Chapter 504 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger 8

On December 6, 1941, two days before the air raid on Pearl Harbor, bad news came to the official residence of Japanese Prime Minister Admiral Hideki Tojo.

The five aircraft carriers and five heavy cruisers of the US Pacific Fleet left Pearl Harbor, and there might be a possibility of exercises. However, the emergency withdrawal of Britain from Hong Kong, the evacuation of American expatriates and military families from the Philippines, and the departure of all ships of the US Asiatic Fleet from Cavite, all clearly showed the fact that the United States and Britain must have learned that Japan would launch a war in early December.

A sneak attack is simply impossible!

The only way left now is to attack hard. It depends on whether the US Pacific Fleet is strong or the Japanese Combined Fleet can fight?

"Baga!" Hideki Tojo couldn't help cursing at the cabinet meeting on December 6, "The First Mobile Fleet has indeed been discovered by the Americans! I knew that Yamamoto's Operation Z plan would not work, Yamamoto, this big fool!"

When the newly elected Navy Minister Shigetaro Shimada heard Tojo's words, his face suddenly turned ashen. This idiot Tojo Hideki wants to put the blame for the defeat on the navy, this won't do!

"Mr. Prime Minister, there is no evidence that the First Mobile Fleet has been discovered by the Americans. And although the US military in Pearl Harbor has increased its combat readiness, it has not entered a war state. On the contrary, the British and American troops in the Philippines and Malaya are ready to face the enemy." Shimada Shigetaro quickly opened his mouth to push the responsibility far away. "This shows that the First Mobile Fleet has not been discovered... The American and British combat readiness is likely that someone leaked the news of the war."

Leaked the news? Tojo glanced at Shimada and thought that the person who leaked the news must not be the army. The army is full of loyal and patriotic people. The traitors are either the navy or the "Anglo-American" diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!

"Shimada-kun, there may be a leak now!" Tojo Hideki said, "Then we should find out where the problem is, otherwise there will be another leak... If this goes on, the empire will lose the initiative in the war!"

"Prime Minister, is it possible that the Americans have cracked our telegraph code?" Shimada Shigetaro proposed a possibility at this time. In fact, the Japanese Navy General Staff has been looking for reasons internally these two days, and has checked the backgrounds of all personnel who may have been exposed to the "Z Operation Plan", but everyone looks like a loyal minister of His Majesty the Emperor, and it is impossible for them to be American spies.

Therefore, the Navy General Staff finally proposed the "only possibility", that the telegram was deciphered.

"Then change the code as soon as possible," Tojo Hideki immediately made a decision, "The codes of the Navy, Army and Ministry of Foreign Affairs must be fully changed."

Tojo Hideki also felt that it was possible for the telegram to be deciphered. If the First Mobile Fleet had not been discovered, then the telegram must have been deciphered - in fact, the United States and the Soviet Union have been trying to decipher Japan's code, and both have achieved considerable results. Now the secret telegram sent by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Embassy in the United States will be quickly deciphered by the Americans.

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo did not expect at this time that his secret telegram to the Ambassador to the United States, Nomura Yoshisaburo, would probably be reviewed by Colonel Donovan first. Togo, who had served as ambassador to the Soviet Union for a long time, still thought of internationalist fighters at this time.

"Prime Minister, the Soviet Union and the United States are getting very close now, and they are almost forming an alliance." Dongxiang frowned, looking like he was about to face a disaster. "And the Third International controlled by the Soviet Union has been infiltrating our empire for a long time. This leak is likely the result of cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union..."

US-Soviet cooperation!

It sounds terrible, but such things are indeed happening. The relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union was really good during this period. The Soviet Union even approved American companies to invest in the Second Baku Oil Field and sell cars in its territory for the first time.

Such things were not allowed during the New Economic Policy period, but now they are happening. This shows that the current US-Soviet cooperation is already quite close, and it is only a matter of time before they form an alliance.

And the US-Soviet alliance is almost a disaster for Japan. After all, the Soviet Union and Germany have not started fighting yet. If the Soviet Union and the United States beat Japan together, Hitler and Hessmann will probably be relieved-now they don't have to worry about the Soviet Union stabbing them in the back, and they can finally beat the British happily!

"My Empire and the Soviet Union have signed a non-aggression treaty. The Soviet Union should not break its promise, right?" Tojo Hideki looked at Togo Shigenori and asked.

Togo Shigenori shook his head and said, "The Soviet Union is not trustworthy. If it is profitable, it is possible to betray Japan."

Tojo Hideki snorted coldly and said, "If that happens, the Imperial Army will definitely hit the Soviet Army head-on. Maybe the problems in the north and China can be solved once and for all."

The US Empire has not yet solved the problem and wants to challenge the Soviet Union! Tojo Hideki's bragging is almost to the sky, but after bragging, he still has to solve practical problems.

There are two practical problems. One is to strengthen anti-G counter-espionage and strictly investigate the Third International spies; the other is how to proceed with the war against the United States-although the war has not yet started, there are already signs of an unfavorable start.

"Mr. Prime Minister, the Navy is fully confident that it can win in Hawaii!" Navy Minister Shigetaro Shimada gritted his teeth and expressed his position.

Now the First Mobile Fleet is refueling for the last time before launching a surprise attack. After the fuel is full, the fleet will move to the offensive position north of Oahu at a speed of 24 knots. An air strike will be launched in the early morning of December 8!

It can be said that the arrow is already ready. If it is not launched, the Japanese Empire will be completely overwhelmed by the United States and the Soviet Union in terms of momentum. Moreover, in order to carry out this attack, the Combined Fleet has consumed a large amount of fuel reserves. If it gives up now, it is hard to say whether the Combined Fleet will have enough fuel to launch another all-out attack.

Moreover, Japan's retreat does not mean that the United States will not create any excuses to join the Soviet Union in attacking Japan's lost dog.

Tojo Hideki has figured out the stakes in the blink of an eye. Japan must now bite the bullet and rush forward to carve out a bloody path!

"Okay!" Tojo touched his bald head, "Then I will be waiting for Commander Nagumo's success report in Tokyo!"

…

"Found a plane! Direction 8 o'clock, very fast. Prince, come with me to have a look."

At this time, little Hersman was leading a four-finger formation hovering over Japan's First Mobile Fleet. He suddenly discovered a small single-engine aircraft emerging from the clouds. He guessed that a Comet dive bomber on a search mission had returned. However, he was too far away to see clearly, so he asked Prince Lip Weisenfeld to come closer and have a look.

The two Zeros flew for a while, and little Hersman finally saw clearly that it was indeed a "comet." Then he told Prince Lipp Weisenfeld through the radio: "It's a 'comet'. We are returning now and continue to be vigilant."

Then little Hersman turned around and flew back. After flying for a while, he didn't hear the prince's answer. He knew something was wrong, so he quickly looked both ways, only to find that the prince's plane was not following.

"Damn radio!" Little Hersman muttered, knowing that something was wrong with the airborne radio again.

Although the Japanese carefully built dozens of Japanese version of the Fokker Zero according to German drawings (the Japanese number is Zero 024), these aircraft still have various problems, and the most common problem is the Toshiba Electrically produced radios break down all the time. No wonder those Japanese pilots like to dismantle the radio on the Zero aircraft. It is better to use this radio than to make gestures to save worry. However, fighter pilots can use sign language, and pilots flying Comet dive bombers for reconnaissance can also use sign language to report news to the rear? If we really get into trouble with the US aircraft carrier, this kind of broken radio will delay the big thing.

When little Hersman was worried about the Japanese Japs, the Zero 024 aircraft flown by Prince Lip Weisenfeld had already escorted a "Comet" dive bomber over. It turned out that it was little Hersman's radio that was broken. Little Hersman and Prince Lipp Weisenfeld had a conversation in sign language and handed over the command of the 4-machine unit to the prince.

On the bridge of the "Akagi" aircraft carrier, Nagumo Chuichi, who had red eyes and had not slept for several days and nights, saw a "Comet" aircraft parked steadily on the flight deck, then turned around and asked the staff officer behind him: " Still nothing found?"

"Nothing has been discovered," aviation staff officer Minoru Genda replied. "The plane has already approached 500 kilometers north of Oahu. If we go south, we will easily encounter American reconnaissance planes. It seems that we have not been discovered by the Americans. ”

Nagumo Chuichi frowned and whispered: "The fleet is now more than 600 nautical miles away from Oahu. Except for long-range bombers like the B-17, the combat radius of most American aircraft cannot reach the Japanese fleet. Therefore, even if the Americans have discovered the First Mobile Fleet, they will pretend to know nothing. They will ambush five aircraft carriers in the waters south of Hawaii and first use shore-based aircraft on Oahu to fight us... According to Intelligence, there are hundreds of combat aircraft on Oahu!”

"Commander," Minoru Genda looked at Chuichi Nagumo, commander of the First Mobile Fleet, who looked melancholy, as if he was suffering from depression, and whispered suggestions. "Or cancel the third assault wave, concentrate on the first and second assault waves, and especially strengthen the first assault wave. You can integrate all the 'Comet' aircraft into the first assault wave, and send aircraft out Destroy the oil depot at Pearl Harbor. In this way, even if the Americans set a trap at Pearl Harbor, as long as we destroy the millions of tons of heavy oil stored in Pearl Harbor, we can greatly restrict the combat operations of the US Pacific Fleet. "