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    May 22, 1940 Zhanjiang, the home port of the Chinese Navy¡¯s Second Fleet.

    Two elegant-looking four-engine Felian 2B "Sea Eagle" seaplanes slowly landed at the landing area of ??the Donghai Island Sea Reconnaissance Brigade pier.  Compared with the dozens of Feilian Type 1 "Blue Swans" in blue and white striped camouflage neatly arranged on the shore, with the help of four 1,600-horsepower Meteor engines, the Sea Eagle has a maximum range of 6,000 kilometers and a maximum reconnaissance radius of 2,200 kilometers.  It can also carry 2 tons of torpedoes or bombs.  Type A is the standard reconnaissance/anti-submarine type of the Seahawk, and Type B is the traffic/transportation type with 22 seats inside and can fly non-stop from Beijing to Borneo.

    After the plane approached the waterslide, a traffic boat immediately came up to fix the steel cable on the nose of the plane. The ground crew on the shore turned their fingers and guided the winch to pull the plane onto the land little by little.  After the first Seahawk landed, Lieutenant General Yang Guochang, director of the Second Fleet Operations Department and deputy chief of staff, quickly greeted him: "Commander, is the Anambas anchorage ready?"

    The person who stepped off the plane was none other than Bingwen, Commander of the Second Fleet.  His trip was to the Anambas Islands to inspect the construction progress of the naval anchorage.  Since Natuna is isolated overseas, the Navy has always wanted to capture the Anambas Islands to expand the depth of its defense.  With Singapore finished, Bingwen unceremoniously dispatched destroyers to occupy the Anambas Islands and the Tameran Islands in the south that day.  After taking over the two islands, the navy immediately started building airports and anchorages.  Especially for the construction of submarine bases, because the Natuna Islands do not have a good submarine port and the conditions of the Tamailan Islands are not good, the Anambas anchorage is one of the most important seaports to support the forward activities of the Second Fleet submarines.

    "There are still three days to complete. The supply fleet and submarine detachment 221 have arrived. They will be activated at the beginning of next month at the latest. By the way, what can't be said over the phone that you have to drag me back?" Bingwen gave a brief introduction to Anambas.  After anchoring, he asked why he was suddenly called back.

    Yang Guochang is the last son of Beiyang veteran Yang Yonglin, who is known as the Nelson of the East. His father was only three years old when he died.  Recommended by Sa Zhenbing, he entered the Nanyang Naval Academy in Shanghai at the age of seventeen and participated in the Battle of Qingdao. During the European War, he served as a naval cooperation petty officer in the UK on the light cruiser Phaethon, and participated in the Battle of Jutland and the Atlantic Ocean.  Escort battle.  As an active vice admiral who came from a naval family and participated in the Battle of Jutland, he is well aware of the importance of the Anambas Islands.  I was also very happy to hear that submarines would be able to patrol the South China Sea from here in three days. I immediately waved for the car to drive over. I waited until I got in the car and drove to the headquarters before telling the whole story: "The order was given by Commander Chen. He asked the 22nd Fleet  Depart in three days.¡±

    "So early?" Bingwen frowned.

    Fleet 22 withdrew from the Indian Ocean to rest because of Churchill¡¯s small moves. However, after Yue Peng¡¯s visit to France, the French Navy agreed to allow the Chinese Navy to use the Djibouti Port again, and there was no problem in returning to the Indian Ocean.  Therefore, it was planned that the fleet would set off again on the 22nd in early June, but now it is only May 22, which is half a month early.  Yang Guochang thought he was worried about the fleet's readiness and said: "There is no problem with the preparations. The Xikang and Tibet aircraft carriers have completed overhaul and can be undocking and delivered tomorrow morning. The Liaoning has also been training for more than a month. It is in good condition, heavy patrol and  The light cruiser is also ready. It¡¯s just that the supply ship hasn¡¯t loaded the goods yet, but we should hurry up and set off in three days.¡±

    Bingwen waved his hand: "I'm not worried about this, I'm worried about Linjia Anchorage."

    The Japanese Navy¡¯s large-scale gathering at Linjia Anchorage could not be concealed from the Military Intelligence Agency.  With so many battleships in Singapore in Episode 56 of Yamamoto, it is clear that something big is going on.  If the 22nd Fleet sets out now, it will inevitably run into the Japanese Navy.  As an important force that the Navy and the Second Fleet deliberately deployed on the periphery to break the blockade.  The 22nd Fleet will take away at least 15 ships including 3 fleet aircraft carriers, 2 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers and 3 supply ships after this departure.  Zhanjiang is not afraid of sneak attacks, but if Yamamoto Isoroku has bad intentions, he will suddenly attack the 22nd Fleet heading to the Persian Gulf.  Zhu Binhou's situation will be very dangerous.

    The higher-ups must not know these things. Since they knew and set off early, there was only one possibility!  Bingwen raised his head: "Is it French East India?"

    Yang Guochang nodded: "The situation in Central Asia has been reversed. The army used the armored division as an arrow. After destroying Zhukov, it is attacking Lukin's flank. It is currently driving the main force of the Soviet army to the triangle area south of Petropavlovsk. As long as  When the encirclement is completed, Tashkent will be stormed. It is expected that Petropavlovsk will be captured by the end of July at the latest and all Central Asia east of the Aral Sea will be liberated. Japan must have also received the news, so this is their opening of the Indian Ocean route  The last chance! Yamamoto Isoroku has never wanted to start a war with us so early. His most important thing now is to capture Ceylon, stabilize the Indian Ocean and seek opportunities to annihilate the British Far East Fleet, so the General Staff predicts that he will come within these few days  Set off west.

    The Chief of General Staff also returned to Beijing last night. According to intelligence, France is likely to surrender within half a month.  Military Intelligence also detected that the mountainFengwen and Shunroku Hata have been active in Bangkok recently, and the 11th Division, 18th Division and 29th Division stationed in Singapore and Malaya have entered Siam from Songkhla.  About one brigade and two divisions of servant troops of the French colonial army are already gathering in these two places, so they expect that the possibility of the Japanese army unilaterally attacking Siem Reap before France surrenders cannot be ruled out.  Because as long as they control this place, the Japanese army can take the Tonle Sap River and capture Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay before us.  Therefore, the General Staff is preparing to use the 22nd Fleet as a cover, so that we can concentrate our forces on the Beibu Gulf as soon as possible.

    As soon as France surrenders, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a note to the French East Indies government in the name of preventing French East Indies from being used by the enemy and protecting the interests of French expatriates and our country.  The entire operation is bounded by Thanh Hoa. The Army will dispatch 1 light armored division and 6 infantry divisions to go south from Vo Sheng Pass. The 1st Airborne Division has returned from the northwest. They are responsible for Vientiane and Luang Praa.  Our mission is to dispatch the fleet and naval aviation to protect the 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions, and at the same time land in Hue, Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, Saigon, Phnom Penh, and Ca Mau, and also find a way to get ahead of the Japanese as quickly as possible.  Lower Champasak, Madewang and Siem Reap!  "

    "Champasak and Siem Reap return to the Marine Corps? Is the order correct? It is 250 kilometers away from the coast. Even if my landing goes smoothly, it will take three days. Does the General Staff really think that the French army can hold on until we arrive?"

    "The order is correct, it belongs to us." Yang Guochang spread his hands and smiled: "Commander Chen issued an order last night, and all four general-class escort aircraft carriers in Hangzhou Bay set off to the Yellow Sea to participate in the First Fleet exercise. But they will not  When going to the Yellow Sea, we will circle around Qingdao and join the two Anhais that have just been refitted in Shanghai and go south to join us. In this way, apart from the 22nd Fleet, we still have 4 Anhais, 2 Sichuan-class aircraft carriers, and 4  "General-class escort aircraft carriers, 2 Taiwan Island-class heavy cruisers, and 10 light cruisers. If the speed is fast, the Mawei Lanzhou (No. 2 Xi'an-class heavy cruiser) can also catch up with the action."

    Bingwen knows that although the two Anhai ships of the First Fleet have not been replaced with 330mm naval guns, they can reach a speed of 32 knots after modification and have strong air defense capabilities, which can make up for the shortcomings of the fleet's lack of heavy patrols.  As for the four general-class escort aircraft carriers, they are products after the war. They are all modified with ro-ro wheels. They have a standard displacement of 16,000 tons and a full load of 24,000 tons.  It can carry 60 aircraft at a time, but the speed is only 22 knots, and it is a civilian hull with poor protection capabilities. It can only be used as a second-line supplementary force before the escort and Liaoning-class aircraft carriers are fully commissioned.

    With 2 Anhai and 4 escort aircraft carriers joining the force, the force is sufficient, but what about the 250 kilometers distance?  "Commander, have you forgotten the sea cavalry?" Yang Guochang took out his cigarette and reminded with a smile.

    "Use them?" Bingwen thought of a new unit that the navy had just equipped, but he always felt that things in Siem Reap might not be that simple.  Neither the General Staff nor Yang Qiu knew that this distance actually exceeded the navy's rapid transportation capability when attacking the shore.

    After passing the cross-sea bridge, the car quickly arrived at the gray-brown naval headquarters. The staff officer waiting at the door immediately walked up when he saw the car: "Commander, deputy chief of staff. The Borneo Maritime Reconnaissance Brigade reported that this morning, they sent  When Blue Swan 47 flew over the Linga Islands and cruised to the Minas oil field, they discovered that the main force of the Japanese navy in the Linga anchorage had disappeared, so they immediately notified the Sumatran Air Force to urgently search westward. Half an hour ago, the Sumatran Air Force's  Two J-4s (Li Feng) were expelled by six Japanese Zero fighters east of Malaya's Pacific Port. Before they left, they spotted at least two Japanese aircraft carriers heading west along the coast at a speed of about 25 knots. Also  Yes! Submarine No. 251 of the First Fleet's Shark (Shark is the submarine code name) reported that they discovered the landing carrier Shenzhou Maru and four troop transports belonging to the Japanese Army 75 nautical miles east of Taiwan. They were also protecting the Japanese Navy Dragon  The light cruiser Tian and the seaplane carrier Akitsusu.¡±

    After hearing the news, Yang Guochang and Bingwen exchanged glances and said with a smile: "Commander, it seems our vacation is over."

    "Have the chief of staff and Marquis Zhu Bin come to see me immediately. In the name of the headquarters, I order that from now on, all personnel will cancel their vacations, and all officers and soldiers on vacation must report back to the army within 72 hours." Bingwen smiled slightly. If there is no more war,  It's time for him to get rusty.  So I grabbed the information, looked at my watch and gave the order as if it were a treasure: "Tomorrow night at 3 o'clock, the 211th Submarine Detachment will set off to move to Palawan Island, and the 219th Submarine Detachment will move to the Gulf of Siam. Contact the Marine Corps II in Qinzhou  Division and the Fourth Marine Division in Haikou, I will send a ship to pick them up within three days. Order the Natuna, Huangshanma (Taiping Island), Batan Island and Fengshan (today's Kaohsiung) sea reconnaissance aviation groups to monitor the Philippines and beyond  Japanese naval movements in the east. Order the 27 frigate detachment in Borneo to move towards the mouth of the Mekong River. I will send gunboats to support them and be prepared to go up the river into Tonle Sap Lake. Then send a telegram to Abu Dhabi and order the Songhua River  Immediately brought three destroyers to support Addu Atoll, and at the same time ordered the Addu Atoll aviation squadron to prepare for the invasion. Three days later, the 217th submarine detachment left the atoll and headed towards Ceylon.Close movement, can fire if attacked.  "

    "That's right. Contact the Military Intelligence Bureau and ask them to report the movements of the British Far East Fleet in Madagascar every two hours." (To be continued)
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