600 War of Aggression against Japan! Seven bets or not?

"Your Excellency, the Taiwan military has reported urgently, half an hour ago, the people of China have captured Kaohsiung, and all the members of the Second Brigade of the Second Infantry Wing of Taiwan are in pieces." Shigetaro, chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, took the telegram from the hands of the communications staff officer, glanced at it, and announced the news of the fall of Kaohsiung with a heavy heart.

Although he had been mentally prepared for "so fast" for a long time, when he really heard the news that the Kuomintang army had seized Kaohsiung, Kato's heart still twitched, and after seizing the port of Kaohsiung as if he had received a heavy blow, the Kuomintang army was constantly being sent to the island of Taiwan, and the more than 10,000 Taiwan officers and men who had no backup could not hold it for a few days, and Taiwan was really going to lose it.

"Commander Watanabe of the Taiwanese Army also reminded us that there is an army airfield in Kaohsiung, and although it has been destroyed, it is expected that it will take a few days for the people of China to repair it." Speaking of this, Shimada paused, and there was a slight worry in his voice: "If the people of China can use the army airfield in Kaohsiung...... The whole Bass Strait will be blocked by them."

"It's okay, a few days is enough." Kanji Kato's tone returned to calm, as if nothing had happened. His gaze returned to the chart, the China Air Force blockade of the Bass Strait was a few days later, and the victory or defeat of naval battles was often decided within a few hours, so Kato was not worried about the airport in Takao at all, and his mind was still on the two China aircraft carriers.

He suddenly found a somewhat embarrassing problem, the two "Nagato" class battleships, which are claimed to be among the world's seven largest battle ships, seem to be really waste, and when facing aircraft carriers with a speed of more than 30 knots, the "Nagato" class, which has a maximum speed of only 26 knots, is really a bit slow. Therefore, it was necessary to rely on the high speed of four "Myoko" class ships to entangle the fleet of the Shina people in order to allow the "Nagato" class to catch up.

However, he was faced with a new problem, and now there were two most likely positions for the China aircraft carriers, and his four Myoko-class heavy cruisers, if divided into two teams, did not seem to be enough to defeat the main force of the China South Sea Fleet, which had one battle cruiser. It would be nice if only the two "Nagato" class ships could be replaced with four "Myoko" class ships now......

"Shimada-kun, where do you think the aircraft carrier of the Shina people will be?" Kanji Kato turned around and asked his chief of staff, Shigetaro Shimada. Although the idea of this "special operation No. 1" was put forward by Eisuke Yamamoto, it was Shigetaro Shimada and his staff officers who formulated the specific plan. These elites of the Japanese Navy are now meditating around the charts, exchanging opinions in a whispered manner from time to time.

"Your Excellency, I believe that the China aircraft carrier is most likely in two positions, the waters north of the Dongsha Islands and the waters north of the Xisha Islands." Shigetaro Shimada's analysis was exactly the same as Kato's, and he raised a baton and pointed to the charts and suggested:

"It is proposed that the Second Fleet be used for the search of the waters north of the Dongsha Islands, and that two Myoko-class heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and two destroyers could be formed into an advance detachment. Use the cover of night to attack the waters near the Dongsha Islands, and if you find the China aircraft carrier formation, you must fight with it and wait for the main force of the Second Fleet to arrive. ”

“…… The First Air Fleet advanced to the waters near the Paracel Islands and continued to assume the duties of the Yin*China aircraft carrier, while the First Fleet followed thirty nautical miles east of the First Air Fleet. In addition, the other two Myoko-class ships could be assigned to the First Air Fleet, and if the China aircraft carriers were discovered, the main forces of the First Air Fleet could retreat to the east, and the two Myoko-class ships would form a guerrilla detachment to rush head-on to the China Fleet."

"Two soldiers?"

Kato frowned, straightened up, and paced around the chart table with his hands behind his back: "Where are we now?" ”

"Your Excellency, we are now sailing west at 20 knots east of the Babuyan Islands a hundred nautical miles, and if we continue to sail at 20 knots, we will be able to break through the Luzon Strait and enter the South China Sea in five hours."

"You've been walking for almost fifty hours, haven't you?" Kato raised his head and looked out the window, the sky "color" has really gradually brightened, on the blue "color" of the ocean, seagulls are dotted, the sky and water are "rippling" waves, a quiet and harmonious scene, but I don't know who will be the master of this sea after this war?

"Your Excellency, now is the time to make a decision, the three fleets need to be regrouped, and the routes and speeds are also different." Chief of Staff Shimada interrupted Kanji Kato's thoughts.

"Can two Myoko-class heavy cruisers suppress the battlecruiser 'Selim Sultan' in an artillery battle?". Kanji Kato asked rhetorically.

"The 'Myoko' class has ten 203 mm guns, two of which are 20, and the 'Selim Sultan' has ten 280 mm guns. If it is a daytime battle, it is estimated that it can be evenly matched, and if it is a night battle...... You should be able to win the game. Shitaro Shimada analyzed.

Two heavy cruisers and a battle cruiser were tied, and no one dared to boast of such a sea port except for the Japanese. However, this estimate is not completely unreasonable, after all, the Kuomintang Navy has not been in force for a long time, and this 'Selim Sultan' has just been leased, and the time for all the officers and men of the ship to "touch" the battlecruiser is only one or two months, and it is impossible to give full play to the tremendous power of this battleship.

"The overwhelming of one 'Selim Sultan' by two 'Myoko' is already the limit, and it is an impossible task to entangle the aircraft carrier of the Chinese people at the same time." Kanji Kato shook his head: "It is better to assign the four 'Myoko' class ships to the First Air Fleet to form a guerrilla detachment, waiting for the opportunity to raid the aircraft carriers of the Shina Navy." ”

"Then you thought that the aircraft carrier of the Shina people would be ......," Shitaro Shimada asked.

"North of the Paracel Islands and 150 nautical miles to 200 nautical miles east of Hainan Island." Kato replied.

"But if the China aircraft carrier is deployed north of the Dongsha Islands, we will face great losses" Shigetaro Shirataro's eyebrows were furrowed, as if he was thinking hard about countermeasures: "It's better to let the Second Fleet go to the waters north of Dongsha with two 'Myoko' class, and if they are empty, let them turn to the southwest, and the other two 'Myoko' class heavy cruisers heading west to flank the China aircraft carrier." ”

"This ......" Shimada's suggestion is indeed worth considering, if the main fleet of China is north of the Dongsha Islands, two heavy cruisers will not be enough to destroy them, but they can definitely scare them away, so that the combined fleet can retreat in its entirety...... Of course, it is not without a little problem, after all, it is absolutely a matter of luck to outflank two aircraft carriers that escape at high speed in the vast ocean. However, this fateful blow of the Japanese Combined Fleet was originally a stroke of luck, so after thinking about it, Kato decided to adopt Shimada's suggestion: "Just do this, and assign the four 'Myoko' class heavy cruisers to the First Air Fleet and the Second Fleet respectively." Also, the time to pass through the Luzon Strait should be after sunset tonight. ”

"Hail"

After Shigetaro Shimada left, Kanji Kato took a heavy breath, and now he only hoped that the gunnery of the Shina Navy would not make any unexpected progress.

……

March 17, 2 p.m.

In the South China Sea, 300 kilometers east of Hainan Island, on the aircraft carrier "Zhongshan".

Captain Luo Youjun glanced at the flag of the commander of the Nanyang Fleet fluttering on the top of the island, and when Zhao Zheng, commander of the Nanyang Fleet, boarded the "Zhongshan" with the fleet staff in the early hours of yesterday morning, the flag was raised, and this "Zhongshan" aircraft carrier is probably the first aircraft carrier in the world to become the flagship of the fleet, which also seems to mean that after the naval battle in the Bohai Bay, naval aviation and aircraft carriers have become the core of the entire Chinese naval force.

Although the Japanese fleet should not have entered the South China Sea yet, the flight deck was already busy, and after the two A2A-2 carrier-based reconnaissance bombers were slowly lifted onto the deck by the elevator, the air crew immediately pushed them to the take-off and assembly point in the stern, and then slowly pushed the prepared auxiliary fuel tanks into the belly of the aircraft with carts and hung them.

Standing in the fleet command center with flagship equipment on the second floor of the island, after seeing the two reconnaissance planes taking off smoothly, Zhao Zhengcai retracted his gaze: "Has the submarine found anything?" ”

"Nope." Meng Hailong shook his head: "The submarines deployed off the coast of Keelung have not found any Japanese ships, it seems that their main fleet is coming at us, and it is estimated that they will be able to break into the South China Sea through the Bass Strait or the Luzon Strait this afternoon." ”

"It won't be afternoon, it should be night, because the Japanese are afraid that our submarines will find their tracks."

Zhao Zheng said affirmatively: "The Japanese Navy has a special emphasis on night fighting, and the level of gunnery is also high, I estimate that their battleships or heavy cruisers may try to find our main force at night for a decisive battle, and if not, they will be used as bait to attract our aircraft carriers." ”

"Well, their four warships are expensive, and I wouldn't be willing to just use them as bait. But their battleships are so slow that even if they find them, we won't be able to catch up. ”

"Not necessarily, the speed of the 'Nagato' and 'Mutsu' is announced by themselves, and little Japan is not very disciplined in this regard, maybe they can run to 27 knots. Besides, their battleships are a little slower, but heavy cruisers are not slow" Zhao Zheng frowned slightly, walked to the chart, and looked at it for a while before saying: "After this wave of reconnaissance planes comes back, we will turn to the southwest, and we will stay away from the Japanese devils tonight." ”

"Then let's head east tomorrow morning?" Meng Hailong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you want to arrange for two light patrols to set up a sentry in the east, and let them go out to reconnoiter by water plane early tomorrow morning." ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Zhao Zheng picked up his baton and paddled it in the sea northwest of Luzon Island, and said with a smile: "If the Japanese want to hide, they must be hiding here, because this is outside the combat radius of our shore-based reconnaissance planes, and the main force of our fleet cannot find them in their current position." Then we'll send two light patrols here. Zhao Zheng pointed to the sea area about 200 nautical miles northwest of Manila, and smiled: "The Americans have a fleet stationed in Subic Bay, and the Japanese will not dare to open fire casually if they find our light patrol at night." ”

"The Japanese probably won't search south." Meng Hailong said with a smile: "They must also have spies near the Zhanjiang Military Port, and the Japanese should already know the news of our departure." The battle was a mutual search for each other's locations, the Japanese wanted to find us at night, and we wanted to find them during the day. During the day, as long as our fleet is hidden in the protective circle of shore-based aircraft, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft will not pose a threat to us. So in this battle, we only need to retreat west at night, and then return during the day. ”

Zhao Zheng shook his head slightly, his face was a little solemn: "If you want to be foolproof, you can only hide in the Zhanjiang Military Port and not come out, but if you do that, you will never be able to become a world-class navy" His gaze returned to the chart: "In fact, the Japanese are not without a chance in this battle. Their ability to use surface ships is unmatched by us, and if I had been in command, they would have formed a fast column, all of which were heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers with the fastest speeds. Then hide the fast column behind the main fleet, use all the battleships and aircraft carriers as bait, attract the firepower of our aircraft carriers, and wait until our planes bomb the main fleet of the Japanese army, and let the fast column move westward at full speed The Japanese 'Myoko' class has a speed of more than 30 knots, and if the fleets of the two sides are separated by more than 100 nautical miles, they will be able to engage in battle in three hours. By then we'll have to shed our skin if we don't die."

Zhao Zheng walked to the window of the command room, looked at the neatly arranged carriers on the flight deck, and sneered: "The current aircraft is still too weak, if it develops for a few more years, and when the carrier-based aircraft with more than 1,000 horsepower comes out, naval warfare will really be the world of aircraft carriers." Now the Japanese have also realized this, so after this war, they will definitely catch up, but we have to turn our energy to land, after all, we are a continental nation, they are a maritime nation, so I would rather risk a possible defeat, but also must destroy the Japanese aircraft carriers, only in this way can we ensure that our lead is not overtaken by the Japanese. ”

……

6:20 p.m., Zhanjiang Nanyang Fleet Headquarters.

"Sir, the Japanese fleet has been discovered"

Colonel Song Da, chief of staff of the Submarine Command, hurriedly ran into the command room and handed the telegram that had just been translated to Zhang Yiming, acting commander of the South China Fleet: "Four battleships, three aircraft carriers, six heavy cruisers, and an unknown number of light cruisers and destroyers are near the Luzon Strait. ”

"What's ......" Zhang Yiming glanced at Song Da and said with a smile: "Itchy hands?" ”

"Sort of." Song Da swallowed his saliva, and did not hide the greed in his heart at all, that is a lot of credit, this time, the news that the Japanese are all over the world to buy sonar has been exposed, and their hole cards have been exposed, and there is no sonar on the ships of these little devils, this is not a pie that fell from the sky? This Commander Zhao actually didn't let the submarine force take a bite and gave it all to the naval aviation, which is too partial, right?

"We can't go without it." Zhang Yiming patted Song Da on the shoulder: "After this battle, it is time to hang up the rank of general"

"Commander, you mean ......"

Song Da's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart: "I know that you crazy Zhang will not let the submarine force finish this battle empty-handed, and if you want to make meritorious contributions, you have to wait until the Year of the Monkey, how can you not hurry up?" This is related to the future of the big guys, as well as the allocation of the navy's budget...... Otherwise, Chief Zhao would not have personally led the team to the expedition. ”

"Order the twelve submarines blocking the port of Keelung to immediately rush to the Luzon Strait to set up an ambush." Zhang Yiming walked to the side of the chart station and began to arrange the task: "The 16 submarines near the Dongsha Islands are concentrated 60 nautical miles north of the Dongsha Islands and are on standby, and as long as there are Japanese ships coming, they will all be sunk."

"Standby is fine? What if the Japanese don't come? Song Da frowned and suggested, "Otherwise, ......"

"In this way, 16 submarines are all placed 60 nautical miles north of the Dongsha Islands" Zhang Yiming waved his hand: "Order all submarines to attack only battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers. ”

"Yes."

As soon as Song Dagang turned around and was about to convey the order, Zhang Yiming stopped him again: "By the way, there is also the Second Fleet, where are they now?" ”

"The Second Fleet just shelled Tainan an hour ago, and now it is preparing to go to Guangzhou."

"What are you doing in Guangzhou? They don't have shells anymore? Zhang Yiming frowned.

"It's Chief Zhao's order......"

"Cancel ......" Zhang Yiming smiled coldly: "Order, let the Second Fleet go north of Dongsha to meet the submarine force, and let them prepare for night battles."

"What let surface ships go to fight night battles with the Japanese?" Song Da was shocked when he heard this, and stared at his crazy boss with beads in his eyes.

At this time, Zhang Yiming straightened his waist, his eyes showed a kind of fanaticism, and he fought in front of the chart table, as if he was the master of the entire ocean.

"Song Da, go and give orders, our surface ships are not flowers in greenhouses, they train as hard as we do, there is nothing that cannot be fought, and the waters of the Dongsha Islands are only more than 200 nautical miles away from Guangzhou, and more than 1,000 nautical miles away from the Japanese mainland. Our ship can be brought back to Guangzhou for repairs without being sunk, and their ship is not going home so easily."

"But the Japanese battleships ......," Song Da reminded.

Zhang Yiming smiled deeply: "When it gets dark, those Japanese heavy cruisers and light cruisers will definitely leave their battleships and rush into the South China Sea to find our main fleet, and the speed of the battleships is slow, so the Second Fleet has a chance to fight with the Japanese in the waters north of Dongsha." Besides, aren't there still sixteen of our submarines? ”。

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