"Your Excellency General," Ishihara walked to the front of the map, picked up his baton and lightly swiped along the Sino-North Korean border, and sneered: "The Sino-Japanese (Korean) border is more than 1,300 kilometers long, and both sides of the border are continuous mountainous areas, which is not conducive to the entry and exit of large armies. Therefore, at present, both we and the squadron are focusing our defense on the east and west sides of the Sino-Japanese border. The focus of the squadron's deployment is Andong at the western end of the Sino-Japanese border and Vladivostok at the eastern end, and there is no heavy defense in the large mountainous area in the middle.

The focus of the offensive of the Kwantung Army part of our army's Special No. 1 Operational Plan B is also on the east and west ends, and the eastern end of the project calls for the encirclement of Vladivostok and the control of the mountainous areas in the southeast of Jilin Province. The requirement at the western end is to defeat the two armies deployed by the squadron in Andong County and expand the front to the north as much as possible, and this arrangement is actually to facilitate us to take advantage of China's internal contradictions to relieve our pressure. While it is impossible to defeat this old enemy with China's state-to-state conflict, we can always minimize the pressure on the North Korean side and delay it for a little longer. ”.

"Ishihara-kun, can you be sure that the Chinese G will definitely use this opportunity to establish a base in South Manchuria and confront the Nationalist Government?" The temple general looked at Ishihara suspiciously, hesitated, and reminded: "The national government has done some things for the Chinese people over the years, such as six years of free education and land reform. It seems unlikely that the Chinese people, especially the peasants, will also be more supportive of the Nationalist Government."

Ishihara shook his head with a smile and replied, "If it is in other provinces, of course, it is unlikely, but in Nanman, the situation is completely different. Because of the oppression of the Han ethnic minorities in South Manchu adopted by the Kuomintang, their support in South Manchuria was not high. In particular, they refuse to recognize Chinese nationality as the millions of Koreans who have gone into exile in South Manchuria. Moreover, they sentenced the former Qing Xun Emperor Puyi to life imprisonment, so they had many opponents in South Manchuria! ”

Terauchi Shouichi didn't know much about the current situation in Nanman, he looked up at Kimura, who hurriedly added: "What Ishihara-kun said is the truth, especially those Koreans who are in exile in South Manchuria, after the September 18 war, they were treated as refugees by the Kuomintang authorities, deprived of their land and confined in dozens of refugee camps in the mountains of Jilin, and their lives are very difficult. The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the Chinese GCD have developed organizations among these refugees and have a strong influence. They even organized several large-scale hunger strikes, which eventually forced the Kuomintang authorities to make some concessions and improve their lives, but still refused to recognize their Chinese nationality and refuse to allocate them land. ”

"But after these North Koreans are armed by the Chinese G, will they be used to attack North Korea?" Shouichi Terauchi shook his head, seeming to hesitate.

"Quite possibly." Ishihara thought for a moment and said with a wry smile: "It is precisely because of this concern that Xia Guan did not put forward the idea of taking advantage of China's domestic contradictions in the official plan. After obtaining the South Manchurian base area, it is very likely that China and G will compromise with the Nationalist Government again. And then drive these Koreans and Manchus to attack us, but this is better than letting the Chinese defense forces do it themselves. Moreover, after all, the Kuomintang and the GCD are contradictory, and they certainly do not want to see the GCD really control the Korean Peninsula? This way their cooperation will become very incongruous. The pressure on us on the Korean Peninsula has been greatly reduced. ”

"Well, that's a way to do it." Terauchi Shouichi sighed, the Japanese Empire absolutely can't afford to lose, so no matter what the trick is, as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, you have to fight for it. However, seeing that China G is manipulating GC International and expanding its territory in all directions, Ishihara's method is still a little feasible. However, the premise is that the Japanese army must defeat the squadron on the Sino-Korean border. Otherwise, everything is a pipe dream!

He looked at Ishihara again. frowned slightly: "Ishihara-kun, I will find a way to arrange this opportunity you proposed." But first of all, we still have to win a battle, otherwise we will be blocked by the Chinese, and there will be no chance. Do you have anything else to say about the upcoming actions of the Kwantung Army? ”

Ishihara thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Then say a few more points, the Chinese have overwhelming air superiority." Moreover, they have built a lot of airfields in Liao and Ji provinces, and it is estimated that once a war starts. Chinese planes will fill the sky! Originally, we were going to choose a few rainy days in October, but now we want to match the timing of the Navy's operations. I'm afraid that the only way to attack at night is that the navy will set the sortie time at 2:30 p.m. one day in mid-October, and it will take about 3 hours for 1,100 planes to take off from airfields and aircraft carriers in the Philippine Islands to arrive in Zhanjiang, and then launch an attack in 1 hour! Therefore, the time for the Kwantung Army to launch an offensive was set for 5:30 p.m.

Your Excellency, General, these critical points of time must be strictly guarded by the Kwantung Army. You can't act in advance, then the surprise attack of the Navy will fail!

In addition, the Kwantung Army had at most two nights and one day to act without air threats. One night when the surprise attack was launched, the next day the two flight divisions would fight desperately for air supremacy, and the next night, by the third day, the sky was Chinese! At that time, all daytime military movements and material shipments will be suspended. Moreover, the sappers also had to organize the Korean people to rush to repair the communication line blown up by the Chinese, and arrangements were already made for this in the special No. 1 plan. ”

Saying that, Ishihara turned around, solemnly bowed to Shouichi Terauchi and Kimura Hyotaro, and said in a deep voice: "Finally, I wish the Kwantung Army a long time in martial arts!" The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom depends on the kings! ”

At this time, on the surface of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of kilometers away, the night has gradually fallen. Behemoths cast of steel. On the surface of the sea, it slowly headed westward at a speed of about 15 knots. Each warship was painted with camouflage similar to the waves of the sea, and the entire fleet formed an anti-submarine formation on the sea surface, encircling the four largest aircraft carriers in the middle of a group of heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers, carefully following a zigzag course.

This was the Japanese 10th Air Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi, who slipped out of Kure Bun Harbor at 10 p.m. on October 13 and then crossed the Bungo Waterway. Disappeared into the vast Pacific Ocean. Although their actions were hidden from the eyes of the Chinese agents lurking in the port of Wu Jun, there was no guarantee that they would escape the periscopes of the seemingly ubiquitous British and American submarines! Once the movements of the fleet are discovered by British and American submarines, they are likely to inform the Chinese side through certain channels that the surprise attack on the Zhanjiang military port will turn into a complete disaster!

Throughout the day, Commander Nagumo stood on the bridge of the USS Chisei, holding a telescope and looking out into the sea. My heart was in my throat, and I was afraid to hear the alarm sound of the discovery of the submarine. When the sun was setting, I was a little relieved, but I still didn't dare to take it lightly. The entire fleet was ordered to continue the control of the lights on this night.

"Your Excellency Commander," Rear Admiral Kuroshima, the chief of staff of the fleet, appeared behind Nagumo at some point, holding a telegram he had just received in his hand. "The telegram from the Combined Fleet, His Excellency the Prime Minister and the Minister of War have returned safely from Tehran, and only Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka remains in Tehran to continue negotiations with Chinese Foreign Minister Zeng Qi."

"Oh, got it." Nanyun nodded, and asked again, "Did you give a final order?" ”

"Not yet." A trace of disappointment flashed across Kuroshima's face, he didn't understand what else the Japanese Empire had to talk about with China now! What exactly is the base camp hesitating about? The final battle order is to refuse to give it?

You must know that those kamikaze special attackers are not infantry or artillery of the army, they are carrying out the tactic of "killing and dying", and this tactic of dooming no return is a great burden on the psychology of the special attackers! Especially now there is a glimmer of life for these people. If it was certain death, there would be no idea, but that glimmer of life could shake the courage of these dead soldiers, and if this operation was canceled and these kamikaze members were able to escape death, it would be even more difficult to let them die next time! After all, this determination to die is not something that can be made anytime and anywhere.

"Don't rush. Kuroshima-kun, the final order will definitely be given! As soon as Nanyun Zhong turned around, he saw the anxious expression of the Black Island Kameto, and smiled faintly: "The Japanese Empire has no other choice but war now, His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency the Prime Minister will definitely be able to figure it out." Saying that, he frowned slightly, "Is there any change over there in Zhanjiang Military Port?" The main forces of the Chinese South Sea Fleet are still there? ”

Japan's spy network has also reached under the nose of the Wehrmacht Navy. Every move in the Zhanjiang military port was reported to Tokyo by telegram every day. And Nagumo Tadaichi can also be reported in time.

Hei Dao took out a telegram with a top secret seal from his military pocket and handed it to Nagumo, while whispering: "Today's telegram is that there are three large aircraft carriers, two light aircraft carriers, a Zhenyuan-class battleship, a Polish Legion-class armored ship, and an Admiral-class heavy cruiser in Zhanjiang Port. ”

"That's all there is to it!" Nanyun was stunned when he heard this, and a sense of foreboding came to his heart. According to intelligence, the Chinese Navy has a total of 14 or 15 large aircraft carriers! Among them, the Western Fleet has 10 ships. The Beiyang Fleet is not equipped with aircraft carriers, while the Nanyang Fleet has more than 10 large aircraft carriers! Now there are only three large aircraft carriers in the Zhanjiang military port. That is, at least 7 large aircraft carriers are missing!

"Your Excellency, Commander. Don't worry, according to intelligence, China's South and Western fleets have a three-day joint military exercise in the South China Sea. It is estimated that all these aircraft carriers have gone to participate in military exercises, and when they wait until the 15th and 16th, they will all return to Zhanjiang, and we just happened to launch a sneak attack. ”

The Black Island Turtle Man smiled and comforted Nagumo, but he himself was at a loss in his heart, and it was the usual means to mobilize troops to carry out surprise attacks under the cover of military exercises. Now that the eleven large aircraft carriers of the Chinese (four large aircraft carriers in the port of Singapore are also missing) have disappeared, this is definitely not a good sign!

Nanyun Zhongyi was silent for a moment, sighed softly, and said to Heidao: "Heidao-kun, prepare to implement the second plan." ”

The Black Island Turtle Man was stunned, and looked at Nanyun with a gloomy face, and suddenly understood the other party's thoughts. Just as the Army prepared four pre-selection plans, "A, B, C, D, and Xu," the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet also prepared a total of three pre-selection plans, "First, Second, and Third," for this surprise attack. Of course, the first plan is a surprise attack on Zhanjiang Port, and of course, the premise for the implementation of this plan is that at least half of the 10 large aircraft carriers of China's Nanyang Fleet are in Zhanjiang Port.

However, this condition is not easy to achieve, because the Nanyang Fleet has many excellent deep-water military ports, such as Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong and Wusong Military Port in Shanghai. Panyu Longxue Port in Guangdong, Penghu Magong Military Port in Taiwan, Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam, Chonthaburi Port in Siam, Palembang in Sumatra and Perth Port in Western Australia, so the large warships of the Nanyang Fleet generally do not gather in the Zhanjiang Military Port. Especially in this tense atmosphere when a big war is approaching, it is even more impossible for the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, Admiral Zhao Zheng, to concentrate the fleet in the port and wait for the other side to come and attack!

Therefore, the Japanese Navy formulated a second plan to launch a surprise attack in the South China Sea and the Zhanjiang military port at the same time. Combined Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto said: Although the Chinese Navy has quite a large number of aircraft carriers, they are constrained by the blockade of the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippine Islands, and the Indonesian Islands, which are a series of "island chains." It is difficult for Chinese aircraft carriers to penetrate into the Pacific Ocean, especially the South China Fleet, the main force of the Chinese Navy, in which the sea area is very narrow, and there is only such a "small pond" as the South China Sea. Therefore, when Zhao Zheng felt in danger, he could only sail his fleet into the South China Sea, at most to the Gulf of Siam to take refuge. Unable to annihilate its opponent by surprise attack on the home port of the South China Fleet, the Combined Fleet had no choice but to retreat to the Chinese Navy hiding in the South China Sea to carry out a surprise attack.

However, which plan to adopt in the end is not something that Nagumo Tadaichi can decide, because he is only the commander of the 10th Air Fleet. Moreover, the 10th Air Fleet was still in radio silence, and everything could only be decided by Isoroku Yamamoto on the battleship Nagato in Kure's port.

Rear Admiral Otakijiro, the new Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, walked lightly behind Yamamoto Isoroku, who was standing in front of the chart platform and pondered, and said in a low voice, "The Chief of the Naval Command, Fushimi Palace, has come down and brought a declaration of war from His Majesty the Emperor. Yamamoto Fifty-six glanced back at Onishi. Hurriedly put on his military hat to greet him in person, the face of the supreme commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet was like a layer of frost, the iron was as black as black, and the eyebrows contained a solemn expression, which was a kind of tragic expression of a strong man who would never return, and his body trembled slightly.

The Emperor's edict of declaration of war has come down. This means that the time has come for the Japanese Empire to fight on its back! Of course. This declaration of war will not be handed over to the Chinese now, and will not be handed over to the Chinese Foreign Ministry until the Zhanjiang military port and the Chinese fleet in the South China Sea are raided!

The chief of the naval command, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong, sure enough, had already appeared in the luxurious officer's room of the battleship Nagato. The commander of the navy, who was born in the royal family, has always been a vase character, but at this time, he couldn't hide his excitement. At the thought that the mighty Japanese Combined Fleet would establish immortal feats under the leadership of him, the Prince's Commander-in-Chief, his body actually trembled slightly.

Facing this prince, Yamamoto Fifty-six still saluted respectfully, and asked in a low voice, "Is it a declaration of war?" ”

"Hey!" The prince proudly touched his very neatly trimmed white beard and laughed loudly: "Yamamoto-kun! His Majesty the Emperor has decreed that the time has come for our navy to build another miraculous feat! As he spoke, the old man stared at Yamamoto with beads in his eyes, as if waiting for him to shout long live. Or something that doesn't make sense.

However, Yamamoto Fifty-six only nodded lightly and said in a deep voice: "Please tell His Highness His Majesty the Emperor." All the officers and men of our navy's combined fleet are willing to crush their bones to repay the emperor's kindness. ”

Fushimi Palace frowned slightly, and the edict of war had just come down. Why did this Yamamoto say something shattering? It was really a little unlucky, he took two steps forward, leaned into Yamamoto's ear, and whispered: "Yamamoto-kun, what's the matter, aren't you sure about the battle situation?" ”

"Sure?" Yamamoto smiled bitterly, and did not answer the old prince's question, but changed the conversation and asked about things thousands of miles away. "Your Highness, is there any news from Berlin? Did the German High Seas Fleet leave the port of Kiel? ”

Fushimiya was slightly stunned, shook his head randomly, and replied: "I haven't received the news yet, so I shouldn't have set off, but the liver payment task force has already received an order to cancel all training items and be on call 24 hours a day, and it is estimated that the Germans will start there soon." ”

The Liver Fu Task Force is a strengthened kamikaze special attack team commanded by the talented spy Kengoro Liver Fu Nakasa! There were 1,050 people in total, and 1,000 of them were P35 missile pilots that Hitler bought from Japan for 200,000 Reichmarks each! Well, flying a missile is a very dangerous errand that is basically lifeless, and there are some fanatical Nazis willing to try it, but the Führer is not willing to waste the precious lives of the Aryans! As for Japanese lives, most of them are also meant to be killed by the Chinese, so it is not bad to import a little to do such a doomed errand.

This "task force" had been in Germany for several months, and most of their time in Germany was trained to fly missiles under the supervision of the Waffen-SS (Himmler was afraid that they would run away). However, in the past two days, I suddenly received an order to be on call 24 hours a day! Kengoro Hetofu has been in contact with Tokyo through the Japanese Embassy, so the Japanese also got the news as soon as possible. (To be continued......)