"We and the naval athletes of the Chinese warship "Qiongya" will surely bring back the iron anchor of the Chinese warship, and put it in Ueno Park with the iron anchor of the "Zhenyuan" ship! However, our navy has the confidence to win, and now do you know how the army is prepared?"

King Fushimi Miyaki Hakukong really didn't want to continue dealing with Sadao Araki, the army guy, but he had to deal with him patiently. Who made the navy ask for the army now? Thinking of this, King Fushimi Miyaki Hakukong couldn't help but secretly secretly in his heart that the people who had been scolded by the navy countless times, mocked by the army countless times, and were also misled by false news propaganda by the government. He mistakenly thought that the people who had won a great victory in Songhu and praised Major General Yukiichi Shinozawa, who had cut his spiritual simulation into pieces.

The Navy was originally jealous of the amazing achievements made by the Army in the three northeastern provinces. Finally, he took the job of creating trouble in Songhu, hoping to have a victory as refreshing as the Kanto Army. However, Yukiichi Yanze was a fool. The Chinese army was too cunning. Not only did he not take Zhabei, but he was defeated by the Chinese army's counterattack and knocked down the headquarters of the Marine Corps in Shanghai. The noble navy had to ask for help from the army. How could this not make everyone in the navy grit their teeth in hatred?

Sadao Araki smiled and said, "It is rare that the noble navy can get us from the mud legs of the army. We naturally dare not neglect it. The 9th Division and the mixed brigade formed by the 12th Division have begun to take action. It is expected that all preparations should be completed before the 10th. If everything goes well, all the soldiers of the army should be able to complete the landing in mid-February. At that time, His Highness Bogong can watch how the army athletes defeated the Chinese army withered and destroyed."

Looking at the successful smile of Sadao Araki, Prince Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo snorted coldly: "I hope so!"

"However, our army is extremely fragile when transporting at sea. Once the transport ship is sunk, it will suffer losses from its organization. Therefore, please ask the Navy to annihilate the Chinese East China Sea Fleet before the scheduled departure date of the Army No. 10. If it is really difficult, at least it should be driven out of the vicinity of Songhu. Ensure the safety of the army when landing."

Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo sneered: "We will do this without reminding Mr. Araki. At sea, your army is our navy's goods. The great Japanese Imperial Navy will not cause any loss of its own goods!"

When he heard that King Hiroko Fumimiya actually compared the army soldiers to goods, Sadao Araki became unhappy and said retorted: "Ah. That's right. There is another thing I don't know what Prince Hiroko is going to deal with. That commander of Shinozawa..."

When talking about that guy, Fumimi Miyaki Hirokyo could not help but gritted his teeth and said, "The glory of the empire cannot be touched. Major General Shinozawa must be portrayed as the image of a victor in propaganda! Since he is a victor, he cannot be cut off or judged, because he is not guilty. So, let him live his life in his countryside house!"

"It's very good, very properly handled. It's worthy of being His Highness Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo. Araki admires it." After that, Sadao Araki didn't care about the dark face of Fushimi Miyaki Hirokyo and applauded and laughed loudly.

King Hirokyo Fushimi Miyagi said with a dark face: "I hope that the athletes of the army can completely defeat the 19th China Route Army, but don't be driven into the sea and ask for help from our navy!"

"Hahahaha, Your Highness Bogong is really good at joking! Instead of worrying about these, you might as well pay attention to what kind of achievements the newly added Marines of your army can achieve to wash away the shame."

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Because it took about 10th for the Japanese Army to prepare materials and complete the assembly, in order to eliminate the Qiongya East China Sea Fleet to ensure the smooth flow of transportation routes, a new batch of 7,000 Marines were also escorted to Songhu to establish positions for the upcoming army troops. The large fleet of the Japanese Navy had already set off for Songhu on February 1 before the ministers discussed the army's dispatch.

On the newly formed third fleet flagship "Kingang-class" battleship "Haruna", Lieutenant General Nomura Yoshisaburo looked a little worried, turned his head to ask the intelligence officer beside him: "You go to the monk sea to contact us again, and you must confirm whether the news is true!"

The intelligence officer said helplessly: "But Commander, I just confirmed it fifteen minutes ago. If the Chinese fleet really arrives in Songhu, the other party will definitely notify us immediately."

"Strange... According to intelligence, the Chinese fleet should have set out much earlier than us. Even if the speed is slow, it should have arrived in Songhu yesterday. Why is there no trace yet?" Nomura Yoshisaburo was full of doubts. Losing the opponent's trace is a very headache, because it means that a beast peeks at you in the dark, and he will rush out and bite it.

"I'm afraid Roger knew that his fleet could not defeat the Imperial Navy, so he let his East China Sea fleet sail into the Pacific Ocean to hide. Aren't the Chinese warlords so virtuous?" The intelligence officer said his judgment, "After all, this fleet is an elite he created, and he still has the responsibility to protect his nest Hainan Island. Once it is severely damaged or even annihilated by the Imperial Navy, he will have the possibility of being besieged by other Chinese warlord factions. The wealth on the island is too huge, and even the empire is salivating. The greedy Chinese people will not miss this opportunity to take advantage of the situation."

Yoshisaburo Nomura thought about it. The intelligence officer's speculation was probably the most reasonable explanation, because looking at the performance of the warlords in China for nearly half a century, it is most normal to do such a cowardly and self-protection behavior. Only a few warriors dare to launch an almost suicide attack. Is Roger a man who dares to let his fleet come to die? Do the recruits of the Chinese fleet dare to fight with the empire? He doesn't think the other party has the courage.

Out of his consistent impression of the Minzu Team, Yoshisaburo Nomura recognized the intelligence officer's judgment and said: "Since the Chinese are afraid to fight, we should not shrink back. We must send 7,000 Marines to the land in China as soon as possible to establish positions for subsequent reinforcements. If we delay it, we may not be able to return to Japan to escort the army before the 10th. At that time, we will inevitably be ridiculed by those mud legs again. How can this be!"

After a pause, Nomura Yoshisaburo felt that it seemed to be inappropriate and said, "In case, I inform the Songhu side to pay attention to the search during this period. Once the movement of the Chinese fleet is discovered, report it to me immediately. Let the defeated generals of the First Outbound Fleet be responsible for the periphery. The scope is expanded a little, and anyway, there is no need for the firepower of their small ships to provide support for the battle."

After assigning the mission, Nomura Yoshisaburo felt that his anxiety had calmed down a lot. Although he was still a little uneasy, he did not delve into it, because he never thought that the East China Sea Fleet in China had the opportunity to defeat his third fleet. Nomura Yoshisaburo was disdainful of the "Qiongya" that was boasted by China as the world's number one battleship.

A country that could not even make cars a few years ago actually built such a giant ship as soon as it came up. It would be thankful that they could arrange the structure inside reasonably, let alone anything else. In his opinion, the "Qiongya" was at most an iron coffin floating on the water, and its combat power could not reach paper data at all. The product of the Great Leap Forward can only be a failure, just like the two useless "Ise" class in his fleet. Although paper data can be called powerful in the world, its actual performance made everyone in the Imperial Navy shake their heads.

At the beginning of the design, the "Ise" class most sought large tonnage and strong firepower. Two No. 34 main turrets were stuffed into the center of the hull. As a result, the turrets occupied the space of the armor belt and boiler, making the protection and speed of this class of warships not meet the standards, and their own ammunition volume was greatly compressed. At the same time, the chimney in the center of the No. 34 main turrets would interfere with the shooting of these two turrets. Due to the installation location, the main turrets of these two turrets would seriously damage the superstructure of the warship when firing in a specific direction. In addition, the overcrowded layout seriously occupied the space, which made the crew's living space extremely small and easy to exhaust, which was not conducive to long-term combat. In short, this class of warships was not recognized at all, and the reason why they were sent to Songhu this time was not a choice.

Although the performance of the warships he had was not satisfactory, they should be better than the Chinese ships. In addition, the ratio of the battleships was three to one, so he had no doubt that his fleet would achieve the final victory. As long as the Chinese East China Sea Fleet dared to appear in front of him, it would definitely teach them a nightmare lesson!

However, soon Nomura Yoshisaburo will understand that this is indeed a nightmare, but only for him.

Qiongya does lack even a little experience in battleship design, and also lack corresponding shipbuilding technology. Normally, even if a super giant ship is actually built, it is thankful that it can float on the water without sinking. However, the design of the "Qiongya" comes from modern times, and most of the parts are from modern times. Even Roger has made most of the construction technology from now on, and then trained shipbuilders to work. In addition, the full assistance of the Germans is the German. This makes the built "Qiongya" not a fundamental defect in structural design, and is all irrelevant. Although the actual combat performance cannot meet the paper data, it is not a big problem. At least it is not a problem to deal with the cards Nomura has on hand. (To be continued)


Chapter completed!