July 8, 1944.
In the Sea of Okhotsk, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, a large fleet quickly moved south along the coastline. 2 Luangkastad-class battlecruisers, 3 Gangut-class battleships, 2 Kirov-class heavy cruisers, 4 Mark Gorky-class heavy cruisers, 6 Leningrad-class destroyers, 1 Tashkent-class destroyer, 11 Firepower-class destroyers, 4 Dzerzhinsky-class destroyers, 4 Karl Liebknecht-class destroyers, 5 Artem-class destroyers, 2 Kalinin-class destroyers, 1 Sverdlov-class destroyer, 1 Frunze-class destroyer, and the only old-fashioned destroyer of the Soviet Red Navy" The product of the joint construction of the Soviet-German honeymoon period of the Karl Marx class aircraft carrier.
A full 47 warships, followed by a large number of minelayers, minesweepers, oil tankers and supply ships, billowing smoke almost obscured the sky, and several American-aided F6F fighters circled in the air.
Such a spectacular scene made the sailors on deck excited.
In addition, Bulganin, the political commissar of the Red Navy aboard the Luang Kastadt, had already announced the destination of the happy country in the world after the Soviet Union before the departure of the fleet, and the United States, before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the best place in the world after the Soviet Union was Germany, so the comrades were in a good mood and were full of confidence in the prospects for victory in the Second Civil Revolutionary War, and the Great Patriotic War had now turned into the Second Civil Revolutionary War.
Many people were even looking forward to a decisive battle in the Pacific against the Nazi German fleet supporting the White Russian reactionaries However, inside the flagship battlecruiser Kronstadt, Commissar Bulganin and Commander Kuznetsov were not as optimistic as the fighters, and the two people who stayed in the political commissar's cabin were even a little restless.
Because both of them knew that it was impossible for their fleet to fight a decisive battle with the European Combined Fleet in the Pacific, but there was a high probability that they would encounter the main force of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet To be honest, the two of them simply led the fleet from Vladivostok with a hard head.
However, they also knew that this decision was completely correct, because the Pacific Fleet would stay in Vladivostok and wait for death.
When the Japanese felt that they could go to war, they would send a few aircraft carriers over to bomb a few rounds, and there would be no more.
So Bulganin and Kuznetsov have been waiting for an opportunity, but the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet have been staying at the anchorage of the South Kuril Islands for several months.
Although there have been several large-scale sorties, they have not come out of the nest, and there is always a part of the fleet left behind.
Moreover, at that time, the Far East was still in the snowmelt season, which was not suitable for sending troops to fight, so the risk of the Soviet Pacific Fleet staying in Vladivostok was not very great.
By June, however, the Far East had dried up, the Soviet Union was facing disintegration on the Western Front, the capital Moscow was under siege, and there was much information that the Japanese were massively increasing their forces in Manchuria This shows that Japan's invasion of the Far East is imminent, and the Soviet Pacific Fleet may be attacked by the Japanese at any time Therefore, as soon as Bulganin and Kuznetsov seized the opportunity to combine the fleet to make a move, they took the Pacific Fleet to attack.
However, even if the Japanese combined fleet was dispatched, they did not dare to take it lightly, and not only carefully planned a deceptive route, but also chose the time to break through the island chain of the North Kuril Islands at night.
In addition, a dozen submarines were sent from the military port of Petropavlovsk of the USSR in Kamchatkapetrovsk, near the North Kuril Islands, to repeatedly patrol the waters near the North Kuril Islands.
But there was still a strong feeling of uneasiness in the hearts of the two "Did the US Pacific Fleet and the Japanese fleet exchange fire?"
Bulganin asked, turning, Kuznetsov.
Now the Pacific Fleet of the USSR is under radio control and cannot send telegrams, but it can still receive telegrams.
The US Pacific Fleet Command, on the other hand, briefed the Soviet Pacific Fleet every two hours on the latest military situation through the telegraph station in Petropavlovsk, Kambabaga.
Bulganin counted the time and felt that it was almost time again, so he asked.
Kuznetsov replied: "There has been an exchange of fire, and according to the telegram from an hour and a half ago, Midway has already been hit by Japanese aircraft, which means that the Japanese aircraft carriers are near Midway, so they are very far from us." ” The Battle of Midway has now begun However, the Americans did not disclose much information in their last radio communication, only saying that Midway Island was attacked by more than 100 Japanese carrier-based aircraft, and the 47 and 51 on the island took off to meet them, shot down 21 enemy planes, and lost 6 of them Commissar Bulganin's gaze returned to the chart, where the Kuril Islands stretched out like a chain thrown from the Japanese archipelago to the sea, less than 6 nautical miles from Kamchatka.
And in a few more hours, the Soviet Pacific Fleet will pass from there, still under the muzzle of the Japanese shore anti-aircraft guns "Jingle Bell" A red telephone suddenly remembered.
Kuznetsov immediately picked up the telephone receiver, listened for a while, and then said to Bulganin with a solemn face: "Comrade commissar, a Japanese patrol ship appeared 28,000 meters in front of us, and our whereabouts have been exposed."
"What about seventy or eighty Soviet ships appeared in the waters near Kamchatka, approaching the North Kuril Islands, which were the main forces of the Soviet Pacific Fleet" Nagano Shusei, the head of the Japanese Navy's Command, looked at the deputy commander of the Command, Ito Junichi, who reported to him, with some surprise.
"The Soviet Pacific Fleet wants to run" Yamamoto Fifty-six, who was sitting next to him, immediately reacted.
"They've seized a good time."
Now that the First Mobile Fleet has begun to bomb Midway, it may engage with the aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet at any time, so Yamamoto Isoroku has also personally sat in the Military Command Department.
Unexpectedly, the US Pacific Fleet had not yet appeared, but the Soviet Pacific Fleet came first, and it also appeared near the North Kuril Islands.
And of course, they appeared there for only one purpose, which was to break out of the island chain and escape into the Pacific Ocean.
Although the strength of the Soviet Pacific Fleet was nothing compared to the Japanese Combined Fleet, it was not a big trouble to really let them break into the Pacific Ocean.
In particular, they had 2 Kronstadt-class battlecruisers, built with the help of the Germans, built according to the standards of a fast breakdown.
The gun, the speed is fast and the fastest is 32 knots, and the armor protection is also very strong.
If they were to merge with the two American "Independence" class aircraft carriers, it would be one or two broken formations with quite strong firepower In addition, more than 100 submarines of the Pacific Fleet of the USSR were also a big problem.
If they were allowed to enter the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the islands of the South Seas, Japan's already precarious sea lines would be even more jeopardized.
"Baga, the Soviet fleet cannot be allowed to enter the Pacific Ocean" "They must be destroyed" "But what to use to destroy them, we have less than 100 planes in the Northern Kuril Islands, most of them are reconnaissance planes, and there are no big ships" "It's getting dark now, and it's almost evening on the North Kuril Islands."
"Your Excellency the two marshals, what shall we do" Several of the Navy's Command Department were discussed, but they couldn't come up with any countermeasures.
In the end, everyone's eyes were on Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagano Shufu.
"Yamamoto-kun, look" Nagano Shushu couldn't make up his mind.
"You see if you want to order the plane to go out" Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head and said, "Nagano-kun, the empire has not yet started a war with the Soviet Union, and our navy can't provoke a war without authorization."
After all, the navy is not an army red deer, and it is not possible to start a war without authorization, otherwise it will not end well if you win.
"Ouch, that's right."
Nagano Xiushen pressed his forehead, he was a little confused, forgetting that Japan and the Soviet Union had not yet declared war "Yamamoto-kun," said Nagano, "the declaration of war is not so fast, and it is necessary to hold a pre-imperial meeting and consult His Majesty the Emperor."
It seems that the Soviet Pacific Fleet will not be able to stop it no matter what."
Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled faintly and said: "This is not necessarily, as long as we can accurately calculate the whereabouts of the Soviet fleet, we can still use the main force of the combined fleet and the first mobile fleet to intercept it." ” Nagano nodded, although the main force of the Combined Fleet and the First Mobile Fleet were now fighting in the Central Pacific.
But now the aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet have not shown their faces, so it is not impossible to use them against the Soviet Pacific Fleet first.
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After all, the war between Japan and the United States has reached the final stage, and the victory or defeat of Midway is nothing more than the amount of bargaining chips on the Japanese-US negotiating table.
The big deal is that Japan will give up the Hawaiian Islands and let the United States fight the Germans to the death.
Moreover, as far as Japan is concerned, as long as it can cope with Germany, there is nothing wrong with letting the main forces of the US Pacific Fleet go The war between Japan and the Soviet Union has just begun, and this war has a bearing on the hegemony of the East Asian continent, and Japan cannot afford to lose.
Yamamoto Fifty-six had already stood up and said to Nagano Shushen: "Nagano-kun, the prime minister should convene a cabinet meeting soon, but whether it is war or peace, I still have to listen to the opinions of the important ministers, I want to go and consult with Fushimi Palace, go first." ” The so-called "opinion of the important ministers" he said actually refers to the "myths" transmitted by the two important ministers of Fushimi Palace and Kanin Palace.
And now the living god should not know the movements of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, so Yamamoto wants to go to Fushimi Palace immediately, report the situation in person, and at the same time convey the intention of the navy: to break with the Soviet Union in advance, and give priority to the annihilation of the Soviet Pacific Fleet t1706231537: