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    Chapter 228 Showdown

    As night falls, the main force of the Second Fleet, maintaining a constant speed, slowly moves southward in the East China Sea.  With something like radar, there was no need to worry about a head-on collision with the Japanese combined fleet, and She Zhenxing even had the time to take a nap.  At 11 o'clock in the night, She Zhenxing was awakened by a knock on the door. He hurriedly opened the door and came out. Chief Officer Yu Lei reported: "The Japanese Combined Fleet was found, about fifty nautical miles east of our fleet. The naval command's judgment was correct. The Japanese Combined Fleet was  The fleet¡¯s trip to Taiwan is a bluff, and the real intention lies with the main force of our fleet.¡±

    She Zhenxing quickly flushed his face with cold water. After calming down, he asked: "Have you reported to Shanghai?" Yu Lei nodded and said: "I have reported it, but the call back has not come yet. I thought that I would not accept the emperor's life.  We might as well let the battleships get closer. In less than three hours, we can use the advantage of radar to locate the Japanese fleet, hit one of them with naval guns first, and then run away after a while. The slowest of the four battleships has a speed of 31 knots, and the fastest one is 31 knots.  The Peking has 33 knots, and the battleships of the Japanese Navy simply cannot catch up."

    The speed of Chinese battleships has a lot to do with the original design thinking. The original design was not to defeat Nagato and Mutsu, but to outrun them.  Moreover, battleships have never been a priority among the Chinese navy.  Otherwise, we just built one Beijing-class class and stopped building it. Isn't it because we can no longer keep up with the times?

    "Don't forget that the effective range of Yamato's main gun is forty kilometers!" She Zhenxing was very tempted. He took advantage of the radar and took advantage of the night to touch and shoot, then turned around and ran away.  This is a good idea.  But he is also worried about the 460mm main gun of Japan's Yamato.  A hit would be fatal.

    "How about asking for instructions?" Yu Lei still wanted to fight, and the captains of several battleships also meant the same.  She Zhenxing nodded and said: "Go and ask for instructions. Let the fleet slow down first." Yu Lei hurried to send a telegram.

    Fang Jianxiong, who had no habit of going to bed late, sat in the study room, staring blankly at the huge flat sea map in front of him.  The army is 80% sure of defeating the Japanese army, and the navy is only 50% sure of defeating the navy.  This is Fang Jianxiong's true thought. The navy can be called a navy regardless of how many ships it has. The background is really important.  How else could there be such a thing as a century-old navy?  Current technology is not enough to use missiles to deal with enemies hundreds of kilometers away.  Twenty years ago it was still an era of artillery bombardment.  Fang Jianxiong never thought about dominating the world, he just wanted not to be bullied by others in the future, and he just wanted to bully others when he had nothing to do.

    The navy, which has been painstakingly built for more than 20 years, has used advanced concepts to throw off the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier power, and has come step by step to the decisive battle today. How can Fang Jianxiong not feel nervous.  What if this second fleet cannot defeat the Japanese combined fleet?  A battle on the vast sea, with planes bombing each other hundreds of kilometers apart.  Anything goes.  This does not mean that you are good at pairing multiple aircraft carriers with multiple carrier-based aircraft. There is also a lot of luck involved.  The stupid Americans should not have the ability to decipher Japanese naval codes now, otherwise the Battle of Midway would not have been like that.

    He raised his eyes and looked at the yard opposite. A large group of "wind listeners" were busy day and night.  Fang Jianxiong has high expectations for them. Many of them are mathematical geniuses.  He was selected from various schools since childhood and was instilled with the concept of nationalism and nationalism for a long time. When he was a teenager, he was sent to study in Europe.  With its long-term and unremitting investment in education, and relying on its huge population base, China has a much higher chance of producing talents than other countries.

    Chen Shaokuan held the telegram.  He came in eager to try and saw Fang Jianxiong's blank expression.  He didn't speak, but coughed slightly.

    "Fu Shuai! She Zhenxing called and discovered the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet. The Japanese Navy has not yet discovered our second fleet. What She Zhenxing means is to let the battleships take advantage of their speed and attack them under the cover of night."

    "Nonsense, our advantage is that the aircraft carrier has many aircraft and good performance. Why don't we use it if we have the advantage? Especially since we have discovered the Japanese navy first. Let She Zhenxing turn around, keep the distance between the Japanese combined fleet, and let the aircraft do the talking early tomorrow morning. We can't fight  Even if you can't fight, at least you have to entangle the Japanese combined fleet. You're just thinking about using cannons to attack if you have a bad brain!" Fang Jianxiong rejected it, and Chen Shaokuan nodded bitterly, feeling a little regretful in his heart.  The President is right, but what naval officer doesn't have a cannon plot?  Thinking of the scene of battleships firing cannons, the blood all over your body can burn.

    Chen Shaokuan did not leave. After asking his adjutant to return the call, he walked to the chart and pointed at the situation to report.  "At this location, about a day's flight from Shanghai, it can be seen that the actions of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet are within your expectations."

    "What is my expectation? This is the result of the collective deduction of the staff of the Naval Command. The Japanese combined fleet has no way to go now. If we don't solve our navy, what can we do to ensure the safety of sea routes? There are 600,000 Japanese troops in Nanyang."Without local supplies, ammunition cannot be consumed.  The rifle used by the little devil still had special caliber ammunition. Even if the British and Dutch weapons were captured, the caliber of the ammunition would be wrong.  Moreover, Japan will not give up so easily. They will definitely spend all their capital before giving up.  "Fang Jianxiong sharply pointed out the weaknesses of the Japanese army, which was one of the reasons why the Japanese army was allowed to go south in the first place.

    "Without the guarantee of sea routes, it will be difficult for Japan's war potential to sustain for two years. The first thing we must ensure is to be undefeated. Even if we suffer a small setback, we should not risk a decisive battle with the Japanese army. We also told She Zhenxing not to be complacent.  Looking at the reconnaissance capabilities of the Japanese navy, they also have submarines, so maybe our traces are just under the radar."

    Chen Shaokuan said what he said was obedient. The president may not be a qualified naval general, but he must be a qualified strategist.  Regarding Japan's weaknesses, he grasped them accurately and found corresponding ways to deal with them.  In fact, Fang Jianxiong was too cautious, because the naval battle in the aircraft carrier era and the era of BB bombardment were completely different concepts. Throughout the naval battles of World War II, there were certainly scenes of battleship bombardment, but it was the aircraft carrier that really played a decisive role.

    "I understand, I will warn She Zhenxing immediately. Increase the counter-potential and make a U-turn of the fleet. The priority is to use aircraft to fight tomorrow."

    Speaking of submarines, Fang Jianxiong has an impression. In parallel history, before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a submarine was discovered and sunk by the U.S. Navy.  Sonar technology is not omnipotent, it just has a higher probability of discovering submarines.

    After receiving the news, She Zhenxing sighed, threw the telegram on the table and said to Lei: "Give me the order to turn back and let the destroyer increase its sonar detection intensity."

    Fang Jianxiong is not just a submarine.  But this kind of thing is very likely to happen. We can use submarines to wait and wait on fixed routes. The East China Sea is not big. There is only one route from Shanghai to Taiwan. Do you think they can send submarines to wait for you on the road?  ?  Just because Japan does not pay attention to submarines does not mean that it cannot build submarines.

    Less than half an hour after She Zhenxing¡¯s order was issued, a sharp siren suddenly sounded at sea.  After rushing out of the hatch and looking at the sea, the light cruiser Zhenjiang was transmitting a message with lights. She Zhenxing could see clearly, "Every ship, pay attention, a submarine has been found."

    The searchlight was turned on, and the sea surface turned into daylight.  The Zhenjiang began to drop depth charges. After a loud bang, the water pillars flew high.  She Zhenxing was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. If he sent a battleship over, wouldn't he just hit the Japanese navy's approaching battleship head-on?

    "Order. Advance at full speed and distance yourself from the Japanese combined fleet." She Zhenxing made up for it.  At this time, there was indeed a Japanese fleet coming at high speed. This was originally one of the tricks prepared by the Japanese Navy. Taking advantage of the speed of the battleships, the Japanese Navy was still very sure to win in a night battle.  Moreover, the use of this trick relied on the submarine discovering the Chinese fleet, and then Yamato, Mutsu, and Nagato dispatched collectively to kill the Chinese Second Fleet at high speed.  As everyone knows, China's navy is built on speed, and even an aircraft carrier can run at a high speed of 26 knots.  Therefore, even if Yamato and other ships advance at full speed, they will not be able to catch up with the main force of China's Second Fleet.

    With the cooperation of other warships, the Zhenjiang quickly killed a Japanese submarine. A large amount of oil stains floated on the sea, indicating that the submarine was out of service.  After the entire fleet turned around and drove at high speed for three hours, the Japanese Navy's combined fleet disappeared from the flagship radar, and then it returned to normal speed.  Behind is a destroyer squadron about 10 nautical miles away, and traces of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet can still be detected using radar.

    The Yamato and other ships rushed to the scene of the submarine accident. They could see nothing but the calm sea. They had no choice but to report to the superiors. Yamamoto Isoroku looked solemn after hearing the news, and the uneasiness in his heart became even stronger. The Chinese Navy's No. 1  Is the Second Fleet escaping?  Or should we avoid fighting at night?  There is still a big difference between these two issues.

    Kuroshima Kameto knew Yamamoto's thoughts well, stepped forward and whispered: "Your Excellency, I think the Chinese have discovered the submarine and are worried that the main force of our fleet will be killed. Their battleships are not as good as ours, so they escaped to wait for dawn  Machine decisive battle."

    This truth makes sense. The problem is how to discover the Chinese fleet on the sea tomorrow.  Originally, at the previous distance, carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier could take off for combat, but the aircraft carrier did not have the ability to take off and land at night.

    "Judging from the route, the Chinese Navy's Second Fleet is retreating to Shanghai. Judging from the current distance, our plane will be able to find the Chinese Second Fleet in at most half an hour tomorrow morning." Black Island Turtle Man emphasized again.  The Second Fleet's meaning is very clear. It will definitely not work if we don't fight this battle. Delaying it will be detrimental to the Japanese navy.  There is also a missing Third Fleet, which we can¡¯t take care of right now.

    Fortunately nowIf we catch up according to the established route, the distance between the two sides will not be too large, so we can only continue to catch up. We have to catch up before the shore-based aircraft on the coast arrive and complete the task of severely damaging the main force of the Chinese naval fleet. This is the only way to continue.

    When the sky is bright and there is no fog on the sea, it is a good day.  Taking advantage of the light, all the reconnaissance planes of the combined fleet were released.  The same goes for the Second Fleet. While it continues to retreat to Shanghai, it releases reconnaissance planes to find the Japanese Combined Fleet. It must fight. Otherwise, how can it hold back the Japanese Combined Fleet and create opportunities for the task force.

    At 6:10 in the morning, a Hawkeye reconnaissance plane discovered the traces of the Japanese combined fleet. It was also spotted by two Zeros. The Zeros chased after them at full power. Unexpectedly, the Hawkeye ran faster, and with a whoosh.  The speed reached 550, and it flew faster and faster. The Zero could only watch the Eagle reconnaissance plane disappear.

    Five minutes later, the Japanese Navy's reconnaissance plane also discovered the Second Fleet, and was also discovered by two Swift-5s cruising. The Mustang chased after it, but the Japanese reconnaissance plane failed to outrun the Swifts.  In less than five minutes, he was caught up by Yu Yan, who beat him hard. He finally used the radio to report back the discovered information before he was shot down.

    The Zero fighters that had long been pushed onto the deck began to take off. The Japanese flying samurai with a plaster tied on his head drove the fighters into the sky one by one. The first wave of the combined fleet dispatched 36 Zeros and 40 Zero fighters.  torpedo planes, 52 dive bombers.  The effect of horizontal bombers is not good, so they were not brought with the combined fleet this time.

    Not to be outdone, the Second Fleet also took off 36 Swift-5s, 48 ??Osprey torpedo planes, and 48 dive bombers in the first wave.  Considering that the distance between the two sides was less than 100 kilometers, the task force continued to accelerate its retreat after releasing the aircraft carrier.

    When the first attack wave of the Japanese combined fleet appeared on the radar, the 60 Swifts waiting at an altitude of 8,000 meters had already discovered the enemy aircraft and began to dive.  The Chinese Navy has repeatedly practiced how to deal with Japanese carrier-based aircraft, which is very targeted.  It is said that the teaching materials are all compiled by the President's organization, mainly focusing on various Japanese carrier-based aircraft, how to fight and how to practice.

    Almost at the same time, the attack fleet released by the Second Fleet also encountered a blockade from the Zero.

    The sea became extremely lively almost instantly, and the bullet chains fired by the anti-aircraft fire were like weaving a net in the sky.  The fight between the two countries' fighter planes in the sky started first. Swift rushed towards the torpedo planes and dive bombers, attacking these first and ignoring the Zero.  The Zero also struggled to block the attack, but the Swift's dive was too fast for the Zero to stop. The first wave of dives killed 20 torpedo planes and 4 dive bombers.  Other Swifts were entangled in the Zero, entangled with each other, tumbling and fighting in the air.

    The remaining Japanese torpedo planes and dive bombers also came to the sky above the fleet, rushing down desperately. The primary target was naturally the aircraft carrier.  But something happened that the Japanese planes never expected. The Chinese navy's anti-aircraft firepower was not even a little stronger than the Japanese combined fleet's anti-aircraft firepower, and the shells fired were all equipped with proximity fuses.  The 20 torpedo planes had no chance of getting airborne, and their clumsy bodies were torn to pieces by the anti-aircraft fire net. The dive bombers were better, rushing down at high speed, but the effect was still not obvious. Only 10 aircraft completed the mission.  The best result was that a bomb landed less than 100 meters away from the Hunan aircraft carrier. After dropping the bombs, these bombers were destroyed without exception.
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