On the Kaga, Isoroku Yamamoto woke up leisurely. He had suffered continuous blows in the past few days. Even though his mind was as strong as iron, he couldn't bear it. He struggled to get off the ground, but was immediately held down by Sanada: "Your Excellency, The doctor asked you to stay in bed."
"Help me up." Yamamoto said in a tone that left no room for doubt.
Sanada did not dare to disobey and helped him up.
"Where's Koizumi."
"He and Tsukahara-dono are outside."
"Call them in."
"Hai."
Koizumi and Tsukahara walked in, both of them looked very haggard. They first saluted Yamamoto and asked about some information. Yamamoto looked at Koizumi with a wry smile on his face and said: "Koizumi, I'm afraid this time the Hainan strategy It’s going to fail.”
Koizumi said respectfully: "It's not so far. In any case, the Osaka Division has successfully landed and captured Changjiang City. If Changjiang City can be developed into a stronghold, we will definitely succeed in one fell swoop next time we come."
"Don't deceive yourself. Don't you understand the strength of the Osaka Division? Can they defend Changjiang alone, Tsukahara-kun?"
"Your Excellency, Commander." Tsukahara bowed his head and responded respectfully,
"The air strikes haven't stopped yet. I remember our ammunition can still last for three days."
"Sorry, it's stopped."
"What time is it now?"
"Three o'clock in the afternoon."
"Organize an air strike, be stronger. Sanada, go and send a message to Lieutenant General Sawada that we will evacuate, ask him to integrate his troops immediately, and then leave with us at night."
"Hai." Tsukahara and Sanada responded one after another, and then left one after another. When Tsukahara passed by Koizumi, he looked at him with a look of encouragement in his eyes. Koizumi nodded to him without any trace.
"Commander, are you really okay?" Koizumi walked towards Yamamoto, and the pregnant woman stopped him and asked softly,
"What can happen? I just can't accept it for the moment."
"Sir, there is something I want to report to you. Two hours ago, I sent a success telegram to the military department."
"What." Yamamoto raised his eyebrows, looking very excited.
Koizumi lowered his eyebrows and said softly: "I'm sorry, I didn't get your consent." As he said that, he suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "But, Sir, I feel that under the current situation, we really can't afford to lose. The loss of such a good navigator like you. The Osaka Division is a bunch of guys who have failed to achieve anything but fail. Their existence will only become a laughing stock and a burden to the empire. But you are different. I can’t imagine that if you are not in the navy. If so, does the Imperial Navy still have a future, Your Excellency?"
The more Koizumi spoke, the more excited he became, and his words became more and more extreme. Yamamoto frowned deeply. He pushed Koizumi's hand away, stared into his eyes and interrupted: "Koizumi, you are wrong. First of all, I don't have what you imagined." So great. Secondly, no matter how powerful the Osaka Division is, they are soldiers of the empire after all. In this regard, there is actually no difference between any of them and me. The empire will not have much impact if I am missing. But if at the same time Losing the 20,000 men of the Osaka Division, do you know what kind of turmoil this will cause? Koizumi, some things are not as simple as you think..." Yamamoto said, his emotions slowly calmed down. , "This matter can still be saved, I will generate electricity for the base camp."
After he said this, he was about to call Sanada when Sanada walked in with a strange look on his face, holding a folder. He bowed his head slightly towards Yamamoto. He presented the folder and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General Sawada and Lieutenant General Sawada are newly arrived at the base camp. telegram."
Yamamoto took the folder and first saw the telegram sent from the base camp. It was actually a telegram announcing a commendation. However, the recipient of the commendation was the Osaka Division. The telegram said: The Hainan Land Command has just been established. In one week, the Osaka Division captured Changjiang, an important town in the southwest of Qiong, and surrounded Baisha with a heavy force. The Osaka Division's bravery is really worthy of commendation... The United Fleet was mentioned at the end of the telegram, but it was asked to return quickly. After reading Yamamoto glared at Koizumi angrily at this telegram. He then looked at the telegram sent by Sawada Shigeru. As he looked at it, his eyes couldn't help but widen. He raised his head, glared at Sanada and asked: "Is this telegram really good?" Sent by Lieutenant General Sawada."
Sanada answered respectfully: "Yes."
"Go and get me the original text of the telegram."
"Hai."
Sanada left quickly, and Yamamoto suddenly glared at Koizumi and shouted: "Ba Ge, what a nonsense. Do you know that in this way, the Osaka Division may be wiped out by the Chinese? Koizumi, you let me down so much. As an imperial soldier, for your own selfish interests, you actually harmed friendly troops like this. How is this different from collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country?"
On the deck below, the roar of the aircraft engine suddenly sounded. Amidst this huge sound, Koizumi stood quietly without saying a word.
A Type 99 fighter jet roared into the blue sky. Sanada walked up to Yamamoto holding the original text of the telegram, but Yamamoto did not reach out to pick it up. He suddenly seemed to have aged ten years and said dejectedly: "The matter is now over, the only option is That’s it, pass on my order and we’ll return home at nine o’clock in the evening.”
At about 3:20 in the afternoon, in Nanqinghe, Donghe Town, 12 kilometers south-west of Changjiang, two cadets in full camouflage watched more than 300 Japanese soldiers a thousand meters away running towards the coast, and they whispered Yes, one person stayed behind to continue monitoring, and another person ran towards Bawangling.
Such scenes not only occurred in Donghe Town, but also along the southwestern coast of Changjiang and the southern coast of Ledong. Multiple cadet reconnaissance teams detected this scene. They responded at all levels. Soon, Yang Chuntai and Ye Chengyan After learning about this incident, the two people compiled the intelligence and concluded that this was an orderly mobilization of large-scale Japanese troops, but the reason for the mobilization was really puzzling. They telegraphed the situation to the Western Front Command and requested instructions on the next step. ,
Chang Geng immediately reported to Ouyang Yun after receiving the telegram. Ouyang Yun asked about the current situation of the Osaka Division and learned that the Japanese troops in the division were on hold. He couldn't help but puzzled.
Yang Chuntai and Ye Chengyan's two divisions crossed several towns occupied by the Osaka Division and appeared on the southwest coast. Their mission was originally to snipe the Marines affiliated with the Combined Fleet, but now that all the Marines' Japs have evacuated, this naturally made them I feel suspicious: What on earth does the little devil want to do?
Although Ouyang Yun's established strategy can be achieved by sniping the Marines within the range of the large-caliber naval gun of the Combined Fleet and thus isolating the Osaka Division, it will definitely cost a huge amount of casualties. However, because the Marines are accompanying them, this price should be Within the acceptable range, Ouyang Yun dared to make such a bold plan precisely because of this. Therefore, when he learned that the Japanese Marines along the coast had evacuated, he couldn't help but suspect that the latent troops had been detected by the Japanese. The little devil is clearing his own troops for the artillery bombardment. In that case, under the double-barreled bombardment of the naval guns and fighter planes, the entire army of these two divisions may be destroyed.
Ouyang Yun and Chang Geng thought about it, but finally did not dare to take the risk. They immediately called Yang Chuntai and Ye Chengyan back, asking them to lead their troops to retreat immediately.
Both armies were retreating, but the Osaka Division, which was kept in the dark, stood still.
The atmosphere on the Hainan battlefield is getting weirder and weirder.