Japanese flagship Ashigara heavy cruiser,

The 9th Sentai heavy cruiser Myoko and the light cruiser Nagara...

The 14th Sentai's Tianlong light cruiser and Ryuda light cruiser...

The Kiso light cruiser of the 4th Mine Squadron, the 6th Destroyer Squadron, the 10th Destroyer Squadron, and the 11th Destroyer Squadron...

The light cruiser Natori of the 5th Mine Squadron, and the 22nd Destroyer Squadron of the 5th Destroyer Squadron...

These fleets are sailing in the waters at the entrance of the Xiangjiang River,

Vice Admiral Toyoda, Commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters,

He had also received operational instructions from Marine Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, as well as subsequent instructions from Shushen Nagano, Minister of the Navy, to ask him to dispatch naval forces to retaliate against Liu Feiyang who destroyed the 13th gunboat fleet.

You must know that this is not the first time that Liu Feiyang has severely damaged their naval force. Therefore, although the gunboat fleet was lost this time, it was enough for the entire Japanese naval force to include Liu Feiyang as the first strike.

The number one enemy is coming,

So when Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet, received reports from Marine Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Navy Minister Osamu Nagano, both of whom asked him to dispatch the fleet immediately for retaliation, he was also surprised and worried in his heart.

Coming,

The surprising thing, of course, is that this time he has obtained full command authority to independently lead the entire huge fleet to retaliate against Liu Feiyang's troops alone. This means that he has been taken seriously by the top brass of the navy.

Instead of looking at the face of the commander of the 3rd Fleet, Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, and listening to the other party's opinions, like in previous battles, although he did not take the commander of the 3rd Fleet Headquarters, Commander Hasegawa Kiyoshi too seriously.

General, I take him too seriously, but that doesn't mean he will be very happy.

As for worries, it is because the flying troops under Liu Feiyang are elusive and very powerful in combat. If they want to find these powerful flying troops like Liu Feiyang for retaliation, I am afraid that his ship-borne

The fleet will suffer many casualties, and it is not known whether victory will be achieved in the final result.

And maybe he will lose some ships, but even so, he is still full of fighting spirit, because this is a great opportunity for him to make a name for himself.

Especially when he finally found out that Yamamoto, the fifty-sixth commander, had been promoted to the new commander of the Japanese joint wing by Marine Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Navy Minister Nagano Shushen, as well as His Majesty the Emperor, he wanted to do it even more.

You need to perform well to prove that your ability to command operations and vision are not inferior to those of Yamamoto's fifty-sixth commander.

He is vying for the position of the next commander of the joint wing. Of course, he also hopes to use this revenge to counter Liu Feiyang, the number one henchman and scourge, so that everyone in the naval force will know how powerful he is, including the entire Japanese army.

People all know how powerful he is.

So with such a mood, he quickly summoned all the naval officers under him to the conference room of his flagship for an emergency combat meeting.

Lieutenant General Sonosuke Kobayashi of the 9th Destroyer Team, Major General Eiji Goto of the 5th Destroyer Team, Lieutenant Colonel Toshizo Fujita of the 3rd Destroyer Team, Lieutenant Colonel Toshio Shimazaki of the 16th Destroyer Team, and Lieutenant Colonel Kazumatsu Takahashi of the 23rd Destroyer Team.

, Major General Tatamazo of the 3rd Diving Team, and Lieutenant Commander Nishina Hirozo of the 9th Diving Team,

And finally Major General Tomashige Samejima of the 4th Air Force. This major general has the command of 250 landing bases and 250 sea bases.

And it also includes the latest Type Zero combat aircraft, with a total of more than 120 aircraft.

Because in order to retaliate this time, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Navy Minister Osamu Nagano not only gave enough power to Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, but also gave them enough new carrier-based aircraft, and

Fighters came to carry out combat bombings in retaliation for the national army troops, and brought innocent civilians to their residences.

That's why there are so many Zero fighters and a large number of Type 97 bombers.

Although the targets were those national military units without air defense capabilities and innocent civilians, in order to guard against Liu Feiyang's elusive new fighter groups or the emergence of carrier-based aircraft groups, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi and Navy Minister Nagano Shushen

It took a huge price to acquire 120 Zero fighter jets for Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, to carry out operations.

He also gave the commander of the 4th Fleet, Vice Admiral Toyoda, a promise that as long as the other party could win, he would be immediately promoted to the rank of admiral, and would also command a huge aircraft carrier fleet.

Regarding this, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet Headquarters, was very happy, so when all the naval officers under him arrived, he immediately became excited and started fighting.

The meeting is coming.

"I asked you to come here today because I just want to know that Marine Minister Yoneuchi Mitsumasa and Navy Minister Nagano Shushen gave us the latest combat order this morning. They asked us to immediately dispatch some gunboat fleets into the Xiangjiang River. Finally,

We were able to bombard the civilian residential areas in Changsha where the Chinese Army was holding strong, and all the ships anchored there, whether they were Chinese Army ships or ordinary ships, were all blown up together!"

"The reason for doing this is to tell Liu Feiyang, who has not yet died in the battle of Wuhan, that even if we cannot find out the secret airport of his flying unit, our Imperial Navy is not easy to bully, so we

The Imperial Navy is about to carry out retaliatory strikes against all Chinese troops and Chinese people anytime and anywhere!"

"To put it simply, we want to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and tell Liu Feiyang that we can't kill him, but we can kill the Chinese troops and Chinese people who are weaker than him every minute, so he can hide very well and be very close to him.

It feels comfortable, but are you willing to just watch those weak Chinese troops and Chinese people being killed by our Imperial Navy?"

"If he is not willing, then get out of here, and then we will use our army to encircle and suppress him!"

"Of course, if he is still indifferent to our counterattack, then there is nothing we can do, but our counterattack and retaliation will intensify, killing more weak Chinese troops and Chinese people!"

"In short, we must force out this damn Liu Feiyang and his flying troops who often hit us hard, and then use their numbers to surround and annihilate them. No one will be spared, and we will eradicate them all!"

When all the Japanese officers of the Fourth Fleet stared at his words with rapt attention, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, also spoke even more passionately.

"Hai!"

"Your Excellency, the Commander, is absolutely right. Then leave it to me to take the lead for the Commander! I am willing to take the lead in sending the gunboat fleet to various riverside places in Changsha where the Chinese Army is holding fast, to carry out artillery fire in retaliation for these Chinese Army and

Chinese!"

After Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the 4th Fleet, finished speaking about his combat intentions, Lieutenant Colonel Toshizo Fujita of the 3rd Destroyer Team was the first to respond immediately.

"I am also willing to send a gunboat fleet to attack. Commander, please rest assured that our Imperial Navy will only win this time and will never fail. Especially our current opponents are only the vulnerable China Army, and

If we are in a Chinese residential area, we can bomb it with ease! I am very confident that we will be able to reduce the bombing targets we can see to rubble!"

"And we will definitely force Liu Feiyang's flying troops to come out to rescue these poor Chinese people!"

"At that time, our Imperial Navy will be able to conduct a large-scale encirclement and annihilate them!"

As Lieutenant Colonel Toshizo Fujita of the 3rd Destroyer Group finished his response, Lieutenant Colonel Toshio Shimazaki of the 16th Destroyer Group also quickly echoed his promise.

As for Lieutenant General Kobayashi Sonosuke of the 9th Squadron, Major General Tomoshige Samejima of the 4th Aviation Squadron, Major General Goto Eiji of the 5th Mine Squadron, Lieutenant Colonel Takahashi Kazumatsu of the 23rd Destroyer Squadron, and the 3rd Diving Squadron
Chapter completed!