readx; Whether the Chinese fleet is going to the Ryukyus or to the southern Pacific waters, this is not a good thing for the company. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He said, "At the Sasebo Military Port in Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Island, a large group of senior admirals of the Honsho Navy gathered together, and these people were all worried, and now in this situation, they really can't maintain their composure as before."

In this war, it is said that "the navy fought a somewhat aggrieved and powerful fleet of battleships, but it was unable to gain a superior position in the battle with the Chinese navy, and was even suppressed everywhere."

In the short period of 36 hours of that naval battle, the navy lost three battleships and one battlecruiser, which dealt a great blow to the battleship formation of the navy, and it was precisely this battle that made the navy discover that the huge battleship formation on which they had high hopes was absolutely powerless to fight back under the blows of the Chinese aircraft carriers.

And it was precisely this battle that made the navy discover that the original aircraft carrier could still be used in this way, and found that the original aircraft carrier had an important strategic role, but when they found out, they said, "The only aircraft carrier Fengxiang has been sunk, and even the two half-hung air battleships have also sunk." Later, he said, "Although the Navy quickly repaired the only remaining air battleship, the Longxiang, it could only carry less than 30 planes when it was fully loaded."

In the follow-up operations, the Longxiang, as the only air warship in the navy, acted as the only air force of the main fleet, and even in order to let the Longxiang carry more aircraft, the navy even gave up the original plan to let the aviation warships be equipped with 14-inch naval guns after the war.

He said: "Although the Navy immediately proposed the construction of new aircraft carriers, and has already started construction of two aircraft carriers in an emergency, even during the war, this aircraft carrier is not said to be able to be built, and it will have to wait at least two or three years for the two fleet aircraft carriers to be completed and put into service, and at that time the cucumbers and vegetables will be cold." In order to solve the problem of the shortage of aircraft carriers in a short period of time, the Navy was forced to refit some high-speed merchant ships, and in addition, the two Kaohsiung-class heavy cruisers under construction were converted into aircraft carriers.

The Kaohsiung-class heavy cruiser is a new generation of treaty-type cruisers designed and developed by the Navy after the Miao-class heavy cruiser, and its displacement secretly exceeds the limit of the Washington Naval Treaty, and it was originally planned to build four ships, of which the Kaohsiung and Aiyan had been launched and outfitted before the war last year, and when the Navy decided to refit the aircraft carrier, these two ships were almost completed, and they were commissioned in February and March 1931. The progress of the next two Maya and Torikai is relatively slow, so it is said that "this navy is to convert these two heavy cruisers into aircraft carriers halfway, and call them Maya-class light aircraft carriers, of which Maya has completed the main refit project, is currently in intensive sea trials, and is expected to be put into service within two months."

However, these two converted aircraft carriers are limited by congenital shortcomings, such as insufficient hangar space and deck space, and have a standard displacement of nearly 13,000 tons after refitting, but only about 20 aircraft. However, in addition to the slightly smaller number of aircraft, the other surnames of Maya-class aircraft carriers are not bad, especially the maximum speed is as high as 34 knots. This speed is faster than China's existing fleet aircraft carriers, and the protection is not bad.

He said: "The Navy has high hopes for these two converted aircraft carriers, but it will be at least two or three months before they are put into service." In fact, in addition to the lack of warships, the more important problem is the lack of carrier-based aircraft and pilots.

In a naval and air battle last year, it was said that "the only 100 or so elite carrier-based aircraft pilots were almost completely lost, and it was said that it was more difficult to replenish carrier-based aircraft pilots than it was to replenish aircraft carriers; carrier-based aircraft pilots were not able to go on ships and stand fighters for combat by casual training, but it would take a long time of training to do so. The Chinese Navy has set up a large number of naval flight training institutions, and there are as many as a dozen training squadrons alone, and the Chinese Navy has made great efforts to provide the newly commissioned Taishan with enough carrier-based aircraft pilots.

It is also extremely difficult to replenish the pilots, and it is also extremely difficult to replenish the carrier-based aircraft in the navy, and the production of aircraft in the navy is not high, and because of the large number of planes lost in this small half-year war, the domestically produced aircraft are not enough to supplement the army air force for local air defense, and the demand for aircraft for the navy is naturally not satisfied.

In February this year, the navy's latest Type 90 fighter met the Navy's design requirements by installing a 580 hp Shou II modified engine, and the A2N90 ship fighter was officially designated as the A2N90 ship fighter. However, it is worth noting here that the Type 90 fighters used by the Navy and the Type 91 fighters used by the Army are both products of the Nakajima aircraft, and the production capacity of the Nakajima aircraft is also limited, so if the more Type 91 fighters are built, the output of the Type 90 fighters will naturally be less.

So far, the navy has only obtained a small number of a dozen Type 90 fighters, and on the other hand, the Chinese Navy has begun to serve the F3E fighter in batches, this carrier-based fighter is based on the F3C/D fighter equipped by the Air Force, and the surname can be said to be far more than the latest Type 90 fighter of the Navy.

To put it mildly, at present, it is said that "the air force of this navy is completely lagging behind that of the Chinese navy, both in terms of quantity and quality."

Under such circumstances, the navy's air force can only use its limited air power to provide the fleet with coastal air defense, and as for a decisive battle with the Chinese navy, even the most arrogant and arrogant admiral of the navy knows that it is not feasible.

Therefore, during this period of time, the main force of the navy has never gone out to the far sea, and only sent a small number of high-speed small formations to engage the Chinese navy.

However, now the main fleet of the Chinese Navy is pouring out of the nest, and the direction is going straight to the eastern seas, whether it is landing in the Ryukyus or heading to the sea off Tokyo, it will have a major impact on the capital.

Faced with such a situation, the navy is faced with a difficult choice, whether to sit back and watch the Chinese navy move or to intercept it, if the Chinese navy is able to do so, then the navy will be under tremendous pressure, and the people will ask: why the fleet, which has spent countless money to build, will not go to war. And if they take the initiative to face the battle, they say, 'These generals of this navy can guess what the result will be with their toes, and if they don't do it well, they will be defeated, and if the main fleet is lost, how can they talk about garrisoning their own territory.'

"Lords, we can't drag it out like this any longer, no matter whether the Chinese fleet wants to attack the southern waters of our country or go to Ryukyu, we can't sit idly by, we must take the initiative to meet the battle, otherwise how to face the reproach of the people!"

"Hmph, if something like last year happens if we take the initiative to face it, then the people will not blame us!" There are objections.

He said: "The controversy at the top of the Navy has not affected the actions of the Chinese Navy.

After a tense voyage, this huge fleet had arrived near the Ryukyus, and at this time, it was said that the Chinese navy had finally determined the direction of its actions, and when it learned that the Chinese navy wanted to land in the Ryukyus and not to go to the sea off Tokyo, he continued to frown rather than rejoice.

After arguing for two days, it was decided that the navy would send a fleet to the Ryukyus to support the Ryukyu garrison in the operation, and at this time, the troops under the Chinese Third Army had already begun to carry out landing operations on the islands outside the main island of the Ryukyus, and the naval aviation also sent carrier-based planes to carry out air strikes on the Ryukyu Island.

In the operation of landing on the outlying islands, the four battleships of the First Battlefleet and other heavy and light cruisers provided powerful and powerful fire support for the landing force, especially the 16-inch naval guns on the four battleships, which were extremely powerful when firing high-explosive shells, and when a shell went down, it was within a radius of 100 meters within the scope of its explosive power.

After dissolving these outlying islands, General Hwang An-won of the Third Army ordered the start of the landing on the main island of the Ryukyus. While the landing operation was underway, the Chinese Navy's Second Air Fleet was cruising about 60 nautical miles northwest of Okinawa, and the aircraft carriers sent a large number of aircraft to reconnoiter the surrounding waters, and farther away was a ring of alert reconnaissance formed by numerous destroyers and light cruisers.

On the Hengshan, Chen Shaokuan was sitting in his fleet commander's office, writing today's combat report, and the epaulettes on his shoulders at this time had changed from one gold star last year to two gold stars. Last year's victory in the naval and air battle led to the promotion of a large number of admirals, Guan Shijie, Wen Tinghe, and Yu Wentao were promoted to admirals, and Chen Shaokuan, who was then the Second Air Brigade of the First Air Fleet, was also promoted from major general to lieutenant general and served as commander of the Second Air Fleet.

In the reform of the establishment of the Chinese Navy, three air fleets and one battle fleet were formed, and these four fleets were no longer single-type fleets like before, but a mixed fleet, which could carry out combat missions alone, and the rank of commander was changed to vice admiral.

Halfway through this, I remembered the sound of footsteps outside, and then a colonel walked in: "Commander, the reconnaissance plane has discovered the "Fleet!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Chen Shaokuan immediately stood up: "What is the size of the enemy, and in what direction?" ”

"According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, the enemy force is not small, at least two battleships or more, and it is very likely that this is the fleet of the mainland going to reinforce the Ryukyus!" After the colonel walked in, he handed a telegram to Chen Shaokuan.

Chen Shaokuan looked at the telegram reported by the front-line reconnaissance plane, and immediately walked out of the office and went to the conference room.

Chen Shaokuan's actions were very rapid, and when he reported the enemy situation to Guan Shijie and other friendly troops, the Hengshan and Lushan in his subordinate Second Air Fleet had already sounded the horn of battle and immediately began to prepare for the launch of carrier-based aircraft attacks.