The problem that Tsukahara 243 could see, Yamamoto Isoroku could not have imagined. In the end, only the "Chomi" of the three large ships of the landing vanguard fleet managed to escape back, and nearly half of the landing craft came back, but Just thinking about the remaining landing craft and nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers whose life and death were unknown, Yamamoto felt an evil fire rising in his heart. The Osu Island incident last night had already made Yamamoto very disappointed with Onizuka. Today, something like this happened again. Suddenly, his impression of Onizuka was extremely bad.
"Where's Onizuka? Why don't you see Onizuka?" He asked An Zaixun, the communications officer who came to report,
An Zai was very aggrieved. As a staff officer in charge of telecommunications, he didn't even know the specific battle plan, but how could he know what was happening on the front line? However, he, who was familiar with Yamamoto's temperament, knew that he must not go back without knowing at this time. , so he replied skillfully: "Your Excellency Onizuka is on his way here. Sir, would you like to summon him immediately?"
"Let him come to me immediately, immediately."
"Hai."
Koizumi Minichiro has been with Yamamoto for nearly a month, and this is the first time he has seen him so angry. This time, although he did not participate in the formulation of the specific battle plan for the Hainan strategy, he had a considerable influence. This made him feel a little scared, worried that the image he had finally built up in Yamamoto's mind would be destroyed. He knew clearly that if he wanted to achieve his purpose of time travel, the only one he could rely on now was Yamamoto, and once he lost his trust If this happens, not only will the strategy of changing the development direction of the navy be ruined, but the technologies that he has mastered that are far ahead of his contemporaries will also be useless. Before going to the war, Koizumi regarded this as his first battle and was full of longing for the prospects of the battle. With deep expectations, however, after the Dazhou Island incident, he saw the true cruelty of war, and he immediately realized his gap. No matter how advanced the combat concept he had, he had not personally experienced the war of the modern era. ,Therefore, my understanding of war is limited to books. I still have a long way to go. At least at this stage, all I can do is perhaps provide technical support.
Putting away his usual sense of superiority since time travel, Koizumi respectfully asked Yamamoto: "Your Excellency, what should we do next?"
Yamamoto turned his head and glanced at Koizumi coldly. It is said that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. He was confused by Koizumi's endless theoretical knowledge. Yamamoto once thought that Koizumi had the qualities of an excellent commander. However, the facts proved that, and Compared with the "latecomer" in China, Koizumi is far behind. Until now in the Hainan Campaign, it is not so much that the United Fleet suffered a complete defeat in the contest with the Xuebing Army, but rather that it was Koizumi who was defeated in the contest with Ouyang Yun. After a disastrous defeat, the base camp had long had the intention to conquer Hainan, but without the "noise" (yes, "noise") that Koizumi Toshiichiro kept chattering in Yamamoto's ears during this period, after Koizumi's mysterious aura faded, his plans for Yamamoto's What I thought was very logical and far-sighted at first has become meaningless at this moment), the Hainan strategy is expected to be delayed for some time, and the joint fleet is pursuing the Hainan strategy at this time in order to fight the decisive battle with the United States. In Yamamoto's heart , once stubbornly believed that Japan had no chance of winning a war with the United States. However, Koizumi's analysis gave him hope. But now, the cruel reality has burst the soap bubble of hope. In the three towns of Xuebingjun, Hainan is definitely the worst-defended and easiest to break through. At one time, Yamamoto even felt that attacking Hainan with the powerful armed forces of the combined fleet was like adults bullying children. However, the cruel reality gave him a loud slap in the face. The battle continued Although the time was not long, it felt like every step of our actions was being planned by the Xuebing Army. Yamamoto was not sure whether Ouyang Yun was in Hainan, but because of the lessons learned from the "sinking bar", he stubbornly believed that it must be Due to Ouyang Yun's planning, I feel Ouyang Yun's brilliance more and more. Looking back at Xiaoquan, the gap between the two is highlighted. Ouyang Yun can always strike before the enemy. On the other hand, Xiaoquan, why can't he foresee it beforehand?
Yamamoto's cold eyes made Koizumi feel like he was being stabbed in the heart. Yamamoto was the god in his heart and the hope to save Japan. But now, Yamamoto's attitude made him realize that God no longer trusts him. Hainan Strategy, imposed on himself There were too many influences. Perhaps, he expected that he could come up with a solution. Xiaoquan thought so and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Excellency, I really didn't expect Xuebingjun to be so perseverant. This was a mistake in my judgment. sorry."
"Now is not the time to talk about this. You just asked me what to do next. I want to test you. Based on your experience from later generations, what should we do now? You see, although we have used powerful ship-based artillery The Xuebing Army's shore artillery units were suppressed, but the Marine Corps suffered a heavy blow. Next, even if we can completely destroy the Xuebing Army's shore artillery units, if the Marine Corps cannot carry out an effective attack, the Hainan strategy will eventually have to It ended with our retreat. We mobilized troops to come to the South China Sea. Is it just to consume the empire's precious human and material resources? Southern Taiwan is now occupied by the Chinese. It is not easy for the combined fleet to come to the South China Sea. Moreover, We also have to guard against Chinese fighter planes..."
So far, although the Xuebing Army has only launched one counterattack, as Yamamoto Isoroku said, it has hit the key point of the combined fleet at once. Yes, the aircraft carriers and heavy gunboats in the combined fleet are This time, the Hainan Raiders were the main force. However, the fruits of victory ultimately depended on the Marine Corps. The Xuebing Army's absolutely fatal blow disrupted the specific combat plan of the Hainan Raiders and made Yamamoto feel unsustainable. It was precisely the reason why he was extremely dissatisfied with Onizuka and had evil feelings in his heart.
As Blue Volcano said, the existence of the Xuebing Army's air force in Hainan has always been Yamamoto's biggest concern. The crash of two Type 99s convinced Yamamoto that the Xuebing Army did have aviation units in Hainan. During this time, although no more fighter planes appeared in the sight of the Japanese, the more this happened, the more uneasy and uneasy Yamamoto felt.
Koizumi had never experienced "Sink Bar", so he could not understand the anxiety in Yamamoto's heart. He carefully organized his words and said: "Your Excellency, the original battle plan can no longer be used. Your Excellency, don't you think? Judging from the current reaction of the Chinese people, they seem to have mastered all our intelligence. Sir, is it possible that there are high-level spies of the Chinese people inside us?"
Radar is still a new thing for the Japanese today, but Koizumi, a time traveler, ignored this point. So, something tragic happened. The more Koizumi analyzed the conjecture, the more reasonable it seemed to Yamamoto. He pondered for a while and said: "It is entirely possible. Well, it seems that it is imperative to conduct a counterintelligence operation at the Navy Department. Koizumi, think carefully about whether anyone in the history you are familiar with has worked for the Chinese."