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In 1942, Japan achieved an unprecedented victory in the Pacific theater, but also paid a huge price, and after the occupation of Australia and New Zealand, although Japan's national strength increased greatly, it was inevitable to dispose of troops and seriously squeeze the already limited mobile forces, as Taizu said, this kind of expansion to the limit, and the strong enemy still has the strength of the situation, in history is often the turning point of "prosperity and decline".

Yamamoto Isoroku, who was Japan's maritime minister, may not have been aware of this, but out of fear of the huge industrial potential of the United States, his position quickly turned to the main peace, which made Yamaguchi Tashiwen and other high-level Japanese high-level main battle factions, middle and lower classes eager for military exploits and promotions, and the Japanese military-industrial complex that gained huge benefits in the war were very dissatisfied, but because Emperor Chongren also wanted to make peace, and the government civilian clique, which had been suffering from the rapid increase in military spending, also wanted to make peace with the allies, so they were no longer dissatisfied. I had to sit back and watch the Lord and the faction gain the upper hand.

Roosevelt was naturally reluctant to let Japan go, but the current situation of the allies was indeed extremely difficult, and if Japan could make substantial concessions to return Hawaii and withdraw from Australia and New Zealand at the same time, then it was not necessary to negotiate peace alone. More importantly, even if the peace talks were not reached, the United States would not have any substantial losses, but it would have been able to gain precious time, and if it had not been for the current high level of anti-Japanese sentiment in the country and the fact that the US government did not dare to make the matter public too soon when the time was ripe, it could actually use it to undermine the unity of the Axis camp. In the final analysis, the U.S. government is simply trying to stall for time. After all, the incomparable industrial power of the United States is there, and the longer it lasts, the stronger the American military will become

In order to increase the probability of success in the peace talks, Yamamoto decided to go to Hawaii in person to meet with the secret envoy of the United States to show the sincerity of the Japanese side, and resolutely boarded a DC-3 passenger plane that was still provided by the United States and flew to Oahu, the agreed place for negotiations. Isoroku Yamamoto, who was bent on an armistice between Japan and the United States, did not have time to rest even on the plane, but pondered the conditions that the Americans might put forward and the bottom line that he could make concessions

"What the people of the United States want most must be the Hawaiian Islands, if they can't get it back, even if there is a peace treaty, it is still difficult for the people of the United States to guarantee the security of the homeland, and they cannot give in to this condition; And for the Empire. The Hawaiian Islands are but the outermost line of defense. Although the effect is not small, the cost of supply is too great, and it may not be impossible to give up. This is followed by Australia and New Zealand, which means little to the country itself. The main reason was to prevent the empire from becoming more powerful after digesting the lands of both countries, especially Australia's industries and resources. But in today's unfavorable situation. The people of the United States may not insist on this requirement; For the empire, the resources of Australia and New Zealand, and Australia in particular, are indispensable for its rise, and it is impossible to give them up in any way. What's more, the empire is still the superior side in the Pacific theater at present", Yamamoto Isoroku had just thought of this, but suddenly heard a loud "boom", and then he didn't know anything

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Yamamoto Fifty-six's landline plunged into the sea before he could send any message, and the huge impact instantly tore the body into pieces and sank into the sea. In addition, because the crash site was located in the far sea, with the current level of science and technology, it was extremely difficult to search and rescue him, and although the Japanese Navy dispatched a large number of ships and planes, it still could not find even half of Yamamoto's fingernails

It stands to reason that with Yamamoto Isoroku's status, it is not easy to assassinate, but since Chongren's accession to the throne, there has never been an incident of "heavenly punishment of national thieves" in Japan, and the biggest contradiction is only when he scolds in front of the emperor, which makes Yamamoto Isoroku inevitably relax his vigilance. What's more, it is really hard for Yamamoto Fifty-six to imagine that the special forces, who are known as the most loyal to Japan, would kill themselves all at once.

But then again, although the prince was bent on killing him because of Yamamoto's peace, if it weren't for the fact that the special forces were also extremely dissatisfied with Yamamoto's "betrayal", he would not have been so easy to incite his subordinates to die with Yamamoto. Sure enough, no matter what country he is in, the traitor is always the most hated, even if he may not really have such thoughts subjectively, but the eyes of the masses are clear, and they only believe in the facts they can know

Yamamoto Isoroku's death caused the Japanese main battle faction, including Yamaguchi Tawen, to celebrate one after another, and the main peace faction was greatly reduced because of the loss of this leading figure, but although Emperor Takahito was forced to announce that he would fight the allies to the end until he took the initiative to sue for peace with Japan, he insisted that the main battle faction hand over the perpetrators, but even if Yamaguchi Tawen was willing, he could not agree to this request, because the direct assassin had already been buried in the sea with Yamamoto Isoroku, and as for the mastermind, he was no longer in Japan at this time

Just when Yamaguchi Tashi was stubbornly accepting the emperor's questioning, Jizaburo Ozawa, the current No. 2 man in the Japanese Navy, led the main force of the Combined Fleet to visit the Panama Strait again, and after losing dozens of planes and one ship, he shot down and blew up more than 100 US planes, and even more made the previous efforts of the Americans to repair the Panamanian locks completely in vain.

But the Americans did not realize that this seemingly violent surprise attack was nothing more than a feint. Just when Ozawa's fleet drew the attention of the Americans, more than a dozen Japanese long-range submarines unknowingly sent Wang Zicai and other 800 special combat personnel to the west coast of North America, although more than 200 special combat personnel were killed because three submarines were discovered and sunk by the US military or American armed civilian ships, but the strategy of "diversifying investment" still successfully avoided the risk of total annihilation, so that Wang Zicai and the remaining more than 500 people were able to successfully set foot on the soil of North America. Although half of the landings were outside the United States, they had to find a way to cross the border between Canada or Mexico and the United States

In fact, the prince had this jihua for a long time, but because the Japanese army was unexpectedly smooth sailing in the Pacific theater, it has been delayed until now, until he sacrificed a few special combat soldiers he had worked hard to train to make Yamamoto Fifty-six, a stumbling block that actually wanted to negotiate peace with the Americans, and due to the change of the situation, the prince also made a lot of adjustments to the action plan he formulated at the beginning (to be continued......