Chapter 1354: Forced Landing
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"Generals, planes, planes of the Chinese are coming! Dozens of them! A pale-faced staff officer reported to Lieutenant General Antonio with a panicked face! In the past few days, carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy have invaded British airspace from time to time, making Britain pay a lot of price for this! Those fighters flying in the sky have long become synonymous with the devil!
"Let our fighters take off immediately and knock down the Chinese planes!" Lieutenant General Antonio roared. The planes of the Chinese can be easily sunk even by capital ships, not to mention those fixed fortresses on the coast. As soon as the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy were dispatched, Vice Admiral Antonio was left with the possibility that the fortress group in Bournemouth would be difficult to preserve, and the British Air Force fighters were dispatched only to slow down the process.
Since the Chinese Air Force and Navy aircraft have shone on the land battlefield as well as the sea battlefield, countries around the world have increased their research on aircraft, and the United Kingdom has also done so. However, the 'Hurricane' 1 fighter developed by Britain before was no match for the F5 'Haidongqing' fighter equipped by China or the F5B 'Puffin' fighter of the Chinese Navy. Now the British Air Force is equipped with the 'Hurricane' 2 fighter, but it can compete with the Chinese Navy's F5B 'Puffin' fighter in front of it, but the number is too small! Britain's aircraft manufacturing plant has become the target of the Chinese Air Force's key bombing, which was blown up a few days ago, and now the British Air Force is equipped with less than 100 'Hurricane' 2 fighter jets. The rest are old 'Hurricane' 1 fighters, which are powerless in front of the F5B 'Puffin' fighters of the Chinese Navy!
At the airport near Bournemouth, there are more than 20 fighter jets of the British Air Force, half of which are 'Hurricane' 2 fighters, and after taking off, these fighters can reach the battlefield in only ten minutes. However, when these fighters arrive. The Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft force has completed the bombing of Bournemouth Fortress, all the H5D Fish Eagle dive bombers have left, and only 18 F5B Puffin fighters remain, ready to deal with the British Air Force fighters. Britain's aircraft factories were bombed, the number of fighters was lost one less, and the number of pilots was even rarer, far from being comparable to China's. If this continues, the gap in strength between the two sides will only get bigger and bigger!
Under siege by dozens of H5D 'Fish Eagle' dive bombers, the fortress complex at Bournemouth has been destroyed. The heavy aerial bombs that fell overhead tore through the defenses on the top of the fortress, killing the coastal defense artillery inside, and the fortress guns were also blown up. Specially crafted heavy aerial bombs. Weighing more than 600 kilograms, it has a tail fin, which can increase the chance of hitting, a sharp warhead at the front end can break through the defense of the fortress, and a time-delay fuse is used to ensure that the bomb will explode after penetrating the protection of the fortress. This heavy aerial bomb can be used as a weapon against fortifications and other strong fortifications. Since it was put into service. A lot of enemy fortresses and other strong fortifications have been uprooted for the squadron!
After the withdrawal of the Fish Eagle dive bombers, the air battle began, and the British Air Force flew a total of 24 aircraft, half of which were Hurricane 2 fighters and the rest were Hurricane 1 fighters. Although the British Air Force has invested 6 more fighters than the Chinese Navy, it does not have an advantage in terms of combat power. The Chinese Navy's 6 F5B 'Puffin' fighters can easily take out the 12 'Hurricane' 1 fighters of the British Air Force!
The air battle ensued. Carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy and fighters of the British Air Force flew in the sky over Bournemouth, and the bullets fired from the aviation machine guns were like strips of flame. The British Army soldiers in Bournemouth shouted loudly to cheer for the British Air Force fighters in the sky. However, the situation is not at all what they imagined. Fighter planes were constantly shot down, dragging smoke and falling to the ground, falling to pieces. Every British Air Force fighter was shot down. The soldiers of the British Army on the ground will let out a cry of regret, and once the Chinese Navy fighter plane is shot down, there will be a thunderous cheer on the ground! It's just that this kind of opportunity is very rare. Until the end of the air battle. Only four carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy were shot down, and all but two of the 24 aircraft dispatched by the British Air Force were shot down!
After the end of the air battle, the carrier-based planes of the Chinese Air Force did not leave immediately, but circled downwards and strafed the British Army soldiers who were watching the battle. It was not until the anti-aircraft fire of the British Army on the ground opened fire that the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy swaggered away!
Having destroyed the shore fortifications of the British Navy, the lead ships of the Chinese Navy began to continue firing at Bournemouth. The target of this shelling was not only the positions of the British Army on the coast, but also the entire urban area.
Dense shells exploded in Bournemouth, destroying buildings and reducing streets to rubble. In the face of the heavy shelling of the Chinese Navy, the British were completely powerless to fight back and could only defend passively. The British living in Bournemouth were also in bad luck, countless civilians were killed in the shelling, and the rest of the people fled with their families.
The two armies led by Vice Admiral Antonio, more than 100,000 British troops also suffered heavy losses in the shelling of the Chinese Navy. Lieutenant General Antonio kept asking for reinforcements in the direction of London. In order to ensure the safety of Bournemouth, Admiral Hamilton also sent reinforcements to Bournemouth and drew troops from all over Britain to strengthen the defenses of the southern seas of Britain. Although on June 25, the squadron did not launch a landing operation in Bournemouth, the British side firmly believed that the Chinese Navy was preparing for the landing of the army, and the Chinese were about to land in Bournemouth!
At 3 p.m. on June 25, the vanguard of the 2nd Army Corps of the German Army had landed in Dover, and the troops of the first division of the landing, as soon as they got off the ship, boarded the train that had been prepared for a long time, and they would rush to the southern coast of England to deploy defenses to resist the landing of the squadron! As more and more Germans land in Britain, they will be assigned to the southern coastal cities of Britain, capture them, and then avoid the squadron taking them!
This resulted in a very strange scene, as the British and Germans, who had been enemies, were now intimate. The British Army requisitioned the entire southern British railway network to transport the German Army, let these enemies occupy LinkedIn cities, and let the German flag be raised over these British cities. This kind of active cooperation saved the German Army a lot of trouble. However, this will also take time, and it will be impossible for them to prevent the landing of the squadron in the UK!
On the night of June 25, the transport convoy loaded with the 2nd Army Corps of the Chinese Army, escorted by a fleet of six 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships of the Chinese Navy, entered the St. George Channel and headed for Bristol Bay. Tomorrow morning, as soon as dawn is over, they will launch a landing operation against Bristol. And at this moment, both the British and the Germans, who had just landed in England, were paying attention to the southern coast of England! They did not think at all that the main force of the Chinese Navy appeared in Bournemouth only to confuse them. The main forces of the Chinese Army have long set their targets elsewhere!
In the early stage of the British Navy's liquidation of the English Channel, St. George's Channel and the Irish Sea, there were no British Navy warships left in these waters, and even submarines were lost under the hunting of the Chinese Navy's 'Lop Nur-class' frigates. In such a situation, the British side did not find out at all that the huge convoy of transport ships escorted by the Chinese Navy had entered the St. George Strait and was sailing towards Bristol Bay!
At 5:20 a.m. on June 26, a trace of fish belly white had already appeared on the horizon. In summer, the day always comes early, and it is already bright before 6 o'clock. At this time, the Chinese Navy had already entered Bristol Bay, and the artillery formation consisting of 6 'Hanshin-class' fast battleships was less than 20 kilometers away from Bristol! Behind the naval fleet is the transport fleet of the 2nd Group Army of the Chinese Army, a total of more than 400 transport ships and merchant ships, transporting all the personnel and equipment of the 2nd Group Army of the Chinese Army!
At 5:42 a.m., the Chinese Navy's six 'Hanshin-class' battleships began shelling Bristol. When the British soldiers were awakened by the sound of violent explosions, they realized that war had befallen them!
"This is Bristol, damn it, we were shelled by the Chinese Navy! At least ten battleships are firing at us, we lack shore defense heavy artillery to withstand the Chinese attack, we need reinforcements! Brigadier General Karls, who was in charge of guarding Bristol, grabbed the phone and reported to London. It's just that London doesn't seem to believe that the squadron will land in Bristol!
"Bastard! The Chinese have already begun to land, the sea is full of Chinese transport ships, almost the entire Bristol Bay is stuffed, and without reinforcements, we will not be able to hold out for even half an hour! Brigadier General Kars scolded! He only has an infantry division in his hands, and he is still a second-line unit that has just been formed for a short time, how can he deal with the squadron ** that is armed to the teeth?
At 6:15 a.m. on June 26, the 81st Regiment of the Chinese Marine Corps launched a landing operation against Bristol, and the squadron officially landed in the UK!