What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 502 A Winning Start

The fake document team is ready, but as for the specific story outline... Tang Wen is still thinking about it.

After all, the Empire would probably examine these documents under a microscope if they got their hands on them, so the methods of forgery had to be extremely sophisticated:

First, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. Tang Wen destroyed most of the fabricated materials from the Varee Island group, leaving only some minor details. The remaining materials still needed to be screened and supplemented with background information.

Then there's supporting evidence: a few documents alone can't prove anything; physical evidence is also needed. It would be best to investigate some major events in Nanmei's past and then find a way to connect them.

Behind the banner of Lao Xi lies a play performed for the whole world, and a hasty script is unacceptable.

However, Tang Wen estimated that the No. 2 anti-aircraft tower would not be breached for at least one to two months. The tower itself alone would not be enough; other support systems would be needed.

……

South Pacific, shipyard on an unnamed island

The area where the No. 2 air defense tower is located is difficult to traverse, let alone large numbers of troops. Even for a well-trained Marun squad, it would be difficult to move through. Moreover, the rainforest is currently at the tail end of the rainy season, and a downpour would make it a nightmare for any marcher.

The anti-aircraft tower itself has a 128mm cannon and anti-aircraft missiles, but for ground attacks, it can only rely on sailors carrying Lewy chainsaws to shoot, which is not very effective.

However, the original port where the air defense tower was located has now been demolished, and the nearest port is more than 400 kilometers away from Tower No. 2. Furthermore, some narrow waterways can only be navigable by submarines or inland gunboats of about 400 to 500 tons.

Unfolding the map, Tang Wen easily located Marun's forward base: Karakara City.

"If we set the standard at around 500 tons, the closest waterway that can be navigated is about 8 kilometers away from the No. 2 air defense tower. We need a ship that is no larger than this tonnage and has strong land-attack firepower."

After Tang Wen finished explaining his requirements, Tang Yi began drawing with a sense of frustration.

Although he has always been a shipyard designer, Gekin can even manufacture super-powered war machines, yet his own job is still dealing with such small things.

However, he quickly came up with a solution:
"A mortar weighing 500 tons is already quite large; it can easily carry a mortar with a diameter of 300 mm or more, or even more."

Or, if you spend a little more money, you can install missile launchers.

"No."

Tang Wen decisively rejected his proposal:

"The rate of fire of the mortar is too slow, and the missile is easily interfered with, so it's better to use unmanned gnats... Let me think about it again, the ship doesn't actually need to be that big, one ton is enough."

"One ton?"

Not only did Tang Yi blink in confusion, but Jean Bart, standing next to him, couldn't help but look down as well.

"Yes, that's one ton."

Tang Wen nodded firmly, and then began to sketch a cylinder with blunt rounded ends, marked as 1.5 meters in diameter and 4 or 5 meters in length. He then added an electric motor, fuel tank, ballast tank, etc. Finally, in the remaining narrow space in the middle, he drew a small figure in a strange and cramped posture, half-squatting to minimize the space it occupied.

After carefully studying the sketch for a while, he added four wheels to the cylinder and then drew a ring of paddles around the wheels.

"This is my ultra-mini submarine design. Its empty weight is controlled at around 1 ton, and it can be submerged by filling it with water. It can even pass through very shallow rivers or swamps, and thus can even submerge around air defense towers."

Its weapons can be one or two grenade launchers, Panzerfaust rocket launchers, or 37mm cannons, and it is designed with wheels with paddle shifters that can be connected to the engine, so that it can climb ashore when necessary and slowly crawl through the forest.

As for the little figures inside, they can be replaced by small black boxes made of vacuum tubes.

—An unmanned surface vessel, amphibious at that. Extremely simple in itself, yet it can put enormous pressure on the Marun people who struggle to traverse the rainforest.

Imagine unmanned boats silently crawling ashore from the swamp in the dead of night, like crocodiles, and then launching a sneak attack guided by even more covert T4 drones...

Tang Wen had even come up with a name for it: the "Crocodile" class amphibious assault boat.

The "crocodile" small boats can be transported to the vicinity of the No. 2 air defense tower by larger 100-ton submarines, and with some effort, it wouldn't be a problem to assemble thousands of them at once.

But the ship girl raised a question:

"Small boats have no air defense capabilities; they can be destroyed by a single 20mm shell, or even a 12.7mm shell. They are simply too vulnerable."

"Air defense is the job of air defense towers, you idiot. Besides, these little things can only delay the retreat."

"retreat?"

“Lütjens will be stationed in the air defense tower, and then we will plan another U-boat or other ship to help him escape. I believe the Marines will spare no expense... If necessary, we can even deploy a pocket battleship.”

……

If the Imperial Navy was the one continuously embarrassing itself in the first half of the year, then the second half was seen by Wayne as the Air Force turning the tide.

Rams dispatched Charles to the front lines to gather information and requested the Air Force's assistance in a large-scale airlift to Caracalla, directly dropping 4000 composite ground troops, along with their equipment, who were slowly transferring to Santarém, directly to Caracalla.

If it weren't for the concern that over-concentration could lead to a surprise attack and annihilation, Rams would have even considered throwing an entire regiment of the 75th Rangers into the fray.

But Wayne wasn't going to wait patiently for Charles to offer air support. After all, Marines were also Navy personnel, and who knew what Johnson might do to seize the role?

“第49战斗机联队的三个中队中第8、第9中队可以尽数出击，其中第9中队已经按照您的命令转移到佛州待命，12架F117均可参与作战。”

Listening to the adjutant's report, Huai En nodded slightly.

Having learned from the lessons of Dalton and Johnson, he chose to play his trump card right from the start:
F117 Nighthawk fighter-bomber.

As the first stealth fighter to be put into practical use, it represented a revolutionary advantage for the Imperial Air Force over the world before the F-22 appeared.

While the F117's stealth capabilities have drawbacks, such as poor effectiveness against low-frequency radar and a sharp increase in RCS when the weapons bay is open, these flaws do not outweigh its strengths. It would be virtually undetectable to the Germans, who were still using primitive radar systems.

Moreover, the F117 can deliver GBU-27 guided bombs equipped with dedicated bunker buster warheads, which has proven highly effective in desert warfare.

Using stealth fighters only requires a few aircraft to be deployed, without needing much escort. If the number of sorties is small, there is no need to specifically report to Prism Building, as it can be handled within Wayne's authority.

"Four, four is enough. All of them should be equipped with GBU-27s and eight bunker buster bombs. That should be enough."

Wayne glanced at his watch. Less than 15 hours had passed since the fortress was discovered, and Prism Tower was still suppressing the news.

However, it is estimated that a small number of people already know about it, and the news will soon spread to the upper circles, but the public announcement may be delayed by 48 or 72 hours, or even longer.

This was more than enough time for the 9th Squadron to launch an attack and return.

Imagine that once the outside world learned of the discovery of Hans's fortress, he immediately announced that the target had been destroyed, and all that was needed was for the celestial soldiers on the ground to retrieve the data...

(End of this chapter)