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Tadichi Natsumoto and Somerville only played for less than two days and were tired of this kind of hide-and-seek game. On the evening of the 6th, Tadichi Natsumoto led a fleet to sail northward to carry out a combat mission to attack Tingcomali, a port in northeast Ceylon.

On the morning of the 9th, the Japanese aviation fleet that arrived on the eastern sea of ​​Ceylon, under the order of Tadonico Nakamoto, dispatched more than 100 fighter jets to bomb Tingmali. Large cranes and other facilities and ammunition depots, oil depots, airports and some factories on the port were completely destroyed during the Japanese bombing, and a total of more than 20 British fighter jets were destroyed on the ground by the Japanese army before they could take off.

But to Tadakachi Nakamoto’s disappointment, because the British naval base had been warned before, most of the ships in the port had been evacuated. In addition to destroying some shore targets, the Japanese air strikes lasted for more than an hour, only sunk a heavy cruiser under maintenance and three merchant ships carrying and unloading materials on the dock.

Overall, in the few days of attacking the flying team, the Japanese First Air Fleet only achieved the results of severely damaging one aircraft carrier and sinking three heavy cruisers and two destroyers, which is very different from the hope of Nanyun's original "Pearl Harbor-style" glory!

In contrast, the Japanese army caused a very heavy blow to Britain's maritime transportation forces in this operation. Not only did Nagamo Tadaichi's troops sink thirteen merchant ships, but Ozawa Shisaburo and Kondo Nobutake's troops also sink nearly thirty British merchant ships of all sizes in the waters near Myanmar.

Although he was dissatisfied with the results of the Lao Shi's failure to completely wipe out the flying team during the expedition, Nagashima Tadaichi did not want to stop tangling with Somerville and was preparing to return home to rest.

Since the attack on Pearl Harbor from Japan in November last year, the First Air Fleet led by Tadakaichi Nagamo has moved tens of thousands of kilometers. Not only has it created a model of raids at Pearl Harbor, but it has also achieved a series of victories in the battles in Rabaul, Darwin Port and Ceylon, which can be called "great military achievements."

However, although the Japanese have the proud Bushido spirit as support and are proud of their established martial arts, they are still flesh and blood. After nearly half a year of fighting in the two oceans, they also need rest urgently.

Moreover, after drifting on the ocean for half a year, all ships also need to be repaired, and the combat materials consumed are also urgently needed to be replenished.

On the afternoon of April 9, Natsumoto Tadukkaku's fleet turned to the south of the Andaman Islands to the east and went to meet with the fleet commanded by Ozawa Jisaburo, Kondo Hsinchu and others. Later, on the way to return to China through the Strait of Malacca, the 5th Air Force under Natsumoto Tadukkaku's command, led by the former Tadukkaku, left the brigade and headed to the Truk Islands to provide the Japanese army's combat in New Guinea. The main force of the First Air Fleet still returned to the country to rest.

Nagashi Yunzhong ran to the country with victory, but after receiving the news that the port of Trincomali was destroyed, Somerville misjudged the situation and ordered the flying team to leave the Indian waters and retreat to the port of Mombasa in Kenya, central Africa to hide.

The northern waters of the Bay of Bengal, north of the 16th degree north, were previously controlled by the People's Army Navy, and this operation of the Japanese Navy destroyed the two important bases of the Flying Team in Colombo, Ceylon and Trincomali, which made the Flying Team no longer have a suitable port to moor on the eastern coast of India, south of the 16th degree north,!

Moreover, while blocking the southern waters of Myanmar, the Japanese army sank more than 40 merchant ships of allies with a total tonnage of nearly 150,000 tons, forcing the allies to stop all ships passing through Myanmar and eastern India. This also caused the flying team to lose their targets in the escort of the relevant waters.

The flying team lost its docking base on the eastern coast of India and no longer had to worry about escorting the relevant sea areas. In addition, the fleet is still responsible for escorting ships sailing near Australia and the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. It is understandable that Somerville led his troops back to Japan without knowing that Nagashimoto led his troops back to Japan.

However, Somerville's retreat marked the Japanese naval forces gained control over other waters in the eastern Indian Ocean except the northern Bay of Bengal. At the same time, this also means the complete retreat of the US and British fleets in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

After receiving the news that the flying team was injured and retreated to central Africa, Churchill was stunned for a long time, and then sighed with regret: "It seems that we can only agree to the conditions of the People's Party now..."

However, Churchill was still a little unwilling. In his letter to Roosevelt, he suggested: "Myanmar and India are facing great dangers. The best way to alleviate them is to send a fleet to unite with Somerville's warships to threaten the Japanese and to restrain their urgency in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Another headache is that we can force the People's Party Navy to join the naval battle against Japan. Personally, frankly, I have no good feelings for the People's Party that occupy Shannan and exposes greedy and ambitions to the Kingdom of Britain in Asia. They are simply a group of devils who suck blood from the Kingdom! But no matter what, they have five aircraft carriers in Shannan and dozens of thousands of tons of destroyers. If this force can be used by the Allies, it can at least change the maritime situation in the Indian Ocean and may even have a lot of impact on the Pacific battlefield..."

Roosevelt was also interested in Churchill's suggestion, but he encountered a nail when soliciting opinions from the Navy. Admiral Ernest, who succeeded Stark as Secretary of Navy Operations in March, not only firmly opposed sending a fleet to fight with Somerville, but also had different opinions on Churchill's proposal to encourage the People's Party Navy to participate in the war between the two countries.

Admiral Kim is a representative of the "Europe first, then Asia" strategy advocated by Churchill and agreed to by Roosevelt, and advocated that the United States' war resources, especially naval resources, should be given priority to the Pacific battlefield.

By the first half of 1942, large German ships on the surface had basically been reported that the German and Allies were engaged in unlimited submarine warfare and anti-submarine warfare on the Atlantic Ocean. In this case, if the strategy of "Europe first and then Asia" was fully followed, the US Navy could only become a bodyguard for merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean, and large ships such as aircraft carriers and main ships were used to deal with submarines hiding in deep water. Its role is not greater than that of small destroyers, and it is really a place where heroes are useless. However, on the Pacific battlefield, the US Navy can become the main combat force.

As for General Kim's suggestion that he now opposes Churchill, it is for the sake of American interests.

Before World War II, according to the Washington Naval Treaty, Britain was the only country with the same tonnage of the main ship as the United States. With the overall strength of the Commonwealth, Britain was also one of the few countries in the world that could suppress the United States. After more than two years of war, the French navy had declined. The maritime power of European powers such as Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union was greatly weakened, but the weakened Europe was more in line with the interests of the United States. General Jin agreed with the United States' limited support for Britain, but did not hope that through the efforts of the United States, Europe would reappear after the war that could challenge the United States.

Regarding the Shannan People's Party Navy, General Kim believed that it would be just an army with large surface ships before the baptism of the ocean naval battle. For the United States, it is also not a good thing to have a maritime force in Asia that can replace Japan and pose a threat to the Pacific Fleet. For General Kim personally, he would rather the People's Party Navy stay in the northern part of the Bay of Bengal to become a "gulf aviation fleet" with army habits.

Moreover, the cooperation between the U.S. Navy and the PKR maritime forces also involves the issue of relations with China. Unless the U.S. government has made full preparations to quit the Allies and join forces with the Japanese in anger, the U.S. Navy and the entire U.S. side are not suitable for joint combat with the PKR armed forces.

Under the strong insistence of General Kim, President Roosevelt ultimately did not agree to Churchill's suggestion, and only told him that the United States could send some bombers to strengthen India's defense, and emphasized: "The armed issue of the People's Party involves relations with China. When the Chinese government joins the allies and sends troops to Myanmar, it is inappropriate for the allies to establish formal official relations with the People's Party and is likely to arouse strong reaction from Chongqing, China. This is extremely unfavorable for the Allies to fight against Japan! For the above considerations, the US government can only provide some materials to the People's Party through civilian means at most for war against Japan, without developing official relations with it............"

In fact, if the negotiations between the UK and the People's Party were not for returning the territory occupied by unequal treaties in history to China, and this matter was a good thing that was very beneficial to China and was warmly welcomed by the Chinese people, the Chongqing authorities might have really broken diplomatic relations with the UK. Churchill also knew in his heart about the interests mentioned by Roosevelt and the protests raised by Chongqing Foreign Minister Song Ziwen. In desperation, he could only further contact with the People's Party through Emory and others to see if he could persuade the party's maritime power to provide security guarantees for the eastern waters of India.

"The British are really thinking! The previous package agreement has not been signed with us, and now we want to ensure the safety of India's east coast! We are also thinking about us selling new fighter jets! How can such a good thing happen in the world?!" After receiving the telegram sent by Lin Chenglou and others from Shannan, Zhou Mingyuan couldn't help but criticize.

"If we wait until the second half of this year, it will be no problem to ensure the east coast of India and sell F1 fighters to the UK, but it is a bit too early now." Zhao Zhenzhong pondered for a moment and knocked on the table twice with his hand, and decided to say, "The British want to delay the change, so we will handle it according to the rules! Let Chenglou and others sign a package of agreements with the British first, and before the agreement is signed, our southern land, sea and air forces maintain a defensive combat attitude towards the Japanese army. In addition, we can agree to the requirements of the British to ensure the security of India's east coast and provide F1 fighters, but they need to exchange them for real money!"

Zhou Mingyuan was stunned. When he was thinking about what Zhao Zhenzhong was trying to do, Tian Yunyi said anxiously: "Sir, although Britain has agreed to sign an agreement with our party due to the situation, the grudges between us have only deepened and not been lifted! Besides, f1 is a powerful air weapon for us to defeat the enemy. Will it cause us to be detrimental to the future if we just gave it to the British?"

"We have been using the F1 fighter for five years since the launch. Until now, the performance of this fighter has exceeded that of the Japanese Army's Zero and most of the world's fighters. However, as time goes by, with the United States and Britain having a deep industrial foundation and aviation technology background, it is not long since we developed a new fighter with excellent performance." Zhao Zhenzhong explained, "Instead of waiting for Britain, the United States and other countries to install new fighters, our F1 is not cared about, it is better to take advantage of the situation to replace some hard currency to make reserves for us in the future.

As for the disadvantages that may be brought to our army, we have the F2 that has been equipped in scale and the epoch-making F3 fighter jets that are about to be officially put into production, as well as other new generation fighter jets that exceed the advanced level of the world today. Even if the British get the F1, they will not cause us much trouble! Moreover, as long as they can be ahead of one generation in technology, we can still suppress the British in air combat!

In addition, the scope of our transfer of f1 can be further expanded to the entire Allied forces. While we are exchanged for more hard currency, we also use the aviation industries of the United States, Britain and other countries to win an opportunity for our country in the future!”

Zhao Zhenzhong remembers that in the original historical history, the "P5" model was officially launched in 42 years with the efforts of technicians from both the United States and Britain. Moreover, after a series of improvements such as the replacement of the engine, the model overcomes the dilemma of the early P5 models such as insufficient high-altitude combat capabilities and becomes a famous World War II aircraft. If the British could now get the F1 that had outstanding performance in many previous wars, would it be a matter of the two sides to improve the P5 with the Americans!

"Our new fighter jets are sufficient, and the 'big firecrackers have been finalized and put into production.' The monkey is flying farther and farther away, so you can relax!" Li Yunshan smiled. "Wait a while, let the sir take us to see the production conditions, and you will understand!"

"Yes! I was anxious for a moment and forgot that there were two killing weapons, "Big Firecracker and "Zhuntian Monkey," Tian Yunyi patted his forehead and laughed at himself.

"Old Zhao, do you want to wait for the United States and Japan to play a few more games in the Pacific, and wait for each other to consume further before mobilizing our maritime power?" Because Tian Yunyi and others were present, Zhou Mingyuan couldn't talk about Midway directly, so he said tactfully. "With the United States' industrial strength, if it can achieve a decisive victory this year, Xing Japan will still accelerate its defeat in the Pacific in the future."

"The United States has a strong industrial strength, but even if it is fully committed, it will take some time before the new aircraft carriers and large ships are put into service." Zhao Zhenzhong said slightly vaguely, "If the Japanese army won a bad victory in the decisive battle and the US aircraft carriers and main ships lost all, then even if the United States has strong industrial strength and subsequent warships have continued to have continuous energy, at least the Pacific War will be dragged for a longer time! This will be more beneficial to our China's future rise! Of course, as for the specific operation, we need to study it separately based on the actual situation."

In history, Japan was not without a chance to win in the Coral Sea War. Even in the Midway Island battle, if the previous telecommunications password was not deciphered by the US military and the on-the-stop handling was inappropriate, the Japanese army would have a chance to win. If the Japanese army won a "miserable victory" in both wars, then the Japanese army's attack on southern New Guinea and northern Australia might succeed. At least, the Pacific War is entirely possible for a longer period of time.

"If this is the case, the Japanese will be rampant for a longer time, which will cause greater damage to our country and the world." Although Tang Ming did not know that Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan had other words, he still reminded him with doubts.

"We need to speed up the pace at home. However, we can defeat the Japanese army at once, but as long as the Chongqing authorities are still there, there is also rare peace in the country. Moreover, as far as the current domestic situation is concerned, it is easy to settle the north, but it is difficult to settle the south! Without three years of hard work, the south cannot settle the south!" Zhao Zhenzhong frowned when he thought of the complex situation in the country and said, "As for the damage caused by the Japanese army to other countries in the world, it is essentially just a greater weakening of the strength of the Western powers, which is a good thing for our country!

In fact, whether it is the Allies or the Axis powers, they all want to establish a political and economic order that is beneficial to them, and they fight for the division of the scope of world interests! Although those slogans such as "justice, anti-fascism and other slogans have some truths, they are just means to promote the allies for their actions!

As for the world order our party wants to establish in the future, it will be peaceful coexistence, equal treatment among all countries, as well as mutual assistance, cooperation and non-alignment among the vast number of oppressed nations and countries."

Tian Yunyi, Tang Ming, Li Yunshan and others were thinking about the new proposals of the People's Party to foreign relations put forward by Zhao Zhenzhong, but Zhou Mingyuan had already formulated two plans to achieve what Zhao Zhenzhong said to make the Japanese army "miserable victory". However, the specific details still need to be discussed separately with Zhao Zhenzhong, but it is inconvenient to talk about them now.

Zhao Zhenzhong and others decided to maintain a defensive position in Shannan before signing relevant agreements with Britain, but Roosevelt decided to take a strike against Japan to boost the morale of the Allied forces, deter Japan and restrain its power in Southeast Asia and Australia.

The solution found by Roosevelt was a solution provided by Admiral Kim's General Staff: use aircraft carriers to send land-based bombers to the sea surface close enough to Japan, and use their advantage in range to bomb Tokyo, and then fly to mainland China after completing the mission.

Regarding the plan proposed by the Navy, Lieutenant General Arnold, who served as the commander of the Army Aviation in March, broke the barriers between the land and the navy and enthusiastically provided support from all aspects. Not only did he provide the b25 bomber for modification and boarding the ship, but he also selected excellent crews from the Army Aviation Force to complete this task.

Lieutenant Colonel James Dulitt, the world record-holder of the flight speed, was selected to lead the team to complete this task.

On April 2, 1942, the newly-in-service Us Hornet aircraft carrier carried Lieutenant Colonel Dulit and his entourage from San Francisco. In order not to be discovered by the enemy, the Us Hornet aircraft carrier passed through the North Pacific Storm Area and met with the Us Lieutenant General Halsey's Enterprise aircraft carrier at a designated location between the Aleutian Islands and Midway. With some escort ships, they formed the "Tait Fleet of Mike" that bombed Tokyo.

At this time, neither Roosevelt nor Zhao Zhenzhong expected that an occasional accident would have caused the US air strike against Tokyo to involve the People's Party armed forces!
Chapter completed!