Although it seems that warships and ports are the main military targets, in fact, in the industrial age, these things are just consumables, and they can be quickly recovered.

The real strength is the production and logistics capabilities, the destruction of production plants can often be equivalent to the destruction of thousands of aircraft, and the destruction of logistics capabilities, no matter how powerful the opponent's army is, will immediately become a pile of useless steel, for example, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it limited its vision to warships, and sank the battleships that were destined to be eliminated, but prompted the United States to firmly embark on the road of aircraft carriers.

The preservation of the dock and oil depot allowed the United States to quickly restore its combat effectiveness, and the sunken warships were also salvaged and rejoined the operation, which is simply a foolish act, and this time the Chinese side put the target of the first round of strikes on the oil depot when formulating the bombing sequence.

Twenty bombers, escorted by fighter jets, quickly swept over Keelung, and finally found the oil depot, as the first bomb fell, the entire oil depot area fell into a violent explosion, the bomb only played the role of a fuse, the fuel was quickly ignited, and then the violent explosion one after another.

800,000 barrels of fuel exploded together, the victory was comparable to that of an atomic bomb, and the area within a radius of several kilometers was plunged into a sea of fire, and the raging flames soared into the sky, the height of the flames exceeded 500 meters, and the Chinese pilots did not expect the explosion to be so powerful, they could only use all their strength and leave the oil depot crookedly.

The explosion of the oil depot is absolutely apocalyptic for Keelung Port, the fuel not only explodes violently, but also can flow around, and wherever the fuel flows, it will carry the fire wherever it goes, and even the sea will not be spared, and it will soon fall into flames.

The rest of the harbor was engulfed in flames, and the sound of explosions was incessant, and the Japanese troops guarding the harbor were all stunned. Although there is also a large amount of firefighting equipment in the port area. However, in the face of such a terrifying fire, there is no use at all.

These people soon realized that they too might be surrounded by flames at this time, and although many of these Japanese could have done so with contempt for life and death, the overwhelming flames caused them to completely lose all their courage and flee one after another.

All the facilities that the Japanese worked so hard to build in the port were soon engulfed in flames, and the arms depots were not spared, and the entire Keelung port, from land to sea. All of them began to burn, billowing black smoke could be seen dozens of kilometers away, and most of the auxiliary ships that had been docked in the harbor were also engulfed in the flames.

The only regret for all the Chinese pilots was that the fire was too fierce for them to make any more attacks, and all that remained was to watch Keelung fall to nothing in the flames.

In the shocking fire, more than ninety percent of the port area was burned. More than 4,000 Japanese were burned alive, most of them Japanese maintenance technicians and engineers, and Japan was on guard against the Taiwanese and did not allow the Taiwanese to hold important posts.

If the Taiwanese are engaged in politics, they can only become section chiefs at most, and then all the Japanese will have to serve as them, and the Japanese will not let the Taiwanese participate in such an important military port as Keelung. Among the harbors from technicians. The ordinary workers were all Japanese, and there were also a large number of elite Japanese troops guarding the area. These people lost their lives in the rapidly spreading fire.

At this time, Chen Shaokuan commanded the fleet to be sixty kilometers away from Keelung Port, and the flames that could rise faintly in the direction of Keelung could also be faintly raised from this distance, there is no doubt that this port has been completely destroyed, and such a big fire may be much more terrifying than the Kanto earthquake, it can be said that this nail has been pulled out by China.

After continuous operations, the Chinese navy was also exhausted, Chen Shaokuan ordered to withdraw to the port to rest, and at the same time reported the war situation to Beijing, at this time China's high-level figures were sleepless all night, Shanghai was attacked by the Japanese army, heavy losses, no one can ignore it, the world-famous ten-mile ocean field has become a ruin, tens of thousands of casualties, so that everyone feels a burst of pain.

As soon as Shanghai was attacked, Qiao Yu sent Zhang Taiyan south to appease the people, organize relief operations, help the refugees arrange their basic life as soon as possible, and at the same time start the work of recovery and reconstruction.

However, there are also many people who criticize the navy, believing that the navy failed to appear on the battlefield to protect Shanghai, resulting in serious losses to the people, which is a complete dereliction of duty and must be held accountable.

However, all these voices were suppressed by Qiao Yu, and he knew very well that he could only pray that Chen Shaokuan could successfully sink the Japanese battleship Mutsu, only victory could silence everyone, and only victory could lift the hearts of the people.

In fact, the war has lasted for two months, and it has a huge impact on the Chinese people, foreign trade has almost stopped, and the people are enduring huge losses every day, and if the deadlock cannot be broken quickly, China's burden is also very heavy, after all, there is no real minority in a country like China.

One-tenth of the population is nearly 50 million, which is already about the same as France, and one percent is also 5 million, this number is not a small number anywhere, if the war continues to be like this, the opposition in China will continue to emerge, and it is also a huge test for Qiao Yu.

In the midst of this tormented waiting, suddenly Chen Shaokuan's secret telegram finally reached Beijing, the Mutsu was sunk, and after confirming the news, almost all the members of the Supreme Command were boiling, Jiang Baili, Wu Tong, Wang Yongjiang, Zhang Xiaohuai, Yang Du, Su Ding, Xu Shuzheng, these people got the news for the first time!

They were all overjoyed, in fact, except for Qiao Yu, no one dared to be sure that the aircraft carrier would be able to deal with the battleship, including Qiao Yu, who was also a little uneasy, after all, there were too many special situations on the battlefield, and no one could predict what would happen in the next second.

It wasn't until this telegram came that Qiao Yu's heart was completely relieved, the Sino-Japanese war was considered to be a settled situation, Japan's advantage was at sea, as long as it could break and defeat the Japanese navy, even if it was only once, it was enough to finally defeat Japan.

As a rising power, Japan is far from being so powerful, and the situation of the island nation determines that Japan's navy and army can only focus on one direction, and cannot do both. Historically, Japan has been able to wreak havoc on China. Even went to war with the Americans, largely because they swallowed the three eastern provinces in one gulp, and only by virtue of this anointed land can they compete with the world powers.

However, in this time and space, Japan no longer has this blessing, not only can not touch the Northeast, on the contrary, the wealth of the First World War has also been shared by China, especially after the Battle of Qingdao, Japanese goods basically lost the huge market of China. The economic blow to Japan was almost fatal, and even worse was the Great Kanto Earthquake at this time.

In fact, in the past few years, in addition to the great improvement of Japan's navy, Japan's army has basically remained at the level of the Russo-Japanese War, and the defeat of Korea is a clear proof of this.

"Great President. To be able to sink the Mutsu, no matter how much Shanghai is lost, it is worth it, how many years, Japan, a bad neighbor, has been staring at China, and has always wanted to get involved in the fertile soil of China, and we all have a heavy mission on our backs, but now we can finally breathe a sigh of relief! ”

"Brother Baili is right, but the war is not over yet. We just have an advantage now. Only by turning the advantage into a victory can we win this war once and for all! ”

"Great President. I don't think there's a need to worry, Chen Shaokuan has already led the fleet to attack Keelung Port, this hand is too beautiful to encircle Wei and save Zhao, there is a large amount of ammunition and fuel in Keelung, if these things are destroyed, even if Japan wants to fight, they have no capital! ”

More than half of Japan's oil is now imported from the United States, 30 percent of it is obtained from Siberia, and the rest is obtained from the Dutch East Indies.

"Keelung is just in the northeast of Taiwan, this island has been away from China for more than 30 years, and it's time to come back!" Wang Yongjiang seemed to say casually, but everyone present knew that it was almost time to collect the dividends of the war, Taiwan was forcibly taken by the Japanese by force, and now that China has won, it is time to take it back!

However, Yang Du suddenly said on the side: "Everyone, it is inevitable to take back Taiwan, but everyone has thought about the thoughts of the Taiwanese people, these people have been colonized by Japan for more than 30 years, and the most bloody Taiwanese have long since died, and the rest are slaves carefully cultivated by Japan, we must not wishfully think that all Taiwanese people really want to return to the motherland, and there are some scum everywhere!" ”

Yang Du has indeed seen through the hearts of the people, just in the later generations, on this ghost island, there can be strong Japanese feelings, the pro-Japanese forces are extremely strong, and the face of the Japanese is completely hostile to both sides, which is very easy to deal with, but in the face of the Taiwanese will be restrained, it seems very troublesome!

Qiao Yu frowned slightly, and then said: "The stick head is a filial son, and there is no righteousness!" If the child is disobedient, discipline is enough, and they will understand after a few more beatings! ”

At this time, the Chinese government had already begun to plan for the post-war problems, of course, the war was still going on, Kato Kanji led the combined fleet closer and closer to Keelung, and it seemed that he would get a precious opportunity to recuperate, and at this time, the news of Keelung's air raid came from the direction of Taiwan.

The entire port was turned into a sea of fire, and all the facilities were burned to the ground!

After hearing the news, Kanji Kato opened his mouth, blood spurted out wildly, and he couldn't bear the news that the Mutsu was sunk, but Japan actually has two such giant ships, and there is still hope to move back to the situation, but after hearing the news of the destruction of Keelung Port, Kanji Kato knew that it was completely finished, which was tantamount to breaking the lifeblood of the United Fleet.

Then the combined fleet can only return to the mainland to be able to get enough replenishment, but in the face of this journey Kato is full of worries, in fact, his worries are reasonable, not far from the Japanese fleet, there is a black object looking this way, it is the periscope of a submarine, the Chinese wolves have been eyeing Kato's fleet! (To be continued.) )