The Rise of the Empire

But it is a pity that the situation on the battlefield is not optimistic, because as a strong party, once it takes the initiative on the battlefield, there will be waves of never-ending attacks. Although the Americans suffered heavy losses, their strategic advantage is Advantage! They quickly pushed their front forward and gradually forced the Japanese combined fleet to choose to retreat or face the front of the American fleet! There is no way out in a head-on confrontation. The only way is to let the Japanese launch another wave of proactive offensives to regain some of their strategic disadvantages before the situation deteriorates to a certain extent. The key to implementing this plan lies in Betty.

However, in this meeting, the two sides can be said to be very entangled. Although they are consistent in their overall goals, when faced with a situation that can determine the fate of a country or even an entire region in a few hours, the two sides are very conflicted. The suspicions, suspicions and tactical differences made the advancement of the entire plan very difficult.

"We have been fighting two wars, one war is how to defeat the Americans in the Pacific, and the other war is how to convince the Japanese." After the war, Betty told Thomas at a gathering of Royal Navy officers said.

"Well, if your country can meet our needs for reconnaissance and supplies, then we can consider fighting a war in the Eastern Pacific, but how to cross the cordon formed by the Americans in the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands is It’s a question that needs to be pondered, after all, even if we have a probability of more than 80%, if we fail, the result will be very tragic,” said Motaro Yoshimatsu.

"This really needs to be considered carefully." Regarding this issue, Betty only has a general idea. The specific implementation needs to be refined. If no one comes up with other new ideas at this time, then the next issue to be discussed is How to pass through the American cordon without anyone noticing, but at this moment, an officer with a low official position put forward his opinion, and this opinion opened up everyone's thinking.

"Why do we have to think about how to penetrate the American cordon from the front instead of thinking about another way of thinking? For example, how to surround it from outside the cordon?" Yamamoto Isoroku, who had been observing the meeting but barely spoke, said in this kind of way His first proposal was made during a high-level meeting. However, even with a backstage comparable to steel, his speech still made the senior officials present a little dissatisfied.

"Listen carefully, it is not suitable for a newcomer to overly express his presence in this kind of meeting." Kantaro Suzuki said at the side.

"Want to go around it? This idea is interesting. You might as well make it clearer." At this time, Sturdy, who had worked with Yamamoto before, extended a helping hand. With Sturdy's support, Yamamoto Fifty-six was able to reveal all of his plans.

"I used to be mainly engaged in diplomatic-breaking operations. After I was lucky enough to withdraw from the battlefield, I have been studying the data and reports of diplomatic-breaking operations, and then I discovered a very interesting problem, that is, in the second half of the diplomatic-breaking operations, As long as the vessel trying to return from the Marshall Islands and the Gilbert Islands, whether it is a surface warship or a submarine,

The probability of loss will be 30% higher than that of ships returning from other directions. This probability is even higher than the loss probability of ships passing through the Coral Sea and crossing Cape York. You should know very well that in the late stages of the war, the US Navy even approached the Australian coast. Don't you think this data is abnormal? " Yamamoto Isoroku said.

"Is this all the statistics or part of the data?" Betty couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. After all, he had been responsible for the battle of the large fleet, and he didn't pay much attention to the matter of breaking the relationship, and Sturdy was also directly responsible after he came back. The large fleet was in action and had limited contact with the breaking fleet. Under such circumstances, Betty would naturally become suspicious.

"It's all the data. If you don't believe it, you can check the relevant records. The data doesn't lie. If such a set of abnormal data appears, there must be a reason." Yamamoto Isoroku said.

"So, you found the reason?" Sturdy said with some surprise.

"Yes, I recently read the reports of long-range reconnaissance aircraft and submarines. These reports all mentioned a problem, that is, the Americans seem to have strengthened the military strength of the East Caroline Islands. I think the number of ships we broke up with was too high. The loss rate is related to the increased military strength of the Caroline Islands!”

"F*ck!" After Yamamoto Isoroku said these words, Betty felt cold in her heart, because as an excellent naval officer, he naturally knew what it meant for the U.S. Navy to strengthen its military power in the eastern part of the Caroline Islands. .

In fact, if you look at the map, you can see that the range of the Caroline Islands is very large. The east of the Caroline Islands is close to the Marshall Islands, while the west is close to the Palau Islands, and further west of the Palau Islands is the Philippines. , Therefore, if the Americans increase their military strength in the eastern part of the Caroline Islands, then the Caroline Islands will be a horizontal line, and the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands will be a vertical line! This horizontal and vertical line can determine a surface! If this happens, what the Japanese fleet needs to avoid is not just a cordon formed by the Marshall Islands-Gilbert Islands, but a whole area! If this is the case, the probability of being discovered when the fleet passes through will be greatly increased!

"This problem is indeed serious. We may need to carefully consider the safety of the entire plan." Motaro Yoshimatsu said.

"I agree that we must at least understand the military deployment situation in the Caroline Islands before making a decision. I suggest that we deploy our V1500 long-range patrol aircraft in the Mariana Islands and then use it as a base for reconnaissance." Murahayao said.

"It's too late. Deploying a large long-range reconnaissance aircraft is a very tedious task. We don't have that long to prepare." Betty shook her head and said, what she said is true. After all, even if the runway can be made do, yours can be repaired and accommodated. How do you arrange the hangar and repair shop for the V1500 long-range patrol aircraft? How to solve the installation and debugging of equipment? This cannot be solved in a short time for Japan!

"Actually, after analyzing the two routes of the northern Bismarck Islands and the Coral Sea, I think we already have a choice. If we enter the Arafura Sea in northern Australia and then cross the Torres Strait and then enter the Coral Sea, it will be safer. It's better, after all, our previous statistics support this." Yamamoto Isoroku said.

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