Chapter 193: Decisive Battle of Hejian (Sixth)

Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan, the flagship "Pinghai" of the East Asian Joint Fleet, headquarters conference room.

On both sides of the European-style long table in the room, the generals in snow-white dresses held their breath and calmed their eyes. Their eyes were gathered at the corner of the forehead, their eyes were all over the end of the long table, their eyes were full of eyebrows, their cheekbones were protruding and their chin was sharp, and they were a pair of slender and elf-watching ears: in their fifties, carrying the four-star general with wave patterns on their shoulders, a small pile of documents in front of them, and behind them was a huge hand-painted schematic diagram. He was Sa Zhenbing, the commander-in-chief of the United Fleet, who led the world's third East Asian Combined Fleet to win battles, creating empires and even world naval battles, and was praised as the "God of War" by the public opinion of the Empire and the Allied Powers, "Nelson of the East", and was respected as the "Sea Demon" by the media of the enemy country, and denounced as the "Sea Butcher".

At this moment, Sa Zhenbing looked at the generals with a concentration of energy, as if he was facing a great enemy. His little eyes moved slightly from left to right, and he glanced at the generals with great majesty: "I specially summoned you from each training ground, and I must have prepared some things, so I will go straight to the point and get straight to the point."

"The base camp has officially issued the No. 57th order of the joint fleet to complete the combat readiness task against I before mid-August, and the operation will be carried out according to the revised Case B. The revision of Case B is as follows: 1. Cancel step b. 2. Annihilation of the enemy fleet is the most priority, and landing troops will be sacrificed for this purpose. 3. Before the main force enters the decisive battle, the enemy aircraft carrier mobile troops should be destroyed as much as possible."

"Based on this order, our commander-in-chief intends to reorganize the participating troops as follows-"

Speaking of this, Sa Zhenbing nodded to Major General Ye Fei, his new chief of staff, who sat nearest to his right hand. Ye Fei immediately stood up, took a bamboo instruction stick and pointed out the names of generals behind Sa Zhenbing, and the diagrams of the army signs and connection lines.

"Lieutenant General Yuan Feng!"

"arrive!"

Yuan Feng, with a round face, scalp, a tough appearance, and a slightly raised belly, stood up in a hurry. Two months ago, in the battle to support the Japanese attack on Alaska, he commanded the reconnaissance forces of the battle cruiser "Shock Thunder" and "Shift Thunder" as the basic site, actively pursued a US detachment. He won a complete victory in his first surface ship battle with the US Navy, sunk one light cruiser and three destroyers, and captured the injured new US destroyer "Ed", which was almost unharmed. As a result, his reputation became famous, and his original title of "Archive Expert" was upgraded to "God of Art" by excited public opinion hype, and soon won the third-class Blue Dragon Medal for his merits, becoming one of the many "star generals" of the empire since the war began.

This time, Sa Zhenbing wants to give him more room to play.

"You are the leader of the reconnaissance force. As the vanguard of the main force, the mission is to search and intercept the enemy's vanguard troops, cover the main force to deploy and occupy favorable positions. The reconnaissance force uses 6 combat patrols with 'Thunder', 'Roaring Thunder', 'Shocking Thunder', 'Flashing Thunder', 'Kijima', and 'Haruna' as the basics. It is equipped with 1 Light Patrol Team, 1 Lightning Strike Team and 7 Destroy Teams with a total of 6 Light Patrols and 16 destroyers. Are there any problems?"

"No! Just leave the reconnaissance force to me!"

Yuan Feng was too happy and had no time to think of anything else. This confident answer was honest.

Instead, Lieutenant General Liang Shuming, the commander of the mobile fleet, who fought all over the East and West Pacific Oceans and the East Indian Ocean, created the "fabulous Pearl Harbor Miracle". When he was called out by Sa Zhenbing, his eyes were intertwined with too many conflicts of desire and hesitation.

"You are the manned forces. As a separate guerrilla force, the mission is to search for the enemy's main force, destroy the enemy aircraft carrier before the main force starts, and provide air cover for the vanguard forces and the main force when necessary, and on the premise of ensuring the above priority tasks, lightning strikes the enemy's main force before and after the main force starts. The mobile forces take the four fleet aircraft carriers of "Dapeng", "Yunpeng", "Jin Falcon" and "Hunting Falcon" as the basics, and are equipped with the 3rd and 4th teams, the 6th team of light patrols, and the 6th teams, and the 5th and 6th teams, a total of 6 fast patrols, 6 light patrols and 16 destroyers. Are there any problems?"

"have--"

Liang Shuming, who is of medium figure and thin and delicate, finally made up his mind to win opportunities for his geography.

Sa Zhenbing glanced at him expressionlessly: "Speak."

"I hope to give the priority order of lightning strikes the enemy's main force to the third place. That is, after searching for the enemy's main force and destroying the enemy aircraft carrier."

"reason?"

"With three ships in, the avant-garde and main force are sufficient to receive adequate air cover, and valuable carrier-based aircraft units should be used first for offense rather than defense."

"Rejected, the three-ship land-based fighter jets have limited range and cannot guarantee that they can provide full coverage for the fleet. Even if the mobile forces can destroy the enemy aircraft carrier before the decisive battle, it cannot guarantee that our surface artillery forces will not be attacked by the enemy aviation attack team during the decisive battle. The surface artillery forces are the decisive force of this battle. The mobile forces are the auxiliary force of the surface artillery forces. The core combat essence of the latter is to provide long-range aviation reconnaissance intelligence for the former, eliminate interference from the enemy aviation forces, and consider disturbing the enemy's main fleet and expanding the results of the battle when they have spare energy. Have I made it clear?"

Sa Zhenbing was determined and obviously saw through Liang Shuming's intestines at first glance.

"I understand, I have no problem with my subordinates."

Liang Shuming's courage ends here - judging from Sa Zhenbing's resolute performance, his movements against the military's top leaders have not achieved the effect. The navy is indeed an independent kingdom where needles cannot be inserted and water cannot be poured into it! It is useless to push hard. Especially at this moment when the war is imminent. Mr. Sa said nothing, and any one who disobeyed the military order could lead him into the cold palace. There are many talents in the Yihai Ship, and he is afraid that the people in Liang Shuming can not be found? Before finding a stronger backstage, stop their spirits and keep a low profile.

Sa Zhenbing's thoughts about him are also a mirror. As the Imperial Navy's qualifications and prestige second only to Liu Buchan, Lin Tai, the two former commanders of the joint fleet, really disdained to seriously consider the nouveau riche who was born in Qingshuiyong and entered the military academy 20 years later.

Seeing Liang Shuming sitting back to his seat in disappointment, Sa Zhenbing nodded without any sense of accomplishment, raised his hand slightly to Ye Fei behind him, and this time, it was his turn to get up by himself.

"The main force is personally led by our commander. Responsible for the decisive battle with the enemy's main shelling forces. With 18 main warships as the base, it is divided into five teams: the first team, Pinghai, Ninghai, Jinghai and Weihai, and is also led by our commander. The second team, Yangbo, Zhubo, Fubo, and Qibo, are commanded by General Liu Guanxiong. The Japanese-Korea joint team, Ise, Shinono, Guangkaitu, and Li Shunchen, are commanded by Lieutenant General Yamaya. The third team. The second ships Longwei and Fengxiang are commanded by Lieutenant General Yi Mingxuan. The fourth team, Beiyue, Nanyue, Dongyue, and Xiyue, are commanded by Lieutenant General Gao Long. The first successor commander of the main force and all participating troops are designated Liu Guanxiong. When the commander cannot take matters or the flagship temporarily loses its command ability, the successor commander will automatically take over the command power."

"The main force is also equipped with the 3rd Air Force, the 2nd Light Patrol Force, the 1st Japanese Light Patrol Force, the 1st Korean Light Patrol Force, and the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 8th Deporting Teams, a total of 2 watercraft carriers, 12 light patrol and 28 destroyers."

"What are your questions about this? Please ask it on the spot and will not be accepted later."

The generals who called the name had already been together, and they stood up and said nothing, showing that there was no doubt.

"Since there is no problem, I'll sit down. Everyone, let's sit down." Sa Zhenbing waved his hand and sat down safely.

"Ma Shengyu."

When he pronounced this name, Sa Zhenbing inadvertently lengthened the tail sound, and there were two positions on the right side of the long table. Luo Luoran stood up a tall man with a handsome figure with a striking and shiny mustache, and an empty place on his right ear.

"arrive. "

The voice was calm and calm, and the expression was calm and indifferent, which made Sa Zhenbing look up and look at him more.

During the South China Sea Battle to annihilate the Second Pacific Fleet of Russia ten years ago, the commander of the commander of the patrol team, Ma Shengyu, led 10 armored cruisers with thin protection, broke away from the cover of the battleship troops and attacked alone. With the advantage of patrol speed, he blocked the enemy's main battleship column. Then he concentrated on attacking the enemy's front guide ships with fierce and accurate artillery bombardment. He took the lead in killing the commander of the Russian fleet, Rozestvinsky, 10 minutes after the fire exchange. The destruction of the enemy's command system laid the foundation for the victory of the naval battle. Ma Shengyu's right ear was cut off by shrapnel in this battle. He fought again. After the battle, he still had blood flowing continuously. His name of bravery spread throughout East Asia. Emperor Guangxing of the former Qing Dynasty specially awarded the first-class White Tiger Medal and promoted the baron. He once went to Beijing to serve as chief of staff, but in the subsequent outbreak of the land Yi Sijing transformation.

He married the daughter of the Manchu royal family and failed to express his position in time. He repeatedly sang a rebellion during the telexed petition movement that supported Liu Yun as emperor. After this dynasty became Emperor Hong, he drove him out of the center. He was transferred to the Nanyang Fleet and commander of the Nanyang Garage Area.

After the Empire joined the war last year, Ma Shengyu served as the commander of the South China Sea fleet and the Second Fleet. When the elite troops of the army rushed to the Hawaiian Islands, he commanded the second fleet composed of old surface ships, submarine troops, and land-based aviation troops. He set up a series of traps in Lingayan Bay in the northern part of the Philippines, ambushed the four-country Far East combined fleet with multiple fearless warships, and severely damaged the strong enemy in one fell swoop, sinking 9 large ships above armored cruisers (Defaulty Warship 2, Battle Cruise 1, Old-style warships

2, 4 equipped patrols), 7 light patrols, 14 destroyers, and injured many large enemy ships. Submarine troops that set up ambush on the coast of Singapore also sank 2 large enemy cruisers (the original battle report was 3, and it was later confirmed that one of the "Terrible" large light patrols had not sunk), and injured three large ships (large light patrols 1, old warship 2), resulting in the Far East Allied Navy no ship available for a time, and the Western Pacific sea control was ours. The army conquered all important places in the Southeast Ocean almost without any obstacles.

However, in the favorable situation, Ma Shengyu did not firmly invest in the main force of his old-style warships to intercept the remnants of the enemy fleet that were severely damaged but still had considerable combat power. Even on the flagship "Malaya", the commander of the enemy fleet, Lieutenant General Bernie, led another three more lightly damaged fearless warships, two old-style warships and five equipped patrol patrols, escaped the encirclement and successfully returned to Singapore. Many people at that time accused Ma Shengyu of cowardice, compared his performance with the South China Sea naval battle, and sighed: "In the blink of an eye, the hero bear."

Sa Zhenbing disagreed with this. He believed that Ma Shengyu not only completed the scheduled mission, but also avoided the losses of the main force of the Second Fleet. Although the losses of auxiliary ships and aircraft in the battle seemed serious, these losses were originally expected. The base camp was willing to restrain the joint fleet of the four countries at the cost of destroying the second fleet.

Fortunately, the senior management of the base camp, including Chief of Staff Liu Bailiang, was not influenced by the public opinion in anger. Not only did he praise Ma Shengyu in the war report, he awarded the second-class Qinglong medal for his merits, but he also nominated the Queen to promote him as viscount and give him an annuity, and still ordered him to serve as commander of the Second Fleet.

Sa Zhenbing thought: Although this person has controversy, his actual achievements are difficult to erase. It is indeed a rare talent. Unfortunately, it is not my Mawei gate. He is actually Liang Shuming's classmate. These guys from Dalian Hai School are stubborn and have bowed to their masters. Is it so difficult? If you don't cultivate your disciples seriously in the future, the unification of our Fujian system may be shortly... Selfish! Selfish! The taboo of self-cultivation, and the big fallacy of pacifying the world!

I kept reflecting myself in my mind, and I had long vomited most of the things I wanted to say.

"You are in charge of the support force. The mission is to escort the landing force and fire support on the other side. If necessary, basic forces support the main force. The basic forces of the support force are 10 old-style warships and 9 equipped patrols in the original 2nd Fleet. They are equipped with the 4th Air Force. The 2nd and 3rd Fleets of the North Korean Light Patrols, the 2nd and 3rd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 1st and 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 1st and 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 1st and 22nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets of the Japan Light Patrols, the 2nd Fleets, and the 2nd Fleets, are also equipped with torpedo boats, minesweepers, gunboats, shore defense ships and other units to effectively support landing operations. Are there any problems?"

Ma Shengyu thought for a while and looked at him without looking at him: "Are the ships carrying the landing troops under my command?"

Sa Zhenbing responded casually without thinking: "Yes. I'm about to talk about this below."

"I'm fine." Ma Shengyu sat down with a calm expression as calm as when he got up.

This person... is scheming hard, but so what?

As long as you don’t do stupid things like robbing the ranks and taking power and going beyond the rules, no matter how you jump around, it’s still in our hands? If you are really a talented person, a great achievement, and a position in the right situation, we will abdicate and give up the wise. What’s the regret?

Be honest and magnanimous, happy, private and public, without any worries, why fear in this way?

Sa Zhenbing closed his eyes slightly and was slightly proud of his calm state of mind.

"The next one is the landing force, and the first phase is scheduled to attack in two waves. The first wave of ships is based on the 10th Amphibious Support Team when landing in Hawaii. It includes 7 dock landing ships, 17 chariot landing ships and 30 large transport ships. The landing troops are also the 1st Army that pacified Hawaii in three days. The second wave is the temporary formation of the 20th Amphibious Support Team, which uses 56 large and medium-sized passenger and cargo ships as the basis, and carries an army of the 12th Army of the Army."

"The ship troop part of the landing force is coordinated by Ma Shengyu's Second Fleet Command and the Indian Front Command to jointly command, but the final decision of the ship troop operation belongs to Commander Ma Shengyu; the combat force part is Deng Jianquan, the commander of the Indian Front, and Commander Ma Shengyu should be coordinated and cooperated with him to meet the maritime support required by the combat force to complete the mission. Do you understand?"

Ma Shengyu smiled with satisfaction, stood up and saluted, "I understand! The ship belongs to our navy, and Commander Deng is a guest, so we must entertain the guests well."

“Very good – sit down.”

Children can teach them.

Ma Shengyu's witty words made the originally serious and depressing atmosphere in the room feel much easier.

Sa Zhenbing frowned and quickly took a tea, posing for a while.

Lieutenant General He Kai, commander of the 11th Fleet, is responsible for commanding the alert troops, and his mission is to monitor and inspect various key points of the war zone and wait for an opportunity to hunt enemy ships. He is under his command, including eight Whale II and Whale III ocean submarines, which have just been transferred from the East China Sea fleet to the 1st Diving Team, as well as the 4th, 5th, and 6th Diving Teams, the 1st and 2nd Japanese Diving Teams and the North Korean Diving Team, a total of 64 submarine ships (Note 1) and 5 jellyfish.

Lieutenant General Ling Yi, the commander of the Third Air Fleet, is responsible for commanding the base aviation force. His mission is to assist the mobile forces in seizing the theater air supremacy and attacking the enemy fleet as appropriate. The unit takes the seventh, eighth and 11th strait-based aviation teams of the Third Air Fleet as the base, and should have 300 aircraft and 24 airships according to the organization. Before and after the operation begins, it will be added to some units of the Army Aviation Corps according to the situation and form the United Air Group of the Army and Navy, which will be unifiedly commanded by Ling Yi at that time.

The first step I finally took was taken, but there was not much time left.

In half a month, what else can I do in just half a month?

Sa Zhenbing slowly stood up, his slightly hoarse voice low and powerful: "Today, you are here to meet for the same goal - to defeat the enemy. I hope that after this showdown, we can meet again for other purposes, such as drinking wine and talking about hobbies. I also hope that even if some of us lose their lives or limbs in this showdown, they will be valuable and meaningful, and will be pursued and respected by us, the millions of people behind us. But I hope that no matter what the result is, you will be able to win without being arrogant, not discouraged, and do your best to do your best. To eat the king's fortune, repay the king's kindness, and to the emperor's kindness, we must do our best; to expand our territory, open up thousands of miles, and to the destiny of the country, we must also do our best; to drive giant ships, the people's blood and sweat, and to be the elders and fellow villagers, we must do our best.

I hope you and Sa will encourage you, the Empire will win, and the Empire's Navy will win!"

The throats of the navy soldiers were filled with emotions, and some were filled with tears that were hard to come out of their eyes, which were detonated at the same time in a certain second of silence.

"It will win!"

"It will win!"
Chapter completed!