The Japanese fleet was also hurrying to the scene of the incident at this time, in fact, this time the Japanese had been planning for a long time, and there was no reason to come later than the Chinese warships, but things on the sea were unpredictable, and a storm occurred when the Japanese Fengxiang left the Okinawa military port.

But at this time, a soldier observing the surface of the water suddenly noticed a black shadow under the surface of the sea not far away, at first he thought it was a whale, but then he understood that it was a submarine.

In addition to Japan's submarines in this sea area, it can only be that China still has submarines, and now China and Japan are in a confrontation, if Chinese submarines take the opportunity to attack the Fengxiang, it will not be fatal.

The Japanese sailors, who sensed the urgency of the matter, hurriedly reported to the above, and immediately alarmed the Japanese commanders, and the powerful weapon of submarines was out of the limelight in the First World War, and Germany almost hanged Britain to death by relying on submarine operations.

The navies of various countries still stubbornly regard battleships as the main force, and there are restrictions on aircraft carriers and cruisers, but they ignore submarines, and Japan spares no effort in the pursuit of the navy.

In addition, don't look at the Japanese junior officers as if they have been brainwashed by bushido, they rush and do everything brutally, but there are still many staff officers in the upper echelons of Japan who regard intrigue and trickery as a treasure book to win, and they do not have any moral burden, and they are not even ashamed, but proud.

Therefore, the Japanese are extremely interested in this kind of underwater warfare tool with strong covert attack ability, and they have also invested great energy, but they have not yet grasped the essence of submarine warfare, and in the early days of World War II, Japan's submarine scale was ten times that of the United States, and in particular, ocean-going submarines were a major weapon of Japan.

However, the Japanese did not know how to use submarines at all, and they disdained the US military's sea lines of communication, focusing their attacks on warships, and during the battle for the islands, they also allocated submarines, a highly flexible weapon, to the island-defending forces. It was the stupidity of the Japanese that rendered their huge submarine forces useless. Far less brilliant than the German counterpart.

In this historical time and space, China has carried out comprehensive cooperation with Germany, not only obtained Germany's submarine design technology, but also obtained submarine combat experience, and now China's underwater power is even more important than surface power, and it is China's biggest hole card.

This time, in order to achieve the purpose of deterrence, China's submarine forces also gathered in the East China Sea, because they did not receive the order to go to war. The Chinese Sea Wolves could not really attack the Japanese warships, but could only roam the vast seas.

At this time, a submarine was about to surface to recharge, but collided with the Japanese fleet, and after the Japanese sailors reported the situation to the above, they immediately frightened the Japanese, if the Chinese submarine launched an attack on itself at such a juncture. Wouldn't that be the danger to the entire fleet?

Therefore, the Japanese hurriedly ordered two destroyers to go over to search, and the Fengxiang and Fuso battleships quickly got out of this dangerous sea area, but Japan has just studied submarine warfare, let alone how to counter submarines, and these two destroyers are also frightened, for fear that a torpedo will suddenly appear and send them to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, the Chinese submarine also discovered the Japanese fleet, and was immediately startled and hurriedly dived. Sink directly to the bottom of the sea. However, at this time, the bad weather of the storm brought great trouble to the Japanese, so it took more than two hours to toss. Chinese submarines were also not spotted.

However, this time also frightened the Japanese, they no longer dared to be careless, the appearance of Chinese submarines in this sea area proves that this is no longer safe, Japan's large warships are extremely valuable, absolutely can not receive any losses, the fleet hurriedly asked to send more anti-submarine forces.

In such a toss, the Japanese naturally did not have time to rush to the sea area where the incident occurred, and the Furutaka could only fight against the Chinese aircraft carrier alone, and was sent to the bottom of the sea, and when the Japanese received the Furutaka's distress telegram and rushed over at full speed, it was too late, and they could only see some garbage fragments remaining on the sea, and even some corpses.

At this time, although the Japanese commander was angry, they still did not dare to take risks, after all, it was already dark now, and it would be even more dangerous if there were Chinese submarines infested them, and there had already been an exchange of fire between China and Japan, and after the first shot was fired, the rest of the things were not under the full control of the two governments, and a formal engagement had become inevitable.

Qiao Yu, who was far away in Beijing, got the report as soon as he was in the navy, and Qiao Yu did not expect that a tentative action would turn into a war between China and Japan, obviously both sides were not restrained enough, this kind of confrontation was not uncommon in later generations, but there was no war.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the technical conditions of the two eras, later generations can know the situation on the front line, and now it depends more on the judgment of the front-line commander, and later generations are extremely cautious about the war, that is, there is a sword of nuclear weapons hanging over the head, no one dares to mess around, and now there are far from so many concerns between the major powers, and the cost of war is lower, so the conflict has become very easy.

However, no matter what is said, since China and Japan fired the first shot, China has no possibility of retreating, and can only use its existing forces to severely hurt the Japanese.

All the senior military and political officials of China gathered in Huairentang, everyone sat together, Wu Tong first informed everyone of the situation, and then Qiao Yu said: "Everyone, the war between China and Japan has broken out, we have no way out, everyone's task is to defeat the Japanese with all their might, no matter how much it costs!" ”

Qiao Yu said a long time ago that he would prepare for war, but everyone didn't expect that the war would come so quickly, but some things are no longer something they can reverse, as Qiao Yu said, since the war has started, then they can only go all out to win the war.

"President, this time I suggest that the Supreme Command be established immediately now, and the whole country will enter a wartime system, and we will immediately declare war on Japan, expel Japanese diplomats, and confiscate Japanese property in China!"

Jiang Baili suggested: "In addition, our coastal areas must enter the highest state of combat readiness to prevent Japan from attacking the coastal areas, and in addition, the direction of the Trans-Khingan Mountains and the Korean direction must be put into battle as soon as possible to contain Japan's forces!" ”

The war between two countries is not a casual talk, each country has a complex plan, and what to do in the event of a war, and the same is true for China. All circles of military and political circles have specific plans. As soon as the order was issued, China's powerful state apparatus began to operate.

Qiao Yu first convened a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the United Democratic Party, which was attended by all the dignitaries in Beijing, and all the members of the Central Committee of the United Democratic Party unanimously adopted the decision to declare war on Japan, and also completely agreed with the decision to establish the Supreme Command, and Qiao Yu undoubtedly became the presidential commander.

After the decision was made within the party, Qiao Yu personally came to the parliament surrounded by many members of the Central Executive Committee. China's parliament is modeled after the United States, divided into two houses, the Senate is divided by provinces, and the House of Representatives is divided by population, of which the Senate must be held by a member of the United Democratic Party, while the House of Representatives does not restrict status. It is mainly selected from all walks of life in the country, among which there are a large number of well-known scholars, and the widows and young of Beiyang can be regarded as giving them a place to speak, but the status of the House of Representatives is far less than that of the Senate.

More than 1,300 members of the two houses had gathered in the General Assembly Hall at this time, and they had also received the news of the exchange of fire between China and Japan in the East China Sea, and everyone knew that something big was wrong. They are very aware of Qiao Yu's style. China will never back down in foreign affairs, and there is no possibility for China to back down now.

Qiao Yu was unusual. Instead of wearing the usual gray robes, he changed into the dress of the generalissimo of the navy, army and air force, and it was immediately clear from the clothes that this war was inevitable.

Qiao Yu majestically glanced at the people present, and then said loudly: "The Japanese government seized our ships without reason, and attacked the Chinese navy, which has constituted a great provocation to China's dignity, in the face of this aggression, the Chinese government has no concessions, the Chinese people are peace-loving, but the Chinese people are not afraid of war, throughout history, Japan has always been the heart of the self-dying, from the moment of Japan's Meiji Restoration, the small country of Puer has regarded the invasion of China as a basic national policy, Trying to make Japan a world-class power by invading China, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, the Qingdao War, every step of Japan was aimed at destroying China, until today Japan still invaded China's island of Taiwan, Sakhalin, and now Japan has raised its bayonet against us again, we can only respond with war, I officially declare that China and Japan are in a state of war from today onwards! ”

The short speech was not small for everyone, China officially declared war on a great power, for the Chinese people this is a war of revenge, is an action to recover sovereignty, especially the issue of the island of Taiwan, but also a piece of Chinese heart, this is the Sino-Japanese War was captured by Japan, as if in everyone's hearts to rip off a piece of meat, as China becomes more and more powerful, the demand to recover the homeland is more and more urgent.

For the world, every war between the two great powers is a reshuffle of the world situation, the war of the Japanese Manchu Qing Dynasty pushed Japan to the throne of the great powers, the war between Japan and Russia exposed the weakness of the polar bear, and the First World War completely changed the pattern of world power, and this time the war between China and Japan is bound to change the pattern of the Far East and even the entire Pacific region, all countries are extremely concerned.

China has no interest in paying attention to these at this time, after the official declaration of war, there are still a thousand things to deal with, the navy, land and air force all need to be fully mobilized, on land in the northeast region to face the enemy in two directions, so it must have enough troops, in addition, China's air force has also begun to carry out reconnaissance and search work, armored forces are also rapidly accumulating, China's steel torrent will crush the direction of Japan in one fell swoop.

China issued a declaration of war, Japan can not lag behind, China dares to declare war on the Japanese Empire, then Japan will definitely not be frightened, naturally-for-tat, and China sank the Furutaka heavy cruiser, so that the Japanese Navy is disgraced, they also urgently need war to wash away the shame, the newly enthroned Emperor Hirohito quickly announced the declaration of war, China and Japan's two fateful opponents will finally rely on war to decide life and death! (To be continued.) )