The maximum speed of 22 knots of the "Osumi"-class amphibious assault ship has become the best excuse and the only reason for Togo Fukai's slow progress.

And everyone knows that no machine can always maintain the theoretical maximum value at the time of design.

Therefore, the speed of the Japanese fleet at 20 knots made the US commanders anxious and restless.

The war situation in the Middle East is critical, and the United States needs to concentrate its forces that can play a role -- especially the cannon fodder of these client states. In Asia, not to mention the ROK, the DPRK is preparing to test-fire missiles, and neither the ROK nor the US military on the Korean Peninsula dare to move lightly, and the only forces that can draw military strength from the Middle East are the US troops stationed in Japan and the US troops at the Guam base.

Although it is well known that Japan wants to take the opportunity of sending troops to realize the legalization of its national defense and military forces, so as to promote Japan to become a normal country as much as possible, and may even want to break away from the control of the United States, the United States has just suffered a major defeat, and what it needs most now is to "unite the forces that can be united" and completely eliminate the Arab Divine Alliance mentally and physically, so the US Government still formally asked Japan to abide by the "US-Japan Security Treaty" and send the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to fight with the US military.

Even if it is a vicious wolf that wants to bite the enemy to death, and wants to find an opportunity to fight back, now that the chain is still in his hand, as long as he is careful, I believe that this vicious wolf can only continue to wag its tail at its master.

If there are really any signs of misconduct, with the strength of NATO and the US military, after extinguishing the war in the Middle East, it will not be very difficult to go back and clean up this immature wolf!

However, now is the time to employ personnel, and no matter how dissatisfied the US commander is with the procrastination of the Japanese, he will definitely not turn his face on the spot -- the strange thing is that this attitude is taken for granted by both the anxious Americans and the "high-minded" Japanese!

When you ask for someone, you should have the attitude you should have. It's like borrowing money, it's better to keep a low profile.

It's a delicate balance that arises between two "unwavering" allies.

But as the pride of the Americans, the commander still issued a sternly worded request to Togo Fukatsui.

"It is necessary to ensure the same speed of 28 knots as the U.S. fleet...... Have to? ”

After listening to the report of the communications officer, Togo Fukai got up and looked at the sea outside the porthole, and said with a sneer in his mouth.

"To reply to the Americans, the 'Osumi' class has a top speed of only 22 knots -- and the Japanese Navy has no tradition of leaving behind a single ship!"

After the communications officer left, Togo continued:

"Of course, the premise must be the ...... of the ships of Great Japan"

Outside the window, the starlight is full of skylight, vast and deep; The South China Sea is gentle and quiet, and the waves are not alarming. The whole world seems to have fallen into a deep sleep.

But on the "Ise", on the American aircraft carrier "Kitty Hawk", which is traveling with the same aircraft, there are always two cabins and they do not sleep all night.

"When will these broken Japanese ships become 'navy'?" In the captain's room, the rear admiral was smashing the wine glass in his hand against the hatch. "If it weren't for the situation, Lao Tzu would have made that damn Japanese warship a target ship for the U.S. Navy!"

When did the tsundere US Navy actually have to consider the feelings of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces?

"Sue sù that fisherman from Kagoshima!" The Major General is clearly aware of the current predicament of the United States, but he still does not want to lose the dignity of the United States in front of Japan:

"Either leave these two slow-moving 'Osumi'-class target ships behind and the entire formation rush to Singapore at a speed of 28 knots, or let all these 14 Japanese warships become target ships of the US Navy!"

At the commander's order, all 20 US warships were put into combat mode, and the E-2C carrier-based early warning aircraft and F-18 "Hornet" fighters on the "Kitty Hawk" quickly rose into the air to maintain the ability to carry out destructive strikes in the event of a "Japanese counter-water."

On the rest of the U.S. escort ships, anti-ship missiles are already in place, guaranteeing that they can be launched at any time and sink their Japanese allies.

- If you want to delay me, then you can only drag the Grim Reaper back!

…………

Togo Fukatsui was pale and paced back and forth in the captain's room of the "Ise".

The knuckle of the right knuckle holding the saber has turned white!

The communications officer looked at the fleet commander with apprehension, lest he miss a single order—was it finally time to go to war with the damned Americans?

"Orders 'Shimokita' and 'Kunisho'," Commander Togo suddenly stopped at the porthole and said loudly:

"Maintain a speed of 18 knots, accompany the fleet to Singapore, and rest on the spot. In addition, inform the two captains separately that they must ensure that they are ready to go to the battlefield at any time during their time in Singapore! ”

Damn Americans! If it weren't for the huge Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier battle group and the fly-like buzzing Hornet fighters, the Japanese Navy wouldn't mind letting you arrogant Americans feel the wrath of the Yamato nation!

Pearl Harbor is a precedent!

"Order the remaining eleven captains to wait for my order after arriving in Singapore at a speed of 28 knots to join the U.S. Seventh Fleet!"

Dongxiang Fukai finally stopped, sat down on the marching bed, poured himself a glass of sake, took a slight sip, and whispered to the communications officer with a smile:

"Would you like to taste the Americans?"

…………

Japan's Overseas Self-Defense Forces complied with the orders of the U.S. Navy. The fleet split into two, and the two "Osumi"-class amphibious assault ships slowly fell behind, while the rest of the ships increased the boiler output and followed closely behind the American troops.

It's just that the thumbs of the Japanese are always placed on the blood-red "launch" button!

The American commander was not worried about the life or death of the two Japanese amphibious assault ships - it was peacetime. And in the South China Sea, no one can threaten these two Japanese warships, except for China. The major general is only worried about one thing, that is, whether he can reach the specified meeting point within the specified time!

Shogun Togo had already let go of the unhappiness brought by the "Osumi", and after slowly sipping two glasses of sake, he actually chanted a poem to the morning sun that jumped into the porthole, as if the two warships that had just been dropped did not belong to Japan.

However, there will always be accidents in this world, and there will always be unpredictable possibilities.

"The morning sun rises, the sun rises. Imperial martial arts, long-term and constant! ”

Dongxiang Shenjing sank into it, and always felt heroic and elegant, so he poured another glass of sake for himself. Standing in the cabin, looking out of the porthole, inspecting the American and Japanese ships around me, I suddenly became full of poetry and pride.

was about to occupy another song, as an elegant thing in the military world in the future, but inadvertently, he suddenly discovered a thing, strange and bizarre, unimaginable. Under the trembling of my heart, I was shocked at that time!