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    "The Flying Eagle was severely damaged, and the Falcon, Dragon Phoenix, and Nachi were sunk A total of 31 aircraft were lost, and Ninghai and Dunkirk were slightly injured. The destroyer Wuyishan was attacked by a Japanese submarine last night and sank. At present,  Battleship Formation 211 is pursuing the remnants of Nagumo at full speed and is expected to join the tracking destroyer formation in five hours."

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

    "It's cold at night, so put on your clothes and take care of yourself. I've already asked people to prepare late-night snacks. If you're hungry, just shout."

    "Okay, let's go have a rest." Yang Qiu patted Miao Luo's hand, put on his coat, and turned his attention to the map.  After she left, Chen Guofu clapped his hands excitedly. This great victory in the Philippine Sea laid the foundation for Ryukyu's decisive victory.  When I think about the fact that after sunset tomorrow, the combined fleet that has covered Asia for nearly half a century will no longer exist, I feel a little worried about the gains and losses in my heart. I push Yue Peng next to me: "Brother Zian, you said earlier that the Intelligence Bureau has deciphered Yamamoto Isoroku's password."  Telegram, doesn¡¯t this mean that we are already winning?¡±

    "There is no sure-win war in the world. It is nothing more than knowing the first opportunity." Yue Peng smiled slightly, slowly crossing his fingers across the map, and his face gradually became solemn: "From the telegram, Yamamoto will continue to divide his troops. Among them, Tsukasa  Hara led three aircraft carriers south, directly to the Daito Islands to deal with our '12 Aircraft Carrier Battle Group'. He personally led the battleships into the East China Sea. He bombarded Iheya Island or Kume Island to induce our fleet to fight a night decisive battle. A few days ago  You have also seen the results of Kerama's night battle. In the short term, night battles are still difficult to overcome technical obstacles, so Yamamoto made a fuss about this. Bingwen told me that although Yamamoto's follow-up plan is unknown, it is likely that  **I want to rush in first and give an explanation to the country. It would be best if we can fight a decisive battle at night. If not, I am afraid that they will go south along Ryukyu Island and sneak around behind the Daito Islands, and then cooperate with Tsukahara to flank us.  Aircraft carrier battle group.¡±

    "Bingfumi and the others have a big problem now. You see Yamamoto has already learned about Nagumo's loss. If the fleet sets up an ambush on Iheya Island, he will be aware of the leak of the operation. In this way, in order to save the last  There is a 90% chance that he will immediately retreat from the north of Ryukyu Island, and will also abandon the Daito Islands and let Tsukahara cover him to retreat to the mainland. North of Ryukyu, the sea is open. If a night interception is carried out here, it may be difficult to stay.  Shimoyamamoto. Even if you stay, you can only watch Tsukahara escape at night."

    Listening to the analysis, Chen Guofu, who had given up the military for many years, also slowly smelled the smell.  He couldn't help but stare at the oil-bean-like Iheya Island on the map: "Then what the navy means is"

    "Bingwen and Haijun have no choice. If they want to eat Yamamoto and Tsukahara at the same time, they have to pay a price" Peng protracted the last note meaningfully, and pressed his finger on Kerama again: "If Yamamoto wants to  Cooperate with Tsukahara and flank us to the Daito Islands aircraft carrier formation, then we will still be here, the watershed of the war!"

    Chen Guofu was stunned for a moment and then understood.  Looking at Yang Qiu, who looked unhappy, he frowned a little and lowered his voice: "The president is also worried about this, right? In this case, haha, the price is really not small."

    "Without sacrifice, there is no victory." Yang Qiu, who was watching silently, suddenly interjected, looked up at the clock on the wall, asked Gu Yuwen to get the supper, and pointed to the sofa next to him: "Sit down, tonight I will definitely  I have to stay up late." After saying that, he remembered the Siberian vote and asked: "Are you ready for the northern referendum?"

    The two knew that he was very concerned about the naval battle, so they deliberately stayed up late hoping to grasp the situation of the battle as soon as possible.  "The president needs to take care of himself. I'm afraid this war won't be over in another three to five years." After a few words of concern, Chen Guofu introduced the preparations for promoting Siberia's referendum and its integration into China.

    Determined to promote the Siberian region east of the Yenisei River to join China through a referendum, Chen Guofu, the current chairman and speaker of the National Socialist Party, took up the important task and even joined forces with Wang Zhaoming and the Democratic Party to work on this matter.  The Democratic Party has been depressed for decades, but with the outbreak of the war, it has improved somewhat. After all, not everyone in the country supports the war.  The Democratic Party is also actively developing in remote "new regions" such as Central Asia, the Southeast Peninsula and Siberia, and has reversed many declines.  Therefore, Wang Zhaoming was particularly active in this referendum, and the entire Congress also supported it, and also allocated special funds to bribe local ethnic minorities.  In the past year of work, ethnic minorities in Siberia such as Yakut, Ewenk, Even, Chuchiko, and Buryat have agreed to the conditions. As soon as the voting begins, they will mobilize all tribes and collectively elect to join  China.

    ¡°In recent years, 500,000 people have immigrated from our country to Siberia, and these people are all oriented to the country. The local ethnic minorities have basically agreed, and the Russians supporting the scene have also been selected from the group of people who stayed in the country in the early years.Choose from many.  The main area now is the coast of the Sea of ??Okhotsk, which is still occupied by Japan and a small number of Soviet guerrillas. We cannot get through the Kamchatka Peninsula  "

    "When Ryukyu lands, the army will start fighting in Northeast China and North Korea." Yue Peng said.

    "That's good. As long as the external forces can be cleared away, there will definitely be no trouble here. As for Britain and the United States, they have no time to meddle in their own business now. I heard from Chu Nan that Spain and North Africa are having a lively fight. Britain and the United States have lost consecutive battles.  , tens of thousands of people have fallen into it." The three of them held teacups and carefully sketched out the future. While waiting for news from the navy, there were already waves in the East China Sea.

    ? 22 o¡¯clock sharp, northeast of Iheiya Island.

    A new moon poked out stubbornly from the clouds and mist. Its faint brilliance shone on the 10 corrugated camouflage-painted warships, reflecting little bits of light.  Two Xinanjiang-class fast mine-laying cruisers, four Qinling-class destroyers and six Territorial Sea-class frigates of the Navy's 125th Drive Patrol Group formed a semicircular formation and cut off the northern route from Ryukyu Island to Ipya Island.  The sailors on the deck wore life-saving suits and helmets and stayed at their posts.  Suddenly, a tearing roar shattered the tranquility.  Looking back, Ipingya Island is five kilometers away.  A ball of black and red fire was rising.

    That was a 305mm "roller" heavy mortar deployed on Yefu Island, firing towards the Japanese positions in the north.

    Radar sergeant on night duty.  Sitting in front of the five-inch black and white radar screen, watching the screen that has not changed for several hours, I dare not relax at all.

    The black sea and the white islands and our own ships are clearly distinguishable under the radar beam.  At the top of the screen, a thin white band is half-hidden.  That is the outline of Ryukyu Island 40 kilometers away.

    Watching for a long time made the sergeant numb, and he was about to turn around and chat with his comrades behind him to relieve his fatigue.  suddenly!  A light point suddenly jumped out from the white outline of the big island. After a moment, more light points began to appear, as if cells were dividing under a microscope and being spit out one by one by the big island's outline.  Then connect into pieces¡­.  "3 o'clock position! The northern edge of the big island, 35 kilometers away. The target is unknown and is approaching quickly!" The radar sergeant took a sharp breath, grabbed the red phone next to him, and pressed the call button: "There are a lot of them!"

    Dudu Dudu ¡ª¡ª The rapidly flashing orange-red light and combat signal, spread throughout the 125-driven formation.  At this time, the radar sergeant picked up the phone again: "0 o'clock! The second batch of unknown targets!" "There are more?" Pang Haitao, the captain of the Xinanjiang who had just entered the bridge, was surprised.  "Captain, what should I do?" The vice-captain was furious and spread his fingers.  It points to two directions on the chart, indicating that it is being attacked.

    "Don't worry, the Japanese must be coming to the island! Notify the island, let the troops evacuate and prepare for bombardment. Contact the headquarters. Inform the situation. Come, send a telegram to the battleship formation, 126th patrol formation and Kumejima  Aviation Group, we need support. Go, use the light to contact the Fuchun River, and follow our ship's movements. Navigate, sail four kilometers along the island, and drop all mines. The other ships will temporarily retreat to Isena Island  Let the frigate check the torpedo launcher, their thing is a temporary installation, don't be unable to fire it out." Pang Haitao gave orders loudly and continuously.

    On this side, the 125th patrol formation was already in a hurry. The destroyers and frigates retreated towards Isena Island. Two Shinanjiang-class mine-laying cruisers followed behind and scattered 260 mines in the four-kilometer offshore area at the northern end of Iheya Island.  On the other side, coming from the east side of Ryukyu Island, 17 Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats carrying 2,700 Japanese troops, and two seaplane carriers, were approaching rapidly at a high speed of 33 knots.  To the north, the second heavy cruiser group composed of four Kaohsiung-class heavy cruisers, led by Lieutenant General Mikawa Junichi (written as Takasu Shiro in the previous article, was wrong), also surrounded Iheya Island for bombardment at a speed of 25 knots.  scope.

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    "Report, the 125th Cruise Force reported that the Japanese fleet was approaching." In the frontline headquarters in Qingdao, the telegraph operator tore off the telegram, quickly completed the translation, kicked off the seat suddenly, and rushed to the sand table: "There are two groups.  One is at the northern end of Ryukyu Island, and the other is due north of Iheiya Island." Under his command, the female soldiers quickly moved two ship models representing the Japanese fleet into place.

    Bingwen and Shen Honglie suddenly stood up, and the other officers also shouted and rushed to the sand table.  "It's really here! Where is the position of our fleet?" Bai Yutang took a step forward and picked up a push rod: "The 122 escort aircraft carrier formation is moving towards Daito Island, the 125-wheel drive patrol formation is at the northeast corner of Iheya Island, and the 127-wheel drive patrol formation is at the northeast corner of Iheya Island.  The patrol formation is between Aguni Island and Ie Island, and the 126th patrol formation is 40 nautical miles west of Izena Island, with the battleships 'Beijing' and 'Nanjing' behind them."

    "The three battleships Shandong, Shanghai and Chongqingare here, Kerama!" When Bai Yutang pointed out the locations of each fleet, Shen Honglie had already pulled the telegram from another staff officer who came to report: "  Pang Haitao is asking YishiMingdao has temporarily retreated, and Yang Zhikai of Formation 126 has also come up from the west  "

    "That's easy." Bai Yutang pushed the two models to a new position and said quickly: "If Yamamoto's four battleships don't fire, Yang Zhikai's six cruisers are enough to deal with the four Kaohsiungs. If they fire, they can pretend  If Yamamoto is defeated, retreat to the west first. If Yamamoto turns around and heads east, the two Beijings will join the 126 formation and turn around to catch up together. The 127 formation can also intercept him diagonally from the northeast of Ie Island. If he goes deep, the 127 formation will open the channel.  Let Zhang Xiaoyu block him between Qing Liang and beat him again!"

    "What about the island?" Bingwen folded his hands and asked the most important thing.

    "Already evacuatingCommander, don't worry too much. Start from Iheya Island and walk inside Ie Island. Along the west coast of Ryukyu and around Kerama, it will take 4 hours at Nagato-level speed. From now until dawn  . There are still 5 hours, so Yamamoto only has one hour of shelling time at most. During this period, he still has 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 cruiser are enough to peel off the skin of the two divisions that have already landed on the island.  The most troublesome thing is to seize Tsukahara's three aircraft carriers and not scare him away.  You cannot invest your own battleships too early.  "Twenty thousand soldiers!  Chengzhang, Yutang, if we can't stop Yamamoto, I'm afraid we will be a criminal." Thinking of this, Bingwen also took a nervous breath.  Shen Honglie and Bai Yutang beside them both nodded, and then slapped the edge of the sand table hard: "But I believe we can stop him!"

    ******

    "Order Colonel Ikeda to leave the formation. Deploy a defense line northwest of Iheya Island!" On the flagship Kaohsiung, team commander Mikawa Junichi stood calmly under the light.  The dim light made his back look diagonally long.  "Using the flagship as a yardstick, turn left and set up a bombardment line. The distance is set at 13,000 yards." In a hoarse and slow voice, Mikawa began to set up a bombardment line.  "Report, Lieutenant General, it is ready"

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

    "There are still 15 minutes left."

    "It will start in one minute." Sanchuan nodded.  He handed the stopwatch to the gunnery officer: "Use the most intense firepower." After the order was issued, the 40 l50/203mm main guns quickly raised their barrels and aimed at Iheiya Island in the darkness.

    At this time, the south of Iheiya Island was already overwhelmed with people.  "Quick, quick, quick! Get into the bunker." The officers who had been warned shouted loudly.  Thousands of soldiers hid in bunkers in panic, preparing to face the terrible naval bombardment.

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

    "Be careful as the enemy takes the opportunity to rush out! Machine gun, there is a shooting hole here"

    "Commander, didn't our fleet stop the Japanese ship?" In the cave at the southern foot of Heyang Mountain that we had just captured, Hua Min, commander of the 5th Marine Division, directed everyone to evacuate and hide.  Many soldiers who did not know the situation showed signs of nervousness and uneasiness after being asked to prepare against heavy naval gunfire.  "Don't worry, the fleet is coming. Just hide you well. And you, brat, don't risk your life. Leave the open space without bomb craters." Hua Min checked the concealment of the troops along the way, and looked to the north worriedly.

    "Be careful!" When he stepped into a temporary fortification, the sound of breaking through the air came towards him.  "Boom, boom, boom, boom" At 22:40, a huge roar sounded from the south of Heyang Mountain. The fireball instantly covered the south of the island, and thunderous blasts of air washed over the already damaged areas.  Going to the surface of the third floor, the sound like the galloping of thousands of horses reverberated in every eardrum.  The first general of the Mikawa Army returned all the encounters suffered by the Japanese army a day ago to the landing 5th Marine Division and 223rd Infantry Division. More than 20,000 soldiers suddenly changed from the attacker to the defender.  The shells that fell like meteorites pouring from the Milky Way continued to explode around them, with terrifying shrapnel and blazing flames, enveloping countless blood and flesh.

    After the Mikawa Army gave the order to open fire, the "Tokyo Express" led by Gotou Yukong was like a ghost in the dark. Under the cover of heavy patrols, the troops divided into two groups and came to the northeast of Iheya Island.  "Look, Beijima is not in our hands yet!" After the leading destroyer Shikiha impatiently sent out a contact signal, flickering signal lights also lit up on the dark island.  "Get ready for landing, go, put down the lifeguardBoom!" Seeing the light, Captain Aso Yunobu, the captain, was about to give the order, but the 2,000-ton destroyer burst into a huge bright light, but to the naked eye  The visible speed was broken in the middle, and all the more than a hundred army soldiers on the deck who were preparing to land on the island were knocked into the sea.

    Before the Shikiha disappeared from the sea, the Fubuki destroyer one kilometer away also exploded. The tall water column even overturned the 300-ton torpedo boat next to it.  These two violent explosions stunned Mikawa, who provided fire support: "What happened? Quickly, contact General Goto." "The mine, it's a mine!"The sudden explosions of Shikinami and Fubuki frightened Goto Yumi, who rushed towards the island at high speed. After careful identification, he discovered that there were many anchor mines floating in the nearby sea.

    "Damn it! The Chinese have laid mines here. Quickly, put down the traffic boat and let them go ashore." After hearing the report, Goto Yukong immediately secretly screamed that something was not good, and immediately asked the army to land in the lifeboat on the ship, and also sent out the shallow-draft  torpedo boats, looking for new routes.  Just when the fleet was busy releasing the army, two bright and dazzling flash bombs suddenly lit up in the darkness to the south.  In an instant, Goto's 'Tokyo Express' formation appeared in the white light.  Under the flash bomb, six fast-moving black spots quickly emerged, led by two Xinanjiang-class fast mine-laying cruisers and four Qinling-class destroyers that had returned to the battlefield.

    "Enemy attack" The Japanese "cat's eye" on the mast just shouted, and the six warships led by Pang Haitao fired 40 torpedoes in unison.  When the torpedo rushed towards the Tokyo Express, the ship's 20 twin 120mm high-flat dual-purpose naval guns also fired fiercely at the fastest rate of fire at the Goto fleet.  Before Goto and other officers could dissipate from their brief drowsiness, 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 abandon the bombardment and support Goto's landing."

    At 23:05, Goto finally recovered from his reaction. While commanding the army to use small boats such as traffic boats, torpedo boats, and lifeboats to land, he also led 7 destroyers to attack southward, covering the landing site, and entangled the 125th patrol formation to prevent it from rushing.  Come in.  In an instant, flames flashed on the sea east of Iheiya Island, artillery of various calibers roared, and the brown-red ballistics and exploding fireballs were denser than the stars in the sky.

    ¡°The red and blue alternating signal lights notify the ¡®Yunwushan¡¯ to approach me¡± The blazing gunfire reflected on Pang Haitao¡¯s cheeks.  When he looked at the 'Yunwushan' on the left, preparing to use a signal light to contact the other party and cover himself for a high-speed assault, a 203mm shell accurately hit the bow of the destroyer.

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

    The heavy cruisers "Atago" and "Maya" of the Second Heavy Patrol Team of the Japanese Combined Fleet both twisted their muzzles and continued to create water columns around the 125-wheel drive patrol formation at a speed of 40 shells per minute.

    Just as the fighting was raging on the east side of Iheya Island, and the entire sea surface seemed to be on fire, on the west side of the island, the heavy cruisers "Taiwan Island" and "Hainan Island" vowed to avenge their sister ships, leading the "Yangtze River" and "Yellow River"  The four light cruisers ', 'Nujiang' and 'Jinshajiang' also reached the north of the island, and 66 210mm and 155mm main guns were 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 battleship rushed faster and faster, several tangled spots of light slowly appeared on the radar screen.

    Yamamoto is here
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