Majestic when you go out, scarred when you return to the nest!

The Datang Fleet, which was once considered invincible by the domestic public, suffered an unprecedented defeat against Japan, an emerging country whose comprehensive national strength is far inferior to itself! After about 3 hours of large-scale fleet battle with the Japanese, the mixed fleet formed by the Zephyr and the Far East not only lost a third of its ships, but even two commanders were killed along with their respective flagships, which can be said to be beyond most people's expectations!

Of the 16 capital ships of the mixed fleet, 3 battleships and 3 battlecruisers were sunk, and the rest of the battleships were also damaged, and only 4 were still in good condition. The losses of other classes of warships were not small, 32 were sunk on the spot alone, and 7 were lying on the way back, and the crew could only abandon the ship with the divine core, and another 11 could no longer move after barely returning to port.

To add insult to injury, the Japanese aircraft carriers took advantage of the decisive battle on the front line to raid their home port of New Arthur, burning all the material warehouses and repair docks here. The northern aircraft carrier detachment was unable to intercept the other side because it rushed to the front line to rescue, and the surviving fleet did not blame them for leaving their posts without permission.

After this battle, the Tang Army basically lost the initiative in the Jupiter theater, and the retreat of the fleet left the two fronts on Europa and Ganymede completely exposed to the guns of the Japanese fleet, and even the logistical supply lines were cut off. The local army, which had been pressed and beaten by them before, began to regain the initiative with the cooperation of the navy.

It is worth mentioning that the Japanese armies in the two places did not intend to ask the navy for help at first. After learning that the Tang fleet had been repulsed, they rejoiced at the same time, but they also felt secretly unhappy in their hearts.

In particular, Minister of War Sushiyama Moto, who boasted before the war that "we have the ability to defeat the invading Tang Army in three months," and the great victory in the navy made him feel quite unable to raise his head in front of the Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi. So he personally rushed to the Manchurian front, where the fighting situation was the worst, and organized a counteroffensive by the local Japanese army and the Manchurian servant army, and then was unexpectedly hanged!

Even in the case of logistical disruption and fluctuating military morale. The Datang Army is still crushing its opponents at the equipment level. At least before the artillery shells at hand are used up, there is no pressure to teach the devil's sling army how to "behave"! The encirclement and suppression operation, which lasted for two weeks, finally ended with a high battle loss ratio of 1:8 in Tang and Japan.

During this period, the Japanese army also concentrated the 89th type mecha wing of various divisions and regiments to carry out a decent "armored assault", but was violently beaten by the maned dogs and heavenly wolves of the Tang army. Of the 200 Type 89 units that participated in the attack, less than 40 were withdrawn, and the losses paid by the mecha units of the Tang Army were simply insignificant.

Faced with such a humiliating result, Seyama Yuan once wanted to dispatch the giant god soldiers, but in the end, because this would inevitably alarm the emperor, he could only pull down his face. Personally go to Mitsumasa Minei for help. As a result, the Combined Fleet selected a group of warships that had not been damaged in the previous battles to support the two armies.

Under the heavy firepower of the space warships, the casualties of the Tang army on the day of the air raid alone exceeded the total losses in the past three months, and the remaining ground forces were forced to move to the cloud-filled mountainous areas.

Until this time, most of the officers and men at the front were still convinced that the defeat of the Navy was only temporary and that it would not be long before they would come back! But on Jupiter, the fleet of the wolf bèi was no longer able to fight. And the rear still refused to send reinforcements.

In the new general headquarters of Beixing Island, a group of Tang Army generals gathered together for a meeting with solemn faces.

The headquarters asked them to hold on to Jupiter with what they had and wait for reinforcements to arrive, which meant that they would abandon the 400,000 army officers and men on the front line. The acting commander of the fleet expressed strong opposition to this. The other party was previously the commander of the third battleship formation, and was also one of the few high-ranking generals who survived that battle.

He believes that he must fight back as much as possible, even if he cannot regain air supremacy. It is also necessary to bring back all the officers and men on the front line as much as possible. Under the excitement of the other party, he accidentally tore the wound on his forehead, and blood suddenly seeped out of the gauze.

"There are more than 400,000 people there! How can we leave them alone!? ”

"Major General Liang. You calm down. ”

"Calm down? I can be very calm, I can be calm and send those 25,000 death notices right now. And then what? Then calmly go and help the army distribute another 500,000 copies? That's not just 500,000 soldiers, it's 500,000 families behind them. This battle is like this bear, what face do we have in the future to ask the people to believe that we can defend our homeland and country!? ”

In the face of Major General Liang's loud questioning, all the generals present were silent.

People have faces, and for soldiers, losing the battle is the greatest shame! However, on the one hand, it is difficult to carry out military orders, and on the other hand, it is limited in strength. Although there are still millions of army forces on Jupiter, including many heavily armed elites like the 18th Army, if you want to go to the front line, you still need the help of the navy.

Almost all of the people present understood people, and a few even got very close to some princes back then. If the prince's faction is beheaded, the remaining party members are all in danger, the timid ones have already taken the initiative to hand over the military power to return to their hometowns, and the younger ones are still thinking about how to show loyalty to the emperor and keep the epaulettes that they have brought with great difficulty.

In this case, naturally not many people are willing to disobey the emperor's wishes, after all, not all officers value the "love of robes" so much!

At the same time, most of the mainstream countries in the international community had already heard some rumors, but the strict intelligence agencies were still confirming the news, and only Japan was the first to transmit the news of the naval victory, and on the third day after the end of the battle, it was broadcast to all the people.

For a time, the Japanese people talked a lot about this, and many people even suspected that the military was bragging. It wasn't until a week later, when the military correspondent who had participated in the battle brought back the photo and published it in the newspapers, that the people were completely convinced that the news was true, and for the first time they learned that there was still a powerful battleship in the Navy called the Kii.

When the doubts disappeared, the whole of Japan was boiling!

Before that, almost the vast majority of Japanese did not believe that they could win this war. But just like they defeated Tsarist Russia 32 years ago, the excitement of defeating a strong enemy is beyond imagination!

The defeat of Tsarist Russia back then made Japan arrogant, and now it has defeated the Tang Dynasty, which is stronger than Tsarist Russia head-on in the fleet battle, not to mention the people who are easily incited, and even many moderate factions are about to walk away. The second emperor, Hirohito, laughed wildly after hearing the news, and then shouted out the quite classic death flag in front of all the ministers present!

"My Great Japanese Empire is already invincible!" (To be continued......)

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