In the sea 230 nautical miles north of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, which is at its peak, is like a dragon entrenched on the blue sea. These steel giant beasts show a vast aura. No matter who sees them, you can feel the arrogant aura of this special mixed fleet.

Nanyun, who had begun to retreat when the second wave of carrier-based aircraft was released, turned around while retracting the carrier-based aircraft against the wind. The fleet was silent and prepared to return.

[Sorolong] and [Kaga] are located at 265 degrees and 235 degrees, with a lateral distance of 10 nautical miles, and the arrows that dominate the fleet.

[Akagi] and [Flying Dragon] are centered, with a side distance of 10 nautical miles, leading the fleet center and balancing offense and defense.

The side distance between [Shokhe] and [Ruihe] is 8 nautical miles, and is located at the end, with posture defense.

The six aircraft carrier battle groups acted as both offensive and defensive, retracted and released carrier-based aircraft.

All recovered carrier-based aircraft are being refueled, inspected and loaded.

The carrier-based aircraft waiting to go out of the war had already burst out in state and was lifted onto the flight deck. The pilots were ready. Many of them were the first group of pilots returning to the flight. They were explaining to the pilots who were preparing for the third wave of attacks how they were so feasting on Pearl Harbor. The pilots who had not yet started fighting were all ready to try and wanted to jump on the carrier-based aircraft now and continue to conquer the sky and land and seas of the United States.

A little ahead of both sides of the aircraft carrier battle group are the high-speed battleships [Haisui] and [Kijima]. They set up equal columns on the left and right sides, positioned in front, defending the waters on both sides of the aircraft carrier.

In the middle of the two sides of the aircraft carrier are the heavy cruisers [Ligan] and [Zhuma]. These two warships are responsible for the central air defense mission. When on alert, their main responsibility is to take off and recover the patrol aircraft sent.

At this time, two Zero Warfare, which were converted into air scouts, were released by catapults, like two arrows off the string, pounced into the air. Just as the second batch of carrier-based aircraft were about to land, two water reconnaissance aircraft were ejected.

Leading the light cruiser [Abukuma], it led seven destroyers [Daebuki], [Usuki], [Hinfeng], [Isobuki], [Bushiki], [Yangyan], and [Akiyun] arranged a curtain around the aircraft carrier battle group and arranged a solid defense.

【Xia】 and 【She】 serve as guards, guarding the tracking submarines.

The three submarines [Iran-19] [Iran-21] [Iran-23] are distributed in the triangular area behind the aircraft carrier, cruising in the deep, shallow and mid-sea areas. In conjunction with the two anti-submarine destroyers, they discover any incoming American submarines in advance.

Once this arrogant and huge fleet returns, it will ride the wind and waves at a rate of 20 knots.

At that time, the [Xia] and [Xia], which serve as the final defense, will twist every 5 to 10 minutes, swapping positions to ensure that any incoming enemy can be discovered from any angle.

In the 300 nautical miles of water ahead of them, seven large supply ships led by the Shilang were quietly parked. If the fleet continues to attack, two of them will sail to the fleet's assembly ground at high speed. If the fleet returns, these seven large supply ships will set out in advance. When the fleet catches up with them, the voyage is over halfway, which is the best time to replenish fuel.

In order to attack Pearl Harbor, the Japanese thought of all the details as meticulously and perfectly as possible.

Just when the fleet was returning or attacking, there was a fierce dispute between the main combat faction represented by General Yamaguchi Toshita and the returning faction represented by Chief of Staff Kusatou Ryunosuke.

Facing Yamaguchi Tsudo's rudeness, Nagashi Tadashi's face turned gloomy, but he still didn't say anything.

The atmosphere in the room was dead.

In the Japanese army, the relationship between superiors and subordinates is clear and very strict. Even if Yamaguchi Toshido is a general, Tadaichi Nagashi, as the commander, can punish him. Especially in this major military operation, Tadaichi Nagashi has the power to punish anyone under him.

Major General Oishi and Chief of Staff Kusaru were also stunned. They didn't expect Yamaguchi Tsuda to be so rude.

At this moment, the reconnaissance officer came to report: "The fighter jets that carried out air reconnaissance have returned, and they have launched fan-shaped searches at 130 degrees, 140 degrees and 150 degrees as the baselines, searching forward for 180 nautical miles of the sea area, and then flew 37 kilometers left and right, and finally returned in fan-shaped searches, landed on two cruisers, and found no enemy situations. At the same time, the other two reconnaissance aircraft have taken off and launched a two-way search method in the direction of Pearl Harbor."

Chief of Staff Caolu, who had a gloomy face just now, smiled and nodded slightly to the investigator, expressing satisfaction: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"Hayi!"

The officer nodded and retreated.

"Sorry, Commander!"

Yamaguchi Tsuto knew that he had bumped into the commander and apologized, but it still adhered to its principles. "Hawaii is the key to the US military's Pacific military operations. If we control Pearl Harbor, we will control the Pacific Ocean and the world's oceans. Only by completely destroying Pearl Harbor and driving the Americans back can the Great Japanese Empire completely defeat the US Navy. General Yamamoto launched this raid in order to completely erase the US Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor, and we are retreating now, I think it is too early."

Yamaguchi Toshito said, and once again stood attentively and lowered his head, the military boots merged and "snap": "Please think twice, Commander."

Yamaguchi Tsuda's collision when he first entered the house made Tadaichi Nagashi. It was a taboo for a commander to have no face and majesty in front of his subordinates.

Yamaguchi Tsuda's repeated apology made Tadaichi Nagamo gradually fade. Yamaguchi is also an old military officer, and the relationship between the two is also very good.

The atmosphere in the room was relieved.

Nagashima Tadaichi still didn't say anything. He was almost invincible, fighting or not fighting, just like two tumblers shaking around inside him. The only thing he could maintain now was the calmness on the surface, the Gujing Wubo, first listen to the debate between the war factions and the conservative factions, and then make a decision.

Yamaguchi's words just now were not unreasonable. This time, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was to drive the Americans away from Hawaii.

Seeing that Tadaichi Nagamo continued to remain silent, Kusato Ryunosuke coughed twice and drank:

"In this attack, our special mixed fleet basically completed General Yamamoto's strategic intentions.

Two waves of air strikes have defeated the US Pacific Fleet, causing most of its nine battleships to lose, and most of its cruisers and destroyers to lose almost all of them on the ground, causing them to lose their combat effectiveness within at least half a year and be unable to enter the Pacific Ocean.

It can be said that in this battle, our special fleet achieved great results that were unprecedented in history, which made the Americans frightened, made the imperial soldiers highly motivated, and created good opportunities for all the imperial troops, so as to cooperate with our army's attack on the southern line and ensure that the imperial army will not be attacked from the flanks when implementing the plan to occupy Southeast Asia."
Chapter completed!