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Volume 1: Songhua River Chapter 3111: Showdown at Banda Sea (Part 1)

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    "Huh?" Le Yiqin, who was gearing up and excited, was stunned, looked at He Zhijun and asked: "Is the information accurate? Where did the remaining little Japanese warships go?"

    Le Yiqin's idea was to take advantage of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet to enter the inland sea of ??the Banda Sea, and once again use the Southern Flying Group's land-based fleet as the main force to attack with all its strength. He was ruthless and wanted to destroy Banda.  The sea is like a huge iron pot, the Japanese naval combined fleet is like dumplings, and countless heavy aerial bombs are like firewood, which must be cooked.  ¡î¡ú

    Hearing what He Zhijun said, he couldn't help but murmur, if the remaining one-third of the Japanese warships appeared out of nowhere when he was commanding the fleet at the most critical moment, something bad would happen!

    As the chief of staff of the Southern Flying Group, He Zhijun must of course be aware of the entire situation. What he just said was to remind the commander that what the Southern Flying Group was facing was the main force of the Japanese Navy's meeting fleet. But when the commander asked this question, he replied:  "The intelligence is accurate. The reconnaissance aircraft unit has conducted multiple reconnaissance and verification. It is indeed the main force of two-thirds of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet that has entered the Banda Sea!"

    "As for the other one-third of the Japanese warships, based on the information provided by the intelligence office, they headed towards the waters of the Solomon Islands. After that, there was no follow-up information. You also know that the reconnaissance radius of our reconnaissance aircraft cannot reach the Solomon Islands.  Island waters, so the current situation is unknown!¡±

    "A few days ago, didn't the fleet kill the Japanese Fourth Fleet and two divisions of Japanese infantry in the waters of the Solomon Islands? Those Japanese warships must be heading towards our fleet!" Le Yiqin  asked again.

    "It should be!" He Zhijun agreed with the commander's judgment.

    "Yes! Our family can't eat this piece of fat! Don't hold on!" Le Yiqin said thoughtfully: "Contact Fleet Commander Tang immediately. Inform him of our intentions and the whereabouts of the main force of the Little Japanese Fleet!  At the same time, report our preliminary Banda Sea battle plan to the division commander!"

    After the independent division fleet sailed north from the waters of the Solomon Islands, it has been sailing leisurely.  The only remaining Lu-class submarine of the Japanese Fourth Fleet believed that it had not exposed its target, so it followed it to the waters near Barnaba Island. Naturally, information about the whereabouts of the independent division fleet also continued to arrive at the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.  Headquarters, so General Nagumo Chuichi had the confidence to intercept and kill in mid-course!

    Because we are heading to the Solomon Islands waters.  The Japanese Navy Combined Fleet that is pursuing the fleet is still far away from the fleet. The fleet's reconnaissance planes have been dispatched frequently, but no trace of the Japanese fleet has been found. It seems that there is no trace of such a large Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.

    Tang Qiuquan and the deputy commander of the fleet, Lieutenant General Amosiev, and others were also puzzled by this abnormal situation.  Speculations are endless. What they are most worried about is that they will not be able to attract all the Japanese navy's combined fleet.  This means that the tasks assigned by the division commander were not completed.

    At this moment, Le Yiqin¡¯s telegram arrived.  At this point, Tang Qiuquan and others suddenly realized.  I immediately understood Nagumo Chuichi's intention.

    "It seems that Nagumo Chuichi has a big appetite!" Tang Qiuquan said to the generals: "Pursue us with part of his fleet. Use his main fleet to go to the Banda Sea, exit the Maluku Strait, and intercept us in the Caroline Islands.  This is Nagumo Chuichi¡¯s battle plan. What do you think of this?¡±

    Amosyev spoke first, "Commander, Commander Le's intention is to carry out a large-scale attack on the main force of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet in the Banda Sea. In this regard, the Southern Flying Group's land-based aircraft fleet has experience,  It¡¯s also feasible.¡±

    "What the fleet has to choose is one of the directions: whether to join forces with the Southern Flying Group to attack the main force of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet in the Banda Sea, or whether to independently undertake the battle against the Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet of the Combined Fleet that are chasing us.  ?¡±

    Fleet Chief of Staff Ge Zhenzhuang took over and said: "In terms of strength comparison, there is still some gap between the strength of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft plus the land-based mixed combat brigade fleet and the Japanese Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet, but the gap is not  big!"

    The situation on the battlefield and the comparison between the enemy's and our own's strength have become clear. What remains is the question of how to choose. Everyone's eyes are turned to Tang Qiuquan.

    Tang Qiuquan carefully thought about the speeches of Amosiyev and Ge Zhenzhuang. After a while, he said: "I decided to join forces with the Southern Flying Group to first severely damage the main force of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet in the Banda Sea, and then turn around.  , deal with the Japanese Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet that are chasing us!"

    Tang Qiuquan's considerations were very cautious. With the current strength of the fleet and the land-based mixed combat brigade fleet, if he faced off against the Japanese Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet, the probability of victory was high, but the fleet's losses would not be small. He couldn't bear it.  Use all your wealth to fight with JapanThe combined fleets of the Japanese Army fought head-on.

    By joining forces with Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group, the fleet's losses will be minimized and the impact on the Japanese Navy's combined fleet will be greater. There is another factor that prompted Tang Qiuquan to make such a decision.

    The Japanese Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet are still far away from the current position of the fleet, and are not within the reconnaissance range of the fleet reconnaissance aircraft. In terms of time, it is also allowed to attack the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet and then turn around to face the pursuing Japanese forces.  The Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet, at that time, the land-based fleet of the Southern Flying Group can again assist the fleet in operations.

    Now that the commander has made the final decision, none of the commanders present raised objections. Tang Qiuquan said to Ge Zhenzhuang: "Immediately send a telegram to Le Yiqin to inform him of our opinions and explain that this time  In the Battle of Banda Sea, the Southern Flying Group was the main force, with the fleet cooperating, and Le Yiqin was the commander of the entire battle! "

    Seeing Tang Qiuquan's call back, Le Yiqin grinned with joy and told Chief of Staff He Zhijun: "Call back to the Fleet Headquarters and immediately change course, passing through the northwest of Irian Island, entering the Halmahera Sea, and in La  Stand by in the waters near the Jayampat Islands and report the Banda Sea battle plan to the division commander immediately!¡±

    In Western Australia, after Tang Qiuli received Le Yiqin's telegram, he read it carefully several times and was shocked by Le Yiqin's appetite. If it really hit the main force of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet in the Banda Sea, it would even  This devastating blow is definitely very good news for the Australian troops on the battlefield, and its significance is self-evident!

    Not only has the Japanese naval combined fleet been relieved of the ever-present threat to the maritime logistics supply line in the East Indian Ocean, but Jiang Yanming's regiment on Java Island and Yuan Jinghao's regiment on Irian Island can go south at any time and join the Australian battlefield. In this way, the independent division  The overall strength of the army will be more than double that of the Japanese army in the Australian battlefield. There will be no suspense about the final result of the Australian battle!

    At first, Tang Qiuli was worried that the Southern Flying Group alone would not be able to fight against the main force of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet. However, after seeing the content of joining forces with the fleet to fight this battle in the Banda Sea, he was completely relieved. Perhaps, happy  Yiqin, a militant, is eager to fight, but with Brother Qiuquan here, there is no need to worry.

    Tang Qiuli's call back to Le Yiqin was very simple. "After receiving the call, the commander approved the joint combat plan between the Southern Flying Group and the fleet. Le Yiqin, you can go ahead and do whatever you want. The commander will not interfere with Banda."  Any specific command of the naval battle, I just want the result!"

    After the Banda Sea battle plan was approved by the division commander, all combat units of the Southern Flying Group began to operate at high speed. Batteries of combat aircraft flew from Luzon, Mindanao, Sumatra, Kalimantan and other places.  Airports, from Singapore, Phnom Penh and Yangon Navy and Air Force bases, have gathered at field airports in Sulawesi and Irian Islands. For a time, in the sky of the Southwest Pacific, large aircraft groups of the independent division aviation can be seen at any time, rumbling  pass by.

    Colonel He Zhijun, chief of staff of the Southern Flying Group, counted the number of combat aircraft assembled. This is the total number of combat aircraft that can be assembled in the theater. There are more than 800 fighter jets, more than 400 bombers, and other combat aircraft.  There are more than 100 combat aircraft of various types. The Southern Flying Group has more than 1,400 combat aircraft participating in this attack on the main force of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet.

    This is all the troops Le Yiqin can currently muster to participate in the war. In the words of Chief of Staff He Zhijun, "it has emptied all the assets of the Southern Flying Group!"

    Fortunately, Le Yiqin had advanced strategic vision. After the independent division ground troops occupied the islands in the Southwest Pacific, he desperately urged the logistics department of the Southern Aviation Group to build and expand field airports on various islands.

    What he wanted to do was to assemble and accommodate more than 90% of the Southern Flying Group's combat aircraft on one or two of the islands. Le Yiqin's efforts paid off. Now, he can finally  It was put to good use, and more than 1,400 combat aircraft were concentrated on Sulawesi and Irian Islands without any crowding.

    Le Yiqin's troops were vigorous, and he mobilized almost all the combat aircraft under his command to gather at the designated location, preparing to fight against the main force of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet in the Banda Sea. At the same time, he mobilized the Banda Sea combat plan and the Southern Flying Group  The specific situation of the troop strength was reported to the Fleet Headquarters.

    After receiving Le Yiqin¡¯s telegram, Tang Qiuquan and Amosyev couldn¡¯t help but clicked their tongues and said, ¡°Big deal!¡±

    The fleet began to change course, and according to Le Yiqin's request, headed to the waters of the Raja Ampat Islands to stand by. However, the fleet did not go to the bases in Luzon and Mindanao, but changed its course. Naturally, it would not takeThe report was leaked, and it was time to deal with the problem.

    "Order the submarine hunting detachment to kill the tail!" Tang Qiuquan gave the order coldly.

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