Invincible from the sword

Chapter 459
The island nation's cabinet meeting lasted a whole day.

In the end, there was no negotiation.

Because of Hata Shunroku's strong opposition, it was not easy for Tojo to directly draw troops from the eastern battlefield.

In any case, Hata Shunroku is the Minister of War of the island country.

If Tojo directly issued an order to deploy troops, it would be against the rules.

In the end, Tojo could only send a telegram to Terauchi Shouichi.

Let him first draw two divisions from the No.20 Fifth Army of Fengwen Yamashita.

No matter how you say it, you have to gather the troops first, and give Anan Wei a few.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to occupy the Kangaroo Country.

This made Terauchi Shouichi very annoyed.

But there is no way.

Now is a critical time, if Anan Weiji is not reinforced, his Southern Dispatch Army will eventually become the laughing stock of the island nation.

At that time, his Temple Shouyi will not be promoted to the Minister of War of the island country, even the current position, he will not be able to keep it.

We can only do this first.

As for Malaya, let's talk about it later.

The problem now is that if you want to transport the troops of the No.20 Fifth Army to the Kangaroo Country, you have to find Yamamoto 56.

This made Temple Shouichi very upset.

If possible, he really didn't want to deal with this bastard.

But without battleships, his temple's Shouyi would not be able to do much.

Drop drop drop.

blah blah blah.

Terauchi Shouichi sent a telegram to Yamamoto 56.

Ask him to send another fleet to help him transport troops.

At this time, Yamamoto 56 had reached the frontier position of the Japanese combined fleet in the South Pacific, Rabaul Island.

On Rabaul Island, Yamamoto 56 listened to Nagumo Chuichi's report on Guadalcanal.

Yamamoto 56 was very surprised.

Now, the Lighthouse Country has actually occupied most of the island.

The ground troops they sent in the past now have at most a few hundred soldiers left.

And urgently need supplies.

As for the Pacific Fleet of the Lighthouse Country, Chuichi Nagumo frowned and said: "At present, we have discovered a large number of warships in the waters of Guadalcanal Island.

These include five aircraft carriers.

The other battleships add up to more than one hundred ships.

Our joint fleet of island nations currently has only more than 30 warships near Guadalcanal.

There are only three aircraft carriers.

One of them was still light.

Most importantly, our newly formed Eighth Fleet did not even have a joint training session.

If we rashly attack the lighthouse country's fleet, we will suffer. "

Yamamoto 56 had a big gloomy face, staring at the map on the table.

idiot.

Although he didn't want to admit it, there was nothing wrong with Nagumo Chuichi's words.

But Guadalcanal is very important to his combined fleet.

If you can't take it back, you can't effectively cut off the connection between the lighthouse country and the kangaroo country.

At the same time, it will lose the air supremacy in this area.

In this case, the huge record of occupying the kangaroo country will not have the share of his joint fleet.

This is unacceptable.

After working for a long time, I didn't get anything. Yamamoto 56 couldn't stand such a thing.

Yamamoto 56 said coldly to Nagumo Chuichi: "Didn't Terauchi Toshiichi say that he would send more troops to Guadalcanal?

What's the situation now? "

Nan Yunzhong shook his head: "Your Excellency, the situation is not optimistic.

Since the vicinity of Guadalcanal Island is full of warships of the other side, it is difficult for our ships to transport troops to get close to Guadalcanal Island.

Only at night, look for opportunities to log in.

But the rate of success is not great.

Several of our troop carriers have been sunk.

If this goes on like this, we'll run out of troop carriers. "

Suo ga.

Yamamoto56 nodded.

Listen straight grin.

This situation is worse than he expected.

"Nagumo, you immediately order the Eighth Fleet to repel the Pacific Fleet of the Lighthouse Country in the waters of Guadalcanal Island.

This concerns the fate of our combined fleet of island nations. "

What the hell! ! !

Nagumo Chuichi was shocked by Yamamoto 56's order.

Repel the Pacific Fleet of the Lighthouse Country?
Lao Shan, are you serious?

Now the combined fleet of our island nation is at a disadvantage.

Nagumo Chuichi wanted to object.

His idea is to try not to directly attack the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country.

The best way is to engage in a sneak attack is more cost-effective.

The reason Nagumo Chuichi thought this way was because he didn't want to lose again.

In the last Battle of Midway, he was scolded like shit.

If Yamamoto 56 hadn't tried his best to protect him, Nagumo Chuichi might have to go to a military court.

The current Nagumo Chuichi is waiting for a crime.

If he fails again, Nagumo Tadaichi will be completely unable to stand up.

But Yamamoto 56's order, he did not dare to refuse.

Therefore, Chuichi Nagumo could only send a telegram to the Eighth Fleet of the United Fleet of the island nation.

Let them strike when they see fit.

As for how to attack, you, the Eighth Fleet, decide for yourself.

The commander of the Eighth Fleet of the Japanese Army is Tamon Yamaguchi.

He was the captain of the original Flying Dragon aircraft carrier.

Yamaguchi is now well-known and also serves as the commander of the Eighth Fleet.

In the last Battle of Midway, among the four aircraft carriers of the Japanese Combined Fleet, only his Hiryu was not sunk.

After receiving the order, Yamaguchi was so angry that he almost jumped off the deck of the aircraft carrier.

Are you kidding me?
Repel the United Fleet of the Lighthouse Country?

Did Nagumo Zhongichi let the dog eat his brain?
Since the failure of the last Battle of Midway Island, Yamaguchi Tamon despised Nagumo Chuichi very much.

This Nagumo Chuichi, command ability is too rubbish.

It doesn't match his name at all.

During the Battle of Midway, because of hesitation, the carrier-based aircraft kept changing ammunition.

In the end, he changed himself to death.

Now let him repel the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country near Guadalcanal...

Damn.

Is this kind of order that does not go through the brain really issued by a person?
Yamaguchi was speechless.

As the commander of the Eighth Fleet of the Japanese Army, Yamaguchi Tamon was very cautious about this naval battle.

He knew very well that the fleet of the Lighthouse Country was not easy to fight.

Now the fleet of the Lighthouse Kingdom is ghostly and ghostly.

It is simply impossible to sneak attack.

The fleet of the Lighthouse Kingdom, after being attacked several times, is already prepared.

And now Guadalcanal has basically been occupied by the troops of the lighthouse country.

Yamaguchi trembled when he heard the scene of the attack.

Hundreds of warships bombarded Guadalcanal.

The whole island is full of gunpowder smoke.

It feels like it's been bombarded.

And judging from the scale of the lighthouse country's troops landing, there are at least [-] troops.

Even if he repelled the lighthouse country's fleet, it would be difficult for their Japanese ground forces to seize Guadalcanal.

Yamaguchi was very helpless.

This battle is getting worse and worse.

The only thing that made Yamaguchi Tamon feel better was that Chuichi Nagumo told him at the end of the telegram that he could choose an opportunity to attack.

In other words, he has full autonomy in terms of time.

It also made Yamaguchi more at ease.

In this case, hurry up and plan your attack.

Yamaguchi Tamon is a devil with high command ability in the Japanese combined fleet.

Rich combat experience.

After some research, Yamaguchi decided to adopt a sneak attack tactic.

In this way, the loss of its own fleet can be minimized.

(End of this chapter)