Originally, the meeting was to be held at the Naval University, but due to a series of confusing espionage cases that had just occurred, and even rumors that it might involve the prime minister's cronies, the meeting was held on the flagship Nagato instead. For the sake of this meeting, the sailors were deliberately given a holiday so as not to leak secrets.

Onishi Takijiro sat at the end of the seat, and he participated in the formulation of the plan itself, so it was not too attractive, and he could expect nothing more than to be in favor of the side again, and quarrel with those who did not trust the aircraft carrier, but today he had other important matters, and he had to wait until the meeting was dismissed, so that he could find the commander and have a long talk about those three strange people and things. He had to say everything he wanted.

Makino and the others said that the battle for the sneak attack on Oahu Island was finally won by a complete victory, and the US Pacific Fleet was almost completely annihilated. This battle plan was particularly secretive, and they knew that it was already a big deal. What is even more strange is that these people still have many details of this attack, but Makino rarely mentions the part of the victory for some of his considerations. Onishi could clearly feel that Makino was very reluctant to reveal too much of the victory in front of the soldiers, he preferred to talk about the misery of defeat, and seemed to want to strangle the war.

But the crazy Asano is different from Makino, as long as he finds a chance to be alone with him, he can still get a lot of flowers, and he even talked about some parts of the staff in Harada or Kuroshima that are still in the process of being revised, and have not yet taken shape.

One of the things that impressed Onishi the most was that Asano believed that the battle of the sneak attack on Hawaii completely proved the power of aircraft in naval battles, and a super battleship like Yamato was not of much use. This sentence almost reached Onishi's heart. However, Asano also said that it was the Americans who saw this in the history he knew, but the Japanese Navy did not dismantle the Yamato-2 ship on the slipway and turn it into an aircraft carrier in time because of internal conceptual constraints, nor did it increase the production of aircraft in time, which was a major reason for Asano's defeat in the Pacific War. With Onishi's understanding of the Navy, such a development is completely predictable. He knew the internal resistance and the will of the chief.

Asano also mentioned the role of submarines in the war and the U.S. tactics of using submarines to strangle Japanese supply lines. And the Japanese Navy's tactics of using submarines were wrong. For example, in December's sneak attack, there would be as many as ten small submarines involved, and he could even clearly say that these submarines were 80 feet long, weighed 46 tons, and had an underwater speed of 19 knots. Each mothership can carry two, and these are currently in the secret dockyard of Kure Harbor, and Asano knows it well.

But these submarines would not have achieved results that day, because the Americans' anti-submarine nets left too small a hole to break through.

The Americans have indeed strengthened anti-submarine measures, this is the news that just came back from the consulate in Honolulu a few days ago.

These remarks convinced him that Asano was either a fairly professional spy or from the future. He believes that there are no more than five people in the Japanese Navy who know the value of aircraft carriers, and Asano can have this insight, which can only show that he is a cheater of history.

However, these three important figures are currently in the hands of the army, and may encounter accidents at any time due to their involvement in the recent espionage case. He also doesn't trust Kagesa Zhenzhao, who used to work closely together. Kagesa is in Tokyo, in fact, he doesn't even have the ability to mobilize a single soldier, and his attitude towards the 9 super* that sank in the area south of Kagoshima also disappointed Onishi, who looked very numb, as if he was infected by Makino, and also felt that at this stage, lobbying the upper echelons to stop the battle plan was the most important thing. Onishi held a completely opposite view of this, and he felt that since the future was uncertain, why should he think that abandoning war was the only way out for Japan, especially when the Americans took the initiative to escalate the confrontation and the tension between Japan and the United States was on the verge of breaking out. If Japan does not attack the United States, there is no guarantee that the United States will attack Japan next year, and this is precisely the future that Makino does not see.

Therefore, Onishi hopes that the Navy will intervene as soon as possible and bring these important people who can tell you how to win the war to a warship, at least Asano, who is willing to cooperate, should be brought in, and the most urgent thing at hand is, of course, to salvage those super* who can reverse history. He remembered that Asano had said that July 26, 1945, would be the day when the United States would complete its superweapon tests on its home soil and cross that hurdle. Japan must completely defeat the United States and make it lose its war potential before this day. Once the United States is conquered, Japan may be able to ease the situation for a while, but it must also be prepared to launch a crusade against the Soviet Union and Germany, which are potential superpowers.

Onishi sat alone in the corner, full of calculations about conquering the earth and all mankind, and the officers of all walks of life in the open-air hall were still chatting freely. At this time, Commander Yamamoto was still not present, and the attention of the meeting room was once attracted by Major General Kurita's rhetoric. Onishi frowned in disgust, completely ignoring it.

"I think it's too early to launch an attack at the end of the year. We should wait for the completion of two 60,000-ton superships armed with 18-inch guns, so that they can run rampant in the Pacific Ocean for at least 2 years until the completion of the giant ships that the Americans may restrain are completed. But by that time, our follow-up ships will be complete, and there should be larger caliber guns that will destroy any enemy within 20 nautical miles. ”

"Yes, if it were December, it would be a big problem to let the maneuver operate from the north, and it would be a big problem to resupply in such a treacherous and cold sea, and we can't expect to go from there without being discovered," said Vice Admiral Nagumo on the side, who was clearly on Kurita's side, "Once the fleet's whereabouts are discovered, in the face of a large number of shore-based air forces and enemy submarines counterattacking, the mobile force will be a dead end." For this possibility, I have repeatedly reminded the commander that war is not a gamble. ”

"I hope you will notice that in March last year, the exercise of Chicheng and Long Xiang of the First Air Force under my command against the Nagato fleet has shown that carrier-based aviation, especially the new carrier-based aircraft, can deal a heavy blow to any warship. There is no such thing as a warship that can run rampant for several years. ”

It was Vice Admiral Ozawa, president of the Naval University, who spoke.

"Well, the contemptible Canglong was in the formation of the First Fleet, and witnessed the whole process, although it did not complete the task of defending the flagship, but the power of the carrier-based aircraft was fully realized. I think Chief Yamamoto, who was on the Nagato at the time, should have held the same opinion. According to the judgment of the exercise judge, Nagato was hit by 4*, which should be considered sinking, right? ”

Lieutenant General Yamaguchi, who crossed Jiro's legs, said.

"Drills are just drills after all. What works in the exercise may not work in actual combat. ”

Nagumo's face turned to the other side and decisively refuted Yamaguchi's assertions.

"What does it mean that it may not work, is it worthless in your eyes to actual combat drills and paper deductions? That's what you think, Nagumo, right? ”

Nagumo stood up suddenly. Yamaguchi did not back down and got up, and the two faced each other a few meters apart. Obviously, if there is a fight, Yamaguchi does not seem to suffer.

"Silence, Chief Yamamoto has arrived."

Yamamoto Isoroku, who did not smile with the rank of admiral, hurried into the meeting hall with a Nagato twin 16-inch cannon on his head. As a result of his entry, the antagonism at the scene was temporarily dissipated, and everyone followed suit, standing up and then taking their seats.

"Ladies and gentlemen, because of the discovery of Soviet spies inside the base camp, I had to change the meeting to discuss the battle here, so you are the only ones I trust the most."

He had already skimmed the confrontation between Yamaguchi and Nagumo when he came in, and it was obvious that he should have taken a proper position, and in fact he could not make a judgment as to whether aircraft carriers would play a greater role or warships in future naval battles, but if he wanted to attack Hawaii, the only feasible thing would be to use a mobile force consisting of six capital aircraft carriers, and there was no doubt about that.

"I don't want to see people still debating the need for such a battle plan to this day. As long as I assume the position of commander of the Combined Fleet, the Pearl Bay operation must be conducted. ”

He glanced sternly at the officers in front of him.

"In addition, please note that this is not an ordinary command exercise on paper, and it can't be done in a perfunctory way, if anyone thinks it doesn't work, they can raise it immediately, understand?"

Nanhui seaside.

Ma Qiang and Xu Chong rushed towards the area where they saw the parachute falling, and they tried to step on the fallen reeds so as not to leave footprints.

Thirty minutes ago, when he saw the parachute fall, Xu Chong judged that it was 1.5 kilometers away, and 20 minutes was enough to arrive, but he still hasn't arrived. The drone is undergoing routine maintenance, and it's really a delay.

There was a crisp sound of gongs in the distance, and Ma Qiang, who had participated in a landing operation, immediately knew what was going on, and he had seen gongs hanging on the bicycles of the security team in the countryside of Jinshan. This rough method of communication is more sustained and travels farther than a whistle that requires lung capacity.

A crisp gunshot rang out, and the gong disappeared for a moment, then again. Ma Qiang stepped out of the reeds and saw a local security guard in a yellow uniform banging a gong on a vantage point, with a bicycle parked next to him. No weapons were seen.

Looking west along the security team's line of sight, a limping pilot was coming this way, trying to shoot him with a single shot. But he apparently suffered a little injury when he landed on the ground and didn't run very fast. Seeing that the pilot was within 100 meters, the puppet army immediately jumped on the car and ran, but did not run far, never let the pilot out of his sight, and continued to sound the gong as soon as he pulled to a safe distance. Obviously, in a matter of moments, he could gather a group of accomplices.

However, Xu Chong noticed that there was no second puppet army around him for the time being, and he had to do it as soon as possible.

"Ma Qiang, you stay here with the pilot, and I'll clean up that kid."

"Why did I stay?"

"You don't have a good face, and it's easy to scare the puppet army, look at me."

Xu Chong said and took off his shoes, barefoot, stacked the warehouse pipe, and wiped two handfuls of sea mud on his face, looking like a local who got up early to catch the sea.

"What's going on, boss?" He shouted at the puppet army, and during the last operation, he had heard some local dialects, so he could imitate a sentence or two.