Military transport aircraft flying from Ceylon to Qinzhou need to be transferred in Kunming because the sky over Thailand is not very safe at present. After General Wermotsyankel directed the Axis fleet to force the South China Sea, it became very difficult for the Japanese army to supply on the Nanyang battlefield. Although the Axis Expeditionary Force has not launched a full-scale counterattack, it is obvious that the number of Japanese fighter jets in this area has obviously become less and less.

Rear Admiral Sa Shijun, who had a leg injury, recuperated in Ceylon for about a month before he started returning to China.

It is September 1941. After nearly four years of leaving the country, he finally stood on the land of his motherland again. When he went abroad, the country was still in a state of tragic wind and bloody rain. The Japanese offensive was fierce, and cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuhu fell one after another. But now, the National Defense Forces have begun to launch a full-scale counterattack and successively recovered important cities such as Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Hefei and Wuhu. The Japanese invaders in the Yangtze River Basin could only huddle in the triangle area from Nanjing to Shanghai and Hangzhou, and had lost their offensive capabilities.

In the north, the National Defense Forces had recovered the Far East from Mongolia and Lake Baikal to Chita, and cut off the Soviet Union's Siberian railway transportation line. During the summer offensive, the National Defense Forces drove the Japanese back to the area east of the Greater Khingan Mountains. On the Rehe battlefield, the National Defense Forces recovered two important cities, Chifeng and Linxi, and pushed the front to the Korqin grassland, preparing for a comprehensive counterattack on the Northeast.

The domestic newspapers and magazines he read on the plane all exuded confidence in victory, which was exactly the opposite of the situation in the early stages of the outbreak of the War of Resistance. The situation of the war had been reversed, and the fleets of the Axis powers began to launch counterattacks on the front line of the Philippines, preparing to bypass Malaya and attack the relatively weak rear of the enemy.

Sa Shijun was completely confused about what situations he would encounter when he reported to the First Navy Fleet Command. He lost a wealthy battleship of the Navy at his hands, and there were indeed command mistakes. Sa Shijun had attached his own review letter to the Navy in his report, but if he dealt with himself, the Navy had never had any information.

The only thing he was worried about was to be transferred to the shore in the future, stay idle, and then not give him any chance to command warships to clean up the "stains" of his military career.

Qinzhou Port has changed a lot. After a few years, it seems to have suddenly become a large harbor city.

The building of the Second Naval Fleet Command, located at the foot of Huweiling Mountain, is white. It is located between the naval shipyard and the fleet base, shining in the sun. The office building was built after Sa Shijun left the country. He followed Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Xing, who went to the airport to greet him, and walked through the five-story office building and came to a three-story building on the east side of the headquarters building.

The office of Admiral Chen Shiying, the commander of the Second Navy Fleet, is in this building. In the hall behind the entrance, two young officers on duty are registering the incoming and outgoing personnel.

"General. Please show your ID?" The major officer on duty looked very young, but Sa Shijun had never seen him. It seems that in the past four years, the Second Navy Fleet had undergone great changes.

"Dict? What kind of certificate?" Sa Shijun said.

"This is General Sa Shijun. He just returned to China. His entry and exit certificate and officer certificate were in Commander Chen's office and had not had time to issue it to General Sa." Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Xing explained for him.

"Ah, it's General Sa. I've heard of your deeds!" The major suddenly became enthusiastic. "Please sit down first." He gave Sa Shijun to the sofa in the hall first, then pressed the intercom button, and reported to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet on the second floor.

The fleet commander did not ask him to wait for long and soon received him.

Admiral Chen Shiying was sitting behind a large desk next to the window signing documents, "Yi Zhong, you are back! Please wait a while." Admiral Chen greeted him, signaling him to sit down on the sofa in the office first, and then continue to sign the documents. The adjutant of the fleet commander poured him a cup of black tea, and then retreated. The admiral was wearing a light blue shirt, and there was no expression on his thin face.

"Okay." General Chen inserted the pen into the pen cover, then put the signed documents aside, stood up, stared at him with his eyes. "What exactly happened in the sea after we left?"

"We encountered the enemy's submarine and were hit with two torpedoes." Sa Shijun shook his head helplessly. His point in the Battle of Sumatra was indeed very memorable. He repeated the situation in detail, "I ask the Navy Department for the punishment, but don't transfer me from the sea. Even if you are the captain of a destroyer," he said at the end.

"That's not to mention that the personnel on the Guangxi 's losses were very small, but the tiger-patterned medal originally scheduled to be awarded to you has been cancelled." Chen Shiying said, "How is that Japanese submarine?"

"It should have been sank, but the sea water in that area is very deep. The destroyer found oil pollution coming from the sea, but it is not certain. The oil pollution may also come from the "Guangxi". "Sa Shijun said, "The maximum diving depth of Japanese submarines is only 75 meters, and our sonar should be able to capture its position.

"Okay, it's also considered revenge. The Japanese torpedo performance is really good." Chen Shiying said, "However, we did make a lot of mistakes in the Battle of Sumatra."

"Yes, sir!" Sa Shijun said, "If I could be careful, there would be nothing wrong with the 'Guangxi'."

"Okay, there is no need to mention that." General Chen said, "The Austro-Hungarian emperor has a famous saying: warships are built to sink, sink the enemy or be sunk by the enemy. If our shipbuilding speed is faster than the enemy, then we will win the victory of Haizhan."

"Yes, when I was in Europe, I already understood that the main factor that determines the victory or defeat at sea is on the ship platform." Sa Shijun said, "Modern war is about industrial capabilities."

"It is true. Our combat theory should be modified accordingly." Chen Shiying continued, "There are no new warships for you at the moment. What are your plans?"

"I think of going to the submarine force to experience it and traveling with them a few times so that I won't make the same mistakes as this time," said Sa Shijun.

"Well...well, two new submarines are in service recently, and I will arrange for you." General Chen said, "The domestic industry is developing very quickly. The Navy Qinzhou Shipyard is building two 'Romanian' class aircraft carriers. In addition, the two aircraft carriers built by the Italians for us are about to be delivered. Where do you choose to go?"

"I want to go to Italy to pick up the ship, sir!" Sa Shijun said that the two aircraft carriers built by the Italian shipyard for China were almost completed and will be put into service soon. This news made him excited.

"Haha, I thought you would choose those two big ones." General Chen said with a smile. (To be continued.) xh118r1052
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