"The empire now only has six months of fuel stocks (Note 1), and in the event of a war with the United States, we can only get oil from China, not to mention that China still needs to import from Lucia, even if the few newly discovered oil fields are fully productive enough to be self-sufficient, people may not necessarily be willing to export the excess to us, and even if they do, the quantity is far from meeting the needs of the empire. One of the words I heard them say the most during my time in China was 'self-reliance', and the same applies to the Empire, we can't pin our hopes on other countries, only by quickly crushing the Pacific Fleet and getting Sumatra oil can we hope to win this war." And what is the point of those efforts to seek stability are just postponing the death penalty? Yamaguchi couldn't help but sigh when he said this, "Actually, if the empire can't win, I'd rather lose quickly, the longer the war drags on, the greater the suffering of the people, and the more ruthless the revenge of the people in the future."

Yamamoto Fifty-six also sighed deeply after hearing this, in the final analysis, Japan's national strength is far inferior to that of the United States, otherwise why take such a risk?

In addition, Yamaguchi Tabun also pointed out a very important point, now that various countries have made a qualitative leap forward in salvaging sunken ships, if the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is only a one-hit retreat, the Americans will soon be able to salvage and repair most of the sunken warships, and it will only take more than half a year at most to restore their strength. If the Japanese were able to capture Pearl Harbor, the situation would be reversed, and once the Japanese navy salvaged the sunken US ships and repaired them, the strength of the Japanese and US navies would be eliminated. This one is in and one is out. The gap is not half a point

Yamamoto Fifty-six was finally moved, and immediately took a resolute Yamaguchi Tawen to meet the emperor, and after Emperor Chonghito read the Jihua book, he suddenly gasped, thought for a while and asked, "Is it too risky to bring only such a little bit of an auxiliary ship?" ”

"There is no way, at present, except for the Akizuki-class destroyer, the endurance of other light warships is too far behind the capital ship, and bringing too much will inevitably drag down the fleet. At that time, it was impossible to reach Hawaii at all. Although this will affect the air defense and anti-submarine capabilities of the fleet. But with nearly a thousand carrier-based aircraft on a full 12 aircraft carriers, there should not be much of a problem. Yamaguchi explained a little helplessly, in fact, he also knew that he would do it later. It will be more prepared. But then you might well miss the opportunity.

"Send all 12 aircraft carriers at once. Is this necessary? Not to mention that the three air fleets fighting together will increase the difficulty of command and coordination, and once this battle is lost, the Empire's navy will be completely finished." Chongren asked faintly with a little trembling, this war was the same as the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War that year, but there was no country behind him that was stronger than the enemy to secretly support it, no wonder he was apprehensive.

"Although it is common sense that the defenders of Hawaii should be negligent in their defense, we must be prepared for a tough battle, and even if the enemy army is in good hands, we must take Hawaii by force, because if we can't take Hawaii, the empire will not have the slightest chance of winning this Shijie war, as the saying goes, 'either you don't do it, or you do it.'" As for the command and coordination of the three air fleets, the minister has the confidence to do haode, please rest assured", Yamaguchi insisted.

Chongren bit his lower lip with a solemn expression, and half-sounded, he solemnly bowed to Yamaguchi Tawen and said, "Then the future of the empire is all up to Your Excellency the Commander." ”

Yamaguchi hurriedly returned the salute, and Chongren remembered a question at this time, "How can such a huge fleet avoid the detection of the Mi army when it goes to fight thousands of miles away?" ”

"Bixia rest assured, although the US government pushed too much, but the empire still kept the most important two wings, Minami Bird Island (that is, the Japanese name of Marcus Island) and the Ogasawara Islands, and now the Mi army has withdrawn from Okinawa, and Guam is located south, even if we go in a straight line, we are not within the detection range of Guam's Mi military aircraft, so before the fleet approaches Wake Island, it is impossible for the Mi people to find us. When the Imperial fleet approached Wake Island, it was too late for the U.S. government to send warships from the Atlantic (Note 2). And not to mention that the Mi army on Wake Island may not necessarily be able to discover our fleet, and even if it does, it will most likely think that we are going to attack Wake Island or Guam, and it is difficult to think that the Imperial Fleet will boldly smash the Yellow Dragon and hit Pearl Harbor, the nest of the Pacific Fleet of the United States, and our Zero fighters and Zero bombers have a considerable combat radius, so the fleet does not need to get too close to Hawaii, but can first release the planes to launch the first wave of attacks, After it works, the fleet will gradually approach to save fuel for carrier-based aircraft and extend the time limit for their operations, and the low-altitude penetration tactics have already proved effective in the exercise, and even if the Mi army reacts immediately, it will be too late", Yamaguchi Tawen patiently explained, this jihua is too risky, if he does not get the support of the emperor, he and Yamamoto Fifty-six alone will not be able to promote the implementation.

In addition, Yamaguchi Tabun also suggested that Emperor Takahito immediately invite the two aircraft carriers of the German Far East Fleet to Japan after receiving the good news, on the one hand, there were two more capital ships on the mainland, which could prevent the US military in the South Seas from jumping over the wall in a hurry, and take the opportunity of the main force of the combined fleet to take the opportunity to take the initiative to attack the Japanese mainland or those islands that were used as Ping Domains (mainly referring to the Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands), and on the other hand, they could also use this not weak sea Liliang in future battles.

The agreement between the two most important bigwigs of the Admiralty, coupled with the support of the Emperor, was not enough for others to influence the execution of the Yamaguchi Tabun Jihua book, and Japan entered a state of war readiness from Zuihou. It is worth mentioning that in order to strengthen the authority of the newly reinstated Yamaguchi Tabun and facilitate his command, Emperor Takahito not only promoted him to the rank of admiral (although he had previously served as commander of the Combined Fleet, he was only a vice admiral at the highest rank due to seniority, but later he was dismissed from his post due to poor performance in the war with the Chinese Navy and was sent to China for military exchanges, so the military rank has never been promoted). and, on the basis of his opinion, a certain number of personnel transfers were made to the leadership of the three major air fleets.

In this way, Yamaguchi Tawen, who has less seniority, will have room to give full play to his talents, and the Japanese Combined Fleet will no longer let some laymen command the aircraft carrier formation, as in history, and the result will be a big mistake

Note 1: Since the Japanese government has been preparing for war for a long time, it is still much better than the situation at the outbreak of the Pacific War in history, although it is also said to be 6 months, but in history it was saved 6 months, and this time and space is used for 6 months as usual.

Note 2: Because the distance between the continental United States and Pearl Harbor has exceeded the distance between Wake Island and Pearl Harbor, not to mention that there are no capital ships on the west coast of the United States now, the United States must first send warships from the east coast south to pass through the Panama Canal, which is even worse. (To be continued......)