Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-One Ming Xiu Plank Road Crossing Chencang
Shanxiong learned from the intercepted Japanese telegram that a Baiji dolphin sank the Yamashiro in a strange way.
The sinking of a battleship is definitely not a trivial matter. You must know that at this time, the Japanese generally still have a serious battleship complex. If such a big thing happens, someone must be held accountable. Masafumi Arima in order to evade the sanctions of the military court , could only play word games to reduce his own culpability, and with Koizumi's support, Yamamoto let Arima go, so it would be interesting to learn from the messages intercepted by the Fifth Army's radio detection team.
A total of three secret messages were intercepted. The first and third messages were sent by Arima to Yamamoto on another battleship. However, the messages were so different that even the cadets responsible for deciphering were confused. The first message was In the secret message, Arima truthfully reported the reason for the sinking of the Yamashiro, and a subsequent secret message read: A Chinese Baiji fighter was hit by our anti-aircraft fire, and the Chinese pilot immediately carried out a suicide attack. Although the entire ship was The officers and soldiers tried their best to block the attack, but the Chinese fighter plane was too close to the battleship. As a result, the Chinese fighter plane hit the port side, causing the ship's hull to be torn apart...
"You are famous, why did the little devil change his story?" Dan Renxiong thought about it, and then called the Qiongzhou Flying Brigade for consultation.
After Man Jiang received the secret message, he immediately understood the whole story. He did not rush to ask his subordinates to call back, but first reported the matter to Lan Shanshan: "Old Lan, the reason why the Shancheng sank has been revealed. Zhu was hit and sunk."
Because it was a public channel, everyone heard it. Immediately, the channel was filled with exclamations: "What." "It's Xiao Zhu." "Xiao Zhu..."
Lan Huoshan finally spoke, and he characterized Xiao Zhu's behavior: "Xiao Zhu saved our face, brothers. If the headquarters does not hold us accountable this time, Xiao Zhu should be the first to take the credit. Brothers, Let us remember Xiao Zhu as a good brother."
Before setting off, they were arrogant and expected to stage another "sink it" to inflict heavy damage on the combined fleet, but the result was exactly the opposite. They lost so many fighter planes and only sunk one frigate and damaged a few. This achievement is really unjustifiable. If If Xiao Zhu hadn't sunk the Shancheng in the end, then their combat operation would definitely be considered a disastrous failure.
Man Jiang's feedback telegram was sent to Shan Renxiong, and he knew exactly how the Shancheng was sunk. He fell silent at that time. Later, he immediately called Ouyang Yun to report the news of the victory. In the telegram, he did not mention Xiao Zhu, nor did he mention the battle damage. He thought in his mind that if the battle damage was reported together, Xiao Zhu's death would be in vain. The Baiji Dolphin has excellent performance, far surpassing the Japanese fighter planes. They actually lost so many fights, and the commander-in-chief is so careless. I am afraid that in anger, he will not only not reward Lan Huoshan and the others, but also criticize them, "Xiao Zhu must be rewarded, otherwise I will be very sorry for the hero. Well, let me do it again." Just command the ground troops to fight a few big victories." He was thinking this way, so Ouyang Yun received a message that only reported good news but not bad news.
The aviation force returned in vain, but the Shancheng was blown up and sunk by the Chinese in an extreme way. This made the senior officials of the United Fleet look a little ugly.
The Hainan Campaign has only been going on for two days. The Marines lost a brigade and several battleships and aircraft. Especially the Yamacheng was sunk. This seriously affected the morale of the troops. If no progress can be made in the future, this battle will only get worse. It's difficult to fight, so there's no need to continue.
Koizumi, who originally wanted to use this battle to establish his position as the behind-the-scenes strategist of the Japanese Navy, was hit the hardest. The history books he came across before traveling through the time travel said that the current China was vulnerable and that the imperial army was devastated. Why did it seem to be the other way around now? By the way, it is the Xuebing Army. In the past, such a Chinese armed force did not exist, but now it appears out of thin air. It seems that if I really want to change the fate of the empire, I will have a long way to go. With this understanding, Koizumi He became a lot more cautious and humble, which made Yamamoto feel a little relieved despite being worried.
No matter what other people think, Yamamoto has the most contact with Koizumi and has received many things from him that can really change the status quo of the empire, so he always has ardent expectations for Koizumi and is even a little superstitious. He sees Koizumi's frustration and in Before deciding on the next combat action, he took him aside for special enlightenment.
"Don't worry, it's not out of control yet. You are not familiar with the current methods of war, so it is inevitable to make wrong judgments. Ouyang Yun is also a later comer. He came a few years earlier than you. It's great to be able to overwhelm you now. It's normal, but I believe that given time, you will definitely beat him."
Yamamoto's words warmed Koizumi's heart, and he said movedly: "Your Excellency, I have failed to live up to your expectations. I'm sorry." After saying that, he bowed deeply, raised his head, and asked: "What should we do next? What to do? It can be seen that the sinking of the Yamashiro has a great impact on morale. If, if we can't make a breakthrough, I feel that this battle will no longer be able to be fought."
Yamamoto let out a long sigh, then calmed down and said: "You talk too much. If we can't make progress, this battle will really not be able to continue. Well, I think the second battle plan must be implemented in advance."
The so-called second battle plan, to be specific, is to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly, and still launch a violent attack on the Wanning area, but secretly dispatch a squadron to choose a place where the Xuebing Army's defense is relatively weak.
Koizumi agreed with Yamamoto's decision. With the previous experience, he no longer dared to underestimate the military academy. He believed that since the military academy was already on guard, they must have backup means to use.
Tsukahara 243 and Arima Masabumi expressed doubts about this. Their view was that the combined fleet had already invested so much in the Wanning area and inflicted heavy losses on the Chinese people. At this time, they gave up landing in Wanning and moved to other places. , that would mean that all previous efforts were in vain,
Because the Yamashiro was bombed and sunk, Arima had to lower his profile. Although he had objections, he did not point them out in public. Tsukahara was different. He said bluntly: "Your Excellency, Commander, what do you think about the Chinese people?" There are backup defense methods in Wanning, but I really can't think of how they can defend themselves, forts, and fighter planes. I admit that the Chinese are very cunning and hidden deep enough, but they haven't been destroyed by us one by one. Next , what else can the Chinese do, flesh and blood, huh, without corresponding heavy fire suppression, our naval guns can destroy everything, not to mention we still have superior aviation. Your Excellency, we have already made such a big move. After being sacrificed, does it mean that the blood of the warriors who died before will be shed in vain?"
Tsukahara's reasons for objection were also very good, but they could not sway Yamamoto's decision. In the end, he directly issued the order in the name of the commander of the combined fleet,