596 War of Aggression against Japan! Sanchoto special attack

Kure Gungang, Japan.

In the gentle evening breeze, under the light of the setting sun, eight Type 92 fighters seemed to be dressed in a layer of golden "color" gauze and flew over the bay like homecoming eagles and flew towards the airfield in the Wu Jungang base.

Standing on the bridge of the battleship "Nagato", the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the new commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Kanji Kato, grinned at the corners of his mouth, looked at the waves of returning fighters, and sighed softly. With the conclusion of the Bohai Bay naval battle, anyone who really understands the navy knows that the style of naval warfare has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the "battleship victory theory" and "aircraft carrier victory theory" that have been debated by the navies of various countries for many years finally have a final answer. Although there were no aircraft carriers involved in this naval battle, the great power of aircraft in naval battles has been recognized by everyone. In the face of hundreds of incoming aircraft, even an 8,000-ton heavy cruiser had no ability to resist, only the battleships and the solid armor of the battlecruiser could withstand it for a while. But it's just a resistance...... At the current speed of development of aircraft, I am afraid that in a few years, 500 kg or even 1000 kg of bombs will be mounted on the plane, and even the battleship "Nagato" where I am located will not be able to withstand the siege of the aircraft, right?

"Your Excellency, Minister Yamamoto has arrived." The voice of Shigetaro Shimada, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, appeared in Kato's ears.

"Hehe, Yamamoto has finally dealt with those fools in Tokyo." Kanji Kato pointed at himself and smiled at Shigetaro Shimada: "I used to be one of those fools, I spent so much money on battleships, but I just wouldn't spend an extra yen on the plane, now I think about it, those people really have vision." ”

Shigetaro Shimada rubbed his hands in embarrassment, he is also a hardcore battleship faction, and he has no interest in aircraft carriers and planes at all, otherwise he would not be on the "blacklist" of death this time. He shook his head and said, "I don't think these battleships are completely useless, even if the people of China also built four 'Karl. Marx's class battleships? It's just a pity that those people are too slow to work, otherwise they could have been sunk with the Nagato's 410mm cannon."

"Don't dream less, the battleships in the future will just give the aircraft carrier a hand and bombard the shore targets." Kanji Kato smiled bitterly and walked off the bridge with Shigetaro Shimada: "What about Yamamoto-kun?" ”

"Yamamoto-kun is in the officer's room."

Fuji Kanji glanced at Shitaro Shimada and asked with a smile, "You haven't thought of a way yet?" ”

Tian Fantaro nodded honestly, to be honest, he and the staff officers of the combined fleet racked their brains for the past two days and did not think of a way to defeat the Nanyang Fleet of the China Navy with battleships, because the main force of the Nanyang Fleet was a thousand planes and dozens of submarines, and the huge guns of the "Nagato" could not hit them at all.

"Let's go. Let's go to the officer's room. Kanji Kato patted Shigetaro Shimada on the shoulder, and then walked to the officer's room of the "Nagato" first.

Because it was the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the officer's room of the "Nagato" was extremely luxuriously decorated, and Eisuke Yamamoto had been sitting in front of the chart table for a while, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he was thinking hard. The staff officers who entered and exited the officer's office walked lightly, for fear of disturbing the commander of the military order, who would lead the revival of the Japanese Navy in the future.

Taiwan is too close to Chinese mainland, with the port of Keelung to the north less than 250 kilometers from Fuzhou and Kaohsiung to the south only 300 kilometers from Xiamen. These two important ports were all within the combat radius of the Kuomintang naval and air force aircraft, and the Kuomintang Nanyang Fleet also had two aircraft carriers and dozens of submarines. The task of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet now is to break through the blockade of Taiwan by the Chinese Navy and Air Force, transport reinforcements to the island of Taiwan, and then ensure the logistical transportation of the army...... No matter how you look at this task, it is impossible to accomplish unless there is some way to destroy or severely damage the Nanyang Fleet of the Kuomintang Navy.

But how could the Combined Fleet fight against the Kuomintang Navy, which did not fight a decisive battle with its own fleet?

According to intelligence, the Kuomintang Navy's Nanyang Fleet now has one battlecruiser leased from Turkey, two 20,000-ton aircraft carriers, a dozen cruisers and more numerous destroyers and torpedo boats, and dozens of submarines plying the waters east of Taiwan.

Among these belongings of the Kuomintang Nanyang Fleet, the most valuable should be the two aircraft carriers, followed by the battle cruisers. If these three warships can escape the tight protection of the shore-based aircraft of the Kuomintang Navy and Air Force and enter the deep sea for combat...... The Combined Fleet should have a little chance.

But how could they leave the protection of shore-based aircraft and run into the deep sea to fight a naval battle with themselves? Unless there are enough valuable targets for them to venture out. But what is a worthy target?

At this time, Eisuke Yamamoto stood up, walked to the porthole of the officer's room, looked at the few small biplane planes passing by in the sky outside the window, and nodded thoughtfully. ...... capable of attracting the main forces of the South Sea Fleet of the China Navy to leave the protective circle of shore-based aircraft Only the future of the Navy of the Great Japanese Empire

But in doing so, you may also lose the future

But if you don't come up with a lure that is attractive enough, how can the Chinese Navy take the bait?

Eisuke Yamamoto paced in the officer's room with his head down, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly saw the legs of someone who didn't know who appeared in front of him, as soon as Yamamoto looked up, Kanji Kato and Shigetaro Shimada didn't know when they had quietly walked into the officer's room, standing in front of him, Yamamoto subconsciously wanted to salute Kanji Kato, but Kato raised his right hand first: "Your Excellency, welcome to inspect the combined fleet of the Imperial Navy." ”

Eisuke Moto was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he was now the head of the military order, and Kato was the commander of the combined fleet. He hurriedly returned the salute, and then the three of them sat down in front of the chart. Kanji Kato glanced at the chart, turned his head and said, "Does Yamamoto-kun have any good suggestions?" ”。

For this old-timer who was pushed out by the Navy at a critical moment to replace himself, Eisuke Yamamoto repeated what he had just thought, pointed to the chart and said: "I think the only chance for the Combined Fleet is to take out the aircraft carriers of the China Navy, and then annihilate them, and the only ones that can act as bait are the three aircraft carriers of the Combined Fleet......"

Kanji Kato nodded, and it could be seen that the current commander of the Combined Fleet was still very much in favor of the decisive battle idea that his predecessor had come up with. It's just that the risk of using a valuable aircraft carrier as a bait seems to be a bit big, and if you are not careful, you will be killed.

"Is it too costly to use an aircraft carrier as bait? Otherwise, let's use the battleship, just use this 'Nagato', which is the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and the people of China should really want to sink it, right? Shigetaro Shimada, chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, also raised a different opinion at this time.

"With the 'Nagato'?" Eisuke Yamamoto shook his head, he hadn't thought about using battleships to lure the enemy, but he still didn't feel good when he thought about it. Because the battleship represents a declining naval weapon, the other party's interest in the battleship may not be very high, and the current aircraft does not seem to be easy to sink the battleship. The "Hyuga" was only sunk after being hit by five heavy torpedoes fired by a submarine, and if it were to be replaced with a 450-kilogram light torpedo mounted by a carrier-based aircraft, it might not sink even if it received 10 shots. Therefore, the other side is not sure of sinking the battleship, and it is likely to ignore its own bait.

"It is better to use the battleship 'Nagato' and the aircraft carrier 'Hosho' to form a decoy fleet against the enemy, and then use the aircraft carrier 'Akagi' and the aircraft carrier 'Kaga' to form an ambush fleet." Kanji Kato also made a suggestion.

"No, the stakes are not enough, and the people of China will not be fooled." Eisuke Yamamoto still shook his head: "Now that this war has been fought so far, they are already winning, and the people of Shina like to do things when they see it, and they are not as keen on making a desperate bet as we do." Yamamoto accentuated his tone: "They don't need to gamble now and have already won, Taiwan is already in their pockets, we have no way to save it, and they can win the war in Manchuria as long as it drags on." So they won't be fooled if they don't have enough chips to lure them."

"Using the 'Akagi' and 'Kaga' as bait, the ambush fleet consisted of the 'Nagato', 'Mutsu' and 'Hosho'"

Kanji Kato was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Yamamoto suspiciously, Shigetaro Shimada was also puzzled, using aircraft carriers to lure the enemy and battleships to set up ambushes, this style of play seems to be reversed, right? Does this Eisuke Yamamoto really understand aircraft carriers? It can't be a mallet, right?

"The 'sexuality' of the F2A fighters and A2A dive bombers of the Chinese people is far greater than that of the Empire's Type 92 fighters and Type 88 crit fighters. The Aviation Headquarters estimates that their A2A's air combat capability after dropping bombs is better than that of Type 92, so there is basically no chance of winning by using aircraft to attack their aircraft carriers. It's just that the pilots were sacrificed in vain, and the excellent pilots of the empire have suffered too many casualties during this time, so they have to leave a little bit of seed to be used as a seed. Therefore, the three aircraft carriers that went to war, except for the 'Fengxiang', carried only a small number of carrier-based aircraft. The mission of the "Akagi" and "Kaga" was to bring the two aircraft carriers of the "Chin" to the South China Sea...... where the "Nagato" and "Mutsu" would be waiting for them. Eisuke Yamamoto and Iwa expressed their thoughts.

"South China Sea." Kanji Kato leaned over the chart platform and stared at the Bass Strait on the chart: "The submarine of the Shina people will definitely deploy a cordon there, and they will find the 'Nagato' and the 'Mutsu'." If these two battleships disappear from their sight, will they still be fooled? ”。

Eisuke Yamamoto gritted his teeth: "You can let the 'Yamashiro' and the 'Zhenming' go together, and bring a few more large oil tankers." The route can be detoured through the Pacific Ocean, first reaching the ocean east of the Philippines, and then crossing the Bass Strait under the cover of night. The Bass Strait is three hundred kilometers wide, and the submarines of the people of China there will not be too dense, and it is quite possible that we will not be spotted...... Even if they did, they couldn't tell what ships were passing through during the night. When the time comes, we will have the 'Yamashiro' and 'Tsumena' feint to attack Taiwan's Shina fleet, while the Akagi and 'Kaga' will disguise themselves as 'Yamashiro' and 'Tsuna' to provide air cover and operate outside the combat radius of the Shina land-based bombers. This should lead the aircraft carriers of China out, and after the aircraft carriers of China are brought out, our two aircraft carriers will retreat to the south, and at the same time ambush the fleet will go north to meet them. ”

Kanji Kato stared at the chart without saying a word, his eyebrows tightly twisted, as if he was deducing the entire "South China Sea Operation" in his heart, and after a while, he slowly shook his head: "There are too many uncertain factors, the South China Sea is not very big, there are many merchant ships and fishing boats coming and going, and there are many Chinese expatriates there. As long as a passing merchant ship discovers the ambush fleet, the whole plan threatens to fail completely. ”

Shigetaro Shimada also chimed in: "It's too dangerous to let two aircraft carriers lure the enemy, they only have wooden decks, maybe a 200-kilogram bomb can destroy the warship." ”

Eisuke Yamamoto waved his hand indifferently and smiled: "Naval battles, sometimes it's like gambling, we are just clever gamblers, and it is God who really decides whether to win or lose." Speaking of this, his face also became solemn: "But if we don't dare to gamble now, then we can only lose the war before our eyes, since we will lose if we don't gamble, then why not gamble and leave the victory to fate to decide?" ”

……

"Kai-shek, Ru Wei, Fuwen...... Who are you going to be the commander of the Taiwan Strait Theater Command? ”

In Wuhan's East Lake, in the house of Hu Hanmin, the "chairman" of the national "government", the five bigwigs gathered together tonight to drink tea and chat and discuss national affairs by the way. The first major national event at the moment is naturally the arrangement of operations in the Taiwan Strait.

The navy dispatched the Nanyang Fleet and was attached to the First Division of the Naval Aviation and the First Marine Brigade. The Air Force dispatched the 1st Air Division. The Army also dispatched five infantry divisions, namely the 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 14th Divisions. Five infantry divisions formed the Third Army, and the commander of the group army was Xu Chongzhi's brother Xu Ji. Xu Ji's military rank is that of a general, Zhao Zheng, commander of the Navy's Nanyang Fleet, has the rank of general, and Li Wenhua, commander of the 1st Aviation Division of the Air Force, is only a lieutenant general. However, this General Xu has not fought a war for many years, and he has no idea how to let him be the commander of the Taiwan Strait Theater no matter how he looks at it, let him be the commander of the Taiwan Strait Theater.

If you want to say that the national ** army is proficient in modern warfare and is qualified to suppress the mountains of the navy, land and air forces, it is naturally Luo Yaoguo, but this time it is not too appropriate for him to be the commander of the Taiwan Strait Theater. After all, now that the commander of the Northeast Theater has been appointed by his brother-in-law An Sihua, if the Taiwan Strait Theater is handed over to Luo Yaoguo, it will be to hand over the country's heavy troops to their family to master, which is not in line with the current general situation in which South China is increasingly moving towards democratic constitutional government. And Hu Hanmin, Chiang Kai-shek and Xu Chongzhi are not at ease. But if Luo Yaoguo doesn't go, who should be this chief?

Several bigwigs in the room didn't speak for a while, but you look at me, I look at you, and they were communicating with their eyes, and it was Chiang Kai-shek who broke the silence for a while: "Zhan Gong, it's better to do this, transfer An Sihua of the Northeast Theater to be the commander of the Taiwan Strait Theater, he cooperated well with the navy in the Bohai Bay War, and at that time it was also Zhao Zheng who was the commander of the Beiyang Fleet, the two of them are old partners, and they will definitely be able to cooperate well this time." ”

Hu Hanmin nodded: "An Sihua is the cadre city of our party-state, and he is definitely qualified to be the governor of the Taiwan Strait Theater." But who will lead the Northeast Theater? It's also very critical there. "The generals with the rank of general in the Kuomintang are naturally the best at fighting with An Sihua, and the second seat is undoubtedly Bai Chongxi, and the second is Li Zongren, but these two are people from Luo Yaoguo's line. Hu Hanmin did not nominate them to take over the Northeast Theater, but turned his inquiring eyes to Xu Chongzhi.

"Li Delin, the commander of the First Group Army assigned to the Northeast Theater, is a general, and the commander of the theater we arranged should at least be a general, right?" Xu Chongzhi's gaze swept back and forth on Luo Yaoguo and Chiang Kai-shek, and finally fixed on Chiang Kai-shek: "However, the situation in the Northeast Theater is extremely complicated, not only the Japanese invaders, but also the forces of GCD and Trotskyism, and the Soviet Union has also reached in, so the people in charge of the Northeast Theater cannot only understand military affairs but not politics." Therefore, Bai Jiansheng and Li Delin are not very suitable, I recommend Brother Kai-shek to take on the second responsibility. ”

"Is it appropriate for Brother Jie, as the chairman of the Military Commission, to concurrently serve as the commander of the Northeast Theater?" Luo Yiqun hesitated for a moment, and also glanced at his nephew Luo Yaoguo, and when he saw Luo Yaoguo nodding slightly, he also smiled: "If Brother Jie doesn't mind, it will naturally be better, I don't know what Brother Jie thinks?" ”

"I don't have a problem, the war situation in the Northeast is nothing more than a stalemate." Chiang Kai-shek replied quietly: "I will just go to Jinan to sit in the town, and the war in western Liaoning will still be commanded by Li Delin." The Navy's Beiyang Fleet is still under the command of Long Tenghui, and I, the commander, am just a suppressive array. ”

"Fuwen, what do you think?" Hu Hanmin looked at Luo Yaoguo, who had been smiling and silent, and asked.

"The humble post also agrees to let Jiegong sit in Jinan and command the overall situation of the Northeast Theater." Luo Yaoguo nodded, and said: "In addition, the Northeast Theater can also be responsible for military operations to take over the territory of Zhili, Lubei, Beijing, and Rehe and Chahar Great Wall. As he spoke, he glanced at Chiang Kai-shek again: "Jiegong, the Chinese side wants us to release Zhang Xueliang, and they are willing to hand over the eastern part of Zhili and northern Lubei to us in advance, you can see ......"

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