In fact, the telegram reported to the General Staff and the Admiralty at the base camp was not what Vice Admiral Hirano was most concerned about, but what he was most concerned about was the telegram addressed to the commander of the Combined Fleet of the Navy, Admiral Yamamoto.\\

Because Admiral Yamamoto refused to listen to his own construction, on the way to the battlefield of Hawaii Island in the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy, escorting the US Second Army, carried out an interception, and consumed the combat strength of the US Pacific Fleet as much as possible, thus leading the battle on Hawaii Island.

This tone, Vice Admiral Yoshiki Hirano, could not be swallowed in any way, and the two telegrams to the General Staff and the Admiralty of the base camp did not add any personal feelings, and they were decent and truthfully reported, and the telegrams to Admiral Yamamoto were personally drafted by His Excellency the Lieutenant General, and there was no lack of complaints, reproaches, and ridicule in the tone, even if he couldn't treat Yamamoto well, it would be good to disgust him.

Seeing that the commander asked about this, Chief of Staff Nobuto hesitated for a moment and replied: "Your Excellency Commander, the telegram to the General Staff and the Admiralty has been sent, but the telegram to General Yamamoto has not been sent!" ”

"Hmm!" A question full of coercion squeezed out of Lieutenant General Hirano Yoshiki's throat, he turned around suddenly, and looked at Major General Nobuto with a cold gaze, in the fierce light, there was still a little doubt and puzzlement, how could this chief of staff, who had always been obedient to his orders, disobey his orders for the first time?

Under the pressure of Commander Hirano's gaze, Major General Nobuto involuntarily trembled, although His Excellency the Commander did not ask what the reason was, but his eyes clearly told himself, if he didn't give a reasonable reason to convince the general, next, I am afraid that he will have his own suffering!

Major General Nobuto said respectfully: "Your Excellency Commander, please calm your anger and think twice!" Once the telegram is sent, General Yamamoto, we are completely at odds with the Combined Fleet, this is very unfavorable to us, tracing back to the source, within the empire, the army and navy have always been at odds, Admiral Yamamoto's position in the navy, as the day is in the sky, the commander, a telegram, can not shake his position, and you, will be retaliated against from the navy, the position is in jeopardy, commander, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Vice Admiral Yoshiki Hirano, sighed, slowed down, and said: "Nobuyo-kun, I have considered all these issues, as an emperor, I should express my heart and state the benefits and harms, otherwise, I am sorry for the grievances of thousands of Imperial soldiers, as for whether General Yamamoto retaliates, that is his business, the telegram was sent word for word, I want to stimulate this famous general of the navy!" ”

On the Fleet's flagship "Nagato", the commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, was in his command cabin, looking intently at a map of the eastern Pacific region.

General Yamamoto's gaze, scanning back and forth on several occupied islands, in his mind, the entire Pacific region, has become a three-dimensional, vivid and vivid picture, different from other senior commanders of the Japanese army, in his youth, once served as the military attache of the Japanese embassy in the eyes of the eye, that is, from that time, he developed a strong interest in the United States on the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

In the United States for a few years, Yamamoto Fifty-six, who was still a lieutenant in the Navy at the time, took advantage of various opportunities, either by car or on foot, to inspect the whole country of the United States, and to travel all over the United States, collecting a large amount of information about the people's conditions and economy in the United States, and after gaining an in-depth understanding of the United States, Yamamoto was secretly frightened by the profound foundation of American national strength!

At that time, no Japanese soldier would have considered that in the future, Japan would have a conflict of fundamental interests with the United States, or even a full-scale war between the two countries, but Yamamoto Isoroku, who was only a small naval lieutenant, thought that from that time on, he had regarded the United States as a future adversary!

The future conflict between Japan and the United States will be in the ocean, and the decisive battle will inevitably be in the ocean, and if the Japanese Navy wants to go out of the mainland, it will inevitably have a dragon and tiger battle with the US Navy in the vast Pacific Ocean.

Yamamoto held that since World War I was inevitable in the United States, the elimination of the US naval and air forces should be the primary objective of the Japanese Navy, and the adoption of a surprise attack to wipe out the US naval forces in the Pacific Ocean and attack Pearl Harbor before the Americans could react is a concrete expression of this idea.

As for the battle of Midway, which was commanded by three young officers who overstepped their authority and completely annihilated the aircraft carrier formation of the US Navy's Pacific Fleet, the Battle of Midway was just the icing on the cake, a continuation of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

In his opinion, until the Americans' navy and air force are completely wiped out, any battle for islands in the eastern Pacific will fall into a protracted war of attrition, and the Great Japanese Empire cannot afford such a war of attrition.

What the army cares about is a few islands, but the focus of Admiral Yamamoto is in the entire Pacific Ocean, which is the gap in strategic vision, but the continuous launch of the battle to seize the islands in the eastern Pacific, especially the battle of the Hawaiian Islands, is a strategy formulated by the base camp, although Admiral Yamamoto is very influential in the navy, but he cannot influence the decision-making of the base camp.

Withdrawing his gaze from the map, he had been looking at it for a whole day, and his concentration was high, and Admiral Yamamoto felt a little tired, and now, he had already set his eyes on the newly formed Pacific Fleet as his target, but there was no proper opportunity yet.

If it were to fight a head-on battle with the newly formed Pacific Fleet of the United States, with the current strength of the Combined Fleet, it would be possible to inflict heavy losses on it in a single battle, and the Combined Fleet was the most powerful fleet of the Imperial Navy in front of it, and the strength of more than 100 warships, including six aircraft carriers, was not comparable to that of the Pacific Fleet, which had only three aircraft carriers and more than 60 warships.

However, General Yamamoto did not want to adopt the tactics of a head-on decisive battle, although in the imperial world, this was regarded as a way to best reflect the brave spirit of Japanese soldiers, however, for this method, General Yamamoto only had one sentence of evaluation "The courage of the horseman!" "Yamamoto pays more attention to strategy, oriental-style strategy, although he is full of disdain for that neighboring country, but their ancient art of war is still highly respected by himself!

Admiral Yamamoto is looking for an opportunity, at the lowest cost, to get the opportunity to completely annihilate or severely damage the US Pacific Fleet again, he is not short of patience, opportunities often appear in waiting, the huge combined fleet, into the waters of the Hawaiian Islands, four days have passed, the whole fleet seems to have nothing to do.

As for the US Pacific Fleet, it is floating in front of my eyes, the Combined Fleet has a huge force in the air, and it does not take the initiative to attack, and the United Fleet is full of incomprehension and complaints, of course, these complaints are not what no one dares to say in front of Commander Yamamoto, the complaints of the officers, what they say, what they miss a good opportunity, what is wrong in judgment, and so on.

It's just that no one said that Commander Yamamoto was afraid of the enemy and avoided war, and was a coward, what kind of character is Admiral Yamamoto, that is an idol figure of the Imperial Japanese Navy, these complaints, Admiral Yamamoto also heard some of them, however, he laughed them off and did not pursue them, in his opinion, this is a good thing, proving that the combined fleet from officers to sailors, seeking war is prosperous.

This is one of the basic elements for winning a war, and in a telegram sent by Vice Admiral Yoshiki Hirano, commander of the Seventh Army, requesting the Combined Fleet to intercept and kill the Army on the way to the Hawaiian Islands Battlefield with the US Pacific Fleet in order to relieve the future pressure on the Army on the Hawaiian Islands Battlefield, Admiral Yamamoto said to Vice Admiral Shuyama Matsuda, Chief of Staff, "The Navy has a naval mission, and the Army should do its own thing." ”

After drinking a cup of tea, Admiral Yamamoto's thinking was much clearer, if there is an excellent fighter that can completely annihilate the US Pacific Fleet in one fell swoop, then the situation in the East Pacific Theater will undergo new changes, and the Americans will have to piece together the fleet, of course, for the combined fleet, the opponent can only get weaker and weaker, and the US fleet without Nimitz has lost its soul.

The current US Navy's Pacific Fleet is no longer as majestic as it used to be, and as for the commander named Fallwood, Admiral Yamamoto did not look at it at all, but despising the newly formed U.S. Pacific Fleet does not mean that Admiral Yamamoto will underestimate the enemy.

Therefore, Admiral Yamamoto led the powerful Combined Fleet, which has been waiting patiently in the waters from the Hawaiian Islands to Midway, waiting for the US Pacific Fleet to show its flaws.

"Bang bang bang!" There was a knock on the hatch, and General Yamamoto was annoyed, no matter who was suddenly interrupted when he touched the edge of a certain feeling, it was a very annoying thing, not to mention, he had already ordered the guards not to let anyone disturb him, who was so bold?

Admiral Yamamoto shouted in an unhappy tone, "Come in!" ”

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