Japanese flagship Ashigara heavy cruiser,

Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, after the aircraft fleet successfully bombed the city of Changsha that day, he quickly received the news that made him very satisfied.

"Hahaha! Okay! This time I am finally in a much better mood. This is how I should blow up those damn cities held by the Chinese army, and finally blow them all into ruins!"

When he was in a good mood, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, couldn't help but laugh.

"By the way, our gunboat fleet has entered the Xiangjiang River area. Have they carried out artillery bombardment?"

"In this retaliatory battle, I must achieve maximum victory, and let the Chinese troops who are holding on to Changsha know how powerful our imperial navy is. We can not only defeat them on land, but also in sea and air battles."

, they can all inflict heavy casualties on them!"

"So if they dare to continue fighting with our imperial army, they will end up being completely annihilated by our imperial army! And they will die without any corpses!

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However, after he finished laughing, he turned to the naval combat officer beside him, Minamoto Takashi, and asked.

"Hai! All offensive operations have already begun and are being carried out in accordance with the orders of the Commander!"

"So this time, as soon as the bombardment of our Imperial Navy's gunboat fleet is completed, the residential areas along the river in Changsha will be bombed into rubble!"

"Including all Chinese ships that encounter our Imperial Navy's gunboat fleet, they will all be sunk to the bottom of the river!"

"So Commander, please be assured!"

"All combat plans are being completed perfectly!"

As soon as Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, finished speaking, Takashi Minamoto, the Naval Operations Staff Officer, immediately replied to him.

"Yo Xi! Okay! Okay! This is the winning posture of our Imperial Navy all the time!"

"Everything is actually in our plan, so this time I am very much looking forward to the appearance of Liu Feiyang's flying troops. As soon as they appear, we can dispatch all combat aircraft to encircle and suppress them!"

"Although their fighter jets are much newer than our fighter jets and carrier-based aircraft, we are able to win with numbers, and the 56th Vice-Commander Yamamoto has also brought his elite flying force here.

Are you here with us? And I also heard that he also received the latest fighter group and carrier-based aircraft group from His Majesty. I am also looking forward to the combat performance of these latest aircraft groups. What will it be?

Like?"

"Can they withstand the new fighter groups Liu Feiyang is commanding?"

"Maybe we only need to have a face-to-face air battle to find out! But I'm still looking forward to it!"

"So please come out quickly, Liu Feiyang's flying troops, I want to see your destruction with my own eyes!"

After Naval Operations Staff Officer Takashi Minamoto completed his reply, Vice Admiral Toyoda Takeshi, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, immediately expressed his thoughts.

"Hai! The final victory will definitely belong to our Imperial Navy!"

"Liu Feiyang's flying troops will definitely be annihilated by us!"

In response to his words, Naval Operations Staff Officer Takashi Minamoto also quickly echoed.

"Hahahaha! Yoxi! You really know how to talk!"

After hearing this, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, Vice Admiral Toyoda, felt even more cheerful, smiled brightly, and laughed.

"Hai! All of this is just a result of your wisdom and prowess, Commander!"

After seeing his flattery make Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, feel even more cheerful, Naval Operations Staff Officer Takashi Minamoto also responded happily with flattery again.

However, at this time, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, Vice Admiral Toyoda, just smiled and did not pay attention to the naval operations staff officer Takashi Minamoto again. Instead, he went directly to his command room to call Yamamoto Wu.

Coming to sixteen.

As for Naval Operations Staff Officer Minamoto Takashi, he turned around and left very wisely.

In fact, when he called Yamamoto Isoroku, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, was a little unhappy because he already knew that Navy Minister Nagano Shushen and Kazukai

Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Emperor Hirohito have already issued orders for Yamamoto Isoroku to prepare to take over as the new commander of the combined wing.

To become the commander-in-chief of all Japanese fleets, such a position is really the biggest wish of all naval generals, including Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters.

However, he did not expect that Navy Minister Nagano Shushen and Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi would so quickly appoint Isoroku Yamamoto to be the new commander of the combined fleet.

He felt very uncomfortable about this, because he felt that his ability and command were not inferior to Yamamoto Isoroku.

But even though I was dissatisfied with Yamamoto Isoroku's promotion in my heart, and even had a hint of ill-intention,

But when he answered the call from the fifty-sixth commander Yamamoto, he was able to maintain a restrained mood, showed a false smile, pretended to be very happy, and spoke to the fifty-sixth commander Yamamoto.

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"Yamamoto-kun! Congratulations, you are about to become the new commander of the combined fleet!"

So as soon as he opened his mouth, he congratulated Yamamoto on his promotion to the fifty-sixth official.

"Well! How did you know about this so quickly?"

"I just found out that it will be here in less than half a day!"

After hearing this, Yamamoto Isoroku was slightly surprised.

"Hahaha! Who doesn't know about your promotion now? The base camp and the Navy Headquarters have clearly sent a message and notified all the Imperial Navy forces, including the senior generals of the Army, asking them to inform all the news.

The troops are coming! So you said, why don’t we know the good news that you have been promoted?”

"Of course I'm calling you now, not just to congratulate you on your promotion, but to tell you that our first round of retaliatory bombing has been successfully completed here in Changsha, and now we are waiting for Liu Feiyang's command

Will the flying troops come out soon? If they don't come out immediately, then we want to continue bombing various areas in Changsha to lure them all out, and then carry out encirclement and suppression!"

"So I plan to lend you a group of the latest fighter jets and carrier-based aircraft groups to support operations, because I heard that His Majesty and the base camp have given you the latest combat aircraft groups, and

I heard that its combat performance is even newer and more powerful than the latest Zero fighter!"

"As for whether it's so powerful, I'm just going to wait and see!"

In response to Vice Admiral Yamamoto's rhetorical question, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, got straight to the point and explained his purpose of coming.

He didn't have much interest and continued to flatter Yamamoto Isoroku, so he was very honest about the purpose of his call.

"Okay! As long as Liu Feiyang's flying force can be lured out, my elite flying force will immediately drive our empire's latest fighter group and the carrier-based aircraft group to attack!"

Regarding the response from Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, Vice Admiral Yamamoto readily agreed.

As for the matter that he could be promoted to the new commander of the entire joint wing immediately, he did not continue to take the initiative to talk about it.

"Okay! I just like Yamamoto-kun, who has a refreshing style of work and is decisive!"

"But maybe I'll call you commander right away tomorrow!"

"But no matter what, we must join forces this time to completely annihilate Liu Feiyang's flying troops, otherwise our entire Navy Department will be enveloped in his air strikes anytime and anywhere, and

In disgrace!”

Regarding the response from Vice Admiral Yamamoto, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, also nodded with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!