Judging from the name of Chinese by Tetsutaro Sato, unlike Kanji Kato, who looks down on China extremely, Tetsutaro Sato, as the think tank of the Japanese Navy, attaches great importance to the oldest country on land.

The officers looked at him, and this thin old man said slowly: "The intelligence department of the Admiralty has learned from China that the Chinese have lagged behind our country in the development of the navy, so they have chosen another development path, that is, to develop the aviation combat mode. The Chinese aircraft were even divided into six models, namely bombers, fighters, transport aircraft, fighter-bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, and practice aircraft. China's president, Wang Maoru, started as the captain of the aviation garrison brigade, and he supported the construction of China's first reconnaissance aircraft, fighters, and bombers, which attracted Yuan Shikai's attention and was entrusted with important tasks. Moreover, Wang Maoru has been committed to developing the range and combat effectiveness of aircraft since the four years of the Republic of China, and the naval staff believes that Wang Maoru is trying to replace ships with aircraft to achieve alternative national defense. ”

"Is Army Intelligence accurate?" Someone complained, "Those turtles have never been reliable." ”

Tetsutaro Sato immediately said angrily: "Shut up, they sacrificed at least a dozen excellent spies of the empire for this intelligence, which is enough to show the shift and focus of the Chinese's strategy, do you have any countermeasures?" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, but it was his student Kanji Kato who said, "Teacher, do you think it is possible for airplanes to replace ships?" I know that our seaplanes are also relatively successful, at least in the near sea, everyone knows the power of the plane, but in the ocean. Seaplanes can't take off and sail in the ocean at least 1.5 meters high. ”

Tetsutaro Sato nodded and said, "I don't think airplanes can be the protagonist of war for the time being, but this gives us a very big warning." And when we blockade the China Sea. After occupying China's coastal areas, our army will suffer unprecedented losses if it rashly enters Chinese mainland. Because the navy can't go ashore, the army without the protection of the navy will only suffer defeat. ”

"Hey, you make so much sense." Kanji Kato said, and the others nodded in agreement, indeed, without the protection of the navy. The Japanese Army is just a bunch of fools -- this shows how deeply the Japanese Army and Navy look down on each other.

"Look!" Suddenly, Keisuke Okada pointed to a "dark cloud" in the sky in the distance and exclaimed, and the rest of the generals also looked over with binoculars, and they were all surprised, getting closer and closer, it was not a dark cloud. That's the Chinese's airship troops.

The three hundred and eighteen airships were between 500 and 1,200 meters away from the sponge, and the sky seemed to be enveloped.

Woowoo......

The huge roar came from afar, and gradually not only the Japanese naval officers on the control tower saw it, but even the Japanese naval soldiers who looked down on the Chinese opened their mouths and saw the airship covering the sky and the sun on the opposite side slowly flying.

An airship is almost the size of a cruiser, and its huge black airbag is majesticly showing its might. Airships are such fancy shelves. It looks scary, but in reality it is not capable of fighting. But despite their lack of combat ability, more than 300 airships filled the entire sky, which really scared the Japanese.

"One! Two! Three...... One hundred and twenty ...... Oh my God, I can't count them. A Japanese sailor shouted.

"The island. Are these really all of the Shina people? ”

"It can't be British, can it?"

Several sailors immediately looked at the gunner, waiting for the gunner to speak. The gun commander also looked embarrassed and said, "Probably, maybe, almost...... I guess so. ”

Kanji Kato opened his mouth wide and asked, "Let's shoot...... Or can you hit it? These words came from the mouth of someone with such an arrogant character, which is enough to see that the Japanese are confused at this time. This is a breakthrough at the strategic level, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you will never be shocked by it, Japan has built three airships of its own, and the navy has been equipped with observation balloons early, but the Japanese airship exploded in the process of manufacturing, and the Japanese navy complained. Because observation balloons can be placed in the storage room when not in use, but airships cannot be put in them, the navy needs to travel far, and the speed of airships is slower than that of warships, so the development of airships in Japan has been completely abandoned.

But seeing the huge formation of Chinese airships, the Japanese were still stunned, one by one opened their mouths wide and could not speak, and they did not even need to release the observation balloons, and when they saw the huge formation, they knew that the Chinese warships were not far away.

"Kato." Tetsutaro Sato said, "We got the news before they set off that the Chinese would send airships to Japan, but what we didn't expect was that more than three hundred airships would get together like this-terrible." After he finished speaking, he suddenly laughed, as if summarizing and comforting others, and said, "But what kind of combat power do these airships have?" They are nothing more than transport airships. ”

Indeed, all the Japanese needed to be relieved, because the sight of more than 300 airships pounced on them was too terrifying, and for many Japanese sailors, it was a terrible scene of alignment that they had seen in their lives. As for whether the airship will hurt themselves, many sailors do not know the answer, but are simply afraid and afraid.

Suddenly, a sailor accidentally fired a shot, and his shooting immediately detonated the panic of all the soldiers of the First Fleet, because of fear, they collectively attacked the airship more than ten kilometers away.

"Bang ......"

"Sudden ......"

Kantaro Suzuki, the commander of the First Fleet on the command tower of the battleship Nagato, was taken aback and asked angrily, "Who shot it?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander, there are soldiers who shoot out of fear, which has caused more soldiers to shoot, and I think everyone is just trying to relieve their fear." The captain of the Duomen, Zuo Jinji, said after a little understanding.

"Bastard!" Kantaro Suzuki complained, "Let them stop shooting, the bullets of Great Japan are not used to feed the sea." ”

"Yes." Left near the three major roads of the division and government.

Soon, the soldiers of the Japanese First Fleet stopped firing in the air, and many sailors vented their hearts much less fearfully.

Commander Kantaro Suzuki knew the hearts of the soldiers at this time, so he did not blame them, indeed, even he, who had always prided himself on being well-informed, was stunned by this new mode of combat, let alone the soldiers?

As the think tank of the Japanese Navy, Chief of Staff Tetsutaro Sato said firmly: "In the future, I am afraid that air supremacy will be added to it." On the side, the eyes of Yamamoto Isoroku, the principal of the Japanese Naval Academy, flashed brightly, and he looked at the airship in the sky thoughtfully.

"Report." The staff officer came, "Cabinet of Ministers urgent telegram." ”

"Say." Kantaro Suzuki said.

"Our navy must not engage in armed conflict with the Chinese rescue team, and immediately withdraw to the Yokosuka military port, order, severely reprimanded the commander of the Yokosuka military port, Kanji Kato, and deduct his salary for three months as a punishment." After reading it, the staff officer carefully handed the message to Kantaro Suzuki.

"This is the second telegram." Kantaro Suzuki muttered to himself.

"yes." Tetsutaro Sato said, "I estimate that the third telegram will arrive in less than ten minutes, do you want to make a bet?" ”

"Haha, don't bother." Kantaro Suzuki said, "We want to take a look at the Chinese fleet, and if it is worth destroying, then do not hesitate." If it's not worth mentioning, teach it a lesson. ”

"Lessons?" Tetsutaro Sato asked with a smile.

"Surround them." Kantaro Suzuki laughed.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Kanji Kato heard that the two of them meant that they didn't want to fight anymore, and they were immediately anxious, as the main battle faction, he naturally wanted to fight, and this time he came to the First Fleet as an observer The purpose was to drum up Suzuki Kantaro to fight against the Chinese Navy. So Kanji Kato immediately said anxiously: "This is a rare and good opportunity, and we must not let it go." As for the prime minister, I don't think he can understand what it means to make decisions on the battlefield. ”

Kantaro Suzuki touched his white beard, not knowing what he was thinking.

Kanji Kato said: "Isn't this attack on the Chinese rescue team the purpose of our departure? Are we going to give up? Your Excellency, Commander, please do not hesitate, victory is at hand, and the opportunity to destroy the last navy of China is close at hand. ”

"Woo woo woo ......" The airship motor was louder in the sky, and the Chinese airship forward troops gathered only a few kilometers away from the Japanese First Fleet.

"Report! The Prime Minister's third telegram arrived. The staff officer hurriedly said, "The content is exactly the same as the previous one, except that one sentence has been added, His Royal Highness the Regent is preparing to visit the Chinese refugee camp." In addition, the ambassadors of Britain, the United States and France hoped that the waters in Asia would calm down and urged our government to destroy warships in the best possible way under the Washington Naval Treaty. ”

"Bastard! Damn whites. Kanji Kato said angrily, and the naval officers were also angry when they heard about the Washington Naval Treaty, but they didn't dare to say anything, because Kantaro Suzuki, one of the Japanese representatives of the Washington Naval Treaty, was their commander.

Tetsutaro Sato looked at Suzuki and said, "It seems that our Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo is scared. ”

Kantaro Suzuki shook his head and said, "Prime Minister Kiyoura is now unbearable because of the constant attacks of the Political Friendship Association, and if there is a Sino-Japanese conflict now, I think Kiyoura will be even more wolf." Well, as much as I don't like this advisor, he's a representative of royalty. ”

"It's hard to fight or not." Tetsutaro Sato sighed.

"For us, why not for the Chinese? I guess they're writing a suicide note right now, right? Kantaro Suzuki said.

"What are you going to do?" Tetsutaro Sato asked.

Kantaro Suzuki raised his binoculars and stared into the distance for a while, and the figures of the seventeen warships of the Chinese rescue fleet appeared in the distance, but they were really not worth mentioning in terms of tonnage.