Stimulated by Hirohito's "sworn to the death", the Japanese army in Hawaii finally began to act frantically, preparing to turn Oahu into their own, as well as the graveyard of thousands of Chinese and American people. The troops that had been scattered on the various islands of the Hawaiian archipelago were concentrated on Oahu, and the small and medium-sized ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet left Pearl Harbor at night and disappeared into the vast Pacific Ocean. The last kamikaze and ocean darers on Oahu have also begun their final crazy training. And all the Japanese on the island, men, women, and children, were also mobilized, armed with shovels and sapper shovels, and rushed to repair the fortifications day and night. At the same time, the news of "Yamato Island Jade Shattering" also became a series of radio waves, flew back to Japan, and was sent to the headquarters of the Defense General Army in Kyoto, and attached another harshly worded edict issued by Emperor Hirohito. Even the war situation in Japan suddenly became tense.

At this time, the San Diego military port on the west coast of the United States also spent sleepless nights because of the plan for the "Hawaiian Campaign". And Luo Yaoguo threw himself into the joint command all day long. The current war situation seems to be somewhat unexpected to him, in his original assumption, Emperor Hirohito and those Japanese army and navy have long become frightened birds, especially under the deterrence of atomic bombs, there is no courage to fight a decisive battle! The Battle of Hawaii was nothing more than a show of force, pulling out the main force of the Chinese Navy in front of the Japanese and the Yankees for them to admire, and then brandishing the atomic bomb to scare Hirohito and his ministers on Oahu...... As for Hirohito's life, to be honest, Luo Yaoguo didn't have much interest, so he did his best. Forget it if you can fool around in front of the Americans. But no one expected that this Emperor Hirohito didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong this time. I'm ready to fight Oahu!

“…… Emperor Hirohito made public appearances throughout Oahu for several days, inspecting the army and giving speeches to boost morale. According to intelligence, Hawaiian Japanese forces are concentrating on Oahu. The remaining capital ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet were all withdrawn to Pearl Harbor, and most of the small and medium-sized ships left the port, and it seemed that there was a possibility of a war to break the diplomatic relationship. The Hawaiian unit of the Japanese Army has now been organized into the Guards Corps, and all 10 divisions under its jurisdiction bear the name of the Guards, known as the Emperor's personal army, and the commander is also the Imperial General Asakanomiya Mitsuhiko. The morale of the troops seems to have improved. The Japanese Army and Navy Air Force in Hawaii has been reorganized into a kamikaze special attack force. It claims to have 1,000 suicide planes, ready to die with our naval fleet. In addition, there is also the so-called shocking special attack motorboat unit, which is ready to counterattack our landing fleet with the determination to kill and die! According to intelligence, the Japanese army on Oahu launched an atomic bomb offensive against our army. We are well prepared. All the soldiers and civilians are working day and night to repair the fortifications, dig tunnels, and all the supplies have been evacuated to the Kolau and Waianai mountains, as if they are preparing to hold Oahu for a long time!

In Japan, the headquarters of the General Defense Army, which is loyal to Hirohito, has also been reorganized into four armies, and the troops defending Kyushu and western Japan to resist the landing of our troops are the Kyushu Army. The headquarters of the Kyushu Army is located at Kuregungang, Hiroshima Prefecture, and the army is composed of about 30 divisions. The total number of troops is about 550,000, and another national team claims to be 1 million! However, with poor equipment, lack of training, and a lack of logistical supplies, it seems to be a worthless cannon fodder unit, and should not be a cause for concern.

The main force of the Hirohito Shoga's Home Defense Army was the headquarters of the Kwantung Raiding Army. The department now has about 45 divisions and regiments, with a total strength of more than 800,000 troops, and its headquarters is located in Kyoto, Japan. At present, the main force of this army has been divided into two routes, all the way along the Nakayama Road in central Honshu of Japan to Yamanashi Prefecture, which is controlled by the Tokyo side, and is currently facing off with the headquarters of the First Army of Tokyo at the junction of Nagano and Yamanashi Prefectures. The other was along the Tokaido, and its vanguard was the Japanese army's elite 4th Division, and the commander-in-chief was the famous Japanese general Terauchi Toshiichi. The Japanese army on this route has now advanced to the line of Mt. Hakone, known as the gateway to the Kanto region of Japan, and engaged in a fierce battle with the 1st Division, an elite unit on the Tokyo side, with many casualties on both sides. According to the report of the Japanese Front Command, as of the night of 6 March, the main position on Mt. Hakone was still under the control of the 1st Division, and the Tokyo side had also urgently dispatched reinforcements to reinforce it, and there should be no major problems in a short time.

In addition to the Kyushu Army and the Kwantung Expeditionary Army, there were two other partial divisions under the Japanese Defense Army. One is the Japanese Northern Army, which has about 10 divisions under its jurisdiction, and a large number of national troops, and the commander of the army is Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama. The main force of the army is now massed in the area of Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan, and it seems that it is preparing to move eastward to attack and control the Japanese GCD headquarters southwest of Niigata Prefecture. The Japanese G Division has been recognized by the Tokyo government a few days ago and has been reorganized into the Fourth Army of the Japanese Army (Tokyo side), with its headquarters in Joetsu City and its commander Lieutenant General Nosaka Sanzo, the leader of the Japanese GCD. At present, there is a standoff between the Northern Army (Hirohito) and the Fourth Army (Tokyo).

Hirohito's other partial division was the Japanese Northeast Defense Army, the main force was the Japanese 8th Division withdrawn from Sakhalin, and the Japanese 105th Division, the army commander was Field Marshal Ishimotonomiya Morimasa, and the army headquarters was established in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. At present, the army is still on the defensive, and there is no sign of attacking the Kwantung region from the west.

Looking at the overall layout of the Japanese army (Hirohito), it seems that there is a plan for the last fight. After many familiar discussions, the General Staff came to the following conclusion: The focus of the deployment of the Japanese army (Hirohito) seems to have shifted to regaining power in the homeland! The purpose of the decisive battle in Hawaii should be to attract the main force of our navy and prevent our army from launching a landing operation in the rear of Japan at the time of a decisive battle in Japan. Hirohito's overall strategy seems to be to regain power in Japan and at the same time delay the fall of Hawaii, in a vain attempt to wait for Germany's victory over the United States, or for Germany to intervene in the Sino-Japanese war after the U.S.-Germany peace talks, in order to obtain the most favorable outcome.

Therefore, the General Staff suggested that our side should increase military assistance to the new Japanese government in Tokyo and, if necessary, order the Japanese Front to directly intervene in the Japanese civil war, so as to cut off all illusions of the Hirohito authorities. At the same time, on the Hawaiian side, the General Staff recommended the most complete encirclement of Oahu, a thorough search of the surrounding waters. Prevent the Japanese submarine from becoming an escape tool for the Hirohito authorities! After cutting off all retreats and illusions of the Hirohito administration, they threatened with atomic bombs. Or you can make a forced landing on the defenders of Oahu. ”

Luo Yaoguo put down the long telegram in his hand, which was a summary of the situation sent by Bai Chongxi, acting chief of the General Staff, and the guidance of the General Staff Headquarters. After Bai Chongxi's analysis, the fog shrouded in this final decisive battle seemed to have been completely cleared, and the strategic intentions of the Japanese army (Hirohito's side) had been clearly presented in front of Luo Yaoguo.

However, his eyebrows became tighter and tighter, and Luo Yaoguo walked to the huge chart in the middle of the war room of the Joint Command without saying a word, looking at the Hawaiian Islands like a string of pearls and muttering. After a while, he looked back at the Supreme Commander of the American side, Admiral Nimitz, and asked in a low voice: "Mr. General, what do you think?" ”

Nimitz walked to the front of the chart, his hands propped up on the edge of the sand table, and looked at the model of the ship on the chart, which symbolized the main force of the Chinese and American Pacific fleets. There was a moment of silence. Cai said: "Your Excellency, I think that the analysis of the overall strategy of the Japanese side by the General Staff of your country is correct. However, according to the information we have, the Japanese side has sent a group of about 500 kamikaze drones to Germany, and they will probably be used in the combat operation of Germany dropping atomic bombs on the US mainland! So. The U.S. government needs to eradicate Emperor Hirohito, the spiritual leader of these kamikazes, as soon as possible, no matter what means are used! ”

Luo Yaoguo nodded slightly, approving Nimitz's proposal. China's dispatch of troops to the Hawaiian Islands this time is very much about taking people's money and people to eliminate disasters. The United States is not really a close ally, but more of a commercial partner, and the Pacific Security Treaty is nothing more than a commercial contract. For the Americans, they have already paid their money, and what the Chinese should do is to fulfill the contract to take Hawaii as soon as possible and eliminate Hirohito!

"Okay!" After thinking for a moment, Luo Yaoguo lowered his head. It seems that the final decision has been made: "Since the Japanese want to retreat into Oahu, then we are welcome." We might as well seize the other islands of the Hawaiian archipelago and isolate Oahu, then completely blockade Oahu with a fleet to cut off the Hirohito government's retreat, and deploy Air Force and Army Air Corps planes to the islands near Oahu. Aerial bombardment completely destroyed the fortifications and fortresses on which the Japanese army relied on Oahu. Clear the way for the landing of the Great Army! ”

"Login?" Nimitz was slightly stunned: "Isn't it the atomic bomb that flattened Oahu?" ”

Luo Yaoguo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Mr. General, in fact, the atomic bomb is not as powerful as advertised outside, if you want to eliminate those Japanese rats hiding in the hole, let's let our national defense force land directly!" As he spoke, he looked at Nimitz again: "General, how many ground troops can the United States put into it?" ”

"It's okay as much as you want, it's not a problem." Nimitz's answer surprised Luo Yaoguo, and the US admiral thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know how much you know about amphibious landing operations?" However, as far as I know, the key to capturing Oahu is not how many landing troops are put in, but the destruction of the Japanese battery fortresses, as well as the five battleships that ran aground and were used as batteries! I estimate that there were hundreds of large-caliber guns over 14 inches on those shells and battleships. If we don't manage to destroy them, no amount of ground troops thrown into them will only be cannon fodder! I wonder if the Chinese side has any way to deal with these Japanese artillery? ”

……

In the Central Pacific, about 300 nautical miles west of the Hawaiian Islands, the flagship of China's Pacific Fleet, the heavy aircraft carrier USS Taiwan.

"According to the information we have so far, the Japanese army has greatly strengthened the defense of the main island of Oahu after seizing the Hawaiian Islands. Including the original forts built by the U.S. Army, the Japanese army has now built a fortress defense system around Oahu, with a total of 18 batteries equipped with huge cannons of more than 12 inches, four of which have armored turrets! In addition, the five existing battleships, eight heavy cruisers, and first-class coastal defense ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet also entered Pearl Harbor, and it is likely that they will run aground in the harbor and serve as fixed batteries! If these large warships are counted, the Japanese defenders on Oahu will have more than 100 super-large caliber heavy guns, which will pose a huge threat to our landing force. ”

"100 cannons!"

When Zhao Zheng heard the number of Japanese artillery on Oahu, he couldn't help but gasp, and his head began to swell a little.

Hundreds of large-caliber guns are not a joke, you must know that Zhao Zheng's Chinese Pacific Fleet is a total of three Zhenyuan-class battleships with large-caliber guns, and there are only 27 380mm naval guns in total. It's only a quarter of the opponent! Even with the addition of 6 battleships of the US Pacific Fleet, it is still inferior in terms of the number of giant guns. And it is common knowledge that any admiral knows that you can't use a battleship to bombard a battery.

And what made Zhao Zheng even more troublesome was the harshly worded telegram sent by his immediate boss Luo Yaoguo, with a deadline of one month to solve all the exposed Japanese artillery forts on Oahu, and at the same time to completely blockade Oahu! Not even a submarine can slip out! Before the 15th of April, the landing operation will begin, and before the end of April, the island of Oahu must be taken and Emperor Hirohito must be pulled out of the hole!

"Sir Zhao, the assistant marshal has lost a hard bone for us to gnaw this time!" The report of the fleet's operational staff officer made Vice Admiral Meng Hailong, the chief of staff next to him, instantly frown.

"What? Do you have any thoughts? "The rule in the Wehrmacht is that soldiers take obedience as their duty, and orders from superiors are even unreasonable. The subordinates must also do as much as they can! And this time it was Luo Yaoguo himself who gave the order. So Zhao Zheng didn't even complain, and directly began to discuss the battle situation.

"Of course there is." Meng Hailong doesn't talk nonsense, he can sit in the position of chief of staff of the fleet for ten years, of course, there is a little way. He thought for a moment and said, "Hirohito got himself a turtle shell. It's hard enough, but it's still hard enough for us to bomb day and night. Even if the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier are not enough, we can use the airfield on the island of Hawaii to transfer a division of bomber aviation over and use the JU-88 and A-5 to hang a bombshell of one ton or two tons to bomb! How could those Japanese batteries withstand bombs of this level? So smashing the turtle shell is not a problem, the real trouble is to blockade Oahu and prevent Hirohito from escaping, and there are the teeth and claws of this big turtle on Oahu! ”

"You mean kamikaze planes and ocean jet skis?" Zhao Zheng frowned.

As a result of the 2.15 coup, Hirohito's secret weapon, the Earthquake Jet Ski, has long been no secret. The Chinese Navy has already received samples from the new government in Tokyo, which have been carefully analyzed inside and out. Truth be told, this thing is quite a hassle...... Even more of a headache than a kamikaze! After all, with the current situation in Japan, there are not many kamikaze planes that can be equipped, and kamikaze planes always need an airport to take off, right? The Pacific Fleet only needs to strike first and flatten the airfield on Oahu. The Japanese kamikaze will not be able to come out. But this one is different. First of all, the cost of this motorboat is not high, according to intelligence, Japan used to produce it in large quantities before the coup d'état on February 15, and it also has several thousand ships in storage in Hawaii! Secondly, the cost of training a motorboat driver is also low and the time is much shorter. So Japan had secretly trained thousands of earthquake attackers in Hawaii before the 2.15 incident! Third, the location of the deployment of the seismic motorboat is not so particular, as long as there is a beach, it is simply unrealistic to rely on bombing to destroy the seismic motorboat!

Of course, these ocean-shaking motorboats are not without defects, and their main defects are that their speed is too slow, and the range is too short, and they simply cannot reach the main force of the Chinese and American fleets far from the coastline. However, it is still very threatening to deal with landing fleets and light warships close to the coastline. In fact, the charge of the Seismic Motorboat was no more than 250 kilograms, which was not enough to pose any threat to the armor belt of large warships, which were originally aimed at small unarmored ships and landing ships.

Meng Hailong thought for a while, and then said: "The Japanese have retracted the main force back to Oahu Island on the surface, but on Hello Island and Kauai, the Japanese army must have left a lot of special attack troops, among which there must be a seismic motorboat, and there may be some small and medium-sized jungle warfare troops to deal with us." Sir, the time given to us by the assistant marshal is not too much. ”

"Hello Island...... Kauai, the name is good, do you have any specific information about them? ”

"Yes," Meng Hailong's eyebrows furrowed even tighter, he shook his head and said, "Chief Zhao, the rank department is not in favor of seizing these two islands. ”

"Why?"

Meng Hailong muttered: "The military value of these two islands is limited, and among them, Hello Island was originally a private island, and no development and construction has been carried out on it. The Japanese may have engaged in some development after occupying it, but it was not large-scale, and the reconnaissance submarines did not find a large port there. As for Kauai, there are some ports and airports, but this island is an ideal place for jungle warfare, and it is estimated that the Japanese will deploy jungle warfare troops and a large number of ocean-shaking motorboats there waiting for us to crash up. ”

"So where do we fight?" Zhao Zheng asked rhetorically.

"Hawaii Island, the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago." Meng Hailong walked to the chart table, pointed down the Hilo Bay on the east side of Hawaii Island with his baton, and said with a smile: "The department has carefully studied the topography of the main islands of the Hawaii Islands, and I think it is most appropriate to land in Hilo Bay on Hawaii Island. The harbor was excellent, the terrain was flat, and there was originally a large American airfield near Hilo Bay, which was expanded after the Japanese occupied the area. We just have to occupy it and fix it a little and we're ready to go. We have a port and an airport near Oahu, and Hirohito's tortoise shell will not be shattered sooner or later! ”

"Good!" Zhao Zheng patted his thigh, and the little gloom on his face had been swept away. "In the name of the Pacific Fleet Command, submit a proposal to the Adjutant General! At the same time, a request was made to mobilize an air bomber division to the Hawaiian front. ”

……

And at the same time that the Pacific Fleets of China and the United States were gradually approaching the Hawaiian Islands from the east and west. Another large Chinese navy, the Japanese fleet also sailed into Tokyo Bay, and the capital ships anchored at the anchorage off the Yokosuka Military Port, and the light ships immediately began to clean the channels in Tokyo Bay, and completely controlled the entrance and exit of Tokyo Bay. Then transport ships loaded with Chinese Wehrmacht Army units sailed into the bay, which bears the name of the Japanese capital. The 18th Army and the 5th Army of the Chinese National Defense Force, as well as the 1st Central Asian Division, the 2nd Central Asian Division, the 1st Division of the Republic of Korea and other troops, as well as a large number of merchant ships loaded with arms and supplies, almost filled the entire Tokyo Bay!

On March 6, Marshal Chiang J-shi, commander of the Chinese Japanese Front, and his wife, Soong M-ling, arrived at the port of Tokyo on the light cruiser Nanjing. Greeted by a group of Japanese dignitaries, this Chinese reactionary, who was dressed in a straight military uniform and wearing white gloves, walked down the gangway with some momentum. The Japanese officers at the scene all bowed to him, and the Japanese military band on the pier played the school song of the Whampoa Military Academy, Lao Chiang's favorite. The etiquette of the Japanese side is impeccable, but Lao Jiang knows that among the twinkling Japanese generals on the dock, there must be many people who are still resentful of being conquered by China...... There may also be those who are secretly in contact with the militarist forces on Hirohito's side, and who despise the Japanese side of Tokyo begging for help from China. However, our Chiang reactionaries still held the most sincere friendship for the Japanese people and traveled thousands of miles to help the Japanese fight the civil war! He wanted to use the experience of the civil war he had summed up in the Chinese Revolutionary War to help his Japanese friends here unify their motherland by force!

In view of the urgency of the current military situation, Lao Chiang pushed down the reception banquet set up for him by the Japanese Emperor Chongren in the imperial palace. After getting off the ship, they rushed directly to the Japanese War Ministry in Miyakesaka, Tokyo, which was bombed beyond recognition by Chinese bombers. There, together with Minister of War Yoshida and Chief of Staff Hoshino Toshimoto, he held the first operational meeting under his command of the Japanese Civil War.

In the conference room, huge military maps were hung, and the nearly 3 million troops of Tokyo and Hirohito were clearly marked by hundreds of arrowheads, pins, and various other symbols. A great battle of unprecedented scale has been waged on Japanese soil! (To be continued.)