In the distant Truk military port, in the headquarters of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Fifty-six Iron blushed and looked at the top of the navy who hurried from the base camp.

Yoshida Zengo also has a bad face, this time as the head of the military command department, but he has to face a higher rank Yamamoto Isoroku, of course, it is also a lot of pressure.

Another person who came from the base camp also had an official rank of fifty-six than Yamamoto, but his military rank was also lower, and this person was General Kagawa Koshiro.

The two men were sent by Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and the Emperor to investigate the entire process of defeat in the Solomon Islands.

Because the aircraft carrier Shozuru and the aircraft carrier Akagi were sunk, the pressure on Yamamoto Isoroku was also not small.

"How exactly is this battle fought? What is it about the report that the United States has aircraft carriers to participate in the war? Sitting in a chair at the conference table, Yoshida asked first.

He was now the representative of the Military Command Department, and he spoke with a questioning tone. But Yamamoto Fifty-six over there, but the rank of marshal, is not a small fish and shrimp that he can question casually.

"We've read the report, is the sinking of the USS Akagi really Nagumo Tadaichi's responsibility?" Kazukawa Koshiro on the side also asked.

This Wagawa Koshiro is also a well-known general, and he is a classmate of Mitsumasa Yonechi and Seishiro Itagaki respectively, so it can be seen that his status is quite high.

Such a prominent academic background and identity is also the reason why he was able to serve as the Minister of the Navy and beat Yamamoto Fifty-Six, who was in the limelight.

"It was he who changed my battle order, causing the plane to take off in a chaotic order, which directly led to the defeat," Yamamoto replied coldly......

It was not Yamamoto Isoroku who shirked responsibility, and if Japan had won now, he would even be willing to take responsibility for the losses of the Combined Fleet.

However, the war was now unfavorable to the Japanese Navy, and if he handed over command at this time, he would only make the fleet even more chaotic and lose the opportunity to turn defeat into victory in the end.

With this in mind, he has decided to put all the blame on the dead and stabilize the internal situation first.

At this moment, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy can no longer withstand the destruction of an internal reshuffle. If more time is wasted on personnel, then the Americans will have more time.

But what he thinks is not what everyone thinks. The Military Command Department and the two high-level departments of the Navy Ministry have already set their sights on the chair of the commander of the Combined Fleet.

They all agreed that placing a marshal at the front was a matter that was very detrimental to their management.

If possible, invite this marshal back to the base camp and make a symbol of the navy, and give him any position to make the combined fleet at the front line better managed.

Therefore, Yoshida Zengo, who had no intention of letting go of Yamamoto Fifty-six, continued to question: "It is not a responsible attitude to put all the fault on a dead man!" The fate of the empire is now very unclear! ”

"What are these words? Am I going to impose the sin that was originally Nagumo Tadaichi on those imperial warriors who fought bloodily? Yamamoto Fifty-six squinted at Yoshida Zengo and continued to say coldly.

This kind of internal meeting, calculating and hindering each other, was something he was very reluctant to face - with this time, he could do more things that would benefit the Combined Fleet.

At this moment, the combined fleet can be said to be full of holes, and it is still strong on the surface, but in fact it is already unbearable.

The three aircraft carriers Akagi, Shozuru and Soryu were sunk, and the Kaga and Hiryu were repaired on the mainland, and only the Zuizuru was left with the only usable aircraft carrier.

In addition, there were no fewer battleships, from the Fuso to the Yamato, all of which could immediately participate in the next battle.

In fact, this is not what Yamamoto Isoroku is most worried about, in his opinion, even if the Japanese Navy is inferior in strength, there is a possibility that the Japanese Navy will turn defeat into victory.

Winning more with less has always been a lingering sentiment and ambition within the Japanese military, so Yamamoto Isoroku also firmly believes that he can achieve such feats as bloody counter-killing.

What he worries about is nothing more than the speed of replenishment of the battleship, as well as the replenishment of various resources needed for the operation of the battleship.

Judging by the speed of replenishment of the Navy, the hope of catching up with the United States in the speed of shipbuilding is already a pipe dream unrealistic fantasy.

The speed of replenishment in other aspects has become the key to the key at this time - oil, which has become a big problem worth investing in.

Japan already has only a little more than a year's total fuel reserves, and a rash increase in production speed will also make this fuel reserve deplete faster.

The main force of the Combined Fleet, which had failed in the Battle of the Solomon Islands, consumed fuel that the Japanese Navy could not make up for!

This is easy to understand - it was supposed to take down the fuel consumption of the Solomon Islands, but the navy ran back and forth in vain, which is a waste.

If Solomon were to be fought again, the Japanese Empire would have to pump a new batch of fuel to the navy, which was unplanned consumption.

"That's not what General Yoshida meant! Don't get excited, Yamamoto-kun...... Now that the loss is in front of us, what are Yamamoto-kun's plans next, you might as well tell the two of us. Kukawa Shiro didn't wait for Yoshida Zengo to attack, so he preemptively asked.

His question was more practical, and it also made Yoshida Zengo suppress the anger in his heart, and looked coldly at Yamamoto Isoroku waiting for his answer.

Yamamoto Isoroku was a very cunning and practical front-line commander, and some people once said that he was more suitable to go to the military command department than to go to the front-line command, but in fact ignored Yamamoto's political wisdom.

One of the first conditions that must be met in order to be free at the front is the unconditional support of the leaders in the rear. Yamamoto had an advantage over the others in this regard, so he was able to become the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet.

Most of the competitors who lost to Yamamoto Fifty-Six messed up even the basic standing issues, and it was a joke to let such a person lead the Combined Fleet into battle.

The same example is Rommel, he was supported by the Führer, so he was like a fish in water in North Africa, once the Führer's support could not solve the logistics and transportation problems for him, then his supplies would not be able to keep up, and no matter how strong his military talent was, he could only return with hatred.

Therefore, what is testing Yamamoto 56 now is not the question of front-line command, but the ability to support and win support from the rear.

He had to convince the two people in front of him to continue to unconditionally support the operation of the Combined Fleet, and support him to fight another battle without considering logistical pressure, and turn defeat into victory!