The United States has resumed the transportation of aid supplies to China through the Guangzhou port. Naturally, this news cannot be hidden from anyone. The Japanese base camp suddenly became nervous. After reporting to Emperor Hirohito, Hirohito immediately gave instructions and ordered the base camp to respond immediately and not sit back and watch the United States.
Support China, otherwise the empire's actions to conquer China will create many variables out of thin air.
The base camp made a decision after an overnight discussion. The first was to immediately order the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lodge a protest with the United States against their military assistance to China. The second was to dispatch a powerful fleet of the United Fleet to immediately rush to the coast of Guangdong to launch an attack on the United States.
Conduct reconnaissance, containment, intimidation and other means to intercept cargo ships heading to China. It would be better if they can be frightened into turning around and returning. The third is to order the North China Central Army to send out no less than two divisions.
Troops were deployed from Jiangxi and Fujian to put pressure on Guangdong, and if there was an opportunity, they would immediately attack the Guangdong area.
On August 23, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet dispatched the Hosho and Zuiho aircraft carriers of the Third Air Force under the First Fleet, as well as two battleships Ise and Hyuga, and two heavy cruisers and light cruisers Koei and Kako.
A fleet of more than 20 warships including Kitakami, Oi, Isoami, Urami, Shikinami, Ayanami, Hatsuharu, Konohi, Hatsusho, and Wakaba destroyers headed towards the coast of Guangdong, and reached the distance on September 1
Guangdong is less than 200 kilometers offshore.
On the Hosho aircraft carrier, Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro, commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Combined Fleet, was holding an emergency meeting, and the captains of each warship participated in the meeting.
Takasu Shiro, who is already in his fifties this year, sat at the head of the conference room with a serious face. Looking at the two rows of people in front of him who were watching intently, he said: "Everyone, the reason why I called you here today is
Execute the combat orders issued by the base camp to attack the coast of Guangdong, China, and cooperate with the army's offensive. Since the 300 Chinese Army defeated our 21st Army in Guangdong, the Chinese have retaken Guangdong. And soon invested the port of Guangzhou
Use, and the Americans, who were jealous of money, immediately provided military assistance to China, delivering supplies to the battlefield in China where weapons and ammunition were almost exhausted. Although the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs negotiated several times, the Americans still insisted on going their own way. For this reason, the base camp decided
, a powerful fleet must be sent to inspect, track and contain American cargo ships to pull Americans back from the wrong path.
However, after several trials, the Americans still refused to change and continued to transport military supplies to China. The base camp ordered our navy to respond to this. After Commander Yamamoto’s careful consideration, he ordered us to conduct a naval inspection of the ports and ports along the coast of Guangdong.
Do you all understand that the city carried out large-scale attacks to undermine the Chinese people's will to resist?"
"Hai. I obey the commander's orders!"
Listening to the responses from the captains of the ships below, Takasu Shiro nodded with satisfaction: "Then do you have any questions to ask?"
"Report to Commander, I have questions to ask!"
A voice rang out. Takasu Shiro turned around, nodded and said, "It turns out to be Qiu Yongjun. Do you have any questions?"
The speaker was the captain of the Hosho, Captain Akunaga Mamoru. Akunaga Mamoru stood up and asked: "Your Excellency, Commander Takasu. The only aircraft carriers we have come out this time are the Hosho and the Zuifeng, and both of these aircraft carriers are
It is a light aircraft carrier and carries only fifty or sixty carrier-based aircraft in total. It is unable to compete with the Chinese for air supremacy. According to intelligence, China's Seventh Army has no less than 400 aircraft. If they are determined to fight with
We are fighting for air supremacy, I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to fight against them!”
"That's right. Your Excellency, Commander, we have too few carrier-based aircraft. If we encounter a large-scale China Air Force, we will easily suffer a loss!" Colonel Takada Rokuro, the captain of the Zuikang aircraft carrier, also said at the side.
"What you are saying are all excuses. Attacks are not necessarily something that only aircraft carriers can do. With the participation of our battleships, we can also blast China's ports to pieces!" At this time, the captain of the Ise battleship Hikojiro Suga and Osaka Ryo said
After snorting, he said it in a sarcastic tone.
"That's it, don't just think about attacking with the few small planes on the aircraft carrier all day long. You have to know that the weight of the shells we can fire with just one shot is equivalent to the amount of ammunition carried by one of your planes." The ship of the battleship Hyuga
Colonel Chang Xiaolin also became sarcastic and sarcastic.
Since the emergence of new warships like aircraft carriers, they have quickly become the new star of the navy. The former maritime supremacy of battleships has also been severely challenged. The debate between the victory theory of aircraft carriers and the theory of big guns and giant ships has never stopped.
, Although the Japanese Navy and the Army usually quarrel with each other, there are also factions within the Navy. The aircraft carrier faction and the giant ship faction also quarrel. In today's meeting, Suga Hikojiro saw two aircraft carriers.
The captain complained frequently there, and he immediately started to sarcastically express his displeasure.
After listening to the words of Suga Hikojiro and the other two, Colonel Akinaga Mamoru frowned and retorted: "Your Excellency Suga Hikojiro, I admit that the power of the battleship attack is very powerful, but there is a premise here, that is, how do you drive the battleship to
Within thirty kilometers from China's port, you must know that China's Seventh Army is no longer what it used to be. The performance of their newly commissioned "Hellcat" fighters is even better than the Empire's newly commissioned Zero fighters. If we encounter their aircraft, we will
It’s easy for fighter planes to suffer losses!”
The appearance of the Seventh Army's Vixen fighter not only shocked China and the United States, but also shocked the Japanese army and navy. Its ferocious firepower and performance that completely surpassed the Zero made the Japanese aviation industry lament. The Zero, which was originally built with confidence,
It was already outdated as soon as it entered service, which also made countless Japanese pilots beat their chests. If it weren't for the fact that only the Seventh Army is currently equipped with this new fighter, and the only ones equipped by the Japanese Army are the Hawker III and the F4F Wildcat obtained from Suri.
Waiting for more than a hundred fighter planes, the pilots of Japan's Army Airlines and Hainan Airlines almost thought of jumping off the building.
But despite this, Japan's Army Aviation and Hainan Airlines are becoming more and more wary of the Seventh Army. Deep down in their hearts, they already regard the Seventh Army as an opponent that can rival them.
After listening to Akiunaga Shouichi's words, everyone shut up. No matter how tough they were, they could not hide the fact that their fighter planes were not as good as their opponent's. For the Japanese who had high self-esteem and had long regarded themselves as the overlord of Asia,
This incident undoubtedly caused them great embarrassment.
Someone suggested: "Perhaps we can use the main guns of battleships to bomb China ports at night."
"Not good, not to mention that the accuracy is too low at night, and it is easy to be counterattacked by the port's coastal defense artillery. Even if the bombing goes smoothly, what if the Chinese have night bombers? Wouldn't that put our fleet in danger?
"?" Qiu Yongshou immediately objected. Thirty kilometers is just a short distance for an airplane. If the target is exposed and a large number of airplanes are waiting for them to come continuously, plus the bombardment of coastal defense artillery, then
All he could do was wait for death.
When Colonel Kobayashi Kazuo saw what Akiunaga Moriichi said, he felt unhappy and said: "Akiunaga-kun, you think too highly of the Chinese people. Although their "Hellcat" fighter jets are very good, don't forget that they are night fighters.
It’s not that easy to develop. As far as I know, even the British and Americans are exploring this kind of fighter plane. Could it be that those stupid and lazy Chinese people have such a fighter plane so quickly?”
Akunaga Shouichi sneered: "This is not a matter of contempt. Before the Chinese "Hell Cat" came out, didn't everyone think that our Zero could dominate China's airspace? But what is the current situation?
"
When someone said this, Kobayashi Kazuo became furious, "Baga, why do you always speak for the Chinese people? Qiu Yongjun, you must have placed yourself in the wrong position!"
"What I'm talking about is a living fact. At least it's better than some guys who are blind and arrogant behind closed doors, right?"
"You bastard, I'm going to duel with you!" Kazuo Kobayashi stood up angrily, unbuckled his belt, slapped his command knife on the table, and stared at the opponent fiercely.
"A duel is a duel, and I'm afraid you won't succeed." Qiunaga Mamoru stood up without showing any signs of weakness, "I want to remind you that my family has been a samurai for generations, and my ancestor is Miyamoto Musashi, who has studied under a generation of masters.
Are you sure you want to duel with me?"
"If you don't succeed, let's go to the deck and have a duel!"
Kazuo Kobayashi grabbed the command sword and strode out. Unexpectedly, he took just two steps and was slapped twice in the face by Takasu Shiro who had already stood up.
"Baga Yalu, you idiots, this is a military meeting, not your backyard. You are always dueling. Who do you think you are? This is the twentieth century, not the era of peace. Okay, you all go and duel.
Well, the world will be quiet if you all die, but have you idiots ever thought about who will command these huge warships if you all die? If this is the case, our empire will just admit defeat without the Chinese coming.
!" Takasu Shiro's face turned red with anger, and his chest kept rising and falling.
Hearing the commander's anger, everyone in the conference room was silent and did not dare to say a word. They also knew that the two men had gone too far. They actually shouted for a duel in the conference room. If this was spread, it would definitely make the people in the army laugh.
Lose big teeth.
Seeing the silent subordinates, Takasu Shiro said with a solemn face: "Your ideas just now are actually very good. Since we don't know whether the Chinese have deployed coastal defense artillery in Guangzhou, or whether they have night fighters,
Then we should bypass Guangzhou first and start bombing from other ports. I don’t believe that the Chinese can make all the ports as strong as Guangzhou!”
Takasu Shiro's face looked particularly ferocious under the light...
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