In the building of the Ministry of the Navy in the capital of Japan, it happened to be the same morning that Wei Chenghong attacked the US aircraft carrier in Saipan.
Yamamoto 56, who had yet to take over as the commander of the navy, walked into the main conference room. There were already countless navy generals inside. After deducting the navy generals who fought in China, almost all of them were there.
They had a special meeting for Wei Chenghong's ghost fleet and the sinking of two Vajra class battleships by torpedoes.
There were still a large number of people in the Japanese navy who were boasting about the huge cannons. The result of the ambush in the East China Sea had given these people a tight slap in the face. More than 50 aircraft carrier formations had ambushed their huge escort fleet. Zhen Ming and Titan had sunk. Titan had sunk very quickly, and the commander of the escort fleet, Fujino Yuri, was also there.?
It was almost time. The Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Minet, walked into the conference room. All the admirals and staff officers stood up and bowed.
After walking to his seat, Mitsumanasa lowered his head and bowed. Then, he raised his head and said," Please take a seat."”
All of them sat down, including Mitsumasa. He said to Yamamoto 56," Yamamoto, read your report to everyone.”
"Ha Yi." Yamamoto 56 stood up and held the report in his hand. He slowly said," First of all, this is just my guess.
From the middle of August of the 12th year of the Shwa era (1937), when the China Shanghai Incident began, I found out that a gunboat flying our military flag attacked the command building of our Marine Corps in Shanghai.
After that, the George claimed to have been robbed by our navy. What we need to pay attention to here is that there are two people.”Yamamoto Fifty-Six took out two highly realistic portraits. It was Wei Chenghong in a pirate suit, and the other was Tatsumi Hengshan, who was dressed as a sexy pirate.
"According to the investigation of our intelligence personnel in China, this young man is called Wei Chenghong. His nationality should be from China, but his age is unknown. I suspect that these attacks are related to him.
"Also, there's a woman beside him. After the intelligence officers investigated, they thought that she was from our empire. Her name and age are unknown. She and this unidentified man were most likely a couple or a lover.
On the third day of the robbery, our cruisers, the Takao Hss and the Top, were escorting the army troops. They encountered a small fleet in this area. The leader was this battleship called the Prideful Hss, and it sank our Top cruiser.”
Yamamoto 56 took out a huge plan of a warship. It was the prototype of the Prideful Heaven, the Miaoyi class battleship.
" The information on the enemy's Proud Heaven is similar to the Myoi-class battlecruiser that we designed to replace the Dreadnaught Kawachi class of the Imperial Navy in 1910. Compared to the original hull, the enemy's ship should have undergone modern modifications. Even though the changes are huge, I'm not mistaken. This is the battleship cruiser that we designed with the help of the British.
But the strange thing is that neither the British nor us have ever built this ship. This is what I find the strangest. Whether it was then or now, only a few countries in the west have the ability to build such warships. In all of Asia, only our Great Japanese Empire has the ability to build such warships.”
Yamamoto knew that even in Europe, only a few countries like Y, F, and D had the ability to build such a large warship. Other European countries did not have the ability to build such a large warship. Cruisers were okay, but battleships were really not.
"In addition, the enemy still has two cruisers.”Yamamoto took out a smaller blueprint. It was a Heavenly Dragon Class Cruiser.
"The Heavenly Dragon Class Light Cruiser is a light cruiser designed by the Imperial Navy. I have served on this cruiser before, so I know all the information about this warship. In that battle, we sank one of their cruisers. Major General Yamaguchi died in the line of duty, and the flagship was sunk. Because of this, the army has been scolding us.
On the 20th day of August, the 12th year of Shōwa, this Prideful Sky appeared in China's Magic City again. It also has a light aircraft carrier. After investigation, I found that the enemy aircraft carrier is very similar to the diving aircraft carrier that we are building, the Auspicious Phoenix. I thought that the enemy stole our ship.
On the 25th of August, the 12th year of the Shōwa era, both our Haruka and Titan were sunk. Nakasuke Kawamura, I hope you can give us a brief account of the battle situation at that time."”Yamamoto 56 named Kawamura because he had participated in the naval battle. His ship had also shot down six enemy planes, which was the largest number of warships shot down at that time.
" Ha!" Kawamura Hidemaki stood up and said after he sorted out his thoughts," It was around 2 PM. The enemy planes came very suddenly. There were about 50 of them. At that time, my ship was behind Titan. At that time, the enemy's fighter planes attracted most of our anti-air firepower. When the enemy's attack planes appeared behind us, we didn't have much time to organize a fire net to intercept them.
The enemy's pilots were well-trained. They dropped eight torpedoes on Titan and blocked all of Titan's routes of movement.?" The torpedoes are very powerful. In just half an hour, Titan sank. I also recognize the models of the enemy planes. They are Type 96 carrier-based fighter planes and Type 97 carrier-based attack planes. Also, according to the survivors of the Zhen Family, the Empire's Type 96 carrier-based bomber should have bombed Zhen Family.?”After Kawamura Hidema finished speaking, he bowed and sat down after Yamamoto nodded at him.
After listening to Kawamura and Yamamoto's report, the higher-ups of the Japanese Navy were all in an uproar. Titan and Hazel, the two giants of the sea, had actually been sunk by a small attack aircraft. This was undoubtedly a great shock to the higher-ups of the Japanese Navy who were still dreaming about the huge warships and cannons.?
Because of this meeting, Yamato was almost destroyed.
Yamamoto 56 was not in a good mood. These idiots finally knew the power of the aircraft carrier. However, the price was a little high. So many warships were sunk, and more than 1,000 outstanding naval soldiers were killed or injured.
There were no battleships that were sunk by aircraft carriers before. The Japanese were the first in this area. At the same time, because of Wei Chenghong's influence, the Japanese Navy adjusted their plans and increased their investment in aircraft carriers. They canceled some battleship construction plans and invested all their budget into aircraft carriers.
At the same time, the Japanese also began to purge the rebels. Wei Chenghong's real intention of using the R-series ship finally showed its effect.
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