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"Order all the anti-aircraft firepower of the entire fleet to block the middle and low altitudes, and pay attention to the sneak attack by Japanese torpedo planes."

On the island of Yorktown, Rear Admiral Halsey was also shouting orders.

The 52 F4F Wildcat fighter jets in the sky also acted like crazy, ignoring the oncoming Type 96 fighter jets at all, but increased their horsepower and rushed past, and rushed straight towards the Type 98 bomber behind them.At sea, dozens of U.S. warships have already formed a strict air defense formation, and all the anti-aircraft firepower is aimed at the middle and low altitudes. As long as the Japanese torpedo attack aircraft dare to approach, the firepower sprayed by these artillery fires will immediately be in the air. Form a wall of death.

The Japanese fleet was even crazier. Dozens of Type 98 bombers ignored the firepower of the U.S. F4F and rushed towards the U.S. aircraft carrier on the sea ahead. It was a suicide attack!

Chapter 0802 Admiral's decision (eleven) the best cannon fodder

On the night of November 11, in the North Sea, 19 nautical miles west of Scandinavia.

Detachment of the High Seas Fleet of the German Empire.Including the three "Zhenyuan" belonging to the Chinese Navy, the six super battleships with almost identical appearances, as majestic as mountains, shuttled rapidly in the rough North Sea, and there were six "Guangzhou" class air defense ships beside them. Cruisers and 6 "Konigsberg" class light cruisers, and 6 destroyers of various types.

About 10 nautical miles in front of the battleship formation, there is also an armored cruiser detachment serving as the vanguard, 4 Admiral Hippe-class heavy cruisers that have just been delivered for less than 6 months and 5 "Polish Legion"-class armored ships, lined up in two row, riding the wind and waves under the escort of 5 "Konigsberg" class light cruisers and 10 destroyers.

And about 50 nautical miles behind the battleship detachment of the High Seas Fleet, there are "Earl Zeppelin", "Peter Strasser", "Sedlitz", "Frederick" and "Frederick". With 5 German aircraft carriers including the "Elbe" as the core, the German High Seas Fleet aircraft carrier detachment includes 10 air defense cruisers and 15 destroyers.

In addition, under the surface of the not too vast North Sea, the German submarine force that has troubled the British Empire in history has already been lurking in it early.Uh, to be precise, the current German submarine force is completely different from the German submarine force at the beginning of World War II in history. The current German submarine force already has more than 85 2D submarines for offshore operations and 55 for The 7-series submarines used in ocean-going operations... and now, 52 of the U-boats have been dispatched to the central and southern waters of the North Sea to serve as scout submarines.Influenced by its ally China in this time and space, Germany has unprecedentedly attached importance to the role of aircraft in naval warfare, so the first discovery of the main force of the British home fleet became the key to victory.However, in this night, there was not even a shred of light on the entire surface of the North Sea. It seemed that the fleets of both sides were still sleeping in their old nests.

However, Admiral Raeder and Admiral Long Tenghui, the flagship of the German High Seas Fleet, who sit in the command center of the aircraft carrier "Frederick der Kaiser", already felt the murderous aura approaching them from the opposite side of the sea.

"General Long." Raider took a yellow copy of the newspaper from a staff officer, glanced at it, and said to Long Tenghui: "This is the information just received, it was reported to us by the Japanese side, this afternoon in Hawaii time , Commander Yamamoto 56 commanded the Japanese Combined Fleet, and used carrier-based aircraft to attack the U.S. fleet that was reinforcing Hawaii about 400 nautical miles northeast of Oahu, and achieved another brilliant victory. All were sunk (this information was wrong, York City was not sunk), and the Japanese side lost more than 200 fighters... It seems to be a great victory! If the Japanese intelligence is credible, In this Hawaiian sea battle, they have sunk 5 American aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, and 9 heavy cruisers!"

Speaking of this, Raider suddenly frowned, shook his head, and handed the telegram to Long Tenghui. "General Long, look at this, Japan also claimed that they invented one of the most effective naval warfare tactics in this Hawaiian naval battle...that is to let manned fighter jets or light bombers load bombs to hit enemy warships, Let the plane die with the enemy's warship! My God! Is this... is this true? Are those Japanese crazy?" He turned his head, stared at his blue eyes, and looked at the man next to him who looked like a Japanese devil The general of the Chinese navy seems to be asking: "Do you Chinese also fight like this?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, drive a plane to hit a warship! These little devils are really a man!" Long Tenghui laughed and cursed in Chinese, and then said to Raidel in blunt German: "Commander Raider, those Japanese grew up The education I received was to sacrifice my life for the emperor. After decades of brainwashing, it is not surprising that it is a bit abnormal. Fortunately, it is the Americans who are unlucky this time. I really don’t know how these Yankees think about this now?"

Raeder chuckled and looked at the huge chart on the wall. "These Japanese are really the best...cannon fodder in the world!"

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At the same time, deep in the North Sea.HMS Nelson, the flagship of the British Home Fleet.

The commander of the British Home Fleet, Admiral Charles Forbes, and his chief of staff, Lieutenant Admiral Andrew Brown Cunningham, stood side by side in the bridge, and the staff behind him was reporting to them both the message they had just received from the British Admiralty Telegram, the content is also about the "Battle of Hawaii".

"Andrew, the Japanese have proved their worth. It's our turn to prove ourselves tomorrow." After listening to the report, Admiral Forbes shook his head and said.

"The Americans lost the Wasp and the Ranger... Now only the Enterprise and the Yorktown are left, and the flight deck of the Yorktown was hit by a Japanese lunatic! What a bunch of lunatics!" Cunningham Somewhat dejected, he turned his head and looked at Forbes bitterly at the corner of his mouth and said, "If we could have kept the Japanese on our side, this war should have been easier to win, right?"

"We will win, although we will have to pay some casualties and bear some losses..." Forbes took out a pipe, filled it with shredded tobacco, rubbed it on the fire, and smoked while talking, his voice full of confidence. "According to intelligence, the German High Seas Fleet has already taken the bait, 6 battleships, 5 aircraft carriers, 5 armored ships and 5 heavy cruisers have all come out. But we have 17 battleships and battlecruisers (including two French ships) Richelieu-class battleship), 6 aircraft carriers, and 22 heavy cruisers. We have an absolute advantage in terms of strength. Moreover, we have ambushed a surprise army... The Royal Air Force has concentrated 25 squadrons of Hurricane fighters, 10 squadrons of Blenheim bombers; the Royal Navy also concentrated 8 squadrons of Brest 'Beaufort' torpedo bombers. There will be more than 500 shore-based aircraft to assist in the battle. Therefore, the final victory must belong to the Royal Navy. "

"The problem is that the Germans will also use shore-based aircraft to assist in the war." Cunningham seemed not very confident. He counted with his fingers: "We have 500 shore-based aircraft and 266 aircraft carrier-based aircraft, a total of 766 The German carrier-based aircraft should be slightly less than ours, and the shore-based aircraft may be comparable to ours. But in terms of aircraft performance, the Germans seem to be better, at least their aircraft engine performance is better. "

"No problem" Admiral Forbes exhaled a circle of blue smoke and sighed quietly. "We have more battleships, so we can withstand greater losses. Even an exchange ratio of 1.5 to 1 is worthwhile. Just like the Battle of Jutland 22 years ago, the Royal Navy succeeded in losing more It drove the German High Seas Fleet back to its old nest."

Cunningham shook his head, "Your Excellency, Admiral, I am worried that this North Sea War will have a situation similar to the Hawaiian Sea Battle. In the end, the battleships of the two sides failed to fight, and the battle will be decided by the aircraft. If that's the case..."

"That depends on the result of the battlecruiser squadron's lure the enemy. It is best to meet the German High Seas Fleet tonight, and then use high speed to lure them to us, and we can fight before dawn tomorrow morning." Said. At this point, the corners of Admiral Forbes' mouth raised slightly, "Andrew, don't forget that our warships have already installed radars!"

Cunningham shook his head in his heart, radar is not only available in the UK!The Yankees have provided China with their most advanced radar technology in exchange for uranium isotope separation technology from China.Admiral Forbes still wants to rely on radar to fight the idea of ​​a decisive battle of battleships.Besides, the speed of the "Zhenyuan" class owned by the Germans and Chinese is not slow. On the surface, it is 28 knots. There are also intelligence reports that its fastest speed may reach more than 30 knots. With this speed, most of the battleships of the Royal Navy Just can't catch up with others.He sighed and reminded: "The opponent's speed is likely to have an advantage, but they don't have many cruisers and destroyers. We'd better make full use of this advantage..."

"Sir, I received a telegram from the battlecruiser squadron. They seem to have spotted the German fleet!" The communications officer's loud shout interrupted the conversation between the two British admirals. Both of them glanced at each other in unison, deciding the fate of the British Empire. The time is almost here!

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clang, clang, clang...

When the grandfather clock in the conference room of the Moshan Presidential Palace in Wuhan reached 1938 noon on November 11, 19, the news of the Hawaii retreat was sent in by Lieutenant General Fan Hanjie, the director of the presidential palace attendant.

At this time, the National Government-National Defense Forces General Staff Joint Meeting is being held in the conference room.President of the Republic of China Luo Yiqun presided over the meeting. Vice President Sun Ke, Premier Hu Yisheng, Chief of General Staff Luo Yaoguo, Minister of National Defense He Yingqin, Minister of the Navy Chen Si, Minister of Armaments Ma Junwu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Jingwei, and Minister of Colonial Affairs Zeng Qi attended the meeting. Waiting for important officials from the government.

The meeting started at 19 a.m. on the 3th, and it has been going on for nearly 10 hours now. Cups of refreshing coffee and cups of attendants from the presidential palace kept sending them into the meeting room. It was also sent in, and these important officials of the government were allowed to eat and talk inside.When Fan Hanjie entered the conference room again, he found that everyone inside was arguing loudly about something with flushed faces.Luo Yiqun's uncles and nephews were sitting together, exchanging opinions in a low voice. Seeing that their expressions were a little serious, it seemed that they had encountered some difficulties.

At this time, in the two living rooms of the Presidential Palace, Finance Minister Song Ziwen and Legislative Yuan Xu Chongzhi were respectively accompanying the new Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu and American Ambassador Jason while drinking coffee and chatting.Of course, the ambassadors of these two countries did not come to the presidential palace of the Republic of China to drink coffee when they were full, but to lobby the Chinese president for the interests of their respective countries.In fact, today's meeting was held for the two of them.

"President, this is the information just sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau." Fan Hanjie handed a yellow copy to Luo Yiqun.The president picked up the copy and glanced at it. Surprise flashed across his face immediately, and he said in a broken voice, "Oahu is about to fall! It's so fast..."

Hearing this news, the conference room fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to Luo Yaoguo, Chief of Staff.However, Luo Yaoguo took the telegram copy from his uncle the president in a leisurely manner, read it carefully, and then sighed lightly. "At 19 p.m. on the 2th, Hawaii time, 2 light cruisers and 8 destroyers sailed into Pearl Harbor and transported away nearly 2000 people at one time, all of whom were naval officers, technicians and family members of the navy; 2 hours later, this 10 warships sailed into Pearl Harbor again, taking away 2000 people again, this time mainly naval personnel; 1 hour later, two more fast cruise ships sailed into Pearl Harbor, and now there are about 2 people queuing up The ship...it looks like the Americans are ready to abandon Oahu, and the Japanese will take over all of Hawaii this month."

"Then speaking of it, the Japanese ambassador Shigemitsu Aoi's report to us is credible. The U.S. Navy is really completely finished." It was Foreign Minister Wang Jingwei who spoke, and his eyes showed a bit of complexity at this moment. I don't know whether to be elated by Japan's victory, or worried that this old enemy will develop again.

Luo Yaoguo said with a deep smile: "It's true or not, the Japanese won a remarkable victory, and at the same time they found a new tactic that makes people's scalp tingle." He smiled wryly at this point.He was an air force pilot in his previous life, so he naturally knows the Japanese "Kamikaze Special Attack" very well.However, the "Kamikaze Special Attack" he learned was inevitably modified by the victor, and may not be the whole truth of the matter.For example, the performance of this kind of suicide tactic in the Hawaiian sea battle did not seem to be so bad!After all, during this period of time, the air defense capability of the naval fleet is not as perverted as it was at the end of World War II, and the skills of those Japanese pilots who committed suicide are not as bad as those "kamikaze fighters" in history.

"It's really a scalp-numbing tactic! Hitting a warship with a plane...how did you come up with this?" At this moment, Minister of the Navy Chen Si's face was so ugly that he kept shaking his head while talking.

Luo Yaoguo smiled coldly, and took over the topic, "Those who are stunned are afraid of being violent, and those who are arrogant are afraid of dying! The Japanese are the ones who are desperate now, so we might as well support Japan now and let them consume the strength of the United States... this I think the way of flying planes into warships is not bad, if the Japanese can keep fighting so crazy, the United States might really have a few front teeth knocked out!"

"Fu Wen, so speaking of it, you don't agree with accepting the Philippines?" Luo Yiqun asked with some hesitation. During this time, the Nanyang Overseas Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Philippine Overseas Chinese General Chamber of Commerce each donated tens of millions of French currency to Luo Yiqun's "Presidential Campaign Fund." ".

Of course Luo Yaoguo knew that his uncle had a deep friendship with wealthy Nanyang merchants, but right now he was still counting on Little Japan to continue to work hard, so it was not good to chill his heart.He rubbed his temples, sighed and said, "The geographical location of the Philippines is too important to give it to Japan... Otherwise, we will agree to the proposal of the United States and take over the trusteeship of the Philippines from the Americans." , and then negotiate with Japan, the Philippine Islands can be divided into three, and an independent Philippine Republic can be established on Luzon Island, Mindoro Island, Polillo Islands, Lubang Island and other islands; The archipelago and the Bayanbu Islands are included in China; the rest will be established as an independent Republic of Mindanao, which will be occupied by Japan. In this way, several aspects can be accounted for, right?"

Luo Yiqun nodded slightly. Although this plan to carve up the Philippines is not as good as swallowing the Philippines in one gulp, it can also meet the requirements of those wealthy people in Southeast Asia. After all, the Philippines is better developed than Luzon Island.He looked at Wang Jingwei again, and said, "Brother Zhaoming, if this plan is implemented, will the Japanese side accept it? Can the relationship with the US side be maintained?"

Wang Jingwei said slowly: "Our secret agreement with Japan did not involve the ownership of the Philippines. Now that we can share it equally with them, I think the Japanese side should be satisfied. Besides, the Japanese are not most concerned about the Philippines, but the Philippines. They want us to provide strategic materials such as oil, steel, aluminum alloy, copper, etc. In addition, they also want aircraft engine technology. As for the United States, they are now eager to withdraw from the Philippines, so that they can withdraw their troops there before the Japanese combined fleet returns to the division. To Australia. If we can provide convenience in this regard, I believe that the relationship with the United States can still be maintained." Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something, frowned and said: "By the way, the US government seems to plan to cooperate with the Far East. The Republic established diplomatic relations. The original military attache in China, Stilwell, was appointed as the US ambassador to the Far East Republic, and the Far East Republic sent Chen Changhao as the ambassador to the United States. In addition, the Far East Republic also used minerals as collateral to obtain A $4000 million loan. President, do you think this matter will..."

A trace of displeasure flashed across Luo Yiqun's face, he looked at his nephew Luo Yaoguo and said, "Fuwen, what do you think of this?"

Luo Yaoguo thought for a moment, and just when he was about to speak, Zeng Qi, Minister of the Colonial Department, interrupted: "President, Assistant Commander, the Far East is theoretically a sovereign country, not our colony, so it is only natural for them to establish diplomatic relations with the United States. As for the Americans Loan," he said with a deep smile, "I don't think the CCP will go out of the way for the United States just for tens of millions, especially now that the United States has just suffered an unprecedented defeat in Hawaii! But... we should also convey to the CCP Accurate information, tell them that we do not support the war between the Far Eastern Republic and Japan!"

"Oh?" Luo Yiqun nodded, "Do you want to inform the CCP clearly?"

Zeng Qi sneered and said, "It doesn't matter. We can strictly control the export of weapons to the Far East Republic, including prohibiting the arms factory in Baotou from exporting weapons to the Far East. At the same time, we will issue a ban on all shipping companies registered in China, prohibiting them from exporting arms to the Far East. Ports for American shipments to the Far Eastern Republics.”

As soon as Zeng Qi finished speaking, the door of the meeting room was pushed open again, and Fan Hanjie walked in quickly again, whispering something in Luo Yiqun's ear.President Luo's expression changed, he turned his head and said to Luo Yaoguo: "I just got the news that the German fleet and the British fleet are fighting in the North Sea."

Chapter 0803 Admiral's decision (twelve) North Sea night battle

At midnight on November 1938, 11, Beihai.

At this time, it was dark night, and the entire sea was covered by thick fog. Although the German and British watchmen stared their eyes to the maximum, it was difficult to find their opponents through the binoculars.If it was the First World War, the two fleets that had implemented blackout would definitely pass by. If Luo Yaoguo, an evil "big butterfly" plotting to destroy world peace, was not flapping his wings vigorously, Yingde Most of the navies of the two countries will not put radar on the warships so soon, so tonight's North Sea will be a peaceful and quiet night.

But now...

"Target found! Sir, the radar has found the target! The distance is 28 kilometers, the speed is 17 knots, the heading angle is due east, and there are at least 10 large ships!"

Inside the bridge of the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, the flagship of the armored cruiser unit of the German High Seas Fleet, I suddenly heard the exclamation of the radar director.

"British fleet, right in front of us!"

Rear Admiral Rolf Karls, commander of the armored cruiser squadron, took a deep breath, turned his head and said to the communications officer, "Release the radio silence, and power the Bismarck: the armored cruiser squadron has discovered the British fleet!"

"Sir, then the Brits will find us, so why not..." Colonel Erich Bey, chief of staff of the unit, reminded.

"The Brits also have radar, I think they have spotted us?" Rolf Kars smiled slightly, and suddenly raised his voice: "First-level security, guns, prepare flares, and assign the firing order of each ship. We want to Give them a taste of German shells!"

At the same time, the British fleet 28 kilometers away also found its long-awaited prey.

"Sir, the radar has detected more than 10 large ships, 28 kilometers ahead of us, probably the vanguard of the German High Seas Fleet!"