Predator Reborn

Indestructible heavy cruiser

However, the matter was far from over. Just when Liu Hua, Deng Xiaoping, and Zuo Quan were discussing how to deal with the unexpected Little Japanese aircraft carrier, another telegram was delivered to him.

"Commander-in-Chief, what happened again?" Seeing Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua frowning in front of him, Vice-President Wang Zhen asked with concern.[]

"The latest situation that has just been reported: The Japanese reinforcement fleet docked at the Shanghai Naval Port has not taken any rest before it is coming towards us with great force and non-stop. According to the investigation and analysis of the Shanghai Underground Party, the Japanese reinforcements are

Except for one destroyer left to protect the aircraft carrier docked in the sea, the remaining heavy cruiser and three destroyers, guarding a large number of troop carriers, are moving up the river and heading towards us quickly. If nothing goes wrong, this will

The final destination of the four warships and three divisions along the river, with a total of 100,000 elite troops, is Wuhan, the temporary headquarters of the Kwantung Army, not far from us... As for the aircraft carrier left in Shanghai, it serves as a maritime airport.

A maritime airport that we have no way to approach. It seems that the Japanese reinforcements are about to come for us..."

"Commander-in-Chief, there is nothing to worry about. Isn't it just a heavy cruiser and three destroyers? With the artillery in our hands, we can launch another ambush for the Japanese fleet here and sink them all.

At the end... As for the three divisions on the troop transport, there are one hundred thousand little devils. We can only blame them for their bad luck. Instead of taking the land route, they have to take the water route. This time, we will also use artillery to let them follow these four

Together with the warships, they sank to the bottom of the Yangtze River to feed the fish..." Compared with Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua's frown, after listening to the information, Wang Zhen, who had never seen a heavy cruiser before and did not know the true strength of a heavy cruiser,

With a relaxed look on his face, he answered Liu Hua very excitedly...

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief. I agree with Deputy Commander Wang's suggestion..." Zuo Quan, the Chief of Staff who personally commanded the artillery group to annihilate the former Japanese Yangtze River Defense Fleet. Thinking of the time when the artillery group conducted focused fire, the entire Jiang Defense Fleet was on the narrow river surface.

On the scene, it was like a living target. Without any hesitation, he was the first to speak in agreement.

However, unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief in front of him, including political commissar Deng Xiaoping, who had studied in France and had a certain understanding of the defense capabilities of heavy cruisers, still frowned and looked at the sand table in front of him, lost in thought.

"Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, isn't this tactics feasible?" Zuo Quan was the first to ask.

"It's not impossible, it's simply unworkable..." Thinking that when he was studying in Europe, he learned about the firepower equipment of heavy cruisers, especially the defensive capabilities of heavy cruisers. Deng Xiaoping's back felt like a gust of cool wind.

Average, chilly.

Before Chief of Staff Zuo Quan and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Zhen could react, Deng Xiaoping continued to speak.

"Chief of Staff, Lao Wang. The heavy cruiser is not the small destroyer equipped by the original Japanese Jiang Defense Fleet. According to what I learned when I was studying in Europe, a heavy cruiser with a displacement of 10,000 tons is not only equipped with more than six caliber guns in terms of heavy firepower.

Naval guns exceeding two hundred millimeters are also equipped with a large number of prevention and control weapons and small-caliber artillery... In terms of firepower alone, the power of a single salvo of fire from a Japanese heavy cruiser is comparable to what we have in our hands.

Two heavy artillery regiments."

Seeing the two stunned people, political commissar Deng Xiaoping continued to speak.

"Of course, when it comes to heavy cruisers, powerful firepower is only one of its advantages. It also has another advantage, and that is its defensive capabilities. According to the thickness of the armor equipped by the heavy cruiser, with the existing artillery in our hands, unless

It is a 150 mm caliber artillery, and armor-piercing shells must be used for direct shooting to penetrate its side armor. Otherwise, the ordinary artillery shells we have now cannot break through the thick armor of the heavy cruiser.

…..”

Political Commissar Deng Xiaoping's words had just finished. Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua let out a long sigh and continued to speak helplessly to the two partners beside him.

"Chief of Staff, Lao Wang, the current situation is not only that the four warships in the Japanese fleet are indestructible. What's more important is that after this month of continuous fighting, a heavy artillery group in our hands has all been scattered across the vast Central China.

Area. It is simply impossible to assemble all these heavy artillery in less than a week."

"Of course, there is a bigger reason, that is, with the arrival of the Japanese aircraft carrier, the entire sky in Central China will once again fall into the hands of the Japanese Air Force. And the battle we need to face next

, and because of the recovery of the Japanese air power, the asymmetry has once again become unequal. At that time, as long as our artillery exposes its target, it will immediately suffer a devastating blow from the Japanese air power."

After being explained by the two people, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan asked with an unwilling look on his face after figuring out all the joints.

"Commander-in-Chief, then there is nothing we can do against the Japs' fleet and reinforcements?"

"At least until now, with the existing equipment and tactics of our army, I have not thought of a solution. However, I think that our urgent delay now is not to think about ways to solve the Japanese fleet, but to think about ways to solve the Japanese fleet's problems.

Come and make precautionary preparations..."

"Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean..." Political Commissar Deng Xiaoping asked with a confused look on his face.

"With the successful conclusion of the decisive battle in Central China, the entire Yangtze River area, except for a few large and medium-sized cities such as Shanghai, is still in the hands of the Japanese army. The remaining Zhenjiang, Huai'an, and even Nanjing City, where our headquarters is located, are all on the Yangtze River

Along the coast, and within the range of the Japanese naval guns. I am worried that the Japanese reinforcement fleet coming all the way will cause huge losses to the base areas we worked so hard to capture, especially these heavy industrial cities..." Liu Huayi

He replied with a worried face.

"Commander-in-Chief, are you worried about the threat from Japanese naval guns?" Political Commissar Deng Xiaoping immediately reacted and said.

"Until there is a solution for the Japanese reinforcement fleet, the enemy's naval guns are indeed the biggest threat to our base area." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan immediately agreed.

"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, Lao Wang, now it seems that there is only one possible way. That is to make the Japanese naval guns conceal their medical problems and not dare to fire along the Yangtze River. At least, we have to save these cities. Give me an order: these few cities will be saved.

All Japanese expatriates and Japanese prisoners around this city must be gathered in these cities. At the same time, let me know this news. As long as the Japanese naval guns dare to fire at these cities, he will be the first to die.

Japanese. As for other places, there are so many places along both sides of the river, and I don’t have that many Japanese to confront the Japanese warships. So, for the remaining places, I can only hope that God will bless..." Commander-in-Chief Liu

Hua ordered with a firm look on his face.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief...I will go and deliver the order right away..." Chief of Staff Zuo Quan replied immediately.

In the Yangtze River waterway, a huge fleet headed by a 10,000-ton heavy cruiser is heading up the river at its fastest speed, heading towards its final destination of Wuhan...

As time went by, in less than one night, the entire fleet sailed out of the area controlled by the Japanese army and entered the Central China base area controlled by the East China Field Army...

On the command platform of the heavy cruiser, Daisaku Yamada, the supreme commander of the fleet and chief of staff, was observing the situation along both sides of the river through telescopes, accompanied by the cruiser captain, Lieutenant Colonel Matsushita.

"Ms. Matsushita, I didn't expect that in less than two months, there would no longer be a flag of the Imperial Japanese Army in the entire Central China region. Even the city of Nanjing, which the imperial army spent a lot of force to capture, has been destroyed.

Occupied by the cunning East China Field Army..."

"If I hadn't received the information an hour ago from General Mizu Umejiro, the commander of the Kwantung Army's southern dispatch force, that the cunning East China Field Army had assembled a large number of Japanese expatriates and prisoners in several cities to threaten our fleet. I would have used the naval gun in my hand to

Blast these cities into rubble to avenge the fallen warriors..." Daisaku Yamada said in a deep voice.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I think that although our naval guns cannot threaten these big cities, there are countless East China Field Army strongholds along both sides of the river that can be targets for our naval guns. Therefore, I suggest that

"Use the naval guns in our hands to carry out devastating blows to all the Chinese strongholds along both sides of the river. Tell the cunning Chinese that we are here..." Captain Matsushita Daisaku replied with excitement.

"Yoshi, this is indeed a good idea...Matsushita-kun, just follow your method and pass on the order to carry out a devastating blow to all the East China Field Army strongholds along both sides of the river..." Chief of Staff Yamada Daisaku's eyes quickly

There was a flash of sharpness. Then, he ordered very excitedly.

"Yes, Your Excellency Chief of Staff..."

"Boom, boom, boom..." Several huge roars sounded on the cruiser, and the entire 10,000-ton cruiser couldn't help but tremble with the huge roars. At the same time, where the naval gun was located

The bow of the ship has been completely shrouded in white smoke generated by the shelling.

However, at this moment, the several Japanese officers standing on the command platform did not focus on the warship. Instead, they held up the telescopes in their hands and stared motionlessly at the shelling on both sides of the bank, several kilometers away.

Target.

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