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Yamamoto Isoroku looked at the world map and said to himself: "For the Stars and Stripes Republic, the offensive route in the North Pacific is basically not considered due to the lack of proper bases and too many storms and dense fog along the route. It was also impossible to launch a counteroffensive from Soviet bases in the Far East. It was even more impossible to launch a counteroffensive from the Yanhuang Continent, where the Empire had millions of troops stationed, so they were left with the option of advancing little by little across the vast Pacific Ocean. And in the vast sea area between Hawaii and Australia, the islands occupied by the empire are dotted, and there are smooth shipping routes and powerful fleets in the middle, which is much more advantageous than the Stars and Stripes Republic that lacks supply bases and is also distracted from the European battlefield, so that although the first two battles were not won, the battlefield situation is still favorable to our army, plus those 5 aircraft carriers, it is completely possible to start a decisive battle again with the geographical advantage, sink the aircraft carrier fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic, and regain the initiative in the Pacific theater. Then the most important thing left is the choice of location. ”

As he spoke, Yamamoto pointed his right index finger at two places on the map: the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean (a Japanese-controlled area) and the New Guinea Islands (next to Guadalcanal, near Australia). "Time, time!" Yamamoto muttered, "What the empire lacks most now is time!" ”

In the morning, Hideki Tojo had just approached Yamamoto Isoroku and told Yamamoto about the grim situation facing the Japanese invaders, hoping that he would be able to reproduce the feat of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and gain a buffer period of six months to one year for the empire. By the spring of 1943, the economic cycle within the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" was already in full shape, because there were not enough destroyer fleets to establish an escort system, and the Japanese had lost 6/7 of the tonnage of the Japanese merchant ships (the total tonnage of the Japanese merchant ships at this time was only 769,000 tons). At the beginning of the war, the total tonnage of the Japanese merchant ships was 5.296 million tons), and a large number of resources could not be transported to the mainland. The raw materials cannot be transported back to China, and the lost tonnage of merchant ships cannot be replenished in time, thus forming a vicious circle. In order to solve this stalemate, the Japanese had to suspend the construction of certain large naval vessels, use 17% of the steel in the construction of merchant ships, and increase the amount of wood used in civilian ship construction. However, even with this painstaking allocation of resources, by the spring of 1943, with the monthly production of about 9,000 aircraft in the Stars and Stripes Republic, only 1/6 of the Japanese and the all-important Zero War were only 200. In the spring of 1943, the total tonnage of the Woko warships was 1.23 million tons, compared to 2,667,000 tons in the Stars and Stripes Republic, 800 tanks in the Woko and 29,500 in the Stars and Stripes Republic, and 16,700 aircraft in the Woko and 89,500 in the Stars and Stripes Republic. Statistically, the Stars and Stripes Republic was able to effectively suppress the Woko in the Pacific, even with major forces concentrated in Europe. In 1943, the annual oil production of the Stars and Stripes was 700 times that of the Stars-Spangled Republic, and the Japanese had not yet completed repairs to the oil facilities of the former Royal Shell Company in the Dutch East Indies, resulting in a sharp drop in their oil supply from 48.9 million barrels in 1941 to 2.53 million barrels in 1943.

If the above is still a competition between the two countries over the war heritage and cannot directly determine the outcome of a certain naval battle, another reality in front of Yamamoto Isoroku is: After the Stars and Stripes Republic** completely occupied Kuah Island on February 9, 1943, MacArthur's troops in the Southwest Pacific Theater were counterattacking from New Guinea Island to New Britain Island, while the troops in the Harr Southwest Pacific Theater were based on the newly occupied Kuah Island and gradually advanced north along the Solomon Islands. The east and west sides formed a pincer offensive aimed at Rabaul, the largest air base of the Japanese army in the southwest Pacific.

Prior to Wang's rewriting, Yamamoto Isoroku had launched the last battle of his life before April 18 (the day he was killed) in response to the pincer attack of the Stars and Stripes Republic, the "Operation I", the purpose of which was to use devastating air superiority to uproot the Allied attack bases recently captured, thwart the Stars and Stripes Republic's spring offensive, and buy time to defend the Bismarck Islands defense. The entire process of "Operation I" is divided into two phases: first, concentrate forces to capture the Solomons, destroy the Stars and Stripes Republic Navy ships and the Solomon Air Force anchored in the waters off Kuah Island, so as to facilitate the current urgent supply and transportation, this stage is called the "X Attack"; It then moved to New Guinea and dealt a severe blow to U.S. forces in eastern New Guinea, a phase known as the "Y Attack." The air forces to be mobilized are as follows: The first part is the carrier-based air force under the command of Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa, which is composed of four aircraft carriers, the "Zuizuru," the "Zuiho," the "Flying Eagle," and the "Hayabusa," with a total of 103 Zero Battles, 54 "99" shipblowers, and 27 "97" ship-attack planes, totaling 184 aircraft. The second part is the shore-based air force of the 11th Air Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Caolu, with a total of 108 Zero Combat aircraft, 16 "99" shipbuilding planes, 72 "One" land attack planes, and 9 shore-based reconnaissance planes, a total of 205 aircraft.

In the end, however, the results of the 10-day "Operation Iraq" were pitiful, and the battle was seriously damaged, with the Japanese army sinking two Allied transport ships, one destroyer, one frigate, and one oil tanker, and shooting down and destroying 31 aircraft. The Japanese army itself lost 59 aircraft, including 16 Type 99 carrier-based bombers, and 17 Type 99 were damaged. The losses of the Type 99 accounted for 30% of all the Type 99s participating in the battle, and if you count the wounds, the total number of injuries accounted for 60% of the total. This kind of attrition was unbearable for the Japanese army, which is why Yamamoto Isoroku had to go to the front line to offer condolences, starting with the Battle of Midway, and then after the Battle of Guadalcanal and the Battle of I, three consecutive times without victory, the morale of the front line was sluggish, and pessimism began to spread.

Looking at the Marshall Islands (Japanese-controlled area) and New Guinea Islands (next to Guadalcanal, near Australia) in the central Pacific Ocean on the map, Yamamoto finally drew two circles in Rabaul and the Marshall Islands near the New Guinea Islands.

At the end of April 1943, the command of the Combined Fleet.

A beautifully painted room with white and delicate walls. Modeled after the British Navy quarters, the east wall has a row of floor-to-ceiling windows that reach to the roof, allowing bright sunlight to shine in, making the room bright and comfortable.

Yamamoto's desk is close to the window, and you can easily see the whole port from the outside. The warships moored in the harbor show the strength of the Imperial Navy, and for Yamamoto, this is the most beautiful and moving picture. Every time I was tired from work, I took a look at the scenery outside and reinvigorated Yamamoto.

Now, Yamamoto Isoroku was standing at the back of the headquarters, his hands flat on the large table in the middle of the room, on a large-scale map of the Pacific Theater, and next to him stood the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Fukuru Shige, Admiral Koga Mineichi, and others.

"Your Excellency Yamamoto, the name of the newly formulated campaign by the General Staff is Rabaul Lure Annihilation Battle!" The Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Furushi, reported loudly to Yamamoto, and at the same time pointed to the map, he said, "The launch time of the campaign is planned for the end of May (it is now the end of April, that is, one month later), and the core idea is that the first step is to use the shore-based air force of the Eleventh Air Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Caolu at Rabaul Airport to consume the strength of the shore-based air force of the Stars and Stripes Republic, attract the Stars and Stripes Republic to increase its offensive forces, and use it as a bait to attract the navy of the Stars and Stripes Republic there; In the second step, the aircraft carriers "Flying Eagle", "Ruifeng" and "Falcon Eagle" will form a feint force and go to Rabaul airfield, creating the illusion that they want to support any of the vice admirals of the Grass Deer, attracting the main force of the Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic to attack the feint fleet, thus drawing out the aircraft carrier formation of the Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic; In the third step, after the feint forces exchanged fire with the Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic, taking advantage of the critical time when the fighters of the two sides were entangled with each other and the exposed positions could not quickly leave the battlefield, a powerful formation of six aircraft carrier warships was formed with the five newly incorporated "Xianghe" class aircraft carriers as the core and the "Zuihe" to carry out a devastating blow to the Star-Spangled Banner aircraft carrier formation from the flanks. After the battle, it is expected that the Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic will lose most of its mobile aircraft carrier strength, and the Empire will regain the initiative in the Pacific Theater! ”

"In order to ensure concealment and the suddenness of the attack, before the campaign is launched, the decisive aircraft carrier formation will be hidden in the Marshall Islands, and our military bases in the Marshall Islands will protect and cover it to prevent it from being detected by enemy forces." Admiral Koga Mineichi added.

"Well, how's the fighter pilot replenishing?" Yamamoto asked.

"At present, half of the aircraft carrier pilots are senior pilots with many aircraft carrier experiences, a quarter of the army aviation pilots, and a quarter of the naval academy cadets." Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Fuliufan, replied.

"For the feint attack force, more zero-combat aircraft will be equipped, more than half of the 99 ship explosions and naval attacks will be reduced, and one-third of the senior pilots, one-half of the army aviation pilots, and a small number of naval cadets will be equipped. Their purpose is to attract firepower and fight with fighter jets, not to annihilate the enemy. For the decisive aircraft carrier formation, it is mainly equipped with enough senior pilots to completely annihilate the Pacific Fleet of the Stars and Stripes Republic in one battle and let them bury the bottom of the sea. At the same time, because their main aircraft forces were attracted by the feint troops, and the defense force was weak, it was possible to minimize the casualty rate of the naval academy cadets participating in the attack! “

"Hey!!" The Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, Furushi, and Admiral Koga Mineichi replied.

"This battle is related to the life and death of the empire, and it must be kept strictly secret, and the fleets of all departments must be secretly mobilized," Yamamoto fifty-six continued, "The foreign battle plan is named, 'Operation Lyu', please!" After speaking, he bowed deeply.

"Hey! The Navy will win! Long live the Empire!! Fukuru Shigeru and Koga responded while bowing.

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