The aircraft carrier Akagi was once the pride of the Japanese army and served as the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and the Akagi once played the role of a maritime firepower platform in the early days of the war against China. In the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing, when Japan had not yet established an air base nearby, the support given by the Akagi to the Japanese Army was enormous. The sinking of the Akagi made Yamamoto fifty-six feel heartache for a while. From that time, avenging the Akagi and the Wyvern, and inflicting heavy losses on the Xuebing Army became a wish buried in his heart. Operation "Sink It" not only blew up two Japanese heavy aircraft carriers, but also caused a change in the decision-making level of the Japanese Navy, at least in Yamamoto's view, which was no less than the sinking of two heavy aircraft carriers. Mitsumasa Yonechi and Narumi Inoue resigned, and there was only one side left in the navy's iron triangle, and outsiders didn't think it was like that, but when Yamamoto was dealing with naval affairs, he had a feeling that he was powerless. Having lost its former good friend, it seems that the Japanese Navy, once extremely powerful and capable of defeating the behemoth polar bear, is on the verge of decline. Fortunately, Toshiichiro Koizumi came. In Yamamoto's view, Koizumi was a lucky star given to Japan by Amaterasu, and Amaterasu sent Koizumi, a "god man", to help revitalize Japan. With Koizumi, Japan even has the capital to fight with the United States.

Attacking Hainan Island and seizing the sea advance base for attacking Guangzhou has long been in the navy's operational plan, but if it were not for Koizumi's efforts, this would have happened in at least a year. Two aircraft carriers were blown up and sunk in one battle, which made Yamamoto subconsciously overestimate the combat capability of the Xuebing Air Force, and thus thought that relying on two aircraft carriers alone was no longer enough. The arrival of Koizumi unveiled the pseudo-strength of the student army, and he even made it clear: the sooner the better, because time is on the side of the Chinese side - the Chinese country is vast and has a large population, although the science and technology are relatively backward, but as time goes by, they will inevitably take advantage of the unparalleled advantages in geography and population to gradually catch up; Moreover, because of the interests of Southeast Asia, Britain and the United States and other countries will certainly not be able to sit idly by and watch Japan sit big and strong, and since the United States will have to enter the war sooner or later, before they join the war circle, it will definitely be a good thing for Japan to settle China as soon as possible when China and the United States have not yet reached a close partnership.

Yamamoto agreed with Koizumi's point of view, and under Yamamoto's strong lobbying, the Hainan Island Raiders were officially approved by the Tokyo base camp. A careful study shows that since the rise of the student army in the three southeastern provinces of China, the attitude of the Japanese towards the student army can be described as "two ends of the snake and the mouse". Japan's military operations in China (including Taiwan) were repeatedly frustrated by the Cadet Army, and each time at the beginning the Japanese would shout loudly for the complete destruction of the Cadet Army, but in the end they ended with thunder and rain. There may be two reasons why the Japanese top brass has always been undetermined to fight to the death with the Cadet Army. First of all, he still looked down on the Xuebing Army, thinking that the main opponent in China was still the Central Army led by Lao Chiang, and then he was afraid of another "sinking" or the Battle of Nanjing.

Although the bigwigs in the Tokyo base camp don't know much about aviation tactics, because of the status of the Akagi, they subconsciously think that if the Cadet Army can bomb and sink Akagi, then they can bomb and sink Canglong and Kaga. And Japan obviously can't afford such losses. The psychology of these bigwigs is so complex, this is the embodiment of the personality of the Japanese, in Ouyang Yun's words, the Japanese are dogs, the more fierce you fight, the stronger the strength you show, and the happier his tail wags; And if you treat it well, I'm sorry, but the one who bites you hard in the back will definitely be Japanese.

Koizumi's words quoted by Yamamoto made the Tokyo base camp begin to take a serious look at the scourge of the Cadet Army. Seishiro Sakagaki even proposed: It's time to solve the student army. It has been almost a year since Nanjing was defeated, but not only has no progress been made in the southeast of China, but on the contrary, it has lost ground one after another, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the whole of Zhejiang will not be able to keep it. I think we can take a three-handed approach -- the northwest will take a defensive position, and through special operations, we will identify the leaders of the local recalcitrant people who are organizing the resistance one by one; The central part of the country pursued the policy of taking China and containing China in order to divide the resistance of China and further weaken the ruling power of the national government of China. The southeast resorted to force, and it was necessary to solve the scourge of the Cadet Army this year - compared to the current time and space, Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Tonichiro are both sources that can cause a storm in time and space. Ouyang Yun's sudden appearance changed the fate of a large number of Chinese people, the most obvious of which were Zhang Zizhong, Ji Xingwen, Li Tieshu and others. The same is true of Koizumi's appearance, and the biggest change is not Yamamoto but Sakagaki. Although many of the statements that Koizumi sent to the military department and even to the emperor failed to enter the official occasion, Sakagaki carefully "studied" them, and thanks to Koizumi's "advanced ideas", this martial artist, who was famous for his boldness, turned into a wise general.

Sakagaki is now the Minister of War and represents the voice of the Army, and now that the Army is in power, the so-called Japanese Military Department is actually run by the Army. With Sakagaki's support, Yamamoto's next preparations went very smoothly. Yamamoto thought that in order to win with one blow, the two existing aircraft carriers in the combined fleet could no longer guarantee absolute air superiority over the Hainan Island Cadet Army. The combat radius of the "Baifen Dolphin" and "Flying Fortress" fighters of the Cadet Corps is too wide, and it is not known how many fighters there are in Hainan at present, so it is necessary to maintain sufficient air force. As a result, Japan's other two existing aircraft carriers that can be put into operation, the Ryuchamp and the Okika, were also incorporated into the combined fleet and joined the combat operation (Japan also had aircraft carriers Fengxiang and Xianghe at this time, the former because of technical problems during the transformation, and the latter because they had just been launched in June, and neither of them is currently capable of active service).

There were four aircraft carriers, three battleships, a number of heavy cruisers and other warships, and two divisions of "temporary" marines (one of which was borrowed from the army), the Japanese army had a total of more than 180 ships and a total strength of more than 130,000 troops, and began to drive out of Nagasaki and kill Hainan.

On 21 July, the combined fleet of the Japanese army appeared in the ocean about 500 kilometers from Hainan and about 200 kilometers from Macao.

In the early morning of that day, in the captain's room of the Kaga, the flagship of the active Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, Koizumi Toshiichiro, and Tsukahara 243 stood by the window, talking about something. Boarding the Imperial aircraft carrier and being able to participate in the battle in person is undoubtedly a very meaningful thing for Koizumi Tonichiro, who has a strong aircraft carrier complex. At that time and space, Japan could not develop aircraft carriers, even if it had the skills and money, in the end it could only make a "helicopter carrier" (in fact, a little modification is a serious aircraft carrier, the little devils are familiar with this set, after all, they started to do it before World War II in order not to violate the "Washington Naval Treaty"), and in this time and space, not only can they do it, but they can also do it in a big way, which makes Koizumi not excited? And in his heart, he must have been full of expectations for the result of this expedition, right? Looking at his face staring at the undulating ocean and looking at the world from a bird's eye view, is he already fantasizing about a decisive battle with the United States?

Victory over the United States, at least for now, is still Tonichiro Koizumi's biggest dream-