When the Huangshan Villa was furious, in the vast Pacific Ocean, a fleet with the most powerful firepower in human history was chopping the waves, and the star-striped flags on the mast were hunting under the sea breeze. \.М\\

Seventeen aircraft carriers, eighteen frigate aircraft carriers, twelve battleships, cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarine transports, carrying thousands of aircraft and nearly 100,000 troops, swooped down on the western Pacific.

The Philippines, a country composed of a series of islands in the western Pacific Ocean, occupied this string of islands, cut off the South Pacific, the South Asian continent and the Japanese mainland, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Japanese Southern Army could only hang out in solitude, the material channels in the South China Sea were completely cut off, and the oil, rubber, iron, copper, and aluminum ore could no longer be sent back to Japan.

Japan, which had always paid close attention to the movements of the US troops, immediately noticed that the No. 1 operational order was immediately issued, the military headquarters issued an operational alert to the Philippine defenders, and Yamashita began to retreat from Manila, and the Japanese army strength in this era was far inferior to that of the previous life, and the main elite was lost in the Chinese battlefield, and the strength of the army was sharply reduced from 350,000 to 180,000 in the previous life.

The No. 1 operational plan requires the army and navy to cooperate and annihilate all the landed US forces on the beachhead, in which the navy undertakes the main task, and the commander of the combined fleet, Jizaburo Ozawa, is responsible for leading the aircraft carriers to carry out enemy operations and leave the US aircraft carrier group from the landing ground, and Admiral Kurita will command the main fleet, including the two most powerful battleships in the world, the Yamato and Musashi, to break into the US landing field and use their powerful naval guns to destroy the US troops on the sea, and at the same time, the defenders on the shore begin a counteroffensive. Annihilate the landing US forces in one fell swoop.

However, to the surprise of the military department, the commander of the combined fleet, Jizaburo Ozawa, refused to fight, and Ozawa Jizaburo angrily telegraphed Tokyo: "The fuel required by the combined fleet is only 60%, and nearly half of the ships cannot go to war. ”

The Minister of the Navy, Mitsumasa Yonechi, and the Chief of the Naval Command, Vice Takeshi Toyoda, had no choice but to report to the base camp and ask the base camp to urgently provide fuel to meet the needs of the Combined Fleet.

Kantaro Suzuki was shocked to receive the report, and angrily questioned Nishio Toshizo and Umezu Mijiro at a cabinet meeting: "At the last imperial meeting, the army promised to transfer fuel to the navy, why is the navy still short of fuel?" If the Combined Fleet can't go to war, Operation Plan One must be stopped! ”

Nishio Shouzo and Umezu Mijiro were very embarrassed, and the two exchanged glances with each other before Nishio Shouzo spoke: "Your Excellency, we have transferred more than half of the oil to the Navy, but the serious thing is that the Navy does not keep it well, and Sancheng of the oil was blown up by the Shina Air Force, and this responsibility should not be borne by us." ”

Umezu Yoshijiro added: "Your Excellency, we must leave some fuel for the armored forces to defend the homeland. ”

Suzuki Kantaro was anxious, the No. 1 battle plan was decided by a joint meeting of the cabinet base camp, this plan required the entire combined fleet to go into battle, divided into five routes, respectively, your enemy, detour, cover; If only half of the fleet goes into battle, the result can be imagined.

"But what now? Half of the combined fleet goes into battle, and Operation No. 1 is equivalent to a piece of waste paper! Kantaro Suzuki roared, his fingers tapping on the table with a thumping sound.

"Half of the combined fleet will not be able to complete the No. 1 battle plan at all," Mitsumasa Yonechi said, "but the Philippines must keep it, otherwise the South Sea route will be completely cut off, and the Southern Army will be isolated overseas.... ”

The atmosphere of the meeting became even more heavy, and from the perspective of the whole strategy, the Japanese army had actually been divided, the Chinese army was trapped in the south of the Yangtze River, the southern army was scattered in the Nanyang islands and Southeast Asia, the Kwantung army was cramped in Korea, and the troops in various places could not support each other, and even logistics and supplies were very difficult.

"The Combined Fleet must go to war, and it can't rely on land forces alone to protect the Philippines!" Umezu Mijiro was a little irritable, the war situation was erosive, it had reached a miserable point, if it weren't for the idea of China and Britain, the Southeast Asian battlefield would have been rotten a long time ago, and there were only four C divisions and three ** mixed brigades in the entire Southeast Asian Peninsula, with a total strength of less than 70,000 people, but they were stationed in a vast area from Vietnam, Thailand to Singapore.

The withdrawal from Jiangnan has been going on, and Seishiro Itagaki is very cooperative, but the squadron soon discovered the actions of the Japanese army, but the squadron did not interfere with the retreat of the Japanese army, but the retreat operation was interfered with by the US submarines, and the four transport ships were sunk, and the loss of more than 10,000 troops was high.

In North Korea, Naosaburo Okabe also frequently complained to the country that it wanted to replenish troops, planes, and ammunition, but these could not be provided by the country, and the entire Korean sky became a stage for the Chinese Air Force to perform.

After several months of emergency repairs, the airfields in the northeast have been greatly expanded, and the airfields under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Theater can already accommodate thousands of aircraft, of which the airfields in the border areas of China and North Korea can accommodate more than 1,000 planes.

"If we can't even provide fuel for the combined fleet to fight, can this war continue?" Togo was equally furious, believing that the war could no longer be fought, and that continuing the war would only increase the casualties of the Japanese nation and lose the strength to rebuild in the future.

"How can you talk like that!" Umezu Mijiro slapped the table and stood up, his face flushed, his anxiety and anger could not be contained, and he shouted hoarsely: "Won't half of the combined fleet be able to fight?" Without faith, it is impossible to achieve any victory! Now it's faith that counts! ”

"Can half a combined fleet win?" Kantaro Suzuki scolded: "Without the combined fleet, how can you defend the homeland?" Senior General Umezu, the army said that it would expand its army by 3 million, but how much is it now? How many people have weapons? You tell the truth to the Cabinet! ”

Faced with Suzuki Kantaro's reprimand, Umezu Mijiro paused for a moment and then replied arrogantly: "This is a military secret." ”

"That is to say, as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he has no right to know the combat readiness of the army!" Dongxiang retorted coldly: "There are enemy spies among us here, is that so?" Admiral Umezu! ”

Umezu Mijiro's expression was stunned, and the cabinet ministers behaved aggressively today, which made him a little difficult to handle. Nishio Shouzo came out at this time to relieve him of the siege: "Of course, the cabinet has the right to know the army's preparations, General Umezu, you can introduce the situation to the cabinet." ”

Umezu Yoshijiro had no choice but to get off the donkey: "The expansion of the army has been completed, there are three million troops on the mainland, a total of 180 divisions and regiments, divided into eight military regions, of course, weapons and equipment are not fully equipped, approximately, approximately, 100, 100, 1.2 million people lack weapons. ”

Kantaro Suzuki Shen sèyin Shen, Umezu Mijiro obviously ambushed in numbers, but now he doesn't have the heart to dwell on this, this is shocking enough, not to mention the quality of less than two million people, let's say that there are enough 1.2 million people without weapons, which in itself is very telling questions.

"What about munitions? Minister of Toyota. Kantaro Suzuki turned his head and asked Quartermaster Sajiro Toyoda: "How long will it take to replenish the weapons and ammunition needed by the troops?" ”

Sadajiro Toyoda's face was expressionless: "It is absolutely impossible within half a year, the bombing of the Chinese Air Force is more intense, coupled with the lack of raw materials, the operating rate of the factory has dropped sharply, and the output has fallen to two percent of the ten years of the Showa." And according to the situation, it will continue to decline, and half a year is already very optimistic. ”

Kantaro Suzuki sighed heavily in his heart, the building will fall, it is difficult to support alone, it is difficult to support alone! Not to mention my old wood.

Everyone stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the meeting room was suffocating, and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ishiguro added another fire: "This year's grain harvest has been counted, and there is another large-scale reduction in production, the national grain output is only 70% of last year, the national ration must be lowered, and the daily ration per person must be reduced to Sanhe, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare estimates that 200 to 3 million people will starve to death in the whole country, and there will be widespread malnutrition." ”

Surrender, these two words that can no longer be avoided come to mind, and the Tehran Declaration is like a ghost swimming in the conference room.

Suzuki cleared his throat and was about to speak, but Umezu Mijiro seemed to know what he was going to say, and stood up first and shouted: "The imperial army still has millions of troops, and the empire has not yet been defeated!" The combined fleet must strike! Even if it's only half of the ships, you're going to fight! ”

"And what does the Navy say?" Suzuki's tone was cold: "Is there any certainty of victory in the battle?" ”

Vice Takeshi Toyoda shook his head very affirmatively: "No, the No. 1 battle plan requires the United Fleet to attack with all its forces, the strength of the Combined Fleet is already weaker than that of the Pacific Fleet, and half of the Combined Fleet will go out, but it will add a little to the victory of others." ”

"Is it just watching the Americans land in the Philippines!" Umezu Mijiro propped his hands on the table and glared fiercely at Toyoda, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Without waiting for Vice Takeshi Toyoda to speak, Umezu Mijiro shouted again: "The people tighten their belts and build warships, just to defend the empire, if you can't go to war, what do you want so many warships to do!" ”

Vice Takeshi Toyoda also stood up angrily: "It is precisely because of the importance of the Combined Fleet to Japan that it cannot be sacrificed in vain, without the Combined Fleet, how can the army alone defend the homeland?!" ”

"But let the Philippines fall! The South Seas route was completely cut off, and there was no fuel! The Combined Fleet is nothing more than a dead fish floating on the sea! Umezu Mijiro yelled.

This is just pinching the soft underbelly of Toyota's vice-arm, Toyota's vice-arm, Toyota's vice-arm, is in a dilemma, the combined fleet attack is suicide, if you don't attack, sit back and watch the Philippines fall, it is slow to commit suicide.

Kantaro Suzuki sighed, and Togo had already said coldly: "The combined fleet is the essence of the Japanese Navy, and they are the foundation for the reconstruction of the Japanese Navy in the future, if they sacrifice in this way, it is irresponsible for the future of Japan!" It's a crime! ”

Nishio Shouzo also asked in the same cold tone, "Can the navy go to war?" ”！。

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