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    Yang Qiu, who couldn't change his mind and couldn't explain it, didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly took everyone back to Yanjing.  It wasn't until the plane took off that Yue Peng thought of the past and deliberately asked: "President, if we had a few nuclear bombs or hydrogen bombs before the war, how would you fight this war?" Everyone pricked up their ears and felt a little itchy.  I want to know if Yang Qiu had considered other options.

    Yang Qiu squinted his eyes and slowly opened and closed the corners of his mouth: "Modify two cargo ships and three large civilian passenger planes and load them on. Before the war, one sailed into New York Harbor, one into the Thames River, and three went to Moscow and  Visits to Paris and Washington. Winning over Japan, uniting Asia-Pacific, Africa and South America, provoking a confrontation between yellow and white, and deceiving others to join with the goal of global liberation. Finally, they detonated together."

    "."

    "Phew!" Yue Peng spat out a sip of tea from a distance, his eyes widening in shock: "Are you serious?!"

    Amid the horrifying words that no one knew were true or false, the nuclear test site gradually faded away under the wings, and a new journey had begun.

    On the day the Battle of Wake Island ended, the Chinese Naval Staff mobilized the fleet and issued the "Ten Degrees" plan to attack Truk, Wake Island, the Marshall Islands and the Gilbert Islands (which Japan seized from the British after the war).  .  Ten degrees refers to the fact that most of the target areas of this attack are near ten degrees north latitude.  In order to seize all Japan's heritage in the Pacific as soon as possible, the navy this time can be said to be using all its elites.  A total of 165 ships, including the xn21 battle group, 542 carrier-based aircraft, 624 road-based aircraft, as well as five landing forces of the First Marine Division and four Army Divisions were mobilized, with a total strength of 170,000.  The commanders are Lieutenant General Pan Duheng, who became famous in the Battle of Mariana, and Rear Admiral Dai Anlan, who made great contributions in the Battle of Guam.

    February 27th, the night the secret nuclear explosion experiment ended, the xn21 battle group completed its reorganization.

    The 211th aircraft carrier mobile battle group consists of aircraft carriers Guangdong and Guangxi (Liaoning class), battleships Dinghai and Ninghai, light cruisers Brahmaputra and Lancang (Yarlung Zangbo class), and eight Qinling-class destroyers.

    212th Aircraft Carrier Mobile Battle Group, aircraft carriers Beihai and Balkhash (Beihai class), battleships Dunkirk and Strasbourg, light cruisers Xijiang and Dongjiang (Xiangjiang class), eight Qinling class destroyers  .

    The 213th aircraft carrier mobile battle group consists of the Sun Bin, Li Mu and Wang Jian escort carriers (General class), the Xiangjiang light cruiser, the Yangtze and Huanghe light cruisers (Yangtze class), four Taishan class ships and four Qinling class ships.

    The 214th Cruiser Battle Group consists of the heavy cruisers Xi'an and Kunming (Xi'an class), the heavy cruisers Taiwan Island and Hainan Island (Taiwan Island class), two Qinling class and four Yongxing class destroyers of the Polish Navy.

    In addition, there are three frigate formations, two landing ship formations, a combat support formation (four Xinanjiang-class fast mine-laying cruisers), a minesweeper, four submarines and two transport and supply formations.

    At 21:00 local time, the fleet set off from Guam and Palau Islands at the same time¡ª¡ª

    "Same date, Bristol, Irish Sea, UK.

    At five o'clock in the afternoon, the noisy engine sound from far and near alarmed the city.  Citizens who had become accustomed to air raids quickened their pace, but the delayed air defense siren made them stop and look up.  A moment later, 122 red aircraft with eye-catching identification of friend or foe, Chinese Air Force Thunder fighter jets with golden dragon patterns and 30 transport aircraft departed from Kashgar via Karachi, Djibouti, French West Africa and Spanish Canada.  After many special visits to the Nali Islands, I came here.

    Cheers resounded through the sky in an instant, and the beautiful and enthusiastic girls even waved silk scarves.

    People in war are the simplest. They just want to end their suffering as soon as possible, so they have a good impression of all countries and people who help them fight the enemy.  Especially troops like the Chinese Flying Group to Aid Britain, which fought bravely directly over the British Isles.  What's more, the record of this unit is so dazzling that even if politicians start to welcome the United States, they can't cover up their shine.  In seven months, they participated in a total of 174 air battles, shooting down and destroying 1,123 enemy aircraft of all types. They only lost 133 aircraft, 66 pilots, and 11 missing.  The number of kills accounted for 25% of the total number of kills since the outbreak of the British Air War!  Even Goering angrily called them "evil dragons".  It is such a pleasure to have the enemy curse and hate, so ordinary British people affectionately call them "Oriental Dragoons" after their aircraft emblems, so that even the name of the official British Aid Flying Group is slowly being changed.  abandoned.

    What arrived this time was the second batch of "dragon cavalry" who came to take over the rotation.

    "Captain, long time no see." After Mo Yucheng jumped off the plane, he enthusiastically gave Liu Mingchang a hug when he came to greet him.  The two have been partners since they joined the army. Liu Mingchang was the captain and Mo Yucheng was the wingman. Until they came to the UK, Liu Mingchang was the Chinese pilot.Captain, Mo Yucheng is also the deputy captain.

    "What a good boy, you're already a lieutenant colonel."

    "It's not as good as captain, you are already a colonel. Go back to China and stay for a year, maybe you can overcome that hurdle." After the two exchanged a few words on the runway, Mo Yucheng took out the list: "Follow me.  There are a total of 277 people, all of whom have 500 hours of flying experience." Five hundred hours was considered an elite standard in the pre-war Air Force.  But now it can only be considered unsatisfactory. You must know that the first batch of "Dragoon" combat flight hours alone averaged more than 700 hours.  Everyone has a total flight time of more than 1,300 hours, and there are several elite domestic brigades with a total flight time of more than 2,000 hours.

    Liu Mingchang read the list, stuffed it into his pocket and patted his shoulder affectionately: "We still have a week to go, so we can arrange some veterans to make up for you. This is not the northwest or Japan. The German Air Force's style of play and  The tactics are very vicious, so be careful.¡±

    "Don't worry, captain. Before we came, we had intensive training based on the German tactics you summarized. We won't be afraid even if we set off tonight." Mo Yucheng was full of confidence.  He was not lying. The Flying Group to the British Aid Group had summed up a lot of experience and lessons during more than half a year of fighting. These were brought home by the pilots who were rotated back to the country one after another, and were simulated and practiced repeatedly in the Langshan base. Therefore, the Navy and Air Force  The pilots' tactical literacy has improved significantly compared to the early days.

    ¡°You kid, you¡¯re still so impatient.¡±

    "Aren't you greedy, Captain? Haha, before I came here, I heard that you had shot down 13 BF109s and 2 of the latest FW190s? That's true! You can tell me the story later." Mo Yucheng  After flattering Liu Mingchang and making him laugh, he asked: "By the way, I just saw that there were warships and transport ships in the bay. Is there something big going on?"

    Liu Mingchang nodded, lowered his voice and said: "The Marshal said that a second battlefield will be opened in North Africa."

    "Then shall we join the war?" Mo Yucheng looked like a war madman, which made Liu Mingchang shake his head and smile bitterly.  He smiled evilly in his heart: "A bunch of kids who have never experienced hardship, I guarantee that none of you will want to go to heaven in a month." He continued: "I don't know, Marshal Zhang went to London for a meeting and hasn't come back yet. Let's go, I'll take care of you first  You go see the captain."

    The two of them walked and chatted towards the headquarters. Along the way, they could see British soldiers wearing "pot helmets" and waiting solemnly in the anti-aircraft artillery position.  The simple rest sheds on both sides of the runway were full of pilots who were ready to go. All the fighter planes had their cockpits open, and some of them had densely packed bullet holes that had not yet been repaired.  After reaching the end, a large pile of wreckage of destroyed bombers and fighter jets attracted Mo Yucheng's attention.  Seeing him watching, Liu Mingchang wanted to take this opportunity to remind him and introduced: "I didn't pay attention a few days ago and was attacked by German bombers. An entire squadron of H-6s were blown up. 48 were lost and 13 were left.  Fighters. This is not a big deal, but it¡¯s even worse over there in London! Just last night alone, the U.S. Army Air Forces lost 41 P-40 fighter jets, killing and injuring 19 people. If you want to bring everyone back to China safely in half a year, just give it to me  Keep your spirits up! You must be on alert every hour of the day!"

    The solemn tone and miserable sight finally made Mo Yucheng and the newly arrived "Dragon Cavalry" realize the cruelty of the British air battle.

    Since the war has started, which country among the Allied Powers has consumed the most materials, it is China, which fought in the far northwest before the United States entered the war. Its total consumption of materials is more than that of Britain and Germany combined in the same year.  All the supplies that had been secretly stored for several years before the war were exhausted.  But if you want to say who is the worst, it must be England, who faces Germany directly.  Although Hitler temporarily abandoned the landing plan, Goering continued to bomb Britain.  Following Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, London and other places were subjected to the strongest night bombings since the war began. The British Parliament even proposed the idea of ??abandoning London and retreating to Scotland. Even the "Dragoons" had to withdraw to second-line bases and temporarily abandon them.  The Strait is going all out to protect the airspace, which shows how much pressure there is.  However, Britain did not lack counterattacks like in history, because China sold a thousand H-6 bombers before the war. Therefore, after the outbreak of the British Air War, China and Britain joined forces to continue to fight back against Bremen and other German coastal cities and Berlin.  However, there are problems with the survivability of the H-6 itself, otherwise it would not have been abandoned by the Air Force for sale, so after seven months of fierce battles, there were only less than 400 aircraft left.  Had it not been for the gradual increase in British bomber production and the entry of B-17s from the Army Air Forces after the United States entered the war, the British government would have been passively beaten.

    But even if the U.S. military arrived, the situation was still not much better, because the U.S. Army aviation that had just joined the war had a serious lack of combat experience.  Not to mention compared with pilots from China, Germany and the UK who have been flying for almost a year, it is not much better than the rookies from the British aviation school.  Therefore, in the air battles in the past month, more than 300 P-40 fighter jets were shot down by the German Air Force in one go.

    This situation made Churchill more and more worried. He knew very well that Hitler's attention must be diverted away, otherwise the British army would not be able to defeat the British if they relied solely on the immature US military, even if the German army gave up the landing.It will also be completely blown to pieces.  Originally, his biggest dream was to lead the German army to the east, but the Soviet-German "warship trade" made him completely give up.  Therefore, they actively lured the US military to land in North Africa, trying to divert Hitler's attention through North Africa, and then attacked Italy in one go, forcing the German army to focus on Italy and the Balkans.  It was a good idea, but Roosevelt didn't buy it!  The two sides continued to argue until Malta was completely lost, and then they reached an agreement to launch a counterattack in North Africa first.  But the two families were at loggerheads over the selection of landing sites and the delivery of troops.

    Churchill was really annoyed!  Because Roosevelt is still unwilling to offend Vichy France.  He knew that there was a deep political purpose in this. Roosevelt wanted to use this to deepen the relationship between the United States and France, alienate Europe after the war, and achieve the purpose of excluding Britain and occupying Europe!  But the problem is that French West Africa, Algeria and Tunisia controlled by Vichy France have become huge obstacles to the North African counterattack!  So in his opinion, since he has participated in the war, he should go to Vichy France, his country!  Transfer hundreds of thousands of troops to the United Kingdom, and then the two families will join forces to bulldoze the entire North Africa, and counterattack the weakest Italy as soon as possible.

    So besides Yang Qiu, Churchill was also one of the people who gained the most from the Battle of Wake Island.

    Of course, appearances still need to be done, so he imitated Yang Qiu and immediately delivered a national speech to "comfort" his allies.

    When the two came to the command center next to the airport and set up in a residential building, Liu Cuigang just put down the phone.  Seeing the two of them folding the documents in their hands, they frowned and said, "The marshal just called. Operation Torch will start in three days, and Britain and the United States will land in Oran and Algiers at the same time. We need to send a squadron,  Stationed in Gibraltar to protect the landing site." After he finished speaking, before the two of them could react, his sharp eyes were directed at Mo Yucheng: "Get ready, we will set off tomorrow afternoon, I will take you to see the German Air Force!"

    When looking at history and war, there will always be many coincidences.  Just twenty-four hours after the Chinese Navy's xn21 battle group set off, the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, USS Hornet, USS New Mexico, and USS Mississippi; the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Glorious, USS Ark Royal, and USS Nelson,  The battleship Rodney, leading a total of 137 ships, rushed out of Bristol Harbor and quickly disappeared into the deep night.

    The fierce battle in the new year is accompanied by naval operations and once again sweeps the world
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