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spn〖Japan〗, Tokyo.

"Earl, Lord Hirahachiro Togo and Lord Mitsuro, Lord Koikiki Akira ask to see you."

In the suburbs of Tokyo, a quiet and elegant Spring Villa, an old man with white hair was wearing a traditional Japanese samurai uniform and was sitting under the eaves, quietly enlightening.

An old servant walked up to him carefully in a row, bent down and reported.

"Let them come in."[

The scary old man with pale hair and beard opened his falcon-like eyes. It was hard to believe that such an old man could have such a "forceful" aura, but this aura was more of a kind of hostility that a person had long-standing positions.

From time to time, the old servant led a ding, two middle-aged men, who were also white-haired, and walked in.

"Master Earl."

All three were wearing Japanese uniforms, and the oldest was wearing a navy marshal's uniform, covered with ribbons and medals, while the other two were wearing Japanese general's uniforms.

This extremely old man is the once Japanese sea soul-like figure, Yamamoto Kobee and Togo Heihachiro were promoted by him back then.

Several people immediately entered the house, sat on the tatami, and drank and talked about national affairs while taking the sake they had just brought.

"Sir, we are here this time to ask you about your views on the situation."

After talking about the military development of the empire for a while, Minamijiro took the lead in breaking the peace and asked this difficult question.

Sure enough, Yamamoto Honbuki shook his head slightly and pointed to Tokyo, saying, "I am old, I am afraid I will go to see Amaterasu soon. Just make your own decisions about military and national affairs.

"Earl" As the father of the imperial navy, we hope to hear your teachings." As a marshal and powerful military achievements, Togo Hirahachiro, although he is still very old and is almost buried in the ground, he still maintains basic respect for Yamamoto Hokage. "There are some people who betray the sacred duties of soldiers and they try their best to the abyss of destruction. You, as an important imperial minister, should stand up. "I, "Togo Hirahachiro, are willing to follow you, and make your last effort for the future of the empire."

Seeing that Yamamoto's Honbuki still didn't say anything, Minamijiro glanced at Koiki Akira, the latter had to bow his head and said, "Sir, Prime Minister Saito went to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor yesterday."

"Hmph, he forgot the mission of the soldiers. With the support of Nishiyuanji Lord, he didn't take the general's headquarters seriously."

Minamijiro hummed, "In his opinion, although Saito Mi was born in the navy, he was a conservative, opposed to radicalism, and was birds of a feather with Komatsu Nishinoji.

Yamamoto Kobee smiled faintly, then raised his sake and sipped it, "Time flies so fast, we are all old in a flash." Even Dongxiang Jun, you can't escape the magic of time. Well, back then, "The Korean War, the Battle of Lushunkou, the Battle of Ma Dama, and the Battle of Dongxiang Jun made great contributions. He fought against the Russians and the Chinese people with no force. He was the first hero of our empire's navy from weak to strong."

"It depends entirely on the cultivation of adults. If I weren't old, I would rather lead troops to fight again, which would be better than that group of waste." Togo Heihachiro said sincerely.

Yamamoto's Mutanti nodded, and then said: "The Great Japanese Empire is an island country, located in East Asia, adjacent to the three countries of China, North Korea and Russia. North Korea is a colony of our empire, and the Chinese and Russians defeated me several times before our empire can reach the height of an Asian power.

However, today, our navy was defeated again and again. I heard the news that the Bohai Sea Battle, after losing 70% of its ships and aircraft and a battleship of the Fusang, the fleet commander ordered the retreat. Although the elite naval power of the empire was saved, almost all of its ships and aircraft were lost.

We were defeated again.”

Facing the three former members of the imperial side who were concentrating on listening to their own words, Yamamoto Honbuki continued: At the beginning of the "Sino-Japanese War", we achieved great results in land wars and occupied the entire northeast of China. This is an amazing achievement. As an island country, the empire actually occupied the northeast of China, which was originally much larger than its homeland.

However, the Chinese named Zhang Shusheng changed the war and changed the Sino-Japanese showdown.

In the Battle of Jinzhou, we were defeated. In the Battle of Beijing and Tianjin, we were defeated. In the Battle of Tianjin, we were defeated. In the Battle of Shenyang, we were defeated. In the Battle of Bohai, we were defeated.

Everyone, please tell me what is left of the empire?

As the foundation of the country, the navy was so scared that it retreated at full speed. Can the empire still compete with the huge China?

Is it Yamamoto Izuru who is timid and timid? No.

Is there not enough battleships in the Empire? No.

Is the empire's naval shipbuilding ability worse than that of the Chinese? No?"

Perhaps it touched the heart, Yamamoto Kobeya looked up and saw a big gulp of wine. "Since the war between China and Japan started, I have thought a lot, because this may be the last time I paid attention to the war in the empire. Time is unforgiving, and people will always go there. After a long period of observation, I came to a conclusion.

When the Chinese were still weak, we could defeat them with excellent navy, elite army, fearful offensive spirit, Bushido tenacity, and loyalty to the emperor. However, now they have modern armies and modern navys, and the advantages of great depth local defense that we must face.

Once the navy is defeated, the war will continue, and it will only drag down the entire empire!! The era of battleships has passed. The Chinese used the British and the failure of the empire to tell the world that future naval battles will be the battlefield for naval aviation.

"However, the Chinese people's negotiation requirement is that the empire must admit defeat, which is accepted by the emperor. His Majesty the Emperor was deceived by those politicians who conspired to sell the country." Akira Koi Iso said with a hatred.

But Yamamoto Kyotoe did not answer his question, but instead mentioned another thing, "Two days ago, Lord Nishiyuanji Temple sent me a letter, and he said it was handed over to him by Matsui Ishien. I read the things written in the letter, and it made a lot of sense."

What was written in front of "Earl"?, the other three people didn't have the chance to see this letter.

Yamamoto Honbuki shook his head, "The Empire may have chosen the wrong enemy from the beginning, and the wrong opportunity. When the reflection period of the war passes, it will make up for the trauma and restore its strength. The Empire may have a real opportunity. You all go back. "Everything, obey the emperor's decision, and now His Majesty is a strategic and visionary wise king."

Then he waved his hand and signaled to see off the guests.

The three left sadly, and even Hirahachiro Togo did not understand what his old boss meant, but it was obvious that the old boss actually supported the emperor's letter of complaint to the people and supported the armistice negotiations.

I and others also want to win over the veteran and thus "force" the palace to die. It seems that this road is not working.

After Togo Hirahachiro and others left, Yamamoto took out the personal letter from his arms and couldn't help but say, "If this person was born in the empire, he must be the ridge of the empire. He was right. The rise of the Chinese people is difficult to stop, and the living space of the empire does not need to be burned with the Chinese people in exchange for it. Our goal can be South Asia" and the Soviet Union's Far East. There are also rich resources and vast land, but in an exceptional way, these territories lack the power to resist the imperial team.

If one day, the Soviets were finally dragged by Europe and the British and French powers and were dragged by Europe, then the Soviet Union's Far East and Britain's South Asia will be the real foundation for the empire to take off. If these two strategic goals can be achieved, I will die," and I will feel at ease for the empire.

After the Emperor issued a letter to the people and the Chinese government issued a response statement, the Japanese and Japanese were suddenly in great anger. However, "in just three or four days, this opposition voice in Japan seemed to disappear. I don't know who was or what forces were operating from behind. Those sitting soldiers, government officials, cabinet officials who threatened to resign, those social celebrities, government officials, and newspapers who marched and demonstrated, and those newspapers that condemned them like "tide", all began to turn, began to reflect on the war, and began to face the rise of the Chinese.

I was forced to study the Japanese in China and found that before I knew it, Chinese products were already spread all over Japan, including imported directly from Hong Kong and other places, and from Western traders. Although they were labeled from the United States or other countries, they were pulled off the labels on the surface, and they could see that the four Chinese characters made in China were labeled with Chinese characters, from cars, radios, washing machines, TVs, to stockings, cosmetics, lighters, high-end fashions, etc., almost all Chinese exist.

In fact, the Chinese government refused to sell advanced products to Japan. After investigation, Japanese newspapers found that these products that were extremely popular in Japan were actually older generations of Chinese products, far worse than those of Chinese people selling domestically and exporting to Europe and the United States.

In other aspects, the local textile enterprises, clothing enterprises, grain processing enterprises, small machinery production enterprises, etc. that were squeezed out by the Chinese economy were all unknowingly squeezed out by the Chinese.

Before, their bankruptcy was attributed to the economic crisis and the disadvantages of war.

Now, in his reflection, I discovered that since two or three years ago, these factories have never received overseas orders, and domestic orders have gradually been squeezed by the unknown "Western imported goods".

As the war progressed, many problems were covered up, and economic bankruptcy was also classified as the continuation of the economic crisis, but few people discovered before that these were signs of China's economic rise.

"The empire is being surpassed by the Chinese in all aspects!"

This new threatening argument not only made Japan hate China more, but instead found an excuse for self-comfort for the failure of the war.

It’s not that the empire is too weak, but that the Chinese are becoming stronger and stronger. Japan needs to face up to this gap. Perhaps ending the war is also a good choice. In that way, Japan can learn from its powerful neighbor and improve itself quickly, just like before.

A sudden incident, when the Japanese storm was surging today, finally determined the direction of Sino-Japanese relations in the short term.

On November 17, 1933, Zhang Shusheng's office in Hanjing.

After repeated discussions and demonstrations, Zhang Shusheng finally picked up the red "color" phone on the table himself. "Immediately implement the number combat plan."

This is not a super-large strategic combat plan, but it is one of several combat plans that the Navy has already formulated. In order to implement the high-level decision on the boating issue of Sino-Japanese War, the USS War Plan was formulated to accelerate the end of the war.

〖China cannot be beaten passively forever and need to fight back. 〖China cannot be dragged forever in this Sino-Japanese War, so Zhang Shusheng urgently needs the navy to complete this combat plan. Otherwise, the long-distance war will affect the deeper strategic arrangements. It is very unfavorable to the rejuvenation of the entire Chinese nation.

A complex but clear combat plan was prepared by the Navy Staff half a year ago.

A seemingly simple order, the prerequisite for ensuring execution is the result of long-term efforts by the Navy Staff personnel, Chinese agents in Japan, naval fleets, and many aspects.

On November 20, 1933, the day after the Chinese government issued a response statement.

There are thousands of clouds above the East China Sea. However, under the reflection of the rising sun, dense reflections of light appear over the East China Sea. If someone can fly to the clouds, they will definitely be shocked. There are hundreds of fighter planes.

“It’s so beautiful.”

"In the sky above the East China Sea, a group of 55 fighter jets and four bombers, shining like golden raptors swimming across the sea of ​​clouds.

On the bomber number 55-32, Wang Han couldn't help but praise him. At the same time, he picked up the registered Shuguang license plate camera and recorded the aircraft group on the side of the side. In the background of the entire sea of ​​clouds, the aircraft group was quite spectacular.

A perfect aerial close-up.

He satisfactorily put away the camera. As a member of the Navy Aviation Corps, Wang Han is also a part-time reporter of the military newspaper. He can take photos and post them to the internal military newspaper without affecting combat operations.

In front of the fleet, all the fighter jets were J-12 fighters, and the J-1 machine piloted by Tong Tianming was one of them.

Looking at the densely packed planes outboard, Tong Tianming felt his blood boiling.

This mission was issued three days ago. After the "special mixed fleet left a part of the bluffing warship, the main force quickly went south secretly, and immediately entered the East China Sea after supplying it in Qingdao, and then turned around and sailed towards Japan.

At the location crossing the middle line between China and Japan, about 200 kilometers away from Japan's mainland, the Chinese Navy's special mixed fleet finally took off this batch of large-scale aircraft fleet.

Thinking of this combat mission, Tong Tianming couldn't help but feel funny. In the past, he always thought that the brothers of the bomber troops were not as casual as themselves. They often shot down one or more Japanese aircraft in one battle. But now, they can bomb the Japanese local area more comfortably than themselves.

The mission of the escort fleet is to shoot down those backward Japanese local aircraft and destroy the enemy's scarce air defense firepower. The bomber fleet all carry 100 kilogram, 250 kilogram, and 500 kilogram high-explosion aviation explosions, among which several -32 mountain-moving bombers carry some combustion used as verification.

Looking ahead to himself, "The fighter planes and bombers on both sides, and even below, looked at the wings and side of the planes that shone under the sun, he had a dreamy feeling.

The first time, the first time before history, we in China can even bomb the Japanese mainland, burn the war to Japanese, and give them the final blow.

"When the war began, we were still being passively beaten, and even the biplane wooden planes were pitifully few. In just two years, we could counterattack Japan and forcefully descend the cruelty of the war onto Japan himself."

Tong Tianming reached out and touched the camera, and the inch-sized wife photo was smiled and said, "Wife, I love you. From today on, our children will no longer hear horror stories about the coming of the Japanese. Because, this time, the Chinese people have passed."

〖Japan〗, Sasebo Naval Base.

Early in the morning, Japan in the military port took up a big armor. As the most important military ports in Japan, the Sasebo Naval Base is one of the busiest military ports. Not only does it have a modern shipbuilding industry, but it also has the second and third fleets that Japan left behind after many Sino-Japanese naval wars.

In recent days, Sasebo Naval Base has been busier than usual, because it welcomed Yamamoto Izuru's special-mix fleet. With the loss of ships and aircraft, Yamamoto Izuru decisively ordered the special-mix fleet with up to 5 battleships to retreat. Although it also lost an old battleship and the "Super Crossbow-class" battleship Fuso, two aircraft carriers and the remaining battleships were saved.

"The empire's navy is still strong, but when facing the Chinese naval aviation force, we can only be beaten passively." Although it was early in the morning, Iroku Yamamoto was a little drunk." This has not been done for many years. Compared with those drunk colleagues, Yamamoto had very strict requirements on himself, but this time, he was hungover.

Although the entire empire, including this loss, had been sunk by the Chinese people a total of up to four battleships, there were still as many as six battleships available, including the Kwango class, the Fusang class, the Ise class, and the Nagato class.

Any battleship is larger than the Chinese warship, and any battleship is larger than the Chinese main gun.

However, it was the Chinese aircraft carriers whose displacement was even worse than that of the Imperial battleships that drove the Japanese fleet back to Japan like a duck.

He is willing to bear the responsibility for the failure of the battle, but he cannot watch the remaining main force of the Imperial Navy being sunk in China.

"Can the era of battleships really pass..."

This was the deepest thought in his heart. Although he was unwilling to accept it, the facts told him that it was indeed the case, especially when he saw with his own eyes that the Fusang battleship was bombed by the Chinese people's locust-like aircraft, but he finally realized the importance of "aircraft carriers in modern naval warfare."
To be continued...