"Tofumi, where do you think the Japanese will be waiting for us?" Outside the bridge of the newly commissioned second-generation Poyang Lake aircraft carrier, Lieutenant General Tong Haifeng, who was leaning forward on the railing with a cigarette in his hand, looked sideways at Han Dongwen, who was smoking on the railing with his back against the railing, and asked out loud. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The first generation of the Ming Navy's aircraft carrier Poyang Lake was sunk by the Japanese Navy during the Battle of Java. In view of the excellent performance of this aircraft carrier in the Battle of Java, it fulfilled its mission with great dedication. After discussion, the navy decided to temporarily change the name of an aircraft carrier of the same class that was about to be launched, so that the heroic aircraft carrier would reappear in the military register of the Ming Navy.

At this moment, the Poyang Lake, which has regained its position as the flagship of Task Force 11, has set sail again. The aircraft carrier, which had only recently completed all sea trials and officially entered the military register of the Ming Navy, was heading north from Guangzhou Bay and heading toward Jeju Island in the north under the escort of a large number of warships.

"It's near Jeju Island anyway." Han Dongwen took a deep breath of his cigarette, looked up at the pure sky, and responded with some depression.

This time, in response to the Japanese attack on Jeju Island, the Admiralty carefully planned the No. 1 operation plan.

This plan is divided into two parts. The first is to take the Taihu aircraft carrier as the core, with three modified escort aircraft carriers as a decoy fleet, to attract the attention of the Japanese Navy near Jeju Island.

After the start of the war, Daming refitted more than a dozen escort aircraft carriers, but most of them were sent to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to escort convoys, and the three newly commissioned escort aircraft carriers that remained on the mainland joined the operation.

The decoy fleet, numbered Task Force 12, was originally planned to have Han Dong-moon as its commander. After all, he participated in the Battle of Java as Chief of Staff and performed well. Both in terms of qualifications and capabilities, it is enough to command an aircraft carrier group alone.

As the commander of an aviation faction, who would not want to command an aircraft carrier group himself? However, while Han Dongwen, who was full of joy, was making preparations, the Navy Command directly appointed Rear Admiral Lin Luo, acting commander of the First Air Fleet of the Pacific Fleet in Hawaii, as the commander of the 12th Task Force.

The appointment came as a surprise to all, but the order from the Admiralty could not be changed. Han Dongwen can only continue to be his chief of staff. If there is nothing unhappy in Han Dongwen's heart, it is nonsense. It's just that no one can do anything about this kind of thing.

The main strike fleet in the No. 1 battle plan was the 11th Task Force commanded by Tong Haifeng and Han Dongwen. The task force with four new aircraft carriers is formidable. It not only has eight large air defense cruisers, but also has more than 30 light cruisers and fleet destroyers.

In addition, the Ming Navy also organized four new battleships that had recently entered service into an artillery fleet to deal with the Japanese battleship formation. After all, the sea near Jeju Island is not large, and it is very likely that a fleet night battle will break out between the two sides, and that is when the battleships will come into play.

The 12th Task Force used it as a decoy to lure the Japanese to take the bait, and the 11th Task Force Ambush in the vicinity stabbed a knife from the rear, which was the battle plan of the Ming Navy Command.

As the Japanese thought, what the Ming Navy wanted to do most was to destroy the other side's surface fleet. For this reason, it doesn't matter if you lose Jeju Island. With the industrial strength of the Japanese, it was simply impossible to restore the tonnage of sunken battleships in wartime.

As for the loss of the decoy fleet, the wealthy Da Ming didn't care about going to exchange operations with the Japanese.

Split into two groups and set off in strict radio control the fleet soon passed through the station. Bay Strait, then headed northeast.

The intentions of the Japanese could not be concealed from the eyes of the Great Ming. After the reintegration, Wang Yan, who was an important assistant to Zhang Cheng, was promoted to the rank of major general and became the head of the new Military Intelligence Bureau.

Previously, the intelligence departments of the Ming Navy and Army were not subordinate to each other, and each did its own thing. This results in a huge waste of resources. I don't think it's like anything in peacetime, but in wartime, it will cause a very unfavorable situation.

After all integration, the efficiency of the intelligence services has increased significantly. The Japanese Navy's large-scale actions could not hide so many pairs of eyes, and after careful analysis and intelligence judgment, the departmental intelligence confirmed that the Japanese were targeting Jeju Island.

After a series of military meetings, Zhang Cheng finally decided to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet on Jeju Island to eliminate the Japanese Navy's living forces in one fell swoop. Completely open up the situation in the Western Pacific theater. After all, the Japanese are too close to the Ming mainland.

According to reliable intelligence, the Americans have successfully tested their strategic bombers. Once this kind of fighter is put into large-scale production, it will be able to cover almost most of the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty from the Japanese mainland. And this threat must not be tolerated.

"Trust the power of the Navy, they have enough to send all those beam-jumping clowns to the bottom of the sea." In his concluding remarks at the meeting, Zhang Cheng said: "The Americans have begun to increase their assistance to Japan. Because they have also seen the importance of the Japanese mainland for strategic bombing and geopolitical containment. If we don't defeat Japan as soon as possible, we will be in big trouble for ourselves. ”

The Ming Navy, which had made up its mind, soon moved into action. Large and efficient teams began to formulate battle plans, form participating units, carry out material reserves, intelligence gathering and probing, and so on.

The Ming Navy apparently began to strengthen its defense of Jeju Island, and the Japanese side also noticed it. However, the Japanese Navy believed that the Ming Navy would not be able to resist the attack of the Combined Fleet without sending reinforcements, but began preparations more openly.

The two sides engaged in a fierce outpost battle around the vicinity of Jeju Island. Then, at the end of April, the Japanese Army's landing force departed from Kyushu Island under the cover of rainy weather for three days, and forced its way to Jeju Island with the artillery support of battleships of the Combined Fleet and other warships of various types.

The Japanese mainland was so close to Jeju Island that even if the Japanese did not have any specialized landing craft, they could directly rush all kinds of ships onto the beachhead of Jeju Island and then attack the defenders.

In this operation, the Japanese successfully neutralized the air superiority of the Ming Dynasty with the help of the cover of the weather. The large-caliber artillery equipped with the Japanese Navy also suppressed the shore fire resistance. After paying a heavy price of casualties, the Japanese Army managed to gain a foothold on Jeju Island.

Three days later, the rain clouds that hung over Jeju Island gradually dissipated. The Daming Air Force, which had been holding back for several days, made a big move, covering almost the entire sea area near Jeju Island.

The Japanese, who regarded this battle as a decisive battle, mobilized all the forces they could mobilize, including the Army Air Force and the Navy shore-based troops, to fight brutally against the Ming air power. Even the Americans' air force for Japan joined the fighting.

However, Daming's reconnaissance plane flew almost all over the waters of Jeju Island, but found no trace of the aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.

Although the shore-based forces of the Daming Navy, regardless of casualties, attacked the Japanese Navy's artillery fleet. The battleships Ise and Fuso were damaged, and the Takao Heavy Cruiser and Isuzu Light Cruiser were sunk, as well as a number of destroyers and transports. However, they did not find any aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy.

It is clear that the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier formation has been hidden, and they are waiting for the appearance of the Daming aircraft carrier formation.

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Because the Japanese had landed and captured the Ryukyu Islands, where the Ming garrison was not strong. So even if it's from the stage. In order to evade the air blockade, the reconnaissance planes taking off from the bay island had to make a big circle, and there was a large blind spot near the Ryukyu Islands that could not be reconnoitred in detail.

Tong Haifeng judged that the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet was hiding in the waters near the Ryukyu Islands, relying on shore-based aircraft units on the islands to provide battlefield shelter. Once the Ming aircraft carrier formation approached the waters near Jeju Island, it would inevitably be discovered by the Japanese army. At that time, the Japanese aircraft carrier group that came out of the Ryukyu Islands could carry out a long-distance attack on the Ming Navy with the protection of the native shore-based aircraft.

Not only Tong Haifeng thought so, but Zhang Cheng and the high-level officials of the Navy Command also judged it. Intelligence showed that the Japanese did not understand that the strength of the fleet in the western Pacific region of the Ming Dynasty had been greatly replenished. They have always believed that the newly launched capital ships will not be able to join the combat sequence in the short term.

The Japanese believed that they had an advantage, and the Ming Navy naturally adopted the tactics of luring the snake out of the hole. Throw a decoy to trick the Japanese into falling for it, and then use the real main carrier group to attack the Japanese navy that exposes the target.

As long as the Japanese naval air force could be destroyed, the Ming Dynasty would immediately be able to launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese-occupied islands.

Compared to the Japanese Navy, which was in ruins. The Ming Dynasty lost and lost.

After the start of the war, the Ming Dynasty continued to send new warships into the sea almost every day. Strong industrial power is not just words, it is strength that can be transformed into real military power.

The construction speed of the Daming shipyard was super fast, especially after the popularization of the sectional construction and the five-shift work system, the factories along the coast of the Daming Dynasty pushed the warships into the water almost at the speed of dumplings.

A group of new aircraft carriers, whose keels were laid at the beginning of last year, have now completed their hull construction and are about to be launched for outfitting. In Zhang Cheng's plan, the last four new provincial capital-class battleships have also completed basic construction and will be launched in three months at most. They will be the last battleships to be received by the Ming Navy.

In addition, light warships such as cruisers and destroyers were put into service in large quantities. After the start of the war, escort carriers and large cruisers were launched every month, light cruisers and fleet destroyers were launched every week, and the launching period of frigates and submarines that Zhang Cheng valued was shortened to three days.

As Zhang Cheng begins to integrate domestic production resources, this production speed will be greatly improved.

The foundation of the Ming Dynasty as a world empire is far from being comparable to that of a country like Japan. Not to mention a head-on battle, it was to use all kinds of ordnance to crush and crush the Japanese. This is a dignified crush! (To be continued.) )