Major General Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps, who had arrived from Bangkok, sent a telegram to Tang Qiuquan: "Commander Tang is well, according to the order of the division commander, our corps has made all preparations to welcome it, and the fleet can enter the port as usual." ”

Ma Chaoyang's telegram broke the frozen atmosphere in the fleet headquarters, Tang Qiuquan sighed, and said to Chief of Staff Xin Xiguo: "Xiguo, report the fleet losses to the division headquarters immediately, and ask for the next action order." ”

Xin Xiguo was just about to leave, but Tang Qiuli called out to him again, "Also, send a telegram to Commander Ma Chaoyang, ask about it, search for the work of our parachute pilots, there is any progress, once there is news, please Commander Ma notify me immediately." ”

When the fleet sailed into Motama Bay, the Le Yiqin group was returning, he took his wingman, circled around the fleet, and talked to Tang Qiuquan, "Commander Tang, the little devil's group has basically been killed, and only more than forty planes have escaped, and our group is starting to return now, what other instructions does Commander Tang have?" ”

Tang Qiuquan smiled bitterly, even if all the Japanese planes were shot down, would they be able to recover the losses of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft? To be honest, in his heart, there is no joy after the victory, but he is still very grateful for Le Yiqin's timely reinforcements, otherwise, not only the two carrier-based aircraft regiments will fight out, but the entire fleet will probably be hit hard.

He said to Le Yiqin: "Yiqin, I wish you a smooth journey!" Le Yiqin's heart was somewhat annoyed, he did not realize his wish, completely annihilated the Japanese Seventh Air Force, and ran more than 40 planes, if it were not for the range and fuel problems, he would have been chasing and killing to the end, and directly gave the Seventh Air Force's old nest Okinawa Island to Lianwo.

The loss of the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy also made him feel severe pain, if you trace back to the source, the pilots of the two carrier-based aircraft regiments. At the beginning, they were their own subordinates, and after the formation of the fleet, they were assigned to the formation of the navy, many people. He is familiar with all of them, such as Xiao Xinhe, the commander of the Second Carrier-based Aircraft Regiment, and Tang Yunfei, the chief of staff of the First Regiment, all of whom are good seedlings under his hands.

A naval and air war involving the entire Southeast Asia and the South Pacific region has come to an end, and both sides of the war are taking stock of their losses. And the three forces in the region have different mentalities.

The Japanese Seventh Air Force returned with a feather and almost all of its troops were wiped out, and when it set out, more than 600 fighters and bombers were mighty and murderous, and the formation was quite astonishing. After the First World War, only forty-six fighters returned, all of them wounded. None of the bombers of the three wings returned, and the Seventh Air Force, the Air Imperial Guards of His Majesty the Emperor, was crippled.

The mood of defeat shrouded the base of the Seventh Air Force on the island of Okinawa, and the pilots of the Seventh Air Force, who had always been arrogant, drooped their heads, like defeated roosters, the deputy commander of the Seventh Air Force. Standing at the end of the runway, greet these defeated generals, look through the autumn water, until the sky is reflected red by the gorgeous sunset, the gulls return to their nests, and there is no longer a returning plane.

He didn't dare to slack off. Immediately, he wrote down a long telegram about the losses of the air force, especially the commander of Major General Nogi Shinki, and the unfortunate situation of the broken jade, and sent it to Prince Zaihito, the chief of the general staff, who was waiting for news at the headquarters of the headquarters in Tokyo.

He didn't dare not write in detail, the Seventh Air Force was almost wiped out, there are unpredictable and changing factors in this, who knows, that the devil Tang Qiuli's number one fierce general Le Yiqin, with more than 800 fighters, suddenly joined the battlefield, the key is that Nogi Zhenzhao This master died, this is a big thing, if you don't get it right, you will be implicated, Nogi's background is too sensitive.

After reading the telegram, the water cup on the table was smashed to the ground by His Royal Highness the Prince in anger, and the staff officer who splashed a foot of water did not dare to come out, and looked at His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff with a black line on his face tremblingly, and he was ready to be slapped with a big mouth.

Zairen's mood was extremely bad, and he used the Seventh Air Force to attack the fleet of the Independent Division for a long time, and he did not ask His Majesty the Emperor, which was not a big problem, and it was enough to explain, the key is that in three air battles in one day, two army air groups and one fleet carrier-based aircraft formation were used successively to attack the same target, but not only did not achieve the desired results, but were almost completely annihilated.

Taiwan's 17th Air Force is already dying, the 7th Air Force on Okinawa Island has only one breath left, and the air power of the Imperial Army in the South Pacific region has almost been lost.

The sea and land were dispatched at the same time, although they were all defeated and returned, but the losses were very different, and the question arises, will those guys in the navy make a big fuss about this matter, take the opportunity to make trouble, and gain the leading power of the General Staff? Or, to oust yourself from power and take control of the General Staff? No matter how big the event is rendered, add fuel to the fire.

In a few days, all the people of Japan will know that the emperor's younger brother is a pig-headed and stupid, not only so that the shore artillery units of the imperial army along the coast of the Malacca Strait were blown up by the Chinese bombers, but also caused the three air forces of the empire to suffer heavy losses.

And the most headache, that damn Nogi Shinzhao, he has already ordered him not to fight, but he wants to do it, it's okay, when he is the invincible god of war, what kind of one-on-one duel with the pilot of China, under the protection of hundreds of fighters, was beaten to pieces, and his head was kicked by a donkey?

Nogi Zhenzhao died, and it has nothing to do with my Zairen fart, but the next thing is very tricky, and I have to bear the anger of those old guys in the Nogi family, and when the time comes, in order to calm the anger of the public, I can only take the blame and resign, and even the emperor's brother can't protect me, and the old guys of the Nogi family have quite a lot of energy in the military.

Also, this time it is his own overall command and central scheduling, which is the same as the responsibilities of the front-line commander, but he suffered this defeat, and the loss of face is certain, the main thing is to take off his incompetent and mediocre hat, Zairen regrets this, I can't wait to slap myself a few times, there are so many generals who don't need it, can I do it myself?

All kinds of problems, intertwined, that one is not easy to solve, stirring Prince Zaihito upset, his head hurts, and he has the heart to cry, he must think of a perfect solution, not only to get himself out of the current passive situation, but also to successfully divert the attention of the emperor and the navy, then he needs a hard reason.

American? MacArthur's reply suddenly jumped into Zairen's mind, by the way, the Americans are a good scapegoat, originally, if the Americans had made a move to block the independent division fleet through the Strait of Malacca, there would not have been a series of subsequent fiascos, and the 17th Air Force and the First Fleet, in the waters of Singapore, would be able to kill the fleet of the independent division.

For these calculations, Zairen has no psychological burden at all, MacArthur, the Yankee, between the Great Japanese Empire and Tang Qiuli, flattered each other, reaped benefits at both ends, and played a two-sided and three-knife method, he has long looked unpleasant, and the emperor's brother has also become murderous, taking this opportunity to fan the wind and light the fire, and the Americans will be in great trouble.

Prince Zairen, who had made up his mind, was in a much better mood, looked at the staff officer who was still trembling, and ordered in a cold tone: "Prepare the car immediately, I want to enter the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor" The staff officer was like a pardon, and he rushed out in one step, like a ghost, and he was stunned!

Between China and Japan, several tragic naval and air battles were fought in one day, from the South and China Seas to the Andaman Sea, with a front stretching for several thousand kilometers, the grandeur of the scene, the intensity of the situation, and the sheer number of planes and warships dispatched by both sides, which stunned and frightened General MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the US military in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

As a loyal executor and veteran of the United States' national policy of establishing a country on the sea, he knows how much impact it will have on the war.

"It's going to change, from now on, that Chinese man has indisputably become the boss of this region, driving away a wolf and a tiger" MacArthur looked at the pile of information in front of him, as if he was talking to himself, and seemed to say to Stilwell, the chief of staff who was sitting opposite, with a blank face, shaking his head helplessly, and let out a long sigh.

Stilwell didn't take the conversation, in fact, he didn't have much to say, but he understood what MacArthur's sigh was for, and in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, Tang Qiuli and Japan himself, which one was dominant, was not in MacArthur's interests, to be precise, it was not in the interests of the Americans.

From Congress to the government, to the military, to MacArthur, I don't know how many brains have been racked in order to control the dominance of this region and grab the greatest benefits.

For example, what happens if a submarine is sent into the Andaman Sea and waits for an opportunity to muddy the waters? The ten submarines, without even seeing the shadow of the Japanese warship, were frightened back by the fierce air battle, and the buttocks were not wiped clean, and the submarines of the Chinese people followed behind and returned to the Pontianak Naval Base.

Of course, from the bottom of his heart, Stilwell's heart was quite uncomfortable about Tang Qiuli's strength and the dominance of the Chinese people in this region, after all, he was an American general and should consider the interests of the United States, but he understood one thing, and, very realistically, it was time for Americans to make a choice.