For Hiranuma Kiichiro, being able to survive this special period safely is already his great achievement. In his heart, he is actually partial to Takeshita Shun's statement. Since I can use smaller methods in other places, Why waste soldiers in China when we can get more things at the same price?
"Takeshita-kun, how do you negotiate terms with Zhou Weiguo?" Hiranuma Kiichiro knew very well that Takeshita Jun was the person who knew Zhou Weiguo best in Japan.
"First, the two countries signed an armistice agreement, and Weiguo took the initiative to attack, but he was unreasonable." Takeshita Jun said calmly, "Secondly, Weiguo's use of such tactics now shows that their naval forces are not strong enough. Considered mature, if the Imperial Navy insists on attacking them, there is no way out; thirdly, regarding Zhou Weiguo, I have expressed my opinion before, if you can win over him, it is better to win over him."
Hiranuma Kiichiro nodded. What he didn't know was that the Navy Ministry had ordered all their combat forces to be dispatched.
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Haiyang, Haiyang Port.
Zhang Qian was reprimanding the navy soldiers in front of him, "I told you that you are still a bunch of rookies! Do you think you can stop the Japanese warships when they come? You envy the submarine brigade for being able to go into the water to fight the Japanese. Then you have to think about it first. , can you defeat the Japs! How to obtain the greatest results at the smallest cost!"
"Report!"
"explain!"
"Captain Zhang, whether it is our ship formation or the submarine brigade, we are all members of the independent division navy. When we go to the battlefield, we naturally have to be together! There is no reason to separate!"
Zhang Qian laughed angrily, "Didn't I tell you that your current level is not good enough!"
"Then I would like to ask Captain Zhang, what level is enough!"
Zhang Gan looked at the people in front of him. They were all young people. It was good to be energetic and motivated. Unfortunately, he was still a little impulsive. "When did we form a truly combat-capable ship formation?" When did you become proficient, do you understand? In naval operations, aircraft carriers are very important, but now, our navy and air force are still doing habitual exercises. Taking off on a ship is different from taking off on the ground. And now, we Although we have ships, in terms of manpower, our manpower is still relatively small. Each ship has the most streamlined manpower to maximize the role of a soldier. This is good. But it will also become Our weakness. Do you understand this? It’s like fighting a positional battle. If one regiment is disabled, there are still two regiments that can take over! Our manpower is small, and there is no one to take over!”
Zhang Gan's words also silenced this group of young people. They were still too weak, even though they had mastered relatively good technology.
"Team Zhang, why don't you train more people?" Someone asked, "I think everyone is the same when listening to classes."
"You are all people who have gone to school and learned knowledge." Zhang Qian sighed, "How many people in China can go to school?"
When Zhang Qian said this again, the young people fell silent again.
"Captain Zhang, can we invite our friends to study, join us in the navy, and fight against the Japanese?"
"Of course. As long as you can recruit enough people, I will train you. I believe that our teacher Zhou will not object. We will only be happier."
"yes!"
On the side, Lin Jianzhang smiled, "How wonderful it is to be young."
"General Lin, you are not old now." Zhang Gan replied with a smile. He is over 60 years old. Although he is considered a veteran, he is still an age that can gallop on the battlefield. Due to the development of mechanization, the age requirement for soldiers has really been lowered. A lot.
"I'm old, but I didn't say that veterans can't go to the battlefield! I've been waiting for this day for a long time! The time in Qingdao before was so refreshing just watching it." Lin Jianzhang said, "However, at this time, I do also envy the young team. Submarine formation."
"That's why we have the power to avenge our shame." Zhang Qandao, as a former navy personnel, although he has not experienced the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, he has personally experienced the naval battles after the Anti-Japanese War began. He saw the battleships being sunk. The navy is smaller in scale and even smaller in scale.
"Chen Jiliang will definitely think so when he comes." Lin Jianzhang said with a smile.
"Yes!" Zhang Qian sighed, and then looked into the distance.
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sea of japan
There are still many ships sailing on the dark sea, because the domestic demand is too great. In fact, the capacity of passenger ships is really tight. They have to transport resources and wealth back from China. Even many of the navy's Battleships are all used as cargo ships or passenger ships for transportation.
"Captain, there are three Japanese ships ahead, and they are also the three targets we are keeping an eye on during the day!"
"Hey, brothers, get ready. Don't let the Japs escape later."
"yes!"
…
"Koizumi-san, please." A middle-aged man sat on the deck and said to the people in front of him. They were eating, catching a fish from the sea and adding some sake.
"Arigado." Xiaoquan thanked him, "The fish is indeed very delicious."
"Of course, this is just coming out of the sea."
"It seems that life at sea is not so boring. You can still enjoy it occasionally."
"Haha, in the words of the Chinese people, it is called joy in suffering."
"But, Ichiro, is it really okay for us to relax like this?"
"Haha, please don't worry." Ichiro laughed, "Although we are a cargo ship, the two ships with us are real warships! There are cannons on the ship! Those Chinese people are not so bold. Bar!"
Just after Ichiro finished speaking, he felt that the hull of the ship was hit by something, and there was a strange explosion sound.
"Torpedoes," Koizumi said hurriedly, "It's the sound of torpedoes. The sound just now was a muffled explosion in the water."
"Nani? Those people are really here? Do they actually dare to go to the waters on the empire's side?"
"Ichiro, go back to the cabin and take command!"
"I'll go!"
…
"Your Majesty Colonel, we were attacked by a Chinese submarine!" A Japanese navy soldier said to a naval colonel.
"I understand, do you know where the direction is?"
"Hi! The distance to the northeast is unclear."
"The artillery fire fired in the northeast direction, and the distance slowly extended!"
"Hi!"
At this time, the Japanese warship also felt vibrations and underwater explosions.
"Speed up and leave this place quickly!"
"Hi!"
"Get rid of the Chinese!"
"Hi!"
…
About ten minutes later, there was no loud noise on the sea, only some calls in Japanese, and under the sea, there were three more sunken ships, as well as many bones.
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Japanese Navy
"Three more! Two of them are cruisers!"
"Baga, how could you be so stupid!"
"It seems that we must restrict our movements in the dark!"
"Or, it would be nice to have some system that can detect it!"
"I suggest you report to the cabinet first and let the cabinet issue a statement. It must be temporarily suppressed!"
"It looks like we're going to suffer a lot more losses today."