Glorious Mission 1937

After the simple welcome ceremony, surrounded by Chen Shaokuan and others, Chen Feng came to the naval flagship "Zhonghua" battleship.

The "Zhonghua" battleship is an Iowa-class battleship of the United States. The construction of this type of battleship began in the United States in 1940. The first ship is still under construction and will not be completed until 43.When Chen Shaokuan first came to the navy, he saw this big guy right at a glance. After obtaining Chen Feng's consent, he designated this huge battleship as the flagship of the Chinese navy.

In the combat command room, there were a lot of naval generals. Sitting at the head of Chen Feng were Admiral Chen Shaokuan, Rear Admiral Chang Zhiguo, Tian Haiyang, Jiang Haitao, Ouyang Hai; Hu Haibin, Wang Changhai, Li Tao, Yang Huwei, Qu Lang.

After everyone was seated, Chen Feng stood up and said, "Before the meeting, let me read out a commendation order from the Military Commission for everyone!"

"National Government Military Commission Law [1942] Order No. 18, National Revolutionary Army Army, Navy, Air Force: On March 1942, 3, the First Squadron of the Yangtze River Fleet of our heroic navy encountered the Japanese Navy unexpectedly in the Coral Sea. The two sides immediately started a fierce battle. After half a day of fighting, the Japanese army's construction team was severely damaged. Except for two Japanese warships that fled in a hurry and were saved from being sunk, the remaining 29 warships were either sunk or destroyed. Prisoners, the Navy’s move has praised our country’s prestige and our army’s prestige, and won praise from all parties at home and abroad. In order to commend the Navy’s outstanding performance in this battle, the Military Commission decided to issue an order to the Army, Navy and Air Force to commend the First Squadron of the Navy’s Yangtze River Fleet. Your ministry takes this as an opportunity to maintain your honor. Make persistent efforts, cheer up your spirits, work hard, forge ahead, pioneer and innovate, comprehensively enhance your combat effectiveness, and continue to make new contributions to the realization of national independence and national reunification and the complete expulsion of the aggressors from China! Citizens Chen Feng, Chairman of the Military Committee of the Revolutionary Army!"

Although commendation orders are used by the old man like straw paper, many troops have received commendation orders, some issued by the military government, and some issued by the Ministry of National Defense.Some are issued by the appointed attendant room.Not one but.But after a long time, more people and departments have issued the award order, and the award order is worthless, so now the soldiers don't pay much attention to the award order issued by the Military Commission.

But since Chen Feng came to power.All departments are strictly prohibited from issuing reward orders at will.Every commendation order cannot be just a verbal commendation.There must be corresponding material and spiritual rewards, so since December 1941 for more than half a year, the national government has only issued 12 commendation orders.But every unit that was rewarded by the order received real benefits later.

For example, the Northeast Theater conquered Harbin, and the reorganized 4th Division, which served as the main force, was rewarded by order. Then the division went up to the division commander and down to ordinary soldiers who were promoted, and those who got rich got rich. Individuals can also be allocated 50 oceans.

You must know that this is not five years ago, when one ocean was exchanged for one dollar of legal currency. Now as the war progresses, the value of the legal currency has depreciated very much. One ocean can already be sold for 40 yuan of legal currency on the black market, and 15 oceans are enough for a family of four. I have been stuttering and drinking for more than half a year, which can be regarded as a small windfall.

This time was no exception. After reading the commendation order, Chen Feng said again: "After reading the commendation order, I will announce a promotion order for everyone: After the unanimous decision of all members of the Military Commission, Chang Zhiguo is specially promoted to the rank of the Navy. Admiral, served as the deputy commander of the navy and the commander of the Yangtze River Fleet, and promoted the captains of the navy Zhao Baojia, Tie Moore, Liu Shun, and Hu Haibin to rear admirals..."

After the promotion order was read out, Chen Feng, on behalf of the Military Commission, awarded medals of different grades to 76 officers including Chen Shaokuan and 1287 soldiers.

After doing all this, the meeting officially started. Chen Feng first asked Chen Shaokuan to briefly talk about the current situation of the Chinese, American and Japanese navies, and then he revealed his purpose for going to Nanyang Territory this time.

Chen Feng carefully looked at all the naval officers who were working. He knew most of them. He personally selected them from the army and sent them out to learn naval tactics.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, some of them became generals, and there were quite a few lieutenant generals and major generals.Thinking about three years ago, many of these people were only lieutenants, second lieutenants, and some were even big soldiers. It can only be said that the world has changed too much.

In fact, Chen Feng didn't even think about it. He himself had such an image in everyone's mind. Five years ago, Chen Feng was a dandy on the prairie.Five years later, Chen Feng didn't say that he had millions of soldiers and became the world's richest man, but that his prestige in China was unparalleled. The changes were so great that no one could match him.

"Everyone, the naval war between China, Japan and the United States in the Pacific Ocean will determine the final outcome of this war to a certain extent. If China and the United States win, the whole world will be preserved. Otherwise, the fascist forces will gain The initiative of the war finally choked us to death one by one in the cesspit."

"The current movement of the Japanese navy is unknown. Although a squadron has gone to the Aleutians, the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet has not appeared there. According to reliable information, the Japanese target is actually here, not the Aleutian Islands. "Speaking, Chen Feng's finger pointed to a place that could hardly be seen on the map.

Chen Shaokuan and others carefully stared at Chen Feng's fingers and searched on the map, and finally they all looked at Chen Feng in surprise.

"That's right, it's Midway Island! One of the most important US naval bases in the Pacific Ocean!" Feng Chen expressed the thoughts of all naval officers.

Chen Shaokuan said: "Is it really Midway Island? But there is indeed a possibility. Midway Island is only 1135 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor. It is an important military base and transportation hub for the US in the Central Pacific region, and it is also the gateway and outpost of the US military in Hawaii." Once Midway is lost, Pearl Harbor, the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, will also be affected. If Midway is captured, the U.S. will be in big trouble if it wants to send troops and supplies to Asia!"

Chen Feng added: "More than that, if the Japanese navy achieves the set goal and captures Midway Island, then the Japanese navy will have an important stronghold in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. From there as a transit base, Japanese naval ships can Intercepting U.S. military and civilian ships at any time can also exclude the naval fleet from attacking the U.S. mainland, so the west coast of the U.S. will be directly threatened by the Japanese navy."

"Since the rest of the U.S. Navy warships have been deployed to the North Atlantic, the U.S. will not be able to effectively counterattack the Japanese navy in the Pacific in the short term. Japan is well aware of the military potential of the United States. Once the huge industrial production capacity of the United States is fully brought into the war orbit , Japan has little hope of winning. If the Japanese navy threatens or actually attacks the west coast of the United States, it will force the United States to transfer the military equipment that is urgently needed to the front line in Europe to the west coast of the United States, which will not only cause a shortage of military supplies in the European theater This phenomenon may even cause the European theater to fall again, allowing Nazi Germany to win the final victory."

"Everyone, everyone is aware of the relationship between Germany and Japan. Once he has won the European battlefield, it will be difficult for him to hold on to the Asian and African battlefields. At that time, we will be passive. , so this time we must prevent the Japanese navy from capturing Midway."

Chen Feng's words resonated with all the officers in the conference room. It is indeed true. Once the European battlefield is lost, Germany can penetrate into China through the Siberian artery eastward, attack China with Japan, or move its main force southward to occupy the Balkan Peninsula or intervene in North Africa. The battlefield, these are a disaster for the Allies.

The most important thing is that they already know that the main force of the US Pacific Fleet has gone north to the Aleutian Islands. There are only a small number of ships and guards guarding Pearl Harbor and Midway Island. up.

"Committee, do we know the strength of the Japanese army?" Chen Shaokuan asked.

"How many troops Japan dispatches actually has nothing to do with us. It doesn't matter if you know it or not. The opponent of our navy is the Japanese combined fleet. Besides, the strength of our navy is not much worse than that of the Japanese navy. Even if the main force of the Japanese combined fleet is full And we have nothing to be afraid of, we will kill them when we encounter them." Chen Feng said confidently.

"Then do we need to inform the United States and ask them to cooperate with us?" Chen Shaokuan asked.

"No, let's let the Japanese and the remaining American troops fight to the death first, and when they are almost done fighting, it is best to go into battle after the Japanese completely occupy Midway Island." Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Why is that?" Chen Shaokuan asked in surprise.

Chen Feng replied: "You all know the importance of the geographical location of Midway Island. Occupying it is equivalent to choking the throat of the Americans. This is related to the future situation in the Pacific Ocean, so this place can only be controlled by us. But We are allies with the United States, and we cannot directly snatch it from them. However, we and Japan are hostile countries, and no one can say a fart when we snatch territory from the Japanese!"

"But will the Americans agree that we hang on? With the dominance of the Americans, they will never let us stay there forever." Chen Shaokuan asked again.

"It doesn't matter. We occupied Midway Island just as a bargaining chip in exchange for a promise from the U.S. government. As for how to choose it, that's a matter for the U.S. government. If you agree to plant a striped flag on Midway Island, if you don't agree, it will be a bright day." Flag and Prairie Wolf Flag!"

Under the auspices of Chen Feng, all the officers present made a detailed battle plan around the Battle of Midway Island, and at the same time formulated a set of contingency plans. The huge fleet sailed towards Midway Island. (To be continued..)