The proposal itself is very abnormal, and even unprecedented, because the Japanese army has traditionally not paid attention to logistics, and the navy is slightly stronger, but it is only better than the army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 This lack of attention is not only reflected in the fact that a complete plan for logistics and supply in a large-scale campaign has never been formulated, but even a mature escort and transportation system is not perfect, and there is no talent who can handle the overall escort -- only officers who are looked down upon or put into the cold are allowed to do logistics.

If the Combined Fleet had not had the strong support of Germany and Italy and Horikichi's farsightedness in logistics, the combat results would have been discounted by at least half, and in addition to the German attitude of attaching importance to logistics -- the second-in-command of the General Staff was not the deputy chief of the General Staff in charge of operations, but the deputy chief of the General Staff (the First Quartermaster General) in charge of munitions, and even the Eastern Front Quartermaster General appointed the Führer's confidant adjutant Shi Monte.

At present, the Combined Fleet not only attaches importance to logistics and transportation, but also proposes to integrate anti-submarine, air defense, escort, communications, and dispatch. Although the conservatives do not think so, the situation is stronger than people, and the situation is not taken seriously by everyone - transport ships are often loaded with industrial goods and weapons from Europe, and one of them is sunk.

From Horiyoshi to now, all of them attach great importance to escort, and Lieutenant General Keno Kurita, who successfully completed the escort mission in the entire expedition, ranks very high in the list of meritorious service, probably second only to Tsukahara, Tsunoda and other major combat generals, this move is even more impressive, and even Kurita himself is deeply surprised. Horikichi also personally talked to him, saying that he would promote the establishment of the Nanyang Escort Operations Command, hoping to take charge of all his air, submarine, aviation, and electrical affairs, and take charge of the entire route from Europe to the Far East. Although it is not up to Horikichi to decide whether or not such a headquarters can be established and whether or not he can promote institutional reform, Keno Kurita, who blindly believes in the chief, is full of promises, and he believes that the commander must have a way.

Now the proposal to build 48 escort aircraft carriers in one breath has also quickly gained consensus, the difference is how to build and what to build.

While the meeting was still discussing what civilian ships to use to rebuild the escort aircraft carrier, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong had already retired early on the pretext of being unwell. Today's scene made him fully understand that he had lost the dominance of the control of the meeting, and Horiyoshi and Yamamoto fifty-six joined forces to maximize the influence of the aviation faction - after losing the support of the combined fleet, the fleet faction simply became a source of water and a tree without roots, but no one expected that it would be such a failure in the shipbuilding plan, not to mention that the capital ships did not have the share of the fleet faction, and even the light warships and auxiliary warships began to lean towards the aviation faction.

Looking at the "Outline for the Implementation of the Marushin Plan", the fleet faction was almost labeled as "outdated" and withdrew from the stage of history:

1. The main ship only builds aircraft carriers, and the aviation faction occupies an absolute dominant position;

2. Emphasizing that a part of the shipbuilding budget is evenly distributed to the aviation budget, and the aviation faction completely benefits;

3. Light warships emphasize air defense and anti-submarine, and abandon the heavy mine equipment that has always been adhered to, and the result is that the aviation faction still dominates;

4. It was determined that the fleet would never attach importance to the role of submarines in the construction of submarines and the development of diplomatic relations;

5. Vigorously build a standard-type escort aircraft carrier. The army and navy reached a consensus to use the special TL 10,000-ton wartime standard tanker as the basis for transformation, and the level was renamed the special escort aircraft carrier, with a standard displacement of more than 10,000 tons, a 132-meter-long deck, a power ready to be increased to 9,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 18.5 knots, and 10 aircraft on the deck.

Since seizing the US military's fast oil tankers and obtaining several 20,000-ton high-speed oil tankers from Europe, the entire Combined Fleet has looked down on the slow oil tankers and small load tankers in China, believing that they can be used for transformation. However, Japan is quite self-aware, knowing that the gap between the 10,000-ton wartime standard tanker of the special TL type and the United States is too large, and it is impossible to obtain combat effectiveness similar to that of the Borg-class, let alone the ability of the Casablanca-class, so the combat mission given to it is mainly anti-submarine, followed by transportation.

It is also a 10,000-ton escort aircraft carrier, with 28 Borg-class aircraft, and only 10 special escort aircraft carriers with only 10 aircraft are only one-third of the opponent's, but because Japan is very dependent on the supply of crude oil in the South Seas, the freed tonnage can be used to transport oil, and each special aircraft carrier can transport an additional 8,000-9,000 tons of fuel. According to the new policy of tactical discussion, the escort aircraft carriers, which are fast and capable such as the Great Eagle and the Chong Eagle, will become the core of the escort aircraft carrier team.

With the increase of mechanized equipment and naval vessels, Japan's domestic demand for Borneo oil has become more and more urgent, and in addition to introducing the patented technology of coal liquefaction from Germany and raising the level of liquefied oil, it is doing everything possible to tap the oil production of the south.

Another spillover effect of the Combined Fleet's return home and the Maru Shin program was the interruption of the Japanese Navy's tank-building program - that's right! Historically, the army built aircraft carriers, the navy built tanks, and the Japanese Empire was so capricious. Now there is an import channel from Germany, as long as you give money, you can buy high-end goods such as No. 4 and Tiger, and the almost No. 3, Italian tanks, and French tanks are even piled up, plus they are still trying to localize the T-34. Since the army readily handed over the aircraft carrier to the navy, the navy also reciprocated by stuffing the finished and semi-finished combat vehicles it had built into the army -- officially called the special type 2 internal fireboat.

This kind of 9-ton stuff is actually a little better than some of the Army's tatters, such as the 95 light tank, but the Army's vision is also high now, and these things are not looked down upon. However, the army is accustomed to suffering, and is reluctant to return to the furnace as scrap steel, and after a turn of its mind, all domestic sales are transferred to export and put on the list of military exports to China. At present, the export of arms to China is a big business, and French mortars, Italian infantry artillery, rifles from various European countries, Japanese or Italian-made tanks, and airplanes are everywhere. The last time the army sold directly in Indochina, all the arms went into the hands of the local powerful factions of the Nationalist Government, and the next export target was the Chinese communist forces that controlled the northern part of the Yellow River -- the balance could not be broken.

According to statistics made by the General Staff Headquarters, the weapons, ammunition, and equipment exported to China can be equipped with about 200,000 to 250,000 people, and the Chinese Communist armed forces are relatively poor, only about a quarter of them are bought, and the rest are all bought by the Central Army of the Nationalist Government and various local powerful factions.

There are clear criteria for the transfer of senior officers within the General Staff Headquarters: those who are not open-minded but can cooperate will all return to China and be promoted to the reserve after being promoted to one level; openly and secretly resisted and sent to the South Seas to defend the island; The brain is flexible, the direction is fast, and the business is doing well either to India for meritorious service, or to be responsible for expanding arms sales. Although some people used this to attack Ishihara Wan'er to gain power, but with the presence of King Minoru of Higashikure Palace, no one could touch half of his hair.

Coupled with the fact that the war in India was progressing smoothly, tons of gold were obtained, and a large number of new heavy equipment were obtained, the strategy of appointing Yamashita Fufumi and accelerating the promotion of India proved to be completely correct, and the prestige of Vice Minister Ishihara was skyrocketing. In the face of reality, the concept of middle-level officers in China's dispatch army is also undergoing drastic changes, and all of them are sharpening their heads and trying to transfer to India to get promoted and make a fortune.

Some good things are reluctant to export, for example, the Soviet-style TT-33 pistol got thousands of this time, and the Japanese officers who saw it generally thought that it was better than the southern pistol they were equipped with, and would rather switch to Soviet-made pistols than the south, and the Ministry of War, which obeyed the will of the people, soon ordered that the officers be allowed to replace it on their own, and all the replaced southern pistols were dumped at low prices to the Siam, China, and Indian national governments.

In terms of shipbuilding, the fleet faction has completely lost its position and has no struggle, and finally saved a little face in lightning strike tactics: in addition to submarines, according to the cooperation agreement between Japan and Germany, Germany will donate 12 S-boats to Japan, and at the same time, they can also be sold to the Japanese side, and the cost will be taken from the special credit for submarines. In order to take care of the face of the fleet, Yamamoto proposed to purchase an additional 24 S-boats, plus a total of 36 as a gift, and Horikichi also agreed.

Officers with front-line combat experience know very well that although the combat efficiency of the S-boat is good, the voyage is too short, and it is unlikely that the fleet will attack in the open ocean, and it is very good to use it for defending islands and short-term assaults in various parts of the South Sea, and it is more of a defensive vanguard than a wolf tactic in lightning strikes, and this is obviously not even a comfort to the fleet faction that has a great appetite and has always insisted on attacking.

On October 9, under the premise of determining the principles and guidelines, the Ship Administration Headquarters submitted a complete "Marushin Plan" and budget, and almost all the provisions complied with the meaning of the meeting, except for the addition that in view of the small number of water aircraft carriers, it was proposed to rebuild the 17,000-ton Shenwei into a new water engine carrier, which would be used in conjunction with the Nisshin.

According to the new plan, starting from Showa 19 (1944), all old shipbuilding plans will be abolished except for the start of construction on the slipway, and a new round of plans with aircraft carriers, air defense, and anti-submarine as the core will be fully implemented, and 11.7 billion yen will be invested in 5 years to build (rebuild and purchase) 1.89 million tons of various warships, including the reconstruction of warships.

Although the fleet sent this round of ship-building meetings was defeated, but Fushimi Miyahiro Gong King was very calm, and in a few days he was going to hold a high-level meeting on personnel discussions, promotions, and the next combat direction, and he was still thinking about ways to restrain Horiyoshi, but what he never expected was that the other party actually submitted a reform proposal to Hirohito on October 11 with the right to play on the curtain, and suddenly one stone stirred up a thousand waves...... (To be continued.) )