It seems to be to prove the American speculation, on the night of May 24, a series of radio waves organized according to the Japanese Navy's special password were received by the Japanese Joint Fleet Command and the Pearl Harbor Base of the US Pacific Fleet. In this telegram translated by both sides, Harada Koewe, who claimed to be the captain of the Japanese "Iran No. 165 submersible ship", reported: "Our ship sank the US York City aircraft carrier at 17 degrees north latitude and 165 degrees west longitude yesterday. However, during the departure, our ship was discovered by an enemy submarine and hit by a torpedo. It is now that our ship has lost power due to insufficient fuel and power, and the entire ship is about to break into water..."

"I knew that this must have been done by the Japanese!" After learning about the information, Nimitz nodded hatefully and ordered, "Check it out and see which submarine was making such anger for us. I want to commend them!"

The Americans felt angry, but the Japanese were not saddened by the sinking of the submarine, but were more happy about the sinking of the York City.

"If the news is true, it means that there is another aircraft carrier of the US military, and the upcoming battle will be smoother! Moreover, the success of the No. 165 submarine also opened a window for our future Pacific operations. We can also learn the "wolf pack tactics" from our German allies." Although Iroku Yamamoto was extremely excited, he was calm. He turned around and asked Major General Tadashi Daigo, who was then the commander of the submarine team, and said, "Will the No. 165 submarine be active in the Central Pacific basin? Is it feasible to organize the "wolf pack battle" in the Pacific in the future?"

"The submarine No. 165 commanded by Major Harada Kouwei was ordered to leave the Wushi military port and sail to Kwajalin Atoll on May 14. According to previous orders, they will participate in the upcoming Midway Island battle. Judging from the time and speed, the ship can indeed arrive in the waters east of the Marshall Islands yesterday. However, perhaps because of the effect of the ocean currents, their course shifted slightly eastward. Of course, this may be the reason why they discovered the York City. But this deviation does not affect our determination of Major Harada's achievements." Tadakashi Daigo was very familiar with the situation of the submarine force. After thinking for a brief moment, he continued, "Before the war, the Imperial Navy had a total of 65 submarines. Although there were losses after the war, new ships were still in service, and they remained around 60 in general. It is no problem to implement "wolf pack combat" in the Pacific Ocean with a submarine of this size.

However, the enemy's large surface ships have strong anti-submarine capabilities. When they are intact, the results of our submarine confrontation with them are not satisfactory. If we concentrate our efforts against damaged enemy ships or merchant ships, the effect will be greater.

Moreover, with the development and utilization of Nanyang resources, the imperial shipbuilding capacity will be rapidly improved, and more imperial submarines will appear in the Pacific! It can also cause greater losses to the Americans!"

In history, although the number of submarines in the Japanese army was quite large, the use of submarines was astonishing. In addition to attacking large Allied surface ships and destroying Allied maritime transportation, Japanese submarines also undertake anti-landing operations, reconnaissance of enemy situations, transporting materials, and attacks on the opposite side. Moreover, from the perspective of mission time, transportation materials and other miscellaneous tasks even replaced the battle and became the main task of Japanese submarines!

During the entire World War II period, Japanese submarines sank about 150 merchant ships above 500 tons, with a total tonnage of about 776,000 tons. This amount of tonnage is only considered to be the result of German submarines in 42 years and a month!

If the Japanese army did not use submarines in dispersedly, but implemented wolves tactics in the Pacific like the Germans. Even if they could not cause much damage to large Allied surface ships with strong anti-submarine capabilities, they could at least bring heavy blows to the Allied's maritime transportation, thereby extending the duration of the entire Pacific War.

Now, the battle example of the submarine No. 165 sinking York City and Tadyuki Daigo's affirmative reply touched Yamamoto. He thought to himself: "Perhaps, the Imperial Navy can combine maritime aviation operations with the broken battle of wolves under the sea. Maybe the results will be greater..."

Just in Japan, when both sides had their own gains and were planning for the subsequent Midway battle, a large submarine sank back into the water after sending a telegram, and quietly sailed out of the Central Pacific basin and headed towards the northern coast of China.

At the same time, in a desolate and remote coral reef bay near the Tuamotu Islands, several other ocean submarines of the same type were quietly anchored there. On one of the submarines, after receiving the telegram from the so-called "I 165 submarine", Kuang Haicheng, commander of the People's Party's submarine force, smiled and said: "Boat No. 5 has returned. According to the headquarters' estimate, we can stay for half a month at most to return home."

"Lao Kuang, are we sending a telegram to our family to report? Sir and the others are all waiting!" Deputy Commander Zhang Fan reminded.

"It's still not possible to send it!" Kuang Haicheng thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "The transmitter used for communication with domestic communication is too powerful. As long as we send the report, this temporary base may attract the attention of Americans and Japanese devils. If it is exposed here, it will have a series of adverse effects on our future actions. Among them, the most direct consequence is that Japanese devils will regard us as US troops, while US troops will determine that we are Japanese devils, and both sides will send forces to investigate. And we have to complete the subsequent tasks while avoiding, which is too difficult!"

After pausing, Kuang Haicheng patted Zhang Fan on the shoulder and solemnly reminded: "Old guy, before we came out, Chief of Staff Zhou specifically reminded that this trip was top secret! In addition to keeping radio silence, even combatants below the deputy captain could not know the specific combat mission. Think about what we have done and what we are going to do, so we can't be careless!"

Zhang Fan remembered the shock he and Kuang Haicheng arrived in the Central Pacific Ocean basin on May 12 and took apart the combat mission. He couldn't help but pat his forehead twice and said with a little annoyance: "Lao Kuang, you are right! I was proud of it for a moment and neglected!"

After the US military airstrikes Japan, in order to seek an international situation that will be more beneficial to China in the future, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan decided to send off long-distance submarine troops that had been hidden from the outside world before and implement the top-secret "submarine" plan to weaken the US military's strength and maintain the Japanese army's advantage in the Pacific for a longer period of time.

For this reason, Zhou Mingyuan personally went to the Jinan War Zone and looked at Kuang Haicheng in the underground submarine base at the foot of Dazhu Mountain. Zhang Fan emphasized in person: "The 'Submarine' combat plan is a major decision that concerns our country and nation's international status in the future world. It is a top secret that cannot be shrouded and must be broken in the hearts of every participant! In addition to maintaining radio silence during the mission, once the submarines participating in the battle succeed, no matter how much temptation there will be, they must return to the base immediately!

Moreover, during the war, the chief and deputy captain must be responsible for the target observation and determination work. At the same time, telegrams impersonating the warring party must be sent by the chief and deputy captain in person to minimize the scope of informed personnel!

In addition, for confidentiality, after leaving the base, any submarine found on the way or in the mission area will be sunk!"

After Zhou Mingyuan emphasized the relevant matters, he did not assign specific combat tasks. Instead, he issued a set of sealed tasks to Kuang Haicheng, Zhang Fan, and the deputy captains of the participating boats. He also asked each boat manager and deputy captain to wait until they arrived at the Central Pacific basin before dismantling and reading them together. Of course, as the commander of the team, Kuang and Zhang will learn about the mission status of each boat to grasp the overall action.

After receiving the mission, Kuang Haicheng and others made some preparations to quietly set out from the Dazhu Mountain base on the night of April 25, heading northwest to the southeast to the Central Pacific Ocean. When Kuang Haicheng and others arrived at the scheduled waters on May 14 and dismantled the combat missions, the shocks of Kuang, Zhang and the deputy captains of each boat were extraordinary.

No matter what, the US military is fighting with the Japanese devils, and the Ministries' armed forces, as the mortal enemy of the Japanese army, have sneaked tens of thousands of kilometers to attack US aircraft carriers and large ships. In addition, the US government has reached an agreement with the Ministries to set up a business agency in Shannan. The combination of these two seems a bit unreasonable.

Kuang Haicheng and others then understood why Zhou Mingyuan emphasized that the deputy captain personally observed, determined the target and sent the telegram. This clearly took advantage of the combat characteristics of the submarine and limited the scope of information to the chief and deputy captain!

Fortunately, the deputy captains were carefully selected by Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan at the beginning, and their trust in Zhao Zhenzhong was almost blindly followed. In addition, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan also expected this situation in advance, and attached a detailed explanation of the international situation and Sino-US relations after the mission, thus completely eliminating the doubts in the hearts of relevant personnel.

In the explanation, Zhao Zhenzhong listed many facts such as the huge improper benefits seized from China through unequal treaties and open door policies from the late Qing Dynasty to the outbreak of the Pacific War, as well as providing Japan with a large amount of arms and aviation fuel and other strategic materials to support the Japanese invasion of China, and emphasized that the People's Party is not an ally of the United States now, and in the future, China and the United States will not not form an alliance, but may also be more struggle than cooperation. This is due to national and national interests!

After reading the analysis of Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan, Kuang Haicheng and Zhang Fan and the others have confirmed the content they have learned and mastered in the past, and have understood the interests. Although each captain and deputy captain may not be able to reach the same high level of understanding, they know that what Zhao Zhenzhong said is right!

In international relations, on the surface, it is a harmonious or even an ally, but at critical moments, there are too many things to confront each other secretly. Not to mention the so-called anti-fascist war on the way, the two major groups of the Allies and the Axis powers are fighting fiercely, but in fact, whether it is the Allies or the Axis powers, there are many things to shout openly, but secretly they have other plans.

The most obvious thing is that in the early days of World War II, Britain and France failed to cause trouble, but instead caused trouble. Hitler destroyed France and severely damaged the British mainland. Later, the British side struggled until the German invaded the Soviet Union. The Churchill government immediately ignored its previous anti-Soviet stance and instead claimed to have an alliance with the Soviet Union to jointly deal with the "evil Axis powers"!

Even the United States, in order to reduce its pressure on the Pacific battlefield, in order to reduce its previous attitude of being pro-Japanese and alienated in the Pacific, it strongly supported the Chiang Kai-shek National Government in order to restrain the Chinese battlefield and eliminate more Japanese troops.

As for the fact that the People's Party is now secretly attacking US aircraft carriers, it is just a slight witch compared to the blatant American bombing of the Chinese embassy and saying "expired maps".

After all, what causes all this is due to national interests, and it is nothing in the past and present, both in China and abroad.

After eliminating doubts, Kuang Haicheng not only left four submarines to perform early missions in the Central Pacific basin, but also led other submarines to the Tuamotu Islands to find a place to build a temporary base, waiting for the arrival of a good combat opportunity.

That is, the No. 5 submarine sent earlier, discovered the Japanese I-165 submarine running towards Kwajalin Atoll in the waters of the northern Marshall Islands in the middle of the night on May 22 and sank it. According to regulations, after sinking the submarine, the No. 5 submarine should immediately return to the base of Dazhushan, but just as the No. 5 submarine was avoiding the Japanese exploration. When it was about to leave again on the night of the 23rd, the injured York City aircraft carrier broke into the sonar detection range of the No. 5 submarine.

After the captain of Boat No. 5, Hao Donglin, confirmed through the periscope that it was a US aircraft carrier, he immediately decided: "Since this big guy came to the door, even if he was punished, he had to make this vote first!"

Deputy Captain He Zhihai was also a militant. He agreed: "Since the Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Staff have made it clear, then we should fight as soon as we should! If there is a real punishment, I will take care of you and I! After killing this big guy, we will add some materials to the Japanese and then return to the base!"

After Hao and He finalized it, they commanded the No. 5 submarine to quietly deploy the York City, which was rushing to Pearl Harbor, and sank it on the night of the 23rd while it was unprepared. Then, the No. 5 sailed west overnight and used the Japanese Navy password that had been cracked for the People's Party that was included in the mission on the night of the 24th. They pretended to be the No. 165 submarine and openly released the news of "sinking the York City" to the Japanese joint fleet.

After the No. 5 succeeded, it quietly returned, but the sinking of York City poured a bucket of oil on Japan and the United States. The upcoming Battle of Midway between the United States! The Pacific Fleet now has only two aircraft carriers, Bumblebee and Enterprise. It has 162 carrier-based aircraft aircraft, while the Japanese army, not counting the seaplane aircraft carriers and the seaplanes it carries, the large and medium-sized aircraft carriers alone include four such as Akagi, Kaga, Aolong, and Flying Dragon, and 272 carrier-based aircraft. From the perspective of sea and air force alone, the Japanese army has undoubtedly had an advantage.

Stimulated by a series of victories since Pearl Harbor, Nagamoto Tadaichi was full of confidence in this battle and said openly: "Even if the 5th Air Force was damaged by the Coral Sea Battle, the Empire still had four aircraft carriers participating, but the Americans only had two! With a 2-to-1 advantage in sea and air power, the victory is sure!"

In fact, the Japanese fleet used to fight Midway and the northern Aleutian Islands is much larger than the US, and it is far from a two-to-one issue. In the entire Central Pacific combat plan, the Japanese army assembled eleven battleships, twenty-two cruisers, eight aircraft carriers, two seaplane aircraft carriers, sixty-five destroyers and twenty-one submarines, and together with logistics ships, there were more than 200 ships in total! The US military could gather only two aircraft carriers, three cruisers and four destroyers. The power balance between the two sides was really different!

Although the US military has the ability to decipher the Japanese code, understand the Japanese military's military strength, and greatly increase the chance of victory, the excessively disparity in the military strength still makes the senior commanders of the Pacific Fleet, including Nimitz, feel a stir in his heart.

"Frank, Raymond, what do you think of this war that is about to happen?" asked Nimitz's two generals under his command in Pearl Harbor.

"General, frankly speaking, despite our intelligence advantages, the Japanese's military strength is too strong, and even if we win, we will be in a terrible victory." The loss of two aircraft carriers in a row made Fletcher, the commander of the 17th Special Mixed Fleet, extremely upset, and he said something. "But the current situation is doomed to us that we cannot retreat, otherwise, the west coast of Hawaii and the United States will be in danger. We can only fight the Japanese devils!"

"General, we are indeed insufficient at sea and air and cannot retreat, but the Hawaiian Islands are still in our hands, and we still have land-based fighter jets available." Spruins analyzed calmly, "We have intelligence advantages and radars to discover the enemy in advance. As long as the troops are used properly, there is still a chance of victory. Of course, as Frank said, because there is too much difference in military strength, we are likely to win a miserable victory."

"That's right! According to the current situation, such a result will indeed occur!" Nimitz sighed heavily, rubbed his eyebrows, and then said, "But for the safety of Hawaii and the west coast of the United States, we cannot retreat in this battle! Admiral Jin has already said that he will fight all the existing ships of the Pacific Fleet. As long as it can stop the Japanese joint fleet, it will be victory! The domestic power is running at full capacity, and we will soon have more and better new ships! Of course, if the Pacific Fleet wants to quickly restore its strength, we must defeat this Japanese attack first!"

The US military is racking its brains for the upcoming Battle of Midway, and Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan, who are thousands of miles away, are also speculating on what the outcome of this battle will be.

"Old Zhao, now the York City is gone. Although the Americans have intelligence and land-based fighter jets, the result is hard to say. With the existing air force of the US military in Hawaii, it is really difficult to wipe out the four Japanese aircraft carriers in one fell swoop. If the US aircraft carrier is completely damaged and the Japanese aircraft carrier is still left, the result will be the Japanese army's victory." After analyzing, Zhou Mingyuan frowned and said, "If the US aircraft carrier is completely damaged, then should we still want Kuang Hai to become their aircraft carrier to fight the Japanese?"

"If the Japanese win, then we will follow the previous scheduled plan and keep the troops still." Zhao Zhenzhong said thinking, "Whether the US military wins or the Japanese wins, it will probably be a miserable victory. If the Japanese wins, even if they can retain one or two aircraft carriers, they will not be able to compete with the United States' future production capacity. However, if the Japanese army controls the Central Pacific, it will cut off the ties between the United States and Australia and Southeast Asia, thereby making greater progress on the Australian battlefield and allowing the Pacific War to last longer.

But all this is exactly what we expect. We have no reason to ignore our country and nation, but we have worked hard to help the Allies fight on the Pacific battlefield unless the Americans and the British can pay enough." (To be continued...)


Chapter completed!