However, Yamada did not send the telegram to Zhou Lin, he was waiting for the United States to reply.

At 1:30 a.m. on April 16, 1943, the radio signal was available.

"It's mine!" The major general stepped forward, received the telegram, and then translated it.

The president said that the above 66 people are allies of the United States. It has been filed. ”

After Zhou Lin received the telegram of the major general, he immediately translated it into a code and sent it to Yamada.

When Yamada received the message, he immediately sent it.

Soon, Yamada received a telegram: according to the plan, send Yamamoto Fifty-six to heaven.

After Yamada received the telegram, he immediately sent a telegram to Zhou Lin.

Then, he burned all the telegraph paper, disrupting the frequency of the station.

Kobayashi had already been called in and asked him to return the radio to the telecommunications section.

And Zhou Lin, who was in the smith's secret room, received the telegram.

"At six o'clock on April 18, 1943, Yamamoto Isoroku will take off from Rabaul for the field airfield on Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands."

When Zhou Lin handed the telegram to the major general, the major general seemed to see the two golden beans on his shoulder, and he couldn't help but kiss the telegram.

So, the major general read it several times before he translated the telegram, and after it was translated, he carefully checked it three more times before he began to send a telegram to the director.

I sent it once, but for fear of making a mistake, he sent it again, for a total of three times.

And the director of the CIA in the United States has always been in front of the telegram.

It wasn't until the telegram reached him that he hid and translated it.

As soon as he read the contents of the telegram, tears fell from his eyes, and among the American soldiers who died in Pearl Harbor, there was his favorite nephew: "I have avenged you." ”

Putting this telegram in his purse, the director went to the president's office.

"Good! Notify the Secretary of the Navy to come over. The president said.

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox was summoned to the president's office, and Roy discreetly handed him the telegram in his hand.

After reading the telegram, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox stood up: "Please give the order!" ”

Roho looked like he wanted to stand up from his wheelchair, pointed to the sky and ordered Navy Secretary Frank Knox: "Kill Yamamoto!" “

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said firmly: "Guaranteed to complete the mission!" ”

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox returned to his office and immediately made a confidential call to Admiral Chester Nimitz: "Now is the time to avenge the American soldiers who died at Pearl Harbor, and the President has authorized me to command this battle." The operation was codenamed 'Magic', and now I order you to carry out the President's orders and direct the operation. ”

"Your Excellency, you wait for the good news!" Admiral Chester Nimizzy put down the phone and shouted, "Inform the commander of the South Pacific Theater, General William Halsey, to come over, there is urgent military business." ”

After the South Pacific Theater Commander William Halsey arrived, Nimitz consulted with the South Pacific Theater Commander William Halsey and approved the assassination mission to intercept and shoot down Yamamoto's plane on April 17.

A squadron of P-38 Lightning fighters was ordered to carry out interception missions, since only such aircraft had sufficient range.

Eighteen pilots, selected from three different units, were told they were about to intercept an "important senior officer," but did not know the exact name.

The US air force on Kuah Island accepted the task of assassinating Yamamoto and worked out an attack plan overnight, deciding to adopt the plan of intercepting the plane in the air and using P-38 "Lightning" fighters to carry out the attack mission.

There is a problem with air volleys, the airspace, time, and flight speed of both sides must be accurate, and if there is a slight mistake, the opportunity will be lost. However, considering that Yamamoto has always strictly adhered to the time, they feel that Yamamoto's "advantage" should be a complete part of the US military.

When it was almost midnight, the battle plan was all determined: it was divided into two attack groups, one was the attack group, which was in charge of Lanfil, with a total of 6 people and 4 aircraft; The other group is the cover group, which is headed by Michel, with a total of 12 people and 8 aircraft. In order to avoid the Japanese radar, both strike groups had to fly at low altitude and in a detour.

On the morning of April 18, 1943, P-38 bombers loaded with fuel and ammunition took off from Henderson Airport on Kuah Island. According to the plan, they will meet Yamamoto over the rainforest of Bougainville Island.

At this time, Yamamoto was already in the air. He departed from Rabaul at 6 o'clock in the morning in a land-based bomber of the Type One, accompanied by his chief of staff, Ugaki.

Before taking off, Yamamoto ignored the advice of the local army commander, General Jun Imamura, about the risk of being ambushed, and took off from Rabaul on time on two Mitsubishi-Ichi land-attack fast transport planes, with a planned flight of 315 minutes.

Eighteen P-38 fighters with auxiliary fuel tanks have taken off from Kuah airport.

After 430 miles of radio silence at ultra-low altitudes, 16 aircraft reached the target airspace. At 9:43 a.m. Tokyo time, the two sides met in formation, and the six escorted Zero fighters immediately began to fight with the US plane.

Lieutenant Rex Barber attacked the first of two Attack Type 1 land attacks, which later turned out to be a Yamamoto landline aircraft with the port number T1-323.

He kept firing at the plane, and within thirty seconds it had been smashed into a sieve, and in a flash of lightning, the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Admiralty had returned to the West.

The crash of Yamamoto's plane was located north of the previous Australian Coast Guard's stronghold on Booun Island, and the next day a Japanese search and rescue team led by Japanese engineer Lieutenant Hamasa found the location.

Yamamoto's body was under a tree outside the wreckage of the plane, still sitting in his seat, white-gloved hands holding his Japanese sword.

Hamasa recognized Yamamoto on the spot, and the Admiral's head bowed slightly as if he was deep in thought. The autopsy report revealed two gunshot wounds to the mountain itself: one bullet pierced his left shoulder in the back of its own body, and another bullet entered the left rear of his jaw and exited above his right eye. In order to prevent the Japanese from suspecting that Yamamoto's travel time had been leaked, and thus suspecting the act of Yamada and the other 66 people in providing information, the U.S. news media were told that it was the Solomon Islands locals' coastal observatory that witnessed Yamamoto's land attack.

Because the information transmitted by Chongqing was received before the operation, the United States admitted that Chi Buzhou, the Chinese military, had deciphered the Japanese naval code during the operation.

The news media also did not disclose the names of most of the American pilots involved in the assassination, because the brother of one of them was currently a prisoner of war and was at risk of being tortured and killed.

And the Major General and Zhou Lin on Zhoujia Island received a telegram on the evening of the 18th: The heroic children of the United States have completed the task! The two Mitsubishi-1 land attack fast transport planes and the escort fighters of Yamada and his entourage were all destroyed. Fifty-six Yamamoto is dead.

Zhou Lin and the major general hugged excitedly and congratulated each other.

"Tell Yamada that the President of the United States and the American people will keep their promise to treat the 66 of them as reliable friends of the United States." The major general sent a telegram to Zhou Lin.

This is a telegram from the director of the CIA, in which it is announced that Rear Admiral of the CIA has been promoted to Vice Admiral, while Colonel Zhou Lin has been promoted to Rear Admiral, and Rear Admiral Smith has been promoted to Lieutenant Commander.

Zhou Lin immediately sent a telegram to Wu Mingtao, asking him to turn to Yamada in a hurry.

The contents of the telegram read: Yamamoto Isoroku is dead, and the President of the United States has asked me to convey to me that Mr. Yamada and 66 other Japanese military friends will be reliable friends of the United States from today onwards, and that the President of the United States and the American people will abide by their commitments.