The Provisional Fleet commanded by McHausen went south to the East China Sea, naturally on the orders of Zhuo Fei, and Zhuo Fei's original intention was to make the Provisional Fleet under the command of McHausen make a posture of attacking Taiwan when necessary, and then cause the Japanese Cabinet to make erroneous judgments and decisions. It's just that Zhuo Fei didn't expect www.biquge.info McHausen to be so bold that he would actually formulate a battle plan to attack the Ryukyus, but fortunately Zhuo Fei stopped it in time, otherwise the battle would have already started.

In Zhuo Fei's memories from later generations, at that time, in order to capture Okinawa Island, the US military mobilized a total of more than 280,000 ground combat troops, 34 aircraft carriers, and more than 2,100 carrier-based aircraft to participate in the war, while the temporary fleet commanded by McHausen was only about 40 ships and more than 100 carrier-based aircraft. Zhuo Fei naturally can't say that McHausen is beyond his strength, because at this time and then, the American army at that time faced desperate resistance from the Japanese army, but now McHausen does not have to face such a situation.

The temporary fleet commanded by Markhausen was only a false shot, but the Japanese cabinet had to temporarily suspend the continuous counterattack of the local air force against Jeju Island, and at this time, the New Army, which had been in a confrontation with the Japanese in the northeast, suddenly launched an attack. More than 700,000 second-line troops moved north to the Chifeng front line in Jinzhou, and the new army, which was greatly stabilized in the rear, immediately changed its strategy against the enemy, changing from small guerrilla harassment to a frontal attack.

In just three days, the troops of the New Army, which was confronting the Japanese army on the front line of Shenyang, mobilized the forces of three armies to attack the Liaoyang, Benxi, and Tieling areas, and the northward troops of the Eighth Route Army had already conquered Shuangliao. The situation seemed to be unfavorable to the Japanese army, but in fact, even though half of the Kwantung Army units originally assembled in Tohoku were transferred by the Japanese cabinet to the American theater, the Kwantung Army still has more than 600,000 troops remaining in Tohoku and the Far East.

In terms of troops, the Japanese army did have an advantage, but the weapons and equipment of the new army were much stronger than the Japanese army, and since the Korean Independence Army cut off the communication line connecting the Korean Peninsula with the northeast and the Far East, the Japanese army has rarely been able to obtain supplies from the Korean garrison by land. Therefore, taking into account the advantages and disadvantages between the two sides, the command of the New Army believes that this is a good time to fight with the Japanese army in the northeast.

The war broke out again in the northeast, and the new army carried out the tactics of encirclement of Shenyang with an unstoppable momentum, but on the side of Jeju Island, the local defense fleet drawn by the Japanese cabinet did not appear for a long time. The parachute flight team that was waiting for the battle did not know what was going on, but Zhuo Fei just laughed at it and did not explain, in fact, Zhuo Fei did not know that the Japanese mainland defense fleet had retreated. It was the first time that the Japanese Continental Defense Fleet had known about the fact that the parachute flight team had air-launched rockets, and based on the other information brought back by the returning fighters, fleet commander Takahashi Zhenxiong did not believe that his fleet had the ability to fight against the parachute flying team.

The loss of the Japanese homeland defense fleet was nothing for the umbrella, but Chongqing was very concerned, fearing that the Japanese fleet would carry out a sneak attack on China's coastal cities or bombing the far sea. Because of Chongqing's request, Zhuo Fei had no choice but to send out all the few reconnaissance planes to carry out a 24-hour uninterrupted search along the southeast coastline, but even so, no trace of the Japanese mainland defense fleet was found.

Could it be that this native defense fleet of the Japanese army has failed to go to the sky? While everyone was pondering this question, in the distant East China Sea, in the waters off Miyakojima between Okinawa and Taiwan, the temporary fleet commanded by McHausen encountered the Japanese mainland defense fleet commanded by Takahashi Zheno. A naval battle that no one expected began, and what everyone did not expect was that the two sides with a huge disparity in strength would fight so fiercely, and the final outcome of the battle would be so unexpected.

McHausen commanded the temporary fleet to appear in the waters off Miyakojima Island with the intention of intercepting Japanese merchant ships between Taiwan and the Japanese mainland, while the defense fleet commanded by Takahashi Zhenxiong went south to the East China Sea to inspect Okinawa and Taiwan and replenish supplies in Taiwan by the way. When the reconnaissance plane discovered the Japanese home defense fleet, the temporary fleet commander McHausen was standing in the command room with a cup of coffee, looking at the busy helicopter ground crew on the side deck of the ship.

None of the officers under McHausen knew the commander's intention of taking the fleet south to the East China Sea, but they all knew that the boss had given McHausen full authority to handle the affairs of the fleet, and they could only obey McHausen's command until the boss's new orders came. McHausen in the command room moved his eyes slightly, shifting his gaze from the side deck of the ship to the sea, McHausen felt extremely depressed at this moment, the fleet had been going south to the East China Sea for two days, but it had not encountered a single Japanese ship.

"Captain, the reconnaissance plane has made a discovery, 200 nautical miles north of us, the Japanese fleet has been spotted." The commander of the telecommunications room quickly rushed into the command room to interrupt McHausen's reverie, and took the telegram handed by the other party, McHausen quickly read the contents of the telegram, and then immediately gave the order for the fleet to anchor. According to McHausen's orders, the fleet ships immediately lifted anchor and prepared for battle at any time, and the captains of the ships had already gathered at McHausen's flagship for a pre-war meeting.

"According to the intelligence detected by the reconnaissance plane, the enemy is 200 nautical miles away from us, and the reconnaissance plane has basically been able to confirm that this enemy fleet should be the Japanese mainland defense fleet." When the captains of the ships present heard this, they all secretly calculated in their hearts that it was only 200 nautical miles, and according to the speed of the Japanese fleet, they were afraid that in a few hours, they would encounter the temporary fleet. Judging by Commander McHausen's meaning, he was ready to fight this Japanese fleet.

"That's right, I'm going to meet this southbound Japanese fleet right here." McHausen, who was only wearing a shirt on his upper body, had a fierce look in his eyes at this moment, and the memory of being defeated by the Japanese fleet in the Philippines was still fresh in McHausen's memory, and if it were not for the revenge of the Japanese fleet, McHausen would never agree to Zhuo Fei's invitation to command this temporary fleet. "The Japanese Combined Fleet is currently fighting in the Americas, and their South China Sea Fleet has been defeated in Hangzhou Bay, as long as we defeat this defense fleet, the waters of Southeast Asia will be all ours."

McHausen cheered for his skeptical men, but even so, there were a few captains who were not confident in this, because they were all witnesses of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. In any case, the naval battle that McHausen was expecting took place, and three hours after the reconnaissance planes of the Provisional Fleet discovered the Japanese fleet, the carrier-based planes of the Temporary Fleet, which had taken off for cruise, shot down a Japanese maritime reconnaissance plane, but the pilots of the Japanese reconnaissance planes still sent the news of the discovery of enemy troops by telegraph.

The discovery of an enemy fleet in the waters near Miyakojima made the commander of the Japanese fleet, Takahashi Zhenxiong, ecstatic, who originally thought that the voyage would be a failure, but he happened to find an enemy fleet. Judging from the intelligence analysis, the enemy fleet discovered by chance was indiscriminate, and the entire fleet relied on only three modified aircraft carriers as a façade, while not a single battleship or cruiser, which could be called the mainstay of the fleet, was nowhere to be seen.

After a little muttering, Takahashi thought of the combined U.S.-Australia fleet, and before the defense fleet set off from the mainland, he heard that MacArthur, who had fled to Australia, had put together a so-called U.S.-Australian fleet and lost the counterattack on the Philippines. Takahashi Zhenxiong, who consciously had the upper hand, mistook the temporary fleet commanded by McHausen for the American and Australian fleets, and it was his misunderstanding that gave the temporary fleet the opportunity to gain an advantage in the first wave of firefighting.

Takahashi, who commanded the defense fleet, made a mistake that almost everyone could have made, but his mistake was too bad to have been made before the two armies engaged. After receiving the news from the carrier-based aircraft, McHausen knew that the other side might already know about the existence of the temporary fleet, so he immediately ordered the fleet to speed up and move north, and when it was less than 100 nautical miles away from the opponent's fleet, McHausen ordered another part of the ships to circle in two in the direction of Okinawa after anchoring.

McHausen divided the temporary fleet in two, and after the fleet lifted anchor, he ordered the faster ships to set off first, and at this moment ordered them to detour in the direction of Okinawa, which made the captains even more puzzled and puzzled. McHausen didn't explain much, just had to separate the ships and wait for orders, while he commanded three aircraft carriers and some frigates to meet the Japanese fleet north.

"Carrier-based aircraft take off, allowing free attacks on enemy fleets." With 100 nautical miles left between the two sides, McHausen preemptively ordered the carrier-based planes to take off, and in just 10 minutes, all the more than 60 carrier-based planes carried by the three aircraft carriers took off. Carrier-based aircraft have all taken to the skies, ships are ready for air defense, and McHausen's flagship is also ready for helicopter gunships. Helicopter gunships are of little use in naval warfare, at most they are useful for rescuing parachuting pilots or crew members who have fallen overboard, but McHausen has found a new way to find a new errand for the dozen or so helicopter gunships carried by the fleet.

The terrible air defense guard was sounded, and the sailors of the Japanese fleet, who were also prepared to deal with it, were ready to fight, but what they did not expect was that the target of the opponent's fighter was not them, but their own fighter plane that had just taken off. In terms of the number of fighters, it is natural that the Japanese defense fleet with deep pockets has the advantage, and the Japanese aircraft group with a total of more than 200 planes looks at a large area of black pressure, while the temporary fleet has only more than 60 fighters, and the comparison of the number of fighters between the two sides is already close to one to four.