The setting sun is like blood.

The sea in the southeast of the Matawutu Sea is burning with flames and thick smoke covering the sky.

The sea was filled with wreckage of warships, burning coal and heavy oil, and the bodies of thousands of Japanese naval officers and soldiers appeared and disappeared in the waves.

The air was filled with the strong smell of gunpowder, the smell of bloody urine, and the smell of uncooked meat from the burnt corpses.

An hour ago, there was also a powerful naval fleet composed of four battlecruisers, six heavy cruisers, six light cruisers and a warship. They were preparing to attack the Tang Empire, which was completely unremarkable in their eyes.

An hour later, this arrogant Japanese naval fleet was completely wiped out by the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, which they thought was completely vulnerable.

Faced with the fierce attack of the Tang army bomber group, the Japanese Navy fleet had the power to fight back.

It was a one-sided massacre!

This is a strategic and tactical gap, and it is also the result of Zhang Meng’s careful preparation of asymmetric combat concepts.

"emission!"

At the command of the captain of the Anfieon light cruiser, a torpedo struck across the sea and hit the Japanese Navy's Tokyo Maru transport ship.

With a loud bang, two thousand Japanese Marine officers and more than one hundred crew members on the Tokyo Maru ship were buried at the bottom of the sea.

They refused to surrender, especially to the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire. They felt that they were too cowardly. Perhaps only death could make their souls feel better.

Li Haichen fulfilled their wish and sent them to the sea to feed the fish with a torpedo.

In fact, even if these Japanese troops surrendered, Li Haichen would not let them live. Because before that, he received Zhang Meng's order that the Tang army would never be captured by the Japanese army.

"Prepare! Shoot!"

Bang bang bang bang!

A row of gunfire sounded on the deck of the Mercury light cruiser, and the Tang sailors on the ship were executing the Japanese naval prisoners who had just been rescued by them.

These Japanese prisoners all jumped into the sea to escape before their warships sank. The reason they were captured was mainly because Li Haichen ordered the officers and soldiers on each ship to vent their vent, because they were filled with hatred for the Japanese devils, and now it is time to take revenge.

Of course, there is another hidden reason, that is, every officer and soldier of the Tang Dynasty can kill people and make them truly a qualified bloody soldier.

"Next team! Raise the gun!"

"Prepare! Shoot!"

Gunshots pierced the sky. With the last Japanese naval prisoner being executed, the Japanese conquered fleet was declared annihilated. Since 22,531 Japanese naval officers and soldiers and 2,000 Japanese marines were all eliminated, the Tang Empire achieved its first complete victory in the battle against Japan, which also marked the first defeat of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet since its establishment, and it was a complete defeat.

This victory belongs to the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire and also to the entire Tang Empire.

The news came back to Chang'an, and Zhang Mengtong ordered all personnel of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, and the three armed forces jointly celebrated the unprecedented victory of the Battle of Matawutu.

Then, Emperor Zhang Xinhai of the Tang Empire set up a state banquet in the newly built Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace to celebrate the meritorious ministers. According to Zhang Meng's suggestion, he directly invited commissioners from more than a dozen countries including the United States, France, Germany and the Soviet Union to attend the state banquet at the Daming Palace in Chang'an through Zhang Meng's suggestion.

Zhang Meng's intention was very clear. In addition to proving that the military strength of the Tang Empire could completely defend the enemy from the country, Zhang Meng also took the opportunity to show to all countries that if they planned or were planning to rob the Tang Empire, they would be better to calmly think about whether they would bite their front teeth and whether they could bear a huge price.

Killing the chicken to show the monkey is a decisive measure that the Tang Empire must take in order to protect itself. After all, the Tang Empire has attracted widespread attention from the international community. Having a huge amount of gold on this small island country will inevitably not arouse the greed of peepers.

If there is a word that can describe the feelings of the special envoys from various countries after learning about this, it will inevitably be only the word shock. If a modifier can be added, it will inevitably be quite shocked.

“Is this possible?”

"I don't believe it either!"

"But these photos are not fake, aren't they?"

Military officers from all countries led by British Commissioner Bain really didn't believe it, but when they saw the photos taken by the Tang army with the military reporters, they undoubtedly recognized the names of the warships that were about to sink.

"This is Kirishima!"

"Then this ship should be the King Kong!"

"This seems to be the Hiei number!"

"Oh my God, these four ships are all the King Kong-class battlecruisers of the Japanese Navy. They were all sunk by the Tang army?"

"How did they sink these super giant ships? Are they just those six old light cruisers bought from Britain?"

After seeing the photos, military officers from various countries believed that what the Tang people said was true. They did destroy a powerful Japanese fleet. They quickly asked how the Tang army defeated the strong with the weak. Zhang Meng explained that they launched a sneak attack with a submarine, and with the cooperation of the air force bomber group, they wiped out the Japanese fleet.

Zhang Meng deliberately puts submarines first, and the Air Force cooperates. He does not want the powers of various countries to pay attention to the Air Force.

"It must be that the Japanese army was too arrogant, otherwise even if the submarine attacked, they would never have achieved such results!"

After Bain said this, military officers from all countries could only think so, and they really couldn't find a more reasonable explanation.

No matter how military officers from various countries evaluate this Battle of Matawutu, they have to admit the fact that the weak Tang army won the victory and eliminated a powerful Japanese naval fleet. From then on, the international community will no longer underestimate the small island country of the Tang Empire.

Their attitude suddenly changed by 180 degrees. At the state banquet, they all made requests to Zhang Wei, the foreign minister of the Tang Empire. They undoubtedly decided to send an envoy to the Tang Empire.

Although it was only at the level of minister rather than ambassador, for the Tang Empire, this was a huge diplomatic success. This means that the Tang Empire suddenly had the status of a third-class power in the eyes of various countries.

Of course, Zhang Meng's goal is to establish ambassador-level diplomacy with various countries, but he knew that there was still a long way to go, so he was already very happy to establish ambassador-level diplomacy with various countries.

After the state banquet, Zhang Meng held a joint meeting of the three armed forces in the army, navy and air force. At the meeting, according to the rules formulated by Zhang Meng, the main commanders of the relevant naval and air force participating in the Matawutu naval battle conducted strategic and tactical self-judgment and discussion on the battle, summarizing some unexpected situations that occurred in the battle, sharing successful experiences and learning lessons from the mistakes and shortcomings.

At the same time, in order to more realistically respond to the situations that occurred in the battle, in addition to the naval and air force commanders, grassroots officers and pilots of the naval and air force also selected representatives with excellent combat performance and abnormal performance in the last battle to give reports at the meeting. From their reports, Zhang Meng and other senior naval and air force commanders can better understand the proper and inappropriate command during this battle, understand the combat mentality of grassroots combatants, and the various shortcomings exposed, so as to provide targeted guidance experience for future training.

It is precisely because the Tang Empire military established this way of self-criticism and summarizing experience that the Tang army can quickly grasp and summarize experiences and lessons after every exercise and actual combat, which played a huge role in the strategic and tactical command capabilities of the senior commanders of the Tang army and the rapid improvement of the overall strength of the Tang army.

At the end of the meeting, Zhang Meng said: "This time we wiped out the Japanese Tang Teng Teng Fleet, which was a good start for our Tang Empire military. However, I hope everyone can't be proud and complacent, because there is still a huge gap between us and the Japanese navy as a whole. It is not ruled out that the Japanese devils will carry out large-scale revenge on us. Next, we may face the attack of the entire Japanese joint fleet. This will be a life-and-death battle. I hope everyone must be mentally prepared."

All the generals understood what Zhang Meng meant, and immediately stood up and shouted loudly.

"Swear to die and live with the Tang Empire!"

After the meeting, generals at all levels of the army, navy and air force returned to their bases and stepped up combat preparation training in accordance with Zhang Meng's requirements.

The victory of the Matawutu naval battle was undoubtedly equivalent to giving them a shot of a strong aid for the Tang army. If they had heard that they would go to war with Japan before, their long-term fear of the strong strength of the Japanese army made them very worried whether the Tang Empire could defend it. Now that the first battle has won, they immediately felt at ease. It turned out that the Tang army was strong enough to easily destroy a powerful Japanese fleet. Therefore, when the military command issued an order to continue to strengthen combat readiness training, the soldiers of the three armies immediately entered the military preparation with a hundred times confidence. They believed that as long as they were under the wise leadership of Zhang Meng, they would definitely defeat the Japanese invading army.

The morale of the Tang army increased sharply and they were in full swing to prepare for war. Similarly, for the subjects of the Tang Empire, the victory of the Matawutu naval battle also made them feel at ease.

Since most of the subjects of the Tang Empire came from mainland China, they chose to come to the Tang Empire because they suffered from the invasion of the great powers. They thought the Tang Empire was their happy place, but they never thought that the Tang Ri would go to war. They were really worried that the Tang army would not be the opponent of the Japanese army. Because they all came to the Tang Empire not long after, the sense of belonging to the country was actually very unstable. They were panic and most of them were ready to escape from the Tang Dynasty.

When the news of the Tang army's victory in the first battle came back, the subjects of the Tang Empire were relieved, and they also believed that the Tang Empire could definitely repel the Japanese invading army. People were panic before, and now they were able to stay in the Tang Empire with peace of mind. They improved their determination to defend their homes. They worked hard and fully supported the country and the army. For their own homes, they convinced themselves for the first time that their homes could be kept and they could not give up easily.
Chapter completed!