Expedition to Europe

When Laut Island was in chaos, Bao Deshui had already launched an attack in Ningbei Port according to the established plan.

Ningbei Port is Petropavlovsk, which is actually the real ice-free port in the Northern Xinjiang Region.

From a geographical point of view, the geographical location of Ningbei Port is not as important as Vladivostok, so the Lanfang Northern Xinjiang Fleet will choose Vladivostok as its home port in summer, but in winter, the Northern Xinjiang Fleet will go to Ningbei Port to avoid the ice period of Vladivostok.

Since the North Sea Fleet is in Ningbei Port, the Japanese North Fleet is naturally also in Ningbei Port.

As early as three days ago when the war was just declared, the Japanese North Fleet blocked Ningbei Port.

Because of the threat of the land artillery in Ningbei Port, the Japanese fleet did not launch a direct attack on Ningbei Port, but prepared to use troop transport ships to transport the Japanese army to the Kamchatka Peninsula and launch an attack on Ningbei Port from land.

This gave Bao Deshui enough time to transfer.

The airport of Ningbei Port is located in the urban area of ​​Ningbei Port. At 8 o'clock in the morning, Bao Deshui led the torpedo pilots to the airport on time, ready to attack the Japanese fleet heading north.

"General Bao, I wish you success with a glass of wine." Chen Kangjian, commander of the Northern Frontier Region, also came to Ningbei Port to supervise the battle.

The sun comes late at 53° north latitude. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the sky is just getting light. However, it has been snowing heavily recently, and the whole earth is covered with silver. Under the reflection of the snow, the visibility is quite good.

The brand-new torpedo planes are parked steadily on the apron. The torpedoes have been hung and the fuel tanks have been filled, waiting for the pilots to fly them into the sky.

At this time, the apron is really shining. Not only Chen Kangjian is present, but also Ge ​​Lifu, deputy commander of the Northern Frontier Region, is present. At the same time, there are also Tan Xueheng, commander of the Northern Frontier Fleet, Liang Lishan, commander of the Northern Frontier Air Force, Wu Yingke, commander of the Ningbei Port Coastal Defense Battery, and so on.

Bao Deshui's military rank is actually only a colonel, one level lower than a general, but it can be predicted that if Bao Deshui leads his team to successfully complete the task this time, he will be promoted to a major general in the near future.

Chen Kangjian said this, naturally with good wishes.

Just after Chen Kangjian finished speaking, a guard brought hot wine to Bao Deshui and all the torpedo pilots, and drank it all in one gulp.

You have to drink it quickly, otherwise it will soon become a block of ice.

"Thanks to the commander's good words, with this cup of wine from the commander, we will not let down the trust of His Majesty and you all, and we will die if we don't succeed!" Bao Deshui is determined.

"You are not allowed to die, you must succeed! Even if you die, you must die after success!" Chen Kangjian has high requirements.

For Lan Fang, this is the only chance. If they seize it, they can completely defeat the Japanese arrogance and take the initiative in the war. If they fail to seize it, then all will be lost. Even if the Japanese fleet heading north has only one battleship left, it is not something that the current Northern Frontier Fleet can contend with.

Hearing Chen Kangjian's hoarse roar, Bao Deshui didn't say much. He saluted upright and turned to the torpedo plane that had been preheated.

"I hope everything goes well. If the mission goal is successfully achieved, I will definitely build a temple for Lord Bo in Ningbei Port." Tan Xueheng, commander of the Northern Frontier Fleet, joined the Lan Fang Fleet as early as Trident City, and he must be familiar with "Poseidon".

"What temple to build? If you want to build one, you must build a Bodhisattva temple and give the Bodhisattva a golden body." Wu Yingke, commander of the coastal artillery, still likes traditional mythology.

"Stop talking nonsense. Old Wu, go back to the fort and watch to prevent the Japanese from being destroyed together. Old Tan, send out all the submarines. The destroyers should also be prepared for battle. If the torpedo planes fail to sink all the Japanese fleets, the navy will be responsible for sending all the Japanese to the bottom of the sea." Chen Kangjian was in no mood to talk nonsense.

"Yes!" Wu Yingke and Tan Xueheng stood at attention and saluted, then turned and walked towards the "Bulldog" parked next to the apron.

"God, bless us!" Air Force Commander Liang Lishan suddenly shouted.

"Do your best and accept your fate..." Ge Lifu saluted the torpedo planes that flew into the blue sky one by one.

At this time, the planes had no radio communication equipment, so the pilots could only communicate with each other by gestures in the air. Fortunately, Bao Deshui and other pilots had enough tacit understanding after flying for tens of thousands of kilometers. After flying in the air, Bao Deshui and his team formed a flight formation of three planes according to the predetermined plan and flew towards the coordinates provided by the reconnaissance plane.

Compared with the southbound fleet, the Japanese northbound fleet was slightly weaker, with only three battleships, the "Ise", "Fuso" and "Kongo". The last battleship, the "Kirishima", did not participate in this war. Perhaps the Japanese believed that these three battleships were enough to suppress the Lan Fang Northern Frontier Fleet.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Although only three battleships were brought over, it was already a great respect for the Lan Fang fleet. From the perspective of configuration alone, any of the Japanese northbound fleet and southbound fleet had the strength to defeat all the Lan Fang warships alone.

The only variable was the Lan Fang Air Force.

Bao Deshui knew very well how heavy the burden on their shoulders was.

Just in front of Bao Deshui and his torpedo fleet, the reconnaissance aircraft sent earlier had been navigating the fleet. In order to confuse the audience, the Northern Frontier even eliminated a team of bombers to distract the attention of the Japanese northbound fleet.

Inside the bridge of the Kongo battleship, Kongo battleship Captain Muta Kametarou is studying the nautical chart with Kitakami Fleet Commander Suzuki Kantaro.

"Today at noon, the fleet carrying the 8th and 9th divisions will leave the port. Be careful of Lan Fang's submarines and send destroyers to protect the troop transport ships." Suzuki Kantaro is worried about the upcoming war.

"Hayi... The second destroyer squadron will escort the troop transport ships at that time, but I think Lan Fang's submarines may not dare to come out. As long as they dare to come out, we will definitely send them all to the bottom of the sea." Mutian Kametaro is confident.

Submarines are indeed a powerful weapon against merchant ships, but if facing destroyers, submarines will only have a dead end.

At this time, the destroyers have basically been equipped with active sonars. The submarines have lost the protection of seawater in front of the destroyers. If they are discovered by the destroyers, the submarines can neither run away nor fight, and can only passively wait for death.

It is for this reason that Lan Fang's submarines are currently mostly parked in the military port and dare not go out.

Of course, this is also because Qin Zhiyuan has a trump card in his hand. If Qin Zhiyuan did not have a torpedo plane, then Qin Zhiyuan would have released all the submarines to ambush Japanese merchant ships at the beginning of the war.

Ahem... If there were no torpedo planes, Qin Zhiyuan would not have gone to war with the Japanese at all.

Qin Zhiyuan did hate the Japanese, but Qin Zhiyuan was not stupid. He would not do anything like hitting a rock with an egg.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

"Don't underestimate your enemy, otherwise you will definitely pay a price. Lan Fang's submarines have technical support from the British, French and Germans. They can be said to be the most advanced submarines in the world. You must pay attention to them." Suzuki Kantaro did not take it lightly.

Before he became the commander of the Kitakami Fleet, Suzuki Kantaro's position was the president of the Naval University. Even if Lan Fang and Japan did not go to war, Suzuki Kantaro would have served as the commander of the Second Fleet and would have served as the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet in the future.

How many submarines Lan Fang had is a mystery to Japan.

The Japanese knew that Lan Fang had submarines, and they were quite advanced, but they only knew a rough idea. The Japanese were not clear about the specific number of Lan Fang submarines and the specific performance of the submarines.

If it was the Republic of China's fleet, based on Japan's infiltration of the Republic of China, the Japanese could brazenly say that the Republic of China's fleet had no secrets in front of Japan, but for Lan Fang, the Japanese were not sure.

Lan Fang was indeed an immigrant country, but at the same time, Lan Fang was also a country with extremely strict control over the flow of people. The Japanese did send agents to Lan Fang, but so far, the agents sent by the Japanese did not play the role they should.

"Report, a large number of planes are flying towards us!" The duty officer who had been observing at the porthole shouted a warning.

"Plane? What do they want to do? Drop bombs on our battleships?" Muta Kametaro felt a little funny, so he went to the porthole and picked up a telescope to observe.

Planes bombing warships did happen in the world war, but the hit rate was really pitiful.

At that time, bombers did not even have more mature aiming equipment. Bombing land targets was still not accurate enough, and bombing moving targets at sea was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

"Aircraft, hum...sooner or later, we will have to develop aircraft. It is best to wait until we defeat Lan Fang and get some information and equipment from Lan Fang, which will shorten our research cycle." Suzuki Kantaro had a beautiful idea.

As the president of the Naval University, Suzuki Kantaro was very quick to accept various new things, such as aircraft and tanks. Suzuki Kantaro had some experience in them.

Of course, limited by the general environment of the Japanese military, it was just a dabble. If you want to study in the current environment, funding is a big problem.

Although Suzuki Kantaro knew that Japan did not have the ability to study aircraft and tanks at present, he did not give up, but pinned his hopes on the next war.

This is also the usual method of the Japanese. They always pin their hopes on the illusion of getting something for nothing...

It is not an illusion. The problem is that the Japanese always succeed.

For example, if the Japanese had not received a large amount of compensation after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, it would be a dream for the Japanese to build the Kongo, which Kantaro Suzuki is now riding.

Unfortunately, Japan is now facing Lan Fang, and it is unknown whether Lan Fang will become Japan's prey or Japan will become Lan Fang's prey.

Just as Kantaro Suzuki was daydreaming, three planes in the sky suddenly lowered their noses and resumed level flight only 50 meters above the sea, and then a cylindrical object was thrown from the plane.

"That... that is..." Kantaro Suzuki suddenly felt cold all over and had difficulty breathing, as if the cold sea water was about to drown him.