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"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, and all officials are welcome!" With a melodious roll call, all the officers in the conference room of the Japanese Combined Fleet Command at Pearl Harbor stood up with a bang and bowed in the direction of the door. There was a loud sound of military boots at the door, and in addition to Emperor Hirohito, who had a gloomy face, there were also King Asakanomiya and Nishio Teramazo, as well as Foreign Minister Shigetoku Togo and other important figures in the army and cabinet.
Since both the Chinese and American Pacific Fleets had approached Oahu, the headquarters of the Combined Fleet had been moved from the battleship Nagato to the bunker of the Pearl Harbor fortress. With a cold face, Hirohito took off his military hat, took off his white gloves, and sat down in a high-backed armchair placed in front of the map. An attendant who followed behind Hirohito said loudly: "The ministers are finished." Then there was the sound of chairs moving.
General Yamamoto Go**, the commander of the Combined Fleet, walked in front of Hirohito, bowed to him, and then stood in front of the map wall with a baton, and pointed to the dense variety of military conformities on the map with a frown, and began to report: "The Hawaii Island Garrison Command reported that yesterday afternoon, Chinese and US naval ships launched about 1,000 sorties of carrier-based aircraft to bombard military facilities near Hilo Bay. Fortunately, our troops defending the island had already been transferred to Mauna Loa and Mauna Kaia volcanoes in advance under the command of Commander Nagumo, so the losses were minimal. At 8 o'clock last night, officers and men of about one regiment of Chinese marines, under the cover of fire from light cruisers and destroyers, landed on the beach of Hilo Bay in landing craft and occupied the town of Hilo, which had been burned down by our troops, as well as the airfield and pier outside the town of Hilo. Our troops used heavy artillery deployed in the mountainous area of Mauna Loa to bombard the Chinese landing force......"
Speaking of this, Yamamoto's face suddenly appeared unprecedentedly solemn, and the baton in his hand pointed at a blue arrow in the southeast of Hawaii Island, and said in a deep voice: "At 10 o'clock last night, the I-8 submarine of our Second Submarine Detachment discovered a huge formation of the Sino-US Combined Fleet on the ocean about 110 nautical miles southeast of Hawaii Island. According to the report. The formation has at least 200 ships of various types, and from a distance it looks like a huge city floating on the sea! Xia Guan estimated. This formation should be the main force of the Sino-American joint formation, which may have more than 15 aircraft carriers and 9 to 10 battleships! β
After listening to Yamamoto's report, Emperor Hirohito did not speak, but just sat up straight, but the expression on his face became more gloomy. The Minister of War, King Asakanomiya, who was sitting beside him, asked in a deep voice, "Yamamoto-kun, has the Combined Naval Fleet prepared a counterattack plan?" β
Yamamoto Fifty-six glanced at him coldly: "Now that the location of the main force of the Sino-US joint fleet has been determined, after dawn, the combined fleet will dispatch all the kamikaze planes to launch a decisive assault." In addition, the Earthquake Attack Force deployed on the island of Hawaii will also be mobilized soon. Look for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Chinese and American ships near Hilo Bay. β
Chao Xiang Gong nodded. No more words were spoken. In view of the huge size of the Sino-US combined fleet, a mere few hundred suicide planes will not achieve any decisive results, and the number of seismic motorboats deployed on the island of Hawaii is not large, so the results that can be achieved are naturally very limited. Such a counterattack is more just an attitude. The real decisive battle will take place on Yamato Island (Oahu). At that time, the Army's Guards Corps will be the real main force!
"In addition to the kamikaze and the seismic forces, there are also many marines on the island of Hawaii, who will rely on the dense forests of the island and the dangerous terrain of the Naroa fire and the Nakaya volcano to carry out guerrilla warfare and constantly harass the landing Chinese ground forces......"
Isoroku Yamamoto continued to report on the Navy's plans for counter-attacks that sounded hopeless. The faces of the high-ranking Japanese army and navy in the conference room naturally became more and more pale, and Emperor Hirohito, who had been sitting without speaking, suddenly said at this time: "Secretary Togo, is there any news from the German side?" How prepared are they for liver pay? β
Foreign Minister Shigetoku Togo hurriedly stood up, bowed to the Emperor, and said in a respectful tone, "Your Majesty." According to the report of the Imperial Embassy in Germany, Germany has acquired a sufficient amount of weapons-grade uranium-235. It is expected that before the end of April, atomic weapons will be used against the United States! Ambassador Oshima also reported that Hitler had told him that in the event of the surrender of the United States, Germany would make every effort to make representations to China so that His Majesty could return to Tokyo and return to power. If the Chinese side insists on going its own way. Germany does not rule out the formation of a ** alliance to unite other countries in the world to sanction China! β
"Oh." A look of disappointment flashed on Emperor Hirohito's face, and he muttered: "It's just sanctions......" There was silence in the conference room, Hitler's statement was obviously unsatisfactory, but now they people, what room for bargaining? After a while, it was Hirohito himself who broke the silence, he pressed his somewhat swollen temples, and muttered, "Sanction is sanctioned...... If Hitler can do this, we will have hope, and if we can't do it, we can reconcile with Chongren, and I will make him the prince. Now the key is to pay them for the liver...... Fushimi Palace (Minister of the Navy) conveyed to them my will and told them that the rise and fall of the empire depends on the kings, and that they should fight hard and not restore the high hopes of the people and the people. β
When Emperor Hirohito's decree was sent by radio to the Luftwaffe base in Suriname, South America, Kengoro Osa Hetofu was not in Suriname. He had flown to the German-occupied island of Puerto Rico a day earlier, and he had come to Puerto Rico to familiarize himself with the environment and to take part in a night raid on the United States mainland in a German bomber to get a feel for the night combat capabilities of American aircraft.
A slender man, with a hooked nose and a somewhat gloomy gaze, a very young Luftwaffe general personally came to the airport to greet Liver Fu, and standing with the general was Liver Fu's old acquaintance, the famous female test pilot Hannah in the Luftwaffe. Leich. After Miss Lech's introduction, Liver Fu knew that the Luftwaffe general in front of him was named Hans. Jeshunek, who is just in his 40s this year, is the youngest general in the Luftwaffe and the supreme commander of Operation Samurai, which bombed the United States with atomic bombs.
The three of them exchanged a few words and boarded a BM brand limousine. Drive along the road. It was Hannah who drove the car. Leich, that was Admiral Jeshunek and Kengoro Hetofu sat side by side in the back seat of the car. Always don't say a word. Relying on the sun, Liver Fu knew that they were heading due north, and the further they went, the stronger the atmosphere of the battlefield became. Huge craters can be found on both sides of the road, and most of the towns along are deserted, some of which are already in ruins! Apparently it was subjected to indiscriminate bombardment. Jeshunek pointed to a piece of ruins that was still smoking, and said: "This is caused by the bombing by the Americans last night. After that, he said a gloomy face and said nothing. Kengoro Hetofu was shocked by the scene in front of him, and there was no report of American bombers dropping bombs on Puerto Rico in the information he had obtained before! It seems that the war between the Germans and the United States did not go as smoothly as expected. After another while, Kengoro finally couldn't help but ask: "Your Excellency, Admiral." I guess the Americans must have paid a heavy price last night, right? β
Jeshunek gave him a cold look. In a low tone, he said: "In daytime air battles we always have the upper hand, and the American F4U is still a certain gap compared to our FW-190." However, it was the American aircraft that prevailed at night, and their B-17 and B-24 were very good heavy bombers, with great firepower and very strong ones. They also had a great twin-engine heavy fighter, the P-38. That's a great plane, better than our BF-110, and their on-board radar is also better than ours. Therefore, our 'samurai operation' has great difficulties and needs to take a certain amount of risk. β
"Risk?" Liver Fu Kengoro smiled bitterly: "Didn't they tell you that we, the kamikaze fighters, have put life and death on the line?" β
"They didn't tell me that they were going to kill themselves." Jeshunek glanced at the liver, who seemed to be in a somewhat depressed mood. "It is certainly very admirable to dedicate one's life for the country, the nation and the leader, and to die with a strong enemy. However, such an operation should not be a desperate suicide, but a military operation that has been carefully planned, taking into account all possible contingencies, and fully prepared and prepared! Liver Fu Dazuo. That's why I'm here to Puerto Rico. β
The car drove past a construction site, where several construction machines that could not be named were roaring and screaming, and some German sappers with steel helmets were squatting on the ground and skillfully fiddling with the steel bars with the tools in their hands.
"That's the runway we're going to use." "This is a specially built runway for long-range bombers with atomic bombs, and several field airfields for take-off and landing of Ju-88s," said Jeshunek, pointing to a row of steel bars neatly bundled in the shape of a lattice. According to our plan, this time 100 JU-88 night combat aircraft will be sorted. Also our latest modification of the Ju-88 type, their combat range has been significantly increased to 2800 km. β
Liver Fu nodded slightly, "You can reach New York." β
"Yes, but New York is not the preferred target. The destruction of Manhattan with an atomic bomb could certainly hit the United States hard, but it could not force the United States to surrender, so our target was the isotope separation plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Jeshunek turned his cold blue eyes to the liver. That's the only U.S. plant used to produce weapons-grade uranium-235! If this plant had been destroyed by the atomic bomb, the United States would not have survived the era of atomic war. But it won't be easy to destroy the plant, as the cunning Americans built the key plant in a 16-kilometer-long and 3.2-kilometer-wide valley. On the slopes on either side of the valley, there is probably the world's densest network of anti-aircraft artillery fire and radar detection. The Americans also built an air base in the desert near Oak Ridge, where at least one wing of F-4U and one wing of P-38 were deployed, and at least one squadron of fighters patrolled over the Oak Ridge valley at any given moment. And it was only after paying a considerable price that our intelligence officers had a preliminary grasp of the situation in the Oak Ridge Valley and roughly knew the location of the isotope separation plant. That is, the plane carrying the atomic bomb will be"
Jeshunek furrowed his eyebrows, as if looking for a soothing word to mean "suicide attack." Liver Fu smiled and said, "It's hard enough to find the Oak Ridge Valley in the dark night, and it's a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack to find the exact location of the isotope separation plant in this 16-kilometer-wide valley." β
Jeshunek pulled out a cigar. He took two puffs, shook his head and said, "It's indeed a needle in a haystack." So there was a second target for Operation Samurai, which was New York. β
"New York?" Liver Fu asked, "Is it one of the two?" β
"No!" Jeshunek finally smiled a little: "There are two atomic bombs. One bombs the Oak Ridge factory and the other bombs Manhattan, doubling the odds of success. β
"Two atomic bombs!" Liverpay took a breath and looked at Jeshunek with wide eyes. "We only have enough crew to fly 101 aircraft! Isn't it too weak to split it in two? β
"No problem." Yeshunek bit his cigar, looked at Kengoro Liver, and said lightly: "The samurai plan is quite a huge plan, and the number of planes and participants invested is more than you imagined, I don't know how many times!" When the time comes, the US air defense system will be exhausted by our toss. They simply couldn't draw many planes to deal with two groups of planes that were actually carrying atomic bombs. Of course. We still need to get your kamikaze members used to night combat as soon as possible. And to understand what exactly the night air defense of the United States looks like. Ah, we're almost at the San Juan airport, there's a wing of FW-200s going to Miami tonight, so let's go with them and see them. β
As he spoke, the limousine with the flag of the Admiral drove into an airfield that seemed to have just been bombed. Rows of burned ones were parked on the tarmac. The jet-black wreckage of the plane, Liver Fu recognized them at a glance as the famous FW-190 fighters, at least 50 of which were destroyed on the ground! There were also a few rollers roaring around the bombed-out runway, and teams of sappers filling the craters with black asphalt or anything else as if they were doing it regularly.
Jeshunek pointed to the devastated airfield and said with a wry smile: "Roosevelt must be awarding medals to the commander of the US Army Air Corps now!" It must be said that the US Army Aviation is a real adversary, they know when to attack and when to defend, causing us a lot of trouble. If not for the atomic bomb. This war may be 100 years away! Let's go, let's go to the conference room, where there are some ace pilots who have been fighting the Americans for months, and you can ask them questions and get to know your opponents first. β
"Report, report of the Joint Pacific Fleet. The Japanese suicide aircraft attack has been completely crushed, a total of about 500 Japanese planes were shot down, our side lost 48 fighters, and 43 pilots were killed; In addition, a heavy cruiser was heavily damaged, a seaplane carrier, a light cruiser, three destroyers, six transport ships and an oil tanker were sunk and the loss of personnel exceeded 4000 people! β
"Got it!"
Hearing this mixed report, Luo Yaoguo, who was studying the war with Nimitz and others, immediately stood up, took a copy of the telegram from Natalie's hand and read it carefully, and sighed softly: "I didn't expect 500 kamikaze planes to achieve such results, it seems that Hirohito is really going to work hard and take out the old foundation!" β
"This kind of loss is still within the range of bearability." Nimitz took the copy of the telegram and looked at it twice, shaking his head slightly. The telegram copy lists the losses of the Chinese and American armies, of which the losses of the American forces were slightly greater than those of the Chinese side, and a transport ship filled half of the Marine regiment was sunk, more than 1,000 people sank into the Pacific Ocean, and less than 400 were rescued. However, compared to the last naval battles of Hawaii and Bermuda, such losses can only be described as insignificant.
"According to intelligence, there are only more than 500 planes on Oahu, and this time the Japanese are doing a hammer deal, although our losses are greater than expected, but we should not encounter suicide planes again in the future." Zhang Yiming, who served as the chief of staff of the Joint Command, had a calm face, and he walked to the chart and drew a circle around Oahu with his hand: "Unless Hirohito really doesn't want to leave Oahu anymore, it won't take long for him to regret his stupid behavior. Admiral Nimitz, we can now send a detachment of destroyers to search for Japanese submarines. In addition, four of our squadrons of FW-200 reconnaissance aircraft will arrive at the Hilo airfield tomorrow afternoon, and the day after tomorrow will be able to search for Japanese submarines through air patrols. The FW-200s were modified to carry depth charges and could immediately attack Japanese submarines if they were spotted. β
"We have 52 PBY-5 Catalina anti-submarine patrol planes, which will be able to fly to Hawaii Island this afternoon and start patrolling tomorrow morning." In addition, 108 B-25G attack aircraft were loaded on transport ships and arrived in Hawaii with Task Force 1. Such aircraft were very effective against small and medium-sized ships of the Japanese army, and could also be used against ground targets. β
"Excellent." Hearing that the Americans had also prepared 108 B-25G equipped with 77mm guns, Luo Yaoguo's face suddenly showed a smile, and he said to Zhang Yiming: "Tell Zhao Zheng to arrange for the American transport ship equipped with B-25G to unload the cargo first, and strive to let these planes be put into operation within two days." β
Zhang Yiming recorded Luo Yaoguo's order, and then asked Luo Yaoguo to sign it and handed it to Natalie to convey. At this time, Nimitz suddenly walked to Luo Yaoguo's side and whispered to him, "Your Excellency Marshal, can I talk to you alone?" β
Luo Yaoguo was stunned for a moment, looking at Nimitz's solemn expression, he knew that the other party had something important to discuss with him, so he nodded hurriedly: "Okay, Mr. General, please come with me." With that, he strode to his office.
"Mr. Marshal, President Roosevelt asked me to tell you," Nimitz took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Luo Yaoguo as soon as he entered the office: "The United States will launch an atomic bomb attack on the combined German-Italian fleet anchored in Port of Spain in April!" In the aftermath of this attack, the United States wanted peace with Germany, whether it was successful or not, and the President wanted His Excellency the Field Marshal and the Empress of Russia to intervene in order to bring about peace. β
"Does the United States really want a truce?" Luo Yaoguo held the telegram in his hand and showed a meaningful smile on his face. The loosening of the attitude of the United States means that its post-war layout has been half realized, and as for Germany, there is a threat of cooperation between China and the United States, and Hitler will most likely accept a decent peace, after all, Germany is still the winner in this war against the United States. Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded: "To be honest, achieving world peace is the dream that Empress Anastasia and I have always wanted, and we are very willing to act as a bridge between the United States and Germany." It's just that President Roosevelt's telegram didn't say anything specific."
"The exact terms of the peace talks will depend on the outcome of the atomic bomb attack in April, and if the attack is successful and the combined fleet of Germany and Italy suffers heavy losses, then the United States will demand that German forces withdraw from North and Central America and return the island of Puerto Rico. In the event of a failed attack, the United States would roughly cede the island of Puerto Rico and pay 100 billion gold marks in compensation, but the Panama Canal and the Hawaiian Islands would not be ceded out. β
Luo Yaoguo was silent for a while, and then cautiously probed: "General, can I inform Berlin of the conditions for the cession of Puerto Rico Island and the indemnity of 100 billion gold marks as the United States' reply to Hitler's FΓΌhrer?" Perhaps the German FΓΌhrer would accept it if he saw it, so as to save the whole world from the danger of atomic war. β
"No, not right now." Nimitz shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, although the United States does not want to risk an atomic war with Germany, we are even more unwilling to live in the shadow of the German atomic bomb forever, as long as there is the slightest possibility, Puerto Rico must take it back!" Also, Mr. President hopes that the fighting on Oahu can be over by mid-April. β