When the fleet carrying the 17th Army Command, the 6th Division and some of the 6th Division officers and soldiers were air strikes and almost 20 were wiped out (only two special gunboats survived) reached the Yamato Hotel in Rabaul, Yamamoto Iroji was holding a banquet to entertain Lieutenant General Kuroda Shigetoku, the chief of staff of the Southern Army who came from Singapore.

The Southern Army is the so-called general army organization, equivalent to the German front command or the Soviet direction command, and has a very strong force. It currently has 4 front troops (9 armies), 3 direct-level troops, 1 aviation army, a total of 38 divisions, 1 chariot division, 22 independent mixed brigades, 3 flight divisions, 1 maritime motor brigade, and about 720,000 officers and soldiers.

Now the Japanese Empire's southward operations are in charge of the joint fleet in terms of the navy, while the army is the Southern Army. The battle to Australia is the ultimate battle of the Japanese Empire's southward operations, and the land operations are still commanded by the Southern Army.

Shigetoku Kuroda came to Rabaul from Singapore where the Southern Army Command was located. In order to discuss with the commander of the Joint Fleet Iroku Yamamoto, the Southern Army, the next battle center of the Southern Army, was undoubtedly Australia. Therefore, the commander of the Southern Army Command, Marshal Teraunuchi, believed that the headquarters should be moved to Rabaul, who is also an anchorage of the Joint Fleet. This not only facilitates grasping the situation on the front line, but also facilitates disputes with the shameless navy.

Although there have always been major conflicts between the Japanese Navy and the Army, the conflicts are not on the face, and Yamamoto Iroku is also a relatively easy person to get along with. So he gave the Army's Big Mahara Kuroda a very high reception specification, and put a full French meal in the Commander's Hall, seafood soup, steak, lobster, foie gras, caviar, etc., and also had a 82-year-old Lafite (1882). It really allowed the rusty Big Mahara Kuroda to have a deep understanding of how the shameless navy squandered public funds.

Just when the guests and guests were having a good time to eat and drink, a staff officer pushed the door in a panic, then leaned over to the ear of the chief staff officer of the fleet, Kuroshima Turtle Man, muttered a few words in a low voice, and then saw Kuroshima's face suddenly changed, and he opened his mouth wide, completely stunned.

After a while, I heard him ask loudly: "Is this... confirmed?"

Then the staff officer said: "I have confirmed it several times, it is absolutely true..."

When Yamamoto Iroru saw Kuroshima's loss of composure, he frowned and asked, "Kuke Kuroshima, what's wrong?"

"Commander, the ship 21, which transported the 17th Army, was air strike! Heavy losses!"

"What? Kuroshima Jun, you said...air raid?"

Yamamoto Iroku rubbed his eyes, then stared at the dark-faced Kuroshima Turtle, as if he wanted to make sure if the other party was drunk?

If Kuroshima reported that the ship 21, which transported the 17th Army, was attacked by a submarine, Yamamoto Irojiro would not think Kuroshima was drunk. But the air strike... how could this be possible? The ship 21 was heading south from the local area and took the "safe route" of the local Saipan-Rabauer. How could it be air strike? Where did the plane come from?

"Commander, it's really an air strike!" Kuroshima Turtle said anxiously and quickly, "The Oyangmaru and the other four freighters of two or three thousand tons were all sunk, and only two special gunboats with hundreds of tons survived... Now there are officers and soldiers of the 17th Army and the 6th Division falling into the water everywhere on the sea. There are thousands of people, and the two gunboats cannot be installed at all!"

"What? Thousands of people fell into the water in the 17th Army and the 6th Division?" Kuroda Shigeto couldn't sit still anymore, thousands of people fell into the water... The two gunboats could not be installed. What does this mean? Do you want to drown them all? These are all soldiers of the Imperial Army! It would be fine if they were shameless navy, but those people were all from the Army, or from the 6th Division, and they were elite soldiers of the Imperial Army!

"Have you figured out what plane it is? Is it a seaplane?" Yamamoto Izuru asked quickly.

The reason he asked this is because the Japanese Navy is currently secretly implementing an "underwater aircraft carrier program" to build a large submarine capable of carrying 2-3 seaplanes to sneak attack the Panama Canal with seaplanes and bombs to bomb the canal locks, making it impossible for the US military to use the canal for several months.

Since the Japanese Navy can use such a brainwalk, the US, which has a strong shipbuilding industry, is completely possible to build an "underwater aircraft carrier". Maybe it has been built! The bombing of the 21 ship is mostly a seaplane sent by the underwater aircraft carrier.

"It's not a seaplane...it's an ordinary single-engine aircraft, nine unknown dive bombers, nine SBD dive bombers."

"What?" Yamamoto Iroku stood up suddenly, "Aircraft carrier!? The American aircraft carrier has arrived near Saipan? How is this possible!"

The Turtle Man from Black Island shook his head, looking confused. The American aircraft carrier unknowingly rushed into the Japanese back garden of the Western Pacific to make a fuss.

"Commander, if the information is true, the Americans must have broken the battle with aircraft carriers." Ugaki Chan's reaction was quick, and he immediately thought that it had happened that such a thing as a broken aircraft carrier had happened. The Germans had played it for 39 years, but it was not very successful.

"Damn it, a US aircraft carrier has arrived in the Western Pacific!" Yamamoto Iroji gritted his teeth and sneered, "But the Navy will definitely make it come and go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of footsteps, and then he saw another staff officer running in.

"His Excellency Commander, the 22 ship heading to Hawaii reported that it was air strikes by US aircraft!"

"What!?" Yamamoto Iroku's eyes suddenly became wide open. The 22 boat is a ship that transports fuel and ammunition to Hawaii! Nowadays, the transport ships from Japan to overseas are called " 24 troops". The 24 troops that transport troops are odd numbers, and the 24 troops that transport materials are even numbers. The 24 troops are ships that transport materials to Hawaii. One of them is a whale mother ship with a displacement of 19,000 tons. The 24 troops are a whale mother ship, which is a whale mother ship with a displacement of 19,000 tons. The 24 troopsman is a treasure of the Japanese Navy. The Japanese like to eat whale meat, so the whale industry has always been very developed. In World War II, Japan's largest oil tanker was this kind of whale mother ship, because the whale mother ship had an oil tank for storing whale oil, and it would be an oil tanker if it was slightly modified.

Because the second Tunanmaru ship was shipped out of Japan, it was filled with fuel for ships and aircraft! If it was sunk by US aircraft, the losses would be heavy.

"How many enemy aircraft are there? What are their models?" The Black Island Turtle Man immediately asked.

"Twelve SBD dive bombers, 12 unknown torpedo bombers, and 6 F4F escorts."

The staff's answer was very specific, because the destroyer of the Navy, which was a "cat-eyed warrior" on it, of course, would not admit the wrong plane.

"Two aircraft carriers!" Yamamoto Iroji's teeth were almost bitten off because he knew that the second Tunanmaru would definitely not escape! If the 12 dive bombers and 12 torpedo bombers had not sunk a whaling ship, American pilots could all commit suicide by septum.

"Absolutely, they can't be allowed to escape!" Yamamoto roared.

"Tengteng..."

The rapid footsteps sounded again!

"Hisser Commander, the Izumo sea defense ship of Yokosuka's garrison was bombed by American carrier-based aircraft while patrolling 150 nautical miles south of the Yasuo Peninsula. It was hit by a torpedo and 2 bombs, and it completely lost its combat effectiveness..."

The third aircraft carrier!?

"Baga!" Yamamoto Izuru was almost jumping up, and the Americans were too bullying. You can't play like this even if you have money and steel. You smashed three aircraft carriers and broke the deal...

"Unforgivable!" Yamamoto Izuru roared, "Sink them no matter what!"

Twist...

The footsteps sounded again, and now all eyes were looking at Yamamoto, and there was a vague resentment. Can't you say a few words? They all attracted the US aircraft carrier!

"Commander!" This time the fleet was the communication staff officer of the fleet, with a happy look on his face. He saluted the shocked Commander Yamamoto first, and then said slowly: "Commander, the telegram from the 4th Division, Port Moresby has just been captured by my invincible Japanese Imperial Army."

The 4th Division and the 6th Division both belong to the Invincible 17th Army of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, which is the army where Tanisuo Damaru was the commander. Although the commander is likely to be drowning, the victory of Port Moresby still belongs to him... The future war history can be roughly written like this: When the General became a god, he still commanded the Invincible 4th Division to fight the enemy bloody battle and seize Port Moresby.

"So fast?" Yamamoto Izukuo breathed a sigh of relief, but then he felt something was wrong again. The ground attack on Port Moresby only started early yesterday morning, why did it take place at noon today?

"Well, it's indeed the Fourth Division of the Invincible Imperial Army! Well done!" Kuroda Shigeto shouted loudly as if he was a demonstration.

Then he said to Yamamoto Izuru: "General Yamamoto, since Port Moresby has been obtained, the Australian strategy battle can begin immediately, right? Start attacking Australia as soon as possible, which is also the meaning of the Count Marshal."
Chapter completed!