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Text Chapter 987 Let¡¯s have a decisive battle!  Navy(1)

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    Eight Yasha dive bombers, leaning like gulls, flew quickly through the pale white clouds.  When the white fog becomes lighter and lighter, a string of green islands like a fairy tale in paradise appear between the clear water and blue sky.  What is incompatible with the beautiful scenery is that the sky above the island is shrouded in black smoke, and the tall coconut trees are filled with flames. Along the beach line, you can also see a large number of cement triangles, coral stone piles, barbed wire fences and deer villages, and several faintly visible underwater  A black anchor mine.  On the mangrove beach next to the anchor mine, a Japanese special cruiser was destroyed and stranded with a swollen belly, surrounded by sharks.

    Like an eagle hunting for prey, the war eagle drew an arc of death. At an altitude of nearly 800 meters, the two lead planes took the lead in dropping 500 kilograms of high-explosive bombs.  The bomb exploded after penetrating into the two-meter-thick Japanese underground bunker. Finally, the wingman dropped six 800-kilogram napalm bombs around the bunker.  Amidst the raging flames and thick smoke, hundreds of Japanese soldiers, covered in flames, howled and screamed in the bunkers and coconut groves.

    This is the Marshall Islands, which together with the Gilbert Islands in the south, Wake Island, Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Volcanic Islands, Japan and the Kuril Islands in the north, form the natural dividing line of the Pacific Ocean.  The atoll I was trembling under the wing just now is the most populous Atoll of Majuro.  After Japan seized this place from Germany during the European War, just like Truk, it implemented closed management and built a large number of fortifications as the first line of defense against the United States.  However, the Japanese government and navy would never have imagined that the one who finally reached this line of defense would be the Chinese navy, which before the war they thought could rely on the island chain to block the offshore waters.

    On the top of the bridge of the destroyer Wumengshan, Yang Tiancheng held a telescope and quietly looked at the atoll under the black clouds.  As the son of the president, although Yang Qiu is not very responsible for his children, due to his years of hearing and seeing, he understands the national strategy implemented by his father better than ordinary officers.  Perhaps soon, a thousands-mile maritime defense line extending from here to the Kamchatka Peninsula will be formed.  Until then.  China will completely establish its dominance in Asia, the Southwest Pacific and the Indian Ocean, and the U.S. Navy will have to give up its core interests in the southwest and retreat to Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands.  If Rabaul and the Solomon Islands can finally be captured from Japan, then even if Australia falls to the United States, it will not be able to break through this island chain.

    After the bombers left, the artillery formation composed of two French Dunkirk-class battleships and four French heavy cruisers began to pour artillery shells on the atoll island of less than ten square kilometers. Cooperating with them were six Yongxing-class battleships.  Destroyer and two fire support ships converted from merchant ships.  Especially the latter, the twelve 32-tube 130mm rocket launchers deployed on the deck can spread killing fragments over an area of ??800,000 square meters in 20 seconds.  All the way from Wake Island.  I don't know how many Japanese soldiers fell under its powerful firepower output and turned into corpses in a daze.

    On the far sea to the right of the destroyer is the main force of the xn23 battle group, which consists of four general-class escort aircraft carriers forming an aircraft carrier strike formation. The dense black spot next to it that is releasing small landing craft came from Wake Island, consisting of 66  A landing formation composed of 2 transport ships and 24 landing ships.  They carried 30,000 landing soldiers and garrison soldiers, 3,100 tanks and trucks, and 130,000 tons of various supplies such as meat, grain, and oil for the fleet, landing soldiers, and more than 10,000 island natives to eat for one and a half months.

    The xn23 battle group is a newly formed maritime battle group, mainly because the four main aircraft carriers and four heavy cruisers of the xn21 battle group were transferred back to Guam.  Prepare to participate in the Ryukyu landing, so for better management and differentiation, the Navy Department will organize the warships left to implement the Ten Degree Plan into the xn23 battle group, with Vice Admiral Xiao Nanxuan of the former First Fleet as commander.  The base is temporarily located on Wake Island.  As a result, the Navy has three aircraft carrier battle groups in the Pacific (the other is the db12 battle group targeting Ryukyu and the Northeast Pacific).

    The destroyer Wumengshan was originally escorting the transport fleet to the Indian Ocean, but after arriving in Sydney, it happened to encounter a formation of six French warships sent by the Third Fleet.  I found out after asking.  Since the Third Fleet has no major mission for the time being, the Italian Navy, the main enemy, has been disabled, and the Japanese Fourth Fleet is holed up in the Philippines, unable to leave Malacca.  Therefore, the Navy Department transferred them back to the Pacific to fight, and the Wumengshan and the escort fleet were temporarily incorporated into the xn23 battle group.  In this way, the xn23 battle group has 4 escort carriers, 4 battleships, 6 heavy cruisers, 6 light cruisers, 37 destroyers/frigates and 5 fire support ships, plus submarines and sea and air forces deployed in Wake  With more than 200 combat aircraft on the islands such as Guangzhou, it has become the largest aircraft carrier battle group in the South Pacific.

    As for the transport fleet, it was handed over to the Australian Navy for escort to the Indian Ocean.  Compared with the U.S. Navy, the Australian Navy was assigned to the Southwest Pacific Theater Command after the Cairo Agreement. Although most of the navy and army went to Europe to participate in the war, there were no Japanese submarine activities from Sydney to the Chagos Islands.  So it's still very safe.

    After a month, it has gradually eroded steadily.??, the xn23 battle group has captured 17 of the islands and has brought most of the Marshall Islands under its control.  The Majuro Atoll in front of us is the last important stronghold where Japanese troops are stationed.  After capturing this, the fleet can attack further south to the Gilbert Islands, or even Santa Cruz and the Solomon Islands.

    "Captain, do you think that after we capture Majuro, will the United States come to snatch it?" The navigator, who loves photography, set up his camera, pointed it at the shelling formation next to him, and kept pressing the shutter.

    "You are just playing house. We have conflicts with the United States, but now we are allies."

    "What's wrong with our allies? They can't stand Guam and Wake Island?"

    "Can't you read more books on international relations? Guam and Wake Island were given to the United States as trustees by the League of Nations, and they are not territories. They were defeated and lost because they had no ability. Now that we have taken them back, then the trusteeship rights belong to us.  At this time, even if it involves the League of Nations, actual control will prevail in the end. So the United States can only grumble and settle the matter, because they have no other choice." Thinking of his father's intention to let Japan act as a pioneer, Yang Tiancheng tightened his grip  Said the railing: "Besides, they can no longer take care of the Pacific side. Yesterday's battle report said that the Spanish Campaign has begun. Although the German army lost the first move, they still have the advantage in strength, supplies and logistics, so it will definitely be a huge loss in the end.  war."

    The navigator nodded, and as soon as he focused the camera on the battleship Dunkirk, which was firing fiercely, the rumble of motors sounded from all around.  "Look, the landing has begun." Ten Tianshan-class tank landing ships and more than two hundred personnel and vehicle landing craft passed by the destroyer and rushed towards Majuro Atoll.

    "Be ready for battle! Guns and artillery, add more observers, and pay attention to the Japanese firepower points."

    "Be careful! Shelling"

    As soon as Yang Tiancheng returned to the bridge, the observer shouted.  As the landing craft approached, Japanese artillery on the island opened fire.  Although the firepower was very weak, many shells still landed next to the sprinting landing craft.  "These Japanese grandsons are really good at hiding, and not all of them are dead yet! Captain, do we want to come aboard?" The navigator handed the camera to the soldier and walked into the bridge.  I was secretly surprised to see that the Japanese artillery had not been blown up yet.

    "It's not our turn, look" In Yang Tiancheng's fingers, the two fire support ships showed off their power again.  The whizzing rockets rushed out of the barrel, instantly leaving countless gray trails in the sky.  In less than five minutes, thousands of incendiary rockets were fired, and with the roll call attack of six French warships, the Japanese firepower on the island was quickly suppressed.

    When the front landing craft opened its hatch, the first batch of 1,500 commandos, armed with automatic rifles and protected by more than thirty Type 37 "Sea Serpent" amphibious tanks and "Otter" amphibious armored vehicles, stood up against the Japanese troops.  Crazy light and heavy firepower began to seize the beach.  Seeing that the Japanese army still had the ability to counterattack, six Yongxing-class destroyers rushed within a thousand meters and used rapid-fire cannons to approach and suppress them.  Due to the large firepower gap, many Japanese soldiers eventually jumped out of their bunkers and launched suicide charges in an attempt to save the defeat. However, they were quickly killed by various heavy machine guns and rapid-fire cannons from destroyers and landing craft.

    With the success of 10 Tianshan-class tank landing ships on the beach, the last hope of the Japanese army was completely shattered.  More than a hundred amphibious tanks and armored vehicles rushed out of the cabin. With the support of the landing ship's own artillery, they sprayed long fire dragons and continued to advance deeper.  "It seems there is no hope again." The navigator and officers all sighed in disappointment, regretting that they had no chance to fire.  Just when everyone was discouraged, the communications officer suddenly took the phone, got excited and shouted: "Captain! Commander Xiao Nanxuan said, let us set off immediately with the Nanning and Kunming heavy cruisers."

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it almost done in front, why do we still need to go up?¡± Yang Tiancheng was stunned.

    "Instead of supporting the army, the submarine discovered the Japanese battleship Haruna and three heavy cruisers in the Solomon Islands. They are running towards Tuvalu. The Ninghai and Dinghai have rushed to intercept. The commander asked us to protect the heavy cruisers and help.  .¡±

    "Great! Get the engine room ready and tell me the oil storage capacity. Navigation, move closer to heavy patrol." Yang Tiancheng clenched his fist hard.  The Haruna battleship formation left in the southwest by the Japanese Navy returned to Rabaul when the xn21 battle group attacked Wake Island.  But as the signs of the Ryukyu landing became more and more obvious, the Japanese navy, which was eager to withdraw all its main forces for a decisive battle, finally couldn't help it.

    Ten minutes later, the destroyer Wumengshan, which was only a month old, together with five other sister ships, protected the Nanning and Kunming heavy cruisers (Xi'an class) from the formation and quickly sailed eastward.

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    PS: My daughter has her final exam this week, so Hippo has to help her review at night, so there are a little less updates.  I hope everyone can forgive me and will make it up as soon as possible

    (To be continued)
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