The news of the People's Army's victory in Japan naturally reached the Military Commission first, and after Xiao Jianjun received the report, he also went straight to the administrative building and told Xia Bohai the news to reassure him.

After Luo Yue led the army and launched the Japanese landing operation, Xia Bohai has always been very worried, after all, this is the first time that the People's Army has taken the initiative to attack another country, and it is completely fighting within the territory of another country.

Although Japan's main army is now trapped on the Korean Peninsula, Japan is preparing for the arrival of the British and French expeditionary forces, and a large-scale reorganization of the army, and now about 300,000 new troops, although the soldiers of these armies are basically newcomers, and their training and actual combat experience are very insufficient, but the numerical advantage is too great, and they have the advantage of being at home, and can get the support of the Japanese people; and this time the People's Army has not many troops in Japan, only more than 50,000 troops of the Marine Corps, plus about 40,000 Russian mercenaries, the total is less than 100,000, not to mention that the Russian mercenaries are originally a factor of instability, and the Japanese army has always been famous for its madness on the battlefield in the old time and space, and this time it is a battle to defend the country, and if it is crazy, there will be a kamikaze special attack team, and the result is also difficult to predict.

Now Luo Yue has become one of the most outstanding generals in the People's Army, if there is any accident in this negative Luo Yue's battle in Japan, it will not only be a major loss to the People's Army, a great blow to the morale of the People's Army, but also make Xia Bohai feel that it is difficult to face Qin Zheng, although before the war, Qin Zheng had an absolutely supportive attitude towards this order.

However, this Japanese landing operation is imperative and must not be changed, and only Luo Yue is the most suitable commander, because only by burning the flames of war to the Japanese mainland and consuming Japan's national strength, then when the British and French expeditionary forces reach the Far East, they will not receive substantial support from Japan, and the East China government can go all out to deal with the expeditionary force.

Luo Yue led his army to successfully land in Japan, although he had always fought very well, gaining a foothold on the Noto Peninsula, defeating the attacking Japanese army many times, and sending back a large number of captured Japanese people. However, Xia Bohai was relieved, but he did not feel much at ease, because these battles were not decisive battles, and the Japanese army still had enough spare strength to launch a large-scale attack on the People's Army, so the test of Luo Yue was still ahead.

Sure enough, after several defeats, the Japanese army concentrated 10 divisions and nearly 200,000 troops to attack the Noto Peninsula. Although Luo Yue also transferred the last two army divisions in the country to Japan, its total strength was only about 120,000, and Luo Yue had already released about 30,000 Russian mercenaries to land and fight in other parts of Japan, so Luo Yue could use less than 90,000 troops to defend the Noto Peninsula, although the KPA could be supported by the fire of the fleet, but this battle was difficult to fight, at least on the surface.

And even if Luo Yue can finally defeat the Japanese army's attack, if his own losses are too large, it will be disadvantageous, because the Japanese army is fighting on the ground and can replenish the source of troops at any time, and the People's Army has already used up all the troops planned to use up for the Japanese operation, and if the Japanese army organizes another attack of the same scale, it will be difficult to withstand it, so Xia Bohai ordered Xiao Jianjun to transfer two more army divisions to prepare for supporting the Japanese battlefield.

But what Xia Bohai didn't expect was that Luo Yue not only successfully defeated the Japanese attack in this battle, but also annihilated and captured nearly 60,000 Japanese troops, plus the results of the previous war, the total number of Japanese troops annihilated and captured exceeded 80,000, and the People's Army's own casualties were less than 3,000, which can be said to be brilliant, and this battle also greatly damaged the vitality of the Japanese army, at least in 3 months, it is impossible to launch 10 division-level attacks, so it can also be said that Luo Yue is now invincible in Japan.

Xia Bohai was completely relieved, took out a pack of cigarettes from the drawer, threw one to Xiao Jianjun, and then lit it himself, and said, "Old Xiao, Luo Yue, this kid, this time he really did a good job." ”

Xiao Jianjun also nodded, took out a match and lit a cigarette, and said: "Yes, to be able to fight such a beautiful victory on the Japanese mainland, although the Japanese army's actual combat experience is insufficient, it is also quite rare, and this battle is a coordinated operation of sea and land integration, this kid is becoming more and more like a general." Lao Qin's vision is good, and he found such a good son-in-law. It's really enviable. ”

Xia Bohai took a puff of cigarette and said with a smile: "What is there to envy, you just crossed over with Liangliang, and there was no way." I'm still a lot behind, Xiaotong and Xiaoying are about the same age. It's just that he is not as stable as Xiaoying, like a crazy girl, Luo Yue may not look down on him. ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "Yes, but if Xiao Qi crosses over with you, his achievements may not be worse than Luo Yue." I don't know how they're doing now. ”

Xia Bohai also nodded, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and said, "Yes, we have been in this era for seven years. ”

Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun both have family children in the old time and space, Xia Bohai has a son and a daughter, and Xiao Jianjun has a son, but only Qin Zheng traveled to this era with his wife and daughter, and Xia Bohai and Xiao Jianjun both crossed alone, usually looking at Qin Zheng not only has a family, but also a son-in-law is angry, and even has a grandson, both of them are indeed a little envious, and now when they talk about their children in the old time and space, both of them can't help but feel a little sparse.

However, the two Bi Jing are not entangled in their daughter's love, Bi Jing has traveled to this era, the probability of going back is almost zero, and it is really useless to think about it, and the two are now married again, and their wives are introduced by Zhou Ping, they are the female doctors of the medical team who have crossed over, and they have a good temperament, and they have re-established a family, so they don't think about it anymore, but sometimes they talk about the past, just sigh a few times.

Xiao Jianjun took a few puffs of his cigarette, put it out in the ash gap, and said, "Also, Luo Yue applied to land on the Izu Peninsula immediately, what do you think." ”

When Xia Bohai heard this, he couldn't help but perk up, and while throwing Xiao Jianjun a cigarette, he stood up and came to the map of Japan hanging on the wall, and carefully observed the situation on the map.

Xiao Jianjun was lighting a cigarette on the side and took a few more puffs, which did not disturb Xia Bohai's thinking.

After a while, Xia Bohai turned around and said, "Old Xiao, I don't think it's appropriate to launch a landing operation on the Izu Peninsula at this time. ”

Xiao Jianjun was also a little surprised, and said: "Why? This is the plan drawn up by Luo Yue at the beginning, landing on the Noto Peninsula and the Izu Peninsula respectively, and the two peninsulas are linked. ”

Xia Bohai said with a smile: "Lao Xiao, tactics are for the service of strategy, and we have two main strategic objectives for launching a landing operation in Japan, the first is to destroy the Japanese mainland, consume Japan's strength, so that Japan does not have enough strength to support the expeditionary force to fight, this is the main goal; And now that we have inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army in the battle of the Noto Peninsula, the Japanese army will not be able to launch a large-scale offensive for at least three months, and now we can achieve this goal without landing on the Izu Peninsula, so naturally there is no need to launch a landing operation on the Izu Peninsula again. ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "But landing on the Izu Peninsula can directly threaten Tokyo, and the threat to Japan is even greater, which is very different from the Noto Peninsula." ”

Xia Bohai nodded and said: "Yes, the strategic location of the Izu Peninsula is larger than the Noto Peninsula, if we want to force Japan to surrender now, of course, it is better to land on the Izu Peninsula, but at present, it is not yet to force Japan to surrender, today we just received the news that the British and French expeditionary forces have reached the Andaman Sea, and there are 3, In 4 days, you can reach Singapore, theoretically the expeditionary force can reach Japan within 1 month, of course, the expeditionary force will definitely rest in Singapore for a period of time, it is estimated that it will be about 15 days, but our next focus is to meet the expeditionary force, as for forcing Japan to surrender, it should be after we defeat the expeditionary force. ”

When Xiao Jianjun heard this, he couldn't help but say: "So fast? It's at least half a month faster than we expected." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Can't be unhappy, if you slow down, after the expeditionary force arrives in Asia, it will become the commander of the light pole, and there will be no place to stand." Moreover, the Battle of the Natuna Islands was lost, and the British were anxious to get back on the field. Therefore, our main task in the next step is to deal with the expeditionary force, and the Japanese battlefield should be put aside for the time being, so at this time, do not launch a landing on the Izu Peninsula. ”

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, I will give an order to Luo Yue." ”

Xia Bohai said: "Luo Yue is an understanding person, tell him about the situation of the expeditionary force, and he will be able to understand our orders." Moreover, not only the landing on the Izu Peninsula was suspended, but also the two battleships of the Japanese fleet, the Ocean and the Ocean, and the two armored cruisers Kaikai and Takumi, were to be transferred back to prepare for the expeditionary fleet. ”

Although the KPA Navy has five modern warships in formation, the scale of the expeditionary force fleet is too large, so it is absolutely necessary to concentrate all the main warships of the KPA Navy to meet the battle.

However, Xiao Jianjun frowned and said: "And in this way, Luo Yue's naval power in Japan is only 4 ironclad ships, although the land support firepower of these 4 ironclad ships is enough, but the Japanese Navy still has 2 armored cruisers of nearly 10,000 tons, which is really enough to contain these 4 ironclad ships, and without the support firepower at sea, Luo Yue's pressure will increase." ”

Xia Bohai obviously had a plan for this, and said: "Sending Dengzhou, Laizhou, Caozhou, and Yanzhou to support Luo Yue should be almost enough, even if the Japanese Navy attacks, with these 4 warships, plus 4 ironclad ships, it will be enough to deal with it." It can also be supplemented with land support firepower. ”

Dengzhou, Laizhou, Caozhou, and Yanzhou are all Qingzhou-class protective cruisers, and there are 6 warships of this type, and the other two Qingzhou and Yizhou are fighting with the evacuated overseas Chinese fleet, and the other 4 are all anchored in Shanghai, although these 4 warships are protective cruisers, they also have a certain combat effectiveness, and armored cruisers can also fight a few rounds, plus 4 ironclad ships, to deal with Japan's only 2 armored cruisers, of course, it is completely sufficient.