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    Declaring victory does not mean that the problems exposed in this battle have passed.  In particular, the mistakes made by veteran officers such as Yang Guochang in handling aviation operations and their lack of composure at the last moment when facing multiple Japanese aircraft caused a strong earthquake within the navy.  On the night when the fleet returned to Keelung, 23rd Fleet Commander Yang Guochang and Chief of Staff Lin Ruosheng were both dismissed and subsequently transferred to the Naval University. Although they were not demoted, it also meant that their front-line naval careers were over.  At the same time, more than a dozen senior officers, including the Taiwan Navy's garrison commander and staff officer, were also dismissed.  The Sichuan received the most severe punishment since the war began, because after eating four torpedoes and five bombs, there was still hope for the Sichuan to be saved, but there was a serious oversight in damage control, and no action was taken after the storm and waves increased at night.  Reinforcement measures caused the aircraft carrier to capsize, so 25 people, including the captain and the officer in charge of damage management, were arrested and sent to a military court.

    Like the navies of other countries in the world, the Navy of the Republic of China also had a battleship faction and an aircraft carrier faction. It even had an additional submarine faction because of the Qingdao Naval Battle that year.  However, after the Ryukyu Battle, both the battleship faction and the submarine faction realized that the aircraft carrier had become the main force and was unstoppable, so a new generation of young and powerful aviation faction officers began to emerge.  In response to pilot reports, the Lightning clearly has superior technology, but everyone is not used to it, and the Navy has also actively responded to the problem.  After statistics, it was found that most of the losses were due to unfamiliarity with the Japanese combat methods and the Zero fighter's super small-radius circling ability. Many pilots used the methods used to deal with the Soviet Air Force on the Western Front to fight highly flexible aircraft.  Zero War, and Li Feng, which has been used to simulate Zero War, is not as good as the lighter Zero War in terms of hovering and vertical capabilities, so the next day the Navy Ministry issued a transfer order to transfer Zhang Peng, Lei Shaobao and Liu Yu  Waiting for several outstanding pilots to be transferred back to the Naval Aviation Academy to teach everyone how to deal with zero battles and Japanese warships.

    ¡°The Battle of Guam cannot be postponed!¡±

    Faced with the Navy's desire to postpone the sneak attack on Guam, Yang Qiu slammed the table: "Didn't we just lose an aircraft carrier? Didn't we scare you Chen Shaokuan to death? How many aircraft carriers did Shan Wuliu have?"  There is nothing to worry about. You don¡¯t have to worry about the security of the mainland and the southeastern coast. I only want Guam, Mariana and the southwest Pacific! Even if they are all destroyed, I will take them down!"

    In the Presidential Palace, Yang Qiu's expression was not so good. This anger was more about himself than teaching the navy a lesson.  Because now that I think about it, Fleet 23 should not actually be sent to carry out the mission of the Ryukyu Sea Battle. Even if the Hosho and Zuifeng are left behind, the two light aircraft carriers will not pose much of a threat.  Chen Shaokuan and Haijun actually suffered on his behalf.  Because it was his decision to send the 23rd Fleet, and the Navy was just dutifully executing the president's battle plan.  As a result, one of the two aircraft carriers of the 23rd Fleet was killed and the other was injured, which also resulted in the lack of important air power in the plan to attack Guam.  This is also a typical battle in which an expert is commanded by an amateur, because in addition to knowing that the aircraft carrier is the future overlord, he does not even understand how to arrange the take-off and landing of the aircraft carrier, let alone professional issues such as the weaknesses of the Zero fighter.

    Chen Shaokuan¡¯s face turned livid after being scolded.  He sat on the edge with his head bowed and said nothing.  Wang Zhengting stayed with Yang Qiu for the longest time. He could see that he was actually blaming himself, but he still had to take care of the president's face in this situation, so he took the initiative to intervene to calm the atmosphere: "Hou Fu, don't be angry. If the president doesn't support your navy,  , A few years ago, he would not have squeezed out the funds to build so many warships." Seeing Chen Shaokuan's expression softened slightly.  He continued to ask: "By the way, I remember that four Liaoning-class ships were started in the 1936 naval plan, and six ships were added in the 1938 supplementary plan. Last year, an additional six ships were added to the declaration of war against the Soviet Union. Why is there no room for maneuver at all?"

    "For the four ships in 2036, we required the shipyard to build them according to the normal speed. The speed is slow but we can save costs. Among the first four ships, the Liaoning is in the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the second ship Anton has been delivered to the Second Fleet to start sea trials. Three  The outfitting of No. 4 Guangdong and No. 4 Guangxi is nearing completion." Chen Shaokuan said: "The construction speed of the six ships in 1938 was relatively fast, but most of them had just been outfitted. Half of the six ships after the war had not yet been laid.  Where is the keel, so now I only have five fleet aircraft carriers and four escort aircraft carriers that can attack. The three ships of the Indian fleet cannot be moved. They are used to attack the Andaman Islands and Burma. They also need to coordinate the Persian Gulf and prevent Germany from attacking.  It is intended to enter the Suez Canal. The two Beihai ships of the First Fleet have already gone to Keelung, and the Anton of the Second Fleet has not yet formed combat effectiveness. In addition to these, more than half of the second batch of six escort carriers have been modified, and one will be delivered as soon as the end of the month.  However, the escort aircraft carrier is slow. Even if we set out now, it will take ten days to reach Guam."

    After listening to the introduction, the senior officials realized that the navy was not short of aircraft carriers, but happened to be in a gap period.  After all, since 1936, more than a dozen fleet aircraft carriers have started construction one after another, so Chen Shaokuan wanted to postpone the Battle of Guam to October.  Air Force Commander He Ningxiang Xiangxiang said: "Houfu, I have an idea. I haven't heard of any design flaws or malfunctions in the Liaoning so far. You might as well end the sea trials immediately and transfer the Guizhou's Sixth Aviation Group aboard.  This can not only pull out the Anton immediately, but also ensure combat effectiveness.??Strengthen the Fifth Air Group of the Sichuan with two escort aircraft carriers, and gather three ships to support Guam first.  As soon as the airport is taken down, I will immediately send two Tianquan brigades to support you.  Tianquan's range should be able to stabilize the situation in the entire archipelago, and bombers and dive planes can also be used to coordinate sea attacks.  As long as you wait until the end of the year, you will have seven or eight aircraft carriers available.  "

    He Ning's words reminded everyone, and Gu Weijun also offered suggestions: "He Ning's approach is good. I think the sea trials of Guangdong and Guangxi can also be shortened. If that is not enough, we can simply stop some unimportant outfitting tasks to ensure that they are put into service first.  , I¡¯ll install it slowly later when I have time.¡±

    "That's right, Houfu. Don't buckle it so tightly during wartime. Look at us, the tanks we deliver smell of butter, and we haven't even done an engine test run, so they're not accurate."

    Amid everyone's suggestions, Yue Peng coughed twice and interrupted: "I agree with the president, Guam cannot be postponed! According to the latest intelligence, the Lend-Lease bill proposed by Roosevelt has entered the congressional review process. Judging from the feedback, the U.S. Congress  The Chinese and the public are skeptical about joining the war, but they have considerable sympathy for Britain and France, so it is very likely to be passed at the plenary session of the Senate in three weeks! Once this bill is passed, the road for the United States to join the war will be basically paved.  Roosevelt will definitely officially enter the war after being re-elected in October! So this is our last chance to control the Southwest Pacific. We must take Guam and the Mariana Islands in our hands before October. We can obtain trusteeship after the war and cut off Wake Island.  The route to the Philippines. Only in this way can we ensure that the United States will fulfill the U.S-Philippines protection agreement after entering the war and use the Philippines as a springboard to intervene in the Southwest Pacific for a long time!"

    Who here doesn¡¯t know that war is just a facade, and the competition between major powers behind the scenes is the key.  The European War established Britain and France as superpowers for twenty years. With the rise of China, the United States, the Soviet Union and Germany, the world has reached a moment of re-division.  Even if they are allies, each one of them has some evil intentions and wants to take advantage of the other party.  Guam and Mariana are not yet U.S. territories, so taking control before the United States enters the war would be equivalent to cutting off the route from Hawaii to the Philippines. If Rabaul, Solomon, and New Guinea can be snatched from Japan, they can be declared extinct.  All the southwest Pacific outside Australia will become the domestic waters of the Republic of China. Even if the United States returns to the Philippines, it will not be able to contain it, because the Republic of China can cut off the maritime connections between the United States and the Philippines at any time.

    Therefore, after returning to the Navy Ministry, Chen Shaokuan accepted Yang Qiu's idea, held a meeting overnight, and decided to immediately put the Anton aircraft carrier into active service, and at the same time mobilize the Fifth Aviation Group to quickly form combat effectiveness and also dispatch  The military representatives went to the shipyard and must complete the two aircraft carriers Guangdong and Guangxi before the end of the year.  The second batch of six Liaoning-class ships to be built in early 2038 has also been ranked as the highest priority, and all required resources have been given the green light to ensure that they will be put into service as early as early next year. Finally, the modification work of the third batch of six escort aircraft carriers has also been started.

    Although the aftermath of the Battle of Ryukyu is still spreading, the war clouds in the Southwest Pacific have not dispersed. On the contrary, the war drums are getting denser.  The navy has realized that another decisive battle at sea is necessary.  Therefore, on the night when the Battle of Ryukyu ended, two Admiral-class escort aircraft carriers of the Second Fleet left Zhanjiang to take over from the 23rd Fleet and rushed to Guam. At the same time, the Anton of Sanduao also pursued them early the next morning.  Two Beihai-class aircraft carriers of the First Fleet were stationed in Keelung. At the same time, the battleships Beijing and Nanjing were transferred to the Second Fleet to replace the two Anhais. Three additional shore-based naval aviation groups were stationed in Taiwan, Borneo and Natuna.  With one of the two aircraft carriers dead and the other injured, in just one day and one night, the Republic of China Navy gathered seven more aircraft carriers and more than 1,000 naval fighters in the southwest Pacific.  Including the air force, the total number of fighters deployed in the southwest Pacific from Natuna to Taiwan exceeds 2,000, not counting the naval and air forces along the coast north of Shanghai.

    Faced with the aggressive posture of the Chinese Navy, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet Yamashiroki was extremely troubled.  Although Genda Minoru's plan was effective, he was still escaped by three battleships, and the pilots suffered considerable losses!  From the Haji Inland Sea to the end, the Japanese Navy lost about 130 experienced elite pilots in one day.  Everyone knows that airplanes are easy to build but pilots are difficult to maintain.  In particular, the Japanese Navy's elite military policy resulted in a severe shortage of HNA pilots, leaving it with an empty aircraft carrier but unable to attack.  However, like the Republic of China, he immediately called Tokyo and demanded the immediate construction of more aircraft carriers and aircraft.

    Just when he was thinking of ways to raise aircraft and aircraft carriers, he didn't know that the night attack and the Ryukyu naval battle were only part of the entire Chinese navy's raid plan, and even greater disasters were still waiting for him and Japan
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