"Commander, would it be too difficult for us to let the navy attack the joint fleet after landing in the war?!" Su Zongzhe was a little hesitant. Although the National Defense Forces Navy had a certain strength now.

But if you want to challenge the Japanese joint fleet head-on, Su Zongzhe still believes that there is little hope for victory. If the navy is severely damaged, it will take an extremely long time to recover. And if the battle fails, the defense force and the navy are completely destroyed. The consequences will be caused by that.

It will be even more serious!

In Su Zongzhe's opinion, this is extremely unprofitable. Therefore, he definitely does not agree with this plan.

"Uncle Qi Liu, our naval development has reached a stage. We have even experienced several actual combat times, but this head-on and head-on naval battle has never been experienced..."

Su Zongzhe didn't say anything. He knew that what his commander-in-chief was telling the truth. The navy has indeed reached a bottleneck stage, and they need a large-scale naval battle to verify their strength.

The previous sneak attacks of small groups of troops increased their naval combat experience a lot. Then, the navy continued to expand. Although the training was more stringent, there was no real naval combat to train the troops.

The larger the fleet, the more important the cooperation between each ship and the type of ship will be. Where should the aircraft carrier be on the battlefield and how should cruisers protect aircraft carriers?

How to deal with submarine forces, how to cross-fire enemy ships at the shooting position. How to protect your aircraft carriers in the bombing and strafing of enemy aircraft, how to coordinate between fighter jets and bombers between escort and attack... etc. These are all joint defense forces and naval forces

The problems that the fleet has to face.

When there was only one aircraft carrier, all the coordinated ships could revolve around one aircraft carrier. Now the National Defense Forces has reached three combat aircraft carriers.

So how to coordinate greater combat forces between the entire fleet? This has become a problem that the navy must face and has to face.

"The main force of the Japanese Navy, although we don't want to mention it, it is indeed a nightmare in our hearts." Tu Mengben stood up and looked at Su Zongzhe and said word by word.

"We believe that none of us will forget the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. I know that none of us have forgotten Dadonggou! There is endless loyal souls watching us, and our navy needs to break our own nightmare and need a refreshing victory!"

"This kind of victory does not come from sneak attacks or the assistance of others. It needs to be obtained by our own hands!" Tu Mengben said, slowly standing up straight.

"Any combat has risks. Do we dare not attack because of the risks?! I know that the Japanese Navy is still very powerful now. It is an aircraft carrier alone. The Japanese Navy Combined Fleet has as many as eight ships!"

"The rest of the cruisers, at least fifty battleships, yes! With our fleet of only three aircraft carriers, less than thirty cruisers, and only twelve battleships, we want to win head-on with them

Extremely slim…”

Tu Mengben's eyes turned red, but he saw him stand up and said in a deep voice: "But we must fight this game! If we don't even have the courage to fight this game, even the most powerful navy is just showing off its airs.

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"We may lose and even be wiped out in this battle. But as long as we can severely damage the Japanese Navy, we can exert this bloody spirit! The future National Defense Navy will not be afraid of anyone!"

As he said that, Tu Mengben grinned and said, "Uncle Chengzhang was not allowed to fight in the past, because we were still eggs at that time. The Japanese fleet was a stone. When they went to fight, they could only use eggs to hit the stone."

"But now, we are also a stone. Even if we are a little smaller, we are still a stone after all." Tu Mengben looked at Su Zongzhe and said, "It's time to fight head-on!"

Su Zongzhe was silent for a long time, without saying a word. He admitted that the National Defense Forces and Navy really needed a large-scale naval battle to verify his training.

However, the huge gap in the number of fleets and combat experience is an insurmountable gap in Su Zongzhe's eyes. If you fight hard, then the risks the navy will have to bear can be imagined.

"Uncle Qi Liu, I know what you are thinking..." Tu Mengben smiled slightly and said, "But what we want to see is that this war is about to end..."

"Moscow's severe winter and high-intensity combat have destroyed the Germans' offensive capabilities. They are just holding on now, and the huge material consumption and military consumption are not something they can afford."

"But their allies are either a group of useless mules and horses or waiting to die. They are left with them, and they are hard to support their independence. Being defeated is just a matter of time."

Su Zongzhe nodded, which was also the conclusion drawn by the General Staff after countless battles. The Germans did not take Moscow before winter, which was their biggest mistake.

The Soviets gained a breathing time, and a large number of troops were already gathering and heading to the front line. It is said that in order to supplement the combat effectiveness of the battlefield, the Soviets even recruited female soldiers.

The United States has used this time to increase its production, and at the same time, the third batch of reserves in their country have been recruited and trained.

The Allied troops were about to rush to the Soviet battlefield, at least more than five million. The troops that the German army could recruit were now at most two million.

They also have to take into account the rebellious forces within Europe and also the production. Their allies are almost unable to provide effective support to them.

All of this depends on themselves. It is undoubtedly a nightmare for Germany to fight against three resources with the power of one country, and its productivity and manpower are not inferior to their own countries.

Even if they lose the entire country, they will not be able to win this war. It is not that they are not strong enough, but that their opponents are too strong...

"Our battle against Japan is over. If we still want to engage in a large-scale naval battle, then we need to face the German navy..." Tu Mengben said with a wry smile: "I believe you know what we have sold to the Germans."

"I don't want the mace heavy rocket booster bomb to fall on the head of our aircraft carrier. One smash is enough to make our aircraft carrier directly destroyed or even sink."

Su Zongzhe knew this very clearly. He was present when he was negotiating to sell the mace-type heavy rocket booster bomb.

This thing directly made the British Empire naval fleet, which was stronger than the German navy at that time, hate the English Channel. You can imagine how powerful it is.

Perhaps for their own protection, the Germans did not hand over this technology to the Japanese. When they were willing to hand over it, the Japanese couldn't get it.

"In contrast, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy is our best training target. At the same time, it is also our last chance to conduct large-scale naval combat training!"

Tu Mengben had a very good reason, and he personally got rid of the nightmare in his heart. He avenged the soldiers who fought bloody battles in Dadonggou in the year of Sino-Japanese War and avenged the Chinese navy.

And most importantly, this will be a difficult opportunity to practice a large-scale naval battle.

"We are not without a chance of winning. Indeed, Japan's combined fleet has much richer numbers and combat experience than ours. But our weapons and equipment, especially fighters, bombers, radar and sonar, are not what the Japanese army has.

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Tu Mengben said, taking a deep breath and said, "This is no longer the era of cannon giant ships, but we need to integrate into this era. The navy needs to adapt to this era..."

"These Japanese fleets are our first batch of practical objects." Tu Mengben said, with a smile on his lips: "We believe. I will win!"

Several hours later, Chen Shaokuan, commander of the Joint Fleet of the Defense Forces, sailing far away on the East China Sea, suddenly held an emergency meeting. At the meeting, a document was circulated in the hands of several captains of the Joint Fleet of the Defense Forces.

Everyone was flipping through the documents in their hands, but after reading them, they didn't say a word. Some were a little excited, while others frowned. Some were bowing their heads and pondering, while others kept clenching their fists and looked very nervous.

"Everyone discusses that the commander-in-chief did not directly order us to attack. Instead, we asked us to make a deduction to whether we could fight this battle!"

No one spoke, everyone looked at Chen Shaokuan, the commander of the United Fleet. They were waiting for his words.

"What?! They usually yelled to knock the Japanese Navy to the bottom of the sea. They wanted to twist Yamamoto Iroku's head off as a ball. Now, they were completely resting?!"

Chen Shaokuan snorted coldly and said, "Tell me what you say! The commander-in-chief didn't force us, so we could fight if we could! If we can't fight, we will withdraw to Incheon after the Japanese landing war!"

Still no one spoke, everyone had different expressions. But obviously no one was willing to start.

"Since you don't want to say it, I'll talk about it!" Lieutenant General Chen Ce, the current chief of staff of the United Fleet, glanced at the captains and said, "Commander, let me talk about it?"

"Chou Shuo, say it!" Chen Shaokuan nodded. Chen Ce was three years younger than Chen Shaokuan. Chen Shaokuan knew very well about the skills of this lieutenant general.

The purpose of transferring him to his side was that he applied to Shen Honglie, the commander of the National Defense Forces Navy. The purpose was to train this brave general from Qiongdao and make him a wise general and a powerful general.

Moreover, the two had many partners since the National Government, and Chen Ce was the deputy chief of the Navy at that time.

"I want to tell you, it's not that you dare not fight, but that you are not sure, right?" Chen Ce looked at the captains and said, "I understand everyone's thoughts!"

"It's not easy to build our navy with one punch! We used to never dream of aircraft carriers. Now there are three ships. Who doesn't cherish them?! We used to be so proud of them, but now we can bring the soldiers with us

Galloping across the sea! How much does this bring you energy?!"

"To be honest, the Japanese Joint Fleet is indeed not weak now. Eight aircraft carriers, more than fifty battleships, cruisers! There are even super battleships of the Yamato that are known as Japan's pride!"

"And what about us?! It's a lie to say that we are not guilty. Many of you are talking about the commander-in-chief's order, right?!"

No one said anything, but the expression on his face said everything. Indeed, they were really not sure if they wanted to fight Yamamoto Iroku now.

Compared with the Joint Fleet of the National Defense Forces, the Japanese Navy is an old powerful navy. People started playing aircraft carriers very early, and even had classic battles like attacking Pearl Harbor.

And what about the National Defense Force?! Although he caught the Japanese off guard in the Philippines with his radar, he was eventually out of the siege. Even with the advantage of tactics, he did not dare to pursue him.

Why?! It’s because they know that their strength is still not good. If they forcefully chase after them, they may have to pay them off. The cruisers of several aircraft carriers and large numbers of battleships are not vegetarians.

Even if the Joint Fleet now has three aircraft carriers, the number of battleships and cruisers has increased significantly. They are still not sure that they can deal with Izuru Yamamoto.

Several times of battle, these defense force naval generals knew more than anyone else about Iroku Yamamoto. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, if he hadn't made a quick decision, the defense force would have relied on the Air Force to achieve greater results.

In the Philippines, Yamamoto Iroku's caution also caused great trouble to the National Defense Forces. They were even almost discovered several times.

The fleet was also forced to maintain distances against the Japanese army and constantly change routes to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army. After several battles, Yamamoto Iroku showed the caution and decisiveness of a naval commander.

If the National Defense Force had not had more advanced instruments and equipment than the Japanese army and better luck, perhaps the combined fleet of the National Defense Forces would have been sunk to the bottom of the sea by Yamamoto.

How can you not make these naval generals feel nervous when facing such an opponent?!

"Our navy, from nothing to something, from several shallow water heavy gunboats to battleships, and even today's aircraft carriers, we have worked hard all the way." Chen Ce looked at everyone and said, "But we can never forget ours.

Original intention, what was the original intention of our navy?!"

"Defend the country, kill the enemy and avenge the shame!" Chen Ce didn't need to say it. The captains roared in bloody eyes and roared in a low voice. When the joint fleet was established, these men made a promise under the stone tablet in front of the Naval Academy when the joint fleet was established.

promise.

Is the national humiliation still slackening?! This inscription from Sa Zhenbing made every naval soldier excited. They know what they are going to do, and they know why they are fighting.

"I believe everyone knows that after the landing battle against Japan, I'm afraid there will be no chance to fight a decent naval battle for us. This war has suffered too much loss. And the nations also need time to cultivate and adjust..."

"There is no doubt that after this war we will enter a period of peaceful renovation." Chen Ce paused and looked at the captains fiercely and said, "But don't think we can remove our armor and return to the field in this way!

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"The loyal souls lying on the bottom of the sea in Dadonggou have not yet received rest! Just a few landing battles and only a few sneak attacks have been successful. Are you satisfied?!"

"No one of the military powers of a great power navy was not made with blood and fire! In the past, Spain, Britain, and even now Germany and Japan, who did not experience the naval war?!"

"The coastline we will defend from now on is not just our coastline. What we need to protect also includes the coastline of Southeast Asia and even Japan!"

"If we do not show our strength in the war, how can we stop those enemies who try to invade our seas after the war?!" Chen Ce looked at everyone and said, "After this war, a large-scale naval battle is no longer possible.

It appears again."

"And small areas of friction will continue to occur. In order to defend our seas, as a navy, we must demonstrate our deterrence." Chen Ce said this and paused. He looked at everyone, saying word by word

: "The best deterrent is to win the battle!"
To be continued...