Chapter 621: Blockade of the Islands

The raid on the port of Edo by the Yellow Sea Fleet was a success, especially at the right time, just an hour after Okubo brought the news of the war back to Japan. When the Japanese got the information about the start of the war, the shells came over, and it can be said that they were seamlessly connected. Catching the Japanese off guard is secondary, the key is to block the Japanese Navy without leakage, and it is very difficult to fight a war of annihilation in a naval battle.

Almost at the same time as the Yellow Sea Fleet raided the port of Edo, the North Sea Fleet, which was good at surprise attacks, and the East China Sea Fleet, which was closest to Japan, also launched an attack on the naval forces of the various feudal domains that wanted to disperse in the anchorages of various ports in Japan. Although the abolition of feudal domains and the beginning of implementation, there was a process for everything, so the reduction of some of the powerful feudal domains had not yet been completed, and the navy of the Satsuma and other feudal domains still retained a certain number of ships. These feudal armies scattered throughout Japan also had a few good warships that could be used, but the scale was naturally not comparable to that of the navy directly under the government, so most of the raids against them were small-scale one-on-one heads-up. There is a huge generation gap between the wooden-hulled ships of the Japanese Navy and the Seawolf-class destroyers of the fleets of North Manchuria, and it is not at all a product of the same era, and the reconnaissance airships have been eyeing them a month in advance, so the outcome of these battles has long been doomed.

At 11 a.m. on 12 October, North Manchuria began to attack the Japanese Navy. Japan was deprived of all offensive capabilities except for the archipelago, and the victory was sealed in North Manchuria in eight hours.

"Bian Changdi played well, wolf pack tactics, good!" Guo Xing'a held a small circle tea party before dinner, and gathered all the bigwigs in the military circles except for Bo Ritu in the northwest. Guo Xinga saw the battle report he wanted, and happily praised Bian Changdi, the commander of the North Sea Fleet, who planned the offensive.

"The next step is to land in Japan! On the side of the Navy General Headquarters, several landing sites have been drawn up based on the information transmitted by the air force, and the admiral will be able to carry out a sea-crossing landing operation after seeing it! "The Navy got off to a good start, but Commander Bowton didn't really want to talk too much and hurriedly talked about the next step.

The contradiction between the North Manchurian Navy and the Neihe faction has now almost become public, and if it weren't for the fact that Bo Dun still has the identity of a clan, he would have been unable to suppress Bian Changdi. Even though Bian Changdi still respects the three sides of Bodun, in the struggle within the navy, the Liuyang faction still suffered a big loss. One is that there are many people in the inland river faction, and the other is that the Liuyang faction is congenitally insufficient and lacks grassroots manpower, so Botun can only control his own headquarters and the Nanyang fleet, and the rest of the place is all Bian Changdi's world. Ding Shengping, commander of the Yellow Sea Fleet, and Yang Changxu, commander of the East China Sea Fleet, were both foreigners, but their control over the troops was very limited, and many things had to be discussed.

In addition to not being able to compete with others in the struggle for power, the lack of ships is also a problem. The Liuyang faction was all trained by the British, and they paid attention to the decisive battle of a large fleet, and all they thought about were towering battleships. However, in addition to the Nanyang Fleet, North Manchuria is a water of cruisers and destroyers, and there is simply no suitable platform for them to play. The inland river is like a fish in water, even if they are good at playing spurs and raids, clippers and cannons are what they are best at. Botun didn't want to get some battleships back to cheer up his own people who stayed on the mainland, but the Nanyang Fleet was the southwest barrier of North Manchuria, and in addition to returning to the factory to rest, they had to keep on the chain of Nanyang islands, and they couldn't leave lightly for a moment.

In this operation against Japan, the fleet headquarters and the naval staff headquarters were given the task of drawing up an operational plan. The Nanyang Fleet, the Yellow Sea Fleet, and the East China Sea Fleet, as well as the naval headquarters in Botun, all drew up their own operational plans and put forward various plans for attacking Japan. There are a lot of tricks, but unfortunately they are all taught by a master, and their ideas are inevitably similar. Regardless of whether the beginning is to lure the Japanese out or rush to the Japanese anchorage, the final idea is to concentrate the main fleet and the main force of the Japanese army in a decisive battle on the high seas. These plans will definitely be able to win, but it is inevitable that there will be some intention to kill chickens with knives, and there is no guarantee that the Japanese Navy will be completely annihilated, so all the staff headquarters will reject it.

Bibian Changdi's inland river faction was not as fancy as the foreign faction, and they worked together to come up with a plan, and as soon as they made a move, they were praised by Guo Xing'a because they used a new branch of the army, the aviation force. The river faction is still the old routine of wolf pack raids, but they have played a new trick. The Inland River faction proposed that the air force conduct covert reconnaissance of the Japanese Navy in advance, lock on the positions of all Japanese ships, and then disperse the three major fleets on the mainland, and fight in single ships or sub-fleets to attack the Japanese in different areas at the same time. The ships of North Manchukuo have an absolute advantage, and it is certainly no problem to win the war, and this scattered style of play can ensure that the Japanese army does not slip through the net. After several discussions, the Neihe faction once again overwhelmed the Liuyang faction and was selected by the General Staff Headquarters as the first plan for attacking Japan.

Bo Dun's descendant plan failed, and Bian Changdi's people were brilliant, so he naturally didn't want to talk about it, so he hurriedly introduced the topic to the next landing operation. In the future, naval warfare will be gone, and in the future, the task of the navy will be to suppress Japan's coastal defense, in addition to transporting troops.

"The landing is certain, but it is better not to stop the offensive, the navy will stick to it, and the aviation will also carry out in-depth bombing, so we can't let these little Japan have a chance to breathe!" Tan Shaoguang doesn't want to be entangled in the navy, and he also has shares in the inland river faction, so it's best not to show it in the open.

"The performance of the aviation force this time is also very good!" Guo Xing'a smiled and looked at the person in the corner who spoke the least.

"General Xie praised that our aviation command must sum up lessons and continue to work hard!" At this small circle tea party, Cao Meng is the one with the lowest status, the least qualifications, and the least stars on his shoulders, and the first time he enters this level, although they are all acquaintances, Cao Meng is still a little nervous.

During the First Far Eastern War, Cao Meng became interested in the airship that assisted his ground troops in combat, and he himself climbed on the airship and flew around it as a major general. After the end of the war, Cao Meng, who was not very busy with military affairs, became obsessed with flying in the sky, and flew in the sky for several hours a day. Later, the General Staff Headquarters took away all the airships that cooperated with the local troops, and Cao Meng directly asked the relationship to buy an airship for himself to come back. Buying and selling such an important tactical weapon without permission is a serious crime, but fortunately, Cao Meng found that the relationship was hard enough, and he entrusted Feng Sheng's relationship. In the past two years, Cao Meng flew in the sky when he had nothing to do, and he also got some army weapons on the airship, but unfortunately his experiments were unsuccessful, the machine gun couldn't hit anything, and the artillery almost crashed the airship.

Cao Meng is a blind toss, Guoxing's 100 projects have clear goals, and they are guided by Guoxing's golden fingers, and they never take detours. When Guoxing took his wife, the 100 projects raised the airship to the level of Zeppelin in World War I, and the bombing airship that could carry eight tons of bombs was also successfully released.

With the weapons in place, Goxinga prepared to form an air force. In fact, the power of the airship is limited, and there is an unbreakable bottleneck in terms of speed and bomb load, so there is no need to form an army alone, but Guo Xing'a must lay a good foundation if he wants to hold back his big move. Hundreds of projects have been built in accordance with Guo Xing'a's guidance to build a two-winged propeller aircraft, and it has not been put into actual combat because Guo Xing'a wants to hold back his big moves. Guo Xing'a always felt that the actual combat effectiveness of these wings was limited, and if he took them out, not only was the actual effect limited, but he was also likely to be stolen by the British, and there was no need to guide the British in the direction. Goxinga is ready to wait for his fighter jets to reach the level of World War II before taking them out to scare people. After all, the contemporary difference has been opened, and even if the British see it, they will definitely not be able to figure it out. So now the wings of North Manchukuo are only used for experiments and training pilots, and airships are still used for war. Goxinga very much hoped that the British would come and steal his airship, and when the British army flew balloons, Goxinga would use fighter jets to educate them.

With the establishment of the Air Force, there was no shortage of technicians and pilots in Goxinga, but it was difficult to find generals who formulated strategies. Touching and touching, Fengsheng'a recommended Cao Meng, a flying enthusiast who flies every day, to Guoxing'a. Cao Meng is also one of Guo Xing'a's henchmen, he is absolutely loyal to Guo Xing'a, and his personal ability is also very good, plus he likes this, Guo Xing'a directly made Cao Meng, the commander of the army division, the commander of the aviation force. Cao Meng, who originally commanded more than 20,000 people, can only command more than 200 airships now, but the level has come up, and he can also sit with the five bigwigs of the army and the navy Botun and face Guoxing'a.

"What is the strategy for the next step, please show the general!" Everyone laughed at the cramped Cao Meng for a while, and Tan Shaoguang asked what Guo Xing'a meant.

"The Cabinet and I mean to destroy the sun, and the specific strategy will be determined by your staff headquarters! I won't be in charge of it myself! "Guo Xing'a pushed everything to Tan Shaoguang.

The siege and annihilation of Miliujing made Guo Xing'a a little disheartened, and he was indeed not suitable for commanding a large army to fight. Originally, Guo Xing'a was still a little eager to try to clean up the Japanese, but thinking about Principal Jiang and the mustache, Guo Xing'a was still ready not to mix blindly and leave professional things to professional people! And Guo Xing'a, who is married, also began to fall in love with his family, and he found the warmth of his family in his previous life. Guoxing, who is lazy in Gentle Township, doesn't want to run around outside anymore, and it's actually good to sit in the rear.

"After the General Staff Headquarters has drawn up a strategy, I will report back to you!" Guo Xing's intention of delegating power to the staff headquarters has been told to everyone a long time ago, and everyone has been prepared for a long time, but in the first battle, there is no general in charge, and everyone is still a little weak in their hearts.

"How to fight, you decide, but I have one request. No matter when our army launches a landing operation, the Japanese archipelago must be blockaded, not a grain of grain or ammunition will be allowed to enter Japan, and nothing of Japan will be allowed to leave the archipelago. Seeing that everyone was a little empty, Guo Xinga could only make a request.