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And China's Second Fleet also seemed to make a mistake in its busy schedule. Three battleships, four heavy cruisers, and six light cruisers were all circling around two of the aircraft carriers, using hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to weave them. Fire nets for protection.However, there are two smaller aircraft carriers, but only a few destroyers are escorting them, as if they were abandoned.

However, those Japanese kamikaze pilots who are going to die anyway are not picky. The order from above is to find them to die together with the aircraft carrier, and there is no regulation on the size of the aircraft carrier, right?Just a little bit smaller.Therefore, more than half of the more than 150 kamikazes aimed their noses at the two seaplane carriers.

"boom……"

A ball of flames rose beside the island of the Chongming Island seaplane carrier, and Lieutenant Colonel Hu Dingxin, the captain of the Chongming Island, felt a strong force throwing him aside, and then the whole person hit the icy cold As soon as Hu Dingxin put his hand on the ground, he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He didn't know if it was broken.

"Sir!" A lieutenant with blood on his face hurriedly helped him up. Hu Dingxin looked around again. The inside of the conning tower was in a mess. Seven or eight officers were lying on the ground, bloody and bloody. A fire broke out, and thick smoke was pouring in from all directions.

"Report the damage." Hu Dingxin regained his composure, and the two staff officers who hadn't lost their lives hurriedly called the damage control team leader, and it took a while to figure out the situation.A kamikaze plane crashed into the island, exploded under the island, and ignited two Min-25 seaplanes on the deck. The flight deck was slightly damaged, and the damage control team was desperately putting out the fire.

Hu Dingxin frowned, and was about to say something reassuring, when another loud noise came.This time, it was the seaplane carrier Arctic Island (an island near the Arctic Ocean) commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Qiao Guanhua that was hit by the kamikaze plane. A group of flames soared into the sky from this 10000-ton battleship. ...

"Commander, the seaplane carrier Chongming Island reported being shot again. The hangar of the seaplane carrier Arctic Island caught fire and exploded. The fire is spreading. Captain Qiao requested to abandon the ship..."

Inside the bridge of the battleship Zhenyuan, the flagship of the Second Fleet, there was also a tense atmosphere before the battle. The communications staff kept reporting the damage of the ships belonging to the fleet.The main targets of the Japanese Kamikaze attack this time are the two aircraft carriers and two seaplane carriers of the Second Fleet.Two 18000-ton Heilongjiang-class aircraft carriers converted from merchant ships were hit by two and three kamikaze aircraft respectively, and the two seaplane carriers were hit by three kamikaze aircraft, of which the Arctic Island was damaged. The most serious, the whole ship caught fire, the captain Qiao Guanhua even made a request to abandon the ship.

"Commander, let the Arctic Island give up..." Looking at the raging fire on the Arctic Island, Rear Admiral Song Da, chief of staff of the fleet, frowned tightly.It is true that this warship is not worth saving after it has been burnt to such a state. Even if it fails by luck, the cost of repairing it is estimated to be not much cheaper than building another one.

"Not for the time being." Second Fleet Commander Yu Yanshou shook his head, "Let them hold on for a while, the Japanese regard it as an aircraft carrier, and we need to use it to attract the attention of the Japanese kamikaze aircraft."

"But..." Song Da glanced at the dozens of kamikaze planes still circling in the sky, and was about to ask for permission to abandon the Arctic Island again, when the director of the radar rang out: "Enemy plane found ! There are 160 of them at a distance of 100 kilometers, and they are rushing towards us!"

Chapter 0927 total war (seven) seems to be defeated?

Zhanjiang Military Port, National Defense Force Philippine Campaign Joint Command.

The radio in the intelligence center was ticking, and the phone in the command center was ringing one after another. Staff officers in navy and air force uniforms rushed in and out, delivering the latest information, results, losses, and orders.Admiral Zhang Yiming, Chief of Staff of the Joint Command, stood with his arms folded in front of two large blackboards. The blackboard on the left was written with the names of aircraft carriers (including seaplane carriers), battleships and heavy cruisers under the jurisdiction of the Joint Command; On the blackboard are the names of the main ships of the Japanese Navy that have been mastered.

On the blackboard on the left, at the bottom of the aircraft carrier column, next to the names of the Chongming Island seaplane carrier and the Arctic Island seaplane carrier, the two eye-catching Chinese characters "war sinking" have been written in red chalk!In addition, next to the names of the aircraft carrier Heilongjiang and the aircraft carrier Jilin, the words "heavy damage" were also written in red chalk.

On the blackboard on the right representing the loss of the Japanese Navy, none of the aircraft carriers were marked with the words "Sunken", but there were three ships that were marked as severely damaged, namely the Akagi, Kaga and Soryu. aircraft carrier.In addition, the three ships Ruihe, Xianghe and Shenlong were marked with the words "Zhongchuang".

In addition to the aircraft carrier, several cruisers and destroyers were marked with the words "heavily damaged", "moderately damaged" or sunk on the two large blackboards.In addition, in the blank space of the blackboard, the general situation of the aircraft losses of both sides was written with white chalk.China dispatched a total of 2058 sorties on the first day of the Philippine campaign, losing 15 fighter jets and 12 bombers, with a battle loss rate of 1.3%. In addition, there were 50 Min 25 seaplanes and two seaplane carriers. The ship was lost together.On the other hand, Japan lost nearly 1000 aircraft (the sum of the results reported by various aviation regiments and surface ships), of which nearly 800 kamikaze special attack aircraft.

"Brother Hanyu, it seems that we have won the first battle this time." Zhang Yiming looked at the statistics of the results (losses) on the blackboard, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It seems that the initiative of the Philippine campaign has been obtained, and the next step can be done." Landing operations have begun."

"Okay," the only tall general in the combat center who was wearing an army uniform clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I didn't expect our army to be able to play so soon. It's really great!"

Zhao Zheng smiled lightly, and said to the army general: "Brother Zuomin, don't get too complacent, your army's battles are not easy to fight, have you seen the madness of those Japanese kamikaze planes today? We have so many The biggest advantage is that the Japanese sank two seaplane carriers! One can imagine the difficulty of the Philippine attack on the island."

It turned out that this tall general was General Sun Liren, the commander of the Nanyang Front Army, and his name was Zuomin.In the current National Defense Forces, there are many masters in armored warfare and positional warfare, but when it comes to light infantry, Sun Liren, who "begins" in the special forces, is still used this time to attack the Philippines.

Sun Liren waved his hand indifferently, and said with a smile: "The Philippines' battle to seize the island is not difficult. According to the information we have now, the Japanese invested a certain amount of financial and material resources in repairing the so-called Manila Fort after taking over the Philippines. The focus of defense is on Manila, the Bataan Peninsula, and the Corregidor Fortress, and large-caliber coastal defense guns were brought from the mainland to be placed on the Corregidor Fortress and the Bataan Peninsula... I guess the Japanese deployed it this way, The first is the idea of ​​standing firm and waiting for reinforcements, holding a few key points, and waiting for their navy to come for reinforcements; the second is to save troops to the greatest extent. Now that their front line is too long and they are on the strategic defensive, their strength is naturally insufficient .

Therefore, the focus of fighting the Philippines is still the navy. As long as the navy can ensure the dominance of the South China Sea, blockade the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Philippines, and cut off the Japanese reinforcement route, how long can the 10,000+ Japanese soldiers on the Philippine Islands defend?Besides, on the North Korean side, Chief Bai has commanded 12 armies to attack. Sooner or later, the strength of the Japanese army will be exhausted in the meat grinder of North Korea, and they will not care about the Philippines by then. "

After listening to Sun Liren's analysis, Zhao Zheng smiled and said: "Brother Zuomin said that the Philippines is indeed not difficult to fight, but it may not be easy to use the Philippines to draw the main force of the Japanese combined fleet. It's a pity. We didn't keep any of the 13 Japanese aircraft carriers." As he spoke, he shook his head slightly, and said to Zhang Yiming: "Brother Youshi, let's report today's battle situation, and also propose to start landing in the Philippines fight."

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But at this very moment, on both sides of the Yalu River, the sound of artillery was loud.

Hou Jingru and Liao Yunze were looking at the tumbling sea of ​​flames in front of them with binoculars on the top of a small hill in Liaoning Province on the north bank of the Yalu River.The small town by the Yalu River not far from them has been completely razed to the ground by the Japanese bombardment!If Hou Jingru and Liao Yunze, who are the Liaoning Provincial Security Commander and Chief of Staff of the Liaoning Provincial Security Command, hadn't evacuated the residents there in time, tens of thousands of innocent people would have died in the flames.After completing the task of evacuating the border towns, the two of them did not return to Shenyang in time, but found an excuse to stay on the front line to watch the battle.

Although both of them were born in the first phase of Whampoa, and had served in the National Revolutionary Army, the National Defense Army, or other armies for more than ten years, the scene before them was still a bit beyond their imagination.Both of them were frowning, looking at the front line like a sea of ​​flames.After a long while, Hou Jingru put down the binoculars, leaned close to Liao Yunze's ear, and said in a low voice: "This kind of fighting style was only seen in the bulletins in the past, but now I have witnessed it with my own eyes. It is really impossible to have such a war without the backing of a strong industry." Yes. I'm afraid we can't afford it!"

Liao Yunze turned his head to look at Hou Jingru, and said with a cold smile, "What's the matter? The war between Tsarist Russia and Germany in history is bigger than this scene. Isn't the Bolshevik party the last..." At this point, he frowned slightly, and finally ... It seems that the Russian Empress Anastasinia has been restored!He snorted a few times before turning the topic back to China. "Xinlang, what do you think? Who can win the current battle? The central government is still waiting for our report."

Hou Jingru frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Judging from the intensity of the bombardment in front of us, the Japanese side has an advantage, but the several forced crossings they organized this afternoon were also defeated by the Kuomintang. From the perspective of the Kuomintang's firepower organization and use It seems that they were not overwhelmed by the firepower of the Japanese army, and the Kuomintang won a complete victory in the air battle this afternoon... This is what we have seen with our own eyes. If nothing unexpected, the fight for air supremacy on the battlefield will be over for at most one more day It was completely controlled by the Kuomintang, and without air supremacy, the Japanese army could not defeat the Yalu River line of defense. It is estimated that at the beginning of next month, the Kuomintang will switch to attacking the Yalu River. It is not possible to open up an anti-Japanese revolutionary base in South Manchuria existence, we should advise the central government to focus on helping the North Korean revolutionaries establish a coalition government."

"But the news from the North Korean comrades said that Japan has hidden a powerful armored force on the south bank of the Yalu River. Is it possible for this armored force to defeat the two armies of the Kuomintang if it takes action?" Liao Yunze has been in South America for ten years. As a military attache or something, I don't know much about the real strength of the National Defense Forces. I just read a lot of articles praising the Chinese National Defense Forces from Chinese newspapers in South American countries.However, he still does not think that the National Defense Forces of the two armies can withstand the assault of more than a dozen divisions and more than 10 tanks of the Japanese army... Maybe, in the end, they will be able to stabilize their positions on the front lines of Shenyang, Liaoyang, and Jilin, and then slowly turn to the counterattack .In this way, although the CCP does not have much room for development in South Manchuria, it can still make a difference, and in the whole country, it can also use the organization of the anti-Japanese united front to expand its influence.

Hou Jingru waved his hand and strode down the hill, "Come on, let's go see Sun Yuanliang and listen to what he has to say. Can Anton hold here? He, the commander of the Fifth Army, is the authority. Maybe their Fifth Army has an undisclosed trump card! I have heard a lot of rumors about tanks from the brothers in the past two days. It seems that the 10 infantry armies in the Northeast are all equipped with a lot of tanks. Maybe it can fight the Japanese armored forces."

When Hou Jingru and Liao Yunze came to the headquarters of the Fifth Group Army of the National Defense Army in Hamatang Town, north of Dajindaoling, on the north bank of the Yalu River.Our Commander Sun has just come down from the former enemy headquarters in Dajindaoling, and he is secretly sighing there.This lieutenant general who has been following Luo Yaoguo's smooth sailing has truly understood the cruelty of war today!

This afternoon, the first round of artillery battle between the two sides lasted for a full 80 minutes!In the end, no one could overwhelm the opponent with artillery and control the initiative on the battlefield.However, the Japanese army launched a full-line onslaught when the artillery battle was tied!The Japanese army launched at least 50 divisions on the front of Jiulian City in the east and the mouth of the Yalu River in the west, which is only more than 8 kilometers away!As many as 8 regiments of infantry were invested in the first wave of forced crossing, of which six regiments were responsible for diversionary attacks, and the two main offensive regiments were placed on a front about 10 kilometers wide near the original Andong County. superior.More than 5000 Japanese infantry rowed assault boats and forced their way across under the cover of hundreds of cannons, infantry guns, and mortars.And Sun Yuanliang's Fifth Group Army also mobilized hundreds of heavy artillery, more than 100 mortars, and recoilless guns to block the river with firepower. At that moment, they opened fire suddenly, forming fire nets on the river beach with fierce machine gun firepower, and combined with the firepower of various artillery, they knocked down the Japanese army row by row!The beach on the north bank of the Yalu River in this section suddenly became a slaughterhouse. Standing on a high place, you can see the mutilated corpses of the Japanese army at a glance.

But after the first round of attack failed, the Japanese army did not choose to give up, but began to bombard the exposed firepower points with extremely fierce artillery.The artillery of the Wehrmacht did not show any weakness and immediately fought back. The artillery battle between the two sides lasted for about an hour before the Japanese army started the second wave of infantry offensive!The second wave of the Japanese offensive also invested 8 regiments, and the focus of the offensive was exactly the same, almost a replica of the first wave.However, the result was better than the first wave of offensive. After two hours of bitter fighting, the second wave of Japanese devils finally opened up a small long beachhead in the north of the Yalu River after paying an unimaginable price of casualties. position.However, such a small position immediately became a flesh and blood mill. The artillery shells of the Wehrmacht artillery came densely and quickly. Every time a shell exploded, it could kill a large number of Japanese infantry who were crowded and desperately digging fortifications!When Sun Yuanliang came down from the former enemy headquarters in Dajindaoling, the Japanese had just dug a trench no more than half a meter wide and one meter deep.Of course, Sun Yuanliang's Fifth Army is not unable to drive them into the Yalu River to feed the fish. There are two armored grenadier divisions in this army, but Chief Bai in Shenyang does not allow Sun Yuanliang to put them into battle for the time being... …

"Brother Xinlang (Hou Jingru), Brother Huichuan (Liao Yunze), what gust of wind brought you here!" Seeing the two old classmates visiting, Sun Yuanliang forced a smile on his pale face, and arched at them hand over. "Brother, this is the front line, and there is nothing to entertain everyone, please forgive me."

"Hey, how can I ask you to entertain me?" Hou Jingru waved his hand and said with a smile, "Huichuan and I are the landlords. When the battle here is over, we will be the host, Shenyang Donglaishun's mutton." Here, he moved two steps forward, approached Sun Yuanliang and asked in a low voice: "Brother, how is the fight ahead? Have the Japanese passed the Yalu River?"

Sun Yuanliang shook his head and sighed: "He has already come! 16 regiments were deployed in one afternoon, and tens of thousands of casualties were charged in two waves. They just piled up a beachhead with corpses on the north bank of the Yalu River! These little gangs Devils are so fucking ruthless!"

"What? They're already here? Can they go back?" The anger on Liao Yunze's face flashed, and he continued: "We spent so much hard-earned money of the common people to build such a well-armed national defense force, and finally let The Japanese came in..." At this moment, Dai Jian, the chief of staff of the Fifth Army, ran in with a heavy face, rushed straight to Sun Yuanliang, and said in a low voice, "Teacher, it's not good, our Zhanjiang Military Port Surrendered by the Japanese devils! Lost two motherships, 100 planes, and more than 3000 casualties! Both houses have just unanimously passed a resolution to declare war on Japan, and the president is making a radio speech to the whole country!"

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"... 5000 million compatriots, with great grief and indignation, I tell you a shocking news! Today, October 1939, 10, a country that has always loved peace - the Republic of China was invaded by the Japanese Empire. The sudden and long-planned attack of the communist army.

Moreover, this is after China has just made major concessions to Japan on the Australia and Nanyang issues, and Japan's negotiator, Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, has made it clear on behalf of the Japanese government that he accepts China's peace request.In fact, at the time when Japanese imperialist troops were bombarding our land in Liaoning Province north of the Yalu River, the Japanese Foreign Minister in Tehran still submitted Japan's so-called formal peace proposal to our foreign minister...

The General Staff of the National Defense Forces has just submitted to me the latest summary of the battle situation. I regret to tell you that the undeclared war surprise attack by the Japanese imperialists has caused serious damage to the lives and property of the National Defense Forces, army and navy units, as well as Chinese civilians.Two aircraft carriers were sunk by Japanese planes near the Zhanjiang military port, and another two aircraft carriers and two cruisers were injured to varying degrees. The National Defense Army troops stationed on the Sino-Japanese border also suffered heavy casualties from the enemy's sudden artillery fire , and thousands of innocent people were lost in the enemy's artillery fire.The specific number of casualties has not yet been counted, and only preliminary statistics show that tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians have become victims of the undeclared undeclared attack of the Japanese imperialists!

Faced with such a brutal enemy with no faith at all, of course our 5000 million compatriots can only unite and fight against them, and we must fight them to the end, and we must never consider compromise!Although it is our national policy to uphold peace, and although the Chinese nation has always advocated tolerance and benevolence,..."

Luo Yiqun's speech quickly spread throughout China and the world through radio waves, and also spread to the world revolutionary center in Beiping.In the office of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China in Shuncheng Palace, Zhou Enlai and his comrades sat around together, turned on the radio and listened carefully to every word President Luo said.

Faced with the current situation, the leaders of the CCP seemed a little caught off guard. After listening to Luo Yiqun's radio speech, Zhou Enlai frowned and thought hard. Mao Zedong was also smoking cigarettes one after another, and other comrades of the Central Military Commission of the CCP They didn't even open their mouths.

Zhang Xueliang stood on a huge map of China, using red and blue pencils in his hand to outline the latest situation map of the enemy, us, and friends.

"Chairman." The door of the conference room was pushed open with a creak, and Gu Shunzhang came in. He handed a yellow copy of the newspaper to Zhou Enlai, then turned and left without saying a word.All the CCP leaders in the office knew that this must have been information sent through secret channels.

"The Nanyang Fleet is under martial law, and our comrades lurking there can't be contacted." Zhou En glanced at the telegram and raised his thick eyebrows lightly, "However, through other channels, our comrades still heard some news. The Japanese were defeated! They lost at least two aircraft carriers, more than 100 aircraft, and more than 3000 officers and soldiers! In addition, the Kuomintang’s resistance in the Northeast was also very weak, and the Japanese had already fought the Yalu River!"

Chapter 0928 total war (eight) the price of victory

"Old Mao, take a look." Zhou Enlai handed the telegram to Mao Zedong again. After Mao Zedong read it, he handed the telegram to Zhu De. Said: "Chairman, the Kuomintang was attacked by the Japanese, and the loss was a bit big if it was caught off guard, but it was not fatal, so we still have to treat it with caution."

"Well, we should be cautious, but it's not inaction." Mao Zedong took a deep breath on his cigarette and interjected: "The current situation is definitely an opportunity for our party to develop, regardless of whether the Kuomintang can alone provoke the resistance against Japan...uh , now it should be the War of Resistance Against Japan, right?" He looked at Zhou Enlai, saw that the other party's face was flat and unresponsive, shook his head and said: "The telegram said that although Japan had the upper hand in the war by the Yalu River, the resistance of the Kuomintang side was also very strong. They are tenacious, and the Kuomintang brigade is moving forward along the Shenyang-Andong railway line. The Kuomintang army may turn into a counter-offensive within a few days. It seems that the possibility of opening an anti-Japanese base area behind the enemy in South Manchuria is not great. The focus of our work should also be on the territory of North Korea, at least to strive for the establishment of a coalition government in North Korea, and to prevent North Korea from becoming a Chinese colony."

"The North Korean people will not agree to this." Zhang Xueliang, who had just finished drawing the map, interjected, and he sneered a few times: "The people in the refugee camps in Liaoning and Jilin all want to be Chinese. I wish I could turn North Korea into Chinese territory."

Zhou Enlai nodded, with a wry smile on his face. In recent years, the CCP has established organizations in several Korean refugee camps in the Northeast, and led the Korean refugees there to fight against the Kuomintang.And the main content of the struggle is to get Chinese citizenship for North Korean refugees... so that they have the right to acquire land in new Chinese territories or colonies without compensation.

"So we should let the Workers' Party of Korea get in touch with the interim government of the Republic of Korea as soon as possible to establish a unified Korean national coalition government. This may prevent China from annexing North Korea." What Zhou Enlai is most worried about now is that China will directly annex North Korea after defeating Japan ... This possibility is very large!Because the appearance, appearance and even language of North Koreans are close to those of China, with a population of only 2000 million, it is very easy to be assimilated by 6.5 million Chinese.And once North Korea becomes a province of China, the layout of the Communist International's world revolution will be destroyed.

"The Korean National Coalition Government should be established." Mao Zedong put out the cigarette butt in his hand, and lit another cigarette for himself: "And a unified Korean Liberation Army should also be established to participate in the war to liberate North Korea."

"But will the Kuomintang agree? This army will be somewhat influenced by our party." Zhou Enlai hesitated: "But such an army cannot be established without the support of the Kuomintang. Will they support it?"

"They will support it." Mao Zedong nodded confidently. He turned and pointed to the map on the wall and said, "The terrain of the Korean Peninsula is narrow and full of hills. I have been familiar with the mountains and rivers there for decades, and I have bought and raised a large number of North Korean traitors. Moreover, the Korean Peninsula is a must for Japan, because the Kuomintang has nearly 2000 medium and heavy bombers. The south is the base, which can cover more than half of Japan. If the Japanese do not want their cities to be razed to the ground by Kuomintang planes, they must keep the Korean peninsula at all costs! Even if the Kuomintang can win, I am afraid it will inevitably cost hundreds of thousands, or even The price of millions of casualties... Comrades, don't forget that China is wearing a cloak of democracy after all. If there are too many casualties among its own people, it will affect the election a little bit, so they will not reject any foreign countries. cannon fodder."

Mao Zedong had just returned from India, and he had seen the huge casualties caused by modern large-scale wars, especially in the Korean peninsula where tanks could not fully exert their power. Scramble!