History’s Strongest Shopkeeper - Chapter 1525

[1525. Chapter 1506 All-out war?]

The Japanese navy, which was in panic and vigilance, stood tensely at their posts, looking up at the sky from time to time, hoping to spot the enemy’s artillery shells and aircraft groups.

However, after several minutes, no trace of the enemy was seen.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”…

There was another deafening explosion, and more than a dozen warships in the outer area of the Japanese warships exploded violently at the same time, with black smoke billowing and burning with raging fire. .

Some of the Japanese soldiers carried on each battleship were directly killed by the explosion, and some jumped into the sea while burning with fire.

“Enemy attack!”

There were screams and whistles again and again, echoing in the sky, but there was no trace of the enemy on the radar or anywhere in sight.

“Retreat, retreat immediately!”

the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet ordered with a look of panic.

In less than half an hour, nearly thirty warships were lost, and the enemy was not even spotted. If they did not retreat, the entire navy might be annihilated.

After hearing the order from the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet, the commander-in-chief of the Songhu Battle changed his expression. There were still tens of thousands of soldiers on the land who had not retreated. Once the navy retreated, the Japanese army, which had lost the cover of naval guns and had no way to retreat, would definitely be defeated by the entire Japanese army. Overturned.

“The fleet is gone, and the empire will need to spend hundreds of millions of resources and years to recover. If the army is gone, it only needs to go back to the country to recruit troops, and within a few days, it can expand the army by five divisions.”

Song The Japanese commander-in-chief on the Shanghai battlefield had not said anything yet, but the Japanese fleet commander-in-chief looked cold and whispered in his ear.

Almost all adult men in Japan have served in the military, and they only need to be issued a gun to join the army.

The cost of training navy soldiers is not only ten and a hundred times that of the army, but also the resources spent on manufacturing warships are hundreds and thousands of times that of the army’s equipment.

A mere tens of thousands of army soldiers are not worthy of being buried with their navy fleet.

After hearing the order, the captains of the navy’s fleets did not hesitate to put away their troop transport ships and planned to evacuate quickly.

As Marines, they are more aware than anyone else of their dangers at this time.

In a naval battle, if one side can discover the enemy’s location, and the other cannot discover the enemy’s so-called location, and the navy that cannot discover the enemy’s location will surely be annihilated if it cannot escape from the battlefield.

The opposing navy may be several kilometers away, or even dozens of kilometers away. They don’t even know where the enemy is. How can they fire or kill the enemy?

“The power systems of all warships…are completely damaged, and they cannot retreat…”

A messenger from the naval fleet headquarters looked pale and ran over in fear, trembling.

I don’t know what happened, but news came from all the fleets that the power system was destroyed at some point, and it has become a luxury to evacuate quickly.

“Plop~”, “Plop~”, “Plop~”…

Many generals in the naval fleet headquarters were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. The fleet’s power system was damaged and it was impossible to start it in a short time. Yes.

If the naval fleet loses power, it will become a dead target. They will be buried on the Songhu battlefield together with the army.

They feel like this day is the end!

There were so many weird and incredible things happening.

“Hurry and inform His Majesty the Emperor about the situation here. We must cease war with China. Otherwise, this time the entire army of the Empire of Japan will be annihilated, both the army and the navy…”

The right hand of the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Navy Fleet He pointed at a staff officer tremblingly and ordered.

He knew it was over this time.

This was not just a failure in the Battle of Songhu, but a failure of Japan’s national policy for hundreds of years.

They have been spying on China and chose the moment when China is weakest to attack China.

In this case, hundreds of thousands of army and navy troops will also face annihilation.

Even if they launch a war that will overwhelm the country, they may be able to win this battlefield, but it will be impossible to occupy an inch of China’s land.

Is their plan to occupy China a goal or a fantasy?

After instructing a staff officer to inform Japan of the news, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese naval fleet and the commander-in-chief of the Songhu Battle looked at each other with sad faces. When the war ceased, the two of them committed suicide by caesarean section.

“Is there no news from China yet?”

In the Japanese Imperial Palace, the Japanese Emperor woke up and asked the guard beside him eagerly.

If he successfully captures China, he will become Japan’s greatest emperor since ancient times, and victory is already in sight.

It only took more than a month for the 600,000-strong National Army to be on the verge of collapse under their powerful offensive. As long as they presented an encirclement posture and made a gesture of encircling and annihilating the National Army in one fell swoop, the National Army would inevitably be defeated.

However, in just one day, the situation took a shocking turn.

Fortunately, the Chinese army did not have a navy, so they could retreat calmly without being completely wiped out. Otherwise, he could not imagine the next scene.

“The ambassador sent news that the Chinese side is deliberately delaying and has no intention of peace talks for the time being.”

the guard replied cautiously.

The news of the defeat at the front has been blocked, but as a bodyguard, he still knows some information.

The whole country was immersed in the joy of victory. Suddenly, news of the disastrous defeat at the front came. It was unimaginable what kind of turmoil it would cause.

The collapse of this cabinet has been finalized. It is unknown how many ministers and generals will be punished in order to quell the anger in the country.

“Tell Chiang that if there is no peace negotiation, we will formally declare war on China and fully expand our army to fight to the death with China.”

The Japanese emperor’s face was ashen and his body was shaking with anger.

At this time, Japan has long had the strength of a first-class military power. Not to mention in Asia, even internationally, there are few countries that are their opponents on a one-on-one basis.

Now that China dares to refuse peace talks, this is intolerable to the Japanese emperor. He cannot sit back and watch hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line be wiped out.

“Yes, His Majesty the Emperor.”

The guard retreated cautiously, intending to convey the Japanese Emperor’s firm attitude to China.

However, as soon as he left, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of War and other senior Japanese officials all ran in in panic, “Your Majesty, the navy was attacked and trapped on the coastline, and there is a danger of annihilation.”

The Minister of the Navy cried as if he was singing in an opera. The sounds and trills were very long, and other ministers also looked frightened and cried bitterly.

“Hurry up and stop Santo…”

The Japanese emperor looked panicked and shouted, trying to stop the guard who ran out. Then he vomited a few mouthfuls of blood and passed out with a pale face.

The army’s heavy losses are still within the tolerance range. If the navy is completely wiped out, Japan’s military strength will suddenly fall to a second-rate military country.

Japan’s hundreds of years of hard work will come to nothing in one day.

You must not anger China at this time!