Manchuria. Former enemy command.

Chen Feng arrived in Manchuria last night, and he wanted to see with his own eyes the annihilation of the Ninth Division, a beast unit with hands stained with Chinese blood, but God seemed to be joking with him, and not long after he arrived in Manchuria, a telegram forwarded from Nanyang Ling completely ruined his mood to watch the show.

The content of the telegram is not very long, but the information contained in it makes Chen Feng feel like he has fallen into an ice cellar, the telegram was sent by Yan Changxi, the content is about the navy, according to Yan Changxi, now the Heilongjiang fleet was ambushed by the Japanese navy, the losses were extremely heavy, and the remaining warships were surrounded by the Japanese army in the waters of Funafuti Island in the South Pacific, and they were in danger.

Originally, he planned to go to Nanyang Consulate after a while, and then spend all the points in the points account to exchange them for a batch of advanced warships in later generations, and then hand them over to the navy, directly raising the strength of the navy to a certain height, and fortunately, he could make a big show in the Pacific theater.

Therefore, during this period of time, Chen Feng's task for the navy was to increase training and enhance the ability to sail and fight in the ocean, but it was strictly forbidden for the navy to start a war with the Japanese navy before it was fledgling, because in Chen Feng's view, there was no difference between the navy under his command and the Japanese navy and suicide.

However, what I didn't expect was that the navy really confronted the Japanese navy, not to mention the heavy losses, and the rest of the warships were surrounded by others, what is this Nima.

Chen Feng immediately sent a telegram back to Nanyang Ling, asking for direct contact with the Heilongjiang fleet. Attached is the frequency of the radio station he is currently using. Soon, Chen Feng got in touch with the flagship of the Heilongjiang Fleet and communicated with the commander of the fleet, Jiang Haitao.

Through communicating with Jiang Haitao, Chen Feng learned that the attack on the navy was completely a conspiracy by the Japanese side, and it turned out that the Heilongjiang Fleet was appointed by the Nanyang Consulate Council to go to Los Angeles, an important city on the west coast of the United States, to escort a fleet that was about to go to the Nanyang Consulate.

It is important to know that the fleet in Lu Dao is some precision instruments and industrial equipment purchased by the Morgan family and Rockefeller for the Nanyang Consulate, worth more than 50 million US dollars, and there are also a number of weapons and equipment produced by the Huaxia Arms Company, and the total cargo of the entire fleet is as high as 60 million US dollars. Therefore, Yan Changxi will send the Heilongjiang fleet to escort the ship. It is also used as part of the Navy's daily training. In order to increase the Navy's ocean-going combat capability.

The journey went smoothly and there were no irregularities, but when the fleet returned to the ship, it was in trouble, and the fleet was ambushed by the Japanese Combined Fleet 800 nautical miles south of Hawaii. It can be seen from the deployment of Japanese troops. The Japanese had been planning this ambush for a long time. In addition to 4 battleships, 11 large cruisers and more than 60 frigates and destroyers were dispatched, and even 1 light aircraft carrier and dozens of submarines were dispatched.

Compared to the luxurious lineup of the Japanese Combined Fleet. The strength of the Heilongjiang fleet is much worse, the entire fleet can only get its hands on 2 heavy cruisers and 6 light cruisers, and the remaining 12 frigates and 18 frigates are all antiques before World War I, and they have long been turned into target ships in other countries.

More importantly, the Heilongjiang Fleet also protects more than 30 large cargo ships, these freighters are ordinary merchant ships, without any weapons and equipment, once targeted by the Japanese naval fleet, I am afraid that the only result is to be driven to the bottom of the sea.

The Japanese Navy approached the Heilongjiang Fleet from three directions, first dispatching carrier-based aircraft to attack the Heilongjiang Fleet, followed by submarines and the main fleet bombarding in turn.

In order to protect the merchant ships, Jiang Haitao ordered the fleet to fight back on the spot, and at the same time ordered the merchant ships to immediately retreat in the direction of Hawaii, after all, 800 nautical miles to the north is the territory of the United States, presumably the Japanese do not dare to do something to the United States at the door of the Americans, and Jiang Haitao and others also know that the Japanese Navy is definitely not here for those merchant ships, but for the sake of the Japanese.

Sure enough, the Japanese did not embarrass those ordinary merchant ships, but concentrated on besieging the Heilongjiang fleet.

The commander of the Japanese army in charge of this naval battle was Vice Admiral Takasu Shiro, commander of the First Fleet of the Combined Fleet, and the Japanese army dispatched a total of three ships of the Combined Fleet, including the main fleet, the Ise, Hyuga, Fuso, Yamashiro, Kongo, Haruna, Kirishima, Hiei, Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka, Kako, Kitakami, Oi, and many other warships, as well as the aircraft carrier Zuiho.

The intensity of the naval battle was unimaginable, and the first confrontation between Chen Feng's unit and the Japanese Navy began at two o'clock in the afternoon of January 29, 1941. When the fleets of the two sides advanced to a distance of about 5 kilometers, the four warships of the Third Sentai of the First Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Kongo, Haruna, Kirishima, and Hiei, while firing heavily with heavy artillery fire, accelerated their speed, crossed the front of the Heilongjiang Fleet, turned the rudder to the left, changed course and sped off, and attacked the two frigates "Xinghe" and "Jining" on the right flank of the Heilongjiang Fleet.

The two warships, "Xinghe" and "Jining," were old warships launched before World War I, and their ages have reached 23 years. And it is not an armored ship in the traditional sense, and some of it is made of wood. In fact, the two warships are not only old and old, but also slow, and the artillery fire is also very weak, only two single 150 mm naval guns, which pose no threat to the Japanese Kongo-class giant ships, and the most important thing is that the defense of these two frigates is extremely weak.

Despite the best resistance of the two warships, they were quickly hit by a salvo of superior fire from the enemy's four fast cruisers. At the same time, the first batch of guns fired by the Japanese ships destroyed the Nanyang Lookout, the flagship of the Heilongjiang Fleet, but fortunately, Jiang Haitao and others were not injured.

At the same time, four heavy cruisers of the 6th Sentai of the 1st Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet (Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka, and Kako) and 2 light cruisers of the 9th Sentai (Kitakami and Oi) also joined the battle group and besieged the 8 capital ships of the Heilongjiang Fleet.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, a total of 9 old ships of the Heilongjiang fleet were sunk, and 4 old frigates were seriously injured and lost their ability to move, but the 8 main warships were not seriously damaged.

Originally, 800 nautical miles to the north was the Hawaiian Islands of the US military, where the powerful Pacific Fleet of the US Navy was stationed, but Jiang Haitao knew that since the Japanese dared to come out to ambush them blatantly, it meant that the Japanese were ready for war, even if the Americans were involved, the Japanese Navy would not stop, and it was not very safe to go north, and it was impossible for the Japanese army not to guard against this hand, so the only way out was to go east or south, and to the east could return to Los Angeles, USA, To the south, it is possible to reach Australia directly, and after weighing it, Jiang Haitao decided to buy a fleet and sail south immediately.

The Japanese saw the Heilongjiang fleet fleeing south and immediately pursued it. At this time, the Xinghe frigate was extinguished due to the embers on the ship, and the fire broke out again. The fire burned into the ammunition room and was critical. Seeing the Xinghe crumbling and unable to move forward, Jiang Haitao ordered the naval officers and sailors on the ship to immediately move to the flagship Nanyang, and at the same time opened the valve to let the Xinghe sink to the bottom of the sea.

However, as soon as he escaped less than 50 nautical miles, Jiang Haitao found that more than a dozen large warships suddenly appeared in front of him, and the distance between the two sides was less than 20 nautical miles.

After two days and two nights of bitter fighting, the Japanese Combined Fleet finally surrounded the 19 remaining warships of the Heilongjiang Fleet in the waters off Funafuti Island in the South Pacific. Along the way, 11 warships of the Heilongjiang fleet were sunk, 3 sank to the bottom of the sea, and 5 were captured by the Japanese navy, and the entire fleet lost half of its ships, and more than 1,200 casualties.

However, the losses were all some old warships, only one of the 8 main battleships was sunk, and the other 2 were seriously damaged, and they still had the strength to fight.

Just when Jiang Haitao and others were preparing for a desperate battle, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy actually took the initiative to stop the attack, and the two sides confronted each other in the waters of Funafuti Island.

In fact, at this time, Vice Admiral Takasu Shiro, commander of the Japanese First Fleet, was also extremely depressed, and when he saw that the prey had entered the trap and was about to enjoy the joy of the harvest, the Admiralty sent an urgent order, telling them to immediately stop the attack, as long as this Chinese fleet was surrounded, and not to annihilate it for the time being.

Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro was quite puzzled by this, and asked the Admiralty to give them a reason, but General Nagano had to inform Takasu Shiro of the truth, it turned out that the 9th Division of the Army Kanazawa was surrounded by Chen Feng's headquarters in Manchuria, and at the same time, 1 infantry wing of the 23rd Division was surrounded, with a total of more than 30,000 people if you count the Imperial Army.

Now that the danger is at stake, there is a possibility that the Chinese army will be completely annihilated at any time, and the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army will not be able to break through the blockade of the Chinese army in the direction of Hailar, so the War Department of the base camp hopes that the Admiralty will not move which China Navy in the encirclement will not move for the time being, and the two sides will negotiate on this condition.

After learning the truth, Takasu Shiro was greatly annoyed, and scolded the army for being incompetent in front of Lieutenant General Kondo Nobutake and others, but scolding is scolding, at this time we must pay attention to unity, and no matter how uncomfortable and angry Takasu Shiro is, I must endure it. Maybe Takasu Shiro's mood at this time can only be understood by Chen Feng, a person who is sympathetic! (To be continued......)