Chapter 879: Occupy Spencer Bay
"It's a pity that I still let the little devil's destroyer run away 1!" When Meng Xiang received the battle report from Spencer Bay, he was still not satisfied, and did not pay any attention to the fact that the Japanese were already mad.
The sudden attack by the Huaxia submarine caused heavy damage to the unsuspecting Japanese Nachi Heavy Patrol and Noh Codename Light Cruiser, and a Hakuro-class destroyer was unlucky enough to sink directly after being hit by two torpedoes.
The other 3 destroyers reacted and immediately counterattacked.
Under normal circumstances, destroyers are a sharp weapon against submarines. It's a pity that the anti-submarine capabilities of the Japanese have always been very poor, otherwise they would not have been bullied so badly by American submarines during World War II.
Although the Huaxia submarines posed a great threat to Japanese ships in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, causing them to refit some of their destroyers, most of those destroyers were used in the attack of the Huaxia submarines on the homeland. Even those in service in the South Pacific Fleet were mainly used near the South Seas to block the Huaxia submarines.
But there was no embankment, but the Huaxia submarine came out of Spencer Bay, and 12 submarines appeared at once, and I don't know who bullied whom against the three destroyers with insufficient anti-submarine capabilities.
After the Japanese Navy blocked the Strait of Malacca and the Indonesian islands, it did not expect that the Chinese submarine would be able to touch it.
In order to guard against the British and American fleets from attacking from the Indian Ocean, the Japanese Navy had a fleet that had been cruising the Indian Ocean from Ceylon as its main base.
Paz was also used to be a supplementary base for the Indian Ocean Fleet, but several small warships stationed in the base were bombarded by Huaxia's airships and were either injured or sunk. After the Chinese army occupied Pas and other places, the Japanese stationed a fleet near the Great Australian Bay in order to cooperate with the actions of the Pinon front.
However, in order to ambush the Allies in Sydney, the main warships of this fleet were transferred to Sydney, and the remaining torpedo boats, gunboats, etc. retreated to Port Lincoln to patrol the vicinity, plus the sea frigates in Port Adelaide, the Japanese never imagined that the Chinese submarine would quietly lurk in Spencer Bay.
When the Japanese were annoyed that they did not bother to hold Spencer Bay. It is absolutely impossible to imagine that these 12 submarines did not sneak in from the outside at all, but were built by the shipyards near Spencer Bay.
With the help of the ambush sub-base, Meng Xiang arranged a shipyard near Port Augusta early, and built some submarines in advance to lurk near Spencer Bay.
The 105-mm howitzers used by the paratroopers to suppress the Japanese fire were also produced at the sub-base here.
If it weren't for the strictness of the Japanese investigation. Meng Xiang will also build more Red Police buildings. Relying on the cover of spies and the camouflage function of the base building, only a few were kept under the noses of the Japanese. But it is also enough to give the Japanese a fatal blow in the hearts of the Japanese.
"If there is a large warship, it doesn't have to be so troublesome!" Meng Xiang was also a little worried about the safety of the submarine, and the submarines dispatched this time did not choose those World War II submarines, but directly dispatched 12 second-class Red Alert submarines.
In reality, the submarines in the Red Alert are also divided into classes, and the first class submarines are roughly the same as the VIIC submarines of the Germans. By the time of the second stage submarine, some of the performance had surpassed the German Type 21 submarine, and the overall performance was about the same as that of the conventional submarines of the late fifties of the Soviet Russians.
The sub-base also has extra star control points, which is enough for these 12 Red Alert second-class submarines to fight against the Japanese warships under the command of more than 30 clone navies.
Of course, the submarine still suffered a little from the ship's guns, which made Meng Xiang feel a little depressed.
In this attack on Spencer Bay, Meng Xiang used the sub-base near Spencer Bay, which was easy enough to deal with the Japanese, but some actions could not give full play to the power of the sub-base.
After all, you can't do anything too demonic. Make people suspicious of non-humans.
Paratroopers can use 105 mm howitzers that can be parachuted directly, and they can also consume ammunition extravagantly, but they cannot directly move out heavy guns above 150 mm.
During the attack on Coffs Harbour, Darwin and other places. Relying on the excuse of stockpiling in advance, we can still deal with the doubts of the people of the world about tanks and artillery in the past, but when the Japanese are frantically searching and even threatening the safety of the sub-base buildings, there is no airborne landing and airship delivery, and some heavy weapons that appear out of thin air are still very eye-catching and arouse suspicion.
Although people's imagination is not enough to think of the Red Alert base, at most to the point of aliens or Martians, Meng Xiang is still cautious not to record too many incredible things in the annals of history.
Take, for example, the attack on Spencer Bay. If you use submarines, you can also interpret it as mixing up with the Japanese carelessness, but if a battleship formation, or even just a cruiser, pops out under the noses of the Japanese, it will give people a sense of evil.
For this reason, many times, Meng Xiang can only honestly set aside most of his strength. A little bit against the Japanese.
Of course, it was enough to deal with the Japanese.
Just like the support fleet against the Japanese at the moment, 12 second-class Red Alert submarines were sufficient, and at most the losses were slightly greater under the return fire of the Japanese naval guns.
But Meng Xiang, who strives for perfection, will not leave such a loophole.
With the explosion of the torpedo hitting the target, the roar of the aircraft engine sounded in the air.
Immediately after that, more than 30 F4U-4 pirate fighters appeared in the air, making the Japanese finally retreat.
The pirates not only had the ability to fight in the air, but also had the ability to dive bomb, just like several American fighters in the later stages of World War II. The bomb load of more than 1800 kg in the subsequent version is even more exaggerated than the 3 ship explosion with 250 kg bombs on board.
The sudden arrival of the pirates quickly dealt a heavy blow to the struggling Nachi and Noh with their 453 kg bombs, and under the second attack of the submarines, two cruisers sank quickly, and a Japanese destroyer was seriously damaged again.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese had no choice but to retreat.
But the pirates in the air did not let go of these 3 destroyers, chased them all the way, and sank 2 more in a row. It wasn't until the Japanese fighters came to meet them that they shot down the three Zeros, cleared a passage with their 4 20 cannons or 6 12.7 mm machine guns, and drove away under the unwilling eyes of the Japanese.
When the news of the entry of the Huaxia submarine in Spencer Bay came, the Japanese Navy's follow-up assistance plan was also stranded.
It doesn't work for small warships to go, not to mention the lack of support firepower from naval guns on land, and even if they go, they will be easily killed by Huaxia's air power.
The Japanese fighters were okay against the dreadnought dive bombers, but they couldn't stop the pirates from running rampant. What's more, they are facing the rushing Chinese fighter group, and it is difficult to protect themselves.
In the ambush on Sydney, Japan, with the help of a surprise attack by new fighters, Japan's army and navy won a narrow victory with 63 to 69 losses. However, in the face of the Chinese Air Force, it has always fallen behind.
Whether it's intercepting transport planes, or front-line ground attack missions, the number of fighters lost every day is in the double digits.
Now, even with the addition of fighters from Southeast Asia, the total number of Japanese fighters in Australia is less than 400, and there are still many old models. However, the number of fighters of the Chinese army in Australia has exceeded 500, which are the top fighters at the end of World War II.
Every time they fought against the Japanese Army Aviation, the Huaxia fighters were able to maintain an average battle loss of about 1 to 10.
After the 60 fighters sent by Terauchi Shouichi encountered more than 80 Mustang of the escort parachute force, they were even damaged 15 to 1, and after losing 45 fighters, they had to flee.
After several unsuccessful attempts to intercept the Huaxia transport planes in the vicinity of Spencer Bay, the Japanese, having lost more than 70 fighters again, could no longer stop the Huaxia airborne troops from scattering small white flowers near Spencer Bay, let alone stop pirates and Hellcats from wreaking havoc nearby.
Whether it is a mustang, a pirate, or a hellcat, they all have the ability to bomb the ground, and with the support of air firepower, the increasing number of Chinese airborne troops began to attack outward.
After clearing out the two airfields near Port Augusta, the scale of the landing was expanded, and more heavy weapons were delivered, the sub-bases with disguise began to storm heavy weapons, and the 30,000 Chinese troops armed to the teeth began to sweep around Spencer Bay.
On 4 September, the port of Piri was captured by the Chinese army.
On 7 September, the Chinese army besieged Adelaide.
On the same day, outside Port Lincoln, a Chinese fleet led by 1 Red Alert 2nd class aircraft carrier and 2 heavy cruisers appeared.
At this time, seeing these brand-new warships, the Japanese, who were impressed by Huaxia's large-scale purchase of a new fleet, had to reluctantly admit that their blockade of Huaxia had failed.
But it was too late, and they could only watch as the new naval fleet of Huaxia accompanied the airborne troops to occupy Port Lincoln on the 8th, and then, with the cooperation of more than 100 fighters in the air on the 10th, dragged the second wave of the Japanese Navy's aid fleet, preemptively occupied Adelaide, and completely controlled the entire Spencer Bay.