"Sir, the Americans surrender."

After a few rounds of the Yamato naval guns, a sharp-eyed staff member saw a white flag ignited from Midway Island, and everyone immediately cheered.

"Stop the shelling... prepare to go ashore to receive surrender."

"But..." Kusato Ryunosuke Kusata, the new chief of staff of the Joint Fleet, shook his head, "The landing force is still more than 400 kilometers away."

In order to prevent the US military's shore defense fortifications and aviation forces from attacking landing troops, it was agreed that the artillery fleet's naval guns would be launched first, and the army would advance, intending to take them down at dawn tomorrow, but now it was just after 7 o'clock, the Americans surrendered.

"Let the army continue to attack according to the original plan, send destroyers to organize sailors to go ashore, be careful of Americans' fraud, and continue to aim the naval gun."

At around 8 o'clock, four destroyers took more than 100 sailors and Yamada to Midway Island. Although there was a powerful super battleship behind them, the more than 100 sailors had only rifles and machine guns, and not even a tank. He felt it was funny to just sway to take the surrender like this.

He asked fluently in English: "You want to surrender?"

"Yes. Are you the Japanese Army or the Japanese Navy?"

"navy!"

The opposite side was obviously relieved: "We surrender, and I hope you will give us humanitarian treatment in accordance with the Treaty of Geneva."

Both Britain and the United States know that the Japanese navy is much better than the Japanese army and generally do not treat prisoners harshly. They will also go to rescue them when they fall into the water. They are familiar with English and communicate more conveniently. In short, there is less psychological pressure to surrender to the navy.

Major Yamada was still very proud, indicating that the navy was quite famous. Since the Americans were so cheerful, he told the truth: "Our landing troops have not come up yet, so we have to wait for the formal surrender. According to convention, can you hand over your radio station, roster and military flag to me first? Then tell your subordinates not to destroy any facilities, weapons and supplies?"

"This one is OK, but some..."

Yamada took the people around and soon realized the situation that the other party wanted to speak but stopped: the most important fuel warehouse on the island had been put into the sea by the defenders. Except for a few oil barrels, there was no other oil. Now a thin layer floating on the sea is the masterpiece of the Americans, and the planes basically disappeared.

"Reporting to the chief, the Americans confessed that the order given to them from the rear was to destroy all the fuel, take away the plane, and then you could surrender decently."

Kusato Ryunosuke frowned and asked, "Have other facilities and equipment been destroyed?"

"No, except for the radio station, fresh water, food, vehicles, artillery, tanks, etc., they are all intact except those that were destroyed by the Type 3 ammunition just now."

Since Japan and Germany issued threats during the Battle of Horn of Africa and the Battle of Newfoundland, the US military was given complete prisoners only by ensuring that the military was intact, so the Americans retained their equipment to the greatest extent.

"Report, the mobile fleet sent a war report. The US military once again attacked our transport fleet, sinking 1 oil tanker, 1 landing ship, and the Changliang light cruiser was severely damaged. Other ships were lightly damaged. Our army shot down more than 60 enemy aircraft, losing 9 of them, and the rest were no different."

"Americans are very smart..." Tsukahara Nishisan sighed, "Oil is the lifeblood of the fleet. Without oil, no matter how powerful the warship is, it is powerless. Now Americans are desperately attacking the tanker, and we dare not concentrate all our defenses there. Otherwise, one day the opponent suddenly changes his mind and attacks the aircraft carrier formation?"

Kusato Ryunosuke nodded: This reminder from Chief Tsukahara is still very necessary. If you really adjust the center of gravity of the troops according to the suggestions of some staff members, it will be difficult to ensure that something happens if the aircraft carrier is in trouble. Although the fuel is precious, it cannot be compared with the aircraft carrier.

Someone asked: "How many planes do they have to consume so much? Our army's pilots can at least be rescued after falling into the water, and the enemy..."

"Americans can produce 100,000 aircraft a year." Kusato Ryunosuke also frowned at this, "We will have big trouble if we continue to consume this."

"Forget it, just think it's consumed during the battle. Isn't it going to fight for one day as expected?" Tsukahara waved his hand, "Occupying Midway Island first, and then considering other things, sinking tankers are better than sinking aircraft carriers."

On August 24, the confused Tadao Riribayashi led the Second Guard Division to finally board the land of Midway Island. Looking at the American soldiers who surrendered honestly, everyone also felt that it was meaningless to have a big fight? Why did the Yamato kill a few shots and end it?

However, since they did not fight with the Americans, they couldn't hate each other. Instead, they thought that the American infantry was quite fun, and they would have such an enemy. However, the American air force was not good, and they did not have the temperament of Bushido at all. They attacked freighters, oil tankers, landing crafts and other troops with little combat effectiveness. That morning, the transportation troops lost another tanker, combined fleet, and lightning strikes, which have lost 4 tankers. Nearly 30,000 tons of fuel were used, and they donated them to the Pacific Ocean without much use. In addition, they did not get crude oil on Midway Island, so the energy problem suddenly became nervous.

"Today, we will make an emergency replenishment. Each ship filled the fuel and then stored the fuel in part on Midway to guard against damage and warehouse gaps." Kusato Ryunosuke made arrangements one by one, "The captive American officers and soldiers rushed back, but they could not send them all. They also had to leave some hostages to resist the bombing of American aircraft."

Tador Li Lin proposed: "Midway Island is too small, and 3,000 people are enough. Putting the entire Second Division is completely a burden! What if the enemy also comes to the battleship shelling, how many people will die if they shoot one shot? Or will we go to Pearl Harbor?"

Tsukahara shook his head: "Pearl Harbor cannot be fought, but it is not a good idea to stock up on Midway Island with such troops. I am going to take you to see the warship bird."

"Frigate Bird?" Tadashi Li Lin was stunned, "What's this?"

"The sir is going to hit Kiribati!" Kusato Ryunosuke explained, "Although warship birds are distributed on many islands, the warship birds in Kiribati are the most famous. They have a wingspan of more than 2 meters and a maximum speed of 400 kilometers per hour. They also prey on dives. When we were still lieutenants, we came to travel far and wide by cruiser and found that this bird flew faster than aircraft! I doubt whether the dive bomber was inspired by it, but now it is definitely not as good as aircraft."

The staff immediately looked at the chart. It was obvious that the commander wanted to hit Kiribati, and it was a joke to say that it was a warship bird. Although Tadakami Riribati did not understand Pacific geography, he would have figured it after looking at the chart: Midway Island is located 2,400 kilometers northwest of Hawaii, and Kiribati is located more than 2,000 kilometers south of Hawaii. The island covers an area of ​​more than 300 square kilometers, with a lagoon in the middle, and at least 2 airports can be arranged, and the terrain is more complex than Midway Island.

"I am going to place the main force of the Second Guards Division in Kiribati, which has three benefits." Tsukahara listed, "First, Kiribati is the only way for transportation and supply to the Australian-New Zealand line on the west coast of the United States. If it is stuck here, it will block this route. I don't say it is completely cut off, but at least the enemy will have to go around a large distance; Second, the island is located in southern Hawaii, with a large area, and can deploy more army and aviation forces, which is a great threat to Hawaii; Third, it is conducive to confusing the enemy, thinking that we will surround Hawaii and eventually seize it. No matter how strong Hawaii is, it is just an archipelago. If the Americans can attack our tankers, can I not attack his transport fleet?"

"How many enemies are there on the island? Will the enemies rush out of Hawaii when we land?"

"It's better to rush out." Tsukahara smiled slightly, "It just happened to eliminate the remaining power of the Pacific Fleet. I don't know how much strength they have. As for the ground forces, I don't know the situation, and I expect it to be the most 10,000, right?"

"Okay, please take us to appreciate the style of the warship bird."

The news of occupying Midway Island also spread to Japan. I heard that I had occupied the navy's sad island without much effort. All the staff members of the base camp were carnival, but Hori Teiki frowned. The feeling of the US military sinking four tankers abnormally made him feel uncomfortable.

"Does Tsukahara Kun have any other telegrams?"

"Yes, he is going to rest for three days in Midway, then attack Kiribati, and then send some cargo ships, and the empty tankers carry some American prisoners back to the country. He asks you to prepare another 20 tankers and 150,000 tons of fuel for him."

"Too little." After reading the chart, Hori Teiki knew it. With a wave of his hand, "Prepare 40 oil tankers and 300,000 tons of fuel."

"Sir." The logistics staff in charge of the dispatch said in embarrassment, "There are not so many spare tankers on hand now. Even if the supplies given to us by the British are in place in advance, they will not get so many tankers."

"Part of the gap asked the Germans to buy it, and part of them sent the latest escort carriers, and how much would they be delivered!" Horitiki thought about it, "I will communicate with the Army tomorrow to see if they can provide some."

The escort aircraft carrier is a warship proposed by Japan in the "Maruxin Plan" to be transformed according to the special TL-type 10,000-ton wartime standard tanker. It has a maximum speed of 18.5 knots and can carry more than 8,000 tons of oil. More importantly, it is also a more than 120-meter-long aviation deck, which can accommodate 10 fighter jets (deck tied) and 2 water reconnaissance, and undertakes anti-submarine, expulsion, and transportation tasks. The Marruxin Plan stipulates that 48 ships will be completed in three years. By August, the first batch of 4 ships have been put into service, and two ships are expected to be put into service in September. Hori Teki plans to play all this card!

"We need to prepare for a long-term battle with the enemy in the Pacific Ocean, and the idea of ​​completing the battle is wrong." Horikichi explained to everyone, "When the German army takes South Africa, we will start to deliver the materials and troops traded in Guinea. At that time, the Americans knew what the problem was. Now we must do our best to ensure the needs of Tsukahara Kan, troops, fuel, and aircraft, we must choose the best ones!"
Chapter completed!