Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 521: South China Sea Storm (middle)

"Passing by, the Japanese said so anyway, and now I can only believe them." Captain Horst Young pulled the zipper of the flying suit, and a ground crew helped him put on the umbrella bag.

"I'm not joking, what if the fighter of [Shorts Ben] attacked us." Duty Sergeant Drumman skillfully retracted the pk pistol and closed the insurance, and slipped it into the armpit of the flight suit. In the holster.

"[Little Japan], sergeant, it should be [Little Japan], pay attention to my mouth shape." Captain Yang can speak fluent Zhili Mandarin.

"Forget it, Captain, I tried it, I won't come back, and I don't know where I learned this accent." Lieutenant Dilkson put on his flight helmet and fastened his jaw. band.

"Listen well, our mission is to monitor. Only a fifty kilogram bomb is hung in the magazine." Dilkeson helped Drumman check the buckle of the umbrella.

"Every system has been checked, and the fuel tank is full." An air force sergeant handed over a writing board with a stack of forms on it.

"Where is the auxiliary fuel tank in the cabin?" Dexter checked the inspection table.

"It's all full, Mr. Captain." The sergeant reported.

"Thank you." Dexter signed his name on the signature panel, and then handed the clipboard to the maintenance sergeant.

The Captain of the Air Force began to circle the plane for the final check before the flight.

"Please take it for me, Captain." Drumman handed a thermos to Horst Young.

"What's inside?" Yang unscrewed the cork, leaning up to sniff it.

"It's iced lemonade with some mint, very refreshing." Drumman climbed up the gangway at the bottom of the cabin.

"Hand me the bottle, Captain." The Air Force Sergeant reached out to Yang.

"What an interesting taste, Sergeant." Yang smiled and handed the aluminum water bottle to the sergeant.

"Very refreshing, trust me." To prove that he was telling the truth, the sergeant nodded his head vigorously.

"Twelve bf109 fighters were dispatched from Da Lat base, eight D.520s and 32 MS406s were dispatched from Saigon base, and two German ju88 bombers took off from Cam Ranh base." A French Air Force major raised his head. Chest, loudly report to the French and Indian Governor Admiral Jean Decourt.

"Thank you, Major Bouvier, you can go out." Let Degu stand at the map table with his hands behind his back, staring at the huge map of South Asia on the table.

"It's all calculated. I can feel it. It's a clumsy trick." Jean Degu turned his head and looked at Colonel Eugene von Davidson who was standing at the end of the map table.

"We can't produce evidence to refute them. The Japanese have indeed calculated them. They have always had a very close connection with Siam." Colonel Davidson said with his arms folded.

"Has Berlin not responded yet?"

"You have read the note that Marshal Blumberg wrote to you."

"I see, thank you, Colonel Davidson." Jean Degu made his jaw slightly toward Davidson.

"Then I'll leave, Your Excellency. Hi! Reinhardt!" Davidson hit his boots and raised his right arm to salute the Governor.

"Your Excellency's telegram, sir." The communications sergeant took off his headset and handed the deciphered message to the captain on duty.

"Send it to the bridge immediately and hand it to your commander." The captain read the message again, folded the newspaper, and handed it to the messenger who was on standby indoors.

"Yes, Mr. Captain." The messenger saluteed and ran towards the hatch.

"Forty-five thousand meters, it has entered the theoretical range."

"The Mistral reported that six Japanese hatsuharu? (Early Spring) destroyers were found in the northwest."

"The destroyer fleet has changed its formation."

"Jean de Vienne sent a signal that the fault has been eliminated, requesting the next order."

At this time, there are noisy reports on the Dunkirk Navigation Bridge, and all kinds of new information are constantly being gathered here.

"Telegram from the Governor's Mansion, Commander." The messenger rushed into the bridge, panting, and ran to the commander to stand and salute.

"Thank God." Major General Corinne took the telegram with joy, but when he read the contents, the fleet commander frowned.

"Entangling the Japanese? What do you mean?" Colonel Armand took the telegram from the commander, and the content made him feel puzzled by how arrogant he was.

"It means it literally, Armand, I understand General Jean Decourt, and his commands have always been concise and clear." Corinne got up from the command seat and took the telescope from the staff officer.

"The shooting command post reported that the Japanese fleet started to turn." A fleet staff officer reported loudly with a telephone receiver.

"Really?" Corinne stopped and raised the telescope in his hand.

"I think I understand what the Governor-General meant now." Colonel Armand walked to Corinne and said: "They are actually worried about conflict with us, those cunning Japanese."

"Yes, Farmang, if you see through this, then no matter how powerful the fleet is, it is a thing to scare people. Order the fleet to turn, and we will paste it."

"It was a shame to be seen through by the Frenchman at once." After receiving the news that the Frenchman adjusted his course and accelerated towards his team, Takasu Shiro smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Your Excellency, the Japanese Navy cannot bow to any challenge." Naval Lieutenant Tasaka Naoo, the military commander who was with the ship, said loudly.

"You understand the order of the military command. You should know what the purpose of our operation is. Lieutenant, when a qualified naval soldier has the courage, he also needs to have a big picture. I asked him not to play this. This kind of side-by-side trick, if you want to use soldiers, you have to be upright, just like these people from the country." Takasu Shiro walked to the chart table.

"Do you keep the original route? Your Excellency." a staff officer asked.

"Well, since it has been seen through, there is no other way. I won't be able to admit defeat obediently. I believe you all will not agree. Xi, don't miss such a good opportunity. Order the second expulsion team and The twentieth destroyer team targeted the main fleet of the country and conducted simulated lightning strike training. The sixth team followed this team, lined up in the No. 1 shelling formation, and conducted shooting and aiming exercises with French warships as the target." Takasu straightened his back and ordered To.

"Ha! Your Excellency Commander!"

"Understood! Your Excellency Commander!" The staff members responded with excitement, and stood at attention to salute the commander.

"Please note that this is an exercise, and live ammunition is not allowed." Takasu warned seriously.

"Ha! Live ammunition is not allowed, Commander Commander." The staff officers bowed respectfully and agreed.

The explanation given by the Japanese envoy to Jean Degu was that some of the ships of the joint fleet would pass through the coast of French Indochina to the Bangkok Port of Siam. In order to avoid misunderstandings between the two sides, they specially came to inform France of this. ~IndoMTL.com~ Everyone can see that this is just a pretext. The Japanese dispatched a fleet at this time, obviously preparing to interfere in the French-Siamese War.

The Japanese are very ambivalent. They both want to show their muscles to the French, but are also worried that they might be self-defeating and annoy Western powers. Although Japan has a strong military power in Southeast Asia, neither the high-level military nor the domestic society are ideologically prepared for a complete break with the West.

However, Japan cannot just sit by and watch Siam be defeated by France. Siam occupies a very important strategic position in the plan of the Japanese military. The Japanese Army and Navy had a rare cooperation. They participated in almost all the behind-the-scenes planning of the Franco-Siam War. Whether it was the bombing of the Air Force fleet or the dispatch of the combined fleet, everything was written on the Tokyo timetable.

The Japanese Navy predicts that after the war breaks out, France will definitely launch an attack on the Siamese Navy. Facing the powerful Far Eastern Navy, the Siamese Navy has no power to fight back. The Takasu Fleet’s task is to contain the French colonial fleet. To create the necessary conditions for Japan to intervene in the war and mediate, and at the same time to win some breathing opportunities for Siam.

But the Tokyo side is also worried that this kind of obvious sidetracking behavior will anger the governor of French Indochina, and even anger the apostle of God sitting in Berlin, which Tokyo does not want to see anyway. . Therefore, choosing a commander who knows how to control measures became the most important issue in this plan. Because of his performance outside the coastal defense port, the Navy's senior officials became the best person to accomplish the task.

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