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    The failure of the landing force forced Zhu Binhou to send all the five subsequent army divisions to the island as soon as possible. However, it was not easy to send so many troops and tens of thousands of tons of equipment and supplies to the island, because Port Blair was very narrow and did not have any modern equipment at all.  The facilities, even the harbor trestle, were made of wood, so the landing progress was extremely slow.  After dark, the fleet encountered greater trouble. The rapidly increasing westerly winds turned the Andaman Sea upside down. The five- to six-meter-high waves made the landing work more difficult, and even caused two small transport ships to enter the port.  They collided and several soldiers were injured.  This accident also made the landing operation even worse. In the end, the engineers had to take the initiative to sink a ship and build a temporary plank road on its deck to allow subsequent troops to continue ashore.

    In the early morning, as the army and heavy equipment continued to come ashore, the Japanese resistance around Port Blair began to weaken.  However, the situation did not get better. Instead, due to a special situation, both the landing fleet and the fleet were in danger.

    Inside the electronic reconnaissance ship "Natuna", which has been responsible for the electronic security mission of the entire port area, the electronic master sergeant looked solemn.  As an electronic reconnaissance ship converted from a former Austro-Hungarian Combined Forces-class battleship, the "Natuna" and its sister ship "Ryukyu" are the most important eyes and ears of the navy.  It is not only equipped with the latest radar, but also has a large number of radio listening equipment and an independent electronic intelligence cabin on the ship, which can effectively intercept radio signals within 100 kilometers.  If the Kimura fleet hadn't gone into radio silence, there would have been no way to hide it.  But now, the warship encountered a very unexpected situation.  "Look." The Master Chief pointed helplessly at the radar screen covered with strange stripes.  He explained the situation to Zhu Binhou and others who came specially: "Clutter is all geomagnetic clutter signals. The closer to the coastline, the stronger the clutter is. I have asked other ships, except for the main force of offshore maneuvers, all patrol and search in offshore waters.  All radars have encountered this problem, so now they can only rely on visual searches."

    "What's going on with the clutter? Why haven't you heard of it before?" Li Zongren, whose face turned pale from vomiting, had already gone to the shore, but when he heard that the radar had an accident, he hurried back without caring about his discomfort.

    "It has always been there. It has appeared in Ryukyu and Mariana before, but this is the first time I have encountered it with such intensity. According to my estimation, it should be related to the nearby volcanic activity. You see, this is yesterday when the submarine heard a strange noise on the bottom of the sea.  The report, this is from the afternoon, I suspect there is slight seismic activity on the nearby seafloor." Faced with the ever-changing electronic technology, most of the officers were unfamiliar with it, and Li Zongren was puzzled that volcanic activity could actually affect radar detection.  They don't know.  The problem of radar filtering geomagnetic clutter interference could not be initially solved until the advent of electronic computers.

    "This is my preliminary estimate. Because volcanic activity is caused by the extrusion of the earth's crust, during this process, quite strong electromagnetic waves will be released. We also discovered this situation during domestic seismic surveys. The Andaman Islands happen to be  It is the most active area of ??volcanoes and earthquakes" The Master Chief was very serious.  Later, his report also attracted the attention of the navy and science and technology departments, and a long-term research institution was established in Andaman.

    Li Zongren was stunned.  I didn¡¯t expect that a mere radar would involve so many disciplines.

    Zhu Binhou is even more troubled. There are strong winds and waves on the sea at the moment. Without radar, the fleet's search ability will be seriously weakened.  "I suggest adding observation posts on the deck to allow the ships to distance themselves appropriately. This will reduce the interference from island clutter." The electronic master sergeant put forward his own suggestion.

    When the escort ship began to adjust at two o'clock in the morning, the heavy patrol "Lanzhou" searching for the Japanese fleet near Barren Island suddenly reported.  Several maritime targets were discovered on the north side of the island heading toward Malaya at high speed, and a large amount of submarine noise was also heard on sonar.  Submarines have always been the biggest threat to surface ships, so Zhu Binhou immediately dispatched four destroyers to support.  But he never expected that Kimura didn't know how to use submarines at all, let alone the coordination tactics of surface ships and submarines, so he simply sent all 4 submarines, 2 ad hoc cruisers, and 2 torpedo boats out as bait.  At this time, Kimura's main force had already bypassed the southernmost tip of South Andaman Island and quickly turned back north to approach Port Blair.

    At 3:40, the radar of the Tumen River-class light cruiser "Liaohe" south of Port Blair captured a signal. However, because the signal flashed and disappeared, the radar crew mistakenly thought it was clutter again, so they did not notify the "clouds and fog" ahead.  "Shan" destroyer.  It wasn't until the light spot appeared again that the radar soldier realized it was not clutter.  But it's too late!  The cruiser "Isuzu" and 11 Japanese destroyers are already 10 kilometers south of the harbor.

    At this time, the wind speed on the sea was still over 100 kilometers per hour. Even if there were lights in the direction of the harbor, the Japanese lookouts could not distinguish the number and type.  Usually when encountering this situation, the fleet will definitely continue to sprint at high speed until it sees the target clearly before launching a torpedo attack.  But Kimura once again broke the rules and made an unexpected decision. He ordered 12 warships to use the harbor as their coordinates, and thenLater, the depth of the torpedoes was set to 6 meters, the launch interval was shortened, and all the torpedoes were fired at once in a super-intensive manner.

    Although the maximum range of the 93 oxygen torpedo can reach a terrifying 40 kilometers, in an era without guidance, this range is meaningless.  At this moment, we were 10 kilometers away from the harbor and the sea wave was nearly 5 meters high. It was obvious that Kimura was not fighting, but gambling.  Even after he was captured, he frankly admitted that he had never been able to break through the heavy blockade of more than a dozen cruisers and destroyers, so he simply left after the fight.

    "Enemy ship!"

    When the "Liaohe" light cruiser protecting the south of the harbor sounded the alarm, Kimura had fired all 74 torpedoes, 52 of which were 93 oxygen torpedoes.  The nearest destroyer "Yunwushan" was the fastest. After more than ten seconds, three twin 120-mm naval guns fired a string of shells at the "Isuzu".  Immediately afterwards, the four twin 155-mm naval guns on the "Liaohe" also joined in.

    The sudden rumble of gunfire from the south caused sudden chaos in the harbor. Landing ships and merchant ships evaded in the opposite direction according to the predetermined plan. The eight destroyers and frigates protecting the fleet also quickly turned to face the Japanese ships and were responsible for supporting the shore at night.  The French heavy cruisers "Foch" and "Dupleix", and the Tumen River-class light cruisers "Yalu River" and "Songhua River".  The French light cruiser "Marseillaise" also turned around and headed south, trying to insert between the landing formation and the enemy ships to protect the safety of the fleet.

    For a while.  The harbor area is full of ships evading turns.

    The reaction speed of the Third Fleet was really fast. From the time the "Unwushan" opened fire to the time when each ship made tactical moves, the average time was less than two minutes, and overwhelming shells were showered on the Kimura fleet.  But the hissing sound of torpedoes underwater made the sonar soldiers of the destroyer "Yunwushan" stand on end: "Torpedoes! A lot of torpedoes!"

    74 torpedoes passed by and under the destroyer in ultra-dense formations.  Fortunately, in order to reduce the impact of waves, Kimura set the torpedo depth at 6 meters.  Therefore, the "Yunwushan" actually escaped unscathed.  But the "Liaohe" behind her was not so lucky. After a loud bang, the Tumenjiang-class light cruiser with a draft of 6.5 meters was hit on the stern by a 93 oxygen torpedo. The violent explosion caused  The battleship instantly turned around on the sea.

    Before the "Liaohe" could report its injuries, the 10,000-ton freighters Fulin and Tianfulun, which were coming out of the harbor, and the light cruiser "La Marseillaise", the light cruiser "Yalu River", and the "Di" were turning at high speed to prepare to protect the landing fleet.  The heavy cruiser "Plexus" also suffered torpedo explosions one after another, and those destroyers and landing ships with shallow drafts.  All of them were safe and sound.  Such a terrible torpedo attack allowed Zhu Binhou and the Third Fleet to experience the Japanese Navy's super lightning strike capability for the first time. Because of this battle, Kimura was called the "Kimura Miracle" by later naval scholars.  However, Lieutenant General Kimura, who created the miracle, also suffered a devastating blow.  The remaining 13 destroyers of the Third Fleet sprayed all their artillery shells at his fleet, and the four Qinling-class destroyers coming from the east also responded with a wave of 40 thermal-powered torpedoes.

    to 4:30 in the morning.  Kimura has lost 5 destroyers, and the cruiser "Isuzu" and the remaining 6 destroyers have also been damaged.  At this critical moment when the entire army was about to be annihilated, he once again made a jaw-dropping decision. He first asked the flagship to send out a "Follow me" light signal, and then led the flagship to rush to the island.

    Afterwards, he talked about this decision in the military court.  It was believed that he had completed his mission at that time and achieved results that exceeded expectations.  Fulfilled the duty of a soldier.  He said that if he chose to break through to Malaya, 600 kilometers away, the entire army would definitely be annihilated. In order to prevent the remaining thousands of sailors from perishing at sea, he simply ran aground and tried to escape into the rainforest to continue fighting.  However, due to a poor choice of location, they were finally trapped on the southernmost peninsula of the Andaman Islands, and they were all captured two days later.  But his decision really saved the lives of many Japanese sailors and their families. 821 sailors survived until the war because of this decision.  But at that time, Zhu Binhou wanted to kill him. In the end, it was Deng Haoqian who reminded him that French warships were present, so he did not massacre the prisoners of war.

    However, Kimura was not dead, which made the intelligence agency breathe a sigh of relief.  Because the Intelligence Department has been secretly searching for gold treasures seized by the Japanese army in India and Burma.  You know, after the Japanese army captured Burma and Calcutta, even the gold foil affixed to the temples and pagodas was scraped clean. Hundreds of ancient temples in India and Burma were violently looted by them.  However, because the shipping lanes in Guam were blocked by the occupation, the intelligence agencies have always suspected that this unimaginable amount of treasure is still somewhere in Southeast Asia.  And Kimura happened to be the only naval officer in charge of the escort. If you catch him, you can find out the clues.

    At six o'clock in the morning, the "Lanzhou" heavy patrol formation also sent back news that it had sunk 4 surface ships and all 4 submarines. This also means that there are no more Japanese warships in the Indian Ocean.  Zhu Binhou was also relieved at this time, because among the six ships that were hit, only the cargo ship "Fu Lai" accidentally ran aground and capsized when it ran aground, and the other four patrol ships wereThe injuries to the foreign ships and merchant ships were not serious.  Moreover, the army troops on the two cargo ships had been unloaded at that time, so only 51 people were killed and 127 injured.

    The "Doomsday Glory" created by Kimura could not save Japan's defeat. The Battle of the Andaman Sea was also the last battle in which the Japanese Navy damaged the Allied main cruiser. Until the defeat, the combined fleet that had once made the entire world look at it could not achieve any more results.

    The result of the naval battle in which four cruisers were injured quickly spread to the country, but Yang Qiu didn't pay much attention.  The Indian Ocean is not the main battlefield. The capture of Andaman is only to cut off the connection between the Japanese army in the southeast and India and prepare for the attack on Singapore and the Malay Peninsula.  What's more, his most important thing now is to integrate the recovered territory and trusteeship islands as soon as possible according to the agreement reached at the Cape Town Conference. He also needs to adjust the following military tasks and domestic issues delayed by the war. Moreover, with the full-scale war in Southeast Asia,  To expand, the Asian League also needs a chance to officially launch on the stage of history.

    "This is Marshall's Kwajalein Atoll, Gilbert's Tawara Atoll, Truk, Holy Ruth Islands, South Bird Island, Wake Island, Volcanic Islands (Iwo Jima), Bismarck Islands (Rabaul)  Cocos Islands, Christmas Island and Andaman Island." In the Presidential Palace, Bingwen lay on the table and drew a circle with his fingers along the edge of the southwest Pacific: "This is the island chain we currently control.  The conditions on some islands are no worse than those on Diego Garcia, and the population is very small. We can imitate Diego Garcia and relocate the people on it, and establish closed bases on the grounds of military needs"

    The navy¡¯s ambition made Gu Weijun laugh at first: ¡°Speaking of Bingwen, your navy is too greedy, right? I remember that Truk and the Bismarck Islands haven¡¯t been conquered yet, right?¡±

    "Come on, come on, the Japanese troops in Saipan and Truk have been hungry for more than a year, and their combat effectiveness has weakened a lot. They can attack after Singapore is captured. As for Rabaul" Bingwen rubs.  Hands, eyes turned to Yang Qiu.  "We won't fight Rabaul for the time being. We just need to block it first." The battle in the Andaman rainforest is already very painful. Let's go to Rabaul, the "big Andaman" where 100,000 elite Japanese troops and hundreds of thousands of Japanese expatriates are stationed.  , no different from seeking death.  If the first nuclear bomb was not still being produced, he would have thrown it into the Andaman.

    "I think what Bingwen just said is okay." Yue Peng nodded and agreed with the navy's idea: "Ryukyu, Guam, Truk, Marshall and Gilbert are just on the route between our country and South America. If we can build these bases,  Not only can it ensure our country's interests in the Southwest Pacific, but in the future we don't have to look at Hawaii when going to South America." In the past, if you took the South American route, you had to refuel or transit in Hawaii. If airports can be built on these islands  and seaports, you can bypass the United States.  Although no one thought about going to South America to compete with the United States, the rich resources in South America are still worth exploring.

    "The Pacific side is not a big problem. Since it is under our trusteeship, we can use the excuse of restoring local people's livelihood to close these places, but the southwestthese three places are too complicated." As Prime Minister, Gu Weijun  He is Yang Qiu's butler, and these domestic affairs will eventually fall on his shoulders.  Therefore, he also knew that Yang Qiu had no intention of turmoil among the three Indian states. His original intention was to abrogate the "Sino-British Conference Treaty on Tibet and India", which was called the "last unequal treaty" in the country, and restore the central government's control over India.  Sovereignty of East Kashmir.  You must know that East Kashmir is the only strategic location guarding the Wakhan Corridor. Controlling this area can keep Afghanistan and the Muslim League out of the country.

    But if you abrogate the treaty, you must accept the Three Kingdoms. You can¡¯t just throw it away, right?  So I have to eat this bowl of rice without eating it
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