As Minister of State in charge of the wartime economy and president of the Planning Institute, Sadaichi Suzuki's approval of the mobilization plan for civilian ships for the Australian war was actually a formality.
Because it had long been the national policy of the Japanese Empire to start the war in Australia, Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Tojo both approved this "final plan to go south", and the Minister of the Navy, Shigetaro Shimada, and the commander-in-chief of the military command, Shusei Nagano, and the commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, supported it.
Therefore, whether or not Sadachi Suzuki can deploy enough transport ships, it is imperative to attack Australia However, as for the purpose of the Australian war, in fact, the calculations in all aspects are quite different.
Emperor Hirohito and Hideki Tojo really wanted to take Australia, which was an unprecedented frontier, and in the current situation that the dream of conquering the East Asian continent could not be realized, the acquisition of the Australian continent would be enough to ensure that the Japanese Empire would become the leader of the Eastern world for the next 1,000 years.
So Tojo and Hirohito were very serious about fighting in Australia.
However, Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet in the "Yamato Hotel" in the port of Rabaul, was not thinking about the Australian continent itself, and the powerful shipbuilding capacity of the United States and the remaining aircraft carrier force of the Pacific Fleet were what really worried him, and if the US Pacific Fleet could be destroyed, Australia would not be a problem at all.
From the beginning of 1942 to the present, Yamamoto Isoroku has been trying to set some kind of trap to destroy the aircraft carriers of the American fleet in the Pacific.
However, the Americans have always avoided the war, and the US Pacific Fleet seems to have only one thing to do after the fall of Hawaii, which is to transport troops and supplies to Australia.
The six fleet aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise, USS Assault, and USS Wasp have all become escort aircraft carriers, taking turns to cover the US transport groups to and from the United States and Australia.
These regiments of American transports were also not afraid of detours and did not pass 1500 nautical miles near Hawaii at all.
Even if the Japanese submarines found them, it would be difficult for the fleet to intercept the American ship group from Hawaii.
However, the US ship regiment is a large formation, escorted by at least three aircraft carriers, and the Japanese aircraft carriers will not be able to fight if they are too many, and the Pearl Harbor base seized by Japan will almost be in ruins if they are sent too many logistical support and maintenance problems, and the Pearl Harbor base seized by Japan is almost in ruins, and it is impossible to become the home port of the fleet without reconstruction.
Moreover, it is impossible for Japan to deploy its main fleet to Pearl Harbor for a long time, and the logistics line of more than 3,000 nautical miles cannot bear it.
So in the first 9 months of 42 years, the US Pacific Fleet was successful in "avoiding war", and at the same time transported a large number of troops and supplies to Australia.
In addition, Yamamoto received information that the Americans' engineering units were working hard to expand the ports of Brisbane and Sydney.
Not only are port facilities being expanded, but also large-scale barracks, airfields and warehouses are being built.
It is clear that the US Pacific Fleet is ready to use Brisbane and Sydney on the Australian continent as base camps for launching a counteroffensive Once the Americans' horrific shipbuilding program was completed, American ships large enough to crush the Japanese Combined Fleet would head north from Sydney and Brisbane Therefore, Yamamoto Isoroku wanted to seek a decisive battle before the US counteroffensive deployment was completed, and break the US counteroffensive deployment by inflicting heavy damage on and annihilating the aircraft carrier force of the US Pacific Fleet, so as to win more time for Japan.
Another reason that prompted Yamamoto to seek a decisive battle as soon as possible was that the Fokker Zero on the European battlefield gradually showed fatigue, and even at its good medium and low altitudes, it also encountered a good opponent American Type 51 fighter According to the latest report of the Luftwaffe, it would be difficult for the Fokker Zero to fight against the 190 without the cooperation of medium and high altitude models similar to the FW51 series.
Because even the low-altitude version of the 51 has a high-altitude performance that exceeds that of the Fokker Zero.
Once at a disadvantage in a low-altitude dogfight, 51 can choose to dive away and quickly pull up to escape.
Even the 51 can take advantage of its good dive performance and constantly use the tactics of diving up and fighting against the Fokker Zero, thus avoiding getting into a fight altogether Therefore, in the last 23 months, in the case of the Fokker Zero against 51 alone, in most cases, the Fokker Zero has been at a disadvantage.
Therefore, in the latest tactical arrangements for air combat in the Luftwaffe and naval aviation, there is no longer a tactic of the Fokker Zero alone escorting long-range bombers.
This shows that the myth of the Zero's invincibility has been completely dispelled, at least on the European battlefield Of course, this situation is not entirely due to the fact that the performance of the Zero aircraft is really not comparable to that of the 51.
After the finalization, the Fokker Zero was abandoned for medium and high altitude performance, and the Fokker Zero D series focusing on low altitude was launched.
This series of Fokker Zeros shortened the range, reduced the combat radius without auxiliary fuel tanks to 500 kilometers, increased armor protection, reduced the weight of fuel for enhanced protection, and strengthened firepower, 6 G131 aviation machine guns, completely turned into a special mixed medium and low-altitude "Jacques Killer" and "Il-Killer", such changes are of course also for the needs of the Eastern Front battlefield.
The main function of the Fokker Zero has now become to cover the ground forces, and at the same time to provide for the HS129, JU87 and Breguet 703 and other ground attack aircraft escort.
However, the German Fokker company's approach still sounded the alarm for the Japanese Navy, and the era of the Zero as an excellent all-round fighter may be about to pass For this upcoming change, Yamamoto 56 demanded, on the one hand, to speed up the development of the new fighter "17 Test Ship Battle" project Gale; On the other hand, it is more actively preparing for Operation Mi, which aims to destroy the aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet.
The so-called Operation Mi was actually a siege to encircle Port Moresby to lure the main force of the US Pacific Fleet into the Coral Sea in the northeast of the Australian continent.
If the U.S.
Pacific Fleet sits idly by and watches Port Moresby fall, then the next step for the Japanese army will be to land near Cape York on the Australian mainland "Commander, the aircraft carriers that can now be put into operation on the Mi are Fengxiang, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Feilong, Zuizuru, Xianghe, Xianghe, Xiangfeng, Ruifeng, Flying Eagle, Hayabusa, Dragon and Phoenix, which are far more powerful than the six aircraft carriers that the United States may invest, and the carrier-based aircraft on these 12 aircraft carriers have also been upgraded, and all the carrier-based fighters have been replaced with the latest Zero Type 32, and the carrier-based bombers are Comet Type 33.
Therefore, the battle of the rice number is bound to be won. ” The person who was talking to Yamamoto Fifty-six was the immortal staff officer Kuroshima Kameto, and he was very complacent about the current large number of strong ships in the Japanese Combined Fleet.
In fact, the 12 aircraft carriers he just reported are not all the belongings of the combined fleet.
Now the Combined Fleet has also sent an Indian Ocean mission fleet, with the battleships Fuso, Hyuga, Ryuchamp, and Fengxiang as the core, to help Germany attack South Africa, Madagascar, and Ceylon.
It is precisely because of the strong strength of as many as 12 aircraft carriers that the current Japanese Combined Fleet does not bother to provide any "blue ribbon aircraft carriers" from Germany.
Moreover, since the Japanese Navy had not fought any fierce fighting in the past nine months, the loss of pilots was minimal, and new recruits who had completed their training as naval aviation pilots were constantly joining, the support of German pilots was no longer needed.
After the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, all German pilots who served on Japanese aircraft carriers left.
In addition, with the help of the Germans, Japan's Hitachi Company also successfully developed the No. 13 teleprobe air search radar and the No. 22 teleprobe sea search radar.
As a result, the air defense and night combat capabilities of the fleet were further enhanced.
"Kuroshima-kun, we have more than 12 aircraft carriers in our hands," Yamamoto said slowly, "The Yamato and Musashi are the most powerful battleships in the world, and now with the 13th and 22nd detectives, their power will be even greater.
Therefore, in the Mi operation, full consideration should also be given to the development of the power of the two super battleships, the Yamato and the Musashi. ” In the Battle of Hawaii and the Battle of the Sea of Fog in this plane, battleships played a great role, so no one dares to say that battleships are obsolete weapons that will be obsolete.
Therefore, the Shinano aircraft carrier will definitely not be in this time and space.
The construction of the No. 3 and No. 4 ships of the Yamato is now also being intensified with the support of Germany.
Among them, the No. 3 ship Shinano is expected to be launched by the end of October and can be commissioned by the end of 43.
And the No. 4 ship, Kii, will also be launched at the beginning of 43.
It will be completed and put into service by June 44 at the latest.
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At that time, the Japanese Navy's combined fleet will have four Yamatoki battleships, which will be enough to compete with the Iowa-class and Montana-class under construction by the United States.
"Hay," replied Kuroshima Kameto, "the two Yamato-class and the four Kongo-class ships will all perform in the Mi battle. ” Of the current Japanese battleship forces, only the Yamato-class and Kongo-class have the speed to follow fast aircraft carriers.
As a result, all six battleships are now moored in the port of Rabaul, ready to take part in Operation Mi.
As for this "Mi Operation," Yamamoto Isoroku regarded it as the ultimate battle to determine the future hegemony of the Pacific.
Therefore, the number of troops invested is also unprecedented, far exceeding the Battle of Midway, which also used the code name "Mi" in history.
Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded and said with a smile: "12 aircraft carriers, 2 Yamato-class, and 4 Kongo-class are indeed sure to win this battle."
And the U.S.
Pacific Fleet is unlikely to avoid war again, unless the Americans are willing to give up Australia. ” t1706231537: