Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2311 Dongshan Sea Battle
It is the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet under the command of Toshiichiro Koizumi that has achieved the prestige of Chen Yuanyang and the Haikou and Dongshan fleets.

Koizumi Toshiichiro was still in Singapore at the time, so according to the instructions of Yamamoto 56, the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet departing from Sasebo Naval Port, led by Deputy Commander Inoue Narumi, will first go to Singapore to join Koizumi Toshiichiro, and then enter through Malacca Indian Ocean, directly attacking Karachi.

Speaking of the arrangements for the commander candidates of the three squadrons of the Japanese Combined Fleet, there is a way.Originally, Toshiichiro Koizumi's qualifications were not enough to serve as the commander of the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet.However, under the influence of Toshiichiro Koizumi, Yamamoto 56 was extremely unimpressed with torpedo generals such as Zhongichi Nagumo, and believed that they could not adapt to modern naval warfare with aircraft carriers as the main force, so he strongly rejected Chuichi Nagumo as the commander of the squadron.However, generals of the category Nagumo Chuichi are the backbone of the Japanese navy, and the Japanese navy is a place that pays attention to seniority.Yamamoto 56 valued Koizumi, but Koizumi not only lacked qualifications, but also had few victories before.So in the end, the three squadron commanders became apportioned goods for internal compromise, the Yamamoto faction got two, and the seniority faction got one.

Letting Inoue Narumi serve as the deputy commander of the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet is also a product of compromise.Because Koizumi himself is too disappointing, the independent leader has almost never won a battle before. Even though the seniority faction made a compromise in order to obtain a squadron commander, they still strongly doubt Koizumi's ability. Yamamoto himself is actually worried about whether Koizumi can take on this important task. So taking advantage of the trend, Narumi Inoue was promoted as the deputy commander, and the seniority faction was settled.

Whether it is qualifications or ability, Inoue Chengmei is no problem as the deputy commander of the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet.However, things went wrong in his hands.Yamamoto appointed him as Koizumi's deputy out of prudence, but hoped that his experience and stability would make Koizumi make fewer mistakes.However, Narumi Inoue didn't think so.With a series of inventions and creations, Toshiichiro Koizumi has established a complete military industrial system in Southeast Asia almost by himself. Although he has a great reputation in China, Narumi Inoue does not buy it.In private, he even expressed doubts about Yamamoto’s appointment, thinking that he was suspected of cronyism: fighting a war is not about engaging in industrial construction, nor inventing and creating. Koizumi’s success in Singapore has proved that he is a scientific and technological talent. He is also good at politics.But looking at his previous poor record, Yamamoto-kun appointed him as the commander of the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet, really, really too hasty.

There are many confidantes around Inoue. Since they can be called confidantes, these people will naturally start from Inoue's standpoint and give priority to him in everything.Someone suggested to him, why not establish a certain amount of merit before the decisive battle, and then replace it?Some people even came up with specific plans, thinking that the Yellow Sea channel has always been a major problem for the local people to quickly obtain supplies from Southeast Asia. The fleet has to take a detour to go to Singapore from the Philippines. Why not go to the Yellow Sea? The time saved can just be used Come to attack the large and small military ports along the coast of the Xuebing Army...

Inoue was tempted. After reporting to Yamamoto, he did not wait for Yamamoto's instructions, turned around and sailed directly to Taiwan, and dispatched aviation troops to attack the Kaohsiung military port.

Inoue and his henchmen took it for granted.In their thinking, the local naval power of the Xuebing Army, whether it is the Haikou Fleet or the Dongshan Fleet, is simply not enough to compete with the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet because the maximum displacement of the ships under its jurisdiction is only about 100 tons.What about the facts?The first hit, seems to confirm this.The Kaohsiung Naval Port belonging to the Dongshan Fleet failed to withstand the sudden attack. First, a light frigate, nearly ten Swordfish, and two Ming-class submarines under maintenance were bombed by more than [-] fighter planes and were all sunk. .Then the wharf and shore facilities of Kaohsiung Military Port were also severely damaged in this round of bombing, and the Dongshan Fleet suffered more than [-] casualties.

The success of the first strike naturally gave great encouragement to the Japanese naval officers and soldiers of the Takehisa aircraft carrier fleet, and they made persistent efforts, and they immediately launched an attack on Dongshan Naval Port.Dongshan Naval Port, also known as Dongshan Naval Base, because it is the first naval base built by the Xuebing Army, naturally has an extraordinary significance in the Xuebing Army Navy.Narumi Inoue knew this, so she paid more attention to this attack.In order to completely unplug the Dongshan military base and deal a heavy blow to the Dongshan fleet, he sent four aircraft carriers to participate in the attack.

Four aircraft carriers, two battleship aircraft carriers, and two escort aircraft carriers. The total number of fighter planes loaded exceeds [-], plus as many as [-] other warships. It is said that the strength is sufficient for both air defense and sea defense. up.But what about the result?The fighter planes that covered the sky and the sun appeared in the sky above Dongshan, and the land-based aviation unit of the Xuebing Army arrived.While the fighter planes of the two sides were engaged in a scuffle, Chen Yuanyang had ambushed as many as [-] Song-class and Ming-class submarines and launched a counterattack against the Japanese ships.The anti-submarine capability of the aircraft carrier group formed by the Wujiu aircraft carrier fleet is actually not weak. However, who would have thought that Chen Yuanyang could predict the foresight and set up an ambush in advance on their attack route in just three hours? ?In connection with the success of the air raid on Kaohsiung, the Japanese captains couldn't help wondering if it was the bait set by the Xuebing Army earlier.

No matter what the attacking Japanese captains thought, it was useless at this time. As many as [-] Song-class and Ming-class submarines frequently launched torpedoes into the same area.Even though the fleet's frigates, destroyers and even heavy cruisers blocked the route of submarines attacking the aircraft carrier one after another, it was still difficult to avoid the aircraft carrier being attacked.

The two sides fought fiercely for an hour and a half. Seeing that the fleet gradually took control of the situation as the escort fighter planes took off, a school of swordfish from the student army appeared.Chen Yuanyang was also ruthless enough. The more than two hundred swordfish under the two fleets of Haikou and Dongshan were all dispatched. Okay, the most classic naval battle of small fish eating big fish in the history of human navy was born.

This naval battle, known as the "Dongshan Sea Battle" in history, ended with the loss of three aircraft carriers and nearly 35 other warships of various types by the Japanese army, and the loss of seven submarines and 800 Swordfish by the Xuebing Army.Looking at the number alone, the Xuebing Army seems to have lost more ships, but in terms of tonnage, the Xuebing Army’s loss is less than one-sixth of the Japanese army’s loss. If casualties are included (the Xuebing Army died in battle There were less than 6000 people, and the casualties of the Japanese army exceeded [-]), the Xuebing Army can be called a complete victory.

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