While the Xuebing Army was celebrating and publicizing the heavy damage to the Guards Division during the "overthrow" operation, there was a gloomy and bleak scene among Japanese high-level officials. Under the personal command of Muto Akira, the casualties of the Guards Division had been counted.
19,072 people were killed and missing in action, of which nearly one-third were missing; 6,647 were seriously injured; more than 10,000 were slightly injured. A total of more than 45,000 people in the two Guards Divisions are now well
, there are less than 10,000 people left who can still fight.
The casualties of the escort fleet were lower, but due to the loss of more than thirty fighter planes, the "Sanglong" aircraft carrier was severely damaged. Taken together, its losses were not much lower than those of the Guards Division.
Yamamoto finally woke up. The first thing the old Japanese did when he woke up was to ask about the situation of the "Canglong" aircraft carrier. He was relieved when he learned that the "Canglong" was only damaged and did not sink. It was not even a serious damage.
He took a breath. "What a disgrace!" He sat on the hospital bed, eyes blazing with anger, and blurted out. Then, he saw the drip on his hand, his eyes shifted to the hanging bottle, and he noticed the obvious "
The old Japanese soldier was so angry that he pulled out the needle in one go. "Don't let me use anything from the Xuebing Army in the future!" he shouted at several military doctors.
Several military doctors nodded and bowed. On the surface, they were submissive, but in their hearts they were terribly aggrieved. Speaking of which, all the most effective medicines and injections currently available to the Japanese army came from the Xuebing Army. In order to classify these, Ouyang Yun listed them as "forbidden to sell to Japan."
The Japanese secret service in China paid an unknown price for the "high-quality" medicines and injections, but now they are abandoned by Yamamoto.
After pulling out the needle and venting his anger, Yamamoto calmed down a lot. He waved his hand and drove the military doctor and several officers out, leaving only Adjutant Sanada, Arima Masafumi and Koizumi Minichiro, looking at Koizumi and other faces.
Scanning the screen, he said: "The Xuebing Army's ability to seize the fleeting success of the air strike by fighter planes at least shows that they have the technical parameters of most of the ships of the reinforcement fleet. In addition, they should have learned the specific details of the reinforcement fleet.
Departure time. There is definitely a Chinese spy lurking in Nagasaki. In addition, someone within our ranks may have been bribed. Arima, I will leave this matter to you."
"Hai!" Arima Masabumi stood up straight, bowed his head and replied loudly.
Yamamoto's eyes fell on Koizumi's face. The latter looked very calm. The two looked at each other. Yamamoto asked: "Could it be Kuroda?"
Koizumi said: "It is possible, but he has been staying at the military port for the past few days and has not been out. We have strictly inspected the luggage they carried with them, and there is absolutely no way they could have hidden radio stations. If it was the intelligence they passed to the Xuebing Army
, then it should be through other channels and using other people."
"Here at Kuroda, you can figure it out. If you really need to use it, you can suppress this matter."
"Hai!"
"Koizumi——"
"Your Mightiness!"
Yamamoto breathed out softly and said word by word: "I know your loyalty to the empire, and everyone in our combined fleet knows it well. So, no matter whether others doubt you, please keep your heart."
Keep a normal mind and continue to work hard for the empire’s scientific and technological progress!”
Yamamoto has been involved in the Japanese military and political circles for many years and has experienced too much political strife. The news of the attack on the reinforcement fleet here came. He immediately thought that if the losses were minor, it would be okay. If the losses were heavy, then the military would
The big bosses will definitely choose a scapegoat in order to shirk responsibility and divert attention. Because he planned and incited the launch of the Hainan Campaign, Koizumi has been noticed by some people in the military. This time, although he has nothing to do with the plan to invade Taiwan,
However, because of this criminal record, coupled with the fact that he has no background and unknown origins, and it comes at a time when the navy and army are playing push-hands, it is very likely that he will be pushed out to take responsibility. And this is absolutely not allowed by Yamamoto.
Yamamoto's words showed his attitude. He would do his best to protect Koizumi. No matter how stupid Koizumi was, he still understood the meaning. He was stunned at first, and then lowered his head in thought. After a few seconds, he raised his head again, with eyes in his eyes.
Tears already appeared. He bowed to Yamamoto and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, no matter what other people think of me, as long as I can gain your trust, Koizumi will never look back. Let me tell you good news. We have developed a radar imaging system.
Next, I will try to increase the power of the radar without changing its size. In that case, we will be able to detect it before the enemy and no longer have to worry about being attacked by the Chinese."
"Very good!" Yamamoto said approvingly, and then added: "I will go to Tokyo in a few days. I have been subjected to continuous air raids by the Academy Army. Now I understand that in today's war, aviation is the king. Therefore, I will try my best to persuade
The Ministry of Military Affairs supports our aircraft carrier construction plan. Looking at these battles with the Xuebing Army, one conclusion can be determined: it is indeed time for battleships to withdraw from the stage of history."
Koizumi and Arima were shocked when they heard this. The former quickly asked: "Your Excellency, have you really decided?"
Yamamoto nodded.
Arima said worriedly: "But, I'm just afraid that those people from the military headquarters--"
"It's not up to them. If anyone still objects, I will threaten to resign as Minister of the Navy and Commander of the Combined Fleet!" Yamamoto said decisively.
"No." Arima, Koizumi and Sanada unanimously objected.
Yamamoto seemed to have made up his mind. He stood up slowly and said: "In recent times, I have been studying the tactics of the Xuebing Army. Then I discovered that the Xuebing Army is not as mysterious and powerful as we imagined. They
The reason why they can defeat us repeatedly is that they always have the advantage of technology. Automatic rifles, heavily armored relay tanks, Baiji Dolphins, flying fortresses...don't all this explain the problem? Those old guys in the Army, they
It’s just that you don’t want to make progress, but you actually want to hinder the progress of our navy, I will never allow it!”
The Xuebing Army's "overthrow" operation against the Guards Division that had entered Taiwan was a great success. This not only attracted the attention of the German military and Yamamoto Isoroku's deep thoughts, but also attracted relevant figures and departments in the Soviet Union and the United States.
Once again, they changed their views on the Xuebing Army. At the same time, their eyes were also drawn to Fuzhou.
For a period of time thereafter, radio waves were transmitted frequently in Fuzhou and Guangzhou. Intelligence agents from various countries lurking in these two places frequently communicated with their respective domestic departments. Without exception, these radio waves were detected and deciphered by Hu Tong's detection team.
came out. When these telegrams accumulated to a certain thickness and Ouyang Yun took them to the regular military meeting the next month and read them out, the senior officers of the Xuebing Army felt proud but also developed a deep sense of worry.
The "overturning" operation actually led to a world-wide military and technological revolution. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for China, which has a backward overall economy and extremely low science and technology penetration rate?