Volume 10, Battle for Domination Volume 76, Hump Route Part 2
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In the early battles, the British Spitfire actually achieved an amazing record of shooting down fifteen aircraft, but considering that the Spitfire faced large transport aircraft, there is actually nothing to show off in this record. To defend the "hunchback route", the Chinese military must strengthen the air force.
However, what embarrassed the Chinese Air Force was that after sending escort fighters, the results were still very unsatisfactory. This was because the British Air Force on the Indian side did not have to worry about the range at all. The Chinese Air Force aircraft had to travel nearly 3,000 miles, which would only take a few dozen minutes to fight. If it was maneuvered, it would be less than ten minutes. Under such unequal combat conditions, the Chinese Air Force was defeated again, and the war loss ratio reached an astonishing 3
In this case, a voice began to look up, that is, to attack India by sea. Their reason was that when attacking by sea, there was no need to consider so much. It was much easier to sweep the periphery of India with powerful maritime forces than to gnaw hard bones in Tibet.
Zhao Gang refused this suggestion very firmly. Although it seemed that this suggestion was very tempting, as the commander, temporary victory in the battle was not the highest goal he pursued. When Russia and France suddenly increased their troops on the Western Front, Zhao Gang was already very clear about what role his ally Germany was. Although these white countries were still very friendly in normal times, they only paid attention to interests. If they did not take precautions, they might be startled by their sudden change of faces.
If this time the attack was sea, considering that the provinces in the South China Sea did not have strong mechanical strength, the actual consumption of materials required was not smaller than that in the attack from Tibet, and the threat faced was much greater. The British and American submarines would lurk in the South China Sea and ambush the transport fleets. In World War II, Japan lost most of its transportation capabilities and finally failed.
In fact, even in the real World War II, the Normandy landing, which was promoted to be a great success, was actually just an example of a failure.
Allied generals are like clouds: Dwight Eisenhower. #Lao Montgomery
Bertram Ramsey;. Bradley |:~6; Dempsey |:).. Grenem |:
The German lineup is much thinner: Commander-in-Chief Gerder von Ronderstedt) Erwin Rommel Army Group) Frederi Dorman: 7 | Army)
The gap in military strength is even more disparity between the German army: 138,000 (July 23) is basically nine to one
In order to carry out this large-scale battle, the Allies gathered a total of 2.88 million troops. The Army had 36 divisions, including 23 infantry divisions, 10 armored divisions, 3 airborne divisions, and about 10,000 people. The Navy invested about 5,300 warships, including 13 battleships, 47 cruisers, and 134 destroyers. About 1,200 landing ships. The landing ships were 13,700 air force combat aircraft, including 5,800 bombers, 4,900 fighters, and 3,000 transport aircraft and gliders.
In order to make the German Commander wrong judgments so as to ensure the suddenness of the landing operations and ensure the smooth progress of the battle. The Allied forces successfully used a series of measures such as dual agents, electronic interference, and camouflage troops and ship assembly in southeastern Britain, plus strict confidentiality measures, the German Commander made a wrong judgment on the Allied landing location and time for a long time. Even after the Allied landing in Normandy, it was considered a restrained feint, which led to most of the German troops on the Western Front and weapons being wasted in Calais, while in Normandy, it was unable to resist the landing of Allied landings due to its weak force. At the same time, a man named James, who looked very similar to Montgomery, pretended to be Montgomery in North Africa, which made Rommel think that Montgomery had been in North Africa.
But the final result is still surprising.
casualties
United States:.000)(
UK:.000).
Canada :):.000
France:.200
Germany: 23
The casualties in the military and local areas are five times that of the German army, and considering that the US military's harsh deaths may be greater.
It was completely controlled by sea power and obtained under the conditions of air power. But the subsequent things were not glorious. After the successful rush to the beach on the 66th, the landing troops took more than half a month to sort it out [Day to the 29th;; people did not occupy Caen until July 7. For a month, more than one million soldiers of the Allied Powers gathered in an area less than a hundred miles. They could only rely on their superior air force to protect their own safety every day.
If it weren't for the huge difference in strength, this landing would turn into a disaster, which was far more tragic than that of Dunker. If you don't fight well in Tibet, it won't shake the foundation of the country. All personnel can retreat in time. However, if you fail to make a large landing, it means losing millions of elites at one time. If you don't send people to land and fight, you will think that you will find a cruel tug-of-war, and after countless losses, you will gain an enemy country that has turned into ruins, and finally win the victory of Pyros. That's not what Zhao Gang is happy to see. Therefore, he chose this dangerous route regardless of the danger.
In 8th of 1917, the British Spitfire aircraft were launched rampantly and unscrupulously on the "Camel Route". In one day, it shot down several large transport aircraft that flew over the "Camel" one after another. Tiecan was extremely annoyed and ordered the second subordinate air force to change clothes to go to the Humpel Route. It turned out that China's large gunboat attack aircraft was very similar to the large transport aircraft. Tiecan wanted to use the large gunboat attack aircraft as "bait" to catch the British Spitfire aircraft.
Tiecan asked the gunboat attack aircraft to fly as much as possible on a route south (near India), with more ammunition on the plane, and the formation should be scattered. The United Kingdom was indeed deceived and took off the Spitfire fighter from the airport closest to the route to intercept it. After entering the range, the large gunboat attack aircraft revealed its true appearance, like a tiger coming out of the mountain, and attacking the British aircraft.
The 16 38mm speed Spitfire fighters on the large gunboat attack aircraft reacted and they all planted the blue sky in black smoke. They flew continuously and shot down 18 British aircraft in total, which severely hit the British army's arrogance.
The British army exclaimed, "Camel air transport is becoming increasingly busy, and the combat power of the enemy and our air force is very different." Churchill instructed the British Southern Expeditionary Force to station in India: "The biggest task of the Indian air defense force is to cut off the Sino-Indian air transport route." Therefore, the main Fifth Flight Division under the Southern Expeditionary Force was dispatched almost in full swing. On December 5, 1917, 1,365 aircraft were used, Ming, Yunnan Post and other places.
Although it caused huge damage, Britain was at the end of its strength, and the battlefield situation could not be changed because of the beast fighting. The power of the iron remnants grew rapidly in the battle. In 1944, it had developed to the scale of 535 combat and 109.47 medium-sized bombers, and gradually mastered the air supremacy of the "hunchback route".
Under this situation, "hump air transport" developed rapidly. In 1917, 10, Line" sea-sky flight transport aircraft 298 times, and in November 1917, it flew 5,622 times a day. The sound of aircraft over the Himalayas rumbling, and an average of one aircraft flew over every ten seconds. A large number of new four-engine Douglas-style and unified giant transport aircraft were put into transportation, increasing the transportation volume. In 1917, the monthly transportation volume had reached 570,043~: From 917 to 1918, the "hump air transport" reached 873 tons. The "hump route" was like a major artery in the air, flowing fresh blood towards the Chinese expeditionary force, supporting the Chinese nation to win the victory of this war.
However, the cost of "hump air freight" is high. On this death route, countless Chinese military air warriors died heroically. According to statistics, in the harsh seasons, Chinese airlines disappeared on average every day; China officially disclosed after the war that during the entire Second World War, China lost 6,603 aircraft on the Asian battlefield.
On the 520-mile long and 50-mile wide route, the wreckage of the plane landed on the steep cliffs, which is called the "Aluminum Valley". In clear weather, pilots can use these glittering aluminum sheets as navigation landmarks."
History cannot be forgotten, nor should it be forgotten. The anti-fascist warriors who sleep in the quiet canyon of the "Camel Route" will always be remembered in the history of human civilization that resists aggression and pursues justice. The silent Himalayas will forever stand an immortal monument.
Chapter completed!