When Qiao Yu returned to Beijing by train, it was already the next day, and the confrontation had temporarily ended with the Japanese side retreating, but everyone had a trace of worry in their hearts, afraid that this incident would not end so simply

"President, a destroyer and two patrol boats of our side are confronting a light cruiser of the Japanese Navy in the waters of the East China Sea one hundred and fifty nautical miles from Fuzhou, and the time lasted for about two and a half hours, until one of our escort aircraft carriers arrived, and the Japanese cruiser chose to retreat, but then the Japanese fleet in Taiwan also entered a state of combat readiness, and it seems that there was some big action!"

Jiang Baili introduced the situation to Qiao Yu this time, in fact, since the establishment of the Chinese Navy, the confrontation and friction between the Chinese and Japanese navies have continued, in fact, it is also an inevitable phenomenon, the Japanese archipelago plus the controlled Ryukyu Islands, including the island of Taiwan, is like a fence at the door of China's home.

After Japan firmly held this place, it blocked the Chinese navy in the fence, and it was difficult to get out, which became even more obvious after China recovered Guangzhou Bay, a large number of newly launched Chinese warships, constantly carrying out combat readiness patrols, the Japanese side was most concerned about China's every move, and the Japanese did not take corresponding actions after seeing that China stepped up its actions.

A large number of warships have been transferred to Okinawa and Keelung, and the Chinese Navy has been constantly provocative, and the military is seriously antagonistic, and the people are even more so, the Japanese hope to make up for the lack of domestic food with fish and meat, these Japanese fishermen hunt a large number of whales, a whale has several tons or even more than a dozen tons of meat, which is very attractive to the Japanese, and the fishing grounds along the coast of China are often caught by Japan across the border.

The life of fishermen on the beach is not easy, they drive a small fishing boat in the ocean to fight the wind and waves, it is normal to be injured and even killed, so it has also trained these fishermen an iron courage, if in the past Chinese fishermen may still be afraid of the Japanese, now China is becoming more and more powerful, especially in China's coastal areas There are also a large number of warships patrolling, these fishermen naturally have the courage.

This time, six or seven Chinese fishing boats collided with four Japanese fishing boats. See these Oriental dwarves fishing in the fishing grounds of China. The Chinese fishermen were so angry that they approached the Japanese with their boats and attacked the Japanese with all the weapons they could use, and the Japanese were able to resist at first, but as the Chinese fishing boats gathered more and more people, they finally defeated the Japanese completely.

Two fishing boats were sent alive to the bottom of the sea. More than a dozen Japanese were silent along with the boat, and the Japanese on the other two fishing boats were also wounded, and of course three fishermen died on the Chinese side.

After listening to Jiang Baili's introduction, Qiao Yu also sighed: "Brother Baili, how do I think our fishermen are more courageous and bloody than soldiers!" ”

"President, can a man who can survive in the monstrous waves still be weak! Otherwise, they would have been for the fish in the sea. This kind of conflict has occurred repeatedly in the past, but this time Japan's reaction was very violent, especially since their Taiwan fleet has been mobilized, and the detachment in Okinawa is also constantly mobilized, and some people in the Japanese military have also expressed their intention to take more decisive action against China, protect the rights of Japanese fishermen, and demand that China hand over the murderer. Japan seems to want to test the strength of the Chinese Navy! ”

Qiao Yu nodded. Agreeing with Jiang Baili's judgment, the conflict between fishermen at sea is not just now. Even later generations are not uncommon, after all, the sea is different from the land, there is no obvious boundary, so it is easy to cross the line, this kind of fishermen conflict is generally not a big deal, but this time after the Japanese fishing boat had a problem, their cruiser immediately appeared, if the Chinese Navy did not happen to patrol there, the Chinese fishermen would have suffered.

The Chinese side is a coincidence this time, Qiao Yu doesn't believe that Japan will also be a coincidence, which can only say that the Japanese just want to provoke trouble and deliberately find fault.

"President, the timing of the Japanese selection is very ingenious, although the Chinese Navy has accelerated the pace of construction, but the two capital ships are still above the shipyard, and the only ones that can support the scene are Guangxi, Chongqing and Qiqi, these three warships are old ships before the war, although we have refitted, but after all, it is difficult to compare with the combined fleet, I think this is Japan's preparation to thwart China's pace towards the ocean again!"

Jiang Baili said the conjecture in Qiao Yu's heart, now China's industrial production capacity has gradually caught up with Japan, and even surpasses the trend, if it drags on, China will be able to transform its strong industrial strength into combat effectiveness, and at that time Japan will never want to confront China, for the Japanese, the best choice is to launch and attack the Chinese Navy before the Chinese fleet is really formed.

As long as a few existing warships are sunk, the Chinese Navy will cause a shortage of talents, which will inevitably delay China's development, and even completely block China's path to the sea, and it will not be able to master the sea, and China's current development will be like a castle on the desert, which can easily collapse completely.

At the same time, China in turn demanded that Japan apologize for violating the rights and interests of Chinese fishermen, and that the Japanese fishermen should be restrained not to enter China's fishing areas, otherwise the Chinese military would take resolute measures.

China has always been very tough on the issue of Japan, and we are not afraid of the European powers, let alone tiny Japan, and besides, we were able to defeat the Japanese in Qingdao a few years ago, and it is the same now, the minds of the common people are so simple, and they fully trust their government.

Demonstrations have already begun, as have the Japanese side, with both sides trying to use public opinion to put pressure on the other. At the same time, it is also showing its own correctness.

In addition to the superficial effort, the next movement of the Japanese combined fleet just verified Qiao Yu's judgment, Japan sent the battleship Mutsu and the aircraft carrier Fengxiang to the south, ready to enter Okinawa, the battleship Mutsu is the sister ship of the Japanese battleship Nagato, equipped with 410 mm main guns, displacement of nearly 40,000 tons, looking at all the battleships in the world, the Mutsu is very outstanding, and the Fengxiang is the first aircraft carrier built by Japan, which is also of great significance.

The stationing of these two warships in Okinawa means that the sword is aimed at China very clearly, and the patrols of the Chinese and Japanese warships on the sea are becoming more and more intensive; as long as the warships meet each other, the two sides will be tense, and only the slightest misfire will lead to war.

The sudden clouds of war over East Asia were a good thing for all the great powers. Both China and Japan are of the yellow race. These two countries are the best against each other, and countries such as Britain and France have all suffered China's losses, and now that Japan has taken the initiative to jump out, how can Britain and France not be excited, they immediately provide Japan with all kinds of conveniences, in short, they are trying their best to encourage Japan and China to go to war, and then they can profit from it.

The United States, on the other hand, is more worried. The United States does not want a large-scale war to affect the current momentum of economic development, and of course it does not want either China and Japan to rise up, thereby threatening US interests in the Pacific.

Naturally, this kind of shouting had no effect, and the situation between China and Japan was still becoming more and more tense, and the Japanese navy was vigorously mobilized. The anti-China sentiment among the people continues to swell, and now that Japan has basically stepped out of the shadow of the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Navy has added two large aircraft carriers, the Tosa and the Kaga, and its strength is unprecedentedly strong, and it is precisely the time when confidence is at its fullest.

And the emperor of Japan was also replaced at this time, after the death of Taisho, Hirohito was the young emperor who was educated in militarism at an early age. Fantasizing about inheriting the career of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji. Conquer all nations and peoples, and spread the majesty of Japan all over the world.

But the heavens seem to have played a joke on Hirohito. By the time he came to power, China had begun to rise rapidly, and with the five-year plan, major industrial products began to surpass Japan, which Japan could never accept.

Moreover, Hirohito also firmly remembered the will of Aritomo Yamagu, and he must interrupt the pace of China's rise as soon as possible, if it exceeds ten years, Japan will forever lose the capital to fight China.

Therefore, after Hirohito came to power, he was anxious to seek an opportunity to interrupt the rise of China, at this time, Hirohito naturally thought of the Combined Fleet, which is the most important reliance of Japan, as long as the Combined Fleet can defeat the Chinese Navy, Japan will be able to achieve hegemony in East Asia like the First Sino-Japanese War.

Random Japan is ready to intensify the harassment of the Chinese coast, and the conflict of fishermen just gives Hirohito a good excuse, although Japan is now nominally a constitutional monarchy, Hirohito's power to be restrained, but in Japan the emperor has been deified, especially the Japanese military is extremely supportive of Hirohito, thinking that this is a figure like the Meiji Emperor, can bring strength to Japan.

With the support of the military department, coupled with the prestige of the emperor, Hirohito's plan for confrontation with China was quickly implemented, and Japan was dispatching troops.

Beijing, Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall.

Defense Minister Wu Tong faced a huge combat map and introduced China's action plan to Qiao Yu and other high-level officials.

"President, this time Japan's provocation is very obvious, we must not show weakness, but the Japanese Combined Fleet is a strong opponent, we only rely on the navy to confront Japan is still difficult, I suggest that this time the sea and land together to act, in the northeast region to hoard two group armies, namely the second group army and the sixth group army, the sword pointed at Korea and the Far East, now both are important raw material bases for Japan, and are connected to China's territory, as long as China puts on an offensive posture, it can greatly attract Japan's energy!"

Indeed, in addition to purchasing iron ore from abroad, most of Japan's iron ore is supplied by Korea and the Far East, and once it is threatened here, Japan will definitely strengthen its vigilance, which is called attacking and defending.

Then Wu Tong continued: "On the naval side, we are ready to send submarine forces out, mainly around the waters between Japan's Kyushu Island and Taiwan, as long as the battle starts, we will harass and attack Japan's maritime lifeline, the most important thing is the surface ship side, we are ready to send the starting point as the flagship, and the other two escort aircraft carriers are also concentrated together and stationed in Quanzhou Port, this time our chances of victory are on the naval aviation!" ”

China's naval aviation was formed later than Japan's, but China is much ahead of Japan in aircraft design, and the quality of its pilots is also very high, and they can quickly master the essentials of flight. (To be continued.) )