"Now you navy and army, you should believe us, right?"

Hasegawa, who was lame, asked cautiously, he had never said anything before except to report his name, obviously because he was scared of being beaten.

"So, you really know the future history?" Onishi said.

"Yes, we know that if we continue to act so brutally according to the military department, we will inevitably incur a crushing defeat and finally surrender unconditionally. However, by December, we can recover. ”

Hasegawa plucked up his courage and said.

"But even if it is carried out, our navy is enough to hold out for 2 years, how can it be possible to surrender unconditionally."

"Wait." Kagesa suddenly opened his mouth and interrupted everyone, "Makino-kun, I want to ask you one thing, if you are from the future, why didn't you remind us yesterday that the headquarters of our dispatch army would be attacked?" I think that such a major event, Major General Kusumoto was killed, will not be written down in your history books, right? ”

Everyone in the conference room was stunned. Kagesa didn't speak, obviously thinking about it. He was a little different from other Japanese soldiers, and when he first heard Makino's story, he was not so stubbornly refused, but when things seemed to be clear, he did maintain a certain amount of skepticism.

"I ...... I really didn't know that this would happen, and it was said that such a large-scale attack would always be recorded in the history books. Maybe there is, but I don't really remember. ”

Makino replied honestly.

"The last time the Quartet interrogated you, he asked about the attack on the convoy transporting you, and you said you didn't know, because history books may not record such trivial matters, but this attack was so large-scale and saved all the ......."

Shadow Zuo stopped suddenly, and he suddenly remembered that the prisoners included Ma Qiang.

A few days ago, he had judged that there was some kind of inexplicable relationship between Makino and Ma Qiang, but he really couldn't find a logical connection.

After the mysterious armed forces rescued the wrong person in Huxi, they directly left Makino and the other three to ignore it, making his speculation fall through, and it seems that there is really no connection between them.

"Perhaps...... Maybe it's our crossing that has disturbed history? Makino said with some uncertainty.

"Slowly, slowly, let's clear our minds first," Kagesa interrupted Makino, "Since you mentioned disturbing history again, in fact, I haven't figured out what your so-called crossing is all about. If you are here to change history, then to your ...... I mean, what's the point of your time? If nothing changes, I don't think it would be of any value for you to come to your past and help Japan avoid setbacks. ”

"I'm glad that someone finally wants to ask these questions, and since I've been here, I've been interrogated back and forth to the most superficial questions and answers. General Kagesa, you can probably be regarded as the most sensible Japanese soldier in this era. ”

What Makino said was what he was saying, and since the last time Kagezo asked about the Father Killing Paradox, he felt that this man would be a turning point, not only because of his ability to think carefully, but also because he could ask questions.

"Then I'm flattered. If you have anything to say, just say it, I'm listening. ”

"I want to know too." Onishi also came closer, and unlike Kagesa, he was curious, but he couldn't ask any questions.

In Professor Sato's hypothesis, as long as we affect the past history, it will be like ripples in the water of a lake, further affecting the course of history in other dimensions, producing a series of linear changes. He calls this change the perturbation compromise effect. ”

"Compromise? What will happen? ”

"If Japan had not gone to war with the United States in this time and space, it would not have become a defeated country. Then, in the historical trend you are in, Japan's power will be much stronger, while China, the United States, and the Soviet Union will be relatively weaker. Then in our time, there will be changes that are favorable to Japan and unfavorable to those who have won. For example, there is a high probability that these countries will have a nuclear war between them to offset their strength. The space-time compromise effect will bring us closer to the historical trends of our two different time and space. I know it sounds absurd, but we did observe the effect, confirming Mr. Sato's assumptions. Our ship at that time, after the failure of the first crossing, found a Zero and a Japanese pilot who burned to death, who, after investigation, should have survived until the end of the war. Later, when we tried to visit the pilot, who was already more than 100 years old, in Japan in the future, we found that he and his son had died of a terminal illness and a fire, respectively, within a month. ”

"I seem to understand something." Onishi said.

"The more I listen, the more confused I become." Kagezo shook his head.

"And that's just one of them, Professor Sato's reasoning suggests that there is also a counter-effect in time and space to overcome perturbations, which he calls the fatalistic effect."

"The fatalistic effect?"

"Yes, just as a magnet must have two stages, once a disturbance is generated, it will inevitably cause a correction in time and space. Usually the way of cancellation is used to offset the impact of the traverser. For example, our first crossing test, we were ...... by a suicide plane" Makino stopped and peeked at Onishi, who was unimpressed and continued to open his mouth wide and wait for the following.

"It's no coincidence that our second crossing was met with an undersea earthquake. In fact, any crossing activity, will encounter a 50% probability of self-damage at the moment of crossing, it can also be said that the fate effect is at work, simply put, everyone will have half the probability of dying, this is the most direct way. ”

"Sounds like some strange god is in control of space-time?" Onishi said.

"There is no such god, but there is a law in the dark. In fact, we deliberately reinforced the Kasuga Maru and placed an escape pod at the bottom of the ship, hoping that such measures would reduce the damage at that moment. However, in the end, it turned out that the theoretical value calculated by the professor was still on the small side. We suffered close to 99 percent of the losses. According to the theoretical value, only when the scale of our crossing is twice as large will it cause damage of this intensity. ”

"I really don't understand, forget it, let's get here today." Kagesa shook his head, and he noticed that Makino was starting to look like a cloudy fog shroud of neurotics again.

"Onishi-kun, when will your navy be able to send them to the mainland? I think that since they have such prophetic powers, it is better to wait for them to be awaited. He turned to Onishi.

"It will be a few days before the Izumo is repaired and it will be able to set sail, but if you are in a hurry, I can mobilize one of the land attacks and take the three of them with no problem...... You can take off the day after tomorrow. ”

"Very good, can you take one more person on the plane?"

"One more?"

"I also want to take your plane back to Japan together, it is very troublesome for our army to move planes. The last time Makino-kun mentioned the name Yoshio Nishina, I looked it up, and there is indeed such a person at Kyoto University, and if this person can explain the theory of historical travel, I think he will be able to. ”

"It's no problem to add you one. You'd better wear civilian clothes, though, the Navy doesn't like Army guys on planes. ”

Makino calmed down beside him, although he wasn't sure that Yoshio Nishina could explain the matter, but after all, things were starting to turn on the positive side. As long as the military department is persuaded not to go to war by December, and then find the oil in Manchuria, perhaps history will have time to turn upside down.

"Report," a soldier walked in and reported to Kagesa that after Kusumoto was killed, Ryoji Shikata and his men and horses hurriedly chased in the direction of the enemy's escape, and Kagesa temporarily assumed command of the headquarters.

"The gendarmerie has just tracked down the Wusong Road Repair Station and found eight bodies, where did the enemy's armored vehicles come from. In addition, the enemy's command was found, and it was located at the Ono Hospital opposite the headquarters, where Dr. Ono was severely dehydrated and overfrightened, and the military doctor was resuscitating. ”

"Very well, clues are starting to appear."

"Martial law has been completed in Hongkou, and all access to the concession has been blocked."

"Know, search every corner of Hongkou, every suspicious Chinese on the street, and interrogate." As for the surrounding factory area...... Don't let it go, if you don't have enough manpower, let the expatriate armed to investigate, they are more familiar with the local situation than the military. ”

"Yes!"

The soldier was ordered to leave.

"Onishi-kun, the general context of the enemy's actions has gradually become clear, but there is one thing I still don't understand, and I want to ask for a word or two. Is it technically possible to hit the ammunition depot gate with an aircraft at night? ”

"Technically, there is no problem, and it is even easier than landing at night on a small aircraft carrier like Longxiang. The difficulty lies in how the aircraft works seamlessly with the group on the ground to indicate the target, and I wonder how the enemy does it. You must know that the difficulty of aircraft air strikes lies in two things, one is the spatial accuracy of the bomb, and the other is the timing of the attack; It's not difficult to do the same, but it's difficult to combine the two. For our staff officers, this has always been a top priority. ”

"Well, that's a problem."

"IMHO, in our time, such an attack is very easy, and machines can do things that humans can't do," Makino suddenly interjected, "My major is to study the navigation of aircraft, in fact, there are many means to make an unmanned aircraft hit the target you want to hit in the time you want." ”

"If anyone masters this technology, won't they be invincible?" Onishi immediately became interested.

"You'll see. Within three years, Germany would begin to attack Britain with a rocket controlled by an autopilot. One day, humans will use this technology to land on the moon. ”