"What? What did you say?" Zhang Xinghan, Jiang Baili, Zhao Zhenfan and others were greatly surprised when they heard this, and Jiang Baili kept asking uncertain questions. // High-speed update //.

After the communications lieutenant repeated what he had just said, everyone truly came to their senses, and cheers and celebrations filled the entire headquarters conference room.

"Great. Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, the 40 million Chinese people have completely lost their sea rights and become the targets of wanton bullying and plunder by maritime powers.

Tonight's battle is a famous battle for the re-emergence of the Chinese Navy, and it will definitely go down in history." Jiang Baili was extremely excited.

As an excellent lover who studied in Japan, he was able to annihilate an entire fleet of the Japanese army, which claimed to have the largest naval power in Asia, with just its submarine force.

Such a victory made him extremely excited, and his body and mind were immersed in that huge sense of pride and joy.

"Yes, the Chief of Staff is right. Such a glorious victory is the first time in the history of world war. From now on, who dares to say that we Chinese are the sick men of East Asia? Who else dares to look down on us and say that we

No navy?" Zhao Zhenfan nodded with sympathy.

Zhang Xinghan was also very happy, although as the creator of the xxi submarine, he had extraordinary confidence in this advanced submarine.

But when the victory really came, he was also pleasantly surprised and filled with emotion, especially since such a victory was enough to shock the whole world.

Zhang Xinghan can even imagine how shocked and surprised Japan, Europe and the United States and other Western powers, especially military powers like the United Kingdom, France and the United States, will be when they learn this news.

"Liu Battalion Commander, let's do this. You can call back the Jiaolong Task Force immediately. They completed this mission extremely well and the results were extremely brilliant.

Order them to start returning immediately, and I will personally take care of them and welcome them back in triumph!" Zhang Xinghan said.

Such an outstanding performance of the xxi submarine further strengthened Zhang Xinghan's idea of ​​​​organizing an underwater assault force.

He has decided to expand his submarine force in the shortest possible time and first rely on the powerful submarine force to carry out strategic blockade and non-stop indiscriminate attacks on the waters surrounding Japan.

Threatening Japan's strategic resource imports and slowing down the recovery of Japan's national power and military strength.

When one's own navy's main surface fleet has formed combat effectiveness and is strong enough, then it can launch a massive attack and engage in a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese navy's combined fleet.

Of course, Zhang Xinghan would not be so naive as to think that he could defeat the huge Japanese naval combined fleet with only submarine forces.

The reason why the Jiaolong Task Force had such an unexpected result tonight was because of many favorable factors.

After such a heavy loss, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet will definitely be more vigilant in the future and speed up anti-submarine research at all costs.

Therefore, it will be extremely difficult for the Northeast Navy's submarine force to achieve results like the Jiaolong Task Force in the future.

"Yes." The communications lieutenant immediately stood up and responded, then turned around and took the order.

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At the same time, the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo City, Japan.

Saito Minoru, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up in a panic by his adjutant.

"Baga, what's the matter? Are you in such a hurry?" Saito Minoru opened the door and cursed.

The scolded adjutant did not bother to explain so much, but hurriedly handed the message in his hand to Saito Minoru, and said with a sad face: "Sir, please take a look."

"What is this?" Saito Minoru took the message in confusion.

The Japanese adjutant did not answer and allowed Saito Minoru to open the message himself.

After watching for a while, Saito Minoru's expression changed. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth violently and roared: "Bagaya Road, Bagaya Road, this is impossible, this is impossible, who did it? The United States

It is impossible for humans to have such terrifying naval power."

"Your Majesty General, this is true, absolutely true. The Chuanyun Fleet has lost contact with us, and their entire army has really been wiped out," said the Japanese adjutant.

"Baga, this is not true!" Saito Minoru did not want to believe the facts at all.

An entire naval fleet, the total tonnage lost has exceeded 100,000 tons.

You must know that due to the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, the total tonnage limit of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet is only about 300,000 tons.

This is the result of the Japanese secretly building it.

This battle was equivalent to the loss of one-third of the strength of the combined naval fleet.

Historically, the real explosive development and growth of Japan's combined naval fleet occurred after Japan officially withdrew from the naval treaty in January 1936.

Before this, Japan's combined naval fleet was still relatively weak. Of course, this was compared to Western powers such as Britain and France.

In Asia, the Japanese combined naval fleet with a total tonnage of more than 300,000 tons is definitely the most powerful existence.

Whether it is from the tonnage or the quality of warship equipment and naval officers and soldiers.

Moreover, the Japanese already have a complete naval reserve and replenishment system, as well as a powerful and complete production line.

As long as there is need and sufficient resources, they can work overtime to produce all kinds of warships, from aircraft carriers to carrier-based aircraft to submarines.

The Japanese naval technology has been extremely mature.

How could Saito Minoru not be shocked and surprised when he suddenly lost one-third?

The Japanese adjutant was so frightened that he did not dare to say any more.

After calming down, Saito Minoru looked up at him and said, "Notify all cabinet members immediately to hold an emergency meeting."

Within half an hour, all members of Saito's cabinet were present in a conference room of the Prime Minister's Office.

They all had heavy expressions on their faces, obviously they already knew the bad news that the entire Chuanyun fleet had been wiped out.

Everyone showed deep shock and grief, and the atmosphere in the conference room was extremely depressing.

"Gentlemen, such a terrible thing has happened now. We lost a fleet off the coast of China, but we still don't know who the opponent is. Don't you feel terrible?" Saito Minoru looked at the crowd and said.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, no matter which country did it, this is definitely the biggest shame for the Imperial Army and the Navy since the Meiji Restoration.

At the same time, it also deeply warned us that our navy is not strong enough at all.

We may have extremely powerful opponents who have already posed a serious threat to the Imperial Japanese Navy's combined fleet.

We must immediately increase investment in the navy and make every effort to develop our navy.

Otherwise, one day, the imperial army may not even be able to defend our territorial waters. By then, let alone our mainland policy, we will not be able to expand the living space of the Yamato nation.

Even our homeland may be in danger." Navy Prime Minister Shiro Katou immediately struck while the iron was hot and exploited every opportunity.

The Prime Minister of the Ministry of War, Hirano Shoki, who was sitting opposite him, immediately darkened his face when he heard this, but could not speak because of the special geographical location of the Japanese Empire.

To take a step back, the navy is indeed the most important branch of the Yamato nation, and they will be the most powerful and suitable existence to defend Japan.

Because Japan's territory is small and there is no strategic depth to speak of, once they use a powerful navy as a barrier, disaster for this nation will come.

"Well, I will report this to His Majesty the Emperor immediately, but first of all, we need to find out which country's underwater force is attacking us?" Prime Minister Minoru Saito nodded.

"Very good, I fully support Prime Minister Saito's decision, and our navy will fully cooperate with you in this investigation." Kato Shiro said happily.

Although the losses were heavy, we wanted not to affect the confidence of the domestic people and cause great panic and unnecessary trouble.

Saito Minoru and his subordinates tightly sealed the news.

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Three days later, inside Dalian Lushun Military Port.

All fifty xxi submarines returned smoothly without any accident, looking at our own submarines moored neatly in the port.

The officers and soldiers waiting at the scene had already cheered in unison with great excitement.

The officers and soldiers in the submarine also climbed onto the hull one after another, took off their military hats and waved their hats to greet the crowd.

"Report, General Officer, Attendant, Task Force Jiaolong has successfully completed the mission you assigned us and completely annihilated a Japanese fleet. We are hereby returning. Please give us your instructions." Wang Yunhai and Liu Yuntao walked away surrounded by Ives and others.

He came over, stood up and saluted Zhang Xinghan and others.

"Very good, brothers, you have completed this mission very well. I am proud of you for arriving. Not only have you made history, you are also the heroes of our Chinese nation!" Zhang Xinghan straightened his body and shouted from the bottom of his heart.

Saluted.

"Mr. Ives, for our submarine force to have such outstanding results this time, you and your partners are also indispensable. I will reward everyone well later!" Zhang Xinghan, Ives and others paid tribute.

After saluting, he said with a smile.

"You're welcome, General. Your subordinates are the most loyal and courageous subordinates I have ever seen. Similarly, your naval submarines are the most outstanding in all aspects.

With them, it's hard not to win the war." Ives seemed serious and was joking about the East Coast.

"Okay, Mr. Ives has appreciated the award. Come on, let's go back first. I have prepared a celebration banquet for you all to celebrate your success!" Zhang Xinghan immediately waved his hand.

In order to commend the outstanding performance of the Jiaolong Task Force this time, Zhang Xinghan gave each of them a reward of 100 yuan after the meal.

At the same time, give them three days off to let them have a good rest and relax. After all, they have been working in the submarine for more than a week.

Inside the submarine, the environment is so dark and humid that even the most advanced Xxi submarine cannot be any better than other submarines.
Chapter completed!