In the captain's room of the Kaga, Yamabe was excitedly telling Kazuzu Yamamoto, Tsukahara, Koizumi, and Ichiro Osa, the captain of the Kaga, about the battle that took place in the southwest of Nanabo Town at noon. Although the Osaka Division paid the same sacrifices, I believe that these sacrifices are worth it, and a unit can only grow quickly if it has experienced the test of blood and fire. Your Excellency, the 'extraordinary means' you envisioned have been so effective," Yamanbe concluded.

A smile finally bloomed on Yamamoto's gloomy face, and he said to Yamabe, "Yamabe-kun, thank you for your hard work, you have done a good job. ”

Yamabe Tachimasa bowed, and then said, "Your Excellency the Commander has overdone it. Your Excellency, I will retire first. With that, he nodded to the others and walked out of the house.

Seeing him leave, Yamamoto looked at the others and said, "It seems that the 'Merchant Division' is not unable to fight, but needs to have sufficient motivation!" ”

Tsukahara looked very excited, and he said, "Your Excellency, next, do you want to continue to implement this strategy?" A single battle is not enough to awaken the inherent courage of the Yamato nation that is sleeping in their bodies. ”

"My original intention was to put constant pressure on them to walk on the road of blood and fire, but for now, let's give them a little buffer time. Growth takes a process, anyway, there are supplies from Taiwan's base camp that will come soon, and we have time to wait. ”

"Your Excellency, do you mean that you are ready to agree to Lieutenant General Sawada's request?" Koizumi asked.

"We don't know exactly how many troops the people of Ludao China have in the southwest of Qiongnan, but we can judge from the 'good news' in the morning that the people of China have abandoned the towns along the coast. The direction of attack that Sawada has chosen now must be the areas where the defense of the Shina Army is relatively weak, and these places will be swept over, and by the way, the soldiers of the Osaka Division will relax - Sanada. ”

"Your Excellency," Adjutant Sanada answered.

"Call back to Lieutenant General Sawada and agree to his request-"

"Hay," Sanada replied, but instead of leaving immediately, he stood there with a hesitant expression.

Yamamoto frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Excellency, I just received a telegram from the base camp......"

Yamamoto and the others immediately fell on the telegram he was holding in both hands. Yamamoto took a deep breath and said loudly, "Read! ”

"Hay. His Excellency 56 Yamamoto, Commander of the Combined Fleet, in view of the fact that the Osaka Division has successfully landed and captured Changjiang, an important city in the southwest of Qiong, out of strategic needs, the base camp has decided to establish the Hainan Land Combat Command ......"

Because Sanada's mood was exposed, Yamamoto had a bad feeling about this telegram, but Rao didn't expect this telegram to convey such an order. A moment ago, he was still rejoicing at the change of Sawada Shigeru and the Osaka Division, but then he was hit by a shot by Sawada Shigeru, and he only felt a cramping in his heart, and he fell down as soon as it was dark in front of him.

The sudden change was shocking, and everyone was terrified. Koizumi, who was closest to him, shouted, "Your Excellency! He pounced on him and got under him, and Tsukahara came to his senses and pounced.

Koizumi is worthy of being a special forces, and his movements are swift and accurate, and he pounces on the ground first, allowing Yamamoto's head to smash on his back, thus avoiding a tragedy.

"Medic, Medic!" Ichiro Ohno howled, and Sanada stood there in a daze, unable to read the next message any longer.

The Combined Fleet Marines have lost one wing, and now there are less than three wings capable of landing operations. In terms of geographical area, these three wings, not to mention capturing the entire Hainan Island, have problems with taking southwest Qiong. In this case, even if the Osaka Division is a bastard, it is 20,000 armed soldiers after all. The Osaka Division can't attack, so it's okay to follow behind the marines and defend the headquarters, right? However, the base camp suddenly set up a Hainan land command and directly divided the Osaka Division out of the country, with the performance of the Osaka Division, what is the difference between that and taking this division back into the country - it is based on this cruel fact that Yamamoto, who was already worried, finally couldn't bear it and actually fainted.

While the Kaga was busy with the commander's faintness, in a heavily guarded house in Kanba Township, Sawada Shigeru was holding a telegram with a smile on his face blooming like a flower. There is almost no difference between this telegram and the one Yamamoto received, the only difference is that there is an extra sentence at the end: The army is the mainstay, the navy is the auxiliary, this is the national policy of the empire, please Vice Admiral Sawada to grasp it.

This sentence is said vaguely, but what kind of person is Sawada, as the division commander of the most shrewd "merchant division regiment", his command ability may not be very good, but his calculation ability is definitely not bad. "Sakagaki must have thought that Hainan was within reach, so he hoped that the credit for the capture of Hainan would be given to the army," Sawada, who thought he had insight into Sakagaki's motives, couldn't help but start thinking about how he could get a greater merit to prove that Sakagaki was a good acquaintance.

Therefore, after "capturing" Jinbo Township, Sawada Shigeru issued a telegram order, ordering the brigades remaining in Wulie, Sanxiang and other places to move closer to Jinbo, threatening the power of Xinsheng and completely sweeping away the resistance in the southwest of Qiong. After receiving the supreme command of divisions and regiments, a grim reality was in front of us: How to solve the problem of supplying more than 10,000 officers and men? "It seems that I still have to bow down to Yamamoto, but for the survival of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Osaka Division, I can only sacrifice my dignity," Finding such a "great" excuse, Sawada's tone was much more humble and natural when he asked his subordinates to send a telegram to Yamamoto.

After being rescued by the military doctor, Yamamoto woke up slowly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that almost all the high-ranking officers of the United Fleet were gathered around him, his heart warmed, but he put on a serious look on his face, and asked, "What?" None of you command the mission? I'm fine, let's go back to our respective positions. The Battle of Hainan is not over yet, and there are still many things to do. ”

Everyone bowed their heads and called "Hai," and Tsukahara said, "Your Excellency, it's good that you don't have anything to do. Your Excellency, this matter must not be left at that. Sawada Shigeru this guy, he must have carried us behind our backs to generate electricity for the base camp, and then. Sakagaki Lu Xiang thought that Hainan was about to break, but he wanted to take credit? Hmph, Sawada Shigeru is just a cowardly and cowardly, and he actually deceived Shangguan. Your Excellency, Sawada Shigeru wants to start another photo, so we'll let him do it. Hmph, I'll see how he solves the problem of feeding the troops. ”

"Cut off the supply of the Osaka Division, and let them grab food with the Shina people!" There are officers who should be in harmony.

"It's not that we don't have our own Marine Corps, Your Excellency, the army wants to start a new shot, then let's just leave them alone and do it alone, I don't believe it, with the strong armament of our navy, we can't attack Hainan. Even if we really can't attack it, we will bomb and bomb and bomb Hainan Island! ”

…… Everyone said a word, and they all looked indignant.

Yamamoto waved his hand to stop them from continuing, and with Sanada's support, he said as he got out of bed: "Don't say these angry words, no matter how bastard the Osaka Division is, it is also the army of the Empire, can we really sit back and watch it starve to death?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and suddenly the collective silence is lost. You can say angry words, but if you really do it, not to mention that they can't pass the level of their own conscience, even the anger of the base camp is not something they can bear.

Koizumi stepped forward, he first bowed slightly to Yamamoto, and then said, "Your Excellency, I have a suggestion. ”

"Say!"

"Based on my understanding of the Osaka Division and Lieutenant General Sawada, I think their next actions will definitely follow the 'good news' in the morning and hover in the coastal areas."

Yamamoto nodded.

"Obviously, the Cadet Army is not heavily guarded in this area. Your Excellency, do you remember the map of Hainan's mineral resources that I showed you? The Changjiang area is rich in oil, gas and iron ore resources, and the empire urgently needs oil and iron ore, so we simply ask the base camp to set up a garrison in this area. The need for oil is urgent, and as far as I know, there is so much in the Changjiang area, so we have asked the base camp to set up a garrison army here. ”

The others didn't understand yet, but Yamamoto and Tsukahara were stunned, and the two of them looked at each other and said in unison, "Good way." Tsukahara continued: "In that case, the Osaka Division will become a garrison. And once we spread the news of the discovery of oil fields and iron ores, hehe, Ouyang Yun will definitely jump out. As long as the Cadet Army takes the initiative to attack, then our opportunity has come. ”

Yamamoto said: "There is only one problem, in that case, the Hainan campaign will inevitably become a protracted war, which will be a big test for our supply lines." ”

"Your Excellency, this is not a problem, as long as the oil field can really be discovered, I think the base camp will fully support it."

Yamamoto thought about it, and suddenly gritted his teeth and waved his fist and said loudly, "Okay, let's do it." Ladies and gentlemen! From now on, please restrain your men to save every bit of material. Koizumi, you are in charge of drafting the telegram to be sent to the base camp. ”

"Hay!"

"Tsukahara!"

"Your Excellency!"

"The aviation forces continue to maintain the suppression of China, and the Osaka division is afraid of war, so we will fulfill them and make them think that it is absolutely safe to stay in southwest Qiong."

"Hay!"

The establishment of the land command was obviously a challenge to Yamamoto's authority, and Sawada knew that this had offended Yamamoto and the combined fleet, so although he felt that from the overall situation, Yamamoto would never refuse his supply request, but after all, he was a little apprehensive. And after receiving a call back from Yamamoto, his high heart fell back into his stomach. Yamamoto did not refuse his request, and the telegram made it clear that the first supplies would arrive at the Hachishoko landing position by nightfall. This made him sigh from the bottom of his heart: "Your Excellency Yamamoto is really a magnanimous person! ”

Is Isoroku Yamamoto really magnanimous?