In fact, nothing is impossible on the battlefield, in other words, what is often thought impossible is actually happening on the battlefield...... Whether you believe it or not, that's the truth.

For example, this time, Brigadier General William did not believe that the Japanese fighters would be able to pass through the patrol network of the US military in broad daylight, and even escape the radar of the US military and fly over Rabaul.

If this is true, then Brigadier General Wilhelm will have to carefully examine where the loophole occurred, otherwise, the next time a large number of Japanese bombers appeared over Rabaul, and then before the Americans could react, the airfield was blown up by Japanese aerial bombs.

But Brigadier Wilhelm's fears were unfounded.

This is not to say that the Japanese plane that appeared over Rabaul was fake, in fact, it was indeed a Japanese plane, but it did not fly from the sky, but from the bottom of the sea.

Aircraft drilled out of the seabed...... It may sound sci-fi.

But Japan really has such planes.

It was a small Japanese Zero reconnaissance plane, and the reason why it was able to avoid patrols and radar detection by the US military was because it was carried by a submarine.

This submarine is the Japanese army's submarine cruiser, and its research and development is a submarine built in accordance with the so-called "gradual reduction of invitation operations" plan against the United States.

To put it simply, it is to lure the US Navy to attack, taking advantage of the continuous reduction of the Japanese Navy's logistical supply and the lengthening of the US Navy's supply line, to weaken the US fleet in the Pacific Ocean with submarines, destroyers, cruisers, and aircraft carriers, and then to fight a decisive battle with the US military in the coastal waters of Japan and defeat the US military in one fell swoop.

It should be said that this strategic concept is very good, a bit like the Chinese art of war to "lure the enemy into depth", and it can even be said that if the Japanese army implements this strategy from the beginning, it really has the possibility of success.

But the problem is that this strategic plan may be the right one, but tactically the Japanese are doing the opposite...... If we follow the operational concept of "gradually reducing the invitation to attack," the Japanese army should "preserve its strength and show the enemy weakness," and then it can lure the enemy into going deep and then decide the victory or defeat in a battle.

However, the paranoid character of the Japanese, or arrogance after the victory at Pearl Harbor, made it impossible for the Japanese Navy to "preserve its strength and show weakness to the enemy...... The result was the crushing defeat at the Battle of Midway, and the Battle of Kuah, which appeared to be a victory on the surface, but in fact inflicted irreparable losses on the Japanese pilots.

On the contrary, the US military, relying on its strong industrial capacity and the protection of its pilots, not only did not weaken its overall strength, but became more and more courageous, so the so-called "gradual reduction of the invitation operation" of the Japanese army fought to the end, although the line was correct, and it was indeed all the way to the coastal waters of Japan as the Japanese army had envisioned, but when the powerful US Navy approached the coastal waters of Japan, the Japanese Combined Fleet was no longer able to fight a decisive battle with the US Navy.

These are all off-topic.

The tactic of "gradually reducing the invitation to attack" required the Japanese Navy to have a very good grasp of the movements of the US Navy, otherwise it was very likely that it would be dragged down by the US military and fight a protracted war, but at that time, the Japanese radar was in a very primitive state, so the Japanese submarine patrol submarine came into being.

As the name suggests, submarine cruisers are mainly used for submarine patrols, and their main task in combat is to reconnoiter and collect enemy intelligence. In order to improve the ability to search for the enemy, the Japanese also deliberately designed it so that it could carry a maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

This water reconnaissance plane is usually stored in a hangar on the deck of a submarine, and when the submarine surfaces during the operation, the sailors assemble the water reconnaissance plane and use it.

Participating in the operation were three Japanese submarine cruiser B submarines, whose port numbers were I-19, I-21 and I-25.

They had arrived at Rabaul the previous night, and had taken advantage of the darkness to bring ashore the three disgruntled squadrons of the submarine...... The reason why these three squadrons are not satisfied with the formation is that although the patrol submarine type B submarine is a large submarine with a displacement of more than 2,500 tons, the submarine is a submarine after all, and the space in the submarine is very small, and it is almost the limit for each submarine to carry more than 100 people and equipment, and this is still under the condition that it only carries two torpedoes. (Note: The submarine can carry up to six torpedoes.) ）

Once ashore, the three squadrons marched along the predetermined route towards Rabaul...... Since the Japanese troops had been stationed in Rabaul for a long time, and these Japanese soldiers were dressed as Chinese troops, and even the rifles in their hands were M1, so they smoothly blended into Rabaul and then divided into their own missions to carry out their own missions.

The three Japanese submarines on the other side left the coastline and floated at a distance of 20 nautical miles.

The Japanese calculated the time very accurately, and it was exactly early in the morning when they ascended.

The reason why the early morning was chosen was because it was just getting dark at this time, and the Japanese knew that at this time the American planes had not yet started patrolling, and the destroyers had just in time for a change of patrol...... Before that, they had already figured out the patrol pattern of the US military.

Then the Japanese sailors quickly took out the parts of the Zero small water reconnaissance plane from the hangar and assembled them, and at this time, the captain of the operation, Tanakami Nakasa, conveyed the mission to his subordinates...... Arson.

"Arson?" The pilot, Second Lieutenant Guan Tian, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he thought that this time it was another reconnaissance mission like before, but he didn't expect it to be arson.

What is the use of arson? Second Lieutenant Guan Tian then frowned, did they want to burn the American ghost beast to death on Rabaul?

Of course, Second Lieutenant Guan Tian knew that this was impossible, and what he was really worried about was that the task of "arson" was given to an aircraft like the "Zero Small Water Scout", which would almost mean death.

The reason for this is simple, the "Zero Little Water Scout" does not have any fighter cover, and arson means telling the enemy its location clearly, and the enemy's planes will soon pounce on it......

There is no even any chance of survival, because its recovery is not as simple as a fighter flying back to the aircraft carrier, it must first land on the surface, wait for the submarine to float, and be hoisted to the deck of the submarine with a crane on the submarine to disassemble and load it into the hangar.

And it will take at least ten minutes to complete all this, and it is clear that the "Zero Small Water Reconnaissance" simply does not have so much time, and the submarine will not risk being discovered and destroyed to recover a cheap water reconnaissance aircraft.

Then Second Lieutenant Guan Tian knew that this might be his last mission.

(To be continued.) )