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"But the 'Zhongshan' aircraft carrier and the 'Guangdong' aircraft carrier only carry 150 aircraft. Can they deal with the Japanese aircraft carrier formation?" Wang Shuming asked.

"Airplanes are a little less." Zhao Zheng nodded: "But we still have a trump card—submarines!" He turned his head and glanced at Zhang Yiming: "Brother Youshi, send [-] submarines into the South China Sea and deploy them to Dongsha The southeast of the archipelago is on standby."

"No problem." A sternness flashed in Zhang Yiming's eyes, and he nodded heavily.

"We have an airport on Hainan Island, and there is a regiment-level airport near Yalong Bay. Our navigator can transfer two groups of F2A fighter jets there, so that as long as the aircraft carrier formation is no more than 2 kilometers away from Hainan Island, our F250A It can provide air cover for the aircraft carrier." Wang Shuming also made a suggestion.Right now, the shore-based air force has more than 2 combat aircraft in addition to the HNA First Division and the Air Force's First Aviation Division.Among them, there are two aviation combat groups, with a total of [-] F[-]A fighters, and the Japanese army on the opposite island of Taiwan has no aircraft at all, so these fighters have nothing to do except mount some small bombs and use them as bombers.Therefore, dispatching two brigades to cover the aircraft carrier will not have any adverse effects on the air supremacy in the Taiwan Strait region.

"Well." Zhao Zheng pointed to the waters north of the Xisha Islands: "The First Air Fleet is here to ambush. The north of the Xisha Islands is no more than 180 nautical miles southeast of Yalong Bay. Our reconnaissance planes set out from here to cover [-] nautical miles to the east. Shanwei Airport also sent reconnaissance planes to cover [-] kilometers to the south, so that most of the northern part of the South China Sea will be under the coverage of our army's reconnaissance planes. The rest of the waters near the Philippines will be given to submarines for vigilance , as long as we can find the Japanese aircraft carrier, we will definitely win a big victory if we strike first!"

"What about the Japanese battleships? If the submarine finds the Japanese battleships, should they take the initiative to attack?" Zhang Yiming asked.

"The Japanese battleship is not the primary target. Our primary target is the Japanese aircraft carrier. If the submarine force finds that the Japanese fleet is not allowed to attack, they just need to send back the information." Radio silence is enforced, and the command of the entire Nanyang Fleet is delegated to General Zhang Youshi."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Yiming solemnly again: "Friends, I leave everything to you. I think the Japanese may send battleships as bait to approach the Second Fleet. At that time, you must keep the Second Fleet away from Japan. The threat of battleships, we are not the opponents of the little devils in the battle of battleships. We only need to kill the Japanese aircraft carriers in this battle and everything will be fine. Those rough-skinned and thick-skinned battleships might as well let them go back to Japan."

"When will the First Air Fleet be dispatched?" Zhang Yiming asked again.

"It is 200 nautical miles in a straight line from Wujun Port to the South China Sea. I estimate that the Japanese have to go around, at least [-] nautical miles. It will take more than four days for the entire fleet to reach the speed of [-] knots." It should be impossible to arrive sooner.” Chief of Staff Meng Hailong counted with his fingers, and said: “We can only reach the designated sea area at most [-] nautical miles, and it will take one day. So our departure time should be tomorrow. For the next two days, I suggest starting in the early morning of tomorrow or the early morning of the day after tomorrow.”

"I will set off tomorrow morning, and I will report to the theater and the Ministry of the Navy. From tomorrow morning, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet will be represented by Zhang Youshi until the radio silence of the First Air Fleet is lifted." Zhao Zheng patted the table lightly and settled down. time of departure.

"It's better to let the battlecruiser 'Selim Sultan' join the First Air Fleet." Zhang Yiming squinted his eyes and thought for a while: "Its shelling mission can be completed by tonight at the latest, and then let it go directly to the First Air Fleet." We will join you in the waters north of the Dongsha Islands. There are three seaplanes on the 'Selim Sultan' that can enhance the reconnaissance capabilities of the First Air Fleet, and its ten 280mm naval guns can also be used just in case."

"Okay, let's let the 'Selim Sultan' join in." Zhao Zheng put down his baton and smiled: "The Japanese set a trap for us, let's set a trap for them too, and we will see who ends up in the end." Fall into the trap."

"Of course they fell in!"

"The revenge of the First Sino-Japanese War has finally been doubled this time."

"There are two hundred million taels of silver!"

"In the 17th year of the Republic of China, our assistant commander was cheated back from the Japanese chaebol." Speaking of this, Zhao Zheng made a gesture of counting money: "But we don't think the compensation is too little."

"Hahaha……"

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Facing the golden afternoon sun, a seaplane was ejected into the sky. This is a seaplane belonging to the battlecruiser "Selim Sultan", the flagship of the Second Fleet. The task at this moment is to bombard the Japanese army near Kaohsiung Harbor. The position is corrected to hit the bullet point.

Rear Admiral Chen Si, the commander of the Second Fleet, is standing triumphantly on the bridge at this moment, looking at Kaohsiung Harbor in the distance, with a mocking sneer on the corner of his mouth. The infantry of the brigade and about [-] soldiers and volunteers in the village, but in front of their own fleet, those are just targets.

Glancing at the battleships that had already lined up the bombardment formation neatly behind him, Chen Si looked at his watch again. It was now [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and the scheduled landing would start at [-]:[-] in the afternoon, and from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] The half an hour between points is reserved for the ten main guns of the battlecruiser "Selim Sultan".

"Taiwan, which was lost 36 years ago, should come back now!" Chen Si muttered in a low voice, then paused, and said two words coldly through his teeth: "Fire!"

Ten 280mm naval guns roared at the same time, thick black gunpowder smoke rushed out from the muzzles, pushed the 300 kg shells out of the barrels, and rushed towards the artillery position 13000 yards away that had already been scouted several times.

A few seconds later, balls of fire rose from a distance, and the human body could even be seen being lifted high into the air in the firelight.

The watchmen on the mast looked nervously at the Japanese positions on the shore, sweating in their palms, for fear that there would be several Type 240 [-]mm coastal defense guns hidden on the shore.According to intelligence, this kind of artillery is the standard configuration of Japanese coastal defense fortresses. The Magong Fortress in Penghu and the Keelung Fortress on Taiwan Island are equipped with several such giant cannons, and there are also forts in Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Taichung that are currently under construction. I don’t know. Has this artillery been shipped to Kaohsiung.

The naval gun launched shells at a rate of one per minute, and the sailors in the turret were in full swing, while more sailors were watching. Because the distance was too far, the secondary guns had no chance to join the first round of shelling.

On several troop carriers farther away, soldiers of the Kuomintang Marine Corps gathered together, and they all stretched out their ears to listen to the roar of naval guns. They all showed a confident smile.Because they knew that the more intense the artillery fire now, the fewer Japanese devils would shoot at them on the shore later.

Half an hour later, the roaring naval guns finally stopped. Chen Si was quite satisfied with the performance of the gunners today. Although their training time was still a little shorter, they managed to smash most of the shells on those few The hastily built Japanese artillery positions went up, and the Japanese never fired a single shell from the beginning to the end. It seemed that they did not have coastal defense heavy artillery that could threaten the battlecruisers.

After several torpedo boats lowered from the freighter dragged the fishing nets and rushed towards the channel to clear the mines, the battlecruiser "Selim Sultan" and other ships began to close the distance, and the main guns and secondary guns began to extend their fire.At the same time, the Marine Corps soldiers also transferred from the freighter to the small assault boat, and the first beach landing battle of the National Revolutionary Army finally began.

Seeing the exciting scene in front of him, Major General Chen Si breathed a sigh of relief, put down the binoculars in his hand, turned around and found that his adjutant was already waiting beside him, and reported in a low voice and respectful voice: "Commander, Commander of the Nanyang Fleet An urgent call from the Ministry." As he spoke, the adjutant handed over a thin dossier with both hands.Chen Si picked it up suspiciously and opened it to see that there was only a yellow copy of the newspaper inside: "What happened?"

"This is a secret telegram sent by Commander Zhao, please read it personally..."

"Secret electricity?" Chen Si exclaimed in a low voice of surprise, and hurriedly picked up the copied newspaper and read it carefully.

Zhao Zheng's order was very clear. The battlecruiser "Selim Sultan" was officially assigned to the First Air Fleet at [-] o'clock tonight, and must arrive at the designated sea area northeast of the Paracel Islands before [-] o'clock tomorrow night.It was also informed that the First Air Fleet will implement radio silence, and the battlecruiser "Selim Sultan" must also abide by it.In addition, after the departure of the First Air Fleet and before the radio silence is lifted, the commander of the Nanyang Fleet will be represented by Lieutenant General Zhang Yiming.

Chapter 0590 of the war of aggression against Japan! ([-]) Dilemma

March 3.On the southeast Pacific Ocean of the Ryukyu Islands, a huge fleet is rapidly advancing westward in the vast Pacific Ocean.

Two "Nagato"-class battleships, one "Fuso"-class battleship, one "King Kong"-class battlecruiser, four Myo high-level heavy cruisers, and the aircraft carriers "Akagi" and "Kaga", two Old-fashioned armored cruisers, eleven light cruisers, seventeen destroyers and three supply ships.

A total of forty battleships, billowing thick smoke almost covering the sky, such a spectacular scene even surpassed the grand occasion of the previous First Expeditionary Fleet, which made the sailors on the deck very excited. This time the entire United Fleet survived. Except for a battleship and a battlecruiser that are still undergoing modernization, the main force of the army is almost dispatched. Many middle- and lower-level officers and sailors who are not clear about the current battle situation even begin to look forward to the decisive battle. The Chinese who know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth understand the power of the Imperial Japanese Navy!

However, in the officer's room of the battleship "Nagato", Lieutenant General Kanji Kato and Rear Admiral Shigetaro Shimada and other top executives of the joint fleet are not as blindly optimistic as the officers and soldiers below, and they are even a little uneasy standing by the chart table up.

Just now, the radio station of the "Nagato" received an urgent telegram sent by Wu Jungang (passive reception does not affect radio silence), and the main force of the Nanyang Fleet of the Chinese Kuomintang Navy, including two "Zhongshan" class aircraft carriers, last night, It has also left the Zhanjiang military port and disappeared into the vast ocean of the South China Sea.

How could the aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy be dispatched suddenly?Where did they go?This sudden news cast a shadow over the entire operation.

It seems that Chinese intelligence personnel are also lurking around Wujun Port. These Chinese people have indeed improved and know to send spies to the empire.Then what will they plan after learning that the United Fleet is attacking?

Naval battles dominated by aircraft carriers and aircraft are indeed more thrilling than in the era of battleships. The cannons of battleships can only shoot at enemy ships [-] meters away, while the aircraft on aircraft carriers can drop bombs and torpedoes to enemy ships [-] to [-] kilometers away. on the head.And what makes all battleship commanders feel even more depressed is that those thin-skinned aircraft carriers usually run faster than battleships, that is to say, as long as the aircraft carrier finds the battleship first, the battleship is just a target to be beaten.It is really not easy to use battleships to ambush aircraft carriers this time.

Kanji Kato gave a wry smile, and quickly got rid of the defeatist emotions in his mind, and his thoughts returned to the sea area called the South China Sea.

This is an important channel for east-west shipping, and it is also the only remaining shipping channel in South China (the route from the Pacific Ocean has been blocked by Japan). If the Japanese navy controls this sea area, it can completely cut off China's external shipping, maybe Is this why the Chinese aircraft carrier had to be dispatched?

It is a pity that after Japan lost Taiwan, it also lost its foothold in the South China Sea. The surrounding Philippines, French Indochina, British Malaya and Dutch East Indies were all in the hands of Western colonists, while Hainan Island and Taiwan, which is about to be captured by the Chinese, will become the gate for the Chinese to enter and exit the South China Sea and prevent the Japanese Empire from going south.

After the Chinese Kuomintang army completely controls Taiwan, it will be difficult for the surface ships of the Japanese Navy to stay in the South China Sea for a long time. They can only use submarines to break diplomatic relations like the Chinese people...

Therefore, the Chinese aircraft carrier's attack was not to ensure the shipping line in the South China Sea, but to have the same idea as their own, but their idea should be to set up an ambush with an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, and the targets were "Akagi" and " Kaga".

But where will they ambush the aircraft carrier?Kanji Kato's gaze slowly swept across the chart. Judging from the chart, there are two sea areas that are most suitable for setting up an ambush.One is in the sea area about 270 nautical miles north of the Dongsha Islands from the coast of Guangdong. Deploying the aircraft carrier in this sea area is guarding the entrance of the Bashi Strait. As long as the Japanese fleet dares to come in, it can attack head-on.Moreover, the aircraft carrier itself is relatively safe under the cover of shore-based aircraft along the coast of Guangdong.However, placing an aircraft carrier here is not a small risk, that is, the Japanese fleet will use the cover of night to break through the Bashi Strait in all likelihood, and the range of China's reconnaissance planes is almost 35.5 kilometers. It can search the sea area 7 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier, which is almost 30 nautical miles.At the fastest speed of the "Nagato", it takes a little more than ten hours to complete the run. If it is replaced by four "Myoko" class heavy cruisers, it only takes 9 and a half hours at a speed of [-] knots, even if it only runs [-] knots. But it was [-] hours.

In other words, the four "Miaoko" class heavy cruisers can completely rush into the nose of the China aircraft carrier formation under the cover of night, and then use forty 203mm naval guns to carry out a massacre!Even if the battlecruiser "Selim Sultan" was present, Kato had no doubt that his four "Myoko"-class ships could match up with the opponent, and persisted until the battleship arrived on the battlefield.After all, compared with artillery skills, the Chinese navy is still very young. In the last sea battle in Bohai Bay, a "Konigsberg" class cruiser in China was beaten to pieces by an old Japanese armored cruiser... ...But the generals of the Chinese Navy and their German teachers should also know this, most of their aircraft carriers will not be there.

The second location should be about 60 kilometers southeast of Hainan Island. If the aircraft carrier is placed here, it will lure the enemy to go deep and put the Japanese combined fleet into the South China Sea.In this way, the reconnaissance planes that take off from the Chinese warships off the coast of Guangdong can cover most of the northern waters of the South China Sea, except for a small piece of sea near the Philippines, which is outside their search range.And there is another advantage of this deployment. Since the eastern part of Hainan Island is facing the Bashi Strait, the China Fleet can be deployed on a fan that extends from north to south, rather than on a straight line that runs east-west.Such a high-speed raid from east to west relying on heavy cruisers is almost impossible to succeed.The only way is to use bait to attract the China aircraft carrier to the east, and at the same time let the heavy cruiser move west at full speed, so that the fleets of both sides will approach at a speed of more than [-] knots, and they can engage in battle in up to four hours!And once the China fleet is entangled by heavy cruisers, it will be difficult for them to escape, and the two "Nagato" class ships that arrived later can easily annihilate them!

But the question is, what if the Chinese fleet is deployed in the waters north of the Dongsha Islands?In this case, the entire entrance of the South China Sea and the waters near the Philippines are within the combat radius of the Chinese carrier-based aircraft, and as long as the sun rises, your own fleet will be discovered!

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Wuhan, Military Commission.

"Colonel Lesinskaya, Zhanjiang telegram." The major in charge of intelligence liaison handed the telegram to Natalie, who raised her eyebrows after looking at it twice, and immediately turned and walked to the conference room.

In the conference room, Luo Yaoguo was holding a baton and pointing at the map, introducing the latest battle situation to the Chairman of the Nationalist Government and the Chief Executive.Since Chiang Kai-shek went to Jinan to sit in command, Hu Hanmin finally couldn't resist the temptation to command the armed forces, and whenever he had the opportunity, he went to the Military Committee to enjoy himself.Since the recent war between China and Japan has reached the most critical moment, all policies and foreign negotiations also depend on the performance on the battlefield, so Luo Yiqun and Wang Jingwei all appeared in the conference room, even Xu Chongzhi, who has always been inactive also appeared here.

"After Jie Gong took over the Northeast Theater, he launched this counterattack. The goal was to capture Jinzhou, an important town in western Liaoning. Our army advanced along the corridor in western Liaoning under the cover of tanks, aircraft, heavy artillery, and warships. The battle went relatively smoothly. The defeat has retreated, the resistance has begun to weaken, and we expect Jinzhou to recover before the end of March."

Luo Yaoguo pointed to the map and introduced the current situation: "The most tense thing recently is the Taiwan Strait. On the night of No. 14 or the early morning of No. 15, the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet has left Wujun Port. There are four battleships, three aircraft carriers, and four With the powerful force of the heavy cruisers, it is estimated that a large-scale naval and air battle will break out in the South China Sea after [-] days, and the fate of China and Japan depends on the outcome of this battle."

"Fuwen, let's talk about the situation in Mongolia and North Manchuria." Hu Hanmin waved his hand. He was not too worried about the Taiwan Strait. The navy and air forces have concentrated more than 700 combat aircraft there. Wandering outside the radius, it is impossible to get close, otherwise it will be blown into a pile of scrap iron. It is precisely because of this advantage that the joint meeting of the Kuomintang Central Committee and the Military Commission will approve the Taiwan Strait combat plan.

The war against Japan, in the eyes of most of the top Kuomintang officials, is almost already settled, and their eyes can't help but focus on the post-war situation. Whether it is international or domestic, after the war is over, it will always be distributed through politics. The results of the battle.