"What, the joint fleet attacked Ceylon? All the airports were destroyed? Hell, wasn't the intelligence informing them to return to their homeland?" Queen Victoria's great-grandson, Lieutenant General Mountbatten, who was just in his early 40 years old and was so young that he was very disproportionate to his military rank, was stunned when he received the telegram. After a long time, he squeezed out a sentence, "The Japanese don't want their own transport fleet? Why are they attacking Ceylon?"

Major General Evans, the chief of staff, couldn't stand it. He coughed and said, "Your Excellency, now we are not considering whether the Japanese army's behavior is logical, but how to aid Ceylon Island."

"Aid? What to help them?" Mountbatten shouted, "The total belongings of the Eastern Fleet are not as large as the tonnage of a Japanese battleship, and the number of aircraft is not enough. The damn airport was destroyed by the Japanese again..."

Even though Mountbatten was telling the truth, Evans still felt extremely frustrated.

After thinking for a long time, Mountbatten said: "Send a telegram to Hawkins and let him hold it firmly. If the coastal area cannot be stopped, retreat inward. He has 50,000 troops and tanks. No matter how powerful the Japanese warships are, they cannot reach the shore. He will not be able to deal with that 6 team, right? In addition, he will send a telegram to General Stilwell and request that the US 6 Airlines go south to reinforce the direction of Ceylon."

"Do you want the Royal Air Force in the South to support it first? There are at least three squadrons there."

"Yes, yes, yes! Yes, yes!" Mountbatten, who was obviously in panic, nodded hurriedly, "In addition, General Nimitz from the Pacific direction also sent a telegram and asked the US fleet for assistance..."

After hearing the news that Mountbatten replaced General Wavell as commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian theater, Hoffman commented sarcastically: "Churchill finally sent the person who ruined India's second-largest 6."

Zeitzler and Keitel at first disagreed with this statement, always thinking that Yuan was exaggerating, but when they heard that the Battle of Dieppe was commanded by Mountbatten, Zeitzler, who was the other party, finally couldn't help laughing: "So it's this stupid guy! That guy doesn't know how to command, and he doesn't care about casualties. He just stuffed the 6th troops onto the shore. He didn't know where the support firepower of the British destroyer was pouring out. At the beginning, we were in a hurry. After the 6th Armored Division launched a counterattack, the enemy immediately collapsed... What's even more funny is that the casualty rate of the Canadians after the 6th landed over 80% was still running around like a headless fly."

"The Japanese are so lucky." Keitel said enviously.

"We are not lucky," Hoffman smiled. "When the British Empire loses India, can Churchill still be in the position of prime minister? Will Britain still have the will to resist?"

When Mountbatten took office, he was opposed by many people. Brooke, the chief of staff of the British Empire, made it clear: "...... No matter how you look at it, Lord Mountbatten is not like a person who can command the overall situation." But in the end he could not resist Churchill's opinion. He believed that this appointment was appropriate: First, Mountbatten had royal blood, which is very important in the land of India; second, Mountbatten's father was the first minister of the Navy. Mountbatten joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13, and his qualifications were reasonable. He had a strong desire to defend India; third, because General Wilson, recommended by Brooke, suffered a great defeat in the Middle East, and immediately became the commander of the Southeast Asian theater.

But no one expected that this appointment was politically appropriate and militaryally a complete disaster.

When Mountbatten was dying and sent telegrams for help, Hawkins and all the British troops deployed near the port were shaking under the fierce artillery fire of Japanese warships. The shore defense fortifications did not play much role at all, and were directly destroyed by several times of battleship artillery fire. The artillery fleet bullied Colombo and Tengcomali without large-caliber shore artillery, or had been destroyed by aviation bombs, so they simply launched closer and closer. The entire artillery attack line extended to the depths of the port. No matter which one hit the main artillery shells of battleships of more than ten inches were hit, they were pits of dozens or even hundreds of meters. The British and Indian soldiers who had no time to react had their lives lost by shrapnel or were shocked to death by huge shock waves.

The whole city was like a hornet's nest, with officers and soldiers running away with their heads in their arms, as well as gravel and rubble flying around and broken limbs and broken arms.

"Sir, good news! Good news!" A confidential staff member suddenly rushed into the commander's tower. "Sir Izuda found an enemy light aircraft carrier and several merchant ships in the port, covered with planes, but stopped at the berth without moving."

"The destroyer rushed forward and captured them immediately. Never let the enemy drive the plane up." Cao Lu Renyi immediately ordered.

"The destroyers provide close-range cover, let the S boat go. They are shallow in the water and faster! By the way, let the 6th unit control the port area as soon as possible." Horitiki smiled, "Everyone, we are lucky. The Americans are very generous now. Not only are they sending planes, but they even ship aircraft carriers!"

Everyone in the Commander Tower burst into laughter.

The aircraft carrier was the Borg. The US Navy officers and soldiers on it never expected that they decided to avoid the limelight of the joint fleet in the port of Trincomari for safety. They did not expect that they would hit the Japanese attack such a bad thing. Originally, there were several fighter jets on the aircraft carrier, but the warships were currently in a state of anchorage. There was no suitable wind to make the plane fly to the waters outside the port. However, when the shells of the artillery fleet flew over like raindrops, leaving the port was basically equivalent to seeking death. The captain had to order the ship to abandon and open the sea valve.

At dawn, Japanese carrier-based aircraft had not had time to attack the port warships because they wanted to attack the airports and coastal defense fortifications of the two cities. When the second attack wave arrived, Mitsuo Shinda was delighted to find that there was an aircraft carrier parked at the port. The enemy officers and soldiers above were running for life in a hurry. He forced himself to restrain the bombs and sank it, and determined to capture it. He inferred that the enemy had ordered the sinking of the sea, and it would be time to see who would go faster now.

After another 40 minutes, a scene that made Hawkins completely desperate appeared. The offshore lookout report reported a large number of six ships rushing towards the beach in the south of the port, and the 10,000-character flag was still flying above.

"The Germans are here too?" He complained secretly, but now he can't make any moves to deal with it. There are not many fortifications in the area where the German army plans to board 6, and most of the few shore defense firepower was wiped out by the Japanese destroyer covered by close-range firepower.

When he saw the war report, he laughed at the Americans for being vulnerable to Panama. Unexpectedly, it was soon fulfilled directly on himself. At this time, he found that his performance was not much better. The first No. 4 tank slowly came down from the 6th boat and landed on the shallow stall offshore, and then began to advance first. Then the second, third, and then the 6th boat carrying infantry began to release the infantry.

In order to ensure the success of the attack, Schell also used a water-based amphibious tiger tank in the first wave of attacks, intentionally not to give people a way out. When the last Panama Battle started, the brigade commander suffered a lot of losses due to US aircraft and artillery fire, but the resistance this time was too weak, just like usual training.

Hori Teiki put down his telescope and asked, "Is there anyone in the First Borden 6?"

"Yes! There is a brigade in total, including 8 chariots and infantrymen, but I was reluctant to use tiger style, so I only got on No. 4..."

Hori Teiki nodded with satisfaction: "This is a good opportunity to train troops, don't be reluctant to let it go! Tiger style is used. If there is a big loss, you can buy it with the Germans. The key is to follow the Germans to learn how they use armor to attack the war. At that time, the 6th Army will be shocked!"

At 11:15, all the armored troops in the direction of Tengmali successfully boarded 6. Except for three of them that had mechanical failures and could not move, the rest were safe and sound. After getting on the 6th floor and getting rid of the soft beach, all the tank power was exerted, especially the 12 tiger-style vehicles at the forefront, which seemed to be entering a no-man, and a large number of troops were advancing towards the port area.

On the other side, with the close fire support of the destroyer, four S boats successfully covered the Japanese officers and soldiers on board the Borg and quickly closed the sea valve. However, most of the hull had sunk in the sea and the hangar was soaked in water. However, the transport planes and fighter planes on the deck were still lying leisurely on it, and even the fixed steel cables did not have time to destroy and push them into the sea. After being sent back to the rear, the Musashi was filled with joy.

At noon, Hawkins had obviously lost control of his opponents. There were Indian soldiers running away everywhere, and they could not organize effective counterattacks and blockades at all. The situation was very obvious. This time it was a joint attack between Japan and Germany, and the target was aimed at the port. Not only Tengmali, but also Colombo was not much better. He was unwilling to fail, determined to struggle in the end, and shouted at the phone: "Pull out our tank troops, and the 5th Tank Brigade attacked and repelled the enemy in front of him!"

The 5o Tank Brigade is the only built-in armored unit of the Ceylon defenders. It is all composed of pure British officers and soldiers. It has been deployed in the center of the island. It is basically not "careful" by large-caliber naval guns or aircraft. When the British officers and soldiers gathered up Yu Yong and drove their Crusaders, Valentine and Sherman tanks to meet the enemy, trying to use armored forces to repel the German troops that boarded 6 and drove them back into the sea.

The poor British never dreamed that they could hit the Tiger in Ceylon. Before the British tanks could enter the range and set off, the Tiger beyond 15 oo meters had already started guns, and basically three guns were guaranteed to hit one.

"Tiger style, it's tiger style." The headphones were calling in horror.

“Walking to the side, side.”

However, there were Japanese fighter jets hovering in the air, and a large group of No. 4 were staring at them on the side. Taking a detour was not an ideal choice. British tanks that dared to advance along the coastline were torn to pieces by the firepower of the destroyer supported at close range.

By the afternoon, a jaw-dropping scene occurred. The German-Riden 6 troops, less than 6ooo people, chased tens of thousands of British troops and drove them out of the port like ducks. Whenever they encountered a more difficult firepower point, the Deng 6 troops would directly call for the plane to support them, allowing the dive bomber to deal with the most difficult fortifications. If only a 25o kilogram aviation bomb went down, it would calm down. (To be continued.)8

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Chapter completed!