Northeast, Jilin City.

Zhang Xinghan has just celebrated the Lunar New Year with his family. Accompanied by Du Ting and others, Zhang Xinghan is visiting the Jilin city defense troops and nearby garrison troops.

Duke Zhou sent news from Germany that Hitler had agreed to his suggestion and was actively preparing to invade the east.

After Zhang Xinghan learned the news, he quickly returned to Jilin, took a plane and flew to Nanjing.

Because Xue Yue and Wang Yizhe have successively received news from the Japanese Islands and Taiwan Islands that the US military is marching into the above-mentioned areas.

The war is already around the corner.

After several hours of flying at full speed, the plane finally landed smoothly at the Nanjing University Campus Military Airport.

Yan Xishan, Jiang Baili and other dignitaries went to the airport to greet him in person.

After returning to the Military Commission, Jiang Baili said to Zhang Xinghan: "Commissioner, I believe you should already know that the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet has been reorganized and is advancing towards Japanese waters.

In addition, its first fleet has also passed through the Strait of Malacca and is approaching Taiwan in the South my country Sea."

"Yes." Zhang Xinghan nodded: "I know all this. Fortunately, Duke Zhou has sent news that the German army has agreed to participate in the war. They will fight the Soviet army without declaring it within a month at the latest.

We will no longer have to worry about the northwest and northeast."

Jiang Baili was still a little worried: "Even if the German army joins the war with the Soviets, the Soviet army's millions of troops in the Far East may still launch attacks on our northeast and northwest border defenses to threaten our northwest and northeast rear.

The Soviets may even invade the Koryo Peninsula and cut off our connection with the Liaodong Peninsula."

Zhang Xinghan smiled and waved his hand and said: "Brother Baili, there is no need to worry about this. You underestimate the combat effectiveness of the German army.

I bet that without outside intervention, the Soviets would lose millions of troops and more than one-third of their country within a month.

It will even be possible for the German army to surround its capital and march to the city!"

"Losing millions of troops in one month? Losing one-third of the territory?" Jiang Baili looked surprised and said with a look of disbelief: "Could the Soviet army be so vulnerable?

During the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army failed to do this even when facing our army with backward equipment and many factions. What's more, the Soviet Union was completely unified."

"The Japanese army and the German army are not at the same level at all and cannot be compared, whether in terms of national strength or military combat effectiveness.

Lao Maozi, in addition to the vast territory and larger population, the combat effectiveness is also far behind that of the German army." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Forget it. Let's just wait and see what happens. The most urgent thing is to fight our first battle with the Americans. The outcome of the first battle is extremely important." Zhang Xinghan changed the topic.

"Based on the current speed of the two major fleets of the US military, I estimate that the Americans want to launch attacks on the Japanese archipelago and our troops on the Taiwan archipelago at the same time." Jiang Baili also changed his thinking and analyzed.

"Telegram to Xue Yue, Wang Yizhe and Huang Xiansheng that they must fight well in this first battle with the Yankees to inspire the morale of our officers and soldiers and the people across the country and their firm belief in victory," Zhang Xinghan said.

Jiang Baili nodded, and Zhang Xinghan added to Guo Zhong: "Send another message to Duke Zhou. Please ask him to stay in Germany temporarily. This will also facilitate direct communication and cooperation between the two countries during the war. The most important thing is safety issues.

Once the Soviet-German war starts, war will be raging in the Pacific, so I really don’t trust him to risk his return."

"Yes." Guo Zhong quickly stood up and responded, turned around and took the order to leave.

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Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters.

The old guy Nimitz had a cigar in his mouth and was listening to the staff adjutants' reports on the progress of the two fleets.

"General, the Third Fleet will arrive in the waters of Hokkaido, Japan in two days.

The First Fleet will arrive in the South China Sea in forty hours. The two fleets will launch attacks on the Chinese defenders in both places at the same time.

In addition, the submarine forces of the two major naval fleets have set off in advance, preparing to hunt China’s wolf pack submarine force.”

Nimitz blew out a puff of smoke, held a cigar in his hand, looked at the map in front of him and said: "Damn the Chinese, this time we must let them taste the power of our naval guns and aviation firepower.

The blood of tens of thousands of Pacific Fleet soldiers will not be shed in vain!"

…………

In a sea area about 150 nautical miles north of Japan.

Two XXX submarines belonging to the submarine force directly under the Chinese Navy are engaged in a desperate fight with four US submarines of unknown models.

The U.S. submarines were well prepared, and the two submarines encountered each other unintentionally. The degree of coincidence was no less than one in ten thousand.

However, the submarines equipped by the US military at this time were not much more advanced than the Japanese submarines, and were even inferior to some extent.

Therefore, after more than half an hour of chasing and fighting, two of the four US submarines have been destroyed.

The other two were so frightened that they turned around and fled. How could the two Xxi submarines let go? They immediately turned around and pursued the US submarine at full speed.

Finally, after chasing for more than ten nautical miles, we successfully sunk them all.

This small-scale underwater encounter ended with the Chinese submarine force defeating the larger force with a smaller number and a complete victory.

Its impact was to directly force the commander of the US submarine force to stop his so-called plan before departure to resolutely hunt down the Chinese submarine force and clear obstacles in the strait for his own fleet.

After learning that all four submarines had been destroyed by two Chinese submarines, Nimitz was furious and ordered the Third Fleet to dispatch a surface destroyer anti-submarine fleet and underwater submarine forces to form a joint anti-submarine force.

Continue to advance toward the waters near Japan to search for and suppress Chinese submarine forces.

At the same time, hundreds of U.S. carrier-based aircraft from several aircraft carriers of the Navy's Third Fleet took off one after another, preparing to launch the first round of retaliatory strikes against the Chinese defenders in Japan.

At the same time, the submarine force had learned that the US military had entered the effective strike range of its own fighter jets.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Japan Wang Yizhe and Deputy Commander Huang Xiansheng and others stationed in Tokyo also sent hundreds of Zero fighters to cover fifty Stuka dive bombers to attack the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet, preparing to give them a

A head-on blow.

At the same time, troops were ordered to be stationed across Japan to increase vigilance and strengthen defense.

A group of extremely fast Zero fighters were also dispatched one after another to fly in the airspace near Tokyo Bay and other important port cities, forming a joint early warning system with early warning ships on the sea to prevent US air attacks.
Chapter completed!