Hori Teiki obviously had different considerations about the next stage of the Battle of Hawaii. After occupying two small islands in the west and capturing the Aleutian Islands, he rejected the suggestion that the staff members would go straight to Oahu and the main island of Hawaii, and based on the slow attack.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to be fast, but that he is bound by many objective conditions. The firepower on Oahu alone is a big problem. After continuous investigations against the enemy and the accumulation of pre-war intelligence, this has been made clear (the picture below is the enhanced defense picture of Oahu after 1943):

Faced with such a dense firepower deployment as spider webs and a large number of defenders in Hawaii with a rash rush to land, it is inevitable that the landing force will be a dead end. To lift the threat of shore defense fortifications to landing forces, three Yamato-class gun groups must be sent to bombard it. Even if the losses of battleships are ignored, material losses are also a headache. The Yamato-class 460mm main gun is more than 1 ton, and three ships are fired in a salvo, and a few rounds may exceed 1,000 tons. Even if these thousand tons of shells are not considered, they must also consider the complexity and difficulties of transporting from Japan thousands of miles away.

If the 1,000 tons of transportation capacity is converted into food, it can provide 100,000 people with 12 weeks; if the 1,000 tons of transportation capacity is converted into aviation fuel, the fighter can launch about 2,000 orders. Now the command and combat have retreated to the second line, these staff members can complete it. Horitiki is like a company chairman calculating a longer-term matter: how much is his own cost, how to maintain his cash flow (material flow), whether there will be any profit after occupying the market (Oahu Island), what should the competitors (US military) counterattack? What if the United States refuses to submit to the attack on Hawaii? In addition, the country has just had a major earthquake, a large area of ​​disaster areas, and a large number of factory facilities have been affected. The Navy still grits his teeth and draws out some of its strength to carry out rescue under the already very tight transportation capacity, which makes it even more difficult.

In order to prevent the morale from falling, Hori Teiki even suppressed news about the East China Sea earthquake. Except for the general level and the trusted staff around him, the other officers and soldiers were not aware of the domestic situation.

These are all serious and realistic questions. It is absolutely impossible to use up all oil for pleasure like Kakuda. As the commander of the army, with the most powerful joint fleet in the world, how could Hori Teiki fight in a strait?

In the end, he concluded that he would attack Rai Island, cut off the US military contacts, severely destroy the morale of the enemy, isolate the Oahu defenders, and force them to give up fighting and surrender voluntarily.

Another thing that cannot be ignored when making this decision is that although Pearl Harbor and other islands have suffered severe damage and the open-air fuel depots are completely destroyed, because the underground fuel depots of other islands are still stocked with a lot of aviation gasoline, and the first batch of submarines have been successfully smuggled, until early December, Doolittle can still calmly send the aircraft at hand to fight against the Japanese army. The battle of the Army Aviation Flight Division also shows this: they fought with the US military for half a month, and although their opponents' strength is constantly declining, they are far from the end of their lives.

"Sir, Kakuda just sent a telegram to inform them that they had sunk a submarine and captured many US military officers and soldiers. According to the confession, they were carrying out material smuggling."

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After learning about the incident in detail, Hori Teiki's face became solemn: If the United States continues to transport submarines, even if it is only 400 tons per ship, a small amount will be a number that cannot be underestimated.

"It seems we are going to strengthen anti-submarine operations." Kusato Ryunosuke sighed, "Water detection, destroyers must expand their search area. This is still a transport submarine. What if a group of troops like German submarines come? Wouldn't even the main fleet be destroyed?"

The staff nodded. Although the specific performance characteristics of the Type 21 and Type 23 submarines are unknown and there is no intelligence to show that the US military has the same level of equipment, everyone has experienced the terror of the German submarines. This may be a move to make up for the failure.

"Sir, good news," Chiaki Matsuda said happily, "The German side has telegraphed and said it will do its best to provide us with assistance. The army equipment will first provide a batch of British tanks and spitfire aircraft, and the Navy will provide the aircraft and fuel we need. Considering that the empire is currently in short supply of capacity, the German side will use the capacity to directly transport it to me during the transfer to Guinea. It can be transported to our designated location under the cover of a clear escort force."

"Okay!" Everyone cheered loudly.

Hori Teiki's face was wonderful and helpless. He nodded slightly and said, "Let Tanaka Jun arrange escorts and send them directly to Christmas Island or Midway Island!"

After most people stepped down, Tsukahara Mitsuzo asked, "I don't seem to be very high when I see your emotions."

"The German support is a bit difficult. In fact, you and I know what the other party's true intention is. This kind of 'good intention' is really a pity that Japan can't bear."

Tsukahara Nishizumi knew that Hori Teiki wanted to be in harmony, and he advised: "Sir, your wish cannot be achieved for the time being. I can only hope that the Americans can defeat us once and let the red deer sober up. Unfortunately, Americans don't know what they are doing now."

"I won't think about it anymore. First, I will defeat Rai Island. If the United States does not agree, the entire Hawaii occupation will be fortified on the spot, and all the residents will be driven away. 200,000 troops will be stationed, and 3,000 aircraft will be hoarded. Then build a few more according to the level of the German air defense tower. Let the Americans chew it slowly." Hori Teiki showed a hideous side, "Can't I fight with me?"

While Hori Teiki was sharpening his knife and preparing to attack Rai Island, the Washington Joint Conference has been conducting the next stage of war discussion. Given that the war in Hawaii cannot think of any solution, he can only rely on submarine transportation to hang his breath. The focus of everyone's current discussion and attention is the South African battle.

At this time, the South African campaign commander Bradley also brought South African leader Shi Mozi and other teams to float on the sea. The only good news was that they sent a telegram to confirm safety, which made Washington feel a little relieved. Although Bradley made people beat him up and was defeated in a daze, at least the top leaders of the army and the Joint Conference did not think that he had any faults and could fight like this. Dewey also said that he would let Bradley continue to lead his troops in the future.

In view of the current special circumstances, both Congress and the Federal Court have adhered to the efficiency of "special matters" and completed the voting of the civic group and the presidential inauguration ceremony as quickly as possible. Dewey was officially sworn in on December 9. After he officially became president, the first question he raised was thought-provoking: "How do you plan to deal with the new German tactics?"

"There is no doubt that we continue to increase investment in rocket projects. In addition, we also have several relatively mature products for helicopters, such as r5\r6 helicopters, and I believe they can play a role." MacArthur grabbed his scalp with distress, "The key now is to seize air supremacy. Without sufficient and powerful jets, we are struggling. It is said that the Germans used a new generation of jet fighters on the South African battlefield. The maneuverability is very strong and they can already play tactical maneuvers with traditional propeller fighters."

In 1939, Igor Sikorsky successfully built a vs. 300 helicopter, and wanted to be mature, and his design scope and appearance were almost exactly the same as later generations. Based on this foundation, the United States slowly created r5\r6. Although they were all involved in war, they only undertake light auxiliary tasks such as reconnaissance, vertical transportation, and rescue. They had never considered playing the decisive role of treetop killers and vertical maneuvers like the German army. South Africa's scoundrel immediately woke them up.

MacArthur and Clark immediately noticed the value of helicopters. Like their German counterparts, they immediately made a request, hoping to develop more and better helicopters, whether transport or combat-type, and at the same time, they asked the helicopter troops to be assigned to the Army and act as the top leaders of the Army Aviation who had just been upgraded from Army Aviation to Air Force, agreed readily.

However, what MacArthur said was also the point. Without the power of the entire jet control, it was useless to have helicopters alone, and it was completely a living target for the opponent. To solve the problem, in the final analysis, we must control air supremacy!

Although the name of me262 is terrifying, both Germany and the United States know that this jet is mainly aimed at intercepting, and its starting point is to attack large-scale bomber groups or transportation clusters of US military formations. Me262 and P47 alone are too clumsy. Even if the p47 cannot be defeated, it is completely possible to play with the opponent.

But the single-shot Ta183 is different. It is faster than the me262 and has better flexible maneuverability. Although it is not comparable to traditional fighters, at least with unparalleled speed, this maneuverability seems very exaggerated. If 1vs1 or 4vs47 is at a disadvantage.

Without the advantage of fighter jets, it means that there is no advantage of air supremacy. Not mastering air supremacy means being passively beaten, so the Air Force and the Army are very stumbled on this and cannot find a solution in a short period of time.

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Chapter completed!