Vanguards of the War of Resistance! Let's travel back in time together, classmates!

400 The Legendary Combined Fleet

There were four or five thousand prisoners, all of whom were civilians from various banners whom Prince De had hastily gathered together in the last six months. They were forced by circumstances and were not wholeheartedly following Prince De.

Zhang Jingdu readily agreed to their request, releasing the prisoners but withholding their weapons and equipment. He then sent troops to garrison Dehua, much to everyone's delight.

From then on, all the tribes of Chahar, except for a few small forces in the north that were close to Outer Mongolia and Eastern Mongolia, submitted to the Tiger Guard Army and accepted the Tiger Guard Army's control in Chahar.

In southern Chahar, apart from Shangdu County which was under the control of the Jin-Sui Army and Zhangbei Shangyi which was under the control of the 2nd Jiu Army, all other counties were placed under the jurisdiction of the Tiger Guard Army.

At the Tiger Guard Command Post, Shangguan Yun looked completely absorbed, his eyes closed.

"Hehe... My merit points are increasing really fast lately!"

Even without the final settlement of occupied territories, just the merit points converted from faith points alone amount to nearly two thousand every day. That's 60 merit points and 58 merit credits—enough to splurge, hehe.”

This system is really strange. Even though it doesn't have a faith value component, it can still generate merit points based on the faith of the people under its rule.

The system can also absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the territory under the host's control to increase merit points.

Moreover, after the system integrated cultivation functions, many changes occurred. Now it has almost become a cultivation system, where you can exchange for any magical artifacts and pills.

However, there are still quite a few modern weapons, which need to be upgraded gradually before the seal can be broken and they can be exchanged.

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In the Yellow Sea, a large fleet was sailing quietly. Even though they knew that the Zhuanghe forts had been destroyed, the Japanese army was still wary of the Lushun forts.

Therefore, the fleet sailed close to the eastern side of the Korean Bay until it was about 50 kilometers away from Andong, at which point it began to turn west.

This task force is quite large and powerful, including two Japanese aircraft carriers, Akagi and Kaga, and four battleships, Ise, Nagato, Hiei, and Yamashiro.

In addition, there are a total of thirty-five warships, including cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats.

This is the Japanese Combined Fleet, which strikes fear into the hearts of East Asian countries.

Its power was built on the back of the Beiyang Fleet, it was built with the reparations from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and it was a demon that was nurtured by sucking the blood and sweat of the people of China!

Shangguan Yun is determined to return the humiliation to Da Shou right here, in the very place where he suffered that humiliation.

The Combined Fleet did not have submarines because the Japanese Navy believed that submarines should only be used for auxiliary purposes, such as reconnaissance and transportation.

They would basically not use them for proactive attacks, and to be honest, the Japanese submarines were far less powerful and couldn't travel that far.

On the aircraft carrier Akagi, Captain Admiral Kondo Y.Jiro, holding binoculars, gazed into the distance. "I heard that the battleships Kongo and Kako were sunk in Liaodong. Logically, we shouldn't advance any further, to prevent the enemy from using such powerful weapons."

"Reporting to the Captain, the Kwantung Army has sent word that the enemy can no longer use that weapon. Just last night, both forts in Zhuanghe were destroyed by the Imperial Army. We can now launch our attack with confidence."

"Hmph! Those idiots in the army, if we could trust them, we wouldn't have been beaten to a pulp by a bunch of bandits. We still have to rely on ourselves."

"I sent a telegram to Captain Takashi Okada of the Kaga: 'We've stopped 50 kilometers from Zhuanghe. Send a few destroyers over to probe the area, just in case we fall into an enemy trap.'"

Wang Yan had been eagerly awaiting Shangguan Yun's arrival at Jinzhou Bay, and he came riding the waves as scheduled.

"Oh my god, my commander, you finally came! I thought you were so busy you forgot about us. If you had, we probably would have just driven out to fight the Japanese!" Wang Yan looked over like a resentful woman.

Shangguan Yun chuckled, "How could that be? I'm really not that busy this time. There are reliable people directing each front, so I'm enjoying a rare moment of leisure."

Wang Yan looked at Shangguan Yun with some disdain and said, "This time we really won't cheat or use any hacks."

"Uh... play well, don't cheat, and only resort to violence as a last resort, hehehehe," Shangguan Yun laughed sinisterly.

"Tch... I told you, don't go too far, huh? You, as the head of the family, are still a little worried about me."

Shangguan Yun gave an awkward smile. "What's there to worry about? I'll have to leave sooner or later. By then, the team needs to grow and mature. Otherwise, everything will fall into chaos after I leave, and I won't feel at ease."

Wang Yan sighed and looked out at the distant sea. "Sigh! You always say you want to leave, but if that day really comes, I'm afraid I won't even know what to do."

Shangguan Yun shook her head. "It's okay. You can choose to stay. Are you reluctant to part with things? I'm reluctant to part with many things too."

Eldest sister, third brother, and fifth brother are all very reluctant to part with her. It's up to you all then; I respect your opinions, haha!

Wang Yan chuckled and turned his head. "Forget it, we'll talk about it later. Right now, the most important thing is, look at this aircraft carrier of ours, it only has fighter jets, no bombers, torpedo bombers, attack aircraft or anything like that. How are we going to take it out and fight them?"

Wang Yan's words make sense. The Liaodong Fleet of the Tiger Guard Army does have some experience in fighting the enemy, but it is still no match for the Japanese fleet.

There's only one aircraft carrier, and the carrier-based pilots have been training for half a year, but they've only really gotten their hands on the real thing in the last month.

Takeoff and landing are no problem, but when it comes to a major battle, Wang Yan is genuinely a little apprehensive.