Chapter 494 It’s blown up

Feng Dafei could not have imagined that after he led the Eighth Route Army Aviation Group to destroy the Japanese Navy's Ryukyu and Fengxiang aircraft carrier formations, he flapped his wings and walked away as if nothing happened, but the Japanese Navy was in a state of shock.

At this time, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, the former commander of the Chinese fleet of the Japanese Navy, had been dismissed from his post on April 25 and transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Yokosuka garrison. The culprit of the invasion of China once offered advice to the military and shouted, "If you want to put China to death, the most important thing is to control Shanghai and Nanjing."

", and sat at the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters in Shanghai during the Battle of Songhu, commanding 6,000 Marines to attack frantically, mobilizing naval aviation for indiscriminate bombing, and then commanding the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet to cooperate with the Army in attacking Nanjing, incurring heavy blood debts.

Finally, he patted his butt and left.

The new Commander of the Chinese Fleet of the Japanese Navy, Lieutenant General Shiro Oikakawa, is a native of Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Like Kiyoshi Hasegawa, both were born in 1883. They also graduated from the Naval War School and Naval University. Both participated in the Russo-Japanese War.

He was a war criminal who advocated the expansion of the war of aggression against China, and was the chief culprit. The difference was that Oikawa Koshiro was known as the first sinologist of the Japanese Navy. He held the ancient "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" all day long, and sometimes he splashed ink.

Lian Lian calligraphy is a guy who talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but is full of men and women who steal and prostitute. He wants to be a bitch and wants to build a memorial arch. No, it should be said that he is a guy who talks a lot about things, and is full of killing and decisiveness. No, in

Under his command, the Japanese Third Fleet marched westward along the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan. The innocent souls, corpses, and blood stains flowing eastward on the Yangtze River were all caused by this old Japanese.

Early this morning, the Chinese Fleet Air Force of the Japanese Navy went to bomb Wuhan under the orders of Admiral Hata Shunroku. Oikawa Koshiro made a special trip to the Naval Air Force Airport in Shanghai to see him off. He then took a flight to the aircraft carrier Ryujo to cheer for the carrier-based air forces on the expedition.

Encourage.

Standing on the bridge, watching the fighter planes flying into the sky, Oikawa Furushiro felt proud that this was the naval aviation force of the Empire of Japan he led. Look at the majestic appearance of the fighter planes when they took off. They looked just like those in northern China.

The agile vultures above the desert, as long as they reach the sky above Wuhan and start swooping down, they will definitely be able to catch their prey.

The excited Oikawa Koshiro couldn't calm down for a long time after taking the opportunity to return to the headquarters in Shanghai. He simply spread rice paper, picked up a brush, grinded the ink, raised his wrist and wrote the four words "Martial arts will last forever", carefully.

After taking a look at it, I found that the writing was full of potential and full of rhyme, and it was indeed well written.

After thinking about it, Oikawa Koshiro felt that blindly pursuing military achievements might not be conducive to maintaining his own state of mind, so he spread out rice paper and wrote in small regular script "Mo Chun, the spring clothes are ready, five or six champions, six or seven boys,

When I bathe in Yi, the wind dances with meadows, and I chant and return."

After finishing writing, Oikawa Koshiro put down his pen, shook his head and recited again "Mo Chun, the spring clothes are ready, five or six crowns, six or seven boys, bathing in Yi, dancing in the wind, chanting and returning", low

He murmured a few words "Master's way", "Master's way", then washed his hands and wiped his face, sat down at his desk, called the staff officer on duty, and told him to keep abreast of the war situation in Wuhan and report at any time. At the same time, he asked him to call to urge him.

Chief of Staff Major General Inoue Narumi came to the office immediately.

Oikawa Koshiro said that he asked the staff on duty to pay attention to the war situation in Wuhan. In fact, his key meaning was in the last sentence, which was to urge the chief of staff, Major General Inoue Narumi, to come to the office. Why is this? Because Major General Inoue Narumi is a little different from Oikawa Koshiro.

He has similar political views to Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Isoroku Yamamoto of the Japanese Navy, and they are a well-known iron triangle of treaty factions in the Navy. These people do not agree with expanding the scale of the war of aggression against China, and are particularly opposed to forming an alliance with Germany and Italy. Today, the naval air force launched an attack on Wuhan

, Inoue Narumi was originally scheduled to accompany Oikawa Koshiro to see off the aviation force, but I don’t know why he didn’t go. Oikawa Koshiro felt it was necessary to let him come to the office to have a good talk. Although it was still early at this time, he still went back to sleep.

when.

In fact, Oikawa Koshiro's worries about Inoue Narumi are unnecessary. Historically, Inoue Narumi was called "Japan's Zhao Kuo" within the Japanese army, which means that he is just an armchair warrior, mainly because of his poor commanding ability.

Lost fighter planes. However, this person has historically opposed alliances with Germany and Italy, and opposed war with Britain and the United States. Even so, it does not affect his execution of orders and performance of military duties. Historically, he carried out large-scale bombing of Chongqing, operational plans and battlefield command

The officer was Narumi Inoue, and basically all naval aviation units were used. The Japanese called atrocities such as the bombing of Chongqing, which targeted civilian cities, "transoceanic crits."

Not long after, Inoue Narumi walked in with a livid face and reported to Oikawa Furushiro that the reason why he could not accompany the commander to see off the naval aviation fighter formation was because a big event happened at night. There were 20 Marines.

The officers and soldiers did not return to the team at night. After the military police were dispatched to search, they found that all 20 Marine officers and soldiers were dead in the bathhouse. Judging from the killing method, it should be Chinese agents.

When Koushiro Oikawa heard this, his demeanor, cultivation, and mentality were all gone. He stood up with a "whoop" and said "Baga". After the "Baga", he asked Inoue Narumi to urge the military police to quickly capture the murderer.

As soon as I finished speaking, the staff officer on duty sent me the phone records.

Koshiro Oikawa took the record and looked at it. It was a report from the Central China Dispatch Force Headquarters. It said that the aviation force was involved in a fierce battle with the Chinese Air Force in Wuhan, and support formations were arriving on the battlefield one after another. The Chinese fleet was required to be on high alert and prepare for reinforcements.

After reading the report, Oikawa Koshiro felt a little strange. Such a rigorous sneak attack plan should be a sure thing, so why would it be possible to get into a fierce battle?

After thinking about it, Oikawa Koshiro immediately asked Inoue Narumi to issue orders to the Ryūjo aircraft carrier team and the Shanghai Naval Air Force Airport, waiting for orders and being ready to send follow-up reinforcement formations at any time.

After Inoue Narumi went to deliver the order, Oikawa Furushiro sat at his desk and thought, these guys in the Army, who have great ambitions but little talent, are simply failing at success and failure. With so many aircraft and warships cooperating, they still can't win a single Wuhan. Look at the Army

What kind of battles were fought? Except for the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of North China at the beginning of the war, which were fought somewhat decently, the subsequent battles were all bullshit. Just look at the ships and ships of ashes transported back to the mainland.

Can, you will know how incompetent these army generals are.

The strange thing was that there were no other orders from the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, and he didn't know what was going on. Oikawa Koshiro couldn't help but call and ask, only to find out that the air battle was fierce, with heavy casualties, and what was needed was fighter reinforcements.

Instead of bombers. In this way, we will try our best to deploy the fighter jets of the Army Aviation Corps to perform the mission.

As a result, although Oikawa Koshiro no longer worried about sending additional fighter planes for reinforcements, he began to worry about the safety of the naval aviation attack planes he sent. He didn't even bother to eat the breakfast served by the guards.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the Central China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters finally sent out another report. However, this report made Oikawa Koshiro even more upset. He grabbed the staff officer on duty who sent the report and slapped him in the face. Because the report said that the bombing of Wuhan was

The operation achieved great results, but due to the desperate resistance of the Chinese Air Force, the Imperial Army lost 55 fighter planes. General Hata Junroku had ordered the Army Air Force and Naval Air Force to withdraw from the battle, and sent a large number of fighter planes to respond.

When Narumi Inoue came in, Lieutenant General Oikawa Furushiro, whose face was as red as a monkey's butt, was pulling the collar of the staff officer on duty and slapping him in the face.

Inoue Narumi stepped forward and pulled Oikawa Furushiro away, ordered the unlucky staff officer on duty to get down, and then said to Oikawa Furushiro: "Commander, don't worry too much, the attack aircraft we sent are all the latest Type 96, with a long range.

, the speed is so fast, it is impossible for the China Air Force to cause much damage to us. I estimate that the main damage is the old aircraft of the Army Air Force imported from Europe and the United States."

When Oikawa Koshiro heard what Inoue Narumi said, he twisted his face and said in a mocking tone: "Inoue-kun, are you out of your mind? Do you still think that the Chinese Air Force's aircraft are very backward? Let me tell you, really

The Chinese Air Force fighter planes have been used up during the Songhu Battle. Now all the fighters fighting our fighters are Soviet planes. The Soviets are neutral on the surface, but in fact they want us to lose the battle. It seems that they have to make a suggestion to the base camp as soon as possible.

A new type of fighter aircraft has been developed and put into production.”

At this point, Inoue Narumi took up the topic and said that the Chinese are becoming smarter and will use international forces to help fight. There are American pilots in the Eighth Route Army Air Force, and there are French and Soviet pilots in Chiang Kai-shek's air force.

If the war continues like this, wouldn't it mean that the Japanese Empire is at war with the whole world? It can be seen that the fundamental way to solve the problem is not to develop new fighters, but to negotiate with the Chinese as soon as possible and end the war as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the power of Japan alone

, it is simply impossible to fight against the whole world.

When Oikawa Koshiro heard that Inoue Narumi was doing this again, he immediately became angry. He slapped the table and said "Baga". Then he scolded Inoue Narumi as the chief of staff of the Chinese fleet and the chief of staff of the third fleet.

Instead of thinking about how to speed up the Wuhan offensive and advance into the city to repay His Majesty the Emperor's grace, they instead peddle the fallacy of not expanding the scale of the war. This is simply a very bad conscience.

Oikawa Koshiro was cursing vigorously here, but the staff officer on duty over there ran in again in a panic. When he entered the door, he shouted, "The aircraft carrier team requests tactical guidance!"

When Oikawa Koshiro heard this, he no longer cared about scolding Inoue Narumi. He snatched the telegram with his hands and took a look. He saw only two sentences on it: "Ryujo was hit by sixteen bombs. Requesting urgent tactical guidance."

Oikawa Koushiro took a breath of cold air, his eyes turned into dead fish eyes, and the hand holding the telegraph newspaper trembled.

Before Koushiro Oikawa could react, another staff officer on duty rushed in with a telegram. Just by looking at the sweat on the staff member's face, Koshiro Oikawa knew it was another bad news. Sure enough, the telegram was sent by the Hosho aircraft carrier, and the content was the same as

The one on the Ryujo was almost exactly the same. Immediately afterwards, the rescue telegrams from the cruiser and destroyer also arrived. Oikawa Koshiro's vision went dark when he saw it, and he sat down on the ground.

It was Inoue Narumi who had the courage to do so. She was scolded by Oikawa Koushiro just now and kept shouting "Hai". Now seeing that the situation was urgent, the commander continued to make the decision and stepped forward to pull Oikawa Koshiro up and forcefully pull him away.

Go to the chair and help him sit down.

Koushiro Oikawa is a veteran navy man who participated in the Russo-Japanese War, and he knows what sixteen bombs on an aircraft carrier mean. At this time, he no longer cares about scolding Inoue Narumi, nor can he care about scolding those idiots in the Army.

After regaining his composure, Oikawa Koshiro immediately asked Inoue Narumi to convey the order: "First, order all fighter jets from the Navy's Shanghai Airport to take off to reinforce the Ryūjo aircraft carrier formation. Second, order the Akagi and Kaga aircraft carrier formations to immediately sail to the sea area where the accident occurred.

Launch a rescue operation. All carrier-based aircraft on the two aircraft carriers take off to reinforce the Ryuchang aircraft carrier formation, search for the sneak attack of the Chinese Air Force, and be sure to eliminate them all. Third, order the carrier-based aircraft returning from Wuhan to land at the Shanghai Airport, and be sure to ensure

Security. Fourth, immediately report to General Hata Shunroku and request him to order all fighter planes of the Central China Dispatch Force to take off to intercept the Chinese Air Force formation that sneaks up on the Ryūjō aircraft carrier. No matter where it is found, it must be resolutely eliminated."

After issuing the order, Oikawa Koshiro could no longer sit still and immediately drove to the airport. He wanted to see for himself what had happened to the Ryujo aircraft carrier team.

By the time Koshiro Oikawa arrived over the Oji Ocean, a large number of Japanese aircraft had arrived, and it didn't take long to find the sinking fleet.

Looking at the miserable state of the Ryujo, the Hosho aircraft carrier, two cruisers, and four destroyers that were about to sink completely, and then looking at the corpses floating on the sea, the blood stains, and the sailors struggling to be rescued, Oikawa on the plane

With tears streaming down his face, Koushiro held up his sword and murmured to himself: "The world's first aircraft carrier sank in my hands. Amaterasu, please show your power!"

Amaterasu may be asleep at the moment, and it seems that he can't hear Oikawa Koshiro's call. Oikawa Koshiro has no choice but to order the carrier-based aircraft and the shore-based aircraft of the naval aviation force to expand the search area and make sure to catch up with the sneak attacker.

Annihilate it. Then he kept urging the aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga to speed up and arrive quickly to carry out rescue.

After giving the order, Oikawa Koshiro lowered his head and ordered the plane to return. He wanted to rush back and report to the base camp and request punishment.

Upon receiving the report from the Chinese Fleet Headquarters, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Force, Shunroku Hata, was shocked. How could this be possible? It was clear that the main force of the Chinese Air Force had just fought fiercely with the Imperial Army fighter jets in Wuhan. How could they have the strength to bomb the aircraft carrier fleet again?

But the Chinese Fleet Headquarters will not lie about the military situation. The Ryujo aircraft carrier team must have been attacked by the Chinese Air Force and suffered heavy losses. Otherwise, this guy Oikawa Koshiro would not be so angry and asked Central China to dispatch all troops.

The plane took off to find, intercept, and destroy the Chinese Air Force formation that was attacking. If this is really the case, it would be the most embarrassing incident in the history of the Japanese Navy.

Thinking of this, Shunroku Hata suddenly had an idea in his mind. This incident came at the perfect time. He was worried that the sneak attack on Wuhan failed and the losses were huge, and he could not explain it to the base camp. As soon as this incident came out, it just turned the attention of the domestic people.

God is really helping me with the Navy!

Therefore, Shunroku Hata issued an order requiring the Central China Dispatch Army Flight Group to take off all fighter jets to search for and intercept the Chinese Air Force formation that attacked the Ryūjō aircraft carrier. Once discovered, they would be destroyed immediately.

After issuing the order, Shunroku Hata made a phone call to the Chinese Fleet Headquarters and asked them to immediately report the specific losses of the Ryujo aircraft carrier team. After making the call, Shunroku Hata sat down and personally drafted a telegram to the base camp, saying that Ryujo

The USS aircraft carrier team encountered a sneak attack by the Chinese Air Force in the sea east of Shanghai and suffered heavy losses. As for the losses in the Wuhan air battle, Shunroku Hata briefly mentioned it, saying that although the losses were slightly larger, the losses of the Chinese Air Force were even greater.

In this way, before Koshiro Oikawa had time to report to the base camp, Shunroku Hata's report reached the hands of the Chief of General Staff and Prime Minister Riku first.

After sending the telegram, Shunroku Hata began to think about the situation of the Wuhan Strategy. Unexpectedly, his mind was confused and he could not think about anything. Shunroku Hata simply pulled up a chair and sat down, asking his adjutant to make tea, and drank while thinking.

Thinking of this, Shunroku Hata came up with a problem, because he thought about the person who secretly attacked the Ryūjo aircraft carrier formation.

There are two aviation groups that are most suspicious at the moment, one is the Soviet Volunteer Group, and the other is the Eighth Route Army Air Force.

Although the participation of the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team in the war was top secret, they fought against each other every day, and this secret was no longer a secret. After Taipei Songshan Airport was destroyed, Chinese newspapers reported that the Chinese Air Force succeeded in a surprise attack under the command of a foreigner. Who was this foreigner?

All senior Japanese generals knew this. The Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union even made a special appointment with the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs to protest. As a result, the Soviets only said that none of the Soviet actions violated international law, which made the Japanese ambassador very angry.

He vomited blood on the spot.

In Shunroku Hata's view, since the Soviet volunteer team can sneak attack Matsuyama Airport, they can also sneak attack the aircraft carrier formation. However, in order to implement it, Shunroku Hata ordered the dispatched military aviation group Sun Su to find out whether there were Soviet volunteers in the Wuhan air battle.

As a result, the aviation group quickly reported that in the Wuhan air battle, all the aircraft used by the Chinese Air Force were Il-15 and Il-16 aircraft of the Soviet Air Force, and half of the aircraft were piloted by the Soviets themselves.
To be continued...