"Prime Minister, General Peng Shichuan's telegram." Chang Ruiqing, who was still in the combat command center in the Tangshan Ministry of National Defense Building in Nanjing, received the telegram from the adjutant Chen Xinrui who was on duty. He glanced at it, frowned slightly, and handed the telegram to Bai Chongxi beside him, frowned and said, "The fight on North Korea is very hard! Peng Shichuan wants us to take action."

Bai Chongxi took the telegram and looked carefully several times, then snorted coldly: "The General Staff has given him guidance on defending Pyongyang, but he didn't listen. Now, he couldn't eat the surrounded Japanese mecha army, while the Japanese army had already attacked the city of Pyongyang and was about to attack the city... Now he wanted to ask us to find a way to help, what can we do? It is just right to ask him to withdraw the troops back to Pyongyang to defend the enemy as soon as possible!"

Seeing Bai Chongxi getting angry, Chang Ruiqing just smiled faintly: "Brother Jiansheng, Peng Shichu's telegram said that the North Korean army and the Japanese army have reached the last moment, and it depends on who can hold on for the last five minutes. If the North Korean army retreats first, then we can only be besieged in Pyongyang City. Sooner or later, we will have to send troops to rescue the siege. If the Japanese army retreats first, then the North Korean army can handle it in the future, so we don't have to worry about it anymore... So I feel that this decisive battle was not wrong. Now I will find a way to help the North Korean army so that they can hold on for the last five minutes."

Bai Chongxi just smiled bitterly: "This really has caused a huge problem for the General Staff... We have been preparing for North Korea for so long and given so much aid. We even used the scorched earth tactic of killing one thousand enemies and 800 of them. In the end, it was still the same result. It was really hard to say... It was difficult to persevere in the last five minutes, and the Japanese were not stupid. They also understood the same principle. Now the Japanese and Korean armies are attacking and defending each other. They set up a decisive battle on the two fronts of the north and south, but the number of Japanese troops is more than that of the North Korean army and their style is more tenacious. The last five minutes of the North Korean army are not easy!"

He frowned and stood up, walking around the combat room: "The other end of Nanjiang has been besieging the Japanese mecha army for 10 days, but according to the frontline reports, these trapped Japanese little Japanese can't hold on for a few days. But Hu Shoushan's blocking troops can't stand for a few days... Once the main force of the Japanese army comes up, it will be a decisive battle of 300,000 to 300,000. Most of the North Korean soldiers under Peng Shichuan's men will still lose! Even if they can take down the surrounded mecha army before the reinforcements of the Japanese little Japanese come up, there will be big trouble on the other end of Pyongyang. If the Japanese army dares to surround Pyongyang before the five North Korean troops in Peng Shichuan's hands return to aid, things will be troublesome!

Now Peng Shichuan wants us to help, I’m afraid there is no way... By the way, Peng Shichuan probably calculated that we would not be able to save him. He dared to fight such a dangerous battle, right? He actually counted us all in. It’s really abominable. Yaoru, even if he won this battle, he could not be promoted to his military rank. This errand of the General Military Advisor in North Korea should be removed, and he might as well be knocked into the reserve!”

Chang Ruiqing listened quietly, but what came to his mind was the magnificent scene of a decisive battle involving millions of troops on the land of North Korea. No matter what the abacus Peng D-huai fought, the war was always consumed by the Koreans... From this perspective, General Peng still completed his mission well. But the strength of the Japanese army was a bit beyond his expectations. In fact, since the Sino-Japanese War in 1923, the Chinese Defense Army has somewhat despised the Japanese army. It is not surprising that Peng D had such thoughts.

"Everyone, you can put forward any suggestions now. Let's take a look at how to help our North Korean allies." Bai Chongxi, the little Zhuge, could not figure out any ideas for a while, so he simply ordered the elite staff of the National Defense Forces in the war room to help them think of ways. So, a group of staff members began to discuss.

"The Air Force should be sent to North Korea. The latest Air Force-equipped Attack 2 aircraft has extremely strong ground attack capabilities and can be used to attack Japanese marching columns and bomb their logistics convoys."

"We can provide North Korea with chemical weapons. The weather in North Korea has cleared in the past two days, and there is no strong wind. It is just the time to use mustard gas."

"We can also deploy medium-range bombers that can bomb Sakhalin oil fields at Jiangkou Airport in the lower reaches of the Amur River. Sakhalin is Japan's only oil collection site. As long as the oil fields there are blown up, they will not be able to fight."

"But in this way, will the Korean War escalate into a full-scale war between China and Japan? We are not fully prepared yet, and there are still billions of machines and equipment waiting to be shipped far away on the east coast of the United States."

"Yes, these equipment is very important to my country's heavy industry development in the next few years. Once war between China and Japan begins, the Pacific route will definitely be cut off by Japan."

"We can send a main fleet to escort. According to intelligence, the Japanese army will not be able to get the P.7 aircraft on the aircraft carrier until the fourth quarter of this year. Before that, their navy has no air defense capabilities at all."

When he heard someone mentioning the main fleet, Chang Ruiqing and Bai Chongxi's eyes lit up at the same time. The two looked at each other, and Bai Chongxi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, it's true that three cobblers are the ones who are the ones who are Zhuge Liang! Yaoru, why don't we move the naval fleet? Although the Japanese Navy has 10 main battleships, their thinking is about aviation victory."

Chang Ruiqing nodded with a smile and said, "Brother Jiansheng, don't we have an idea? Where is the main naval fleet now? How much time will it take to be dispatched?"

A colonel in a naval uniform in the war room immediately reported loudly: "Report, the main fleet is still anchored in Guangzhou Bay, Zhanjiang, and is in a state of war that can be dispatched at any time after the outbreak of the Japanese-South Korea war."

"Very good," Chang Ruiqing clapped his hands and said to Bai Chongxi: "Let the entire main fleet be dispatched, and then order the Navy to implement the 'No. 1 Preparation Plan', so that all ocean freighters flying our national flag will return to our ports within one month. If they really cannot return, they must enter the ports of neutral countries or allied countries to berth. In addition, order the Navy to send more than 300,000 tons of ocean freighters to the ports of the United States East Coast."

When Bai Chongxi heard Chang Ruiqing's arrangement, he was stunned for a moment and asked quickly: "Yaoru, you are..."

Chang Ruiqing smiled and said, "It's just a few months earlier. If the Japanese fleet really dares to get close, let the navy take action first!" He said this, and stood up and waved to his adjutant Chen Xinrui, and ordered: "Go and prepare the car, I'm going to the British Embassy."

...

On June 27, 1932, Guangzhou Bay, the home port of the main fleet of the Chinese Navy. Zhanjiang Military Port.

Standing in front of the window, the battleships docked neatly on the newly built military port dock in the distance made the new main fleet commander, Admiral Feng Yundong, breathe a little quickly. Six "Guangdong-class" battlecruisers, three "Zhongshan-class" aircraft carriers, four "Haitian-class" heavy cruisers, twelve "Nanjing-class" large light cruisers, thirty-eight "Nanhui-class" destroyers, two "Chongmingdao-class" seaplane carriers, hundreds of P-class and S-class submarines, as well as dozens of gunboats, large torpedo boats, submarine hunting ships, submarine supply ships, fast oil tankers, fast supply ships and fast warships. 90% of the combat power of the Chinese Navy is now concentrated in the "main fleet". They are all concentrated in the hands of him, the commander of the main fleet.

Although this navy is still behind the United States, Britain, Japan and France in the world in terms of gross tonnage rankings and main battleship rankings, it is undoubtedly the world's number one in terms of its development speed! Everyone knows that just 10 years ago, the Chinese Navy did not even have a decent new cruiser! The protective cruisers used to fill the storefront were purchased from Britain and Germany in the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the more than 200 ships of various types parked in Zhanjiang Port are built by China! This leap has been achieved in just ten years, which can only be described as a miracle. At the same time, China has also built a powerful army that is enough to match the Soviet Union and the German army!

Looking at the brand new warships and busy sailors in the distance, Lieutenant General Feng Yundong took a deep breath and then took his eyes back. He threw it on the latest information at the desk, his face also looked a little solemn.

Because the Chinese Navy's opponents are also not weak, and in terms of experience, at least surface ship use, far exceeds that of China's young but rapidly developing navy.

A "Akagi-class" battlecruiser, two "Kaga-class" battleships, four "Ganggut-class" battleships, two "Freedom" battleships, at least twelve heavy cruisers, twenty to thirty light cruisers, as well as numerous destroyers and auxiliary ships, as well as potentially hundreds of submarines (including Soviet submarines).

However, what worried Feng Yundong and the Chinese Navy the most was Japan's 11 aircraft carriers (including those under construction)! According to intelligence, these 11 aircraft carriers can carry at least 700 carrier-based aircraft, and after their three "Zhongshan-class" expanded their hangars, they can only carry up to 300 aircraft (including 30 backup aircraft). The difference between the two is as many as 400!

Moreover, the Japanese Navy has a huge advantage, which is a series of naval bases in Japan, Okinawa, Saipan, Truk Atoll and Labour! These naval bases are like a chain, blocking the Chinese Navy from the Pacific Ocean! They also block the route between China and the United States... There are still more than one billion US dollars worth of machinery and equipment waiting to be shipped at the ports on the east coast of the United States. Once the war breaks out, what can China use to transport them safely?

Feng Yundong took out the Pacific chart and spread it on his desk. There were tens of thousands of islands on the vast ocean, but none of them belonged to China! If you want to transport more than one billion US dollars of important machinery and equipment back to your country during wartime, the only way is to let the main fleet go out to sea to perform escort missions and protect merchant ships through the island chain under Japan's control. It is very likely that they will compete with the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet!

But the main fleet must have a foothold in the operation of the Pacific Ocean, perhaps...

Feng Yundong pursed the corner of his lower lip and carefully outlined his fingers along the chart. Just as his fingers stopped on the east coast of Australia, the knock on the door suddenly rang out.

"Commander, Commander Chen of the Navy is here." As soon as the adjutant finished speaking, General Chen Shaokuan, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy pushed the door and walked into the office. Feng Yundong quickly stood up and saluted: "Mr. Fu, why don't you say hello when you come to Zhanjiang? The ministry can also go to the airport to greet you."

Chen Shaokuan smiled slightly, glanced at the chart on Feng Yundong's desk, and smiled and said, "Yizhi. Can't wait to attack?"

Feng Yundong nodded with a smile, "Yes, I wish I could command the main fleet to go out to sea to have a fight with the Japanese!"

At this time, the adjutant brought the coffee. Chen Shaokuan took it and took a sip before taking out a document from the bag he brought and handed it to Feng Yundong. He said with a serious expression: "This is the order just issued by the Ministry of Defense and the Navy General Command to dispatch the main fleet!"

“Dispatch?!”

Feng Yundong quickly took the document and flipped it up, but what puzzled him was that the order was to let the main fleet go east through the Taiwan Strait and break into the Pacific Ocean from near Okinawa. Then he approached the Japanese territorial waters and was ready to start the war at any time. However, there was no further specific instructions, no specific target of the offensive? There was no specific date for the war to start. There was no even an explanation of whether the war would start.

"Where is the target? Should we carry out the "Haitian 1" combat plan?" Feng Yundong narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly asked. "Haitian 1" is a Japanese combat plan jointly proposed by the Navy General Command and the main naval fleet. The core of the plan is to use carrier-based aircraft to raid Wugang, the home port of the Japanese joint fleet! Moreover, the attack will be carried out in a sneak attack and undeclared war, striving to severely damage Japan's maritime power at the beginning of the war to ensure the seizure of sea control in the Western Pacific.

"Yizhi. When did your submarine mission become an aircraft carrier mission?" Chen Shaokuan grinned and said with a smile: "Whether to implement the Haitian 1 plan, it has not been determined yet, and further instructions need to be waited for. However, is your main fleet ready? If the Prime Minister makes up his mind, can you ensure that the Haitian 1 plan succeed?"

"Ensure success? How is this possible? We don't know how many Japanese ships are in Wu Port now, and there is too little information about this." Feng Yundong looked at Chen Shaokuan with a frown slightly, and suddenly asked: "Mr. Fu. What is the real purpose of this dispatch?"

"This is a military secret," Chen Shaokuan paused for a moment. He added: "Maybe the Prime Minister hasn't made a final decision."

...

Tangshan, Nanjing, Chang Ruiqing's official residence.

"Prime Minister, Whitehall wants to know whether China has made up its mind to go to war with Japan?" British Ambassador to China Sir Lanpu Sheng sat opposite Chang Ruiqing, holding a cup of coffee in his hand, but his eyes were staring at the Chinese Prime Minister in front of him. Just yesterday, Chang Ruiqing visited the British Embassy in Nanjing very rarely, put forward the request for joint operations to the British side, and also made the request to use important British ports in the South Pacific and Australia during wartime. In exchange, the British Navy can of course use the naval ports on Chinese territory.

Unlike the Soviet, Japanese and Polish sides who established the International Proletarian Command early in the morning. Although the three revisionist and imperialist countries, China, Britain and Germany, had long signed the Anti-Third International Treaty, they seemed to have never seriously considered the issue of unified command and side-by-side fighting during wartime. So when the imperial prime ministers and ministers on Downing Street and Whitehall Street heard Chang Ruiqing's request, their first reaction was shocked, and their second reaction was that they subconsciously wanted to reject the port of the British Empire. How could they be used by such a nouveau riche like China?

However, after thinking about it carefully, I feel that the Chinese people's suggestions seem to make sense. The strength of the Chinese Navy is still quite considerable, with 6 battlecruisers and 3 aircraft carriers. In case the world war really breaks out (the British Empire is still uncertain about this), the British Navy seems to still need the Chinese fleet to help, so it is time to study the command issue of joint combat, especially joint combat. However, before this, the leaders of the British Empire still want to know whether China really intends to start war against Japan immediately?

After hearing Lanpu Sheng’s question, Chang Ruiqing shrugged and replied: “Of course, in fact, the war with Japan has broken out! Now it is just a problem of the escalation of the war, and we also have information. Japan is likely to attack the Dutch East India next step, and then it may be Malaya or even Australia under your rule. I think we need to consider the issue of joint war. Why can’t we take the initiative to defeat Japan first? As long as Japan collapses, we can concentrate on dealing with the Soviet Union.”

"So do you have any specific plans?" Lanpu Sheng asked tentatively.

"Maybe our two countries can dispatch a joint fleet to destroy the main force of the Japanese Navy?" Chang Ruiqing smiled, sat upright, and said sincerely: "This is very sure to win. Your country's Far East Fleet has 6 main battleships, and our country's navy also has 6 main battleships. The two have 12 main battleships. In addition, my country has three aircraft carriers, all of which are equipped with the latest carrier-based aircraft.

Now the Japanese army has invested more than 1 million troops in the Korean Peninsula, and their logistics relies on maritime support. If the Sino-British Joint Fleet attacks Jeju Island and Tsuma Island at this time, we will definitely force the Japanese Joint Fleet to attack. We will fight the Japanese Joint Fleet in the waters near Jeju Island! I believe that we can defeat Japan, a red lackey raised by the Soviet Union, in one fell swoop." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!