The ideal way of reconnaissance is to take off at night and return before dawn, so that the probability of being detected by the enemy is low, and of course the biggest problem is navigation. Because the sea off California is far more dense than Oregon, it is impossible to get to the shore to take off fighter jets, and in some ways, the plane has a round trip of nearly 2,000 kilometers, and the chance of successfully finding a submarine on the surface around dawn when the fuel is running out is very low. The Navy has not yet been able to calculate the specific probability of returning, and so far there have been four such reconnaissance or arson operations, and none of them have returned, so for the time being, it can be assumed that the chances are between 10% and 25%.

Of course, all Kanda needed was a rough piece of information to tell him where the enemy fleet was.

Of course, the positive side is that there will be no light control on the coast of California, and even the fleet may turn on the lights and carry out night landing training, so that the pilots can easily see the coast at night and find the aircraft carrier, which is the main concern of the superiors. Although Onishi is too arrogant, after the last war, he was still quite jealous of the power of the Essex-class aircraft carriers. It feels like the combat power of this type of aircraft carrier is by no means below that of Yorktown.

At this time, Japan's intelligence network in the United States was basically dismantled by Roosevelt's concentration camp policy, but Japanese spies still had some forces in Central and South America, at least they could monitor those newly built warships passing through the Cloud River in Panama.

After the reconnaissance plane took off smoothly, the submarine continued to move southeast, and the I-12 could not stop in place, which would not increase the chance of recovering the submarine, but would increase the possibility of being discovered, and the navigation between it and the reconnaissance plane was based on the identification of a series of islands off the coast of California, and the pilot would secretly use the American radio stations on these islands to conduct rough navigation, and at dawn it was necessary to rely on visual vision to confirm the location of the islands, so as to judge their position, and the I-12 must stay near the islands, which was a rather dangerous operation. Because the Americans on the island will see the Japanese aircraft (due to the haste of the mission, the reconnaissance aircraft still uses the green camouflage livery of Southeast Asia, which is very different from the blue livery of the US Navy)

The pilot, knowing that the mission was suicidal, carried a 50 kg * on his plane, but it was not used to throw the Americans, but it was reserved for himself, and if necessary (in the case of not finding a submarine), he had to destroy the plane (including himself and the observer in the back seat) and let the plane disintegrate as soon as possible and sink into the sea.

The operation was smooth at first, and it was not difficult to find the coast, and after a flight of more than an hour, they found the port of San Francisco. The harbor was brightly lit, which helped them spot a large number of transport ships waiting to go to sea, some of which were leaving the port.

This was the first time since the beginning of the war that the Japanese Navy had conducted reconnaissance of a port on the U.S. mainland. However, this was not the goal of the mission, and instead they flew south along the coastline, and from the large number of calls intercepted, it was clear that the American troops were somewhere, conducting night landing training, theoretically somewhere between Los Angeles and San Diego. The long, 6 to 8-hour mission has just begun.

In Tokyo, in the movie theater of Konoe's official residence, the core members of Konoe are gathered here. Konoe needs to compile the news from all sides and then make a judgment.

The situation after the explosion of the first nuclear bomb has been reported to the emperor. He believed that Hirohito should be restless at this time. Because no one knows what the consequences will eventually incur if this pressure is pressed.

Before the official start of the meeting, the first thing to show was a movie of the nuclear explosion.

According to the news brought by Asano, in his time and space, Japan, which still had an army of 7 million, chose to surrender after being hit by two*, which proves that the weak-willed Britain and the United States, once they confirmed that Japan had such powerful weapons, should at least sue for peace, even if they did not surrender.

Sakagaki specially sent his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Kazutaka II, to explain the victory. Of course, all the underground sensors that had been carefully prepared were destroyed, and everyone could only appreciate the scene through the movies shot by the military.

The background of the film is very rough due to the destruction of the film by the radiation released by the nuclear explosion, but when the huge flash is lit, most of the people in the screening room can still be heard breathing out a long breath and then letting out a low laugh.

"We also have captured British films, and they have a better angle, where the nuclear explosion is juxtaposed with the sun, and you can see that when the explosion occurs, the sun's light is instantly obscured and becomes dim." Lieutenant General Kazuchi said proudly that at the time of the explosion, he was on the island of Sumatra and saw the explosion with his own eyes. To this day, he dreams of a huge explosion every night.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as Lieutenant General Kazuchi said, the explosion was a success, and Makino has confirmed that he believes that the explosion yield is around 20,000 tons." Konoe added that lifting Makino out made him feel at the bottom of his heart. "Okay, turn the lights on."

He had watched it at least 10 times in the last three days, so he knew that the latter part was worthless, and it was all the scene of the Guards Division rushing towards the mushroom cloud, the pace of some Indian prisoners of war with burnt eyebrows, and the footage of the tank overturning and burning.

"Now the situation has been reversed, the emperor's will, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs to be ready to make peace between Britain and the United States immediately, if they are willing to talk, we can withdraw from Australia...... Stop attacking New Zealand, this is the concession part. But the United States and Britain need to immediately withdraw from the confrontation between the Solomon Islands and the Andaman Islands, and stop providing assistance to Chu Tingchang and the Chinese battlefield. ”

Konoe Fumiro made it clear that the emperor himself was willing to stop the war against the United States and Britain as soon as possible, and although it was assumed that Britain and the United States took the initiative to sue for peace, the emperor had first thought about the conditions.

"Does it work diplomatically? After all, Chu Tingchang has now cut off the connection between the mainland and the South Seas. Kishi seemed a little less confident.

"For now, it's still uncertain...... "Konoe picked up his teacup and took a sip, "However, the emperor's holy judgment is still very clever." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and no one could shake their heads about the emperor's judgment.

"The nuclear bomb given to the Navy will soon be put into use, and the Emperor's will should not be used against American civilians, and we must make the American people tremble, and at the same time direct their fear and anger to Roosevelt's regime." Konoe continued.

"Having said that, our army still thinks that the top priority is to eliminate the army of Chief Chu Tingchang and solve the transportation problem," Lieutenant General Kazuchi replied cautiously, "Your Excellency Sakagaki, it is better to give the second nuclear bomb to the army, after all, we have experience in this area." ”

"It's nonsense." The Admiralty Chancellor Island was suddenly enraged.

"Gentlemen, don't argue......" Konoe stopped the meaningless quarrel, "The so-called strategic weapons are bound to be weapons of political significance, and it will be wasteful to use them on the head of Chu Tingchang." What needs to be done now is to immediately dispel the suspicions of the Americans, let them see that we can use them continuously in a short period of time*, let them know that we are constantly building these weapons and forcing them to negotiate peace. If you think about it carefully, what is there to be afraid of losing the aid of the United States? ”

Konoe's words were obviously strategic, and of course he knew that the army was eager for revenge, but their thoughts were impulsive.

"As long as the Americans withdraw from the war with Japan, I can guarantee that the Chongqing government will immediately give in. Their consensus in Cairo will also turn into waste paper. I believe that Chu Tingchang will soon be trapped to death. ”

"Your Excellency, is Mr. Makino here?" Eisaku Sato asked.

"He's already in Tokyo, but his condition is very serious, maybe the law of perturbation is working, and he said that it stabilized a while ago......" Konoe shook his head indifferently, he now felt that whether there was Makino or not, in fact, it wouldn't affect the overall situation, "So, I have to have surgery first, I have assigned the best doctor, and I have sent Wang Jingwei to Tokyo for pathological control, I believe there is no big problem." ”

Japanese reconnaissance planes flew along the coast to Los Angeles. Like San Francisco, the same lights are lit up here, and the pilots can't figure out how it is possible for such a country to win the war when the Americans are still so profligate and extravagant in wartime, and it is already early in the morning, and there are so many places flashing neon?

In the distance, a group of American planes, flashing their lights, flew by, and the pilots resolutely followed. The enemy formation was slowing down and was clearly about to land. Ono, an observer in the back seat, looked into the distance with a telescope and saw the light on the sea, which was an aircraft carrier with a brightly lit deck. Today they were lucky. Soon, a second ship was seen.

"Immediately send a report to the submarine that the enemy fleet, at least two aircraft carriers, is heading to the south, possibly Santiago."

I-12 received an encrypted telegram confirming the approximate location of the enemy's fleet. Then send a report to your own headquarters,

419 was in the Gulf of Thailand and immediately received this telegram, but it could not be deciphered, the telegram was very short, and it read: "The serpent has been found, and it is in its place." ”

Every time the Japanese start using this conventional secret language, it exudes a treacherous atmosphere. These cipherwords are indecipherable, but they are inefficient and do not convey much information, but the cipherwords themselves are messages. This means that the plan is so thorough that there is not much nonsense, and the enemy is planning a big operation.

Work is underway on the modification of the submarine in Rabaul. Just when Aleutian's Yi 12 rushed to the US mainland, the old Yi 54 submarine rushed to Rabaul and began to refit, the modification project is not big, the difficulty is to seize this time to carry out crew training. Unlike previous submarine missions, this mission is to drill into the enemy's harbor and carry out a suicide bombing in the best position. And recently the mission has started to change again.

Onishi awaited detailed information on the I-12, including the situation of berths in the enemy's harbor, as well as the size of the fleet. As for the lethal effect of nuclear bombs on the fleet, in fact, he is not very clear, but the simulation calculations given by Imperial University are not very optimistic.

The incompressibility of water can indeed set off huge waves, but the resilience of warships is very strong, even if it capsizes at more than 90 degrees, it will not be damaged, and water will greatly reduce optical radiation, penetrating nuclear radiation, and radioactive contamination. In fact, water itself acts as a moderator, blocking neutrons and other rays. And from a political point of view, meteorologists are divided on whether an underwater explosion, which may be concealed by the Americans, will cause a spectacular mushroom cloud that will scare the Americans. So Onishi revised the plan and demanded that the submarine detonate after floating in the center of the enemy's fleet, and the explosion had to be during the day.