dognovel Chapter 292 John's New Far East Fleet Arrives, the Beginning of the Collision
Chapter 292 John's New Far East Fleet Arrives, the Beginning of the Collision
"The ancients landed. They dropped helicopters in Jakarta, and their attack was broken up by their helicopters."
The news directly shocked Governor James Loudon, who was stunned.
Helicopters are not unfamiliar to the West.
Since the ancient country's defense forces put helicopters into service on a large scale, the emergence of this new weapon has also entered the vision of Westerners.
So John, Citi, Hans, Gaul, and Tsarist Russia also began to compete to start research and development.
The concept has already appeared a long time ago, and with the examples of ancient countries as a precedent, all countries are crossing the river by feeling their way forward.
There are helicopters with similar appearances, as well as some very imaginative helicopters.
However, the power systems used by these helicopters are all piston engines.
Among them, the country with the fastest development speed in the field of helicopters is Hans.
Their aviation engine technology itself has a solid foundation, and they have the best relationship with the ancient country. They even introduced foreign trade-type military transport helicopters from the ancient country.
Of course, the helicopters they introduced were the first generation.
It still uses a piston engine.
The second generation of helicopters all use turboshaft engines as their power system.
It is for this reason that helicopters have become popular all over the world and the market has naturally developed.
As the governor, James Loudon would be familiar with this new type of aircraft.
"Helicopters...the ancient fleet is coming!"
At this moment, James Louden said somewhat dejectedly.
Faced with the ancient country's fleet, he had no intention of resisting at all.
His guess was not without basis.
The range of a helicopter is limited, basically around three to five hundred kilometers.
Therefore, the ancient people's fleet would not be more than 300 kilometers away from Jakarta.
James Louden actually guessed this correctly.
"Governor, we haven't completely lost yet. John's fleet has arrived at the Karimata Strait and they are not far from us."
As soon as these words were spoken, a gleam of light appeared in James Louden's eyes.
Yes, they have not completely lost. As long as John's fleet can suppress the ancient country's fleet, John's troops will be able to land.
In this way, they might be able to unite with the John people to drive out the ancient country's landing forces.
The Karimata Strait is very close to Jakarta, and John's fleet will definitely arrive after dawn.
The two fleets are bound to encounter each other in the waters near Jakarta.
Now they can only place all their hopes on John's people.
In the Karimata Strait, a large fleet broke into this sea area, and the battleship Nelson was still at the forefront of the fleet.
Next to the Nelson was a very similar battleship.
It was the HMS Rodney, the second ship of the Nelson-class battleship.
Both Nelson-class battleships were transferred to the Far East Fleet, which shows how much importance the John people attach to this place.
Of course, this is also related to the commissioning of new battleships.
After the new battleships entered service, the Nelson-class battleships were no longer the first battleships of the John Navy.
Fleet headquarters was located in the battleship Nelson.
Fleet Commander Admiral Barnes looked at the telegram in his hand in silence.
The eyes of several generals were also focused on this telegram.
After reading the above content, Admiral Barnes said softly: "The ancient country's fleet is less than 180 nautical miles away from Jakarta."
A trace of solemnity flashed in the eyes of several fleet commanders.
The ancient country's fleet was like a mountain pressing down on their heads.
After suffering several losses in succession, no one dared to underestimate the ancient country's navy anymore.
"Commander, did the telegram mention the size of the ancient nation's fleet?"
Admiral Barnes shook his head expressionlessly.
"The Dutch are just speculating, because the ancients transported their troops to Jaking by helicopter."
After hearing this, everyone thought about it and understood.
They didn't know how far the ancient people's helicopters could fly, but it wasn't too outrageous.
Even with a range of 1000 kilometers, the combat radius will not exceed 400 kilometers.
“No matter how large the ancient fleet is, even if they bring two Kunlun-class battleships, we must not retreat this time.
Once the Dutch lose their colonies, the Singapore and Malay Peninsula colonies will be the next target of the ancients."
Admiral Barnes said in a deep voice.
The generals nodded firmly.
They also understood the importance of this and would never retreat like they did last time.
"By the way, tell the fleet to slow down. We haven't found the ancient people's fleet yet, so we can't get too close to Jaking."
"At the same time, destroyers and submarines will be asked to expand their surveillance range to at least 30 nautical miles."
After unifying their thoughts, Admiral Barnes issued two orders.
If we rush to Jakarta now, we will most likely be ambushed by the ancient navy.
Although the two sides will not fight, it also means that they have lost the initiative.
If you want to compete with the ancient country's fleet again, you must find the opponent's position and then make a plan based on the situation.
As time passed, the fighting in the major cities of Java gradually subsided.
The Dutch placed all their hopes on John's men, so they suspended their attack.
Because they understood that if they continued to attack at this time, it would be hard to say whether they could win, and it would also bring them into direct conflict with the ancient country.
After all, the troops that landed this time were from an ancient country.
Once a war breaks out with the ancient country and the other party declares war directly, even if the John people come, they will not be able to protect the colony.
So what they have to do now is to avoid armed conflict and give John and Citibank the opportunity to intervene.
At this time, Governor James Loudon was still very rational.
During that night, a marine battalion of more than 1,000 people from the ancient navy also completed the landing in the two cities of Jakarta and Burangan in the western part of Java Island by helicopter.
As for Yongdi Kata and Sizhou in the eastern region, they were beyond the range of the armed helicopters.
An Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship headed east, escorted by a Long Beach-class nuclear-powered cruiser and two Koontz-class guided-missile destroyers.
This Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship is responsible for Yomdikata and Siju east of Java Island.
The Chinese are mainly concentrated in these four cities.
After the intelligence department discovered something was wrong, the Chinese people living scattered in other towns were also persuaded to move to these four cities, with the Huang family paying for the expenses.
This was also planned long ago.
As for those who are unwilling to move, they can only fend for themselves.
Good words cannot persuade a damned person.
With the landing of the Marine Battalion, the situation in the two cities has stabilized.
The situation also began to reverse.
The New Far East Fleet advanced about 50 kilometers in one night, and the destroyers on outer alert ran out of 35 nautical miles.
After dawn, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Following the rising sun from the end of the ocean, Admiral Barnes' heart also became lively.
Based on his understanding of the ancient navy, their traces have most likely been discovered.
Even the ancient people had already pinpointed their specific location.
After all, the Karimata Strait is the only way to go, and its width is only more than 100 kilometers.
So they don't have to hide, they just need to find the ancient country's fleet.
Then he turned his eyes to the nautical chart.
After a night of research, he had basically locked down several areas where the ancient country's fleet might exist.
"Send reconnaissance aircraft to search in a fan-shaped pattern, and we will also conduct a search in the rear.
Simultaneously dispatch fighters to these three areas to locate the ancient nation's fleet."
In less than two minutes, the Seafire carrier-based aircraft and the new reconnaissance aircraft took off from the aircraft carrier.
The Spitfire was their new all-metal monoplane fighter to replace the Hurricane.
And it has already developed to the third model.
In terms of various performance, it is not much different from the FC-51 Mustang fighter in service with the Hans Air Force.
They had already figured out the performance of this fighter through spies.
The Spitfire was designed to target the Mustang.
Currently, the Spitfire 3 is in large-scale service in the navy and air force.
Moreover, progress has been made on jet fighters, with prototypes undergoing test flights.
With the emergence of ancient countries, the development of Western aviation technology also began to accelerate.
By the time 40 years roll around, several major countries will have developed their own jet fighters.
The age of jet aircraft will arrive early.
The Third Task Force was located in the waters about 150 kilometers from Jakarta and did not move forward.
Because Zheng Guangyun was also waiting for the arrival of John's fleet.
"Last time I was able to suppress you so much that you couldn't raise your heads, and this time there will be no problem either."
If you want to take over the Dutch colonies, John is an obstacle that cannot be avoided.
Therefore, it is necessary to use force to dispel the idea of John's people to keep the Dutch colony.
This maritime confrontation is an opportunity.
As long as John's Far East Fleet is repelled, they will be able to stop trying to get involved.
After all, this is an era where fists have the final say.
Without the Far East Fleet to rely on, the John people would be unable to interfere even if they wanted to.
"Commander, the AWACS detected three aerial targets approaching our direction. They are John's carrier-based aircraft."
After receiving the call from the early warning aircraft, the intelligence officer immediately reported to the fleet commander Zheng Guangyun.
After a moment's silence, Zheng Guangyun said, "Send two fighter planes to drive them away."
This also meant telling the Johns where the fleet was.
However, he had no intention of hiding it. This contest was a face-to-face collision between the two sides, very plain and simple.
Three John carrier-based reconnaissance planes searched forward in a fan formation.
This time their reconnaissance location is one of the three target sea areas.
Each reconnaissance aircraft was about 15 kilometers apart.
The three reconnaissance planes can work together to cover a large area.
"This is the ancient naval exercise area. Please leave this airspace immediately."
Just as they continued to move forward, a voice suddenly came from the radio.
The crews of the three reconnaissance planes were in a commotion when they heard the sound.
Everyone looked around, trying to find the source of the sound.
Soon they spotted the F-4 Phantom fighter jet roaring towards them.
"Damn it, it's an ancient country's jet plane, return immediately."
"Contact the fleet immediately and report this news."
John's crew member flew away in the reconnaissance plane without any hesitation.
Faced with the jet fighters, they had no intention of resisting and no hope of getting away with it.
Because they knew that the ancient people really knew how to open fire.
"It seems they know we are looking for them and are heading towards the F90 area."
The fact that it was expelled rather than missing or shot down already means that the ancient country's fleet is in this direction and not too far away.