In fact, even if many things don't need to be mentioned by Yan Guang, a later person, the people of this era will think of it themselves, after all, aren't these people the ones who came up with all kinds of new weapons in later generations?

It's just a matter of technology, so only a few of these fantastic ideas can be realized.

And the self-guided torpedo is one of these whimsical ideas.

Yamamoto Isoroku was right, it would be aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft that would decide the fate of future naval battles.

However, in addition to the above two things, the weapons carried by the carrier-based aircraft themselves are also important.

It was also for this reason that the Germans developed guided bombs, and the Americans developed empty torpedoes.

However, it was the Chinese who were one step ahead of them...

When the Japanese were still fighting with direct-sailing torpedoes, the Chinese Navy had already begun to use self-guided torpedoes, and this also gave Chen Shaokuan a great advantage when fighting Yamamoto 56.

Compared to a direct-sailing torpedo, a self-guided torpedo is the same as an underwater missile ...

In fact, the Wehrmacht has already begun to develop guided bombs and anti-ship missiles, especially air-launched anti-ship missiles. It's just that in the process of development, many unexpected troubles have arisen, especially in the area of anti-ship missiles.

Although the progress of shore-based anti-ship missiles and ship-based versions is relatively smooth, the air-launched version has encountered problems in miniaturization, and it has not yet been able to meet the requirements of miniaturization in terms of technology, and there are also big problems in guidance, after all, the target of missiles is a warship that can move. Although the speed of a warship is simply not comparable to that of a missile, moving and stationing a target are two different things.

Of course, if it is an air-to-ship missile like the Hs-293, the Wehrmacht is already armed with a certain amount.

But in Yan Guang's opinion. Such a weapon as the Hs-293 is not so much an air-to-ship missile as a gliding guided bomb, after all, the maximum range of the Hs-293 is less than ten kilometers.

However, even a self-guided torpedo was enough for the Japanese to pay a great price.

Throughout the battle, face a self-guided torpedo that has never been seen before. The Japanese army was in disarray, and they paid great losses as a result. However, the bomb load of the ships that attacked was limited after all, so it did not annihilate all the combined fleet at sea, but even this cost the Japanese the price of sinking three aircraft carriers, one aircraft carrier damaged, and several warships.

The sunken aircraft carriers were the Soryu and the Flying Dragon of the Second Air Force of the First Air Fleet of the Combined Fleet. and the Zuihe of the Fifth Air Force, and the Shohe of the Fifth Air Force was also damaged, and its speed dropped a lot.

It can be said that half of the six main aircraft carriers of the First Air Fleet were destroyed in one go.

In addition, other types of warships were also sunk and damaged, and considering the importance of aircraft carriers to the Combined Fleet, this battle alone destroyed half of the combined fleet's combat effectiveness.

And when the ships of the Ocean Fleet returned home with the ships that had exhausted their ammunition, and were ready to come again. Looking at the burning ships on the sea, Yamamoto Fifty-six trembled, but he gave an order very quickly.

"Evacuate this sea now!"

"But, the fighters sent out are still ?!"

Nanyun Zhong, who was on the side, was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to remind.

It is important to know that aircraft carriers are important. However, skilled carrier-based aircraft pilots are equally important, and Japan will lose so badly in the future, in addition to the fact that its industrial strength is inferior to that of the United States, the large loss of pilots also has a lot to do with it.

However, hearing Nagumo Tadaichi's words, Yamamoto Fifty-six just shook his head and said.

"Let them go directly to the nearest land-based airport when they return home." As he spoke, Yamamoto Fifty-six glanced out of the bridge again. "If you don't go now. I'm afraid we won't have a chance to go again! ”…,

A torpedo that can find a target on its own, although Yamamoto Isoroku has also heard of such a weapon, but he never thought that this weapon would be so powerful.

On the other hand. Yamamoto Isoroku had nothing to do with this weapon, so unless he wanted to throw the entire Combined Fleet here, there was only one way to retreat.

"So, the wounded ships?"

After hesitating for a moment, Nan Yunzhong pointed to the wounded ships outside.

Although the ships have not sunk yet, their speed has been much lower. If you act together, it will most likely slow down the movement speed of the entire fleet.

Hearing Nagumo Tadaichi ask, a gleam flashed in Yamamoto Fifty-six's eyes.

"Let them sail to the nearest port on their own..."

As he spoke, Yamamoto Fifty-six glanced outside again.

"I hope they can help us mislead the enemy..."

"Understood..."

Yamamoto Isoroku hoped that the wounded ships, which were filled with smoke, would attract the attention of the enemy. In this way, most of the remaining troops can be smoothly separated from the battlefield.

However, what Yamamoto did not expect was that the navy not only had torpedoes capable of attacking targets on its own, but also had early warning planes in the sky to carry out reconnaissance missions. Therefore, Yamamoto Fifty-six's every move did not escape the eyes of the early warning aircraft, but when the news was transmitted back to Chen Shaokuan, Chen Shaokuan still hesitated somewhat on the issue of choosing a target.

Although the four aircraft carriers of the Ocean Fleet are the strongest in the world in terms of comprehensive performance, if they are to be ranked among the top five in the world, at least the top four should be owned by the Ocean Fleet, and in another half a year, they will all be given to the Ocean Fleet from the first to the tenth.

It's just that there are only four aircraft carriers in the Ocean Fleet now, and a lot of carrier-based aircraft have been lost in many battles. Although these losses were made up for by the spare aircraft carried by the Limbo itself, the losses were losses after all, so the existing forces could only choose one target...

If the operation is dispersed, it will not only be difficult to inflict a fatal blow on the target, but will also cause more casualties.

"Which one should I choose..."

In the end, Chen Shaokuan decided to destroy the damaged fleet first, and then go to destroy the remnants of Yamamoto 56's fleet.

Anyway, there are AWACS planes following in the sky, so there is no need to worry that Yamamoto Isoroku will run away.

When thinking like this, Chen Shaokuan didn't expect many things...

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Under the orders of Chen Shaokuan. The carrier-based aircraft group, replenished with ammunition and fuel, soon took off from the deck again and flew towards a new target.

This time, the targets were mainly those that were badly damaged and seriously affected the speed of the vessels.

Most of these ships were destroyers or cruisers, so they usually had relatively complete anti-aircraft weapons. However, in front of the bombardment of more than 100 ships, the little air defense equipment of these ships is simply not enough.

It's just that due to the large number of these ships. In addition, after experiencing an air raid, the soldiers on the ship were more or less more adaptable, so there was no panic in the process of the air raid.

In addition, although self-guided torpedoes are capable of tracking targets on their own, torpedoes are not missiles after all, and they do not have the same long range as missiles. In the case of limited range. If the target itself has a high speed and happens to avoid torpedoes, then when the range is exhausted, these torpedoes will have no choice but to explode on their own.

In the end, to destroy the ships that had been damaged, the fleet's ship bombardment actually made two sorties before it succeeded.

And when Chen Shaokuan turned his attention to the remaining three aircraft carriers and other ships, he encountered another layer of obstacles...

Although Yamamoto Isoroku hoped that the damaged ships would completely attract the attention of the enemy. But after all, there is also the possibility of not being attracted. After all, three aircraft carriers are much more attractive to anyone than a group of ships that are already far from sinking. …,

Therefore, after starting to sail towards the nearest port, Yamamoto Isoroku contacted the flight unit of the Army Aviation and asked them to provide air cover for the remaining fleet.

Although the relationship between the Japanese army and navy has always been bad, even to the point of life and death. However, at this time, in order to avoid the total annihilation of the combined fleet, the army aviation could only send flight units to provide support.

When the flying force of the Ocean Fleet completely solved the target and turned the target to Yamamoto Fifty-six, Yamamoto Fifty-six actually drove the remaining fleet into the nearest port under the cover of land aviation.

In this process, Yamamoto Fifty-six also paid a certain price. But the most important aircraft carrier was not lost, and even the damaged Shozuru was actually brought back to port by Yamamoto Isoroku.

In the face of the remnants of the combined fleet that had already fled back to the port, Chen Shaokuan was helpless.

Because the fleet is equipped with self-guided torpedoes. It is not like the torpedo modified by Japan at Pearl Harbor, which can be used in shallow waters, and if you really have to throw it into the port, it is estimated that the final result can only be a bottoming out explosion...

And if only aerial bombs are used, not to mention the intensive anti-aircraft fire in the port for the time being, aerial bombs will not be able to bring a fatal blow to large ships after all...

"Damn !!"

Faced with such a result. Chen Shaokuan slammed the countertop.

Although the result of destroying nearly half of the main forces of the Combined Fleet was already quite good, it was only achieved in the case of destroying all the ships of the Combined Fleet. This can't help but annoy Chen Shaokuan.

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Although the Battle of the Philippines lasted only a short time, the result shocked the world.

At a very slight cost, the combined fleet was inflicted a heavy blow, and it was a rare victory for any country.

And in the case of the combined fleet being hit hard, it is obvious that the Philippines or something can only be ravaged by China.

But none of this matters, and what frightens the world, whether it is Japan or Britain and the United States, is the most.

After the heavy damage of the Combined Fleet, the door to the south has been opened for China, and in this case not only the South Seas, but even Australia is likely to be ...

Earlier estimates by Britain and the United States were that even if there was a naval war between China and Japan, and China could win, the price to be paid would not be small. After all, the United States and Britain have already learned the performance of the Zero Battle, and even if the performance of the aircraft carrier itself is not as good as that of China, Japan has six aircraft carriers after all, while China has only four.

But now...

The Great Crisis...

On the other hand...

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Just as the Philippines had won a complete victory at sea and the offensive against the Philippines was intensifying, the Indian side also made a breakthrough in the battle.

Of the more than 10,000 troops who were besieged on the Hakata River, only two or three thousand successfully broke through with reinforcements. Then the Wehrmacht launched a very fierce retaliatory action against the Japanese troops on the other side of the river.

First, there was a massive bombing. The next step is to wash the floor directly with incendiary bombs.

If it weren't for the international repercussions, maybe even chemical weapons would have been used.

However, even so, the Japanese troops on the other side of the river still paid a great price, but the Japanese troops still held on to the river bank under the command of Yamashita Fumi.

In the face of Yamashita Fengwen's defense, He Zhuguo did not have any better way.

After all, such a big river is there. It's an obstacle for everyone.

Obviously, the obstacle to attack and defend is a little greater.

But not long after, one of He Zhuguo's staff officers came up with a solution for He Zhuguo.

"Otherwise, use amphibious tanks!" …,

Looking at He Zhuguo, who was thinking hard about how to break through, a staff officer thought about it and spoke.

At the earliest. He Zhuguo once considered the use of airborne troops.

It's just that the Airborne Forces are like a class of troops on the Hell Express, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will be wiped out.

And at the moment, the Japanese army is still firmly standing on the Hakata River, so if it is not necessary, He Zhuguo is not willing to put the airborne troops into the battlefield.

After all, the Airborne Forces or something, sometimes it's really ...

During the interwar period, the teams innovated a series of combat modes. Airborne operations are one of them. Thanks to the successful development of large transport aircraft and reliable parachutes, it was possible to break through the stationary combat mode of World War I. Theoretically, airplanes and gliders could suddenly cross enemy lines and airdrop or airlift paratroopers and gliders-borne infantry behind enemy lines in order to capture enemy headquarters and cut off enemy supply lines, weaken enemy hoplites and eventually annihilate them. U.S. military theorists, who are keen on airborne operations, regard the combination of parachutes and infantry as a pioneer.

20s. Soviet military theorists came to a similar conclusion after research, and the Soviet army believed that in offensive operations, airborne troops should seize the enemy's deep-reaching targets and hold them until the arrival of armored and cavalry units. This Soviet-style blitzkrieg doctrine was embodied in the Soviet Red Army's 1935 "Doctrine for Large-Depth Operations", which stated: "While the frontal forces are breaking through, the paratroopers should be airborne to the enemy's deep rear in order to complete the complete defeat of the enemy." ”

The views of the German General Student differed slightly from the Soviet theorists. He thinks. The role of the Airborne Forces is not to participate in large-scale ground encirclement warfare, but to paralyze and destroy the enemy's combat capability as a branch of the army. The German airborne forces were to capture several small areas at the same time and use them as forward positions to attack forward. The result is a larger, single combat area. Figuratively speaking, it is like sprinkling many ink droplets on white paper, and the ink droplets gradually disappear and merge into a large ink stain.

However, to the chagrin of many military thinkers, the vast majority of airborne operations in World War II were either victories at great cost or bloody defeats, with few real successes.

The primary problem facing airborne operations is that it is difficult to collect relevant intelligence on the enemy's deep airborne landing field in a timely and accurate manner. Countless airborne troops in World War II died because of intelligence errors. On the eve of the German attack on Crete. The head of intelligence, Admiral Canaris, vouched for the extremely small number of Allied defenders on the island. In fact, the German airborne troops were greeted by 40,000 well-equipped Commonwealth troops, and the total number of German casualties amounted to 6,650.

British intelligence relied on aerial photography, the Dutch underground resistance and code-breaking teams. Two German armoured divisions deployed in Eindhoven and Arnhem in the Netherlands were also not discovered in September 1944, resulting in the almost total annihilation of the British 1st Airborne Division.

The worst thing was that in 1943, Soviet intelligence failed to detect the movement of the German 19th Panzer Division in the direction of the Dnieper in time, resulting in 3 unfortunate paratrooper brigades being airdropped directly into the path of the German Panzer Corps, as a result of which half of the airborne troops were killed, and the rest fled into the forests of Ukraine.

Therefore, regarding the use of airborne troops or something, He Zhuguo considered it for a long time and vetoed it.

It was at this time that the staff officers put forward their opinions in a timely manner.

Amphibious combat vehicles, He Zhuguo is no stranger to this kind of equipment, because he has also seen this equipment with his own eyes, and he is still very interested in this kind of equipment that can travel on land and on the water at the same time.

It's just that earlier because He Zhuguo was in a position that didn't need this kind of equipment, his troops didn't have this kind of equipment, and he himself didn't personally command it.

"In the case of amphibious combat vehicles, is there time ..."

For India, a country full of rivers, it is obviously much more appropriate to use amphibious combat vehicles, so He Zhuguo is also somewhat excited, and then He Zhuguo is still a little hesitant, after all, time is also very important. …,

However, the staff officer just smiled.

"Isn't the Air Force equipped with a lot of large transport aircraft? Tanks are not as heavy as tanks, and a transport plane can carry multiple tanks, and if you start now, I believe it won't take long to get there..." "And with this, it can also effectively reduce the casualties of the troops..."

In the end, it was this sentence that moved He Zhuguo.

"Good!"

After thinking about it, He Zhuguo gritted his teeth and nodded.

Not long after, He Zhuguo sent a telegram to Beijing, hoping that Beijing could transport a certain number of amphibious combat vehicles by air to help the troops successfully capture the Hakata River.

Although Beijing was a little disappointed that He Zhuguo had not taken Kolkata for so long, it still agreed to He Zhuguo's request after thinking about it.

Because China was already equipped with a considerable number of large transport planes at this time, and these transport planes had also considered the needs of carrying vehicles and other aspects, and could carry lighter armored vehicles and other equipment, it was not long before the amphibious combat vehicles and drivers needed by He Zhuguo were transported to India.

After getting the driver to get used to the Indian climate a little, Ho Zhuguo commanded his troops to launch another offensive against the enemy forces on the banks of the Hakata River.

Completely unaware of the appearance of amphibious armored vehicles on the battlefield, Yamashita was taken by surprise, and with strong air support, the Wehrmacht soon crossed the Hakata River.

Without the Hakata River, it would have been impossible for Yamashita to resist the Wehrmacht's mechanized troops, so in the end Yamashita had no choice but to retreat to Calcutta.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, Kolkata finally fell into the hands of the National Government, and a new Chinese-backed Indian government was established in Kolkata.

However, at this time, a bad news came.

On the Russian side...