Chapter 665: Bombardment of Etajima (Part I)

After the main battleships of the Japanese Navy were completely annihilated in Dadonggou, there were still a total of ten battleships left in the Taiwan Navy, and these ten battleships were all seriously injured, especially those Sovereign-class battleships, who suffered a huge blow from the Japanese. And they came to the port of Arthur very much to rest, and they met the troops of the Northeast Military Region. Although the number of people in the Northeast Military Region is still relatively small, because the war with Japan was still relatively early, Taiwan has long made preparations. It has been ordered for the army to transport a batch of naval supplies to the northeast, and then a temporary supply base has been set up in the port of Arthur, with shells for naval guns, some daily supplies, and so on. When those Taiwanese warships are replenished here with 25 percent of their ammunition, they can be regarded as able to continue fighting.

"Chen Fa, this mission is entrusted to you. On this mission, you go to Etajima Island in Japan, and then go and bomb all their naval schools to me, and then completely destroy their Japanese naval training. As long as I destroy all the cadets of the Japanese naval school, the Japanese Navy will be considered to have broken off its inheritance. Once the inheritance is broken, the consequences for them can be very fatal. At that time, their naval talents will definitely be seriously undermined in a few years, and they will not be able to recover without more than 20 years. When the time comes, Japan will become a country with no sea and no defense, and that will be in our best interest. Qiu Baoren said.

"Yes!" Chen Fa said.

Chen Fa immediately set out again with five Sword-class battleships that had not been fully replenished and had not undergone much repair, but this time they were very relieved that no one in the Asian waters would be able to do anything to them. In the entire Asian seas, it was impossible for anyone to do anything to them, because the Japanese battleships had been completely destroyed, and the French were not strong enough to fight the five Sword-class battleships. Neither the British would touch this brow.

The member of the British observation group on the Japanese flagship had already disembarked from the Japanese flagship in a small boat. Although Ito wanted to sink this battleship, it was impossible for him to drag this British observation group to die together, because if he dragged this observation group to die together, it would seriously offend Britain. They have already lost to China, and naturally it is impossible for them to continue to fight with Britain. So he chose to leave those opportunities for life to the members of the British Observer Mission. Let them leave in lifeboats, and sink to the bottom of the sea with the staff officers on the battleship and so on. The members of the British Observation Mission were received by Wang Guorui and placed under house arrest until the end of the war.

However, the current task has not been completed, and then Chen Fa has one last mission, that is, to go to Etajima Island in Japan, and then prepare for the final blow this time. As long as this task is completed, it will be the most painful first lesson for the Japanese Navy. Even the navy will hardly be able to turn over in the next twenty years.

"Let's go, go to Etajima!" Chen Fa said.

Chen Fa went all the way south, then after more than a day of sailing, and then reached Shandong. After arriving in Shandong, they accelerated their replenishment, and then filled the navy's artillery shells and fresh water as soon as possible, and finally they all gradually began to rush to the east. Their target is the Japanese mainland, which is a hinterland.

If it is in normal times, no matter how strong Taiwan's navy is. It would not have been possible to have the courage to send a warship to the Japanese mainland. But now the main force of Japan's combined fleet has been completely annihilated, and all that is left of them are ordinary destroyers. Of course, this grid battleship will not be afraid. A destroyer would not be an opponent of a battleship if it fought alone on a frontal battlefield, and the destroyer was only used as a means of sneak attack. Maybe the battleship will be afraid of submarines, but Japan can't have submarines, this is the information that Wang Guorui obtained through a senior undercover agent in Japan.

"Commander Chen Fa. Our next step is to enter the Seto Inland Sea in Japan. We're going to carry out a sneak attack this time, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hide it if we go in directly! We have to pass through the Seto Inland Sea, but the Seto Inland Sea is surrounded by Japanese territory, so we may not be able to sneak in. Once we were inside, it was easy to be spotted by those Japanese observation troops. And then there will definitely be some preparation. Then I'm afraid that our plan will not be realized. A bridge staff officer said.

Chen Fa laughed and said, "Give our warships the Japanese flag!" In this way, we can also enter without knowing it. When the time comes, most of them will think that it is their Japanese battleship. I had heard from the intelligence services that the Japanese had taken a cover-up approach to the disastrous defeat of their navy. They did this but gave us an opportunity, and since they covered up the information, it means that most people don't know about their naval fiasco, so we can take advantage of it. ”

In order to stabilize the country, the Japanese ordered the news of their naval defeat to be temporarily covered up, so no one in their country knew about it. Of course, if Taiwan's warships swaggered past, it would naturally arouse the alarm of those Japanese, and they would certainly report it by radio. At that time, although the Japanese could not send warships to stop them, they could withdraw their targets in time, and the plan to attack Etajima Island would be completely aborted.

And when the Japanese flag is hung, they will not be alert for a while, and they will all think that it is their own country's battleship. Who let Japan cover up the news of the naval fiasco, so this also gave Chen Fa the opportunity to fly the Japanese flag to sneak attack.

As for whether this will be too shameless, this Chen Fa doesn't care. For Taiwan's military, they have long known the biggest rule in war, that is, there are no rules. As long as victory can be achieved, then all means can be used. The victor will not be blamed, so in order to win Taiwan's army, all means can be used, and this is reasonable and legal. That's why Chen Fa won't be pedantic, so he has no shame about hanging the Japanese flag to sneak attack. As long as you can achieve your mission goals, why not hang the Japanese flag?

Sure enough, Taiwan's five Sword-class battleships hung up the Japanese flag and swaggered directly into Japan's Seto Inland Sea, although there were also Japanese coastal defense troops greeting them along the way. However, Taiwan's Sovereign-class battleships ignored it and drove straight ahead. The Japanese didn't send anyone to stop them, and because of the distance, they only saw that these battleships were battleships, but they didn't see the layout of the specific battleships. Taiwan's Sword-class battleships are different from Japan's Xiangshan-class battleships, but for the vast majority of ordinary soldiers, they don't understand the difference at all. It is impossible for even an ordinary navy to be familiar with the layout of every battleship, let alone the coastal defense forces of these land battles. As long as they saw the Japanese flag on the Sword-class battleship, they took it for granted that it was their own country's battleship. Of course, they didn't know that their battleships had been completely destroyed, so they didn't have any vigilance at all.

Taiwan's five Sword-class battleships came directly to Etajima, the city of Etajima, in Japan. For Etajima, many people may not know what it means, and many future generations may not know about it. Many later generations only know the famous names of Japanese festivals, such as Tokyo, the capital of Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki that were bombed by the atomic bombs, and some tourist cities such as Nagoya, Hokkaido. However, this Etajima Island is a very important place for the Japanese navy, a very sacred place. This is because this Etajima Island can almost be said to be the birthplace of the Japanese Navy, because there is a naval academy here.

Of course, the naval academy may still be relatively new to Chinese, because the crimes of the Japanese navy in the history of Japan's invasion of China are not big, so many people do not know much about this school. However, his status in the Japanese Navy is equivalent to Japan's Army Non-commissioned Officer School. If it is an army non-commissioned officer school, then maybe many people will understand. And this naval academy has a status in Japan that is no less than that of the army non-commissioned officer school. It can be said that almost all the generals of the Japanese Navy have studied in this school. This naval academy is the most basic education for the Japanese Navy, and they will become the backbone of the Japanese Navy. Every graduate will become one of the key members of the Japanese Navy, and almost every admiral has come from this school, which is enough to show his importance.

Of course, if this naval academy is destroyed, it will be an immeasurable blow to the future of the Japanese Navy. If the Japanese Naval Academy is destroyed, it will really create a serious talent gap for the future of the Japanese Navy, and almost half of the efforts of the century-old Navy will be crippled. The cost of rebuilding it is uncomparable. Even, whether Wang Guorui will allow them to re-establish it at that time is still a question. The goal of this sword-class battleship is to destroy this naval academy, so that Japan's decades-long naval construction will be completely wiped out and the future of the Japanese Navy will be completely cut off. (To be continued.) )