Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1600 Information
"Nagara" cruiser, with a full load displacement of 5570 tons, captain Toshio Naoi.

Colonel Naoi Toshio was quite displeased when he received the order from Okabe Naozaburo. He said to the staff: "When the Imperial Navy is also under the command of the Army, shouldn't he ask for the consent of the Navy Command?"

"Maybe it's a military emergency!" The staff officer replied: "They didn't have time to contact the Navy Command!"

Then the staff officer added: "Your Majesty, I heard that our strategic focus is shifting from the sea to the land, and it is still the Chinese mainland, so..."

Colonel Toshio Naoi couldn't help but fell silent when he heard this.

The staff officer's words were more cryptic, but Toshio Naoi understood: If the strategic focus shifts to land, then the navy's position will no longer be as important as before.

This is obvious, especially after knowing that Yingjiang has a proximity fuze and at the same time produced the "Hellcat" fighter jet that completely crushed the Imperial Navy, the status of the Navy has been declining.

The reason is simple. From all aspects, it is impossible for the Imperial Navy to defeat the Eagle Sauce Navy:

The Imperial Naval Air Force bombed the Eagle Sauce warships, and the Eagle Sauce warships had proximity fuze anti-aircraft guns that knocked Imperial fighter jets out of the sky like turkeys.

However, the Yingjiang Naval Air Force bombed the imperial warships, but because of the cover of the "Hellcat" fighter jets, it could enter the land of no one, and the imperial army could only be bombed.

What makes people feel even more powerless is that according to the intelligence of the empire, Eagle Sauce's aircraft carrier is launching at a rate of more than a month...

How is this played?
If the empire puts in several times as much effort to sink one aircraft carrier in Yingchan, then Yingchan can launch two, three or even more aircraft carriers into the battlefield. Will the empire face more and more enemies?
(Note: Eagle Sauce Essex-class aircraft carrier adopts a modular production method. From December 1942 to January 12, 1944 aircraft carriers were in service in just one year, with an average of one and a half months in service.)
The battlefield is based on importance.

In the past, the empire hoped to use the navy to defeat the eagle sauce to protect the security of the homeland. The status of the navy is of course high.

Now, after spending countless funds, the navy is unable to win the war. Facing the eagle sauce navy, it can only hide around and dare not fight with it. What status is there?

Thinking of this, Colonel Toshio Naoi sighed and ordered: "Order, replenish ammunition and rush to HLD!"

"Yes!" The staff officer responded and passed on the order.

The "Kuma" set off together with the "Nagara". Although the captain of the "Kuma" is also the rank of Colonel, but because Naoi Toshio has rich combat experience, it was finally decided that Naoi Toshio will command this reinforcement operation. , There is also a warship and a submarine that were left in the shipyard and did not participate in the war because they were still being repaired.

In fact, Toshio Naoi believes that only one warship is needed for this reinforcement.

因为“长良”号虽然是轻巡，但却有7门140MM口径主炮，2门76MM高射炮以及36座高射机炮、6座高射机枪。

This kind of firepower is enough to deal with the Eighth Route Army infantry or aviation.

However, because of the repeated requests of Naozaburo Okabe, Colonel Toshio Naoi finally joined the "Kuma".

"Our Commander Okabe, is he afraid of being beaten by the Eighth Route Army?" Toshio Naoi said to the captain of the "Kuma" light cruiser, Captain Tahara Yoshihing, in a mocking tone: "It's just a few regiments, so let him go." Scared like this!"

Chief Tahara Yoshihing laughed and said, "Your Excellency Naoi, please understand them. They are directly facing the enemy on land. How can we understand their feelings on the warship!"

This sounds like it is considered from the infantry's point of view, but it is actually ridiculed that the infantry only uses outdated equipment to use brute force against the enemy.

The navy is different. What they say is that technology is a generational difference. Under this kind of generational difference, the enemy has nothing to do with them.

Toshio Naoi deeply agreed with this, and he thought to himself: Even though the strategic center of gravity of the empire has shifted, the navy is still not comparable to the army!

It took the two warships about five hours to reach the HLD...they weren't moving at full speed.

It was Naoi's decision, despite Okabe's urging them to speed up.

Naoi Toshio only replied: "What if we arrive at the destination too early and the enemy is too frightened to move forward? Then is our trip in vain?"

Then Naozaburo Okabe ignored his urging.

Facts have proved that the warships came early. When they arrived at their destination, the Eighth Route Army was still dozens of kilometers away from HLD.

Toshio Naoi added at this time: "Let's see, we still have plenty of time to prepare!"

On the other side, Naozaburo Okabe was so angry at Toshio Naoi's words, shouldn't the warship rush to its destination first?
If they didn't arrive in advance, how could the gunners on the warship know where the artillery was going to fire?

They should first send artillery observers to the radio station to go ashore, and even need to understand the defense line and deployment of the imperial army, so that they will know how to provide artillery cover for friendly forces in wartime so as not to accidentally bomb their own people!
However, because they are the navy, theoretically they are not under the command of him, the commander of the North China Front Army, so Naozaburo Okabe could only swallow these words.

Wang Xuexin immediately got the information that the Devils warship had arrived at HLD.

Chen Songyong couldn't wait to ask: "Commander, is it time to try anti-ship missiles?"

Wang Xuexin just asked: "How many kilometers can the guns of the Devil's warship have?"

Chen Songyong couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words. Only then did he realize that he didn't even know the range of the Devil's naval gun.

But it's no wonder that the Eighth Route Army had been fighting the devils in the mountains before, and there was no possibility of fighting the devils' warships. Therefore, no one cared about the range of the devils' guns, so the information in this regard was almost blank.

Then Chen Songyong and his staff were busy for a while, and they even found Sun Erwei... Ying Jiang had fought naval battles with Devils warships, and they knew the Devils navy better.

Then I got some basic data of the Devils Navy: 140MM naval gun, the longest range is 20 kilometers, the bomb weighs 38 kilograms, and the propellant weighs 10.97 kilograms.

Hearing the charge, Chen Songyong couldn't help but click his tongue. You must know that the small bomb in the Devil's 98 light explosive belt is only 25 kilograms, and the devil's shell weighs 38 kilograms, so it's almost like hitting the bomb.

Then Chen Songyong and others began to rejoice: Fortunately, there are missiles to deal with warships, otherwise it really doesn't know how many people will be sacrificed in this fight!
Wang Xuexin didn't speak, he just ordered: "Keep moving forward!"

(End of this chapter)