Age of Conquest Reborn

At noon on May 23, with a long whistle, the British task force stationed in India slowly sailed out of the Visakhapatnam military port and headed for Sri Lanka. This time, the task force stationed in India

Not only did more than 60 warships all set out, but the only two Marine Corps brigades also set out at the same time. We are still more than 70 nautical miles away from our ambush sea area."

Tang Qiuquan and Amosiyev looked at each other, and both saw a hint of relief in each other's eyes. Tang Qiuquan asked: "Chief of Staff, can the radar identify the number and model of the British fleet? Also, what are the methods they use?

What is the navigation formation?"

Xin Xiguo replied: "Yes, but the British fleet needs to be closer to enter the optimal reconnaissance range of our radar. Within forty nautical miles, now, we can only roughly receive radar signals."

Tang Qiuquan smiled and said: "If you have a good meal, you are not afraid of being late. Then let's wait and see. Deputy Commander, I think the time has come to inform the aviation commander Le Yiqin in Yangon."

Amosiyev nodded and said: "I agree. According to the sailing speed of the British fleet, when the aviation fleet arrives at the battle sea area, it is exactly when we start to launch the attack. The number of British warships is ours.

More than double. It is a pity that in the absence of aircraft carriers, the number of warships cannot make up for the lack of air power."

"Commander, I suggest that our tactics should be like this. First take off the carrier-based bombers, and together with the aviation bombers, carry out the first wave of strikes against the British fleet, and strive to sink their main combat warships.

Then, our warships will outflank from the left and right wings, trying to push the battlefield to the waters near Sri Lanka Island. In that case, our armed transport ships can also play a role, and it will also help us carry out a three-sided encirclement!"

Tang Qiuquan nodded and said: "Okay, Xiguo, just follow the deputy commander's tactical arrangements. Also, when sending a report to Commander Le, use code words, be concise and clear, and shorten the sending time as much as possible!"

Rear Admiral Geoffrey Hill, the commander of the British task force in India, is a proud man. In his heart, there are too many shadows of the most glorious era of the British Empire. The task force in India is a well-deserved maritime leader in the Indian Ocean.

The warships of the overlord, the Japanese, have not yet entered the Bay of Bengal. To the west from the Indian continent is Africa, which is as poor and backward as primitive people.

Not to mention warships, there are not even a few mechanically powered ships. The British Empire began to dominate the world from the sea, relying on strong ships and powerful guns, creating an empire on which the sun never sets. Since the day he joined the navy, Jeffrey Hill

The major general has a passionate impulse. Unfortunately, in poor and backward Asia, except for the Japanese fleet, there is no maritime force that can compete with the British Empire fleet.

The Japanese's attention is all on the Pacific, which is the sphere of influence of the US Navy. Therefore, Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill has not fought a single naval battle since he served as the commander of the task force stationed in India. It is not that he does not want to fight.

, but there is no opponent to fight, which makes a master feel lonely.

After receiving the domestic order to reinforce Sri Lanka, Major General Jeffrey Hill was very excited for a while. He finally had a chance to fight. The Chinese, do the Chinese have warships? Why haven't I heard of it? It shouldn't be a defensive zone.

The commander, Major General John Pukins, was so frightened that he lied about military information?

According to Major General Jeffrey Hill's own judgment, the Chinese do not have warships, but there should be many armed civilian ships. The possibility that John Pukins regards armed civilian ships as warships is very high. The entire garrison

Among the senior officers of the Indian Army, no one knows that that guy is notoriously neurotic.

At about forty-five minutes, the British task force stationed in India sailed into an area more than forty nautical miles away from the Jaffna coral reefs. The fleet chief of staff looked at the chart and said to Major General Jeffrey Hill: "

Your Excellency, Commander, the fleet will soon pass through the waters of the Jaffna Coral Reef Group. According to the report from the Commander of the Defense Area, Major General John Pukins, the Chinese have dozens of warships."

Looking at the indifferent commander, the chief of staff said more cautiously: "I suggest that the fleet's maritime formation be changed from marching in one line to two columns sailing in a wedge-shaped formation, with the two being like horns.

Put the transport ship transporting the two Marine brigades in the middle, so that if the Chinese warships have any conspiracy, we can enter the battle as quickly as possible."

Major General Jeffrey Hill snorted in his nose and said disdainfully: "My Chief of Staff, have you ever heard that the Chinese have warships? You can also believe what that guy Pukins said, it's too much.

You are naive, my mission is to sink all the ships transporting Chinese infantry and armed civilian ships at the bottom of the Indian Ocean to cut off the Chinese's retreat."

"As for how to fight on land, I don't care. However, I will issue an order. The two Marine brigades will land at the landing site of the Chinese soldiers in the middle. They will chase the Chinese troops and, together with the defenders on the island, will attack them.

All are wiped out on the island of Sri Lanka. The current navigation formation can ensure that all warships reach their targets in the first time without any changes!"

The chief of staff swallowed hard and was full of suggestions, but was countered by the commander's hard words. The chief of staff was thinking out of soldier's intuition, so be careful and you won't make a big mistake!

No one in the entire task force stationed in India knows how powerful the Chinese Navy's fleet is. They don't even know whether the Chinese Navy has warships. The chief of staff doesn't know either. He is just a

I made a normal suggestion, but what I got in return was a childish sentence. Since your commander is like this, why should I bother to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf? It's a thankless effort, isn't it? The chief of staff thought for a while in his heart.

In the war room of the ** division fleet's flagship "Canglang", Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo said to Commander Tang Qiuquan: "Commander, the radar has identified that the British task force has entered the Jaffna Coral Reef Group within 40 nautical miles.

, they adopted a front-line formation, with a total of sixty-four large and small warships. Behind the warships, there were dozens of transport ships. Preliminary estimates are that they are transporting army troops to reinforce the island of Sri Lanka."

Major General Amosyev put his hand on his forehead, groaned as if he had toothache, and said: "Oh my God! One line of push, I really doubt whether the British man commanding this fleet is a naval officer, how could he do this?

With such a tactical arrangement, Commander, we will win this battle. There is no longer any suspense. The British have put on a posture of being beaten. I think we can start the attack!"

Each warship in the fleet that implemented radio silence turned on the radio one after another to receive orders from the flagship. On the sea that was silent just now, radio waves invisible to the naked eye criss-crossed in the air.

The communications officer of the task force stationed in India reported anxiously to the commander, Major General Jeffrey Hill, "Your Excellency, commander, just now, our monitoring radio detected a large number of radio signals in the Jaffna coral reef area.

According to preliminary estimates, there are more than thirty troops receiving and sending reports at the same time, and it is very likely that it is a fleet operating there!"

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill shivered when he heard this. He had been working in the navy for more than 20 years, but he still didn't know what this meant. It meant that there was a considerable fleet waiting in the waters of the Jaffna Coral Reef Group.

If you are facing yourself, it is not an encounter, but the opponent is prepared. It can only be a Chinese warship. God! When did the Chinese have more than thirty warships?

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill, regardless of his jaw that almost dropped in surprise, issued a series of orders, "Order the fleet to immediately switch to a three-way column, light fast destroyers, go out of the fleet, take the lead in attacking, transport fleet,

Leave the battlefield immediately and sail to Sri Lanka Island at full speed, be fast!"

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hill, I'm really worried. The fleet's sailing formation was adopted without encountering a battle. Now, Chinese warships suddenly appear. No matter how many there are, the formation is not good for us.

, I just hope that there is still time to save it!

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