Chapter 770

"Wow!" In the temporary headquarters of Japanese Navy Marshal on the Marshall Islands, Yamamoto dropped his glass on the ground. His anger has expanded to the extreme level. If it wasn't for the presence of many subordinates, he would have scolded on the spot.

In Midway Island, the U.S. Navy waited for the counterattack, but in the end, the U.S. Navy made a shrinking head turtle. The anticipated U.S. Navy's head was too hot to attack Midway Island. Yamamoto also realized that the U.S. Navy might have to adopt the most correct tactics to bring down Japan.

So he had to do his best before the defeat to earn more fighting capital for Japan. As long as we can play a stalemate situation on the battlefield, hard war will also let Americans choose temporary peace. Yamamoto thinks that the Americans will compromise in the end, but Japan can't imagine winning the war without paying any price. The best outcome for Japan now is to exhaust America's war determination with a fierce battlefield.

After thinking about this for a long time, Yamamoto decided to use the sea guerrilla warfare used by the United States to delay the time, improve the quality of its own supplementary soldiers, and at the same time consume the effective strength of the U.S. Navy. So Yamamoto made a bold decision to leave Midway Island and go south to help the Japanese army in the South win a decisive victory in Australia, and then go north to find trouble for the US Navy.

But who would have thought that, in Yamamoto's mind, Nimitz, a cunning US Navy General who had been shrinking his head for almost a month, resolutely launched the second battle of midway on the ninth day after the United fleet arrived in the Marshall Islands.

"Baga! How many days did the Japanese Navy appear in the Marshall Islands just after it went south? The Americans already know where our main force is! Originally even dare not go to midway, the U.S. Navy Fleet, so appeared in the waters near midway! What do you generals in intelligence work do? " The first thing that needs to be reprimanded is the Department in charge of intelligence secrecy. The US Navy's so determined attack must be supported by enough intelligence information. If the Americans get the intelligence they want, it proves that the intelligence work of Japan is not very good.

"Hi Several Japanese naval generals in charge of the Nanyang intelligence war stood up one after another and bowed their heads in front of Yamamoto. After all, the dereliction of duty of the intelligence department has become a fait accompli. Now it is useless to sophistry, and it has left a bad impression on Yamamoto.

Apart from the intelligence department, Yamamoto was even more annoyed because Spruance went south to Marshall Islands before the battle for lovely island, which caused considerable trouble to the Japanese Navy. Yamamoto's combined fleet had to go south to expel the US special task force, and even missed the best time for the decisive battle between the US and Japan.

Now when the Japanese Navy uses this tactic in turn, it has not played a role in restraining the US Navy. Instead, it has wasted time and troops, and the whole fleet has not been able to get time to rest. The same tactics, used by different people, have a thousand different effects.

In fact, this is very easy to explain. The first reason is that the U.S. Navy at that time focused on breaking the war and attacking the war, mainly destroying Japan's maritime transportation lines. To put it bluntly, it caused trouble everywhere, and its natural whereabouts were erratic, flexible and difficult to intercept. The second reason is that the US Navy is equipped with more advanced radar system, which is enough to make the US fleet avoid the Japanese fleet and achieve the purpose of running ahead of time.

However, the strategic purpose of the Japanese Navy is not to destroy the attack, but to occupy it permanently, so its route is relatively fixed, and its main position is easier to distinguish than that of the US Navy when it goes south.

Without mentioning these, Yamamoto now has two choices in front of him. One is to go north to seek a strategic decisive battle and fight a battle of fate with the US Navy in the waters of Midway Island; One is to stay in the Nanyang area as a turtle, watching the US Navy seize Midway Island.

Now the whole United Fleet has been running all the way south to Marshall, and has been dividing up a battleship fleet and an aircraft carrier sub fleet to provide support for the Japanese army operating in northern Australia. In a few days, it has not been a good idea to go north so rashly and fight a decisive battle with the US Navy.

At the same time, Yamamoto is not willing to give up midway. After all, the location of Midway is too important. As an important island base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it can be said that it is an important bridgehead to contain the U.S. attack and expand the maritime maneuvering range of the joint fleet. Once thrown to the U.S. Navy, the maneuvering space of the joint fleet will be reduced by half, which is what the top management of the Japanese Navy does not want to see.

Don't underestimate this humble island. At least the Japanese Navy with this island in hand can better protect its northern defense. In this way, the Japanese army will be able to invest troops in Australia more safely and efficiently. In the future, Japan will only have the opportunity to compete with the United States on the basis of fully integrating China, Australia and the whole Southeast Asia.

Unlike the strong family background of the United States, Japan has nothing to lose. Australia is its strategic buffer zone, and the Nanyang islands and Southeast Asia behind it are Japan's raw material bases. In addition, China has been involved in more than half of the Japanese army. At any glance, the so-called Japanese occupied area is like a house full of holes, There are fatal flaws everywhere.

If Midway Island is lost and the joint fleet of the Japanese Navy is forced to retrench, the Marshall Islands and Wake Island, which have lost their sea power, will have to face the harassment of the US Navy and highlight the Australian Army, and the situation will be even worse. Once Australia is lost, it is not far from failure for Japan“ It will take two days to assemble the fleet and use the first plan of the original evacuation plan to meet in the waters near Wake Island. " Finally, Yamamoto decided to take the lesser of the two evils. He clenched his teeth and ordered the United Fleet to assemble in the waters near Wake Island and go north to fight a decisive battle with the U.S. Navy Fleet: "Midway Island is absolutely unacceptable. I have a premonition that the battle of Midway Island will become the most important battle in the Pacific battlefield!" Japan's naval forces, who had escaped the defeat of the first midway sea battle, had to go to this ominous place for Japan. They were more tired than when they first arrived there, and their weapon advantage was weaker. Yamamoto instinctively sensed the danger, but he still wanted to go to fight with the U.S. Navy. After all, the British navy, the teacher of the Japanese Navy, paid attention to the idea of fighting against the enemy. Relying on this idea, the Japanese Navy has won all previous wars - there is no reason to change their idea this time, As long as we defeat the US Navy Pacific Fleet in front of us, everything will go back to a few months ago. The great Japanese Empire will never be a dream“ Gentlemen, please, may your majesty bless us for a long time Yamamoto stood up, looked at all the Japanese generals present, and slowly said: "this war is a decisive battle related to our future. I hope you can forget all the unhappiness, cooperate sincerely, and strive for the most brilliant victory for our nation!"“ Hi On both sides of the conference table, all the general officers stood up, bowed their heads to attention and answered Yamamoto's expectations. Just as Yamamoto was preparing to launch his troops on Midway Island, the positions on Midway Island had been patronized by the US Navy's heavy artillery for a long time. Itanium's troops have never fought under such harsh coastal defense conditions. For a time, the morale of the troops even tended to be unstable“ Baga, how can these American bastards only fire guns and not attack? What are they going to do? " A Japanese army sergeant cried in the trench and cursed. Beside him, beside a broken type 92 heavy machine gun, the bodies of two Japanese soldiers with blood on their faces were still steaming. Just now a shell hit the machine gun position and took the lives of five Japanese soldiers“ Sergeant... I have felt the call of his majesty. I can't. I'm dying. Don't waste medicine to save me, please give me a warrior's dignity. " A soldier lying in the trench wailed loudly that his legs had disappeared, his Khaki Uniform was stained red with blood, and his wounds made him look very embarrassed, but his words were still firm. The sergeant put down the telescope on his chest and looked back at his companion. This soldier is a veteran who has been fighting for many years. He once killed more than 10 Chinese soldiers in the Chinese battlefield. Unfortunately, now he can only lie there and has no strength to commit suicide“ See you... Your family... "The sergeant obviously can't bear it. Their wars have been going smoothly all the time, and there are few such heavy casualties. So the large-scale suicide of jade fragments has not appeared, and the atmosphere on the battlefield is relatively normal. Only the battle of lovely island was the real tragic defeat of Japan, and that battle did not cause any waves because no survivors returned to the friendly forces at all. The myth that the great Japanese Empire was Invincible is still there. After all, only through personal experience can we know the tragedy and horror“ Sergeant... Give me a dignity... "The soldier closed his eyes, but from the expression on his face, he could still feel the pain he was going through.