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After listening to Chiaki Matsuda's introduction, combined with the German army's battle situation report and Tsukahara's telegram from the front, everyone was smiling:

First, the Americans finally couldn't hold on and started to do a crash course in flight;

Second, the US military aviation is very large, of poor quality, and shrouded in an atmosphere of pessimism -- "Before the sortie, they all asked to write a suicide note, and there was a mountain of mails saying goodbye to their families, relatives and friends...... The postman comes every evening to pick it up, but no one knows when it will be sent."

Third, the United States has fallen into a two-front war of attrition, losing more than 5,000 planes and at least half of its crew in half a month.

"Judging from the practice of Germany and the United States, it is necessary to set up a crash course, but the training time of our army's C flight subject is too short, and it is recommended that it be extended from the current 5 months to more than 8 months, and the pilots should be allowed to have 200-250 hours of flight time, and it is planned to set up a three-level training system for primary-advanced-combat training aircraft, of which the actual combat training aircraft is played by some old models: bombers can be trained in the German Stukka, transport planes and torpedo planes are played by Ju-52, and fighters are played by Hurricanes......" Lieutenant General Hasegawa Kiichi, director of the aviation headquarters"The commander has agreed to allocate more talented pilots to become instructors, while at the same time guaranteeing their training fuel." ”

Since this space-time kamikaze attack is not the mainstream in Japan, there are still many young people who can act as pilots, and the number of planes has also increased significantly, and Hasegawa Kiichi's proposal has been highly agreed by everyone.

"In the first phase of the war, we have achieved some of our intended objectives, namely, to occupy and consolidate Midway, Christmas Island, and to deter Hawaii, and our unattained goal is to annihilate and inflict heavy damage on the remnants of the enemy's Pacific Fleet, which has been hiding in Hawaiian Harbor and refusing to show its face. The originally unanticipated goal was achieved - the depletion of the enemy's aviation crew reserves, which, of course, also came at a certain cost, with the loss of 400,000 tons of ships. "Lieutenant General Takijiro Onishi, deputy secretary of the military command department, said, "The commander's meaning is very clear, on the one hand, continue to work with the Americans, replace the American crew with more tankers, and hit the morale of the opponent; On the one hand, we want to improve our own aviation capabilities, and we hope to reduce the ratio of Japanese and U.S. naval aviation forces to about 1:2 on the basis of improving the level of crash courses. ”

"Now the key is whether the shipbuilding and acquisition can be supported." Horikichi set his sights on Admiral Narumi Inoue, Vice Admiral of the Navy and Chief of the Naval Headquarters.

"To be honest, we can't afford to build ourselves alone." Inoue Narumi said with a wry smile, "The existing ship-building capacity is about 500,000 tons of warship tonnage per year without considering material constraints, and if only medium-sized warships below 10,000 tons are built (that is, battleships, aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers are not built), it can be barely increased to 650,000 tons." According to the calculation of the tonnage of one ton of warships converted into the tonnage of four tons of civilian ships, between 2 million and 2.5 million tons of merchant ships, plus the tonnage of some civilian shipyards that do not manufacture warships, it is at most 4 million tons. In fact, due to the constraints on steel production, I think that it is very desirable to be able to complete 75% of the project, but I am worried that the progress of the Marushin project will not be completed. ”

At the peak of the "Marushin Plan", more than 8 Axis-class (200,000 tons), 16 frigate aircraft carriers (160,000 tons), 12 Type B destroyers (Akizuki air defense cruisers) (42,000 tons), and 48 D-type destroyers (low-cost escort destroyers) (96,000 tons) per year, these alone are nearly 500,000 tons, and the special service ships and supply ships are also considered, and the requirement is to complete 1.89 million tons of new warships within five years without delaying the repair and routine maintenance of damaged warships.

However, Inoue Narumi is now much more confident than when he first formulated the "Marushin Plan" last year: first, Horiyoshi has the sole power, which can ensure that the direction and resource allocation remain unchanged; Second, with the end of the Indian campaign and China's large-scale withdrawal from the battlefield, Japan can focus on solving the Pacific problem; Third, with the help of Germany's technology output and equipment, Japan has improved a lot in many aspects, such as steel production has risen from more than 7 million tons to nearly 9 million tons (the comparison with the United States has finally changed from 1:10 to 1:9); At the expense of Pakistan and New Guinea, he has gained a lot of benefits from Europe, and many of them can also enrich their naval strength.

"This official thinks that if the consumption of 400,000 tons for 2,000 units is all warships, the empire will never be able to bear it -- if the tonnage of 500,000 tons of warships is added every year, the stock of the combined fleet will be more than 2 million tons, and the more than 10,000 units will be completely consumed; If it is all merchant ships (freighters), it can be completely afforded, and the empire can replace 12,000 units with new ships of more than 2.4 million tons every year, and there is also a stock of 8 million tons of merchant fleet, all of which can be replaced with 40,000 units - I don't believe that the US military can have 40,000 units left after consuming 12,000 units. Inoue Narumi looked at the data in his hand, "If you measure the proportion of warships accounting for 4 percent and cargo ships accounting for 6 percent of the 400,000 tons, the annual increase in tonnage can consume about 8,000 units of the U.S. military." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief: Horiyoshi had prepared an additional 140 tankers of 1 million tons, which alone would be enough to consume the Americans for a while.

Yamamoto Fifty-six, who had been frowning, asked, "So, if there is no big data or a change in the situation, is it feasible to change the tonnage unit for the time being?" ”

"Feasible!"

Horikichi nodded with satisfaction: "Although it is feasible for the time being, the way to reduce your own consumption and expand the enemy's losses still needs to be considered, what other good ways do you have?" ”

"There is a way to reduce the loss of some tankers." Lieutenant General Keno Kurita, who had been in charge of transportation affairs, stood up to speak.

"Kurita-kun, please speak."

"Some of the freighters can be used for transportation." "Light fuel oil, such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, can be stacked in large drums in the cabin of a cargo ship, and tankers are only used to transport the most viscous and consuming heavy oil, even if the ship loses space, but expands the scope of use. I had done experiments with the seized American Liberty Ship before I came, and there was basically no problem with loading 4,000 tons of fuel. Moreover, the oil barrel is given directly when unloading, which eliminates the filling time, which is very convenient for the troops defending the island, of course, the fleet will be more troublesome to use, but it is not insurmountable. The only waste is that a lot of oil drums need to be rushed."

Everyone's eyes immediately lit up, and according to this method, the tonnage of the tanker could be freed up to concentrate on carrying heavy oil.

"Your suggestion is good, you bothered." Horiyoshi nodded, "Support fleet formation, let's promote it according to this method." Matsuda, let's tell you about the formation of the support fleet and the operational situation. ”

"Due to the US Pacific Fleet's reluctance to show up and its use of the method of attrition, the commander decided to send a support fleet to provide support to the Combined Fleet in early October to further enhance the strength of the Combined Fleet. The main composition of the support fleet is as follows:

Battle group: 3 air battles (Chitose, Chiyoda), 5 air battles (Amagi, Katsuragi), 2 cruisers, 4 air defense destroyer formations (16 Akizuki and Akizuki air defense destroyers), carry out offensive missions

Auxiliary groups: Asama Maru, Tatsuda Maru, and Kamakura Maru three auxiliary aircraft carriers (all of which are converted from 17,000-ton mail ships with reference to German auxiliary aircraft carriers, with a maximum speed of 21 knots), Mountain Eagle (the auxiliary aircraft carrier of the ship of the Brazilian Maruyu Ship) and other auxiliary vessels to carry out direct cover missions;

Escort group: 6 TL type escort aircraft carriers, 40 cargo \ oil tankers, 24 D-type destroyers, performing transportation, escort, anti-submarine and other tasks

Submarine group: 24 German IX and XIV class submarines, 24 Japanese-built I-type submarines (after the Marushin plan, Japan has cut all follow-up submarine construction support resources because there are ready-made German submarines available)

In addition, the first ship of the Giant-class obtained from the United Kingdom is expected to be delivered in the middle of this month, and it is planned to conduct sea trials, training, and vigilance missions in the Indian Ocean. The Eighth Fleet continues to be responsible for patrolling the South Seas. ”

Horiyoshi stood up and said angrily: "The support fleet will be led by the contemptible himself, and the time is tentatively set for October 10, and after I communicate with the army, the army agrees to send an additional 1 main army division and 400 aircraft for the occupation of the island and subsequent operations, and I plan to dispatch 200 HNA land-based aircraft to the Central Pacific again to form a long-term support combat situation." I expect this campaign to last until early next year, and domestic affairs will be left to you. ”

"Sir, are you going to attack Hawaii?"

Horikichi shook his head: "Don't worry for the time being, as soon as the U.S. presidential election is imminent, you can take a look at the situation in the U.S.; Second, the US air force has not yet been exhausted, and the losses in a rash attack are not small, and it would rather attack the west coast than Hawaii; Third, the German army has already won the victory in South America, and I expect that the Führer will march to Central America and the Caribbean in the next step to see if there is any opportunity for the two sides to fight together. ”

Many people want to persuade Horikichi not to personally get into danger, but the main force of the Combined Fleet is all in the Pacific Ocean, so it is necessary for Horikichi to take charge in person.

"If there is a change in the situation on other fronts while the main forces of the Combined Fleet are away, we must pay attention to coordination with the axis and not easily provoke. The navy was deeply pleased with the action of the Chongqing authorities to hand over the oil tankers as scheduled, and as a first step to mend Sino-Japanese relations, it agreed to return Wuhan to the Chongqing authorities, and the rest of the conditions were to be discussed in detail by the army; The Navy is also open to China's political innovation in the section on the 'Ning-Han Confluence' talks, and the negotiations on French aid in southern Indochina should continue without substantive commitments. Horikichi bowed deeply to Yamamoto, "All kinds of affairs are intertwined inside and outside, please take care of Yamamoto-kun." ”