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Chapter 299 Naval Surface Ship Forces

The general attack on Indo will begin at dawn tomorrow. The Intelligence Department has intercepted the Japanese telegram and has learned about their deployment. Now the Japanese in Indo only have two army divisions and one 2th Flying Division.

Mandalay is nearly 300 kilometers away from Indo. The speed of the Japanese reinforcements will definitely not be that fast. It will take at least 5 days. After all, they do not have the full mechanization capabilities like Xu's army.

Xu Le did not spend the night in Myitkyina, but rushed to the 20st Division 101 kilometers north of Indo overnight. Since the 101st Artillery Regiment had consumed a lot of artillery shells in the attack on Myitkyina, it was unable to attack overnight, but it also carried out sporadic bombing on the Japanese fortifications outside Indo.

After Xu Le arrived here, he didn't do anything else. He just found an empty place with no one around to buy ammunition.

The number of bullets is also 1000 million, the number of artillery shells is 20, and the consumption is 3000 military merit points.

Dai Ming was overjoyed when he received the replenishment of artillery shells, and immediately ordered the artillery regiment to bomb at full speed.

At this time, Bai Shiyi, who was far away in Wanding, had also received the order to set off. He immediately summoned his 13,000 naval officers and soldiers to set off overnight.

He really couldn't wait any longer. The Air Force and the Army had been receiving good news one after another, but their navy, all the officers and soldiers had only received almost a year's salary, not to mention they didn't have an official number, and they hadn't done anything either. He felt really bad about it!

So he didn't care whether the road was easy to travel at night. He and the guard company took the lead in rushing to Bhamo in dozens of jeeps, and the subsequent naval soldiers also followed in trucks.

As for the 5000 new recruits from Yunnan Province, they will be led by Zhu Xiaoping tomorrow morning and rushed to the Yingduo front and Xingwei front along with the military supplies.

Of course, the new recruits will go to Myitkyina separately and be trained under the unified command of An Jiehui!

After a night's rest, Xu Le hurried to Bhamo the next morning.

"Hey, Mr. Xu, other people's bosses don't care about anything, but why do I feel more tired than a soldier on the front line? I have traveled thousands of kilometers around Myanmar in one day and one night..."

Xu Le had dark circles under his eyes and kept complaining because he didn't sleep well last night. The artillery fire of the 101st Division never stopped, and the noise was so loud that even dogs couldn't sleep, let alone humans.

Xu Da waved his hands, "I reminded you last night, Marshal, that if you wanted to sleep well, you should go to Bhamo overnight. It was you who said you were too sleepy and didn't want to move, so you climbed into bed and fell asleep. Don't blame me!"

Xu Le immediately rolled his eyes at Xu Da. He was also puzzled. They were both human beings, so why couldn't he stand the noise while Xu Da could? That guy's snoring was almost as loud as a cannon. I don't know how Zhou Jiajia could stand it!

"By the way, ask Zhou Jiajia to make arrangements. From now on, the place where I rest must be at least 20 kilometers away from the front line!"

This time it was Xu Da who was unhappy: "Marshal, Zhou Jiajia is a medical worker, why does she have to take care of logistics as well?"

"Oh, I feel bad for you! Tell me honestly, does your guard company need a medic? Okay, stop nagging. I'm afraid Bai Shiyi is getting impatient waiting. Let's go over there quickly!"

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When Xu Le arrived at the Bamao River, he saw from a distance Bai Shiyi and several of his officers observing the waters, pointing and talking from time to time!

Xu Le walked up and asked, "General Bai, how about this piece of land I found for you?"

Bai Shiyi smiled and said excitedly, "Okay, okay, okay. I have just checked all the waters around here, and there is no other such good inland river area! Marshal, when will our warship arrive? We must hurry up!"

Xu Le pointed to the north and said, "The warships have been prepared for you. They are near Myitkyina upstream. You can bring your men over in three days! Bhamo already has a port that can accommodate ships below 3 tons, but it's a little small.

I've transferred the engineering battalions of the 4st Army's 10 infantry divisions to assist you. You can expand the port a little bit to ensure that destroyers can dock at the same time without causing chaos!"

Bai Shiyi thought for a moment and said, "I've also seen that port. It's in a very good location. It's easy to expand. We just need to knock down some of the houses near the river and dig a little deeper. It will be finished in 10 days!"

"Well, I'll leave the things here to you. I have something to do!"

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This time, Xu Le wants to purchase a large number of destroyers, frigates and landing ships. He certainly can't just find an empty space and take them out like he did with the army equipment.

Last night he placed his guards in a wider river area between Myitkyina and Bhamo and blocked the area.

At noon, Xu Le arrived here. There was no port and no people around, but the river was nearly 1 kilometer wide and about 10 meters deep, which was very suitable for launching warships.

The Type 01 frigate costs 50 yuan each. Its main ground attack weapon is three 3mm naval guns, which are very suitable for attacks on the other side of the shore. Moreover, it is more cost-effective than the Type 100 destroyer with a 250mm naval gun and a price of 130 million yuan.

Purchase 01 Type 8 frigates for near-shore or close-range combat, consuming 400 million military merit points.

Then there is the Type 051 destroyer. Its main weapon is no longer the two 2mm naval guns, but two triple-mounted Sea Eagle 130 anti-ship missiles. Although the missiles cannot be used for the time being, because the navy is about to be established, it must be equipped as a trump card.

250 million per ship. Buying 4 ships will consume 1000 million military merit points.

The navy is the most expensive, but it is also a must. Xu Le knows that in this era of hot weapons, whoever dominates the ocean will be a superpower.

Xu Le's initial plan was that the navy's surface ship forces would be organized in the form of fleets, detachments, battalions and squadrons. The detachment would serve as the basic combat unit, and each detachment would consist of 8 warships!

The fleet organization is equivalent to the army-level organization, the fleet commander has the rank of vice admiral, and the deputy commander has the rank of major general;

The detachment is equivalent to a full division-level organization, with the detachment commander holding the rank of major general and the deputy commander holding the rank of senior colonel;

Large warships, such as frigates, destroyers and landing ships, are equivalent to deputy division-level organizations, with the captain holding the rank of senior colonel and the deputy captain holding the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Small ships are mainly based on the battalion level, and the rank is mainly major.

This is just the equipment for the surface ship force, and it cost a full 1400 million military merit points.

[Except for missiles, the ship's bullets, shells and torpedoes are all negligible. Torpedoes are also 1 per military merit point. ]

Three days later, Xu Le returned to Bamao. Bai Shiyi took people to drive the ship, while Xu Le took advantage of the night when no one was around and started purchasing submarines.

Of course, submarines definitely cannot be driven out from inland rivers, but we need to get two out for training to prepare for the future!