Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1658 Choice
Toshihei Inoguchi got the information from Yoshijiro Umezu.

In terms of intelligence, it is obvious that Yoshijiro Umezu has much more information than Toshihei Inoguchi. After all, the navies like Toshihei Inoguchi have no intelligence network at all in the Chinese mainland.

Umezu Yoshijiro didn’t want to provide information to the navy for a while, because Toshihei Inoguchi did not report to him every battle. For example, a naval battle between the Eighth Route Army and Toshihei Inoguchi caused the injury of the "Musashi". Know.

Later, Umezu Yoshijiro learned about it from the Eighth Route Army: the Eighth Route Army celebrated because of the victory, and the intelligence personnel passed the news to Umezu Yoshijiro, so Umezu Yoshihiro knew that Inoguchi Toshihei had lost the battle.

At the beginning, Umezu Yoshijiro thought that the Eighth Route Army was lying or falsely reporting military achievements. He said disdainfully: "Is the Eighth Route Army doing the same thing? Damaged the 'Musashi'? Just rely on them? They probably don't know what is going on with battleships." !"

It wasn't until Inoguchi Toshihei asked him for fighter cooperation that Umezu Yoshijiro realized that something was wrong: Inoguchi Toshihei, he wouldn't ask the army unless he had to!

So Umezu Yoshijiro asked casually: "I heard that the 'Musashi' was damaged by the Eighth Route Army fleet, is it true?"

Toshihei Inoguchi didn't deny it, but he didn't admit it either. He just replied: "The Eighth Route Army moved anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles to warships. We must be careful!"

But this is tantamount to admitting.

Anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles moved to warships?
Does that mean that the unprepared imperial fleet has already suffered?

At this moment, Umezu Yoshijiro was so angry that it was not because the "Musashi" was injured and the imperial fleet was defeated when facing the much weaker Eighth Route Army fleet.

Umezu Yoshijiro liked the defeat of the Imperial Fleet in a way, because it taught these arrogant guys in the navy a lesson.

Umezu Yoshijiro was only angry because Toshihei Inoguchi didn't report to him about such a big incident, and he still needed to get information from the enemy!
Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro once did not want to cooperate with Inoguchi Toshihei, let alone share information with Inoguchi Toshihei.

However, after thinking about it again and again, Umezu Yoshijiro still felt that the overall situation should be the most important thing.

After all, whether it can defeat the Eighth Route Army is a matter of personal pain to the Kwantung Army. If the Navy suffers another defeat or suffers heavy losses due to unclear intelligence, then the Kwantung Army itself will suffer.

Therefore, Umezu Yoshijiro reluctantly sent the information on the large-scale transportation of the Eighth Route Army to the port and Dalian Bay to Toshihei Inoguchi.

At that time, Toshihei Inoguchi's fleet was already on its way to Dalian Bay. When he received the information, Toshihei Inoguchi smiled unsurprisingly, and sighed while drinking the coffee in his hand: "This is my opponent! !"

The staff officer asked strangely: "Major General, did you expect that the Eighth Route Army would transport missiles to Dalian Bay?"

"No!" Toshihei Inoguchi replied, "I don't need to guess, it's just a multiple-choice question! They either ship the missile to Dalian Bay, or they don't! If they ship it, it just means that the opponent is better than I thought. All we have to wait for is intelligence, don't you think?"

The staff officer suddenly realized: intelligence determines everything, and where the fleet attacks depends on the Eighth Route Army's approach.

"Actually!" Toshihei Inoguchi said, "I don't want to attack Dalian Bay either!"

As he spoke, Toshihei Inoguchi tapped his finger on Dalian Bay on the route map, and said: "Although Dalian Bay can attack the Eighth Route Army's Jinzhou defense line and shipyard at the same time, it is also surrounded by the Eighth Route Army's missiles. Once the fleet Entering there, you will be attacked by missiles from all directions, which will be another risk for our army!"

The staff agreed: "Now, our goal is to become a port again, isn't it?"

"Of course!" Toshihei Inoguchi said, "It would be best if the fleet of the Eighth Route Army rushed back to Dalian Bay overnight, so that we can bomb the port with confidence!"

With that said, Toshihei Inoguchi ordered to return, and the return route made a big detour.

The reason for making a big detour is that Toshihei Inoguchi judged that if the Eighth Route Army’s anti-ship missiles were transported to Dalian Bay on a large scale, then its fleet would rush to Dalian Bay for reinforcements as quickly as possible.

If the Imperial Fleet returns on the original route, it may collide head-on with the Eighth Route Army fleet. At that time, the Eighth Route Army will find their position and adjust the missile deployment again.

In order to be able to make the show more realistic, Toshihei Inoguchi also sent two destroyers to separate from the main fleet and sail to Dalian Bay with lights on.

In this way, the Eighth Route Army fleet will follow the lights all the way to Dalian Bay without suspicion.

On the other hand, Inoguchi Toshihei sent a telegram to Umezu Yoshijiro, asking him to command the air force to gather with the fleet at the port on time in the early morning and cooperate with the fleet to fight.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was dim, Toshihei Inoguchi's fleet appeared at a distance of [-] nautical miles from the port.

The distance of [-] nautical miles was carefully calculated by Toshihei Inoguchi: this distance is almost the longest range of the "Musashi", and it is also the limit of the visual distance of the Eighth Route Army at the opposing port.

As a result, the Imperial Fleet can bomb the port in the most unexpected way... When the Eighth Route Army is bombed, they still don't know where the shells came from!
However, Toshihei Inoguchi was not careless. He first released two water reconnaissance planes to provide reconnaissance for the fleet and prepare for the artillery battle. Then he looked at his watch and waited for the arrival of the air force.

The reason for waiting for the air force was that Toshihei Inoguchi believed that the Eighth Route Army still had some anti-ship missiles in the port.

Toshihei Inoguchi, who suffered from the loss of anti-ship missiles, has long put away his contempt. At this time, he has seriously considered the plan of intercepting missiles designed by Naozaburo Okabe: the outermost layer is intercepted by fighter planes, and then by destroyers. It is the battleship's own anti-aircraft firepower.

In this way, even if the Eighth Route Army had missiles, they would have to break through the three-layer air defense network before they could hit the battleship.

Toshihei Inoguchi believed that this battle must be foolproof.

Soon, the Imperial Air Force arrived as scheduled, and sixty "Zero Fighters" flew over the fleet densely and then flew towards the port... Their main task is to ensure the safety of the fleet and shoot down all missiles hitting the fleet. If you have spare capacity, then assist the fleet to bomb the port.

Inoguchi Toshihei nodded in satisfaction, the aviation team arrived on time, and it was time to give the enemy a fatal blow!

Toshihei Inoguchi did not hesitate, and ordered: "Everyone, go forward! Free fire!"

The reason why the fleet was ordered to advance was that Toshihei Inoguchi was not satisfied with the bombardment of the port by battleships. He wanted the fleet to advance to the range of the destroyer's guns, which was about ten nautical miles from the target.

(End of this chapter)