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Text 662 The end of the Madagascar campaign

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    After the naval and air battle of the Madagascar Campaign, the US Army's 2nd Marine Division and the Army's 4th Infantry Division, which had landed on Madagascar, were in dire straits. The Chinese fleet completely isolated the island, and the US fleet was unable to support them. At most, the US  Transport planes can also risk dropping some supplies to them. In contrast, their enemy, the Chinese PLA, is constantly sending troops to the island.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The troops transported by transport planes are naturally mainly light troops. In addition, China also passes through Pakistan, transports heavy troops from the west, and reaches Madagascar by sea. Although it takes a little longer, the war situation is at an extremely favorable time, so there is no need to worry.

    Over the years, the Chinese Navy has built more than 50 heavily armed troop transport ships. Such transport ships with huge tonnage and diverse functions can transport a large amount of heavy equipment at one time, including tanks, self-propelled artillery, heavy missile vehicles, etc., and these  Military transport ships have ultra-fast speeds that ordinary transport ships do not have, and can deliver troops to the battlefield in the shortest possible time.

    Qi Yiming took out several such transport ships directly from the Red Alert Freezer Space and equipped them with all the weapons and equipment required by a group army. Ordinary soldiers will be separated from the equipment for transportation. Now that there are hundreds of Y-20s  , obviously using troop ships to transport 100,000 soldiers is not a safe and smart choice.

    The military plans to send the entire 57th Marine Group Army to Madagascar. In addition, the 3rd Airborne Army and the 1st Red Alert Army will also arrive in Madagascar.  Obviously, these 300,000 troops cannot be used to deal with two US divisions of less than 30,000 troops. The target of the pLAR spoon is not just Madagascar, but South Africa, which is across the sea from Madagascar.

    As long as South Africa remains an ally of the US military, it will still be the forward base for the US military to enter the Indian Ocean. Even if China wins several battles in the Mozambique Channel and Madagascar, the US military will still look for ways to break through the Indian Ocean theater from South Africa.  Therefore, the only way to solve the hidden dangers in the Indian Ocean Theater once and for all is to defeat South Africa and expel the US military and NATO allies here. South Africa is also a moderate military power, and the NATO allies also have a large number of troops here, pL  It is estimated that three armies are not enough to conquer South Africa, but they can make a good start. Afterwards, pL will invest more ground troops in South Africa until it completely defeats South Africa and drives away the US military and NATO allies.

    This is a relatively medium-term plan. What the military has to do now is to thoroughly understand the Madagascar battle and let the Marine Corps' heavily armed troops completely defeat the US military on the island.

    After the Madagascar naval battle, a retired US military general said helplessly: "We have once again returned to a similar situation to the Philippine campaign during World War II. The isolated US military will face attacks from the Chinese like wasps, and we have no hope of victory.  All they can do is keep the Chinese from fighting until America's will to resist, and our unyielding ambition."

    To a certain extent, Madagascar is indeed like yesterday¡¯s reappearance of the Philippine Battle of World War II, but in comparison, there are many differences. For example, when the land war in Madagascar began, the size of China¡¯s ground offensive forces was actually no larger than that of the US military.  The Chinese army has completely seized air supremacy, and the US military has lost its own skies. They face a large number of Chinese fighter jets and attack aircraft, and even air attacks from Backfire bombers from Diego Garcia Island.

    The US Fourth Infantry Division had basically advanced to the center line of the island before the Great Battle. After the Great Battle, the Fourth Infantry Division fell into a situation where it could not advance or retreat, and the superiors did not allow the Fourth Infantry Division to engage the enemy without engaging the Chinese.  Under such circumstances, he directly surrendered. Bush personally sent a letter to the Major General Commander of the Fourth Infantry Division, "Even if they fail, the Chinese will have to pay a heavy price and let them know that the war is definitely not as easy as they imagined."

    However, even if the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division wants to find the Chinese Marines for a decisive battle, the Fifth Marine Division has no such plan.

    "We have enough time to take care of these Americans. Let's finish this battle when they have finished enjoying our bombing and are exhausted." The newly transferred Commander-in-Chief of the 1st PLA South African Front  Kang Dahan said.  This lieutenant general had participated in the Russia-related war. In fact, he came from Qi Yiming's Red Alert Base. He was a command and conquer general. His abilities and experience were enough to command a front army in large-scale battles.

    The U.S. Fourth Infantry Division began its own nightmare. China¡¯s naval aviation and even the air force stationed in Madagascar continued to use fighter planes to bomb them. As a result, the heavy equipment of the Fourth Infantry Division suffered considerable losses.  A large number of tanks were bombed and scrapped by Chinese fighter planes as they moved in, and the U.S. military barracks were also damaged by night attacks by Chinese fighter planes.

    Although the US military¡¯s air defense equipment such as Avengers has also achievedWith certain results, many Chinese fighter planes were shot down, but the losses caused to them by the Chinese aviation force were even greater.  In just three days, the 4th Infantry Division suffered a serious attrition. It lost more than 40 armored vehicles and more than 3 personnel. A large number of them were unable to follow the troops and fell behind or even became deserters.

    When they realized that this road could not lead to a decisive battle with the Chinese Marines, the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division chose to retreat, retreated to Toliara, and joined the Second Marine Division to maintain a relatively strong force as much as possible.  You won't suffer too much when facing the Chinese.

    However, the situation of the Second Marine Division is not good. After China seized control of the sea, Tuliara was blocked by a Chinese fleet. Many Chinese destroyers directly froze the port, including several navy ships that had been in service for many years.  Type 05 destroyers, these destroyers are not very useful in current naval battles, but the Navy is very optimistic about their 15-gun, and the firepower of the naval guns directly poses a relatively large threat to the US Marines stationed in the coastal areas.  Six 05 destroyers and 6 destroyers continued to bombard Toliara with their naval guns, turning this one of the largest cities in Madagascar into a scorched earth.  The U.S. Marine Corps attempted to use its own artillery to counterattack, but their counterattacks often resulted in immediate attacks from Chinese naval aviation, causing the Second Marine Division to continue to suffer losses.

    In the end, the Second Marine Division had no good solution. It simply abandoned the more difficult-to-carry equipment, left Tuliara on the coast, and headed further inland to avoid the Chinese attack.

    The 4th Infantry Division and the 2nd Marine Division are actually ready. If they have to, they will enter the mountains and jungles of Madagascar to fight guerrilla warfare with the Chinese, just like their ancestors did in the Philippines during World War II.  That way.  However, the U.S. military obviously did not have a good psychological quality to deal with such a relatively bad war. The U.S. military in the Philippines finally surrendered. Obviously, the fate of the U.S. military in Madagascar should be no different from that of their ancestors.

    The Fifth Marine Division of the Chinese Marine Corps came on stage at this time. They had been recuperating for a long time. When the US military was no longer sustainable, they carried out a forced march. Guided by a large number of theater Wing Loong drones, they fought with the US military.  The 4th Infantry Division engaged in an encounter.

    The result of this battle was obvious. The Fourth Infantry Division, which had lost a large amount of heavy equipment, did not carry out the desperate resistance that Bush required when faced with the sophisticated weapons and high morale of the Chinese ground forces. In fact, they did  I tried my best to resist, but the gap was too big.

    At the beginning of the battle, the Chinese aviation force entered the battlefield and launched an overwhelming aerial surprise attack on the US military. A large number of guided bombs bombed any US military that was slightly denser. The US military dug trenches and built fronts, but they could not stand up to the enemy in the air.  Without any effect, the simple defense line built by the US military was soon riddled with holes, and at this time, the mechanized infantry of the Chinese Marine Corps attacked in large numbers.  With the synchronization of 99A7 tanks and NIP infantry fighting vehicles, the US infantry can only fire a few shots before being killed or captured by Chinese soldiers. The most miserable part is that after being defeated, it is very difficult for the US military to retreat.  They ran wildly in the wilderness on two feet and could not keep up with the Chinese armored vehicles and infantry combat mechas. In this battle, the US military suffered more than 2,000 casualties and more than 2,000 were captured. The main force of the 4th Infantry Division was basically  All losses were lost, and only small groups of scattered American troops remained.

    After seeing that the situation was over, the U.S. military's frontline headquarters was not completely indifferent. During the period, the U.S. military also launched a large-scale air offensive in an attempt to regain air supremacy and support the U.S. military in Madagascar. However, the already insufficient U.S. aviation force was unable to break through China.  The guarding of fighter planes can only lead to more losses.

    However, the US military sent a lot of M22 Ospreys to sneak into Madagascar during the air battle. Gil Robinson was lucky enough to be one of the people aboard the rescue rotorcraft. However, the road back to South Africa was quite tortuous.  The US military dispatched a total of more than 40 Ospreys, but only 20 successfully returned to South Africa, which means that more than half of them were lost in the mission.  Some were shot down by Chinese fighter jets, some were shot down by anti-aircraft missiles, and some were non-combat losses. No matter what, twenty Ospreys rescued more than 100 people. These more than 100 people are also the only American troops that have not been trapped in Madagascar.  .

    "Others and even some senior generals were either shot down in their special planes or captured directly. After the Battle of Madagascar, the 4th Infantry Division and the 2nd Marine Division were almost empty because there were no more soldiers under them.
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