Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1644 Fleet
The fighting in Siping came to an end temporarily. Although the devils still launched attacks from time to time after that, and the offensive was still very violent, they could not shake the defense of the Eighth Route Army.

The reason why the Eighth Route Army can gain a firm foothold in Siping is actually the "credit" of the devils.

Because the people in Siping were still in a dilemma and not sure which side they should stand on, but the way of killing all the devils and leaving no room for survival made them make up their minds.

There are [-] people in Siping City alone, and hundreds of thousands of people in the nearby villages. They all flocked from all directions to assist the Eighth Route Army in combat or transport supplies for it. make trouble.

This is the power of the people.

The devils seem to have stronger troops and better preparations, but in fact, their combat effectiveness is only [-] to [-] percent at most.

However, the Eighth Route Army performed exceptionally with the support of the people. Under the ebb and flow, although the devils were blessed with poison gas bombs, their attack in the direction of Siping still fell into a quagmire.

Only then did Umezu Yoshijiro think of the Imperial Navy, and he said with resentment: "Is there no news from the United Fleet? These lazy guys... Yingjiang, a strong opponent, dare not fight, and the Eighth Route Army doesn't bother to fight. What the hell are they doing?" What can you do!"

The chief of staff inquired, and then got a news unexpectedly, he reported: "Your Excellency, our fleet has set off for two days, and the battleship is just a battleship, a heavy cruiser and four destroyers!"

Umezu Yoshijiro's complexion changed, and he "hummed" with a black face and stopped talking.

Needless to say why Umezu Yoshijiro performed this way.

First of all, the United Fleet has set off for two days and has not notified the Kwantung Army yet.

You must know that the distance from Wugang to Lushun is only more than 300 nautical miles, and the fleet sails at the most economical speed of 16 knots, and it only takes three to less than four days to reach it.

The fleet has set off for two days, that is, it will arrive at Lushun tomorrow to join the battle. At this point in time, the army has not been notified to prepare for coordinated operations?
The other is that Naozaburo Okabe's plan is to hope that the United Fleet can send an aircraft carrier... At least one, preferably two aircraft carriers can be coordinated, so as to deal with the anti-ship missiles of the Eighth Route Army.

But now, the United Fleet has only sent one battleship and five destroyers!

Is this looking down on the Kwantung Army?
Still look down on the Eighth Route Army?

Or both!
Umezu Yoshijiro guessed right. Toshihei Inoguchi, the captain of the "Musashi" and the commander of this temporary fleet, looked down on both the Eighth Route Army and the Kwantung Army.

Toshihei Inoguchi's logic is this: "Although the Eighth Route Army has developed some weird equipment, it is nothing more than speculation. In the end, it depends on the industrial base and economic strength, and the Eighth Route Army has neither of these. Where are you going? And the Kwantung Army, known as the 'Flower of the Empire', was defeated by the Eighth Route Army and is still surrounded by it... It seems that these people are not worth our rescue!"

Objectively speaking, Toshihei Inoguchi's words have some truth.

A country's scientific and technological strength and equipment level are closely related to its industrial base and economic strength:

Economic strength determines the amount of scientific research funding and personnel training... Both of these aspects require money, and the results can only be seen after long-term and large investment for many years. Without a certain sustainable economic strength, it is impossible to achieve.

The industrial base determines whether scientific research achievements can be transformed into real products, and scientific research complements each other and promotes each other.

And the Eighth Route Army doesn't occupy both, so how could it be possible to develop equipment that can determine the outcome of a battle!
Even if it happens to be developed, it will be difficult to mass produce it to scale!
Therefore, Toshihei Inoguchi believed that leading a battleship, a heavy cruiser, and four destroyers to Lushun was to save face for the Eighth Route Army!
At that time, Toshihei Inoguchi was looking at the nautical chart at the headquarters, and his mind was still full of how to fight the Yingjiang fleet. As for the battle against the Eighth Route Army during this trip, he didn't care at all.

At this time, the communication soldier came forward and handed over a phone call, saying: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, General Meijin will call to inquire about the location of the fleet. He hopes that our army can contact him in due course so that we can coordinate with our army!"

It was only then that Inoguchi Toshihei remembered that he forgot to tell the Kwantung Army about his itinerary... He really didn't mean it. If it wasn't for the reminder from the communications soldier, he would have forgotten that there was still a combat mission tomorrow.

"Call back!" Toshihei Inoguchi straightened his lower body, thought for a while and then replied: "Due to the suddenness of the battle, I didn't contact the general in advance. I am very sorry! We will rush to Lushun tomorrow, and we will contact you at that time." Your Excellency, discuss the matter of attack!"

Toshihei Inoguchi thought that this matter was over, and he had told Umezu Yoshijiro that the fleet would arrive tomorrow, and the crisis of the Kwantung Army would be resolved as soon as the fleet arrived. At that time, Fengtian would send troops to attack from north to south, and the fleet would provide reinforcements near the coastline , will there still be places that cannot be beaten?
Unexpectedly, Umezu Yoshijiro sent another telegram soon: "Why did the fleet send an aircraft carrier to coordinate operations? If there is no aircraft carrier, how can the fleet defend against the Eighth Route Army's anti-ship missiles?"

Seeing this telegram, Toshihiro Inoguchi couldn't help laughing: "We are not the Kwantung Army, Your Excellency General!"

But of course he would not send these words to Umezu Yoshijiro, after all, the other party is a general, even though he is a general of the army, he still needs to be humble on the surface.

"Your Excellency!" Toshihei Inoguchi replied: "I think the anti-aircraft firepower on the warship is enough to deal with those anti-ship missiles. I heard that their speed is only more than 300 kilometers per hour, which will not pose too much threat to our warships." !"

Then Inoguchi Toshihei added: "In addition, if your Excellency is still worried about this, I think the Kwantung Army's fighter planes can take off to provide us with cover to realize General Okabe's air defense plan. Therefore, I think it is completely useless to send an aircraft carrier. necessary!"

Toshihei Inoguchi's words sound reasonable on the surface.

The ultimate role of the aircraft carrier is to provide fighters for the fleet, but the Kwantung Army has fighters, and they can provide air cover for the fleet as well as take off from the land, and the land-based take-off will be much more economical and practical than the carrier-based planes taken off by a large aircraft carrier!

In fact, Toshihei Inoguchi has a little selfishness in not bringing an aircraft carrier: he has always admired the "big gun ship" tactic, and believes that the aircraft carrier is a tricky way of playing, and it is still the battleship rather than the aircraft carrier that ultimately determines the outcome of the battle.

If the aircraft carrier is still brought in this battle, will the "Musashi" have no chance to perform or prove his theory?
On the other side, Umezu Yoshijiro scolded his mother after receiving the telegram: "Bastard, he doesn't know that after our army's port was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, has there been any fuel?"

(End of this chapter)