After Ishihara finished speaking, Imamura fell into deep thought, he had already experienced the combat effectiveness of the Third Army during this time, the successive losses of Zhouning and Pucheng, the destruction of the Eighth Brigade and the heavy losses of the 129th, 150th, and 151st Divisions had sounded the alarm for him, and all these things showed that the opponent was definitely a force that could not be taken lightly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although Ishihara explained this time that after Su Jin left, his opponents were only two militia-like national police divisions, but Imamura still did not dare to despise the other party because of this.

Seeing that Imamura was already reserved, Tada Jun was a little anxious, and couldn't help urging on the side: "Imamura-kun, what are you still hesitating about?" Your opponents are only Su Jin's two militia units, and we have already received reliable news that this time Su Jin will leave with all his main forces, and there are only some troops left in the whole of Zhejiang to maintain law and order, don't you even dare to fight these troops? ”

Imamura Jun sighed lightly, and then said: "Your Excellency Commander, a few days ago, we just fought a battle with two infantry divisions of Su and Jin that had just been established for more than half a year, and in this battle, I lost one brigade, three divisions were heavily damaged, and more than 30 fighters were lost, so it can be said that the strength of the 23rd Army has suffered great losses. I have urgently transferred the 104th Division from Canton to Fujian for this matter, and I do not intend to launch another large-scale battle until the arrival of domestic reinforcements, otherwise I fear that the Empire's rule over Fujian and Canton will be shaken. ”

Hearing this, these people stopped talking, the total strength of the 23rd Army was only more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, if the damage was too heavy, the Chinese people would not watch this opportunity slip away, if Guangxi's Gui troops took the opportunity to launch a counterattack on Guangdong, it would be a great fun.

"Alas......" Tada Jun sighed helplessly: "The empire's forces in China are still too small, if you can add another thirty to fifty divisions to China, then this battle will be much easier." ”

Ishihara rolled his eyes, "Tada-kun, don't dream, if the empire adds another fifty divisions, I'm afraid it won't take two years, and the empire's finances will go bankrupt." ”

Looking at these army generals here with a long sigh, although Yu Huantang on the side was a little unpleasant to look at these army generals on weekdays, but at this time, he also felt a little sympathetic when he saw Imamura Jun looking like he was related, and he rarely comforted: "You don't have to worry, the plan made by the base camp this time is perfect, as long as you wait until Su Jin and his Third Army get on the ship and sail out of the port, then their end is already doomed, and the invincible combined fleet of the Great Japanese Empire will already send them all to the bottom of the sea!" ”

Looking at Yu Huan's smug expression, although the three army generals were a little unaccustomed to it, they still had to admit that what he said made sense. No matter how powerful Su Jin and his Third Army were on land, at sea it would be the world of the Great Japanese Empire.

Perhaps it was Yu Huan's smug expression that made Ishihara Wan'er feel a little unhappy, and he reminded in a cold voice: "Yu Huan-kun, although you are ready, but you must also guard against that Su Jin will leave a hand, their air force is still very powerful, it is best to wait for the French transport fleet to stay away from the effective range of the Chinese fighters before launching an attack on them, otherwise if the Chinese fighters are rushed to fight with you, I am afraid that the combined fleet will also suffer heavy losses, right?" ”

Ishihara's words touched the sore spot of Yu Huantang, and in anger, he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Yaga, that's a matter of the past, for this operation we have sent a total of two aircraft carriers, one battleship, four cruisers and eight destroyers, as long as the French transport fleet goes out to the open sea, we are sure to send all the ships to the bottom of the sea within an hour!" And in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, our two aircraft carriers are loaded with a total of more than eighty of the latest Zero fighters, Ishihara-kun, do you still think that we are not capable of sending Su Jin and the Third Army to the bottom of the sea? ”

Tada Jun, Ishihara Wan'er and Imamura all glanced at each other, this time those people in the navy are probably in a hurry, otherwise they would not have made such a big move, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they used a knife to kill chickens against a transport fleet. However, Tada Jun hesitated for a moment and asked: "Yuhuan-kun, according to intelligence, the French also attach great importance to Su Jin and the Third Army, I am afraid that they will send heavy troops to escort them." ”

"Heavy troops?" Yu Huan sneered: "It's almost enough to dispatch a few cruisers and a few destroyers, could it be that the French will send their main fleet?" ”

"Yo Xi, that makes sense!" Tada Jun nodded, those Westerners have been despising Asia for a long time, and it is already great that those French can send a few destroyers and at most one or two cruisers to escort them, and it is simply a dream to expect them to send heavy troops to escort Su Jin and them.

Thinking that Su Jin, the great enemy of the Great Japanese Empire, was about to be eliminated, several people nodded again and again: "Yo Xi, it seems that this time Su Jin is also in a catastrophe." ”

All the Japanese high-ranking officials, including Ishihara, sentenced Su Jin and his Third Army to death in their hearts, and in their opinion, his fate was already decided the moment Su Jin and the United States and France signed the agreement. No one thinks that Su Jin dares to play tricks, and there may be countries and people in this world who dare to offend the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union at the same time, but it will never include Su Jin, as long as Su Jin dares to play tricks, those Western countries will tell him how to behave in minutes.

The time soon came to June 1, and on this day, the port of Taizhou that had been intensively expanded was crowded with people, and at the very front of the wharf had been put under martial law by a heavily armed soldier, and there was no way for anyone to enter except for the well-known people and party and government dignitaries who had obtained permission, but even so, countless people still came outside the wharf. These people have heard that the French sent a large fleet to pick up Commander Su and his Third Army to fight in France, this is an unprecedented event, when will our Chinese masters also go to Europe thousands of miles away to help those foreigners fight, in the eyes of ordinary people, such a Western scenery is rare once in 800 years, and how can you not come to see the excitement.

In the center of the wharf, on a lookout platform densely guarded by soldiers of countless guard regiments, the US ambassador to China, Jensen, the French consul in Lu, Armand, the French consul in Lu, Zhang Zhizhong, a familiar acquaintance of Zhejiang Province, and Su Jin of the Third Group Army, gathered together to talk and laugh.

In order to meet the French fleet coming from afar, Armand even specially wore a black tuxedo, and the hair oil on his head was so beaten that even a fly could not stand steadily, but although he was dressed so ceremoniously, careful people could already see a trace of worry and anxiety on his face. From May 26 to 30, the British and French forces had withdrawn more than 100,000 people, and in order to bring back these expeditionary forces, Britain sent out almost everything that could float, and the sensitive Armand had a bad premonition that France was going to lose this time.

In his opinion, if he can get more than 100,000 Chinese troops to France, he can cause a lot of trouble to the Germans no matter what, and as for the outcome of this army, it is none of his business, since he has received money from the US government, he will have to work hard for the US government, this is his truest thought.

On the other hand, Zhang Zhizhong's thoughts are different from those of Armand and Jensen, and Zhang Zhizhong's views on Su Jin are more complicated. He admired the courage and good fighting of Su Jin and the Third Army, but he also felt a headache whether he listened to the tune or not, after all, for those in power, such a strategic force was not under his control, and no one was at ease. In view of this, his first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief when he knew that Su Jin was going to France with the Third Army, and then he began to plan which troops to transfer to fill the power vacuum they left behind when the Third Army left.

Seeing that several forces were each holding their own little abacus, Su Jin, who had been standing at the end, sneered in his heart, and all of them were looking forward to his brother going to France to die, and in another ten days and a half months, you will find that you can't cry.

When the sun rose to the top of the mountain, with a long whistle sounding in the distance, a huge fleet began to appear in front of everyone's eyes, and the people on the dock began to boil, for ordinary people in this life it was the first time to see such a large fleet.

At 10:56, this fleet that had traveled thousands of miles from France officially sailed into the port of Taizhou, starting with a tall and abnormal warship, when it sailed into the port, Su Jin could hear the sound of people around him swallowing saliva in unison, and with a deafening sound of firecrackers, the atmosphere officially reached a climax.

And when Su Jin saw the first warship entering the port, Rao was proud of his firm mind, and he couldn't help but gasp, he could see that this was actually an aircraft carrier.

He pulled Armand to the side, pointed to the aircraft carrier and asked, "Consul Armand, why did your government even send an aircraft carrier?" ”

Seeing Su Jin's surprised appearance, although Armand was not in a very good mood, he couldn't help but say to Su Jin with a smug expression: "General Su, in order to show the importance of you and your army, and also to strengthen the air and heavy forces, with the consent of President Renault, the aircraft carrier "Beyan" was also sent out with the escort fleet to escort you and the Third Army to France. (To be continued.) )