About fifty minutes later, in the Cebu radar station west of the Japanese Cebu Airport, as a group of light spots suddenly appeared on the monitoring screen, the Japanese radar soldiers on duty immediately became nervous: "Nani." There was a "miso" sound. He stood up and reached for the microphone next to him with his right hand. Just as he picked up the microphone, the light spots on the screen disappeared. He thought he had been dazzled. The Japanese radar soldier stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes before looking again. , except for the two light spots in the upper left corner that represented his own reconnaissance aircraft, there were indeed no other light spots on the screen. He frowned and said to himself: "It's strange, maybe it's a blur." He had been on duty for more than two hours. He had been staring at the screen for two hours. It seemed that dazzling eyesight was normal, at least he thought so. So after rubbing his eyes again and looking at them carefully, he sat down calmly.
The fact is that the Japanese radar soldiers were not dazzled, and the reason why the targets on the monitoring screen appeared and disappeared was because the fighter group of the Pacific Fleet Air Corps had just climbed over a mountain, and after climbing over the mountain, they entered Bohol Sea, you can continue to maintain low-altitude flights,
The general headquarters of the Japanese army in the Philippines is located in Cebu. At this moment, the commander of the Philippine Expeditionary Forces, Masaharu Honma, is sitting in his office quietly waiting for the report of the reconnaissance plane. Although the Japanese army and navy are at odds, they "sinked" "But it is the pain of all Japanese people. The Akagi aircraft carrier, the pride of the empire, the sinking of the Akagi and Hiryu aircraft carriers, is regarded as a shame by all Japanese soldiers, as an affront to the cowardly Chinese people for attacking the Japanese Imperial Army. The Japanese think about revenge all the time, and in the view of Masaharu Honma, the opportunity has come now. The Japanese military has always had a tradition of "rejecting military orders from abroad". Even if Hideki Tojo did not give the order, Masaharu Honma would He was already ready to raid the Gakushu Pacific Fleet. The difference was that Tojo asked him to attack while the Gakushu-U.S. coalition was boarding the ship. His idea was that as long as he could sink the Gakushu Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier, of course , Tojo’s idea is better than his, so what he is adopting now is the strategy provided by Tojo,
There is a reason why Honma Masaharu acted so urgently on this matter. The Japanese Navy's Western Expedition Fleet failed to fight the Philippines. The Japanese army was able to replace the navy and dominate the Philippine war situation. Honma Masaharu replaced Koizumi Minichiro as the Japanese military commander in the Philippines. After becoming an official, although some military progress was made, it was too inferior compared with the breakthroughs made by the Western Expedition Fleet in New Guinea and Australia. Masaharu Honma was not just satisfied with becoming the commander-in-chief of the Philippine operations. His ambitions He was able to become the commander of the entire Japanese army in Southeast Asia. But now it seems that if he cannot quickly resolve the incident in the Philippines, his ambition will not be realized for a long time, and he may even be replaced and return to his country. At this time, he will learn from the Pacific Fleet's expedition to the Philippine Islands. , in his opinion, this is simply an opportunity given to him by Amaterasu. As long as he can seize this opportunity and severely damage the Pacific Fleet, then he can not only add a lot of glory to his own merits, but also be slapped hard. After receiving a slap in the face from the Navy, His Excellency Tojo will be able to launch a cabinet reversal movement and oust Mitsumasa Yoneuchi. And once the Army is in charge of the cabinet, it will be just around the corner for him to replace Koizumi Toshiichiro as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. "This You must seize the opportunity." He clenched his hands and shouted in his heart, then looked at the phone in front of him, his eyes looked particularly sharp,
In Singapore, after Koizumi Minichiro received Morikawa's report, the kid fell silent. If he could deceive himself and others when the Pacific Fleet was first established, thinking that Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army could not handle the ocean fleet and aircraft carrier, after experiencing the Green Island After the naval battle, he has realized that learning from the Pacific Fleet is definitely not as simple as a fleet. Ouyang Yun also has good attainments in naval battles, including submarines and torpedo boats. This is very suitable for the development of a weak country with a weak naval foundation and a traditional navy. In terms of ship type, Ouyang Yun can build a large number of submarines and torpedo boats at any cost, which shows that he has a clear understanding of the comparison of naval power between China and Japan. After these two types of ships have the numerical advantage, it will be difficult to develop an ocean-going fleet. The military general was not only able to defend China's territorial waters, but also had the ability to attack the Japanese mainland. After Koizumi viewed the Xue Pacific Fleet in a positive light, he realized that the reason why Ouyang Yun developed the ocean-going fleet was to attack the Japanese mainland. Seeing through this, the little devil's heart He was filled with a sense of frustration. This sense of frustration had been going on for a long time, because whether it was a battle or a battle, Xiao Quan had never won a single battle with Ouyang Yun.
Comparison between people is irritating. For Xiaoquan, it is painful to be compared with Ouyang Yun. However, because he is both a time traveler, he cannot stop people from making such comparisons. On the surface, It is thought that Japan's national power is obviously stronger than China's at this stage, so it seems that the basic conditions it has are much better than Ouyang Yun's. Then, it seems that he should have a better performance than Ouyang Yun to be worthy of the advantage in national power, but the fact is completely different. On the contrary, Koizumi has made considerable contributions to Japan since his time travel. However, these contributions and achievements have a premise, that is, the opponent cannot be Ouyang Yun and Xuebingjun. Japan is obviously stronger than China. Why is Japan Koizumi can't defeat Chinese Ouyang Yun. Yamamoto once helped him analyze this problem, and finally came to the conclusion that Ouyang Yun can keep his word in the Xuebing Army and make everything develop according to his intentions, but Koizumi wants to Being hampered everywhere,
First, the Hainan attack failed, and then the Philippines campaign suffered a huge defeat. Koizumi once doubted that he had the potential to be a commander, and even considered quitting the military completely. Yamamoto's free trust allowed him to regain his confidence again, especially when he found The reason why he couldn't win against Ouyang Yun greatly reduced Koizumi's guilt and gave him the motivation to start over. So what followed was the great victory in New Guinea and the breakthrough in Australia. Of course, this was the Japanese military department. The views of the big guys, and Koizumi's own understanding, are that the key to the breakthroughs in the wars in New Guinea and Australia was that he was not directly involved in the command. However, because he proposed to insist on using local indigenous troops, these victories were also limited. It can be attributed to him. Moreover, he was the one who dug up those frontline commanders. Therefore, although his voice is basically invisible in the country, his status has risen instead of falling, and he has become the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia. the throne,
"Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army are really my nemesis. Before, whether they were the Dutch, British or Americans, I could easily defeat them. But as soon as the Xuebing Army appeared, only failure awaited me. Could it be said that I Can I only do logistics and military work? No, I am not willing to do it, but..." Although Koizumi had a bad premonition when the raiding fleet was dispatched, the news of the failure still filled his heart with frustration again, and even As soon as he received the report, he would have such negative thoughts. With this thought in his mind, and with a calm expression on his face, he said to the adjutant Suzuki Jiro who had sent the battle report: "Send the relevant battle report to Mr. Yamamoto and copy it." Send a copy to the military headquarters, and also send a copy to Honma."
Koizumi's new adjutant, Osano Suzuki, was specially found for him by Yamamoto. He was a young navy star whom Yamamoto admired very much. The reason why Yamamoto recommended him to Koizumi was that he hoped that Suzuki could assist Koizumi and help him grow into a captain of the Royal Navy. The backbone of the force, the reason why Yamamoto would train Koizumi at all costs is because the more he interacted with the student army, the more he became convinced that in order to defeat Ouyang Yun and the student army, the only thing the empire could count on was fellow time travellers. Koizumi, before Suzuki traveled to Southeast Asia, Yamamoto had specifically sought out Suzuki to lecture him, telling him that he must do his best to assist Koizumi and help him grow into the mainstay of the Royal Navy: "...Koizumi-kun is still immature in the military, but I believe Sooner or later, he will become the leader of the combined fleet, and the hope of the Royal Navy lies in him. I hope Suzuki-kun will remember this." Because of the above reasons, Suzuki did not immediately carry out Koizumi's order. He admonished: "Your Excellency, if this is the case, our previous efforts will be in vain. The humble position proposal can be sent to Mr. Yamamoto first, but we can wait and discuss it with General Honma at the military headquarters."
Koizumi was unhappy when he heard this. He looked at him and said seriously: "Suzuki-kun, concealing military information is not a quality that a soldier should have."
"Your Excellency, I am thinking about your future. The empire's current achievements in Southeast Asia are all due to your efforts. Imagine if this incident caused the base camp to cancel the Western Expedition Fleet and send someone to replace you, then What to do with the military industrial enterprises in Singapore and Sumatra? You don’t want your hard work to go to waste.”
Koizumi frowned slightly, sighed for a long time and said, "But what about the lost battleship?"
"It can be replenished with newly launched warships. Your Excellency, even if it is not for yourself, even for the combined fleet and the navy, we cannot let the military department get the true report of the Celebes naval battle."
"But this will cause the military to misunderstand the real combat power of the Pacific Fleet. You should know that those in the military have always thought that the imperial army is the best in the world. My personal honor and disgrace are trivial, so the losses to the empire will be tens of thousands." It’s hard to escape the blame for death.”
Koizumi considered the overall situation and had good intentions, but Suzuki was equally stubborn. He thought for a while and said: "Morikawa-kun's submarine force is still there, and this raid is not over. Should we wait for the final results to come out before making a decision?" , Your Excellency, you said you would give Morikawa-kun a chance, so please submit the battle report now. This is unfair to him."
Suzuki's reason convinced Koizumi, so he finally suppressed the battle report and just sent one copy to Yamamoto.