20demayo Chapter 617 Showing Goodwill
Chapter 617 Showing Goodwill
617 Goodwill
"Ha ha.
I knew they could do it.”
On Ye Qingshan's side, after seeing the fleet telegram sent by Xiao Wusheng, he finally put down the stone in his heart.
Laughed happily.
"It is very likely that Wang Chuying and his men sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku.
There are also two Japanese cruisers.
I have to say that Wang Chuying and his team were really lucky in this battle.
It would be fine if we ran into the Japanese landing fleet.
We actually encountered the returning Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, which was alone. God must be helping us!"
Ye Qingshan said happily to the young martial artist next to him.
Share your joy at this moment.
The fleet's performance on this trip was far beyond Ye Qingshan's expectations.
Originally, I was just thinking of letting Wang Chuying and others take the fleet out for some training.
How did the military training turn into a great victory?
It was still an unprecedented victory.
With the power of a fleet, we destroyed a Japanese landing fleet and sank the Shokaku flagship aircraft carrier, a heavy cruiser and a light cruiser.
This record is even greater than that of the main force of the US aircraft carrier fleet commanded by General Frank.
You must know that in this battle, the US aircraft carrier fleet paid the price of two aircraft carriers being sunk and several warships being sunk.
It only sank the Japanese light aircraft carrier "Shoho", damaged the aircraft carrier "Shokaku", and sank a Japanese destroyer.
"Go, send a telegram to General Charles and General Frank and tell them the news."
Ye Qingshan must notify both of them.
Charles doesn't care.
But Frank is the commander of the US aircraft carrier fleet after all. Logically, Wang Chuying and others should obey Frank's orders at this time.
Moreover, normally Wang Chuying should report the latest battle report directly to Frank.
But given the particularity of Ye Qingshan's fleet.
Wang Chuying must tell Ye Qingshan the news first, but Ye Qingshan also needs to pass the news to Frank in a timely manner.
"Commander, how do I send a message?
Tell the two generals directly that our fleet sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku?
However, in his telegram, Captain Wang was not completely certain that the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku would sink.
They only said that six torpedoes hit the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku.
Before the evacuation, we saw the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, the stern of which had begun to sink, and we said there was a high probability that the Shokaku would sink.
But after all, they evacuated early and did not see the sinking of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku with their own eyes.
Should we be more cautious when sending telegrams to the two American generals?
What if the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku did not sink?
People will accuse us of lying about our military achievements.”
The young martial artist next to him reminded Ye Qingshan.
"Well, you have a point."
But Ye Qingshan knew that according to what Wang Chuying and others said in the telegram.
At the last moment of their evacuation, they saw the stern of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku beginning to sink.
He guessed that there was more than an 80% chance that the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku would sink.
Because, a warship as large as an aircraft carrier will soon start to sink.
The probability is that it will be difficult to prevent.
However, to be cautious, Ye Qingshan nodded slightly, agreeing with Xiao Wusheng's statement.
Then he said: "In this battle, Wang Chuying and his men destroyed the Japanese landing fleet, which was already very impressive.
If we could sink the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku and two cruisers.
Such results have overshadowed the US aircraft carrier fleet.
I am afraid that this will cause jealousy and unhappiness among some people in the US fleet.
In order to avoid giving others an excuse, telegrams must be more rigorous.
Just send it as you said.
Afterwards, whether the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku was sunk or not was left to the American intelligence agencies to confirm.
In addition, in the telegram, emphasis is placed.
Wang Chuying and his men were able to win this battle because they followed the wise command of General Frank. "
"Yes."
Ye Qingshan had accomplished another great feat for Frank.
Plus Charles' matchmaking.
Ye Qingshan believes that in the future, Frank, a powerful general in the US Navy, will become his new ally.
This is very important for the development of Ye Qingshan's subsequent fleet.
All in all, Ye Qingshan has too few allies in the US military.
One Stilwell, Charles, is not enough.
Sure enough, soon after Xiao Wusheng's telegram was sent to General Frank.
After reading the telegram, Frank's face turned pale and he exclaimed in disbelief: "Oh my god.
This... this... how is it possible."
"General, what's wrong?"
Seeing Frank so shocked, an American colonel next to him asked in confusion.
"look by youself."
Frank handed the telegram to the American colonel, who was also shocked after reading it.
“Oh, God.
Is what this telegram says true?"
“It was sent by that Chinese General Ye.
This person shouldn't dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing."
Frank's expression was a little complicated at this moment.
In this battle, their entire aircraft carrier fleet actually served as a foil to an escort fleet.
If you tell others about it, people will laugh at you.
Fortunately, Ye Qingshan added at the end of the telegram that the victory in this battle was all thanks to Frank's command.
The reason why Wang Chuying's fleet was able to achieve such a great victory.
It's just following orders.
Frank understood that this was Ye Qingshan's gesture of goodwill towards him.
In this way, when Frank reported the battle situation to their Pacific Fleet Command after the war.
He could then openly say that this was all his plan.
They had planned in advance to send Wang Chuying's fleet north to Guadalcanal to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese landing fleet.
However, the sudden appearance of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku disrupted his plans.
But in the end, it was he who made the decision to sink the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku.
Frank quickly thought about how he should cooperate next.
Then, he whispered twice to the American colonel.
"This... Frank, are you really going to do this?
If the headquarters finds out about this, we'll both be finished."
The American colonel was a little hesitant.
"Don't worry, Ye Qingshan won't say anything about this matter.
No one will know.
But we have to cooperate well.
Modifications to combat orders and the like must be properly arranged.
Only you can do this.
In the future, you and I will advance and retreat together, and I will ensure that your epaulettes will be replaced with general stars."
Frank patted the American colonel on the shoulder and spoke earnestly.
The American colonel did not hesitate for long before making his choice: "Okay, Frank, I'll listen to you."
This American colonel's background is not as strong as Frank's.
Besides, he is not young anymore, if nothing unexpected happens.
He was promoted to colonel, which was basically the limit of his naval career and it would be difficult for him to be promoted in the future.
But now, because of this incident, he has become Frank's absolute confidant.
After that day, his chances of being promoted to general will greatly increase.
Of course he must seize this life-changing opportunity.