While the Cadet Army was celebrating and publicizing the "overturning" operation that had inflicted heavy damage on the Guards Division, there was a gloomy and bleak scene at the top of the Japanese leadership. Under the personal command of Akira Muto, the casualties of the Guards Division have been counted, and 19,072 people were killed and missing in battle, of which more than one-third were missing; 6,647 seriously injured; More than 10,000 people were slightly injured. The two Guards Divisions totaled more than 45,000 people, and now that they were good, there were less than 10,000 people left who still had the strength to fight.

The casualties of the convoy were relatively low, but because of the loss of more than 30 fighters, the "Canglong" aircraft carrier suffered heavy damage, and on the whole, its losses were not much lower than those of the Guards Division.

Yamamoto finally woke up, and the first thing the old devil did when he woke up was to ask about the situation of the "Canglong" aircraft carrier, and learned that the "Canglong" was only damaged and did not sink, and it was not even a heavy injury, so the old devil breathed a sigh of relief. "Shame!" He sat on the hospital bed, his eyes blazing with rage, and blurted out. Then, seeing the drip in his hand, his eyes shifted to the hanging bottle, and found the obvious "Xuebing" trademark on it, the old devil was angry, and pulled out the needle. "Don't give me anything to learn from the army in the future!" He yelled at several of the medics.

Several military doctors nodded their heads, submissive on the surface, but they were so aggrieved in their hearts. Speaking of which, all the most effective medicines and injections in the Japanese army now come from the cadet army. In order to bring back these medicines and injections that Ouyang Yun listed as "prohibited goods for sale to Japan", the Japanese spy organization in China did not know how much price Lu Dao had paid, but now they have been abandoned by Yamamoto.

After pulling out the needle and venting the anger in his heart, Yamamoto calmed down a lot. He waved his hand, and the military doctor and a few officers drove out of the army, leaving only adjutant Sanada, Arima Masafumi and Koizumi Tonichiro, his eyes swept over the faces of Koizumi and the others, and he said: "The fact that the Cadet Army was able to seize the fleeting fighter plane and successfully attacked the air, at least it shows that they have the technical parameters of most of the ships in the reinforcement fleet. In addition, they should have been informed of the exact departure time of the reinforcement fleet. Nagasaki, there are definitely Shina spies lurking, and in addition, there may be someone inside us who has been bribed. Arima, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

"Hay!" Arima Masamun stood up straight, bowed his head and replied loudly.

Yamamoto's gaze fell on Koizumi's face, who seemed calm, and the two looked at each other, and Yamamoto asked, "Could it be Kuroda?" ”

Koizumi said: "There is this possibility, but in the past few days, he has been in the military port and has not been there." The luggage they carried with them, we strictly checked, and it was absolutely impossible to hide the radio. If it was the information they transmitted to the Cadet Army, then it should have been through other channels, and other people were also used. ”

"Kuroda, you can do it. If there is really a need to use it, you can press this matter. ”

"Hay!"

"Koizumi—"

"Your Excellency!"

Yamamoto exhaled softly and said word by word: "I know your loyalty to the Empire, and everyone in our combined fleet knows it very well. So, whether others doubt you or not, keep a normal heart and continue to work hard for the Empire's technological advancement! ”

Yamamoto has been involved in the Japanese military and political circles for many years, and has experienced too many political battles, and the news of the attack on the reinforcement fleet here came, and he immediately thought that if the losses were relatively light, and once the losses were heavy, then the military bigwigs would definitely choose a scapegoat in order to shirk their responsibilities and divert their attention. Because of the planning and instigation of the Hainan Campaign, Koizumi has already been noticed by some people in the military department. This time, although he has nothing to do with the plan to aid Taiwan, because of this criminal record, coupled with the fact that he has no background and unknown origin, and at a time when the navy and army are playing big games, it is very likely that he will be pushed out to take responsibility. And this, absolutely not allowed by Yamamoto.

Yamamoto's words showed his attitude, and he would definitely do his best to protect Koizumi. No matter how stupid Koizumi was, he understood the meaning, he was stunned at first, and then lowered his head in contemplation. After a few seconds, he looked up again, tears already glistening in his eyes. He bowed to Yamamoto and said solemnly, "Your Excellency, no matter what other people think of me, as long as I can gain your trust, Koizumi will not hesitate." I'll tell you the good news, we have developed a radar imaging system, and next, I will try to increase its power without changing the size of the radar, so that we can detect the enemy before we can in the future, and we will no longer have to worry about being attacked by the China. ”

"Good!" Yamamoto said approvingly, and said, "I'll go to Tokyo in a few days." After encountering continuous air raids by the Cadet Army, I now understand that in the current war, aviation is the king. Therefore, I will do my best to persuade the military department to support our aircraft carrier construction plan. Looking at these battles with the Cadet Army, one conclusion can already be determined, the battleship should indeed withdraw from the stage of history. ”

Koizumi and Arima were shocked when they heard this. The former hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, have you really decided?" ”

Yamamoto nodded.

Arima said worriedly, "But, I'm only afraid of the people in the military department-"

"I can't help them, if there is still anyone who opposes it, I will threaten to resign as Lord of the Navy and Commander of the Combined Fleet!" Yamamoto said categorically.

"No," Arima objected to along with Koizumi and Sanada.

Yamamoto seemed to have made up his mind, and he slowly stood up and said, "Recently, I have been studying the tactics of the Soldier Army. Then we found that in fact, the Cadet Army is not as mysterious and powerful as we imagined, and the reason why they have been able to defeat us repeatedly is just that they have always mastered the advantage of technology. Automatic rifles, heavily armored Jiguang tanks, white-sided dolphins, flying fortresses, ...... Doesn't all this tell the story? Those old guys in the army, they don't want to make progress themselves, they still want to hinder the advance of our navy, this is not allowed by me! ”

The great success of the Cadet Corps' "overturning" operation against the Guards Division that had come to Taiwan's aid not only attracted the attention of the German military and Yamamoto's deep thoughts, but also caused the relevant figures and departments of the Soviet Union and the United States to once again change their views on the Cadet Corps, and at the same time, their attention was also attracted to Fuzhou.

For a period of time after that, there were two places in Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and the air waves were frequently transmitted, and the spy personnel of various countries lurking in these two places frequently communicated with their respective domestic departments, and these radio waves were all detected and deciphered by the detection team of the fox pupil without exception. When these telegrams accumulated to a certain thickness and were read out by Ouyang Yun at the regular military meeting the following month, the senior officers of the Cadet Army felt proud and at the same time, they also had a deep sense of distress.

The "overturning" action actually brought about a revolution in military technology within the world's borders, and is this a good thing or a bad thing for China, which is economically backward as a whole and has a very low rate of science and technology penetration?