The entire Pearl Harbor fortress is now like being in a purgatory of fire, looking south from the commanding height of Kahala Mountain, you can see that the area around Pearl Harbor is full of ballistics flying on all sides and a wall of fire seven or eight meters high. The roar of the motor and the sound of the bomb exploding came like raging waves. Let the Japanese who are in the midst of the fire and watch this scene from afar are all terrified!

The counterattack of the Japanese warships and batteries had already begun, and through the observation posts set up on the top of Kahala Hill, the Japanese discovered the ballistics of the shelling of the Chinese and American battleships, and roughly guessed the position of the other side. Dozens of large-caliber artillery pieces roared in unison, roaring like the earth shaking the mountains! However, the results of the shelling made them extremely depressed, and with only a position inferred from the ballistics, in the dark night, they shelled a fleet moving at high speed on the sea more than 20 kilometers away! How high a character does it have to be to hit? The current shelling of the Japanese army is actually just to comfort itself and boost morale by the way...... At least the frightened expression on the face of the descendant of Amaterasu Okami after hearing the news that the Japanese batteries had begun to counterattack had subsided slightly.

But this inefficient shelling would quickly reveal the exact location of the Japanese batteries! In the sky of Oahu right now, hundreds of Chinese and American planes are dropping all kinds of bombs and incendiary bombs! There must have been quite a few reconnaissance planes among them, and it is estimated that they have already taken pictures of the Japanese batteries firing. After dawn tomorrow, the Chinese A-4 Thunderhawk dive bombers will be able to use heavy bombs to kill all the exposed batteries one by one according to the position determined by the reconnaissance plane tonight!

Yamamoto Fifty-six looked at the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, who was sitting in the middle of the war room, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. The Emperor had arrived half an hour earlier, and as soon as he walked in, he shouted and asked himself why he didn't fight back. There are so many large-caliber shore guns and naval guns in Yamato Island and Pearl Harbor, why aren't any of them firing back? Because there is no way to determine the exact location of the enemy fleet. Yamamoto naturally didn't dare to bully the king, and truthfully answered the reason why he couldn't fight back. But the Emperor was visibly frightened. Nothing will be heard. It's just a force to order a counterattack, and it is impossible to determine the exact position of the opponent, and there is a general position to counterattack! It's like the army covering enemy positions with howitzers......

But will the enemy's positions in land warfare move at a speed of 5 or 60 kilometers per hour? Will there be steel armor up to a few hundred millimeters thick on enemy positions? Armor against these battleships. High-explosive shells with a large area of destruction have no effect, only armor-piercing shells with strong penetration...... That's what you need to hit directly to have an effect! And at distances above 20,000 meters, even with good visibility. The hit rate of long-range heavy artillery against moving targets at sea is only one or two percentage points! On a night like now, I don't know the specific location of the other party, and I'm afraid I don't even have a 1/10,000 hit rate.

At that moment, Yamamoto's thoughts were interrupted by a loud rumbling bang, and a huge 380mm cannonball hit the thick layer of soil on the reinforced concrete shelter. The sound of a huge explosion in your ears was like the sky was falling! Everyone in the shelter was shaken down, and the dim lights went out. In the darkness, I heard someone shouting, "Protect Your Majesty!" Protect Your Majesty! "And I don't know who made the piercing scream!

Yamamoto Isoroku and the naval personnel in the shelter department quickly reacted, and they didn't know who turned on the backup power supply, and then they saw Emperor Hirohito lying on the ground with his head in his hands, and two people, King Osahiko and Nishioji Temple, pounced on the emperor. It was as if he was going to use his body to block the cannonballs for the emperor.

"Hurry up and help Your Majesty up! ......I don't know who shouted this, and everyone hurriedly picked up the stunned emperor and walked towards the door of the shelter. Although the 380mm shell just now did not destroy the strong bunker. But any experienced Navy officer knows it. The steel and iron skeleton of the bunker must have been bruised. The overburden on top has probably been lifted off if another of the same shells hit the bunker. I'm afraid it's the end of the big guy! Fortunately, the backup headquarters had already been prepared, and along the dark and narrow corridor, everyone soon arrived in another strong-looking bunker.

As soon as I settled down, reports of losses from all over the place came in like flowing water.

"Report, the No. 10 battery was shot, the reinforced concrete bunker was penetrated, the 12-inch shore defense gun was destroyed, and the whole crew was shattered!"

"Sir, two shots were fired near shell No. 6, the defensive wall of the battery was cracked, the power system failed, and the 12-inch shore defense gun was temporarily unusable."

"The roof of Fortress No. 2 was shot once, the overburden was destroyed, cracks appeared everywhere in the main fortifications, the reservoir leaked, the power system was interrupted, and there were a large number of earthquake injuries to the people in the fortress!"

"Fortification No. 12 was hit by an incendiary bomb, and the hot air poured in under the cover of the ventilation system, causing serious casualties! The No. 7 fortification was covered by a fire caused by an incendiary bomb, and the fire spread to the inside of the fortification, and all the members of the 16th Brigade of the 1st Guards Wing were shattered! ”

"Ammunition Depot No. 3 was affected by the fire, and tens of thousands of 75mm shells stored in the ammunition depot were killed! The 19th Guards Wing in the surrounding fortifications No. 4 ......"

"The positions of the 1st, 2nd and 5th anti-aircraft artillery wings, the positions of the artillery clusters were all hit by incendiary shells, causing heavy losses in the fire......"

The news that came was very bad, either the fortress was hit by shells, or the fortifications were burned by incendiary bombs, and what frightened Yamamoto the most was that several batteries without armored turrets were hit by opponents! As soon as these batteries opened fire, they provoked a counterattack. It is clear that the level of organization of artillery battles in the coordinated air and sea of the Chinese and American fleets exceeded expectations. Even compared to the Japanese Navy, which has always been famous for its gunnery, it is slightly higher!

In the corner of the shelter department, there was a fierce argument at this time, and the voice was very loud, as if it was for the safety of His Majesty the Emperor!

“…… Your Majesty must leave! On the first day of the offensive and defensive battle of Yamato Island, he suffered heavy losses, and he was completely in a state of passive beating, so it would definitely not last long, and if His Majesty stayed here, it would definitely be more than lucky! If something happens to Your Majesty, the Japanese Empire will be destroyed! Your Majesty must now be moved to a safe place! ”

It was the Chief of Staff of the Army, Nishio Terrazo, who spoke. This army general, who is only in his 50s, did not have a single gray hair before the February 15 incident. But now he has a full head of gray hair, and even his beard is gray. He was opposed from the outset to keeping the emperor in Hawaii to boost morale. The war has been fought to this point. Not to mention that the emperor stayed in Hawaii, even if Amaterasu himself came down to Pearl Harbor to take charge, it is estimated that it will be difficult to turn things around! Unless Amaterasu's divine power can surpass that of the atomic bomb. Now the hope of the Japanese Empire is nothing more than holding on to Hawaii. Wait for Germany's atomic attack on the United States to work, the United States will give in to Germany, thus allowing Germany to win hegemony, and then pressure China to abandon its aggressive policy towards Japan...... The important geographical location of the Hawaiian Islands and the huge influence of the emperor in Japan are the only bargaining chips left in Hirohito's hands. But if Emperor Hirohito was placed in Hawaii, wouldn't he put all his eggs in one basket? Once Oahu is breached, it's all over! Even if Hitler defeated the United States and wanted to intervene in the Sino-Japanese war. There's no way to start.

"Now is the critical moment for the decisive battle in Hawaii, I must stay here and personally lead the army and navy to fight against the strong!" Nishio's voice just fell. Emperor Hirohito's opposition rang out. It's just that the voice sounds a little trembling. "If the hundreds of thousands of Imperial soldiers on the island knew that I had left, would they still have the courage to fight? Lost courage. How long can Yamato Island last? ”

"Your Majesty! Now is not the time to be pushy! For the sake of the empire, for the sake of 70 million nationals, you must leave Hawaii! You are the emperor of the entire Japanese Kuomintang, and you can't just think about the gains and losses of Yamato Island! It was the Minister of the Navy, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong, who had a horse-faced face and said loudly with an excited expression: "As the patriarch of the imperial family, the Minister of the Navy of the Japanese Empire, I suggest that you send Your Majesty away immediately, what do you think?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty should leave immediately."

"Only by preserving Your Majesty can the empire have a day of revival."

"Your Majesty, please leave quickly......"

The words of the crowd, the voices are very neat, and they all advise Emperor Hirohito to anoint the soles of his feet and run away immediately. Hirohito's face also showed a look of hesitation, and he was silent there with his head down. King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong took a deep breath, walked up to the emperor and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Council has reached an agreement, and I implore Your Majesty to leave Yamato Island immediately, go out to South America, and continue to lead 3 million imperial soldiers and 70 million people in South America to fight the thieves to the end!" Saying that, Fushimi Palace bowed to the end again: "I implore Your Majesty to respect the decision of the Imperial Council, and I am afraid of the reckless offense." ”

Emperor Hirohito actually regretted staying on this damn Yamato Island for a long time, but he couldn't say it by himself if he ran away, otherwise he would be too timid! Now that this Fushimi Palace Emperor Uncle has found him a "Imperial Council Decision" under the steps, he is no longer nervous, just sighs and nods silently.

Fushimi Palace sighed softly, bowed deeply to the emperor again, and then turned to Yamamoto Fifty-six and said, "Yamamoto-kun, is the submarine to escort His Majesty away?" When can His Majesty leave? ”

"There are five submarines on standby at several secret bases north of Oahu, but Your Majesty is not in a position to leave immediately." Yamamoto Isoroku glanced at the admiral minister with a surprised face, and explained lightly: "China and the United States will definitely send a large number of destroyers to blockade the area around Yamato Island, so we need to find a way to lure them away so that Your Majesty can leave safely." ”

……

March 18, 1940, morning. The Pacific Ocean near Oahu.

"Depth charge preparation! The first round, put! ”

With a single command, four small oil drum-shaped depth charges were quickly thrown into the sea by launchers on the stern of the Taoyuan destroyer, and at the same time, three other U.S. flat-deck destroyers operating together also dropped depth charges.

"Boom! Rumble! Several loud bangs. The originally calm sea water began to boil like boiling hot water, and several huge waves appeared on the sea surface in an instant, looking down from the sky, it was as if a volcano had erupted at the bottom of the sea!

However, when the sea level subsided, the waves on the surface of the sea were white and clear, and it seemed that the Japanese submarine under the water was still unscathed. The destroyer slowly circled at a speed of 5 knots, until the sonar soldier reported again that he had discovered an anomalous sound on the bottom of the sea, and the four destroyers dropped 16 more second wave of depth charges, followed by a third and fourth round of attacks!

The dull sound of explosions enveloped the water columns. Constantly tumbling on the surface of the sea. It was only when a mass of water mixed with oil and various debris debris exploded on the surface of the sea, blackening a large area of sea water, that the destroyers regrouped and left. Head to the next part of the planned ocean that needs to be carefully searched......

The current situation on Oahu is clear, and no matter how desperately the Japanese devils try, they won't be able to hold on for long! Emperor Hirohito had only 36 plans to save his life, and he had to leave Oahu, which was surrounded by the combined fleet of China and the United States. The only way to do this is by submarine! The Chinese and U.S. navies, which had already reached this point, naturally regarded anti-submarine warfare around Oahu as a top priority. Tens of thousands of square kilometers of ocean around Oahu are densely packed with destroyer detachments, and nearly 200 destroyers of various types from China and the United States (mainly the United States) are patiently and meticulously searching every sea area. In the air, more than 100 anti-submarine reconnaissance planes are conducting low-altitude patrols over the wider ocean, and as long as Japanese submarines dare to come out to breathe, it will inevitably be a depth charge!

On the island of the USS Taiwan, 110 nautical miles southeast of Oahu, Meng Hailong, chief of staff of the fleet, was holding a stack of telegrams and reporting to the two commanders of the Sino-US Combined Fleet, Zhao Zheng and Spruance: "The Third Destroyer Detachment reports: A Japanese submarine has been discovered in Area 5 and has been sunk!" Report of the 7th Destroyer Detachment: A Japanese submarine was spotted in the 9th area, attacking. The Cloud Eagle 52 reconnaissance aircraft reported: Japanese submarines were spotted in the 16th area. An attack is underway, and the 10th destroyer detachment is rushing to the scene......"

In just one morning, two Japanese submarines were sunk, and two more were discovered. Zhao Zheng is naturally very satisfied with such a record. He nodded and asked, "Is the reconnaissance plane sent to Oahu back?" ”

"Not ...... yet," Meng Hailong just spoke. A telegram was handed over to him, and he took it and glanced at it quickly. "Cloud Eagle 36's telegram, of the 10 batteries found on Oahu, have been confirmed to be completely destroyed, and 4 have been judged to be severely damaged. ”

"Oh! That's great! U.S. Admiral Spruance on the side raised his eyebrows, a hint of surprise sliding across his face. Last night's incendiary bombs, shelling of the island, and radar jamming seemed to have achieved very satisfactory results. Only one American destroyer, escorting the shelling fleet, collided with another Chinese light cruiser in the darkness and suffered some minor injuries, as well as several naval officers and men. Of the more than 1,000 sorties that took part in Operation Void, only five were shot down by ground fire, another six were injured, and two more were involved in an accident during landing. The total casualties were less than 30 people, but the whole of Pearl Harbor was turned into a sea of fire! Heavily damaged the coastal artillery systems of the Japanese army, and also shot down more than a dozen Japanese reconnaissance planes and airships. If we add in the hundreds of Japanese suicide planes destroyed in the operation to recover Hawaii Island two days ago, this period of operation is almost the smoothest battle for the US Navy since the Pacific War!

However, Zhao Zheng beside him still looked serious, his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, as if he was thinking about something. He walked to the edge of the chart table, glanced at the markers of the dense formation of Chinese and American naval ships around Oahu, and muttered: "The more critical the situation on Oahu, the more likely it is that this kid Hirohito will escape!" Our goal is not only to take Oahu, but also to Emperor Hirohito......"

The expression on Spruance's face also became solemn, although the area around Oahu has been tightly sealed, but it is not airtight, especially at night when the anti-submarine reconnaissance plane cannot take off, Hirohito still has a certain chance to escape in a submarine.

"Hirohito is the emperor after all," Zhao Zheng hugged his elbow and muttered to himself: "It's a golden body, and he won't be in danger easily...... There must be some special arrangement, and I will definitely not try my luck by taking a submarine casually, so it is better to stay on Oahu and wait to die! ”

……

At this time, in a certain bunker in the fortress of Pearl Harbor, Hirohito sat on the throne with a gloomy face, discussing his plan to "tour" South America with Yamamoto Isoroku, King Fushimi Miyahiro and others.

"The I-16, I-17, I-22 and I-26 submarines have lost contact and are either sunk or under attack!" Yamamoto Fifty-six took the report handed over by Chief of Staff Ugaki, glanced at it, and said lightly.

Hearing this news, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong's face changed greatly, and he lost his voice and said: "Of the five submarines, only one has escaped!" 80% of the depreciation rate, this is also ......"

"Yamamoto, if you break away at night, will the probability of success be a little higher?" Emperor Hirohito asked in a deep voice.

"It will be higher, but it will not exceed 30%, and the submarine submarine is too slow, if you can't use the night to stay away from Yamato Island, it will still be discovered by Chinese and American reconnaissance planes during the day."

"So what to do?" Hirohito's voice seemed to tremble a little: "Could it be that the eternal inheritance of the Japanese Empire is about to be cut off in my hands!" ”

"The minister already has a perfect plan to ensure that His Majesty escapes safely." Yamamoto fifty-six replied.

"What's the solution?" Hirohito's voice returned to calm, and his face was calm.

"The minister is a big man, and the tiger is out of the mountain!" Yamamoto Fifty-six gritted his teeth, and a trace of unbearability flashed on his face, "The Combined Fleet has ordered all Japanese submarines around the waters of the Hawaiian Islands to concentrate around Kauai. It is estimated that there will be 20 to 30 more! According to the weather forecast, there may be a thunderstorm in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands two days after tomorrow. These submarines will use this opportunity to launch an attack on the destroyer detachments of China and the United States in the waters south of Yamato Island! At the same time, four more submarines will be sent from the Hawaiian Islands to break through to the south, giving the other side the illusion that His Majesty will break through from the southern front! ”

"What? Send four submarines from Yamato Island! King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong took a breath, "There are only five large submarines on the island, isn't it too much to send out four at once?" ”

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of Yamamoto Fifty-six's mouth: "Four submarines, plus more than twenty submarines that came in from the south, there are always more than thirty submarines!" It is impossible for the destroyer detachments of China and the United States to sink them all! After waiting for the two submarines to turn, they will flee in three directions: east, south, and west...... The destroyer detachments of China and the United States could not tell which submarines had escaped from Yamato Island, so they could only pursue them separately. In this way, the blockade around Yamato Island will inevitably be relaxed, and when the time comes, His Majesty will take the last high-speed submarine to break away, sneak through the blockade line of the Chinese and American destroyers, and then use the heavy rain and night as cover to move north at full speed by floating sailing. ”

"One afternoon and one night, at most, more than 200 nautical miles, is still within the search range of Chinese and US reconnaissance planes." The Minister of War, King Asakamiya, said worriedly.

"That's the safest way to do it right now!" Yamamoto said coldly: "If you don't leave now, when this thunderstorm passes, I don't know when I will have another chance." As he spoke, he looked up at Hirohito again, as if awaiting the emperor's final decision.

Emperor Hirohito also knew that there was no real foolishness now, and the navy had probably done its best to take out thirty submarines as cannon fodder this time to cover their escape. He nodded heavily and said to Yamamoto: "Then please leave everything to Yamamoto!" Then he raised his hand slightly and motioned for Yamamoto Fifty-six to retire.

After the admiral left, Hirohito let out a long sigh, and the whole person seemed to be slumped on the throne. He glanced at Fushimi Palace and Asaka Palace, which were still beside him, and sighed again: "Two imperial uncles, after I leave Yamato Island, who should preside over the situation here?" After saying that, he set his expectant eyes on the Minister of War, King Asakanomiya.

Asakanomiya knew what Hirohito meant, the navy on Yamato Island was already presided over by a general like Yamamoto Fifty-six, and it didn't make sense for Fushimi Palace to stay, but the army side has always been in command of Asakanomiya, the Minister of War who is also the commander of the Guards Corps!

"Your Majesty! The minister is willing to stay! Chao Xianggong gritted his teeth and took the drudgery head-on.

Hirohito smiled sadly, there was no gleam in his eyes, he seemed to be looking at the Asaka Palace, and it seemed to have crossed him, looking into the distance: "...... I have a hunch that I can't go back, Japan, but you may still be able to go back, remember to pay a visit to the tablet of the Meiji Emperor at the Meiji Shrine for me, and ask the Meiji Emperor for me......"