The people looked at each other as if this was the case; A doctor stepped forward and touched it, and Gutian's neck, which was lying in a pool of blood, really had no pulse. This shot was impartial, it hit the heart, and the gods couldn't save it.

If you want to say that the people here hate Hasegawa, it must be true, but in fact, not many people like Furuta, most of the people in the camp have learned the professor's usual manners, and many people are waiting to see him play these days, all in all, Hasegawa and Gutian who loses the bet, it is a good thing, and those who have already done good things have opened a handicap to bet on whether Gutian will make a bad move. Of course, the gamble is bound to come to an end, and no one thought that he would die like this in the end.

"I want to say one thing here," Nakano walked out of the tent with his waist in his hand, he looked around and looked sternly at everyone in the front row, "I know that there are still many Furuta followers in the camp, and you feel unwilling." But Director Hasegawa is arguably the greatest geologist in Japan's geological history. He discovered valuable oil for the Empire, which is obvious to all. Therefore, anyone who wants to hurt him just can't get along with me. ”

The situation reversed, Hasegawa took control of the situation at once, and even received a strong sycophant. However, he looked down and saw Professor Furuta who was not blinding, and he still couldn't recover from the panic, the era in which he grew up, the battles between scholars were all underwater, and there would be no rude language, where was there a person with a pistol and a pestle in the middle of the night?

He slowly realized how thrilling it was just now, the pistol fell to the ground and misfired, it was impossible to predict who it would hit, and there really seemed to be some providence in the dark?

He pretended to sigh, crouched down, closed the professor's eyes, and took advantage of the unpreparedness to put away the notebook on the ground and hide it in his trouser pocket. This must not be known to the rest of the camp, and he wants to enjoy the honor of being the greatest man in Japan, and if anyone knows that he copied the data from a notebook, then this respect will be greatly reduced.

"Director, I'll leave the matter of Well No. 2 to me." Nakano walked in and said in a firm tone, not the slightest flattery, "I believe that in a few days, No. 2 will also produce oil." We are now on the same front, and whoever dares to oppose you is against Japan. ”

Nakano swore that he had wasted no time and glanced at the dead man at his feet.

"Professor Nakano, what is the daily output of Well No. 1 now?"

"Yesterday it was 21 tons. The day before yesterday was 16 tons, and the associated gas pressure did not change, and I think it can stabilize at the level of 20 tons, which is more than 20% compared to the average daily production of Texas oil wells. ”

"It doesn't sound bad, but unfortunately, our drill bits are worn out and we have to find a way to buy them right away. We have to do a big job, at least we must be prepared to produce millions of tons a year. ”

"Don't worry, I'll do my best."

"It's not early, I'll leave for Qiqihar to send a telegram right away, and I'll ask you to keep an eye on it for me."

"Okay, I'll take care of everything."

Nakano agreed. Now it's time to hire people, Hasegawa doesn't dare to talk about the past with Nakano, who took the initiative to serve, anyway, Nakano's cheekiness doesn't seem to be in his heart. He is in need of an academic authority who can calm the field, to help himself, to block all kinds of suspicions, and if he needs to rob Southeast Asia's resources in the future, this kind of talent will also be needed.

They discussed in the tent for a while, and then it was dawn. Hasegawa took the first batch of returning tankers and headed for Qiqihar, still subconsciously believing that the telegram had been sent and that the deadline set by Makino was still met. Unbeknownst to him, however, that Furuta had interfered with the telegram at all; I don't know that the few days of delay will lead to serious consequences.

419 continued to pay attention to the movement of the Japanese fleet, and the 19 warships of the mobile force had quietly headed north, and the last thing heading north was the faster Second Air War composed of Flying Dragons and Canglong.

They burrowed through the east in the darkness of the night, in the silence of the lights and radios.

The bow sonar of the 419 can track them when they quietly leave the Bungo waterway, and it is more difficult to identify them only through the voiceprint (the power of the Japanese capital ship is about the same), but the drone that took off later quickly identified the target with radar. At the same time, other warships of the mobile unit have gathered in Single-crown Bay and are doing their final replenishment work. There is no indication that the attack plan may have come to a halt.

Lin Xiuxuan continued to ponder his plan, he knew that the whole plan was likely to be an extra move, and in the end, the Japanese themselves would send a message of war to climb the new high mountain, and he and his team needed to hide in the countryside and mountains of Japan for half a month. But he had to take into account the variables of the Japanese crossers, and these scumbags would certainly not see the outbreak of war. If they were in their place, would they give up easily? The answer is no.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion in Nagatacho, Tokyo, Hideki Tojo, wearing a black kimono, was walking in the garden to enjoy the flowers, and he was followed by Ryoji Shikata with an angry face.

"Teacher, you already know the situation. Within us, there may well be enemy spies. I sent someone to infiltrate the U.S. Consulate in Kobe, and just after I got the codebook, they changed it to a new one, and no one reported it, how could it be so coincidental? ”

Tojo seemed to be listening absentmindedly, fiddling with the flower pot in front of him.

"Teacher, I still need more authority to deal with these tricky things."

"Sifang, what do you think of my chrysanthemums here?"

"What?"

The four sides were stunned, he didn't know what the teacher meant.

"Oh, I know what you mean, but now is not the time to rush to track down these things, Ozaki's matter can't involve more people, it's politics, you have to understand."

"But ......"

"I read your report and know that you are suspicious of Kagesa Zhenzhao, but although this person hates it, he can't do that kind of thing. What's more, although he has become more and more ridiculous recently, he is also a meritorious person. ”

"What does the teacher mean?"

"Next year, I will send him to Southeast Asia to lead troops, and from then on we will not be out of sight and out of mind."

"He has been entangled with a lot of people recently, including the upper echelons of the navy, I heard that the Minister of Commerce and Industry is very close to him, and the ship allocated to him to salvage Izumo items has been transferred to other places by him, and the ship is currently damaged by the typhoon, and it is still stranded in Keelung, and I heard that several people have died."

"What does that mean?" Tojo stopped.

"At present, it is only known that in addition to using this salvage ship, they also sent a geological expedition to Manchuria, which was also operated by Nobusuke Kishi behind the scenes. I think it might be a conspiracy. ”

"Nobusuke Kishi again?"

The Razor General finally looked puzzled.

Outside, a lieutenant walked in briskly with a newspaper in hand.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Army Ministry Express Telegram."

"Read."

"A week ago, Imperial Oil discovered oil fields in Manchuria. Production is still being estimated. Former Prime Minister Konoe called for an immediate meeting of important ministers to reconsider national policy. ”

"Oh?" Tojo's face suddenly filled with a happy smile, but then it became gloomy, "Quartet, you just said that they sent people to Manchuria?" ”

"Yes."

"Could there be any conspiracy in this?"

"I suppose someone doesn't want war to break out, right?" The Quartet's words woke up Tojo. "Teacher, you think, this kind of thing has not happened before. Suddenly shale oil was discovered in Fushun, and then new oil fields were discovered in Hokkaido or Sakhalin, and as a result, either it was not usable at all, or it was produced in the tens of thousands of tons a year. ”

"Go on."

"To be honest, the discovery of oil in Manchuria is not uncommon, it was completely expected by me."

"Expected?" Tojo was confused.

"This guy Ying Zuo has been in Shanghai, so he can get these from the standard and Mobil, and it is not difficult for them to explore the information in the Zhang Zuolin era. But why don't those European and American companies that are mercenary not exploit? It is nothing more than insufficient production, buried deeply, and worthless. ”

"You think they deliberately discovered oil at this point in time...... Just to disrupt the pace? ”

"I think it's possible."

"You've thought about it, but it's too late anyway."

"Too late?"

"Yes, the order for the fleet to go out, at this moment, should have reached the fleet commander. The wood is irreversible. ”

Kuril Islands, Single Crown Bay.

A snowstorm is sweeping across the lonely bay. On the surface of the sea, a large fleet was parked in all directions, and if it were not for the smoke from the chimneys of some warships, it would be lifeless.

In the night, a small boat struggled to move forward in the frozen waters, this is from the sampan that the Akagi had just put down, the bow of the ship Suzuki Eishosa looked forward against the wind and snow, his destination was the flagship Akagi aircraft carrier a kilometer away, he carried an order, which was handed over to the captain by Yamamoto himself before the departure of the Hiei, and it was agreed that in the early morning of the 24th, it would be handed over to Vice Admiral Nagumo. In order to avoid the unnecessary use of radio, the command of the combined fleet became extremely complicated and difficult.

Half an hour later, Vice Admiral Nagumo, who was standing on the bridge, dismantled the "Mobile Force Combat Order No. 1."

The command is extremely simple, with only two lines:.

The commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, was instructed to issue the following order to the mobile forces:

"The mobile forces, as scheduled, entered the second phase of the operation."

Nagumo's face was solemn and he was silent for a long time, and then handed the order to the captain of the ship, Kiichi Hasegawa.

At 4 a.m. on November 24, the first fleet from Single-Crown Bay quietly left Single-Crown Bay, and they almost concealed it from the whole world, except for the well-informed Project 419 submarine.

Command Module 419, through the bow and the towed sonar that has just been released, can clearly detect the diesel maneuvering silence emanating from Singlecrown Bay.

"Captain, it's a submarine, there are three of them. As recorded in history, it appears to have been used to monitor merchant ships on the sea. ”

Cheng Dayang stood behind the monitor, looking at the voiceprint comparison chart, he knew that this was the main maneuver of the I-type submarine. Due to the distance, 419 could not monitor the movement of another southern fleet consisting of heavy cruisers and a light aircraft carrier assembled in Taiwan, but everything was bound to start according to the historical script, and he even began to sympathize with his American counterparts who were about to die, but 419 had no means to help them.