Two days later, Hofbüerner walked out of another conference room with a group of red-eyed staff officers. They came to the conference room next door since they left the conference room two days ago, and in addition to solving their personal physiological needs, they even ate and drank directly in the conference room.

"My lord, this is the battle plan that the staff of our Adiriya fleet has deduced overnight, please take a look." Hoffbüerner came to Karl's office and handed him the folder in his hand.

Seeing that his whole body was trembling slightly, Karl asked with concern: "Admiral Hofbirner, you better go back and rest first." I heard that you haven't slept for two days and two nights, so let's take a rest. I'll go through this battle plan and tell you the results. ”

"Yes, my lord." Hofbüerner saluted Karl and walked out the door.

It just so happened that Zao pushed the door in, and she accidentally bumped into Hofbirner.

With a "plop", Hofbüerner fell directly to the ground.

"Ahh General Hofbner, sorry sorry. I didn't mean to, are you okay? Zao hurriedly crouched down to help him up.

"Whew~~~Whew~~~" There was a slight snoring.

"General Hofbner?" Zao tried to wake him up.

"Shhh~~~! Zao, don't touch him. Call the guards to carry Hofbüerner back to his bedroom! He and the staff officers of the Adiriya fleet had not closed their eyes for two days and two nights. Carl whispered to her.

"Oh, yes, Admiral."

The king tiptoed out of the door, and then there was a "bang" outside the door.

"What's going on? Zao? Carl hurriedly rushed out of the office and asked.

"Uh... Sorry, Admiral. I'll be sure to pay attention next time... The king of Zao said to Karl as he stood on a shard of porcelain with a blushing face.

It turned out that she didn't pay attention when she went out, and accidentally knocked down the vase at the door.

"Your Excellency, our army has won a great victory." I smiled and said to Yamamoto. At this time, I was on my way back with the night attack force, and in about two hours I would be rejoining Yamamoto's main fleet.

"Good work." Yamamoto smiled rarely, "You have contributed a lot to this victory. Without your indication of the target, it is really difficult to predict the outcome of the duel with the enemy battleship formation. ”

"The concubine body is just doing a little bit." I owed, and then changed to a serious expression, "But Your Excellency, you are right, if it weren't for the concubine's ability to detect beyond common sense, I am afraid that the result of this night attack will be unpredictable." ”

"You're right." Yamamoto nodded, "The battleship of the United States does not have the ability of yours, and it can actually rely on the method of electric detection to achieve a good hit effect." If it weren't for the fact that you were superior in terms of detection range, with the current strength of our army, there would be most cases where you would only be afraid of being beaten. ”

"It can be said that if you exclude the concubines, this time the Mi army is inferior to our army in all other capabilities, or at least comparable to our army, except for artillery and armor. Such a level of Mi Jun...... It's really scary. ”

"Indeed...... Yamamoto showed a painful expression, "Although our army has won a big victory, it has sunk one aircraft carrier and severely damaged two, which is already a broken muscle." I had planned to attack Hawaii next, if possible, in the hope of expelling the U.S. Navy from the entire Pacific Ocean, but ...... Manpower must be limited, and without the protection of the air force, it may be difficult to win by relying on the remaining fleet alone. ”

"So what's next for you?" I asked.

"With this great victory, I am ready to make a proposal to the emperor and quickly negotiate with the United States. Use this victory as a bargaining chip to force the United States to recognize the area currently controlled by our army...... No, it doesn't matter if the Hao country doesn't occupy it, anyway, with the ability of the army's horse manure, I'm afraid it will take more than ten years to produce something if it is occupied. As long as the United States can recognize the current fait accompli. ”

Are you doomed to disappointment...... The United States is not a country that can admit defeat unless its opponents are of the same magnitude as it.

"Then the concubine has a plan, which may be useful to your expectations." I thought about it and said.

"Oh, what's the plan?" Yamamoto said with interest.

……

The next day, the U.S. forces began to withdraw from the previous night's battleship formation, and a large number of ships departed from the north of New Caledonia. The remnants of the U.S. ships desperately deployed their defensive formations, with the cooperation of the Army and the Air Force, to defend against the Japanese attack on the evacuated troops.

In the morning, Nagumo dispatched several planes to reconnoiter and was about to launch an attack on the beachhead target, when he was stopped by Yamamoto's order to chase him. Nagumo was also happy to be relaxed, although the attack at this time was brilliant, but the desperate counterattack of the US army could not be easily accepted. Akagi has not been able to recover his take-off and landing ability until now, and the power in Nagumo's hands is still too weak.

The mobile formations simply formed an air defense formation to prevent a surprise attack by the American army.

At the same time, Yamamoto received three special "guests" on me.

The transport boat approached, and the three American ** officers boarded my foredeck.

Rear Admiral Willis? A. Lee, commander of the battleship formation last night.

Captain G. B. Davis, captain of the USS Washington.

Navy Colonel Aaron? Stanton? Merlin, captain of the USS Indiana.

These three were beaten by me last night with the Musashi and the four sisters Kongo, but they were not killed on the spot, and after being captured, they spent several hours on the destroyer Hatsuyuki of the Lightning Strike Fleet, and now they are transferred to me.

Yamamoto greeted them on the foredeck with a smile on his face.

Lee said some of the scene with a blank face, and Davis was about the same. Merlin looked a little frustrated, but he was clearly paying attention to the middle of my bridge where he had hit last night. But to his disappointment, it was just a little paint dropping, and the reflection of the metal shone brightly.

Then Yamamoto invited them to breakfast and led them past the deck towards the senior officers' dining room.

Davis, who was a little behind, saw that the gendarmes around him were not too close, and leaned over to Merlin: "Man, did you do that on her bridge?" ”

Merlin said with a dejected expression: "That's right, but you also saw that the 16-inch heavy armor-piercing bullet was just scratched with a little paint." ”

"These yellow-skinned monkeys......" Davis vented, "did you see her main gun?" How big do you think the caliber is? ”

"At least 18 inches, if these Japanese also use our kind of heavy ammunition, it is estimated that the shell will weigh a ton and a half. Last night, she and her sisters hit the main armor belt with this cannonball, and it was torn open like paper. Merlin looked around.