Also planning to forge ahead is Chen Shaokuan of the Wehrmacht Navy. Chen Shaokuan knew better than anyone that the fate of the Nanyang Military Division this time was on their navy.

This kind of pressure is undoubtedly enormous, and more than 20,000 lives and the entire country's future Southeast Asian strategy are all pressed on this navy, which has not experienced a large-scale naval battle.

"The commander-in-chief gave us a combat mission to launch an attack on the Japanese troops when they landed in the Philippines. Our blow must cripple their fleet. In particular, the Japanese army had more than twenty transport ships, according to the intelligence of the General Command. There were more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers on board......"

Chen Ce, chief of staff of the First Air Fleet of the National Defense Navy, is a small Hainan man with a brave personality. In history, he evacuated with dozens of British ** people when Pearl Harbor was attacked and Xiangjiang fell. On the way to evacuate, he was attacked by the Japanese army, and the short Hainan general at that time did not say a word and operated the machine gun on the ship to facilitate the Japanese army's fighting.

Until he was shot in the wrist, he preferred to jump into the water rather than become a prisoner of the Japanese army. Although Chen Ce had not experienced any of this in the history of this time and space, his brave personality still attracted the attention of senior naval commanders.

And this personality of his is also greatly appreciated by Shen Honglie, commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht Navy, and Sa Zhenbing, Marshal of the Wehrmacht Navy. Therefore, he was transferred to the first naval aviation combat unit of the Wehrmacht for training.

Even before that, he was one of the first servicemen to be sent to the United States to learn naval warfare after the coalition government was formed.

"That's it! Everyone must know the situation. So I won't go into details. Chen Shaokuan's face was solemn, and he looked at these captains and said: "Since the establishment of our navy, basically we have not fought a war independently. ”

"But the Commander-in-Chief, and indeed the entire coalition government, has never been short of investment in our navy. Aircraft carriers, we have them. Battleships, the commander-in-chief did everything possible to get them for us from Britain and the United States. Even. The commander-in-chief has also negotiated with the Americans that he will provide us with a large number of ships, including aircraft carriers......"

"But! As an admiral, I am deeply disgraced! Our navy is a gold-swallowing beast, everyone knows this. But we have never contributed much to this war, which has been going on for several years. ”

"The Air Force, in Shanghai and in the skies over Southeast Asia, proved their worth with their blood. Not to mention the army, the prisoners of war who are now helping us build roads in China are their military merit medals. ”

"And what about our navy?! Can you come up with a record of what to say?! Chen Shaokuan's words made these admirals angry when they said it.

In fact. This suffocation is present in the psychology of every Wehrmacht Navy. They were all men of the Wehrmacht, and everyone stood together, and the Air Force was talking about the Japanese fighters it shot down over Shanghai, and the Army was talking about the Japanese prisoners of war that it had captured along the coastline south of the Yangtze River.

And what can the Navy say ?! Say you went to salvage the aircraft carrier they sank?! Say that you are training now, waiting for fighters?!

Aggrieved...... This is the heart of every navy person, although I don't want to admit it, but it is a fact. The Navy didn't have that much to do with it. Even the previous Dadonggou Revenge Battle was fought with the assistance of the Air Force.

"The Commander-in-Chief gave us the best treatment and gave us such a long time. Buying warships for us at any cost, providing us with a way to learn, now is the time for our Navy to prove its worth! ”

Chen Shaokuan looked at these naval captains who had already gritted their teeth, stood up and shouted: "This time, we must fight beautifully!" The commander-in-chief did not give us the wreck indicators, but I am giving them here now! ”

"First, the first to attack must be the Japanese transport ships. They have to destroy at least twenty of their transports! The second target was the Japanese aircraft carrier. At least three aircraft carriers will be sunk. The second is the battleship. There is no limit to the number of battleships that can be sunk, and only when this goal is completed can we be qualified to be called the 'Wehrmacht Navy'. ”

"Not finished...... Then let's all go home and nurse the baby! It is a waste of our people's frugality to provide our food! Got it?! ”

"Yes!!" All the captains stood up. The waist rod hit straight and shouted.

At this time, the Nanyang Army Division also entered a state of full combat readiness. More than 20,000 IDF troops began to train the newly recruited local Chinese youth in the fastest way possible.

Most of these Chinese had already received basic training when they followed the Wehrmacht into the jungle to hide. But at that time, it could not be exposed, so the live-fire training aspect fell behind.

Thereupon. The most important thing on the training ground now is to train them with live ammunition. The weapons used by the Japanese army to arm the Filipino motley army, as well as their own weapons, have now become weapons in the hands of these recruits.

And those Filipino prisoners of war. They were escorted to dig trenches and fortifications. At the same time, a large number of roads and bridges were destroyed, and the thousands of American soldiers who had been prisoners of war have now entered intensive training and been distributed weapons to prepare for war after recuperation.

"Can we stop the Japanese......" Jonathan. General Wainwright has now resumed his command, leading American soldiers who had been prisoners of war into intense training.

"General Jonathan, there is nothing that we We-Retcht soldiers cannot stop. So about your question, our commander-in-chief answered it a long time ago......"

Jensen smiled indifferently, looked at the American soldiers who were training intensively, and said, "You should ask the Japanese this question!" Can they stop us?! ”

At this time, Yamamoto 56 constantly sent reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter the nearby sea area. This made his fleet pilots somewhat unimpressed, and the Wehrmacht navy was never a threat to the Japanese.

This was the consensus of all the Japanese Navy, and in their opinion the Wehrmacht Navy was too weak. They admitted that the Wehrmacht's army and air forces were strong, and that even the Japanese had a hard time dealing with them.

But in the navy, the Japanese had a strong sense of self-confidence. The navy has never been a branch of the armed forces that can be built overnight. People often say that the navy is a hundred years old, and this is not a lie.

What the Navy needs is familiarity with the unpredictable seas, and it also needs familiarity with naval warfare, which is even more unpredictable than the oceans. What the Navy needs more is a large amount of military technology and specialized skills.

These are the words to be understood. It's simply not something that one or two generations can do. Unless you're willing to keep risking your lives to reclaim the sea, and keep your warriors honed in naval warfare. And invest a lot of money and energy to train your fighters in professional skills.

Otherwise, a qualified and capable navy cannot be cultivated.

Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has been building up its navy. And to this day, they still dare not say that they can compare with the navies of the European powers.

They know this in their hearts, so unless they have an overwhelming advantage or take a sneak attack, they will definitely not easily start a war against the European and American navies.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency, our reconnaissance aircraft reported that there were no problems in the nearby waters. Do you still need to continue patrolling......" The chief of staff looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six and said, "The children have been working too hard lately. On the battlefield of Annam Weijiang, they constantly fought against the Wehrmacht, and never rested......"

"Our enemies have not rested either!" Yamamoto Fifty-six had a calm face, waved his hand, and said, "We must understand all the situations in this sea area, which is related to the life and death of us, the army, and even the empire!" Do you understand?! ”

The chief of staff of the "Hai ......" saw that Yamamoto was resolute and only responded to the road.

"You don't understand. Although the Chinese once stayed away from the ocean. But they're back now......" Yamamoto said to his chief of staff after a moment of silence.

"I have never thought that this country and this nation are inferior, and this is a distorted propaganda carried out by some people with ulterior motives for their own purposes." Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at his chief of staff and said, "I know, you all think that the establishment of the navy is not such a simple thing. Indeed, I admit it. ”

"But what we need to see is that the tiger is not an ordinary person. Moreover, the establishment of his navy is not short. He even fought us on the Yellow Sea. Although they relied on the assistance of the air force to win the victory, it is not deniable that they have already begun to set foot in the oceans......"

"The aircraft carrier we lost in Shanghai has already been salvaged by them, according to the news. According to our intelligence services, the Wehrmacht has long sent naval officers and pilots to the United States for training in aircraft carriers. ”

"These are all proven from the side. They have already begun to work on building their own aircraft carrier fleet. But they've done a good job of secrecy and we don't know how far they've trained now......"

Yamamoto said, stood up and looked at the waves outside the captain's room, and said, "I'm worried about it now...... It's that we will encounter their aircraft carrier fleet! ”

"Your Excellency Commander, I'm afraid you're overly worried, aren't you?! Even if they have an aircraft carrier formation, but we are now in the fleet, combat experience and number of ships. Totally dominant. They came here to die......"

The chief of staff was somewhat dismissive. There's Japan's Combined Fleet here! There were more than five aircraft carriers and more than twenty battleships. Not to mention the large number of cruisers, the chief of staff did not think that the Wehrmacht would have an advantage in naval warfare.

"Stupid! Have you forgotten how we dealt with the Americans' Pearl Harbor?! Yamamoto Fifty-six rebuked directly with a calm face: "We have just experienced a battle with the Wehrmacht Air Force, and the fighters have suffered great losses!" Do you think that if we encounter their aircraft carrier force at this time, we will still be able to protect the integrity of all warships?! ”

"Especially the landing ships of the Army, they don't have any air defense at all. It's all up to us to escort them, and that's more than twenty transports! There are 50,000 elite warriors of the empire on it, once they are lost, what will be the consequences, have you thought about it?! ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six's words said that the chief of staff was in a cold sweat.

"I'll arrange a patrol mission now......" The chief of staff took out his handkerchief to wipe his cold sweat, bowed deeply to Yamamoto and turned to leave.

The Japanese arranged a large number of patrol aircraft in an attempt to find the Wehrmacht fleet. They tried to find the position of the Wehrmacht's naval aviation fleet and attacked, taking advantage of the number of their own warships.

It's a pity that they don't know that the more fighters they send, the more their location will be exposed.

"What is the situation of the Japanese patrol aircraft on the radar now?!" Rear Admiral Chen Ce, chief of staff of the First Air Fleet of the Wehrmacht Navy, kept staring at the radar in the telecommunications room, and the telecommunications corps continued to monitor the radar.

"Report! They have been circling and advancing from us ninety kilometers away. According to the analysis of the situation, they did not find out about our presence. Our fleet, on the other hand, was ordered to keep a distance from the Japanese reconnaissance planes......"

The aircraft carriers and fleet of the Wehrmacht after repairing the aircraft carriers of the Japanese army. New combat equipment has been added to it. This includes the latest SC-type air search radar provided by the United States.

The SC-type anti-aircraft search radar is an anti-aircraft search radar specially developed by the U.S. military and equipped on warships based on the old incident of the attack on Pearl Harbor after discovering the benefits of the British use of radar.

The manufacturer of this radar is General Electric, and its wavelength is 1.5m. With a transmitting power of 20kW, it is capable of detecting fighters at a range of 147 meters.

The equipment of this radar gave the Wehrmacht fleet a direct advantage over the Japanese army as an opponent in reconnaissance. And the radar provider in the history of the Japanese army was Germany.

But now the Germans themselves have not yet obtained complete radar equipment, and the Japanese have even less of them. At this stage, the reconnaissance method used by the Japanese army is still to use carrier-based aircraft to conduct reconnaissance on the sea surface.

This mine is the latest second-generation air search radar used by the U.S. Navy, which is equipped with a 15-inch PPI display, which is very convenient to operate and use.

But as an adversary, the Japanese Navy. Until now, there was not even the most primitive oscilloscope radar in history.

"Keep an eye on them and keep your distance." Chen Ce nodded and said, "Strengthen the contact with the Nanyang Army Division, report to them the location of our estimated Japanese fleet, and let them be ready for battle at any time!" ”

"Yes!" The telecommunications officer is upright. Answer loudly.

According to the proposed battle plan, the Wehrmacht Navy would always use radar to track the Japanese fleet. At the same time, they will keep their distance and concealment, so that the Japanese army will not find out about their presence.

When the Japanese army decided that there was no problem and launched a landing operation against the Philippines, the Wehrmacht Navy suddenly appeared and dealt a fatal blow to the weakness of the Japanese army!

No matter how long the coastline of the Japanese landing is, it is impossible to accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time. At the beginning, small boats and assault boats must have been used to carry out a landing operation.

The Japanese Navy's fleets would provide air support and heavy artillery assistance. When they were fully focused on the landing operation. It's time for the Navy to stab them in the waist.

Yamamoto Isoroku is indeed very cautious, and his strategic thinking is indeed very clear. It is a pity that he did not estimate the technological gap between himself and the Wehrmacht Navy.

Although he believed that he had overestimated the strength of the Wehrmacht Navy, the reality was that he could not imagine that he was underestimating.

Wehrmacht. It has never been a complacent army. They are more sensitive to new weapons and equipment than anyone else. When the British began to use radar in the military field, the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht ordered the use of this equipment in the field within the Wehrmacht.

And when the Americans launched the second generation of new radars, the commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht did not hesitate to choose to buy this equipment and load it on his own warships.

It's all there. All in order to give the Wehrmacht a greater advantage over the enemy. And this effort is now showing its results. The Japanese did not find the Wehrmacht fleet at all. Despite the fact that they sent a large number of reconnaissance aircraft.

The Wehrmacht, on the other hand, relied on advanced radar to detect the location of the Japanese reconnaissance planes very early. At the same time, the approximate position of the Japanese troops was calculated according to their course.

Of course, the radar at this time still has certain limitations. For example, the SC type air search radar equipped on the ships of the Wehrmacht Navy has a ranging accuracy of only 90 meters. The angle measurement accuracy is only 5 degrees.

But this is already extremely advanced compared to the Japanese army. Naval officers of the Wehrmacht learned to use this radar during their studies in the United States, and could roughly calculate the position of the Japanese fleet based on the position monitored by the radar and the route of the aircraft.

"Hey...... The little devil is already close to us. Soon, the intelligence of the Navy was in Jensen's hands. Jensen didn't hide the news.

For now, Jonathan can be said to be in the same boat as himself. The two needed to be in the same boat at least before they could repel the Japanese army.

"Judging by the approximate location, their fleet will arrive in the waters of Manila by tomorrow morning at the latest. Could it be that their attacking position will be Manila?! ”

"It is quite possible that by taking Manila, they will be able to use the best transportation location and port to kill us. Presumably Yamashita Bongbun thinks so. ”

Jensen nodded and said, "Moreover, the Japanese don't care at all if we find out their offensive position. They are too confident in their navy......"

Jonathan was silent for a while, then said, "Need me to ask Mike. General Arthur's support?! We still have some naval fleets in Australia......"

"Forget it! It's our show, and I don't want anyone else to interfere! Jensen smiled and waved his big hand, "And, I think Mike. General Arthur will not consider supporting us. His task now is to hold Australia. ”