"Hehe, I know this person, I must be fascinated by this thing. Let him do it, salvaging that ship is also a top priority, it is not far from the Philippines, once the Americans find out, they may be the first to board, their deep-sea salvage technology must be stronger than ours. ”

"So, Shogun, how do you make sure that Tojo doesn't send that message to the fleet through other radio stations?" Makino asked.

"This matter depends on the secrecy of everyone here, I know Tojo too well, he is not such a long-term person, so his current focus will only be on the Tokyo Communications Office as a communication center, as long as this place is still in his hands, I will give him a reassurance; I expected him to implement the plan at the last minute, and then he found that he couldn't send it, so he didn't have time to reach out to the field. ”

"So, will he storm the bridge?"

"It's very likely, but at this moment, the guys from the engineer wing of the 1st Division are afraid that they have already installed *. There will be a few extremely reliable people there who take turns staring. ”

"But what method is used to stabilize the morale of the army?"

"For the lower-level soldiers, of course, they can only use deception, telling them that if someone wants to seize the communication facilities and plot to cause chaos, they will defend it to the death."

"Great, I thought it perfectly."

Makino rubbed his hands and said, it was only at this time that he had some bottom in his heart, and the feeling that Ishihara gave him was more wise and decisive than that of Shadow Sazhenzhao.

The communication for the war did not arrive on time, which made the 419 and mobile fleets, which were 5,000 kilometers away, also fall into great worry.

Lieutenant General Nagumo Tadaichi paced back and forth in the battle bridge, surrounded by generals and officers, all anxious, all waiting for the communications staff officer's routine report every 30 minutes. Hurried footsteps sounded outside the hatch, and everyone hurriedly cast expectant glances at the entrance of the passage,

The communications staff officer stepped into the hatch with his head held high, and stood up sharply: "Report, I still haven't received a local telegraph." Hawaii communications are normal, no abnormalities have been found, and the warships in the harbor have not changed as yesterday. ”

"How can this be, the agreed time is December 2, and it has been 24 hours, and there is still no war?" Someone muttered anxiously.

"yes, nothing will happen in the country, right?"

"The pilots are all ready to do a big job, if something happens, how can they explain it to the boys?"

Nagumo waved his hand to let the communications staff officer return, he didn't say a word, just paced a few steps behind his back, looking no better than anyone else.

"Sir, could it be that the communication equipment is malfunctioning?"

"But isn't it the same that the longwave radio station did not receive the message?"

"Maybe something went wrong? Why don't you send a light signal to the Hiei on the left and ask if they have any news, they just updated the radio. Hasegawa Osa was a little impatient and made a naïve suggestion.

"Okay, ask." Nagumo couldn't hold his breath anymore, he had to take a little risk to do this pointless thing, at least to appease the generals present.

Immediately, a staff officer braved the huge wind and rain to go outside and sent a string of signals to the battle cruiser 2.5 kilometers away. Most of the people in the command room raised their binoculars and looked that way, but soon received a negative response from the Hiei, and they did not receive any orders from the Combined Fleet.

"Commander, is there something delayed about him?"

"yes, we're less than 1,600 kilometers from Pearl Harbor, how can we be so childish?"

The officers began to complain, and it was difficult to restrain their emotions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, maybe there has been a breakthrough in the diplomatic negotiations," Nagumo hunched over to the compass and glared sternly at everyone, "Remember, we soldiers must be obedient. ”

"But...... Everyone has been preparing for more than half a year, and if they say that they won't fight if they don't fight, the impact on morale will ......."

"There is nothing but, war is a continuation of politics, and I hope you understand that. Perhaps the order will be given soon. We continued to follow the planned course, lined up north of Pearl Harbor, and of course if the order to start war did not come by then, return was the only option. ”

7 kilometers away, 419 quietly tracked the slowing enemy fleet, and the submarine usually maintained a distance of more than 20 kilometers from the enemy fleet in order to safely extend the mast and receive the signal; But after dark, you can get closer. The enemy is silent on the radio, but sometimes there is some light communication, and the periscope depth is maintained, and some of the enemy's interrogation commands can be seen. Judging from the current level of anti-submarine warfare of the Japanese fleet, it mainly relies on the visual observation of observers on peripheral destroyers or light cruisers, and basically loses its antisubmarine capability at night.

The video signal on the periscope was transmitted directly to the command module display. Everyone in the command module simultaneously saw the question and answer from the enemy flagship asking Hiei.

"Look, the enemy is also sending signals to ask, and it seems that they are also in a hurry."

Cheng Dayang used a word yes, indicating that he was actually quite anxious.

"Lin is still quite accurate, and I guessed that there would be twists and turns. History has changed here. ”

"Yes, those three bastards will not do nothing, judging from the Kwantung Army communications intercepted a few days ago, most of them are oil fields discovered in the northeast, which have shaken the will of the Japanese decision-making level."

"In the 145 direction, the destroyer Urakaze is approaching at 16 knots."

Cheng Dayang glanced down at the chart, the enemy ship did not come straight to him, it was still cruising on the periphery along the original route, and it should pass from one side.

"Keep an eye on it."

"Captain, the bright side is that the enemy aircraft carrier formation has not changed course, but has only slowed down, and will obviously continue to advance towards Pearl Harbor." The commissar said.

"Yes, this is a reasonable way, Nagumo must adjust his speed so that before the attack, he can reach the sea north of the target and make the shortest stay time."

"Well, our backup plan ......"

"We continued to track, overtaking the enemy fleet after 48 hours, pre-arriving to the position west of Pearl Harbor, and then releasing the drones. In short, give a signal before the enemy arrives and completes the attack formation. ”

"Maybe we could have signaled the enemy earlier."

"I think we'd better give the Tokyo base camp more time, this thing...... I have always felt that it is only the last and worst option for us to provoke the war. ”

The command module fell silent, and through the bulkhead and the sea, it could hear the rumbling of the destroyer Urakaze not far away, as if it were really blind and half driving past the side, and it had no chance of spotting 419 except for searchlights.

"Lao Zheng, I support your idea, but ...... There must also be a deadline. ”

"Well, I'll master this, anyway, when the time comes, take off the drone first and stand by."

Cheng Dayang was no more anxious than anyone here, but he remembered that when Lin Xiuxuan left, he told him that he must hold on until the last moment. How to master this heat?

Tokyo time, the night of December 4. Konoe Fumi's car quietly drove across the moat and entered the palace through the side door. One hour ago, he suddenly received a call from the palace attendant, and was immediately summoned to the palace; Although he no longer holds a cabinet position, given that he is still the chairman of the House of Nobles and has a close relationship with the Emperor, he still has a lot of weight in speaking before the Emperor.

Led by the palace attendants, the guards went directly into the small meeting hall in the Imperial Garden, which was far less serious than the Senkusa Hall where military affairs were discussed.

Hirohito was already waiting there, dressed in a casual suit instead of the dumb-headed generalissimo uniform with a huge medal.

Konoe bowed slightly to the emperor who was sitting in the right seat, and then went to the opposite side, unbuttoned his shirt, and even cocked Jiro's legs, which was a style that other ministers did not dare to imagine, but he had been talking to the emperor like this since he was a child, and he had long been used to it.

"Presumably, Duke Konoe already knows the original purpose of my invitation to you, right?" The Emperor asked earnestly.

"Of course, now that the fleet has arrived at the enemy's doorstep, and His Majesty is unwilling to risk war after knowing the huge reserves of oil in Manchuria, the minister can understand this."

"It is true that no one knows me, but the Minister of the Army and Navy, as well as those people in the military department, are very persecuted, how should they deal with it?"

"It's actually quite simple." Konoe said lightly.

"How easy?"

"According to the minister, from tomorrow, Your Majesty will call it sick, cancel the Imperial War Guidance Meeting, and leave it to the cabinet to decide on its own. That doesn't have to be unconstitutional, and most of the cabinet will know His Majesty's painstaking efforts. I think that the military department did not dare to act arbitrarily, and in the end it dragged on, and the fleet could only come back. Although the damage to the morale of the people is unavoidable. ”

"However, will this cause ......?"

"Your Majesty means 226 and that kind of thing?"

"Exactly, today's newspaper in Tokyo published the full text of the US reply, which triggered a strong anti-American voice, and just outside the palace gate, a second lieutenant of the Guards Division committed suicide by seppuku and asked for war with his death.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I don't think Tojo will make any trouble, so Your Majesty just calls him sick, no matter how dull he is, he should know that His Majesty intends to avoid war; If he takes 10,000 steps back, even if he forcibly starts a war, it is His Majesty's glory if he wins, and it is not His Majesty's responsibility if he loses. ”

Konoe knew very well what the emperor was thinking, and this explanation immediately relieved Emperor Hirohito, and he did vaguely feel that letting the military department blindly continue to do it would one day lead to the Japanese imperial family being liquidated.

On December 5, the Imperial Council was cancelled and the decision-making meeting was moved to the Prime Minister's Office, and most of the cabinet members saw Hirohito's clear signal and did not dare to express their support for the war, so they could only make vague statements. In the end, Tojo still did not get a clear result.

Things began to change in the direction that Lin Xiuxuan or Ishihara had predicted. On the night of December 5th, Qin Xiaosu received all kinds of communications about military movements in Tokyo, which suddenly increased by more than 10 times, and it was obvious that the enemy would have a big move, so he immediately woke up Lin Xiuxuan and began to analyze the intelligence, and they had to quickly sort out a clue to decide the next move - whether to blow up the Funabashi communication station or not move. In short, the current information is still too insufficient to judge the intentions of the enemy on the bridge of the ship.

In the early hours of the morning, Xu Chong quietly left the stronghold with his equipment and arrived at the beach, where he received a new mission, which would be to conduct an approach reconnaissance from the seaside.