Chapter 225: First Quarter of 2041

Compared with Japan's powerful surface ships, Japan's submarines and anti-submarine forces are much inferior. Naval battles cannot be won by submarines, but for an island country like Japan, everything has to be shipped back from outside, and there are no safe sea routes.

, it is really terrible. There have been more than ten incidents of merchant ships being sunk in a row, and the cumulative tonnage sunk is close to 500,000 tons. The Japanese chaebols are going crazy, and it is estimated that it will not be long before this happens.

Going crazy.

What the Japanese Navy can do before the final plan is released is to send out destroyers and light cruisers as much as possible to attack submarines in a targeted manner. However, the Japanese Navy's anti-submarine capabilities are really bad. They can only intimidate submarines during the day, but they are gone at night.

What's going on? Submarines can attack unscrupulously. Now Japanese ships have implemented comprehensive light control, and their routes have changed back and forth. They don't dare to take the normal route at all, but instead take the windy and rough North Pacific.

Not to mention going in a circle, the road is thousands of kilometers away and still not safe.

This unsafe factor is not only a natural factor, but also an upcoming perceived factor - the Sino-US Joint Task Force. Although the Pacific Fleet was severely damaged, all the main warships were lost, and the strength of other warships is still there. There are

In view of this, the Chinese Navy proposed to form a joint task force to concentrate the two countries' treaty heavy patrols, use the speed advantage to move around the sea, and specialize in attacking Japan's maritime transportation lines. In other words, even if Japanese merchant ships take a long detour,

The Chinese Navy has no intention of letting it go either.

The United States readily agreed to this request and sent two Pensacola-class heavy patrol ships, two Portland-class heavy patrol ships, and four Chinese Zhujiang-class heavy patrol ships. Using Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a foothold, they took turns scurrying up the North Pacific.

.As for the route from the Philippines to Ryukyu, the Chinese navy's submarines are watching, and the United States is not going to get involved. It is said that the United States is still having a headache over German submarines. The heavy cruisers of both countries are treaty ships, and their characteristics are both speed.

The high range is more than 10,000 nautical miles, and the main gun caliber is 203.

With the existence of such a fleet, Japan's North Pacific route will soon become unstable.

Of course, at the beginning of the war, the protagonists were the Air Force and submarines. The Chinese Air Force's strategic bombing of Japan was destined to be a long-term operation. The first daytime sneak attack was successful with many results, but the next time it was not so good. Soon the Air Force

I received an order from the General Staff Headquarters, requiring the bombing of Japan to be carried out at night, so that the altitude could be appropriately lowered to increase the hit rate of the bombing.

Regarding this order, the General Staff emphasized that it was the president's will, and the Air Force could only resolutely obey it. No one would question the correctness of the president. In fact, Fang Jianxiong suddenly thought of it. Historically, it seemed that the United States had initially ordered Japan to

The effect of high-altitude bombing was not good. Later, Li Mei carried out night bombing. After lowering the altitude, the bombing really made the Japanese howl. Now that we know the history, there is no need to repeat the mistake. So the Air Force's bombing was changed to night, and it had been targeted before.

training, the bomber force is no stranger to this.

After experiencing the last bombing, the Air Force quickly summed up its experience and concluded that for bombers, Japanese fighter jets did not pose much of a threat, and the biggest threat came from ground artillery fire. Therefore, night bombing is feasible. Well, although the president has always

Correct, everyone has carefully conducted scientific analysis and research on this matter to make the president's theory more complete and convincing. In fact, even if it is wrong, it is estimated that the Air Force people can find out what is right.

, and infinitely magnified. Who made the Air Force known as the president's "son"? In which appropriation and national debt sales did not follow the Air Force first?

On the day the Battle of Tashkent ended, the Air Force launched another large-scale air raid. 800 B-17 bombers and 190 B-29 bombers taking off from two air force bases in Qingdao and Lushun arrived over the Japanese archipelago at 10:33 at night.

, this time the bombing target was Nagoya, which is where the manufacturing center of Japanese aircraft is located.

The thumping anti-aircraft guns decorated the sky into a magnificent scene of meteors. For bombers, this scene was not fun at all. They descended to an altitude of 5,000 feet and dropped 3,000 tons of napalm bombs. The aircraft manufacturing center this time

The air raid was burned to ashes, causing more than 30,000 casualties. The Chinese Air Force shot down 16 B-17 bombers and injured 33. Other aircraft returned safely.

For Japan, this kind of bombing is an unsolvable problem. The distance between China and Japan is too close. The B-29s taking off from Qingdao and Lushun can carry eight tons of napalm bombs at a time, so it is not a big deal to fly back and forth. B

-17 is a little bit worse. If you bring a four-ton napalm bomb and drop it, it will be fatal.

What's even more terrible is that this kind of bombing is continuous. Three days after the bombing of Nagoya, the shipbuilding center of Kobe was visited by 300 B-29 bombers, which still left a huge fire and a mess on the ground, with countless casualties and then fled.

.And on this day, Tokyo had a false alarm. Three B-17s dropped countless leaflets, officially informing the Japanese that next time we will bomb Tokyo, everyone should prepare in advance.

The power of this leaflet was astonishing. One hundred thousand Japanese fled Tokyo with their families and families the next day. The casualties caused by the last major bombing in Tokyo were so tragic that the Japanese had nightmares even when they slept. The act of throwing leaflets was criticized by China

The media is shamelessly benevolent!

An even more shameless thing was yet to come. Three days after dropping the leaflets, bombers flew over Japan again, but this time they bombed not Tokyo, but Kobe. The consequences of this bombing were that 350,000 people were homeless.

Returned, more than 23,000 people died in the bombing.

Japan is crazy! “If we don’t take the initiative to attack, all the Japanese will die. Where is our navy? Where is our air force? Where is our army? The huge amount of national funds consumed every year results in these numbers of casualties and property losses?

"The famous Japanese newspaper "Asahi Shimbun" published such a comment on the headline, categorically criticizing the military's inaction.

At a time when public resentment was boiling throughout Japan, the military and naval ministries were blocked by angry citizens and yelled at every day.

The bombing caused huge panic in the four islands of Japan. In Tokyo alone, nearly a million people fled the city. In the eyes of the Japanese, this was just the beginning. In the next week, not a single bomber came.

This makes Japan deeply puzzled. Why didn't it explode? This is unscientific!

In fact, at this time, the Chinese Air Force was busy receiving B-29 bombers from the United States. Huabo Company's annual output was only 1,000 B-17s and 300 B-29s. After stopping the production of B-17s, it produced B-29s every year.

There are only 500 -29s. After several air raids, the air force suffered considerable losses, and the napalm bombs were exhausted, so the bombing could only be temporarily stopped.

The United States has really stepped up its transportation of the first phase of aid to China in recent times. All 500 B-29 bombers flew to Yangon in less than half a month, and then the Chinese Air Force took over and flew to Qingdao and Lushun. China

The United States also shipped 10,000 tons of urgently needed napalm to Yangon. The strong productivity of the United States was fully reflected. These 10,000 tons of napalm were almost China's annual output. And the factories of the United States

It only took one month to complete the order after receiving it. Of course, the main reason why it can be produced so quickly is that the orders were submitted by the Chinese army half a year ago. At that time, China had not declared war on Japan, and it was producing napalm bombs.

Enterprise, Fisher holds considerable shares.

The war caused the U.S. military industry to develop by leaps and bounds. Massive new production lines came online. Massive new shipyards were built. Detroit automobile companies received orders for 300,000 heavy-duty trucks from China before the outbreak of World War II. Because of these orders,

The automobile industry in the United States has been developing rapidly. Well, Mr. Fang’s youngest son’s fortune has become more and more abundant because of these orders. However, now the shares of these companies belong to Mr. Fang, and the benefits gained every year are all taken by Fang Jianxiong.

A large amount of it was consumed by purchasing Chinese government bonds. In the past two decades, the Chinese government has issued 3 billion in government bonds in the United States, more than half of which are locked in Fang Jianxiong's safe. Many times, Fang Jianxiong has been thinking about whether

Burn these national debts before death? In the end, Fang Jianxiong decided to hold a ceremony to return the national debts to the country before the next election. Since he is already the "Sage Fang" in folklore, let's continue to play this role.

Two weeks after the declaration of war against Japan, a fleet consisting of four treaty heavy cruisers Pearl River, Minjiang, Ganjiang, and Xin'anjiang quietly left Keelung Port in Taiwan and sailed into the vast sea. This fleet

The mission of the fleet is very clear. It sails to Hawaii, turns around the US military, and then forms a joint task force to attack Japan's newly opened North Pacific route in turns.

These heavy patrols were urgently equipped with new radars, which can detect targets at sea fifty kilometers away. Because of the country's attention and early start, China's radar technology and sonar technology are temporarily ahead of the world. But this is nothing.

What is worthy of pride is that there are not many things that China's science and technology can take advantage of. The technology that President Fang Da is really looking forward to is still brewing deep in a desert in Xinjiang.

In the first three months of 1941, for the Soviet Union, although there was no good news, there was not much bad news. Not counting Tashkent, which was hanging outside, it had been abandoned long ago. What puzzled the bearded man was that even if China

After declaring war on Germany, Mustache did not seem to have any intention of forming an alliance with the Soviet Union. The two sides only conducted in-depth cooperation on some military and economic issues.

In fact, Mustache also doesn’t understand. He was beaten like a dog by the Chinese. Why didn’t Comrade Joseph take the initiative to seek an alliance with Germany? We could flank Britain and the United States in the Middle East. Both sides wanted to take the initiative, but in the end they were holding back and waiting.

The other person speaks first.

In fact, Joseph doesn't think much about the future of Hou Mustache, which is why he has not made up his mind yet. Although the cooperation between the two countries was very close before, the Germans have carried out advanced fighter technology, radar technology, and tank technology to a certain extent.

After the transfer, what was obtained was the Soviet Black Sea Fleet. The problem was that the Soviet Union's naval strength was just that. Hitler planned to rely on the Black Sea Fleet and the French fleet to solve the problem of landing in the United Kingdom. With the early entry of the United States into the war, this matter became obsolete.

. Now these warships are ensuring the route to Africa. Oil has indeed come out of Libya, which made Mustache wake up laughing several times in his sleep.

There are two different concepts: a mustache with enough oil and a mustache without enough oil. Germany in parallel history was not an ordinary hardship because of energy constraints. Now Hitler dares to pat his chest and say, build another hundred

I can provide enough oil for the armored division. As for the little oil in Romania, Hitler has long looked down on it. He has not sent troops to fight Romania. Hitler has no interest in fighting the Balkans now. Instead, he has sent troops to occupy it.

Greece. Together with Italy, block the exit of the Mediterranean Sea.

The whole world has been in chaos. The two camps are deliberately thinking about how to kill each other. As long as they are effective, they will use all kinds of bad tricks. The German submarines used wolf pack tactics in the Atlantic Ocean to force Britain and the United States almost unable to resist.

, before the first quarter of 1941, a million-ton merchant ship had already been sunk. Churchill's scanty hair was almost falling out, and his forehead was getting brighter and brighter. Roosevelt's blood pressure was also increasing. The Chinese were

The delay in transferring sonar technology made Roosevelt want to kill that bastard "dictator" named Fang with one shot.

The main battlefield for Britain and the United States on land is now Africa. After Rommel crossed the Egyptian border, he collided with the US military. Compared with the US imperialists, their fighting skills were much worse. In one encounter, Rommel killed three infantry divisions and one armored unit.

Division, had it not been for sufficient backup, it would have blocked Rommel's army. At this moment, Rommel would have marched toward Alexandria singing.

Rommel suffered because of his logistical problems and his pig teammate Italy who was holding him back. Every time he expected Italy to do something good, he was always disappointed. Now the entire Italian Afrika Korps was given up by Rommel, so he let

The Italian Legion is responsible for logistics issues and taking care of prisoners of war. Even in this kind of work, the Italians often make mistakes. Soldiers are not good at fighting. They are very good at using the opportunity of managing logistics to make money and other things.

It had been almost a month since the war began. Rommel had only advanced 300 kilometers, and the armored forces could not keep up with the fuel supplies and ammunition, so they had to stop and wait. On the other hand, the US imperialists, although their fighting skills were still poor, could not keep up.

I haven't practiced it yet. But there is absolutely no problem with logistics. Instead, the troops grow a little bit with each battle. During the battle on the border between Egypt and Libya, Patton commanded his 2nd Armored Division and severely damaged Rommel's 15th Armored Division.

Armored divisions. This also directly led to the loss of armored forces on both sides. For the United States, the loss of tanks was replenished quickly, but for Rommel, it was not so fast. German submarines were rampant in the Atlantic, and British and American warships and

There are also many vegetarian aircraft carriers. The German Navy's main focus now is no longer the Sea Lion Project, but also trying to maintain the replenishment and supplies of the Afrika Korps. The battle between the two sides at sea was also extremely fierce. At this time, the German Navy's

The ace appeared two months earlier than in history.

First taking a northerly course, then a northwesterly course, they successfully passed through the Norwegian Sea without incident, headed towards Greenland, and sailed towards the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland, which is the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean. Since the fleet's route is very close to the Arctic Circle, it

British air reconnaissance found no Germans. Since the Germans' main target was transport convoys, Lütjens hoped to break into the Atlantic quietly with the help of dense fog.

What is different from the parallel history is that because the German navy changed the code on a whim, the Bismarck was not discovered and rushed into the Atlantic Ocean. This was considered to have forced Britain to a dead end. The entire Atlantic route was controlled by such battleships.

It is really impossible to live under threat.

Britain's bad luck continued. As soon as the Bismarck entered the Atlantic, it encountered a British merchant fleet, a total of fifteen freighters. The white flag was hoisted under the huge guns of the Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, and then

The men boarded the boats and tried their best to get home. The Bismarck was not even willing to waste its shells, and it was the Prinz Eugen that used torpedoes to sink these merchant ships.

At this time, the United Kingdom and the United States no longer cared about the African route, and quickly mobilized all available forces. The United States dispatched two aircraft carriers, and all the British navy's big guys were aboard.

At a time when the world was in chaos, the Polish government-in-exile made a "small request" to China through its British connections, asking the Chinese government to recognize the legitimacy of the Polish government-in-exile in London.

I don’t know if it’s because of forgetfulness. When the Chinese government declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan, it recognized de Gaulle’s “Free France” but did not mention the Polish government-in-exile. So the Polish government-in-exile felt that China had forgotten. Let’s remind them.

.Anyway, everyone is in the same camp now. After admitting it, we might be able to get some help or something.

British Ambassador John Johnson found Wang Chonghui when he received this task. This matter was not big, but it was no small matter related to national diplomacy. Wang Chonghui hurriedly went to President Fang Da to report.

Fang Jianxiong's face turned ugly when he heard this. Poland is a country that I really don't like at all. First of all, let's talk about the senses. The young lady's body and maid's life were enslaved before the First World War. She finally became independent, but she took the initiative to find trouble.

It would be dishonest to go to fight against the Soviet Union and have someone give them a beating. In this time and space, China and Poland do not have any big grievances, but during the Paris Peace Conference in parallel history, Poland was the first to come out to support Japan in taking over Germany in Shandong.
To be continued...