After returning to his office from prison, Xiao Guang picked up the phone and called Huang Hong, who was also sitting in his office waiting for the phone. After the phone was connected, Xiao Guang said: "Minister, the first step has been completed, I believe that the Japanese should not trust Rachel so easily, I am afraid that they will not believe Rachel until dawn after the Americans bomb that sea area!" ”

"Very good, what to do later, I will call you at any time, then let's do it first!" "Wait, Minister, wait a minute!" Xiao Guang immediately said: "Minister, although the first step has been completed, Rachel wants us to agree to her request before we are willing to cooperate, otherwise she will not cooperate later!" Huang Hong's voice came from the other side of the phone: "What are her conditions?" ”

Xiao Guang is really hard to say, Rachel's request is too much, but he still gritted his teeth and said: "She wants President Zhuang Tao's amnesty edict before she is willing to help us implement the following plan!" The expected situation really appeared, and Huang Hong was furious: "She really dares to open her mouth, and she actually wants an amnesty edict?" Is that thing that easy to come by? I'm afraid that even Sister Tingting won't be able to come to that thing! Now it's troublesome, did you promise her? Xiao Guang smiled bitterly: "No, how can I agree to this kind of thing?" I'm just saying think of a way".

"Think of a way? Ha, what can you think of? Do you have what it takes to ask for an edict of pardon from Zhuang Tao? Huang Hong yelled, "Why don't you call me before she sends a telegram?" Then we can think of other ways, you made a mistake, you know? You shouldn't have her report first. The first step has already been taken, which is equivalent to spilling the water, can it be recovered? If we don't agree to her request, she won't cooperate, and if we use other methods, it is likely to make the Japanese suspicious, and now there is no chance to remedy, and we can't use other methods except for her to cooperate. ”

Xiao Guang was scolded by Huang Hong only to know that he had made an unforgivable mistake, as if a person had walked into a dead end that could only be further developed, and the mouth of the alley was already a sea of swords and fire. Never get out again. And at the end of the dead end is the edict of amnesty, which hangs high, which can only be seen but not obtained. Xiao Guang slapped his head hard: "Why am I so stupid, why didn't I even think of this?" ”

Huang Hong may also feel that his tone is a little heavier. sighed: "Forget it. That's it. It is useless to blame ourselves, and now we all want to think of a way to see what else can be remedied. It's not early, you go back and rest first, don't run around, I'll call you at any time! "Yes, Minister!" Xiao Guang said a word, hung up the phone in annoyance, made such a big mistake, where could he sleep? The top priority is to rack your brains and figure it out. And Huang Hong also couldn't sleep, Jiang Qiang handed over such a confidential matter to him, which was full trust, and he almost messed up.

Looking for Zhuang Tao to ask for an amnesty edict? Let's not talk about whether the eldest brother agrees or not, how can I open this mouth? Things haven't been done well, and you still want an amnesty edict? Is this possible? Jiang Qiang shook his head thinking about it, he couldn't think of this kind of thing. Without the amnesty edict, Rachel would not cooperate, she has a weakness, that is, she is afraid of death, but now this weakness is useless, because once Rachel dies, Jiang Qiang's plan will be nullified, Rachel sees this, so she has to rely on.

Jiang Qiang sat in his office until it was dark, raised his hand and looked at his watch, it was already half past five in the morning, and the Americans must have launched a bombing. Now in the waters near Tulagi, the Americans' aircraft carrier aircraft group has launched a large-scale bombardment of the so-called fleet camouflaged by some of the broken ships that the Japanese army has just arranged.

The pilots of the U.S. aircraft carrier group played their reports one after another, claiming how many Japanese ships had been blown up, and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Fletcher happily reported the good news of victory to Pearl Harbor, and then the U.S. fleet also headed for Port West Morebiz, and the Americans thought that they had destroyed the main Japanese support fleet, so they began to get carried away, thinking that the Japanese were nothing more than that, and the fleet advanced towards Port West Morbiz at a faster speed.

At six o'clock in the morning, Terauchi Shou received a report that the Americans had carried out the bombing truthfully, and the time and place of the bombing were the same as the information sent by Rachel, which can be confirmed from this point that the information sent by Rachel was correct, indicating that she had not yet defected and should be loyal, so Terauchi Shou ordered Togo Rokuro to pay close attention to the information sent from Burma, and as long as there was Rachel's telegram, report to him quickly.

At about five o'clock, he called Yuko Kitajima and asked the Skynet organization's branch in London to help investigate Rachel's family and social relations, and if he could, control Rachel's family. This is also the most effective way that Huang Hong can think of, and there is no other way to make Rachel commit.

At eight o'clock in the morning, after Huang Hong finished eating the breakfast sent by his subordinates, the phone on the desk rang, and the Skynet organization acted really quickly, and in just a few hours, he found out what Li Gang wanted to know. "Miss Yuko, did you find it?" Li Gang asked as soon as he picked up the phone. Yang Nianhua's voice came from the phone: "I found out, Rachel has only one mother in the family, she is a tailor, her father died when she was twelve years old, according to the investigation of our intelligence officer, she and her mother are not very good, how to say, the relationship between them should be very bad, this may be related to her mother's widowhood at a young age, you know that there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, according to the investigation, there are two men who have a relationship with her mother, and Rachel believes that her mother should not be unfaithful to her father, Therefore, the relationship between mother and daughter is naturally not good, if you want to use her mother to force her to comply, I am afraid it is impossible, but there is good news, although Rachel often has scandals with other men here, but she has a boyfriend named Joseph in her hometown, this Joseph is a college teaching assistant, it is said that the relationship between the two is very good, although there has been little correspondence in recent years, but Rachel will stay with him every time she goes back, you think about it, Rachel's family environment makes her very disgusted with women infidelity, Therefore, she herself is naturally single-minded about her boyfriend, and she often has scandals with other men outside, all of which are pretended, in order to provide cover for her true identity, so I think you can make a fuss about this Joseph! ”

After hearing this, Huang Hong said, "Understood, Miss Yuko, thank you!" "You're welcome, it's all your own brothers!" After putting down the phone, Huang Hong sat on a chair and lit a cigarette, wondering if it would work to threaten Rachel with Joseph. It is not something that a national security department with a sense of justice can do, and Joseph should not be a bad person, if he does, what is the difference between the Burmese security department and the Japanese intelligence organization, military command, and central command? The organs of state power rely on the name of orthodoxy, righteousness, and righteousness, and exercise the rights entrusted by the state and the people, and must not act by unscrupulous means, otherwise it will impact the bottom line of law and morality, perhaps only an external organization like Skynet can, but an internal organization like the Ministry of Security absolutely cannot do so, regardless of whether the object of exercising rights is domestic citizens or foreign citizens!

Jiang Qiang thought for a long time before picking up the phone, but then put it down again, he wanted to tell Xiao Guang Rachel's information and let Xiao Guang do it, but he hesitated, doing so was undoubtedly breaking through the moral bottom line in his own heart, he could do this to the Japanese without any psychological burden, but people from other nationalities and countries, he couldn't, he couldn't convince himself. He smoked several cigarettes in a row before he made up his mind to pick up the phone and dial a number, but this call was not to Xiao Guang, but to Wang Qiang.

"Adjutant Wang, is Brother Jiang here?" "It's Huang Hong, wait a minute, I'll help you transfer over!" In the next few seconds, the phone was transferred to Jiang Qiang's office, probably Jiang Qiang had just arrived at the office to work, and the phone rang for more than a minute before it was answered. "Commander-in-chief, it's me, I'm sorry, I messed up what you explained!" Jiang Qiang's voice came from the phone: "Oh? Don't worry, tell me in detail, how did you mess up? ”

In fact, Jiang Qiang does not have great hopes for this plan, and he does not have to stab the Americans in the back, but it will be okay after this time, after all, the time is too short, and many things are too late to be arranged, and it is understandable that they are messed up. "The first step has been completed, but one of our brothers made a mistake, the Japanese spy British woman asked to get Zhuang Tao's amnesty edict before agreeing to continue to help us complete the rest of the things, if we didn't do the first step last night, we can also think of other ways, not necessarily through her to complete, but unfortunately after the first step is completed, it is already ready to be sent, otherwise the plan will be in vain, because she insisted on the amnesty edict, so I said it was messed up, before I also thought of a way, It's to use her family to force her to commit it.,So I asked Miss Yuko's Skynet organization to help investigate the situation in her family.,I got the news of her family.,When I was about to implement it just now, I found that I couldn't pass the level in my heart.,Her mother is a tailor.,Honest people.,Her boyfriend is a college assistant teacher.,An honest person!

There was no sound on the phone, Jiang Qiang was listening quietly on the other end, after Huang Hong's words were finished, Jiang Qiang's voice came after a few seconds: "Huang Hong, you are right, you are right, the state power organs must not use this kind of vicious means, this is contrary to our moral concept, I am very glad to have you as the minister of the Ministry of Security!" However, it is impossible for her to want an amnesty edict, and for such a trivial matter, Zhuang Tao has to issue an amnesty, so wouldn't the pardon be worth a few dollars? Well, you get ready, and in two hours we'll fly to Dangki, and I'll meet her personally! ”

"This, Brother Jiang, isn't this inappropriate? Why should you go yourself? I'll just have her escorted over, and it won't take a few hours! Jiang Qiang thought for a while and said, "That's okay, that's it, you will personally bring her to see me after the escort comes!" "Okay!" At two o'clock in the afternoon, several black cars drove into the palace, and after the cars stopped in the garage, a dozen plainclothes policemen of the Ministry of Security dismounted from several cars, and a tall woman with a black hood on her head was taken out of the car and then into the reception room of the headquarters.

Heavy anklets and handcuffs restricted the woman's movements, and after she was taken to the reception room, the black hood on her head was removed, and this was Rachel, a Japanese spy, a British woman! She looked around and found that it was very empty, a circular space, with only a single sofa around the white wall, and the decoration was atmospheric and solemn, and there were more than a dozen neatly dressed and uniform men standing around the wall. One by one, the men had their arms behind their backs, their eyes not squinting, they did not move, and it only took a few glances for her to conclude that this must not be an ordinary place.

After more than ten minutes, seven or eight people walked in from outside the spacious gate, among which the person at the front was particularly eye-catching, as a spy, she recognized the identity of this person at a glance, Jiang Qiang, the commander of Burma, it turned out that this was the headquarters of Burma! "Is it Miss Rachel?" Jiang Qiang asked with a smile as he walked over.

The people who came were extraordinary. Let Rachel involuntarily stand up. Huang Hong introduced beside him: "This is Your Excellency the Commander!" Rachel stood up in fear, anklets rattling at her feet, "You, hello, Your Excellency, Commander." I'm Rachel. Nice to meet you! ”

Jiang Qiang looked at it. Pointing to the anklets and handcuffs on Rachel's feet and hands, he turned his head and said to Huang Hong: "Since Miss Rachel has arrived at my headquarters, she is a guest here, take off the anklets and handcuffs!" Huang Hong hesitated. waved his hand to the person next to him: "Open!" The anklets and handcuffs were quickly removed, and Rachel had to admire Jiang Qiang's bearing, she moved her hands and feet and said, "Thank you, Your Excellency, Commander!" ”

Jiang Qiang smiled and nodded, "Miss Rachel, please take a seat, do you want coffee or tea?" "Let's get a coffee!" "Then get Miss Rachel a cup of coffee!" Except for the people brought by Huang Hong, the others are all from the headquarters, none of them are members of the cabinet and other institutions, and some people even think that Jiang Qiang, as a commander, meets an enemy spy, as if he is a little unprofessional or a knife to kill chickens, or a little self-surrendered, Jiang Qiang was not a big man in his previous life, he was used to doing whatever he wanted, and he didn't care about his identity at all.

After the staff brought the coffee, Jiang Qiang said: "Miss Rachel, this is Mr. Huang Hong, our Cabinet Minister of Security, I heard him say your request, I understand your current mood and worries very well, but I will tell you first, you want an amnesty edict, this is impossible!" You also know that our country is a country governed by law, and such a thing as an amnesty edict cannot be issued easily, if you insist, then I can only let them give up this plan, today I invite you to come, just to tell you that our government is a responsible government, and our state organs are within the scope of the law, and will not act by unscrupulous means, I have a compromise plan here, I hope you will consider it! ”

Rachel listened quietly, and when Jiang Qiang finished speaking, she immediately nodded and said, "Your Excellency, commander, please speak!" Jiang Qiang pointed to a middle-aged man with a pen and a large notebook and said: "This is the headquarters, his job is to record the words and deeds of the main personnel of the Burmese government, so that future historians can write history books, his professional ethics stipulate that he must abide by his professional ethics, and record truthfully without any personal preferences and feelings, and he has the right not to obey the instructions of anyone, including me, so what he records, no one can order him to change, or erase certain records!"

The compromise plan is made by Mr. Huang Hong, Minister of Security, as long as you cooperate with their actions, they will fulfill the promises they made to you one by one, if you agree to this compromise plan, then the rest is Mr. Huang Hong's business! ”

Rachel is not stupid, knowing that since Jiang Qiang has come forward, it means that as long as she cooperates with their actions, her safety will be guaranteed, and she promised: "Your Excellency, Commander, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to see me for this matter, I believe that your government is a fair and just government, and I will deal with it according to the compromise plan you said!" ”

"I also want to thank you for trusting us, that's okay, that's it, I still have some work to do, so I'll go first!" Jiang Qiang nodded to Rachel and got up to leave, and some of the headquarters staff also left. Jiang Qiang also did some cryptic handling here, those people didn't know what happened between the Ministry of Security and Rachel, he wanted to ask clearly, but Jiang Qiang left without giving him a chance to ask,

With Rachel's cooperation, the Japanese accurately grasped the accurate movements of the 17th Task Force of the US Pacific Fleet, and the Battle of the Coral Sea officially entered the decisive stage. In the original history. The Japanese won a tactical victory, while the Americans won a strategic victory, and it was because the Japanese suffered heavy losses in this naval battle that the Japanese navy did not have enough strength to attack Midway a month later, which led to the defeat of the Japanese Combined Fleet.

The deployment of Task Force 17 of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is as follows: Assault Group, consisting of five cruisers (USS Minneapolis, USS New Orleans, USS Astonia, USS Chester, USS Portland) and five destroyers (USS Phelps, USS Dewey, USS Farragut, USS Erwin, USS Monaghan), commanded by Rear Admiral Kincaid.

The support group consisted of 3 cruisers (Australia, Chicago, Hobart) and 2 destroyers (Perkins, Wallk). Commanded by Rear Admiral Grace.

Aircraft carrier task force, organized by 2 aircraft carriers ("USS Lexington Captain Frederick?"). Admiral Sherman, "Captain Elliot of the Yorktown? Admiral Bukmast) and 4 destroyers (USS Morris, USS Anderson, USS Hanman, USS Russell). Commanded by Rear Admiral Aubrefitch.

The cruisers and destroyers of the assault group and the support group formed a ring of alert for two aircraft carriers. On 6 May, under the cover of dense clouds, Fletcher rendezvoused with Admiral Grace's heavy cruiser and the USS Lexington, where they refueled. The latest intelligence from Pearl Harbor suggests. The invasion of the forces of Port Moresby with an aircraft carrier providing air cover. Will pass through the Luisiad Islands the next day. Fletcher then headed west to the Coral Sea.

In fact, the Americans got the wrong information. It was not one aircraft carrier that provided cover for the Japanese troops attacking Port Moresby, but three! That is, the light aircraft carrier "Xiangfeng" aircraft carrier, and the two large aircraft carriers "Zuihe and Xianghe". After receiving Rachel's information, Japanese Vice Admiral Inoue Narumi gathered all the ships he could command.

After hearing the news that two American aircraft carriers were on their way to intercept the Japanese convoy invading Port Moresby, there was no panic at all at the headquarters of the admiral in Rabaul, but they were all confident.

Vice Admiral Takagi's mobile force, led by the Shozuru and Zuizuru, was refueling south of Guadalcanal when he was alerted, and by the time he was ready to reduce the distance to the point where he could launch an air attack, the fleet ran into a thick cloud. So, he decided to keep refueling and wait for dawn to chase again.

At about 4 a.m. on 7 May, the Japanese reconnaissance planes searching south discovered the US fleet, but because of the weather, there was a lot of fog over the sea, and the pilots on the reconnaissance planes could not see clearly.

Inoue Narumi, who received the report, concluded that the US aircraft carrier formation was definitely not far from this place, so he ordered the reconnaissance plane to expand the reconnaissance area.

In the original history, the Japanese mistook the American oil tanker Neosho and the destroyer Sims for an aircraft carrier formation, so they sent an aircraft carrier group to bomb these two ships indiscriminately, and the two ships sank one after another, but in this time and space, because the Japanese got accurate information, they let these two ships go.

On the morning of 7 May, the US and Japanese attack fleets were just on the verge of attacking each other, but the two sides did not discover each other due to technical reasons, and each missed the opportunity to strike first. The mistake made by the US military was even more dangerous, because its sortie of carrier-based aircraft deviated from its main threat by more than 90 degrees.

The Japanese knew the approximate location of the US fleet, but at this time it was already about two o'clock in the afternoon, and if the carrier-based planes took off, they would not be able to return until about six o'clock in the evening, which was not easy to make a decision in this era, but the Japanese commander Vice Admiral Hara Tadaichi still sent 12 bombers and 15 torpedo planes to separate the ships at 14:15 and fly towards the expected target. But the planes had dropped their bombs and were intercepted by American Wildcat fighters. In the twilight, several disoriented Japanese pilots mistakenly tried to land on the Yorktown. But due to the wrong identification signal, it was discovered by anti-aircraft gunners and shot one of them into the sea, and several others fled into the night in a hurry. This made Fletcher realize that the Japanese naval aircraft carriers were nearby, and the duel between the aircraft carriers, which would determine the outcome of the naval battle, would definitely take place the next day.

On 8 May, an hour before sunrise, the same preparations were being made on four aircraft carriers within 200 nautical miles of the Coral Sea, and the reconnaissance planes all set off before sunrise, and the planes destined to search would discover each other's targets almost simultaneously.

A total of 15 fighters, 46 bombers, and 21 torpedo planes, totaling 82 aircraft, took off from Yorktown and Lexington, and pounced on the Japanese fleet. An hour and three quarters of an hour later, the US assault fleet discovered that the Xiangfeng, Xianghe, and Zuihe were heading southeast, and that the three aircraft carriers were closely connected to each other, escorted by seven heavy cruisers and seven light cruisers.

When the U.S. aircraft carrier assault fleet launched an attack on the Japanese fleet, the Japanese carrier-based assault fleet also launched an attack on the U.S. fleet at the same time.

The only difference is that almost all the ships of the Japanese fleet are concentrated together, the anti-aircraft fire is extremely ferocious, and the Japanese assault fleet is a third more than that of the American one, because the Japanese fleet has one more aircraft carrier.

One of the three Japanese aircraft carriers, the Zuizuru, took refuge in the clouds, so that the American bombers could only attack the other two, and the American fleet suffered heavy losses, and in the end only eleven planes remained, but it also caused the Xiangfeng and Xianghe to suffer heavy damage, each was hit by three torpedoes, the hull deck was blown beyond recognition, and the fuel flowed out to cause a fire, and sank several hours later.

The American fleet was even more miserable, because the Japanese fleet sent a larger number of aircraft, two aircraft carriers were directly sunk, two heavy cruisers and three light cruisers also suffered heavy losses, and the sinking was only a matter of time, and the Japanese lost more than half of their aircraft.

When the surviving American planes flew back in search of the aircraft carriers, they found only the wreckage of two aircraft carriers, the planes had nowhere to land, and the last eleven pilots had to parachute into the sea after running out of fuel.

The Japanese fleet immediately pursued the remaining ships of the American fleet, and the Japanese planes refueled and went to pursue the American ships again, and at about 3 p.m. on 8 May, the 17th U.S. Task Force was completely annihilated.

Japanese Vice Admiral Inoue Narumi ordered the naval fleet to continue its march towards Port Simorbiz to cover the attacking forces, and MacArthur had to move his headquarters back to Australia again.

The 17th Task Force of the Americans was completely wiped out, but the Japanese did not feel good, losing two aircraft carriers and two destroyers, but the Japanese achieved absolute superiority here, and the American shipping route to Australia was completely cut off, which was completely different from the naval battles that took place in the history of another time and space.