As soon as Shunroku Hatata's words fell, the Minister of the Navy, Bighorn, got up and complained bitterly that Shunroku Hata simply wanted to bury the navy, and even the entire empire.

At present, there are only 22 aircraft carriers left in the Imperial Navy, 12 of which are in the Southern Fleet, three of which are in the Bohai Sea to escort the three eastern provinces, and the remaining seven are all in the Baodao (Taiwan) Strait, the East China Sea, and the mainland, which is the last force to defend the homeland.

Since the fall of Shandong, the mainland has already entered the range of the army's long-range bombers, and it is no longer absolutely safe, and the empire can no longer allow the mistake of the second bombing of Tokyo, and on this basis, the defense of the homeland must not be over-deployed.

The number of aircraft carriers in the South China Sea has reached 13, and with the support of powerful land-based aviation firepower, a decisive battle with them in the Qiongzhou Strait is simply self-defeating.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the Imperial Navy exerts all its strength and mobilizes the naval fleet to support, it will be three days later, and it is still a matter of whether there will be a living force of the locust army on Hainan Island in three days.

Therefore, Shunroku Hata is simply irresponsible nonsense.

But Shunroku Hata didn't think so, and retorted that the territory of Hainan Island is not small, and they don't have enough time to run around the island in three days, so how can they completely defeat the locust army in three days?

As long as the navy opens up a decisive battle with that navy within three days, it can greatly disperse their attack on the island, at least buy time for the 21st Army to recapture the Leizhou Peninsula, and delay with them for three or four days, and the main force of the Southern Fleet will be able to arrive.

With the excellence of the locust army aircraft carrier Shinano and the powerful gunfire of the battleship Musashi, and the urgent delivery of a batch of cherry blossom planes to Hong Kong, with the bravery of the kamikaze special attack team, who said that it could not compete with its navy?

This battle will be fought sooner or later, why can't it be in front of you, is it the locust army and navy that are scared and timid?

Shunroku Hata spoke extremely quickly, and his words exploded like a cannonball in the conference room, which carried great weight and instantly gained some supporters.

I have to say that there seems to be some truth in his words, the decisive battle at sea between the national army and the island army is inevitable, with the amazing manufacturing power of the national army in front of them, who knows how much stronger their sea power will be in a few months?

Rather than waiting for them to be stronger, it is better to take advantage of the strength in front of them to fight to the death.

The army led by Shunroku Hata and the navy led by Okari formed two camps, and the two sides began to fight each other in the conference room.

At this time, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Navy, stood up, and as the direct leader of the Navy, he had more say in this time of war or non-war.

Since the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the island army has swept away the remnants of the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Australia stranded in the Dutch East Indies through a series of amphibious landings or surface ship engagements represented by the Battle of the Java Sea.

The occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the expulsion of all the Mi troops in the Philippines ensured an important source of resources in Southeast Asia. Achieving all the initial strategic objectives with unimaginable efficiency and minimal losses, Yamamoto Isoroku was the most important part of the Empire, and his position in the empire was unshakable.

Although after the Battle of Midway, the navies of the island countries gradually lost their sea and air supremacy in the Pacific, this was not a matter of his personal capabilities, but the emergence of various advanced weapons such as aircraft, missiles, and aircraft carriers by the Allied forces, and the inability of the military forces of the island countries to keep up with their footsteps.

Therefore, this Yamamoto Fifty-Six, who was originally broken in history, but was lucky to catch the east wind of the butterfly effect brought by Jiang Haoran, and survived to the present day, (about Yamamoto Fifty-Six, please read Baidu, I will not repeat it here) is still the soul of the island country's navy, and is highly respected in the high-level of the island country.

So much so that as soon as Yamamoto Fifty-six got up, the locust himself rang the table for him and signaled the venue to be quiet, obviously also having high hopes for him.

The venue quickly fell silent, and everyone sat back in their seats, looking at Yamamoto Fifty-six in a deaf posture.

Yamamoto fifty-six organized his words a little and began to gush.

First of all, he believes that the Imperial Navy does not have the strength to compete with the Pacific Fleet at all, and the Imperial Navy is not prepared at all, and the temporary mobilization of various naval fleets cannot form an effective attack force, and the three or five aircraft carrier fleets will not give the Empire a chance to make a false contribution, and they will inevitably swarm up, encircle and annihilate it, and the Imperial Navy will not be able to wait for the Southern Fleet to assemble and attack.

Second, the Empire's material reserves are not enough to support such a life-and-death decisive battle, and it is not on the same level as the powerful logistics of the Navy, which is prepared.

Third, except for the navy that is superior to the quality of soldiers, the Imperial Navy's other aircraft carriers and weapons are far behind them.

Many of the Imperial Navy's ships date back to before World War I, and they are old. And the navy is all newly built, and its performance and speed are higher than those of the Imperial warships.

The carrier-based aircraft of the Locust Army cannot be compared with them, after the birth of the Hellcat, the Zero War has completely fallen behind, especially their anti-ship missile missiles, which are the nightmare of the Locust warships, and there is no very effective defense method at present.

Therefore, any clamor for a decisive battle is extremely irresponsible, and it is pushing the entire empire down a path of death.

"Then according to what you say, we will only be killed, and we will not have to fight at all?" Shunroku Hata said angrily.

Yamamoto Fifty-six was not angry, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Although the situation is unfavorable to the locusts army, it is not to the point of being killed, in the final analysis, it is the wrong choice of the second island chain, if we had listened to us earlier, and the location was chosen between Luzon Island and Treasure Island, why would there be a disaster in front of us?" And now, it's time to make amends. ”

As soon as these words came out, the army generals all bowed their heads, long before the structure of the second island chain, the navy strongly suggested that the construction of the second island chain should rely on Fujian, Baodao, Luzon Island to build a defense line, because this line is relatively short, compared with the gradual weakening of the imperial navy's strength, the defense line is tighter, and the manpower and material resources invested will not be too much, the relatively narrow sea area can greatly ease the pressure faced by the navy, they only need to block the Taiwan Strait and the Bass Strait to block the invasion of China's Pacific Fleet, now it seems, The Navy's suggestion is quite correct.

It's a pity that the army and the base camp at that time didn't want to give up the granary of Hainan Island, the rich mineral resources on the island, and the construction that the empire has invested heavily in over the years.