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    "The Tuna reported that the main force of the combined fleet was not found outside the Bungo Channel."

    "Telegram from Kume Island, the enemy troops attacking the camp have been defeated, and Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi of the Japanese 36th Division committed suicide half an hour ago."

    "The Moganshan confirmed that it was the Ojing light cruiser that sank just now."

    "reported that an explosion occurred on the deck of the Nenjiang and the tow cable was broken. Colonel Yang has ordered the ship to be abandoned." At three o'clock in the morning, the command hall of the Navy's Qingdao base was still noisy.  In the center of the hall, there is a huge sand table. On the sand table is a flat sea map of the Pacific Ocean with longitude and latitude lines, and more than a hundred special wooden models are placed horizontally and vertically on it.  Around the sand table, five or six heroic female soldiers with ear-length short hair, black navy berets, skirts of the same color, and white canvas shoes were following the instructions from the electronic communications officers nearby, using their long  Push sticks remove or push small models representing Marines, reconnaissance aircraft or warships into designated locations.

    The Typhoon Plan is a super-large transoceanic combat plan completely led by the navy. Its scale and material consumption are close to the early stages of the Talos Plan.  Therefore, within the navy, it is regarded as a watershed in the battle between land power and sea power. Not only does it pay special attention to this battle, but it also mobilizes most of its elite soldiers and generals.  This front finger hall alone handles thousands of pieces of information and orders every day.  In the corner of the sand table, Bingwen and Shen Honglie were talking softly. It was not until they reported that the Nenjiang light cruiser had been abandoned for rescue that they raised their heads and glanced at the sand table.  The two of them are under a lot of pressure now.  Not to mention the accident at the Battle of Kumejima, Yamamoto Isoroku deliberately hid in Tibet and took advantage of the familiar Japanese coastal environment to constantly change positions. He was about to catch him several times. Even bombers were sent over, but they disappeared.  People hate it so much that their teeth itch.  Seeing that there was still a week before the Oshima landing day, if Yamamoto could not be attracted out, he would have to risk a forced landing.

    "Stand at attention!"

    The two of them had just received the damage report from the Kerama night battle from their staff.  A loud standing sound silenced the hall.  "President?!" Bingwen looked up and was suddenly surprised.  I saw Yang Qiu, who was still inspecting Tomsk yesterday morning, walking in with Yue Peng, Song Ziqing and others.

    "President, marshal, minister." The two people stepped forward to salute, and they were secretly wondering why Yang Qiu came to Qingdao to inspect in the middle of the night.  Seeing that there was no displeasure on his face, Bingwen breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "President, why are you here? Over there in Central Asia"

    "It's nothing. I just heard from Chu Nan that you have changed your plans. I happened to be going to Wuhan to attend the Federation of Industry and Commerce Council at noon, so I made a detour to take a look." Yang Qiu smiled and avoided the tense topic of Central Asia.  After waving everyone to continue working, he walked to the sand table and said, "I just received a telegram on the plane saying that the Yamamoto Fifty-Six Sect has taken action?" Bingwen knew that Yang Qiu was worried about the navy, so he immediately ordered the Kerama Night Battle  Let¡¯s introduce the situation again: ¡°We sank four light and heavy cruisers Tone, Chikuma, Oi and Kitakami, as well as three destroyers. We ourselves lost the heavy cruiser Sakhalin and the light cruiser Nenjiang. We also took up four destroyers. Chongming  The Dao is also seriously injured, and it is initially estimated that it will not be able to operate for at least seven months, and the Suifenhe also needs to be docked immediately for repairs."

    "Haha Not bad." After hearing such a big loss, Yue Peng was not angry but smiled at Song Ziqing: "I remember before the war started. Japan had a total of 31 cruisers, right? This time it lost 4 more.  How much more can Yamamoto have to waste?¡±

    "We have sunk 15 ships one after another, and there are 16 left. On heavy cruises, we were 18 to 8 ahead before the war. Now it is 11 to 11, not counting the 6 ships leased from France." Bingwen thanked Yue Peng.  He nodded, knowing that he meant to encourage everyone with these words.  After all, it¡¯s about spending money.  Japan is far from its opponent.  Yang Qiu didn't care about this loss. He looked at his watch and said, "We don't have much time. Tell me about your new plan."

    Bingwen nodded and signaled to Shen Honglie. The latter took a putter from the female soldier, walked to Yang Qiu and introduced it: "President, Marshal, look. The main force of the Japanese Navy has been divided into two parts.  , part of it is the main force led by Yamamoto. According to our speculation, he should be hiding in the waters of Kyushu, Shikoku and Izu Islands, confronting us secretly across the Ryukyu Islands. The current situation is that no matter which of our two families crosses first  The archipelago will inevitably be attacked head-on by the opponent. The other part is the squadron going south. Judging from the deciphered telegrams, this fleet has three escort aircraft carriers, namely the Flying Eagle, the Falcon and the Dragon Phoenix, and four mysterious ships.  The high-class heavy cruiser and the remaining nineteen ships were commanded by Nagumo Chuichi.

    Since the Nagumo Fleet set off from the Izu Islands, it has been sending out radio signals and has held many maritime exercises.  Therefore, we analyze that he should want to induce our xn21 aircraft carrier battle group to pursue him and relieve Yamamoto of future troubles.  If we continue to follow the original plan and let Pan Duheng attack the Nagumo Fleet, then Yamamoto only needs to rely on the Izu Islands and the Todai Islands to form an alliance with us.?A long-term confrontation, so that after landing on the big island, the landing troops will inevitably be attacked by Japanese aircraft carriers.  In response to this situation, we decided to modify the plan.  Using the 121st aircraft carrier formation of the 12th battle group, Zhang Zhaoyang led three aircraft carriers to pursue southward, and Pan Duheng led the 21st battle group to rush back after a false shot to the east of the Philippines.  In this way, Yamamoto would not be able to use the Philippine Sea to the west of Ryukyu to deal with us.  But just like this, Yamamoto will not come out, because we still have four escort aircraft carriers in the East China Sea, and he does not know that the 121 formation has gone south, so he will think that we have two aircraft carrier battle groups, 121 and 122, in the East China Sea.  With three ships fighting against seven, and with the help of the air force, his chances of winning were slim.  He launched a harassment war tonight to force us to cross the island chain first.

    So we are ready to take advantage of the situation!

    After daybreak, the Air Force will first bomb the Japanese airfields in the Daito Islands, and first destroy the Japanese aviation power in the Daito Islands to the west of Ryukyu.  At the same time, the 123rd battleship formation has merged with Liao Changfeng's landing fleet to protect the 5th Marine Division, 157th, 158th, 233rd and 240th Infantry Divisions, and implemented a landing on Ipingya Island, further forcing Yamamoto.  Judging from the situation just now, if the landing on Iheiya Island is successful, Yamamoto will definitely send a fleet to attack tonight, because he will not be able to get in without seducing a few of our aircraft carriers.  Therefore, we decided to let the four Beijing-class battleships of Battleship 123 also join the night patrol to protect the safety of the landing site.  It is also planned that the 122 escort aircraft carrier formation will temporarily give up its landing cover mission, and Kumejima Airport will be responsible for air support.  They acted as the 121st aircraft carrier battle group, led a dozen empty ships, quietly slipped out from between Miyako Island and Ryukyu Island, and pretended to land on the Daito Islands  "

    "good!"

    Hearing this, Yue Peng and Song Ziqing both took pictures of the sand table frame, and the latter asked: "Is Kume Island safe?"

    "I just got the news that at one o'clock in the morning, about 500 Japanese soldiers tried to attack the airport. Now they have all been defeated. Tadamichi Kuribayashi also committed suicide. I think there should be no problem." Tadamichi Kuribayashi is the soul of the defenders of Kume Island.  His suicide showed that the Japanese army on Kumejima was completely finished.  Shen Honglie also said: "Kume Island plans to build three field airports. Now one is in use, and the other one is being repaired overnight. It should be able to undertake the task of supporting Ipingya Island and blocking enemy aircraft on Oshima Island."

    "It's a person, it's a pity." Yue Peng smacked his lips and sighed for Ribayashi Tadashi.  Yang Qiu picked up the putter and pointed it to the north of Ipingya Island: "What are you going to do here? Zhang Zhaoyang goes south, Pan Duheng is still rushing back in the Pacific, and then sends out the 122 aircraft carrier formation, won't there be a big gap in the north?"

    "This is exactly what we planned." Shen Honglie said: "Look. This is Pan Duheng's position in the afternoon, less than 400 nautical miles away from the East Islands. If Yamamoto drills into the East China Sea from Anmei Island, he can follow behind  Block the retreat route, blockade Yamamoto¡¯s three main aircraft carriers in the East China Sea, and cooperate with the bombers on Kume Island and the southeast coast to implement an outflanking attack.¡±

    "What about the Nagumo Fleet and the Japanese Fourth Fleet in the Philippines?" Yang Qiu was not familiar with the Japanese naval generals, but Nagumo, who attacked Pearl Harbor and defeated Midway Island, knew about it, so he was very concerned about how to deal with the two at the same time.  This direction cannot allow the opponent to hide in the Philippines, which is densely populated with islands.  However, in Bingwen's view, this worry was not valid. He smiled and said: "President, Japan only has six aircraft carriers left. Xu Huansheng has already exploded like crazy. If this continues, Taiho may not be able to be completed. So Yamamoto must have warned him before setting off.  Nan Yun, try your best to keep the aircraft carrier and fleet, and try to bring them back to participate in the decisive battle of Ryukyu. In this case, his confidence in fighting to the death will be very low. So I asked Chen Shiying to guard Penghu. He has five cruisers and six Taishans.  -class high-speed destroyer, as soon as Nan Yun appears, he will immediately pounce on it and cooperate with the Taiwan Air Wing to bite it hard." At this point, he picked up a model representing the aircraft carrier and placed it heavily on Keelung: "Zhang Zhaoyang did not leave Penghu.  , I asked him to wait for Nagyun here."

    "You think he will turn around, so you are planning to intercept him on the way back?" Song Ziqing's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked: "What if he doesn't come back and goes directly to the Philippines?"

    "He won't go to the Philippines, because it will be useless." Before Bingwen could answer, Yue Peng kept nodding.  He smiled and said: "From a psychological point of view, when a thief is discovered, the first thing he does is definitely not fight"

    "Report! The Nagumo Fleet was discovered, located 170 nautical miles south of the Bashi Channel."

    As soon as Yue Peng finished speaking, the report of the Nanyun Fleet rang out from beside everyone.  This unexpected coincidence made Yang Qiu laugh, glance at Bingwen, and nodded with satisfaction

    (To be continued)
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