Age of Rebirth

Regarding the plan for this campaign, Lieutenant General Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Aviation Group of the Independent Division Air Force, had a great appetite. His purpose was to wipe out all the Japanese air forces in the northwest of Honshu Island and northern Kyushu Island.

Hearing this, Admiral Amosiyev, commander of the Northern Fleet of the Independent Division, couldn't help being startled, and reminded: "Commander Liu, within the coverage of the campaign, the Japanese army's aviation strength will not be weaker than that of the Northern Fleet. Group, this battle is a bit difficult to fight!"

Liu Cuigang smiled slightly and said: "Indeed, the number of combat aircraft in the Japanese army's several air teams and a recruiting flight corps is about [-], which requires the cooperation of the Northern Fleet. maximize!"

"Oh!" Amosiyev shrugged. He didn't think that the Northern Fleet without an aircraft carrier would play a key role in a large-scale air battle, so he asked: " How can our Northern Fleet cooperate with you?"

"Bait!" Liu Cuigang spat out two words.

"Bait?" Amosiyev asked in confusion.

"Yes, it's a bait!" Liu Cuigang further explained: "My plan is to ask the Northern Fleet to gather all of them and move westward from the Vladivostok base. The formation will pass through the North Channel of Tsushima Island in the Korean Strait. It was discovered by the Japanese ground radar station, everyone, think about it, will the Japanese commander have great interest in the Northern Fleet?"

Everyone immediately understood that the Northern Fleet appeared in the Korean Strait, the Japanese headquarters in the northwest of Honshu Island and the northern part of Kyushu Island, and they would definitely not let go of the great opportunity to annihilate the Northern Fleet.In the case of the loss of all naval forces, dispatching a large number of fighter jets and bombers is an inevitable move.In this way, Liu Cuigang created a fighter.

But this bait scheme.It is too bold and risky. The Northern Fleet will inevitably withstand the air strikes of the large Japanese fleet. Although the fleet has a strong air defense capability, in the air-sea battle, the Northern Fleet without an aircraft carrier must be at a disadvantage. Inevitably.

Amosiyev fell silent, and Colonel Tang Yunfei, chief of staff of the Northern Fleet, expressed his concerns frankly. "Commander Liu, the core of the whole plan is the decoy function of our Northern Fleet. However, the northern waterway of the Korean Strait is very close to the Japanese mainland Honshu Island and Kyushu Island. The Japanese aircraft fleet occupies a geographical advantage. How to avoid Loss of the Northern Fleet?"

Liu Cuigang glanced at Tang Yunfei appreciatively, and replied: "The question raised by Chief of Staff Tang was taken into account when I conceived the battle plan. Since the Japanese fleet's attack target is the Northern Fleet, it is impossible for the combat aircraft to dispatch All of them are fighter jets, and bombers account for at least one-third or one-fourth. In other words, the number of fighter jets that the Japanese army may dispatch is at most [-] to [-]."

"The number of fighter jets that our Northern Aviation Group can dispatch is more than [-], which is about [-] to [-] more than the Japanese army. Moreover, we came prepared. Relying on the ground radar whose performance far exceeds that of the Japanese army, it can be said All the movements of the Japanese fleet are under our control, once the air battle starts, I will send two fighter regiments to cover the Northern Fleet!"

"What's more!" Speaking of this, Liu Cuigang smiled meaningfully, "Although the Northern Fleet does not have carrier-based aircraft, in terms of the fleet's air defense capabilities, it is not a soft persimmon. Let the Japanese combat aircraft pinch it?"

Amosiyev laughed and said very straightforwardly: "It can break the deadlock in the northern air battlefield in one fell swoop and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese aviation. What's the point of being a bait! Commander Liu, when will the Northern Fleet start to move?"

"Then I would like to thank Commander Amosiyev for your cooperation!" Liu Cuigang said gratefully: "I will immediately report the battle plan to the division commander. If the division commander approves, I will immediately call the fleet headquarters and start operations tomorrow morning. , at the speed of the fleet, it takes about three days to reach the Korean Strait, three days is enough for me to mobilize troops!"

In Busan, the Korean Peninsula, at the frontline headquarters of the Independent Division, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe and lieutenant general, took the battle plan sent by Liu Cuigang, walked into the office of the division commander Tang Qiuli, and said: "Mr. Telegram, they have drawn up a battle plan, but bold and adventurous enough!"

"Oh? What a bold battle plan that surprised you?" Tang Qiuli took over the telegram, read it carefully, and then said with a smile: "Liu Cuigang wanted to break the deadlock in one fell swoop. It was really bold, but it was not an adventure. , call back, agree! In addition, the two air defense brigades near Daegu are also transferred to the coastal line of Busan, and if necessary, they can provide air cover for the Northern Fleet!"

On Tsushima Island, which guards the main throat of the Korean Strait, the radar antenna of the Japanese ground radar station is rotating at high speed, collecting air and sea signals, because the Tsushima Island ground radar station is the Japanese army’s northern defense system, the closest to North Korea The eyes and ears of the peninsula can be said to be at the forefront of the battlefield, and the Japanese Home Defense Command attaches great importance to it.Listed as a first-class radar station.

The establishment of the Tsushima Radar Station is at the regiment level. The station chief, Uchiyama Kakaro, is the rank of Colonel. A reinforced squadron of more than [-] Japanese soldiers is stationed on the island as a security force. Uchiyama himself is an excellent radar expert. However, because it is too close to the Korean Peninsula, the Japanese officers and soldiers on Tsushima Island can clearly feel the thick murderous aura coming from the opposite side across a narrow Korean Strait, which makes their hearts, He was in high tension and trembling all the time.

On this day, Uchiyama, as usual, went to the monitoring room to be on duty in person. Everything was normal, and the radar scanning wave was beating quietly. As soon as Uchiyama sat down, he heard a radar duty officer shouting: "Report to Your Excellency, the radar Abnormal situation found!"

Uchiyama Dazuo didn't even lift his eyelids, and asked, "Air or sea?"

These officers and soldiers, who are nervous all day long and highly nervous, are a bit of a grassroots soldier. I don’t know how many times a day there are false alarms. Sometimes, even a group of seabirds flying in the sky will be regarded as Chinese by them. If it is normal, Uchiyama Uchiyama would have told him to get out of such a subordinate long ago, but now is a critical period, and the empire is short of people everywhere, so we can only make do with it.

"Report to Your Excellency, it's at sea, at sea! A large number of targets have been found, coming from the northeast, most likely a large number of warships!" The radar soldier shouted loudly.

Uchiyama walked up to the radar calmly and looked at the screen carefully. Indeed, there was a target with a clear direction. He ordered: "One-half of the radar, immediately adjust the observation angle to confirm the target at sea!"

A few minutes later, all the radars had identified the target. It was undoubtedly a large-scale fleet. According to the reflection of the radar waves, there were at least a hundred warships heading towards the Korean Strait. Uchiyama was very sure that it was The fleet of the Chinese people, because in the Sea of ​​Japan, there is no fleet of the Imperial Navy at all.

The blood all over his body rushed to his face at once, and Uchiyama's face turned a sickly purple. Opportunity, a good opportunity to seriously damage or wipe out the China fleet, he shouted to the officer on duty: "Report to the defense area of ​​Honshu Island immediately. Headquarters, urgent! The ground radar station on Tsushima Island has discovered that the China Fleet, with about a hundred warships, is approaching from the east of the Sea of ​​Japan, and it is estimated that they will pass through the Korean Strait in two hours!"

"In addition, the radar has not found any signs of the activities of the China fleet!" Then, Uchiyama ordered again: "Closely monitor the whereabouts of the China fleet and report to me every 10 minutes!"

The urgent telegram from the ground radar station on Tsushima Island quickly arrived at the Honshu Island Defense Area Headquarters of the Japanese Home Defense Command, which immediately aroused a bloody impulse. The officer who received the telegram seemed to be flying. After reporting the situation, the commander, Lieutenant General Chiba Asami, the chief of staff, Major General Ishihara Yuichi, and the air defense commander, Major General Yokota Takayo, immediately rushed to the war room. The telegram was placed in front of the three Japanese officers, who had already read it several times.

"Ishihara-kun, Yokota-kun, what's your opinion?" Lieutenant General Chiba asked.

Rear Admiral Ishihara, the chief of staff, said without hesitation: "Your Excellency, the opportunity, a rare opportunity to wipe out that fleet!"

"Yokota-kun, what's your opinion?" Lieutenant General Chiba asked the silent Air Defense Commander Major General Yokota.

Wearing gold-rimmed glasses, Major General Yokota, who looked very polite, frowned and said: "Commander, I think we should be more cautious. The Korean Strait is next to the Korean Peninsula, the occupied area of ​​the China Independent Division. As far as I know, Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Flying Group of China's Independent Division Air Force, is insidious and cunning, has a lot of tactics, and uses ever-changing tactics. Is the sudden appearance of the China's fleet a trap?"

Major General Ishihara, the chief of staff, didn't like to hear it, and retorted: "Is Yokota-kun too cautious? A trap, what trap? We dispatched aviation forces, and the distance of the fleet's take-off is quite favorable. From the time the fleet takes off to attacking the enemy fleet, It can be completed within 10 minutes, once you find something is wrong, can you stop immediately?"

"If the commander of the headquarters of the northern defense area on Honshu Island is like Yokota-kun, how will we fight future battles? What's more, the Chinese will come up with a fleet of more than a hundred warships to design traps. Even if it is a trap, the Chinese people will pay a heavy price for it, the opportunity is rare, don't miss it!"

"You...!" Facing the cynicism from Major General Ishihara, Chief of Staff, Major General Yokota blushed with anger and was speechless.

"Okay, stop arguing, both of you!" Lieutenant General Chiba interrupted the quarrel between the two subordinates, and said: "Chief of Staff Ishihara is right, even if it is a trap by the Chinese, we cannot lose this opportunity. The value of a warship is much higher than that of a fighter jet!"

(to be continued) (to be continued...)