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The distance between Taiwan and mainland China is too short. Keelung Port in the north is less than 250 kilometers away from Fuzhou, and Kaohsiung in the south is only 300 kilometers away from Xiamen.These two important ports are all within the combat radius of the Kuomintang navy and air force aircraft, and the Kuomintang's Nanyang Fleet also has two aircraft carriers and dozens of submarines.The current task of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet is to break through the heavy blockade of Taiwan by the Chinese navy and air force, transport reinforcements to Taiwan Island, and then ensure the logistics transportation of the army... This task is impossible to complete no matter how you look at it!Unless there is any way to eliminate or severely damage the Kuomintang Navy's Nanyang Fleet.

But how will the United Fleet fight against the Kuomintang Navy, which will never engage in a decisive fleet battle with itself?

According to intelligence, the Kuomintang Navy Nanyang Fleet now has a battlecruiser rented from Turkey, two [-]-ton aircraft carriers, a dozen cruisers, a larger number of destroyers and torpedo boats, and dozens of submarines Hovering in the waters east of Taiwan.

Among the possessions of the Kuomintang Nanyang Fleet, the two aircraft carriers should be the most valuable, followed by the battlecruiser.If these three warships can leave the tight protection of the shore-based aircraft of the Kuomintang Navy and Air Force and enter the deep sea to fight... the combined fleet should have a little chance.

But why are they willing to leave the protection of shore-based aircraft and run into the deep sea to fight naval battles with themselves?Unless there are enough valuable targets for them to take the risk.But what is a worthy enough goal?

At this time, Eisuke Yamamoto stood up, walked to the porthole of the officer's room, looked at the few biplanes passing by in the sky outside the window, and nodded thoughtfully.The only thing that can attract the main force of the China Navy's Nanyang Fleet to leave the shore-based aircraft protection circle... is the future of the Imperial Japanese Navy!

But doing so may really lose the future!

But how could the China Navy take the bait if they didn't come up with enough attractive bait?

Eisuke Yamamoto walked around the officer's room with his head down. After walking a few steps, he suddenly saw someone's legs appearing in front of him. When Yamamoto raised his head, Kanji Kato and Shintaro Shimada didn't know when He had already quietly walked into the officer's room, and stood in front of him. Subconsciously, Yamamoto was about to salute Kanji Kato, but Kato raised his right hand first: "Your Excellency, welcome to inspect the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Navy."

"Oh." Eisuke Yamamoto was taken aback, and then he remembered that he is now the Minister of Military Command, and Kato is the commander of the combined fleet.He hastily returned the salute, and then the three of them sat down in front of the chart.Kanji Kato glanced at the sea chart, turned his head and said, "Does Yamamoto-kun have any good suggestions?"

"Yeah." Facing the senior who was pushed out by the navy to take the mine for him at the critical moment, Hidesuke Yamamoto recounted his idea just now, pointed to the chart and said: "I think the only chance for the combined fleet It is to lure out the aircraft carrier of the China Navy, and then annihilate it! And only the three aircraft carriers of the United Fleet can serve as bait..."

Kanji Kato nodded, it can be seen that the current commander of the United Fleet is still very much in favor of the decisive battle idea conceived by his predecessor.It's just that the risk of using a precious aircraft carrier as a bait seems a bit too high. If someone accidentally wipes it out, it will be a waste of money.

"Isn't it too expensive to use an aircraft carrier as a bait? Or use a battleship, just use this 'Nagato'. It is the flagship of the United Fleet. The Chinese should really want to sink it?" United Fleet Chief of Staff Shigetaro Shimada also raised different opinions at this time.

"Use the 'Nagato'?" Yamamoto Hidesuke shook his head. It's not that he hadn't considered using a battleship to lure the enemy, but he still felt bad about it.Because the battleship represents a declining naval weapon, the opponent's interest in the battleship may not be very high, and it seems that the current aircraft is not easy to sink the battleship. The "Hyuga" sank after being hit by five heavy torpedoes launched by a submarine. If it were to be replaced with a 450 kg light torpedo carried by a carrier-based aircraft, it would not necessarily sink after ten rounds.Therefore, the opponent is not sure of sinking the battleship, and it is likely to ignore his bait.

"It's better to use the battleship 'Nagato' and the aircraft carrier 'Fengxiang' to form a fleet to lure the enemy, and then use the aircraft carrier 'Akagi' and the aircraft carrier 'Kaga' to form an ambush fleet." Kanji Kato also made suggestions.

"No, the bet is not enough, the Chinese will not be fooled." Eisuke Yamamoto still shook his head: "Now that this war has been fought, they are already sure of winning, and the Chinese like to do things as soon as they are good, and they are not as enthusiastic as we are. Yu is desperate." Yamamoto emphasized his tone: "They have already won without a gamble. Taiwan is already in their pocket. We have no way to save it. They can win the war in Manchuria as long as it drags on. So there is not enough They will not be fooled by tempting chips!"

"Using 'Akagi' and 'Kaga' as bait, the ambush fleet consists of 'Nagato', 'Mutsu' and 'Hosho'!"

Kato Kanji was taken aback when he heard the words, and looked at Yamamoto suspiciously. Shimodaro Shimada was also puzzled. Using an aircraft carrier to lure the enemy and a battleship to set up an ambush, this style of play seems to be reversed, right?Does Eisuke Yamamoto really understand aircraft carriers?Could it be a mallet?

"The performance of the F2A fighter jets and A2A dive bombers of the Chinese people far exceeds that of the Imperial Type 2 fighter jets and Type [-] bombers. The Aviation Headquarters estimates that their A[-]A's air combat capability after dropping the bombs will exceed that of the Type [-] bombers." Therefore, there is basically no chance of winning by using planes to attack their aircraft carriers. It is just sacrificing pilots in vain. The excellent pilots of the empire have suffered too many casualties during this period, so we must leave some as seeds. Therefore, the three aircraft carriers that participated in the battle , except for the 'Fengxiang', they only carry a small number of carrier-based aircraft. The mission of the 'Akagi' and 'Kaga' is to lure the two Chinese aircraft carriers to the South China Sea...'Nagato' and The 'Mutsu' will be waiting for them there." Eisuke Yamamoto explained his thoughts.

"South China Sea." Kato Kanji leaned over the chart platform and stared at the Bashi Strait on the chart: "The Chinese submarines will definitely deploy a cordon there, and they will find the 'Nagato' and the 'Mutsu. '. Would they still be fooled if the two battleships were out of sight?"

Eisuke Yamamoto gritted his teeth: "You can let the 'Yamashiro' and the 'Zhenming' go together, and then take a few large tankers. The route can bypass the Pacific Ocean, first reach the ocean east of the Philippines, and then use the cover of night to pass through the bus." The strait. The Bashi strait is [-] kilometers wide. The submarines of the Chinese people there will not be too dense, and it is very likely that they will not find us... Even if they find it, they will not be able to tell what kind of ships pass by at night. By then , we let the 'Yamashiro' and 'Zhenming' feign attack and attack Taiwan. The bombers operate outside the combat radius. This should be able to draw out the Chinese aircraft carrier. After the Chinese aircraft carrier is drawn out, our two aircraft carriers will retreat to the south, and at the same time the ambush fleet will go north to meet the battle."

Kanji Kato stared at the chart without saying a word, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed, as if he was deducing the entire "South China Sea Operation" in his heart, and after a long while, he slowly shook his head: "There are too many uncertain factors, the South China Sea It’s not very big, and there are many merchant ships and fishing boats coming and going, and there are Chinese nationals all over the place. As long as a passing merchant ship finds the ambush fleet, the whole plan may fail completely.”

Shintaro Shimada also echoed: "It's too dangerous to let two aircraft carriers lure the enemy. They only have wooden decks. Maybe a 200-kilogram bomb can ruin the warship."

Eisuke Yamamoto waved his hand indifferently, and said with a smile, "Sea battles are sometimes like gambling. We are just good gamblers, and it is God who really decides who wins or loses." His face became serious when he said this : "But if we don't dare to gamble now, we will just lose the war! Since we will lose if we don't gamble, why not take a gamble and leave the outcome to fate to decide?"

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"Jieshi, Ruwei, Fuwen... Who will be the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Strait Theater?"

Wuhan East Lake, in the house of Hu Hanmin, chairman of the national government, tonight gathered five big guys to drink tea and chat together to discuss national affairs.The first major national event right now is naturally to arrange matters related to the Taiwan Strait operations.

Of course, the navy and the air force played the leading roles in this Taiwan Strait operation. The navy dispatched the Nanyang Fleet and was assigned the first division of naval aviation and the first brigade of marine warfare; the air force dispatched the first aviation division.The Army also dispatched five infantry divisions, namely the Second Division, Third Division, Sixth Division, Seventh Division, and No.14 Division.Five infantry divisions formed the third group army, and the commander of the group army was Xu Chongzhi's younger brother Xu Ji.Xu Ji's military rank is general, the navy's Nanyang Fleet commander Zhao Zheng's military rank is admiral, and Li Wenhua, the commander of the first aviation division of the air force, is just a lieutenant general. It stands to reason that Xu Ji should be the commander of the Taiwan Strait theater.However, General Xu hadn't fought a battle for many years, so he didn't know a thing or a half about this sea-air battle involving planes and warships!It is not safe for him to be the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Strait theater.

If one of the National Revolutionary Army is proficient in modern warfare and is qualified to hold down the tops of the sea, land and air forces, Luo Yaoguo is naturally none other than Luo Yaoguo, but this time it is not appropriate for him to be the commander of the Taiwan Strait theater.After all, his brother-in-law, An Sihua, is now the commander-in-chief of the Northeast War Zone. If the Taiwan Strait War Zone is handed over to Luo Yaoguo, it will be like handing over the entire country to his family!This is not in line with the current situation that southern China is increasingly moving towards a democratic constitutional government.And Hu Hanmin, Chiang Kai-shek, and Xu Chongzhi are not at ease.But if Luo Yaoguo didn't go, who should be the chief?

The big guys in the room didn't speak for a while, but you looked at me, I looked at you, and communicated with each other with their eyes. After a while, Chiang Kai-shek broke the silence: "Mr. Zhan, how about this? Hua served as the commander of the Taiwan Strait Theater, and he cooperated well with the navy in the Bohai Bay War, and Zhao Zheng was also the commander of the Beiyang Fleet at that time, they are considered old partners, and they will definitely cooperate well this time."

Hu Hanmin nodded: "An Sihua is the backbone of our party and country, and he is absolutely qualified to be the commander of the Taiwan Strait theater. But who should lead the Northeast theater? That is also very critical." The generals in the Kuomintang are naturally based on An Sihua was the best at fighting, followed by Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren, but both of them were members of Luo Yaoguo's lineage.Hu Hanmin did not nominate them to take over the Northeast Theater, but turned his inquiry to Xu Chongzhi.

"Li Delin, the commander of the First Group Army attached to the Northeast Theater, is a general. The commander of the theater we arrange should at least be a general, right?" Xu Chongzhi glanced back and forth between Luo Yaoguo and Chiang Kai-shek, and finally fixed on Chiang Kai-shek. : "However, the situation in the Northeast Theater is extremely complicated. There are not only the Japanese invaders, but also the forces of the Communist Party and the Trotskyites. The Soviet Union has also extended its hand. Therefore, the people in charge of the Northeast Theater cannot only understand military affairs but not politics. Therefore, Bai Jiansheng and Even Li Delin is not very suitable, I recommend Brother Jieshi to take on this important task."

"Is it appropriate for Brother Jie to be the chairman of the Military Committee and also the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Theater?" Luo Yiqun hesitated for a moment, and then exchanged glances with his nephew Luo Yaoguo. Seeing Luo Yaoguo nodding slightly, he smiled, "If Jie It would be great if you don't mind, I don't know what you think about it?"

"I have no problem. The war situation in the Northeast is nothing more than a stalemate." Chiang Kai-shek replied calmly: "I just went to Jinan to sit down for a while, and Li Delin will still command the war in western Liaoning. The Beiyang Fleet of the Navy is still Long Tenghui Commander, I, the commander-in-chief, are just suppressing the formation."

"Fuwen, what do you think?" Hu Hanmin asked Luo Yaoguo, who had been smiling and silent.

"The humble official also agrees to let Jiegong sit in Jinan to command the overall situation of the Northeast Theater." Luo Yaoguo nodded, and said: "In addition, military operations to take over the territory of Zhili, Lubei, Beijing, Rehe, and Chahar Great Wall are also acceptable. The Northeast Theater is in charge." He glanced at Chiang Kai-shek again: "Mr. Jie, the CCP wants us to release Zhang Xueliang, and they are willing to hand over the eastern part of Zhili and northern Shandong to us in advance. Look..."

Chapter 0588 war of aggression against Japan! ([-]) Master Zhang's mediation

Chiang Kai-shek found it strange that the CCP wanted the Kuomintang to release Zhang Xueliang because it wanted to use his 15 troops to attack Mongolia, Jilin, and Heilongjiang's Wang Zhongyi Trotskyists.Isn't that Wang Zhongyi Luo Yaoguo's brother?Why would he agree to release Zhang Xueliang?Is he not worried at all about Wang Zhongyi's armed forces being wiped out by the CCP?Chiang Kai-shek frowned and remained silent, and Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi were also incredulous. They spent a lot of money and material resources to support Wang Zhongyi. Why do they just ignore his life now?

Chiang Kai-shek stared straight at Luo Yaoguo and asked in a deep voice: "Are you worried that the CCP will tear up the agreement and not deliver to Zhili, Beijing and other places? So I want to exchange some land with Zhang Xueliang first, and at the same time get through the Jinpu line and Beining line, yes Is that so?"

Luo Yaoguo nodded silently. He did not deny that the Sino-Japanese war has reached the decisive stage. If the Taiwan Strait war ends with the Kuomintang army's victory, Japan may lose the morale to continue fighting and withdraw its troops from the Chinese battlefield.However, during the process of withdrawing troops, they will definitely try their best to create friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, or at least to make the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party tense again.At that time, it will not be so easy for the Communist Party to fulfill the agreement made before.

"The land division agreement we reached with the CCP is after all on paper. If the Japanese army handed over all the land to the CCP when they retreated from the northeast, would they still hand over the land in the pass to us unconditionally? So why not take advantage of it?" Now that they want the opportunity to return to Zhang Xueliang, they will take part of the territory first." Luo Yaoguo is always worried about going to war with the CCP, and he knows the true strength of the Kuomintang army all too well.

Although the Kuomintang army has strong combat effectiveness, its number is too small, and the 23 divisions that were really able to fight were no more than the [-] divisions compiled and trained before the war.Moreover, the Kuomintang army is overly heavy-duty, and its operations rely heavily on heavy artillery and air superiority. Once it leaves the cannon, the plane cannot perform well. Moreover, because there are too many heavy weapons and the degree of motorization and mechanization is not high, the mobility of the Kuomintang army is poor. The requirements for logistical supplies are too high.In addition, the Kuomintang army is difficult to use heavy weapons such as mountains and hills, and its combat effectiveness is not strong on complex terrain with poor road conditions.These weaknesses were covered up in previous wars because the opponents were not strong and the Kuomintang army easily won. It was only exposed in this battle in western Liaoning and the Bohai Bay battle. Didn't notice?If those god-level military strategists can make full use of the various weaknesses of the Kuomintang army, give full play to their own advantages of flexibility, good at mountain warfare and mobile warfare, coupled with the support of the Soviet Union, they should be able to deal with the Kuomintang for a long time.

"Brother Fu Wen is too worried." Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and said: "Although the Japanese army may hand over the territory to the CCP when they retreat, the CCP is also in great trouble now. Wang Zhongyi's 30 million Trotskyist armed forces control Mongolia, The Greater Khingan Mountains, half of Heilongjiang, and Ulanqab and other places. There is a lot of room for strategic maneuvering. Even if the CCP gains Jilin and the eastern part of Heilongjiang, it will be difficult for them to defeat him with their forces. As long as the CCP does not defeat Wang Zhongyi, they will Don’t dare to turn against us.”

"I think it can be like this. Let Zhang Xueliang issue a statement to ensure that his three legions will not be used in civil wars, but only in foreign wars, so that we can release him." Xu Chongzhi does not seem to be temporarily detaining Zhang Xueliang. He suggested: "In addition, we can also increase our requirements on the CCP, asking them to deliver Zhili and northern Shandong immediately."

"What Ru Gong said is very true." Luo Yaoguo immediately expressed his support. Continuing to detain Zhang Xueliang would be detrimental to the Kuomintang in public opinion, and releasing him may increase the CCP's military force to encircle and suppress Wang Zhongyi. Xu Chongzhi's idea can have the best of both worlds: "Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Although the Red Army had been branded as the Red Army, it hadn’t really been reorganized. It was still the essence of a warlord’s army. Moreover, they were still local snakes in the Northeast, and they had feuds with the Japanese. After they returned to the Northeast, their anti-Japanese attitude should be They will be more resolute, and they will try their best to occupy the territory in order to make a comeback, which is actually a big trouble for the CCP.”

Chiang Kai-shek was a little moved now, and he nodded: "Fuwen, you go to see Zhang Xueliang tomorrow and discuss with him. If he is willing to make such a statement, we can release him. You can also tell him one more thing. Part of the Anti-Japanese Army was reorganized from the former Northeast Army, if he wants to return these troops, we can mediate from them, and we can give Harbin to them, but they cannot join the Red Army and can only be stationed in Harbin as a neutral."

Chiang Kai-shek specifically mentioned that there was a reason for this part of the Northeast Army that joined the Anti-Union. This part of the army is now unwilling to "join" Wang Zhongyi, and of course they are unwilling to follow the CCP to participate in the revolution to liberate all mankind, which has become an uncertain factor.If Zhang Xueliang can relocate them under his banner in Harbin, it would be a good choice to act as a buffer zone to the east of Wang Zhongyi.What's more, this army that doesn't care about it is very likely to become a rift between Zhang Xueliang and the CCP...

For Lao Jiang's arrangement, Luo Yaoguo secretly admired him. This Lao Jiang is indeed a cunning and cunning conspirator, and he has his own skills in playing with various warlords.But in the Northeast Theater, facing the real Bolsheviks, it is estimated that they will suffer a lot.

The day after the meeting of the five big brothers, Luo Yaoguo personally visited General Zhang Xueliang who was on vacation in Wuhan for treatment.

"General Hanqing, our party would like to invite you to end your treatment and return to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War." Luo Yaoguo immediately got to the point without exchanging pleasantries: "Before the general goes to Wuhan, I hope you can issue a declaration about uniting against Japan and opposing civil war. Declare that the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Army Corps of the Red Army under your leadership will not be used in civil war."

The conditions proposed by Luo Yaoguo made Zhang Xueliang a little embarrassed. Although he could not be called a true Bolshevik, he still had some understanding of the strict discipline and strict organization of the CCP.As a member of the Communist Party, being kidnapped by the Kuomintang was already a big mistake, and he didn't seem to have fought to the death with the kidnapper Chiang Kai-shek, let alone hunger strike to commit suicide in the "prison".I don't know if the smoke-free protest can be regarded as a struggle?

Being kidnapped and failing to fight against the Kuomintang is already a serious crime. Now in order to be released, I have to declare that the three legions under my control will not participate in the civil war... It should refer to the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party that will break out in the future, right?If such a statement is made, I don't know if the organization will be severely punished in the future?

Seeing that Zhang Xueliang hesitated, Luo Yaoguo gave another big carrot: "In addition, there are tens of thousands of people in the Anti-Japanese League who don't want to participate in the civil war. They want to remain neutral in the struggle between the CCP and the Trotskyists. It means being willing to be an enemy of Brother Hanqing. Our idea is to let them occupy Harbin and maintain armed neutrality."

"Give me back both Harbin and the Northeast Frontier Defense Army?" Zhang Xueliang's face flashed a gleam of joy, obviously a little moved.

"Yes, so you can explain the past in front of the CCP, right? If they refuse to forgive you, you can go back to Harbin directly and ignore the conflict between them (referring to the CCP and the Trotskyites)!" Luo Yaoguo shook Shaking his head, he continued: "They all worship one patriarch. Why bother to kill each other for a mantle? Besides, this Lenin's mantle is not for Zhou Enlai and Wang Zhongyi. It is between Stalin and Trotsky. What does the struggle against the Communist Party of China have to do with us Chinese? Brother Hanqing, why not make another statement to mediate the conflict between the CCP and the Trotskyists, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and they are all followers of Marxism-Lenin, why bother?"

"Well, it should be so." Zhang Xueliang raised his eyebrows and replied, "I can issue this statement, and I can mediate the conflict between Zhou Enlai and Wang Zhongyi. I have friendship with both of them. But the statement not to participate in the civil war... "

"What!" Luo Yaoguo was stunned again and again, thinking: "Is this Zhang Xueliang really confused or pretending to be confused? He really wants to mediate the conflict between the Communist Party and the Trotskyists! As soon as this statement comes out, there will probably be a good show. But if he's going to be unlucky in the future, won't he curse me in his heart?"

Zhang Xueliang nodded: "Yes, as a communist, I certainly hope that our party can be united. I believe this is also the expectation of most communists. Moreover, I am also a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. Do your part to preserve the unity of the party."

"Well, Brother Hanqing is right. Your party can have a comrade like you. It's really...Marx is really inspired. Uh, I believe that Marx would not want to see his followers killing each other down there, right? Luo Yaoguo thought for a while: "How about this? General Hanqing added a sentence to the telegram mediating the CCP and the Trotskyites, hoping that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can coexist peacefully after the victory of the War of Resistance. The presidium has explained it, and you can return to the anti-Japanese front line as soon as possible, is that okay?"

Of course, Luo Yaoguo sincerely hopes that the Communist Party and the Trotskyists can coexist peacefully, and also hopes that after the victory of the war of aggression against Japan, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can also maintain peace...