599 War of Aggression against Japan! Six dilemmas

March 16th. In the southeastern Pacific Ocean of the Ryukyu Islands, a huge fleet is rapidly advancing westward in the vast Pacific Ocean.

Two battleships of the "Nagato" class, one battleship of the "Fuso" class, one battlecruiser of the "Kongo" class, four heavy cruisers of the Myo-class class, as well as the aircraft carriers "Akagi" and "Kaga", two old armored cruisers, eleven light cruisers, seventeen destroyers and three supply ships.

There were forty warships, and the billowing smoke almost obscured the sky, such a spectacular scene even surpassed the pomp and circumstance of the first foreign fleet when it went out before, which made the sailors on the deck excited, this time the remaining main force of the entire combined fleet, except for a battleship and a battlecruiser that was still being modernized, almost poured out, and many middle and lower-level officers and sailors who did not know the current battle situation even began to look forward to the early arrival of the decisive battle. Let those who do not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the Chinese understand the strength of the naval power of the Imperial Japan

However, in the officer room of the battleship "Nagato", Vice Admiral Kato Kanji and Rear Admiral Shigetaro Shishida and other high-ranking members of the Combined Fleet were not as blindly optimistic as the officers and men below, and they were even a little uneasy when they stood next to the chart platform.

Just now, the radio station of the "Nagato" received an urgent telegram from Wu Jungang (passive acceptance does not affect the radio silence), and the main force of the Nanyang Fleet of the Kuomintang Navy, which includes two "Zhongshan" class aircraft carriers, also left Zhanjiang Military Port last night and disappeared into the vast ocean of the South China Sea.

How could the aircraft carriers of the China Navy suddenly make a sortie? Where did they go? This sudden news brought a hint of gloom to the whole operation.

It seems that there are also intelligence agents lurking around Wu Jungang, and these people are really progressing and know how to send spies to the empire. And what will they do when they learn that the combined fleet is attacking?

The naval battles dominated by aircraft carriers and aircraft were indeed more thrilling than in the battleship era, and the battleship's artillery could only "shoot" enemy ships at a distance of 20,000 meters, while the aircraft on aircraft carriers could drop bombs and torpedoes on the heads of enemy ships two or three hundred kilometers away. And what makes all battleship commanders even more depressed is that those thin-skinned aircraft carriers usually run faster than battleships, which means that as long as the aircraft carrier first spots the battleship, the battleship is just a target. This time it was really not easy to ambush an aircraft carrier with a battleship.

Kanji Kato smiled bitterly, quickly brushing aside the defeatist mood in his mind and returning his mind to the area known as the South China Sea.

This is an important passage for shipping between the East and the West, and it is also the only remaining shipping channel in South China (the route from the Pacific Ocean has been blocked by Japan), if the Japanese Navy controls this sea area, it can completely cut off China's external shipping, perhaps this is the reason why the China aircraft carrier has to be dispatched?

Unfortunately, after losing Taiwan, Japan also lost its foothold in the South China Sea, and the surrounding Philippines, French Indochina, British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies were all in the hands of Western colonists, while Hainan Island and Taiwan, which was about to be conquered by the Chinese people, would become the gateway for the Chinese to enter and exit the South China Sea and block the southward movement of the Japanese Empire.

After the Kuomintang army in China completely controlled Taiwan, it would be difficult for the surface ships of the Japanese Navy to stay in the South China Sea for a long time, and they could only use submarines to break up diplomatic relations like the people of China......

Therefore, the sortie of the aircraft carriers in China was not to secure the shipping lines in the South China Sea, but to have the same idea as themselves, but their idea should be to set up an ambush with aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, and the targets are the "Akagi" and "Kaga".

It's just that where will they ambush the aircraft carriers? Kanji Kato's gaze slowly swept over the chart, and judging from the chart, there were two most suitable sea areas for ambush. One is the sea area north of the Dongsha Islands, about 200 nautical miles off the coast of Guangdong, and the deployment of aircraft carriers in this sea area is to guard the entrance to the Bass Strait, and as long as the Japanese fleet dares to enter, it can meet the attack. Moreover, the aircraft carrier itself is relatively safe under the cover of shore-based aircraft off the coast of Guangdong. However, there is also a considerable risk of placing aircraft carriers here, that is, the Japanese fleet will use the cover of night to break through the Bass Strait, and the range of the Chinese reconnaissance planes is almost about 11,200 kilometers, which means that they can only search the sea area at most 500 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier, which is almost 270 nautical miles. The fastest speed of the Nagato would take a little more than 10 hours to complete, and the speed of four Myoko-class heavy cruisers would take only seven and a half hours, or even if it only ran 30 knots, it would only take nine hours.

In other words, the four "Myoko"-class heavy cruisers could completely break under the nose of the Shina aircraft carrier formation under the cover of night, and then use forty 203-mm naval guns to carry out a massacre, even if the "Selim Sultan" battlecruiser was present, Kato had no doubt that his four "Myoko" class would be able to compete with the other side and hold out until the battleships arrived at the battlefield. After all, compared to gunnery, the China Navy is still very tender, and in the last naval battle in the Bohai Bay, one of the "Königsberg"-class cruisers in China was beaten by an old Japanese armored cruiser...... But the admirals of the Chinese Navy and their German teachers should also know this, and their aircraft carriers will most likely not be there.

The second location should be about 300 kilometers southeast of Hainan Island, and if the aircraft carrier is placed here, it will lure the enemy deep and release the Japanese Combined Fleet into the South China Sea. In this way, reconnaissance planes taking off from warships along the coast of Guangdong can cover most of the northern part of the South China Sea, except for a small area near the Philippines. And there is another advantage to this deployment: since the eastern part of Hainan Island is facing the Bass Strait, the Chinese fleet can be deployed on a sector that spreads from north to south, rather than in a straight east-west line. It was almost impossible to rely on the high-speed rush of heavy cruisers from east to west. The only way is to use decoys to attract the China aircraft carriers to the east, and at the same time let the heavy cruisers move west at full speed, so that the fleets of both sides will approach at a speed of more than 60 knots, and they can engage in a maximum of four hours, and once the China fleet is entangled by the heavy cruisers, it will be difficult for them to escape, and the two "Nagato" class ships that arrive later can easily annihilate them

But the question is, what if the Chinese fleet is deployed in the waters north of the Dongsha Islands? In this way, the entire entrance to the South China Sea and the waters near the Philippines are within the combat radius of the carrier-based aircraft of China, and their own fleet will be detected as soon as it is dawn

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Wuhan, Military Council.

"Colonel Leshinskaya, Zhanjiang Telegraph." The major in charge of intelligence liaison handed the telegram to Natalie, who looked at it twice and raised her eyebrows, and immediately turned and walked towards the conference room.

In the conference room, Luo Yaoguo held a baton, pointed to the map, and was introducing the latest war situation to the national "government", "chairman", and the executive premier. Ever since Chiang Kai-shek went to Jinan to take up the town, Hu Hanmin finally couldn't resist the temptation of commanding the three armies, and he went to the Military Commission to have a good time whenever he had the opportunity. Since the recent war between China and Japan has reached the most critical moment, all policies and diplomatic relations must also depend on the performance on the battlefield, so Luo Yiqun and Wang Jingwei both appeared in the conference room, and even Xu Chongzhi, who has never been motivated, also appeared here.

"After Jiegong took over the Northeast Theater of Operations, he launched this counteroffensive, the goal is to seize Jinzhou, an important town in western Liaoning, our army advanced along the western Liaoning corridor under the cover of tanks, aircraft, heavy artillery and warships, the battle went relatively smoothly, the Japanese army was defeated and retreated, the resistance began to weaken, and we expect Jinzhou to be recovered before the end of March."

Luo Yaoguo pointed to the map to introduce the current situation and said: "Recently, the tension is in the Taiwan Strait, on the night of the 14th or the early morning of the 15th, the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet has left Wujun Port, with four battleships, three aircraft carriers, and four heavy cruisers, and it is estimated that a large-scale naval and air war will break out in the South China Sea after the 20th, and the national fortunes of China and Japan will depend on the outcome of this battle." ”

"Fuwen, let's talk about the situation in Mongolia and North Manchuria." Hu Hanmin waved his hand, he was not too worried about the Taiwan Strait, the navy and air force have concentrated more than 700 combat planes there, and the Japanese fleet can only move around outside the combat radius of shore-based aircraft, and it is impossible to get close at all, otherwise it will be blown into a pile of scrap metal; it is precisely because of this advantage that the joint meeting of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang and the Central Military Commission will approve the battle plan for the Taiwan Strait.

In the eyes of the majority of the Kuomintang top brass, the war against Japan was almost already a matter of fact, and their vision could not help but be on the post-war situation.

Hearing Hu Hanmin say this, Luo Yaoguo immediately changed the subject: "At present, the Trotskyist army (Wang Zhongyi) is shrinking their defensive line, concentrating the main forces in the area west of the Great Khing'an Mountains and in eastern Mongolia, carrying out reorganization and political and ideological work, and avoiding a decisive battle with the Red Army in China and G. The Red Army, on the other hand, divided into two routes, expelled the Japanese invaders in the east of Rehe all the way, and is now advancing towards Jilin Province, which does not seem to be blocked by the Japanese army along the way, as if entering a no-man's land; The other road is advancing towards the Mongolian plateau, but this road is progressing slowly, and it has been wandering in the desert area where Inner and Outer Mongolia meet. It is estimated that it was a feint to draw Wang Zhongyi's troops, so as not to send their main force to seize the territory of eastern Heilongjiang and Jilin. ”

“…… Harbin was also recaptured by the Second Army Corps of the Anti-Japanese Union a few days ago, and the Second Army Corps of the Anti-Japanese Union was unwilling to participate in the struggle between the Trotskyists and the Trotskyists, and responded to Zhang Xueliang's declaration to occupy Harbin and maintain armed neutrality, they now have 70,000 to 80,000 people, most of whom are local snakes in the northeast, and the Chinese G will not deal with them until they defeat the Trotskyists, but will only win them over. ”

“…… In addition, China and G are ready to hand over to us the land in northern Lubei and the eastern part of Zhili Province, but they demand that we recognize the fruits of the land ** there and not re-expropriate the peasants in the land ** from the land they have acquired. And they also want us to allow China G to legally operate on those sites. ”

"It's a big trouble, their land is illegal, and the rightful owners of those lands have the right to get their land back." Luo Yiqun frowned: "If our 'government' doesn't interfere, the court will definitely award the land to the original owner in accordance with the law, as long as they can provide legal proof of land holding, in addition, in the process of land ** in the middle of the g, a large number of landlords and rich peasants have been executed, and many farmers are also involved, which is also a **annoying ......"

Before Luo Yiqun finished speaking, Hu Hanmin laughed and said: "Brother Yichen is too worried, the law does not go back to the past, and what happened before the national 'government' is under the jurisdiction is not subject to the laws promulgated by our national 'government'. Moreover, Zhili Province was not taken by China from our national "government", it was never our jurisdiction, and before the transfer of Zhili Province to us, they were under the jurisdiction of the Beijing "government", and the series of violent incidents that occurred in the land reform in Zhili were also the "government" actions of the Beijing "government", and the peasants were only acting according to the instructions of the "government", so they should not be held legally responsible. ”

"Zhan Gong, do you mean that the land ownership of Zhili Province should be based on the land ownership certificate issued by Zhong G, instead of the original title deed? Moreover, there are many landlords and rich peasants who have died in their families, and if we do not try to appease them, we are afraid that there will be large-scale retaliation after we take over, and in addition, the authority of the local gentry has completely collapsed, and we have no way to rely on the squires to establish local power, and the original local power is controlled by the Chinese g...... How should we manage the territory of Zhili Province? Luo Yiqun spread out his hand and said helplessly.

"Well, that's a big problem, and we'll have to figure it out." Hu Hanmin nodded.

Unlike other warlords, their rule is deep into all corners of society, and although the whole ruling group has little interest at the moment, it is huge, and every factory, every shop, every school, and even every remote mountain village has established a political power and a party branch (party committee).

The power of the national "government" has only been built up to the county level, and the power below the county level is now nominally "local elections", but in fact it is ruled by the gentry, because most of the elected mayors are local gentry and celebrities, and there is no poor peasant, even a middle peasant. Of course, the gentry are unarmed at present, and the children of the peasants have mastered the knowledge and some laws after compulsory education, so they are not so easy to bully. In addition, the evil ballot that decides whether the gentry can be elected mayor is also one person, one vote, and each election is carried out under the supervision of officials and judges in other places, and basically people who are too bad cannot be elected......

However, this system was completely impossible to implement in Zhili Province, because the original squires were either eliminated or fled, and these fleeing squires were also in opposition to the local poor and middle peasants after their return because of the killing of their land and their families, and naturally could no longer become the basis of the national 'government's) rural rule. Of course, the village officials appointed by the Central Government cannot be used, after all, the relationship between these people and the Central Government is unclear, and they must all be activists of the peasant movement. And the landlords and capitalists behind the Kuomintang will definitely not do it, but if they are not used, and even persecution of these GCD village officials, it can only make them more committed to the organization and resolutely fight against the Kuomintang to the end. The heaviest penalty is only a small fine

This is a great problem facing the current national 'government', a ruling group that is moving towards a democratic constitutionalism, and all its achievements so far are based on a moderate domestic policy. The current national "government" and the Kuomintang are not a fascist regime, and the system of the five bigwigs and the training period that has long been determined by Sun Yat-sen have also blocked the Kuomintang's road to ****, and this regime can only go down step by step along the road of constitutionalism. Although the Chinese government has always been wary of the butcher's knife that the Kuomintang is about to raise, this butcher's knife does not exist in a country with a legal system and democracy in this time and space, how can the "government" arrest and kill a citizen because he is a GCD member? Not to mention the extreme policy of "it is better to kill 3,000 by mistake than to let one go".

Therefore, the national "government" of this time and space is indeed not afraid of fighting a war with China and G, but what should it do after the fight? How should we deal with the underground party and guerrillas who persist in the struggle, and the tens of millions of toiling masses in the Soviet districts of China and the G, who have been allocated land and have participated in the revolution of the landlord class?

Just as everyone in the conference room was shifting the topic from the current battle situation to the question of how to rule Zhili Province, Natalie suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, handing the telegram she had just received to Luo Yaoguo.

After Luo Yaoguo looked at it, his face suddenly turned happy, handed the telegram to Hu Hanmin, and said with a smile: "The Marines have captured Kaohsiung, and we have set foot on the land of Taiwan. A large group of Japanese troops stationed there abandoned the city and fled after seeing our artillery fire, and now our troops are entering the Kaohsiung city under the welcome of the Taiwanese people. ”

"Now, as long as the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet is severely damaged, this Sino-Japanese battle will be decided as a winner" Luo Yaoguo said this, his eyes were cold: "We have to double the compensation for the first year of the first day and the year of Xin Chou, and we will also have to pay for the losses caused to us by their invasion of the Northeast this time."

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