Onishi's arrogant words frightened all the Japanese officers living in the narrow command bridge of the Kaga, and ignited the ambition that was burning in their breasts.

In the last six months, many people have begun to worry about the future of the navy, and even the future of the empire, especially after the destruction of the main aircraft carrier of the mobile force in one fell swoop in the naval battle, and the sudden death of Commander Yamamoto. This sentiment is even more prevalent. Almost all of us are asking ourselves: How will the war end?

Takijiro Onishi had been absent from almost all the major naval battles, and no one knew what he had been doing for the last year or so, but he had clearly not lost his self-confidence, and he was even more convinced of victory than he had been since the attack on Pearl Harbor.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to share with you the good news that Japan has, not only these rockets that will find their targets on their own and *? We'll soon have superweapons that can wipe out an enemy fleet in an instant. Ladies and gentlemen, as long as we are determined to be loyal to the Emperor, I promise that within a year or two we will reach the west coast of the United States, and the American fleet will not dare to cross the canal. ”

The Cairo Conference came to an end in a not so peaceful atmosphere, and the US Navy has experienced many setbacks since Pearl Harbor, but this time it lost at the technical level, which is unique.

China, the United States and the United Kingdom signed the historic Cairo Declaration at the exotic Mina Palace Hotel. Chu Tingchang had the honor of standing behind Chiang Kai-shek and looking at the old man to sign.

The declaration made it clear that the three countries would inflict unrelenting pressure on their brutal enemies on land, sea and air. The purpose of the allies' resort to force this time was to stop and punish Japan's aggression, and the three countries did not seek their own interests, nor did they intend to expand their territory (this article was added by Churchill to live or die, and was regarded by the outside world as an expression against Chu Tingchang).

The purpose of the Three Kingdoms was to deprive Japan of all the islands it had seized or occupied in the Pacific since the beginning of World War I in 1914; In order to restore the territories stolen by Japan from China, such as the four northeastern provinces, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands, to the Republic of China, and to ensure that the territories coveted by Japan in Mongolia will remain in the territory of China and China (this was added by Chiang desperately, and Roosevelt immediately agreed, and was considered to be directed against the Soviet Union); and expelling from Japan any other land which Japan has seized by force or greed; Our three allies, knowing the slavery treatment of the Korean people, decided to make Korea free and independent for a certain period of time.

Once the war with Japan ended, the three allies had a responsibility to rely on each other and face the new enemy together (this was requested by Roosevelt, and on the face of it appeared to be directed against Germany).

After the signing, everyone took photos on the grass outside the hotel. Chu Tingchang put on his more conservative military uniform and stood behind the leader for a photo alongside Marshall and Alexander.

After the photo was taken, Alexander revealed to Chu that the British army would soon launch an offensive in Indonesia, ensuring that the tentacles of the Japanese Empire's resource-sucking could be cut off from the periphery and that its war machine would gradually cease.

For Chu Tingchang, the value of this trip to Cairo is not only that there is an extra line in the China part of the declaration, but also that the sharp turn in the war situation has also cast a shadow on the significance of this meeting. The intermittent signals sent by 419 also indicate that the Japanese Navy's guided weapons have moved from naivety to maturity, and that the US Navy's electronic jamming has obviously not worked this time.

Pavilion Chief Chu hoped to take advantage of the urgent war to find a reason to hurry back and avoid meeting Miss Kong Er, but Lin Xiuxuan resolutely disagreed, not only because he felt that Pavilion Chief Chu's proximity to people in the Jiang Song system had the significance of hiding his true intentions, but also because he was worried that refusing too early would make the military assassins attack in India or Burma. The final bottom line he gave to Chu Tingchang was that he could politely reject Miss Kong Er, but he had to meet him.

In the Minas oil field in Sumatra, Japanese workers are trying to weld a higher platform on an oil derrick and dig new fortifications using the original underground structures left by the Dutch. Of course, it is not possible to use engineers entirely for these complex projects, and the workers are all from the local construction industry.

Everyone involved in the project didn't know why they were doing it. Before the Dutch evacuated, they destroyed all the facilities here, and the efforts to restore oil production have not paid off, and the base camp gave up the idea of repairing the oil facilities here half a year earlier, and I don't know why the construction is now starting here again.

Royal Navy planes reconnoiter these coastal areas every day, and the elusive units of the British have come ashore, and from time to time there is news that the coast patrol has been ambushed, which shows that the oil fields are already in the sight of the British.

The most strange thing is that the group of underground fortifications rebuilt on the basis of the underground facilities of Youtian far exceeds the depth to which the largest bombardment can be defended. The army appears to have used the cement and steel used to build a coastal defense system to build a super bomb shelter.

Sakagaki personally came to the Minas oil field to supervise the progress of the project. According to conservative estimates, at least a thousand of the British have already gone ashore. At the beginning, it was only airdrops and submarines to send small detachments to the shore, but now it is time to directly use destroyers to transport personnel ashore at night. Had it not been for Lord Mountbatten's poor organizational skills, which had already put in place a fleet of hundreds of ships to take shelter in the Andaman and the attack, the offensive might have begun long ago.

Mountbatten's greatest talent seems to lie in his ability to make things a mess rather than to organize them. This, of course, bought Sakagaki time. The base camp was eager to collect data on explosive yield and the lethal effect on infantry in actual combat. It's almost impossible to accomplish these two projects at once, but Sakagaki feels that it is possible.

He looked up at the welding sparks flying off the elevated sway, and several British light bombers, quickly flew by in the distance. He was worried that British planes or spies would be suspicious when they saw the tall iron frame. Messages used to deceive the enemy have been sent, but they may not be effective.

Someone came up and delivered a newly arrived confidential piece of information. He opened it and took a look, it was the British intelligence obtained by the Yugoslav Agency through the Canaris system. The Japanese have always had a hand in intelligence infiltration into China, but for Britain and the United States, they can only rely on Germany in many cases.

"14,000 British troops, and 70,000 Indian troops...... The first step in the offensive was to seize the port of Banda Aceh and unload heavy artillery and tanks. ”

It seemed like a mediocre plan, starting directly from the Andaman Islands, capturing the nearest port, and then, with a force advantage of about 6 to 1, seizing Sumatra and the Sunda Strait.

He didn't know why Mountbatten had delayed for so long when the navy and aircraft had absolute superiority. But such a step-by-step action is exactly what he wants.

Inside the Andaman Command. Lord Mountbatten, sweating profusely, is studying the offensive in the company of a group of staff. He himself did not come here to organize this counteroffensive reluctantly, he preferred to stay in Europe rather than in the heat of South Asia.

He felt that Churchill's capital for trying to leverage political interests this time was too small. Only one native unit of the 3rd Infantry Division, the rest were Indian troops. After the defeat in South Asia, he was highly suspicious of his native soldiers, all of whom had evil intentions and could turn to Japan at any moment.

The staff officer sent in a few photographs of the strange towers built by the Japanese in the Minas oil fields.

"In the morning aerial photo, we noticed that it was at least ten meters higher than the one taken by the last special air service regiment. The Japanese must be famous for repairing such a thing. The staff officer said.

Obviously, what Sakagaki wanted to cover up, the British had already discovered.

"Charlton, MI judges, what could this be?" Mountbatten asked absentmindedly. He felt that there was something great about an iron tower.

"It's not an oil facility, it looks like it's just a shelf."

"Japanese people don't do meaningless things, do they?"

"Judging by the intercepted and deciphered message, it was a long-wave radio station prepared for the submarine. It is the same facility that the Japanese have built in Izomi, the mainland. ”

"That makes a lot more sense. With the addition of local radio stations here, you will be able to cover all the ruling seas. We don't have to dwell on this strange question anymore. Mountbatten seemed to have an epiphany.

"But I still don't think something is right." His intelligence chief expressed a different opinion, "The team of the Air Service Regiment came to reconnoiter in close for several days in a row and found that the construction site was carried out by army personnel, which is very unreasonable. ”

"How unreasonable?"

"The Japanese Army will not build facilities for the Navy, and I have never found a similar cooperation in all my years of involvement in Japanese intelligence."

"Is that so?" Mountbatten turned to others for advice, apparently unaware of his new opponent. Everyone nodded their heads and gave an affirmative answer.

"This hellish place is right in the way of our offensive line, let's occupy it and see what the hell is going on. What happened to the 9th Indian Division? ”

"Eleven activists have just been caught, and a batch of Bose's pro-independence pamphlets have been found, but overall it has been fairly stable."

"Revise the original plan and let the 9th Division land first to fight with the Japanese."

"Do you still want to revise your plan? This can lead to unnecessary confusion in terms of supplies. ”

"Change." The Lord doesn't care. "I've been paying attention to Ting Chang Chu's fighting style lately, and he often creates chaos for his opponent by making temporary changes to his plan. He thinks that the Japanese are rigid troops, so they must change from moment to moment to deal with rigidity, what a profound Eastern philosophy? ”

Everyone in the staff looked at each other, and recently the lord seemed to be fascinated by the art of war of Chief Chu Ting, and he speculated everywhere, and felt that he had comprehended the essence of the use of troops, and the delay of the recent attack also had some connection with his erratic command style. In short, the staff officers felt that the Lord had a new problem.

Chu Tingchang went to the airport to see off Chiang Kai-shek, and Song Meiling specially had a few private conversations with him, mentioning the letter from the second lady, expressing great admiration and eagerness to meet Yunyun.

Chu Tingchang nodded stubbornly and promised to meet in Calcutta. Song Meiling said that she was happy to see people who were destined to come together. Only then board the plane and leave. Leaving Chu Tingchang to stand alone in place, his heart was like ashes.