"Oh?! They defeated the Japanese Navy ?! "When the news of the defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet by the 1st Air Fleet of the Wehrmacht spread, the whole world was shaken.

How many years has it been?! Back then, the country that was bullied by others was able to defeat the third largest fleet in the world after World War I. It's kind of incredible.

"Yes, my Führer. The information we have received has proved that the First Air Fleet of the Chinese Defense Forces has indeed routed the Japanese Combined Fleet in Manila Bay, and at the same time more than 50,000 Japanese Army personnel who attempted to land in the Philippines, together with its commander Yamashita Fumi, were completely annihilated......"

Hitler's fingers tapped on the table and he said nothing, and there was silence in the room. A general felt in his pocket and wanted to take out a cigarette to smoke. But thinking that the Führer hated smoking the most, he had to stop.

"Perhaps, we should have given priority to working with the Tiger over ...... the Japanese," Hitler sighed after a long silence, "Unfortunately, it is impossible for us to cooperate with them now......"

Erich. Raeder frowned and said, "My Führer, this battle is actually a bit tricky for the Chinese Defense Forces. The Japanese Navy they encountered was a naval fleet that had been undermanned after several bitter battles......"

As he spoke, Raeder stood up and said respectfully to Hitler: "We need to see that even now the naval fleet of the Chinese Wehrmacht is still unable to defeat the Japanese Navy on the front. ”

"The victory of the Chinese Navy this time, luck and calculation played a big role. They first used their air force units in the waters of Annam and the Weijiang Valley to consume a large amount of Japanese fighters and fuel, and suddenly launched an attack on the Japanese Navy's fleet without any replenishment or repair......"

"But even so, they only inflicted heavy damage on the Combined Fleet, but could not completely annihilate the Combined Fleet. In fact, this has shown that even now, the strength of the Chinese Navy is still not comparable to that of the Japanese Navy. That's what we need to see. ”

There was a pause. Raeder looked at the crowd: "In short, the Japanese Navy is still the number one force in Asian waters. As long as they return to Japan and replenish enough fuel and fighter units, then the Chinese Navy will still not be able to pose an absolute threat to the Japanese in naval warfare......"

As an old navyman, Marshal Raeder was extremely rigorous. He was keenly aware of the various factors behind the Wehrmacht's victory.

Victory is not just victory, and the victory of a battle has a lot of chance and inevitability. But in the end, there are reasons for these victories, and there are traces to follow.

As a German man, Raeder believes that any victory can be analyzed and found out by chance and inevitability.

"Honorable Führer, there is no doubt about the naval combat capability of the Japanese. This can be seen in their long-distance surprise attack on the Battle of Pearl Harbor in the United States, and this time it failed. Largely because of the contempt of the Wehrmacht Navy in their home base. At the same time, the preparation for the landing in the Philippine campaign was insufficient......"

Raeder began to analyze the various reasons why Chen Shaokuan won this victory, including the Japanese base camp's lack of attention to the Wehrmacht Navy, and the fact that the Combined Fleet had just experienced a hard battle and could not be repaired, and was directly thrown into a new battlefield...... And so on.

Actually, it's not just Raeder who is analyzing the various factors of the campaign. Chen Shaokuan himself also led the generals of the navy to analyze the gains and losses of this battle.

"Don't think that we can be complacent just because we win the Japanese once! Our victory was won only by the contempt of the Japanese for our navy and by the large number of Japanese planes shot down by the air force in Weijiang and in the waters of Annam! ”

Chen Shaokuan looked at his generals and said in a deep voice: "So." We have nothing to be proud of. The real difficulties are only now beginning. ”

"The commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, is not a good man, he led the fleet to sneak thousands of miles from the Japanese mainland to attack Pearl Harbor and succeeded, and this alone is enough to be called a famous admiral!"

"And our victory stems from the contempt of the Japanese army, from the struggle of the air force, and even more from the fact that the commander-in-chief has never deducted half a point from our navy! But even so, we only cut off a piece of the flesh of the Combined Fleet, but we didn't hurt their bones......"

The admirals of the Navy were silent. They all knew that what their commander was saying was the truth.

Although the Wehrmacht sank two Japanese Navy aircraft carriers, and at the same time sank three Japanese Navy battleships. But these were far from being painful for the Japanese Navy.

As long as they withdrew to the Japanese mainland, after a period of repair, even if these two aircraft carriers and three battleships were not replenished, they would still be the most powerful naval fleet in Asia.

"Commander, we know that we won this time by chance. But we also believe. We'll still win next time! Lin Zun, captain of the battleship Gengzi of the First Air Fleet, stood up and said.

Lin Zun, born in the Lin family of Minhou Lin in Fuzhou, where Lin Zexu of Humen was located. After graduating from high school in 1924, Lin Zun entered the Yantai Naval Academy. 1927 year. The Beijing government relocated the cadets of the Yantai Naval Academy to study at the Mawei Naval School in Fujian.

In 1930, the Nationalist Government sent students to the British Navy as students. Lin Zun, together with Deng Zhaoxiang and others, went to the United Kingdom to study naval technology and entered the Greenwich Naval University to study.

After graduating in 1934, he returned to China and served as a gunner on the Ninghai and Hairong ships. Later, he was transferred to Fuzhou Mawei School as a captain and led the cadet soldiers. In 1936, he was transferred to the deputy captain of the Ziqiang ship. Because Lin Zun was a native of Fujian, graduated from Mawei Naval School, and was gifted, he was appreciated by Chen Shaokuan, who was the Minister of Navy of Nanjing at the time.

After that, Lin Zun did not go to Germany to learn submarine technology as he did in history. Instead, he stayed in the country and continued to deepen his naval qualifications.

After the Nanjing government and the National Defense Force fully united to form a coalition government, Lin Zun was also one of the first naval officers to be sent to the United States to study. When the National Defense Forces established the First Air Fleet, he was directly recruited by Chen Shaokuan, commander-in-chief of the First Air Fleet, and became the current captain of the battleship "Gengzi".

The Wehrmacht Navy has an extremely strange convention that all their warships are named after the national disgrace. For example: Dadonggou, Mawei, Gengzi...... And so on, and being the first aircraft carrier is crowned with the greatest shame of the Navy - the Jiawu!

"I named all the battleships after the national shame. It is to make you all remember one thing: what kind of humiliation our country has endured. And these shames, too, are our shame as soldiers! ”

"I want all the navy soldiers not to forget the inscription on the boulder in front of our naval academy for a moment: National shame, slack off?!"

This was the speech of Navy Commander Shen Honglie when the navy warships were named at that time. It was also when the First Air Fleet was formed, Shen Honglie's speech. The name of these warships is to spur these naval soldiers: the national shame is not snowing!

Under this stimulus, the entire navy turned into a pack of howling wolves. Although the Japanese Navy never cared about their existence. But they are constantly sharpening themselves, and at the same time staring at the Japanese with blood-red eyes, as long as they find the slightest opportunity, they will not hesitate to rush up and tear them apart.

Apparently, they did. The tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers who died in Manila Bay are the fruits of their unslackening.

"Victory is not spoken, it is fought! Don't talk to me about that now. What I want is a summary of your battles. I have three days to sum up our gains and losses in this battle. Go ahead! ”

The Germans were analyzing the gains and losses of this campaign, and the Wehrmacht was also analyzing the gains and losses of this campaign. Yamamoto Isoroku was not so lucky.

Upon his return to Japan, his fleet, as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, was immediately stripped of his powers and imprisoned. And all the officers of the entire combined fleet will also face scrutiny.

The Japanese were scrambling to face this almost unimaginable defeat for them, and they were desperately preparing for countermeasures.

It was the first major defeat of the Japanese at sea since the Meiji Restoration. Even with a huge advantage. The biggest failure achieved.

"I don't know how you idiots command the battle, but I know that you idiots will only talk about the Empire being sent to defeat in the end!" Pinching the battle report, Hirohito pointed to the nose of the idle courtyard palace Zairen, and it was a stinky scolding.

King Fushimi Miyahiro, the former head of the Naval Command Department, had already been reprimanded and left, and he was so panicked when he left. Like a lost dog, extremely desolate.

Staying in Hirohito's room, Miyajihito knew sadly. His Royal Highness will completely disappear from the royal family from now on. The impact of this matter is too great, and the royal family needs someone to step up and take responsibility.

And the army also needs to give an account. For the first time since Emperor Meiji, Japan's hegemony in Asian waters has been challenged. The country that had been defeated by them in Dadonggou had slowly stood up.

They began to wield sharp spears. is asking himself to repay the blood debt he once had.

"What do you think about Sugiyama Moto?! What is your army going to do with the Southern Army now?! Hirohito pointed to the nose of the idle courtyard palace and scolded for more than an hour before he regained his strength and asked in a low voice.

"Sugiyama has already called us. He suggested that the entire Southern Army should go through India to support the Soviet Expeditionary Force, when the naval strategic superiority had already been lost......"

"The Southern Army still has a lot of troops, and there are about 150,000 soldiers who can fight. Sugiyama Moto, in his opinion, was that instead of consuming these forces on the front and in the Wehrmacht, it would be better to let them go straight to the USSR in one go. Maybe the Southern Army still has a chance to fight with the Soviet Expeditionary Force to the city of Moscow......"

Hirohito heard the news and couldn't help but fall into a deep groan. To be honest, this is also the best thing for the Southern Army to do at present. They can't just be consumed in a battle with the Wehrmacht.

The hundreds of thousands of troops are all the elite of the Japanese army. If it is consumed in vain, then it is better to let them go straight into the Middle East and then support the Soviet expeditionary force.

Maybe they will be able to fight the city of Moscow and the Germans round, and maybe they will be able to fight for a chance of survival.

"What do you mean?! Do we need to agree to Moto-Sugiyama's plan?! Hirohito pondered for a while, raised his head and looked at the idle courtyard palace Zairen asked.

"Your Majesty, for the time being, going to the Soviet Union is the best result for the Southern Army. Whether he died in the Soviet Union, or His Majesty was fortunate enough to be able to join the German army......"

Xianyuan Gong Zairen smiled bitterly and said: "In fact, they can also force the Wehrmacht to tilt in the direction of the Soviet Union by doing so. The main forces of the United States and Britain are now fighting under the city of Moscow. And the Germans also threw a lot of troops there......"

"But neither side has the upper hand in the current battle, and we report that the Allies have destroyed the German strategic weapons train guns with a strange force. And at this point, the German offensive was in a difficult situation......"

"But the German defense was very good, and so far the Allies have not been able to break through the German encirclement. The battle is now in a stalemate, if our troops can reach the city of Moscow by this time......"

Hirohito smiled, he knew what he meant. If Japan wants to acquire German technology, it will have to show its strength.

For the time being, Japan and the Wehrmacht have been losing almost every battle. And Japan urgently needs to prove its combat effectiveness. The USSR was such a good venue.

As long as they can play their part in the capture of Moscow. Then Japan will have to open its mouth and get some technical support from Germany. Presumably, Germany would also be happy that its allies would have some strength to assist it in the war against the Soviet Union.

"Merge the Southern Army into the Imperial Soviet Expeditionary Force, and at the same time order Sugiyama Mototo as the new commander of the Expeditionary Force." Hirohito quickly decided, and said to the idle courtyard palace.

"Tell Sugiyama that I don't want to hear any news of failure. The only thing he could bring me. It's victory. Got it?! Hirohito said, his face turning pale.

"Hai ......" Xianyuan Gong Zairen leaned down and answered in a low voice......

The news soon reached Sugiyama Moto's ears, and Sugiyama Gen didn't say a word with the telegram from the base camp.

"Your Excellency Commander......" Seeing this, the chief of staff couldn't bear to say: "We ...... now"

"The arrow is on the bow, I have to send ......" Sugiyama Yuan pinched the telegram and said with a wry smile: "This battle." It must be the road of nine deaths and one life. But it's better than being ground to death by the Wehrmacht here......"

The chief of staff couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, he knew that what Sugiyama Gen said was the truth. The Wehrmacht was temporarily in a state of repair due to the huge losses in the Battle of Weijiang.

But the entire Southern Army knew that the truce was only temporary. Within a week at the latest, the Wehrmacht would launch another campaign against the Japanese army.

The army aviation units of the Southern Army have been completely lost. The Navy is now unable to provide support. With only a remnant of the 100,000 army infantry, the chief of staff really couldn't think of anything else he could compete with the Wehrmacht.

In terms of troop strength, the two military regions of South China and Southwest China of the National Defense Forces have at least 300,000 troops after being replenished. As for the Air Force, although there are no exact figures, at least two hundred fighters can be obtained.

On the other hand, what about the Japanese army?! Hundreds of thousands of remnants. There are also less than 100,000 coercive troops. The Army was completely lost, and the Navy was unable to provide effective support for at least three months.

In this case, the two sides are engaged. The result is something that a fool can imagine.

"Announce the order of the base camp to everyone! Then organize the troops and immediately move towards the Afghan region. Sugiyama looked at his chief of staff and said, "The sooner you go, the better, and don't stop on the road." We need to join up with the expeditionary force as soon as possible. ”

"Hay!" The chief of staff stood solemnly and bowed in reply.

On the side of the Wehrmacht, Li Zongren, Lu Han and others have already asked Tu Sancang to fight many times. But Tu San Artillery did not allow them to continue attacking the Japanese army.

In Tu Sanpao's view, it is completely unnecessary sacrifice to carry out a strong attack now. Gao Zhihang's air force suffered heavy losses and is now replenishing its forces. As long as his fighter plane was transferred, the Wehrmacht, which had gained great air superiority, could crush the Japanese troops with minimal casualties.

"Rope Ancestor, do you know why I didn't let you Uncle Lu fight them against Little Japan?!" In his own headquarters, the cannon master asked the dragon rope ancestor with a smile in his mouth.

"Aren't you waiting for the Air Force?! Gao Zhihang's air force suffered a lot of losses in the last war, didn't you say that you would wait for them to replenish it before starting to attack?! ”

Pao Ye squinted, lit the cigarette on his lips and took a deep breath.

"On the one hand, this is it, and on the other hand, ......" Pao Ye smiled hesitantly and said, "I'm looking to see if Little Japan will run." ”

"What?! Will they run?! Not really?! Hearing this, the Dragon Rope Ancestor jumped up suddenly, but was slapped on the back of the head by the cannon master.

"Turtle calf thing! Such a little news is shocking, how can you bring troops in the future?! The Dragon Rope Ancestor was scolded by the cannon master and lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to squeak.

"Little Japan is not a fool, they can't fight with us?! The navy has now given Chen Shaokuan's kid a beautiful shade, and he can't fight again in three or five months. To put it simply, now Sugiyama has become a turtle in an urn. ”

"The only way out for his old boy is to go from India to Afghanistan and find the troops they sent to the Soviet Union." Pao Ye took a deep breath of cigarette, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "These more than 100,000 troops, if they are thrown here, they will be cleaned up by us." But if you throw the Soviet Union, it will be enough for Lao Maozi to drink a pot! ”

"They slipped through and were killed at worst. If you're lucky, you might be able to hit Moscow. When the time comes, once you join the German army, maybe there will be a way to live......"