As the time entered the middle of 1941, the flames of war between Mars and Saturn were ignited one after another, so that most of the eyes from all walks of life of human society converged on these areas where the war was most intense. However, after the Japanese Empire, which had been in turmoil and destroyed the United States in the past, suffered Waterloo in the Shattered Star Zone, it showed a slump and faded out of people's field of vision for several months.

In the past three months, the Japanese army has continued to shrink its defensive line, not only in the Shattered Star Zone, but even Jupiter's side has changed its previous arrogance and began to behave in a low-key manner, as if it was instigated by the Star Castle.

But in reality, Japan did not give up the war. The cabinet, which has been completely transformed into a military junta, is still sending the budget into the arsenal. It's like a hopeless gambler who will never stop betting as long as he has even a penny in his pocket.

Therefore, after the operation in the Shattered Star Area collapsed, Japan summed up its experience and decided that the reason for the defeat was the lack of troops. This short-term low-key is just buying time for a new round of rioters.

While the arsenals and shipyards in various places are working overtime day and night, on the other side of the court, the senior officials of the Japanese navy and army are engaged in a protracted "tearing war"!

Before the Shattered Star Sector began, the Navy had always believed that its current preparations were not sufficient, and that the operation should be postponed until at least August or September, but the Army-controlled Cabinet saw this as an excuse for the Navy's cowardice. Some high-ranking army officials even ridiculed that since most of the annual military spending is invested in the navy, they should not have any excuses about the war.

As a result, Yamamoto Fifty-six could only bite the bullet and come to a hasty wave of the whole family, and the result was naturally self-evident.

In that battle, the Combined Fleet suffered heavy losses and more than a dozen warships were sunk, including the battleship Musashi, which Japan regarded as one of the "weapons of strategic decisive battle". The surviving ships were also damaged, and this was because Zhao Jian deliberately let them go for the sake of raising thieves, otherwise Yamamoto wouldn't even want to bring back half of the soldiers and horses. But what made the Japanese military feel slapped in the face the most. Or the two ships of prisoners of war released by Zhao Jian.

Originally, after Yamamoto 56 learned that the two light cruisers of the Fourth Fleet (Tenryu and Tatsuda) had all been sunk, he thought that his old friend Inoue Narumi had been martyred. But before he was ready to write a letter of condolence to Inoue's family, the miraculous return of the two ships Long Xiang and Xuefeng brought back a big surprise.

More than 6,000 sailors and hundreds of officers of all ranks, these survivors surprised Yamamoto Isoroku and awe-inspiring the enemy who had just defeated him, but Zhao's kindness did not earn Emperor Hirohito's gratitude. After the other party learned of the defeat of the navy, the whole person was furious, not only hysterically scolding, but also wounding several innocent palace maids.

Instead of being appeased by the authorities, the sailors who survived were angered by the emperor. He was charged with "escaping" and sent to the mine to dig coal.

Fortunately, at this time, Hideki Tojo of the army faction was still a little sensible, and did not take the opportunity to fall into the trap for his sworn enemy, but said a few good words for the navy. The other side is well aware that its fundamental purpose is only to suppress the navy, not to kill it.

At present, Japan needs a capable general like Yamamoto Isoroku, and Tojo also hopes to use this move to "show goodwill" to the navy, so as to realize his ambition of "surrendering the army to the navy".

on this. Yamamoto Fifty-six, who was almost killed by the other party, smiled coldly in his heart.

“FU※K♂YOU！”

It was difficult to calm down, but the Navy still honestly reorganized its armament. Fortunately, at this time, the new batch of warships in the Japanese shipyard was almost completed, and the reason why the navy wanted to postpone the operation in the first place. Just to wait for this new batch of ships to enter service.

This new batch of ships is mainly aircraft carriers and light cruisers, and is specially designed for operations in the shattered star sector. These include the cutting-edge armored air carrier Dafeng, the modified light mother Flying Eagle and the Dragon Phoenix. If you can really wait for these ships to enter service, plus the restored Xianghe and the Zuihe that replenishes the air fleet. The number of carrier-based aircraft in the combined fleet can be doubled.

It's a pity that there is no "what if" for what has happened! In the first battle of the Shattered Star Zone, Nagumo's mobile forces were almost completely wiped out, and only the scarred Akagi aircraft carrier survived. But Kaga's death dealt a far more severe psychological blow to Akagi than a traumatic wound.

The Celestial Maiden Committee of the Navy after an investigation. It was determined that Akagi's current mental state was no longer capable of continuing the fight. At this time, according to the more conventional practice of the navies of various countries, the assimilation should be lifted, and the hull should be replaced with a god core, and the new ship mother will generally not change its name.

However, at this time, the army suddenly sent someone to ask for Akagi's divine core, and they were recently developing a new "decisive battle weapon", which needed a ship with rich combat experience like Akagi. Although the navy didn't want to give it, it couldn't stand it, so it had to grit its teeth and obediently serve it.

In this way, the Japanese Navy is equivalent to the four shipwives who have lost the oldest aviation qualifications in the first and second air battles, and the new generation is led by the fifth air war, and the group of aircraft carriers led by them, from the ship wives to the pilots, are all out-and-out recruits, even if the number has increased compared with the previous ones, the overall combat power has undoubtedly dropped significantly.

By this time, some of the more sober-minded soldiers of IJN had begun to realize that behind Japan's seemingly powerful military strength, there was a fatal shortcoming that they had overlooked.

They had assumed that the destruction of the planet would cause all the countries that were forced to migrate to suffer the same industrial weakening, pulling everyone to a close starting point. And the huge fleet that Japan had saved by frugality before would be able to show its advantages at such a time!

As long as they can defeat their fleets one by one in a strategic decisive battle before the other countries fully recover, Japan will be able to reach the pinnacle of its dreams in the new era of world structure.

Pity! Their dreams were soon shattered by the harsh reality. Sadly, the people of Japan do not know what is really going on at the front, and they don't even know how big the gap is between themselves and the other powers.

The media, which are controlled by the government, convey the good news to the public through newspapers and radio that "Japan is about to win this war." Moreover, not only the ignorant people, but also many high-ranking officials in military and political circles are convinced of this. Because Hideki Tojo showed them a decisive battle weapon secretly built by the Japanese Army for seven years, this is the real trump card of Japan! (To be continued......)

PS: Because I wasn't very satisfied with the previous one, this chapter was revisited.