The outcome of the Battle of Togliatti was acceptable to the Chinese Supreme Command, but the top brass of Nazi Germany were completely outraged. If Hitler viewed the previous air conflicts as provocations from China, now he truly felt the impact from China's threat, as Falkenhausen said, Germany did not ignore the research of new weapons while launching military operations, so the German army can become stronger as it fights. The real situation now is that in addition to naval affairs, Germany The development of the German tank lags behind the world average, and it is at the forefront of the world in both the army and the air force. The army, through previous wars, has been recognized by the world for its performance. As a result, the German army is also known as the world's strongest. Army; Air Force, following the ME-109 and FW-190, the ME262 series of jet fighters once again led the world trend (the ME262 final aircraft was actually released later than the Golden Eagle of the Xuebing Army, but neither German officials nor private parties recognized this. A little bit, so in Hitler's mind, the ME262 became the most advanced fighter jet in the world, enough to support Germany in completing this great war). Hitler was a paranoid on national issues, and the German military industry did indeed have a performance that made him proud. , plus the front-line troops were strong enough, so in his mind, even if the Nazi German army was not invincible, if he claimed to be second, then the first must have not yet come out. This mentality led to his failure after the German-Chinese air conflict. Although he felt angry at being provoked, he did not regard China as a qualified opponent. Therefore, he would deal with Soviet-Russian battlefield affairs slowly and in accordance with the established guidelines, instead of rushing to retaliate against China. But now after Taoli During the Battle of Arti, Hitler discovered that the armored forces he admired most were not really invincible. The Chinese were able to stop the advance of Tiger II tanks with their individual weapons. He began to feel uneasy, and then used his own unique way to to vent this emotion,
First, he severely criticized the front-line commander Guderian, the commander of the First Armored Group, and then asked Goebbels to figure out the truth of the Togliatti battle as soon as possible (Hitler did not believe that there was any kind of individual weapon can pose a threat to the Tiger II tank, so he was seriously skeptical of China's new anti-tank weapons mentioned in the battle report sent back by Guderian), and investigated whether China had really developed a new type of individual anti-tank weapon; in the end, he He shouted fiercely, "The Chinese must be taught a lesson, let the Chinese know that we Germans are not to be messed with." He also called Manstein on the front line of the Soviet battlefield, asking the latter to formulate a plan to severely attack those who entered Soviet Russia. Chinese troops within the territory,
Because the Battle of Togliatti caused Hitler to become furious and claim to retaliate against China, Ouyang Yun did not know or care about this. The world war has been going on so far, because the sudden appearance of him and Koizumi Toshiichiro has changed too many things. East and West, and the situation in China is unprecedentedly good. What he is more concerned about now is whether he can start well and end well, and seize the opportunity to change the country's destiny in one fell swoop.
One week after the Battle of Togliatti, the "Leapfrog Tactics" formulated by the Supreme Command began to enter the second stage. When the South Asian war situation fell into a confrontation, Ouyang Yun personally issued an order ordering Chen Shichang to lead the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet to launch a mission. The Solomon Sea entered the Pacific Ocean and attacked the Japanese army on Chuuk Island, which is located north of the Solomon Islands and southwest of the Marshall Islands. Between Chuuk Island and the Solomon Islands, there are still a number of islands scattered in the vast Pacific Ocean. All of these islands are now controlled by the Japanese army. So, Why did Ouyang Yun ask Chen Shichang to attack Chuuk Island first instead of others? The reason is that Chuuk Island, which has been controlled by Japan since World War I, is now as important to the Japanese Combined Fleet as Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It is Japan's largest island in the Pacific. The most important of the many naval bases, according to the information Ouyang Yun has in hand, he knows that the Japanese ships of the Yamato and Wuwei aircraft carrier fleets that escaped from the Timor Sea Battle and the Solomon Sea Battle are parked on Chuuk Island.
After the two major naval battles, the Japanese obviously no longer have the courage to fight a decisive battle with the Pacific Fleet, but this does not mean that they will give up resistance. The Japanese army has accumulated a large amount of resources through its previous invasion of the east and west. It is by relying on these resources that the Japanese Combined Fleet can obtain a steady stream of fresh blood and continue to be the "pride" and reliance of the Japanese.
Because it was an attack, in order to ensure speed, the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet did not bring those old cruisers modified from Britain and France this time. This made the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet look thinner than during the Solomon Sea battle. However, if Anyone who concludes that the combat effectiveness of the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet will decline will definitely be slapped in the face by the following facts.
The current Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet has fewer ships, but its combat effectiveness has not decreased but increased. The increase in combat effectiveness comes from the fact that not only the missile speedboats but also the destroyers are equipped with missiles. Heavy cruisers and aircraft carriers are also equipped with a certain number of missiles. missiles, and considering that the power of a ship-to-ship missile is equivalent to that of a heavy torpedo, the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet is equipped with more than one hundred missiles, which is equivalent to the addition of more than ten Song-class submarines.
"The Japanese regard Chuuk Island as their Pearl Harbor in the Pacific, and we will let them taste the pain of the Americans." On the second day of the fleet's sailing, Chen Shichang, Xu Kai, Bian Jingdao and others finished the ceremony. After the conference call, I stood on the deck of the Huangdi aircraft carrier bridge, staring at the rising sun in the east who had just poked half of his head out of the sea, and said,
Beside him stood Pang Kehua, the new captain of the Huangdi aircraft carrier,
Yamamoto is continuing to build ships, and Ouyang Yun is not idle either. Although limited by its background, China's shipbuilding speed is far behind Japan, but in terms of technological advancement, China is far ahead of Japan, and with the launch of ships More and more, sweet troubles are coming. Unlike Japan, China's naval base is too weak, so there is a special shortage of command talents. Therefore, in order to let the newly launched ships form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Ouyang Yun had to move from the frontline troops to The callback people also input second-line officers to the front line. On the one hand, through the former's actual combat experience, the new naval officers and soldiers who have only received theoretical training can adapt to the battlefield as soon as possible. On the other hand, they hope to accelerate the growth of those second-line officers through actual combat.
Before Pang Kehua was transferred to the Huangdi aircraft carrier, he was the captain of a Taishan-class heavy cruiser in the Haikou Fleet. He had no experience in commanding an aircraft carrier, so he attached great importance to this actual combat opportunity. He was almost inseparable from Chen Shichang, hoping to learn from him. It is important to master the aircraft carrier command and combat skills as soon as possible. For this reason, he would think deeply about every sentence Chen Shichang said and find something related to the war.
"The commander-in-chief means that if we can sink Chuuk Island, then the combined fleet will be in ruins like the US Pacific Fleet."
This question was not something that Chen Shichang could answer. Although Ouyang Yun also provided him with some information about Chuuk Island, it was not very detailed, so he could only answer: "I hope so."