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In the headquarters of the Northeast Military Region, Zhang Xiaohuai, his political commissar Xiong Tong, and chief of staff Li Gengen were looking at the huge sand table in front of them that marked the surrounding areas of the northeast. On the sand table, there are small flags representing various units in detail, the blue flag representing the Japanese army and the red flag representing the People's Army, especially on the periphery of Lushun and the banks of the Yalu River.

"Beijing has now officially declared war, and our battle plan has been approved by the General Staff Headquarters, and the next thing to see is the performance of the troops on the front line." Although Li Gengen said this, the anxiety on his face could not be concealed.

Unlike his chief of staff, Zhang Xiaohuai said with great ease: "Yin Quan (Li Gengenzi) can rest assured, this battle is just a knife to kill chickens!" ”

Unlike those officers who joined the People's Army halfway and came from the Beiyang system and other local factions, in the eyes of orthodox officers of the People's Army like Zhang Xiaohuai, the Japanese army is certainly powerful, but it is only the navy, not the army. They have been honed in the People's Army for a long time and have broadened their horizons a lot, and they have long seen the Japanese Army, which is still obsessed with the great victory of the Russo-Japanese War and cannot extricate itself, with rigid tactics, backward equipment, and insufficient logistics.

"Chairman Xiao said that it is contemptuous strategically, but it must be paid attention to tactically. Although the Japanese army has many shortcomings, its strength should not be underestimated, and you must not be negligent, commander. Xu felt the meaning of contempt in Zhang Xiaohuai's words, and political commissar Xiong Tong couldn't help frowning. This former Qing army general who participated in the Hekou Uprising, after being rescued by Xiao Mubai, has been concentrating on studying politics and military affairs, and now he seems to be a qualified political work cadre.

After Zhang Xiaohuai nodded solemnly, he suddenly remembered the war report of the General Staff and said: "Although the Beijing Military Region encircled and annihilated the Japanese North China garrison army in the area of Haiguang Temple in Tianjin, and took the lead in achieving a great victory, we are not much worse than them now, right?" The six brigades of the Manchurian Railway garrison that we annihilated were stationed in Gongzhuling, Kaiyuan, Shenyang, Lianshan, Dashiqiao, Wafangdian and other places, in addition to the more than 1,000 people in Wafangdian, how can we say that there are 10,000 people? ”

"The commander is right, now that the obstacles on the Shen'an Railway and the Shenyang-Dalian Railway have been cleared, it will be of great benefit to our upcoming Lushun offensive and the operation of attacking the Japanese army in Korea, whether it is in the delivery of reinforcements to the front-line troops or in the supply of logistics ammunition and materials!" When Li Gengen said this, he sighed with emotion: "This is also thanks to the fact that the Japanese changed the railway gauge in these two places to the standard gauge that is common to us two years ago, and now it is convenient for us." ”

"This is not to facilitate its invasion of our country, the wolf ambitions of the Japanese can be seen." At this time, Xiong Tong also interjected at the right time.

Li Gengen naturally agreed with what the political commissar said, and after he nodded, he turned the topic to the current battle situation: "In the next battle, I am not very worried about the North Korean side, after all, although the 16th Division is a standing division, among its four wings, only the 20th and 38th Wings are currently fully established, and the 19th and 53rd Wings are only numbered, and they are far from being our opponents. However, in Lushun, even with the cooperation of the Navy and the Air Force, is one army too thin? The fortress plus the artillery fire of the fleet in the harbor is definitely a tough bone to gnaw. ”

"No, Yin Quan. The real trouble is North Korea, not Lushun. Zhang Xiaohuai looked at Li Gengen and shook his head, he felt that he had to say something to the chief of staff: "Although the Japanese army has only one division in Korea now, this situation will definitely not last long, with the continuous southward push of our army's front and the continuous reinforcement of the Japanese army, the battle will become more and more difficult." This is not the case with Lushun, because the kind of situation you are talking about will never exist. ”

"Oh?" Li Gengen was obviously a little confused.

I saw Zhang Xiaohuai smile slightly: "The navy has formulated a detailed battle plan for the Japanese fleet in Port Arthur, so they will not become a threat soon." I believe that a simple fortress, as long as the Third Army is willing to pay the casualties and the price, it is only a matter of time before it is taken. ”

"This? Will the Navy be able to accomplish the task of annihilating the Japanese fleet in the harbor on its own? Li Gengen is still a little uneasy, after all, the Japanese naval strength gathered in Port Arthur now accounts for more than half of its overall strength, in addition to the Third Fleet, which is permanently stationed here, there is also the Second Fleet, which was specially stationed three months ago to guard against China's newly rising navy.

"If the Japanese Combined Fleet is pressed by the whole force and engages in the far seas, our navy may still be a little defeated, but now in the coastal ports, when its main force, the First Fleet, is still at home, relying only on the rags of the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet, it will definitely not be our opponent." Zhang Xiaohuai said this, naturally there is a certain truth. Zhang Xiaohuai did not dare to make a presumptuous assessment of the real combat strength of the People's Army Navy at present, but he believed that even if the quality of the officers and men of the Japanese Navy is still much higher than that of the People's Army, it will be able to make up for many deficiencies by virtue of the huge gap in the performance of the warships of the two countries and the coordinated operations of submarines, naval aviation, and other arms.

After savoring Zhang Xiaohuai's words, and thinking that the development strategy of the navy was formulated by Chairman Xiao Mubai himself, Li Gengen nodded, and finally felt a lot more relieved.

Seeing this situation, Xiong Tong, who was standing on the side, also smiled and said: "The matter of the navy, Yinquan, you can rest assured, presumably the bombers of HNA have already set off at this time!" ”

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Xiong Tong was right, the bombers of the HNA had indeed already set off, and 54 H-2 bombers, two regiments, and 27 H-2 torpedo bombers, under the cover of the J-3 fighters of the two groups, would soon arrive over Port Arthur.

If the H-2 bomber with a bomb load of 500 kg, a flight time of 3.5 hours, a maximum flight altitude of 6,500 meters, and a maximum flight speed of 140 km/h is a well-deserved air killer in this era, then the H-2 torpedo bomber with a bomb load of 457 mm, a endurance of 6.5 hours, a maximum flight altitude of 4,000 meters, and a maximum flight speed of 148 km/h can be regarded as a warship killer.

The group of planes in the sky, under the leadership of the pilot pilot, continued to descend to their respective altitudes, and began to make a vicious attack on the target that had been assigned long ago in batches according to the previous battle plan.

In the Port Arthur Army, Vice Admiral Jizhen Iji, who had just taken over as commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, was proudly looking at the warships moored in the harbor as usual, leisurely drinking afternoon tea. He is different from the previous commander who kept the whole fleet on guard at any time, and the past two days have really given the whole fleet a big holiday, although China and Japan have declared war, but Idi Zhiji Zhen does not think that the cowardly China fleet will dare to attack here, even if they now have a well-designed new battleship. Therefore, what the Imperial Navy needs to do now is to keep the warriors up and ready for the upcoming big war.

Thinking like this, Ichi Zhiji Zhen wanted to get up and went to the commander of the Third Fleet, Rear Admiral Nawa Matahachiro, to discuss, but he didn't want to hear a roar just after he got up. The sound was a little strange, and as the sound got louder and louder, Yidi Zhiji Zhen began to raise his head and keep looking for the source of the sound. Soon, he spotted a small black dot on the edge of the southern skyline that was rapidly growing larger.

"The planes of the China?" Yidi Zhiji Zhen quickly determined the ownership of the plane. He is no stranger to airplanes, a European toy, in fact, the Japanese Navy now has several seaplanes, but he is used to seeing one or two planes of his own, and he is really a little surprised to see such a black and oppressive group of planes at this moment. Of course, I was surprised and a little puzzled at the same time, what exactly do so many China planes want to do?

Fortunately, the doubts in Yidi Zhijizhen's heart, the People's Army Air Force quickly gave an answer.

After flying over the Japanese Navy warship and lowering its altitude to about several hundred meters again, the bomber group began a maneuver of flying up and down, gathering and scattering, and organizing a bombing formation. If there were people here who were familiar with aircraft bombing operations, they would surely understand the meaning of this aircraft formation, but unfortunately there were none, and some were just stunned Japanese sailors and fortress defenders, dazzled by the fleet of planes whizzing through the sky.

In this era, although the armies of the great powers are no longer strangers to airplanes, they are absolutely unfamiliar with airplane bombing. After all, so far in military history, the ground bombing of aircraft has only dropped a few grenades in the war between Italy and Turkey. Although military experts have always hoped that the ground bombing of aircraft will be truly used in actual combat, because of scientific and technological limitations, except for the Chinese People's Army, which has black technology, the use of aircraft by various countries is now limited to reconnaissance. As for the bombing operations on the ground? It seems that in people's current understanding, it is more appropriate that it can only be done by a huge airship.

After all, Yidi Zhiji Zhen was different from those ordinary soldiers, and instantly saw clearly the things mounted under the belly of the plane, what was it not a torpedo? Stunned, he immediately began to roar loudly on the dock: "Baga! Start the warship now, start the warship for me right away! Leave the port, leave the port! ”

It's a pity that it's too late, the bomber groups of the KPA Air Force have already begun to drop bombs.