Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant Admiral Gokoro Hoshida, commander of Japan's Fifth Fleet, and Lieutenant Admiral Shimizu Mitsumi, commander of the Sixth Fleet, considered very reasonable. The chief of staff has the ability to besiege his fleet?

As for chasing the independent division fleet, it is obviously a joke. Maybe the Chinese people are eager to send it to their door. Therefore, after several telegrams between the two people, they reached a consensus that it is absolutely impossible to take over the main force of the combined fleet. Staying in the current sea area is not a small risk. Who knows where the independent division's fleet is rushing over? How did Narumi Inoue's Fourth Fleet be destroyed?

Regardless of the two fleets of the Imperial Navy, in terms of strength, they are the weakest in the combined fleet. The two fleets are combined, and there are only more than a hundred ships of various types, three aircraft carriers, and the China Independent Division Fleet. A face-to-face fight may not necessarily have an advantage. The waters off the Solomon Islands are too close to Irian Island.

Therefore, the final decision of the two people was to immediately report the situation to the Admiralty and the Naval Command, and the fleet turned around and headed east, and stood by in the waters around the Northern Cook Islands, away from the waters of the Solomon Islands where the Fourth Fleet collapsed. , and not too far from the northern part of Australia, it can be attacked and retreated. Moreover, the Northern Cook Islands also has a fleet supply base-Samoa, and a large number of naval land-based aviation units stationed, safe!

Waiting for changes and waiting for the next order is the reason for Admiral Xixuan and Admiral Qingshui. In fact, the two are frightened by the fact that the main force of the United Fleet is in the Banda Sea and surrounded by the independent division.I was afraid that I would end up in the same situation.

If Lieutenant General Xixuan and General Qingshui find out, Tang Qiuli, the Chinese devil who has made the imperial world fearful.After ordering the independent division fleet with the prestige of victory, it will immediately contact the door after the information.I am afraid that Samoa in the Northern Cook Islands will not be a safe place?

However, the only surviving fifth and sixth fleets of the Japanese Navy will not have such a disaster. After carefully studying the current situation in the Australian battlefield, they believe that all the fleet should be transferred to the waters of the Solomon Islands now.A decisive battle with the Japanese Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet is not the best policy.

The first is to delay time. The exact location of the remaining two Japanese fleets is not clear at present. The land-based mixed combat brigade stationed on Irian Island has sent a large number of reconnaissance planes to search for the traces of the Japanese fleet in the waters of the Solomon Islands. But there is still no gain.If this is the case, the fleet will spend a lot of time searching in the vast sea, and it may not be found.

Secondly.The current strength of the fleet is not enough to form an absolute advantage over the remaining two Japanese fleets.There will definitely be losses in the fight, and.In the waters of the South Pacific, there are dotted islands.There are a large number of Japanese naval land-based aviation units stationed there. Once the fleet enters the waters, the situation it will face is similar to what happened to the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy after entering the Banda Sea.

No matter how you look at it, it is not ripe to immediately take the initiative to seek a decisive battle between the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of the Japanese Navy. Therefore, Tang Qiuquan, on behalf of the Fleet Command, sent a telegram to the division commander, explaining that it is not appropriate for the fleet to move east and south at this time. The Basis and Reasons for Operations in the Pacific Ocean.

In the telegram, Tang Qiuquan also suggested that the fleet currently focuses on cutting off the Japanese army in Australia and the maritime logistics supply line, and can focus on the waters of the Solomon Islands. .

After seeing Tang Qiuquan's telegram, Tang Qiuli knew that he was a little too hasty, maybe he was too optimistic, and he forgot about the next big military operation, the Songhu Garrison Corps and the North China Field Corps, with hundreds of thousands of troops crossing the sea Going south, opening up the battlefield in northern Australia, transporting troops by sea and landing on the beach, how could it be possible without a strong fleet escort and strong artillery support?

"Brother Qiuquan, I have heard all the calls. I retract the previous order and agree with the fleet headquarters. In addition, the fleet needs to make arrangements in advance for Jiang Yanming's corps and Yuan Jinghao's corps to fight across the sea!" This is Tang Qiuli's message. Tang Qiuquan's call back.

The main force of the Navy's joint fleet was wiped out by the independent division's land-based aviation and the fleet in the Banda Sea area of ​​the Southwest Pacific. Fleet commander Admiral Nagumo Tadashi, chief of staff Lieutenant General Matsuda and other senior generals, more than [-] ships of various types All types of warships, more than [-] carrier-based aircraft, and tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers were all broken, and the bad news that no one was spared finally arrived at the base camp.

The first person to see the telegram was Japanese Navy No.1, the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Nagano Shuzan, and he was the only one who had access to all information related to the Imperial Navy in the first place. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he simply passed out and fell straight into the office.

After receiving a call from Admiral Yongno, General Akira Yamazaki, the chief of the Navy Command, who came later, saw the chaos in Admiral Yongno's office, and his heart was pulled violently. Feeling bad, he hurriedly grabbed General Nagano's attendant secretary and asked what was going on?

The secretary handed the telegram splattered with Admiral Nagano's blood to another magnate of the Navy with trembling hands. After reading the telegram, Admiral Yamazaki's face instantly turned pale, and he shook his body a few times. Fortunately, he did not vomit blood. Did not pass out.

After settling his mind, General Yamazaki looked fiercely at the attendant secretary and asked, "Who else has seen this telegram?"

The attendant secretary was completely dumbfounded, and he replied blankly: "General Yongye, you, me, and the translator in the confidential room!"

"Listen!" General Yamazaki said with a strong murderous look in his tone: "The scope is limited to this, you go and warn the translator, if the content of this telegram is leaked, he and his family will be killed." will disappear from this world!"

Then, Admiral Yamazaki took a car, followed Admiral Nagano's ambulance, and entered the Imperial Navy General Hospital. His mind was in a mess, and he hadn't recovered from the terrible news like a thunderbolt. It is not something that can be decided by oneself alone. It is necessary to discuss with the No.1 Nagano Shuzan of the Navy, what countermeasures should be adopted to deal with such a major change?

But there is one thing he understands very well. The ace and pride of the Imperial Navy—the Combined Fleet no longer exists. The smoke disappeared, and the United Fleet, which became the overlord of the Pacific Ocean, fell into the sand in a small area of ​​the Banda Sea?

What happened during this period?If Nagumo Tadaichi is alive, Admiral Yamazaki will definitely ask what happened. In fact, Nagumo Tadaichi was recommended by himself when he recommended the candidate for the commander of the United Fleet after Yamamoto died in his [-]s and [-]s. Now it seems that he has made a mistake. Big mistake?

With confusion and inexplicable fear in his head, General Yamazaki waited until General Nagano, who had passed out of coma, opened his eyes in a high-grade ward.

"Nagano-kun, you're finally awake!" This was General Yamazaki's first words.

General Nagano opened his dim eyes, and two lines of old tears welled up in his eyes. His face, which seemed to be more than ten years old, twitched violently, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yamazaki-kun, you saw the telegram, why did it happen? First, Yamamoto-kun I went, now the United Fleet does not exist, why, is it that God is punishing the Imperial Navy?"

At this moment, General Nagano, who still has the majesty of the No. 1 Imperial Navy, is domineering and powerful. After being hit repeatedly, he chatters like an old woman with a bad mouth. On the verge of collapse?

General Yamazaki saw that it was not a problem, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Nagano, the Imperial Navy has undergone major changes. What we need to do now is how to deal with it, and how to report to His Majesty the Emperor? Also, the combined fleet is not all broken. , as well as the Fifth Fleet and Sixth Fleet, which are now located in Samoa in the Northern Cook Islands!"

Such a big event must not be concealed. It is okay to deal with the big change, but how to report it to His Majesty the Emperor is the most important thing. The loss of the navy is so huge that almost all family assets have been wiped out. His Majesty the Emperor is furious In the end, neither I nor Nagano Xiushan will have a good time, scolding, demotion, and punishment are all light.

If at this time, the army department took the opportunity to launch a trouble, and then found out the dirty old things of Nagumo Tadaichi not cooperating with the Australian army, His Majesty the Emperor Longyan would be furious, and maybe the navy would be abolished or downgraded because of this, and the navy would be placed in the same position as the navy. Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War or the General Staff, the future of the Imperial Navy is so bleak. Under the suppression of the Army, the Imperial Navy will never have a bright future!

Hearing what Yamazaki Binichi said, General Yongno immediately woke up from the endless grief. Now is not the time to worry. His Majesty’s stage is the most difficult. Once he gets rid of the state of despair, General Yongno will immediately All the instincts of a politician-military amalgam were restored.

"Yamazaki-kun, there is not a big problem within the Navy. The most important thing is the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor, and the upcoming pressure and opportunistic suppression of the Army!" Admiral Nagano calmly analyzed.

"I'm also worried about this. You know, Nagano-kun, I'm not good at this, so you are the one who takes care of the navy!" Admiral Yamazaki expressed his stance. In terms of politics, I am a few blocks behind Yong Ye, there is no way, the difference in talent.

Otherwise, as far as the internal power structure of the Imperial Navy is concerned, the authority of the chief of the naval command department is more important than that of the minister of the navy. The so-called three giants of the navy are headed by the chief of the military command department. No.1, General Yamazaki has self-knowledge.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)