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Everyone in the room also stood up at this time, bowed respectfully to Wang Zhongyi, Tang Yao, Lin Yurong and others shouted loudly: "We will always be loyal to the commander-in-chief! We will fight wherever the commander-in-chief points!"

Wang Zhongyi kept a straight face for a while, then nodded slowly: "Okay! I, Wang Zhongyi, will never forget my brothers, Yurong, Tang Yao, you are my brothers and comrades from now on, and I have a share of this foundation." Your share!" He turned his head and glanced at Natalie again: "Sister and sister, tell Fuwen for me, I already know his kindness, please rest assured, I, Wang Zhongyi, will never let anyone To be swallowed easily!"

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"Hanyu, Turkey has agreed to lease the battlecruiser Selim Sultan to us until the Northeast War of Resistance is won."

When Natalie was in Qiqihar persuading Wang Zhongyi to raise the Trotskyist flag, Luo Yaoguo came to the Nanyang Fleet headquarters in Zhanjiang Port, and discussed with Zhao Zheng, the new Nanyang Fleet commander, a Turkish battlecruiser that had just been "rented" .

The full name of this Turkish battlecruiser is "Yavoz Selim Sultan". It was the "Goeben" battlecruiser built by Germany before the First World War. empire.And the Ottoman Empire was also fooled into a war by this generous gift from the sky, and ended up ruining the kingdom of the empire.However, the warship that killed the Ottoman Empire has a "longevity" in history and has been in the Turkish Navy for 60 years.In this time and space, the representative of the Germania shipyard even fooled him to the shipyard in Guangzhou for modernization.As a result, the modification had just been completed, and before the delivery, it caught up with the national fortune war between China and Japan.The Kuomintang Navy, which happened to be short of capital ships, naturally turned its attention to this battlecruiser belonging to Turkey.

Luo Yaoguo stood at the window of the Nanyang Fleet Commander's office, folded his arms, and looked at a huge battleship quietly parked in Zhanjiang Naval Port.That is the battlecruiser "Yavoz Selim Sultan" with ten 280mm naval guns and twelve 150mm secondary guns, a modified standard displacement of more than 30 tons, and a maximum speed of [-] knots .

He pointed to the warship in the distance, and said with a smile: "It is our only hope of defeating the Japanese in a short period of time. I think we will win the war as long as it enters the Bohai Bay, right?"

"Basically." Zhao Zheng thought for a while, and suddenly sneered: "I always thought that battleships were targets for bombing, but I never thought that these big guys would be quite useful in supporting the army. It seems that battleships still need to Build two."

"En." Luo Yaoguo nodded. Currently, there are four "Karl Marx" class battleships under construction, and four "Polish Legion" class armored ships will be completed next year. Another two "Karl Marx" class ships are planned to be built. In the 21st year of the Republic of China, construction was started secretly.In this way, in the case of selling two battleships in the future, the main fleet size of four battleships can still be maintained.

"Hanyu, when will the Beishang Fleet be completed and what ships will it have? Who do you plan to lead?" Luo Yaoguo asked again.

"The Northward Fleet will be completed by next week at the latest. There are two aircraft carriers, 'Zhongshan' and 'Guangdong', the battlecruiser 'Selim Sultan', three air defense cruisers, and six light cruisers. , [-] destroyers, [-] torpedo boats, [-] submarines, [-] transport ships, [-] oil tanker, and some minesweepers." Zhao Zheng reported the dispatched ships to Luo Yaoguo one by one with his fingers: "Northern Fleet I will concurrently serve as the commander. Most of our Nanyang Fleet’s belongings have been dispatched, and I, the commander, cannot hide at home and enjoy the blessings.”

Luo Yaoguo nodded in satisfaction. Since China and the Soviet Union reached an agreement to salvage and repair the three battleships, the trip to Europe for the two aircraft carriers was also cancelled, and the entire Nanyang Fleet began to prepare to go north to join the war.In order to go north this time, the Nanyang Fleet took out all its old books: "It is estimated that such a huge fleet going north cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Japanese. You must be ready to fight the Japanese fleet, are you sure?"

"Please don't worry, Assistant Marshal. There are sixteen submarines and two aircraft carriers in the Northward Fleet." Having said this, Zhao Zheng's eyes sparkled, as if he was expecting something.Luo Yaoguo looked at him strangely, not understanding what he was thinking. Zhao Zheng hurriedly explained: "Actually, our Northward Fleet is not afraid of fighting the Japanese fleet at all, we are afraid that they will not dare to come. The Northward Fleet is going northward along the coastline, not only You can get the cover of 150 aircraft on the two aircraft carriers, and 250 aircraft from the First Aviation Division are also on standby, a total of 52 aircraft are available! And our four carrier-based torpedo bomber squadrons have completed training, this time You can go to battle with the aircraft carrier. A total of 4 Martin T[-]M carrier-based torpedo bombers imported from the United States are loaded on the two aircraft carriers. As long as the Japanese battleships dare to come, they may all be sunk in a big war!"

"Oh, the torpedo machine is ready to use, no wonder you have a lot of confidence, brat." Luo Yaoguo let out a light breath, and his heart relaxed a little.Although the aviation industry in southern China is not backward, it is not fully developed. The main focus is on engines and dive bombers, and the development of torpedo bombers is a little behind.Originally, according to the timetable given by Luo Yaoguo, the Ministry of Armaments had to complete the development of torpedo bombers before March 1931, and at least 3 aircraft had to be delivered to the Navy before June.Of course, this timetable was also aimed at the 6 Incident...but this plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the Japanese devils actually advanced the incident by one year!Therefore, the Ministry of Armaments had to hastily import 100 Martin T9.18M torpedo bombers from the United States. The order was placed at the end of September last year, and the goods were not received until the end of January this year.Then after more than a month of so-so training, he was ready to go to the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo's worry was unabashedly expressed: "It's only been more than a month of training, can these four torpedo squadrons form combat effectiveness?"

Zhao Zheng's face also became serious: "The torpedo bomber unit has been established for a relatively short time, and has only mastered the basic tactics of torpedo bombing, such as formation change and torpedo release."

Luo Yaoguo nodded noncommittally. He knew that there was no shortage of excellent pilots, but none of them had experience in torpedo bombing.He thought for a while and asked again: "Should a large-scale naval battle take place near the Taiwan Strait? Shouldn't there be a fleet decisive battle?"

Zhao Zheng raised his eyebrows and said after a while: "The Taiwan Strait is narrow and close to the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang. There is our large airport and many torpedo boats there. If the Japanese are not crazy, they should not Fight us there."

"It's hard to say, Taiwan is the land of the Japanese, and it was ceded by the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Luo Yaoguo interrupted him, and put forward his own idea: "Maybe the Japanese will mistakenly think that we are going to attack Taiwan! I guess we As soon as the news of the leased 'Selim Sultan' reaches Tokyo, these little devils should be in a hurry, right?"

"The Japanese sent four battleships and battlecruisers to this small ditch in the Taiwan Strait? Their anti-submarine capabilities and air defense capabilities are so weak. Wouldn't it be fatal to send the battleships here? I don't think it is possible. Maybe they will also use aircraft Come to bomb or use submarines to carry out sneak attacks." Zhao Zheng walked to the desk, took out the chart and spread it on the table, staring at the Taiwan Strait on the chart: "Not to mention, Taiwan is really a good place. If Holding it in our hands, the South China Sea is the pond in our back garden...or should we change our plan and use the 'Selim Sultan' to capture Taiwan?"

Luo Yaoguo's expression also became complicated at this time. He did have special feelings for Taiwan, and from the current national strategy, seizing this treasured island shielding the southeast is definitely the best choice.But in terms of party interests, Liao Ji is the first choice...

Seeing that Luo Yaoguo was hesitating, Zhao Zheng hurriedly stepped forward and leaned into his ear, and said in a low voice: "Commander, right now Japan's elite are all in the northeast, and Taiwan's defense is empty. And we have deployed heavy troops in the southeast. Just to avoid the truth, we took down Taiwan. Besides, the Northeast is our land, which is not in dispute, but Taiwan is different, it was ceded to Japan by the Manchu Qing! If you don’t try to take it back now, you may not have a chance in the future. "

Luo Yaoguo remained silent, his mind was running fast, calculating various possibilities.If you want to attack Taiwan, there is definitely no problem in terms of military strength.The air superiority is also in their own hands. The First Aviation Division and two aircraft carriers have a total of more than 400 aircraft. A single air raid can blow up all the Japanese aircraft in Taiwan.As for the landing, there is no problem. The firepower of a battlecruiser and six cruisers suppresses the fortifications of Kaohsiung Port without any difficulty.And what's even more rare is... Taiwan has only been away from the motherland for more than 30 years now!The older generation of Taiwanese who endured the pain of subjugation are still there!

"Hanyu." Luo Yaoguo suddenly turned his head and stared at Zhao Zheng: "If we want to attack Taiwan now, I believe we will definitely win, but what will happen in the Northeast, have you thought about it?"

"Thinking about it, after we transfer the main force to Taiwan, the Northeast War will inevitably fall into a stalemate, and there will even be huge difficulties in North Manchuria." What Luo Yaoguo didn't know was that the proposal to attack Taiwan was not put forward by Zhao Zheng unintentionally. It represents the will of the entire Kuomintang Navy!Since the Bohai Bay Sea War, the Kuomintang Navy has also begun to have its own ideas.Zhao Zheng paused, and then gave Luo Yaoguo a meaningful look: "But the biggest problem is that the Communist Party will get a chance to breathe! But I believe that with the current strength of the Communist Party, no matter how much you breathe, it will not be our opponent! But If Japan is allowed to breathe, we may never have the chance to take back Taiwan!"

After hearing this, Luo Yaoguo didn't say a word, folded his arms around his chest, rested his chin with his right hand and meditated for a while, Zhao Zheng didn't bother him, just stood aside silently.

There was silence in the room. After a while, Luo Yaoguo turned his head and smiled at Zhao Zheng: "I will bring this matter up at the presidium meeting."

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Wang Zhongyi is going to join the Trotsky faction!As soon as the news reached Xihua Hall, everyone in the room was shocked.The room fell silent for a while. If Wang Zhongyi's open defection to the Kuomintang and betrayal of the revolution was expected, then his joining the Trotskyist faction was a shock.No one here knows who Trotsky is. He is the sworn enemy of the people of the world and the most dangerous enemy of the international communist movement!There is absolutely no room for compromise in the struggle between the Third International and the Trotskyites, but now the Chinese Trotskyites are about to take up guns through cooperation with Wang Zhongyi!Moreover, their bases are still in the Northeast and Mongolia, which the CCP must fight for, and even the number of troops is no less than that of the CCP's Red Army!

"Comrades! This is the result of you letting Chen Duxiu go! Now that he has colluded with Wang Zhongyi's anti-Party clique, he is about to raise the banner of the Trotskyist faction!" Wang Ming was the first to jump up, living up to everyone's expectations. shouted loudly.

"This must be a conspiracy by the Kuomintang! It is the Kuomintang who is behind the scenes. This is the ironclad proof that the Trotskyites have colluded with imperialism. We must expose their true colors to the working people of the world!" Mao Zedong then spoke, waving his hand. Point the spearhead of the struggle at the KMT:

"It seems that the Kuomintang has an overall anti-communist civil war conspiracy! The bandit Chen Duxiu went north to destroy the political consultation system of the Beijing government, Wang Zhongyi's bandit gang went east to capture Heilongjiang, Chiang Kai-shek launched the Xi'an Incident to kidnap Zhang Xueliang, and this time Chen Duxiu and Wang Zhongyi joined forces to form a counter-revolutionary Trotskyist alliance They are all part of this huge conspiracy! And this conspiracy has not been fully exposed. I estimate that the last part of this conspiracy of the Kuomintang will be to provoke a full-scale counter-revolutionary civil war! , take advantage of the opportunity when our party put down the bandit rebellion and join forces with Wang Zhongyi's bandit army to launch a full-scale attack on the Red Army and the Soviet area! By then, the Chinese revolution will probably be at a low ebb..."

After saying these words, Mao Zedong lit a cigarette and smoked it silently, his face was gloomy and he said nothing.There was also silence in the meeting room, all the committee members were pale, and they were all frowning and analyzing Mao Zedong's pessimistic forecast.

"It's good to expose the true face of my resistance to Wang Zhongyi's gang!" Seeing the gloomy atmosphere in the conference room, Zhou Enlai smiled and stood up to speak: "I don't believe that the poor and lower-middle peasants in Heilongjiang, the cadres and fighters in the Anti-Japanese League will willingly follow the Trotskyites. Let’s go. Now it’s not too long before Wang Zhongyi betrays his relatives and relatives. As long as we get rid of Wang Zhongyi’s gang before the end of the Anti-Japanese War in Northeast China, and seize Mongolia and Hei and Kyrgyzstan provinces, we will still have enough capital to deal with the Kuomintang to the end.”

"Well, that's right. As long as we wipe out Wang Zhongyi's rebels before the Kuomintang takes control of the entire Liaoning Province, the overall situation will still be in our favor." Li Lisan nodded: "I don't think the Kuomintang and the Japanese fought for half a year or a year. We can't tell the winner, we must have enough time to eliminate the bandit rebellion."

Mao Zedong shook his head. As soon as he heard that Wang Zhongyi and Chen Duxiu joined forces with the Trotskyites, he knew that there was serious trouble.Because the Trotskyists have always been an unforgivable crime in the camp of the Third International, and the CCP has also been very firm in its attitude towards the suppression of the Trotskyists in recent years. Anything that touches anything is a capital offense, let alone joining the Trotskyist armed forces?What's more troublesome is that Wang Zhongyi's subordinates also know about these things.So they seem to have no way out except to follow Wang Zhongyi and fight to the end, unless the CCP can change the policy of sutuo...

Chapter 0581 Enemy, me, friends fight! ([-]) Do not use the National Government as an opponent

The cherry blossoms in Ueno Park in Tokyo withered quickly after a brief period of splendor, turning into spring mud and mixed with soil.In the spring of the sixth year of the Showa era, we walked slowly into the mountains of the Japanese archipelago. The dry branches spit out new green, and the delicate green leaves trembled slightly in the chilly spring breeze.

"Is the empire really just like the cherry blossoms in spring, doomed to shine only for a moment?" Yuyuki Hamaguchi sighed as he looked at the verdant green of Ueno Park: "Could it be that the empire's great cause of dominating the East is only 30 years? And Is it going to end in the hands of our generation? Now I really envy Hara-kun (the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Hara Kyoshi)..."

The spring of Showa [-] was definitely painful for the Japanese Empire, even more unbearable than the Shandong battle three years ago.As an island country, no matter how defeated the army will be, it will not lead to the subjugation of the country, but once the navy fails, once the dominance of the sea in the East is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Two figures walked slowly on the forest path in Ueno Park, and three or four men in black suits followed silently behind them more than ten steps away.

"Your Excellency, the navy's strategy seems to have failed this time. Now is the time to start the alternative plan?" Ugaki Kazunari tucked his hands in the large kimono and reminded him indifferently.

The so-called navy's strategy refers to the unexplainable sinking of the three warships after they were sold to the Soviet Union. This is an urgent solution that the commander of the United Fleet Hidesuke Yamamoto came up with.Originally, it was hoped that a Sino-Soviet war could be provoked, and then Japan would have a chance to end decently from this doomed unwinnable war.However, they did not expect that Stalin would back down again when the situation was imminent, and the CCP also temporarily lost its 10,000+ army because of the kidnapping of Zhang Xueliang in the "Xi'an Incident", and also lost the confidence to start a war.This "Tanggu shipwreck incident" ended in such a silent way, and the Kuomintang also reached a comprehensive "cooperation" agreement with the CCP to carve up the post-war territory, and it seems that they can wholeheartedly fight against Japan.

Yuyuki Hamaguchi didn't answer the words, he stopped, exhaled deeply, and then turned to look at Kazushige Ugaki.Right now, the emperor of Japan directly leads the army and navy, which has already caused the generals of the army and navy a lot of headaches. Regarding Emperor Hirohito, who grew up in the deep palace and had no idea of ​​the danger of war, the ministers of the army and navy finally found that there was no way to get along with him. He communicates.This not-so-clear emperor had no idea of ​​the difficulties the empire was facing right now, and he knew nothing about combat. After he was defeated in the Bohai Sea War, he actually proposed to escalate the war and use the navy to block the seaports from South China!How can the Japanese navy, which does not consider losing four battleships and battlecruisers, have the ability to perform such tasks?

"Your Excellency, although the flames of war are still burning on the land of China, the situation of the empire is already in dire straits. After the failure of the sea battle in Bohai Bay, the empire's sea power in the East has actually been lost. Although your majesty ordered the navy to Blockade China's sea line of communication, but the Navy dare not send the remaining four battleships to carry out blockade missions, let alone send heavy cruisers or light cruisers to die."

Kazushige Ugaki's tone was full of anxiety. Indeed, the situation in Japan has reached a very dangerous point.The Bohai Bay sea battle has shown the world the great power of aircraft and submarines in naval battles. However, the Japanese Navy has neither established a strong naval aviation force nor has any anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Their seemingly powerful main fleet is under the control of Chinese submarines. A joint attack with the plane is a waste of iron!Therefore, the four battleships and battlecruisers available to the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy can only hide in Wujun Port and dare not go out, for fear that these expensive properties will be sunk by those worthless submarines and torpedoes. People's capital is gone.

"Ugaki-kun, His Majesty the Emperor is now directly in charge of the army and navy. As a courtier, what else can I do besides say yes?" Yuyuki Hamaguchi looked very helpless, but these few words also exposed his truth. idea.Yuyuki Hamaguchi was known as the "Lion Prime Minister" back then. He had always opposed the emperor's direct command of the army and navy, and he did not support the launch of this "war of aggression against China".Now that the war is in such a state, the army and navy can no longer stand down, so I think of him as the prime minister, but he is unwilling to take the "command power" away from the emperor and return it to the cabinet.And how can a cabinet without "command power" clean up the current mess?

Ugaki Kazushige sighed bitterly. At the beginning, he also agreed to let the emperor directly lead the army and navy, thinking that in this way, the country's human and financial resources could be concentrated to develop the military power. In the end, he was humiliated by the defeat of Shandong, and then seized Manchuria to dominate East Asia.But who knows that after two years, the empire's economy still hasn't gotten out of the predicament, but has become more and more depressed, while the development of Southern China is thriving, and even the current Manchuria Incident has become a "good news" to stimulate the demand for heavy industry.At the same time, the increase in military power at the expense of economic development is not ideal. A lot of financial resources have been invested in the manufacture of outdated battleships. Although aviation and armored forces have also invested a lot, the gap does not seem to have narrowed compared with Southern China. How many.

Thinking that the Eastern hegemony that the seniors fought so hard for has been lost in the hands of my own generation, the two of them walked with heavy footsteps, and I don't know how long they walked in silence. Suddenly Ugaki raised his head and saw two huge iron anchors appear in front of my eyes.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you have come here." Ugaki Kazunari stared at the two anchors. These were the anchors that the Japanese army removed from the captured Zhenyuan and Jingyuan after the Sino-Japanese War. In this Ueno Park in Tokyo, surrounded by anchor chains and dozens of shells.Ugaki lamented: "The anchors of the four warships 'Fuso', 'Hyuga', 'Kongo', and 'Kirishima' must be moved to the front of the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Wuhan soon, right? It’s not just these two anchors that you got in the war, right? North Korea and Taiwan! The Chinese have doubled the amount of the anchor chain, so it’s time to get back Taiwan, right?”

Fortunately, Hamaguchi was also staring at the two rusty anchors, his face was expressionless, but Ugaki's last words rang in his mind like a thunderstorm.

"Mr. Yuyuan, you said that China will take back Taiwan! Has the military found any clues?"

Ugaki Kazushige couldn't help but sighed bitterly: "Our intelligence personnel lurking in Zhanjiang, the home port of the China Nanyang Fleet, sent an urgent call. They found a battlecruiser flying the blue sky and white sun flag in Zhanjiang port! It is probably from the Turkish Navy. The battlecruiser 'Selim Sultan', this battleship has been refitted in the German-owned shipyard in Longxue, Guangdong, and has just been completed recently...it seems that it was requisitioned by the Nanzhi Kuomintang Navy."

"Now the main force of the imperial army is deployed in Manchuria, especially the aircraft. The army aviation has all been transferred to Manchuria, and the naval aviation has mostly transferred to Manchuria except for the three aircraft carriers Chicheng, Kaga and Fengxiang. Moreover, the army, navy and air forces transferred to Manchuria during this period have been exhausted, and now there are not many left. If South China really wants to attack Taiwan, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Hearing what Ugaki Kazunari said, Hamaguchi took a deep breath. Although he was not very optimistic about the outcome of the Manchurian Incident, he did not expect that even Taiwan, which is a Japanese territory, would be difficult to preserve after the navy suffered a major defeat.

"Looks like it's time to end the war..." Yuyuki Hamaguchi said after deliberation: "The ambassadors of Britain, the United States and France proposed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to mediate the war after the Bohai Bay naval battle, but, Ugaki-kun, the war has ended like this I am afraid that the empire will have to withdraw its troops from Manchuria unconditionally to understand the war, including the Kanto Prefecture and the South Manchuria Railway. Ugaki-kun, can His Majesty the Emperor agree to such a condition?"

Kazushige Ugaki did not answer immediately, the conditions proposed by Yuyuki Hamaguchi were indeed difficult for Emperor Hirohito to accept.At least from the map, it can be seen that the Kwantung Army has not yet shown signs of defeat. Although their offensive against the Huludao Fortress has completely failed and suffered heavy losses, Lushun Port was completely blocked by the Chinese Navy with mines, and the Kwantung Army’s logistics supplies are also facing great challenges. However, the experience of the aviation units that have been added to Manchuria one after another can only be described as horrible.However, the descendants of that god did not see these difficulties at all. They only saw that the territory of the Japanese war zone on the map was getting bigger and bigger. It's big.

"Your Majesty means that the Kanto Prefecture and the South Manchuria Railway will maintain the status quo, and Manchuria will implement a special agreement tariff." Ugaki Kazunari was silent for a long time and said the bottom line of Emperor Hirohito that the Army tried everything possible to find out.

"This is impossible. The Chinese Nationalist Government cannot accept this. Unless all rights and interests in Manchuria are completely given up, it is impossible to reach a truce." Hamaguchi said bitterly.Now only people with a little brain know that Japan has lost the war, and the sea battle in Bohai Bay has exposed Japan's Achilles' heel.