The Rise of the Third Reich

"Victory!"

Looking at the dusk outside the Yamato bridge, a smile suddenly appeared on the tense face of General Yamamoto Isoroku.

"Finally victorious! We sank 2 large aircraft carriers, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 destroyer, and shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft! Our losses were only the Akagi and Kaga, and 157 aircraft were lost... …And New Caledonia can be occupied at any time. From now on, control of the Coral Sea belongs to the Great RB Empire!”

Yamamoto Isoroku turned around, looked at the fleet staff members on the bridge, and nodded happily, "Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen!"

"Your Excellency, General, this is what we should do. You have now completely defeated the U.S. Navy. You are the number one hero of our empire. It is our honor to be by your side." The Turtle Man of Black Island took the lead and stood at attention, then respectfully Bowed respectfully to Yamamoto Isoroku.

Black Island's flattery actually has a profound meaning!

The result of this great battle in the Coral Sea was undoubtedly quite glorious. Although the losses of aircraft and pilots were a bit high, the achievements in sinking two large aircraft carriers and occupying New Caledonia were enough to make Isoroku Yamamoto a commander and Nagumo Chuichi to be promoted to general.

After being appointed commander, Yamamoto Isoroku is obviously not suitable to continue to be the commander. Even if he himself wants to continue to be the commander, the "genius staff" of the Military Command Department will find a way to give him to the SH Army. The minister's throne. Because the current Navy Minister Shitaro Shimada clearly has a good hand (credit to the Navy), but he just listens to Tojo that big deer in everything. Such people have long caused dissatisfaction within the navy.

Now that Yamamoto Isoroku has won the Coral Sea victory, he has completely defeated the U.S. Pacific Fleet and opened the waterway to Australia - so he just "retired with success". This "number one hero of the Imperial Kingdom" is in the hands of the navy. Great God!

And when Yamamoto retires from the position of commander, he will definitely not be able to become a military counselor. How can he sit on the bench for such great achievements? If we want to arrange it this way, it must be because there is a traitor in the court. Therefore, Yamamoto could either be a minister or the commander-in-chief of the military.

If Shitaro Shimada still knew a little bit of shame, he would probably step down from his position as minister and let Yamamoto Isoroku take over. Otherwise, Yamamoto, the "number one hero of the imperial kingdom", would become the commander-in-chief, and he, the minister, would also be sidelined.

Therefore, the bowing of Kuroshima Kameto and others now is equivalent to saying goodbye to Yamamoto Isoroku in advance. At the same time, it is also reminding Yamamoto to give up when things are good... The Battle of the Coral Sea is a victory wherever it is said.

As long as he returns to Rabaul safely, Commander Yamamoto will become Minister Yamamoto, and a good day will come when the navy and the army will be on equal footing, or even beat the army.

Of course Yamamoto Isoroku also understands this truth, although there must be another American aircraft carrier formation on the Coral Sea. An American transport fleet should also be heading to Australia, but Yamamoto still issued the "Victory Transfer" order on the evening of November 6. His value to the navy as the "number one hero of the empire" is more important than two aircraft carriers!

The predictions of Kuroshima Kameto were not bad at all. When Yamamoto Isoroku's battleship Yamato returned to Rabaul on November 9, the two great gods had already arrived at Rabaul one day in advance.

The two people who came were both marshals, and one was the Southern Army Commander Masaki Terauchi who could not return to Tokyo because of his great merits (he wanted to return to Tokyo, but the Minister of War in Tojo was gone).

The other one is Prince Fushimi Miyahiro, who once studied at the Flensburg Naval Academy in Germany. The old guy is a well-known hawk in the RB Navy, advocating westward expansion, northward expansion, and southward expansion. In short, he wants to expand and expand again. However, he took a back seat before RB entered the war, leaving the war responsibilities to Shigetaro Shimada and Osamu Nagano. However, he still had a strong say in naval personnel issues. After the victory at the Coral Sea, he flew from Tokyo to Rabaul immediately. He obviously had a special mission.

"Yamamoto-kun, congratulations." After sitting down in the commander's office, Fushimi Palace congratulated Yamamoto. Although he didn't say anything, Yamamoto knew that the emperor must be making him a marshal.

"This is all your Majesty's great blessing. The officers and men serve their lives well, but I just happened to do it at the right time."

Fushiminomiya smiled, and then asked: "Is the Coral Sea now in the hands of our Imperial Navy?"

"When the Imperial Army takes complete control of New Caledonia, the Coral Sea will be in the hands of the Imperial State."

"Can New Caledonia be successfully occupied?"

"There is no problem," Yamamoto said. "After losing two aircraft carriers, the U.S. Navy will not dare to confront me head-on again within a few months."

"So... can the army land in Australia?" the old prince asked.

Ah, here comes the topic!

Yamamoto Isoroku knew in his heart that the old man was questioning the emperor!

His Majesty the Emperor is going crazy when he wants to open up new territories. He wants to swallow Australia whole in one gulp. If Yamamoto now opposed the invasion of Australia, the marshal and ministers might still fly away.

"No problem," Yamamoto Isoroku replied, "The Coral Sea is already under my control, and Australia has a long coastline, and there are many beaches and good harbors on the east coast. Even if there are millions of people, it is difficult to fully defend it. Therefore, the army landed No problem at all.”

Yamamoto once said that after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the U.S. military was unable to stop the Japanese from landing in Australia. So there is no problem with the landing, but whether it can be captured or not is a matter for the Army and not the Navy.

Fushiminomiya then asked: "Yamamoto-kun, the American aircraft carriers are very active now and have caused great losses to the empire. Is there any countermeasures?"

Yamamoto Isoroku nodded and said: "If you want to deal with broken aircraft carriers, you must establish a complete escort system..." He glanced at Field Marshal Terauchi Juichi, "Navy and Army ships must be under unified command and establish a unified basis. It is an escort command that is under the jurisdiction of the navy and is on the same level as the combined fleet and can cooperate with each other. "

There was no such thing as a complete escort system in the original history, because the Americans originally sent less intimidating-looking submarines to the Western Pacific to look for trouble. And now the Americans are sending a terrifying aircraft carrier! It seems that the Army can deal with submarines and the like if it builds its own armed merchant ships.

But how powerful the aircraft carrier was. As soon as it came up, Hisao Tani's big red deer and thousands of army small red deer were drowned together! If calculated based on the number of personnel and equipment, it means that a mixed brigade was wiped out at once!

If the Army still doesn't want to hand over the fleet, then other red deer and small red deer are likely to lose their lives on the way to Australia...

"I have no objection." Juichi Terauchi said, "As long as the southbound route is clear, we can ensure that our army continues to go to Australia."

Fushiminomiya nodded. Terauchi Juichi is the commander of the Southern Army. If he agrees to establish an escort command led by the navy to uniformly manage the sea transportation of the navy and army, then there will not be much opposition within the army.

However, with the unified planning of escort operations and the current strength of the combined fleet, it is still possible to ensure that sea transportation can be achieved.

Then the Battle of Australia is a matter for the Army... It shouldn't be a big problem, right?

…

"Admiral, am I to understand that, as a result of the heavy losses of the United States Navy in the Coral Sea and the fall of New Caledonia, Australia has become an isolated continent?"

In the Allied Southwest Pacific Theater Command in Brisbane, visiting Australian Federal Prime Minister and Defense Minister John Curtin was asking General MacArthur questions in a very calm tone.

"Uh..." Admiral MacArthur thought for a while and said, "The situation is actually not that bad. We still have two large aircraft carriers. A new large aircraft carrier will be commissioned in December. By then we will have three large aircraft carriers. So by the end of December or early January, there will be a new fleet coming to Australia.”

John Curtin looked at MacArthur and suddenly laughed, "Admiral, I hope to give a radio address to the country tomorrow to fully explain Australia's plight to the 7.2 million Australian people... Our 7.2 million brothers and sisters are now being Trapped in the Australian continent, communication with the civilized world has been interrupted. The RB Army, the most barbaric in the world, which caused the Hawaiian Massacre (claimed by the United States, denied by RB), will soon land. If they win, our 7.2 million white Australians will. Not only will they lose their home forever, but they will also lose their lives, just like the indigenous people in the Americas back then!”

MacArthur frowned, "Mr. Prime Minister, are you going to..."

John Curtin said calmly: "The 7.2 million people must know that they have no other way out except fighting!"

"Is there no other way out but fighting?" MacArthur's eyes widened. He already understood what the Australian Labor Prime Minister was planning.

This is a fight with little RB! In fact, the Australian government began mobilizing after the Battle of Hawaii. It is planned to mobilize 3-3.6 million people out of 7.2 million people, including 700-1 million soldiers! However, to this day, the progress of this huge mobilization plan is still unsatisfactory. The Australian Army has only 13 divisions (12 infantry divisions and 1 armored division without many tanks), with a total strength of less than 200,000.

The Australian Prime Minister said: "Admiral, I have 100% confidence in the ability of the Australian people to defend our continent... This continent was conquered by our ancestors with the blood and sweat of our ancestors. It now requires the lives of our generation to defend it." ! This is the price we should pay for owning this rich continent! If we cannot win, we can only die on this continent! "

Either victory or destruction, 7.2 million people will be crushed to pieces!