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Koichi Shiozawa seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden, and slowly spit out a sentence from his mouth: "Ordering everyone to abandon the ship, it is useless. Sugisaka-kun, you should also leave the ship... This time the responsibility is entirely on the I'm alone."

"Commander!" Teijiro Sugisaka shouted angrily, "Commander, you can't abandon the ship. The 'Fuso' is the first battleship built by the Imperial Navy!"

Koichi Shiozawa smiled wryly and waved his hands: "But do you think the 'Fuso' can still be saved? And... what is our combat mission this time, do you remember?"

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"The task of the First Expeditionary Fleet is to destroy the Huludao Fortress of the Chinese Nationalist Army with powerful naval guns! Pull out the poisonous thorn nailed on the throat of Manchuria!"

With tears in his eyes, Sugisaka Teijiro snapped to attention and answered loudly with all his energy in his dantian.

"We are less than [-] nautical miles away from Huludao Fortress!" Koichi Shiozawa's eyes showed fierceness, and he said with a livid face: "Now there is nothing that can stop us from completing our mission...as long as we have coal from Manchuria With iron, the empire can build more and more powerful battleships, and today's losses can be made up for soon! Now, please abandon the ship immediately, and transfer to the 'Hyuga' with me, let's go together Revenge for the 'Fusang'!" In the end, Yanze was almost biting steel, uttering every word.

"Hay!"

The officers in the wheelhouse wiped away their tears, and their eyes were full of hatred. While arranging to abandon the ship, they gave orders to the light cruisers and destroyers to search and sink the Kuomintang Navy submarine!

Not to mention that Japanese light cruisers and destroyers were frantically but futilely searching for submarines under the surface. Zhang Yiming, Song Da and others who were already a few kilometers away saw the "Fusang" being fished for the second time. When the lightning hit and began to tilt rapidly, it was known that this huge battleship was hopeless.

"Commander, the little devils seem to be abandoning the ship!" Song Da, who was sticking to the periscope to observe the movement of the sea, shouted excitedly: "Haha! These little devils still have today! A battleship! They don't have a battleship!"

"Okay, everyone pay attention, the Japanese destroyer is coming, everyone cheer up. Prepare for an emergency dive!" As the commander of the submarine force and the first submarine captain of the Chinese Navy, Zhang Yiming knows that it is not a celebration yet At the time, the submarine has not yet escaped danger.

On the surface of the sea, nine Japanese destroyers were frantically dropping depth charges all around. It seemed that the three submarines arranged to attack the destroyers on the periphery had found nothing.Depth charges continued to explode in the sea, and for a while there was a huge wave rolling on the sea, full of momentum.But it is a pity that these Japanese ships have not yet installed sonar. If you want to find the submarine hidden deep in the water, you are undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack. After working for a while, the nine destroyers found nothing and could only leave dejectedly.They can't stay here for long, and there are three battleships and three heavy cruisers waiting for their escort...

"Report, submarine No. 019 and No. 020 report that they have disengaged from the Japanese ship and are heading towards our ship." The chief of communications reported.

"Okay, order them to return immediately! Also, order the three submarines in charge of covering to return immediately with us." Zhang Yiming sighed softly, and now the submarine unit does not have a single torpedo.The bomb load of this 2D submarine is too small.

Zhang Yiming paused, and then said, "Send a report to the commander of the fleet. The first division of our submarine force successfully ambushed the Japanese fleet in the waters south of Huludao and sank an 'Ise' class (actually Fuso class) battleship. Wounded a 'King Kong'-class battleship. There is no loss of itself..."

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The Huludao Fortress Headquarters building is now fully completed.This simple and elegant three-story brick and wood structure building is located on the banks of the Lianshan River, about ten kilometers away from Liaodong Bay, which has been covered by solid ice.Looking out from the south-facing window of the headquarters, you can see the huge Huludao military airport. This division-level military airport once concentrated nearly 250 aircraft, but now it is deserted, and there is no more aircraft in sight. The plane is gone, leaving only a large empty flat ground.

The headquarters is also quiet at this time, except for the sentinel standing guard at the gate, there seems to be no one else.As early as three days ago, most of the personnel of the Northeast Theater Command moved to Qinhuangdao, leaving only one of the most streamlined former enemy headquarters still in Huludao, and all members of this former enemy headquarters have now entered In the underground shelter of the headquarters, waiting for the start of the Bohai Bay War and land battle.

In the war room in the underground shelter, everyone's faces were excited and nervous.Every look, every slight movement, seems to be full of the smell of gunpowder!

Lieutenant General Liu Fei, Chief of Staff of the Northeast Theater, General Li Zongren, Commander of the First Group Army, General Xia Wei, Commander of the Second Group Army, Lieutenant General Yu Hanmou, Commander of the First Division, Lieutenant General Huang Xuchu, Commander of the Fourth Division, and Luo Zhuoying, Commander of the No.11 Division General, Lieutenant General Sergeant, Commander of No.18 Division, Lieutenant General Huang Guyu, Commander of the Armored Group and Commander of the First Light Armored Division, Lieutenant General Xu Yunfei, Commander of the Second Light Armored Division, Lieutenant General Liu Yongyao, Commander of the Second Air Force Division, and Yu Yu, Commander of the Huludao Fortress Rear Admiral Yanshou, Lieutenant General Fu Zuoyi, Commander of the First Army of the Jin Army, Lieutenant General Liu Zhongyan, Commander of the Second Division of the Youth Army, Colonel Kruger, German advisor...

In addition to Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Wei Lihuang Commander No.16 Division Commander Sun Zhen Commander No.20 Division Commander Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Wei Lihuang Commander No.[-] Division Commander of the Second Army Group Army in Western Liaoning Mountain Defense, and Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi Lieutenant General Zhang Zhi Commander No.[-] Division Commander in charge of Qinhuangdao Shanhai Pass outside.The senior generals of the Kuomintang army in the entire western Liaoning area are all concentrated here!

Judging by the posture of these people, they have been waiting here for quite some time. Everyone is sitting upright, waiting for something silently.

Footsteps sounded suddenly, and then came the adjutant's loud roll call: "Commander An of the Northeast Theater is here!"

Everyone stood up and performed the standard military salute respectfully, even the German advisor Colonel von Kruger was no exception.An Sihua, dressed in the uniform of a general of the National Revolutionary Army, strode in, his eyes flickering, full of vigor, and a little bit of joy.

He walked to his seat and did not sit down. Instead, he clenched his hands into fists and propped himself on the table, looking around with piercing eyes: "Everyone, let me tell you a good news. Just now, at a distance from us On the surface of the Bohai Bay, which is less than [-] nautical miles away, six submarines of our navy's submarine force ambushed the Japanese fleet and sank a battleship! Damaged a battlecruiser without any casualties! This battle The results have shown that the anti-submarine capabilities of the Japanese army are quite poor, and they cannot deal with our submarines at all... The command of the Bohai Bay will return to our hands in a short time! In addition, in view of the smooth operation of the navy, the military committee decided to use the stick The Huludao fortress consumes the Japanese army, and then launches a counterattack strategy. Gentlemen... Let us turn Huludao into an island of death for the Japanese army and navy!"

This news shocked everyone. Everyone knows that Japan is a naval power that has dominated the East for decades. In the Sino-Japanese War more than 30 years ago, the entire Beiyang Fleet was wiped out! In the Russo-Japanese War more than 20 years ago, the Russian Pacific Fleet and the Second Baltic Fleet of the Wanli Expedition were basically wiped out... So in the eyes of the world, the Japanese Navy is basically a symbol of invincibility, even if it is the Chinese Air Force and Army. After the myth of the invincibility of the Great Japanese Empire has been dispelled, the Japanese navy is still like a sword of Damoris hanging over the heads of the southern Chinese bourgeoisie and the Kuomintang bureaucrats.

But now, this seemingly invincible large fleet has been severely damaged by the weak Chinese navy with only a few small submarines and more than 1 mines. It seems that the throne of East Asian hegemony will soon change hands up!

There was little silence in the room.Major General Tang Enbo, the deputy chief of staff of the Northeast Theater, stood up excitedly, raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the Republic of China! Long live the National Revolutionary Army!" With him, there were also a group of young officers who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, and their faces were flushed. Waving his fist, he can't wait to jump on the table!

The overall situation of the naval battle has been decided, and the rest is waiting for the army to severely injure the Japanese army in Huludao!

After a brief moment of excitement, An Sihua quickly regained his composure, and turned to look at Huang Guyu who was also excited: "Can the armored group attack at any time?"

Huang Guyu snapped to attention: "The First Light Armored Division and the Second Light Armored Division are all ready, as long as you give an order, they can immediately launch a counterattack!"

An Sihua nodded in satisfaction, and explained a few more words: "The armored cluster is the most powerful strike force in the Northeast Theater, and it is also our trump card... Once the naval battle is won, we will turn to the counterattack, and you will be the vanguard. "

Huang Guyu nodded: "So, are we going to dare the Japanese devils to go out of the Northeast all at once?"

An Sihua smiled and nodded: "The key to the decisive battle in the Northeast is logistics, and the key to logistics is the sea transportation line, so the key to the key is the decisive victory at sea! Whether it is our 30 army or the Japanese army of more than 60, A huge amount of supplies are consumed every day... As long as the logistics line is blocked, the result will only be defeat! The Military Commission and the General Staff believed that the outcome of the naval battle was unpredictable, so they adopted a more conservative plan. Now... …In just half a night of fighting, the navy has achieved an unexpected victory. It seems that the command of the Bohai Bay will soon be in our hands. It will not be Huludao that will be blocked, but Lushun said it!" As he said that, his face became a little more serious: "But before we counterattack, we have to withstand a stormy attack! As long as we push through... the entire Northeast is our world!"

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Jinzhou, East Daying.The former enemy headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

Just as the Japanese Navy's First Expatriate Fleet began to prepare for the Bohai Bay invasion, the Kwantung Army was also preparing a larger plan for the decisive battle in Manchuria!According to this plan, the 24 divisions that have reached Manchuria will be divided into two combat groups, the north and the south.

The North Manchuria Combat Group will consist of the Fourth Division, No.13 Division, No.15 Division, No.17 Division, 20nd Division, 700rd Division, 92th Division, No. It is composed of eight divisions including the [-]th Division, with a total force of nearly [-] and more than [-] cannons (not including Type [-] infantry artillery).General Shirakawa Yoshinori will serve as the commander-in-chief of the North Manchurian combat group. The task is to cross the river to launch an attack before the Songhua River thaws, capture Harbin, Qiqihar and other important cities in North Manchuria, and severely damage the main force of the Anti-Japanese War.

The South Manchurian combat group will be personally commanded by the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Ryokan Ryu, commanding the second division, the third division, the fifth division, the sixth division, the seventh division, the eighth division, and the ninth division. Fourteen divisions, including the No.11 Division, No.12 Division, No.14 Division, No.16 Division, No.19 Division, No.20 Division, and No.40 Division, plus The 400st and 92nd Heavy Artillery Brigades, the [-]st Chariot Wing, and the [-]st Aviation Wing have a total strength of [-] and more than [-] cannons (not including Type [-] infantry artillery).The task of the South Manchuria Combat Group is to seize the mountainous area of ​​western Liaoning and the Corridor of western Liaoning, severely injure the Kuomintang army in western Liaoning and drive them into the pass, thus completing the complete occupation of the southern Manchuria!

In addition, there are two divisions, the [-]st and [-]th, which are directly under the headquarters of the Kwantung Army and are responsible for the security tasks in Liaoning and Jilin.

In order to command more effectively, the first army and the second army were also formed under the Nanman combat group. "Army" is not the basic unit of the Japanese army, but a temporary establishment during the war.The first army formed this time is composed of the second division, the third division, the fifth division, the sixth division, the seventh division, the eighth division, the ninth division, the first heavy artillery brigade, Composed of the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade and the First Tank Wing, General Nobuyoshi Muto served as the commander of the army and was responsible for offensive operations along the West Liaoning Corridor.

The Second Army is composed of five divisions including the Tenth Division, No.11 Division, No.12 Division, No.14 Division, and No.16 Division. In the mountainous area of ​​Western Liaoning, and cooperated with the First Army to seize the Corridor of Western Liaoning.

Although it was already late at night, the front headquarters of the Kwantung Army was still brightly lit.People were coming and going, and the senior generals of the Kwantung Army gathered in the meeting room. Everyone looked anxious and waiting, all eyes were fixed on the map, and on the letters and telegrams that came and went.

In the past few days, the activities of the Kuomintang naval aviation have suddenly become active. A series of transport fleets have encountered air strikes off the coast of Lushunkou. The logistics and transportation of the entire Kwantung Army have also been greatly affected. A shadow has been cast, and tonight is the critical moment of the battle in Bohai Bay...

"...Your Excellency, Commander! The United Fleet sent an urgent call. The First Expeditionary Fleet was ambushed by a Chinese Navy submarine [-] nautical miles south of Huludao. The battleship 'Fuso' sank! The battlecruiser Kongo was destroyed!"

A staff officer of the Kwantung Army rushed into the meeting room, and as soon as he entered the door, he loudly reported the latest battle report he received.

There were a few sounds of breathing in the room, and several younger major generals jumped up first, and the chairs were bumped and rattled.

"The navy is so stupid! A battleship worth tens of millions of yen just sank like this!"

"The battleship was lost in the first few hours! How can such a navy defend the Kwantung Army's logistics line?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, the convoy transporting ammunition was attacked by Chinese planes off the coast of Lushunkou the day before yesterday, causing heavy losses. Now our army's ammunition reserves are insufficient. If the navy cannot protect the route, the Kwantung Army will not be able to maintain long-term operations!"

"Your Excellency, the seven new divisions have lax military discipline and insufficient training. The reserve officers also lack experience in fighting the Chinese Nationalist Army. More efforts are needed to rectify them!"

"Your Excellency, the aviation force has suffered heavy losses in the early stage, and the supplementary pilots are inexperienced, and their combat power is very doubtful. I am afraid it will be difficult to undertake the air cover mission."

"Your Excellency, the ministries of the North Manchuria Combat Group are not yet in place, and I request to postpone the launch of the attack."

Looking at the chaos in the conference room, the Kwantung Army Commander Ryuji Ryuko's face darkened, and he said coldly: "The Navy has already paid the price for the sinking of the battleship in order to cooperate with the Kwantung Army in capturing the Huludao Fortress. What do we Kwantung Army have?" What can’t be given up?” As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the panic-stricken staff officer: “Did the Navy say that they would give up the Bohai Bay operation?”

The staff officer shook his head and said: "The telegram from the United Fleet said that we will fight to the end in order to meet the expectations of His Majesty the Emperor."

Takashi Ryokan stood up, glanced at the officers below, and the meeting room fell silent immediately: "Masters, you must understand that this big battle in the Bohai Bay is a national gamble that will determine the fate of the empire for the next 100 years! If we If we cannot defeat the Chinese Kuomintang army in this battle, we will never have a chance to defeat them in the future... Now the heavy industry in the southern branch has almost surpassed that of the empire, and their population, land, and resources are several times or even higher than that of the empire. Dozens of times! If they get Manchuria again...the East Asian continent will no longer have a foothold for the empire, and even the sea power of the East will be lost sooner or later! The great achievements of the empire for decades will also be in vain, and the empire will once again fall As a vassal of the hegemony of the mainland... At that time, what is the use of the battleships of the empire? What is the use of me waiting for the soldiers of the imperial army?"

"But Ling-kun, without the fire support of the naval capital ship, our First Army is unable to capture the Huludao Fortress." The questioner was General Muto Nobuyoshi, the commander of the First Army. In Vladivostok, I saw the power of battleship cannons.Therefore, the battle plan drawn up by his First Army is a replica of the Vladivostok battle, using the firepower of the battleship's giant guns to destroy the strong fortifications of the Huludao fortress, suppressing the artillery groups of the Kuomintang army, and then using the army to capture the fortress.

Takashi Ryokan nodded slightly at Muto, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Muto-kun, Commander Koichi Shiozawa of the First Expeditionary Fleet promised me as a samurai before going to Wujun Port that even if it is the first The mission of destroying the Huludao fortress must be completed after the first dispatched fleet is completely wiped out! Therefore, the first dispatched fleet will not give up the mission of bombarding Huludao just because of the loss of the "Fuso"." Takashi Hisikari raised his wrist, Looked at the time: "However, they may be late for a while. It is now 01:30 am on February 03th, and it is estimated that the shelling will start from 30:[-] to [-]:[-]! So please ask the First Military Security Plan to launch an attack Now! Please put aside everything, and with the determination to die, launch the most decisive attack on the main force of the Chinese Nationalist Army on the Tashan line! Destroy them completely!"

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