Chapter 414: Abandoned Japan
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This battle also fully proved the strength of the Chinese Imperial Navy.
Of course, much of the limelight in this battle was taken away by the Air Force, and the Air Force suffered heavy losses, losing nearly one-third of its combat units.
In this battle, the Chinese Empire lost nearly 3,000 pilots.
The United States and Britain said that the losses were even heavier, with nearly 60,000 officers and men killed and more than 46,000 captured.
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When the good news came, it was 1 p.m., and after four hours of fierce fighting, the main force of the United States and Britain was basically wiped out.
"After a fierce battle between the People's Air Force and the People's Navy of the Chinese Empire, our army completely annihilated the United States and Britain at 12 o'clock, sinking 9 aircraft carriers and capturing 1. Sink 10 Sea Power-class battleships and capture 6, sink 19 super dreadnought battleships and capture 11 ships. 16 heavy battlecruisers were shot and 2 were captured. Another sinking of frigates, torpedo boats, submarines is not counted. ”
Everyone held their breath, and at this moment, they wanted to cheer loudly, but they were afraid to disturb the emperor to continue to announce the following.
"The Imperial Air Force lost 1,963 aircraft and 4,561 pilots killed or missing. The Navy lost two frigates and killed 321 people. With relatively few losses, our Chinese empire completely annihilated the combined fleet of the United States and Britain, which is known as invincible in the world. ”
When Xia Jun announced the results and losses, the entire Zhongjing Square was boiling.
Then, all over the country, in the squares, in front of the television, and listening to the radio and the people, the radio was boiling.
When the United States and Britain said that the combined fleet and the navy of the Chinese empire confronted each other on the border of Yongning Province and Hokkaido, they were like a boulder pressing on the hearts of the people.
Many people were worried about the Imperial Navy, believing that they would suffer if there was a huge disparity in power.
However, when the results of the great war came out, it was to the surprise of all the people, and the empire once again defeated the seemingly formidable enemy with minor losses.
Victory!
"After this battle, the strength of our Chinese Imperial Navy has jumped to the first place in the world, and no one can compete with the Imperial Navy. The empire has leapt to the first place in the world in the three major fields of land, sea and air. Xia Jun continued, further encouraging the confidence of the people.
The whole country is boiling again.
The emperor [***] politicians on both sides of Xia Jun were also inexplicably excited. But in the eyes of many people, there is also an obvious look of incredibleness.
Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang and other old Beiyang bigwigs standing on the side were completely integrated into the new system of the empire at this time, and they were also rejoicing in the correct choice at the beginning.
They truly believe that only Xia Jun can lead China to the top of the world.
In just 28 years, the whole of China has undergone tremendous changes, from the original sick man of East Asia to the world's largest military, economic and industrial power.
If someone else is replaced, who can do it?
At this time, there is only one feeling - convinced!
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London, Washington, D.C., and the United States were all in a panic, and the United States and Britain said that the combined fleet suffered a crushing defeat, which meant that the Chinese Empire had become the world's largest naval power.
The sea defense line that the United States and Britain intended to build directly collapsed, and the consequences of not having sea power would be terrifying, and the United States and Britain simply did not dare to imagine how terrible the consequences would be.
What to do?
It became an unusual headache for Roosevelt and Churchill.
When he received the news of the defeat, he fell into a panic.
Failed!
The Chinese Empire has officially declared war on Yuben.
The top level of the political axe knew that no matter how he repented at this time, he would not be accepted by the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire would never be able to let go of the Emperor.
The Chinese Empire wants to establish its might, and it is said that it will be the first great power country in the Chinese Empire to be completely erased from the world map.
He reacted quickly and contacted the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union, demanding that they immediately declare war on China in accordance with the agreement signed.
It was said that Ben had to hold on until Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union defeated the Chinese Empire.
However, the next change is to pour cold water on the political axe.
Britain and the United States discovered that the Chinese Empire had only declared war on the Queen, but not on them. In order to delay time, the United States and Britain have indicated to the Chinese Empire that it was the Yueben Air Force and the Yueben Navy that attacked the Chinese Navy, and that it had nothing to do with the United States and Britain.
"I hope that China will take into account world peace and calmly deal with this issue. At the same time, we recognize China's sovereignty over Hokkaido, which we occupy,......" the United States made a high-sounding statement, and at the same time hurriedly sent personnel to China for political negotiations.
Britain followed suit, sending a delegation to China for political negotiations.
It is not so much a political negotiation as a certain degree of political compromise in an attempt to stabilize the Chinese empire and not to engage in an all-out war right away.
If the Chinese Empire had started a full-scale war at this time, Britain and the United States would have no naval superiority, and their power would have been greatly weakened.
The British, in particular, relied on the power of their vast colonies, which gave Britain huge resources.
But the result of the naval defeat was that these advantages were gone, and Britain would be blockaded into a small island nation by the Imperial Chinese Navy at any time.
As for the book, Britain and the United States could not do anything at this time.
After the navy was finished, it had completely lost its use value to Britain and the United States, and the Chinese Empire even had to blockade it, and even the islands of the Chinese empire might even be cut off.
Britain and the United States declared war on the Chinese Empire at this time, which had no effect.
After all, the navy has been knocked out, so what can Britain and the United States do? There is no way to hit anyone, and even supplies cannot be delivered to other allies.
Problems with the Navy immediately disrupted the whole plan.
Originally, according to the plan, Ben and the Soviet Union acted as the vanguard, provided that the sea supremacy was firmly grasped, so that the Chinese empire could not threaten the United States and Britain from the sea.
Then the United States played the role of a war factory, manufacturing arms for the three countries of Ben, the Soviet Union, and Germany, and at the same time sending a certain number of troops to participate in the war.
First of all, Germany, France, and Britain were responsible for the Western Front, and opened up land communications with the Soviet Union, and jointly counterattacked to the east, while the Ben was responsible for attacking the Nanyang Republic, Sakhalin, and Taiwan.
The United States and Britain said that as soon as the combined fleet is finished, it is equivalent to the collapse of the entire plan, and without the basic conditions for implementation, the United States impulsively needs to ship things out of the world's war factory!
Britain and the United States are trying to stabilize China at this time in order to give them enough time to rebuild their navy and regain maritime supremacy.
If Britain and the United States wanted to attack strategically before, then Britain and the United States have since turned to a more passive strategic defense.
Xia Jun's development report on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China also greatly shocked Britain and the United States, and the United States only learned at this time that China's GDP surpassed that of the United States in 1922, not the so-called 1927.
At this time, the GDP of the Chinese Empire was already five times that of the United States.
The economy and industry, which the United States has always been proud of, are simply incomparable to the Chinese Empire at this time.
The capitalists of the United States are panicking!
After deliberation, these monopoly capitalists decided that the economic and industrial superiority of the Chinese empire was no longer reliable.
The only thing that can turn the tables around is new technology.
China has been able to become a superpower in 28 years of development, mainly relying on the application of new technologies.
New production technologies, new military technologies.
These new technologies can achieve great results.
The United States, on the other hand, has the largest number of scientific research talents in the world, which is the only advantage that monopoly capitalists can find at present.
But what they didn't know was that the Chinese Empire still had a large amount of military technology reserves in its hands, and even the atomic bomb had been successfully tested.
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On December 24, 1937, the naval battle that took place the day before was named the "Battle of Yongning" by the Chinese Empire, and the name Hokkaido was no longer recognized by the Chinese Empire.
Hokkaido had been renamed 'Yongning South Island' by the Chinese Empire, while the former Sakhalin Island was called 'Yongning North Island', and the entire Hokkaido and its associated waters were incorporated into Yongning Province, although Hokkaido had not yet been occupied.
On this day, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Xie Baozhang, officially retired, and Xie Baozhang was too old to continue to coordinate the construction of the Navy.
On the day of his retirement, Xie Baozhang was awarded the title of first-class duke by the empire, and his fief was located in Hokkaido, although this place had not yet been captured, but it would not take long.
The empire rewarded Xie Baozhang with 50,000 acres of ranch, that is, an area of 750,000 mu.
Hokkaido is the only place in Komoto that has a large ranch, and the environment is just as good.
Xie Baozhang retired successfully, and handed over the post of commander-in-chief of the Navy to Zhou Xiulong on the same day.
At the same time, the soldiers who died in the naval battle of Yongning were named barons and posthumously presented to the viscount. Individual officers were awarded viscounts and posthumously presented third-class marquis (note: viscounts and barons were born in China a long time ago, and were canceled in the Ming Dynasty, and only the duke, marquis, and earl were retained, not the names of Westerners, but translated according to the titles of ancient China).
This imperial reward greatly inspired the officers and men of the three armies.
However, the officers and men of the three armed forces also found a characteristic, that is, those who are not dead are not sealed, those who have not retreated, and those who have no merit are not sealed, which is generally called 'three non-seals'.
After receiving the knighthood, the benefits increased, but he did not have great privileges, but when he was sealed, he was rewarded with pastures and plantations.
But it's exciting enough, and these titles are their crowning glory.
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Britain and the United States first expressed their intention to make political compromises to the Chinese Empire through their embassies, and then the delegations of the two countries soon arrived.
The delegations of the Chinese Empire and Britain and the United States began negotiations on the aftermath of the sudden war event of the Battle of Yongning.
The Chinese Empire obviously had no intention of compromise, and the intention of Britain and the United States to attack China was already obvious to any fool.
"Asia is the Asia of Asians, Britain and the United States are the two largest colonial powers in Asia, and if you want to calm the anger of our Chinese people, you must withdraw all your forces from the Asian region."
At the negotiating table, the Chinese negotiators made this very resolute demand. If Britain and the United States do not do so, then simply declare war.
If it complied, the Chinese Empire could declare war on Britain and the United States later, and kill Ben and the Soviet Union first.
(To be continued)