Hearing his commander say that the empire was ready to seek the interests of the South Seas, the chief of staff, Tokutaro Hiraga, opened his eyes wide, this was the first time he had heard this statement, after all, his rank was still lower, and he was not qualified to participate in such a serious incident.

"Your Excellency Commander, does the Empire really have such a plan, Nanyang is the territory of the Europeans, is the Empire ready to turn against the Europeans?" Tokutaro Hiraga said with some surprise.

"Nanyang has always been one of the targets of the empire, but in the past, we focused on the mainland of the Republic of China, the materials of Nanyang are still very rich, and the local natives have no force at all, as long as the empire has a random army, it can sweep the Nanyang, but the empire has always been afraid of the Europeans, so it did not take action against Nanyang, but this time Guo Yu gave us an excellent opportunity, an opportunity to meddle in Nanyang affairs, and the empire will never let go of this opportunity." Murakami said with some smugness.

In the midst of the small talk between the two, the car drove into the port station of the Third Fleet, and not far away, there was Pier 4 of the Yokosuka Naval Base, where all the warships of the Third Fleet were moored. The huge battleship was quietly moored in the harbor, it was time to prepare, and none of the battleships had turned on their boilers, so there was no smoke coming out of the huge chimney.

The docks were busy, with small transport ships, patrol boats, and destroyer fleets moored close to the docks, and many Navy soldiers going up and down, carrying supplies and ammunition, and occasionally a group of patrolling soldiers walking by, making the docks seem busy.

Pacific, Huafu fleet.

In the vast Pacific Ocean, the Huafu fleet walked for 4 days, did not see any islands, the sea is vast, at first glance it makes people open-minded, but when the time comes, it is found that the sea is lonely, even the seabirds will not fly so far, only the blue sky, white clouds and blue water are left.

In the bridge, Guo Yu was a little bored holding a tablet to check the information, which was a brief introduction to the current situation in Japan, including some information on geography, property, military, government and the imperial family, although it was only the information on the historical documents of later generations, which was not completely correct and detailed, but it also provided Guo Yu with a comprehensive understanding of his enemies.

"Report flagship, I am the Chibi No. 2 ship, 30 degrees to starboard in front of 5 nautical miles, I found a large cargo ship, flying the flag of Japan, please instruct how to deal with it." Suddenly, there was a debriefing sound in the communicator.

There are a total of 6 Chibi-class warships, which are missile destroyers, responsible for the defense of the entire fleet, and are about 3 nautical miles away from the fleet.

Lin Haichao picked up the microphone, first glanced at Guo Yu's side, to see if Guo Yu had any opinions, Guo Yu looked at Lin Haichao and said to himself: "According to the regulations, you make your own decisions." ”

Lin Haichao said into the microphone: "For the sake of secrecy, Chibi No. 2 ship, I order you to sink the freighter directly, I'm saying it again, sink the freighter directly." ”

"The Chibi No. 2 ship received and sank the freighter." Then there was no sound.

Guo Yu was interested, and he was ready to see the excitement. Picked up a high-powered military telescope on the table, and looked at the direction just reported, although it was a little far away, but through the high-powered telescope, he could still see that there was a giant freighter moving on the horizon in the distance, as for whether it was a Japanese flag, Guo Yu couldn't tell it.

Lin Haichao, Zong Huaishan, and a group of staff officers, as long as they did not keep an eye on their posts, all ran to the porthole to look out, but they could not see clearly with the naked eye, and could only vaguely see a small blurry black dot, but it could not stop people's curiosity.

"The freighter is turning, I guess it saw us, do you want to run?" A staff officer with a telescope said.

"At the speed of the freighter, where can it go?"

"Look, the Chibi No. 2 ship is catching up and accelerating."

The Chibi-class missile destroyer has a displacement of 8,000 tons, a cruising speed of 18 knots, and a maximum speed of 32 knots.

First, the 130-mm twin-mounted bow guns fired, the AK-130-MR-184 130-mm guns could reach about 30 rounds per minute, and the electronic aiming fire control radar controlled the fire, just a simple point shot, and a few shells hit the freighter, causing the freighter to burn and catch fire.

The battleship did not give the freighter much chance, fearing that the thick smoke caused by the burning would attract the attention of the Japanese, so it fired a torpedo directly, and a 533-mm torpedo escaped from the launch tube, jumped directly into the water, and rushed towards the freighter.

After a loud "boom", the freighter, without any defenses, rolled into the sea and sank, only a few rolls, leaving some wreckage and debris, and disappeared into the sea.

"Haha, well done, direct hit."

"It's all broken, and the protection of the freighter is really not comparable to that of a battleship."

The staff officers on the bridge of the flagship of the Makino let out cheers, although this is just a freighter, it does not show the power of a battleship, but as long as it can hit the enemy, it is a harvest, who made this unlucky freighter a Japanese freighter, and it also appeared on the route of the Huafu fleet, and they can only think that their Amaterasu did not bless him.

Guo Yu retracted his gaze, turned around and asked Lin Haichao, "Where are we?" ”

The two walked to the big table in the middle of the bridge, Lin Haichao pointed to the large navigation map on the table and said: "Your Majesty, we are in this position now, about 230 nautical miles away from the Japanese Yokosuka Naval Port, which is already very close, you see when we will take action." ”

If according to the speed of the fleet's route, it will only take less than ten nautical miles to reach it, Guo Yu looked at the time on his wrist, looked at the map again, and after thinking for a while, he pointed to a place on the map and said: "This is Hachijo Island, Japan, there are still 160 nautical miles from Japan, it is now 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we will be able to reach here in three hours, it is already dark." ”

"Now that we are getting closer and closer to the main island of Japan, there will be more and more ships coming and going, which is not conducive to our concealment, and we can't delay it for too long, so I think we can resupply and rest on Hachijojima, and then advance to Yokosuka Port overnight, and it is estimated that we can reach the port at three or four o'clock in the morning, just in time to launch an attack."

Lin Haichao looked at the position Guo Yu pointed to on the chart, "Yes, it will take two hours for the fleet to replenish, just let the soldiers rest, and then we will take advantage of the night to touch in and catch the Japanese off guard." ”

Hachijojima is a small island with an area of 70 square kilometers located 160 nautical miles south of Tokyo, but the current Japanese government does not have troops stationed here, only a small number of fishermen.

It is rumored that Xu Fu once came here in search of fairy grass, and there is a grass called 'Ashitaba' on the island, which has shiny leaves and edible stems and leaves. This grass has a strong vitality and new leaves will grow immediately after the leaves are removed, and 'Tomorrow Leaf' is delicious and nutritious, and according to the people of Hachijojima, what Xu Fulai is looking for is actually 'Tomorrow Leaf'. And some people say that Hachijo Island is the legendary overseas fairy island Penglai, abbot, abbot island among the three islands of Yingzhou, of course, this statement is just a legend.

The fleet anchored in the bay of Hachijojima, and under the cover of night, no one could find it at all. Guo Yu looked out through the glass of the porthole, and in the trance light, the soldiers in charge of logistics were busy, the battleship was replenished, refueled, and the ships and wars seized the time to rest, and they were all busy in an orderly manner.

In the last naval battle, Guo Yu did not participate in it in person, which made him a little regretful, so this time, Guo Yu said that he would not miss anything.

According to Lin Haichao, the last time the Huafu Fleet used the method of sneak attack to completely annihilate the Japanese Second Fleet without basically any casualties, but this time the strategy was to use the sneak attack strategy, which did not reflect the real strength of the Huafu Fleet, and also lacked some dignified feeling.

However, Guo Yu does not see it that way, the ultimate goal of war is to defeat the enemy, no matter what means are used, as long as it is successful, it is a good means. The so-called military strategy means that the highest level of using soldiers is to use strategy to defeat the enemy, and we are also using strategy, so why bother with means.

In more than an hour, Japan sank and damaged more than 40 US ships of various types, including 4 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 2 destroyers, and 1 oil tanker. 3 battleships, 2 cruisers and 2 destroyers were heavily damaged; 1 heavy cruiser, 4 light cruisers, 1 destroyer and 5 auxiliary ships were damaged. 265 aircraft were destroyed. The U.S. military suffered heavy casualties, totaling 2,403 killed and 1,778 wounded. Only 29 Japanese aircraft were destroyed, 70 were damaged, 55 pilots were killed, 5 pocket submarines were destroyed, and 1 pocket submarine was captured.

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was the real sneak attack, and at least it was still a belligerent with Japan, and it was understandable to use any military means to attack the enemy.

However, these things have not happened yet, Guo Yu naturally can't use the Pearl Harbor incident to persuade Lin Haichao, "Haichao, war is originally to do everything, preserve your own strength, ruthlessly attack the enemy, and destroy the enemy's living force, this is the highest art of war, and it is also a lesson that a commander must learn, I hope you remember this, our ancestors have long said it, soldiers, sophistry, isn't this the truth." ”

"Okay, we'll talk about this later, although the Japanese warships should be anchored in the bay area, but there should be patrol ships on the periphery to be on guard, so we still have to make a plan, be sure to make sure that the fleet is not disturbed when it starts the attack, and not let the enemy discover the whereabouts of our fleet too early, this needs to be studied by your staff department." R1152