"This is a ****** massacre and a crime against humanity. The Han Emperor was the biggest culprit, and the Han Air Force was the executioner. ”

Three days later, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka held a press conference in Tokyo, at which he roared and cursed, accusing the Han Air Force of using brutal incendiary bombs to bomb Kobe, killing nearly 100,000 Japanese civilians and wounding countless others.

At the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Emperor Showa urgently summoned members of the base camp, the prime minister of the cabinet, and the ministers of the navy and the army, and the atmosphere of the imperial meeting was extremely depressing, and Prime Minister Fumiro Konoe, who formed the cabinet for the second time, also did not say a word. The situation has deteriorated to the point of getting out of control, and whoever speaks at this time will surely bear the wrath of the emperor.

Hirohito, who was kneeling in the middle, was indeed angry: in the mouths of these guys, the imperial army was invincible. But now that Tokyo has been bombed, and Kobe has almost burned to the ground, is this the so-called invincibility?

"Tell me, where is our combined fleet? Where was the Navy when Tokyo was bombed, Kobe was bombed? No one spoke, and Hirohito lifted his gold-rimmed glasses, and a pair of rat-eyed eyes stared at Admiral Minister Yoshida Zengo.

Yoshida Zengo frowned, isn't it your Majesty the Emperor's consent to avoid war in the navy? At this time, ask me to come? However, no matter how much he was dissatisfied, Yoshida did not dare not answer the emperor's questions. "Your Majesty, the commander of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Masa, is leading the entire fleet for training in the East Korean Bay of the Sea of Japan."

"Training? How long are they going to train? Will I finish training until Tokyo is blown up? Why didn't our fleet attack Taiwan? Why didn't our submarines attack the troop carriers of the Han army? Is the naval fleet built with the power of the empire to hide in the Sea of Japan and train? ”

The Emperor's attitude was somewhat different from usual, and Prince Zaihito, Chief of Staff, who was the chief of staff during the war, and Yoshida Zengo looked at each other silently. The emperor may not have understood that the combined fleet would die in a decisive battle, but the bombing of the Han army deeply stimulated the emperor's fear of the great powers of the Celestial Empire. The emperor, who was already hesitant to start a war in China, was immediately exposed in his cowardice and timidity when the war was unfavorable.

Prince Zaihito Miyaji, who had served as chief of staff for a long time, understood that this war could not be continued, and the homeland would face bombing by Allied planes at all times; The navy did not even have the courage to fight; And once the main force of the army in China is defeated, the empire is in danger! However, whoever dares to say this, whoever says it first, will be a sinner of the empire and a repeat offender of war.

Prince Zaihito did not have the courage, and Yoshida Zengo, as the Minister of the Navy, was even qualified to attend the headquarters meeting, and there was no need to stand out and take responsibility for the defeat. Since the emperor asked the navy to attack, then leave this order to the commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, to give it a headache! Yoshida nodded frequently in the emperor's passionate tone, but what he was fighting in his heart was the idea of finding an opportunity to resign and return to his hometown - after the defeat, the Allied side would definitely settle the war criminals.

The destruction of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' aircraft manufacturing center and Nakajima Flying Aircraft Co., Ltd. was a fatal blow to Japan, and without the last reliance of the Zero, the skies over Japan's four islands were completely open to the Royal Han Air Force. While Japan's major aircraft companies are ramping up their research on more advanced fighters and have already begun production of several prototypes, will the Allies give them enough time?

In view of the climatic conditions over Japan, it is not suitable for high-altitude precision bombing during the day, coupled with anti-aircraft fire and a small number of intercepting aircraft, it can form a certain threat to the eye of hell that reduces the altitude, and the next bombing operation will take advantage of Hell's excellent night navigation ability to change to a night air attack with high-altitude breakthrough and low-altitude bomb dropping.

Such tactics led to greater results in the subsequent air raids on Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Osaka, and Nagoya, and Japan's shipyards, steel mills, oil refineries, and even crop and grain producing areas were bombed on a large scale.

The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, ran a questioning article on its front page: "Is Japan only Hokkaido safe?" ”

Although Tokyo was not bombed again, Emperor Showa's temper became more and more violent, and he even personally sent a telegram to the Combined Fleet: The industrial area of the empire has been burned to the ground by the gasoline bombs of the Han army, should I go to the Nagato ship and fight the enemy to the death?

After receiving this telegram, Isoroku Yamamoto on the aircraft carrier Kaga in the East Korean Gulf slammed his right fist into the deck of the command room on the island, and a trace of blood seeped out between his fingers through the white glove. Captain Ugaki was surprised that Yamamoto was so out of shape, and in his opinion, it was impossible for such an emotional out-of-control situation to occur to Commander Yamamoto. Ugaki, who is known as the "Golden Mask" in the Japanese Navy, has always looked down on people who are incapable but have no corpses, but he admires Commander Yamamoto very much.

Since the destruction of the Southern Fleet, only Ugaki knows best what kind of pressure Commander Yamamoto is under, the Emperor's doubts and the Army's ridicule, and even the Navy is very dissatisfied with the Combined Fleet's avoidance of fighting. However, the battle on the left bank has clearly demonstrated the huge gap between the imperial navy and the Han navy. Commander Yamamoto, who also adhered to the theory of aviation victory, also praised the Marshal-class aircraft carriers of the Han Kingdom, and Ugaki also firmly believed that if the Combined Fleet could also be equipped with aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft of the same class, with Commander Yamamoto's excellent strategic vision and command ability, the Combined Fleet would definitely be able to defeat the Royal Navy of the Han Dynasty.

Once, when Ugaki couldn't stand the ridicule of the navy in the newspapers, and ran over to ask the commander to lead the combined fleet to meet the enemy, Commander Yamamoto sighed, "The people of the country scolded me for being cowardly before fighting, but can't you see clearly the chief of staff?" If there is no war, our empire will still retain a navy, which can limit the strategic posture of the Han state; war, our fleet will be defeated, the empire will lose its last barrier, and the country will not be far away. ”

Ugaki is not a mediocre talent, after a little thought, he understood what Yamamoto said, as the commander said, the gap in the strength of the fleet is no longer reversed by the hard training and command ability of the soldiers, and the navy avoids the war, in fact, it is to preserve the last glimmer of hope and a fig leaf for the empire!

That time, Ugaki sincerely bowed to His Excellency the Commander and admitted his mistake, but what about this time? Why would Commander Yamamoto, who would rather be infamous and determined to avoid war, be so impulsive and out of shape?

took the telegram in Yamamoto's hand, and only glanced at it, Ugaki was also shocked, "Combined fleet...... Finished! ”