The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

Once the Chinese navy captures Chittagong and controls shipping in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, the only lifeline of maritime transportation that the coalition forces can count on will be completely cut off.At that time, not only will the millions of troops on the Indochina Peninsula lose their precious supplies, but even the morale of the troops will be broken without fighting.

Especially the British and American soldiers who are used to a good life, the conditions are a little bit unbearable. Once they fall into a bad situation where they have nothing to eat and nothing to use, the consequences will be disastrous!

And what the British are even more worried about is that once it reaches that point, Gandhi of India and the gang of troublemakers will inevitably take the opportunity to make trouble.Once the mighty image of the British Empire collapses, who knows how long the diamond in the queen's crown can be controlled?Now that Britain has lost so many colonies in a row, it is expected to maintain a series of resources here!

In any case, the Chinese navy cannot be allowed to succeed!

Not only that, Lord Alexander grabbed MacArthur and asked straightly: "I don't care what the United States thinks of, in short, it must send the fleet before the Chinaman succeeds! There can be no mistakes here!"

Since they are allies of the coalition forces and a family related by blood, there is no need to hide some words.Perhaps it is necessary to keep it secret from the Japanese, and it is better to make it public within your own family.

MacArthur admitted frankly: "The United States has indeed built a large number of new warships, and some of them can serve in battle. But Mr. Lord, don't forget that the center of the world is still Europe, and most of the naval power is helping to encircle and suppress the Atlantic Ocean. Germans on board. If all are taken away, our shipping supplies to Britain will be under enormous pressure!"

Alexander hesitated for a moment.

Yes, that is the reality.Because of Zhu Bin's blending and inversion, the Germans are stronger than in another time and space, and their naval construction capacity has almost doubled until now.The second "Bismarck-class battleship" Tirpitz has entered service, and together with the second aircraft carrier Peter Strasser, formed a second formation to break diplomatic relations recklessly in the Atlantic Ocean, almost holding back It is really a headache to absorb all the energy of the Royal Navy.

What about America?At the same time, hundreds of thousands of [-]-ton freighters and container ships are built modularly at the speed of fishing boats.While restoring the naval ships with full power, the fight with the Chinese before was too miserable. Except for a large number of destroyers and a few cruisers, the most critical battleships, heavy cruisers, and aircraft carriers were a bit unable to keep up.

The current German navy is not the rigid and unreasonable style of the past. Their good interaction with China has produced many good things.For example, the super alloys, titanium alloys, Kevlar linings, and composite armor on battleships, heavy cruisers, and battle cruisers make the German fully armored warships that are already difficult to sink simply tenacious and annoying!

In terms of carrier-based aircraft, the arrogant Goering couldn't bear the whims of the moody Hitler after all. When he clarified the huge role of the aircraft carrier, and the shortcomings of the German army's road-based aviation power had become an obstacle for them to capture Britain.Severed mercilessly, let the navy play freely.

Therefore, the shape of the second aircraft carrier is no longer the form that Germany bought from Japan and imitated from the United Kingdom. Instead, it directly adopts the mature design of China's first-generation aircraft carrier with a straight deck, ensuring displacement and seaworthiness. Under such circumstances, the carrier-based aircraft can be allowed to take off in the harsh weather conditions of the North Sea!

In addition, the Germans spent a lot of money on using a large number of expensive alloys, resulting in a lighter hull, greater speed and range.Compare all the ships of the British.

The accumulation of all kinds of troubles has caused not only the British Navy to be helpless.A large number of ships supported by the U.S. Navy also had to face the submarines that were produced like dumplings at any time. With such a three-dimensional breakup, tens of thousands of ships were sunk every day, and the losses caused were so great that it was impossible to calculate!

The United Kingdom is now being bombed every day, and the domestic rationing system has almost broken its strings.If there is a problem with US shipping.That is really going to collapse the starving country, and finally surrendered!

But they also have to deal with the matter in front of them, what a dilemma!

Alexander hurriedly asked for support at home, and emphasized how serious the consequences would be if he lost the battle in Asia.I implore the Congress to do everything possible to persuade the Americans and guarantee their full support.

Churchill was extremely busy at this time, and all kinds of situations made him burnt out, but his mind was always clear, and he could still figure out what was more important.He was not in a hurry to draw conclusions, but called Roosevelt first to find out for himself how strong the support of the Americans can be.

Roosevelt probably encountered too many troubles recently. A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. He told Churchill very calmly: "You don't have to worry about the industrial productivity of the United States. We can at least guarantee that industrial products, including freighters The speed of construction is much faster than the speed of sinking by the Germans! Thanks also to our Chinese friends, who brought an unprecedented high-efficiency production method, so that our steel mills may not have time to replenish when they are fully operational! "

This is of course a joke.The total production capacity of steel mills in the United States can reach a peak of around 8000 million tons a year. Even if it has not fully recovered, there will always be [-] to [-] million tons.With such a large scale, what can you build can be consumed!

That is to give Churchill a reassurance, and then Roosevelt said: "We have recently been able to form an unprecedentedly powerful navy and rush across the Atlantic to fight in Asia. Originally, for the sake of keeping secrets, we had to travel long distances to bypass Africa. Now that our friends are in need, Then we might as well clean up the Germans by the way."

Clean it up, how easy it is to say.Churchill immediately understood that the US allies were confident!At the same time, I couldn't help being envious, jealous, and hating. How long has it been? Half a year?The U.S. Navy quickly recovered its combat effectiveness. How well prepared were they before!

Churchill didn't say anything more, he already knew that the British Empire had become a supporting role, and in the whole world, they only had a soy sauce role to play.

On Roosevelt's side, isn't he really bragging?Really not!At least for now, there are quite a lot of cards in his hand!

Let's talk about the navy that was done before.The Pacific Fleet has been supplemented several times before and after. Although almost all the capital ships have been lost, it can be found through careful study.Except for the four South Dakota-class battleships, most of the rest are old units, which could not keep up with the development of military technology, and were either dismantled or used as training ships.

Although the end of the four battleships is very distressing, but who let the Americans these days.rich!

As early as 1938, when Zhu Bin announced that he would build a larger battleship, the Americans considered that the Pacific region would soon face the threat of two powerful warships, Japan's Yamato class and China's Kunlun class, so the Americans planned to start construction in early 1940. The new battleships were built ahead of schedule. By the end of last year, two Iowa-class battleships had been launched. Up to now, there have been three months of sea trials. Although they are not perfect enough, they barely entered the battle.But there is no big problem.

Then in February, the second batch of two ships were also launched and entered service urgently. They are still in the process of intense sea trials, and they are worried that they will not be perfect when they are pulled out to fight. They pretend to scare people, but there is no problem at all!

The most interesting are the two "Yamato-class" battleships that were halfway built and brought to the United States.They have completed the construction of the main body before, when installing the main turret and power system, and assembling the bridge.Under heavy attack from China, the Combined Fleet was completely destroyed.The two warships were towed away and transferred in time. After three months of trekking, they finally ran back to the east coast of the United States. After several months of intense construction, the construction was completed.

In other words, so far, the cutting-edge battleships available to the U.S. Navy.There are already six ships!At least four ships that can participate in the battle!

As for the aircraft carrier, thanks to the proliferation of modular construction technology taught by Zhu Bin, the Americans urgently launched it during the war, and it took only eight months.As many as six "Independence-class" light aircraft carriers have been built successively, plus the four "Essex-class" aircraft carriers that have been started before. Not only has the main combat force at sea not been weakened, but it has been greatly improved!

This is also a terrifying manifestation of the strong industrial productivity of the United States. If you really want to give them a stable production environment, you can really use the leading manufacturing industry to crush the whole world!

Still thanks to Zhu Bin, most of the captured naval officers and soldiers, whether they were sailors or pilots, were welcomed and appeased by the Americans as heroes after they were released. As a result, after half a year of rest, these people went into battle again, but it happened The military, which was worried about being out of gear, was overjoyed. While scolding the Chinese for being stupid and stupid, they actually sent back excellent soldiers, while stepping up training and sending millions of American boys into training camps.

In short, the U.S. Atlantic Navy at this time is still majestic and powerful!

However, no matter how good the words are, the fact is that the Americans just did not dare to send the rebuilt fleet to the Pacific Ocean to fight against the Chinese ocean-going fleet.Instead, on the grounds that "the Panama Canal is blocked" and the east coast is under a huge threat, they stayed in the south-central Atlantic Ocean steadily, and drove back those annoying broken-off ships of the Germans time and time again.

What is the situation?In the words of Commander Nimitz, the U.S. Navy is not ready to defeat the Chinese Navy.At least so far, there is no effective defense method for the terrifying missile that can hit a warship in a surprise attack at a distance of [-] kilometers and cause huge damage.Even with what they have now, the main armor belt of the Iowa-class battleship, or the armor of the Yamato-class, are not very sure of resisting the bombardment of its hundreds of kilograms of warheads.

Nimitz also emphasized that there is also a huge gap in the U.S. Navy in terms of reconnaissance and night combat. Some strange things that cannot be understood by common sense occur frequently, which makes them helpless.Even if it is the current powerful force that combines the naval technologies of Britain, the United States and Japan, there is no certainty of victory.

At present, the situation facing the United States is quite severe. The west coast has been seized of the territory of nearly three states, and tens of millions of citizens have fallen. The army is still nervously preparing for a new counterattack, and the navy can't help much.They must plan carefully, every time they attack, they must try to preserve their strength and annihilate the enemy.

It's not that Roosevelt is not clear about similar situations, but he has nothing to do.The United States is also facing a once-in-a-century golden opportunity. As long as it wins the war, it will be able to successfully replace the United Kingdom and become the world's number one hegemon and leader. Try to solve it.

Just after agreeing to Churchill, Roosevelt issued an order to the Navy to go to the Far East.The fleet that was playing hide-and-seek with the German Navy in the Atlantic immediately gave up its current target and turned to the Mediterranean Sea, preparing to cross the Suez Canal.Go to the Indian Ocean.

The whole itinerary will take at least ten days, so during this period of time, how can we delay the Chinese navy, which can reach the Bay of Bengal and launch an attack in only three days?The answer is the U.S. Air Force.

Just one day after Lord Alexander sent a telegram for help, the first batch of support fighter planes made a transition all the way and traveled long distances from northern Africa to Sumatra.After a short overhaul, they actually took off that night and headed straight for the left-behind squadron of the South China Sea Fleet off the coast of Singapore!

Hearing the news, Alexander was taken aback, hurriedly asked for details, and expressed his concern: "Can our fighter planes be able to conduct real night operations? After all, it is very troublesome, and some technical problems may not be easy to solve."

MacArthur is actually not very clear, but he can't say that he doesn't know anything.He was very happy to be able to surprise the arrogant British guy, and immediately put on a confident posture and said: "Please believe in the technological power of the United States, all difficulties can be overcome! As long as we have enough time, we can invent anything , solve any problem!"

You just blow.Lord Alexander despised it in his heart, but he had an expression of admiration on his face, and then he asked someone to study it seriously.In the end the Americans are not reliable.

MacArthur is really not bragging.The total number of fighter planes that came this time was more than 100, not too many.But almost all of them are advanced fighters that have just been installed, from Northrop's twin-engine, two-seat heavy fighter --- P-61 Black Widow!

吸收了英日两国提供的各种技术，诺斯罗普公司很快搞出来一种真正可以应用于夜间战斗的飞机。它拥有两台强劲的2000马力引擎，英国技术先进的夜间雷达，强大到可怕的4挺20mm机炮、4挺12.7mm重机枪的疯狂火力，12500米的升限和2780公里的航程。哪怕机身重量足足有10吨重。最大起飞重量达到18吨---简直就是坦克了，这家伙却依旧可以达到最高692千米的飞行速度！

It can be said, except that this guy is too big, even comparable to a bomber, and cannot land on an aircraft carrier.In terms of technical performance, everything is perfect!

As we all know, China's fighter planes are invincible during the day, and no one can resist their fast attacks and ultra-long-range missile attacks, and nighttime becomes the only chance to seize the initiative in war.In the past, countries did not have a fighter that could really be used for fighting.

Now, they finally have one, and it looks like a very powerful guy!

After getting the p61 parameters and listening to the technical officer's explanation, both MacArthur and Alexander felt relieved, and felt that they could let go of half of their hearts and wait to see their performance.

In the middle of the night, a group of P61s took off from the airport in the dense forest of Sumatra very low-key, first flew over the northern part of the Java Sea, turned from the ultra-low altitude cautiously to the north, and slowly accelerated towards the east side of Singapore.When it was about 650 kilometers away from the target, the group of planes that had gathered together dispersed and rushed forward with full power, rushing all the way to more than [-] kilometers!

This is already an extremely high level of low-altitude flight speed on the sea!According to the research of the United Kingdom and the United States, it is proved that this method can offset the detection of the opponent's sensitive radar to the greatest extent.

Don't expect the other party not to find out, just captured Singapore, if you are in your place, you have to be released at any time to be attacked!

Their whereabouts were first discovered by a destroyer wandering on the sea with radar sonar after blackout. The dense light spots and unprecedented echo characteristics made the radar soldiers nervous and immediately called out to the duty officer The deputy captain, and immediately reported the enemy's situation to the fleet.

Immediately, the various air-defense fortifications erected near Singapore sounded shrill sirens, hundreds of vehicle-mounted high-power searchlights opened their postures and aimed at the sky, dispersed the patrolling warships, the air-to-air radars were fully activated, and the high-level dual-purpose artillery was ready. ready.

The group of p61 didn't notice the abnormality below, but they also knew about the change of Singapore's alert through the latent agents, and knew that their whereabouts had been exposed, so they hurriedly changed their course. At 8000 meters, condescendingly headed towards the predetermined target, and smashed at least 2000 kg aerial bombs on the four hanging points!

That's throwing and smashing with no regard for aiming at all!They are sure that they are not interested in fighting after being spotted by radar. At a relatively safe altitude, where even searchlights can't find them, they discard the heavy aerial bombs as much as they want. It doesn't matter where they land. The point is, the bombing must be successful!

Boom boom boom!The first batch of bombs landed messily and exploded!Quite a few of the ones that were scheduled to be thrown at the fort fell into the water. The 500-pound aerial bomb exploded into water columns more than 200 meters high, and the brilliant flashes illuminated a large area of ​​buildings on the ground.

Immediately, streaks of bright white lights split the dark night sky, and strings of shells were thrown high into the sky under the guidance of radar, approaching the dancing fighter planes!

The second wave of p61 seized the opportunity and dived with all its strength without hesitation. It fell like a stone and the fuselage creaked and screamed strangely, but the pilots cared all about it. The powerful guy who controlled the twin engines fell below 2000 meters. , and then the machine gun and the heavy machine gun fired together, and the boiling hot ammunition pulled out a dazzling band of light, slashing towards the ground! (To be continued..)