Chapter 599 Horn 4

December 25th, early morning.

In the largest military base of the Xinhua Empire in Nanyang, the lights are brilliant.

Under the guidance of searchlights, warships left the bay filled with transport ships. In order to reduce the pressure on the seaport, the military also used Manila and Kundian as material transfer and distribution points for the first time.

The first batch of 40 army divisions, 3 North Korean divisions and 2 Japanese divisions, as well as the army divisions and logistics supplies they needed, have busy hundreds of ocean-going cargo ships for two full two months, and this is the troops sent to Malaya and Myanmar in the first phase of the West Strategy.

In the command center, Duan Qirui and Long Guozhang, who had just arrived here from Yanjing all the way from Taiwan by plane, rushed into the general headquarters in Luzon before they had time to drink tea.

The Horn.

was the first battle of the battle to the west, with Sarawak and the Malay Peninsula as the core goal, until the opening of the passage from the Andaman Sea to Bangladesh. Due to the huge plan involving the three armies, the joint command method was adopted for the first time, and Liu Toad, the commander of the Second Fleet, was the commander of the operation.

Everyone in Sarawak did not see it. The 20,000 British troops there were almost withdrawn after the war. Only the remaining more than 3,000 British troops and the puppet army were not enough ammunition and there was no danger to defend. The army alone could solve the problem, not to mention the arrangement of four light patrols and 100 air force falcons.

Bangladesh and Myanmar are not a big problem. There are only a few thousand British troops stationed in these places, so the most important thing is the Malay Peninsula, and the key to the Malay Peninsula is Singapore Island.

Singapore Island is located in the southernmost part of the Malay Peninsula, guarding the eastern entrance of the Strait of Malacca. It is the gateway to the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is known as "Oriental Gibraltar" and is the first strategic place in Asia.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, countless Xinhua soldiers have dreamed of getting here, because only by capturing Singapore can they truly control the entire Southwest Pacific.

After the end of the Battle of Hong Kong, Britain lost its coveted interests in the Far East and had to shrink to the island of Singapore. It was also at that time that Britain's hostility to Xinhua and Li Mo was deep, so it began to desperately strengthen Singapore's defenses after the war, which is said to be completely built according to the scale of the Gibraltar fortress.

The island of Singapore, with an area of 360 square kilometers, has completely become a fortress.

Compared with Tomsk in the north, Britain's financial resources and strength are far from comparable to the declining Russian Russia. The 13 are all made of reinforced concrete. It is said that the front can prevent the direct firing of 12-inch shells is facing the strait.

The fort has a maximum of 343 mm and a minimum of 152 mm of 90 heavy guns. Among them, the most powerful are the 22 L45/305mm naval guns modified from the pre-war emergency reserve. The range of these big guys is much farther than that of the naval guns. In addition, there are auxiliary assist devices in the battery, so the projectile The power of the gun was no less than that of the same type of naval gun, but it was precisely because the British shipped this batch of naval guns here that the Agincourt had no barrel to be replaced, and it had to drag the problematic barrel to the battle and was sunk.

Although the Far East Fleet has declined, there are also the last two old-fashioned battleships, West Brown and Honor, and the formidable old battleship Fuhe, which arrived here before the war.

When knowing that it was no longer possible to compete with the new capital ships in Asia, Britain adopted a small and broad tactic, sending 5 armored cruisers, 6 submarines, 12 protective cruisers, 26 destroyers and up to 40 torpedo boats, plus the French Far East Fleet and the recent landing of the New Chinese Army, were also transferred from Jinlan Bay in Vietnam, bringing 3 protective cruisers, 5 destroyers and up to 22 torpedo boats. With the support of shore guns, the frontal attack will break through even if the Xinhua Second Fleet and the Third Fleet are all pulled up. Strait of Malacca.

In addition to the coastal fortress facing the strait, Britain has also built a large number of bunkers and forts on the line of Bukit Chima Mountain in the middle of Singapore Island. Recently, it has pulled barbed wire and laid a large number of mines on the periphery. According to intelligence, there are more than 200 machine guns and quick-fire guns alone.

And after the big air battle in North Africa, Britain also noticed the need for air defense. There were no less than 80 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers over the Singapore fortress, of which the biggest threat was the imitation of Xinhua's double 37mm rapid-fire machine gun. Recently, it also took advantage of the shrinking time difference of Xinhua submarine forces to transfer from Penang. More than 220 Camel F1 fighters and 51 Schott 184 water torpedo attack aircraft. In addition, in order to "provide sufficient air security for Asia", the United Kingdom built the first aircraft manufacturing plant in India to start construction ten days ago. Only engines and machine guns need to be continuously shipped in China, which is reduced. The transportation cost of the whole machine has accelerated the pace of the aviation era.

The Camel F1 biplane is completely aimed at the early export Falcon. Britain has obtained the early Falcon's 180 horsepower engine technology from Italy, and got a shooting coordinator from the German plane that strayed into the French front, so it installed two 7.92 mm machine guns, plus wooden flying. The aircraft is no worse than the metal aircraft in terms of flexible surname and turning radius, so it has a strong combat capability.

The Short 184 seaplane has encountered the 31st Fleet in Cape Verde. It can be hung on a 14-inch aerial torpedo that can carry 300 pounds and 40 kilograms. It is not a big threat to the rough-skinned capital ship or even light cruisers, but it is still enough for destroyers.

Even if Singapore is taken, there are a large number of bunkers and fortresses on the Malay Peninsula behind. Whether on the side of Siam Bay or in the direction of the Andaman Sea, the defense is very tight. Based on the experience of the French army retreating here, special defense has been carried out. In addition, the Malay Peninsula is deep and high, it is difficult for the troops to fight.

From the perspective of the army, the treaty [***] team currently stationed in the Malay Peninsula has exceeded 200,000, including 70,000 in 35 British battalions, 50,000 Indian soldiers, 20,000 Australian soldiers who arrived here before the start of World War I, plus 20,000 local volunteers, 30,000 French troops who retreated and 5 who just arrived here. The number of U.S. troops has reached 240,000, 330 cannons, 200 machine guns of all kinds, and considering that the Allies can also reinforce from India and Ceylon through the Andaman Sea, they must also be careful enough.

It is said that Lieutenant General Phillips, commander-in-chief of the British Far East Fleet, and Brigadier General Sanchez of the Malayan Peninsula have publicly stated that even without any external assistance, he can persist in the Malay Peninsula for at least two years.

"Two years, huh! If I can't break this turtle shell in two months, I, the Minister of National Defense, will be useless!" Although he has not led troops for many years, Duan Qirui's momentum has not diminished. After all, he manages nearly five million troops, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"Haha..." Long Guozhang held a cigar in his t. He looked at Liu Bu toad next to him and laughed, "Lao Duan, didn't you put pressure on Zixiang in your words? If this can't be finished, Zixiang will have to cry and settle accounts with you."

"I'm not under any pressure, but Commander Liu."

Standing in front of the sand table, Liu Heng's feet are very stable. This famous overseas Chinese general has shown the demeanor of an army commander in the huge war zone. After sweeping at the crowd, he suddenly smiled and said, "There are a lot of people, but it's a pity that it's too messy. There will definitely be a problem with the command and dispatch, and I've been thinking about it. That is, when those British designers built the fortress of Singapore, why didn't they notice that all its heavy artillery was facing the sea and could not rotate at a large angle?

"Haha."

"Heng Jin's vision is really tricky. I was going to remind you!" Long Guozhang leaned on the old man with a cigar in his s and pointed to the Strait of Johor between the Malaya Peninsula and the island of Singapore, and his eyes flashed: "The Third Fleet and the Yasha Squadron have set out to the Gulf of Siam, and they will go to the Strait of Johor tomorrow morning. In addition, the First Team of Nighthawks has arrived at Umin Island for early reconnaissance. There is only 2,000 people in the Indian battalion, and they are sure to eat it within five hours after the start of the war!"

"The rest is up to you!"

"Don't worry, Henghui, in less than ten days, I promise to make it easy for you to walk like a vacation!" Before Liu Hengqi answered, Xue Muhua, who was like an upstart, had already pressed the position of Wuji Zhima Mountain fiercely and stared at Singapore on the map fiercely: "No one can stop it!"

He made several people next to him look at each other and smile, and he knew in his heart that he did have such confidence, because this time the air force almost pulled out the old bottom. At present, almost all the new aircraft that can be mobilized are arranged on the Linga Islands 370 kilometers away from the island of Singapore, with 120 Mustang fighters and 360 Storm attack aircraft, 180 fangs torpedoes/horizontal bombers, 48 Kunpeng double-engine bombers and 30 hippo-class airships, plus more than 300 falcons stationed in Luzon and Kuntian, all of which are all taken off, the shadows will be enough to cover half of Singapore Island.

After the successful development of the monoplane metal aircraft, under the guidance of Li Mo, the Xinhua Army has completely become the U.S. military of later generations, especially after the battle for the fortress of Tomsk. After careful research, the general ginseng began to implement the first tactic in the air, that is, after the war, with absolute air superiority, regardless of whether it is three, seven or twenty-one, it will be blown up first. It is said that a large number of bombs will open the way to reduce the casualties of ground troops.

In order to implement this tactic, Li Mo recently personally wrote Emperor Li's version of "On Air Securing", detailing the important surnames of the air force in military operations. For this reason, Xinhua also deleted a large number of other weapons and equipment purchases, which were specially used to strengthen the air force.

So the horn is not so much the code name of a military operation as the charge of the new military revolution dominated by the air. Li Mo is determined to use the horn plan to practice new tactics to lay a good foundation for the more tragic battles.

The proud Xue Muhua made Long Guozhang hum jealously. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly found that the command center had become silent. Everyone couldn't help looking at the clock, watching the pointer go to the end one by one, and holding his breath.

When a trace of fish out of the window came out of the sea stubbornly, the loud horn tore through the silence of the morning. In the newly repaired double-runway air base on Linga Island, everyone's heart beat strongly with the engine.

(to be continued)