The results of the battle on the morning of the 13th were so brilliant, so everyone thought that Japan should be more honest these days. After all, two battleships were lost in one attack, and anyone else would have to consider whether it is worthwhile to continue playing in this big pit.

.ri, I would never plan to drop all four diamonds here?

In fact, when the news of Abe's tragic defeat came, the Japanese Navy was in an uproar. After the losses were confirmed, the old guys in the Navy Department could no longer sit still. As soon as Navy Commander Nagano Shushen got the news, he immediately

Called Yamamoto Isoroku and asked him: "What happened to this guy Abe! How could he lose two battleships at once! Didn't Abe prepare a complete plan when sending the battleships to carry out such a dangerous mission?"

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Yamamoto knew what Nagano meant. Even though Nagano was talking about Abe, he was actually accusing himself of not sending out precious battleships to do such dangerous things. Last time, he asked whether he should support Guangdong on a large scale.

During the discussion on the island battle, although Nagano did not directly express his position, he left this sentence: "Don't damage the warship."

Looking back now, what Nagano (that) Xiu Shen said at that time was indeed very good. If he won the battle, these words were a kind reminder. If he lost, these words showed: "I am against what you are doing. I am against it."

You guys took risks and messed around, but you didn’t listen to me, and lo and behold, you damaged the warship?”

Leaders in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, are all the same on one point, that is: if the work is done well, it is because of the care and instruction of the leader; if the work is not done well, it must be because you failed to fully understand the leader's intention. But

The terrible thing is that the leader never expresses his intentions simply and straightforwardly. He always likes to let you play the intellectual game of "I guess, I guess, I guess, guess". It is said that there was such an emperor in history.

, has evolved to the extreme in this regard, and actually used riddles to issue imperial edicts to ministers. However, Yamamoto actually understood Nagano's intention very clearly, which is nothing more than: the battle must be fought, but it is best not to take risks, and of course not to suffer losses.

.To put it more bluntly, we want the horse to run but also want the horse not to eat grass.

If he could avoid taking risks, Yamamoto wouldn’t want to take risks. Even though Yamamoto was a gambler, he even registered in Morocco (Yamamoto’s gambling skills were so good that he was banned from entering Moroccan casinos). But this does not mean that Yamamoto

Gamblers who like random risks have long lost their pants. They are definitely the favorites of casinos. When the empire decided to go to war with the United States, Yamamoto was firmly opposed to such risks. For this reason, he was almost killed

Those patriotic and passionate relatives were punished as national traitors. At that time, Nagano was very active in promoting the war against the United States, as if he had no idea what kind of risks he was taking.

This is the second good habit of being a leader. If anything goes wrong, the responsibility is always on the following people. For example, if there is a problem with violent law enforcement, and if it is investigated, the final responsibility will definitely be on zero-hour workers (such as coordinating, etc.)

.By the way, after understanding this, you will know why it is really difficult to see a police officer on the street. It is all about coercion.

Kurita also made it clear to Yamamoto: Guadalcanal is a bottomless pit, and no boat or even a sampan should be sent there.

Alas, this is called Kurita's complete inability to understand the leader's intentions. Doesn't Yamamoto know that this is a bottomless pit? But Yamamoto has his own intentions. Yamamoto knows that if he fights steadily, Japan will never be an opponent of the Americans.

Ben must negotiate peace with the United States. To achieve this goal, he must defeat two enemies.

The first enemy and the most hateful enemy is not the Americans, but the army's red deer. Without them, the war would not be fought at all, and those guys were also dazzled by the victory at the beginning of the war, and their minds were full of

All they think about is going to Pennsylvania Avenue (the road in front of the White House) and queuing up the street. These stubborn country bumpkins who have never seen the world really think that Japan can do it better than the United States. In their opinion, who dares to say that now?

Negotiating with the Americans to give away some of the benefits that Japan has already obtained is a traitor and a traitor to the country, and everyone will be punished by heaven. In the previous history of Japan, such a patriotic young man was punished by heaven.

"There are already Prime Ministers who have been punished by God, so what does it mean to have Yamamoto be punished by God?"

The best way to wake up such guys is to give them a hard blow on their stupid granite heads, just like the Soviets did at Nomenkan (after that battle, no one with a brainiac went north again)

(something happened). It’s a pity that Yamamoto doesn’t have such a big stick that can smash the granite head, nor does the entire Japanese Navy, or even the entire Japanese country. Maybe Hirohito has such a stick, but... well...

...Probably...the one who needs a stick on the head the most is Hirohito.

Now the only country with such a stick in the world is the United States. Letting those red deer of the Army go to Guadalcanal to see the power of the Americans is definitely a good thing for the empire in a sense. I believe that this

Sap can make them sober up a lot.

The second enemy is naturally the United States. Obviously, the undeclared war at Pearl Harbor angered them. And they also know that their power far exceeds that of the empire. If they want to make them lower their heads and negotiate, they must continue to make decisions on the battlefield.

Victory. Through such a series of victories, the Americans were forced to agree to peace talks.

To achieve this goal, a decisive battle with the main force is necessary. Unfortunately, the Americans are not very interested in playing this kind of game with the Japanese at present. Time is now on the side of the Americans. As long as they delay, a large number of new aircraft carriers, new aircraft carriers, and new aircraft carriers will be launched.

Planes will continue to join the ranks of the US Navy. If there is a main decisive battle by then, the Americans will have an overwhelming advantage. Nimitz knows this, and so does Admiral King.

The Battle of Guadalcanal is a good bait to lure the main force of the U.S. fleet into a decisive battle with the combined fleet. As long as the army on the island can put enough pressure on the U.S. Marine Corps, there will be no need to worry about not having a chance to have a decisive battle with the U.S. fleet.

However, Japan must win this decisive battle. Now, Japan can no longer bear a Midway-style defeat. Even a Coral Sea-style "victory" is unbearable. For example, not long ago, Japan

A victory like the Battle of the Roos Islands is definitely not enough. And now, after last night's battle, Yamamoto understands that the hope of defeating the U.S. military in the decisive fleet battle and thus forcing the United States to negotiate has been shattered. Yamamoto understands that now, not only Guadalcanal

The victory has been decided, and the outcome of this war has also been determined.

However, the base camp didn't see it that way. As the saying goes, there is no lower limit to IQ. The group of Army Red Deers who controlled the base camp still believed that they had the possibility of winning this battle. This possibility was still very high.

But Yamamoto has decided to stop and can no longer play with the idiots of the Army. However, it would be too embarrassing for the Imperial Navy to just pull the trigger. So Yamamoto decided to send a few more before pulling the trigger.

The ship went to Guadalcanal to demonstrate. It was also an explanation to the base camp. The heavy responsibility of this demonstration fell on the commander of the 8th Fleet, Mikawa Junichi, who had won the Battle of Savo Island.

Regarding the impact of the battle from the night of 12th to the morning of 13th, the US military's judgment was basically similar to Yamamoto's. Everyone including Ron believed that the overall situation was determined. Indeed, the overall situation was determined, General Halsey

He also sent a congratulatory message to Guadalcanal: "Well done!" But no one expected that at this moment, Yamamoto actually sent out an artillery fleet again.

The evening of the 13th is coming. Usually at this time, the airport will be evacuated in order to prepare for possible shelling. But tonight, well, considering that Japan has just encountered such a big nail in the shelling of the airport, it should at least be safe.

Several days. So although the superiors did not instruct that there was no need to evacuate, the speed and degree of evacuation were much worse than before. After all, the continuous high-intensity fighting makes people physically and mentally nervous. Once they relax, everyone feels a little lazy.

He was so proud that he couldn't muster any strength.

At midnight, Sanchuan's artillery formation arrived in the waters off Savo Island. Sanchuan knew that his mission was just to demonstrate, not to really blow up the airport. In fact, after these hours of fighting, everyone knew that Guadalcanal was

How strong is the repair capability of the airport? With the 203mm-caliber artillery in hand, it is impossible to cause much damage to the airport.

As a result, Mikawa divided his 12 warships into two teams, and Nishimura, commander of the 7th Battle Group, commanded 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 4 destroyers to form an artillery squadron, rushed into Tiedi Bay, and headed straight for Guadalcanal; Mikawa

Then command the remaining 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers to form the main detachment, guard west of Savo Island, and cover the actions of the artillery detachment. In this way, in case there is a US fleet in Iron Bottom Bay, the two

The teams can cooperate with each other and avoid big losses and "destroy the warship."

At 23:30, the artillery squadron arrived in the waters of Cape Longo on Guadalcanal. The carrier-borne seaplane on the heavy cruiser took off, dropped flares over the airport, and provided target guidance and missile landing correction for the warship. The ship-borne seaplane

The aircraft pilots were surprised to find that the camouflage at the airport was quite random. Many aircraft did not even have camouflage nets. The Japanese warships immediately began shelling. The heavy cruiser "Suzuya" fired 504 rounds of 203 mm shells, and the heavy cruiser "Maya" fired

She fired 485 203mm shells, and the two ships fired a total of 989 rounds, destroying 1 US bomber, 17 fighter jets, damaging 32 fighter jets, and leaving the runway full of bullet scars. Fortunately, it was the cruiser's 203mm shells. If it was the battleship's 356

As for millimeter artillery shells, it is estimated that the airport will be unusable for some time.

When the bombardment started, Ron was still sleeping soundly in his bed. The conditions at Guadalcanal Airport are now much better than when they first started. The transport ship that came a few days ago also brought them a new kind of

Toy - rubber inflatable soft bed. Unfortunately, Ri himself had not invented the inflatable girl at that time. When he was bored, Ron began to wonder if he should invent this thing. The market must be huge, at least.

Those guys at Vandergrift are going to love it.

With all these messy things in his head, Ron didn't fall asleep until very late. As a result, he was awakened by the sound of gunfire just as he fell asleep. At first, Ron thought he was dreaming, but he soon judged that this was not a dream, but a dream.

Really! The shell exploded not far from me.

The bomb-proof hole was about 20 meters outside the yard. Ron didn't even have time to put on his trousers - he didn't even have time to put on his trousers - he didn't care what he was doing now, running away was the way to go - and he ran towards the bomb-proof hole. Just before he

As soon as he ran out of his cabin, a 203mm explosive and incendiary bomb hit him. If he had been even half a step too late, Ron would have gone to eat egg fried rice.

After rushing into the shell-proof cave, Ron took a long breath and saw that there was already someone in the shell-proof cave, but it was so dark that he couldn't see clearly who it was.

"It's amazing, you can run faster than me." Ron patted the guy's shoulder casually. At this time, a bright light from a cannonball falling to the ground and exploding came into the hole, and Ron could see clearly that the guy was Foss.

Good guy, this guy's dormitory is twice as far away from the bomb-proof cave as his own, and he can still run so fast. And not only does this guy run faster than Ron, well, he also wears less than Ron, Ron.

Well, he was still wearing a vest and trousers, but this guy didn't wear anything at all.

"It's really terrible. If people see us like this, they might think we are having an affair."

Ron planned to sit down and wait, but now he had nothing else to do except wait for Ri himself to leave. Who knew that as soon as his butt touched the chair (I used to hide in the bomb hole, and there were chairs arranged there), he suddenly felt hot.

It started to hurt. I stretched out my hand and touched it under my buttocks, which was wet.

Maybe just now, when Ron ran into the shell-proof hole, a piece of shrapnel flew over and accurately hit Ron in the butt.
Chapter completed!