The Bohai Sea area is approximately 70,000 square kilometers.
The Bohai Sea is geographically important and is enclosed by the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula.
The Bohai Sea Imperial Japanese Navy fleet deployed Fubuki-class destroyers and hundreds of gunboats. Their combat capability was not strong... but during the Anti-Japanese War, they occupied the Bohai Sea as their backyard!
On the Fubuki-class destroyer, the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet commander was Yuki Furukawa.
“The Imperial Headquarters' order is for the fleet to deploy and recapture the Tashan area!”
“Imperial Headquarters' intelligence shows that the Red Alert Fleet is stationed in Huludao, and the Tashan area has weak defenses!”
At around four in the afternoon that day, the Bohai Sea Imperial Japanese Navy fleet appeared on the surface of the sea.
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Tashan area.
The 18,000 Japanese corpses on Tashan were collected, while the Red Alert Corps was building fortifications.
On the fortifications, dozens of cannons with strange appearances were placed!
The renowned Tulip 240mm self-propelled mortar.
Mounted on a 30-ton vehicle, the large-caliber mortar could fire one round per minute.
Boom boom boom—
Boom boom boom—!
Armor-piercing, high-explosive, and special-purpose shells had a range of 20 kilometers!
The 240mm shells whistled through the air, crossing the sea surface and landing on the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Bohai Sea!
The Fubuki-class destroyer, 100 meters long and 10 meters wide, with a 2,000-ton hull, was pierced, its boiler and engine room damaged, leaving it as a target. The Bohai Sea Imperial Japanese Navy fleet commander was killed in the blast.
The Fubuki-class destroyer and other warships, however, had a maximum main gun caliber of 127mm, with a range of 18 kilometers.
There was a range difference between the two sides!!
As time passed, the Fubuki-class destroyer was sunk and withdrew from the battle, while the remaining Japanese gunboats and other small tonnage vessels with weak firepower were subjected to relentless bombardment.
On the Tashan area fortifications, the German Military Observation Group used their binoculars.
“A 240mm heavy gun can also be made into self-propelled artillery?”
“Self-propelled artillery is likely to be the trend in future warfare!”
“That shot can sink a warship!”
“This thing can even hit warships, it’s unexpected!”
The German Military Observation Group analyzed the approximate power and operational methods of the Tulip 240mm self-propelled mortar.
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Near the Bohai Sea surface battlefield, the Red Alert Sea Scorpion large-scale gunboat, weighing 2,000 tons, was equipped with several rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns, capable of both air defense and ground attack.
Bang bang bang…
Boom boom boom…
The Sea Scorpion large-scale gunboats patrolled the sea in formations of three ships.
Several Japanese Zero fighters flew overhead!
The Zero fighter pilots saw the surface of the sea.
“Baka!”
“Baka!”
“Evade!”
High-explosive shells accurately struck the aircraft!
The Zero fighter squadron exploded and caught fire, some with damaged wings, and others exploding in mid-air.
The Zero fighter was a signature Japanese aircraft, creating various Pacific myths in World War II.
Flight leader: “Immediately report to the Imperial Headquarters, the Bohai Sea fleet failed to recapture Tashan! The Imperial Japanese Navy fleet was completely sunk! Report that Lin Zheng used new anti-aircraft warships!”
The flight leader’s vision went black, and his plane crashed into the sea!
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Red Alert Base
In the office.
Lin Zheng was still pondering the Bohai Sea battle.
Lin Zheng quickly received news that the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet in the Bohai Sea had deployed and was subsequently destroyed.
Lin Zheng's use of the Tulip 240mm self-propelled mortar and the Sea Scorpion anti-aircraft ship was all in preparation for the subsequent large-scale landing in Fusang.
Larger-scale naval battles, larger-scale landings on Wosida!
The abundant resources in the Bohai Sea region, most importantly, are the seabed oil and natural gas, such as the later Oil Field No. 26, with proven reserves of 200 million square meters, total seabed oil reserves of 4.4 billion tons, and natural gas reserves of 500 billion cubic meters.
Lin Zheng would also implement protective measures during the extraction process.
Lin Zheng’s base happened to have offshore drilling rigs.
Offshore technology oil wells, offshore oil extraction underway!
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Fusang homeland.
Imperial conference.
Minister of the Navy Mineichiro, returned to his post, and now he and Isoroku Yamamoto had the same strategic goals.
Minister of the Navy Mineichiro: “I want to ask who…”
“Who ordered the Bohai Sea fleet to go to Tashan?!”
“Resulting in the complete sinking of the Bohai Sea fleet!”
After surveying the room, Mineichiro said.
“Since you are all shirking responsibility, then let's discuss other important matters!”
“Lin Zheng has new anti-aircraft ships, our aircraft have repeatedly discovered through reconnaissance that on the surface of the sea, Lin Zheng has set up offshore oil wells!”
Offshore oil wells were invented in 1897 and applied in 1938. Western countries like the Eagle Sauce had offshore oil wells.
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the high officials at the Imperial Conference all turned red!!
“This means there’s seabed oil in the Bohai Sea!”
“Oil is the most important strategic resource! Lin Zheng is extracting seabed oil?”
Seeing the red eyes of the other high officials, Mineichiro’s eyes also turned red!
As Minister of the Navy, he knew that Fusang homeland was severely lacking in oil.
During World War II, warships primarily burned heavy oil, and the huge oil consumption of the Combined Fleet required both wartime and training savings, with a shortage of oil so severe that even their underpants were missing.
Mineichiro’s eyes were red, but he couldn’t do anything!
Lin Zheng was not as weak as Chiang Kai-shek, and the Fusang Empire could not seize the oil.
Lin Zheng’s strength was incredibly powerful, and the Fusang Empire could not seize the oil.
Regarding the vast oil output in the Bohai Sea, the Fusang Empire could only envy it.
Mineichiro’s voice distorted: “Since we can’t get the Bohai Sea oil, then we will find a way to extract vegetable oil for the warships, either the Combined Fleet saves oil, or we go to grab oil from the Eagle Sauce Pearl Harbor base!”
The moment Mineichiro said this, the entire room was stunned!!!
Dare to steal oil from the Eagle Sauce Pearl Harbor?