March 3rì, early morning, Tangshan, Nanjing, command center of the Ministry of National Defense.

Chang Ruiqing stood beside him with his arms crossed, looking at Zhao Zhen, Wu Shi, Chen Shaokuan and others, as well as a few senior staff officers pointing to the giant sand table and discussing in a low voice, his thick eyebrows became tighter and tighter.

These few days are probably the most critical time after the start of the Great East Asia Unification War, not only the landing of four marine divisions on the beach in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kitakyushu, but also a very large airborne operation that is said to be able to take the small Rì by surprise is also being carried out at the same time. And the Nanyang Fleet, which had been cruising in the ocean near the Ryukyu Islands for a few days, also found traces of the main force of the combined fleet, although it did not find the five capital ships of the Rì himself, but the 8 aircraft carriers (actually 10) were also extremely valuable targets, if they could all be sunk, not only could they completely control the sea power of the East Ocean, but also reduce the trouble of attacking the South Seas in the future - Tong Guò Yasuda, a big spy, Chang Ruiqing had long known about Takeda Heng's anti-China deployment, This one will not surrender like the emperor in history, but will lead the people of the Rì Ben and the Nanyang Islands to resist to the end. Even if he finally fled to India to form a revolutionary exile, he did not hesitate......

So now it's better to boil the main forces of the combined fleet of rì himself, lest they become part of the Indian Red Army later.

However, it is not easy to achieve this goal, because Rì Ben under the leadership of Rìg is following the "Great Navy Route", more than 80% of the annual military expenditure is given to the Navy, and their army equipment is extremely rudimentary, since the defeat in Korea in 1932, even the armored corps has been canceled, according to the information provided by Tianyan. At present, the army does not even have a single usable tank, and even the number of artillery is insufficient, and only the division and regiment level is equipped with a 36-gun artillery wing. Combat units below the division regiment have at most only mortars. It is certain that it is not at all an opponent of the Chinese National Defense Forces, which is equipped with good equipment and extremely rich combat experience. The only thing that is now in doubt in the fighting on land is the resistance of the people, not the strength of their armies.

However, the navy is truly sharp, with 5 new battlecruisers/battleships, 5 old battleships, 10 to 12 aircraft carriers, nearly 100 light and heavy cruisers and destroyers, hundreds of submarines of various types, and about 2,000 combat aircraft. If we can't take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy losses on them and let them retreat to the South Seas, even if they adopt attack tactics, it will be enough for China to drink a pot.

What's more. The prelude to the naval battle has begun, then it is inevitable that the winner will be divided, and the Chinese Navy still has a certain chance of being defeated! In this case, I am afraid that even the operation of landing on Rìmoto will be affected. When the time comes. China can only use the atomic bomb that has just been built and has not yet been tested!

And with the atomic bombing, will it be possible to make a forced landing? In this regard, Chang Ruiqing is not at all sure.

"Report, received a telegram from the aircraft carrier Nakayama, an hour ago a task force consisting of the Nanyang Fleet Battle Patrol Detachment, the 1st Cruiser Detachment, and the 1st Destroyer Detachment had encountered the Rì Fleet about 200 nautical miles south of the Ryukyu Islands! A fierce battle ensued. Our battle cruiser Zhejiang was heavily damaged, the cruiser Vladivostok was heavily damaged, the cruiser Bangkok was heavily damaged, and the destroyer Nanyang was sunk!

rì square. Three of the top (in fact, one of them was a Tone-class) heavy cruiser was heavily damaged (all of them were abandoned early that morning) ......"

A lieutenant colonel rushed into the operational command center and loudly reported the battle report he had just received. The atmosphere in the war room suddenly became solemn! The heavy damage of one battle cruiser, two air defense cruisers, and the sinking of one destroyer were exchanged for three heavy cruisers...... Sounds like defeated! It seems that the combined fleet is really famous!

"What about the damage to the battlecruiser Zhejiang?" Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Chen Shaokuan hurriedly asked.

"A powerful torpedo was hit in the bow, and the front section was almost completely destroyed, and it would take at least six months to completely repair!"

The Zhejiang won't be able to go to the battlefield for six months! Hearing this news, let alone a room full of senior officers and staff officers, even Chang Ruiqing's face was slightly ugly.

Commander Feng also said on the telegram that the Nanyang Fleet will fight to the death with the Combined Fleet after dawn today! The top and bottom of the Nanyang Fleet have made up their minds that if they do not succeed, they will become benevolent! ”

"Is Feng Yundong enraged?". Chang Ruiqing snorted coldly, also showing a hint of annoyance, and said to Chen Shaokuan: "Call Feng Yundong back." Just say...... I'm Chang Ruiqing waiting for his good news! Sue him, do not be afraid of the loss of aircraft carriers. As long as the main force of the combined fleet can be annihilated, it is not a big deal to sink a few aircraft carriers! ”

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At the same time, on the aircraft carrier Flying Dragon, Takijiro Onishi received a battle report from Jizaburo Ozawa, and his eyebrows were tightly wrung up.

"I lost three heavy cruisers...... In the end, it was only by relying on the Red Army warriors that they barely regained a little face! I didn't expect that the tyrannical navy was so powerful! ”

"Commander, Ozawa-kun still achieved his goal." The Black Island Turtle Man took the battle report, read it carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Achieved your goal?"

"Yes," Kuroshima Kameto smiled slightly and explained, "Ozawa-kun's battle report said that it was the Tyrant Fleet that first withdrew from the battlefield, and Ozawa ordered the abandonment of the three heavy cruisers Mogami, Kumano, and Sanya after the Tyrant Fleet retreated. In other words, the Tyrannical side did not know that we had lost three heavy cruisers, so they did not know that they had won the naval battle tonight. ”

"So what?" Onishi Takijiro glared at Kuroshima, the "immortal staff officer" who always likes to leave half of his speech.

The Black Island Turtle Man shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It's not a good ...... If I'm the Commander-in-Chief of the Tyrannical Fleet, I must want to win a game after dawn now? Since the beginning of the World War, the Tyrannical Army has been invincible on the battlefield! I don't think anyone wants to be the first tyrannical general to lose a battle? ”

Indeed, the world war has been fought to this day, and the mentality of the countries participating in the war has indeed undergone subtle changes. Basically, the armies of China and Germany are the best, so the generals and citizens of these two countries have long regarded winning the war as a matter of course. The tolerance for failure is extremely low. And the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union and India have all suffered too many defeats, so no one takes defeat seriously.

"Roar!" Onishi Takijiro's face finally showed joy, and his First Air Fleet's mission in this battle was to lure the enemy. The most feared thing is that the enemy will not come to pursue. As for the loss of three heavy cruisers, it is not a matter at all, if the Rì homeland falls, what is the point of the combined fleet even if it is intact? Is it so honorable to join the Navy of the Great China Federation? Although Onishi Takijiro had already obtained a Chinese passport, it was still impossible for him to work for Chinese imperialism......

At this time, the voice of the communications officer sounded in Onishi's ears: "General, Commander Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet has sent a telegram, Commander Yamamoto has asked us to direct the Riot Fleet in the direction of the Philippine Islands at any cost. ”

Onishi received the telegram, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "The Red Army warriors of Nagumo must be ready in the Philippine Islands...... Call back to Commander Yamamoto. The First Air Fleet will complete its mission even if all members of the Air Fleet are broken! ”

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Just as the decisive battle on the sea had just entered the high cháo, the air raid had just begun. Just a few hours after the end of the dummy airdrop on the evening of March 2, nearly 1,000 more airborne troops were loaded with real goods. The Ju.52 transport planes and hundreds of Ju.88 and He-111 bombers roared into the virtual airspace. This time they targeted the western part of Honshu, the southern coastal area of Yamaguchi Prefecture.

According to the intelligence, this area is probably the most defenseed territory in the entire western part of the country. Because it is next to the Seto Inland Sea in rìmoto, not the Rìmoto Sea or the Korean Strait. It was impossible for the landing force of the Riot Army to cross the heavily defended Kanmon Strait and land on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. And everybody knows. This time, the main target of the riot army was Kitakyushu. Therefore, the best place to land in the east or south of Kyushu Island should also be able to cooperate with the landing tyrannical army. However, probably no one in the rì army would have thought that this squadron would come by surprise.

I don't know if it was because yesterday evening's fake airborne landing diverted the Rì Army in the southern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture, and now the roar of 2,000 planes is added together, and it has not attracted many anti-aircraft artillery counterattacks. Standing at the door of the engine cabin, which was already open, and looking down, Lieutenant Colonel Mao Yuanchang stretched out his neck and looked down, and the fire below was sparse. It seems that there was not much anti-aircraft artillery fire at shè. Tonight's raid has largely been a success!

"Ladies and gentlemen, Rì is below us. Are you ready? ”。 Mao Yuanchang yelled at the dozen or so airborne soldiers in the plane, who were heavily armed but wearing Red Army uniforms and holding Type 38 rifles equipped with the standard equipment of the Red Army infantry.

"Hay!" The language of the answer is actually rì!

Mao Yuanchang nodded with satisfaction, and then said in rì language: "Remember your current identity, you are the officers and soldiers of the 56th Division of the Red Army and the 3rd Brigade of the 148th Wing!" ”

"Hay!"

Of course, these people are not the Great Rì Red Army, but a few of them used to be the Great Rì Ben Imperial Army! For example, this Lieutenant Colonel Mao Yuanchang! His original name was Mori Motocho, a member of the Mori family of the Choshu Domain, and he was a lieutenant in the Rì Ben Army before the Rìben Revolution, and he also participated in the revolution with the army for a time. However, this Maori Yuan Chang has a pair of parents who are "Gong Clan", and they were sanctioned by Rìg Justice on the day of the Tokyo Crackdown, along with the Maori Yuan's wife and young son! As a result, the Maori Governor immediately fled, smuggled out of the country on an American steamer, and then came to China, where he participated in the reactionary activities of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association, and after the outbreak of the World War, he also joined the Chinese National Defense Forces, and now he has become a glorious leader of the way. All the officers and men of the "108th Task Force" under his command were also counter-revolutionaries or children of counter-revolutionaries who had escaped from the era of the Great Revolution. Most of them still have a blood feud with Rìg......

However, they were not the first batch of counter-revolutionaries to kill back to the mainland, in fact, as early as three days ago, more than a dozen "Japanese spies" had been quietly airdropped into the mountainous areas of southern Yamaguchi Prefecture. Their mission was to fire shè flares on the ground to direct the 108th Task Force Group to airdrop.

At this time, the pilot of the plane saw several flares rising on the ground in the distance in the dark, and immediately pressed the button of the jǐng to report the light, and the yellow light flashed in the cabin, indicating that the parachute operation was about to begin!

Seeing the signal light coming on, Mao Yuanchang immediately shouted: "Three minutes to prepare!" Check the parachute! The paratroopers in the cabin quickly got up, but they did not hook the parachute hook to the wire in the cabin as they did before the parachute jump. They are not ordinary paratroopers, but specially trained special forces with first-class parachuting skills. To ensure that all of them can land in the area closest to the set target, they must open the parachute at a low altitude of several hundred meters from the ground.

"Here we go!"

A red light flashed inside the cabin, indicating that the parachute operation could begin. "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Jump! In the shouts of Mao Yuanchang, the officers and soldiers of the 108th Task Force jumped out of the cabin one after another, and when the last subordinate left, Mao Yuanchang also jumped into the endless void. It was the darkest hour before dawn, and there was no boundless darkness except for a faint moonlight and a few stars in the sky. Mao Yuanchang looked down, couldn't see anything, and didn't know how far away the ground was from him?

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5......" Each of the task forces who was falling rapidly began to count silently in their hearts, and when they counted to 30, they invariably pulled the pull ring on the parachute bag, and the round silk parachute opened at once, Mao Yuanchang felt as if he was lifted up by something, and was instantly lifted dozens of meters high.

The wind in the night sky is very strong, and there is a slight salty smell peculiar to the sea breeze, which is the wind of Yamaguchi Prefecture in his hometown. Thinking that this land would soon be ravaged by the flames of war, Mao Yuanchang couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart, not against the Chinese imperialism that started this war, but against the rì bengcd who ruled this land and the traitor Takeda Heng who almost slaughtered the Heavenly Emperor!

It was thieves like Takeda Heng and Rìg who brought ruin to the rìben and rì peoples, and they themselves were fighting for the unification and unity of the entire Greater East Asian nation in accordance with the will of Heaven! After repeating this "truth" in his heart again that he had said he didn't know how many times, Mao Yuanchang's god became extremely resolute and cold, and he felt that he was a vengeful demon god who had fallen from the sky, and wanted to kill all the enemies who had brought ruin to the Maori family...... (To be continued......)