Chapter 425: The Great Fire in Tokyo
In March 1941, a group of merchant ships of the Ocean Shipping Company under the Yulong Group docked, and a group of Americans disembarked from the ships, and these people were none other than naval officers and sailors from the United States. "Say." ⒉
And, of course, with the ship came American gold.
In today's world war, the waterways at sea are very unsafe, and German submarines have been ambushing the fleets of the allies, and of course, the allies are also doing this, and they all want to cut off the transportation lines of the opponents.
Today, only the ocean-going fleet of the Yulong Group is still smooth, and it can travel freely between Europe and Asia.
Despite the fact that China belonged to the camp of the allies, given Fengtian's relations with Germany, German submarines would not attack the Yulong group.
The Japanese don't want to anger the heavens, and of course they won't make extraneous branches, so it is generally safe to raise the banner of the Yulong Group on the ocean. If the Americans do not borrow the ocean-going freighters of the Yulong Group, they want to cross the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean to Asia, and they should not even think about it.
Not to mention the fact that there are tons of gold, and the Americans do not dare to take this risk.
Feng Tian made it very clear to the Germans that as long as an ocean-going ship was attacked by a German submarine, Feng Tian would cut off business with Germany. Don't say that this is a mistaken shot, Feng Tian doesn't listen to this explanation.
After all, Germany needs a large number of strategic materials, and the importance of Yulong Group to Germany is self-evident.
Therefore, the naval struggle of German submarines with the allies in the ocean has nothing to do with the ocean-going freighters that seal the sky.
Britain also needs to maintain a certain commercial relationship with the Northland Volunteers, after all, the British mainland was bombed by Germany very badly, and some strategic materials and industrial products are difficult to meet domestic demand.
Therefore, in this life, the Northland Volunteers replaced the United States as the main supplier of goods to both sides of the war.
This group of US Navy veterans is naturally familiar with US warships, so they only stayed in Han Province for a week, and then drove away in a two-aircraft carrier formation.
Originally, there were only 30 fighters on each aircraft carrier, but according to the requirements of the Americans, Fengtian added 60 fighters, so that the two-carrier battle group had a total of 120 fighters.
Although sixty fighters are a small business, and there is no comparison with aircraft carriers, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, as a qualified profiteer, Feng Tian is very willing to do this deal. Besides, biplanes are already obsolete products, so why not sell them when there is a market?
A day after the U.S. Navy drove the two-carrier squadron, the German ambassador Sim informed the Japanese Cabinet that the Northland Volunteers' two-carrier squadron had been sold to the United States.
The Japanese cabinet minister Konoe Wenma was furious and shouted: "Eight grids, the sky is greatly broken, why did he sell the double aircraft carrier squad to the Americans, doesn't he know that the empire is at war with the Americans?" ”
Ambassador Sim said: "The interests are too great, it is impossible for Fengtian not to be moved, and with $250 million per aircraft carrier, can he resist this temptation?" This is not surprising, the Americans converted it into the price of gold, not according to the current dollar price to calculate gold, but according to the value of the aircraft carrier bought in the year of Fengtian converted into gold, think about it, will you Japanese Japanese pay such a large sum of money to buy these two aircraft carriers? ”
Hearing this inside story, the Japanese Japanese and Japanese Konoe Bunma were surprised, and the Americans were simply crazy.
Knowing the truth, the Japanese minister was relieved and said: "Yes, this price is too tempting, if it is an empire, it will also sell these aircraft carrier formations." However, the U.S. Navy has two aircraft carrier squadrons, which is very bad for the empire. ”
Ambassador Sim said with a smile: "Your country still has six aircraft carrier formations, do you still care about these two aircraft carrier formations of the United States?" Immediately order your country's fleet to encircle and suppress it, and blow up and sink the aircraft carrier formation that the Americans spent a lot of money on in the Pacific Ocean. ”
Time was pressing, and Konoe Fumima immediately informed the Minister of the Navy and Shiro Kawako.
At present, most of the Japanese aircraft carrier squadrons are participating in attacks and bombing along the coastline of the United States, far away from the country, and if they want to rush back as soon as possible, they may not be able to do so in a short time.
The only thing that can be done is to intercept the US Navy fleet in the Pacific Ocean.
However, there is not only one sea route in the vast sea, and the US Navy can take the Panama Canal, or it can make a detour to South America, and even, the possibility of taking the Suez Canal cannot be ruled out.
One thing is very clear to the Japanese that no matter where the US aircraft carrier group goes from, the ultimate goal is only the US mainland. Because, the Japanese navy is madly ravaging the American coastline.
Time was sufficient, and the Japanese began to deploy the navy to intercept the American aircraft carrier group.
However, what the Japanese did not expect was that the US aircraft carrier group had the audacity to come to their doorstep and bomb Tonkin Bay.
The alarm in Tokyo suddenly sounded, the poignant sound was frightening, and the explosion in Tokyo Bay resounded in the sky.
The US Navy passed through Japan and had planned to bomb along the coastline of the Japanese and Japanese Navy, but there were many opponents, mainly because they were worried that they would not be able to leave if they were intercepted by the Japanese Navy, because after all, the Japanese Navy still had some warships left behind.
After arguing for a long time, it was finally decided to attack Tokyo Bay, and after the bombing was over, he quickly ran away.
This plan was presided over by the majority, who were already located in the Pacific Ocean, and it was very difficult for the Japanese navy to capture them.
The 120 fighters of the US two-aircraft carrier squadron had a clear division of labor, and some of them participated in the bombing of Japanese naval vessels in Tokyo Bay, and some of them bombed Japanese airfields.
Of course, even if the location is too far away, after all, it is a surprise attack, and before the Japanese people have time to react, drop the bomb and leave quickly.
So, this time the bombing came suddenly and in a short time.
In other words, the farthest position is almost the fighter plane turned around, dropped the bomb and flew back to the aircraft carrier.
Because Tokyo Bay is the closest, the bombing is relatively strong.
Even so, the losses of the Japanese were severe, three warships were sunk and several were injured.
The city of Tokyo was in flames, and an explosion caused a fire.
It was dusk, and there was still wind today, and the wind helped the fire spread rapidly, and once the wooden buildings of Tokyo City were set on fire, it would be difficult to extinguish the fire.
The disaster, which was an unwarranted disaster, burned for a whole day and a night, and reduced half of the city of Tokyo to ashes.
The actions of the Japanese navy were very fast, but it was not possible to start the warships in a short time, and by the time they sailed out of the harbor, they would have long lost sight of the Americans.
The frightened emperor was furious and ordered the Japanese navy to catch up with the U.S. aircraft carrier group.
Well, the Japanese navy gathered a large number of warships and sailed out of Tokyo Bay to pursue the US aircraft carrier group.