"The Japanese fleet has disappeared." Ouyang Yun asked in surprise at the Dongshan Fleet Headquarters.
The staff officer who came to report nodded cautiously and said: "This is what Chief of Staff Chiang Kai-shek wrote in the telegram. Within the 350 kilometers of sea area in the southeast, southwest and due south of Taiwan Island, no Japanese were seen. The silhouette of the fleet."
Chen Yuanyang pondered: "The Japanese couldn't have made a false shot, or there was some accident."
Qi Minghao: "Is it possible that the Japanese did not come to Taiwan in the first place?"
"What you mean is that the destination of the Japanese fleet is not Taiwan. Where would it be? Northeast or Shanghai? It's impossible."
Chen Yuanyang and Qi Minghao were talking, both of them felt very confused.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Ouyang Yun suddenly thought of something, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but stand up.
His move was sudden and large, startling a group of naval officers in the headquarters. Everyone looked over and heard the commander-in-chief murmur: "No way, is the Pacific War going to break out early?" , It’s hard to say, when an old madman like Yamamoto meets a young madman like Koizumi, anything is possible..." Everyone was confused about what he was talking about and couldn't help but look at each other,
A huge fleet composed of more than a hundred ships. This size is enough to raid a country, let alone attack Taiwan. However, its target is not Taiwan, so where else could it be? " The words "raid on Pearl Harbor" suddenly popped up in his mind, and Ouyang Yun's expression suddenly became exciting.
For the United States, due to the influence of that time and space environment, Ouyang Yun never had a real good impression from the beginning to the end. Not only did he not have a good impression, but he was also deeply wary. Even though he was openly fighting with the U.S. government, secretly he But he is carrying out vicious calculations,
Why the Japanese were able to obtain some advanced ordnance information from the Xuebing Army. Now, they can even obtain the most advanced semiconductor components in the world. It is not because of how good the Japanese's espionage work is, but because Ouyang Yun is willing to give it. This is undoubtedly He was fond of playing with fire, but because this might cause the United States to be disadvantaged in its war against Japan, or even cause major battle losses, and the Xuebing Army might be able to profit from it, he could not refuse this temptation.
Ouyang Yun was not a god, and he would never have thought that the Japanese's target this time was the Dutch East Indies. He took it for granted that the Japanese were going to carry out the plan to "attack Pearl Harbor" in advance, and he couldn't help but feel troubled. Don't notify the US military yet,
This is really a difficult decision. It is also playing with fire. If it is not done well, it will really change the outcome of World War II. Chen Yuanyang and others looked at the commander-in-chief standing there, with expressions changing on their faces and sparkling eyes. None of them knew it. What happened? Look at him quietly, no one dares to make a sound,
After a full six minutes, Ouyang Yun let out a breath and said to the staff officer: "Call Jiang Chuanjun back and ask him to closely monitor the movements in the waters around Taiwan to prevent sneak attacks by the Japanese fleet."
"Yes." The staff officer responded loudly, then saluted and walked out.
In the end, Ouyang Yun decided to take a gamble, not on the performance of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, but on the student army's ability to win the final victory. With his mind made up, he looked at the others, noticed something strange about them, and said: " We will do whatever we need to do and be prepared."
Everyone nodded and continued the work at hand. Chen Yuanyang and Qi Minghao continued the previous topic with Ouyang Yun. The headquarters quickly returned to normal.
The distance between Hawaii and the Japanese mainland is about 6,000 kilometers. At the speed of the Japanese fleet, it would take at least two weeks to arrive from Nagasaki Naval Port.
One day, two days... After a week passed, there was still no trace of the Japanese fleet in the waters surrounding Taiwan. Ouyang Yun couldn't help but feel sure that the Japanese were really going to attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet in advance this time.
At this time, after completing a voyage of more than 2,500 kilometers, the Japanese Western Expedition Fleet had arrived at Chuuk Island, known as the "Pearl Harbor of Japan", and had begun final combat preparations.
Chuuk Island is located in the middle of the Garin Islands, southwest of the Marshall Islands, and north of the Solomon Islands. After World War I, it became a Japanese mandate. Because of its special geographical location, the Japanese attached great importance to the strategic role of this enclave and deliberately It was built into the "Gibraltar of the Pacific". After more than ten years of painstaking management, Chuuk Island gradually became Japan's largest military port outside the mainland, and won the title of "Japan's Pearl Harbor".
Yamamoto Isoroku was particular about using this place as the base for his Indian Ocean offensive. First, it allowed the Western Expedition Fleet to avoid the nuisance of the Cadet Army Air Force; second, it could block threats from the Pacific; third, Because of the special geographical location of Chuuk Island and the surrounding Japanese-occupied islands, an attack on the Dutch East Indies here would have the effect of closing the door and beating the dogs.
The first person to discover the appearance of Japan's Western Expedition Fleet in the Garin Islands was an American merchant ship. The scale of the Western Expedition Fleet was so large that anyone with a little military knowledge would definitely have a hair-raising reaction when seeing the fleet. Ma, the captain of the merchant ship, Pishe, received the report from his crew and climbed up to the watchtower to look forward and to the left. He saw the warship with the Japanese flag in sight. He was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the watchtower and trembled. Coming down from the watchtower in shock, he crossed himself on his chest and murmured: "God, why did the Japanese warships appear here? What do they want to do?"
When the merchant ship discovered the Japanese fleet, it was also discovered by the Japanese fleet. The two frigates immediately pushed towards the merchant ship, and signaled from afar to tell them to stay where they were. Piche's reaction was very quick. He ordered the car to stop and asked the chief mate to immediately send a message to the shipping company to report the situation.
Naturally, this merchant ship was imprisoned by the Japanese without exception. However, because Captain Pishe promptly reported to his shipping company, the whereabouts of the Western Expedition Fleet was no longer a secret.
Ouyang Yun learned the news three days later. At this time, there was already a turmoil in the United States. It was no secret that Japan had a naval military base on Chuuk Island, and because geographically speaking, the base was closest to the Philippines, and The Philippines is a colony of the United States, which naturally aroused suspicion among the Americans, who believed that the target of the Japanese fleet was the Philippines.
Let’s not talk about how the Japanese tried to explain the Western Expedition Fleet’s intention to the Americans, but just talk about Ouyang Yun’s reaction. He immediately found a world map, and then stood in a daze looking at the map.
Ten minutes later, when the naval officers looked worried and worried that the Commander-in-Chief might be possessed by a demon, he slapped the Sumatra Island with a heavy palm and said, "What a scumbag, what a scheme."