China and Japan are very close to each other, economic exchanges are very close, since the former liquidation, the two sides in the peak period of the annual number of people to come and go, there are also a large number of expatriates and businessmen, and the Chinese and Japanese economies also have a great complementarity, Japan exports all kinds of manufactured goods, arms, and even opium to China, while China mainly exports grain, raw materials, and labor.

However, with Qiao Yu's ascension, there are more and more conflicts between China and Japan, and the contradictions are getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more restrictions on each other, especially after the Kanto earthquake, a large number of Chinese in Japan were killed, including many students who originally longed for Japan.

After this conflict, Sino-Japanese relations instantly fell to a freezing point, and this decline was not only official, but also non-governmental, and the Chinese people regarded Japan as a country like a beast, and economic and trade exchanges became less and less.

Originally, nearly 50,000 or 60,000 Chinese people were engaged in various business activities in Japan, but now there are only more than 17,000 people left; after the confrontation in the East China Sea broke out, both China and Japan were mobilizing troops and dispatching troops, and the situation became more and more critical.

According to international law, ships traveling on the seas belong to the mobile territory of a country, and if the two countries have not declared war, the Japanese have no right to detain a Chinese passenger liner on the high seas, and using the army to deal with some ordinary people who are helpless is really detrimental to the glorious tradition of the navy.

However, the Japanese did not regard this as a shame in the slightest, and after intercepting the Chinese ship, they immediately announced that someone on board had stolen Japanese military secrets and was going to conduct a large-scale search, but the Chinese side naturally would not agree, and the two sides had been in a stalemate at sea for nearly an hour.

Qiao Yu knows very well that Japan is nakedly slapping his face, and if he doesn't have enough strength at this juncture, he can only admit it, but now China still has a lot of hole cards in his hand, and he will definitely not be afraid of the Japanese.

"Ark, how many warships did Japan transfer this time?"

"Japan sent a heavy cruiser Furutaka. Two more destroyers were sent! ”

Qiao Yu nodded. I know very well in my heart that this is a tentative force sent by Japan, and no one can just take the precious capital ship and fight hard as soon as it comes up!

"Ark, in that case, we will also send a cruiser over, and let the Super Brave press behind, it is bound to rescue all our expatriates. There must not be any damage, try not to shoot the first shot, but if the Japanese deceive people too much, don't take care of it, let me go and hit hard! ”

After Chen Shaokuan, who was in Quanzhou, received the order. Immediately took action, dispatched the Baoding cruiser that was patrolling the nearby waters to approach quickly, and also let the Chao Yong rush quickly, Chao Yong is one of the two escort aircraft carriers modified by China, with a standard displacement of 8,000 tons, capable of accommodating 30 carrier-based aircraft, adopting an advanced island structure, and its combat effectiveness is better than that of the Japanese Fengxiang.

But it's basically evenly matched. Because at a time when such means of detection were not well developed. War has a great suddenness, if either side is lucky enough to find the other in advance. Then the probability of winning will increase a lot, and if you are unlucky, you can only admit bad luck.

"President, if the new ships can enter service, there is still some certainty in dealing with the Japanese Combined Fleet, but now we only have a few converted old ships, it is really not easy to win against the Japanese, the small island country has focused on the navy over the years, and the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Navy today will not be much weaker than that of the United States!"

Jiang Baili has regarded Japan as China's biggest opponent all these years, and has been constantly studying this opponent, but when it comes to confrontation, Jiang Baili is a little uncertain, and he is a little anxious for no reason!

Qiao Yu smiled slightly, "Brother Baili, the war is not about whether you are well prepared or not, but about how many mistakes you have made less than you, no matter what war has accidents, the more critical the moment, the more we must be calm, believe in the soldiers on the front line, believe in our country and nation, and the most important thing is to be confident enough!" ”

"What the president said is right, but I just can't help but be a little flustered, which is also the reason why Jiang can only be a staff officer in his life, and cannot go to the front line to command, there are thousands of plans in his heart, but when it comes to the moment of decision, he always looks ahead and backwards, and has no decision!"

"Hehe, Brother Baili, you are thinking too much, but I don't think this time it is necessary to have a Sino-Japanese fight, after all, Japan did not send out the combined fleet this time, and both of us have consciously concentrated the confrontation in the East China Sea, in fact, we just want to test each other, but sooner or later there will be a decisive battle between China and Japan!"

"What the president said is, but I hope that next time China will hit Japan's doorstep, not Japan's doorstep!"

Defense Minister Wu Tong also spoke, China's top level has a basic judgment on this war, China and Japan actually want to control the scale of the war, so there will be no national war, but everyone also knows that once the war really happens, it is not something that a few politicians can control.

As long as one side is unwilling to stop, the war will have to go on forever, so in addition to dispatching troops in the East China Sea, China has also made a lot of arrangements along the coast and along the border.

By constructing coastal fortifications, laying mines, assuming coastal defense artillery, mobilizing large numbers of air force formations, and at the same time recruiting militiamen and patrolling all coastlines, the Chinese Navy is in a weak position after all, and if the Japanese cannot be defeated, the coastal areas are at great risk.

The same is true on land, the Sino-North Korean border and the front line of the Outer Khing'an Mountains are actively preparing for war, and the posture of the big war has begun.

At this time, the Chinese warship finally arrived in the area where the incident occurred, a Japanese destroyer was clinging to a Chinese passenger liner, and not far away was the newly launched Japanese heavy cruiser Furutaka, which was the first class heavy cruiser built by Japan after the signing of the Washington Treaty, and a warship to provide escort for Japan's planned 88th Fleet, with a displacement of nearly 8,000 tons and equipped with 200 mm main guns.

It looks mighty and tall, and at this time the commander of the Furutaka is Vice Takeshi Toyoda, a man who is a complete navalist, and Toyota despises the army, believing that only the navy can bring glory to the Japanese Empire, which is also a manifestation of the serious antagonism between the Japanese army and navy.

Toyota has always regarded the defeat in the Battle of Qingdao as the greatest shame of the Japanese Combined Fleet, especially the sinking of the Settsu, which broke the lie that the Japanese Navy was protected by Amaterasu, and made the Japanese Navy have great doubts about themselves for a while.

Even Vice Takeshi Toyoda himself admitted that when he saw the Fuso return to Japan scarred, he could hardly believe that it was an invincible combined fleet. However, Toyota did not reflect on whether Japan has fallen behind in terms of tactics. Instead, the blame was placed on the commanders, as well as on the Japanese government, and it was with these traitors that Japan, which had no elite warships, could not defeat the China.

If he can command a warship, he will definitely be able to defeat the Shina people, and this time the opportunity that Vice Toyoda has been waiting for has come, and he personally commanded the Furutaka to intercept the Chinese passenger ship on the vast open sea.

Originally, Toyota was reluctant to deal with ordinary people who were powerless. His mission is to deal with China's maritime power, but he cannot disobey the order of the upper peak, and he also knows that this is an excuse for Japan to deliberately create friction, although China and Japan have long wanted to fight, but for public opinion, there must always be an explanation.

But no matter how innocent it is said in the media, it is a last resort. This is just a trick to deceive people, and of course this trick is also essential, and Japan wants to lure the Chinese warship over through this operation.

Let the two sides clash, and then Japan can justifiably start a war, so they did not rush to take it away after intercepting the Chinese passenger liner, and sure enough, as of their calculations, the Chinese warship really followed.

This time, the tonnage of the Baoding cruiser sent by China is also more than 8,000 tons, which is the first class heavy cruiser built by China itself. A lot of effort was poured into this warship. They completely regard the Baoding as a necessary stage in China's construction of giant ships, and the Baoding, which has been in service for nearly three years, has shown excellent performance. It can be compared with world-class warships.

This time, in the face of Japan's Furutaka, the Chinese side did not hesitate at all, and immediately invented a code telegram to the Japanese warship, saying that Japan's seizure of the Chinese passenger liner was illegal and seriously violated China's sovereignty, and if Japan insisted on going its own way, the Chinese navy would have to exercise its mission of protecting its own nationals, and Japan would have to bear any consequences at that time.

Vice President Toyoda is also a warmonger, and China dares to threaten itself, it is simply impatient, and Toyota also immediately called back, saying that there are spies in the Chinese passenger liner who have stolen Japanese military intelligence, and Japan will absolutely not let this information return to China safely. At the time of the confrontation between the two sides.

Toyota's subordinates found that several black spots appeared in the air in the distance, and soon flew over the Japanese warship, and it turned out that it was the carrier-based aircraft of the Chaoyong, and the appearance of these carrier-based aircraft undoubtedly showed that the Chinese aircraft carrier had arrived, and immediately Toyota's deputy Wu felt a burst of depression.

China's planes have almost become a nightmare for the Japanese army and navy, as long as they come across these small toy-like things, Japan will be unlucky, whether it is the giant ships of the navy or the bushido spirit that the army is proud of, none of them are bomb opponents!

Soon these planes were above the head of the Furrugal, constantly hovering in the sky, and a huge bomb was hanging under the belly, which was a huge threat, as long as the Furuda was hit by a bomb, it would completely sink into the sea, and there was no hope of survival.

At this time, Vice Takeshi Toyoda was very angry, the Japanese did not expect that the Chinese warships would be able to arrive so quickly, and their capital ship was still a hundred nautical miles away from the place of the incident.

At this time, the Chinese side sent a telegram again, demanding that Japan must hand over the Chinese passenger liner as soon as possible, otherwise what awaits Japan can only be China's ruthless attack.

And at this time, there was a machine gunner on the Guying, perhaps because he was too nervous, and when the plane passed overhead, he subconsciously fired a string of fiery tongues, and the gunfire instantly broke the dull confrontation on the sea, and the Chinese side was ordered not to fire the first shot.

But now that Japan fired the first shot, China didn't have to be polite, and the carrier-based aircraft quickly pounced on the Furutaka! (To be continued.) )