Chapter 38: The Return of the Combined Fleet (I)

On 4 February 1946, after confirming that the US Halsey Fleet had retreated into Tokyo Bay to avoid war, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy gathered in Okinawa began to split ways -- a transport ship regiment with a total tonnage of more than 1 million tons, under the cover of some cruisers, destroyers, and escort aircraft carriers, sent more than 200,000 refugees from Taiwan, Hainan Island, Okinawa Prefecture, and the Japanese-occupied areas of Chinese mainland to various islands in the South Seas for resettlement: because the mainland could not support so many mouths. The main fleet of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info once again anchored and headed north, and returned to the mainland safely and smoothly all the way.

When the mighty figures of the four Yamato-class battleships proudly passed through the Kanmon Strait and sailed into the Seto Inland Sea, the Japanese people who were watching could not help but let out thunderous cheers, and the sailors on the ships were also full of emotion when they looked at this calm inland sea.

From ancient times to the present, the Seto Inland Sea has always been the inland sea of Japanese civilization and the cradle of the first germination of the Japanese Navy. No one could have imagined that just a few months ago, the Combined Fleet, thousands of miles away in the South Pacific, would now retreat to this cradle of Japanese civilization for the final defense...... However, in spite of this, with the brilliant achievements of the past few years, the mood of the officers and men of the Combined Fleet is still far more excited than worried, and one by one they are gearing up to create another miraculous feat -- the old Japanese Empire, which has been reckless in its military force for several decades, can definitely be described as a martial arts of the whole people, and dares to die and take the lead: "Rush to the mountains, let the corpses fill the ravines, go to the sea, and let the floating corpses float on the surface of the sea." If you hear a person singing such bloody lyrics in the 21 st century, you will definitely think at first that this person is either a pervert or a psychopath. But this is the military song of the Imperial Japanese Navy!

What made the sailors even more excited was that when the fleet sailed into the Wugang Town Guard, there was a huge surprise immediately:

Next to the wharf of the town guard military port, a brand-new Yamato-class battleship is parked!

Suddenly, although the officers at all levels unanimously suppressed the bullets, the whole fleet still broke out into bursts of unusually enthusiastic cheers.

And General Horikichi, who had just stepped on the dock, was also smiling, but he was still a little puzzled in his heart, "...... This is...... The Kii of the Kure Port Naval Arsenal? Doesn't it mean that before the ship could be launched, it was blown up by US planes in the dockyard and was completely unable to repair it in a short time? He turned his head and asked the new commander of the Combined Fleet, Narumi Inoue.

“…… Yes...... With some special techniques, it was finally repaired and launched, but the final outfitting was not yet completed......"

Commander Inoue Narumi quietly turned his head, glanced at Wang Qiu, the "Comintern representative" who was taking pictures with a camera in the distance, and replied somewhat unnaturally, "...... Don't mention this yet, let's get in the car and go! Don't let the Army representatives wait too much at the venue......"

-- In this time and space, if the Japanese wanted to create a Yamato-sama, they needed "the old Japanese Empire, His Majesty the Emperor Showa, the wartime base camp, the Navy Command Department, the Combined Fleet, 12 major industrial control committees, 16 cooperative companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and more than 3,000 supporting manufacturers and small workshops that provided parts...... In short, it requires a reckless great-power country, a huge and complete military industrial system, an astronomical amount of military investment, and countless massive resources to complete such a powerful super warship.

Even Miss Sophie, the ship's mother with the power of faith bonus, can't make such a super giant ship out of nothing.

However, if it is only repaired, it will be very easy for Wang Qiu and others, who have the black technology of the Doraemon world: as long as they take the [Restoration Light Lamp] to take a picture of the Kii in the dock, which was originally hit by three bombshells, it will be restored in an instant.

- Doraemon had restored a huge museum that was shattered, not to mention a battleship.

Of course, it is only limited to repair, and if he wants to make another Yamato-class battleship out of nothing, Wang Qiu does not have the ability. Wang Qiu also did not repair the Wugang Naval Arsenal, which was bombed into ruins: even if the plant and machinery could be restored to their original state, the workers and engineers who died in the air raid could not be resurrected, and the various raw materials hoarded had been basically exhausted, and there was nowhere to replenish them.

Therefore, in addition to the restoration of some of the warships sitting in the sunken port area, the current Wugang Town Guard Mansion is still in a miserable state of scorched earth ruins.

However, no matter how dilapidated the fortress on the shore is, the scene of five Yamato-class battleships appearing in the port together is still extremely shocking. The appearance of so many domineering and mighty thick pipes together is enough to make anyone fall for it and take their breath away.

Although the Combined Fleet that returned to its homeland in terms of tonnage and the number of ships combined with the remnants of the ships on the mainland was less than half of the Halsey Fleet, the great martial arts of the Allied Pacific Fleet in the past two times still boosted the morale of the people and the army in the Japanese archipelago.

However, good news for the Japanese means bad news for the Americans......

Of course, this nightmare-like bad news soon appeared on the desks of the US generals.

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United States, Washington, Arlington District, Pentagon

For the Americans, the war at this time was already in its fifth year. Although it is early spring, the weather in the northeastern United States is still cold, the ice and snow on the ground have not completely melted, and the cold wind blowing from the North Pole seems to have penetrating power, always piercing the human body through thick clothes like steel needles, making people shiver from time to time. Pedestrians on the street could only wrap themselves as thick as possible, and then step on the remaining dirty snow, rubbing their palms that were blue and purple from the cold, and trudging through the depths and shallowness.

As a result of further cuts in the gasoline ration for residents, there are fewer cars on the roads, and the bustling prosperity of the pre-war period is no longer the same. Only in the privileged military and government departments, the cars still run so happily, and the heating is also fully turned on.

Pushing open the window that was covered with a layer of water mist by the heat, sticking his head outside, and taking a deep breath of the cold sub-zero air, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations Ernest Brown. Joseph. Admiral Kim finally felt that his mind was much clearer. However, looking back at the intelligence documents and aerial photos on the desk, Admiral Jin, who had always had a fiery temper, couldn't help but feel another nameless fire in his chest.

“…… Five Yamato-class battleships appeared together in the Seto Inland Sea...... Damn it! Didn't last year's air raid take out the fifth ship of the Yamato-class in the dockyard of Kure Harbor? When will Japan fight this battle? ”