"Why don't you give our navy a little more chance? Just order like this, it's not enough! Hearing the data reported by the radar staff officer, Bao Yaoping, who listened attentively to the rolling thunder rolling over the clouds in the sky, and knew that this was a good start for his air force's leading area, couldn't help but complain.

"War is war! In order to reduce your losses and get the maximum victory, you naturally do your best. The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, and it has to be a knight-like one-on-one to be enjoyable? In the communicator, the voice of Wang Xiu, who flew directly to the front line on the Qi Jiguang airship, came out.

"Hehe, I just thought, the little devils are all these boats, and they are all gone, and others are scared away again, and they can't enjoy it for a long time!" Hearing his friend's reproach, Bao Yaoping laughed.

"Don't be too careless, this time the strength of the Japanese fleet is still very strong! Their fleet had already departed, with one more aircraft carrier than originally projected. Wang Xiu said quietly.

"One more?" Bao Yaoping, who was careless outside, immediately put away his smiling face and looked at the combat map on the command platform with a frown.

According to the information sent back by the spies before, there are 5 aircraft carriers among the main battleships sent by the Japanese this time.

The Akagi, still scars from the war, is still on the list.

The only remaining Yunlong of the Yunlong class that is still preserved is also included in the battle plan.

The three aircraft carriers in service with the Yunryu-class aircraft carrier, the Yuncheng aircraft carrier, have been sunk by the Americans, and the Katsuragi has to stay in the port of Yokohama for maintenance because it was damaged in the battle with the Americans.

The Kasaki, which had just been launched, was forced to sink itself when the Nagasaki shipyard was occupied by the Nagasaki shipyard, and now it has been salvaged by the Huaxia and is being repaired at the Nagasaki shipyard. The other two ships, the Aso and Ikoma, which were under construction and had not yet been completed, were also captured by Huaxia at the Kure Naval Shipyard and the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe, respectively.

Although it was slightly damaged by the Japanese, it can be repaired and can continue to be used. Even if Meng Xiang doesn't look down on these average performance, it can still be used as an escort aircraft carrier, or even a training ship and transport ship.

It's like the aircraft carrier Condor, which was also captured by Huaxia at the Wu Naval Factory. It turned out to be the German luxury cruise ship Scharnhorst. Under the surprise attack of parachute troops and special forces, the Japanese did not have time to completely destroy. Even the flight deck damaged by the Japanese did not need to be repaired, and it was directly transformed into a cargo ship to transport machinery and equipment and supplies dismantled from the Kure Navy Factory.

In addition, the Daiho escaped the catastrophe during the test on the Izu Islands. There are only 4 regular aircraft carriers left in active service by the Japanese, and 2 are in the original plan of the Japanese. The Taiho was left to sit near Tokyo and Yokosuka in case of a surprise attack by Huaxia or the Americans, who were never reassuring.

The 2 surface forces were slightly insufficient, and the Japanese took out the last 2 light aircraft carriers.

After all, the skeleton of the large number of eagles and phoenixes among the escort aircraft carriers converted from civilian ships by the Japanese was too weak, and after being beaten again and again by the Huaxia and the Americans, who had always liked to attack with submarines and fighter planes, there was now only one Yunying left.

Even a light aircraft carrier converted from a seaplane carrier. There was only one Chitose left.

In this attack, these two remnants were also sent to the field.

It's just that the actual combat capability of these two escort aircraft carriers makes Yamamoto Isoroku very dissatisfied.

After several battles with the United States, Yamamoto felt more and more the role of aircraft carriers. Moreover, in the intelligence of the Japanese, Huaxia's two aircraft carriers near Keelung are both large aircraft carriers with combat effectiveness exceeding the Essex-class and Akagi, and it is somewhat unsafe to rely on these four aircraft carriers to fight.

In the end, the Japanese, who desperately needed a victory, sent the Taiho out again.

In order to deal with the Chinese, the Japanese sent all the aircraft carriers they could use at hand. As a result, Huaxia also adjusted some tactics and increased the support of the air force. While there are some differences between sailing at sea and on land, most pilots in the Air Force are trained to fly at sea. I'm not afraid that I won't be able to adapt.

But who expected that the Japanese would send another aircraft carrier out.

"It's the giant aircraft carrier Shinano!" Wang Xiu said solemnly.

"It's the big guy!" Bao Yaoping was taken aback, and then said excitedly, "This time, we are going to have a good fight!" ”

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"Our intelligence cannot be so timely and accurate every time, and our front-line commanders need to have more adaptability to deal with the rapidly changing battlefield!" Meng Xiangxiao said to Fan Chong, who was a little worried.

The Japanese discharged the Shinano, which was somewhat abrupt. According to previous Chinese intelligence, the Japanese, considering the intensification of the air threat, were originally going to carry out another air defense modification of the Shinano. This undoubtedly delayed its service. When sending troops to fight, it was not taken into account.

Although the Huaxia Navy was very confident in the decisive battle with the Japanese Combined Fleet this time, this unexpected factor still made Fan Chong, who did not know much about naval warfare, a little worried. In particular, Shinano, a behemoth converted from the Yamato-class battleship, should now be the largest aircraft carrier in the world, compared to the five aircraft carriers sent by Huaxia in this operation. That one was all big, which made Fan Chong and others who came from the era of giant cannons and big ships particularly worried about the threat of such a behemoth.

Meng Xiang was not worried at all.

The decision to fight the Shinano was also made by the Japanese just after patting their heads, but the clone spies still detected it. It's just that this time Meng Xiang didn't say it explicitly.

A large part of Huaxia's victories is due to the obscure clone spies. They are pervasive, and they always let Huaxia anticipate the enemy and prepare to deal with it in advance. This also makes Huaxia's intelligence network too dependent on cloned spies, and in the event of an accident, it will definitely cause Huaxia to suffer heavy losses.

As a result, Meng Xiang is also gradually increasing the strength of the ordinary people's spy team, and gradually cultivating the Huaxia army's ability to respond to mutations in the absence of cheating methods of cloning spies.

"A good commander needs to have the ability to grasp the pulse of the battlefield, and I believe that our young commanders have grown up!" Meng Xiang laughed again.

This decisive battle at sea may be an unpredictable life-and-death battle in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the heart of Meng Xiang, who has the support of the base, this is just a test for the Huaxia Navy. For the Japanese fleet to come out, Meng Xiang, who has already arranged many followers, is not worried.

Where ordinary people can't see, all kinds of base secret weapons are ready, ready to tip the scales of victory. It's just that Meng Xiang hopes that the Chinese Navy will be born in the fire, step on the bones of the Japanese Navy, stand in the ranks of the world's naval powers, and look at the world's No. 1 U.S. Navy. Moreover, even if there are no many behind-the-scenes arrangements for the base, the Huaxia Navy will have a great chance of winning thanks to the coordinated operations of the Air Force.

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"The Okinawa base has been bombed?" Yamamoto Isoroku, who was standing on the deck of the Shinano, held this emergency telegram and hesitated.

Before their decisive fleet reached Chiwei Yu, they received an emergency call for help from the Okinawa base.

A group of Huaxia bombers flew over the base in Okinawa and bombed it indiscriminately, losing a lot of reserves and supplies that were prepared to supply the decisive battle fleet for long-term operations, and sinking some transport ships.

Japan is now extremely short of air power, and now the Japanese mainland has begun to adopt a key defensive strategy, and there is not even enough fighters for front-line operations.

For this decisive battle, Yamamoto Isoroku swept away the air power near Okinawa Island. The remaining kittens or two, even if the escort pirates and mustangs don't care about them, they can't pose a threat to the Flying Fortresses.

The Okinawa base could only be passively bombed.

"How many days will our supplies last?" Yamamoto asked with a frown.

"Food and fresh water are enough, but if the battle starts, ammunition and oil may not last for seven days! Especially aviation fuel! Shortly after leaving the port of Okinawa, our aviation fuel supply ship was sunk by a submarine from Shina. The adjutant next to him, Fukusaki, whispered.

The Japanese are now extremely short of supplies, and the navy is having a hard time.

This time the operation was not a long-term harassment, but a direct attack on the Huaxia fleet near Keelung.

The calculating Japanese calculated that the maneuverability of the battleships in a fully loaded state was slightly reduced, and if those battleships carried a large amount of supplies, when they were sunk, they would bring a lot of waste of materials, so the fleet was not sailing under full supply conditions.

In Yamamoto's plan, the fleet's battle cycle this time was planned to be half a month, and the severe attack on the Chinese people would be completed within half a month, and it would quickly withdraw to Okinawa to avoid the air retaliation of the Chinese.

During this period, the supply ships of the Okinawa base can replenish the consumption of the front-line fleet at any time.

However, if the Okinawa base is bombed and the losses are too heavy, there is no need to count on supplies in the later stage.

At this time, only the aircraft carriers of the fleet can return to the rescue. But if the aircraft carrier returns to relieve the siege, then the plan for this operation will be ruined. Yamamoto understood that the fleet, without aircraft carriers, would not be able to achieve victory over the Huaxia fleet at all.

"Keep going!" Yamamoto closed his eyes for a moment, opened his eyes suddenly, and did not look in the direction of Okinawa, and ordered directly in a deep voice. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )