I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

How to use these few and very valuable submarines of the Chinese Navy?Jiang Weiguo would like to emulate what German submarines did to Britain in history, and send Chinese submarines to strangle Japan's mainland sea transportation lines. After all, Japan is an island country like the United Kingdom, but this will not work. First, the number of Chinese submarines is too small. If It must be difficult to attack both the merchant ships of the Japanese mainland and the transport ships of the Japanese army. If we give up attacking the transport ships of the Japanese invaders and focus on attacking the merchant ships of the Japanese mainland, this is obviously putting the cart before the horse. The first reason is that merchant ships attacking the Japanese mainland will accidentally injure merchant ships from the United States and other countries. Peace-loving Americans are still doing business with the Japanese at this time. If they sink an American ship, the problem will become serious. The 10 submarines on the front line are mainly distributed in the waters between Japan's Kyushu Island and Shanghai.

The Japanese army did not particularly rely on sea transportation in the Pingjin battlefield, because most of the Japanese soldiers and supplies were transported overland from the Northeast and North Korea, but in the Shanghai battlefield, the Japanese army relied [-]% on sea transportation.

On the one hand, these ten submarines were waiting for an opportunity to attack the Japanese fleet, and on the other hand, they were responsible for monitoring the Japanese fleet.

Of course, the Japanese Navy also has submarines. At this time, there are forty or fifty submarines, but Japanese submarines are almost useless on the Chinese battlefield. China does not have so many merchant ships, and China does not particularly rely on sea transportation lines. The Japanese army is also afraid of accidentally injuring foreign powers. Ships, as for using submarines to deal with enemy submarines, it is simply impossible, so Japanese submarines are basically not sent to the Chinese battlefield.

"Send a report to the general headquarters!" Wang Lang ordered the crew around him, "The Japanese fleet that arrived at the Ma'an Islands included suspected five to seven battleships, confirmed four aircraft carriers, and suspected four to eight heavy cruisers..." When the height is too high, it is difficult to distinguish battleships and heavy cruisers, while aircraft carriers are very easy to recognize, after all, the flight deck is obvious.

Jiang Weiguo deeply loves his compatriots. As a Chinese, he is very proud of the advantages of the Chinese people, and at the same time he hates the shortcomings and some deep-rooted bad habits of the Chinese people. The viciousness, insidiousness, and cunning of my own Chinese can be said to be "at the forefront of the world", such as the current internal struggle of the Chinese navy.

After coming to this time and space, because of his special status, Jiang Weiguo has come into contact with and learned many "details" that have not been recorded or are unknown in the history books of later generations. It's an understatement, but the brutality of it is truly felt when you're in it.

The conflict between Chen Shaokuan and Ouyang Ge is far more intense than it appears on the surface, almost incompatible.

For Ouyang Ge, Chen Shaokuan looked down on him very much, thinking that "he is at most the level of a major", so Ouyang Ge held a grudge and deliberately wanted to attack or even replace Chen Shaokuan.

In the original history, the Chinese navy collectively sank and sealed off the river in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. The behavior was very tragic, but there was actually a conspiracy behind it. ), this idea was strongly supported by Ouyang Ge, because firstly, it could resist the war (this move did have a certain effect of blocking the enemy), and secondly, it could destroy the surface fleet belonging to Chen Shaokuan's direct line in the name of the war of resistance.

Chen Shaokuan was of course firmly opposed to this. He believed that this was simply to let the navy fleet commit suicide. Instead of committing suicide, it would be better to have a vigorous battle with the Japanese fleet.

Because of Ouyang Ge's spare no effort to "instigate", Chiang Kai-shek approved this plan (Chiang Kai-shek must have some other purpose, but it is really hard to say too much), which caused the Chinese Navy to sink its warship with tears and hatred.

I have to say that Ouyang Ge is very vicious, but he is not a "treacherous official who specializes in doing bad things". He also led his Dianlei School to fight bloody battles with the Japanese army. The Japanese army fought hard, people are so complicated.

Of course, Ouyang Ge in history ended up in a cocoon, and there was no good fruit to eat, because he lost the Madang Fortress in the Battle of Wuhan, coupled with corruption, Chiang Kai-shek ordered him to be shot.

Chiang Kai-shek killed Ouyangge, not because Ouyangge lost the fortress, because Ouyangge was very heroic in the battle of Madang Fortress, killing him in the name of losing the fortress was just an excuse on the surface, and corruption was not the main reason The fundamental reason is that Chiang Kai-shek realized that he had been fooled by Ouyang Ge and ruined the naval fleet for nothing. In addition, in order to appease the anger of Chen Shaokuan and other Fujian faction naval personnel, he beheaded Ma Su with tears, but then again, Ouyang Ge ruined Chen Shaokuan originally meant Chiang Kai-shek, but he can only say that Ouyang Ge "played too far", and eventually played with fire and set himself on fire.

The details of history are like this. Outsiders see the flowers in a fog, and the parties confuse right and wrong, so they can only rely on the speculation and comprehension of those who have experienced it.

"I don't agree!" Jiang Weiguo said very coldly and annoyed, "What is the difference between this and suicide? After this battle, except for the warships that have retreated into the inner lake of the Yangtze River, the rest of the warships in our naval fleet are afraid that they will be buried in fish belly Already!"

"Second son!" Ouyang Ge was shocked and anxious. He knew that Jiang Weiguo was the supreme emperor of the navy, and his words carried more weight than Chen Shaokuan, the commander-in-chief of the navy. "This may be our only chance to severely damage the Japanese fleet!"

"But the fleet will definitely be wiped out!" Jiang Weiguo angrily picked up a telegram, "Look at the report from our submarine! So many battleships! So many cruisers! Destroyers! One Japanese battleship can match us All warships!"

"The fleet is meant to be sacrificed!" Ouyang Ge argued, "Because the fleet is just a bait! It is not the main force of the battle! The fleet should lure the Japanese fleet to pursue, and then let the torpedo boat troops carry out ambushes and sneak attacks!"

"General Ouyang!" Jiang Weiguo was really angry. Although he recognized Ouyang Ge's ability and courage, he deeply despised some of his shady aspects, "Are you going too far? Let the fleet carry out a fatal attack? How can I bear it!"

"Second Young Master, I agree!" Chen Shaokuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly expressed his opinion, and he agreed.

Everyone, including Jiang Weiguo, was surprised, and the most surprised one was Ouyang Ge who had malicious intentions.

Chen Shaokuan looked at Jiang Weiguo with a dignified expression: "When Deputy Ouyang proposed this idea, my first reaction was to object, because I know what it means!" He glanced at Ouyangge, his eyes full of disgust, because he and Jiang Weiguo Everyone knows what Ouyang Ge is planning, "But, after thinking about it carefully and calmly, I think Deputy Ouyang is right! Our navy's surface fleet is really fighting to the death in this war! There is no way back The army can't beat the Japanese army at the seaside, so it can retreat into the inland to continue fighting. What about our navy? We can't beat the Japanese army at sea, where will we retreat? Retreat to the Yangtze River? Is the navy still a navy if it runs into the inland river? The fate of the army is shrouded in horse leather. The fate of the navy is to be buried in the belly of a fish! We all know that Shanghai will fall sooner or later. After Shanghai was lost, the mouth of the Yangtze River was blocked by the Japanese army. The fleet will not be able to retreat into the Yangtze River if it wants to retreat. It can only be in the coastline and territorial waters of China. Hiding around or being hunted down by the Japanese fleet has nowhere to go.

Since it will be exhausted sooner or later, if the exhaustion can be better now, why not do it? "Although his words were resounding, his expression was filled with uncontrollable sorrow.

Chen Ce sighed: "There is a saying that if you can't fight, you can't hide, but if our navy can't fight, you won't even have a chance to hide!"

Jiang Weiguo was very sad when he heard it. Indeed, this is the helpless fate of the Chinese navy.

Although Ouyang Ge was pleasantly surprised by Chen Shaokuan's "change of heart", he wanted to prevent Chen Shaokuan from going back on his word, so he used his final trump card: "Everyone, according to the chairman's order, the naval fleet must be dispatched tonight. If you don't go to attack the Japanese fleet , it is necessary to seize the last time before the Japanese fleet blocks the mouth of the Yangtze River, sail into the Yangtze River, and then... sink and seal the river in Jiangyin, where the width of the Yangtze River is the narrowest..."

Chen Xunyong, Chen Ce and other senior officials of the Fujian navy glared at Ouyangge one after another, and Jiang Weiguo couldn't bear it anymore, because Ouyangge was really too much.

"Impossible!" Chen Xunyong's eyes burst into flames, "What kind of bullshit plan is this! You sank your own warship without a war? Well, the Japanese must wake up laughing from their sleep! It saves the Japanese shells and torpedoes Yes! The person who proposed this plan is a traitor!"

Ouyang Ge was furious: "This is the order of the chairman! Be careful when you speak!"

"If this order is really issued..." Chen Ce was also extremely indignant, "All captains will fry the pot!"

Ouyang Ge spread his hands: "Since you don't want to sink yourself, you can only take the initiative to attack!"

"I know which one to choose!" Chen Shaokuan gave Ouyangge a cold look, and then strode out the door.

Jiang Weiguo followed behind Chen Shaokuan in extreme intolerance and sympathy.

Chen Shaokuan went to the yard outside the door, looked up at the bright night sky of the Milky Way, and suddenly tears filled his eyes. He knew that Jiang Weiguo was following him: "Jianhao, I spent my whole life hoping to build a powerful navy in China, and not only I alone, and many others like me are chasing this distant dream.

To use a self-proclaimed metaphor, I really feel like Kua Fu chasing after the sun, doing something hopeless.

Sometimes, I want to give up, because this dream is too painful!I'm almost 50 years old, and I really don't know if I can see with my own eyes that our Chinese navy can be like the US, British and even Japanese navies, with ships like clouds flying across the sea.

How long will it take?How long will it take for us Chinese to have our own powerful navy? "He couldn't help himself, his words choked up.

Jiang Weiguo was very sad, he knew that he could not help Chen Shaokuan's dream.

The fate of the Chinese naval fleet is doomed, either commit suicide or die.

"Chinese Navy... Alas! Chinese Navy..." Chen Shaokuan murmured dreamily and burst into tears.

The surface fleet of the Chinese Navy has been reorganized into three fleets. The first and second fleets are offshore fleets, and the third fleet is the Yangtze River Fleet. The Ma'an Islands are about 130 kilometers away), and the Third Fleet is stationed in Poyang Lake.

In order to preserve the vitality and foundation of the navy, the ships of the Third Fleet are the essence of the navy, including Ninghai, Pinghai, Yixian, Zhongshan, Ziqiang, and Datong.

At about one o'clock in the morning on August 8, the first and second fleets of the Chinese Navy sailed out of the Sanmenwan base and headed towards the Ma'an Islands at full speed, participating in a tragic battle that was sure to lose and never returned.

There are only six battleships in the two fleets that can really be called combat effectiveness. They are Haiqi, Hairong, Haichou, Haichen, Zhaohe, and Yingrui. They are all cruisers in the late Qing Dynasty. Among them, Haiqi, the largest tonnage and 41-year-old ship, is the general flagship of the two fleets.

At the same time, the four main brigades of the torpedo boat force participated in the battle, with a total of 116 torpedo boats.

It can be said that Ouyang Ge dispatched his torpedo boat force in full force. He is fully coordinating with Chen Shaokuan. The purpose is to make Chen Shaokuan's sacrifice more valuable, so that the surface fleet that is destined to be wiped out can be "utilized" to the maximum extent.

The area where this naval battle broke out was in the extended waters of Hangzhou Bay, so it was called the "Battle of Hangzhou Bay".

Before the attack, Chen Shaokuan called Chen Jiliang, Commander of the First Fleet, and Zeng Yiding, Commander of the Second Fleet. He heard in disbelief that the voices of Chen Jiliang and Zeng Yiding on the phone could be described as elated.

"This is very good! This is the best!" Chen Jiliang was almost beaming, "Isn't it better to fall in the battle with dignity and vigor than humiliation?"

Chen Shaokuan couldn't help the tears in his eyes: "I'm afraid there will be more bad luck for you..."

"Very good! Very good!" Zeng Yiding said, "I can't see the day when the Chinese navy is strong, but I can drive a warship to fight fiercely with the enemy's fleet and die in the naval battle to defend the country. There is a better ending than this. Well? Commander, you don’t know, when the attack order came, all the captains and sailors cheered! We can survive the sinking of the warship, but if the warship is gone, we might as well die! We can fight with the warship Shen, this is the ending we dreamed of in the navy!"

Chen Shaokuan covered his eyes and burst into tears. Jiang Weiguo, who was standing beside him, also shed tears uncontrollably. He looked up to the sky and sighed in his heart: "Navy, navy, why can't we Chinese have a strong navy? If you give me a billion dollars Adding ten years, I will definitely be able to build a powerful navy... Alas!"

Admiral Nomura, Lieutenant Admiral Takasu, Rear Admiral Nagumo and other Japanese fleet generals were very surprised by the sudden attack of the Chinese naval fleet, but they were not caught off guard.

The Japanese have long known the location of the Chinese Navy's surface fleet. After all, warships cannot hide like submarines or torpedo boats. Submarines can hide in water, and torpedo boats are small and can also hide.

Although he knew that the Chinese navy fleet was in Sanmen Bay, Admiral Nomura did not dispatch a patrol fleet to monitor it, because that would easily become the target of the opponent. To cause damage like that and send a patrol fleet over is exactly what the Chinese navy is looking forward to.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, a Japanese destroyer cruising more than ten nautical miles southwest of the Ma'an Islands spotted the Chinese naval fleet that was "coming in a mighty way".

The ostentation of the Chinese naval fleet is indeed mighty, but it is far inferior to that of the Japanese fleet in terms of quality and quantity.

Compared to the tonnage of the ships, the two sides are at least one to twenty, and compared to the firepower of the ships, the two sides are at least one to one hundred.

For comparison with the total flagships of the two sides, the Haiqi is 4300 tons, and the Nagato is 43000 tons. The most powerful weapon of the Haiqi is two 2mm main naval guns, and the Nagato has eight 203mm main naval guns. The gap is simply a world of difference.

"Aha! These lifeless Chinese navy!" Lieutenant General Takasu was very excited after receiving the report, "How dare you take the initiative to attack! I really wish for it! I want them not to see the sun today! Because they were all dead at that time. It's under the sea!"

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Rear Admiral Nomura Naokuni, the chief of staff of the fleet, reminded in time, "The strength of the China Naval Fleet is far inferior to ours. Taking the initiative to attack is simply death! Why did they do this? There must be some conspiracy!"

"Torpedo boats!" Rear Admiral Nan Yun blurted out after thinking for a while, "There must be a lot of torpedo boats in their fleet! Those surface warships are just a cover-up, and their trump card is torpedo boats!"

"It's this kind of rogue tactics with poor skills!" Lieutenant General Gao Xu snorted coldly, "Anyway, this is a great opportunity to wipe out the Chinese navy fleet!"

"If you attack rashly..." Admiral Nomura hesitated, "Although it can be completely wiped out, its torpedo boats will inevitably cause some losses to our fleet, which is not worthwhile! In addition, the army will land after dawn. A few battleships were injured at this time, which will definitely affect the overall battle to follow!" He knew very well that the former Lieutenant General Hasegawa had suffered a great loss from the Chinese army's torpedo boats, not only lost the battle, but also died, and he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

In the final analysis, the Japanese fleet can indeed wipe out the Chinese naval fleet, but if the price is a bit high, such as the loss of a light cruiser, then this victory is meaningless. The price of copper and rotten iron is his own modern warship, which is naturally not worthwhile.

This is like the United States attacking Vietnam in later generations. Even if the U.S. military killed 100 million Vietnamese, but the U.S. military itself killed a thousand people, the U.S. military could not bear "such a high price."

"Then we just sit back and watch the China Navy's unscrupulous provocation?" Lieutenant General Takasu was very angry, "If this matter gets out, it will be a shame to the Imperial Navy! The strength of the Imperial Navy is hundreds of times and thousands of times that of the China Navy. Taking the initiative to attack, the imperial navy is timid and passively avoiding the battle? How unreasonable!"

Admiral Nomura was immediately embarrassed, because Lieutenant General Takasu's words were reasonable, and for a while, the powerful Japanese fleet fell into a delicate dilemma and an embarrassing situation.

The Ma'an Islands and the entire Hangzhou Bay belong to the coastal waters. In the coastal waters, especially at night, the giant warships of the Japanese army fought with the torpedo boats of the Chinese army. Naturally, the Japanese army fell into a passive position. The torpedo boats are small in size, fast in speed, and extremely maneuverable. Although it is very fragile, it will die if it is hit by a shell, but its attack power is very powerful.

Admiral Nomura even felt disgusted, because he felt that the Chinese Navy's tactic of hitting the stone with an egg was very annoying. Of course, the egg would be smashed by the stone, but the purpose of the egg was to splash the egg yolk on the stone, which was disgusting.

"I think we can stand still until dawn!" Major General Nomura suggested, "After dawn, let General Nagumo's aircraft carrier-based aircraft destroy the fleet of the Chinese Army!"

General Nomura nodded slightly, this is indeed a good idea.

"Then we will endure an enemy whose strength is far inferior to ours to show off in front of our eyes?" Lieutenant Admiral Takasu became more and more angry because he was in charge of commanding the battleship formation in the fleet, and the Japanese Navy had always regarded battleships as the main force, and The general flagship of the Japanese Navy and the battleship Nagato, the number one ace, is here. The Nagato, known as the strongest battleship in the world, dared not fight when the enemy came to provoke her, and the enemy was far weaker than the Japanese army. From Lieutenant General Takasu's point of view, it was simply incredible, even an unprecedented big joke. The face of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the glory of the Nagato, Lieutenant General Takasu's personal reputation... would all be affected.

The Nagato did not dare to attack, and finally relied on the aircraft carrier to solve the opponent. What is the significance of the Nagato?

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!" Lieutenant General Takasu said firmly and sternly, "I beg you to let me attack!"

General Nomura looked at Lieutenant General Takasu in great difficulty, hesitating.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!" Lieutenant General Takasu was very excited, "Are you going to sit back and watch the Imperial Navy, the Nagato, and myself be ashamed like never before? The enemy is right in front of you!"

General Nomura knew that Lieutenant General Takasu's emotions had reached an unbearable point. In fact, he also felt very useless.

"Takasu-kun..." After hesitating for a minute, Admiral Nomura sighed, "I allow you to attack, but... don't lose a battleship, at most one or two destroyers, even light cruisers are absolutely worthless." It cannot be lost!"

"Please don't worry!" Lieutenant General Takasu was overjoyed, he stood at attention solemnly and saluted with fiery eyes.

Ten minutes later, a doomed naval battle broke out in the northeast of Hangzhou Bay and the southwest of Ma'an Islands.

Chapter 174 Sea and Air Battle (4)

Of course, Jiang Weiguo did not participate in the Hangzhou Bay naval battle. He did not witness the battle process with his own eyes. In fact, he did not need to read the combat report after the battle, because just by imagining it, he knew how tragic and magnificent the battle was. Tragic.

Jiang Weiguo knew very well that the Japanese would end up being so bleak. In the original history, the battleship Yamato, which was regarded by the Japanese as the "soul of the Yamato nation", embarked on such a bleak and inevitable defeat in the Battle of the Ryukyu Islands at the end of the war. Undoubtedly, there is a suicidal journey to death with no return, and Jiang Weiguo has already made up his mind to interfere in the current history so that the final end of the Japanese is ten times more miserable than the original history.

But it doesn't make sense to think about it right now, the Japanese navy is slaughtering the Chinese navy.

Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro is not an easy opponent to deal with. His battleship formation is almost out. The task of firing enemy warships is entrusted to battleships and heavy cruisers. Light cruisers and destroyers must not overstep their responsibility. The task of light cruisers and destroyers is to closely protect battleships and heavy cruisers! Do not let the torpedo boats of the Chinese Army take advantage of it!" According to According to Lieutenant Admiral Takasu's order, every Japanese ship turned on its searchlights, so that wherever the Japanese fleet went, the sea and sky were illuminated by hundreds of bright searchlight columns as bright as day.