Chapter 189: The Choice (12)
"I really don't understand politics, and I don't want to be an official in the future, it's better for me to teach. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info But what I'm concerned about is what to do with the mobile fleet? The Dafeng is about to enter service, and it won't even have a decent commander at that time, that's a joke. Inoue Narumi said worriedly, "Ozawa doesn't return, Takasu refuses, and all the arrangements are messed up." ”
"Not necessarily, if you really want to find it, there is always a candidate, but this candidate is ...... Danger! Yamamoto suddenly said.
"Who?"
"Tadaichi Nagumo."
"Him?" Inoue Narumi was taken aback, "Isn't he a reserve?" Isn't Yongye's self-cultivation still dormant? What did he come out for? ”
"I'm afraid he won't be lonely."
"Ahh Inoue Narumi was dumbfounded, "This, this, this...... Nagumo, don't you stop it when it comes out? Sooner or later, this guy will destroy all the aircraft carriers. ”
"He is a person sent by the fleet, whether he will fight now is not the first consideration, the first thing the military command department considers is loyalty."
"Okay."
"But I'm not going to let this proposal pass." Yamamoto fifty-six then added.
The phone rang suddenly, and Inoue Narumi quickly picked it up, and it turned out to be a call from Lieutenant General Ito Junichi, the deputy head of the Military Command Department, who politely asked for Yamamoto Isoroku.
"I'm Yamamoto Fifty-six, Ito-kun, you name it." Ito Junichi is also a promising junior of Yamamoto Fifty-six, and he has been sparing no effort to cultivate, but now the two sides have different lines and positions, and some words can only be hidden in their hearts, and they are still polite on their faces.
"That's right, on the question of the commander of the mobile fleet, I have contacted a number of admirals, all of whom said that they were not suitable or politely refused, out of the need for operational command, His Royal Highness nominated General Nagumo Tadaichi, and specially asked me to call you for advice."
"Ito-kun, it's hard for me to answer that."
"I know it's hard for you to nod your head, but Commander Kazukawa is annoyed by the small actions of Tsunoda and Nishimura, I have been in contact with Nangumo-kun, and he has no prejudice against the two, and said that he will do his best to appease them, and at the same time, he will not move the personnel promoted by Tsukahara-kun and the system left behind."
Yamamoto Fifty-six heard the taste, and Nagumo Tadaichi had probably agreed with Ito Shoichi to become the commander of the mobile fleet on the premise of keeping Tsunoda and Nishimura, and at the same time keeping everything in Tsukahara as much as possible to appease the fleet - after all, Nagumo Tadaichi was still relatively tolerant to the pilots when he was in charge of the fleet.
"You have to make me think about it, can I give you an answer in the evening?"
"Of course, I'm sorry for the trouble, please support me more for the sake of the overall situation of the navy." Ito's tone was very humble, "Your Highness is hospitalized, Commander Kazukawa has just taken office, I am also a novice who doesn't understand the rules, everything is entrusted to Your Excellency, especially a few admirals here, please come forward to say hello, this is just a normal personnel transfer, Your Highness has no malicious intentions, let them not think too much." ”
"I see." Yamamoto Fifty-six put down the phone and said to Inoue Narumi, "Sure enough, it's Nagumo Tadaichi, but Ito is better than Koga Mineichi and has a good attitude, not only asking for my opinion, but also asking me to help maintain the overall situation." ”
"Sir, you can't be fooled easily." Inoue Narumi was anxious, "Nagumo Tadaichi, this bastard will kill all the aircraft carrier forces sooner or later, even if there is no such thing, you shouldn't be too involved in the Military Command Department, think about how His Highness treated you before?" Ito prevaricated as soon as he said a few good words? It's so cheap for them! ”
"So I hesitated and said to give advice in the evening."
Asking for Yamamoto Isoroku's consent was only made after Ito persuaded King Fushimi Miyahiro Kyoko, and it would have been good to make the appointment directly according to the latter's opinion, but Ito thought it was inappropriate. Now the fierce mood of the fleet is high, the admirals are scolding, and the nomination of Nagumo Tadaichi is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire, the military command department has been separated from the fleet generals, and at this time, the relationship with the Navy Ministry must not deteriorate again, especially Yamamoto Fifty-six, who served as the commander of the Combined Fleet, although he has been away from the Combined Fleet for more than a year, but he still has some influence, and it will be better for the latter to come forward to appease the troops, so it is necessary to find ways to obtain Yamamoto's consent, And Tadaichi Nagumo, who is eager to prove himself again, believes that it is essential to have the support of the Navy Ministry at this cusp. If even Yamamoto doesn't agree, this position will be unstable sooner or later.
"Are you going to call Horikichi?" Inoue Narumi asked, "It seems that it is a sure thing that the Military Command Department will let Nagumo Tadaichi take office, I don't know what he will think." ”
"Sir, Lieutenant General Ryunosuke Kusaka asks for a meeting."
"What is he doing here?" Inoue Narumi was a little strange, "Didn't he resign?" ”
"I guess you're here to say goodbye...... Invite him in...... No, I'm going to pick him up. Yamamoto walked towards the door in fifty-six strides.
"Chief ......" saw Yamamoto Fifty-six's face, and Ryunosuke Kusaka only choked up, and then cried and couldn't speak.
"What's going on? How do you cry and cry well, and what kind of system does it become? Is this the case with Yamato men? Yamamoto Fifty-six hated iron and said with iron, "Caolu-kun, you have to be stronger, you look like this, let the grassroots see how bad the impact is?" ”
"I'm not crying for myself, I'm crying for the Empire...... Combined fleet, combined fleet is coming to an end......"
"Nonsense, the combined fleet has been battle-hardened for a long time, and new warships are being built and launched one after another, how can it be finished?"
"Do you know what Commander Kazukawa is doing when he gets on the warship? He talked to people one by one, and also pestered Ugaki back, and asked these middle-level officers to comment on their opinions on Chief Horiyoshi and Chief Tsukahara...... Some time ago, Matsushita Osa, who made a scandal about asking for Akamatsu Sadaaki's car, actually wanted to be sent to the Second Air War by him to be the chief of staff, and the pilots were all fried! I...... I can't do it anymore! ”
"What?" Yamamoto Fifty-six was taken aback, "When Kazukawa met with me yesterday, he also stated that he would rule the arch and not interfere with the normal operation of the fleet, how did it become like this today?" ”
"Because Tsunoda and Nishimura ignored him in Korea with a fleet, and gave half of the supplies for the captured American fleet to the army."
"This has been said a long time ago, the Kwantung Army is still fighting with the Soviet Army."
"But he thinks it's too much, and, even if he wants to give, at least he has to nod and agree, he wants to cure the sins of Tsunoda and Nishimura, but he was dissuaded by Vice Minister Ito, so he sent Matsushita to the Second Air Battle, ready to make him disgusted with Tsunoda and force Tsunoda to resign voluntarily."
"Nonsense!" Yamamoto Fifty-six is angry, but he is angry, and there is nothing he can do, and Kawakoshiro is older than him, so what can he say?
And Kawakoshiro is quite famous for his unreliable work: when he served as the Minister of the Navy in the cabinet of Konoe Bunma, he strongly advocated the promotion of the "Triple Alliance", and at the same time claimed to be the first "Sinologist" in the navy, and he did not know whether it was true or false, and after promoting the Triple Alliance, he made a set of uninteresting appearances in his work, reading "Analects" and "Mencius" all day long, or he was immersed in his head and practicing calligraphy, and threw all his life to the second minister, Sadajiro Toyoda. It was not until the beginning of the war against the United States that the Konoe Funma cabinet could not stand the pressure and announced its resignation, and Kazukawa was transferred to the military staff officer, and later became the president of the Naval University, and then went to Yokosuka Town Guardhouse, a high-ranking but actually pensioner.
Inoue Narumi also felt strange, it stands to reason that Shiro Kawako, as a veteran of the Navy for many years, has been in the fleet for a long time, so he wouldn't act like this, right?
"Now the main work of the fleet is Kondo and Ugaki are entangled in grasping, but the commander is like this, everyone is unhappy, just I know that there are nearly 20 staff officers of the fleet headquarters with the rank of junior and above, and there are nearly 20 people who have submitted their resignations or transfers. Without Horikichi, he would still be able to coordinate with the Germans, and it would have worked even better! ”
At the beginning, the Navy's National Defense Policy Committee was a group of pro-German cadres who adhered to a hard-line attitude and advocated war against the United States, including Toshizane Takada, director of the First Section of the Military Affairs Bureau, Toshitoshi Tomioka, chief of the First Section of the Military Command Department, Shingo Ishikawa, chief of the Second Section of the Military Affairs Bureau, and Takeji Ohno, a senior member of the Operations Department of the Military Command Department. It is more than several times worse than the impression of the turtle immortal staff officer that Yamamoto Fifty-six trusts - the turtle immortal is just a little eccentric, and Shen Chongde is almost crazy in the eyes of Inoue Narumi!
"Who will be the chief of staff of that air battle?" Yamamoto suddenly burst out of nowhere.
"Minoru Genda!"
"Him?" Now it was Inoue Narumi's turn to be taken aback, "Isn't he just in the rank of lieutenant?" How can you be the chief of staff, this position must at least be a big one. ”
"Therefore, in his name, he is the chief aviation staff officer acting as the chief of staff of the First Air Warfare." Kusaka Ryunosuke said sarcastically, "Genda has always been slippery, and seeing that several chiefs were dismissed, he immediately attached Ito Junichi, and the market rose even more." ”
Inoue Narumi sighed, "People...... Man......"
Yamamoto Isoroku asked, "Who will replace you after you resign?" ”
"Maybe I'll let Arima Masamune come."
Arima Masafumi had served as the captain of the Shozuru, and after the South Pacific naval battle, he returned to Japan to serve as the head of education of the aviation headquarters and did not go to Europe, and in the eyes of Shiro Kawakoshi and King Hirohiro Fushimiya, this is a general who understands aviation warfare and has little to do with Yamamoto or Horikichi - available!
Yamamoto nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: After all, he hasn't fooled around, Arima Masamune at least understands aviation combat, Minoru Genda, don't evaluate the character first, the brain is still easy to use, if Nagumo Tadaichi wakes up after learning a lesson, the problem of the mobile fleet will not be too big, and his hanging heart is finally relaxed.
While he was talking, Nagumo Tadaichi also called, hoping that Yamamoto Isoroku would agree to his appointment, and modestly hoped that he would be given another chance to prove himself, saying that he would "be ashamed and courageous" and strive to do his best, as for the people and command system left behind by Tsukahara, he would find a way to preserve it and would never mess around.
"Okay......" Yamamoto sighed, "I hope you can be modest and cautious, guard against arrogance and rashness, and break new ground, and tell Vice Minister Ito for me that I have approved of his inquiry, so I won't call him alone." ”