Located on the southeast coast of South Korea, across the Korean Strait from Japan's Tsushima Island, the Port of Busan is the largest port in South Korea and the most important transportation node connecting with Japan.

Since the Chinese army broke through the 38th parallel and quickly captured Seoul, the Japanese army commander-in-chief in Korea, General Shunroku Hata, was captured, and all the Japanese troops retreated to the port of Pusan, which was relatively close to the Japanese mainland, and could obtain local air support, plus the sea could provide enough supplies, and the 170,000 Japanese troops retreated here.

And the Chinese army has not been in a hurry to attack, the measures taken by China have always been to slow down and rush into the war, and when all sides are very well prepared, the enemy will deal a fatal blow again, and the adoption of this strategy is also to grasp the weakness of Japan's logistics far inferior to China's, and with the same preparation time, the Chinese army can obtain far more materials than Japan, so it is beneficial for the Chinese side to delay a little.

As the supreme commander of the Chinese army, Shi Yi has always implemented Qiao Yu's policy, that is, to do everything possible to weaken Korea, and if one more day of fighting on the peninsula, North Korea's losses will be aggravated, and the destructiveness of the war is unparalleled.

The Japanese were indeed insane, they went around arresting Korean laborers, looting food, and robbing women, and the Japanese built one defense line after another on the periphery of Busan, and in just two months, more than 140,000 Koreans died on Japanese construction sites.

During the day, groups of Koreans were sent to the Japanese military camps, and by the evening countless corpses were carried out without a single day, and the Japanese genocide was no worse than the Germans, and the methods were more brutal.

However, China will not drag on forever, especially after Qiao Yu knew that Japan was about to launch an attack on China's Ryukyus, Qiao Yu decided to pull out the nail of Busan first.

This was done in order to completely occupy the Korean Peninsula. Second, it is also to force Japan to have a showdown. Only by putting enough pressure on Japan. Only then can the Japanese feel threatened enough that they will choose to take risks.

The Korean Front under the command of Shi Yi had already prepared for war, and when it received orders from home, it immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army. It was the Air Force bombers that kicked off the general offensive.

Since the start of the war, Chinese bombers have become a nightmare for the Japanese, especially Chinese planes that throw napalm bombs and cluster bombs in large numbers. In addition, a large number of nails, pieces of iron, etc. are added to the bomb to increase the lethality of living forces.

A large number of Japanese soldiers died under the incessant bombardment, and far from being criticized, these cruel weapons were overwhelmingly in favor of their use. Not only China, but also the United States was the most active, and they indiscriminately used incendiary bombs, poison gas bombs and other weapons against Japanese soldiers on the Pacific islands.

The U.S. government has also conducted a poll in China, which found that more than 90 percent of the people support the use of special munitions, including cluster bombs and napalm. Such a high level of approval rating is rare in the history of the United States. It can also be seen from this that Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor really angered the United States, and not only the upper echelons of the United States. Even the American people are going crazy.

The scale of China's bombing campaign was unprecedented, and the scope of the attack was also greatly expanded, including Tsushima Island and Jeju Island. On the first day of the bombing, China destroyed 14 airfields, destroyed more than 300 aircraft, sank more than 200 ships, and severely damaged road ports.

Large-scale bombing operations are often the beginning of a larger-scale offensive, and the Japanese base camp is well aware that they must counterattack as soon as possible.

In fact, there is a reason why China's attack has brought so much pressure to Japan, that is, once the Chinese army has reached the Korean Strait, China can rely on this and directly land on Japan, and the Japanese side absolutely does not want to see the flames of war spread to the mainland.

The Japanese also know very well that it is no longer realistic to point to the army to block China, and the best way is to use naval power to sink China's aircraft carriers.

When the Battle of Busan was in full swing, the base camp officially issued the battle order, and Yamamoto Isoroku led five large aircraft carriers at the core of the Japanese Combined Fleet from the base in Truk and cut through the waves all the way to Ryukyu.

Yamamoto's fifty-six heads are not tall, and there is a determination and madness in his eyes, the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor made him famous overnight, and now Yamamoto will replicate this miracle again, wipe out the Chinese navy in one fell swoop, and completely seize sea control for the Japanese Empire.

Yamamoto is confident enough, according to the news from the Japanese spies planted in China, the Chinese aircraft carriers are still in the ports of the Ryukyus, making final preparations. The Chinese navy has already targeted Jeju Island, North Korea's largest island and an important Japanese naval base, and if it were lost, it would mean that the gates of the East China Sea would be completely sealed by the Chinese navy.

Yamamoto was well aware that the China he was dealing with was different from the sluggish and unenterprising Beiyang Naval Division of the Ito era, and that his opponent was the powerful Chinese navy.

They have a brilliant record and are powerful, and they are fierce opponents of Japan. The degree of fear of the Chinese navy is even far higher than that of the Americans, but Yamamoto Isoroku is full of confidence at this time, China is unprepared, and although the number of Japanese aircraft carriers is not as good as China's, the tonnage is much larger than China's, and Yamamoto firmly believes that one Yamato can withstand two Chinese long-form ships.

The Japanese Combined Fleet rode the wind and waves to approach the Ryukyus, and based on past experience, Yamamoto knew that China was very concerned about the northern and southern routes, which were the links between the Japanese mainland and the South Seas. Japanese merchant ships passed through frequently, and Chinese ships connecting the north and south also passed through here, and the submarine forces of the two countries often attacked each other.

In order to avoid the observation of the submarines, Yamamoto Isoroku chose the central route with the least number of people, and he prepared to go straight to Huanglong, and the entire fleet fell into absolute radio silence and quietly approached the Ryukyus.

However, Yamamoto did not know that any of his actions would be futile, and since China had mastered the Japanese code, any movement of the Japanese navy could not escape the surveillance of the Chinese intelligence system. Especially Qiao Yu planted a large number of spies in Japan in the early years, and for twenty years, Qiao Yu has rarely used these spies.

After 20 years of development, a considerable number of them have entered the Japanese government, some in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, some in the military-industrial complex, and some have mixed into the military department.

Now it is time for these intelligence officers to be used, and China quickly determined the time of Yamamoto's attack by combining various intelligences, and China has not taken action for a long time.

When the combined fleet approached, China did not send submarines to reconnoitre, for fear of startling the snake. Of course, China is not without action, in order to avoid omissions, Chinese submarines still appeared on the north and south routes as scheduled, but not surprisingly, there are no Japanese aircraft carriers on these two routes.

The situation is already obvious, the Japanese aircraft carrier must be taking the central route, Chen Shaokuan is in the Ryukyu port, he is also full of ambition, he is waiting for this opportunity, for this day the Chinese Navy has been waiting for too long.

Counting from the Xinhai Revolution, it took 30 years, and Chen Shaokuan still clearly remembers that the Chinese Navy did not even have a single warship built by itself, and the first two giant ships were compensated by Germany in World War I. He personally brought it back home, but was intercepted by the Japanese Combined Fleet in the South China Sea, and almost broke out into war.

It was the insistence of President Qiao Yu that the Chinese Navy embarked on the road of aircraft carriers from the very beginning, and defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet with five modified aircraft carriers. Since then, the Chinese Navy has begun to stride forward and become a dignified maritime force, standing proudly in East Asia.

However, the Sino-Japanese War also had serious regrets, that is, it did not completely destroy the Japanese navy, which has always been a big regret for Chen Shaokuan, and he once doubted Qiao Yu's judgment. But when World War II broke out, Chen Shaokuan suddenly woke up, if the Japanese Combined Fleet had been wiped out earlier, would there still be a Pearl Harbor incident!

Now if China wants to occupy the South Seas, it can only be taken from Japan, and if Japan does not have it, China can only seize it from the United States and Britain. In that case, China will have to declare war with the United States and Britain, and it is simply unimaginable how much more difficulty it will increase.

Thinking of this, Chen Shaokuan even had a very strange thought, did the president see this move more than ten years ago, so that he would let Japan go in the Sino-Japanese War. In particular, the more China thought about it and the more it made sense, the more it made sense.

This kind of insight into the future sounds a bit appalling, but this is also the only reasonable explanation, otherwise how to explain Qiao Yu's approach of raising tigers. The mysterious aura on Qiao Yu's body seemed to be getting more and more, Chen Shaokuan shook his head and put aside the distractions, his only task now was to defeat the combined fleet.

Yamamoto Fifty-six took Chen Shaokuan as an opponent, and so did Chen Shaokuan, he wanted to make Yamamoto, a gambler, pay the heaviest price in his life, and Yamamoto, a gambler, had won all his life. It can be called a casino myth, but for gamblers, losing once is all over, and the past wins are worthless.

Under the cover of night, the Chinese aircraft carrier quietly left the port and headed northeast, and just as the aircraft carrier was dispatched, the Chinese Air Force also completed the transfer, and a large net was completely unfolded.

The army was in action, and so were China's intelligence organizations, and since it was time to close the net, the spies exposed by Japan in order to investigate the situation of the Ryukyu Navy had lost their value, and China immediately launched an arrest operation.

Of course, this is done in secret, and what everyone is really concerned about is the moment when the naval battle officially begins at dawn tomorrow! (To be continued.) )