490 Discovery of the Japanese fleet

The war that took place in East Asia attracted the attention of the whole world. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

So all eyes are on this war that will determine the future of the Far East, where the winner will establish hegemony and the loser will have nothing.

Before the start of the war, the Lanfang Army had a total of 21 divisions, nine of which were foreign legions, with a total strength of about 320,000 troops. The Japanese Army has 25 divisions and regiments, with a total strength of about 450,000 troops.

Although the total number of the Lanfang Army is at a disadvantage, the degree of weaponry and equipment far exceeds that of the Japanese Army, among which the first, second, and third divisions of the Lanfang Army are all armored divisions, equipped with tanks that the Japanese Army has not yet equipped, which can form an overwhelming advantage in the war.

Lan Fang's armored forces were deployed in Lan Fang mainland and in the Northern Frontier Region, of which the 2nd and 3rd Divisions were deployed in the Northern Frontier Region, ready to surprise the Japanese.

In terms of navy, Japan has an absolute advantage, and Japan has already put forward the idea of the "88th Fleet" after the Russo-Japanese War, and although it has not yet been realized, the existing "66th Fleet" of the Japanese Navy still has an absolute advantage in the face of the Lanfang Navy.

The battleship "Nagato", which was just launched by the Japanese Navy in October, is currently the most advanced battleship in the world, with a standard displacement of 32,700 tons, equipped with eight 410 mm caliber guns, and a maximum speed of 26 knots.

Because Lanfang and Japan are both island countries, the world is almost not optimistic that Lanfang can win this war at this time.

However, Qin Zhiyuan obviously didn't think so, when the torpedo machine appeared, Lan Fang already had a sharp weapon to restrain the battleship.

And this is not clear to the Japanese, including the whole world.

"Yesterday at noon, the 11th Division fought fiercely with the Japanese 2nd Division on Sakhalin Island, and from 12 o'clock in the afternoon to 7 o'clock in the evening, a total of four battles broke out, and the 63rd Regiment won a lot, crushed at least two Japanese wings, and killed and wounded more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers. By this morning, the Japanese 2nd Division had begun to retreat, and the 11th Division continued to advance south according to the predetermined plan, but the speed of the advance was not fast due to poor road conditions. "In the palace of Coconut City, Qin Zhisheng is reporting the progress of the war to Qin Zhiyuan.

"Let Lao Chen be steady, don't advance too fast, pay attention to the supply of materials, don't rush too hard and cause the supplies to not keep up, then it will be a tragedy......" Qin Zhiyuan was still worried about the fragile supply line.

In fact, there is a navy in the Northern Territory, and in the port of Ningbei, there are 11 destroyers and 15 submarines moored, which is the entire navy of the Northern Territory.

Of course, this point of the navy was not enough in the eyes of the Japanese, so at the beginning of the war, Japan sent battleships to blockade the port of Ningbei, although it did not launch an attack because of the deterrence of land batteries, but it was equivalent to locking the scope of activities of the navy in the northern region.

At present, Qin Zhiyuan is most worried about the logistics supply in the northern Xinjiang region, the 11th Division now seems to have the upper hand, but if the material supply cannot keep up, the machine guns of the 11th Division will become burning sticks.

"Where has the water gone?" Qin Zhiyuan paid attention to the entire battle situation and could not only focus on Sakhalin Island.

"Chita, you will be able to reach Vladivostok tomorrow, and it is expected that you can launch an attack on the Japanese fleet the day after tomorrow." Qin Zhisheng moved the logo representing the torpedo wing to the Chita area on the map.

Although Lan Fang had torpedo planes, the number of torpedo planes was not enough, but fortunately, Lan Fang had enough bombers, so fifty bombers were urgently converted into torpedo planes and transferred to Vladivostok through airports in the Republic of China.

Qin Zhiyuan declared war on Japan, and the President of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang, of course, liked it, so for Lan Fang's request, Xu Shichang said that the Republic of China would fully cooperate.

Of course, Xu Shichang also has demands, if Lan Fang defeats the Japanese, Lan Fang promises to return all Japan's rights in the northeast of the Republic of China to the Republic of China, which is definitely a major good news for Xu Shichang.

Just after Lan Fang declared war on Japan, Xu Shichang was also considering declaring war on Japan, but because of the pro-Japanese forces in the Beiyang government, Xu Shichang didn't even dare to mention this bill now.

However, if Lan Fang defeats the Japanese Combined Fleet, he will change his position compared to those pro-Japanese factions in the Republic of China.

"The 17th and 18th Divisions stationed in Korea seem to be moving to the northeast of the Republic of China, and the opinion of the General Staff is to guard against the Japanese army's attack on Vladivostok from land." Qin Zhisheng reported a new situation.

"Don't bother with them, if they don't come, forget it, if they dare to come, just let the second division open the meat...... He ordered Chen Kangjian not to hesitate, if the Japanese dared to launch an attack on Vladivostok from the northeast of the Republic of China, they should resolutely deal a blow, even if the flames of war were burned to the territory of the Republic of China. "Qin Zhiyuan is trying to kill them all.

At this time, the Northeast of the Republic of China is not the "Great Northern Warehouse" in the 21st century, but the standard "Great Northern Wilderness", after the Qing government's policy of closing the country and the destruction of the Russo-Japanese War more than ten years ago, the Northeast is a real thousand-mile wasteland, rarely inhabited.

After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan took over all the rights of Russia in Northeast China, and stationed troops in the northeast of the Republic of China to protect Japanese interests, and in April this year, Japan established the Kwantung Army Headquarters in the northeast of the Republic of China, under the jurisdiction of a division and six railway garrison brigades, with a total strength of about 20,000 people.

The Japanese army had two divisions in Korea at the same time, with a total strength of about 35,000 men.

Just after Japan declared war on Lanfang, Emperor Taisho issued a ****** ordering ten new divisions to be built in Japan to prepare to fight against Lanfang's superior army in weapons and equipment.

Of course, Emperor Taisho is more likely to be preparing for an attack on Lanfang itself, and it is estimated that in Emperor Taisho's concept, Lanfang does not have the ability to land in Japan at all.

This is also the general view of the whole world at this time.

"Shenhai No. 4 reported that the two battleships Hiei and Haruna, which were stopped by the Japanese army in Keelung Harbor, started fire yesterday afternoon, and their whereabouts are currently unknown." A military staff officer walked in briskly with a telegram.

"Deep Sea", which is the general name of the agents sent by Lan Fang, is widely distributed throughout the Far East, among which "Deep Sea No. 4" is an agent sent to Keelung Port.

At this time, wireless telegraphy had not yet been miniaturized, and it was not easy to send telegrams, and it was more necessary to rely on cable telegraphy. All the information obtained by the agents of Keelung Port had to be sent to Hong Kong in secret language, and then the agents of the Hong Kong branch would send it to Lan Fang in secret language.

"Keep an eye on them, and order Zhou Hongguang to be ready to send a reconnaissance plane at any time, and be sure to find them." Qin Zhiyuan was decisive.

The Hiei and Haruna, the two sister ships of the Japanese army's newest Kongo-class battleships, had been stationed at Keelung Harbor until now, and now that they have been activated, the most likely area to attack is Cam Ranh Bay, Lan Fang's naval base in Annam.

Since Lan Fang declared war on Japan, Lan Fang has withdrawn the garrisons on all the islands in the North Sea, just so that he will not suffer unnecessary losses when the Japanese attack.

If the "Hiei" and "Haruna" dare to blockade Cam Ranh Bay, then it will be very good, Qin Zhiyuan still has a wing of fifty torpedo planes left on the mainland, just waiting for the Japanese to send them to the door.

"Do you want to drive the French back, the land battery in Cam Ranh Bay is not yet complete, if the Japanese break through the defense of the land battery, then the French will be in danger." Qin Zhisheng was worried, and Qin Zhisheng attached great importance to Lan Fang's only battleship.

"No, as long as the Japanese enter the North Sea, they will be discovered by our reconnaissance planes, and we don't have to wait for the "Hiei" and "Haruna" to arrive in Cam Ranh Bay, and we will be able to clean them up. Qin Zhiyuan's confidence is enough.

Lan Fang's air force has already started regular patrols in the North Sea, and as long as the Japanese fleet enters the North Sea, Lan Fang's air force will definitely be able to spot them.

At the same time that Qin Zhiyuan received the "Hiei" and "Haruna" leaving Keelung Port, the Lanfang reconnaissance plane that was cruising over the North China Sea also made a discovery.

Lan Fang's reconnaissance plane was modified from a transport plane, because there was no radar, and it still used visual search for reconnaissance.

In order to better conduct reconnaissance, Lan Fang had to send nearly 100 reconnaissance planes every day in order to reconnoiter the Japanese fleet at the first time.

The naming method of the Lanfang Air Force is still named according to Qin Zhiyuan's habits, the fighter is named the "Jian" series, the current fighter is named the "Jian-1" fighter, the bomber is named the "Bang" series, the current bomber is designated as the "H-2 type", and the reconnaissance plane naturally becomes the "reconnaissance 3-type".

Lanfang's air force is absolutely invincible in the current Far East, and in the entire Far East, only Lanfang has a formed air force, and the Japanese air force is still in its infancy, and the gap between the Lanfang air force and the Lanfang air force is even greater than the gap between the Lanfang Navy and the Japanese Navy.

Although the Lanfang Navy is several grades worse than the Japanese Navy, it is a navy after all, and although there is only one battleship that seems to be alone, the problem of whether it has been solved or not.

The Japanese Air Force does not have it at all, let alone want to compete with Lan Fang for air supremacy, which is simply a fantasy.

"Brothers, enter the work mode, widen your eyes, carefully search the sea, don't let go of any detail, don't let go of any wisp of black smoke......" On the No. 3025 reconnaissance plane, the captain Zhao Xingguo slowly pressed down the nose of the plane, ready to start reconnaissance through the clouds.

"Head, don't talk about it, I'm just staring at it now, and I can only see the endless marshmallow ......" The voice of the observer Zhan Junda came from the cabin.

Although the "3025" reconnaissance plane starts with "3", it does not mean that Lanfang's aircraft has reached the thousands, but all reconnaissance planes start with "3", which has no other meaning.

"Okay, let's get to work......" Zhao Xingguo controlled the plane through the clouds and finally appeared on the blue sea.

"Battle...... Battleship...... Almost at the same time, the exclamations of observers were heard from the engine room.......

Zhao Xingguo controlled the plane around a corner, and a huge fleet appeared on the sea below Zhao Xingguo.

There is no doubt that this is the Japanese fleet.

(To be continued.) )