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Hearing that Shiozawa Koichi wanted to deprive himself of the chance to "become a god", Yoshida Zengo was not only unhappy, but said loudly with disdain: "Shiozawa-kun! From the moment I, Yoshida Zengo set foot on Eta Island, I His life has already been entrusted to His Majesty the Emperor! Nothing in the world is worth cherishing..."

"Yoshida!" Shiozawa Koichi waved his hand impatiently and interrupted him: "There is no time to talk nonsense now, something happened here is extremely important to the future of the empire. You know what it is ?"

Yoshida Zengo thought for a while and said: "Could it be the two air strikes just now? According to the results I observed just now, those Chinese planes seem to have easily eliminated our heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers. If things continue like this...by the time we get to Qinhuangdao, there will probably be only battleships and battlecruisers left."

"Yeah, the plane easily took care of the heavy cruiser!" Koichi Shiozawa closed his eyes and was silent for a while:

"If this trend continues, in at most five years, the protagonists of naval battles will be airplanes! Therefore, the battleships and heavy cruisers we lost here are not worth pity at all. Because they are no longer of much value, and it is impossible to rely on them in the future." These warships are here to dominate the East Ocean, and planes will be needed to fight in the future! Yoshida-kun, learn to fly planes after you go back, and develop into aircraft carriers in the future. But the most important thing is to vigorously promote the development of aviation, the future of the empire is in the sky , Only by mastering the sky can you master the land and the sea! The Southern Branch of the Kuomintang has taken the lead in this area in the past two years, so it has pulled the empire from the throne of the Eastern hegemony! They will guard us like thieves, and we will have the opportunity to learn their most advanced aviation technology and use it to develop our own air force, I think we should be able to catch up."

Yoshida Zengo has already understood Shiozawa's words. He wants to bring the experience and lessons of the Bohai Bay sea battle back to Japan to tell the leaders of the army and navy that they must vigorously develop aviation.Only by mastering the air supremacy can the empire have a chance to revive!

"Yoshida-kun, I will sign an order to let you leave the fleet." Koichi Shiozawa glanced at the sky again, and continued: "Their third air strike may be coming soon, and the next time they will definitely bomb the battleship." ...If the seaplane is blown up at that time, you will not be able to leave. Write the report after you arrive in Lushun!" His tone suddenly became more serious: "Mr. Yoshida! Remember to let the people in China understand the plane deeply. The importance of it! Tell them that airplanes are directly related to the survival of the empire, and they must be developed at all costs!"

"This..." Yoshida Zengo hesitated for a moment before nodding his head heavily: "Hayi! This subordinate obeys."

Shiozawa Yuki nodded, showing a little gratified smile: "Okay! Yoshida-kun, I'm waiting for your good news at the Yasukuni Shrine...the future commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy's air fleet!"

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Jinan, Wanzhu Garden.

"Auxiliary commander, the navy and air force have won a great victory! In less than 24 hours, they killed more than a dozen or twenty ships of the Japanese army, including a battleship! It seems that the battle in Northeast China will come to an end in a short time."

It was Sheng Shicai, Luo Yaoguo's secretary-general who was speaking. He was holding the victory telegram he had just received from the Navy's Beiyang Fleet, and he had just reported the results of the two air strikes to Luo Yaoguo.

"These Japanese devils... are really ruthless characters! Zhenhua (Long Tenghui), what do you think?"

Luo Yaoguo drooped his eyelids and looked at the military map spread out on the table with his head propped up.A cup of coffee is placed next to the map, and it has long since lost its heat.

Hearing Luo Yaoguo's question, Long Tenghui was slightly taken aback, and after a while he murmured: "Auxiliary Commander, it seems that future naval battles will really depend on aircraft carriers and aircraft... Our battleships don't need to be rebuilt, It is better to concentrate financial resources on the development of aircraft carriers and aircraft."

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand, and said in a deep voice, "I'm not talking about that, I'm saying that these Japanese are risking their lives and battleships to destroy the port of Qinhuangdao. Is there any way for the navy to stop it?"

Long Tenghui frowned: "The telegram sent by Zhao Hanyu (Zhao Ding) of the Beiyang Fleet said that they are going to let the dive bombers try their luck."

Luo Yaoguo said coldly: "I think it's a bit confusing, by the way, have the supplies in Qinhuangdao been evacuated?"

Long Tenghui thought for a while, then shook his head: "It's too late, the materials transported from Huludao are now stored in Shanhaiguan Customs City. I never thought that the Japanese would be so desperate."

Luo Yaoguo just smiled wryly: "It seems that I still made a wrong move... Give An Sihua and Zhang Wenbai a power, and suggest that they give priority to ensuring the safety of their personnel. We can't put our troops under the guns of the Japanese to be bombed." He thought about it After thinking about it, he asked again: "Apart from Qinhuangdao and Huludao, are there any other ports available on the Liaoxi Corridor?"

"The Liaoxi Corridor is close to the sea, and there are quite a few ports." Long Tenghui sighed, and said, "However, except for Huludao and Qinhuangdao, there are some fishing ports, and there are no large ships at all, and there are no port facilities. If Qinhuangdao If the port is also destroyed..." He lowered his head and thought about it in his heart: "Before the port is repaired, we can only rely on the beach, and all materials must be barged by small boats. There is no loading and unloading equipment, and we rely entirely on manpower. Our transportation The ship can provide hundreds of tons of supplies to the army at most a day, which is not enough to sustain the army for a long time to fight. The only way is to go to the CCP..."

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Don't think about the CCP for now, Jin Yong (Sheng Shicai), report this situation to An Sihua, and suggest that he give up fighting back."

"Yes, Assistant Marshal." Sheng Shicai found a chair and sat down, and began to draft the telegram. Halfway through writing, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and looked up at Long Tenghui: "Commander Long, how many gunboats are there in the Beiyang Fleet now? Can you?" Fire support for the Army?"

Long Tenghui was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he also showed joy, slapped his hands and laughed, "I'm so busy and confused, forget about this matter, once the little devil's navy is finished, Bohai Bay will be our world." As he spoke, he counted with his fingers: "The Beiyang Fleet has four cruisers in the Bohai Bay, the 'Guangzhou', 'Chongqing', 'Haiqi', and 'Pinghai' (Konigsberg class); the 'Huizhou' (1928 destroyer), 'Bao'an', 'Shaoguan', 'Shantou', 'Shantou', 'Qingyuan', 'Maoming' and other seven destroyers; in addition, we have nine destroyers from T1 to T9 The 1924-class torpedo boat has a standard displacement of 933 tons and is equipped with three single-tube 105mm naval guns. It is actually a small destroyer... the entire Beiyang Fleet has more than one hundred and one 100mm guns. Many. However, one of the main gun turrets of the Chongqing was damaged, and there are still 98 guns that can be used now! But the rate of fire of the naval guns is fast, and in terms of firepower, it is much stronger than a heavy artillery brigade.”

Luo Yaoguo breathed a sigh of relief: "Report this situation to An Sihua and Zhao Hanyu (Zhao Ding). Besides, when will the operation to block Lushunkou begin? We can't let the Japanese logistics flow unimpeded!"

His task in Jinan was to supervise the war, which was actually to coordinate the Kuomintang's naval and army operations.However, he didn't intend to take over the work of An Sihua and Zhao Zheng, he just made some suggestions.But Long Tenghui didn't dare to neglect this "Shangguan". Although he is now the chief of staff of the navy, it sounds like he is on the same level as Luo Yaoguo, but in the current Kuomintang army, the navy is not qualified to challenge the army.If Luo Yaoguo hadn't been stationed here, the Bohai Bay combat plan, which sacrificed the interests of the army and created fighter jets for the navy, would have been impossible to pass.

Long Tenghui replied respectfully: "According to the latest revised plan, the air attack on Lushunkou will start immediately, and now the Japanese fleet has opened up the combat radius of their army aviation, so Commander Zhao of the Beiyang Fleet will let the dive The bombers attack alone. The rest of the HNA fighter jets carrying bombs and the planes transferred to Shandong by the Second Aviation Division will be dispatched together. A total of more than 270 aircraft will be used. Today, the port facilities at Lushunkou and Dalian Bay will definitely be completely blown up!"

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"Raise the alarm and notify all personnel to enter the combat position!"

"Prepare in 5 minutes, and each gun starts to load live ammunition."

"Guns, prepare for shelling according to the Qinhuangdao coastal defense distribution map."

"Hay!"

The staff officers of the Japanese First Expeditionary Fleet who received the order puffed up their chests and responded loudly.

Commander Koichi Shiozawa tidied up his military uniform, grabbed a high-powered telescope, and said solemnly: "Masters, it's time to avenge the officers and soldiers of the First Expatriate Fleet who died in battle! Shoot out all the shells! Completely destroy the Qinhuangdao Fortress of the Chinese people!"

"Hay!"

The three gigantic warships on the sea off Qinhuangdao, which had been blown up to smoke, seemed to radiate a murderous aura in no time. Teams of sailors who had already been fully equipped and on standby quickly entered their respective positions, and shells were hoisted from the ammunition depots one after another. Lift it up, fill it into the barrel, and stuff it with the propellant.

Afterwards, the main gun turrets of the three battleships also slowly moved to the right, all aimed at the starboard side, and the gunners were making final adjustments.

The gunnery officer held the phone and assigned missions to each artillery position through the telephone line on the ship according to the key positions that needed to be bombarded on the Qinhuangdao defense map mastered by the Japanese. I have already memorized the plan by heart, and checked every trace that might be missed.

The signal communication officer also held the phone, and together with the navigation staff, adjusted the attitude and speed of each fleet according to the constantly flashing signal lights of the flagship in front. Shuttle, this is their first time to participate in actual combat... probably also the last time!Therefore, it is doubly cherished.

For the current bombardment, Japan's First Expatriate Fleet has endured thousands of aircraft bombings!Except for the battleship "Hyuga", the battlecruiser "King Kong", and the battlecruiser "Kirishima", all 21 warships were sunk!More than [-] officers and soldiers died in the sea!The exchange for such a heavy price is this opportunity for bombardment... Then, the Chinese submarines will come and sink these three precious battleships!Except for the Toyota detachment that stayed in the sea off Lushunkou, the entire fleet was wiped out without even knowing what the enemy warship looked like!

But now, what these Japanese devils who think they are going to die are to blow up the logistics line of the third army in the world (the latest ranking: the first is France, the second is Italy...), let the Kuomintang's 30 troops in western Liaoning The lack of adequate logistical supplies in the coming weeks creates an opportunity for the Army to annihilate them!

"Your Excellency, a secret message from the Combined Fleet Headquarters." The communication staff shouted from the busy bridge.

"Secret electricity?" Shiozawa Koichi was taken aback when he heard the words, what is this Eisuke Yamamoto doing?People are going to die... He shook his head, stretched out his hand to take the telegram that had just been translated from the hands of the communications staff officer, opened it, and immediately took a breath, with a strange look on his face: "Call back the United Fleet : Yes." Then he stuffed the telegram into his pocket.

"Let's get started, for the sake of the Great Japanese Empire, and for His Majesty the Emperor!" Yanzawa Yuki looked at the eastern sky, slowly stood up straight, raised his hands to salute the East, and muttered in his mouth: "I hope this plan can be successful." .”

On February 1931, 2, at 13:[-] in the morning, the battleship "Hyuga" took the lead in sending out the light signal that it was ready. Immediately after it, two of the same light signals also began to flash, one by one with ferocious and Greedy faces looked at the horizon at the same time.

On the sea outside Qinhuangdao, three battleships and battlecruisers with many scars were lined up. On the side facing Qinhuangdao, there were densely packed gun barrels.

Although most of the ships were lost in the previous air strikes, the battleships and battlecruisers, the main strike force of the First Expeditionary Fleet, were not fatally damaged!

Yuki Shiozawa subconsciously calculated that when the battleship "Hyuga" was attacking, it could have a maximum of ten 356mm (No. The battlecruiser also has eight 140mm artillery and eight 356mm secondary guns. The three battleships add up to a total of 152 naval guns!If the weight of the shells is calculated, the total weight of one shot will exceed twenty tons!With such a powerful force, what else can resist it? !

"After the bombardment, Qinhuangdao should be a piece of flat land, right?" Koichi Shiozawa showed a stern smile at the corner of his mouth.Behind him came the voice of the artillery staff officer.

"Report, direction XXX, all guns are locked and ready to fire at any time."

Chapter 0567 Chiang Kai-shek's Xi'an Incident ([-]) Whereabouts of Japanese Battleships

"Commander! Commander!"

Beiyang Fleet Chief of Staff Meng Hailong took a look at the telegram sent by the Communications Staff Officer and cried out.

"Aviation Command reports that they...have not found the three Japanese warships! They are all in vain! The Japanese warship has left the sea off Qinhuangdao, and its destination is unknown!"

There is a distance of nearly 250 kilometers from the three large airports on the Shandong Peninsula to the sea off Qinhuangdao, and it takes 500 kilometers to come and go. It takes almost two hours for an A2A dive bomber to fly!Including the time for overhaul and bomb installation, the interval between two bombings will be at least three hours, which means that the three battleships and battlecruisers can run up to 111 nautical miles, which is [-] kilometers!

"What?" Zhao Zheng, who was wandering around in front of the chart platform with his arms folded, was taken aback for a while before he murmured, "Where's the report from the submarine force? Have you found any Japanese battleships?"

"There is no report in this regard." Meng Hailong walked to the chart platform, pointed to several small submarine models on the chart, and said, "A total of 24 submarines are approaching from the southeast, northeast, and south; There are three torpedo boat detachments, and a total of nine torpedo boats cooperate with submarines, so it should be impossible for big guys like battleships and battlecruisers to slip past."

"Then where did they go?" Zhao Zheng stared at the chart platform for a while, and suddenly sneered: "These little devils must have sunk in the Bohai Bay because they were desperate for the future, right? Cool enough."

"Self-sinking!? Probably not?"