There is no airtight wall in the world, especially this wall was deliberately pricked. Shanghai took the lead in making big news. The navy's advanced naval aircraft was stolen by spies quickly exposed, and then radio stations that have emerged in recent years have also begun to report on the matter. In major events, the speed of radio waves and coverage advantages were fully reflected. In less than a day, the news quickly spread across the country. The people were paying attention, and the army was paying more attention. The new aircraft that was about to be equipped was lost? This is a matter of losing its head! Therefore, the waves in the Far East, which had been quiet for two years, were like someone sprinkled salt in a oil pan. The officers who received the order did not dare to come out. The eyes of the warships and planes were red and swore to find the planes and spies, and to dismantle eight pieces to relieve their hatred.

On the fifth day of the incident, a news from Beijing made the situation suddenly worse. According to insider information, the president was furious about this incident and not only cursed the Minister of Defense, the Chief of Staff and the commander of the military police, but several officers, including the commander of the Taiwan garrison, were directly removed from office. The Keelung Aircraft Factory, which caused a major disaster, was taken over by the military police. Everyone, including the boss, was quarantined and investigated, and even the factory was closed. The remaining new aircraft manufacturing will be taken over by the Mawei Aircraft Manufacturing Factory of Meteor Company.

Finally, Defense Minister Song Ziqing signed an order to ban the deployment of new aircraft along the coast, and even several old aircraft were banned from forward deployment, and also ordered the Air Force to shoot down all aircraft that had been launched without permission.

The flood of news caused an uproar. Even the stupidest person realized that the lost plane might not be that simple.

As the investigation deepened, a Japanese spy with the pseudonym of Lino, Keelung Aircraft Factory was finally dug out, and his confession that it was the Japanese military's plan to steal the plane caused an uproar! Because Wang Zhengting and Gu Weijun went to the United States to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Roosevelt, Deputy Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui immediately publicly confessed on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, and asked the Japanese government to return the plane immediately and hand over the culprit.

Of course, Japan would not admit to stealing the plane, but instead accused it of frame-up.

Diplomacy of verbal confrontation cannot cover the military's confrontation. As Chinese cruisers openly approach Ryukyu, the Japanese Navy also fought to send heavy cruisers to intercept. However, when two Anhai-class battlecruisers stationed in Qingdao and Lushun appeared near the Osumi Strait after many years, the sound of war began to brew on the Far East Sea.

The more frequent Beijing mobilizes, the happier some people in Tokyo will be.

"Great. Doi Fukun, this is a victory. I want to report to the emperor for your contribution." The stealing of the plane has attracted the attention of the top Japanese officials. The new Prime Minister Keisuke Okada was very dissatisfied with this, but Kobe Fumi, who was determined to climb into the military relations, was the first to rush into the Army to congratulate him. Not only did he come, Nagata Tetsuyama, Okamura Nagaji and others also came. Even Yamamoto Ioroji and Inoue Nagato who were involved in this matter stepped into the Army Building again. Of course, their intentional sitting next to him was separated from the Army, which made Isotani Ryosuke hum with disdain.

"You guys, you can't be happy too early. The plane has just left China and hasn't come back yet." Kenji Doihara was still calm. He didn't dare to relax after he didn't return to Japan for a day. Moreover, this matter was directed by the military department. The Prime Minister and the cabinet were very dissatisfied. Now there is such a great pressure outside. It is hard to guarantee that the plane would not be handed over for the overall situation, so he was still very worried: "Now the Chinese people are surrounding the world for searching ships, and they openly sent warships to invade our coast. I am still very worried. And the Prime Minister..."

"What does this matter? Do they dare to challenge the authority of the Imperial Navy at sea?" Speaking of the navy, Fumiya Koebe was as confident as all the Japanese. Only Yamamoto Iroji, who was sitting in the corner, frowned. This kind of worship of the navy permeated among the people made him both happy and worried. Now many Japanese people pin their hopes on the navy, and even the navy is filled with a pride atmosphere. This is a very wrong signal.

Nagata Tetsuyama and other army generals were also dissatisfied with this sentence. What is maritime authority? Is Japan the only navy left? The most dissatisfied Ritsugu Isotani snorted coldly in his heart. But now is not the time to tear the face. Whether it is Saito or the new Prime Minister Keisuke Okada, they are real power figures who came out of the navy. Now they hold the power of the country, and the failure of the two Sino-Japanese Wars. So they have to wait for the opportunity.

Koebe Fumiya didn't know that a word he accidentally would arouse the thoughts of both the Lu and Hai factions, so many things that happened later were related to this sentence. Isotani Risuke asked: "Koebe, I heard that the Prime Minister wants to send a special envoy to China to compromise? Is this a matter?"

Fumiko Koma's face was embarrassed, not to see his fierce voice. In fact, the Japanese government and the cabinet were still very dissatisfied with the military headquarters' unauthorized decision to steal the plane. However, since he could not spit it out, Okada Keisuke was preparing to send a special envoy to Beijing to find ways to ease the atmosphere, but he did not expect to cause dissatisfaction among military officers such as Risuke Isotani.

But Yamamoto Iroku, who was next to him, was not surprised: "The plane is already in our hands, and the compromise is to avoid war."

"Yamamoto, what do you mean? Can we say that our army members can sacrifice for nothing? For this plane, our intelligence network in China is almost completely destroyed. Is it just to compromise at such a large price?" Isotani Ryosuke was very dissatisfied with Yamamoto's words, and the scrambler implied that the other party would destroy the bridge across the river.

Naimi Inoue next to him couldn't stand this nonsense "army horse manure" and snorted coldly: "What else do Isaiya-kun wants? The goal has been achieved. Do you have to fight an unprepared battle for the plane?"

"Why aren't ready yet? You have taken most of the military expenses squeezed out by tens of millions of people in the empire to starvation, but you are not ready for the war against China yet. Why?! Did you go to Siemens to purchase them again?"

This sentence changed greatly from Inoue Nakami's face. The Siemens incident was a shame to the navy and a reverse scale. Today, it was slapped in the face in person, and it was the most despised "army horse manure". How could I bear it? Yamamoto Iroku was also very atmospheric, but he had always been calm and grabbed the angry Inoue Nakami and stood up and said, "I'm sorry, we are leaving. Doiki, please be sure to send it to Mitsubishi immediately after the plane comes back."

The two of them turned around and left without saying a word. Especially before leaving, they asked to send the plane to Mitsubishi Company, which made Isotani Risuke even more dissatisfied. You should know that Mitsubishi Company is a chaebol supported by the Navy. Isn't this mean that the plane that was bought back at such a large price is cheap and cheap. Even Okamura Niji felt that it should not be given to the Navy easily: "Naoda, you can't condone the Navy like this. We got this plane. If we make such a great sacrifice and effort, we should give appropriate subsidies to the military expenditure."

Nagata Tetsuyama understood what he meant, and he also wanted to exchange the plane for some concessions in military spending by the Navy. But these were later things. At present, it was mainly to transport the plane back first and quickly resolve the confrontation. At this moment, a noise came from outside the door. Isotani Risuke opened the door and was about to scold him. A colonel brought news.

"Report, I just received a telegram and the Chinese army in North Korea was mobilized. Two large coastal patrol ships have also crossed the Tsushima Strait. It is very likely that the target will be a cruise to Karata Island."

The news made Kenji Doihara sigh in his heart.

Revenge finally came...

Outside Vladivostok, two large coastal patrol ships with blue and white stripes on their hulls were slowly sailing towards Sakhalin Island. On the far side of its right, the Japanese light cruiser that followed him was eyeing him.

The Coast Patrol ship is a special type of coast guard of the Republic of China. It is a ship specially used for patrolling sea borders and protecting fishing grounds and other low-level conflicts. It is not included in the Washington Naval Treaty because it does not have combat capabilities. However, the USS Ball Mill light cruiser did not dare to be careless this time because these two coastal cruisers are really special!

These two coastal patrol ships were transformed by the Coast Guard of the Republic of China using the retired Joint Force-class battleships. They mainly dismantled the main gun and auxiliary gun, retained the armor, and installed the rear deck with 6 water patrol aircraft and 8 anti-smuggling speedboats. A single-barrel 76mm naval gun, two 40mm rapid-fire guns and a large number of water cannons. After this, the displacement of the two warships dropped to 16,000 tons, which improved the problem of poor seaworthiness of the Joint Force-class battleships and increased the speed to 23 knots.

Coastal patrol ships modified with battleships......

Japan never expected that two thick armored coast patrol ships would break into the Sea of ​​Japan. Moreover, because the other party belonged to the Coast Guard non-combat ships and were on the high seas, the Japanese navy was not fighting or fighting. As for its own coast patrol ship, it was not that the firepower was too weak because of insufficient tonnage, so it had to watch the other party swaggering all the way north.

Just when the Japanese Navy was attracted by these two coastal patrol ships, the other four coastal patrol ships of the Republic of China took the opportunity to quietly appear from Vladivostok near Miaojie from Vladivostok to the north of Sakhalin Island under the protection of two destroyers, and blocked two Japanese oil ships at the dock under the pretext of inspection, terminating the oil field to the outward oil transfer.

This was like poking a hornet's nest!

You should know that Japan needs at least 20 million barrels of oil per year to barely enough. There are 2.5 million barrels from Sakhalin Island oil fields, and 500,000 barrels from Hokkaido and New Guinea small oil fields. All the remaining ones will be imported. If even the 2.5 million barrels are gone, not to mention the financial pressure, once the import is cut off, the Japanese Navy may not even be satisfied with the oil from the port!

This punch hit Japan's biggest weakness directly.

Be sure to protect oil!

In Yokosuka military port, senior Japanese Navy leaders gritted their teeth and ordered the King Kong and Aoba to set off immediately.
Chapter completed!