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The outcome of the Sino-Japanese naval battle shocked the Japanese top brass. Besieging the Chinese Navy with a strength of 1 to 4, he lost more than half of his own, one of the battleships of the Great Japanese Empire was missing, one was sunk, and the remaining two were also heavily damaged, and they needed to enter and exit the dock for overhaul, and they could not participate in the war in a short time. Compared with the miserable situation of Japan, China can be said to have suffered no great losses, except for the loss of some non-strategic cruisers and some armed merchant ships. Not to mention that the Japanese top brass did not expect this result, even the Chinese side can only sigh shit luck for this result.

The Japanese Combined Fleet successively sent more than 100 large and small warships to cruise in the waters of the Sino-Japanese war, trying to find the missing battleship Kirishima. However, no matter how the Japanese searched, they never found any trace of the Kirishima. Moreover, after studying the completely asymmetrical naval battle between China and Japan, the Japanese Combined Fleet was surprised by the performance of Chinese bombers, and at the same time had a vague sense of the role played by aircraft in naval warfare.

It was precisely this vague consciousness that caused the Japanese Navy to change its attitude toward the aircraft industry from being dismissive to attaching great importance to it, and even the Admiralty was in contact with the country's industrial groups in the hope of developing fighters or bombers that could be loaded on warships, and the rudiments of the idea of aircraft carriers gradually took shape. It can be said that the Sino-Japanese war indirectly contributed to the emergence of Japanese aircraft carriers, and I don't know what Feng Yong would think if he knew that he had let the aircraft participate in the naval battle and caused this consequence.

Beijing, China.

"Are you saying that not only did we break the siege of the Japanese Navy, but we also sank a battleship and captured one?" Feng Yong said in disbelief. Li Yuanhong and Feng Delin were also surprised. You must know that after learning about the comparison of Chinese and Japanese naval strength before the war, Feng Yong and others did not expect that the Chinese Navy would be able to achieve such great results. Surprise, definitely surprise.

"What model is that captured battleship? Is it Japan's Kongo-class or Fuso-class? "Feng Yong still knows a little about Japanese battleships. At present, Japan's most advanced battleship is the Ise-class, an improved version of the Fuso-class, but at present, the Ise-class battleships have just been commissioned and are still being trained in Japanese waters. It is also unlikely to appear in Chinese waters at the moment.

"The captured was the Japanese Kongo-class battleship Kirishima. And we sank the Japanese Fuso-class battleship Yamashiro. Li Yang said excitedly.

"What a surprise! I wouldn't be surprised if the Kongo-class battleship was sunk, after all, although the Kongo-class is known as a battleship, in terms of armor, the Kongo-class battleship is only a strategic cruiser. There is still some gap with the battleships with rough skin and thick flesh. We were able to inflict a lot of damage on him, whether it was the main gun or the torpedo, and there was no problem in sinking him. The only difficulty of the Kongo-class battleship is that it is far faster than the average battleship. In addition to the armament of the Kongo-class battleships that did not belong to the battleships in the slightest, they were definitely able to have a huge impact on the real battleships. Feng Yong smiled and said. In any case, the Chinese Navy won a great victory. The Japanese Combined Fleet currently has only seven battleships in service, including four Kongo-class battleships, two Fuso-class battleships, and one Ise-class battleship. In this battle, China sank a Fuso-class battleship and captured a Kongo-class battleship, severely damaging the Japanese Navy's Kongo and Fuso, making it difficult for them to participate in the battle in a short time. The powerful Japanese Navy has lost more than half of its combat effectiveness.

"What's going on in Japan? Did the Japanese Ise-class battleships, which are still in training, be transferred to Chinese waters? Feng Yong asked in a deep voice. To achieve such a result, China's losses were also extremely heavy. China's only super battleship, the Beijing, was besieged by several Japanese battleships, although it did not sink, but both the surface building and the internal compartment suffered a lot of damage, and Chinese naval experts have already seen it. It will take at least three months for the Beijing to complete the refurbishment and relaunch the ship. And in this three-month period, the Chinese Navy can only rely on heavy cruisers like the Songshan to support the scene. Moreover, after this fierce naval battle, the Chinese naval formation lost more than half, and the remaining six light cruisers and twelve destroyers, if it were not for the unsunken Beijing as a confidence, the tonnage of the Chinese Navy would be even inferior to the cowardly navy during the Republic of China. "Japan dispatched a large number of navies to roam in Chinese waters, judging that it should be looking for the missing battleship Kirishima." Li Yang said in a low voice.

"Send electricity to the Qinhuangdao Naval Base, dispose of those Japanese on the Kirishima, and before the Kirishima is refitted, the news must not be leaked. At the same time, the crew of the Songshan and the Qinhuangdao Naval Base also had to issue a gag order. Feng Yong said solemnly. Judging by Japan's post-war actions, they did not know that the Kirishima had been captured by the Chinese Navy. Otherwise, Japan would not have been so cautious, and I am afraid that it would directly concentrate all its naval forces on China. The Japanese could allow battleships to be sunk, but absolutely not to allow battleship-class warships to be captured.

"Yes!"

"Yong'er, now we are fighting on three sides, and the pressure is very high, especially in the Korean battlefield, Li Jun has concentrated nearly 400,000 people to engage in a large-scale battle with the Japanese and Korean troops, even if we win, we will suffer heavy losses." Feng Delin said with some worry. Although he is Feng Yong's son, he can't figure out what his son thinks. After all, China has just been independent for a few years, and it is a golden period to concentrate on developing its national strength. When the national strength becomes stronger in the future, it is not too late to find the current field. At present, the national strength is not strong, and the all-out war with the foreign powers puts great pressure on the Chinese government.

"Father, the war is here, and it is impossible to end it simply. We, the We-Wehmacht, are fully engaged in the war in order to reduce the scale of the war as much as possible. Father, although we established diplomatic ties with many Western countries at the Paris Peace Conference, we have just become independent and do not have much interest in these countries. And these countries are greedy colonizers. If we had not won constant victories on the battlefield, and Britain, the world's number one, had been defeated by us one after another, I am afraid that it would not have been Japan and Britain that had attacked China. It could be an eight-nation coalition, or a coalition of ten, dozens of countries. How will we cope then? Are we going to destroy the kingdom we have worked so hard to build again? Feng Yong said in a deep voice. Feng Yong is very clear about the colonial nature of Western countries, and the current China cannot have the slightest weakness and concession, otherwise the situation facing China will be a hundred times more difficult than now.

"This?" Feng Delin was silent. At their age, they remember the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China. The greed displayed by the armies of these colonial powers is terrifying. It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that the people of China are not living in any place where it is transited. I am afraid that they themselves cannot say how much wealth these countries have usurped in the previous wars of aggression against China.

"Li Yang, how is the situation on the battlefield in Hong Kong? Feng Yuxiang should have occupied Kowloon and the New Territories by now, right? Feng Yong asked.

"Yes, young marshal, General Feng Yuxiang sent a telegram that the British army, having lost half of its parts, suddenly retreated, and our army had easily occupied the entire Kowloon Island and the New Territories. Ships are now being recruited to cross the sea and invade Hong Kong Island! Li Yang said.

"Tell Feng Yuxiang not to be in a hurry. We have received information that the British Pacific Fleet has rushed to Hong Kong from the South Seas. We do not have a superior navy, and once we cross the river, we will inevitably be attacked by the British navy, and the consequences will be unimaginable. What's more, the recovery of Hong Kong Island does not necessarily require a battlefield. In Feng Yong's original battle plan, he did not have the idea of fighting with the British. At present, China is not qualified to compete for colonies with Britain, an empire on which the sun never sets. At present, China's greatest operational purpose is to break the coveting of China by the Western powers and to recover as much as possible China's territory and national sovereignty that have been invaded and occupied by the foreign powers.

"Yes, young marshal, the telegram also says that General Feng Yuxiang is shelling Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is in turmoil right now! Some democratic parties in China hope that we can resolve the Hong Kong issue through negotiations. ..., "Democrats? It's the Kuomintang! Sun Wen is addicted to being a peacemaker. However, we are fighting back against Britain in self-defense, and there is no need to fight him to the death. President, this time I want to trouble you to contact Sun Wen. Let's see if he can bring the war confrontation between China and Britain to the negotiating table. Feng Yong said in a deep voice. Now that China occupies most of Hong Kong Island, it has pushed the front into central Burma on the Burma battlefield. It can be said that more than half of Myanmar's land is now in the hands of the Chinese army. If it weren't for the fact that the British suddenly invested a lot of new planes, which affected China's air supremacy, Cai Yi's ability would have been able to hit Rangoon now.

With half of Burma as a bargaining chip, Feng Yong believes that the British will be willing to negotiate with it, after all, Hong Kong Island, which is forced by China's heavy forces, is far from being comparable to half of Burma.

"Yong'er, what should we do if the British do not negotiate with us and insist on carrying the war to the end?" Feng Delin asked.

"What else can I do, if the British don't negotiate, I'll fight until he is willing to negotiate. If one Burma is not enough, we can also send troops to India. Brother Jiang Baili has completed the deployment of defenses in Tibet, and the strength of the Tibetan military sub-division has been tripled. In addition to Zhang Xiaoshan's business in the past two years, once Tibet starts, it will definitely let the British drink a good pot. Feng Yong smiled and said without any care. As if confident that the British would negotiate. Regarding the current situation in the UK, Feng Yong thinks that he still knows a lot about the UK. After the First World War, Britain had lost the confidence to fight the world alone