"Severely injured the Flying Eagle, Falcon Eagle, Dragon Phoenix, and Nazhi sank... The total loss is 31 aircraft, Ninghai and Dunkirk are slightly injured, and the Wuyishan destroyer was attacked by a Japanese submarine last night and sank. Currently, the 211 battleship formation is chasing the remnants of Nagamoon at full speed, and the destroyer formations that are tracked in five hours."

At nine o'clock in the evening, in the former Governor's Office in Hankou, Miao Luo walked past Gu Yuwen who was reading the telegram and placed the brewed tea one by one around the map. Yang Qiu, Yue Peng and Chen Guofu were whispering to each other. "Thank you, ma'am." "You go to bed first, I'll be later tonight." Yang Qiu asked her to find some rest with concern.

"The night is cold, put on it, be careful. I have asked someone to prepare the midnight snack. If you are hungry, just shout it."

"Okay, go and rest." Yang Qiu patted Miao Luo's hand, put on his coat, and his eyes turned to the map again. After she left, Chen Guofu clapped excitedly. This big victory in the Philippines Sea laid the foundation for the decisive victory of Ryukyu. When he thought that after sunset tomorrow, the joint fleet that had covered Asia for nearly half a century would no longer exist, he was also worried about gains and losses in his heart, and pushed Yue Peng beside him: "Brother Zi'an, you said earlier that the Intelligence Bureau has deciphered Yamamoto Izuru's telegram. Isn't this a must-win situation?"

"There is no war in the world that must be won. It's just an insight into the opportunity." Yue Peng smiled slightly, his fingers slowly passed the map, and his face gradually became solemn: "From the telegram, Yamamoto will continue to divide his troops. Among them, Tsukahara led three aircraft carriers southward and went directly to the Dadong Islands to deal with our "12 aircraft carrier battle group". He personally led the battleships into the East China Sea. Bombed out Ihiraya Island or Kume Island, luring our fleet to fight a night battle. The Celebration a few days ago

You have also read the result of the Ryoma night battle. In the short term, it is still a technical obstacle that is difficult to overcome in the night battle, so Yamamoto bite this point and made a fuss. Bingwen told me that although Yamamoto’s follow-up plan is unknown, the Tenth Nine-Nine-Nine-Net is to rush in first and give an explanation to the country. It is best to be able to fight a nighttime battle with us. If not, I may go south along Ryukyu Islands and quietly go around behind the Dadong Islands, and then cooperate with Tsukahara to attack our aircraft carrier battle group."

"Bingwen and the others have a big difficulty now. Look... Yamamoto has learned about Natsuyun's losses. If the fleet sets an ambush on Ihiraya Island, he will notice the leak of the operation. In this way, in order to save the last possession, he will immediately retreat from the north of Ryukyu Island, and give up the Dadong Islands, allowing Tsukahara to cover him to retract his homeland. The sea area north of Ryukyu is wide, and if it is intercepted at night, it will be difficult to keep Yamamoto. Even if he stays, he can only watch Tsukahara escape at night."

Listening to the analysis, Chen Guofu, who had put down his military service for many years, slowly smelled the smell. He couldn't help but stare at the island of Ihiraya on the map, which was like a soybean: "Then the navy means..."

"Bingwen and the Navy have no choice. If they want to eat Yamamoto and Tsukahara at the same time, they have to pay some price..." Peng dragged his tail tone meaningfully and pressed his fingers on Keirama again: "If Yamamoto wants to cooperate with Tsukahara and attack us to the aircraft carrier formation in the Dadong Islands, then it will be here, the watershed of the war!"

Chen Guofu was stunned and then understood. Looking at Yang Qiu, who looked unhappy, his eyebrows were a little tightened, and he lowered his voice: "The president is also worried about this? In this way, hehe, the price is really not small."

"Where can you get victory without sacrifice?" Yang Qiu, who was watching without saying a word, suddenly interrupted, looked up at the wall clock on the wall, asked Gu Yuwen to get the midnight snack, and pointed to the sofa next to him: "Sit down, I must stay up late tonight." After saying that, he remembered the Siberian voting and asked: "Are you ready for the Northern Referendum?"

The two knew that he was very concerned about the navy's battle, so they stayed up late and hoped to grasp the situation as soon as possible. "The president should take care of himself. If there are three to five years, this war may not end." After a few concerns, Chen Guofu introduced the preparations for the promotion of the referendum in Siberia and the incorporation into China.

After determined to promote the Siberian region east of the Yenisei River, joining China through a referendum, Chen Guofu, who is currently the chairman and speaker of the Kuomintang, took on the important task and joined forces with Wang Zhaoming and the Democratic Party to do this. The Democratic Party has been depressed for decades, but with the outbreak of the war, it has improved a little. After all, not everyone supports the war in the country. The Democratic Party is still actively developing in remote "new areas" such as Central Asia, the Southeast Peninsula and Siberia, and has brought back many declines. Therefore, Wang Zhaoming was particularly active in this referendum, and the parliament also supported it, and allocated special funds to buy local ethnic minorities. In the past year of work, the minorities such as Yakut, Ewenk, Evan, Chuchiko, and Buryat in the Siberian region have agreed to the conditions. As long as the voting begins, they will mobilize them all to join China collectively.

"In recent years, my country has immigrated 500,000 to the Siberian region, and these people are all interested in the country. The local ethnic minorities have basically agreed, and the Russians who support the scene have also selected many of the people stranded in China in the early years. Now it is mainly along the Okhotsk Sea coast. Currently, Japan and a small number of Soviet guerrillas still occupy this place. We cannot get through the Kamchatka Peninsula..."

"When Ryukyu comes ashore, the army will start fighting with Northeast China." Yue Peng said.

"That's good. As long as I can clear the external forces, I will definitely not have trouble. As for Britain and the United States, they have no time to meddle in other people's business now. Chu Nan said that Spain and North Africa are fighting lively. Britain and the United States have lost consecutive battles and have fallen into tens of thousands of people." The three of them held teacups and carefully outlined the future. While waiting for the news of the navy, there were already turmoil in the East China Sea.

At exactly 22 o'clock, northeast of Ihiraya Island.

A new moon stubbornly poked out from the clouds and mist, and a faint glow sprinkled on 10 warships painted with ripple camouflage, reflecting a few streams of light. The 125th Navy Destroyer 2 Xinanjiang-class rapid mine-breaking cruisers, 4 Qinling-class destroyers and 6 territorial sea-class frigates formed a semicircular formation, cutting off the northern route from Ryukyu Island to Ihiraya Island. On the deck, the sailors were wearing life suits and steel helmets, and staying on their respective posts. Suddenly, a roar like a torn crack shattered the tranquility. Looking back, a black and red fireball was rising on Ihiraya Island five kilometers away.

It was a 305mm ‘crusher’ heavy mortar deployed on Nofu Island, which opened fire at the Japanese position to the north.

The radar officer who was on the night was sitting in front of the five-inch black and white radar screen, guarding the screen that had not changed for several hours, and did not dare to relax at all.

The black sea, the white ones are the islands and the ships of this side, which are clearly separated under the radar beam. At the top of the screen, a thin white strip is half-covered. That is the outline of the Ryukyu Island 40 kilometers away.

The long-term viewing made the non-commissioned officer numb and was about to turn around and chat with the comrades behind him to relieve his fatigue. Suddenly, a light spot suddenly jumped out of the white outline of the Big Island. After a while, more light spots began to come out, as if cells divided under a microscope and were "spouted" by the Big Island outline. Then they were connected into pieces... "3 o'clock! The northern edge of the Big Island is 35 kilometers away. The target is unknown, and it is approaching quickly!" The radar non-commissioned officer took a breath, grabbed the red phone beside him, and pressed the call button: "There are a lot of numbers!"

Dududu---The rapid flickering orange-red lights and combat signals spread throughout the 125th Destroyer formation in an instant. At this time, the radar officer picked up the phone again: "0 points! The second batch of unknown targets!" "And?" Pang Haitao, the captain of the Xin'anjiang, who had just entered the bridge, was shocked. "Captain, what should I do?" The deputy captain was furious and his fingers were split. He pointed to two directions on the chart, indicating that he was being attacked.

"Don't be anxious, the Japanese must have come to the island! Notify the island and let the troops evacuate and prepare for artillery prevention. Contact the headquarters. Inform the situation. People come and send telegrams to the battleship formation, the 126 Destroyer formation and the Kumejima Air Brigade. We need support. Go, contact the Fuchunjiang with lights, and follow our ship to move. Navigate, sail four kilometers along the island, and throw all mines down. The other ships retreat to Yishima temporarily... Let the frigate check the torpedo launcher. Their thing is temporary, so don't be able to hit it." Pang Haitao issued orders loudly.

On this side, the 125 destroyer formation was already in chaos, and the destroyers and frigates retreated to Ishima Island. Two Xin'anjiang-class Brycruisers followed the temple and 260 mines were sprinkled on the four-kilometer offshore area at the northern end of Ihiraya Island. On the other side, they detoured from the east of Ryukyu Oshima, carrying 17 Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats of 2,700 Japanese Army, and two seaplane motherships, have approached rapidly at a high speed of 33 knots. In the north, the second patrol team composed of four Kaohsiung-class heavy cruisers, led by Lieutenant General Mikawa Junichi (written as Takasu Shiro, wrongly written), also surrounded Ihiraya Island with a speed of 25 knots.

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"Report, the 125th Destroyer Fleet reported and found that the Japanese fleet was approaching." In the front line command of Qingdao, the telegrapher pulled the telegram off, quickly completed the translation, and suddenly kicked the seat and rushed to the front of the sand table: "There are two strands, one at the northern end of Ryukyu Island and the other at the Masatoki Ihiraya Island." Under his command, the female soldier quickly moved the two ship models representing the Japanese fleet into place.

Bingwen and Shen Honglie suddenly stood up, and the other officers rushed to the sand table. "It's really here! Where is our fleet position?" Bai Yutang took a step forward and picked up a putter: "The 122 escort aircraft carrier formation is moving towards Dadong Island, the 125th Destroyer Patrol formation is in the northeast corner of Ihiraya Island, the 127th Destroyer Patrol formation is between Sugu Island and Ie Island, and the 126th Destroyer Patrol formation is 40 nautical miles west of Ishima Island, and the 'Beijing' and 'Nanjing' battleships are behind them."

"Three battleships, Shandong, Shanghai and Chongqing... Here, Qingliang!" When Bai Yutang pointed out the positions of each fleet, Shen Honglie had already pulled the telegram from another staff officer who came to report: "Pang Haitao is temporarily retreating to Yishima Island, and Yang Zhikai of the 126th formation has also gone up from the west..."

"This is simple." Bai Yutang pushed the two models to a new position and said quickly: "If Yamamoto's four battleships do not fire, Yang Zhikai's six cruisers are enough to deal with four Kaohsiung. If they fire, they can pretend to be defeated and retreat to the west first. If Yamamoto turns east, the two Beijings will join the 126 formation and turn around and chase them together. The 127 formation can also be intercepted from northeast of Yijiang Island. If he goes deeper, the 127 formation will release the passage, and Zhang Xiaoyu blocks him in Qingliang's interval and fight again!"

"Where is the island?" Bingwen held his hands and asked about the most critical things.

"It's already evacuating... Commander, don't worry too much. Start from Ihiraya Island and walk on the inner side of Ie Island. Around the west coast of Ryukyu, it takes 4 hours at a Nagato-level speed. From now until dawn, there are still 5 hours, so Yamamoto has only one hour of artillery attack time at most. During this period, we have to deal with our harassment."

One hour! Even if the four main battleships do not take action, the 40 main guns on the Kaohsiung-class heavy patrol are enough to make the two divisions that have already landed on the island lose their skin. The most troublesome thing is that in order to capture the three aircraft carriers of Tsukahara, they will not scare him away. His battleship cannot be invested too early. "Twenty thousand soldiers!... Chengzhang, Yutang, if we can't stop Yamamoto, we will probably be sinners." Thinking of this, Bingwen also breathed nervously. Shen Honglie and Bai Yutang beside him nodded, and then slapped the edge of the sand table hard: "But I believe that we can definitely stop him!"

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"Order Colonel Ikeda to leave the formation and set up a defense line to the northwest of Ihiraya Island!" On the flagship Kaohsiung, the commander of the team, Mikawa Junichi, stood calmly under the light. The dim light pulled his back into a diagonal length. "Turn left with the flagship as the ruler and set up a shelling line. The distance is set at...13,000 yards." In the hoarse and gentle voice, Mikawa began to set up a shelling line. "Report, Lieutenant General, you are ready..."

Mikawa nodded, picked up his beloved German stopwatch, and glanced at the port side: "Have Major General Goto's transportation team arrived?"

“15 minutes left.”

"Start in one minute." Mikawa nodded and handed the stopwatch to the gunman: "Use the most intense firepower." After the order was issued, 40 l50/203 mm main guns quickly raised the barrel and aimed at Ihiraya Island in the dark.

At this time, the south of Ihiraya Island was already overturned. "Hurry, hurry up! Enter the bunker." The officers who received the warning shouted loudly. Thousands of soldiers hid in the bunker in a mess, preparing to welcome the terrifying naval artillery attack.

"Wear your helmets, cover your ears, don't look up! Hide all heavy equipment."

"Be careful that the enemy will take the opportunity to rush out! Machine gun, there is a shooting hole here..."

"Terminal Commander, didn't our fleet stop the Japanese ship?" In the cave on the southern foot of Heyang Mountain, Hua Min, the commander of the Fifth Marine Division of the Marine Corps, commanded everyone to evacuate and hide. Many soldiers with unknown conditions were asked to prevent heavy naval guns, and showed signs of nervousness and anxiety. "Don't worry, the fleet is coming. Just hide you well. And you, a little brat, don't have your life and leave the open space without bullet craters." Hua Min inspected the hidden situation of the troops all the way, and did he look at the north with a heart-wrenching look.

"Be careful!" When he entered a temporary reinforcement fortification, the sound of breaking through the air came towards him. "Boom boom boom boom boom boom..." At 22:40, a huge roar sound rang out from south of Heyang Mountain, and fireballs instantly spread across the south of the island. The thunderous explosion waves washed the surface of the ground that had been scraped off, like the galloping sound of thousands of horses, echoing in every eardrum. The encounters of the Sanchuan Army, a general of the Japanese army a day ago, were all returned to the landing Marine Fifth Division and the 223rd Infantry Division. More than 20,000 soldiers suddenly turned from attacking to defenders. The shells falling like meteorites pouring from the sky continued to explode around them, terrible shrapnel and hot flames wrapped in countless blood and flesh mud.

After the Mikawa army opened fire, the "Tokyo Express" led by Goto Akiko was like a ghost in the dark. Under the cover of the heavy patrol, the troops divided into two groups to the northeast of Ihiraya Island. "Look, Kitajima is not in our hands yet!" After the leading destroyer of Shikiba was impatient to send a contact signal, a flashing signal light also lit up on the Moriha Island. "Be ready to land, go, let go and save life... Boom!" Seeing the light, Captain Atsushi Atsushi was about to give an order, but the 2,000-ton destroyer burst out with a huge ball of light, but it broke from the middle at a speed visible to the naked eye. More than 100-strong army soldiers on the deck were all shaken to the sea.

Before the Shibubo disappeared into the sea, the Shibubo destroyer, one kilometer away, also exploded, and the tall water column even overturned the 300-ton torpedo boat next to it. These two violent explosions made Mikawa, who provided fire support, stunned: "What's wrong? Hurry up, contact General Goto." "Mine is a water mine!" The sudden explosion of Shibubo and Shibubo scared Goto Akiko who rushed to the island at high speed. After careful identification, he found that there were many anchor thunder floating on the nearby sea.

"Damn it! The Chinese are mined here. Hurry up, put down the traffic boat and let them get ashore." After hearing the report, Goto Akiko suddenly cried out something wrong, and immediately asked the army to land on the lifeboat on the ship, and sent a shallow torpedo boat to find a new route. Just as the fleet released the army and was too busy to get in, two translucent and dazzling flash bombs suddenly lit up in the darkness on the south. In an instant, Goto's "Tokyo Express" formation appeared in white light. Under the flash bomb, six fast moving black dots quickly emerged. The leader was the two Xinanjiang-class rapid mined cruisers and four Qinling-class destroyers that returned to the battlefield.

"Enemy attack..." The Japanese "Cat Eye" on the mast shouted, and the six warships led by Pang Haitao fired 40 torpedoes in one go. When the torpedo rushed to the Tokyo Express, the 20 double-connected 120mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns on the ship also opened fire violently towards the Goto fleet with the fastest rate of fire. Before he could dissipate from the minds of Goto and other officers, another destroyer and a torpedo boat suddenly exploded.

Three explosions, less than ten minutes apart, made Mikawa frown in the distance: "Order Atago and Maya to give up the shelling and support Goto landing."

At 23:05, Goto finally reacted, commanding the army to land with small ships such as transportation boats, torpedo boats and lifeboats. At the same time, he led 7 destroyers to rush south, covering the landing ground, and entangled the 125-driving patrol formation to prevent them from rushing in. In an instant, fires flashed on the sea east of Ihiraya Island, artillery of various calibers interweaving and roaring, brown-red balls, and explosive fireballs were denser than the stars in the sky.

"The red and blue alternating signal lights informed the 'Yunwushan Mountain' to lean on me..." The blazing artillery fire shone on Pang Haitao's cheek. When he looked at the 'Yunwushan Mountain' on the left and was about to use the signal light to contact the other party to cover himself to carry out a high-speed raid, a 203mm shell hit the bow of the destroyer accurately.

"Boom..." The 3,000-ton "Yunwushan Mountain" destroyer seemed to be pressed by a giant's hand, and the bow of the ship sank two meters in an instant.

The "Atgo" and "Mayah" heavy cruisers of the second heavy cruiser of the Japanese Combined Fleet both turned the guns and continuously created water columns around the 125-driving patrol formation at a speed of 40 shells per minute.

Just as the east side of Ihiraya Island was burning and the entire sea seemed to be burning, to the west side of the island, they vowed to avenge the sister ships, the heavy cruisers of the Taiwan Island and the Hainan Island, led the four light cruisers of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Nujiang River, and the Jinsha River, and also rushed to the north of the island, with 66 210mm and 155mm main guns raised at the same time.

Behind them, two Beijing-class fast battleships moved in a straight line north at a high speed of 30 knots. As the warships rushed faster and faster, several tangled spots of light slowly appeared on the radar screen.

Yamamoto is here.
Chapter completed!