Chapter 31: The bustling Eastern Ocean (Part 2)
At the same time, outside Sanya Port, the temporary anchorage of the Japanese Combined Fleet
Like stars looming over the moon, the world-famous flagship of the combined fleet, the battleship Yamato, was surrounded by various ships in the center.
——A huge hull with a displacement of more than 70,000 tons, a 460 mm caliber gun that weighs as much as a destroyer, a powerful and domineering beautiful appearance, a gracefully streamlined and slender hull, and a towering bridge that is as tall as a mountain. The destroyer parked next to it is completely covered in her shadow... This is the unique charm of a battleship, which is completely different from those aircraft carriers whose combat power relies entirely on aircraft and is purely a floating airport on the sea!
Although in this time and space, with the crazy wartime construction of the U.S. Navy after repeated disastrous defeats, she is no longer the largest battleship in the world, but the Yamato-class battleship galloped across the oceans invincibly in the previous four years, destroying the enemy. Zhengrui's impressive record of turning the tide from imminent collapse still makes everyone intoxicated and heartbroken. It also makes every sailor who can serve on the Yamato-class battleship, especially the flagship Yamato, proud.
In fact, today's flagship of the Combined Fleet, Yamato, is no longer just a battleship, but the pride, symbol, spirit and backbone of the Imperial Japanese Navy; it is the concentration of the suffering of all East Asian people since the late 19th century and the crystallization of blood and tears. .
No one can say clearly how much of the metal on the 650 mm main armor was paid by farmers in Northeast China selling their sons and daughters, and no one can say clearly how many rounds were in the three main turrets of the Yamato. The cannonballs were obtained by the "Nanyang Sisters" of the "Sandakan Prostitute House" in exchange for their skin and flesh.
It was now noon. The battleship Yamato and the temporary commander of this huge fleet, Rear Admiral Shigetoku Kami, chief of staff of the Combined Fleet, who was wearing a snow-white military uniform, and a tall black-haired beauty wearing a gorgeous kimono, were on the ship. Sitting opposite each other on the bridge.
She is the soul behind the scenes of this huge fleet, Miss Sophie Yamato, the ship’s wife.
——Kami Shigetoku was born into a brewing family in Takaono Town, Demizu County, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. He was the eldest son in the family, so according to tradition, he should inherit the family business. However, as a boy, he had determined to be a navy, so he chose another path and went to the Etajima Naval Academy, and he actually passed the exam. And then he went through five hurdles and defeated six generals and was admitted to the Naval University, and he became famous.
In the Japanese navy, which is accustomed to following the rules, Kamizhongtoku is a very conspicuous alternative. This Kamizhongtoku staff officer may be said to be the chief of the 31st class of the Naval University, but there is nothing like a good student about him. He talks and acts like a thug of a violent group. He likes to use precious battleships as suicide squads. He worked as a vanguard and played sneak attacks, and was regarded as a madman by the entire navy.
In the original history of World War II, this guy made a plan for the first Battle of the Solomon Sea right after his debut, and won a great victory with fruitful results. Unfortunately, he put the cart before the horse and annihilated the US escort fleet but forgot to attack the transport ship, which almost destroyed the ship. Commander Yamamoto Isoroku was furious.
In the next few years, Staff Officer Kami Shigetori moved around in various departments of the Japanese Navy. As a fanatical big ship and artillery advocate, he always clamored to command the Yamato and Musashi on long-distance attacks no matter where he was. Go to the territory of the American beasts to play special attacks and smash open flames. If you can't smash the open flames, you will be stranded on the beach. When the sea forts fight against the American and British beasts, they will fight until they sink. At the beginning, the Japanese navy did not have the consciousness of death, and everyone regarded Kamizhongtoku, who had too high consciousness, as a madman. Later, the war situation became completely hopeless, and the entire Japanese navy was completely defeated. Only then did it finally begin to adopt Kami Shigetoku's crazy battle plan. From the unprecedented scale of the Leyte Gulf naval battle to the Yamato's last song, the Kikusui Special Attack, all came from His handwriting.
Although these frenzied battles all inevitably failed, the disparity in strength between the two sides was such that no one expected to win. In such a desperate situation, being able to still have the courage to go to sea to meet the enemy is already a great success in itself. Compared with the Beiyang Navy who collapsed after the Battle of Dadonggou and hid in the Weihai Guards Port waiting for death; and the Beiyang Navy who spent four years doing nothing in the Kiel Military Port and only fought one battle in Jutland. The German Second Reich's High Seas Fleet collectively scuttled its ships and scuttled them in naval battles. The Japanese Navy could boast of this spirit alone.
If Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Beiyang Navy and Commander Scheer of the German High Seas Fleet could go as crazy as Shen Zhongde in their war, even if they still couldn't win the naval battle in the end, they would at least be able to take a bite out of the enemy before they were destroyed. A few pieces of meat will save you from being called a coward and end up in depression. On the other hand, if you really love peace and are afraid of death, you shouldn't have put on a military uniform in the first place!
Once a certain navy loses the courage to go out to meet the enemy, no matter how many powerful warships it has, it will be no different from salted fish.
For example, the Soviet Red Navy during the Cold War was the second largest in the world in its heyday, but apart from the few nuclear submarines that lurked under the Arctic ice cap, what military enthusiast would have any idea about this former navy? What lasting impression was left by the vast navies that had ever existed?
On the contrary, the German navy during World War II was so weak that it relied on submarines to support it, but it was still famous in history because it dared to show its sword.
Therefore, fighting a war is never just about weapons, troops and financial resources. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Japanese to win the Russo-Japanese War.
Then, in this World War II world where "ship girls have changed", the madness of Staff Officer Kami Shigetoku and the fanatical worship of big ships and big guns are completely different from the Yamato, which is essentially Mao Mei. Ship girl Sophie and Miss Yamato hit it off instantly - as we all know, in the dictionaries of most traditional Russian morons, there are many words, such as fear, rules, reason, abstinence, etc., which basically belong to the same concept as "fart". For example, many pilots with hairy personalities and bodies like to drink high-strength vodka, fly airplanes with their mouths full of alcohol, and do juggling without taking their own lives seriously. And Maozi women are no exception: otherwise, before entering the infinite space, Sophie would not have joined the guerrillas in desperation because her house was blown up by artillery shells from the Ukrainian government army, completely regardless of the fact that she was just a weakling who had never been trained. woman.
Therefore, under the encouragement and instigation of the general flagship, Miss Yamato, Kamishugetori's staff formulated more crazy and crazy combat plans, such as night attacks on Hawaii, bombardment of Los Angeles, sneak attacks on the Panama Canal, expedition to the Maldives, bravely crossing the Red Sea, and blocking the Suez The canal... basically just made the Yamato-class battleships travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean to bombard New York and London! So many people think that Shen Zhongde should be sent to a mental hospital.
However, what is even more frightening is that these madman's combat plans with extremely high death coefficients actually succeeded one by one! ! !
——In fact, if it were replaced by the original normal version of the battleship Yamato, such crazy messing would really be equivalent to seeking death. But the problem is that after being infected and possessed by the ship girl Sophie, Miss Yamato is not normal at all: first of all, after the magic modification, it can be called a crazy top speed of 42 knots; secondly, the effect is far better than any radar and sonar , 360-degree beyond-visual-range remote sensing capability with no blind spots; then the super strong radio interference capability with all-channel blocking; and finally, the 30,000 nautical mile super-long distance brought about by the extreme fuel economy with the bonus of the power of faith. voyage!
In this way, any maritime battlefield is one-way and transparent to the Yamato, and a single submarine basically poses no threat to the Yamato. Because with the bonus of a huge amount of faith, when the ship's perception of a certain Yamato flagship is fully activated, its reconnaissance range can reach a radius of 400 to 600 kilometers, and its underwater reconnaissance capability can reach directly to the bottom of the sea. , has exceeded the attack range limit of the U.S. Naval Aviation carrier-based aircraft group at that time. And if you want to engage in a maritime pursuit battle, besides torpedo boats and aircraft, what else can catch up with the Yamato battleship that has a maximum speed of 42 knots after undergoing magic modification?
It is conceivable that those American and British naval admirals who were ordered to lead their fleets to encircle and suppress Yamato-class battleships soon discovered what a nightmare they were facing: First, it was difficult to detect the location of Yamato-class battleships, but the location of their own fleet was not has long been mastered; secondly, Even if a merchant ship or submarine accidentally detects the enemy, it will not be able to send a telegram due to the strong interference of the ship's wife Miss Sophie on all channels; thirdly, even if a telegram is sent by luck, the main fleet will not be able to catch up, and the torpedo speedboat And the voyage is too short to reach, and it’s also out of reach There is also the naval aviation; thirdly, even if land-based long-range bombers are used to catch up, they will probably not be able to sink it in a hurry. Moreover, as soon as the fleet enters the sky above the Yamato, it will be interfered with indiscriminately, and there is basically no way to coordinate with each other using radio. Take command; fourth, even if you risk your life After numerous injuries, the battleship Yamato was finally damaged. As long as it failed to sink in one fell swoop, Miss Sophie could also rely on consuming the power of faith to automatically repair it. Not to mention weakening the combat effectiveness of the Yamato, she could even slow it down. Less than...
With such an advantage like a cheating device, letting the Yamato go out and smash open fires is really like "how bold a person is, how productive the land is."
As a result, every Allied operation to encircle and suppress the Yamato ended in the loss of troops and generals, and a major defeat. The U.S. Pacific Fleet relied on its strong industrial strength and continued to launch various new ships to make up for the tragic battle losses. The total tonnage did not fall but rose. The British Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet, which had poor recovery capabilities, was slowly drained of blood piecemeal one after another: the Ramiri, the Malaya, the battleship Rodney and the aircraft carrier Glory, as well as the battleships from France. Richelieu was stolen from someone else The USS Lorraine and the battleships Lorraine, as well as a large number of cruisers and modified aircraft carriers, were all sunk one after another. In the end, only one flagship battle cruiser was left, hiding in various ports on the east coast of Africa, and from time to time had to retreat to the Atlantic Ocean. Get out of the limelight.
In addition to the losses of warships and merchant ships, the losses of ground facilities were even more damaging. The Panama Canal, which is crucial to U.S. maritime transportation, was attacked by the battleship Yamato from a long distance in the first year of the war. It was bombed at the other end of the Pacific with ultra-long-range heavy explosives with a range of thirty to forty kilometers. The lock was destroyed and turned into a super waterfall, and Panama City was also burned into a sea of fire. It is said that the engineer who was ordered to repair it fainted when he saw the scene. After that, due to the crazy and reckless efforts of the American engineering team, regardless of cost and human life, it was only repaired this year.
As for the Suez Canal in the east, it was also blocked for a year and was only restored to navigation last year. At that time, the British forces in North Africa commanded by Montgomery were cut off from supplies for more than half a year due to the commotion of the Yamato-class battleship formation and several Japanese aircraft carriers in the Red Sea, and were once driven to Syria by Germany's Rommel. Later, it was all thanks to the U.S. military landing in Morocco, slowly fighting over from Gibraltar, and transporting supplies to Montgomery across the Mediterranean despite the indiscriminate bombing by Italian planes, and the defeat was gradually restored. And this is also the fundamental reason why the Allied forces in this time and space are fighting so hard and slowly in North Africa.
On the other hand, with the success of these crazy battle plans one by one, and the congeniality with Sophie, a hairy girl, Staff Officer Shen Zhongde also suddenly became famous. In an instant, he transformed from a madman to a genius. He was promoted to major general in advance and was squeezed out. The "Fairy Advisor" Kurojima Kameto, who had given up his strange habit of imitating Akiyama Shinyuki, never bathed for months, often walked around naked, and exuded a putrid smell, became the combat advisor of the combined fleet.
(Akiyama Shinyuki, the most famous staff officer of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, liked to stay alone in a small dark room and meditate when formulating naval battle plans. He often did not take a shower for many days, and finally submitted the plan with a stinking smell. The groupie Kuroshima Turtle imitates not taking a bath
But the problem is that the main battlefield of the Russo-Japanese War was in the freezing north, and many battles broke out in winter, so it was just a matter of not taking a few baths. In a tropical area like the Mariana Islands, if you still insist on not taking a shower, you are really committing suicide and moving a stink bomb. )
By this fall, the former Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Lieutenant General Yu Hengtang, was sent to Tokyo to become a military counselor. Rear Admiral Kamizhongtoku, who was still responsible for planning the bombardment of Bombay on the Indian Ocean front, was promoted again, and he was prepared to be promoted. The Vice Admiral then took over the position of Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet.
As a result, before the procedures for the promotion of Lieutenant General were completed, the entire Navy Ministry and Military Command were bombed into the sky by nuclear bombs. Also bombed into the sky were Commander Isoroku Yamamoto and most of the coalition forces he took to Tokyo to report on their duties. The Fleet Staff Team... The Combined Fleet Headquarters in Truk suddenly exploded, because no one among the big bosses was convinced. Finally, Inoue Narumi, the principal of the Nanyang Branch of the Naval War School, was promoted as the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet. There is no doubt about the position of Major General Shen Zhongtoku. He does not need to wait for promotion to Lieutenant General. He directly becomes the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet with the rank of Major General. Then, the new Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Narumi Inoue, immediately set off, boarded a certain ultra-high-speed all-electric drive submarine with a magically modified palladium metal fusion reactor, and returned to the country to take care of the remaining soldiers and take charge of the overall situation. In view of the reality that the commander of the Nanyang Army, General Terauchi Hisai, was determined to surrender, Chief of Staff Kami Shigetoku took the main fleet back and forth in various ports in the Nanyang region, organizing the navy's evacuation of overseas Chinese and troops, and accumulating more manpower for the upcoming war.
At present, the Nanyang retreat, which lasted for more than two months, is nearing its end. The last batch of Japanese marines and expats on Hainan Island have all evacuated and boarded ships. Various fixed facilities and vehicles and boats that cannot be taken away do not need to be destroyed according to the order. All Taiwanese and locals who were willing to stay and surrender to the Qiongya Column, and even Japanese soldiers and Japanese expatriates who were tired of the war and preferred to continue living on Hainan Island, Major General Shen Zhongtoku paid them severance pay, allowing them to fend for themselves. . The remaining local officials who were worried about being liquidated by the Red Army, such as the county magistrate and police chief of Yaxian County appointed by the Hainan Security Bureau, left two small coal-burning steamers for them, allowing them to hire people with their valuables. Sail to take refuge in Macau or Hong Kong...
Because the combined fleet behaved so humanely and was intimidated by the large ships and cannons, there was no commotion during the entire retreat.
Now, the red flag has been hoisted on the office building of the Sanya Naval Port, and the Combined Fleet has only the last bit of "dirty work" left to do.
At this time, Rear Admiral Kami Shigetoku and the Yamato's shipgirl were sitting leisurely on the bridge terrace, with an awning set up above their heads. In the middle was a square table covered with a snow-white tablecloth, filled with a dazzling array of sumptuous dishes. Lunch: Boiled taro, lobster fried rice, seafood soup, vegetable salad, fried tuna, fried pork chops, drinks are lemon soda and coconut wine, then taiyaki and paratha as snacks, and a small plate of pineapple slices.
——Thanks to the rich products of Nanyang, even in the war years when embarrassment was everywhere, the food on the flagship Yamato was still luxurious.
Under the refreshing sea breeze, you can enjoy the beautiful and boundless tropical seascape and enjoy the rich and delicious delicacies... If it weren't for a transport ship in the distance, there would still be faint gunshots and screams that ruined the scenery. , this is simply a wonderful vacation.
After silently stuffing the last piece of fried pork chop into his mouth, Major General Kamizhongtoku put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a snow-white napkin, and said first, "...the evacuation work on Hainan Island has now been completed. . It seems that the Chinese Bolshevik guerrillas on the shore It's fair to say they were wise and didn't bombard us with those old coastal defense artillery. But it really doesn't matter if they leave so much equipment, factories and mines intact. Didn't the Navy invest in this back then? It’s so little money!” He muttered in pain.
——When seizing Hainan Island, the Japanese Navy planned to build and develop Hainan Island as a "Navy Manchukuo", so it actually invested a lot of capital in development and construction. Although the importance of this resource on Hainan Island was greatly reduced as the Pacific War broke out and the Japanese army expanded southwards, a number of industrial equipment and military equipment were successively placed in Sanya due to previous policy inertia. .
Nowadays, all these construction results that cost a huge amount of money have to be left to the former enemy, even if it is not the enemy that they hate the most. Although Rear Admiral Shigetoku Kami, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, is not completely indifferent to this, he It is inevitable to feel a little distressed and depressed.
"...What does it matter? Chief of Staff, if nothing else happens, we should never come to this island again. However, the Americans or British may come soon. In order to make the Chinese on the island The Red guerrillas have the ability to cause them some trouble, so it is necessary to leave these things that we cannot move away... By the way, there should be no problem with the final disposal of those American and British sailors and pilots, right? "
The ship girl Sophie Yamato casually talked about some creepy and bloody topics while drinking coconut wine.
"...Well, the American and British sailors and pilots who were screened out from the prisoner-of-war camp on Hainan Island are currently undergoing mass executions at sea, and they are ready to weigh anchor and set sail after the killings are completed. Unfortunately, the 50,000 American and British ghosts at the Tiandu Iron Mine on the shore have to Sparing their lives... is really frustrating!”
Major General Shen Zhongde raised his glass and took a sip of lemon soda. He turned to look at the Sanya Naval Port in the distance, which had changed hands, and muttered with slight dissatisfaction.
——As an extremely passionate radical, Major General Kamizhongtoku, the "crazy staff officer", has always been known for his violent behavior. Now the Yankees have nuked Tokyo, burned Kyoto, massacred Osaka, attacked Etajima, and captured Nagoya. Even the emperor, the spiritual symbol of the Japanese, has been annihilated by his entire family. And it also completely broke through the lower limit, ignored all war conventions, and used new nerve gas bombs everywhere to kill indiscriminately. The number of Japanese killed in just a few months after the nuclear explosion in Tokyo has reached more than 7 million, which is more than double the total number of deaths in the previous fourteen years of long war!
For the Japanese Imperial Army who were indoctrinated with militaristic ideas, concepts such as "repaying evil with kindness" and "bearing humiliation" never existed in their minds. As soon as the various tragedies in the Japanese Empire reached Australia, the frontline Japanese troops immediately slaughtered the city in Australia with red eyes, killing American and British white animals, and created hundreds of mass graves in one go, as if they were trying to wipe out the local population. Completely change species. In addition, nerve gas bombs of the same type obtained from unknown sources were used and bombed over and over again on Melbourne, New Zealand and Tasmania, which were still resisting.
During the two months of the Nanyang retreat, the Japanese Navy commanded by Chief of Staff Kami Shigetoku did not forget to retaliate in kind and chopped up all the remaining white prisoners of war in various prisoner of war camps to vent their anger. As a result, many who had been waiting for The Japanese army or foreigners who surrendered to the Allied forces and became prisoners of war, looked at this situation , they have no choice but to withdraw with the United Fleet, or go to the indigenous uprising forces of Ho Chi Minh, Sukarno and General Aung San - otherwise, after the Allied forces come back, when they see such a scene, God knows they will be frustrated by those angry How do the white ghosts retaliate by killing them?
In this vast sea of blood, the only thing that can survive is the American and British Allied Prisoner of War Camp in Sanya Port on Hainan Island: According to the strict orders of the ship's mother, Comrade Sophie, the Japanese Navy only screened out the sailors in the prisoner of war camp. and pilots, escorted them to the transport ship, killed them in batches, and threw them into the sea to feed the sharks. As for the captured ordinary British army officers and soldiers, they were extremely "merciful" and allowed them to live until they were peacefully taken over by the Red Qiongya Column.
"...Chief of Staff, first of all, the wrongdoer has his debtor. The Americans who are currently killing people on the Japanese archipelago are the Americans, and the vast majority of the prisoner-of-war camps on Hainan Island are British. Secondly, the most powerful people in the prisoner-of-war camps are the Americans. Haven't the valuable sailors and pilots been disposed of? It only takes a few months to train a qualified infantryman, but it takes several years to train a qualified sailor. And a qualified pilot almost needs to be piled up with banknotes." Comrade Jiang Niang tilted her neck and drank coconut wine while saying, "...Besides, there are no 50,000 American and British prisoners of war and the industrial facilities and military port fortress in Sanya. As bait, how can we catch the three big fish in the plan? Chief of Staff, being impatient can ruin a big plan!”