearly 100 kilometers away from Singapore Island. In the cabin of a four-person seat, two telescopes propped out from the left and right.

In fact, since the invention of the aircraft, all kinds of strange aircraft have emerged one after another. Xinhua has also explored this aspect. In addition, Li Mo, who really doesn't know much about the aircraft, is also willing to see this kind of blooming scene, and has also set up a national bonus, which greatly encourages designers to open their minds.

The hummingbird is the representative of this whim. Its fuselage is very thick and shaped like the bottom of a boat, which looks more like a widened canoe. It adopts a double-haired design with a single-wing design. The wings are high on the top and fixed to the fuselage with a steel bracket. From the front, it looks like a boat hanging under the wings, plus both sides of the wings. There is a float, so the water surname can be very good.

Its strange shape is not the main reason for attracting the navy, but it uses a unique material.

Light wood from Ecuador.

There is no need to say more about light wood. This kind of lightweight wood that an adult can carry eight times the volume is an excellent aviation material. Later famous mosquito bombers rely entirely on it. Although Li Mo did not understand airplanes, he also imported a lot of reserves in the early days, just because he was worried that the route from South America to Xinhua would need to pass through the United States. The West Coast and the British-led East Pacific will be cut off by British and Australian warships in wartime, and aluminum alloys have not been used on a large scale.

In fact, Li Mo is right to worry. Less than four months after the start of the war, the South American route has fallen into a temporary pause. More than 20 ocean-going cargo ships were lost on the route, all of which were sunk by British, American and Australian patrol ships. Therefore, at the moment when nearly half of the naval force is applied to the Indian Ocean, it chose to temporarily close the South American route.

Of course, Li Mo did not let go of the light wood. Due to the large number of reserves in the early days, it is currently mainly used for the internal airframe structure of Kunpeng bombers and albatross transport aircraft. This is why when Kunpeng imitates HE111, it is lighter than the latter when the body size is almost the same as the aerodynamics, and there is still a gap between the engine. Many are the main reasons why they can carry 1,000 kilograms of bombs and have a considerable range.

But the hummingbird is different. It is an aircraft made of light wood, just because it is worried that seawater will corrode the bottom of the fuselage and the float covered with a layer of aluminum skin, which makes its body only less than 30% larger than fangs. With two 650 horsepower star air-cooled engines, it has up to 2500 The range of kilometers and the speed has also reached 400 kilometers per hour.

With such an excellent surname, the navy, which has always pursued the best, latest and strongest, will naturally not let go, not to mention seaplanes, so it has purchased nearly a hundred aircraft specially designed for personnel transportation and long-range reconnaissance. At the same time, it has also purchased a model of foldable wings for personnel rescue in the aircraft carrier battlefield.

At the beginning of Operation

The Horn, the Navy sent 12 aircraft for surveillance and reconnaissance. The ultra-long voyage made it easy to search back and forth around the island of Singapore.

The four-person cockpit is more like the front and rear seats of a car. The two lookouts sitting in the back scanned the sea warily, because everyone got the news that Singapore had escaped several warships and submarines.

The threat of warships is not great. At present, there are more than 50 warships gathered around the island of Singapore, and there are ten battleships alone. As long as those old arms and old legs are found, they will basically die, but those submarines make the headquarters very worried.

This hummingbird has repeatedly searched this sea area for the third time, just worried about missing something.

"Look, our fleet!"

Suddenly, a small fleet slowly heading south from the Gulf of Siam attracted the attention of the lookout. The high blood cloud dragon claw flag excited him, but when the telescope focused on several of the warships, his eyes suddenly straightened, that was.

Before he could figure out what kind of warship it was, the rapid shouts next to him suddenly scared everyone.

"Submarine!"

Turning around, I only saw three slender white ripples moving on the sea in the distance. Three small pipes were faintly visible at the front end of the ripples, which were constantly approaching the two destroyers in front of the fleet.

"Did the headquarters say that we have submarine activities in this area?"

"No."

"Notify the fleet immediately."

"Open the magazine and sit firmly!" The captain reacted quickly and quickly dived down to the iron pipe while ordering.

After removing an oil tank, the hummingbird can carry eight 50 kg deep-water bombs at a time. After a lookout quickly got into the back magazine to adjust the depth, the hummingbird had turned a corner and rushed to the iron pipe at a low altitude close to the sea. At this time, three unknown submarines seemed to have found it, and two of them immediately appeared. A large amount of blisters are ready to dive into the bottom of the water to escape.

The use of aircraft anti-submarine is also a tactic recently implemented by Xinhua. Because the scope of aircraft reconnaissance is larger, the hummingbird has also become a pioneer because of its range and speed. When eight deep-water bombs fell on the heads of three submarines like heavenly flowers, the submarine, which had not yet had time to dive, was suddenly killed, and one exploded at close range. The bomb quickly tore the thin steel plate, only a few blisters, and quickly disappeared on the sea.

At this time, the fleet that received the warning also reacted quickly. The five destroyers rushed like hounds. At the prompt of the hummingbird, they spiraled towards the direction where the other two submarines disappeared and dropped deep-water bombs in a circle.

The splashes blooming from the bottom of the sea did not make the two Dalian-class heavy patrols escort nervous. Because British submarines have no ventilation pipes, they can only stay underwater for about three hours. It is 2 p.m., that is to say, even if they are not hit by deep-water bombs, they can't use the night to escape unless they are willing to suffoze to death. Otherwise, sooner or later it will be the prey of the destroyer.

"Captain, Hummingbird 7 reported that the British battleship Fuhe and two armored cruisers are preparing to enter the Johor Strait 80 nautical miles ahead of us. Do you want it?"

"Johor Strait?"

On the Dalian, He Ping waved his hand. There is no difference between entering the narrow Strait of Johor and looking for death. The headquarters has already deployed a number of submarines there, not to mention his task is to protect the special fleet around him.

Turning his head and looking at the strange battleships that were almost full of gun barrel on the six decks, he suddenly remembered the 7 turret monster sunk by the 31st Fleet. He always felt that the partners around him were a little similar to it. Maybe tomorrow morning the British will know that there are multi-turret monsters not only in Britain, but also in Xinhua that they have never The multi-turret fleet I have seen, a night fork that will bring endless horror from the sea! ——

Linga Islands.

From the first plane to take off, dozens of radio stations deployed here have not stopped. The continuous flow of news and intelligence almost broke everyone's waist.

In the distance, the war eagle was still roaring and rising in the air. Many people even forgot how many flights there were. This busyness made Duan Qirui and others who arrived by plane and others suddenly feel a heat wave coming.

The Air Force Staff stood in front of the Singapore defense map and introduced the results so far.

After a day of bombing, it has basically paralyzed the central command ability of the British army on Singapore Island. The warships in the Jurong base are basically ruined. Unfortunately, the battleship Nohone ran away with two armored cruisers. However, according to the latest information, they have learned that Singapore Island has been attacked and are preparing. Take a detour to the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Johor, but it is not an easy way to go.

The fangs have made great achievements, but the fortress has not gained so much. At present, only five of the 13 main plugs have been destroyed. The largest land fortifications and the underground bunker in Bukit Zhima Mountain are basically undamaged. The main reason for this is that there are about 300 storm attack aircraft that can carry 500 kilograms of armor-piercing shells, and it also needs to be considered. The attack range, attendance, etc. cannot be used at the same time, and the front sight is obviously insufficient when the tusks torpedo/horizontal bombers perform high-altitude missions.

More importantly, although Liu Shaoqing demonstrated that large-angle dive can obtain high precision, the storm has not yet reached the ability of a special dive bomber, so that later three storms did not control the crash at a large angle, so in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, under the condition of basically ensuring that Singapore is taken. The Air Force stopped this move, prohibiting Longya from diving at an angle of more than 40°.

"It's a pity that the minesweeper just set off, otherwise I would send two Hebei-class ships to relieve the pressure on the air force. Hey, Lao Xue, thank you for your hard work. Commander Long squinted his eyes and seemed to care, but his words were always full of sourness. There was nothing he could do. Who let the air force dominate this time?

Xue Muhua was born as a junior. Naturally, he did not dare to stare at Commander Long. Fortunately, Duan Qirui was used to his identity and smiled and said, "Come on, Lao Long, don't be happy with Muhua. Destroying more than 40% of the target in one day has far exceeded expectations. Besides, the bomber squadron has not been invested today."

"Yes, yes." Long Guozhang nodded with a smile, and then seriously criticized several naval staff officers with his backs, to the intention of learning from the air force, and he had not killed those escaped warships so far, so he had to speed up.

A member of the navy who knew Commander Long's temper secretly laughed, but the air force staff officers all held their heads high and walked quickly. It seemed that the more Commander Long scolded fiercely, the more proud they were.

Duan Qirui touched his head and couldn't laugh or cry. Xue Muhua seemed to turn a deaf ear. Anyway, he hadn't taken out his killer mace yet. When the ground air defense was almost cleaned up, let these old navy oil sticks see what the air force's heavy firepower is!

"Report."

Just when Long Guozhang was depressed that he was going to be robbed of the first credit by the air force for the first time, a naval liaison officer ran to him. After salute, he opened his voice with a trace of comparison. After all, it has been the news of the air force family so far. It's not easy for the navy to get good news. If you don't shout, I guess what's going to look like. It seems that the jealous commander will throw himself directly into the sea.

Finally, when the navy got the good news, Commander Long nodded with great satisfaction, and then slowly took the telegram. After looking at it, his eyes first lit up, and then shook his head pretending to sigh.

His appearance surprised Duan Qirui and others next to him. What happened?

"The Indian Grand Fleet is not in Ceylon. It has only sunk four battleships, a little less." Commander Long shook the telegram and said it was boring, but the corners of his eyes were a little proud.

But no one can deny that after paying only three sea eagles, the dragon wings are no worse than the silver wings. After all, the quantity and quality of the aircraft are there, and both the Agamemnon or the Spain are not comparable to the old ships of Jurong. Even the two Dandong class in Colombo Bay are much better than the old man. Most importantly, the sinking of the Spain will severely hit the speculator and make him understand that the war is not a joke.

Xue Muhua's eyes twitched twice, and the wings seemed to be doomed. After the navy inserted its wings, it already had a stronger combat ability. What's more, the long-range mobile platform advantage of the aircraft carrier is destined to be unparalleled by the current short-legged air force.

Duan Qirui smiled and said nothing. As the Minister of Defense, he knew very well that this was a new military change that the emperor wanted to see and promoted, so he immediately asked, "Commander Long, since the Indian Grand Fleet is not here, isn't it?"

"Hmm." Long Guozhang nodded and understood what he was going to say: "If the Indian Grand Fleet is not here, it is not suitable to continue bombing Colombo. Ceylon is too close to India. The Indian Grand Fleet must have received the news. If it continues to delay, I'm afraid it will be be besieged and in danger of attack."

"Then come back. The task force has been out for more than two months, and the soldiers are already very tired."

"Don't worry, I have a count." Long Guozhang nodded. After thinking about it, he suddenly wiped a smile on the corners of his mouth. He pointed to the map very seriously and said, "At present, the army's landing in Singapore is bound to be advanced. The Yasha fleet can be ready as early as tomorrow morning. I think we should put it in as soon as possible and completely smash this turtle shell!"

"Yasha?! Don't forget to pick up vegetables for the navy!" Xue Muhua's eyes twitched. Duan Qirui thought he was going to say something important at first. As a result, after listening to it, he couldn't help lamenting and contempt. After Yecha went out early, the air force would certainly not be reconciled. The war between these two pairs of wings seemed to continue.

Although it means to grab credit, it is also good. Although the record of the Air Force is amazing, if it can solve Singapore one day earlier, it can free up its hands earlier to enter the larger Malay Peninsula.

Duan Qirui nodded and agreed with Long Guozhang's opinion. Xue Muhua stood on the side and rolled his eyes and secretly said that he was still too thin-skinned to compare with this navy veteran.

Unfortunately, Singapore is a place where the use of incendiary bombs and gas bombs is strictly prohibited by the General Staff and the Prime Minister's Office, because both have strong sequelae. What's more, this is the home of the Chinese. It is not worth the loss to use high-risk ammunition on their own land.

Do you want to watch the navy take a piece of the pie?

Xue Muhua touched his chin and swept the corners of his eyes to the neatly parked airship in the distance. Why don't he take out heavy equipment tomorrow to let everyone see the killer of the air force?

(to be continued)