The Japanese navy has been hit by China's air power several times, so the Japanese have also put a lot of effort into studying how to deal with the aircraft, but the result is very helpless for the Japanese, although the increased anti-aircraft fire can resist more aircraft, but it is still very limited.

After all, the range of anti-aircraft fire is limited, and when it can be used to deal with aircraft, it means that the aircraft has reached the top of the head, and even if it can shoot down a few at this time, it will inevitably be attacked, so the best way to deal with aircraft is aircraft, but at this time, Japan has a strong battleship formation, but there is no strong naval aviation.

It was only at this time that Taniguchi Naoma felt an unforgettable pain, it turned out that these powerful battleships were nothing more than a pile of scrap metal, and they were completely behind the times, and it was ridiculous that the Japanese and American and British powers were eager to pour the whole country into building this paper tiger, which was simply stupid!

However, Taniguchi Shangzhen obviously woke up a little late, Wu Kaijie's plane easily dodged the anti-aircraft fire net, and the two bombs were easily dropped on the Nagato, and suddenly two violent explosions occurred, and the middle of the battleship Nagato was shrouded in firelight.

Thick smoke and flames rose into the air, a large number of Japanese navy were killed, mutilated limbs were everywhere, dripping blood, bright red organs splashed on the cold steel, it looked extremely demonic, and it seemed to announce the end of the era of non-battleships, these behemoths were still too fragile in front of the planes.

Of course, the Japanese soldiers are also very tenacious and crazy, they will never sit still, as long as the people who do not die will resist with all their might, constantly shooting out one tongue of fire after another, Chinese planes are also shot down from time to time, especially those relatively slow torpedo planes are killed and wounded heavily.

However, the Chinese side was almost negligible compared to the losses of the Japanese warships, and three torpedoes hit the Nagato and six bombs were dropped on the giant ship, and the Nagato was not as well defended as the Kaga and Mutsu. Two of the three torpedoes were fired on the port side. One was shot at the stern, two torpedoes on the port side hit the power compartment and the ammunition depot, which soon caused a large explosion, and the torpedo that hit the tail destroyed the steering gear.

In an instant, the Nagato lost all power, and could only float on the surface of the sea with difficulty, the superstructure was mostly damaged, and only a few secondary guns were still barely able to fire. A large amount of seawater continued to pour in from the holes in the ship's side, and the whole warship was constantly sinking.

The Nagato is currently the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and Taniguchi Naoma is also on this warship, and the violent explosion makes the old guy tremble, and he almost dies, and the first round of China's offensive has ended. In addition to the Nagato, two cruisers were sunk, and the loss of the Nagato, the largest and most cutting-edge battleship, had an incalculable impact on the Japanese Navy, and what was worse was that such a seemingly powerful warship did not perform as well as it should.

The 410-mm gun did not fire a single shot, but it was seriously injured by the overwhelming planes, and it was about to sink into the blue sea, and this feeling of powerlessness was the most fatal. Taniguchi Naoma also knew that there was no possibility of saving the Nagato. With the order to abandon the ship, he fled to the battleship Ise. Hurriedly ordered a retreat.

The pattern of naval warfare has been completely changed, the battleships that could have been able to dominate the sea, this matter is just a vulnerable target, the aircraft attack distance is farther, the attack is more precise and sharp, it is enough to eliminate the battleship, Japan must now make strategic adjustments, focusing on the development of naval aviation, otherwise not only this war will be lost, the next time will be the same, and even more miserable, and the Meiji Restoration will be completely lost.

Just as the combined fleet was about to escape, the Chinese planes flew on the fleet again and launched a second wave of attacks, but at this time, the Japanese army aviation finally arrived and intercepted the Chinese planes, and the two sides launched a fierce fight, but the Japanese were in a comprehensive weakness in terms of both aircraft and personnel.

Moreover, these land-based planes flew over a relatively long distance, most of the precious fuel had been consumed, and the time in the air was seriously insufficient, and it was precisely for this reason that the Japanese army planes could not provide protection throughout the whole process, and there were loopholes, but they were caught by China and sank the Nagato in one fell swoop.

With the Japanese planes being dispersed, the Combined Fleet was once again exposed to the Chinese planes, and the Combined Fleet was frantically fleeing at this time, and China did not have any key targets this time, but focused on the backward warships, striving to weaken the Japanese Combined Fleet to the greatest extent.

This is no longer a war, but a one-sided hunt, where the Chinese planes passed, a large number of Japanese warships were damaged and sunk one after another, and a large number of naval talents that Japan painstakingly accumulated also sank into the icy seawater, to a certain extent, these talents are more important than the cold warships, this is the essence of a country's navy, but at this time they are all sunk into the ocean.

China launched three rounds of attacks in a row, four cruisers, seven destroyers, and two battleships, Hiei and Yamashiro, were sunk, coupled with the loss of the Nagato, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese combined fleet was instantly weakened by more than two-thirds, leaving only the battleships Ise and Kirishima and some auxiliary ships, and several warships in the Korean Strait.

In addition, China has shot down more than 70 land-based planes, and in addition to the 50 suicide planes it had previously destroyed, the number of planes shot down by China has reached 130, and Japan's last bit of air power has been completely depleted, and it no longer has the ability to resist in a short period of time

After a big war, most of Japan's naval and air forces were lost, and after the bad news reached Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito immediately fell into a stupor, he always thought that although the war was not going well, but there would be a moment of change, Japan had been able to turn the tables, in the Russo-Japanese War, Japan also encountered countless difficulties, and finally won the victory, this time is the same.

Hirohito is like a gambler, never knowing how to stop, not hesitating to put the last bit of capital on it, but now the Japanese have nothing in their hands, they no longer have the ability to gamble, the navy has failed miserably, the air power has come to naught, and the next Chinese can even directly bomb the Japanese mainland, and Tokyo will even become the next target.

To make matters worse, the people at home can no longer stand the successive defeats. In fact, the Japanese have always been known for their patience and patriotism. In the early days of the Meiji Restoration, Japanese women did not hesitate to go to the South Seas to do the leather and meat business, which gave Japan valuable funds to reform and strengthen the army, and until now the Japanese still bear three times the taxes of China.

However, even the Japanese cannot blindly squeeze and demand, at least let the Japanese see the dividends of the war, the whole of Japan is like a robbery group, and Japan has reaped countless benefits from China in the First Sino-Japanese War. Defeated the old suzerain, gained the leadership of Asia, obtained countless territories, and a huge amount of indemnity, which can be described as fame and fortune!

All the Japanese got the benefits, so they became extraordinarily belligerent. In the ensuing Russo-Japanese War, although Japan did not receive reparations, it still wore the hat of defeating the whites, and it was in the limelight for a while, and it was also famous, and it was the continuous benefits that made the Japanese people willing to support the war of aggression and endure huge taxes. They are hoping to get enough benefits after the victory.

This bandit-like mentality cannot be applied to the state. As long as there is a defeat in the war, the contradictions that have accumulated in Japan will completely explode. Riots continued throughout Japan, with large numbers of people taking to the streets, rushing into stores and looting food, and even some military and police officers joined in, as if it was the end of the world.

In fact, for many Japanese, defeat really means that the end has come, everything they have paid in the past has become worthless, and in the future, they will not only continue to bear the government's oppression, but also bear a huge amount of reparations.

The ferocity of the small islanders broke out completely, and the riots quickly swept through Japan like wildfire, leaving the Japanese government anxious and exhausted, not only dealing with their own people, but also China's powerful army has increasingly pushed into the four islands of Japan.

Emperor Hirohito had to summon all the hungry people to the palace of Nijubashi again, and let everyone have an idea, if there were still people in Japan who thought that there was hope of victory last time, now all the Japanese high-level people have given up this illusion, and it is the wisest choice to hold peace talks as soon as possible, if the war continues, without China's action, the opposition in Japan can drown Japan.

Hirohito's eyes were red at this time, and he didn't have the demeanor of being high in the past, like a gambler who had lost everything, he looked crazy, and a little down, and his mood became hysterical!

In the end, Prime Minister Reijiro Wakatsuki once again put forward the idea of peace talks, and others did not have any objections, although Hirohito was unwilling, but he also knew that he could not fight any further, so the Japanese government issued a statement, saying that for the sake of peace in East Asia, for the sake of the well-being of the Chinese and Japanese people, Japan decided to accept the request of the United States and Britain for peace talks, but Japan asked for the location of peace talks to be selected in Japan, and also asked China to cease fire as soon as possible!

The Paris Peace Conference was the most advantageous to the French, the Americans at the Washington Conference received huge benefits, and Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, went to Japan to sign a treaty and brought a bullet back.

Now that Japan has been defeated in the war, it has no right to choose at all, and the place of negotiation must be chosen in China, which is non-negotiable, and Qiao Yu proposed that it is best to adopt the model of five-party talks, and in addition to the United States and Britain, the two countries responsible for mediation, the Republic of Korea should also be counted.

After all, the DPRK is now in China's hands, and through this kind of international conference, it can also improve the status of the DPRK in disguise and break Japan's colonial rule over the DPRK.

China's aircraft carrier squadron immediately launched a bombing campaign against Japan's coastal areas, and the main targets of the attack were Japan's military industrial enterprises and shipbuilding bases, and after three days of bombing, Japan agreed to China's proposal. (To be continued.) )