si-mexico Chapter 728 Paper Tiger
Chapter 728 Paper Tiger
Li Shaoyi just smiled at what Ding Hanhai said, but didn't say much about it. He had known the true face of foreigners for a long time. Instead of saying it himself, it would be better to let his subordinates slowly discover that these paper tigers would sooner or later be unable to stand in front of them.
Because they were concerned about the Chinese in Southeast Asia, they stayed in Minnan Province for less than two days. After replenishing all kinds of supplies, they immediately continued to take over. Dozens of aircraft in Minnan Province all followed the fleet to provide escort.
The largest island in the southeast of our country was ceded to Japan during a war in the late Qing Dynasty, so when we crossed this strait, it was also the most dangerous moment for us.
Li Shaoyi had thought about this before. If we had not defeated the three Japanese submarines, we would probably encounter all kinds of troubles when crossing the strait. But after we destroyed their three submarines, the Japanese Navy would have to think slowly.
"Japan has built two naval bases on the southeastern islands, with a small number of naval vessels stationed there. The intelligence we received previously hasn't changed much from what we have now. Do you think the Japanese army will come again?"
In the Dingyuan's combat command room, Li Shaoyi pulled out intelligence reports. They had scouted the Japanese naval base on Formosa Island the previous night and found no significant changes. As for the air force, we weren't too afraid. There were fighter jets constantly escorting us from the skies. As long as they were along our coast, the Japanese Air Force was no match for us. If a confrontation really happened, who would be the hunter and who would be the prey? We'd have to wait and see.
"According to normal thinking, the Japanese will not come, but the Japanese have never been normal people. I think that perhaps those who should come will come tonight."
Ding Hanhai's words were approved by Li Shaoyi.
No matter what you do, as long as it involves the Japanese, you cannot treat them as normal people. If you think about the Japanese with normal thinking, you will definitely fail.
"Our planes can take off at night, but compared to daytime, there are some shortcomings in various aspects. Even if they fly over us, it is difficult to distinguish between enemy and friendly targets. I want to know how you deal with it?"
Since he had to prepare for the worst, Li Shaoyi had to see how the officer he had chosen would respond.
"Report to the commander, I didn't intend to sail at sea at night. Thirty-five nautical miles southwest is Xiamen Port. Why not rest in the port for a night?"
After Ding Hanhai finished speaking, everyone in the room was surprised at first, then burst into laughter. This was indeed the safest solution. Since our air superiority wouldn't be apparent at night, why should we go out and fight at night? Wouldn't it be easier to walk during the day?
According to the Japanese Navy, they had just completed their repairs in Fuzhou Port and should quickly head south, pass through the Formosa Strait at an extremely fast speed, and then rush to Southeast Asia as soon as possible. The Japanese side also received news that the actions of the Windmill Country against Chinese and overseas Chinese were a bit harsh. Now it is no longer a matter of dozens of people dying in one night, but hundreds of people were arrested.
So at this time, Li Shaoyi's fleet would definitely not waste time. For this reason, they also sent out sneak attack planes, a total of 36 bombers, under the escort of 15 fighter jets, to sneak attack Li Shaoyi's fleet under the cover of night.
At 10:30 in the evening, Li Shaoyi's fleet arrived at Xiamen Port. Most of the local people didn't know what was going on and thought that it was the navy of some other country attacking. After some negotiations, they realized that it was our own people. In fact, they had also prepared celebrations, but they just didn't come during the day.
Li Shaoyi ordered all celebrations to be shut down. We came here quietly to wait for dawn, not to expose ourselves. That night, many fishermen on the sea heard the roar of planes in the sky all night long. Japanese planes searched back and forth, hoping to find the whereabouts of Li Shaoyi's fleet.
When the broadcast sounded the next morning, the Japanese pilots learned where Li Shaoyi's fleet had gone. It turned out that they had gone to Xiamen Port for rest. During the period of rest, they searched around and around on the sea, almost popping their eyes out. Even when landing at night, two planes were directly bombed at the airport due to visibility problems.
Regarding night takeoff and landing training, Japan's training is not that sufficient. Now they are just trying to seize the opportunity and force it to do it, and as a result, this kind of thing happened.
Of course, the Japanese side certainly could not admit that there was a problem with their pilots, nor could they admit that there was a problem with their aircraft. In the end, the matter was attributed to the ground crew. Because some people violated the rules by smoking, some oil depots at the airport exploded, which was also the reason for the fire at the airport in the early morning.
The intelligence agencies under Li Shaoyi were also busy. They had already found out who the pilots of the two planes were, so they began to slander the Japanese government in the newspapers, wondering whether it was because of the cigarettes of the ground crew or because of incomplete training in night landing subjects that forced the pilots to take off, resulting in the loss of pilots and planes.
Generally speaking, most people do not believe the government's statements on such matters. Conspiracy theories exist in the minds of many ordinary people. As long as someone guides them well, the statement issued by the Japanese government will immediately be full of loopholes.
For example, the Japanese government previously claimed that the incident was caused by ground crew smoking and that no pilots were injured. But where were the four pilots who flew the two planes? The newspaper controlled by Li Shaoyi published the photos and names of the four pilots. They had been serving at the airport in Formosa. You can't say that these four people went fishing and were eaten by sharks, right?
Those who can be pilots in Japan are not ordinary people. Unlike the end of World War II, they all have a background now. Their families in Japan can also prove that these people did serve at the Formosa Airport.
Although he later changed his tone, in the news battlefield, as long as there is a clue, reporters will rack their brains to draw everyone's attention to this line and make a series of speculations. Of course, sometimes these speculations may be true, such as the Japanese Air Force's attempt to steal the chicken but ended up losing the rice, not bombing any warships of Li Shaoyi's fleet, but instead losing two planes and four excellent pilots...