"Nani?" After listening to Cole's speech, Hirohito's face suddenly became ugly, "Where did you come from......?"

"I'm talking about the Battle of Midway."

Hirohito couldn't help but blush when he heard Kohl mention this: he knew the inside story of the battle in the course of the battle, which was mixed with the battle record, exaggerated the enemy's losses and reduced his own losses, and this situation abounded since the beginning of the war, and the rigid Germans really couldn't get used to it, but he didn't think it was a big problem. He nodded, and motioned to Gu Zhengzhi to defend: "The statistics at the end of the battle may be relatively rough, this is because the battlefield is changing, and the grassroots troops are too nervous during the battle, but our country has no intention of deliberately concealing it, especially not from its allies. ”

"You may not have understood what I meant. I'm not talking about ordinary, accidental errors, but errors of complete directionality. Cole's attitude was very sincere, but his tone was very tough, and he repeated the news of the complete defeat of the Japanese at Midway Island, and added, "This kind of report can never be described as incorrect and rough, it is completely an out-and-out lie." We have received accurate information from the U.S. military, and we have learned from them about the actual situation of the Battle of Midway. Since Europe is facing a major threat to the US Navy, we must have a clear understanding of the relevant information, so there is only one conclusion of the final analysis - your country's ......"

It was almost a face-to-face scolding, but Cole knew the impact of his words. Really. When he heard the news that all four aircraft carriers of the Navy had been sunk, more than 300 planes had been destroyed, and at least more than 100 well-trained elite pilots had been killed, Gu Zhengzhi was at a loss and did not know how to defend himself. And Hirohito's face was gloomy, and he couldn't hold his breath anymore, as if he was about to burst into flames in his eyes: "I don't know where your envoy heard the rumors?" ”

"Rumors?" Cole shook his head, "We also hope it's a rumor, after all, Americans are the common enemies of both countries." It's a pity that all this is true, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to find out...... The naval hospital was full of wounded officers and men who had not been wounded after the battle. The Navy has been detaining them in the hospital for fear that they will spread the news of the failure, and our ambassador to Japan has gone to the scene to verify it. His Majesty may not know about this situation, because the ambassador of our country found out that the army side did not know either. ”

Listen to what the other party said so categorically. Emperor Hirohito was also suspicious, he knew that his subordinates had a lot to hide from him, and the battle situation was even more good news than bad news, but the navy actually dared to organize a victory parade to conceal such a major defeat. It was a total loss of his face. As for the contradictions between the army and the navy, he is well aware of them. If the Navy decides to keep the Emperor's side secret, it will be even less likely that the Army will receive definite information. He now believed that Cole's information was largely true, but he had been reluctant to keep his word.

"If your country's initial war report is correct, then it is right to occupy Midway now, and if not to, at least inflict heavy damage on the enemy's forces, and from the current operational information, the American side has a firm grip on it, and we hardly even mention this name. That's why I think it's ....... ”

Hirohito nodded, and a bad thought had vaguely risen in his heart: The navy actually deceived himself to such an extent? I don't know how much else they have to hide from themselves.

"The second thing to protest is. Your country has caused a lot of losses to itself due to the leakage of the password, and at the same time, our military information has been quickly revealed. ”

Gu Zhengzhi finally recovered from the shock just now, he felt that his normal perception today was all distorted, and he asked again and again, "Where do you start with this?" ”

"Your ambassador to our country, Hiroshi Oshima, was overheard by the relevant monitoring centers of Britain and the United States every time he sent a report through Japan's unique cipher, and they used their advantage of mastering the cipher to gain insight into a large amount of intelligence between the two countries." "We didn't know what was going on, and we didn't know about it until we knew about the spy network." Of course, we believe that Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima has no ill intentions, he has been completely deceived and used. ”

"It can't be!" Gu Zhengzhi stiffened his neck and shouted directly, "I am in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I know that this is one of our proudest achievements. ”

"Why do you think that? You must know that your country's cryptographic equipment was originally developed after it originated from our Engeny code cipher machine, and even our telegraph code was deciphered by Britain and the United States, so why is it impossible for your country's cipher to be deciphered? Cole added, "I can give you an example that the reason for the failure of the Battle of Midway was the leak of secrets, and the way was through passwords. When your country used the code name to refer to Midway Island when formulating its battle plan, the United States deciphered and repeatedly speculated whether it belonged to Midway, and later, in order to verify this matter, they deliberately sent a telegram about the damage to Midway's desalination equipment, and your country revealed this information in the transmission of intelligence -- the relevant combat objectives and strategic intentions were completely exposed at once. ”

Gu Zhengzhi rolled his eyes: "I can't verify the situation you said. ”

"You can check with the navy later, I'm sure they have a file." "The Führer recently sent a commando team to the UK to destroy the bases, and in the process we found a lot of secretly deciphered material," Cole said. ”

Listening to Cole explain the inside story so thoroughly, Hirohito and Komasato felt that they could not defend themselves, so they could only listen silently: In this way, the defeat of Midway can be explained, if it were not for the fact that the Americans had the intelligence, how could the Imperial Navy, which had been fighting and winning successive battles since the beginning of the war, have been fighting against the United States to fail?

"We have always believed that the leakage of the password was not only due to the enemy's initiative to decipher it, but also due to the infiltration of the country's high-level factors such as betraying secrets and betraying the country. In recent months, we have captured a number of traitorous gangs, and I think there may be such an element in your country as well—after all, it is theoretically possible for everyone else to betray Japan, but Your Majesty will not. ”

Gu Zhengzhi kindly reminded: "Ke Er, you must be cautious when you say this, it will hinder the diplomatic relations between the two countries. ”

Hirohito didn't refute, only asked, "So just now you asked me to clear all the personnel." ”

"Yes, I have to guard against it, and even the less contact the better—after all, there have been two high-impact cases in your country, Hidemi Ozaki and Sorge, both of whom are close to high-level people and high-ranking people. Who would dare to doubt them in normal times? As a foreigner, I can't tell who is good and who is bad......"

Hirohito felt vaguely heard these two names, but the specific content was not clear, so he quietly asked Gu Zhengzhi. When he heard that Hidemi Ozaki was the political secretary of the former Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe, he kept silent after selling a lot of information, and only the blue tendons on his forehead jumped to show that he was very angry.

"For the sake of security and confidentiality, our country fully activated the new password last week under the order of the head of state, and I also brought the new machine at random for your reference. In accordance with the requirements of the Government, passwords will be changed every 6-8 months in the future, and we suggest that the two sides can strengthen cooperation in this area. Cole changed his words, "Your Majesty, in fact, I am not here today to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, as a friendly country of close cooperation is not necessary to do so, the head of state still hopes to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Japan, just like the submarine that arrived in Europe not long ago, we can continue to strengthen cooperation in many fields." ”

Kohl's example is the submarine exchange between Germany and Japan, the operation from Germany to Japan is called "Yanagi transport", and the transportation materials are mainly new weapons and their drawings, industrial products, and technical data; The operation from Japan to Germany was called "anti-willow transport", and the materials were mainly made of tropical crops and industrial and mineral products that were urgently needed by Germany. Because the Japanese Navy has a large number of large submarines and a larger transport volume, it is mainly Japanese submarines that are responsible for the transportation mission.

On April 11, the I-30 submarine under the command of Nobuo Endo of the Japanese Navy set off from the Japanese naval base Kure Port, carrying 3,300 pounds of mica, 1,542 pounds of worm paint, as well as drawings of a Type 91 aviation torpedo and an E14YI seaplane through Singapore and Madagascar, and successfully arrived at the port of Lorient, France, on August 5, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope. After the submarine arrived in Europe, it was warmly welcomed by the German Navy's top brass, and the commander-in-chief of the Navy, Marshal Raeder, the commander of the submarine force, Admiral Dönitz, and the Japanese naval attache in Germany, Tadao Yokoi, all went to Lorient to welcome the arrival of the I-30.

"Our head of state is deeply inspired by this, and believes that it is possible to directly establish sea and air channels with your country for the necessary and urgent exchange of goods and personnel." Cole first said that he took a direct flight from Europe to Japan for more than 20 hours, and suggested that this should be further strengthened, "This air channel can solve the problem of rapid transportation of personnel and drawings." And for the exchange of large quantities of goods, it is necessary to rely on submarine forces. For example, Germany has a relatively complete equipment system, and has advantages in other technical equipment such as aero engines and new tanks, and can provide relevant finished products and equipment to you, while we lack resources, such as rubber, tungsten and other materials, I hope your country can provide them, and we can exchange them in the form of barter. ”

Cole started by talking about the equipment that his side could use to exchange. Of course, Hirohito and Gu Masayuki don't know about it, so they can only make a list for the time being, and then the special personnel of both sides will design the needs and evaluate the value. (To be continued.) )