Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 111 Are the Japanese Army Crazy? (Subscribe!)

"The Condor escort aircraft carrier." Lu Yuhua looked at the escort aircraft carrier under construction, and the smile on his face could not be suppressed.

Originally, Lu Yuhua thought that Zhang Fakui would support him in attacking Annan.

In this way, he wouldn't have to rush to build warships.

But from his attitude when talking with Zhang Fakui, it can be seen that he obviously did not support attacking Annan.

This made him a little disappointed, so he planned to do something to make things bigger.

According to the current development of the situation, it will be difficult to enter Myanmar to fight in the short term.

After all, the Allied defeat was not bad enough. They would only be anxious if they were defeated very badly.

What Lu Yuhua has to do now is to make the US military suffer a more miserable defeat.

It is far from enough to rely on just one submarine to attack the US military's Cavite Naval Base on Luzon Island.

The safest option is an aircraft carrier.

But he couldn't afford to build a proper aircraft carrier, especially the Shokaku-class aircraft carrier, which was indeed excellent, but he really couldn't afford to build it because it was too expensive.

After much deliberation, Lu Yuhua finally chose the Shenying escort aircraft carrier.

Although it was converted from the German luxury cruise ship "Scharnhorst", the specific data are as follows.

The standard displacement is 17500 tons, and the public trial displacement is 20900 tons; the hull is 198.34 meters long, the maximum ship beam is 25.6 meters, and the average draft is 8.18 meters; the flight deck is 180 meters long and has a maximum width of 24.5 meters.

The speed is 21 knots; the fuel capacity is 2460 tons of heavy oil, and the cruising range is 8000 nautical miles/18 knots.

It can carry 33 carrier-based aircraft, including 12 Zero-type carrier-based fighters (9 in regular use and 3 in reserve), 21 Type 18 carrier-based attack aircraft (3 in regular use and 834 in reserve), and a crew of people.

Judging from the data, it is not very outstanding, but the number of fighter jets it carries is quite large.

This is also the reason why Lu Yuhua is interested in it.

"If the Germans hadn't received the money to buy the battleships, I'm afraid they wouldn't have the money to build this thing." Lu Yuhua sighed.

No wonder people say that the navy is a big spender, it’s absolutely true.

I originally thought that the army’s artillery was expensive, but now it seems that it is really cheap.

The most expensive heavy artillery only costs a few hundred thousand or millions of silver dollars.

In contrast, the cheapest warships in the navy cost several million silver dollars, and the better ones started at tens of millions.

The Shokaku-class aircraft carrier, which he valued very much, was priced at 90 million silver dollars by the base.

The Japanese army spent 84 million yen to build the Shokaku-class aircraft carrier, which is not a big difference when converted into silver dollars.

This does not include carrier-based aircraft, artillery shells, crew members, etc.

In other words, it is impossible to take down a Shokaku-class aircraft carrier without 100 million yen.

As for the Condor, since it was converted from a cruise ship, the cost was naturally much cheaper.

But it also requires 40 million silver dollars.

If the Germans hadn't provided the funds, he really wouldn't have been able to build it.

The Derfflinger-class battlecruiser was a World War I-era battleship, and its construction cost was close to 60 million marks at the time.

More than 20 years later, due to inflation, Lu Yuhua directly quoted a price of 80 million marks.

Converted into US dollars it would be about 20 million US dollars, and converted into silver dollars it would be less than 50 million.

The cost given by the base is 11 million, which means four times the profit.

It was really a wave of sudden wealth.

You still have to sell warships to make money.

Not only that, he also produced more than ten warships at his base in Italian Somalia.

According to the order from Germany.

Three Derfflinger-class battlecruisers.

Two Bayern-class battleships.

Five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers.

The rest are a few cruisers and so on.

As for the aircraft carrier, there is a dispute over the issue of carrier-based aircraft and no orders have been placed for the time being.

The order from the Germans also made Lu Yuhua completely full.

According to the quotation of the base vehicle, it is definitely not a problem to increase the profit four or five times for each warship.

If all are delivered, the profit will be almost 10 billion, but Lu Yuhua did not calculate the exact amount.

But he knew that after this wave, he would no longer have to worry about money.

At the same time, the Germans paid a deposit of 200 million marks with great sincerity.

That is more than 120 million silver dollars, enough to build most of the warships.

As for the remaining gap, Lu Yuhua doesn't have to worry about it at all. The warships built first can be sold to the Germans first, and the balance of the settlement can be used to build the remaining warships.

More importantly, the Germans don’t need the navy to play a big role for the time being.

So the Germans had plenty of time to wait.

In fact, it doesn’t take long. Only the battleships take a little longer to build, while light and heavy cruisers are very fast.

Lu Yuhua is also expanding the scale of the shipyard.

I believe that with the addition of these warships, the strength of the German Navy should be taken to a higher level. Even if it is not a match for the Royal Fleet, it will be able to fight head-on.

At least they won't be beaten and forced to hide in the port, afraid to come out.

The more chaotic the situation becomes, the greater the profit Lu Yuhua will make.

So he wants to cause trouble.

The first target was the U.S. military’s Cavite Naval Base on Luzon Island.

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When the USS Condor escort carrier was launched, the crew and carrier-based aircraft that had been prepared were all in place.

Immediately, Lu Yuhua ordered the escort aircraft carrier USS Condor, destroyers such as the USS Yukikaze, and more than 30 submarines to head straight for the Cavite Naval Base on Luzon Island.

In order to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier, the submarines began to dive in advance and followed the fleet.

In fact, there were no decent warships at the Cavite Naval Base at that time.

The main reason was that the US military did not expect that the Japanese army would suddenly attack their ports.

The main battleships were Clemson-class destroyers, which were World War I versions of the flat-deck, four-funnel destroyers.

The full load displacement is 1500 tons, and the main weapons are four single-barrel 4-inch/4-caliber main guns, four triple 50 mm torpedo tubes, and two depth charge throwing troughs.

Judging from the data alone, it's not bad.

The implementation capability is average.

The reason for dispatching the escort aircraft carrier is to completely crush the opponent's idea in one go.

After all, the damage is not great, and it is impossible for the US military to declare war on the Japanese army in the short term.

Want to watch the show from the other side of the river?

That is impossible.

Lu Yuhua would never allow it.

As for battleships and aircraft carriers, they are not available for the time being, which makes Lu Yuhua feel much more relaxed.

Such naval strength may seem weak, but it is actually very strong.

At least in the Far East, it can still rank fourth.

The fifth is the Siamese navy.

When the fleet was only one hundred nautical miles away from the Cavite Naval Base, Shen Zhi ordered all carrier-based aircraft to take off.

Normally, carrier-based aircraft take off in batches and carry out bombing in waves.

But this time Shen Zhi acted contrary to his usual behavior. He decided to use a wave of attacks to completely destroy the US fleet at the Cavite Naval Base.

In order to ensure the success of this attack, Lu Yuhua specially spent his merits to exchange for a hero template.

The hero template chosen is Jisaburo Ozawa.

Although I don't want to admit it, the other party is very skilled in aircraft carrier command.

Fortunately, he was just exchanging the other party's abilities, so it wasn't that disgusting.

In addition to the carrier-based aircraft taking off, thirty submarines were not far from the Cavite Naval Base, and they were waiting for the order to attack. The destroyer Yukikaze was naturally the first to rush forward.

Fortunately, the main force of the Japanese fleet is in the Kalimantan area, and there are not many warships patrolling nearby.

Otherwise, I would be shocked again when I saw the Yukikaze.

In the sky, the outermost ones are the F4 Zero carrier-based aircraft, which are responsible for providing cover and shooting down the US land combat aircraft.

In the middle are the Type 99 carrier-based bombers, all of which carry 370 kg of bombs.

The purpose is to completely destroy the warships in the port.

They are the signal!

As soon as they saw a fire in the port, all submarines immediately fired torpedoes at the warships in the port.

Finally, the destroyers were dispatched and began to fire their naval guns at the enemy.

The plan is perfect and will definitely be realized if nothing unexpected happens.

Radar was not yet in use, so the U.S. military did not know that 33 carrier-based aircraft were flying towards the Cavite Naval Base.

The carrier-based aircraft commander was very nervous. Whether the Cavite Naval Base could be completely destroyed depended on them.

All the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft looked extremely nervous.

They needed to dive-bomb in order to hit targets like battleships with enough accuracy.

It also means that the risk is very high, and if you are not careful, you will be shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

"We are about to arrive at Cavite Naval Base." When the voice came from the pilot plane, all the carrier-based aircraft pilots held their breath.

"All carrier-based aircraft, drop bombs freely."

Upon receiving the order, all Type 99 carrier-based aircraft scattered and rushed towards the warships at the Cavite Naval Base.

"Quick, sound the air raid sirens!"

Inside the port, an American soldier raised his head and looked at the sky. There were more and more black spots. His face turned pale and he shouted loudly.

You know, the boilers of the warships in the port were not lit, the warships had no maneuverability, and most of the sailors were still on shore.

Although the Japanese army went south to attack Southeast Asia, they did not go to war with the US army.

So the Japanese troops of the US Army still lived a very carefree life.

There wasn't even the most basic alert, and the battleship didn't even light its fire.

The sailors had nothing to do, so naturally they went ashore to drink and have fun.

Hearing the sailors' shouts at this moment, the American sailor in charge of the air defense alarm looked up, saw the black spots falling continuously, and immediately sounded the air defense alarm.

As the alarm sounded, the entire warship and the entire port all ran in panic.

One sailor in particular ran out of a room without even putting on his clothes.

"What the hell is going on."

"Oh my god, why are there so many fighter planes?"

"Damn it, are they Japanese fighter planes? Have they declared war on us?"

"Quickly send a telegram to General MacArthur. The Japanese army has declared war on us without declaring war."

A sailor looked up at the densely packed fighter planes in the sky and was dumbfounded.

"Hurry back to your fighting position."

"Are you stupid? Why are you going back? Run away." Some smart sailors realized what was happening and ran in the opposite direction.

Running towards the port now would be seeking death.

The soldiers at the anti-aircraft artillery positions were also confused.

Many people ran away without even their shoes, and were dumbfounded when they saw the carrier-based aircraft in the sky.

"Are the Japanese army crazy?" This was the thought that popped up in everyone's mind.

Attacking the British and Dutch colonies wasn’t enough?

And attack their colonies?

How many countries are they going to declare war on?
Are they out of their minds?
Or do you still think that their strength is already invincible?

Although the Japanese army launched attacks on Britain and the Netherlands and occupied many colonies.

The latest news is that the war is too far away from them for the soldiers at the Cavite Naval Base.

So many people feel that it is still a peacetime, so they are very lazy.

Even though MacArthur once emphasized the need to stay alert and be vigilant, no one took it seriously.

After all, war will never come near them.

At this moment, the sailors who had just boarded the destroyer Stuart watched several bombs fall directly towards them, and all the sailors felt a chill through their bones in an instant.

Ruined.

The bomb that fell from the sky landed accurately in the middle of the Stuart destroyer, and then exploded violently.

The bomb smashed the deck directly.

The sailor who was operating the boiler in the boiler room felt the shaking and his scalp went numb.

There must have been a bomb on the deck.

"God!"

"boom!"

Mountains collapsed and the ground cracked, and the ground shook.

The remaining bombs exploded soon after. The explosion of bombs weighing nearly 1,000 kilograms produced a huge power.

The air wave swallowed up the sailors immediately, and they didn't feel any pain at all.

boom!
boom!
boom!
People on land could feel the earth shaking.

It could be clearly seen from the outside that the destroyer Stuart was instantly broken apart from the middle.

"The destroyer Stuart is gone." The American captain on the shore happened to see this scene.

He didn't expect that the destroyer Stuart would sink immediately.

And it was a sinking that could not be repaired.

It's broken in the middle, there's no need to repair it.

Even if we salvage it, it cannot be salvaged.

"Why, why did they attack us?"

No one could answer the American colonel's questions.

After all, no one knew why the Japanese fighter planes came to attack the Cavite Naval Base.

"Damn the Japanese army, these bastards, they actually dared to launch a sneak attack."

"Oh my God, they are completely crazy."

"Where are our fighter planes? Call General MacArthur and have the fighter planes at the airport take off immediately to destroy these damn bastards." The American colonel came back to his senses from his anger and shouted loudly.

"Yes."

"What did you say? The Cavite Naval Base was attacked by Japanese fighter planes? The USS Stuart destroyer was sunk?" All MacArthurs who received the news were stunned.

Are the Japanese army crazy?

Or what happened?
Actually challenged the three major powers of Britain, the United States and France one after another?
What on earth made them so bold?

But at this time MacArthur was too lazy to delve into it further. He had to teach these bastards a lesson.

He immediately ordered the fighter planes at the airport to take off and provide reinforcements.

Unfortunately, their fighter planes were attacked by Zero carrier-based aircraft as soon as they took off.

Faced with the Zero carrier-based aircraft, the US military's fighter jets were no match for them.

It was shot down just after taking off.

For a time, the entire Cavite Naval Base was surrounded by smoke.

The submarine fleet outside the port also slowly began to surface, and the commander immediately gave the order to attack.

"Torpedoes ready, sink all battleships."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)