Chapter 62: Restless June

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In early June 1943, in the underground bunker of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Hirohito and several cabinet ministers, as well as King Hatohiko of the pro-dynasty Kanomiya, the chief of the Military Command Department Nagano Tsushimoto, and the Minister of the Navy Shigetaro Shimada discussed the telegram sent by Yamamoto Isoroku.

"Ladies and gentlemen, your Excellency Yamamoto's telegram has been circulated, so let's talk about your opinions!" Hirohito said first.

"Your Majesty!" King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya was the first to speak, "I don't doubt that the person who looks like Emperor Meiji has the ability to take out the 3 Yamato-class battleships and 3 Nagato-class battleships mentioned in the telegram, I just wonder if we really need these battleships, although I don't want to admit it, but the Pacific War, which lasted for more than 2 years, has made us realize that aircraft carriers are the most important combat force that determines a naval battle, and the glory of battleships has passed, if we use the funds from the purchase of these 6 battleships to buy 6 aircraft carriers again, Then the combined fleet of the Reich will be invincible to the entire Pacific Ocean! ”

"Well, Your Excellency Nagano Xiushen, what do you mean?" After Hirohito heard the opinion of King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, he nodded, and then asked Nagano Xiu, the chief of the military command department, who was sitting on the left.

"Hi!! Your Majesty, what King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya said is extremely correct that it is now the aircraft carrier that decides the victory or defeat at sea, but..."The chief of the military command department, Nagano Xiu, looked like he wanted to say something.

"To put it bluntly, today here are all the humerus ministers of the empire!" When Hirohito saw it, he said loudly.

"Hi!! What I want to say is that aircraft carriers are indeed decisive for naval warfare, but there is a premise that it is a decisive battle of the fleet on the sea, if it is a landing island, especially on the Hawaiian islands with heavy garrisons and a large number of defensive batteries, when a landing battle is carried out, without battleship artillery as suppressive firepower, it is extremely difficult to land successfully, after all, for the cleaning of the tidal flat defense strongholds, the amount and power of the battleship's ammunition delivery are incomparable to the 250 kg aerial bombs of the carrier-based aircraft! Nagano Xiu said carefully.

"I agree with His Excellency Nagano Xiushi!" Navy Minister Shigetaro Shimada then spoke, "Battleships are absolutely important for island landing battles, sweeping away enemy firepower points and minefields on the beach, especially the batteries near the enemy's harbor, are equipped with a large number of large-caliber shore guns, and the landing battle that lacks the suppression of battleships, even if it is successful, its losses are extremely heavy, and judging from Admiral Yamamoto's callback, it will take some time for us to trade the three additional aircraft carriers last time, so it seems that the pseudo-Meiji Emperor has no aircraft carrier spot in his hand for the time being, which can be directly used for trading." ”

"However, the reasons for the purchase of battleships are all based on the assumption of attacking Hawaii, and if you don't attack there, these problems simply don't exist, and there is no need!" Hearing the rebuttal, King Hatohiko of Asaka replied unconvinced.

"Okay, King Hatohiko, don't be rash, the main question now is whether to attack Hawaii with the Stars and Stripes, whether it is necessary or not, from General Yamamoto's telegram, you can feel that he supports the capture of Hawaii!" When Hirohito heard the disagreement between the members of the Imperial Family and the cabinet ministers, he immediately turned the topic to the core of the conflict, "Your Excellency Tojo, what is your opinion?" ”

"Hi!! Your Majesty, I have been thinking just now, if the Hawaii landing battle is really launched, where will our landing force come from, according to the estimate of His Excellency Yamamoto, at least 30,000 people will be needed, and it is more reasonable to have a landing force of 50,000 people, and now the mobile strength of the empire is not rich, and the dispatch army is gathering troops and entering Shanxi, preparing to carry out a devastating blow to the army of the Yanhuanghong Party in Shaanxi, this piece of force cannot be transferred out for the time being, the strength of the southern army has reached the limit, and it can not be less, and most of the troops in the domestic base camp are newly formed, The combat effectiveness is worrying, and the only thing to count on is only the Dong Army, but the importance of the bases in the three northeastern provinces of Yanhuang to the empire is self-evident~~" Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister and Minister of War, did not directly express his opinion, but raised a new practical issue.

"Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Excellency Tojo!" The chief of the Military Command Department, Nagano Xiu, said, "You still remember the great achievements of our army in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor more than a year ago! ”

"Of course!" Hirohito replied.

"Yes!" Hideki Tojo said.

"What's wrong? Does it have anything to do with what we discussed today? King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Have you noticed that the situation at that time was very similar to now, the Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic was heavily damaged, and the Empire's Combined Fleet was in a strategic advantage, but only half a year after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Empire's Combined Fleet advantage disappeared one after another with several naval battles. In fact, looking at it the other way around, at that time, the Imperial Navy only attacked Pearl Island by surprise, but did not occupy it, so the Imperial Navy had to continue to attack Midway, and whether it was advancing southward or turning in, the Imperial Navy never broke through the strategic defense circle surrounded by the Stars and Stripes Republic with Midway, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia, and always wandered in this circle. Only half a year later, the Stars and Stripes Republic relied on its ship-building capabilities far higher than the Empire, and quickly wiped out the achievements of the Imperial Navy, so if they don't capture Hawaii or Midway, they are still circling in this encirclement, no matter how they fight next, the Stars and Stripes Republic only needs to tighten their defense for half a year, their Pacific Navy will regain its strength, and the Empire's combined fleet will once again face a grim situation. The chief of the military command department, Nagano Xiushen, said.

Hearing Nagano's speech, everyone fell into deep thought. After about two minutes, Hirohito asked, "Your Excellency Nagano, what is your opinion on taking Hawaii?" ”

"Hi!! Your Majesty, yes, to capture Hawaii, preferably Hawaii first, and then Midway! I know this is difficult, but after the Empire fights with all its strength, after capturing these two places, the Empire can break through the absolute strategic defense circle of the Stars and Stripes Republic and directly threaten the west coast of the Stars and Stripes Republic, and with these two islands as a base, the Empire can advance and attack, retreat and defend, and even in peace talks with the Stars and Stripes Republic, it will be in an extremely advantageous position! In the face of Hirohito's questioning, Nagano replied.

"What His Excellency Nagano means is that, in addition to breaking through the absolute defensive circle of the Stars and Stripes Republic, on the one hand, it can put great pressure on the Stars and Stripes Republic, forcing their people to be afraid of landing on the American continent and thus willing to negotiate peace with the Empire; On the other hand, with Hawaii as the core, to build a solid defensive position and a combined fleet supply position, the Imperial Navy can use Hawaii as bait to attract the Pacific Navy of the Stars and Stripes Republic to attack, so as to carry out a decisive naval battle in the Pacific, completely destroy the Pacific Navy of the Stars and Stripes Republic, and then achieve the victory of the Imperial Navy in the Pacific Theater, and even we can land on the western territory of the Stars and Stripes Republic and open up a new territory for the Empire! Minister of the Navy Shigetaro Shimada followed closely.

"The matter of the western territory of the Raiders of the Stars and Stripes Republic is too far away, so I won't discuss it for the time being!" Hirohito shook his head and said, "However, it is true that as the two Your Excellencies said, if we obtain Hawaii and Midway, strategically we will be in a huge advantage of being able to attack and retreat, Your Excellency Tojo, the army has no way to land the war, only 50,000 people are needed, and the matter of equipment, General Yamamoto has already called, and the pseudo-Meiji Emperor will solve it, just give him enough gold and cultural relics!" ”

"Hey! Your Majesty, if you feel that you must launch a landing battle, I suggest that you transfer it from the Guan Dong Army, after all, the landing operation is not a garrison war, it requires elite combat power, and at this stage, only the Dong Army can meet the conditions! Hideki Tojo touched his mustache and said.

"Your Majesty~~" Seeing that the situation was developing in the opposite direction to his expectations, King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace was unwilling to continue to fight for it.

"I've made up my mind, don't say it again!" Hirohito waved his hand to stop King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, and continued: "Order! His Excellency Tojo quickly mobilized 50,000 Sekidong troops to prepare for the landing in Hawaii, and at the same time requisitioned some garrison troops in the country for garrison and auxiliary defensive work after the capture, and sent back to Admiral Yamamoto, agreeing to his request, to purchase the three Yamato-class battleships, three Nagato-class battleships, and enough supply ships to equip the weapons and ammunition of five army divisions and the 200 super-zero fighters, and the place of exchange was to be negotiated between Admiral Yamamoto and the puppet Meiji Emperor, in short, the base camp gave him all the resources he needed, Hawaii, which captures the Republic of the Stars and Stripes, is best to join Midway, and I ask for your full cooperation, understand? ”

"Hi!! The Empire will win, long live the Empire!! Everyone present stood up and bowed in reply.

One night two days later, after receiving the gold and cultural relics at his designated location, Wang Fan left behind the promised warships and planes (let the Japanese invaders go to the designated sea surface at night to receive them), and then continued to disappear in front of Yamamoto, and took a flying machine to Shaanxi Province on the Yanhuang Continent.

The next morning, in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, in the small hall of the Central Secretariat of Zaoyuan, Lao Mao (some readers greatly pointed out that Taizu's feudal flavor is too strong, so it will be changed here, and it will be called Lao Mao in the future) was discussing future combat operations with several column commanders.

"Meet now! Everyone has seen the recent information, the Yanhuang dispatch army of the Japanese is entering Shanxi in batches from various occupied areas, and its intention is obvious, that is, it wants to attack us here and avenge King Hengxian of Heyang Palace. Lao Mao was the first to speak.

"Judging from the intelligence, the number of devils is really quite a lot, and now it has exceeded 80,000, and it is still increasing, and it is estimated that the total number will exceed 100,000, and it may reach 150,000." Commander Chen Yi continued.

"Hmph, the little devil is not small in ambition, look at what it means, he is here to annihilate our party's army!" Mr. Peng interjected, "I don't underestimate him, I'm afraid that he has a big mouth and a small appetite, and if he can't eat it, he will break his teeth!" ”

"Mr. Peng is right," Commander Liu Bocheng continued, "With our current strength and equipment, we are not afraid of him at all, and now the choice is actually ours, whether to wait for them to assemble and give him a spoonful of stew, or take the initiative to attack Shanxi now?" ”

"My opinion is a preemptive strike!" Mr. Lin said, "First eat his 80,000 people, plus the remaining 20,000 people of the original Shanxi defender and the first army of the Japanese Invaders, first annihilate these 100,000 people, hurt him, occupy the entire territory of Shanxi, and expand the depth and space of our operations." ”

"Well, strike first to be strong, and then to suffer, Lin Biao, that's what you mean!" Lao Mao took a puff of his cigarette and said lightly.

At this time, the guards at the gate suddenly came in, saluted and said: "Report to the leaders, Comrade Wang Fan, a patriotic overseas Chinese, is here, and now he is outside the door, can you let him in?" ”

"Oh? Please, call him in! Lao Mao, who was thinking about it, said immediately after hearing it.

"Yes!" After the correspondent replied, he quickly left the house, and a few seconds later, Wang Fan entered the house, greeted the army commanders and Lao Mao's seniors, and then sat down.

Half an hour later.

"So, we recently had such a big victory, oops, I didn't catch up, it's a pity!" After listening to everyone's introduction, after the Red Party army killed the prince of Heyang Palace, King Hengxian, Wang Fan said regretfully.

"Hehe, Comrade Xiao Wang, don't be discouraged, there will be such a big battle in the future, with the equipment you provide us, we will fight more battles in the future than the siege and annihilation of Erjing Mountain." Lao Mao comforted.

"Hehe, thank you, please rest assured about the equipment, this time I brought a lot of ammunition and materials, enough for the troops to fight continuously for more than half a year!" Hearing Lao Mao's comfort, Wang Fan continued.

"Great, it just so happens that there is another war recently, with this batch of equipment and materials, we are not afraid of large-scale campaign consumption!" Mr. Peng arrived.

"Oh? Another big war? Wang Fan asked with interest.

"That's right!" In brief words, Mr. Peng told Wang Fan about the transfer of troops to Shanxi that had just been discussed.

"Oh, that's it, okay, my Nanyang Jinfan company also has its own intelligence department, I'll let him inquire when I go back! As soon as there is accurate news about the devil, tell everyone immediately! Wang Fan thought that the military photographic satellite he brought could reconnoiter the devil's march in real time, so he falsely reported a department and laid a foreshadowing first.

"Oh? Okay, one more channel, one more prescience! Lao Mao said, "Don't talk about this yet, wait a minute, I'll go get something." ”

"Huh? What? Wang Fan looked at the others in the room strangely, but everyone smiled and did not speak. Soon, Lao Mao returned from his residence and returned to the small hall of the Central Secretariat of Zaoyuan.

"Give! Open it up and take a look!! ”

"Huh~~" What appeared in front of Wang Fan was an object wrapped in linen.

"What could it be?" Wang Fan thought as he untied the rope he was tied. The gradual appearance of the gift soon made Wang Fan's mouth change from a "V" shape to an "O" shape.

PS: Guess what ^_^ kind of gift it will be?

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