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- "General, it seems that the Japanese have laid quite a lot of mines"
After receiving the information from the frontline ships, Lin Yin'an smiled at Mu Qingping beside him.
The intelligence just returned shows that the Japanese have deployed a considerable number of mines in all areas suitable for landing, including Darwin and Brisbane, in order to prevent possible landing operations by the National Defense Forces.
What I have to say is that mines are indeed a very effective weapon.
The low cost and ease of laying of mines make them a widely used weapon in asymmetric warfare. Generally speaking, the cost of clearing mines is 10 to 200 times that of laying them." To this day, some mines laid during World War II It has not yet been cleared due to cost reasons. International law stipulates that when a fighting party lays a mine, its range must be clearly declared so that civilian ships can avoid it. However, in practice this rule is difficult to implement. During World War II, the United Kingdom only declared in general terms It laid mines in the English Channel, the North Sea and the French coast.
In World War I, both sides deployed a total of 310,000 mines of various types, sinking 148 surface ships, 54 submarines, and 586 merchant ships, totaling 1.22 million tons.
During the Second World War, except for the first and second world wars, the use of mines by the belligerent countries reached its peak. A total of 1.1 million mines were deployed by various countries, destroying and sinking more than 3,700 ships.
During the Korean War in 1952, the Korean People's Army deployed more than 3,000 mines outside Wonsan Port. The U.S. military dispatched 60 minesweepers and more than 30 minesweepers, plus many minesweeper helicopters to clean up. As a result, the entire U.S. military The landing plan was delayed for eight days. In the subsequent Vietnam War, Middle East War, and Coercion War, mines were fully used and exerted great power. Especially during the war, the Iraqi naval vessels basically accomplished nothing except laying more than 1,200 mines. Nine warships of the multinational force were damaged, of which 4 warships of the United States alone were damaged.
Therefore, if these mines are not dealt with, I am afraid that the landing battle will not be so easy to implement.
But at this moment, neither Lin Yin'an nor Mu Qingping seemed to be interested in the Japanese tricks.
"It's time for us to take the field"
To Mu Qingping, the Japanese mines seemed as if they did not exist
And the fact seems to be true
After Mu Qingping’s order was issued, nearly a hundred ships were allocated from the fleet.
Seriously speaking, Mu Qingping is just a major general. It is impossible to control such a huge fleet, and he is not the commander of the landing fleet at all.
But there are other very special reasons for being able to command so many ships
The reason is very simple, that is, these ships are used for mine countermeasures warfare
And, many of them are very special members
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"Strange, what are those Chinese people doing? Are they looking for death?"
Just when a Japanese military plane was performing a warning and reconnaissance mission over Brisbane, the pilot on the military plane saw a large group of ships heading towards the minefield without hesitation
No wonder they were so shocked, after all, they knew exactly how many mines were hidden in the minefield. With so many mines, it would generally take even a powerful naval power at least a week to clear them all.
But now, the opponent actually ignores the existence of the minefield. He rushed straight over, how could he not surprise them?
"Ignore them, they are looking for death anyway, we just have to watch here!"
With that said, the pilot flew the plane toward the hinterland of the minefield to avoid being shot down by the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower.
At this time, the fleet, which seemed to the pilot to be seeking death, continued to move towards the minefield. Finally, after a few minutes, several ships entered the minefield at the lead.
But at this time, the pilot also felt something was wrong. Although he is an aviation soldier of the Army, he has had many exchanges with Navy pilots these days. There is nothing I can do about it. After a few battles, most of the Japanese pilots have died, so the Army and Navy have nothing to do with each other. There is a difference.
What’s more, these days, there’s not much difference between Army pilots and Navy pilots.
After all, they are their opponents now. Basically, they are all enemy navies
However, it is precisely for this reason that pilots understand that when the Navy usually sails, it will sail in formations and formations like the Air Force.
And these ships in front of us. But it was so densely packed that there was no formation at all. In the eyes of the opponent's aviation force, it was basically like a living target. Basically, only fools would let their troops form such a formation. .
But in past battles, pilots knew very well that their opponents were not such fools.
No matter what, the ships on the sea have entered the minefield at this time, and I only need to watch the show here.
"Damn Chinese, you will soon understand how stupid you are"
Thinking this, the pilot sneered and waited for the sound of the mine being triggered and exploding from below. The pilot was not disappointed, just minutes later. An explosion occurred on the hull of a warship. The violent explosion even triggered a huge water column of nearly 100 meters on the side of the ship.
And very quickly. Another ship caused a mine explosion.
Seeing this scene, the pilot sneered from above, wanting to see the panic expressions of the Chinese people below.
However, at this moment, a scene that shocked him happened.
Not only did those ships not stop after being hit by mines, but even the two ships that were hit by mines just continued to move forward without hesitation, as if nothing had happened just now.
"What's going on? Are all Chinese people crazy?"
Looking at the scene below, the pilot murmured.
At this time, the deputy sitting aside also said strangely.
"And it's strange. Although the two ships were hit by mines, they didn't seem to have suffered much damage. Even their sailing speed didn't seem to be affected at all"
Listening to what the deputy said, the pilot seemed to have discovered this too.
At this time, after hearing the news from the front line, Mu Qingping, who was in the bridge, smiled coldly.
“I didn’t expect that, Japanese, your mines would have no effect at all in front of mine-breaking ships”
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Mine-breaking ship, other names: minefield breaking ship.
It is a ship that uses the collision of the ship body or the water pressure field generated by itself or the strong magnetic field and noise field generated by special equipment to induce the detonation of mine fuses.
Mine countermeasures ships are developed on the basis of minesweeping ships. The so-called minesweeper is a ship used to clear mines in blocked sea areas. It was developed on the basis of mine catcher. The world's earliest minesweeper was born during the Russo-Japanese War. The minesweepers at that time were modified from fishing boats and old ships, and used twin boats to tow minesweeping equipment for minesweeping.
After that, people developed a single-ship towed cutting minesweeper, which is a cutting tool that consists of 16 cutting knives mounted equally on the tail of the ship with two sweeping ropes, and is dragged by the minesweeper to cut the mine anchor cable. When the sweep line moves forward with the ship, it is like a cutter meeting the anchor line. Due to the power of the ship, the mine cable is cut off, causing the mine body to surface, and then water blasting methods such as artillery are used to destroy the mine.
Later, people successfully developed a mine-clearing tool that was capable of cutting and blasting. This kind of mine-sweeping tool installed five blasting tubes on each of the two sweeping ropes of the earlier mine-clearing tool. When the blasting ropes slid onto the blasting tubes, the blasting tubes were stressed and exploded. Explodes, thus blowing up the thunder cord. After the emergence of non-triggering mines such as magnetic mines, acoustic mines, and hydraulic mines, people developed electromagnetic minesweeping tools that generate powerful magnetic fields, acoustic minesweeping tools that drive iron chains to strike vibrating poles, and sonar to detect hydraulic mines. And then avoid its underwater evasion method.
For some superior mines that cannot be cleared by minesweeping ships, military scientists have come up with a primitive but extremely clever method. That is to use some dilapidated ships with little use value to open up channels for the real fleet. Later, mine-breaking ships specially designed to detonate mines also came into being. Some mine-breaking ships were similar to ordinary warships, except that the compartments below the waterline at the bottom of the hull were very small and filled with foam plastic. When the hull entered After a mine is detonated in a minefield, even if the shock wave and shrapnel generated by the mine explosion penetrate the hull and cause perforations, the mine-breaking ship can still continue to perform its mission because the foam plastic filled in the hull can provide buoyancy to ensure that the hull does not sink. Mine breaking mission.
However, mine-breaking ships can generally only be used in wider sea areas, because mine-breaking ships use their own physical fields to passively detonate mines, so they face great dangers. Once they are sunk in relatively narrow waterways, It is easy to block the entrance and exit. Therefore, it can only serve as a supplement to other mine countermeasures ships to a certain extent, but can never replace the status and role of minesweeping and minehunting ships in mine countermeasures ships.
Mine-breaking ships first appeared during World War II. During World War II, there were more than 100 commercial ships.It was converted into a mine-breaking ship, that is, a ship whose cabin is filled with plastic and other items and the door is used to detonate mines in front of the fleet. Not surprisingly, more than half of the ships were sunk while on duty.
At the beginning of World War II, the British Navy converted merchant ships such as the "Boulder" with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons into mine-breaking ships to destroy magnetic mines. 1961. The British designed and built a mine-breaking ship with a displacement of 3,000 tons and a length of 90 meters. It was sunk due to a mine explosion during the test. In 1969, the United States converted the "Freewheel" into a mine-breaking ship, called the "Special Minesweeper" (SS-1), which was mainly used to test the removal of hydraulic mines. By the 1970s, no navy in any country had officially entered service. Mine-breaking ship. After all, the limitations of the mine-breaking ship are too great.
But now, mine-breaking ships are still very useful.
After all, this is a landing operation, and they only need to provide safety for the landing fleet
Therefore, after it was determined to launch a large-scale landing war in Australia, many ships that were converted into minebreakers were transferred from China.
Most of these mine-breaking ships are relatively old merchant ships, but some are combat ships that were mothballed in the past.
In the first ten years of the establishment of the National Socialist Government. Although the development of the navy has made great progress, the family fortune was still somewhat thin at that time. In addition, although the Washington Treaty and the London Treaty at the time limited the number of capital ships. However, there is no limit on the number of secondary ships such as destroyers and cruisers, so whenever a combat ship is retired, these ships will be mothballed. Looking forward to the future…
Seriously speaking, although there may be some differences in performance, the ships of World War I may not be useless in World War II. At least many battleships and battlecruisers built during World War I were still in use in World War II, and they were used as battleships
Of course, this refers to battleships and battlecruisers, such as destroyers and light and heavy cruisers during World War I. Unless there is an emergency, I am afraid they will not be put to use one day.
And based on China’s current national strength, the possibility of this happening is extremely small.
In fact, the then National Socialist Government planned to use these mothballed ships as naval equipment for other dependent countries after they were established. In other words, we plan to wait for those tributary countries. Of course, you can also call them the franchising countries of the China Alliance.
??Almost all of the countries that have joined the China League are countries that were once colonized. Therefore, after the independence of these countries, they will undoubtedly be poor in all aspects. At this time, China, as the mastermind country, naturally needs to stand up without hesitation.
“It’s just that it’s quite troublesome for China to satisfy so many countries.
After all, if nothing else is mentioned, the entire China Alliance has more than ten countries, and there may be more countries in the future. Moreover, Yan Guang also wanted to develop the China Alliance into an organization similar to the combination of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, so the participating countries must have strong combat capabilities.
In this case, the mothballed ships will naturally come in handy.
When the time comes, just give me 20% off or 10% off, half sale and half free.
What? No money?
?Then just owe it now, and interest can be calculated in the future anyway.
Originally, the National Socialist Government planned this, but now
It’s also time to put these mothballed ships to use, and give them a second spring, although this second spring is almost the last spring
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On the sea, a large number of Jinghai-class and other types of old-fashioned ships, exuding the glory of their second spring, undertake the mission of the death squads on the sea.
Although on their way forward. There are countless mines, but these ships are still moving forward without hesitation.
Even if he was hit by a mine on the way, he had no intention of stopping.
In fact, even if it is hit by a mine, it is not a big deal. Anyway, the interior of the ship is already filled with filler, so even if it is hit by a mine, it will not matter. The ship will never sink into the sea.
On the other hand, the Japanese in the sky were also stunned at the scene in front of them.
They never imagined that the Chinese would actually dare to use more than a hundred ships as suicide squads to use mines. In fact, it is estimated that only China and the United States can do this. After all, only China and the United States have strong enough industrial strength. and enough resources to waste.
But what I have to say is that the effect is really good.
About an hour later, although almost half of the mine-breaking ships on the sea sank, due to their sacrifice, there were basically no mines on the sea. In other words, the landing forceThere will no longer be any obstacles in front of you.
On the other hand, after learning about this situation, the Japanese army was stunned.
There are so many mines to know. Even for the Japanese, it was a big difficulty. They originally hoped that these mines could block the Chinese for a while, but who would have thought that they could be defeated so easily
?That is, while the Japanese were still surprised, the landing battle launched by the National Defense Forces began.
Because there is no interference from mines, coupled with the support of Air Force bombers, coupled with the emergence of a large number of landing craft and even amphibious combat vehicles. So the landing operation went very smoothly. Basically, it only took a few hours to successfully land in Brisbane.
There are certainly many reasons for this. For example, the National Defense Forces are equipped with a large amount of armored equipment, etc., but the most important thing is the serious decline in the combat power of the Japanese army. After all, in many past battles, the losses of the Japanese army were too great, especially for those soldiers with more actual combat experience.
And a considerable number of soldiers here did not die from gunfire, but from the ambush of the submarine force and VX poison gas
With so many rookies, the defenders on the beach were unable to stop the landing force.
After all, the National Defense Forces are not only stronger than the Japanese army in terms of equipment, but also in terms of combat effectiveness. Moreover, the National Socialist Government has an extremely strict military service system. In terms of population, it has more than ten times the population of Japan, so there is no shortage of reserve troops.
After successfully seizing the beach, the landed National Defense Forces marched directly to Brisbane after a short rest. However, although the process of seizing the beach went smoothly, they encountered some troubles during the urban battle. After all, it was too beneficial to the defenders in the urban battle.
But even so, the landing force still captured Brisbane within three days and wiped out all the defenders in the city.
What surprised the landing troops was that many Japanese soldiers actually surrendered in the city this time. This was never possible in the past, but it also confirmed from the side that the well-trained Japanese soldiers were almost dead. of this fact.
Not long after the fall of Brisbane, two cities, including Darwin, also fell into the hands of the Defense Forces.
Next, the only targets that need to be entered are Sydney and Melbourne
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