When he left the port of Aden, he faced the tail of the plane and had a full view of the tragic situation of the Indian Ocean Fleet in the port. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

The Athletic, the only aircraft carrier in the harbor, was moored, and at this time only the empty sea remained.

To the west of the berth, a battleship leaned to the left, slowly sinking with black smoke and flames.

Looking around for a while, Guchuan didn't see that the battleship that was the first to be attacked, the bow ammunition exploded, and the black smoke that spewed out thousands of meters high, must have sunk to the bottom of the sea, turning into a steel graveyard on the bottom of the sea.

In the northwest sky, the fuselage sprayed with green paint Zero fighters was rampant, chasing down the British fighters who had taken off in a hurry, and the sky was covered with black smoke from machine guns and anti-aircraft artillery shells.

The disintegrating fighter planes in the sky, white parachutes, dotted in the blue sky, look shocking.

The planes were getting closer and closer to the rendezvous point, farther and farther from the port of Aden, and the roar of the aircraft engines once again surrounded the fighters of the trio.

The plane flew to the east with the brigade, and Nobita looked left and right, counting the surrounding Type 97 torpedo planes one by one.

"We came back twenty-one, lost four, and the casualties were very minor."

"If only we could win every battle so easily, in less than a year, our flag will be planted all over the earth, and the Empire of Japan will replace Britain as a new empire on which the sun never sets." Izuki said ambitiously.

"It won't be long." Guchuan continued.

The destination of the trio, on board the aircraft carrier USS Akagi.

Nanyun Zhongyi looked at the three big words "crane, crane, crane" on the telegram in his hand, and a rough breath erupted from his nostrils, and then handed the telegram to the adjutant beside him, and issued three orders in a deep voice:

The raid was successful, and the telegram was immediately forwarded to Tokyo, Berlin, and Rome.

Second, immediately confirm the results with the commando team and report to me.

Thirdly, order the ships to wait for the assault team to land. The fleet immediately turned around and marched into the Gulf of Aden. ”

The results of the air raid were quickly reported to Nagumo.

The sinking of the USS Athletic and two Queen Elizabeth-class battleships was confirmed, five light warships were damaged and sunk, and British ground airfields were severely damaged.

The commandos themselves lost a total of fourteen fighters.

The USS Tejas and a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship were not in the harbor. It seems that the battle will continue for a few more days, and it will have to be wiped out.

The dream of taking out those two capital ships and turning the Indian Ocean into the backyard of the Axis powers can be fully realized.

Calculating the time, reinforcements should be coming soon, and it is only a matter of time before the remnants of the Indian Ocean Fleet are taken out. At least before the reinforcements arrived, find the location of the two warships and complete the sweeping work as soon as possible, Nanyun secretly made up his mind.

About forty minutes later, Nagumo Tadaichi saw a large black dot emerge from the clouds in the western sky, and a faint buzzing sound came from his ears.

Behind the group of returning planes is a red sunset

In the port of Aden in the setting sun, Admiral Tovey, commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, stood solemnly on the pier, looking at the telegram he had just received in his hand.

The Japanese ambassador to Britain had submitted his war letter to Britain, and the Indian Ocean Fleet must be on full alert for the Japanese navy on its way home. Prepare for a surprise attack.

Tovey crumpled the telegram in his hand in resentment and threw it into the sea full of floating corpses.

An hour, if this telegram had come an hour earlier, the Indian Ocean Fleet would not have been in such a miserable situation.

The bottom of the sea will not be littered with the wreckage of Royal Navy warships, the surface of the sea will not be littered with the corpses of Royal Navy officers and sailors, and there will be no bullet holes in the rice flag.

Looking at the rice-shaped flag on the sea full of bullet holes, Admiral Tovey's heart could not contain a wave of sadness.

The territory of the British Empire, like this flag, has been devastated by endless wars, and if it continues to fight, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Admiral Tovey looked around the docks. The Athletic sank, the Warweary sank, the Barham sank, but fortunately the Queen Elizabeth and the Radiance went out to patrol. only to get away with it.

Fortunately, his original decision was wise enough to forcibly stipulate that all five capital ships were not allowed to stay in the port of Aden at the same time, which reserved two seeds for the Indian Ocean Fleet, and with the existence of these two capital ships, the Indian Ocean Fleet still has the strength to fight.

A motorcycle rushed into the dock with a puff of black smoke and stopped next to Admiral Tovey. Hurriedly took out the telegram from his satchel and handed it to Admiral Tovey.

Admiral Tovey finished reading the telegram, and his pale face became more and more bloodless.

The No. 27 reconnaissance plane conducted a routine patrol in the central part of the Red Sea and discovered that a large number of warships were heading south.

Due to the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, the No. 27 reconnaissance plane could not get close to the careful reconnaissance, and it was initially judged that there was at least one aircraft carrier and three battleships, and the total number of warships was between 20 and 30.

In less than two days, this huge fleet would be rushing out of the Red Sea and flanking the Indian Ocean Fleet with the Japanese fleet to the east.

Everything was planned by them, this group of villains who will only sneak attack.

The port of Aden could not stay any longer, and it had to be evacuated immediately, and it was evacuated overnight, and with an order from Admiral Tovey, the British troops in the port of Aden fell into even greater confusion

In Berlin, Hitler, having received a telegram of the success of the air raid, immediately ordered the Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command, Field Marshal Keitel, to proceed as planned.

A radio wave quickly flew out of Berlin and landed at the Middle East Corps Command in southwestern Iraq, on the border between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

An hour later, the German 7th Panzer Division and the 90th Light Division were stationed in an uproar.

Tanks, trucks, armoured vehicles and other combat vehicles lined up in long lines of steel, whipping up the yellow sand and rushing towards the long-undefended Saudi border, along the traffic signs already set up by the Saudi army towards the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, ready to strike the final blow at the last stronghold of the British Middle East Army

In Rome, Mussolini, receiving the news of the success of the raid on the Indian Ocean fleet, smiled contemptuously.

"The Japanese could only defeat the British by sneak attack tactics, and did not dare to confront the British Royal Navy head-on, as our great Italian Navy did.

Inform Campioni that he should act according to the original plan, close the gate first, and then cooperate with General Messer to take out the Eighth Army. ”

As soon as he finished explaining to Badoglio, Mussolini suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Close the door first, then beat the dog, Messer actually came up with such a vicious trick, I didn't misread him. He's a talent I've discovered.

When we take out the Eighth Army, I will see what capital Churchill has to compete with me for Africa. By that time, I will be the king of Africa.

By the time the Germans had occupied all of the Arabian Peninsula, our Combined Fleet had wiped out the British Indian Ocean Fleet. The Indian Ocean will become the backyard of the Axis powers.

In my hands, Italy will become an empire greater than Rome, and my name will be on a par with Caesar and Octavian for eternal reverence for posterity. ”

"Yes, my leader. The Roman Empire will surely be rebuilt in your hands, and its splendor will shine on the earth. Marshal Badoglio did not hesitate to slap a sycophant.

After bidding farewell to Mussolini, the moment he turned his back, Badoglio secretly sighed: "Is His Excellency the Leader the illegitimate son of Jupiter?" When luck comes, I really can't stop it. ”

in Tokyo.

First the headquarters of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and then the office building of the Japanese Ministry of the Navy, broke out in earth-shaking cheers one after another.

News of the victory in the first war spread swiftly to the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister's Office, and then to every corner of Japan.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe led the Minister of the Army, Hideki Tojo, the Minister of the Navy, Senior General Shiro Kawako, and the Minister of Military Orders, Senior General Nagano Shusei and other military dignitaries into the Imperial Palace. Meet the Emperor Hirohito of Japan.

Hearing the news of the victory in the first battle, Hirohito smiled reservedly and said: "I am very relieved to have won the first battle, and you have worked hard. Now, according to the established plan, march into all parts of British-occupied Indochina, establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and realize the dream of the empire of eight pillars and one universe. ”

After Hirohito finished speaking, he leaned forward slightly while sitting cross-legged, thanking Konoe and the others.

Konoe and the others hurriedly bowed and returned the salute.

And Kagawa Koshiro preemptively said, "Your Majesty." The Imperial Navy has entered the war, the British Indian Ocean Fleet is about to be destroyed, and the transportation lines between the British army in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, East Africa and Indochina will be completely cut off from the British mainland, with the strength of the Imperial Army. The occupation of Indochina was only in an instant.

I think that in a future war, the difficulty lies in the two countries, one is India and the other is the United States. ”

Shiro Kawakoshi paused for a short time to see that Hirohito was listening carefully. He continued: "From Japan to India, the road is long, and the supply lines are long. Moreover, India is a vast country with poor transportation, and it will not be possible to conquer it overnight. I thought that the ground battlefield should be limited to the occupation of all Indochina, and then cooperate with Germany and Italy to export the revolution to India, support the Indian independence organization, and dismantle India from within, without wasting unnecessary troops. ”

"General Kagawa, India is a vast country with abundant products, and it is really a place for the Great Japanese Empire. Now Britain has lost a series of wars and is on the verge of collapse, and it is beyond the reach of the Indian Ocean region. It is time for the Empire to take this opportunity to march into India, and I can assure you that with the great combat power of the Imperial Army, it will sweep across the entire territory of India with a devastating force, opening up and expanding the territory of the Great Japanese Empire. I don't know what your intentions are, why did you give up this God-given opportunity? Was it just to cooperate with the Germans and Italians? Hideki Tojo pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked at Shiro Kagawa with a smile and said.

Again, on such a festive day, in front of His Majesty the Emperor, there is still a quarrel? It's really hopeless, Konoe Fumiro keeps slandering.

Kagawakoshiro glanced at Tojo's shiny bald head with disdain, and said with a gun and a stick: "General Tojo, it is really a top priority to cooperate with the Germans and Italians to strengthen the military coordination between the three countries.

The Americans have drastically reduced the volume of transactions with the Empire in strategic materials such as steel and oil, apparently forcing the Empire to bow to the United States and curbing the Empire's expansion in the Pacific, while aiding Britain in disguise.

There can only be one hegemon in the Pacific, and there must be a war between the Empire and the United States. Judging by Japan's current stockpile of strategic goods, I believe that the date of the outbreak of war will be the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

The United States is the most powerful industry in the world, and if the Reich wants to fight the United States, it must unite the power of two allies, especially Germany.

At this time, it is really unwise to offend Germany for the sake of India, and if the main force of the Imperial Army is deeply trapped in India and cannot be transferred back to the future Pacific theater in time, it will be the greatest irresponsibility to the fate of the empire.

So, I think that in order to unite our allies, for the sake of a future war against the United States, we should not attack India. ”

Seeing that Hirohito kept nodding to Kagawa, Hideki Tojo hurriedly said: "Admiral Kazukawa, after the Combined Fleet and the German and Italian navies clear the Indian Ocean Fleet, the empire can obtain all the resources that the empire needs from Europe. Moreover, after occupying Indochina and India, you can obtain a large amount of resources, and the US trade embargo will be useless to the empire, and there is no need to be anxious about the war against the United States, you can wait for the imperial army to occupy the entire territory of India before launching it, you are too anxious. ”

"Tojo-kun, the renunciation of the attack on India was proposed by the Germans, and Germany should not be offended if the resources that the empire urgently needed from Europe were to be obtained. If we ignore the demands of the Germans and forcibly attack India, we will surely provoke the wrath of Germany. If Germany, in the wake of Germany's wrath, restricts trade in the Empire's resources, how will Tojo-kun solve the problem? ”

Hirohito saw that Hideki Tojo was about to speak, and the quarrel between the two ministers had a tendency to escalate, so he hurriedly preemptively said, "Konoe Qing, what is your suggestion?" ”

Konoe Fumiro coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, I just want to say that the current Germany is Europe, and Europe is Germany. To offend Germany is to offend Europe, and I ask Your Majesty and Shogun Tojo to pay more attention. ”

Hirohito nodded slightly, frowning and contemplative, seemingly unfathomable.

"Konoe Qing's words make sense, and the words of the two generals also make sense."

The three guards hurriedly lowered their heads and listened to Hirohito's words.

Konoe seems to be respectful, but he is slandered in his heart.

Your Majesty is going to cast and dilute the mud yankuai again, every time it's like this, can't it be a little new?

"What he said makes sense, India is too far away, so I think that the goal of the war cannot be too ambitious. On land, the conquest of Indochina was completed first; On the ocean, the main forces of the Combined Fleet moved westward from the Strait of Malacca, and the German-Italian fleet and Admiral Nagumo's task force advanced eastward from the Indian Ocean, blockading India from the sea before deciding whether to attack or not.

Matsuoka is currently in Germany, and the Secretary of Konoe can telegraph Matsuoka to try to change the established strategy of the Germans. ”

Facing Hirohito, who is one man and god, the three guards have no choice but to bow.

Soon after Konoe and others left the palace, the combined forces of the Japanese Navy and Army launched an attack, and the troops were divided into four routes.

Route 1: Japanese planes flying from Taiwan begin an attack on British-occupied Hong Kong.

The second route: an attack by the Japanese 15th Army stationed in the Indochina Peninsula towards Thailand and Burma.

Third way: The Japanese 25th Army stationed in the Indochina Peninsula will attack Malaya and Singapore and seize control of the Strait of Malacca.

Fourth Road: The Japanese 16th Army stationed on Hainan Island will attack the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and seize the Dutch-controlled Borneo oil fields. (To be continued.) )