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Chapter 938 Showing Strength to the Enemy

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    This news was quickly put on the command platform of Admiral Taniguchi, Commander of the Combined Fleet.

    Taniguchi chose to believe this information because he believed Zhang Hanqing would do this.  Although I don't know how powerful the Air Force's flying wing is, but with the idea of ????being cautious about sailing thousands of years, the combined fleet cannot approach the China coastline too close, otherwise it will accidentally repeat the tragedy of the "Izumo". He will not be able to  Keep hiding it.

    Last time, he used the navy's backstage to publicize the sinking of the "Izumo" as a necessary sacrifice for a great victory. Although the top government officials were doubtful, fortunately the army was too busy to take care of it and no one came to investigate, and because of its own  The successive disastrous defeats made the politicians neither dared nor wanted to see the news of the navy's defeat, so the matter was suppressed.

    Coupled with the swarms of fish and mine bombers that Liao Yaquan saw with his own eyes, and the young marshal's words to the navy's top brass to use naval aviation, shore artillery and submarines to severely damage Japanese warships entering the coastline, only a fool would take such a big risk.  To provoke.

    Anyway, the Chinese army has the advantage of the army, so it is unrealistic to use the marines to land. It is better to stay on the high seas and control China's thousands of miles of territorial waters!  At least in this way, there is basically no loss, and it can effectively block China's maritime trade and inflict heavy damage to the Chinese economy.

    "Compared to risking your own life and fighting in a bloody battle, this kind of battle is the safest and most fruitful.

    As for whether the Japanese Army will be damaged, go to hell!  If the Army hadn't been clinging to huge military expenditures, the Japanese Navy would not have been unable to complete the replacement of the new "Eighty-Eight Fleet"!

    There are various signs that China, under the leadership of the People's Party, has broken through the internal disputes and become a dominant power, benefiting from the explosive economic growth and coal and iron production in the past decade. Its 36 armed armies are  A tough nut to crack.

    The number of divisions of the Japanese army is less than half that of the opponent, and a division is far inferior to an equivalent army in China in terms of soldiers and firepower. Is such a battle still going to be fought?  Those politicians and a small group of ambitious people who are so greedy and stupid must give it a try!  No, your head is bleeding, right?

    The navy, because of its advanced weapons and equipment, requires a more astute and clear mind to master, so generally speaking, the education level of naval officers and soldiers is much higher than that of the army, especially in that era.  Even in the Chinese Navy, the academic qualifications of its shipboard personnel are at least a primary school degree. There are many officers and soldiers in the army who are illiterate, and some of them have taken night classes.

    As a "diplomatic navy" that can compete with great powers, the Japanese people also regard its navy with special regard.

    This also makes the Navy always look down on the Army, especially when there are endless disputes over the two strategic directions of "going north" and "going south".  When the Army's voice prevails, the "go north" policy will inevitably be carried over and overwhelm the "go south" policy, which also tilts limited military expenditures toward the Army.

    ??Apart from the sense of national honor, the Japanese Navy actually hopes that the Army will fail. Only in this way will the government carefully judge whether to continue to implement the "Northward" route.  This is also one of the main reasons why the Japanese navy, although ostensibly trying its best to help the army land in Korean ports, is unwilling to do its best to contain China's rear.

    ¡°Otherwise, the Chinese Navy¡¯s little wealth is really not enough for others to cook in one pot.  With the remaining strength of the Chinese aviation force's tragic victory, as long as the Japanese ships are determined to continue to attack, there are few opponents in the Bohai Bay.  If so, it will be a disaster for China. Fortunately, this is just a hypothesis.

    This is why Zhang Hanqing decided to take Liao Yaquan to the naval base.  Through her mouth, it shows strength to the enemy.  In fact, after the brutal battle in the previous stage, one of the two torpedo bomber groups of the Bohai Fleet Naval Air Force has been eliminated, and the new aircraft are still running in with the new pilots, so it will be difficult to form combat effectiveness in a short while.

    Therefore, Zhang Hanqing, Guo Songling and others used a trick to hide the truth and let the remaining brigade fly over the base. However, after flying for a certain distance, the front aircraft turned back again and only changed the formation according to the predetermined plan.  Being so far away, Liao Yaquan had no time to take a closer look - and even if he looked closely, he might not be able to see much, so he concluded that there were a large fleet of aircraft in Port Arthur.

    Coupled with the lurking submarines and shore artillery mentioned by Zhang Hanqing, the combined fleet determined that the Chinese navy would rely on these to compete with the Japanese ships.  Therefore, Admiral Taniguchi Naozhen decided that since China's weak navy cannot be solved, let's continue to block them in the port.

    Several major ports should be heavily defended, but with tens of thousands of miles of sea territory, it is impossible to have heavy artillery stationed at every place?  Then, if the combined fleet unexpectedly launches cross-shore attacks on various coastal cities, and spreads from all directions, it is bound to disturb China's chickens and dogs.  Their limited heavy artillery will also be in a dilemma: if they follow the Japanese ships, they will be far less maneuverable than them, and they will lose sight of the other.

    Therefore, unlike the army¡¯s vigorous military strength, the navies of China and JapanIt has truly achieved "peaceful coexistence": the Combined Fleet avoided the Bohai Sea, which was tightly defended by the People's Army, and continued to cruise in China's vast maritime territory of thousands of miles, showing its presence in a mighty manner; the Chinese Navy seized the time to build shore artillery positions in strategic locations.  Put on a posture of welcoming the attack.

    But the empty city strategy can only be used once. Strengthening the roots and strengthening the body is the root of the cure.  In the short term, it is impossible to build a large number of warships. The news of building "Dalian" class warships is just to boost morale. The only way to truly quickly improve combat effectiveness is to increase the number of shore guns.

    In view of the fact that the Japanese army is not yet ready for a large-scale invasion of mainland China, and cannot conduct such a war in two places at the same time - the Korean battlefield has successfully held back the main force of the Japanese army, so this also allows Zhang Hanqing to calmly mobilize from various military regions  Heavy artillery force.

    Through the dense railway network, two heavy artillery regiments were quickly transferred to the command of the Bohai Fleet Coast Defense Artillery Headquarters, with Li Debiao as commander; one heavy artillery regiment joined the Yangtze River Fleet, and Xu Kewu established the Yangtze River Fleet Coast Defense Artillery Headquarters.  In this way, Dalian, Weihai and Qingdao in the north all have a heavy artillery regiment, and Zhoushan and Huangpu River each have a heavy artillery regiment. The coastal defense situation has improved in the eyes of senior Chinese naval officials.

    Moreover, China¡¯s aircraft production has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years.  After the outbreak of the Korean War, the production lines were operated at full capacity.  In just two months, the planned full-year production capacity has been completed.  This process will accelerate rapidly after the Harbin seaplane factory switches to the production of torpedo bombers.

    In Shenyang, Beijing, Xi'an, and Nanchang, pilots from countless air force academies rushed here to start running in their future mounts, while in Sinuiju, Pyongyang, Chongjin, Wonsan and other places, the engineers of the People's Army, with the assistance of participating troops,  We are also working hard to build an airport to prepare for the arrival of the Air Force.

    With its industrial foundation, once it is transferred to the military industry, it will be a huge improvement for the equipment of the Chinese army.  In 1928, China's fiscal revenue was 2.5 times that of Japan, and its steel output was four times that of Japan.  Without the need to rival Japan's navy, there is no reason why the equipment of the army and air force should be worse than Japan's.

    It was originally planned that the army, especially the army-level support artillery, planned to replace the 155mm and 125mm guns with 75mm or even 105mm howitzers on a large scale. During the two months, Chinese military industrial enterprises produced a total of 1,200 large-caliber cannons and 2 million  Fire cannonballs.  The new armies that take turns to fight are fully manned and have heavy weapons in place.

    The Japanese army was so eager to have a truce that the Chinese Army's equipment was too much beyond their expectations and they were forced to implement a delaying tactic.

    The reloaded cannons have entered the second-line ranks and are used as reserves and artillery training.  Now, except for remote areas, mountains, and woodlands where there are still a small number of mountain artillery included in the mountain divisions of the People's Army due to inconvenient transportation, the main forces have gradually begun to change their equipment.

    In this way, although it has interfered with China's economic construction to a certain extent, the overall strength of the Chinese military, especially the army, has firmly occupied the top spot in Asia.  Zhang Hanqing, Ji Yiqiao, and members of the Central Military Commission are all convinced that the Korean War will end with a great victory for the Chinese army.

    In addition, in order to prevent possible Japanese landings, the three major fleets have expanded the establishment of the Marine Corps and recruited reserve officers and soldiers.  First, in the most important Bohai Fleet, two brigades were added to form the 1st and 2nd divisions; the Yangtze River Fleet and the South China Fleet were combined to form the 3rd and 4th divisions respectively.

    Three naval officers who graduated from the 4th phase of Jiangnan Naval Academy: Sha Xunlin, Zhu Tiansen, and Fang Yousheng respectively served as commanders of the three fleets and marines, and their military ranks were also promoted to major general commander (standard for division commander level).

    At this time, the Marine Corps was just an army unit organized into the navy. Not only did the entire army not have a single warship, it was even the same size as the army.

    The reason for doing this is that Zhang Hanqing purely wants to expand the influence of the navy. The current army directly consists of 7 generals and 38 lieutenant generals in the seven military regions, not to mention the deputy positions, chiefs of staff, and political officers of each military region.  In the Navy, only the commanders of the three major fleets are lieutenant generals. This ratio is outrageous.

    For this reason, Guo Songling has asked himself this question several times - as a general commander, he only has two admirals, Chief of Staff Shen Honglie and President of the Naval Command College Sa Zhenbing. As a branch of arms that has traditionally kept pace with the army, this  The configuration is too shabby, and it is far from Zhang Hanqing's concept of vigorously developing the navy.

    In fact, the navy is pretty good. Air Force Commander-in-Chief Yang Yuting doesn¡¯t even have a general under his command. As a result, he always complains to Zhang Hanqing that he has ¡°no successor.¡± Zhang Hanqing feels very sorry for this dear friend and decides to  After the war, several people were promoted well and compensated by the Air Force.

    Once the strategic direction has been set, the rest is up to the commanders in charge.  The generals who have experienced hundreds of battles are busy with their own affairs, but in the feasting and feasting of Dalian, this atmosphere of tense preparations for war cannot be seen.

    We don¡¯t know how long the armistice will last, but what does it matter to the many foreign reporters and observers?  They still held cocktail parties, held various press conferences and meetings like a revolving door, bringing Dalian, which was already prosperous, back to an era of peaceful singing and dancing.

    In the face of a formidable enemy, in order to boost morale and calm people's hearts, the young commander also had fun with the people and happily integrated into the world.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)There was an atmosphere of preparation for war.

    We don¡¯t know how long the armistice will last, but what does it matter to the many foreign reporters and observers?  They still held cocktail parties, held various press conferences and meetings like a revolving door, bringing Dalian, which was already prosperous, back to an era of peaceful singing and dancing.

    In the face of a formidable enemy, in order to boost morale and calm people's hearts, the young commander also had fun with the people and happily integrated into the world.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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