Episode 146 Biochemical Offensive

A feast of hospitality to Xiaoqiang, plus a meal of incitement,.

Needless to say, Qi Xiaofeng, commander of the submarine force, was originally a submarine faction, and he couldn't wait to use all the quotas to build submarines. It was Xiong Dingming, chief of the general staff of the Navy, who listened to Xiang Xiaoqiang's words on the one hand and felt very reasonable on the one hand, and was quite moved on the other hand. In his opinion, Xiang Xiaoqiang, as an army general, has repeatedly used his time and energy to persuade the top brass of the Navy to accept his proposals...... And the navy is the navy after all, and no matter how big the victory is on the navy's side, he will not get any direct benefits from Xiang Xiaoqiang. If Xiang Xiaoqiang used all this energy to run the army, used the time to eat with Tang Yunsheng, and even used it to chase His Majesty, it would be much better for his future.

And now Xiang Xiaoqiang has paid out of his own pocket to invite so many people from the navy to come to his house for dinner, and he has gone around so many circles and spent so much thought, just so that the navy can accept some of his ideas, and he thinks that these ideas are of great benefit to Daming...... If there were more such people, it would be great.

After Xiong Dingming went back, he thought for a long time and decided to stand on Xiang Xiaoqiang's side, and submitted a request to the Admiralty in the name of the General Staff of the Navy to cancel the construction plan of the last battleship and change it to an aircraft carrier of the same tonnage, and then allocate all the remaining budget and resources to submarines. Xiong Dingming is in favor of the strategy of trapping Japan in submarine warfare. He also saw a huge advantage of aircraft carriers against battleships. He decided to take a gamble and bet his treasure on the aircraft carrier.

If...... In the future, if you really find something irreplaceable about the battleship, it will not be irreparable. At that time, Japan will definitely have to pay reparations. And for the sake of reparations and peace, Japan must have emptied the treasury, and there was not much cash compensation, so it was naturally indispensable to use a few large warships to settle the account. It's a lot more cost-effective than making it yourself.

On September 30, the fourth day of the offensive, Army Group Eastern had advanced south to the Sea of Japan. Thus, the narrow Far Eastern region east of the Ussuri River was completely divided into two halves. Vladivostok, an important town in the south, has become a lonely city. And the two Soviet infantry divisions that withdrew south into Vladivostok were also besieged as lone troops, along with Vladivostok.

The submarines of the Ming army are constantly being drawn to the Sea of Japan. At present, more than 20 submarines are like wolves, eyeing the sea off Vladivostok. If any ship sails out of Vladivostok, or wants to enter Vladivostok from the periphery, it is easy for a submarine to spot. And the submarine forces of the Ming army have now accepted the orders of the General Staff of the Navy and have begun to operate in accordance with the "wolf pack tactics" mode. That is, to be bold in radio contact.

As soon as a submarine spotted an enemy ship, it attacked as much as possible. If you can catch up and sink it, of course, it is the best. If the distance is too far to catch up, then use the radio to notify the other submarines in front of you, informing them that there is such an enemy ship approaching you, the speed, course, current position, etc. Based on this information, the submarine in front will ambush the ship on its predetermined route in advance and attack again.

This is not yet a "wolf pack tactic" in the full sense of the word. Because the other party has not yet formed a "group". When the other side thinks that the losses of solo navigation are too great, begins to form a fleet, and sends warships to escort the ship, then the "wolf pack tactics" of the submarine will also be officially launched. Then once a submarine spotted the convoy, it was not as simple as notifying the submarine ahead of it to intercept. Instead, they summoned a number of nearby submarines to approach the flotilla, follow the flotilla, and start a group massacre at night.

Although the Sea of Japan is large, there is only one large port that can be used, whether it is besieging Vladivostok or preventing Japan from supporting the Soviet army, as long as you watch Vladivostok. These dozens of submarines of the Ming army can be regarded as bearable. It's just that submarines in other seas have been transferred so badly that space is empty. However, now everything is aimed at taking the Soviet Far East and destroying the Red Banner Far East Army Corps, and the blockade of Japan has to be put aside for the time being.

On the 30th, Ming bombers discovered that the cargo ship in the port of Vladivostok was leaving the port with soldiers and sailing north along the coastline. The Changchun Command of the Ming Army immediately understood: this was the Soviet army's plan to use the sea to allow the encircled army to maneuver, transport it to the north by sea, and join up with the other main forces.

The Ming command immediately ordered the mobilization of dive bombers to bomb these troop carriers. At the same time, the General Staff of the Nanjing Strait also transferred several submarines to the north and deployed 200 kilometers in the waters of the northern coastline. Because the northern coastline is straight, there are no ports, there are basically no towns, and naturally there are no shore fire artillery. Submarines can boldly approach the coastline.

Sure enough, on the 5th, in a day and a half, dive bombers blew up and sank two troop carriers, and submarines sank two troop carriers. None of the four troop transports that sailed out of Vladivostok survived, and almost a division of Soviet soldiers and weapons and equipment died at sea. Since then, Vladivostok has not sailed a troop carrier. The remaining Soviet infantry division also cut off the idea of breaking through by sea, so it stayed outside Vladivostok and defended Vladivostok.

And this is exactly what the Ming army wants. Anyway, the Ming army is not going to storm it, and in the land of Vladivostok, the more troops gathered, the faster the food and fresh water will be consumed, and the shorter the siege time will be.

Most of Vladivostok's fresh water is supplied by the Raztorinaya River, which flows into the sea from here. Vladivostok also has a desalination plant, but the production is by no means enough for so many people to drink. This Raztorinaa river is not wide, at its widest point it is less than fifty meters. And the further upstream it is, the narrower it becomes. Now, the upper reaches are in the territory occupied by the Ming army. The Ming army decided to make a fuss on this river.

The Ming army first tried to cut off the water flow, but now it is the flood season, and the water flow is relatively large, so it is difficult to cut it. Digging ditches to divert the water away was too much work. In the end, the Ming army had to make up its mind about destroying the water quality. They threw a large number of Soviet corpses into the river, allowing them to flow down the river and pollute the water. They also dug up the bodies of the Japanese soldiers from earlier, pulled them to the river one by one, and threw them into the water one by one. At this time, although it was almost October, it was still summer and August when the Japanese army was fighting. And these corpses have also been buried in the soil for a month, and now many of them are highly **, the smell is unbearable, and the Ming army team responsible for transporting the corpses has to wear chemical protective clothing.

In addition to human corpses, there were also many military horses and livestock that were killed, whether they were ** or not, and they were all thrown into the river.

Within a few days, corpses were floating on the Raztorinaya River, goshawks and maggots tumbling up and down, and the stench was stinking. The Soviet infantry division, which was stationed on the outskirts of Vladivostok, and the troops who held the fortified area, had to draw water from the river full of rotting corpses. Even though they had been treated with purifying medicine and boiled and drunk, the disease continued to spread inexorably.

A large number of Soviet officers and men vomited and diarrhea, had fevers, and swayed. Combat effectiveness has seriously decreased.