Age of Conquest Reborn

Two days later, Emperor Hirohito of Japan once again held an imperial military meeting. The protagonist of this military meeting was still Admiral Minamino, who had been promoted to the deputy chief of staff of the base camp. In addition, there was also a super heavyweight, the Japanese Navy United

Fleet Commander Yamamoto Go**.

Even though the people attending the imperial military meeting were all heavyweights from Japan's military and political circles and leading figures of various factions, no one dared to look down upon Admiral Yamamoto. Admiral Yamamoto was regarded as the number one fighter of the Imperial Navy.

General, commanded the combined fleet, raided Pearl Harbor, and secured the bridgehead for the Japanese Empire to attack the United States. He annihilated the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet twice, and forced the U.S. Navy to huddle in the East Coast ports, hanging a war-free card and not daring to come out.

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With a fleet, the connection between the mainland United States and the Australian battlefield was blocked. Otherwise, the commander-in-chief of the Empire's Southwest Pacific Expedition Force, General Ito Genzaburo, would not have always had the upper hand in Australia. This man's illustrious military exploits and glory

His record is impeccable, and no one dares to doubt his ability to command and fight.

Admiral Yamamoto has a considerable say in the Imperial Navy. Such an admiral who can conquer and fight well can be said to be the glory of the Imperial Army. It all comes from this person. Therefore, the number one person in the Navy, Navy Minister Nagano Shuyama

The general also obeyed his advice. It can be said that Admiral Yamamoto's attitude was that of the Imperial Navy.

Emperor Hirohito had many eyes and ears, and he naturally knew that the night before yesterday, Nanno invited Yamamoto to a family dinner. The two generals, who belong to the army and navy, quickly established a deep personal relationship. Originally, such an approach was taboo for Hirohito. No.

It is in line with his principles and strategies of checking and balancing the imperial army and navy, and then dividing and conquering them.

However, there are exceptions to everything. At this critical moment when the invasion of the United States is about to launch and the future of the Empire of Japan is at a turning point, the two protagonists naturally have a better relationship. The long-standing feud between the army and the navy cannot be ignored.

This should be a factor that affects the empire's new strategy. The discord between strategic planners and campaign executors is definitely not a blessing for the Japanese Empire!

Therefore, when the aide reported the situation of Yamamoto and Minamino to Emperor Hirohito, Hirohito smiled happily and said, "This is a blessing for the empire!" and ordered the aide to bring two bottles of fine sake that he had collected.

, sent to Nanye Mansion in his own name, so that the two of them could drink as much as possible.

This is the highest honor and gift for Japanese civil and military ministers. There are only a handful of ministers who have received sake personally from His Majesty the Emperor. The attendants lamented the luck of Yamamoto and Minami. But they knew Hirohito's intentions. The Emperor

Is His Majesty using this method to tell Yamamoto and Nanno that I know every move you two make? The act of giving sake is both a favor and a deterrent, the way of an emperor!

With General Yamamoto, who has been commanding operations on the front line, firmly standing on the side of Admiral Minamino, and there is no objection from the Navy, there will be no suspense in this imperial military meeting. The whole of Japan will revolve around the entire

Plan to work.

The meeting decided to establish the Empire of Japan's North American Combat Command, with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto as commander, to coordinate and command the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, the garrisons in the Hawaiian Islands and the occupied areas of the islands in the Eastern Pacific, the Army's Fifteenth Army and the

The Sixteenth Army and all its affiliated units, and the North American Combat Command are located in Honolulu, Hawaii. As for the composition of the headquarters personnel, General Yamamoto has the final say, and he can transfer whomever he likes!

This appointment was unprecedented. General Yamamoto became the first frontline commander to command the two branches of the Japanese army and navy. General Ito Genzaburo, the commander-in-chief of the Empire's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force, who was fighting in the Australian battlefield, could not compare. He could not command the Empire.

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General Minamino Osamu, deputy chief of staff and head of the Strategic Coordination Headquarters, as the strategic decision-making advisor of the North American Combat Command, also rushed to Honolulu with General Yamamoto. However, General Minamino did not participate or interfere with General Yamamoto's actions.

Specific campaign command actions are only to provide strategic suggestions. General Minamino is quite satisfied with this appointment. He is not an expert in commanding wars, so why should he interfere with the command of his friends?

After the decision was made at the Imperial Military Council, Japan began to prepare nervously. The domestic war machine was once again running wildly. Since there was no need to invest in army troops, the Army Aviation became the first choice. There were enough combat aircraft.

It is a guarantee of victory.

On the day after the imperial military meeting, the base camp issued an order to mobilize three joint air groups and about 780 combat aircraft from the Home Defense Command to fly to the Eastern Pacific region. Later, a large number of local construction personnel were recruited.

Construct field airfields and ancillary facilities on various occupied islands in the Eastern Pacific.

Regarding this order from the base camp, Prince Zai Ren, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Home Defense Command, who was bent on building his own family, was naturally very reluctant. The three United Air Forces took away almost one-third of his family's wealth.

Two or more, is it easy to save this little capital by yourself, and you, Yamamoto and Nanno, just take it away with just one word?

Zai Ren was procrastinating at first and was stumbling behind his back. Generals Yamamoto and Minamino were helpless and quite troubled by the Emperor's younger brother. If it were replaced by other senior generals, with Yamamoto's temper, he might not be able to do anything.

Have you been knocking on the door a long time ago, asking for help?

But he was a prince, so they had no choice but to go to the palace together with Yamamoto and Nanye and file a complaint against Prince Zaihi. On the same day, Prince Zaihi was summoned into the palace by the emperor's elder brother, and after being scolded, he took the

Out of resistance and hatred towards Yamamoto and Minano, he reluctantly complied.

After more than half a month of busy work on the mainland, everything was ready. General Yamamoto and General Minamino took a special plane to fly to Honolulu, Hawaii, where the North American Combat Command is located. They were accompanied by a large staff team.

At this time, Admiral Yamamoto commanded more than four-fifths of the Imperial Navy's military strength, the Army's approximately 230,000 troops, and the Army Aviation and Naval Aviation together, more than 2,300 combat aircraft of various types.

The huge military strength, the elite army and navy of the empire.

Watching the clear sky with rolling white clouds and the undulating vast Pacific Ocean, passing quickly under the wings of the aircraft, General Yamamoto was filled with pride. He knew that the prelude to the battle in the United States would be kicked off by himself, and he was even more confident.

Once again create a peerless achievement like the attack on Pearl Harbor!

After deciding on a major event that would shock the whole world, Emperor Hirohito ordered the General Staff of the base camp to issue an order to the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Pacific Expedition Force, General Ito Genzaburo, "As far as the current Australian battlefield situation is concerned, you can

There is no need to stick to a quick victory, the main focus should be on consuming the effective strength of the Australian Allied Forces and reducing the losses of the Imperial Army, but the initiative on the battlefield must be in the hands of the Imperial Army!"

After receiving the secret order, the Australian Allied Forces' stubborn will to resist and the second line of defense that could not be broken through, General Ito, who was so worried, finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was no time limit to resolve the Australian Allied Forces' stranglehold, and General Ito could change it.

What a way to play!

Beginning in April, the Japanese army, which had always maintained an offensive posture, suddenly changed its combat methods on the Australian battlefield. It stopped attacking regardless of death, and turned into continuous sneak attacks by small groups of troops, penetrating into the rear of the Allied forces, and sabotage operations, targeting targeted targets.

Most of the targets were Allied logistics supply lines, field airports in various places, etc., which made Australian Allied Commander Lieutenant General Bachlisman, who was accustomed to the Japanese offensive methods, feel uncomfortable. The form of the Allied forces in the Australian battlefield began to become tense.

The Japanese army changed its combat methods and achieved quite good results, which made General Ito feel very comfortable. Now, the biggest constraint on the Imperial Army is the Allied Air Force. If within a long period of time, the Allied Air Force can be given enough

After the attack, he dispatched troops to join forces with the Air Force and gained most of the air superiority. After the troops rested for several months, he was confident that he would once again launch a full-scale offensive against the Allied forces.

This time the attack will be decisive. However, a secret order from the emperor followed, which puzzled General Ito. "While maintaining Australia's battlefield advantage, deploy the troops of six divisions and distribute them back."

To defend against Kalimantan and Sumatra, this troop mobilization must be concealed, on the principle of not alerting the frontline and independent divisions on the Indochina Peninsula!"

Of course, General Ito was reluctant to transfer six divisions and hundreds of thousands of troops from the Australian battlefield. Although, the hundreds of thousands of troops were only ten to the Empire's Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force with more than 1.3 million people.

It’s just one percent, but what about the commander-in-chief who wants to command fewer troops?

Especially what was emphasized at the end of the secret order, "The principle is not to cause alert to the independent division troops!" Where is this? The Imperial Army is fighting the Allies. What does it have to do with the Chinese people? What's more, the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli is here.

In Indochina, there are more than 2 million soldiers. What is the big role of returning six divisions?

General Ito couldn't figure it out. He didn't know that the strategic focus of the mainland had been frantically shifted to opening up a battlefield in the United States. This was a highly classified military secret that even a commander like him had no way of knowing!

The big bosses of the base camp, headed by Emperor Hirohito, were wary of the independent divisions heading toward the Indochina Peninsula, and they never relaxed their precautions. They were afraid that after the Empire of Japan opened a battlefield in the United States, they would never act according to the rules.

Tang Qiuli, the Chinese American, stabbed him in the back and took the opportunity to attack the empire's occupied areas in the southwest Pacific, thereby disrupting the empire's strategic plan to open a battlefield in the United States.

If this happens, the Empire of Japan will be in danger.

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