The order to hold on to the Mariana Islands and the Caroline Islands was soon passed on to Koga Mine by Hideki Tojo through Secretary of the Navy Taro Shimada. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Koga Fengichi's hand holding the telegram couldn't help but tremble, because the meaning of the telegram was obvious, that is, once the American fleet broke into the Philippine Sea through the Mariana Islands or the Palau Islands or New Guinea, the Combined Fleet would have to attack with all its might.

Looking at the telegram, Koga Feng was stunned for a long time...... This meant that the Japanese Combined Fleet would have to go into battle.

But...... Can the Japanese Combined Fleet really defeat the powerful US navy and completely disproportionate carrier-based aircraft?

Koga Mine had no confidence at all.

Then Koga summoned the officers and staff of the Combined Fleet for a meeting.

One by one, the officers who came to attend the meeting walked into the conference room and felt that the atmosphere was not right...... General Koga sat at the chairman's table very early, frowning, staring at the map in front of him without saying a word.

After a long while, Staff Officer Furu reminded Koga Fengichi, who was still in a daze: "Your Excellency, General, all here!" ”

"Oh!" At this time, Koga Feng came back to his senses, bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry! ”

Then Koga said slowly but clearly, word by word: "Now, let me explain the observation and countermeasures of the Combined Fleet Command on the current war situation...... The ratio of the Japanese navy's strength to the United States is already less than half. ”

In fact, this is still a beautiful statement, the ratio is less than half of the percent, and only one percent is less than half...... The reason why I chose this beautiful statement is simple: I don't want naval officers to do it before they fight.

Koga Mineichi's next sentence was: "Now, even if the decisive battle we hoped for to meet the fleet could be carried out, our chances of victory would be significantly lower, and it should be said that it was less than 30%. ”

This is still a conservative statement, Koga Feng knew very well that the odds of winning were not even thirty percent...... In fact, with the US military having a new type of fighter, it is a good chance of victory.

However, Koga's words caused a commotion in the conference room, because it was the first time in 50 years since the First Sino-Japanese War that the Japanese Combined Fleet had openly declared that it had no confidence in victory in the ongoing war.

Koga continued, "The odds are low, but they're not completely out of the question. If we can seize the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the U.S. forces in the Mariana Islands, which is strategically and geographically advantageous to us, even if it is a jade battle, it will be our only chance to achieve the greatest results. ”

Although there was an element of encouragement in these words, the officers of the Combined Fleet still heard the mystery from them...... Only the "Jade Crush Battle" has a chance to win.

But isn't ...... "jade shattering battle" unique to the army?

Koga Mineichi's words, although somewhat unpleasant, were the first time that the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy opened its eyes to reality.

Speaking of this, Koga couldn't help but sigh, what Yamamoto Isoroku left to himself after his death was a mess, the experienced pilots of the Japanese naval aviation had almost been exhausted by Yamamoto Isoroku, and the combined fleet had also suffered heavy losses, and he had been suffering all the defeats for Yamamoto Isoroku since the day he took office.

But the interesting thing is that there were still many Japanese naval officers who did not think that this was a mess, and many naval officers at this time thought that the defeat of the Combined Fleet at sea was only temporary, and when the Japanese Navy regained its strength and began a counteroffensive, the end of the American ghost animal was coming...... This is also what the Japanese government has been propagating, and its purpose is to maintain the morale of the officers.

Therefore, Koga Fengichi asked everyone to "throw away their illusions and prepare for struggle", especially for the navy, which was still a new "jade shattering battle", which made the officers attending the meeting like a thunderbolt from the sky and their hearts were shocked.

"That's it!" Looking at the officers with blank faces, Koga Fengichi said: "I still have a meeting in the Philippines, and I will discuss the specific battle plan when I come back!" ”

Koga Mineichi wanted to give the officers a little time to adapt, but what Koga Mine didn't expect was that he had no chance.

Before boarding the plane, Koga Fengyi said to Fukuda's staff officer: "Fukuda-kun, get ready, let's attack together and donate our lives together!" ”

Then he saluted Staff Officer Fukuda and walked into the four-engine seaplane made in western Sichuan and flew to the Philippines...... The four-engine seaplane has the characteristics of fast speed, long range and high safety, especially safety, it has four engines, and even if three of the four engines are broken, it can still fly, if it is not good, because it is a seaplane, it can land anywhere at sea, and after landing, you only need to contact a nearby submarine or warship to let them pick it up.

In fact, this situation generally does not occur, because Koga Fengichi's plane is accompanied by another seaplane that is also a four-engine seaplane, and it is impossible for two planes to have problems with all eight engines during the flight to the Philippines!

On the other hand, Kogamineichi is still far from the range that US fighters can reach, so it can be said that there is no need to worry about interception and sneak attacks by US fighters, so this voyage should be very safe.

But the problem is that there are unforeseen circumstances, Koga Fengichi's plane encountered a storm on the way to the Philippines, Koga Fengichi's landline crashed, and the accompanying plane flew safely to the Philippines, but because of the fight with the storm almost ran out of fuel, he barely flew to the shore and landed to pick up his life.

The news of Koga's death spread quickly, and the news caused shock in Japanese military circles...... In less than a year, two commanders-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet died, and both of them died by plane.

It is said that Koga Mineichi also said such a sentence on the plane: "Yamamoto died at the right time, I envy him!" ”

The reason why this can be said is because it is a casual sentence that Koga Mineichi said casually when he was on a radio call with the plane that accompanied him.

As a result, many superstitious Japanese soldiers speculated whether it would be Yamamoto Fifty-six who "summoned" Koga Mineichi.

This made the people of the Japanese Navy panic, because the Japanese naval officers thought of the "discouraged words" that Koga said at the meeting before leaving, and they felt that this meant that the combined fleet of the Great Japanese Empire had run out of energy, and whether the combined fleet was really going to "break jade" with the Americans, as Koga said.

Whether it is "jade shattering" or not, the Japanese naval officers do not know yet, but they do know one thing, that is, Koga Feng died at the right time, and the Japanese naval officers envied him.

(To be continued.) )