Age of Rebirth

In fact, Lieutenant General Hirano Liang was not most concerned about the telegrams reported to the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of the Navy at the headquarters. What he cared most about was the telegram to the Commander of the Navy Combined Fleet, Admiral Yamamoto Five.

Because Admiral Yamamoto refused to follow his own advice, he escorted the Second Army of the U.S. Army in the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy, and intercepted them on the way to the battlefield of Hawaii Island, exhausting the combat power of the U.S. Pacific Fleet as much as possible, which led to the battle on Hawaii Island. Not only could he not expand the results of the battle, but the trap he carefully designed did not achieve satisfactory results, and unexpectedly killed or injured five or six thousand soldiers of the imperial army.

This tone, Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki, could not swallow it no matter what. The two telegrams to the headquarters of the General Staff and the Navy Department did not add any personal emotions. His Excellency the Lieutenant General wrote it himself, and his tone contained complaints, blame and sarcasm. Even if he couldn't do anything to Yamamoto, it would be good to make him sick.

Seeing the Commander asking about this matter, Chief of Staff Nobuto hesitated, and replied: "Your Excellency, the telegrams to the General Staff and the Navy Department have been sent, but the telegrams to General Yamamoto have not been sent! "

"Hmm!" A question full of coercion was squeezed out of Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki's throat. He turned around abruptly and looked at Major General Shindo coldly. Amidst the fierce light, there was still some doubt and bewilderment. How could this chief of staff who had always obeyed his orders disobeyed his orders for the first time? [

Under the coercion of Commander Hirano's eyes, Major General Shinto trembled involuntarily. Although the Commander didn't ask what the reason was, his eyes clearly told himself that if he didn't give a plausible reason to convince the general, he would go on. Come down, I'm afraid I will have my own troubles!

Rear Admiral Shinto said respectfully: "Your Excellency, please calm down, please think twice! Once the telegram is sent, General Yamamoto, we have completely turned against the United Fleet. This is very bad for us. Tracing the root cause, the empire, land and sea The two armies have always been at odds. Admiral Yamamoto's position in the navy is at its peak. Commander, a telegram cannot shake his position. And you will suffer retaliation from the navy. Your position is in jeopardy. Commander, the gain outweighs the loss! "

Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki sighed and said in a slow tone, "Xinto-kun, I have considered these issues. As a member of the imperial court, I should express my feelings and interests, otherwise, I will be sorry to thousands of emperors." As for whether General Yamamoto will retaliate, that is his business, the telegram was sent out without changing the word, I want to stimulate this famous general of the navy!"

The waters near Midway Island in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Japanese Combined Fleet is hidden here. On the fleet flagship "Nagato", the commander of the combined fleet, Admiral Yamamoto 56, is in his command cabin, watching a picture of the Eastern Pacific region intently. Map · This man, who is less than 1.6 meters tall and looks like a vane of the Japanese Navy in his prime, has locked himself in the cabin for a whole day.

General Yamamoto glanced back and forth on several occupied islands. In his mind, the entire Pacific region has become a three-dimensional, vivid and vivid picture. Different, when he was young, he once served as the military attache of the Japanese embassy in Gwangju, and it was at that time that he became very interested in the United States on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

In the United States for several years, Yamamoto 56, who was a lieutenant in the navy at the time, took advantage of various opportunities, either by car or on foot, to investigate all over the United States. After gaining an in-depth understanding of the United States, Yamamoto was secretly shocked by the profound national power of the United States!

At that time, no Japanese soldier would consider that in the future Japan would have a conflict of fundamental interests with the United States, or even a full-scale war would break out between the two countries, but Yamamoto 56, who was only a small navy lieutenant, But it occurred to him that since then, he has regarded the United States as his future opponent!

The future conflict between Japan and the United States will be in the ocean, and the decisive battle will also be in the ocean. If the Japanese navy wants to go out of the country, it will inevitably compete with the US navy in the vast Pacific Ocean. , has gone beyond the mainstream thinking of giant ship cannons advocated by the navy of that era.

Yamamoto 56 believes that since the First World War with the United States is inevitable, the elimination of the U.S. naval and air force should be the primary goal of the Japanese navy. They will adopt a surprise attack and destroy the U.S. naval power in the Pacific before the Americans react. The elimination and the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor are the concrete manifestation of this idea. Of course, the result has long been expected by General Yamamoto.

Thinking about it mentally, if it is not victorious, there is no need for the Japanese navy to exist. As for later, the battle of Midway Island, where the three young officers commanded beyond their authority and wiped out the US Navy's Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier formation, was just icing on the cake, a sneak attack The continuation of the Battle of Pearl Harbor.

General Yamamoto does not object to the Imperial Army’s attacking islands and land in the Southwest Pacific, but he does not agree to go to war in the Eastern Pacific, on the doorstep of the Americans. In his opinion, before the American navy and air force are completely wiped out, no one in the Eastern Pacific The battle to seize the island will fall into a protracted war of attrition, and the Great Japanese Empire cannot afford such a war of attrition.

What the army cares about is a few islands, but the focus of the five generals of Yamamoto is on the entire Pacific Ocean. Although Admiral Yamamoto is very influential in the navy, he cannot influence the decision-making of the base camp.

Withdrawing his eyes from the map, he has been looking at the map for a whole day, and his attention is highly concentrated. Admiral Yamamoto feels a little tired. Now, he has already included the newly formed Pacific Fleet as his attack target, but it is not yet appropriate. Opportunity.

If it is a decisive battle with the newly formed Pacific Fleet of the United States, with the current strength of the United Fleet, it can be severely damaged in one battle. The United Fleet is the most powerful fleet of the Imperial Navy in front of it. The strength of multiple warships is not comparable to that of the Pacific Fleet with only three aircraft carriers and more than 100 warships.

However, General Yamamoto did not want to adopt a decisive battle method. Although in the imperial military world, this is regarded as a way that best reflects the bravery of Japanese soldiers, however, General Yamamoto has only one sentence for this method What Yamamoto paid more attention to was the strategy, the strategy of the East. Although he was full of disdain for the neighboring country of China, their ancient art of war was still highly respected by him!

Admiral Yamamoto is looking for an opportunity to wipe out or severely damage the US Pacific Fleet again at the lowest cost. He is not impatient. Opportunities often appear while waiting. The huge combined fleet enters the Hawaiian Islands In the sea area, four days have passed, and the entire fleet seems to be doing nothing.

As for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, it is floating in front of your eyes. The United Fleet has a huge force and does not take the initiative to attack. The United Fleet is full of puzzles and complaints. Of course, no one dares to say these complaints in front of Commander Yamamoto. , The complaints of the officers can be said to be all kinds of things, such as missed opportunities, wrong judgments, etc., and so on.

It’s just that no one said that Commander Yamamoto fears the enemy and avoids war, and is a coward. What kind of person is General Yamamoto? He is an idol-level figure in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He laughed it off and didn't pursue it. In his opinion, this is a good thing, and it proves that the joint fleet, from officers to sailors, is in a good mood for war.

This is one of the basic elements of winning a battle. As for Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki, the commander of the Seventh Army of the Army, in the telegram, he requested that the United Fleet, in the US Pacific Fleet, escort the Army to the battlefield of the Hawaiian Islands. In order to reduce the future pressure on the Army on the battlefield of the Hawaiian Islands, General Yamamoto said to Lieutenant General Matsuda Osamuyama, Chief of Staff, "The Navy has tasks for the Navy, and the Army should do its own thing." [

After drinking a cup of tea, General Yamamoto's thinking became much clearer. If there is an excellent fighter that can wipe out the US Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop, then the situation in the Eastern Pacific battlefield will undergo new changes. The Americans The fleet has to be pieced together. Of course, for the United Fleet, the opponent can only get weaker and weaker. The US fleet without Nimitz has lost its soul.

The current U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet is no longer as majestic as it used to be. As for the commander named Fulwood, Admiral Yamamoto did not notice it at all. However, despising the newly formed U.S. Pacific Fleet does not mean that Admiral Yamamoto underestimates the enemy. , The fierce tiger fights the rabbit, still needs all strength, what I want is a complete victory, not a miserable victory, the Americans can lose a few aircraft carriers without distress, but the Japanese Empire can't, this is the gap in national strength!

Therefore, Admiral Yamamoto led a powerful combined fleet, and has been waiting patiently in the waters from the Hawaiian Islands to Midway Island, waiting for the US Pacific Fleet to reveal its flaws. After a few days of hard thinking, a preliminary battle framework has been outlined. However, It seems that some necessary conditions are lacking, and I seem to have vaguely touched something, but I can't be sure.

"Bang bang bang!" The cabin door was knocked, and General Yamamoto was annoyed. Anyone who touched the edge of a certain feeling was suddenly interrupted, and it would be very annoying. Besides, he had already ordered Pass the guards, don't let anyone bother you, who is so brave?

General Yamamoto shouted in an unhappy tone: "Come in!"

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