"Regiment leader, Wang Gensheng called."

Zhao Jiayu, a staff officer, was reporting to Li Yunlong on the latest telegram received.

"Read!"

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he put down the book in his hand.

"Ten transport ships to the subcontinent have been captured and are currently returning home."

Staff Officer Says:

"It is expected that I will return to China in fifteen days."

"So slow!"

Grand Master Li pursed his lips, very dissatisfied.

From the interception point to the mainland, the waterway is less than 7,300 kilometers, and it takes 15 days to reach it, which makes Grand Master Li very dissatisfied, and it is really too slow.

Its own transport ship, even if it is a merchant ship, takes half the time.

"Their transports are all freewheels, and their top speed is only 11.5 knots."

The staff officer explained.

"Fifteen Days ·····"

Li Yunlong fell into deep thought.

Nominally civilian supplies for the subcontinent, even in the name of the Cross, but in fact they were all arms, all the supplies, including the transport ships, and the personnel were captured, and the human and material evidence was there.

This matter is very tricky even in Europe and the United States, which control the mainstream public opinion in the world.

Empathy.

He will certainly destroy the evidence by any means necessary.

"Where is the No. 1 ship in Guangxi?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes.

Although the number of troops and navy is seriously insufficient, and the supply of outstanding personnel is given priority to production and construction, after such a long period of development, it is still no problem to meet the needs of the seven or eight search capital ships.

Those two battleships are not enough, they need too many people, but the two supercruisers are already full.

"Hainan."

The staff officer replied.

"Let them answer at once."

Li Yunlong immediately ordered.

The second of the 01-class destroyers has already gone to Socotra, so Wang Gensheng currently only has one large cruiser.

The British and American forces in Austria are not strong, especially in the navy, there are only some destroyers, old warships, and the combat effectiveness is very weak, but the Austrian navy has two Americans to escort aircraft carriers, which can dispatch 24 aircraft, and can also dispatch shore-based aircraft.

With ten towing oil bottles, a large cruiser may not be able to handle it, so Grand Master Li sent a second one.

"Yes."

The staff officer immediately went to deliver the order.

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Oshu.

"The transport ship was caught?"

The first almost fell down.

"Yes."

The debriefing secretary replied:

"Of the sixteen transport ships, six were sunk, and the remaining ten were captured and are currently on their way back to the mainland."

"The escort destroyer is following."

The secretary added.

The Prime Minister fell into deep thought.

Although he is behind the United States of America and the British Empire, and he is not afraid of any forces in the world at all, but this matter, on the surface, they are wrong, after all, on the surface, the two sides are still allies, otherwise they would not have supported the Japanese in the form of crosses and civilian materials.

Once those materials fall into the hands of the Republicans, it is still very troublesome.

The strength of the other side is not weak, at least it is much stronger than that of Ozhou, and it has a large number of land forces in its hands, which has a great impact on international relations, and if this matter is not handled well, it will lead to big trouble.

"I need their specific location."

"And their escort forces."

Mr. Prime Minister said.

"Yes."

The secretary replied immediately.

As the prime minister's secretary, he was prepared.

"Command the aircraft carrier..."

In half an hour, the prime minister immediately set the fleet out:

"Sink those ten merchant ships at all costs."

Mr. Prime Minister knows very well that what the British Empire and the United States of America fear most is that both sides will tear their faces and then the huge army on the other side of the continent will go north and mix with the mustaches.

This was a deadly deterrent to the Allies.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to give substantive evidence, even if it will lead to local conflicts.

As long as there is no actual evidence, there is a possibility that this matter will be reversed, and the situation will not get completely out of control.

His merchant ships were sunk 'for no reason', and the dispatch of the fleet conflict can be explained, and once those merchant ships enter the mainland ports and the evidence is put in the flash, it will be a big problem.

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London.

Underground Prime Minister's Office.

"The convoy of transports for the subcontinent was sunk?"

"Yes."

The secretary replied in the affirmative, and described in detail what happened and the follow-up of the Austrian side.

Although Oshu has begun to hold the big thigh of the United States, the British Empire is after all a suzerainty for more than a century, and it is still nominally loyal to the royal family, so it is natural to get first-hand information.

"Humph!"

When Fat Qiu heard the news, he first sneered, and then sighed deeply:

"A bunch of idiots."

This sigh made the secretary not quite understand.

For a while, I didn't know if this was scolding the mainland on the other side of the opponent Oshu, or scolding teammates Oshu and the United States.

"What are we going to do?"

The secretary asked.

Such a big matter, plus the fact that one party is a former subordinate and the other is a financier, the British Empire must take a stand.

"We are closely following the development of the situation and urge both sides to resolve the contradictions through negotiations."

Qiu Fatzi thought for a moment and said a nonsense.

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"Capture the transport?"

The White House, Mr. President, almost stood up again:

"And sank six of the transports?"

"Yes."

The debriefing secretary spoke in a low voice.

"Damn it!"

Mr. President's face changed dramatically.

Including his think tank, he never expected that the other party's actions would be so tough, and after a few warnings, he would directly fire the cannon, without giving the transport fleet time to react at all.

There is no such thing as a civilized person.

"What are you going to do over there?"

Mr. President continued.

"They're going to intercept it!"

The secretary replied:

"Dispatch planes, at all costs, sink those ten transport ships and destroy the evidence."

"How many?"

Mr. President asked.

At this time, Mr. President's tone was very solemn.

He originally thought that the main field of conflict in this matter would be in the subcontinent, the United States would send supplies, the devils would send troops, and the other side would send supplies and troops, and the two sides would fight, but he didn't expect that the other party directly overturned the table and didn't follow his predetermined routine at all.

Complete barbarism.

But he also had to admit that although this move was shameless, it made him a little unsure of how to deal with it.

Once it is not handled well, the United States, which is currently mired in the situation in Europe, will not be able to exert much influence in the Asia-Pacific region at all, and as for the situation in Southeast Asia, the arch fire of the situation in Southeast Asia will also be extinguished by the other side with the force of thunder.

"Two escort carriers, twelve dive bombers, twelve radar attack aircraft, plus forty-seven B25 bombers taking off from shore-based aviation."

The secretary replied:

"The Austrian army used all its military strength."

"Hmm."

Mr. President breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the evidence is destroyed, the matter is not put on the surface, and the tough attitude is shown, and the military power is displayed, unless the other side really wants to go to war, then there is still the possibility of negotiation.

In view of the situation of the other side, the internal influence of the north, the commercial ties with the world, the Japanese who had just driven away, and the domestic economic construction environment, he believed that a large part of the other side was unwilling to directly launch a large-scale military conflict and would not want to turn against the allies.

Any force is divided, hawks and doves will always exist, different situations will have different factions, what they have to do is to avoid the other side of the strait all hawks voice.

"Give me the Austrian Prime Minister's call."

Mr. President realized one thing.

The opponent's direct fire means that his high-quality devil cannon fodder is basically out of play.

Even.

In order to appease the other side, he had to give a little favor, and the United States had to bow his head slightly.

There is no way, there is strength on the other side, and the United States is deeply involved in the European battlefield, and there is no way to see the outcome of the victory or defeat at present, for the sake of the overall situation, he can only compromise.

Donovan, who was about to report the news, sighed deeply.

If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place?

In fact, he vaguely reminded that even before preparing to transport the second batch of weapons, he had directly told the president about it, and the other side might be tough, but no one listened to him.

"Is there something wrong?"

Mr. President looked at Donovan.

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"Mr. President."

Donovan reports:

"It has been confirmed that the second core anti-aircraft tower in Cherbourg has the core equipment to open the 'warehouse', and the Germans have also made a plan for retreat and transfer, obviously, the 'warehouse' in Cherbourg can only take supplies, but cannot transfer them."

"That's great news!"

Mr. President's eyes lit up.

This is not only good news, but also a great opportunity.

A good opportunity to seize a warehouse, and most importantly, a good opportunity to get to know the warehouse.

If the war situation in Europe is clear, then why does he need to compromise with the other side, it is better to be directly tough, it is true that the other side is indeed strong, but the naval force is seriously insufficient, and his own side can gather the strength of the whole world and force the other side to bow its head through the whole world.

Unless, with the power to fight the whole world.

"How's Zhili doing?"

Mr. President's tone changed.

After learning that the fire on the other side of the river was ignited in Zhili, Mr. President was nervous at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately relaxed.

To influence a country, either there is enough military power or enough economic influence.

And neither of these, Zhili can't.

Although Zhili is close to the Germans, and the army system and weapons are all learned from the Germans, the army's combat effectiveness is limited, otherwise it will not be compressed by the surrounding countries and only a long coastline remains. The country is only and all under the control of the United States, the land area is also small, and the surrounding countries are under the control of the United States or the British Empire.

No matter what they do on the other side, they can easily press it down.

Economically, blockades, withdrawal of investments, severance of exchanges.

Militarily, it provokes internal strife and external contradictions.

One set down and easy to take away.

"It's stable."

Saying this, Donovan suddenly became confident.

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Meanwhile.

Far East.

"I transferred the elite to form an infantry brigade, including two infantry wings, an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a baggage brigade, with a total strength of 10,000 troops."

Tanaka Ken is telling Ito about his latest mission:

"The soldiers are all veterans, who have fought at least three times, and the commanders are also elite soldiers, with rich experience in commanding battles and are also very reliable."

"Yo Si."

Ito nodded in satisfaction and emphasized:

"This time, we are mercenaries, we must follow the orders of the boss, and we must also play with majesty and effect to satisfy the boss."

"The more beautiful we play, the more benefits we have, and the higher the price."

"Don't worry about the battle, there is a rabble over there, even if you face an enemy with five times the strength, as long as you don't command indiscriminately, you can win, but I'm most afraid that there will be a problem with this command."

Tanaka was a little worried.

These more than 10,000 people are all elites, comparable to the A division at the beginning of the war, and even the combat effectiveness is surpassed, after all, the equipment is much better than eight years ago, and the morale is not bad at all.

Although Bushido is gone, under the slogan of liberating the homeland and serving the family, plus sufficient military salaries, the soldiers are still not afraid of death.

And this time the place to go is South America, which is notoriously outrageous, and the commander often has a brain cramp and comes up with some orders that go against military common sense.

He was afraid that all of the more than 10,000 people would be gone.

"You can rest assured of that."

Ito smiled slightly:

"Our task is to stop the external enemy, to open up our territory, not to participate in internal wars, and to command it ourselves."

"Yo Si."

Tanaka was immediately relieved.

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The other side.

"Great."

Hamburg, the old fox and Kesselring looked at each other, their eyes full of joy.

From the intelligence obtained from the Pacific region, the Americans and the newly rising power on the other side of the Pacific have been matched, and the two sides have even directly broken out into a military conflict.

This is excellent news for Germany.

"I think."

The old fox narrowed his eyes:

"Cherbourg, it's time to take it."

"If you continue to hold on, you can hold out for about fifteen days, and you can cause some Allied casualties, but retreating now, beyond the expectations of the Allied forces, can withdraw the living forces to the greatest extent and provide troops for the follow-up defense line."

"And it can also make Americans misjudge the situation and push the rest of them into conflict."

"That's a good idea."

Kesselring's eyes lit up.

At present, among the British, some of the materials are provided by the Republic of China, and the United States has a direct conflict with the Republic of China, once the Allies fall into internal friction, it is an excellent good thing for Germany to contain some of the American forces.

······

It is 1,500 kilometers away from Malacca.

Wang Gensheng's fleet and the large cruiser No. 1, which had come to meet at full speed, converged.

Then, two large cruisers, with ten Liberty ships, headed home, and thirty kilometers behind them were the Fletcher-class destroyers of Oshu that had been following.

A day later.

It is 1,000 kilometers from Malacca.

"Report, suspicious fleet found approaching, a hundred kilometers away, in front of the position."

In the flagship, radar observers reported the discovery to Wang Gensheng.

"Here we are."

Wang Gensheng smiled slightly.

According to the prediction of the regimental staff, the Austrians would destroy ten transport ships at any cost and attack them, first, to destroy the evidence, and secondly, to show a tough attitude.

"Assemble the transports."

Wang Gensheng continued to order.

Half an hour later, the radar observer continued to report:

"Forty-four planes were found heading for eighty kilometers at a speed of two hundred and twenty at a distance of two hundred and twenty planes, and forty-seven planes were found at a distance of seventy and a speed of two hundred, directly to the right."

"Seventy-one planes, that's a lot of money."

Wang Gensheng sneered:

"Prepare air defense."

With Wang Gensheng's order, the two large cruisers, each with eight guns, a total of sixteen six-barreled 30-mm anti-aircraft guns, began to adjust the pitch, test the fire control radar and coordinate radar, and the artillery crew also began to prepare reserve shells.

Although the close-in defense gun on the large cruiser is six-barreled, which is somewhat different from the latest seven-barreled, its radar technology can also reach the early level of the Phalanx.

Meantime.

The four quadruple anti-aircraft missiles behind the bridge of each battleship also began to check the pitch and equipment, and below deck, the missile loading group also began to be in place, ready to replenish ammunition.

With a full load displacement of 37,000 tons and only two twin turrets, each large cruiser was equipped not only with eight multi-barreled close defense guns, but also with four quadruple anti-aircraft missiles and sixteen spare bombs for rapid reloading.

Anti-aircraft missile technology was born out of the French development of the Sidewinder anti-aircraft missile in service in the sixties in the seventies.

Because the technology did not reach the same level, the size of the anti-aircraft missiles equipped at this time increased a lot, and the weight was nearly doubled, reaching 160 kilograms, but fortunately, the range and firing height also increased to a certain extent, reaching a range of 15 kilometers and a firing height of 10 kilometers.

In addition to this, there are eight heavy anti-ship missiles.

Twenty minutes later, forty-seven planes approaching from the right at this time were only eleven kilometers away from the fleet.

"Fire."

Wang Gensheng exhaled.

More than ten seconds later, with a dazzling firelight, at an interval of five seconds, one missile after another took off into the air and flew at high speed towards the B25 bomber group in the distance.

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"Is this a missile?"

In the rear right, at a distance of 25 kilometers, the captain of the Austrian destroyer, who had been following cautiously, looked at the missiles and was full of envy.

Missiles are actually not difficult.

However, according to the analysis of US military experts, it will take at least five to 10 years and spend hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a missile of the same technological level.

"Eleven kilometers away, this..."

The captain was envious, but the adjutant on the side was stunned.

They were aware of the bomber group's attack, and even according to the order, they had to participate in the war if necessary, so they naturally knew where the bomber group was at this time, and even the two sides kept in touch with each other.

Eleven kilometers.

Missiles can deter aircraft at a distance of eleven kilometers ?!

A few minutes later, an urgent contact from the bomber commander was also received from inside the bridge:

"Bomber group encounters unidentified rocket..."

Here the sound stops abruptly.

The first wave of 36 anti-aircraft missiles against 47 B25 bombers, because of the five-second interval and the lack of interference, more than ninety percent of the missiles hit

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The target, however, still had three missiles overlapping and two missed, but the bomber group was too close together, and a few missiles shot down two, eventually shooting down thirty-two bombers.

Two more planes were directly frightened by this terrible scene and fell into the sea.

And at this time, the bomber group was more than four kilometers away from the transport fleet.

An anti-aircraft missile designed to intercept low-altitude and high-speed aircraft is a cross-era strike against a propeller bomber with a speed of only 200 kilometers.

Just like the Wright brothers' planes and Mustang fighters, the two sides are not of the same class at all.

"Go on the offensive and lower the altitude."

When the Austrian naval commander heard the situation, he gritted his teeth and ordered to continue the offensive.

He already knew that there were only thirty-six missile launchers on the opposite side, and the missiles were no better than artillery shells, and they were slow to load, so although the losses were heavy, now was the opportunity.

As a result, the remaining thirteen bombers, as well as the twenty-four attack planes that took off from the aircraft carrier, continued to attack, and the pilots pressed the accelerator and flew towards the target as fast as possible.

After more than ten seconds, the group reached a distance of three kilometers from the convoy, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Three kilometers away.

This is the optimal firing range of 30-mm close-in defense guns.

"Fire."

Wang Gensheng snorted violently, full of excitement.

This is the first actual combat of the close-in defense artillery.

In an instant, sixteen six-barreled 30-mm anti-aircraft guns opened fire, and with a dull and dense tearing sound, the base automatically followed under the guidance of radar, and dense shells instantly covered the sky.

One plane after another was hit by a hail of bullets and exploded into fireballs.

The best attack distance for torpedo attack aircraft is one kilometer to six hundred meters, and dive bombers are overhead.

Torpedoes and dive attack planes can only reach a maximum speed of about 400, and it takes 27 seconds to reach 3 kilometers, torpedo planes can launch an attack in about 25 seconds, and dive bombers can attack in less than 30 seconds.

The B25 bomber, although a little slower, carried a torpedo, and in the same amount of time - thirty seconds at most to attack.

But.

It was in these thirty seconds that

Twelve torpedo attack aircraft, twelve dive bombers, thirteen B25 bombers all turned into fireballs and fell into the depths of the Indian Ocean.

The high-speed close defense guns designed for supersonic aircraft, and even missiles, were so large for a propeller with a maximum speed of no more than five hundred that in less than twenty seconds that all thirty-seven planes were shot down.

None of them are missing.

"Send a report, clear code."

Looking at the clean sky, Wang Gensheng sneered:

"More, more! I'm not happy yet! ”