Chapter 38, Return of the United Fleet (Part 1)
On February 4, 1946, after it was confirmed that the U.S. Halsey Fleet had retreated into Tokyo Bay to avoid the battle, the Japanese naval combined fleet gathered in Okinawa began to part ways - transport ships with a total tonnage of more than one million tons. The regiment, under the cover of some cruisers, destroyers and escort aircraft carriers, sent more than 200,000 refugees from Taiwan, Hainan Island, Okinawa County and the Japanese-occupied areas of mainland China to various islands in Southeast Asia for resettlement: because the mainland could not support them at all. Live with so many mouths. The main fleet once again weighed anchor and headed north, and returned to the homeland safely.
When the majestic figures of the four Yamato-class battleships proudly passed through the Kanmon Strait and sailed into the Seto Inland Sea, the Japanese people watching could not help but let out thunderous cheers, and the sailors on the ship looked at this thing The calm inner sea of right and wrong is also full of emotions.
From ancient times to the present, the Seto Inland Sea has always been the inland sea of Japanese civilization and the cradle of the Japanese navy. No one could have imagined that just a few months ago, the United Fleet was still chopping waves in the South Pacific thousands of miles away, but now it would retreat to the cradle of Japanese civilization for the final battle of defense... But despite this, with the help of After the glorious achievements in the past few years, the officers and soldiers of the Combined Fleet are still much more excited than worried, and they are all gearing up to create more miracles. Gong——The old Japanese Empire, which has been aggressively militarizing foreign countries for decades, can definitely be said to be a martial arts country. It can be said that the whole people are martial and dare to commit suicide: "rush to the mountains, let the corpses fill the ravines, go to the sea, let the floating corpses float on the sea surface." If in the 20s, If you hear a person singing such bloody lyrics in the first century, you will definitely think that this person is either a pervert or a psychopath. But this is the military song of the Imperial Japanese Navy!
What made the sailors even more excited was that when the fleet entered the Wugang garrison, there was a huge surprise immediately:
Next to the pier of the garrison military port, there is a brand new Yamato-class battleship parked!
In an instant, despite the unanimous suppression by officers at all levels, bursts of extremely warm cheers erupted from the entire fleet.
Admiral Horikichi, who had just stepped onto the dock, was also smiling, but he was still a little confused. "...This is... the Kii at the Kure Naval Arsenal? Doesn't it mean that this ship has not had time to launch, and it is at the dock?" It was blown to pieces by US military aircraft and cannot be repaired in a short period of time?" He turned to the new commander of the combined fleet, Narumi Inoue, and asked.
"...Ah...after using some special techniques, it was finally repaired and launched into the water, but the final outfitting has not been completed yet..."
Commander Narumi Inoue quietly turned his head, glanced at Wang Qiu, the "Representative of the Communist International" who was taking pictures with a camera in the distance, and replied somewhat unnaturally, "...Don't mention this now, get in the car and set off quickly! Don't The army representatives were waiting impatiently at the venue..."
——In this time and space, if the Japanese want to create a Yamato Miss, they need "the old Japanese Empire, His Majesty the Showa Emperor, the wartime headquarters, the Naval Command, the Combined Fleet, as well as the twelve important industrial control councils, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sixteen partner companies and more than 3,000 providers Parts supporting manufacturers and small workshops"... In short, it requires a militaristic power-level country, a large and complete military industry system, an astronomical military investment, and countless massive resources to complete such a project. The most powerful super battleship.
Even the ship girl Miss Sophie, who has the bonus of the power of faith, cannot build such a super ship out of thin air.
However, if it is just a repair, it would be very easy for Wang Qiu and others who have the black technology of the Doraemon world: just take a [restoration light] and take a photo of the bruised Kii in the dock. According to the photo, the Kii, which had been hit by three heavy bombs, recovered instantly.
——Doraemon restored a giant museum that had been shattered into pieces, not to mention a mere battleship.
Of course, it was only limited to repairs. Wang Qiu didn't have the ability to create another Yamato-class battleship out of thin air. As for the Wugang Naval Arsenal that was bombed into ruins, Wang Qiu also did not repair it: even if the factory buildings and machines could be restored to their original state, the workers and engineers who died in the air raid could not be resurrected, and the various raw materials hoarded had also been destroyed. It’s basically exhausted and has nowhere to replenish it. What’s the use of just repairing the factory?
Therefore, in addition to the repair of some of the sunken warships in the port area, the current Wugang garrison still presents a miserable state of scorched ruins.
However, no matter how dilapidated and messy the port fortress on the shore was, the sight of five Yamato-class battleships appearing in the port together was still extremely shocking. The appearance of so many domineering and powerful thick pipes is enough to make anyone fall in love and hold their breath.
Although in terms of tonnage and number of ships, the combined fleet that returned to its homeland is less than half of the Halsey fleet even if combined with the remaining domestic ships, but with its impressive military achievements in annihilating the Allied Pacific Fleet twice in the past, Japan still made Japan The morale of the people and the military in the archipelago was lifted.
However, good news for the Japanese means bad news for the Americans...
Of course, this nightmare-like bad news soon appeared on the desks of US military generals.
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United States, Washington, Arlington District, Pentagon
For Americans, the war was now in its fifth year. Although it is early spring, the weather in the northeastern United States is still cold, and the ice and snow on the ground have not completely melted. The cold wind blowing from the Arctic seems to have penetrating power, always passing through thick clothes, like Steel needles are generally inserted into the body, making the person tremble from time to time. Pedestrians on the street could only wrap themselves up as thickly as possible, then step on the remaining dirty snow, rub their palms that were blue and purple from the cold, and trudge forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Because the gasoline ration quota for residents has been further reduced, the number of cars driving on the road has been reduced a lot, and it is no longer the busy and bustling prosperity before the war. Only in the privileged military and government departments, the cars still run so smoothly and the heating is turned on fully.
Pushing open the window that was fogged by the heat, he stuck his head outside and took a deep breath of the sub-zero cold air. Adm. Ernest Joseph King, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations I finally feel like my mind is much clearer. However, looking back at the intelligence documents and aerial photos placed on his desk, Admiral Jin, who had always had a fiery temper, couldn't help but feel another unknown fire rising in his chest. "...Five Yamato-class battleships appeared together in the Seto Inland Sea... Damn it! Did the air raid last year still fail to kill the fifth Yamato-class ship in the Kure Port dock? How long will Japan continue to fight this battle? ?”