In fact, Yang Luoyuan didn't expect that Wan Lilang did not return to Jinling, but had been living in Shanghai, and the place where he lived was really not far from Sheshan, just more than 20 kilometers away in Xiaokunshan, he moved the temporary command post here, and used the radio to keep in touch with the special high class, and Gangcun Zhongzuo also came over often.

Wan Lilang suffered a big loss this time, not only was his head wrapped in gauze, but his face was also swollen to Kinoshita Rongshi, how could he still run around, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing?

Therefore, he chose Xiaokunshan, a place with excellent scenery to cultivate, so that it was convenient to contact the intelligence officers who were monitoring Sheshan, and by the way, he also arranged this operation against the intelligence station in the suburbs of Shanghai.

In order to eliminate this intelligence station in the suburbs of Shanghai in one fell swoop, he successively withdrew hundreds of action team members from four sub-bureaus, and hid in a secret stronghold in Shanghai, waiting for orders to set off at any time.

There is only one action group in charge of the outlying intelligence station in the suburbs of Shanghai, and there are less than 30 people in addition to the manpower of the headquarters, but he does not know about this situation.

"The headquarters of the bureau has just sent the latest war briefing, and the Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan offices have also sent a telegram that Tanzhou in the Ninth War Zone was lost yesterday afternoon." Wang Zhen said.

"What? It was only the night of the 18th, and the heavily guarded Tanzhou was lost? Chen Mingxiang just stood up, and then sat down again.

The 11th Army of the Japanese Army launched an attack on Tanzhou on 15 June, and Chen Mingxiang had already been informed of this matter and was able to receive the news as soon as possible, which was also a rare treatment in the Military Command Bureau.

"The specific situation is not clear for the time being, and it may not be known until the theater command makes a review, but this time it is really beyond everyone's expectations." Wang Zhen said.

While Chen Mingxiang was waiting for further news from the bureau headquarters, a new piece of news, and absolute good news, temporarily relieved his irritability, that is, the US Navy and the Japanese Navy had fought an unprecedented war, the largest aircraft carrier Armageddon.

At 8 o'clock in the morning on 19 June, the aircraft carrier Taiho of the Combined Fleet was torpedoed by a US submarine, which also seemed to bring bad luck to this unparalleled aircraft carrier battle, and the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, which participated in the battle.

The Japanese Combined Fleet dispatched a fleet headed by Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa, the headquarters of the Mobile Fleet, to the western waters of the Mariana Islands, that is, the Philippine Sea, and this time there were nine aircraft carriers carrying 439 carrier-based aircraft, including five battleships including the Yamato and Musashi, 14 cruisers, and 31 destroyers, as well as auxiliary oil tankers.

The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet is dispatched by Task Force 58, which has 15 aircraft carriers, 7 battleships including the USS Iowa and New Jersey, 8 heavy cruisers, 12 light cruisers, 67 destroyers, and 894 aircraft.

With such a balance of strength, if the Combined Fleet can win, then the US Navy will be too useless, so the US Navy does not disappoint!

As of 19:40 a.m. on 20 July, the Battle of the Marianas was over, and the US Navy had sunk the Combined Fleet's aircraft carriers Taiho, Xianghe, and Flying Eagle, as well as two oil tankers and 600 aircraft.

But its own losses were only 76 killed, 123 carrier-based aircraft, and four warships were slightly damaged.

The most ironic thing is that when the US Navy's carrier-based fighters returned to the aircraft carrier after completing their mission, because it was getting late and the fuel had run out, they rushed to land on the deck, resulting in 80 carrier-based fighters being scrapped, twice the combat losses.

It was also the cautious actions of the US Navy in the early days, as well as the confusion in the search and rescue of overboard pilots in the later stages of the battle, which led to the absence of the main force of the combined fleet for the total annihilation.

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, although the Combined Fleet lost the battle this time, but after all, it kept its main force, from this point of view, it is also the luck of the Empire, and when the warship is repaired, relying on the support of the Empire itself, it still has the strength to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy." Chen Mingxiang can only say this.

He got the news on the 23rd, and naturally it came from Ono Osa, an old friend of the Marine Corps Command, and he felt deep regret that the main force of the combined fleet was not completely annihilated by the US Navy this time, but the development of the situation was already very clear, and it was only a matter of time before the United States attacked the Japanese mainland.

"Chen Jun, although it is said that there are still five aircraft carriers in the combined fleet this time, you don't understand the damage to the empire in this battle, without the transportation channels opened by the fleet, the weapons, ammunition and war materials on the mainland, and the supporting troops, it cannot be delivered to the Mariana Islands, and the 31st Army cannot withstand such a war of attrition, and the absolute defensive circle is actually equivalent to being breached."

"I have to admit that the empire has lost this battle, and the long-range heavy bombers of the US Air Force will be able to bomb the Japanese mainland at any time in the future, reducing industrial production to an unsustainable level, which is even worse for the combat units of the imperial army!"

"The commander of the 15th Army, Lieutenant General Taguchi Ryoya, led the 15th, 31st and 33rd Divisions to attack the Allied base Imphal, but unfortunately, the target was not accomplished, and more than 30,000 of the imperial officers and soldiers were plagued by illness and could not be treated with medicine."

"I heard that the entire Fifteenth Army lacked food supplies, could only eat wild grass and wild vegetables, lost the minimum ability to move, this battle can no longer continue, and the final result is a retreat." Ono Osa said while drinking.

"The dispatch army is progressing very smoothly, first won a battle in Henan Province, dredged the Pinghan Railway, and then launched an attack on Tanzhou, as long as the north and south are opened, the army of the southern army in Southeast Asia can get the material support of China, and it can still be maintained." Chen Mingxiang said.

"What you said is indeed good, and it is estimated that the people on the army side also think so, but the current situation has reached the most dangerous juncture, and it is no longer a matter of the dispatch army and the southern army, if the Japanese mainland is attacked by the US army, what is the use of the partial victory of the dispatch army?" Shimada Nakasa shook his head and said.

When the strategic offensive plan was formulated, the situation was not so bad, and seeing that the US Navy had hit the doorstep in the middle of the battle, and the mainland was about to be bombed by the US Air Force, it is estimated that those big men regretted their bowels.

If I knew that this was the case, I wouldn't have launched this campaign against the Yamashiro government if I was killed, how good would it be to have that energy and so many supplies to increase the strength of the Mariana Islands and Filipinobin?