"The commander means ......"

Ye Fei pretended to be stupid and didn't do it very deliberately.

Zhang Yiye smiled coldly: "Chief of Staff Ye must have heard that this war zone has always been that grandpa does not love grandma and does not love him, he wants soldiers but no soldiers, and he wants ships without ships, but the task at hand is not light - it is to penetrate Solomon, and it is to attack Moresby, these two are working hard, and they are all by sea, and it is the time to rely on the navy to contribute." ”

Ye Fei was as immobile as a mountain: "The navy has done its best, and in wartime, the power of using troops is in the base camp, if the commander thinks that our navy is not enough, he should report to Xinhua Palace to ask for a ship." ”

"That's really hard for you."

Zhang Yiye teased with a smile, lowered his head and took another sip of tea, propped up his hands and flicked a corner of the map with his fingers.

"Chief of Staff Ye, tell me the truth, the navy is really confident that it can send my 20,000 troops to Kuah Island and Tulagi within the combat radius of the enemy's fighter jets?"

Ye Fei held the teacup in one hand and smiled calmly: "The navy never does things that you don't have confidence in. ”

Zhang Yiye is still not at ease: "Even if it is a smooth landing, before the Kuah Island airport is put into use, the navy can really pat its chest and guarantee that it has enough strength and confidence to keep the supply line open from beginning to end?" ”

"If that weren't guaranteed, I wouldn't be here." Ye Fei was not so calm.

"If Commander Matsumura of the Fleet is as confident as you, I will be much more relieved."

Zhang Yiye had something to say, and Ye Fei couldn't continue to pretend to be stupid.

"Presumably, the commander has a lot of opinions about Commander Matsumura."

"I'm in this war zone, I've been Japanese for a long time, what else can I say? If you are so optimistic about Little Japan, it is better to replace the army with theirs, let them stand alone, and the brothers will save themselves from being angry and feeding mosquitoes here. ”

Zhang Yiye obviously has a lot of grievances, and his indignation is beyond words.

Ye Fei looked innocent: "The appointment of Commander Matsumura and Vice Admiral Yamaya of the First Mobile Fleet was made by the base camp out of comprehensive considerations such as alliance strategy and force allocation, and the navy has no right to judge.

After a pause in the middle of the conversation, he emphasized: "On behalf of the Combined Fleet Command, I am entrusted by the base camp to closely coordinate with the commander the use of inland naval forces in the front theater and to promote SF operations and MO operations on a large scale. ”

Zhang Yiye saw that he was quite sincere, nodded and sighed: "That's natural, if you come, I'll be much easier." Commander Matsumura just mentioned, in fact, I have no personal grudges against him, although he is known as the commander of the front fleet, he is not much better than me, the commander of the theater, and he has a bunch of old ships and small boats in his hands, so he can only play escort and fight, and he cannot afford to take on a big responsibility. ”

"That Vice Admiral Yamaya's 1st Mobile Fleet is an elite division, the mainstay of the theater, nominally directly under the base camp, not subject to the control of the front fleet, but the Second Air War under his command is a direct team of the combined fleet, and it is up to you Commander Sa. There are also the six naval battles, which are nominally under the control of the front fleet, but in fact they are directly ordered by the base camp. Look at it, what is this, is this for me to fight or do you want me to knit sweaters? ”

Ye Fei's complaint seemed to have been expected, and he was still calm: "Commander's thoughts, I will convey them to Commander Sa and the base camp in time, from now on, I will be the deputy commander of the Combined Fleet, unified command of all naval forces in the theater, and fully assist Your Excellency." ”

Zhang Yiye blinked with reservation, got up and stretched out his hand to Ye Fei: "Don't talk about anything else, I hope we have a happy cooperation." ”

……

"Ache! Baga ......"

South of Bougainville Island, at the Shortland anchorage, on the bridge of the battleship "Kaga", Vice Admiral Matsumura Ryuo, who had just sneezed loudly, put back the dirty words that had been spit in half in time, raised his chin and cleared his throat, raised his hand to take the tea handed by the chief of staff, Aoisuke Sano, and poured half a cup of tea.

"Commander, it's still early, just leave it to me during the standby."

Ignoring Aoisuke Sano's kindness, Matsumura Ryuo handed back the teacup and ordered casually: "Confirm the battle sequence again, this battle is very important, and there is no room for mistakes." ”

"Yes......"

Sano handed the teacup to the orderly, looked around the group of ships quietly moored outside the porthole, and said silently with his back: "Support troops, this team: the 2nd Battleship Squadron of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the second-class battleships Kaga and Tosa; The 2nd Battleship Squadron of the Navy of the Kingdom of Korea, the second-class battleships Seoul and Pyongyang. ”

"Patrol team: The 1st team of the Korean army's uniform patrol, and 3 second-class patrol ships of the Fuyun class - Taibai, Taiji, and Taiyu."

"Light Patrol Team: The 2nd Squadron of the North Korean Army's Light Patrol, 3 Tiger Class Second Class Light Patrol Ships - White Tiger, Snow Tiger, and Goryeo Tiger."

"Destroyers: The 1st Strike Team of the Japanese Army, 4 second-class destroyers of the Murayu class - May Rain, Flower Rain, Autumn Rain, and Sichuan Rain; The 2nd Strike Squadron of the Japanese Lightning Strike: 5 first-class destroyers of the Asahi class -- Chaoxue, Chaoyun, Chaofeng, Chaolou, and Zi Ri and Night. ”

"Tulagi Raider Troops, Transport Team: 2 Flying Eagle-class seaplane carriers of the Chinese Army - Flying Eagle, Sky Eagle; The Chinese army has two special seaplane carriers -- Xinchang and Rongchang; Chinese general-purpose landing ship - Tong'an; 3 transport ships - Huxing'an No. 1, Longguangyun No. 3, Changyang Maru; 1 oil tanker - Fushun'an No. 3. ”

"Army Advance Team: The 3rd Base Engineering Battalion of the Chinese Army Reserve Infantry is the backbone, 1,900 people."

"Reserves: The remainder of the 375th Regiment of the 125th Reserve Infantry Division of the Chinese Army and the first team directly under the division, 2,500 people."

"Naval Aviation: Independent 901 and 902 Water Combat Squadrons of the Chinese Army, 24 water fighters, 5 independent water reconnaissance squadrons, 12 single-engine water reconnaissance and 12 four-engine boats."

"Escort: Japanese Fuji-class second-class patrol - Yakumo; The Japanese army's tiger-level second-class light patrol - Defu; The Japanese expelled the 11th Sentai and 3 second-class destroyers of the Congyun class - Cirrus, Twilight, and Chiyun; The DPRK army expelled the 3rd squadron and 3 Xuezi-class destroyers -- King Kong Snow, Taebaek Snow, and Miao Xiang Snow. ”

Aoisuke Sano paused, emphasizing his tone.

"Kuah Island Raider Troops, Transport Team: Chinese Army Air Landing Ship - Haitian; Chinese Navy Dock Landing Ship - Deng Yingzhou; Chinese combat vehicle landing ship - Hua'an; Chinese general-purpose landing ships - Tongfu, Tongle; 6 transport ships - Zhenyang No. 1, Huxingan No. 3, Taijie No. 3, Guangfa Shun No. 7, Anyang Maru, Osaka Maru; There are 2 oil tankers - Anyuda No. 1 and Anyuda No. 3. ”

"Army advance team: The 8th Shore Artillery Battalion of the Chinese Army Reserve Infantry is the backbone, with 8,400 people, and 2,100 civilian workers, a total of 10,500."

"Reserves: The remainder of the 126th Division of the Chinese Army's Reserve Infantry, and the first team directly under the 63rd Army, 8,000 people."

"Escort team: the 3rd Squadron of the Japanese Armored Patrol, the 4th Squadron of the Fuji Modified Second Class Mounted Patrol, and the 3 Second Class Light Patrols of the Asahi Class - Asahi, Nissin, and Nisshin. China expelled the 11th Squadron: the 11th Squadron of the Yuezi-class first-class destroyers, and 4 second-class destroyers of the Xuezi-class. Above-"

After listening to the confirmation report of Chief of Staff Sano, Matsumura Ryuo nodded vigorously: "All the belongings of the front fleet are here, even so, for the sake of the empire's prestige and status in the alliance, we must fight with all our strength this time." ”

Aoisuke Sano tilted his head: "Commander, we did our best every time. ”

Matsumura Ryuo's eyes were sharp: "This time, I have to fight for my life." ”

"Even if you want to fight for your life, you have to take care of your spirit first, Commander, please go back to the cabin to rest first, as soon as I receive the order to attack, I will notify you as soon as possible."

Sano is clearly not reconciled.

Matsumura waved his hand: "Don't say it, the whole army is on standby, how can there be a reason to sleep a lot." I will take orders from my own battle position - not in bed, this is the consciousness of a samurai! ”

Sano straightened his chest: "Yes-I understand, I want to defend the battle position by the commander's side." ”

Matsumura Ryuo sighed, and gently patted the armrest with his right palm: "It's good to have such an awareness, but why hasn't there been any news of Commander Yamaya until now?" ”

"It shouldn't be time to break the radio silence yet."

"Didn't all the mobile units that hit the vanguard call back and say that they had been discovered by enemy planes?"

"Commander Yamaya should have his own considerations, no matter what, he won't leave us alone."

Matsumura squinted his eyes and crossed his hands and stepped back: "This joint operation is already complicated enough, and it is not possible to have their own calculations." With the precedent of the Battle of Singapore, I still have confidence in the ability of the Chinese army to suppress the air base on the Holy Island, but what I am most worried about is that the enemy's strength is misestimated, and if it is ambushed by the enemy's powerful mobile forces on the way, it is the Chinese proverb that stealing chickens will not lead to rice. ”

Sano Aoisuke shook his head helplessly, clasping his arms in front of his chest: "The intelligence work in the war zone has always been handled by the Chinese army, and since there have been no problems before, now I can only unilaterally trust them and rely on them." Even if it is a loss of rice, it is a loss for the entire alliance. ”

Matsumura closed his eyes and said, "Yes, there's nothing to think about, we just need to do what we have to do." Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc., under the overall situation of East Asian integration, we must work together to ensure their independence and development. ”

Sano secretly clenched his fists: "If it goes on like this, sooner or later it will be assimilated by China, which plays a leading role." ”

The corners of Matsumura's mouth frowned slightly: "That's also mutual, relative, a little more, a little less, don't worry too much - Sano, now is not the time to talk about politics, if you are so interested in politics, after the war, how about applying for retirement and going to do it specifically?" ”

"My knowledge is still too shallow, if I can, I would always like to follow the commander and ...... under your teachings"

"Commander, Rabaul is calling—"

…… V