Li Le returned to Berlin, and the purge movement in Germany began, and the Führer was concerned about everything, so there were not a few people who were disposed of.

Far away in Tokyo, Japan, the Japanese military top brass was also holding a combat meeting, and their combat operation against Pearl Harbor had not been smooth, and the tiny island of Oahu had become a difficult bone to gnaw in front of the Japanese Empire.

Who would have thought that the U.S. military held out on Oahu for more than a month, and the Japanese still did not be able to control there.

The last landing operation was repulsed by the American troops, and the beach was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. More than 2,000 elite Japanese soldiers were killed, and more than 300 others committed suicide on the beach.

The remaining soldiers fled back to Kauaʻi, fearing that the U.S. forces would take advantage of the opportunity to fight back.

In fact, the United States also does not have the ability to land and counterattack Kauai, after all, the American fleet really does not have the ability to shake the Japanese fleet.

For the past month, the Japanese have been planning revenge by transporting more soldiers to Kauai. They were going to launch a larger landing campaign, to take Kauai.

The Japanese navy was so troubled by the sheer size of the project that more than 3,000 soldiers were sent from the mainland to Kauai, along with weapons and ammunition.

Together with the more than 2,000 Japanese troops who were originally on the island, the number of Japanese troops on Kauai Island has exceeded 5,000, which is quite large.

In order to supply these soldiers, the Japanese army had to keep transporting supplies to Kauai, and even then, the troops on the front line were still short of everything.

For example, an important freshwater purification system was not available to the Japanese on Kauai. They had to rely on the rain to ensure that they would not die of thirst, but fortunately there was plenty of rain in the Pacific Ocean, otherwise the Japanese army might have died of thirst on Kauai.

The U.S. military opposite them was also not very happy, and the U.S. military's water supply system had long been destroyed by the Japanese Navy's naval guns, so the U.S. military was also struggling, but the good news was that they had enough other supplies.

For example, ammunition - Oahu has enough ammunition for the U.S. military to fight here for a year, and some facilities are more complete than Kauai.

The Japanese suffered on Kauai and made their troops very passive, and they had to slow down their expansion in the direction of India and draw many troops from the Chinese battlefield.

It's not that too many troops are to be invested here, but to build up enough depth of defense behind the Japanese islands.

This is the established strategy of the Japanese army, and it must be completed, otherwise it will fall into a passive established strategy.

"The second Oahu landing operation, Marshal Yamamoto is ready to personally command?" Sitting to the left of His Majesty the Emperor is Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. He asked, looking at the Admiralty to the side.

A series of German victories in the European theater stimulated Japanese militarism, and Hideki Tojo came to power early and became one of the supreme commanders of the Japanese army.

Shigetaro Shimada and Hideki Tojo actually have a good relationship, but because of the long-term estrangement between the Navy and the Army, the relationship between the two is not good.

In the battle to attack Oahu, the two men still cooperated with each other to some extent, but the limit of cooperation was very low.

The naval fleet left behind the coastal landing force, and the pursuit of the American naval fleet was very unpleasant to everyone, but the annihilation of several American warships was another remarkable victory for the navy, and Hideki Tojo was reluctant to say anything more.

The Emperor sat there, listening to the battle arrangements for the attack on Oahu from the base camp, and was actually very dissatisfied in his heart.

Yamamoto Isoroku promised to occupy the Hawaiian Islands within one month, but it was clear that one month was not enough time for Japan to take those islands.

What made him even more depressed was that the military before the war repeatedly assured that the Japanese Navy could easily take Hawaii after purging the American fleet.

But now, the U.S. Navy is growing, and the U.S. forces in Australia are increasing, but the Japanese army is still far away from taking the Hawaiian Islands.

Shigetaro Shimada thought for a moment and answered Hideki Tojo's question: "Mr. Prime Minister, there is no problem for the navy to organize a new round of offensive, the question is whether the army can seize the beachhead. ”

In order to strengthen the force of this attack on Hawaii, Japan has moved out all the new weapons that are still in the experimental stage.

Among the transport ships that had already set sail, 10 special two fireboats that Japan had just barely produced were sent to the front line to participate in the next operation.

With this weapon, the Japanese will have a certain amount of armor on the beachhead, which will reduce the casualties of the troops.

Although the armor of the special second fireboat is average, and the firepower is not too strong, it is still very deterrent compared to nothing.

"We have added 3,000 troops to the front line in one go this time, plus the 3,000 people that have been sent to the island, the troops we can use this time, more than 6,500 people, can definitely capture Oahu!" Hideki Tojo assured the emperor that he would win.

He had to make this assurance, because he also gave the same order to his subordinates, and if this attack failed again, he, the prime minister who had just been in office for a short time, would probably be at the end of his job.

After all, when his predecessor was in power, Japan swept China and won infinite glory, if he was defeated again and again after coming to power, then what face would he have to continue to be this prime minister?

The attack on a small Oahu island allowed the Japanese army to use 6,500 men, and there were more than 1,500 people in reserve, which is enough to show how seriously Hideki Tojo attached to this operation.

"Marshal Yamamoto will command the combined fleet and provide comprehensive cover at sea and in the air, and we will jointly attack the US military at sea and in the air, and the other side will definitely not take advantage of it again." Shitaro Shimada also gave his own assurances.

This time, the Combined Fleet poured out, and almost all of them, except for the battleships that needed to be repaired, went to Midway.

The Japanese would stay at Midway Island for a few hours of rest before moving into the waters around Oahu to expel or annihilate all U.S. forces in the area.

"Since you all have this determination, I am here to wait for news of your victory. The establishment of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Yongchang of the Great Japanese Empire, please leave it to you! The Emperor said with a blank face.

As the faith of the Japanese people, he will not show his joys, angers, sorrows, and sorrows. He is a god-like being, the sign that is admired by all.

On either side of the table where he sits, all the officers of the base camp who attended the meeting stood up and bent down to prove their resolve and said, "Hey! Long live His Majesty the Emperor! ”