SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DONGHUA EMPIRE'S TYPE 37 107MM LIGHT TOWED MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHERS, THE JAPANESE ARMY ARTILLERY OFFICERS HAVE GRADUALLY EXPLORED THE ADVANTAGES OF ROCKET ARTILLERY IN FIERCE MOUNTAIN BATTLES.

The weight of rocket artillery and mountain artillery is about the same, compared with traditional mountain artillery, the accuracy of rockets is poor, but it has a powerful firepower that mountain artillery cannot match.

The firepower of a salvo of rocket artillery is equivalent to eight to ten times the number of mountain artillery units, which is a very good suppressive anti-personnel artillery.

Now, both the Japanese army and navy are stepping up their research on rockets. ON THE BASIS OF THE DONGHUA 107 ROCKET LAUNCHER, THE MINISTRY OF WAR DESIGNED A 130MM DOUBLE-ROW EIGHT-BARRELED ROCKET LAUNCHER, AND MANUFACTURED A SAMPLE GUN, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING VERIFIED.

Yamaguchi consulted experts, and all of them claimed that, in theory, the thicker and longer the rocket, the longer its range.

BASED ON THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF 8.5 KILOMETERS OF THE DONGHUA 37 TYPE 107MM ROCKET LAUNCHER, THE RANGE OF THE MULTIPLE LAUNCH ROCKETS WITH A DIAMETER OF MORE THAN 350MM MOUNTED ON THE SHIELD CLASS CRUISERS OF THE DONGHUA ROYAL NAVY IS VERY LIKELY TO EXCEED 30 KILOMETERS.

This means that the maximum long-range range of the newly equipped Shield-class cruisers, Warrior-class destroyers, and Guardian-class frigates of the Donghua Royal Navy exceeds the range of the main guns of the Nagato-class battleships.

With a long range and high speed, such a warship will be an unsolvable equation for all the warships in service in the Japanese Navy!

If you count the Donghua Royal Navy's famous general-class aircraft carrier that can catapult jet supersonic fighters, as well as the advanced Kilo-class large submarine, and the mysterious Seawolf-class super submarine, Yamaguchi feels his scalp tingle and his brain explodes when he thinks about it.

Intuition told Yamaguchi that the sudden departure of the seventh ship flagship of the Royal Navy of Donghua, the "White Qi", to the Indian Ocean was definitely not an accident. There must be some reason for this that he doesn't know yet.

Whatever the reason, Yamaguchi Tawen decided that he must not be an enemy of the Donghua Royal Navy now!

Unless we can find an effective way to crack and counter the Donghua jet supersonic fighter and the ship-based multi-barrel dense super rocket artillery. Otherwise, the Japanese Navy would definitely not be an opponent of the Donghua Imperial Family.

Thinking of this, Yamaguchi did not hesitate any longer and personally drafted an urgent telegram sent to the Imperial Admiralty and the commander of the First Fleet, Koga Mineichi.

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A sea area 150 kilometers east of Tokyo Bay, Japan.

In the command room of the "Meiji" aircraft carrier Shipjima, Koga Feng held a pair of high-powered military binoculars produced by the Donghua Empire with both hands, silently observing the supersonic fighters of the Donghua Royal Navy in the air, teasing the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force like a cat teasing mice.

The Royal Navy of Donghua has already telegraphed in clear code that it will hold a joint military exercise with the US Navy on the high seas, 200 kilometers east of Tokyo Bay. In view of the fact that this exercise is a live-fire multi-arms combined exercise, all ships on various routes in the exercise area are requested to leave as soon as possible to avoid accidental injury.

Every time he heard the word "accidental injury", Koga Fengyi couldn't help but think of the heavy blow that Cheng Gong commanded the PLAN Pacific Fleet to deal to the Imperial Navy.

At that time, Cheng Gong also sent out such a clear power call, but no one in the world took this power call seriously. As a result, the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered the worst lesson in history.

Although the empire and Donghua are now in friendly and cooperative relations, none of the officers and men of the imperial navy will forget the great shame that Cheng Gong brought to them.

Now that the Japanese Empire is in full swing in South Asia, and the Royal Navy of Donghua suddenly intervenes in the South China Sea, everyone understands that this matter will certainly not be as simple as it seems on the surface.

Especially now that the Royal Navy of Donghua has announced that it is holding a joint military exercise with the US Navy, the mystery in this is even more intriguing.

The Intelligence Division of the Imperial Admiralty has received reliable information that the main purpose of the trip of the Alaska Detachment of the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy is to strengthen the defense of the Philippines. It is equivalent to driving a nail between the empire mainland and the occupied territory of the South Seas.

It is said that the White House of the President of the United States has officially announced recently that President Franklin D. Roosevelt will pay a three-day official visit to the Special Administrative Region of the Paradise Prefecture of the Empire of Donghua from 9 to 11 August.

Thinking of this joint military exercise between the US Navy and the Royal Navy of Donghua, if there is no secret agreement between the United States and the Donghua Empire, few people will believe it if it is broken.

What an eventful time! Koga Mine slowly put down the telescope in his hand and secretly sighed.

The contents of the telegram sent by Vice Admiral Tabun Yamaguchi, commander of the Third Fleet of the Imperial Navy, not long ago, are still in Kogamine's eyes.

For the sake of the national fortune of the Japanese Empire and the future of the entire Yamato nation, please do not have any form of friction and conflict with the Donghua Imperial Sea Family, please! Please!! Please!!

This was the last sentence written by Lieutenant General Tabun Yamaguchi in the message.

If it weren't for seeing with your own eyes how the carrier-based supersonic fighter of the Royal Navy of Donghua used the Imperial Navy's Type 99 carrier-based aircraft as a monkey, Koga Mine and Yamaguchi's telegram would not have paid so much attention.

Yamaguchi repeatedly emphasized the huge gap between the Imperial Navy and the Donghua Royal Navy in terms of technology and equipment, and claimed that this gap was not an ordinary gap, but a generational gap! This generation gap could not be compensated for by the excellent qualities and combat experience of the Imperial Navy's officers.

As the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing. Koga Mine has already deeply understood what a generation difference is at this moment.

There is a generation difference between piston engine aircraft and jet engine aircraft!

In modern naval warfare, if air supremacy cannot be ensured, battleships will become live targets for enemy carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft! No surface ship can escape the pursuit and interception of carrier-based aircraft at sea!

In modern warfare, air supremacy determines sea supremacy!

Thinking that the Empire was currently ordering two Admiral-class aircraft carriers, three hundred carrier-based jet fighters, and the entire production line of jet fighters from the Donghua Empire, Koga Mine secretly warned himself that no matter how provoked by the Donghua Royal Navy, he must endure it!

When the Imperial Air Force can fly the jet fighters made in the Great Japanese Empire and fight a fair battle with the air forces of the Donghua Empire, the humiliation suffered now, including the humiliation that Cheng Gong brought to the Great Japanese Empire before, will be brought back!

The current Empire of Japan is against the Donghua Empire, just like the Republic of China is against the Empire of Japan!

These are two opponents who are not in the same weight class.

In addition, the sudden increase in the number of troops in the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy in the Philippines was obviously very detrimental to the Empire's war in South Asia.

The Empire's main interest at the moment was to ensure stability in the occupied zone of South Asia while closely monitoring the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, not to provoke the Donghua Empire.

Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Tabun was right when he said that at this time, the Great Japanese Empire really should not make any unfriendly words and deeds towards the Donghua Empire.

"Someone!" Koga Feng immediately made up his mind and immediately issued an order: "Inform Yi 75, Yi 76, Yi 78, and Yi 79 to return to ship quickly, and don't try to provoke the submarines of the Donghua Royal Navy again!"

In addition, inform the aviation forces not to try to approach the airspace of the air defense alert of the Donghua Fleet again! Each ship controls its speed, and its range of activity must be strictly controlled within 150 kilometers of the Empire's mainland coastline! ”

"Hay!" The communications officer respectfully accepted the order.

(To be continued.) )