As an officer of the West Special Army, he has a kind of dedication and enthusiasm for war, which means honors and promotions, and a generous salary can allow his family to live a better life.As for the danger of death in battle, they are not particularly worried, because the special zone has a comprehensive pension system. Once officers and soldiers die in battle, their families will receive generous pensions and be sent to martyrdom farms or factories for resettlement.

It is precisely because of the good days in the Western District that these people feel very happy, and they hope to defend this happiness so that their families can live comfortably.When someone intends to destroy this kind of happiness, the West Army will be able to explode a strong fighting force, which is one of the reasons why the West Army has a high fighting spirit.

The behavior of the Gaul army today was clearly a harbinger of invasion, so Huang Zhenguo sounded the alarm without hesitation.After hearing the alarm, the battalions and companies of the garrison immediately entered their positions according to the usual training mode. All the forts and fortifications entered the garrison within 5 minutes. They began to check their weapons in an orderly manner, preparing for the upcoming battle.

The battle alarm was very harsh, and it was heard by the Gaul Expeditionary Army from a long distance away. Major General Sino naturally knew what it meant.He was amazed by the tight security and swiftness of the opponent's actions, and he became more determined to attack.The West Army is becoming more and more terrifying, and having such a neighbor next to the colony will make the government of Gaul sleepless.

Using the special rainforest terrain to prevent the strength of the opponent's armored forces from being fully utilized is the biggest reliance on the victory of the Gaul army.It is generally believed in the Western Continent that the stunning appearance of the West Special Army in World War I was mainly due to the equipment of a large number of tanks.It was the tactics of breakthroughs in the assault of a large number of armored troops that caught the Teutonic army, which lacked anti-tank weapons, by surprise, and it was defeated for thousands of miles.

Nowadays, the anti-tank weapons of various countries have been greatly developed, and the advantages of tanks are no longer so obvious.Moreover, the armored forces of various countries have begun to spread, and the West Army has lost its original advantage.Ten years after the West Army disappeared in the Western Continent, countries in the Western Continent no longer regard it as the world's number one army. They always believe that after leveling the level of weapons, the white race will always be superior to the yellow race.

It was with this mentality that Major General Xinuo launched the attack on Zhennan Pass.The [-] artillery pieces of the Gaul army fired together, which opened the prelude to the offensive and defensive battle of Zhennan Pass.Although the maximum caliber of the Gaul Army's artillery was only [-]mm due to the difficulty of transportation in the rainforest, the firepower density made up for the lack of caliber, and the entire Zhennan Pass was immediately covered in a cloud of explosion smoke.

On the fort that was attacked, the defensive artillery immediately launched a counterattack, and several 40mm artillery shells taught the Gaul army a good lesson with their powerful shells.It's a pity that the Gaul army has rich experience, and the artillery is scattered. Although the [-]mm fortress guns are powerful, they are small in number after all, and it is difficult to suppress the opponent's firepower.Although the caliber of the rest of the fort artillery is not small, the total number is only more than [-], and it is difficult to form an advantage in firepower.

After the artillery fire of the Gallic army began to suppress the Zhennanguan Fort, [-] Jing mercenaries launched a charge.The Gauls would not easily spill the blood of the Caucasians on this battlefield. They would rather spend the energy and ammunition of the defenders with the lives of these slaves, paving the way for the final victory.

Major General Xinuo didn't feel sorry for the Jing soldiers at all. Anyway, as long as such soldiers were recruited, hundreds of thousands more soldiers would be assembled soon.What restricts the number of Jing mercenaries in the Gaul army has never been the issue of personnel replenishment, but the quantity of weapons and food. In the opinion of Major General Sino, consuming these people can save food and save this month's military salary. He Le Instead of doing it.

The garrison regiment was immediately attacked by a group of [-] soldiers, and Huang Zhenguo felt a sudden increase in pressure.Fortunately, there are complete machine gun bunkers near the forts in Zhennanguan. With the firepower of these bunkers, the garrison was able to suppress the charge of the Jing people.

There were muffled bangs one after another, and then there was a large explosion of flames in the charging team of the Jing people. It turned out that this was the latest grenade launcher equipped by the garrison regiment.This kind of weapon has a more variable launch angle and a longer range than the grenade. Although the weight is slightly increased, it is flexible and powerful.For example, in such a fortress, it can be launched from the shooting hole to suppress the enemy who is feinting from down the mountain. What is even more valuable is that the grenade launcher can be aimed, which is much more accurate than the grenade launcher used purely by feeling.

These new launchers, which eliminated the grenades, were used in actual combat for the first time, and they achieved good results. The explosive firepower coverage from 400 meters away caught the Jing people by surprise and suffered heavy losses immediately.Major General Xinuo yelled from behind: "These idiots are charging in such a dense team, they are looking for death. Can't these pig brains put some distance away?" It is a pity that Major General Xinuo seems to have forgotten that these people lack The responsibility for training should be his.

The first attack was a complete failure under the baptism of machine guns and grenades from the garrison regiment. The Jing people left more than 1000 corpses and retreated in embarrassment. "The artillery bombarded those machine gun fortresses in a concentrated manner, blowing them all down." Major General Sino had already noticed that the structure of the fort was very strong and difficult to destroy in a short time, but the machine gun fortress seemed not so strong.

The Gallic army turned their guns and bombarded the machine gun position. The soldiers stationed there immediately withdrew from the fortifications according to the pre-drill, and went underground along the tunnel to avoid the shelling of the Gallic army.The intensive bombing of the Gallic artillery destroyed some simple fortifications and exposed trenches, but it still had little effect on the machine gun bunkers with reinforced concrete structures.Instead, the Gaul artillery was blown up by the garrison artillery that lost its suppression. Thirty pieces of artillery were blown up, and the loss of personnel was even more than a hundred.Seeing that the opponent's position was strong, Major General Xinuo just retreated first.

The first thousand and twenty-seventh chapters

Major General Sino had his own plan. While resting his troops, he sent many local Jing people to look for a path around the front line of defense at Zhennan Pass, hoping to avoid the dangerous pass and enter the western Guangdong territory.Huang Zhenguo was also not idle. Apart from rearranging the position, he immediately notified the Southwest Military Region Command by telegram, reporting the situation here in full.

"The Gauls really think highly of us. They actually sent 10,000+ people out, and even mobilized the fleet to move to Haiphong Port. They want to do something big." Tang Jisheng, the commander of the Southwest Military Region, looked at the several pieces of information in his hand and sneered. .

"It seems that this time we can do a lot of work. My bones are rusted from training all the time." Long Yun said with a chuckle.

"I don't think the situation is simple. According to Huang Zhenguo's report, the artillery of the Gaul army is very powerful. Zhennanguan must strengthen its troops." Xie Ruyi said with a frown.

"Our Eighteenth Army's defense area is too wide, so we can't deploy too many troops. I think it's better to let Li Pinxian's First Western Guangdong Garrison Division go up first. Anyway, Huang Zhenguo's regiment also belongs to the First Garrison Division."

"I think it's feasible. Let the No.40 Eighth Division and No.40 Ninth Division be on standby first, and we'll see the situation." Tang Jisheng nodded and said: "Remember to be ready to attack, and be ready to launch an attack at any time."

"Yes." Long Yun and Xie Ruyi stood at attention excitedly and saluted, they knew that there might be a big battle coming this time.

Tang Jisheng looked at the two energetic subordinates and said, "But before that, the navy may have to make a move." Western Guangdong and northern Annan are rainforest areas covered by high mountains, and the bombing effect of the plane is not obvious. The Lu people didn't have many planes in this colony, so Tang Jisheng simply didn't notify the air force.

The air force is powerless, but the navy is useful. Gaul's eastern colonies have a long coastline, which is very suitable for naval operations.What's more, the Gaul East Continental Fleet has arrived at Haiphong Port. This is a good opportunity to eliminate the opponent's navy and determine maritime superiority. How can it be missed.

After receiving the information from Tang Jisheng, Cai Tingqian immediately became excited. He knew that the Eastern Ocean Fleet was finally busy.Although the main force of the Eastern Ocean Fleet is stationed in Guanghai City, there is a squadron in Sanya Port on Huainan Island.

The commander of the Sanya Squadron was Lin Jixun, the captain of the Zhongshan, and his flagship is still the Zhongshan, but all the armor has been removed and the artillery has been replaced with a 203 mm caliber.According to the Washington Naval Treaty, the Zhongshan has now changed from a battlecruiser to a heavy cruiser.

Now Lin Jixun only has a large warship like Zhongshan, because it is a squadron, most of his warships are relatively old. In addition to this heavy cruiser, there are 3 Jiujiang-class light cruisers, 5 A refitted Huxing-class destroyer and a new Zhenhai-class destroyer.In addition, there are foreign-made motley crews, including the destroyer Jingbo, the destroyer Longtuan and the cruiser Yingrui.

Such a large number of miscellaneous warships have to fight against the Gaul Guodong Continental Fleet with three battleships, which makes Lin Jixun a little worried. Of course, the Zhongyuan-class aircraft carrier assigned to him is not included in the battle order. Loyal fan of giant ship cannons, that carrier was only used for reconnaissance.

Regardless of whether he can win or not, Lin Jixun must resolutely complete the order. He took all the warships and sailed out of the Sanya military port.According to the information from the intelligence department, the Gallic fleet will depart from Haiphong Port at noon today and return to the main naval port of Saigon. This is the best opportunity to intercept and kill them.

Lin Jixun believes that although the Gallic fleet has three battleships, it is a bit old and not fast in terms of speed, and the opponent's escort force is only six destroyers and one cruiser, which has a loophole that can be exploited.Li Jixun planned to use the Zhongshan as a bait to attract the firepower of the opponent's three battleships, and then focus on the advantages of his own cruisers and destroyers to destroy the opponent's guard fleet first, and then use the destroyer's torpedo tactics to attack the battleship.

The three battleships of the Eastern Continental Fleet of the Gaul Navy are the three Danton-class battleships started in 1908, called Condorset, Voltaire and Dirod.Although these three battleships are outdated former dreadnoughts, their 305mm main guns and 270mm thick main armor belts are not what today's Chongshan can compete with. Lin Jixun must be more careful.

In fact, Lieutenant Admiral Nolant, the commander of the Gaul Navy, was also extremely careful. He was not afraid of the warships of the Seat Navy, but he was afraid of the opponent's air strikes.He didn't know that the carrier-based aircraft that sank the warship of the Japanese Navy last time were unboarded, and he thought that all the land-based bombers of the opponent were a fatal threat to the warship.

In order to avoid possible air strikes, Nolante asked the fleet to set sail at noon, so it would be afternoon when he was away from Haiphong Port.When the West Special Army got the news, and then took off the bombers from the nearby western Guangdong or Huainan Island, it would be getting dark soon, so that he could return to Saigon in the dark.

Lieutenant General Nolant planned well. He knew that with the current level of technology, it was impossible for aircraft to perform missions at night, at least at sea.Based on this conclusion, Lieutenant Admiral Nolant was able to set sail at noon, and grandly brought the entire Eastern Continent Fleet to head south.

150 nautical miles away from Haiphong Port, the Sanya Squadron is quietly waiting for its prey.This place is located in the south of Huainan Island, just over 40 nautical miles from Da Nang.Because it has already exceeded the radiation range of Haikou Air Force Base, the opponent should be more relaxed, and it is a good place to ambush.

Lin Jixun leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. In front of him was a large chart table.Even though he had issued an attack order, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. Using cruisers and destroyers to attack battleships, even the most experienced commander would not be sure of victory.

"Commander, I once again request the dispatch of carrier-based aircraft. They are sure of victory." Deputy Commander Liu Chuanshou said.The relatively young Liu Chuanshou belongs to the aircraft carrier winning faction in the navy. He is completely opposite to Lin Jixun's cannon giant ship doctrine.

"No, don't try to replicate that great victory at sea. It was the result of mobilizing four divisions and nearly five hundred aircraft. Our aircraft carrier only has fifty aircraft, and there are still Eighteen are fighter jets, so they cannot be bombed at all." Lin Jixun shook his head and retorted.

Although the carrier-based aircraft borrowed land airports and won a big victory over Japan, the cannon giant ship doctrine still prevails in the navy, because most senior commanders are its supporters.These people believe that the victory is inseparable from the number of aircraft. If the number is small, the results will be greatly reduced.

Chapter 28 Carrier Aircraft Deployment

Lin Jixun is now worried that the carrier-based aircraft will not be able to achieve results, so he hastened to scare the enemy, and asked the opponent to retreat to Haiphong Port or any port along the coast of Annan.

"The number of warships in Gaul is small, and I think a fully carrier-based aircraft is fully capable of this kind of work. In addition, we can send destroyers to guard the periphery, and if any fish slip through the net, they will be sunk with torpedoes." Liu Chuanshou said.

Looking at Lin Jixun's still hesitant eyes, Liu Chuanshou sighed and said, "I don't want my brothers to suffer more losses. You should know how much you will lose if you use a cruiser to fight a battleship."

Liu Chuanshou's words moved Lin Jixun, and using destroyers to carry out a desperate assault was an unavoidable solution.Although such a bayonet battle at sea is likely to succeed due to the backward performance of the opponent's warship, the loss will not be small.The destroyers were all his subordinates, and everyone was like brothers on weekdays, so he naturally didn't want to let everyone die.However, the military order was difficult to disobey, and he had to attack again. Although the feasibility of Liu Chuanshou's idea was quite low for him, it was a good way to reduce casualties.

If the opponent is blocked in the port and blocked until the end of the war, it should be regarded as the completion of the task.Lin Jixun thought so, and finally agreed with Liu Chuanshou's idea.Four Haiyu 1 biplane torpedo bombers quickly took off from the Namwon aircraft carrier and flew towards the north in a fan shape.In order to obtain the exact position of the opposing fleet, these four torpedo planes will be used as reconnaissance planes, searching the entire sea surface where the enemy may appear.

Half an hour later, Lin Jixun received a telegram from the torpedo plane, discovering that the Gallic navy consisted of three large warships and several small warships, 110 nautical miles away, heading due south.

"Great, this is the fleet, let's attack immediately." Liu Chuanshou suggested excitedly.

Lin Jixun nodded: "Okay, all the bombers and torpedo planes are dispatched, and a squadron of fighter jets is dispatched to cover, and the other fighter jets stay on the aircraft carrier."

The Gauls only have more than 30 outdated Newport 11 fighter jets in the Eastern Continent Colony. There is no threat, so Lin Jixun does not intend to send too many fighter jets to escort.

Because the first generation of Seat Army carrier-based aircraft cannot fold its wings, only 3 aircraft can be carried on a large aircraft carrier of more than 1 tons.One of the 2 naval combat 2 fighters in one of the brigades is a carrier-based upgraded version of the J-5 fighter, and its performance is much better than that of the Air Force's J-14.First, the engine was changed to a Zhonghua Type 970 430-cylinder radial piston engine, with a single power of 10500 horsepower, a maximum speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and a flight distance of [-] kilometers.This fighter, which still uses the upper wing, has an ultra-high ceiling of [-] meters and is equipped with four Air II [-]mm machine guns, which can be described as powerful.

This kind of fighter jet seems to be useless in today's battle, so only one squadron of four fighter jets will go up, and they will cover fourteen Sea Fish 1 torpedo bombers (the other four reconnaissance have not returned) and fourteen Sea Boom 1 dives Bombers carry out their missions.

As the various planes performing the bombing mission left the deck of the aircraft carrier one after another, they formed formations in three layers in the air. The wing leader Zhao Xun issued an order, and the large fleet immediately rushed towards the target.

Standing on the deck of the Zhongshan, Lin Jixun looked up at the sky, and he couldn't help sighing as he watched the planes gradually go away.Although these young men flying planes have not been assigned to the fleet for a long time, he sincerely hopes that these people can live well.

Looking at the worried Lin Jixun, Liu Chuanshou said, "Don't worry, I believe these boys will complete their mission and return safely."

Lin Jixun shook his head and said, "Old Liu, maybe my brain is a little old, and it's time to retire. Young people with more flexible thinking should be more likely to accept new naval warfare ideas. I'm afraid our old tactics won't work. .”

"You don't have to be humble. There will always be times when a method of warfare is behind. What we have to do is to seize inspiration and actively absorb new things. You are only in your 50s and you still have plenty of time." Liu Chuanshou comforted.

"Maybe." Lin Jixun didn't say anything, just looked at the place where the sea and the sky meet and didn't say a word for a long time.

Zhao Xun was driving his own fighter jet, above the clouds at 7000 meters.This is the first bombing mission carried out by a carrier-based aircraft from an aircraft carrier, and it is of great significance to the entire Hualan and world navies, so Zhao Xun dare not neglect.This time he took his own escort squadron to the front line to take on the escort mission, but he was afraid of any problems on the way.

Fortunately, Zhao Shouhong has always attached great importance to the configuration of auxiliary equipment, and he has more complete equipment for the air force, especially the naval aviation.Relying on the speedometer, gyroscope, electronic compass and spirit level, the carrier-based aircraft force of the Seat Navy can find the direction and fly smoothly more easily than its counterparts.

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