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    The wind, still like a knife, blew across the plains of Western Siberia.  .

    In Tomsk in late April, the day and night temperatures were still hovering below zero.  Compared with the humid and warm southeastern tropics, people here have just survived a cruel and cold winter that they will never forget.  When the plane entered the field airport along the railway line, Chu Nan clearly saw that there were large groups of Soviet prisoners of war recasting the roadbed under the supervision of the National Guard and Central Asian coalition soldiers along the Siberian Railway. Engineers were also directing the track-laying trains.  Re-lay damaged rails.  These pictures are telling the outside world that the important West Siberian Plain has fallen into the hands of the National Defense Forces. Starting from the east coast of Krasnoyarsk in Eastern Siberia, all the way to Omsk is smooth.

    In fact, the encirclement war in Western Siberia began after the Battle of Petropavlovsk before winter last year.  At that time, Liu Mingzhao and Long Yun saw the opportunity. The former led Zhuo Fan to attack Petropavlovsk, and the latter raided Omsk. Together, they cut off the main artery of the Siberian Railway and separated Barnaul, Tomsk and Novosibirsk.  Surrounded by triangle area.  At that time, Stalin issued a death order, requiring the surrounded 400,000-strong Siberian Army to stand firm and wait for reinforcements. However, Zhukov believed that they should evacuate in time to preserve their effective forces, and he was almost imprisoned for this.  Unwilling to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of elite veterans in vain, he found Rokossovsky of the Ural Front. The two of them evacuated 150,000 veterans without telling the front commander Timoshenko before the encirclement was completely closed.  Because of this incident, the two were dismissed from their posts and investigated.  It was not until the beginning of January that the surrounded Siberian Army sent a telegram to Moscow, reporting that it had encountered extremely cold weather and that heating, power generation and food had all been blown up by the Chinese Air Force, causing a large number of soldiers to freeze to death and frostbite. Only then did Stalin reactivate the two men and send them  When Zhukov became the commander of the Stalingrad Front, he admitted his mistake in disguise.

    But the big mistake has been made!

    Because after the end of the Petropavlovsk Battle, China's Central Asia Theater Command deployed more than a thousand bombers of various types to carry out repeated bombings on cities of all sizes within the encirclement for three months, destroying all livelihood facilities and food supplies.  Destroy them all.  With no heating, no food, and even the houses to protect themselves from the wind and snow were in dilapidated condition, the military and civilians in the Western Siberian encirclement suffered heavy losses. In addition, for three consecutive months last winter, the temperature in the area was below minus 35 degrees, so  Tens of thousands of people freeze to death every day throughout Western Siberia, and eventually it even gets to the point of cannibalism!  Many people, forced by hunger and cold, had to cross the ice and snow blockade and surrender to the defense forces of Semiy and Pavlodar.

    Originally, according to the predictions of the General Staff, if we attacked this area full of mudslides, swamps, and countless fortresses in summer, we would have to pay a price of at least 300,000 casualties.  However, under the "severe cold blockade" tactics that lasted for half a year, Western Siberia, which had 1.2 million soldiers and civilians before the war, in addition to the 150,000 Soviet troops and 300,000 civilians who escaped before and after the Battle of Petropavlovsk, a full 500,000  People froze to death, and 300,000 refugees and soldiers surrendered.  In the entire low-latitude residential area of ??Western Siberia, there are less than 50,000 residents left.  Therefore, after the encirclement began at the beginning of the month, the 500,000-strong National Defense Forces and the Central Asian Allied Forces encountered almost no resistance. All the troops encountered were emaciated and dying Soviet soldiers and civilians, or thousands of rotting corpses.  In the end, with less than 3,000 casualties, Western Siberia was completely captured.

    As soon as he got off the plane, he saw Song Ziqing waiting at the airport. He quickly went over and saluted: "Minister, why can I bother you to wait for me here?"

    "I just came back from Petropavlovsk. I heard that your plane is right behind me, so I just waited a little longer." Song Ziqing chuckled: "Is there any good news from the southeast?"

    "It's not that good." Chu Nan and Song Ziqing came together from Wuchang to the present, so there was nothing to hide from him.  Immediately after getting on the bus, he recounted the bitter battle on Kume Island: "it was difficult at the beginning, and Kuribayashi Tadamichi's defensive tactics were unexpected. But after a few days of back-and-forth, the remnants of the enemy have now been trapped in the north.  Gumi Mountain. According to Liao Changfeng, the remaining Japanese troops have less than a thousand troops and all heavy weapons have been exhausted, so he is now repairing the airport while clearing it. It is expected that the airport will be put into use in two days. Judging from the overall results of the battle, the total casualties are about  More than 6,000, which is within expectations, but it takes a lot of time Shen Honglie has already started to continue attacking Iheiya Island, but it is hard to say how long it will take to capture it."

    "There are still capable people in Japan." Song Ziqing frowned slightly when he heard that the small Kume Island lost more than 6,000 soldiers and delayed the plan for four days: "Looking at it this way, the landing on Ryukyu will have to be postponed.  It¡¯s over?¡±

    "It's hard to say now." Chu Nan shook his head: "Ipingaya Island is different from Kume Island. The terrain is long and narrow, and there are no high peaks. There is basically no danger to defend. The Japanese army also knows this, so the intelligence says that there are only  Less than 10,000 people were stationed there. Liao Changfeng and the others planned to change their tactics this time. They would first land on Yefu Island, and then deploy two heavy artillery battalions and several heavy mortars here.? In this way, the entire Iheya Island and Izena Island can be covered, and there is no need to worry about insufficient fire support like Kume Island.  As for the time to land on Ryukyu, Byubun and the others are still waiting for news about the fleet.  "

    "Why, Yamamoto Isoroku is still holding on?"

    "It may be impossible to hold on, because the Japanese military headquarters is already very dissatisfied with the loss of Kume Island. Even Hirohito sent him a farewell telegram from Kuribayashi Tadamichi. With his character, there will never be a case of 'the country will be destroyed and the navy will survive.'  Things. So Bingwen and the others believe that as long as Izena Island is fought, he must come out for a decisive battle." Chu Nan touched his forehead and smiled: "I am worried now whether I can eat Yamamoto. Because yesterday's intelligence said that the commander of the US Army  MacArthur has arrived in Madrid, and the number of troops has increased to 200,000, and is expected to increase to 300,000 by the beginning of the month. 130,000 British troops have entered Spain. On the German side, Guderian has captured Zaragoza. From the direction of attack, he  They want to go to Barcelona first and open the railway from Toulouse, France into Spain. It can be seen that they should take into account the terrain problem and prepare to send the main force in first before the decisive battle. It is expected that there will be a major battle in Spain in early May. We judge that Stalin also  We will definitely seize the opportunity that Germany cannot get away from and launch a larger offensive towards Central Asia. Therefore, I am worried that if the navy cannot take this opportunity to defeat Yamamoto¡¯s main force, it will affect the Battle of Malacca. Without opening up the channel, we will  We can only rely on the Central Asian Railway to protect the Persian Gulf, so Bai Chongxi and Du Yuming will have to wait for a few more months, and they will not be able to attract the Soviet army to the Caucasus and relieve the pressure here."

    Song Ziqing is a civilian minister, and he knows more clearly that what Central Asia is fighting for is logistics, money and food.  After the decisive battle in the southeast began, the total amount of materials sent from China to Central Asia has dropped by one-third compared with last year, which makes the Central Asia Theater Command helpless.  On the contrary, as the battlefield got closer and closer to the European Soviet Union, the Soviet army's logistics lines became more convenient and closer, offsetting many logistical disadvantages.  As a result, except for the slight advantage in equipment, the rest of the war conditions between the two sides are already close.  If the navy cannot eliminate Yamamoto's main force as soon as possible, then the southeast will inevitably drag on, which will be very detrimental to the Central Asian front.

    Chu Nan continued: "The Ministry of War has also urged me many times to enter North Korea as soon as possible. Long Yun and the others have prepared 35 divisions in the Northeast and 22 new North Korean army divisions. They plan to start early next month, including 20 divisions.  and 22 divisions of the North Korean Army counterattacked the peninsula, and another 15 divisions were committed to Sakhalin Island and the Sea of ??Okhotsk. Originally, the Navy promised that after the xn23 battle group captured Gilbert, it would turn around and go north to support Sakhalin Island and Chiba  The battle on the islands. But yesterday, Bingwen asked them to delay for a few days and wait for the Ryukyu landing before attacking the peninsula. This is not a disagreement, and the two sides started to quarrel again." As the stall got bigger and bigger,  Logistics has become the biggest headache for officers at all levels.  Stalin also saw through this, and after opening up the southeast, he formulated a series of counterattack plans in an attempt to save Japan and consume China.  The three domestic armies are also competing for resources. They have a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days. He, the chief of general staff, has been overwhelmed by logistics before his butt is warmed up.

    "What Bingwen said makes sense. Unless the main force of the Japanese navy is defeated, the navy's material consumption cannot be suppressed. If the army opens the Korean battlefield again, the pressure will be too great."

    "So you plan to ask the president to come forward and coordinate?" Song Ziqing understood Chu Nan's dilemma very well.  But he knew better what Bingwen and the navy were thinking. Unless they defeated the main force of the Japanese navy, even if Yang Qiu came forward, they would not take the initiative to reduce the amount of supplies.  However, the country's material support capabilities only have so much, and it is no longer realistic to raise manufacturing capabilities to a higher level in the short term, so this matter is very difficult to handle.

    Chu Nan smiled bitterly and spread his hands with a troubled expression: "What else can I do? Before coming out, Bingwen told me that they had discovered a Japanese fleet heading south from Dadong Island to join the Philippine fleet.  Fourth Fleet. Bingwen judged that this might be Yamamoto's trick to lure the enemy, so he had given up the original plan and prepared to use the trick to let Zhang Zhaoyang of Ryukyu go south overnight and pursue pursuit through the Taiwan Strait, while Pan Duheng took an illusory shot in Palau.  Quickly head east and rush to Daito Island to search for Yamamoto's main force. This will not only confuse the Japanese navy, but also deceive Yamamoto. Because Yamamoto's target is Ryukyu, he is not afraid of Zhang Zhaoyang's attack across the island, but is afraid of Pan Duheng killing him from behind. So  Just use a big cross deception to make Yamamoto mistakenly think that it is Pan Duheng who is chasing the bait. Once Yamamoto thinks that the xn21 battle group has been lured away, Pan Duheng can cooperate with the four escort aircraft carriers remaining in Ryukyu and the land aviation of Kume Island to carry out a pincer attack."  He moved his hands and made a gesture of crossing his hands.  Finally he said with a smile: "Now I rely entirely on the navy. If it doesn't work this time, then I, the chief of staff, will really have to sell myself."

    "Haha, you, you." Song Ziqing was amused, laughed, opened the door and got out of the car: "Let's go, let's see if the president agrees to let you sell yourself."

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    It¡¯s ten o¡¯clock on the night of April 23rd.

    In the Kerama Sea, two patrolling Black Shark-class submarines are less than three kilometers apart, appearing and disappearing as the waves rise and fall.  From the command enclosureThe radar antenna that emerged was rotating rapidly.  In the leader of the Sailfish, the burly captain Zhou Sen, wearing a vest and underpants, was lying on the chart while checking the patrol route and wiping sweat constantly.  Directly below the command podium, the first mate was operating the periscope and continued to observe the sea surface.  Suddenly, there was a noise in the electronic cabin, and a moment later a rapid voice came from inside: "Sir, 3 nautical miles southeast! There are eleven ships."

    "Clang." With a sound, Zhou Sen knocked over the teacup in excitement.  He rushed to the periscope and turned the lens to the direction reported by the radar.  But it was too dark on the sea to see anything.  "No. 1 and No. 2 pressurized water tanks are drained, go up and have a look." He commanded the submarine to surface, but he quickly ran into the electronic cabin.  The reason was simple. Although he was 90% sure that it was an enemy ship that appeared, there were two of his own patrol formations cruising in the Kerama waters, so he needed to confirm again.  Fortunately, the experienced radar operator quickly deduced from the direction and angle of the target that the course was not within the night patrol range of his own patrol formation.

    Knowing that it was not his own fleet, Zhou Sen immediately turned on the sirens on the entire ship.  The orange warning light flashed rapidly, and a series of passwords echoed nervously and orderly inside the sealed submarine.

    "Five degrees of horizontal rudderget ready to go out of the water."

    "Right rudder 17 degrees, engine room at full speed."

    "Bearing 220, the sound of high-speed propeller approaching!"

    "Stop draining water! Level the main horizontal rudder, left rudder five! Check all hatches and prepare for emergency dive!"

    "In the torpedo cabin, launch tubes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are pressurized. When the mines are fired, they will start charging and be ready for attack."

    Deliberately lowered voices were heard one after another in the dark, swaying, narrow hull filled with pipes and valves. Not only were the dozens of sailors not nervous, but they swept away the energy exhausted by the stuffy heat and sleepiness, and worked quickly with excitement.  "Release the communication buoy and contact the patrol formation to come and help. Send a signal to the Big Yellow Croaker and ask them to follow our ship and move to the port side!" The Black Shark-class submarine is indeed the fastest in underwater movement so far.  The fastest submarine, before the periscope could find the target, its streamlined hull had already quickly seized the launch position under Zhou Sen's command.

    "Captain, come quickly!" At the first mate's reminder, Zhou Sen immediately squeezed in front of the periscope, grasped the armrest tightly, turned it slowly, and muttered: "Quiet! Turn off the engine, start electric propulsion, target  The identification began The target was found, the number was not clear, there were tall islands, five turrets, etc" He rushed back to the navigation table and opened the thick Japanese navy  After quickly flipping through the ship photo album, I finally found a similar model on the last few pages.

    His eyes suddenly brightened: "It'sTone level!".

    (To be continued.)
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