Chapter 253 The Three Kingdoms Story

"The Chinese fleet is sailing northward near the Tsuma Strait, as if preparing to go to the Sea of ​​Japan to find the Japanese fleet to fight. As for the number, the reconnaissance planes are afraid of being spotted by enemy planes and dare not get too close. The pilot only saw one aircraft carrier and more than a dozen warships. No other aircraft carriers and warships have been found." The officer responded.

"Sir, we can't wait any longer. After the Chinese entered the fog area, their planes should not be able to take off. Moreover, they could not find the location of our warship in the fog. Both sides became blind. They were not afraid. Are we still afraid?"

"Yes, the Chinese can only rely on submarines to fight with our army. Our army has more than ten submarines still in existence. We can risk our lives to fight. When their submarines are finished with torpedoes and the plane shells are shot, we will rush over all the remaining warships, fight against the Chinese people to death, and consume all their superior firepower, and then launch a close-range naval gun battle. At that time, the Chinese submarines and aircraft carriers will have no advantages, and they can only fight with us for the strength of artillery."

"Sir, I have made up my mind that if the Chinese people continue to explode like this, our strength will be consumed bit by bit. This is the result they are happy to see. It will be too late to regret it at that time."

"Maybe the Chinese people just wanted to use the cover of fog to raid the Sea of ​​Japan and sneak attack the coalition fleet. There was no conspiracy and tricks you mentioned. If they could succeed easily and then retreat back to the East China Sea in a swagger, wouldn't our Japanese Imperial Fleet become a fool who can be used as a target for nothing, and how can we dominate East Asia?"

The officers' words stimulated Shanxian's thoughts. He was gritting his teeth, wishing he could go on the battlefield to kill the enemy himself, but his overly calm personality also appeared at this time and was still hesitating.

"The Chinese fleet dared to enter the Tsushima Strait. They were obviously prepared, but they didn't know whether they were going to find our army's main force to fight, or just like the last sneak attack on the First Fleet, they just came to attack and take advantage of it." Yama County also lost its opinion for a while.

"We must never let the Chinese pass through the Tsushima Strait smoothly. This is our Japan's throat and gateway. How can we let them come and go freely?" an officer shouted again.

"Maybe I'm too worried. We can't miss the fighter plane because of the heavy fog. The Chinese fighter planes should return to the aircraft carrier soon. Then they might use the cover of the heavy fog to break into the Sea of ​​Japan and bomb our fleet. It seems that we can't wait any longer. Since we have decided to fight them in a decisive battle, since they are all forcing us to come to the East China Sea, we won't be able to find them in the East China Sea." A firm look suddenly flashed in Yama County's eyes and said decisively.

When the officers heard this, they were immediately excited and waited for the Shan County to issue an order.

"Ijiyuan Goro, commander of the Joint Fleet, immediately lead all the fleets to fight the Chinese fleet through the Tsuma Strait, and must annihilate all the main ships of the enemy fleet in one fell swoop. No matter how much the price Japan pays, it must win." Yama Prefecture made up his mind and said with resentment.

"I don't believe that the Chinese are really that magical. We Japanese have never lost in the Tsushima Strait near Japan. Don't bully people too much." After saying that, Yama Prefecture said coldly again.

The two flying brigades of Zhen** then gradually bypassed the Japanese mainland and flew back to the northern part of the Yellow Sea on the sea. By around 8 o'clock in the morning, they had already returned to the aircraft carrier.

The aircraft carrier has just arrived on the edge of the fog area. To facilitate the aircraft landing, they did not enter the fog area, but the fleet forward ships have entered the fog area.

Then the aircraft carrier began to replenish ammunition and oil for the carrier-based aircraft, while driving into the Tsushima Strait. It would probably take more than three or five hours to meet the Japanese-Russian Combined Fleet, but the fog on the sea was probably gradually dissipating.

"Did the Japanese fleet come out?" Sa Zhenbing had not received the news that the Japanese fleet was heading south, and he was a little anxious. If the Japanese fleet did not pass through the Tsushima Strait at this time, the heavy fog would not have much effect. Next, the navy would have to face a more arduous battle.

"If the Japanese ships do not enter the fog area, the danger of bombing by our pilots will be greatly increased. We are likely to lose a group of excellent pilots in the first round of bombing. The number of Japanese ships reduced by the first round of air strikes will be greatly reduced, which is not conducive to our next step of causing the Japanese fleet to lead to a decisive battle in the Yellow Sea." Li Guoqiang was also a little worried. He was already considering the hard battle between the two sides, so that even if he defeated the enemy in the end and annihilated their main forces, his own losses would be unpredictable. Maybe even the aircraft carrier would be sunk until the end, and the basic force that blocked the sea surface in the future could not be organized.

"You're right." Sa Zhenbing nodded slightly.

Then Sa Zhenbing turned around and walked a few steps to the window, looked at the foggy sea in front of him, looked up at the sky, and looked at the mechanical watch in his hand. It was already 7:53.

"How long will this cloudy day last?" Sa Zhenbing said thoughtfully again.

"The forecaster said that the clouds over the Tsuma Strait have been thicker recently, and it is expected that the sea will be cloudy for three consecutive days. It is estimated that the sun will not come out too early, and the sun will not be out too long." Li Guoqiang continued.

"Well, I guess the fog won't dissipate within a few hours, which is extremely beneficial for our army's operations."

"Wait a minute" Sa Zhenbing looked calmly.

In the waters of the central and southern Japanese Sea, more than 300 warships of the combined fleet lined up in six columns, slowly moving southward on the sea. The fleet forward had already wandered at the northern end of the Tsushima Strait and was preparing to move south at any time. One of the Russian Pacific Fleet was the closest to the base of the Russian Vladivostok base.

A temporary command of the joint fleet has been established on the Japanese battleship of the USS Miyagi, which has a tonnage of 13,000 tons. The commander of the joint fleet, the commander of the Japanese Navy, Goro Ishiyuen, and the commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Osbezov, are in command on the flagship of the USS Miyagi, and their positions are located in the middle and back end of the huge joint fleet.

This huge fleet has four battleships of 20,000 tons or above, ten battleships of 10,000 tons, forty-six heavy cruisers and battleships of 5,000 tons or above, light destroyers of 2,000 tons or above, fifty-eight cruisers, a total of more than 100 large-tonnage battleships, and there are also supply ships modified with civilian ships, more than 100 other gunboats, a total of more than 360 ships.

Although the combined fleet is less than the size of more than 700 warships from European Allied Powers and more than 400 warships from allied Powers, it can be said to be the most powerful fleet in the history of the Far East, with a total tonnage of about four times the Far Nine-West Fleet.

However, the main combat power of the fleet lies in artillery, especially the 300 mm and 200 mm artillery equipped on large battleships, which are weapons with huge lethality. The aerial strike ability and aerial reconnaissance ability of the fleet are much greater than that of the joint fleet, and both sides have advantages and disadvantages.

Ijiyuan Goro was standing on the deck with Osbezov and looked at the sea in the distance. The two had been waiting anxiously on the sea for a day and a night, waiting for the military headquarters to make the final order. At this time, the joint formation of the joint fleet, cooperation and communications had been initially realized and had the ability to cooperate with each other.

"Today's heavy fog at sea caused great inconvenience to our army's operations, but this will have the same impact on the Chinese planes and warships. I don't think we need to wait anymore and can attack." Ijiyuan Goro just received the news that the Jin** aircraft carrier had arrived at the southern end of the Tsubasa Strait and was bombed in Japan. He was already angry and said with a gloomy face.

Next to him was a Japanese translator in his early thirties, who explained the words of Izuiyuan Goro to Osbezov, who was about 1.9 meters tall, and Osbezov nodded.

"I don't know what your ** team is thinking about. The country was so severely provoked by the enemy, but the navy was huddled in Japan and did not dare to move south. It's really puzzling. In my impression, Japan's image is not like this?" Osbezov was also a little depressed. At the enemy's provocation, he also felt a hint of anger.

"What the military headquarters is worried about is the Chinese planes. They believe that as long as they stay in the Sea of ​​Japan at the northern end of the Tsushima Strait, the Chinese planes will not be able to take off from the local area and bomb us. This has indeed been the case in the past few days, proving that it is safe for us to stay here." Ishiyuan Goro continued.

"But the Chinese people obviously can't wait any longer. They seem to be more anxious than us. In the past few days, their reconnaissance planes frequently break into Japan for reconnaissance. I believe they have seen the military appearance of the huge fleets of Japan and Russia, so they are eager to use aircraft carriers to consume our warships. Seeing that we have not taken the initiative in the past two days, they simply approached the Tsushima Strait and prepared to harass our fleet." Ijiyuan Goro said with a little thought.

"But I don't know why the Chinese carrier-based aircraft did not fly directly to the Sea of ​​Japan to attack the coalition fleet, but instead detoured to Tokyo and Nagasaki to bomb the Japanese mainland?" Osbezov nodded and asked again.

"This question is actually very simple, because the Chinese people want to force the military to make a decision and go south to fight them." Ijiyuan Goro said with a few flashes of his eyes, but he felt very embarrassed.

"I wonder if you have heard a story, that is, a plot in the classic Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Kingdom in the south, once gave Sima Yi a set of women's clothes to Sima Yi, the great Sima Yi of Wei Kingdom in the north. This move was to tease and humiliate Sima Yi as a woman, despise him and dare not fight. The Chinese people's actions today were exactly the same. They wanted to humiliate Japan, anger Japanese politicians, and let them send troops to start a decisive battle." Goro Yijiyuan continued.
Chapter completed!