"When will the battle against Akaro start" Yamamoto Isoroku immediately grabbed Sugiyama Moto's words and asked, "Can it start this winter?"
"Of course winter is impossible," Sugiyama shook his head, "the German attack on Moscow did not go well, it was blocked north of Kalinin, and since the muddy season of the red autumn was coming soon, based on last year's experience, the Germans would have paused until spring before attacking again."
And we can't attack the bare Far East and Siberia in winter, which are all alpine regions. ” The 6th Panzer Group under Paulus's command proceeded slowly, as Hitler and Hersmann had hoped, not because of Admiral Paulus's incompetence, but because the "Typhoon" plan of the General Staff to attack Moscow was a steady plan.
Thousands of tanks slowly pressed towards Moscow, not seeking speed but stability.
Advancing north of the city of Kalinin in Kalinin Oblast, before the mud season arrives, is considered complete.
Then dig trenches and wait for the winter On the Japanese side, seeing that Germany was advancing slowly, it took it for granted that the Soviet Union still had considerable strength.
They did not dare to start a war with the USSR in the Far East, and even the Soviet Union's North Pacific routes were not cut off.
"That means that the army doesn't have to prepare fuel and aviation for a war with Akaro until next summer, right?"
said Yamamoto Isoroku, "in that case, let's lend the Kwantung Army's flying divisions and reserves of fuel to the navy first." borrowed Sugiyama Motoshin and said, is there still a time to pay it back?
"Sugiyama-kun, you must agree to the Navy's request."
"If the Navy does not have enough fuel and aviation to cope with the next battle, by June next year, the Army will not be thinking about attacking the naked road, but about defending the homeland." ” It's so serious to defend the homeland The senior officials of the Japanese Cabinet and the Army present looked at the two naval marshals with great suspicion, they just heard Yamamoto say that "the country died because of victory", and they thought that he had drunk too much and was talking nonsense, but now Nagano Shusei said that he wanted to defend the homeland, which is really a bit frightening "Isn't there still a Jie-1 operation?"
Hideki Tojo looked a little angry when he spoke, and now that the Japanese Empire is unprecedentedly strong under His Majesty the Emperor and his wise leadership, it seems that the four major powers in the world are competing with the European Community, New Rome and the United States, how can it be on the verge of extinction?
"Isn't the Jet-1 operation a sure victory?"
asked Tojo, "Isn't it possible for the United States to lose more than 1 million troops, why do you have to defend the homeland?"
"Operation Jet-1 is at least 23 months away from launch."
Yamamoto said, "However, if the Americans consume 1,000 pilots and 600,000 tons of fuel in the Navy in a month, it is difficult to say whether the Combined Fleet will be able to move when the Jet-1 operation begins."
Yamamoto's words are not untargeted, since September 24, half of the Japanese Navy's elite who can fly carrier-based aircraft has become a god in more than half a month, and the fuel consumption and loss have exceeded 350,000 tons And now that the U.S. fleet has not been wiped out, the Aleutian Islands are in a hurry, and if they continue to fight according to this trend, before the start of the Jet-1 operation, the Japanese Navy's aircraft carriers will not be able to find pilots, and the battleships of Yamato and Musashi will not have enough fuel to feed.
At that time, the Combined Fleet will not be able to move, and even if the shore-based aircraft and ground forces can inflict heavy casualties on the US military, the Hawaiian Islands will definitely be lost.
As for the loss of the Hawaiian Islands, US submarines and aircraft carriers will be 10 times more rampant than they are now "The army can lend 50,000 tons of aviation gasoline and 50,000 tons of heavy diesel fuel to the navy."
Hideki Tojo was "threatened" by Yamamoto, and he had to give in and take out 50,000 tons of aviation gasoline and 50,000 tons of heavy diesel oil produced by coal liquefaction, which is a low-quality diesel with a high viscosity and cannot be used to drive T34 tanks imported from Germany, but the marine heavy oil boiler can digest this fuel.
"It's not enough," Yamamoto shook his head repeatedly, "50,000 tons of heavy diesel oil is too little, and the combined fleet will burn 150,000 tons of heavy oil in a day." ” "No," said Sugiyama, "the coal liquefaction equipment ordered from Germany in the first half of the year has not yet arrived, and the plant in Kanto Prefecture has only a small production capacity." ” Japan's coal liquefaction technology is poor and production is low.
Therefore, when he asked Germany for help after the Panama campaign in the first half of the year, he made a request for assistance in coal liquefaction equipment.
However, the problem of asking for help finally collapsed because of Hersmann's conditions, and the aid became an order, and it did not get priority, so it was impossible to cut the queue to get the ready-made equipment, and the coal liquefaction equipment has always been the priority production equipment in Germany, and there is a set of delivery every month, and I can only queue up slowly, and I don't know when I can get the equipment.
"Then give me some light crude oil."
Yamamoto said, "The navy's boiler can burn anything, and it can also be directly added with light crude oil." ” In fact, the distribution of oil in the Japanese Navy and Army is not to directly divide the crude oil it takes, but to refine it into refined oil and then distribute it according to the needs and conditions.
Among them, the heavy oil basically belongs to the navy, and the army does not have this thing and does not need it.
And because heavy oil is the residue of oil refining, the amount of production is linked to the amount of oil refined, so it may not be able to meet the needs of the fleet.
In this case, heavy diesel oil or light crude oil can only be used instead.
"Okay," Hideki Tojo thought for a moment and said with a frown, "Then give the Navy an additional 100,000 tons of Nanyang light crude oil, that's all, you can't give more." ” 50,000 tons of aviation gasoline, 50,000 tons of heavy diesel oil, and 100,000 tons of Nanyang light crude oil seem to be a lot, but for the Japanese Navy, an oil tiger, it is just a drop in the bucket.
"Ask Germany for a little more."
Yamamoto went on to propose, "Whether it's heavy fuel, heavy diesel, or aviation gasoline, you can ask for a little bit of it." ” "Try it as much as you can."
Hideki Tojo shook his head, and Yamamoto's tone sounded similar to that of Hanako "I'm afraid I'll have to give up on rescuing the islands of Amaknak and Unarasca."
Yamamoto went on to bring it up.
"What" Sugiyama Yuan shouted as soon as he heard it, "Isn't it the gateway to the North Pacific, and if it is lost, it will allow the Americans' broken aircraft carriers and submarines to enter and leave the Western Pacific at will?"
Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head and said, "Sugiyama-kun, what this official said is just giving up the rescue, not giving up. ” Is there a difference, Sugiyama Mototo, looking at Yamamoto stupidly.
Yamamoto said: "It is enough to pick up the air forces on the island with destroyers and leave the task of defense to the 48th and 49th divisions."
"Baga" Sugiyama said angrily: "Is this an attempt to annihilate the superiors of the 48th Division and the 49th Division of the 23rd Army of the Imperial Army?"
Yamamoto Isoroku nodded seriously: "Yes, if you don't give up the tens of thousands of Imperial Army officers and soldiers of the 23rd Army, then the Navy will not be able to carry out the Jie-1 operation." ” Yamamoto has already seen that the Americans do not want to capture the islands of Amaknak and Unarasca at all now, they just want to use the tens of thousands of Japanese troops on the islands as a trap to trap the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, and then slowly consume it.
As long as the main forces of the Japanese Combined Fleet went to the islands of Amakenak and Unaralaca again and again, the Americans' goal would be achieved.
"The 23rd Army of the Army can hold out until the victory of the Jie-1 operation," Hideki Tojo opened his mouth at this time to end the problem, in fact, the food stockpiled by the 23rd Army of the Army could only last for 3 months.
However, it is true that the navy cannot be forced to fight a war of attrition in the Aleutian Islands now, otherwise 150,000 tons a day, and by the beginning of the Jet-1 operation, the combined fleet will have no fuel available.
"The 43rd Division on Christmas Island must also independently hold out to the end."
Yamamoto Fifty-six is going to offend the army to the end today.
"The 43rd Division, too," Sugiyama asked angrily, "Do you want to give up Christmas Island too?"
"Yes."
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Yamamoto said, "More than 500 elite pilots were killed in the first Battle of Christmas Island, and if there is a second or third battle, then the Jet-1 operation will not be fought." ” "Got it."
Hideki Tojo's face was ugly, "Yamamoto-kun, what else does the navy have to give up and say it together" "The islands of the South Pacific," said Isoroku Yamamoto, "must also be maintained independently by the Army's island-defending forces."
In order to ensure the success of the Jet-1 operation, we need to deploy at least 2,500 shore-based aircraft from the South Pacific front line on the Hawaiian Islands.
In addition, it is also necessary to dispatch ships to focus on ensuring the smooth flow of the two routes in the South China Sea and Hawaii.
This is also a prerequisite for the victory of the Jet-1 operation. ” Originally, Yamamoto 56 estimated that 10001500 shore-based aircraft would be able to fight the No. 1 battle, but now it is not enough, and 2,500 must be obtained.
And it can't be a rookie who has only flown for dozens of hours, otherwise he can only give away his head when he encounters an old American bird who is getting braver and braver.
At the same time, the 19 aircraft carriers of the Combined Fleet also have to be assembled, which is hundreds of old birds.
Therefore, Yamamoto 56 decided to transfer pilots from the South Pacific front, which means that the islands on the South Pacific front may be surrounded by US and Australian troops, and there will be no aircraft to cover the escort line, and shipping will naturally have to be temporarily suspended.
"In addition," Yamamoto lowered his voice, "judging from the last few naval and air engagements, our empire is no longer able to defeat the U.S.
Pacific Fleet by conventional means.
Even if 2,500 shore-based aircraft are concentrated in Hawaii, it is difficult to guarantee victory, so extraordinary measures must be taken." t1706231537: