Standing on the bridge of the battleship Nagato, Yamamoto watched his fleet sail on the calm ocean.

The trail left by the battleship in front of him was cut in front of the battleship he was on, rippling away from both sides of the hull, and tumbling into the distance.

Once again, the Japanese fleet poured out, with all the supply ships it could find, and slaughtered Solomon with great vigour, preparing for another battle with the American Navy here.

"Don't take Solomon! Australia is immovable. Yamamoto Fifty-six put his hands behind his back, looked at the several combat staff officers standing in front of him, and said firmly.

If the U.S. supply lines are not blocked, then Australia could become a bleeding wound for Japan, allowing Japan to shed its last drop of blood.

So, when it came time to turn the ship around and pounce into the Indian Ocean, Isoroku Yamamoto decided to take the Solomon Islands as much as possible.

As long as the Solomon Islands can be captured, they can flank the Marshall Islands together with the Hawaiian Islands, and eventually capture half of the western Pacific Ocean.

Moreover, after the capture of the Solomon Islands, the rich eastern part of Australia was also within the range of Japanese bombers.

Not to mention cutting off the supply of the United States to Australia, it can also threaten Australia and force it to surrender to Japan.

If Australia's major problem can be solved, then the entire western Pacific, the Japanese army's defense line will be impregnable.

"Your Excellency! An hour earlier, the Nagumo fleet had launched an air strike on the Solomon Islands...... The results are still being counted. ”

"American roadbed aviation fought back...... Our troops were shot down 14 planes, and the fighter pilots of the opposing side seem to have conducted special training for the Zero fighter. ”

"So much to lose? Americans are really tough. Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed with emotion, and then ordered without looking back: "Continue to increase the intensity of air raids!" Wipe out the island's airfield once and for all! ”

"Hey!" The officer who heard the order hurriedly stood up and bowed his head, then turned around and walked out of the bridge with his command knife and walked to the telegraph room.

Radio silence has been completely broken, and the Japanese attack on the Solomon Islands no longer needs to be kept secret.

It is also unlikely that the radio will be silent at this time, because the Americans already know that the Japanese Navy is near the Solomon Islands.

Yamamoto was afraid that his code would be deciphered by the United States again, and when the radio silence was broken, he gave the order to change the code.

This was also planned in advance, and in order not to cause confusion, the new codebook was distributed to all ship units before the battle, but it was not activated.

It is a pity that it is regrettable that this time the Japanese Navy poured out its nest to attack the Solomon Islands, and it was not smooth from the beginning.

While the fleet was docking at an Indonesian port for replenishment, two supply ships collided and one ship had to return for repairs.

Hundreds of nautical miles from the periphery of the Solomon Islands, the Japanese Combined Fleet was spotted by an Australian reconnaissance ship.

Although the Japanese quickly sank the Australian reconnaissance ship, disguised as a fishing boat, the fleet's whereabouts were indeed revealed in advance.

It is precisely because of this that when the Japanese army attacked the Solomon Islands, the US military made pre-war preparations.

Hundreds of fighters took off from the roadbed airfield and fought for air supremacy with the Japanese Zero fighters, and the tragic air battle has been going on for an hour, and the fleet still has not gained air supremacy over the Solomon Islands!

"Soon, the American fleet will appear near here." Yamamoto Fifty-six muttered uneasily, estimating the movements of the American fleet.

If the U.S. fleet is deployed in the waters near the Marshall Islands, then the U.S. fleet will appear in the Solomon Islands in about a day or two.

"Does the enemy really have a fleet? Your Excellency the Marshal? Hearing his boss's muttering, one chief of staff felt that his boss was worrying about nothing.

They nearly wiped out the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and wiped out the remnants of the U.S. fleet at Midway.

In the previous attack on the Hawaiian Islands, the U.S. Navy only sent a few destroyers to make symbolic resistance, and there were no large warships in the battle circle at all.

Now, Marshal Yamamoto 56 actually thinks that there will be a US Navy fleet, which is simply a joke.

Even if the U.S. military did have a fleet, shouldn't it be defending the mainland in Las Vegas or Los Angeles and San Francisco?

Could it be that the Americans are really so confident that the Japanese Navy will not dare to cross the ocean to attack the US mainland? Or is the United States ready to do without California?

Yamamoto 56 ignored the staff officer who complained in his heart, and was thinking about the same question in his heart - can the United States really build a fleet that dares to confront the combined fleet in such a short period of time?

However, military intelligence from the German side shows that the US military has now built at least 20 destroyers, more than 5 cruisers, and mobilized more than 3 battleships.

On such a scale, it can no longer be considered a small fleet. Not to mention, German intelligence estimates that at least two American light aircraft carriers have already been launched!

With such a scale, it is not impossible for the US Navy to kill Solomon to fight another battle with the Japanese Navy.

The question is, on the one hand, whether the Americans really have such a fleet; On the other hand, will the American fleet dare to come!

The fleet of the Japanese Navy cannot afford to lose compared with the United States. So in any case, Yamamoto Isoroku did not dare to press all his own warships before the American fleet appeared.

At this moment, Yamamoto Fifty-six revealed nothing more than the First Air Fleet under the jurisdiction of Nagumo Tadashi, whose whereabouts had been exposed.

Including the First Fleet commanded by Takasu Shiro, as well as the First Sentai directly under Yamamoto, the remaining large number of warships, in fact, Yamamoto did not use them.

He wants to keep these warships and wait for the US Navy fleet to appear, so that in the Solomon Islands, another impressive lesson will be taught to the US Navy.

If he could, he would even want to annihilate this American fleet here, and then threaten the US mainland with the fleet to force the United States to submit.

"Let's just say that the Americans have a fleet!" Yamamoto Fifty-six set the tone and opened his mouth to order: "Let General Takasu Shiro's first fleet press and prepare to shell Solomon!" ”

"Hey!" The other officer in charge of the herald stood up and bowed his head and walked out with his command knife.

"I wish the First Fleet a long time of military luck!" Yamamoto Fifty-six said word by word with his hands behind his back.

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The second is a little later, you can watch it tomorrow morning.