Chapter 49: The island nation is shocked
An aircraft carrier was sunk!!
This news was like a 12-level hurricane, which swept through the cabinet and military circles of the island nation, and alarmed all those in power.
Even the Emperor, who had been in the palace for many years, knew about this incident, and repeatedly summoned officials from the military department and other departments to the palace to inquire about it, and ordered them to deal with the matter seriously.
It is easy to say in the political circles of the island countries, but in the military circles, this incident has aroused the dissatisfaction of almost all the generals of the island countries, and they have made statements to the military department, demanding that the military department must give an explanation for this matter.
Of course, their so-called confession is that they hope that the military department can send more and stronger troops to China to wash away this shame through victory.
Since the battle, then there will be casualties, and aircraft carriers are no exception, and they are not unsinkable fortresses, but this time the sinking was in the waters of Qinhuangdao.
Since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, China's naval strength has been weakened, and there has never been any major improvement, especially in recent years, it has been very weak, and compared with the Japanese Navy, which has many aircraft carriers, it is simply not an opponent of the same level.
If the aircraft carrier Feihe is sunk by the Mi Army, the Republic of Tsarist Russia, or even Germany, Britain, and France, then it is easy for the Japanese to accept it, after all, the naval strength of those countries is not weak, and they have the ability to fight a war.
However, the aircraft carrier Feihe was indeed defeated by China, and it was not sunk in a naval battle. This is unacceptable to the Japanese in any case.
In the impression of the Japanese, the Chinese, a backward nation with big braids, should flee as soon as they hear the gunshot, and hide for thousands of miles in one breath; It should be cowering in the bay, even if the Japanese troops hit the doorstep, they did not dare to resist a little, let them occupy the batteries, and then slowly sink the warships one by one; It should be that after being occupied, Beiping was burned, killed, and looted, and he had to pay compensation for the land and let the Japanese occupy the island of Taiwan......
But now, this sick and weak nation dares to fight back and dare to sink an aircraft carrier of the Great Japanese Empire, which is really against the sky and a shame for the Great Japanese Empire, even if it is only an aircraft carrier of the smallest tonnage.
The Chinese will pay a tenfold hundredfold price for this!
Every Japanese soldier thought so in their hearts, and the fire of revenge burned in their hearts.
A meeting is being held at the Army Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, attended by senior generals from the Japanese military circles, including the top officials of the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, the Army General Staff Headquarters, and the Navy Command Department.
"Shame, shame!" At the conference table, the supreme commander of the Japanese Navy Ministry, Kawa Sanichiro, had an angry face, he was also from the army, and he had always been inclined to the military department, so he was very supported by the military department.
Stretching out his hand and pointing to the stack of documents on the table in front of him, Inu Yangyi shouted in a deep voice, "These are all statements handed over by officers at all levels below, and there are some in front of you, I think you have all read what it says, right?" ”
Everyone in the meeting had a large pile of documents in front of them, and on the floor next to the conference room, there was a large pile, all of the same content.
Everyone looked at Ichiro Kawa, and they all read the contents of these documents, all of which were about the aircraft carrier Feihe, to the effect that they hoped that the Japanese military headquarters would send more troops and aircraft carrier formations to China to quell the local resistance in one fell swoop.
Although they all want to take China, many people in the Japanese military department know that China is now involved in too many forces, and it is not so easy to take down.
In addition to the local Chinese government, Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Germany, Italy, and other countries also have influence in it, because the interests of so many countries are involved, if the Japanese move too much, I am afraid that it will attract the interference of other countries.
Therefore, the Japanese have always used the slow-cooked frog to eat away at China little by little, starting from the northeast and expanding to northern China, so as to reduce the resistance of other countries.
If, in accordance with the wishes of the Japanese officers below, we send a small number of troops to China, although we can intensify the occupation of China, it will also inevitably attract the attention of various countries in the world, and I am afraid that they will interfere when the time comes.
Japan is a resource-poor country, and to a large extent they have to rely on the trade support of Western countries, if there is a stalemate and trade is cut off, many scarce strategic materials will be in short supply, which will affect Japan's subsequent development.
That's why Japan wants to occupy Tohoku, because it is a very important strategic base because it has vast land and rich minerals, as well as oil and other mineral deposits.
However, since occupying the three eastern provinces, the Northeast Army there has not been peaceful, anti-Japanese volunteers have emerged in an endless stream, and various anti-Japanese forces have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, so that the Japanese are a little overwhelmed.
In particular, there is a Tiger Roaring Ridge, which is entrenched in the mountains not too far from Mukden, as if it is a thorn in the heart, which makes the Kwantung Army very awkward.
However, the encirclement and suppression of the Kwantung Army's large number of troops actually failed, and the strength of Tiger Roaring Ridge seemed to exceed their estimates.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be this Tiger Roaring Ridge that bombed and sank the Flying Crane aircraft carrier this time, and it seems that if this hidden danger is not revealed, the Japanese troops will not be able to survive in China.
After the meeting agreed, it was decided that after occupying Shanhaiguan and breaking the defense line of the Great Wall, it would send three main divisions into the three eastern provinces, and together with several divisions and regiments there, it would be necessary to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Huxiaoling and consolidate the strategic area of the three eastern provinces.
Now, the top priority is to take the Shanhaiguan Pass and the Great Wall defense line, so that it will be much easier to transport troops to the Guan, and then North China will also be in the pocket of the Great Japanese Empire.
After the meeting, after the decision of the Japanese Army Headquarters, an air formation was sent to Qinhuangdao to prepare to support their attack on Shanhaiguan, and strive to take Shanhaiguan City in one fell swoop.
This air formation consisted of twelve bombers and forty-eight fighters, all of whom were experienced veteran pilots with a wealth of combat experience.
With the support of this aviation formation, coupled with the Japanese troops assembled on the front line of the Great Wall, it should not be difficult to take Shanhaiguan.
While the Japanese military department was in full swing to make preparations, other countries in the world were also shocked, because this was the first time in the world's military history that an aircraft carrier could be sunk without a navy and air force, and it was an epoch-making first time.
Many countries are collecting information on this in the hope of studying how this battle was fought, because they also have aircraft carriers, and their opponents also have aircraft carriers, and no one dares to guarantee that they will not encounter a similar situation in the future.
At that time, the adversary will and they will not, then what awaits them will be the nightmare of sinking the aircraft carrier, which is a result that no country wants to see, so they will try their best to learn, at least understand how to do it.
However, no matter how they collected the information, some of it was very little, and it was only half a claw, and many of them were even eyewitness sights from the shore, plus some speculation, and had no military value at all.
At that time, the scene of Chu Yifei's battle was only seen by the warring parties, and the Japanese troops on the aircraft carrier were finally wiped out, even if some escaped, the scene was so tense at that time, they were all patronizing the battle, how could they bother to pay attention to others, so unless the Yanhuang Legion revealed it itself, otherwise other countries would not get useful information at all.
In the Hawaiian Islands, a flat beach is littered with deck chairs and umbrellas, and women in colorful swimsuits and men in swim trunks are swimming, laughing, or just resting quietly on the deck chairs.
Under a large parasol, a middle-aged man with brown hair in big beach pants is leaning back on a recliner, blowing the sea breeze with his eyes closed, seemingly very comfortable.
A tall young American man walked over, with curly blond hair, a very clean beard on his face, a pale blue on his cheeks, a high nose and big eyes, and a very handsome man.
Approaching the middle-aged man, the young man shrugged his shoulders and snorted, "Aha, my dear Uncle William, you are very good at enjoying it." ”
"My little Kachi, you're getting older and more handsome, sit down." Opening his eyes, he looked at the young man, a smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face, and then he pointed to an empty recliner beside him, "What to drink, whiskey on the rocks, or beer?" ”
"I like Chinese Fenjiu, uncle, do you have it?" Kachi blinked his blue eyes and asked playfully, "I love that spicy taste, it's amazing." ”
William spread his hands regretfully and said, "I'm sorry, Katchi, if you want to drink, I guess I can only go to the magical country of China." ”
Lying down beside William, Kuch let out a long sigh with his eyes slightly closed, and then said, "Uncle, I'm here to bid you farewell, I'm going to China." ”
"Oh, is it the Flying Tigers who follow Chennault?" William opened his eyes when he heard this, he looked at Kutch and asked, "With your five-star flying skills, you may be able to achieve the position of squadron leader in his team." ”
"No, no, uncle, I'm not going with the Flying Tigers, I'm going to Shanhaiguan, because there's what I want there." Kuchi's big eyes flashed with what he called longing, a look that only someone who is obsessed with something, "I've submitted my application, and I guess the results will be available this week." ”
"You're crazy, it's a Chinese warlord army, they have low combat effectiveness, they don't even have a plane, you're so dizzy that you want to go there." William angrily slammed the wine glass in his hand on the beach and yelled, "Revoke the damn application immediately, or I'll revoke it for you myself." ”
Kachi shook his head stubbornly, and then said firmly, "No, uncle, you don't know what I want, so even if you want to stop me, I won't give up, if I can't do it, I'll steal it." ”
"Well, you-" The two men confronted each other for a long time, and finally William was defeated, he shook his head and lay back on the chaise longue, closed his eyes and said, "Alright, you go, I don't care about you." ”
"I knew you were the best, uncle, may God be with you!" Kach hugged William's head, then kissed him on the forehead, and ran away, "I'm leaving!" ”
"This naughty little one." Looking at Kutch in the distance, William opened his eyes, "May God be with you, too." ”
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