NOVEL WEB Chapter 167
At the port of Singapore, a large fleet left the port.
This fleet was the Anglo-French-Dutch Allied Fleet. It was composed of two battlecruisers and two battleships as the main battleships, and more than 30 cruisers and destroyers.
After the Governor's Office realized that the situation was not good, it immediately ordered the fleet to go out and go to the Gulf of Siam to investigate the situation.
If an accident really happened, the fleet might be able to provide support.
However, since the French battleship Provence is an old ship from the First World War.
Although it has been modernized, the power system has not changed much.
The maximum speed is only 20 knots per hour.
And it is impossible to start running at the highest speed all the way, otherwise the boiler will explode directly.
So the speed is only 17 or 18 knots, which can't keep up with the speed of the English fleet at all.
The Anglo-French-Dutch Allied Fleet set off less than an hour later.
The English side abandoned the French fleet and accelerated directly north to Siam.
France did not say anything about this.
They are even more anxious than England because their 100,000-man army has lost contact, so how can they not be anxious?
"Boss, the fleet in Singapore has moved, and the French fleet seems to have fallen behind because of its slow speed."
After hearing this, Walton Borg's eyes flashed with a gleam.
"The French fleet is falling behind?"
"Yes, and the distance between the two sides is getting farther and farther"
"Good!"
Waltonborg stood up and walked back and forth a few steps, and immediately said:"Order the Ares Fleet to change the battle plan and attack the French first.
Annihilate the French fleet as quickly as possible, and then fight a decisive battle with the English Far East Fleet."
The original plan was to rely on the naval aviation to fight a decisive battle with the opponent in the Gulf of Siam.
Now the French fleet has fallen behind.
This gives them the opportunity to divide and annihilate them.
Naturally, they will attack the weak first, and then block the route of the English fleet to escape south, directly blocking it in the Gulf of Siam.
If they cooperate with the naval aviation force, it will be easier to annihilate the English Far East Fleet.
After all, with one more battleship, the situation will be very different.
At present, the Ares Fleet has a total of two Iowa battleships and an Essex-class aircraft carrier, a total of three battleships.
The Iowa-class battleship was one of the main battleships of the United States during World War II and also their largest battleship.
Its full load displacement is 55,000 tons and its maximum speed is 31 knots.
It is equipped with 9 406mm main guns and 10 twin 127mm high-altitude guns. Dual-purpose secondary guns, 80 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, and 60 20mm anti-aircraft guns.
These are literal data.
Although its appearance is still the Iowa battleship.
But the interior has undergone high-tech modifications.
Mainly in terms of radar and fire control systems.
The radars of the Iowa-class battleships have all been replaced.
A series of radars developed by the China Electronic Technology Group are used.
For example, three-coordinate radar, air/sea surveillance radar, Hawkeye fire control radar system, Hawkeye gun aiming radar and firing director.
These radars are all produced in China and then transported to the maintenance base in Borneo for installation.
The performance of these radars is not the old radars of the 1940s and 1950s.
In a sense, these radars are already considered modern radar systems.
For example, this three-coordinate radar.
It uses The S band is composed of a planar array antenna, a solid-state transmitter, a digital receiver, a general-purpose computer, a frequency synthesizer, a control console, and a data converter. The air detection range can reach 300 kilometers.
Even for small air targets, the detection range can reach more than 150 kilometers.
The Hawkeye fire control radar system is also the fire control system of the main gun.
The effective distance can reach 40 kilometers.
Even at a distance of more than 30 kilometers, it has a very good hit accuracy.
However, the British and French battleships do not have this capability.
In naval battles, the Iowa-class battleships can have a huge advantage.
It is entirely possible to perform S-shaped maneuvers at sea, running and shooting.
Although the hit accuracy will not be improved too much, it can ensure that the probability of being hit is reduced.
What's more, the Ares fleet also has What about the Essex-class aircraft carrier and the Akula-class submarine?
The Essex-class aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of 36,000 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots.
The entire ship can carry a total of 100 combat aircraft of various types.
The current equipment is still the fighter planes of the World War II period.
Among them are 36 F8F Tomcat carrier-based fighters, 36 A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft, 15 SB2C dive bombers, and 15 TBF torpedo bombers.
Although there is only one aircraft carrier, its combat capability is not weak.
What's more, there are 16 Akula-class submarines.
Even if there is one less battleship than the opponent, Waltonborg is confident that he can win the battle.
And the French fleet has fallen behind, so the chances of winning are even greater.
Obviously, the three countries of Britain, France and the Netherlands did not expect that this little-known Ares Group would be equipped with three battleships.
And the fleet is so large.
Otherwise, how dare they go north to the Gulf of Siam without any scruples.
It's simply sending themselves into a pit.
Soon, the Ares fleet operating near Zengmu Shoal headed for the French expeditionary fleet at high speed.
At this moment, the two fleets were only more than 600 kilometers apart. The
French fleet was sailing slowly at a speed of 16 knots per hour, while the English fleet was sailing at an average speed of more than 20 knots.
The distance between the two sides (cicc) was getting bigger and bigger.
The Battle of Prachinburi that shocked the world also ushered in a white-hot battle at night. (To read the exciting novel, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
After the main force of the coalition forces was divided and surrounded.
They wanted to break out under the cover of night.
But Waltonborg had been prepared for this.
So the battle tonight was particularly fierce. The battle lasted until dawn, and the British, French and Dutch coalition forces did not break out.[]
Neither Siam nor the Annan Restoration Army let down their guard.
After all, they were all trained by Red Alert soldiers, and there were Red Alert soldiers serving as officers in their troops.
Although their combat effectiveness cannot be said to be very strong, it can only be said to be average.
But compared with Britain, France and the Netherlands, it is definitely not bad.
After the failure of the breakout, the British, French and Dutch coalition forces also suffered heavy casualties.
More than 400,000 troops suffered casualties in just over a day.
And they were divided into pieces.
Some troops even surrendered in despair.
On the second day of the battle, more than 4 people surrendered.
Most of the coalition soldiers chose to resist stubbornly.
"Increase the intensity of the attack, and don't worry about casualties."
Walton Borg said coldly
""Yes!"
After this order, the three forces accelerated the pace of the attack.
More and more troops could not hold on and began to surrender.
The fighting spirit of the British and French troops was not high. They were surrounded by the enemy and had no way out.
Surrender was like a domino.
In the afternoon of that day, the battle was basically coming to an end.
The battle in Prachinburi was basically over.
More than 90,000 coalition soldiers were captured.
The smoothness of the battle even exceeded Waltonborg's imagination.
He thought that this battle would last at least a week.
Unexpectedly, it was over in two days.
But it was obvious that Waltonborg overestimated them.
"Clean up the battlefield immediately.
The Ares mercenary corps will rest for one night, and will march to the Malay Peninsula tomorrow to capture the Malay Peninsula and Singapore.
The Annan Restoration Army will immediately go to Angguang to assist the Burmese Independence Army to stop the British in India."
Once the Malay Peninsula is attacked, the British colonial army in India will definitely take action.
It is still a certain pressure to rely on the Independence Army to block the opponent alone.
So let more than 20,000 people of the Renaissance Army go there to help the Independence Army share the pressure.
The Renaissance Army is very good at jungle warfare.
They themselves are a jungle combat force.
It should not be a problem to block a force that is several times larger than several.
What's more, there are 100,000 Siamese troops as reserve forces.
As for the retaliation of Britain and France after the war, he is even less afraid.
At most, let the commander start to increase the number of troops.
After this battle, the scale of the Ares Group mercenaries can indeed be expanded.
At this time, the British fleet had entered the Gulf of Siam.
The French fleet was still running slowly, and it had opened up a distance of about 200 kilometers from the English fleet.
And the Ares fleet is now The rear of the French fleet is about 60 kilometers.
However, the Essex-class aircraft carrier is not among them, but about 40 kilometers behind the battleship fleet.
It maintains a range of about 100 kilometers from the French expeditionary fleet.
France does not even have the most basic vigilance.
It did not even send out reconnaissance aircraft for alert.
On the Essex-class aircraft carrier, fighter planes began to take off from the deck one after another.
An hour later, more than 90 fighter planes were successfully launched.
At this moment, the deck of the Essex-class aircraft carrier is empty.
There are still ten spare aircraft in the hangar.
This huge air raid group is full of various bombs and torpedoes.