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Chapter 750 Guixu Operation (18)
Two days later,
Tang Yantian's naval fleet replenished its aircraft, fuel, ammunition, food and other supplies and began to cross the Bass Strait.
The two damaged aircraft carriers were towed back to the mainland for overhaul! There were only 5 aircraft carriers left in the entire fleet!
But this is enough for landing operations!
According to the reconnaissance of reconnaissance aircraft, the Allied navy had fled, and in Sydney Port, a large number of ships were loading supplies and soldiers were frantically evacuating!
This naval battle dealt a heavy blow to the US military, which lost five aircraft carriers. Together with the four aircraft carriers lost last time, the US Navy only had six aircraft carriers left!
The US Navy suffered not only equipment losses, but also more than 5 excellent pilots and more than well-trained crew members. This loss is huge and it will take at least years to make up for it!
At 13:20 p.m., when the fleet had just crossed the Bass Strait, Tang Yantian ordered the take-off of five squadrons of carrier-based Yue Fei fighters and two squadrons of Meng Tian attack aircraft, targeting Sydney Harbor!
The fleet was intercepted by U.S. Army Aviation fighter jets over Canberra, but the number was very small, less than 30!
After a fierce battle, Yue Fei's fighter plane shot down 23 US F86s, and then the crew flew towards the port.
The dock was filled with mountains of supplies and equipment; the Allied forces had been evacuated for two days.
Several huge transport ships were docked at the dock, trucks and forklifts were shuttling back and forth, Allied soldiers were sweating profusely, and shouting and the roar of machines were intertwined.
Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky. The American soldiers subconsciously looked up and saw dozens of Haizhou planes like black birds of prey, breaking through the clouds and diving towards the port. "Air raid! It's Haizhou planes!" Someone shouted in fear, but the sound was instantly drowned out by the chaos.
The plane began to dive!
In the blink of an eye, bombs rained down. One bomb accurately hit a transport ship loaded with supplies. The violent explosion was deafening, flames shot up into the sky, and the huge impact force tore a big hole in the hull. The sea water rushed in, and the supplies on the ship were scattered in the sea like flowers from the sky. The screams of the soldiers came one after another. Some were blown away by the blast, and some were directly swallowed by the burning supplies.
In a panic, the U.S. anti-aircraft weapons finally began to fight back. Anti-aircraft guns made dull sounds, and flames shot into the sky, but they seemed to be somewhat powerless under the flexible evasion and fierce attack of the Haizhou aircraft. The planes kept flying low, using their onboard machine guns to madly shoot at the U.S. troops in the port. Soldiers sought shelter one after another. The ground was full of craters and blood. The wounded soldiers struggled on the ground, shouting for help, but no one could help them in time.
A warship that was preparing to set sail was not spared. Its power system was hit by a bomb, and black smoke billowed, making it unable to move. The crew ran around on the deck, trying to control the fire, but the fire grew larger and larger, spreading to the entire warship. Finally, the warship slowly sank, leaving behind only a devastated sea and floating wreckage.
Half an hour later, forty-nine White Tiger bombers took off from Reed and flew over the port, dropping a large number of napalm bombs!
In just over ten minutes, Sydney Harbor was transformed from a busy military evacuation site into a living hell, with burning flames, collapsed buildings and dead and wounded soldiers everywhere. The U.S. military's evacuation operation was completely disrupted. Under the attack of Haizhou aircraft, they fell into an unprecedented desperate situation. They had no power to fight back and could only watch their supplies and equipment disappear in the explosion. The number of casualties continued to rise.
Because the Augusta Airport was still under construction, the White Tiger bombers could not receive fighter escort. It was not until the navy fighters joined the battle that they were able to come over and carry out a large-scale bombing on the port!
However, 80% of the Allied forces had already withdrawn in advance, leaving only more than 30,000 people!
While Tang Yantian was commanding carrier-based aircraft to carry out air strikes on various targets on the east coast, he was also arranging for Yuan Canhai to lead two brigades of Marines to land at the port of Orpost in the southeast corner of Australia!
At 16:18, under the cover of carrier-based aircraft, the Marines began landing at Orpost Harbor.
On the northern front, just before the Marines landed, the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the Haizhou Army and the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Indonesian Army began to accelerate eastward towards Sydney!
Today, they have finally completely seized air supremacy, and there are no more obstacles that can stop them from moving forward!
The night is like ink,
On the road from Augusta to Sydney,
A 10-kilometer-long convoy is rushing forward.
Leading the way was an armored tow truck.
Not only was a bucket installed, but four searchlights were also set up on the roof.
Illuminate the darkness ahead!
Xu Yingchun and his team's armored vehicle was the second in line. Today was the day they had traveled the farthest and fastest since landing in Australia. After setting out from Broken Hill at 12 noon, they had advanced 300 kilometers in eight hours!
There were bursts of whistling sounds coming from overhead.
This is the Navy's carrier-based aircraft taking off from the aircraft carrier on the East Coast to pick them up.
A Meng Tian attack plane dropped two flares over the road.
As the first flare tore through the night sky, the entire battlefield was instantly shrouded in intense white light.
Xu Yingchun opened the lid and got out of the armored vehicle.
He saw three planes flying over the treetops like ghosts, with the orange flames ejected from their tails looming under the clouds.
Two burning magnesium bombs slowly fell with parachutes, illuminating the asphalt road within a radius of several hundred meters as bright as day!
The sky ahead was flickering and had already turned red.
A city about ten kilometers away seemed to be ignited by a fire thrown by the gods. Orange-red flames licked the skyline, and mushroom-shaped smoke columns continued to rise from the ground, surging and expanding under the lead-gray clouds.
The carrier-based aircraft groups were like black birds of prey, flying back and forth over the burning city, each dive leaving behind a long tail of flame, like the chains of death.
As the bombs poured down, the whole city seemed to be hit hard by a huge hammer. The fireballs rising from the ground were like the falling sun. The splashing sparks and thick smoke intertwined into a hideous curtain.
The roar of the explosion came from a long distance, dull and shocking, shaking the road slightly!
"Stop moving forward!" The company commander's voice came from the walkie-talkie!
On the road, almost all the vehicles stopped slowly at the same time!
Ma Jinyuan pointed at the map and said,
"The city ahead is called Roto! Navy aircraft are attacking now!"
The company commander's voice continued to come from the walkie-talkie.
"Each platoon should camp on the spot and stay alert!"