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After the second lieutenant of communications repeated what he had just said, everyone really came to their senses, and for a while the sound of cheers and celebrations resounded throughout the conference room of the headquarters.

"Great, since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the 40,000,000 people of the Chinese nation have completely lost their sea power and have become the object of wanton humiliation and plundering by maritime powers.

Tonight's battle is a famous battle for the re-emergence of our Chinese Navy, and it will definitely go down in history. Jiang Baili was very excited.

As a patriotic soldier who has >studied in Japan, he was able to completely annihilate the entire fleet of the Japanese army, which claimed to be the largest in Asia in naval strength, just by virtue of his submarine force.

This result made him extremely excited, and his body and mind were immersed in that great sense of pride and joy.

"Yes, the chief of staff is right, such a brilliant result is the first time in the history of world wars, since then, who dares to say that we Chinese are the sick men of East Asia?" Who else dares to look down on us and say that we don't have a navy? Zhao Zhenfan nodded sympathetically.

Zhang Xinghan was also very happy in his heart, although as the creator of the XXI submarine, he had extraordinary confidence in this advanced submarine.

But when victory really came, he was also pleasantly surprised, especially when such a victory was enough to shock the whole world.

Zhang Xinghan could even imagine how shocked and surprised Japan and Western powers such as Europe and the United States, especially military powers such as Britain, France and the United States, would be when they heard the news.

"Battalion Commander Liu, let's do it, you can call back to the Jiaolong task force immediately, they have completed this mission extremely well, and the results are extremely brilliant.

They were ordered to immediately begin their return home. I should personally welcome them and welcome them back in triumph! Zhang Xinghan said.

The XXI submarine had such an outstanding performance, which strengthened Zhang Xinghan's idea of organizing an underwater assault force.

He has already decided to expand his submarine force in the shortest possible time, first relying on a powerful submarine force to carry out a strategic blockade and uninterrupted and indiscriminate attacks on the waters around Japan.

It threatens the import of strategic resources for the Japanese and slows down the recovery of Japan's national strength.

When the main surface fleet of the Japanese Navy has formed combat strength and is strong enough, it will attack in a big way and engage in a strategic decisive battle with the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.

Of course, Zhang Xinghan would not have been naïve enough to think that he would be able to defeat the huge combined fleet of the Japanese Navy with only submarine forces.

The reason why tonight's Jiaolong Task Force had such unexpected results. There are a lot of factors in it.

After such a heavy loss, the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet is bound to heighten its vigilance in the future and speed up its research on anti-submarine warfare at any cost.

Therefore, it will be extremely difficult for the submarine force of the Northeast Navy to have such a result as the Jiaolong Task Force in the future.

"Yes." The communications lieutenant immediately stepped forward, then turned and took the order.

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At the same time, the Prime Minister's Office in the city of Tokyo, Japan.

Minoru Saito, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up in a panic by the attendant adjutant.

"Yaga, what's the matter? In such a hurry? Minoru Saito opened the door and scolded him.

The scolded acolyte-de-camp couldn't explain so much. Instead, he hurriedly handed a telegram in his hand to Minoru Saito, and said with a sad face: "My lord, take a look." ”

"What is this?" Minoru Saito took the message suspiciously.

The devil's adjutant did not answer, and Minoru Saito opened the message himself.

After looking at it for a while. Minoru Saito's face changed for a while, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch violently and roared: "Yaga Yalu, Yaga Yalu, this is impossible." This can't be, who did it? The Americans could not have such terrifying naval power either. ”

"Your Excellency, it's true. It's true, the Chuanyun fleet has lost contact with us, and they are really all wiped out. The devil adjutant said.

"Yaga, that's not true!" Minoru Saito didn't want to believe the truth at all.

The total tonnage of the entire naval fleet has exceeded 100,000 tons.

You must know that due to the restrictions imposed by the Washington Naval Treaty, the total tonnage limit of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet is only about 300,000 tons.

This is also the result of the Japanese secretly building it.

This battle is equivalent to the loss of one-third of the strength of the combined fleet of the Navy.

Historically, the real explosive development and growth of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet was after Japan formally withdrew from the Naval Treaty in January 1936.

Prior to this, Japan's combined naval fleet was relatively weak, of course, compared to Western powers such as Britain and France.

In Asia, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy with a total tonnage of more than 300,000 tons is definitely the most powerful existence.

Both from the tonnage and from the armament of warships and the quality of officers and men of the Navy.

Moreover, the Japanese already had a well-developed naval reserve and replenishment system, as well as a powerful full-fledged production line.

As long as there is a need and sufficient resources, they can work overtime to produce all kinds of warships, from aircraft carriers to carrier-based aircraft to submarines.

The naval technology of the Japanese was already extremely mature.

Now that he has lost a third all at once, how can Minoru Saito not be shocked? Not surprised?

The devil's adjutant was submissive, and he was too frightened to say more.

After calming down, Minoru Saito looked up at him and said, "Notify all the members of the cabinet immediately and hold an urgent meeting." ”

Half an hour later, in a conference room in the Prime Minister's Office, all the members of Saito's cabinet were present.

Their faces were heavy, and they obviously knew the bad news of the total annihilation of the Chuanyun fleet.

Everyone showed deep shock and sorrow, and the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely depressing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, such a terrible thing has happened now, we have lost a fleet off the coast of China, but we don't know who our opponent is, don't you think it's terrible?" Minoru Saito looked at the crowd.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, no matter which country did it, this is definitely the greatest shame for the Imperial Army and the Navy since the Meiji Restoration.

At the same time, it also deeply warns us that our navy is completely not strong enough.

We may have extremely formidable adversaries who have already posed a serious threat to the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

We must immediately increase investment in the Navy and go all out to develop our Navy.

Otherwise, one day, the imperial army may not even be able to hold our territorial waters, and at that time, let alone our mainland policy, expand the living space of the Yamato nation.

Even our homeland could be in danger. Prime Minister of the Navy Province Katenshiro immediately struck while the iron was hot and said with a needle.

Prime Minister of the Ministry of War Shoki Hirano, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly darkened his face when he heard this, but he couldn't speak, because of the special geographical location of the Great Japanese Empire.

Taking 10,000 steps back, the navy is indeed the most important branch of the Yamato nation, and they will be the most powerful and suitable existence to defend the Japanese mainland.

Because Japan is a small country and has no strategic depth to speak of, once they go to the powerful navy as a barrier, then the disaster of this nation will come.

"Well, I'll report this to His Majesty the Emperor immediately, but for now, the first thing we need to figure out is which country's underwater forces are attacking us?" Prime Minister Minoru Saito nodded.

"Very well, I fully support Prime Minister Saito's decision, and our navy will fully cooperate with you in this investigation." Katenshiro said happily.

Although the losses were heavy, in order not to affect the confidence of the domestic people, it caused great panic and unnecessary trouble.

Minoru Saito and his subordinates kept the news tightly sealed.

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Three days later, in the port of Lushun in Dalian.

All 50 XXI submarines returned home without any accidents, looking at their own submarines moored in the harbor.

The officers and men waiting at the scene had already cheered in unison with great excitement.

The officers and men inside the submarine also climbed onto the hull of the ship, took off their military caps and waved their hats to greet the crowd.

"Report, General Seat, Counselor, Jiaolong Task Force has successfully completed the task you assigned to us, and completely annihilated a Japanese fleet, and hereby returns, please instruct." Wang Yunhai and Liu Yuntao walked over surrounded by Ives and others, and stood up to salute Zhang Xinghan and others.

"Very good, brothers, you have done a very good job in this mission, I am proud of your arrival, you have not only created history, you are also the hero of my Chinese nation!" Zhang Xinghan straightened up from the bottom of his heart and saluted loudly.

"Mr. Ives, you and your partners have also contributed to such outstanding results in our submarine force this time, and I will reward you all in the future!" Zhang Xinghan saluted with Ives and the others, and said with a smile.

"Your Excellency, your subordinates are the most loyal and brave I have ever met, and your naval submarines are the most outstanding in all aspects.

With them, it's hard not to win. Ives seemed serious, joking at the East Coast.

"Okay, Mr. Ives has won the award, come on, let's go back first, I have prepared a celebration banquet for everyone, for you to catch the wind and wash the dust, celebrate!" Zhang Xinghan immediately waved his hand.

In order to commend the outstanding performance of the Jiaolong Task Force this time, Zhang Xinghan gave each of them a reward of 100 yuan after the meal.

At the same time, give them three days off to rest and relax, after all, they have been working in the submarine for more than a week.

Inside the submarine, all kinds of dark and damp, the environment is terrible, even the most advanced XXI submarine, it can't be much better than other submarines.

It is the first time that the officers and men of the Jiaolong Task Force are still extremely hard and depressed to look forward to fighting underwater for more than a star, and it is necessary to give them a good relaxation. (To be continued......)