After the bombing of Laizhou Bay, there were scattered floating objects everywhere on the sea, and at the same time, a large number of sailors swam vigorously in the sea.

These floating objects seem to narrate the tragic fate of the Third Fleet.

After the bombers that took off for the second time pursued and killed the rest of the destroyers, Laizhou Bay gradually calmed down, and although the bombers that took off for the second time tried their best to chase and kill, the destroyers still ran away quite a bit, and the escape of the destroyers proved to be the biggest mistake in commanding the bombing.

Originally, according to the plan, the second take-off could catch up with the warships, but the speed of the destroyers was significantly higher than 20 knots, and some even reached 26 knots.

On the contrary, those large warships are slower and easier to hit.

If the bombing is aimed at the small warships of the Chinese army, then it is very likely that the third fleet of the Chinese army will be completely annihilated in Laizhou Bay.

The main reason for this command error was the lack of awareness of the effects of the bombing by the General Staff, and it was clear that the Air Force had exceeded all expectations.

In the general staff, when the news came that the five waves of bombardment squadrons had severely damaged the main warships of the Japanese army, everyone felt incredible.

Even Xia Jun felt a little surprised.

…… Said Ben.

The Admiralty received bad news again.

"Your Excellency, our Third Fleet was bombed by the Chinese Air Force in Laizhou Bay and almost completely annihilated, with only six destroyers and some torpedo boats escaping." Saito Minoru reported sadly to Yamamoto Gonbei.

Gonbei Yamamoto, who was born in the navy, was immediately taken aback when he heard the news and asked, "How can this be?" ”

"The China Air Force is too strong, they have too many bombers, we have no means of air defense, the Fuso was sunk, and the warships such as the Hiei sank themselves in Laizhou Bay."

"Damn, the Fuso and Hiei have sunk too? Now what? Yamamoto cursed and asked for advice from Minoru Saito.

"The Hiei was self-sinking, and the telegram sent back before the sinking of the Fuso said that the hull of the ship was also too damaged, and if we can defeat the Chinese people on the Shandong battlefield and destroy their airfield, then we can regain control of the sea control of the Bohai Sea, and then salvage the Fuso and Hiei, and the possibility of repair is very large." Minoru Saito said with his head bowed.

"We'll have to talk to the Army." Gonbei Yamamoto said with a frown.

If the navy loses again, the army will obviously despise the navy even more, but for Yueben, Yueben is an island country, and if the army wants to be strong, it must be inseparable from the strength of the navy, and the army still understands this.

But now only the army can be counted on.

The China Air Force obviously has a powerful ability to strike at coastal ships, and if it does not destroy the airfield set up by the China people in Shandong, then the sea supremacy of the Great Empire will be lost.

The War Department soon received the news that Yamaguchi Aritomo, Katsura Taro, and others hurried over, and they questioned whether the navy could guarantee sea supremacy so that the army could land in Shandong.

This question made it a little difficult for the whole navy to answer.

If the Chinese use the air force to blockade the landing point of the Yue army, it will be difficult for the army to continue to reinforce Shandong.

However, if the army does not continue to support Shandong, it is obvious that it will not be able to defeat the people of China with its current strength, and the result will basically be equivalent to the defeat of the army in the Shandong battlefield, and it will also mean that the two most advanced warships of the navy, the Fuso and Hiei, may fall into the hands of the China Navy.

The navy asked about the defeat of the army in Shandong, saying that if there was no defeat of the army, the navy would not have been bombed by the Chinese air force.

This rhetorical question made the two sides quarrel.

"Listen to me, everyone, calm down, now is not the time to quarrel, but an important stage to determine the international status of the Great Empire." Yamamoto Gonbei hurriedly stopped the quarrel between the two sides, and as the prime minister, he could not be too partial to the navy, let alone on the side of the army.

"At present, our primary task is to maintain the superiority of the army in Shandong, reinforcing Shandong, although the Chinese air force can bomb coastal warships, but their bombing ability at night should not be strong, we send troops to Shandong at night." Gonbei Yamamoto continued.

The mood of the army immediately stabilized, and Youpeng of Shanxian said: "As long as the navy can protect the soldiers and materials to land in Shandong smoothly, everything is not a problem." ”

"With the Army's confidence, we can rest assured."

"Hai, our army will live up to its expectations."

…… On October 9, Germany withdrew from the front line, and the First World War officially entered the stage of stalemate trench warfare.

On the same day, the East China Air Force bombed the Third Fleet and wiped out all the main warships of the Third Fleet, a news that shocked the world.

Since the bombing of Weifang, the East China Air Force has once again exerted its might, making countries around the world begin to realize the importance of bombers.

When the news spread to the provinces, the intellectuals of the provinces were boiling one after another, and the seven provinces of East China Autonomous Region were even more celebrating, and through the two victories, the people of the provinces had strong confidence that the political axe of East China Autonomous Government would certainly be able to win this war.

Li Shijing was also relieved when she received the latest battle report in Hangzhou.

Xia Jun personally went to Shandong to command, which made Li Shijing very worried, and at this time she was also a lot relieved, Yue Jun was obviously not her husband's opponent.

The operation of the seven provinces of East China Autonomous is still very smooth, and the things that Xia Jun was in charge of before were basically taken over by Li Shijing, and the following obviously has a lot of respect for the chairman's wife.

In the past, Xia Jun would basically discuss with Li Shijing what actions he had, and Li Shijing's ability to deal with various things was also good.

The aftermath work on the battlefield in Shandong was also carried out rapidly under the auspices of Li Shijing.

After all, the East China Army and the Yue Army fought in Shandong, and a lot of crops were destroyed, and the East China Autonomous Government had to come out to compensate the peasants who had suffered losses.

At the same time, countries around the world also know that the East China Air Force has the most advanced bombers in the world, in addition to the Heavy Hammer 1 on sale, there are also two types of bombers such as Heavy Hammer 2 and Heavy Hammer 3.

In the European theater, the bombers invested by the German army were precisely the heavy hammer 2 used by the East China Air Force, which made Britain, France and other countries very unhappy.

British Special Ambassador Zhu Erdian asked to meet with Xia Jun to discuss the bomber order.

Li Shijing had no choice but to make a phone call to Shandong, and as soon as the phone rang, Li Shijing said: "Husband, I miss you." ”

"Huh!" Xia Jun laughed heartily after hearing Li Shijing's words, and said, "Madame, wait a few days, I'll come back." ”

"Don't you want to command at the front?" Li Shijing asked with some surprise.

"There is basically no suspense in the war, and I don't need to be on the front line." Xia Jun replied with a smile, obviously in a good mood, Xia Jun's mood was naturally very good.

The destruction of the Third Fleet contributed more than 100,000 tons of displacement points to him, and this time the Navy was really badly damaged.

Those old warships are nothing, the problem is that the Fuso and Hiei, which have just been launched, were sunk, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to the Morimoto Navy.

The cost of these two warships is more than 30 million yuan, and the total is definitely not less than 70 million yuan.

The problem is that the two warships were still sunk offshore, which means that the East China Autonomous Government can salvage the two warships.

Earning two advanced warships for nothing naturally made Xia Jun feel good.

However, the salvage cannot be carried out for the time being, after all, the floating dock has to be towed from the sea to Laizhou Bay, and it may be sunk by the army on the way.

So the salvage work had to wait until after the war.

Xiao Yueben basically can't turn out his palm anymore, and Xia Jun has no worries about this. Therefore, Xia Jun still plans to return to Hangzhou to preside over the overall situation, after all, in this world war, the most important thing is economic development.

After all, economic development is the most important thing, not only the country has a strong economic backing, but the people's lives will get better and better.

As for the front-line operations, after Xia Jun returned to Hangzhou, it was almost enough to ensure the logistics supply of the front, and if the war was tight, a new army could be organized to enter the battlefield.

The command of the front line was handed over to Chen Xuanyu, Chen Xuanyu is an understanding person, he never steals the limelight of the chairman, and he is not very greedy for merit.

This is also the reason why Chen Xuanyu can sit firmly in the second position of the army.

Xia Jun was not very interested in internal strife at this time, and the East China Army was now very united, and the thoughts among officers at all levels were relatively lively.

Within the East China Army, political persecution does not exist, military law is used in everything, everything is decided by military courts, and military courts will not mess around.

It is impossible to be forced to rebel, and the grassroots officers and soldiers are loyal to Xia Jun, and anyone who wants to rebel lacks a mass base.

Those officers were sitting on a chariot headed for glory, Xia Jun was the one who controlled the steering wheel, and no one was stupid enough to oppose Xia Jun.

As for that kind of secession, the officers of the East China Army didn't even look down on it, although they couldn't divide one side, but compared with the Beiyang warlords, their future was not at the same level at all compared with those Beiyang warlords.

Because of the glory they earn! In their hearts, it is eternal.

In contrast, those Beiyang warlords will only leave infamy.

Speaking of the quality of life, the Beiyang warlords could not compare with the East China officers, who had a very good salary and a basic worry-free life.

They may not be as wealthy as the Beiyang warlords, but they can enjoy a better life, because the East China Autonomous Government has that material foundation, while the Beiyang warlords do not, let alone the social atmosphere in East China.

All the East China officers, their dream is to establish eternal meritorious service, and they have completely departed from the ideal level of blessing and descendants.

Blessing the descendants is not what they need to think, and life is not what they need to think.

They follow the dream country established by the chairman, and they don't need to worry about the future of their children and grandchildren, the only question is whether they work hard enough.

At the same time, the chairman of the committee will solve the problems of life for them, and they just need to rush forward with all their strength.

In such an environment, there was basically no infighting in the East China Army. Most of the internal things are very open and transparent, and they can basically understand each other.

It is no longer a problem for Xia Jun to not sit on the front line, and it is not a problem for him to command.

(To be continued)