"Comrade Commander, the First Air Fleet was attacked by more than 500 riotous fighters, the heavy cruiser Suzuya and the light cruiser Nako were sunk, and the three motherships of the Flying Dragon, the Tenryu, and the Red Dragon were heavily damaged! Three aircraft carriers, including Shenlong, Brontosaurus, and Black Dragon, were created, and two high-speed tankers and five destroyers were sunk. And then there's ...... The ship Flying Dragon was shot on the island of the aircraft carrier, and Commander Onishi and Chief of Staff of Kuroshima were martyred! "Shortly after the First Air Fleet was attacked by air raids, the battlecruiser Akagi, the flagship of the Second Fleet, lurking in the Pacific waters south of the Japanese archipelago, received the news.

When the chief of staff of the Second Fleet, Arima Masamune, heard this, he immediately jumped up: "Who is commanding the First Air Fleet now?" What is the damage to the three ships, Flying Dragon, Celestial Dragon, and Red Dragon? Can it be saved? And also...... What about the losses of carrier-based aircraft? ”

"Comrade Jizaburo Ozawa has temporarily acted as commander of the First Air Fleet, and the three ships of the Flying Dragon, the Tenryu, and the Red Dragon have all been severely damaged and caught fire, and have basically lost their combat capability, but there is no danger of sinking for the time being. But...... Carrier-based aircraft have suffered heavy losses, the specific number has not yet been counted, but the losses are definitely higher than 250 aircraft! After the staff officer recounted the battle report he had just received, the faces of the officers inside the bridge of the Akagi were extremely ugly, and they all turned their eyes to Vice Toyoda, who was full of murderous faces.

However, those who are familiar with Toyota's vice martial arts know that the murderous aura on this guy's face cannot be taken seriously, and it is completely inherited from his parents for his unflattering appearance. In fact, Toyota's vice martial arts temperament is to bully the soft and fear the hard, so it's okay for him to bully the weak. But if you want him to face a strong enemy, his legs and stomach will definitely be weak. And this guy also has a destructive mouth and often makes strange things that hurt the morale of the troops.

Regarding the world revolution and the Pacific War, he did not say many strange things, such as saying that "everything in the world revolution was made by Red Russia." What are we going to do in Japan? "And so on and so forth. It can be regarded as a relatively alternative anti-war faction in the Japanese Red Navy! However, such a guy was not liquidated by the Japanese as a counter-revolutionary, and he was not expelled from the navy. It is worth mentioning that he has a bad relationship with the current commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, who has more than once proposed to the Revolutionary Military Council that he should be removed from his post and swept into the reserve to retire. However, Takeda Heng did not accept this stubble at all, but instead trained Vice Takeshi Toyoda as the next commander of the Combined Fleet, and also handed over the important task of commander of the Second Fleet (capital ship force) to this "anti-war" admiral. This is probably the so-called imperial mind at work, right? Under any circumstances, Takeda Heng would not let the people of the "Yamamoto faction" completely control the Japanese Navy, even if he knew that Toyota's vice military force would be of great use. It is also necessary to artificially cultivate a "Toyota faction".

Vice Takeshi Toyoda knew the meaning of everyone's eyes, the naval aviation of the storm looked very powerful, and the first air fleet was defeated by just the first wave of sorties! Although the 1st Air Fleet has 7 more aircraft carriers that remain combat-capable. But that was based on the premise that there were still enough carrier-based aircraft to take to the skies for combat. Due to the heavy losses in the last Battle of the Coral Sea, the First Air Fleet did not bring enough aircraft when it left Port Moresby to the north, and the carrier-based aircraft on the 10 carriers added together were only more than 500! Among them, there are more than 300 Type 96 ships, and less than 200 Type 93 ships and Type 96 ships. Now the Type 96 ships have lost more than 250 aircraft. How will the next battle be fought? Maybe the next wave of air raids by the Overwhelming Navy will blow up all 10 motherships of the First Air Fleet. In this way, there is no way for the First Air Fleet to lure the enemy.

So will the Second Fleet break through into the Tsushima Strait from the Bungo Channel and the Kanmon Strait as originally planned? If the distance from the current position of the Second Fleet to the breakthrough into the Tsushima Strait is at least 300 nautical miles. According to the plan, it should be dispatched at 12 noon today, spend 12 hours to cover the 300 nautical miles, and in the early hours of tomorrow morning, they will launch a killing spree in the Tsushima Strait, destroy the Izakishima airfield and Tsushima airfield of the Chinese army with the powerful naval guns of the five capital ships, sink the Chinese warships in the Tsushima Strait as much as possible, and finally inflict heavy losses on the Chinese ground troops that landed on the coast of Fukuoka Prefecture.

However, if the Chinese aircraft carriers cannot be led by the First Air Fleet to the Philippine Islands, they are very likely to move northeast and approach the southern part of Kyushu Island. In this way, their carrier-based aircraft will be able to reach the Second Fleet sailing in the Bungo Waterway, and the air defense of the Second Fleet is far inferior to that of the First Air Fleet......

So whether to carry out Operation Z according to the original plan. Let's ask Comrade Commander Toyota to come up with an idea!

"Operation Z is the last stand, and the chance of winning is not big...... If you back down now, there will be no second chance. Toyoda said with a solemn expression: "Since the gambling has begun, let's carry out the gambling game to the end, so that even if we lose it all, we will die." ”

Hearing Toyota's words, the faces of the officers present became even more ugly, and these words were too demoralizing, right? Although everyone knows that the chances of winning are not very good, as a commander, should you say a few words of inspiration? For example, "the fate of the party-state is in this battle, and all comrades work hard" or something?

Arima Zhengwen frowned and said, "Comrade commander, there is another choice now, which is to march northwest to find the Chinese fleet for a decisive battle!" Although the Chinese army has overwhelming air superiority, they do not have torpedo attack planes, and it is difficult for them to pose a mortal threat to our capital ships by relying on fighters to carry out dive bombing alone. In addition, the Canglong aircraft carrier, which is responsible for providing air cover for the Second Fleet, also has 53 Type 96 fighters on board, which can withstand even if it encounters an air attack by the Chinese army. ”

Vice Takeshi Toyoda still shook his head, walked to the side of the chart and pointed to the empty Pacific Ocean, stared at his chief of staff and said: "The sea area in this area is very wide, and the speed of the aircraft carriers is very high, if you want to escape, it will be difficult for our capital ships to catch up, so the chances of winning in this way are even smaller than acting according to the original plan." Arima-kun, although you are the chief of staff. But it doesn't have to come up with any way to turn the overall situation around, I think it will be implemented according to Plan Z. ”

"Comrade Commander!" Arima Masafumi also knows that the probability of success of his proposed plan is extremely low, but whether it can succeed is a matter of ability and luck. Whether or not you believe you can succeed is a matter of attitude. And Toyota's current attitude can be summed up in four words: "Mix and wait for death", and you can imagine what the result will be if you go to a decisive battle with the tyranny with such an attitude.

Thinking of this, Arima Zhengwen said loudly: "Comrade commander! Now that Japan has not yet been defeated, please cheer up and command our Second Fleet to win a Battle of Tsushima like His Excellency Heihachiro Togo! ”

Deputy Toyoda wanted to say something strange with his mouth, but when he saw Arima Zhengwen's solemn face, he said: "Isn't it just a few inspiring words." If you have Ma Jun, you can just watch it. His tone suddenly sank, and his eyes looked at the Japanese naval officer in the combat command center: "Today, at 12 noon, we will march on time to the Bungo Waterway. Tomorrow morning, the Guanmen Strait will be highlighted, and this battle is likely to be the curtain call of the Japanese Combined Fleet. ”

Well, that's a bit like a Japanese devil.

However, as soon as this morale-boosting speech was finished. Another piece of bad news that hit morale came.

"Comrade Commander. According to the report of the headquarters of the western country, the port of Shimonoseki has just happened...... There was a counter-revolutionary rebellion, and about 1,000 Red officers and soldiers of unknown origin suddenly rioted in Shimonoseki Port Railway Station, Nanbu Town, Kannonzaki Town, Hosoe Town, Misaki Town, and other places, and now fierce fighting is raging in Shimonoseki City! ”

"Nani!?" At this moment, even Toyota's deputy Wu jumped up, Shimonoseki Port is not an inconsequential place, it is an important town guarding the Guanmen Strait, if there is a mistake in Shimonoseki Port, the Guanmen Strait is very likely to be blocked. At that time, the Second Fleet will not be able to break through the Guanmen Strait into the Tsushima Strait, and the Z battle plan will be completely lost.

"Baga! The army is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose! Vice Takeshi Toyoda jumped to his feet and said, "To the Kyushu headquarters, to the Western country headquarters, and to the Aoba (heavy cruiser), the flagship of the Combined Fleet. Temporarily replacing the Akagi as the flagship) to generate electricity, and asked about the situation at Shimonoseki Port and whether the Z operation was going to go as planned. ”

"Comrade Commander, radio silence is being practiced in the Second Fleet." Arima Masamun hurriedly reminded: "Now just wait for Commander Yamamoto's order, I believe that Commander Yamamoto is negotiating with the army to find a solution, this counter-revolutionary riot will definitely not become a climate, and it will be suppressed soon!" ”

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At 11 o'clock in the morning on March 3, 1936, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, has been completely plunged into chaos, the largest city in western Honshu, Japan, with more than 300,000 residents, was once an important treaty port in Japan, and is also an important military town in western Honshu, Japan. But such an important city was actually attacked by the Chinese army, and overnight it became a battlefield for ground troops. Around Shimonoseki Port, which is close to the Seto Inland Sea side, the sound of gunfire and shell explosions can be heard everywhere. The Chinese Air Force's Qiang-1 Orion strike aircraft circled over the port of Shimonoseki, occasionally firing ground targets with 37mm guns and 7.92mm aerial machine guns.

The Chinese contingent pretending to be Japanese troops entered the railway station at Shimonoseki Port on a train on the "Sanyo Railway Line" before 8 o'clock in the morning -- according to historical records disclosed after the war, they marched west from the airborne landing site in the early morning of that day, and walked for less than two hours on the railway line outside the Yamaguchi Prefectural People's Hospital near Ube City. It is estimated that he gave up urgently after learning that Yamaguchi City was occupied by Chinese airborne troops. However, the whole train was intact and undamaged, not even the fire at the steam locomotive was extinguished, and it seems that the abandonment was rather hasty. And Mao Yuanchang's subordinates had a few young Japanese who had been railway workers and could fiddle with the train, so he let his task force get on the train and drive down the railway to Guangang. Along the way, it was unimpeded, and I got off directly at Xiaguan Railway Station. However, at that time, the Shimonoseki Port Railway Station was already under martial law, and the officers and men of the 28th Division of the Japanese Red Army on duty on the platform were very surprised to see that a train was actually pulling about 1,000 Red Army troops from the direction of Yamaguchi City and Ube City. So he stepped forward and interrogated. As a result, the two sides fought at the railway station, and the infantry of the 28th Division were certainly no match for the officers and men of the Chinese contingent with extremely rich combat experience, and the exchange of fire lasted only a few minutes. The Shimonoseki Port Railway Station was completely controlled by the Chinese army contingent. Immediately afterwards, Mao Yuanchang sent a company of officers and men to infiltrate the city of Xiaguan and shoot and set fire everywhere, causing great chaos in the city.

The reaction of the 28th Division of the Japanese Army and the Xiaguan Municipal Committee of the Japanese Army at this time was also very interesting, when they first heard the sound of gunfire and found that there was a "riot" in the urban area of Xiaguan, they did not realize that it was the Chinese imperialists who had attacked, and thought that it was a hidden counter-revolutionary element who started the riot, so they immediately dispatched a company of infantry and 2,000 Red Guards to the urban area to implement martial law to suppress the riot. As a result, these "riot" units engaged in a scuffle with the Chinese contingent, also wearing Japanese uniforms, near the port of Shimonoseki. And their report to their superiors was "the discovery of unidentified Red Army rebels near the port of Shimonoseki."

Originally, it was easy to find out the truth about this kind of thing, but the Western Country Headquarters in Hiroshima only had to contact the various ministries to know that there was no rebellion. But now, there is smoke everywhere, and there is chaos everywhere. Many of the troops either lost contact or were scattered by the Chinese army. Therefore, the situation was not clear for a while, so the 28th Division had to be strictly ordered to suppress it quickly.

"Lie down! Lie down! The riotous plane is about to open fire, lying down ......"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The commander of the 28th Division, who was personally on the front line to supervise the battle, was thrown to the ground by the staff officers around him, dodging the 37mm shells fired by a strong 1 plane in the air. At this time, Imamura Jun had already seen that something was wrong. The Chinese planes in the air and the "rebels" entrenched near the Shimonoseki Port Railway Station also cooperated too well! At first glance, it is the effect that only comes after years of running-in. How could the Japanese Red Army, which had just defected to the enemy, have such a level? Those so-called "rebels" are probably pretending to be the special forces of the Riot Army!

Although he saw through the identity of his opponent, Imamura Jun did not intend to make a statement, because he knew very well that there was "Sinophobia" in the army. This is the root cause of the Sino-Japanese War in 1923, more than 10 years ago, and it was aggravated by a few percent in the last Korean Campaign -- even North Korea, a subject country of the violent branch, could not defeat it, and of course the violent branch could not win. Although everyone didn't say it on their lips, they all thought so in their hearts, if they let the people below know that they were fighting against the riot army, I am afraid that they would not be able to fight this momentum of braving the enemy's aerial firepower!

The attack of the Qiang-1 aircraft of the Chinese army has just come to an end. The Japanese army went on the offensive. "Boom, boom." Eighteen 122mm howitzers deployed at the old mountain fortress on Hikoshima. A 35-kilogram high-explosive grenade was dropped at a rate of fire of one shot per minute in an area no more than two or three kilometers long and wide around the Shimonoseki railway station. Dense shells continued to explode in the middle of low-rise Japanese-style houses, the houses were torn down, rubble and earth were scattered everywhere, and from time to time Japanese civilians were killed and injured by shells, stumps and broken arms were abandoned high, and the terrible screams were even more terrible, as if they were in the hell of Abi.

"Hurry up, get the machine gun to the second-floor window. Kasawara-kun, get the red flares ready. Yamada-kun, push the captured 25mm anti-aircraft gun into the hall on the first floor. "Mao Yuanchang and his subordinates have now been overwhelmingly forced to retreat to the Xiaguan Port Railway Station, although this is not the big railway station at the end of the Shanyang Line, but it is also a very strong Western-style building, and it is obviously not a tofu scum project, the Japanese 122mm howitzers obviously can't touch this house, and their large-caliber coastal defense heavy artillery is aimed at the sea, there is no way to turn the muzzle to bombard here.

"Captain, the enemy's infantry is coming!"

As soon as the defense was arranged, a large number of Japanese Red Army soldiers in khaki uniforms poured out of the streets outside the railway station. "Kasawara, hit the flare, three red shots!" According to the code that had just been communicated with the Air Force through the Guò radio station, the direction of the three red flares was the target.

There were three thuds, and three flares dragged the red light and landed on the heads of the Japanese soldiers who were rushing to the train station. "Let the Air Force fire at the flare drop point!" After Mao Yuanchang saw that there was not much deviation in the landing point, he immediately asked the signal corps to contact the air force.

Four Qiang-1 planes came out of the clouds and shot at the Japanese soldiers on the ground. The Japanese soldiers who had been hit took refuge in the ruins of the roadside - after several rounds of shelling, the less sturdy buildings had been reduced to rubble, and the remaining ones were strong enough to withstand the 37mm shells from the air.

"Baga! There are too many planes on the outbreak, so it won't work! Seeing that his troops were scattered again, Imamura Yun jumped to his feet and cursed a few words, then turned around and said to the staff officers beside him: "Call the headquarters of the Western Kingdom and tell them that the air force is too strong, and there is no way to attack during the day, so you can only talk about it at night." In addition, the cities of Oyamada and Ube must be reinforced immediately, and the riotous airborne troops must not be allowed to enter Shimonoseki from there. ”

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