"Your Majesty! This is not the time to be arrogant! For the sake of the empire and the 7000 million citizens, you must leave Hawaii! You are the emperor of the entire Japanese Kuomintang, and you cannot only consider the gains and losses of Yamato Island!" It was the Minister of the Navy, King Fushimi Miyahiro, who spoke. The old man of the Japanese royal family with a horse face said loudly excitedly: "As a veteran of the royal family and the Minister of the Navy of the Japanese Empire, I propose to send His Majesty away immediately. What do you think?"

"Yes, His Majesty should leave immediately."

"Only by keeping His Majesty can the empire recover."

"Your Majesty, please leave quickly..."

The voices were unanimous, and their voices were extremely neat. They all suggested that Emperor Hirohito put oil on the soles of his feet and run away immediately.Hirohito also showed a hesitant look on his face, and kept his head down in silence.King Fushimi Gong Hiroshi took a deep breath, walked up to the emperor and bowed: "Your Majesty, the imperial meeting has reached an agreement, I implore His Majesty to leave Yamato Island immediately, tour South America, and continue to lead 300 million imperial soldiers and 7000 soldiers in South America. Ten thousand citizens, deal with the thieves to the end!" Fushimi Palace bowed to the end again: "I implore Your Majesty to respect the decision of the imperial meeting, and I will be terrified if I take the liberty and blasphemy."

In fact, Emperor Hirohito regretted staying in this damned Yamato Island a long time ago, but he couldn't say it by himself if he ran away, otherwise he would appear too timid!Now that Uncle Fushimi Palace has found him a step under the "decision of the imperial meeting", he is no longer tense, but just sighs and nods silently.

Fushimi Palace breathed a sigh of relief, bowed deeply to the emperor again, then turned around and asked Yamamoto 56: "Yamamoto-kun, is the submarine that will escort His Majesty ready? When can His Majesty leave?"

"There are five submarines on standby at several secret bases in the north of Oahu Island, but His Majesty can't leave immediately." Yamamoto 56 glanced at the surprised Navy Secretary and explained lightly: "China and the United States will definitely A large number of destroyers have been sent to blockade around Yamato Island, so we need to find a way to lure them away so that His Majesty can leave safely."

……

March 1940, 3, morning.The Pacific Ocean near the island of Oahu.

"Prepare for depth charges! First round, release!"

With a command, four small oil barrel-shaped depth charges were quickly thrown into the sea by the launcher at the tail of the Taoyuan destroyer. At the same time, the other three U.S. flat-deck-class destroyers also dropped depth charges.

"Boom! Boom!" There were several loud noises.The originally calm sea water began to boil like boiling hot water, and several huge waves appeared on the sea surface in an instant. Looking at it from a high altitude, it seemed as if a volcano erupted on the bottom of the sea!

However, after the sea level calmed down, the waves on the sea surface were white and clear, and it seemed that the Japanese submarine under the water was still intact.The destroyers circled slowly at a speed of 5 knots, until the sonar crew reported again that they found abnormal sounds on the seabed, and the four destroyers dropped another 16 depth charges in the second wave, followed by the third round and the fourth round s attack!

The dull explosion sound engulfed the water column and kept rolling on the surface of the sea until a mass of water mixed with oil and various sundries and debris exploded on the surface of the sea, blackening a large area of ​​sea water, and these destroyers left in a group again. Go to the next sea area in the plan that needs to be carefully searched...

The current situation in Oahu is obvious, no matter how hard the Japanese devils try, they will not last long!If Emperor Hirohito wanted to save his life, only 36 strategies were the best way to go, and the only way to leave the island of Oahu, which was surrounded by the Sino-US joint fleet, was to take a submarine!The Chinese and American navies, who had already figured this out, naturally regarded the anti-submarine around Oahu as a top priority.On the tens of thousands of square kilometers of ocean around Oahu Island, dozens of destroyer squadrons are densely distributed. Nearly 100 destroyers of various types from China and the United States (mainly from the United States) are patiently and meticulously searching every piece of sea area.In the air, there are more than [-] anti-submarine reconnaissance planes conducting low-altitude flight patrols on the wider ocean. As long as the Japanese submarine dares to come out to breathe, it will be a depth bomb!

On the island of the USS Taiwan aircraft carrier 110 nautical miles southeast of Oahu Island, Fleet Chief of Staff Meng Hailong was reporting to the two commanders of the Sino-US Joint Fleet, Zhao Zheng and Spruance, with a stack of telegrams: "Report from the Third Destroyer Squadron: A Japanese submarine was found in Area 5 and has been sunk! Report from the Seventh Destroyer Squadron: A Japanese submarine was found in Area 9 and is attacking. Report from Yunying No. 52 reconnaissance plane: On 16 A Japanese submarine has been found in the No. [-] area and is attacking, and the [-]th Destroyer Squadron is rushing to the scene..."

In just one morning, two Japanese submarines were sunk, and two more were found.Zhao Zheng was naturally very satisfied with such a record. He nodded and asked, "Has the reconnaissance plane sent to Oahu come back?"

"Not yet..." As soon as Meng Hailong opened his mouth, a telegram was handed over from his side. After he took the telegram and glanced at it quickly, he raised his eyebrows and reported: "The telegram from Yunying No. 36, Oahu Island Of the 10 forts found, three have been confirmed to have been completely destroyed, and four have been judged to have been severely damaged."

"Oh! That's great!" The American Admiral Spruance on the side raised his eyebrows, and a trace of surprise slid across his face.Last night, the combat method of incendiary bombs, ship island shelling, and radar interference seems to have achieved very satisfactory results.In the artillery bombardment fleet of the Sino-US joint fleet, only one escorting American destroyer touched another Chinese light cruiser in the dark, and suffered some minor injuries, as well as several naval officers and soldiers.Of the more than 1000 sorties that took part in Operation Void, only five planes were shot down by ground fire, another six planes were injured, and two planes crashed during landing.The total casualties were less than 30, but the entire Pearl Harbor was turned into a sea of ​​flames!It severely damaged the Japanese coastal artillery system and shot down more than a dozen Japanese reconnaissance planes and airships.If you count the hundreds of Japanese suicide planes destroyed in the battle to regain Hawaii Island two days ago, the battle during this period is almost the smoothest that the US Navy has fought since the Pacific War!

However, Zhao Zheng beside him still had a serious expression, his brows were slightly frowned, as if he was thinking about something.He walked to the edge of the chart platform, glanced at the markings of the densely packed Chinese and American naval fleet formations around Oahu, and pondered: "The more critical the situation on Oahu, the more likely this kid Hirohito will run away." ! Our goal is not only to take down Oahu Island, but also Emperor Hirohito, a big fish..."

The expression on Spruance's face also became serious. Although the surrounding area of ​​Oahu Island has been tightly sealed, it is not airtight, especially when the anti-submarine reconnaissance plane cannot take off at night, Hirohito still has a certain chance to take off. The submarine escaped.

"Yu Ren is the emperor after all," Zhao Zheng muttered to himself there with his elbows in his arms, "he is a man of gold, and he will not take risks easily... There must be some special arrangements, and he will never sit casually." If you try your luck on a submarine, you might as well stay on Oahu and die!"

……

At this time, in a certain bunker of the Pearl Harbor Fortress, Hirohito sat on the throne with a gloomy face, and was discussing his plan to "tour" South America with Yamamoto 56, Fushimi Gong Hiroshi and others.

"I-16, I-17, I-22, and I-26 submarines have lost contact. They were either sunk or under attack!" Yamamoto 56 took the report handed over by Chief of Staff Ugaki, glanced at it, and said indifferently.

Hearing this news, King Fushimi Miyahiro Gong's face changed drastically, and he lost his voice: "Of the five submarines, only one escaped! With an 80% damage rate, this one is also..."

"Yamamoto, if you leave at night, will the probability of success be higher?" Emperor Hirohito asked in a deep voice.

"It will be higher, but it will not exceed [-]%, and the submerged speed of the submarine is too slow. If you can't use the night to stay away from Yamato Island, you will still be spotted by Chinese and American reconnaissance planes during the day."

"Then what should we do?" Hirohito's voice seemed a little trembling: "Could it be that the eternal foundation of the Japanese Empire is about to be ruined in my hands!"

"I already have a perfect plan to ensure that His Majesty escapes safely." Yamamoto 56 replied.

"What can I do?" Hirohito's voice became calm again, and a calm air appeared on his face.

"My minister plans to turn the tiger away from the mountain!" Yamamoto 56 gritted his teeth, and a look of unbearableness flashed across his face, "The United Fleet has ordered all the Japanese submarines around the Hawaiian Islands to gather around Kauai Island. It is estimated that there will be [-] to [-] more! According to the weather forecast, there may be a thunderstorm in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands in the next two days. These submarines will use this opportunity to attack the Chinese and American destroyer units in the waters south of Yamato Island! At the same time, four more ships will be sent from the Hawaiian Islands The submarine breaks out to the south, giving the opponent the illusion that His Majesty will break out from the south line!"

"What? Send four submarines from Yamato Island!" King Fushimi Gong Hiroshi took a breath. "There are only five large submarines on the island. Isn't it too many to send four at once?"

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Yamamoto 56's mouth: "Four submarines, plus more than 20 submarines coming in from the south, there will be more than [-] submarines! It is impossible for the destroyer teams of China and the United States to sink them all. ! Wait for the two submarines to turn around, and then separate to escape in three directions: east, south, and west... The destroyer squadrons of China and the United States can't tell which submarines escaped from Yamato Island, so they can only pursue them separately. In this way, Yamato The blockade around the island must only be relaxed. At that time, His Majesty will take the last high-speed submarine to leave, submerge to pass through the blockade of the Chinese and American destroyers, and then use the heavy rain and night as cover to float northward at full speed. .”

"In one afternoon and one night, at most, they ran more than 200 nautical miles, and they were still within the search range of the Chinese and American reconnaissance planes." Minister of the Army Asaka Palace King Yanyan said worriedly.

"This is the safest way right now!" Yamamoto said coldly, "If you don't leave now, you won't know when you'll have another chance when the thunderstorm passes." He then looked up at Hirohito, It seems to be waiting for the emperor's final decision.

Emperor Hirohito also knew that there was no real safety now. The navy had used 56 submarines as cannon fodder this time to cover his escape, and he probably did his best.He nodded heavily, and said to Yamamoto: "Then leave everything to Mr. Yamamoto!" Then he raised his hand slightly, signaling Yamamoto [-] to leave.

After the admiral left, Hirohito let out a long sigh, as if he was paralyzed on the throne.He glanced at Fushimi Palace and Asaka Palace who were still by his side, and sighed again: "You two emperor uncles, after I leave Yamato Island, who should take charge of the situation here?" He voted for the Minister of War, Asakamiya King Jinyan.

Asaka Palace knew what Hirohito meant. The navy on Yamato Island was already presided over by a general like Yamamoto 56. It was meaningless for Fushimi Palace to stay, but the army had always been Asaka Palace, the army who also served as the commander of the Guards Corps. The minister is in command!

"Your Majesty! I am willing to stay!" Chaoxiang Palace gritted her teeth and accepted the drudgery.

Hiroren smiled sadly, and there was no trace of expression in his eyes. He seemed to be looking at Asaka Palace, and seemed to pass him, looking at a place in the distance: "... I have a hunch, Japan, I can't go back Yes, but you may still be able to go back, remember to visit the memorial tablet of Emperor Meiji for me at the Meiji Shrine, and plead guilty to the late Emperor Meiji for me..."

Chapter 1001 The Final Battle ([-]) Hirohito Escapes?

Thick clouds finally ushered in the sky over the Hawaiian Islands. The air pressure on the sea surface is very low, which makes people feel breathless. The long-lost smile.

At this time, Colonel Matsumura was standing on the bridge of a large cruiser submarine I-15, holding up his binoculars and looking around to find the other three large cruiser submarines of the 10th Diving Squadron who came to meet up.Same as in history, the Japanese navy in this time and space is still very keen on building large submarines with a displacement of two to three thousand tons, dreaming of using these large submarines to fight the Chinese navy's surface fleet!It's just that things backfired. Since the start of the war, the Japanese Navy has never had a chance to test its edge in this underwater fleet built with a lot of money.It was not until this "Second Hawaiian Sea Battle" that there seemed to be a chance to stand out, at least Kanji Matsumura thought so after receiving the order from the United Fleet.

"Your Majesty, look!" the captain of the I-15, Major Canoda, suddenly pointed to the port side of the submarine and shouted.In the direction of Aota's finger, Colonel Matsumura saw through his binoculars that there was a huge submarine not far away that was slowly floating up through the sea.

"It's Yi-1!" Matsumura recognized at a glance that this submarine was the old predecessor of the Japanese Navy's underwater fleet. number 2135.After Matsumura graduated from Etajima Marine School, he started his career as a naval officer from this submarine.Thinking of the glory of the Japanese Empire dominating the East, the corners of Matsumura's eyes couldn't help getting moist.

"Your Majesty, look over there, I-4 and I-8 must have arrived, and the 10th diving team has arrived!"

At this time, Colonel Matsumura had also seen two other tumbling waves appearing on the distant sea surface through the binoculars. Obviously, two large submarines were floating up.He heaved a sigh of relief, put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and smiled at Cangtian, "Great, everyone arrived safely, now we can let the Chinese experience the bitterness of going against the Great Japanese Empire!"

Cangtian Shaozuo glanced at his boss who seemed to be overly optimistic, nodded his head slightly, and just about to echo a few words, he heard a sound of stairs, and then a copy of the telegram was handed to him, and he took When he stood up, a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

"What's the matter, Cangtian-kun?" Mr. Matsumura asked.

"My God! It's Your Majesty! Our mission this time is to open a bloody path for Your Majesty to escape from Yamato Island!" said Cangtian Shaozuo.

"Nani?" Songcun frowned slightly, took the telegram from Cangtian and glanced at it.He murmured in a low voice: "Then the situation on Yamato Island is very critical... okay." Songcun looked up at the dark clouds in the sky: "Let's start now, we can reach the sea near Yamato Island when the thunderstorm comes. , if those Chinese destroyers are still there, we will send them on their way!" As soon as he said this, suddenly a muffled thunder rolled across the sky.

The two Japanese submarine commanders looked at each other and smiled. Such weather is definitely a good day for a submarine to carry out a surprise attack!Commander Yamamoto really knows how to pick a date...

……

On the port deck of the destroyer Nanhui, Colonel Lin Zun, the commander of the first destroyer squadron, was wearing a raincoat, accompanied by several staff members, and was patrolling the entire ship with a straight face.As the nephew of Lin Zexu, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, and a top student in the first phase of the Changzhou Island Sea School, his official luck was extremely bad, probably because he was upright and not good at flattering others. Up to now, he is only a small colonel commanding the destroyer formation. .In front of his classmates who have already become lieutenant generals and major generals, he feels ashamed!

Of course, Commander Lin did not bring this kind of emotion into his daily work. Instead, he became more serious and responsible, and his military management was extremely strict, so that he got the nickname of "Lin Devil"... However, the first destroyer he led The unit has been among the best in the previous exercises and evaluations of the National Defense Forces and Navy. Now it is possible to be promoted to the rank of general with less combat achievements, right?

This opportunity may be around the corner!Lin Zun raised his head, and the sound of the howling wind was all around his ears. The raindrops hit the steel plate of the destroyer one by one, crackling like machine guns. The 2000-ton 1936-type destroyer was like a leaf in the waves. Stop swinging.All the sailor officers on the deck firmly grasped the railings or handrails, and walked carefully, for fear of being thrown into the sea by the inertia of the ship's shaking.

Heavy rain, wind and waves, plus the Japanese Emperor stranded on Oahu, who can imagine what will happen next?If Hiroto doesn't want to be gutted in some dark bunker on Oahu, now is the time to get out!

So right now the busiest part of the entire Sino-US joint fleet is probably these destroyer units, when the main ships and transport fleet are hiding in Hilo Bay to take shelter from the wind.They were still wandering around Oahu, all the sonar soldiers pricked up their ears, and all the lookout posts were trying to find the floating Japanese submarine from the rain and fog. All the destroyer commanders prayed silently in their hearts, so that good Luck came to him.

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