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Chapter 1373: The Invaders¡¯ Carnival Feast (3)

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    After the strong entry of the Japanese army, Thailand's attitude quickly improved. There was no way around it. In the face of bayonets and steel guns, the Thai monarchs and ministers had to smile even if they were unwilling to do so.

    While attacking Thailand, the Japanese army also launched a military attack on Malaysia.

    This battle is the focus of the southern offensive war, and the Japanese army is extremely concerned about it, because this battle will begin with a long-distance sea crossing and landing under the resistance of the British Navy and Air Force, and will break through the thousand-kilometer long narrow land route on the Malay Peninsula.  , ending with the capture of the modern fortified Singapore Fortress, which contains various difficult problems in strategy and tactics.

    The biggest problem in combat is, of course, the inevitable dangers in the landing operations at the beginning of combat operations.

    In order to eliminate this danger, it is necessary to defeat the enemy's air force and naval forces in advance, gain air and sea control, and then carry out landing. This is a conventional method of landing operations.

    However, the British authorities in Malay seemed to have concluded that conflict with Japan would be inevitable, so they moved the army and air force to northern Malay. In late November, a large-scale army, navy and air force exercise was held in the Kedah Plains. In early December  , the British Navy announced the establishment of the new East Asia Fleet. Commander Lieutenant General Phillips boarded the latest elite battleship HMS Prince of Wales and sailed into Singapore Port with the battleship HMS Defeat, indicating that it would exert a deterrent effect on events in the Far East.

    The Malay British Air Force has deployed its main force in Singapore and deployed part of it on the Thai border. It uses ships and aircraft to patrol the sea east of Singapore very closely. It has also started air patrols in Kota Bharu and Kuantan.  .

    There are powerful army troops deployed on the Thai border. It is estimated that there are at least 9,000 troops in Kota Bharu and about 20,000 troops in the Kedah area.

    Moreover, the meteorological characteristics of Malay had a huge impact on the success or failure of the surprise attack planned by the Japanese army. The Malay Peninsula was originally sandwiched between the South China Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and was almost unaffected by typhoons in these two bays. It was only significantly affected by the monsoon.  .

    That is, from November to March of the following year, there is a northeast trade wind period. The northeast wind is strong and there is rainfall, so stormy weather appears in the East China Sea. The further north of Malay, the earlier such stormy weather comes.  .  During this northeast trade wind period, waves can reach 1.5 to 2 meters, making landing operations generally considered almost impossible.

    The Army and Navy High Command paid great attention to this point when deciding when to start the war.  Carrying out this kind of landing operation after entering the northeast trade wind period was unexpected by the enemy.

    Furthermore, during the northeast trade wind period, due to the influence of the central mountain range, there is heavy rainfall along the east coast, while it is generally sunny on the west coast.

    This also has a considerable impact on the conduct of aviation operations. Generally speaking, it is unfavorable to the Japanese army, but it also has advantages, that is, in order to achieve a surprise landing, this kind of weather will make the reconnaissance of enemy aircraft difficult.

    According to the order of the Southern Army General Headquarters, the troops participating in the offensive were assembled in Sanya, Hainan Island on November 26. The aviation force advanced the base to southern French Indochina by December 6, and its seaplane units were already deployed in  In the alert battle position of the transport fleet based on the coast of French Indochina.

    The commander of the 25th Army led his staff from the chief of staff down to Sanya by plane at noon on November 25 from Saigon.  At this time, the first and second batches of landing troops were concentrating on Sanya, the assembly point, from all directions as planned.

    In the evening of the same day, the army commander summoned the commander of the 5th Matsui Division, the commander of the 18th Mutaguchi Division, the captain of the Tuomei detachment, and the captain of the 9th Railway Regiment, and issued a landing order.

    After receiving the "Shoujia No. 5" order, the 25th Army enthusiastically set sail from Sanya under the escort of Malay troops.  At this time, just after the naval mobile force changed its course to the southeast to Hawaii on the sea northeast of Midway Island, the officers and soldiers of the 25th Army knew nothing about the heroic action that was about to be taken in the distant Pacific.

    According to the plan, the route of this force was as follows. After setting sail from Sanya Port to the evening of the 5th, it headed south due south. After that, it sailed westward on the southern sea of ??the Indochina Peninsula. At midnight on the 6th, it changed its course to the northwest and pretended to be ready.  As if sailing to Bangkok via the Gulf of Siam, it quickly changed its course to the southwest at noon on the 7th at the southwest point of Phu Quoc Island, heading towards Songkhla, Pattani and Kota Bharu.

    Before this, he had threatened to send troops to Thailand in order to cut off the material transportation line between India and China. He pretended to confirm this and chose this route.

    Around noon on the 6th, the fleet came into contact with British fighter planes.  Later, naval intelligence was received that the British Far East Fleet might sail away from Singapore for a sortie.  The situation suddenly became tense, but it did not encounter any obstacles, and even reached the entry point earlier than the scheduled time.

    Since the morning of the 7th, the 3rd Flying Group has often used several fighter jets to provide cover in the sky.  ?From then on, the team headed towards the landing point and began to divide to the southwest, entering the anchorage around midnight on the 7th.

    After entering the anchorage, the 5th Division from Songkhla and Pattani immediately started launching and boarding landing craft.

    Although the Japanese army's operation was supported by moonlight, due to the impact of the aftermath of the storm the night before, the waves were as high as 1.5 meters to 2 meters, making movement extremely difficult. The landing operation far exceeded the scheduled time, but fortunately it was not discovered by the enemy.

    The landings were completed at 4:10 a.m. in Songkhla and in Pattani at 4:30 a.m. without any resistance.  The nearby houses were brightly lit, and even the Japanese consulate in Songkhla was unaware of the Japanese landing and was still asleep.

    On the other hand, the Tuomei detachment¡¯s landing in Kota Bharu encountered resistance from air and land enemies.

    An excellent flotilla consisting of three ships, Awajiyama, Ayadoyama, and Sakura, escorted by the main force of the 1st escort force commanded by Rear Admiral Hashimoto, commander of the 3rd mine squadron, entered the anchorage around the afternoon of the 7th and anchored.  The first group of landing boats quickly headed towards the embankment where the British troops were stationed on the morning of the 8th.

    However, starting around 3 a.m., British aircraft attacked repeatedly, and due to their courageous air response, seven of them were shot down.  However, the Awajisan was directly hit by multiple bullets, suddenly caught fire at around 5 a.m., and eventually sank. The Ayadoyama and Sakura were injured.

    The 3rd Flying Group began the aviation annihilation war after dawn on the 8th. Its first attack was aimed at the enemy air force in the Kota Bharu and Setah areas. It overwhelmed the enemy within two days of the war and destroyed about three-thirds of the Malay British Air Force.  One, forcing the British air force to retreat and huddle in the Singapore area.

    Major General Takezo Aoki, commander of the 12th Flight Regiment, was waiting eagerly at the base in French Indochina on the 8th for the news that the landing troops would occupy the airport. However, he had not received accurate information by 9 a.m., so Commander Aoki Flight Regiment estimated that he might be among the enemy.  After landing, they mobilized with all their strength and ordered the 1st Air Force to head over Songkhla Airport, and now the 11th Air Force to advance over Pattani Airport.

    The commander of the flight group flew ahead and directly commanded the 1st flight team to patrol over Songkhla, but found no trace of the British troops. Knowing that the airport was in the hands of the Japanese army, he resolutely landed at Songkhla Airport.  Due to excessive flooding at Pattani Airport, the 11th Air Force also landed at Songkhla Airport.

    The 22nd Marine Air Force marched in at dawn on the 8th, striking the enemy's air force and military facilities in Singapore for the first time, frightening the enemy. On the afternoon of the 9th, they strafed Kuantan Airport, and the overall situation of the Malay aviation annihilation war was determined.

    The movement of the battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Defeat, the main forces of the British Eastern Fleet, is a matter of common concern to the entire army during the first batch of landing operations against Malay.

    On the afternoon of December 8, according to the aerial reconnaissance of the 22nd Air Force, it was confirmed that there were 2 battleships, 2 cruisers, and 4 destroyers in Singapore Bay. It was determined that these two battleships were the Prince of Wales and the Enemy.  Aerial reconnaissance on the afternoon of the 9th also reported that the two ships were parked in the bay, so it was presumed that the main force of the British army was still waiting in Singapore Bay.

    However, on the afternoon of the 9th, a warning was suddenly issued from the commander of the 30th Diving Team aboard the I-65 submarine: "Two enemy warships were found at 196 degrees and 225 miles off Conlun Island, heading 340 degrees, and speed 14  Festival."

    The British battleship attacked the Japanese landing fleet, and the battlefield was located north of the sea off Kuala Terengganu.

    The Malay troops returning from the landing sea to Cam Ranh Bay immediately deployed for the battle, and the transport ship at the landing point took quick evacuation measures to the Gulf of Siam.

    The battle policy instructed by Lieutenant General Ozawa, the commander of the Malay Forces, and Lieutenant General Kondo, the subsequent commander of the Southern Forces, was to rely on aircraft and submarines to maintain contact as much as possible, wait until dawn the next day, devote all the aviation forces to attack the enemy fleet, and gather on the water  The troops responded.

    From the night of the 9th to the 10th, the Japanese Malay troops used carrier-based aircraft and submarines to strive to maintain contact with the British warships, but they frequently lost their targets due to the impact of rainfall.

    At 11:56 a.m. on December 10, the Japanese army finally discovered that the British fleet, which had lost its target, was heading south about 40 nautical miles east of Kuantan.  At present, the naval aviation force with the 22nd Air Force as the backbone was pouring all its strength into the attack. From 0:14 pm to 2:50 pm, the Japanese naval aviation force launched a fierce attack on the British fleet, and finally sank the Prince of Wales and the Queen Elizabeth II.  Enemy trumpet.

    ¡°The Japanese army only exploded three planes themselves, killing 21 people.

    When the news came, the Japanese people rejoiced throughout the country.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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