There were not many auxiliary ships sent by the Japanese, and there were heavy casualties among personnel and ships (nearly 10,000 people were missing and seriously injured). In exchange for two Zhongshan-class battleships of the Central Navy, the USS Shanghai aircraft carrier was slightly injured, two severe cruisers were seriously injured, and three destroyers were sunk - one aircraft sank, blocking two torpedoes. Two submarines sank, and three were injured.

The largest casualties of the Central Navy came from casualties. More than 700 people died in battle and disappeared, and more than 300 were seriously injured, including the Navy Deputy Commander Gui Yongqing (concussion and internal viscera concussion). Among them, more than 40 pilots died or were missing. More than 60 carrier-based aircraft were lost. Chen Shaokuan was about to vomit blood when he saw the report.

Chen Shaokuan made a quick decision and asked the seriously injured Zhongshan and Qingling and all the seriously injured ships to berth in Qingdao to prepare for Nanyang military repair. The injured people were sent to Qingdao Naval Hospital for treatment. After driving back, the two unnamed battleships were immediately painted with the Zhongshan and Qingling, and rushed back to Lianyungang today and took the fleet to Shanghai tomorrow to show their faces. The most important thing about the battleships in the past is deterrence, so that the people can see that the Zhongshan battleship is still there and the Qingling battleship is still there, so there will be no chaos.

I don’t know how many people this naval battle affected. At least Jin Batian was taken out of his home after get off work (early leaving), and rushed to the Ministry of Military Affairs of Peking. Jin Batian was still thinking about the white and tender bodies of Chuntao and Lu Liu in the troupe: It’s just one step away, just one step away.

When they arrived at the Ministry of Military Affairs, Sun Liren immediately took the navy's telegram to Jin Batian.

After carefully reading the telegrams, Jin Batian found that even if a Zhongshan-class battleship sinks or even tilts, he breathed a sigh of relief. This battleship is quite worthy of face and has not sunk. It should not affect his own business. You should know that this battleship is sold for tens of millions of dollars per ship to the Central Navy. How many bullets will be sold, 10,000 bullets and 50,000 yuan, and the value of one billion bullets. In the past two years, he has only sold billions of bullets (including those with the purchase of guns) and saved billions of bullets.

After reading it here, Song Ziwen took another telegram from the Central Committee: "This is what the Central Committee means."

When Jin Batian saw that the central government and home appliances were integrated in the countryside, he wanted to buy new ships with the injured Zhongshan and Qingling for a discount on the old ones. Of course, after the old ship was repaired, the central government would also consider buying at a low price. Of course, what the central government thought was that it would be a few months after the ship was repaired. Who knew how the situation would change at that time? Of course, he had to buy it if he needed it. If he didn't need it, he wouldn't spend money.

Seeing that Jin Batian didn't say anything, Song Ziwen said: "In the past two years, the central government's finances have been very nervous. I don't know how much it will cost when the war is done."

Jin Batian thought that he finally made a good start for the battleship to be used as an aircraft carrier. He didn't know how many more battleships he would sell after rushing to this point, so it would be worth it. "As long as the central government can win the battle, I think there is no problem with my father."

Song Ziwen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. According to the previous practice, as long as the master responded, it would be fine.

Because of the declaration of war, Jin Batian did not leave the Ministry of Military Affairs of Peking that night. At this time, the Ministry of Military Affairs of Peking was adjusting its countermeasures, and the staff were divided into two factions. The first faction believed that the Japanese at sea suffered a loss and would find the place on land. The front troops should immediately enter the national defense line.

Another faction believed that the navy was defeated and the narrators lost the opportunity to land in Shandong and Jiangsu to fight. The war should end here. If troops were mobilized into the national defense line, the devils would think that the army retreated without fighting and would expand the war.

This kind of argument will never have any result, and Jin Batian is too lazy to interrupt.

Seeing that Jin Batian didn't say anything, Sun Liren asked, "Major Jin, what do you think?"

Jin Batian said: "Although I am a major officer of the revolutionary soldiers, my family is in arms business. Let me tell you something from the perspective of the businessmen. Who knows how much money the Japanese borrowed for this war?"

The three-country loan matter has not been very secretive in the past two years. A consultant said: "One hundred million pounds, two hundred million US dollars, and three hundred million gold marks. It is about two billion oceans."

Speaking of this, the staff officer also understood and continued: "This money is the fiscal revenue of the Japanese devils for more than eight years. The Japanese devils cannot do construction for eight years, support soldiers for eight years, educate for eight years, pay civil servants for eight years, and even the Japanese royal family cannot do not eat, drink or spend money for eight years. So if they want to pay off their debts in ten or twenty years, they can only transfer their debts by robbing them. Whoever robs them can only rob us. So our northern front will definitely fight, and because the Japanese devils have lost the opportunity to land on the battlefield, the northern front will fight."

After hearing this, Jin Batian nodded and said to Sun Liren: "That's what I mean. The Japanese devils will go bankrupt if they don't fight the finances. If they have to pay back their debts for decades, they will fall into third-rate Asian countries in one fell swoop, and even become colonies of white European and American people. I think the Japanese devils will fight, after all, they have fought before."

Song Ziwen gave this reference to Nanjing. After the latest order from Nanjing, all front-line officers and soldiers, except for the first part of Shanhaiguan and the Second Cavalry Army, retreated into the national defense fortifications. As for Chengde City, it can also be given up when necessary.

Don’t misunderstand here. Since the central government says that it can be given up when necessary, it means that this land cannot be given up easily, and you must be responsible if you give up.

Then it is a problem for whom to guard this place. It is also difficult to survive. Chengde City has been troubled by the Japanese for two years, and now all industries are in a depression and have not recovered. It is not a good place for anyone to go to.

The Ministry of Military Affairs of Peking studied several troops in front. It was about to reach the 29th Army, and Jin Batian suggested: "It's better to send two trainers from the Sichuan Army to come up."

The staff members were very disliked by the two divisions of the Sichuan Army. One division of four or five thousand people was also called a training division. The training brigade was almost the same. When Sun Lianzhong's troops and Fu Zuoyi's troops came to Beijing for training, one division brought more than 10,000 people.

However, Song Ziwen also made the idea of ​​inducing miscellaneous cards: "It is also good to ask the Sichuan Army for their opinions."

It was already very late for this trouble. Jin Batian had a room in the Military and Political Department that was quite spacious and he took the guard back to his room to sleep.

The next morning, Jin Batian took Valme and Melia to the street for dinner and bought a Central Newspaper. The front page was used to blackmail the Japanese and declare war. Both belligerent countries were the same. The second page printed a black and white photo of the first mate's battleship titled "My Navy Fleet's Victory Return".

Coincidentally, on this day, the front page of the Japanese newspaper was not only black and white, in addition to black-and-white photos of the emperor-class battleship at the Sasebo Military Port of Nagasaki, the title was also "My Navy Fleet Returns Victoriously".

The Japanese have done a lot of this before. For example, before the war started, a foreign minister said in a newspaper interview with Asahi Shimbun that he boarded the Zhongshan ship for a visit (in fact, even a Japanese man has never been there), and secretly wiped the main gun barrel of the Zhongshan ship with gloves and found that the dirty gloves inside were black, indicating that the Central Navy did not take good care of the ship.

This is like the Central Navy usually does not use gunboats to cover the gunboats and is ready to start a war at any time. In fact, except for the battle and training, the main guns are tied with gunboats to prevent water from entering. It is a mistake to open the gunboats at will. (Li Zaitian is caught in a gun)

For example, the black news about hanging clothes on the gun barrel and wearing pets has been published in the Asahi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun in the past two years. Unfortunately, what the citizens who have never boarded the Japanese warships do not know is that their warships also hang clothes on the gun barrel and hang clothes on the warships. It can even be said that naval officers and soldiers who have returned from studying in London will do this unconsciously. Chen Shaokuan has strict management in this regard. Each ship is allowed to keep a cat as a pet and can also be used for catching mice.

The Japanese advertised this way because the Japanese cannot lose, and they cannot afford to lose.
Chapter completed!