After Yamamoto's words, although he did not clearly identify who the current enemy of the empire was, many admirals who were obsessed with dominating the seas already knew it, and some of them even shouted: "America! ”

Yamamoto glanced at the man approvingly, nodded and said, "That's right, it's the United States!" ”

History is playing a big joke here. At that time, Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who was most opposed to war with the United States, but now he is the mastermind and promoter of this strategy.

At that time, the Japanese military department and the army were affected by the heavy losses of the two encirclement and suppression of the cadet army, and its dominant position had been replaced by the navy. Since Yamamoto, as the current de facto decision-maker of the navy, had already made up his mind, and other admirals, including Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi, discussed it, Tojo's proposal to change the structure of the Western Expeditionary Fleet was shelved.

The meeting was completely off-topic, and he was ignored, Tojo was very unhappy in his heart, and the old devil looked at a group of admirals with red eyes around Yamamoto Fifty-six and asked this and that, and cursed in a low voice: "Eight grids, are the Yankees so easy to fight?" A bunch of whimsical guys! ”

Tojo is the land phase, Yamamoto is the sea phase, the two of them are very close, Tojo thinks he has lowered his voice and others can't hear it, who knows that Yamamoto has been paying attention to him, but he heard it. Because Yamamoto was only in Tokyo for a short stay, he was interested in helping Koizumi solve the adverse effects of the prisoner of war incident, so he immediately took advantage of the topic, waved his hand to stop others from talking, and stared at Yamajo-kun and asked, "Yamajo-kun, what did you say?" ”

Yamamoto was aggressive, and Yamajo was even more unhappy, grinning coldly and said, "Did I say that the Yankees are so easy to fight?" You are bringing about your own destruction! ”

"Eight squares! Are you still Yamato? How can you say such a thing?! Yamamoto slapped the table and shouted, "Am I wrong?" How many battleships did the empire have, and how many did the United States have? With the current naval strength of the Empire, what is it that a war with the United States is not self-defeating? Tojo stood up, glaring at Yamamoto with goldfish eyes, like an enraged fighting.

Yamamoto was furious and was about to fight back, but Mitsumasa Yonechi looked at Tojo and said, "Whether to bring about your own destruction or to open up the great cause of the empire to dominate the seas from now on, this is not something that you Tojo can say." Don't forget, if it weren't for the Navy's Western Expeditionary Fleet that occupied the Dutch East Indies, the empire would now be facing an oil crisis! Then he said to Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, the United States is not a Shina, it is a matter of imperial luck, you have to be cautious." ”

Minai is Yamamoto's old boss, Yamamoto can not buy other people's accounts, but he didn't dare to be rude to him, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Excellency, you know the personality of Lu Dao, since I dare to announce it to the public here today, I must be completely sure." Your Excellency, this matter must not be divulged in the slightest, and I ask you—"

"I know that those who are qualified to sit here are the pillars of the empire, and they will not be without measure."

"Hello!" Yamamoto bowed to Minei, then took out a book from his briefcase, lit the cover of the book to everyone, and said, "Gentlemen, who has read this book?" ”

The admirals immediately replied that they had seen it, and among the army generals, some people also replied after looking at Tojo's face.

Yamamoto put the book in front of him, and then said slowly: "This book is a novel published in Washington, D.C., in 1925, called "The Great Pacific War", which tells the story of a Chinese fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor, Guam and the Philippine Islands in the United States. When the book was published, I was working as an embassy attaché in Washington, D.C., and I immediately bought it and read it thoroughly when I saw it. Gentlemen, we should thank the author of this book for providing us with a practical path to war with the United States......"

Different from that time and space, the "author" of the Japanese Navy's plan to attack Pearl Harbor this time was not Yamamoto, but the traverser Koizumi Toshiichiro. It was because of Koizumi's suggestion that Yamamoto remembered the book he had seen in Washington a few years earlier. He immediately went home and flipped out the book and read it through. Then, on the basis of Koizumi's suggestion, a mature plan appeared in his chest. He came to Tokyo this time precisely to sell his plan for a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to Emperor Hirohito and the military department. As Koizumi wished, he named the operation "Tiger!" in his plan book. Tiger! Tiger! He also firmly believes that as long as it can successfully attack Pearl Harbor and defeat the US Pacific Fleet, then Japan will be able to gain control of the Pacific Ocean within a certain period of time, and with this period of time as a buffer and the abundant strategic resources in Southeast Asia to provide the impetus for development, Japan will be able to build a larger fleet, and will have the capital to completely defeat the United States and dominate the Pacific Ocean. When Japan completely controls the Pacific Ocean, and then waves its troops to attack China, then both the Central Army and the Cadet Army will be vulnerable, and only then will Japan be able to gain a firm foothold in Asia......

Yamamoto started with the book "The Great Pacific War" and spent more than half an hour talking about the significance of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the specific action plan. Before he finished speaking, everyone in the audience, including Hideki Tojo, was stupid. Then, when he took out the book and circulated it to everyone, everyone woke up with a look at each other.

"It's crazy!" Hideki Tojo was the first to state: "Are Americans stupid? The main battleships alone reached nearly 20, and how could such a huge fleet travel 3,500 nautical miles to Pearl Harbor to evade the detection of the Americans? What if it is discovered by the Americans? How is that different from a direct declaration of war? Do the Americans think that we are on a goodwill visit? I remember that before the expedition to Southeast Asia, there were fears that the Americans might hinder our operations, but in fact, so far the Americans have only verbally protested. So, why do we have to fight against the mighty United States? Yamamoto-kun also admitted that Shina was the biggest enemy of the empire, and on the premise that the Shina incident was not resolved, it would have been a risk to start a war with Britain, and now he would provoke the United States again. Hum! I strongly oppose it! ”

"Your Excellency, what is your opinion?" Yamamoto looked at Mitsumasa Yonechi.

Mitsumasa Yonechi put down the plan in his hand and looked up, he glanced at everyone first, and when he found that almost all the admirals were in a state of frenzy, he had a plan in his heart. He looked at Tojo and asked, "Tojo-kun, do you know about the sneak attack on the transport fleet a few days ago?" ”

Tojo nodded.

Minnet: "We have enough evidence that it was the American submarine that did it. ”

Tojo was stunned.

"It can be inferred from this that the previous attack on the 'Kaga' must have been done by the Americans! The Americans dared to sneak up on us, and they should have thought of the consequences of being discovered by us. What does this mean? It shows that the Americans are ready to go to war with us. Instead of waiting for the Americans to declare war, why don't we take the initiative to sneak attack him by surprise? Anyway, sooner or later, it will be fought, so why don't you just make a contribution in one fell swoop? The attack on Pearl Harbor was indeed risky, but if it succeeded, as Yamamoto said, the empire would gain control of the Pacific Ocean for a long time, and that would be enough to ensure the empire's smooth expansion in Southeast Asia......"

Mitsumasa Yonechi blamed the Americans for the attack on the aircraft carrier "Kaga" and it is not empty talk that before the Song-class submarines of the Academy Army were exposed, when Britain's Z Fleet was blockaded in the Indian Ocean, what other country than the United States had such strength?

Tojo has nothing to say now.

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! "The action plan was actually approved by the Japanese military department in this way - the Pacific War is not far away!