794 Sneak Attack One Z Combat Plan

"Fuwen, this is a report just sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau, they have lost the trace of the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Including 7 aircraft carriers and 5 battleships, they have already left Wu Jungang and are currently missing! It is estimated that it is for the Nanyang Fleet in Zhanjiang! ”

October 2, 1938, 10 a.m. Major General Natalie, Deputy Secretary-General of the General Staff of the National Defense Forces, hurriedly broke into Luo Yaoguo's office and handed an urgent report forwarded by the Military Intelligence Bureau to Luo Yaoguo, who was sitting behind his desk. The content of this report is very brief, that is, the Japanese Combined Fleet had left Kure Gun Harbor last night, and its whereabouts are unknown! This was reported by the Japanese station of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and their most important job in these years was to monitor every move of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the most threatening force in the Japanese Empire.

Maybe it's a bit serious, and even Natalie, who is used to seeing strong winds and waves, looks a little nervous. After all, some time ago, the Korean Independence Army sent information that the Japanese Combined Fleet was planning to attack the Zhanjiang Military Port! As a result, the Nanyang Fleet jumped up and down for a while, and even the air defense early warning radar, which was still in the experimental stage, was transported to the high ground near the Zhanjiang Military Port and installed, and the anti-aircraft guns mobilized an entire army! The Navy and Air Force have a concentration of 3000 aircraft. Just wait for another beautiful sea and air battle in the South China Sea, and directly turn the Japanese Combined Fleet into a historical term! However, the Nanyang Fleet waited up and down for almost two months, and the Japanese Combined Fleet still had no intention of moving its nest. Just when everyone thought that the Japanese would not dare to come, they didn't expect to go out last night! Could it be that Japan is coming to Zhanjiang for a sneak attack?

Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo had regained his composure, he took the report with a smile, nodded and said, "Very well done, the response of the Japanese station of the Military Intelligence Bureau is very timely." Order them to be rewarded...... The Japanese quietly slipped out of the military port, it looks like they must be planning some big military operation, we have been waiting for them for almost 2 months! It's only coming out now, okay! Well done! Our 3,000 aircraft, 1,300 anti-aircraft guns, more than a dozen radar stations, and an early warning network of 200 submarines, I don't believe it, Yamamoto 56 can still turn out my palm! ”

At this time, Luo Yaoguo seemed to be in a better mood, and he didn't expect how much trouble the Japanese military operation would cause him. There was a bright smile on his face. He thought for a moment, and then said to Natalie: "Draft an order, order: the Northeast Security General Headquarters will raise the alert level to wartime!" The Second Panzer Army, the First Army, the Second Army, the Fifth Army, the Sixth Army, and the First Air Force of the Air Force were placed under the command of the Northeast Security General Headquarters from October 3, 1938! And increase the level of combat readiness to wartime. At the same time, the Beiyang Fleet was ordered to raise its combat readiness level to wartime, and the Third Air Force was ordered to raise its combat readiness level to wartime. ”

Natalie quickly recorded a series of orders dictated by Luo Yaoguo, and then handed the folder to Luo Yaoguo for him to sign. According to the current wartime regulations of the National Defense Forces, orders such as troop transfers, issuance of combat orders, and adjustment of combat readiness levels need to be jointly signed by the Chief of General Staff and the Minister of National Defense, so after Luo Yaoguo signed his name, Natalie also sent this document to the Ministry of National Defense for He Yingqin to sign.

"Fuwen, do you want to notify the G side to be on guard now? They only had 50,000 troops in the vicinity of Boli, Amursk, and Temple Street, and they were probably no match for the Japanese Far East Army. Natalie took the folder and looked at it, then reminded.

"This ......" Luo Yaoguo frowned, "The Japanese won't do it so quickly, they have just left Wujungang now, and there will always be five or six days to the sea off Zhanjiang, right?" Besides, at the moment the Far Eastern Republic is not a protectorate of our country, nor is it an ally, and the GC International Far Eastern Army is not our ally, how can we inform them? As he spoke, he lowered his tone a little and said, "This afternoon, isn't Chairman Zhou of the Chinese G side going to bring Nehru to the General Staff?" I'll talk to them when the time comes. ”

"Oh, by the way, the Chinese side just called, and they told them that Nehru might raise the McMahon Line issue during the talks."

"What? Who does Nehru think he is? Luo Yaoguo showed a strange smile on his face, and then he shook his head and said, "I know about this." Natalie, you first send the order to He Jingzhi for him to sign, and then send it to the Ministry of Communications for issuance. ”

Natalie nodded, closed the folder, and walked away quickly. And in the office, Luo Yaoguo sat there. There was a sudden flash of murderous aura in his eyes, as if he had seen how the all-out war that was about to take place was staged. Finally, he let out a long breath, leaned back in his chair, and whispered to himself, "The last war is about to begin!" In East Asia, the Japanese Combined Fleet was the first to be destroyed, and the Japanese army in the Far East was no match for Bai Chongxi's million-strong army...... North Korea estimates it will take some time, but that's a GCD problem.

Then there were French Indochina, Siam, Burma, Malaya, Kalimantan and the small British Eastern Fleet...... The Nanyang Front and the Nanyang Fleet should be able to pick them up! By the end of December at the latest, the Strait of Malacca should be under control.

By the time the Nanyang side conquered the fortress of Singapore, it was estimated that France should also let Hitler bulldoze it, and Britain would be in jeopardy, and the Netherlands would be destroyed. In this way, Britain will not be able to spare troops to reinforce Australia and Lanyin, as long as we have mastered the control of the sea in the South Seas, and then send enough troops there, there will be no problem in defeating them.

The next question is the UK itself, North Africa, the Middle East, and India...... Britain and North Africa are what Hitler has to consider, and the Middle East is a must, and there should be no problem for Ah San to have a Chinese g to fight. If all of this is done successfully, almost a third of the world will be firmly in control. I didn't come for nothing, hahaha......"

At this moment, in Luo Yaoguo's eyes, there was a more or less flashed a look that could be called intoxicated. He now holds great power, and has just won a series of major victories in foreign wars, opening up tens of millions of square kilometers of territory! And there's an even bigger victory already within reach, as if everything is under control. In this case, anyone will probably lose themselves a little, right? But if he knew what the Japanese Combined Fleet was doing now, I wonder if he would have exploded?

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October 4, 1938, Kyushu, Japan, 150 nautical miles south of Kagoshima.

The main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet, which had disappeared from under the noses of the Chinese spies, was cruising in this calm sea at this time. This is a huge formation of 7 aircraft carriers, 5 battleships, 8 heavy cruisers, 18 light cruisers and 45 destroyers, as well as 2 tankers and 2 transports! In terms of the tonnage of capital ships and aircraft carriers, this large fleet is definitely the most powerful maritime force in the western Pacific at present, and it is also the hope for the revival of the Japanese Empire.

On the bridge of the Nagato, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Vice Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet, was holding a telescope and looking at the aircraft carrier Akagi in the distance. This aircraft carrier is no longer the original "Akagi", but one of the two 20,000-ton aircraft carriers built for the Soviet Union by Japan forcibly requisitioned.

The performance of this class of aircraft carriers is similar to that of the Chinese Navy's Zhongshan, which can carry 80 carrier-based aircraft. Among them are 16 Type 96 carrier-based fighters, 30 Type 98 shipboard critters, 24 Type 97 torpedo bombers, and 10 reconnaissance bombers.

Now that the aircraft carrier has turned its bow to the wind, the 24 torpedo bombers on the flight deck are ready, and the modified airborne torpedoes have been hung on the pylons on the belly of the aircraft, and the naval pilots have already climbed into the cockpit of the plane, waiting for the flag in front of them to wave down, and the red sunrise logo on the fuselage and wings also shines brightly in the morning glow.

"Genda-kun!"

After Yamamoto Fifty-six put down the binoculars, he turned to Minoru Genda, the staff officer of the fleet aviation, "Are you ready?" ”

"Well, the 24 Type 97 shipboard attack aircraft of the Akagi are all ready." Minoru Genda paused, thought for a moment, and then said, "The three target ships in Kagoshima Bay are also ready. I believe that this training will achieve the best results. ”

"Roar!" Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded with satisfaction and said in a deep voice: "The Z battle plan proposed by the Combined Fleet to raid Pearl Harbor and occupy the Hawaiian Islands has been approved by the Navy Command Department, and I believe it will be adopted at the Five-Phase Meeting soon." Speaking of this, he suddenly increased his voice: "The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom is fighting here, and I hope you will work hard!" ”

"Hey!" The bridge of the Nagato was full of cheers, and the faces of these naval elites who had been trained by the Etajima Naval Academy, known as rational, were now also filled with fanatical expressions......

At this time, Captain Kengoro Hetofu, who was piloting a Type 97 torpedo plane, had already turned on the engines of the plane to the maximum power, and the plane roared towards the end of the deck against the deck wind.

Today, Kengoro Liver's Akagi Torpedo Squadron will be responsible for the final test of the Type 91 to 2 torpedoes and the "Liver Shot." These two jobs mainly solve the problem of shallow water combat of aviation torpedoes, which can be said to be the biggest problem in the entire Z plan! If it cannot be solved, the Japanese Combined Fleet will not be able to defeat the main force of the US Pacific Fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor.

In fact, in the final plan submitted by the Chinese South Ocean Fleet for a sneak attack on Wujun Port, because Commander Zhao could not find a way to use aviation torpedoes in shallow waters, he had to replace all torpedo attack planes with A-4C dive bombers. However, the Japanese Navy does not have dive bombers that can hang 500 kg of aerial bombs, and their Type 98 can only barely carry 250 kg of aerial bombs, and there is no big problem in dealing with American aircraft carriers with bombs of this level, but the problem is that the Pacific Fleet still has 9 battleships with anti-aircraft decks, and if they are not solved, the Japanese army will definitely not be able to capture Hawaii!

However, it only took one month for our genius Captain Kengoro Hetofu to solve this biggest problem that plagued the naval aviation of all countries in the world at that time in the simplest way. His approach was to add a wooden tail to the Type 91 torpedo to increase buoyancy, while reducing the height of the torpedo to less than 10 meters and reducing the distance between the torpedo and the target ship to 620 meters - although it was a bit like a suicide attack, for the Japanese samurai who flew the plane, their own life and death were completely unconcerned.

If today's final test is successful, the Type 91 to 2 torpedo and the "liver-to-firing method" will become the greatest reliance of the Japanese Combined Fleet in a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. And Kengoro Liver Fu himself will be exceptionally promoted, and he will be able to become a Navy Major before the age of 27, and he will also pay homage to the United Fleet Aviation Staff Officer.

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"According to intelligence, the US Pacific Fleet currently has 3 aircraft carriers, namely the USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, and USS Saratoga; 9 battleships, namely USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS Arizona, USS Nevada, USS Colorado; In addition, there are 20 cruisers, 69 destroyers and 27 submarines. And all of these warships are moored in Pearl Harbor, the home port of the Pacific Fleet, for most of the year. In other words, if the Z battle plan is successful, we can annihilate the US Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop at the beginning of the war! Thus establishing the victory of this war in one fell swoop! "Navy Minister Eisuke Yamamoto first introduced the strength of the US Pacific Fleet at a joint meeting of the Five Ministers and the General Staff (Military Command Department), and then began to vigorously promote the Navy's Z battle plan.

"How sure is the Navy?" Nagata Tetsuyama, who had become Minister of War in the Konoe Cabinet, asked in a deep voice, his hands on the table, and he was leaning over to look at the Pacific chart, his face was a little gloomy and he looked very hesitant.

"The Navy is 100 percent sure that it can successfully annihilate the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and seize the Hawaiian Islands!" The Secretary of the Navy was full of confidence, "The United States is still a peaceful scene of singing and dancing, the Pacific Fleet is also very loosely guarded, and the number of US Army is very small, only 130,000, at most 10,000 in Hawaii." Plus the Marine Corps will not exceed 15,000 people, and Plan Z intends to dispatch 150,000 ground troops! So it is definitely possible to seize Hawaii. ”

Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe's face flashed with a hint of solemnity, and the plan to defeat the Pacific Fleet and capture Hawaii by surprise attack is indeed very likely to succeed. But in this way, Japan and the United States have formed a mortal enmity. And the great industrial power of the United States is very much feared by both the imperialist countries of China and Germany. Relying on Japan's 2 million tons of steel ...... Can you provoke such a strong enemy?

"Will China and Germany support the Reich's war with the United States?" Fumiro Konoe pondered for a moment and asked.

"The China and the Germans will certainly support the Reich's war with the United States!" Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka took over the question, and he lifted the small round glasses on the bridge of his nose, and the pair of blisters behind the lenses were full of fanatical light in his eyes. He smiled deeply and said, "Because China and Germany are preparing for war with Britain and France, and the United States and Britain will definitely form an alliance after encountering the attack of the Empire." In this way, the attack on Britain by China and Germany would automatically put them in a war with the United States! So can they have any other way than to fully support the Empire? ”

This analysis is reasonable, with Anglo-American, French-Dutch on the one hand, and Japan and Germany on the other...... It seems that the empire has a bigger chance of winning. Admiral Eisuke Yamamoto said calmly.

But China's relations with the United States had always been very close, and Germany was trying to avoid war with the United States. The Empire cannot pin its hopes on them! Nagata Tieshan said with some eagerness, although he doesn't know much about the United States, he knows Luo Yaoguo's actions very well, this guy turns his face faster than a book! The secret agreement between China and Japan is not binding on him at all. Maybe after Japan attacks the United States, he will propose an alliance to the United States against Japan!

"Even if China and Germany did not declare war on the United States, they would have come to the aid of the Reich." Matsuoka Yoyoyo defended: "Because the United States will definitely provide support to Britain and France at that time, then China and Germany will naturally support the empire to hold back the American forces." ”

"But why does the empire have to provoke the United States?" Nagata Tetsuyama asked rhetorically: "The real target of the empire is the colonies of Britain and the Netherlands, and it is Australia!" ”

"But the Navy believes that only if the threat of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is eliminated can the empire move south with peace of mind." Eisuke Yamamoto sighed lightly and explained: "At present, the Imperial Navy is actually a foreign power, although there are 7 aircraft carriers and 5 battleships, but the technology and output of the most critical carrier-based aircraft are greatly lagging behind the advanced countries in the world...... If they do not adopt the tactics of sneak attack, but fight a decisive battle at sea with the United States in a dignified manner, their 6 aircraft carriers can easily defeat the 7 aircraft carriers of the Empire! At that time, the empire would be reduced to China or a vassal of the United States. ”

As soon as Nagata Tetsuyama wanted to refute, Senior General Sugiyama Motomoto, who had been "promoted" from the position of Minister of War to military senator, stood up first: "I think the Navy's Z battle plan is feasible, as long as we can seize Hawaii, and then station 10 divisions there, and deploy 500 to 1,000 aircraft, we will definitely be able to hold there!" As long as they hold Hawaii, the Americans probably won't be able to reach the Western Pacific, right? ”

"It's not that you can't get over, it's that it's hard to get over." Eisuke Yamamoto stood up and bowed slightly to Prime Minister Konoe, "Hawaii is the gateway between the East and the West Pacific, as long as we hold this gateway, we can rest assured and boldly seize Australia and Lanyin." And the United States, having lost the entire Pacific Fleet and Hawaii, will no longer be able to pose a threat to the cause of the empire for at least five years. The revival of the empire is now in place, and I ask the Prime Minister to support our proposal and ask His Majesty the Emperor to make a judgment. ”