Chapter 117: Hands Reaching Out to the Pacific Ocean (Part 2)

The next day, under the recommendation of Gu Zhengzhi, Cole directly met with Emperor Hirohito. In the minds of Japanese people, the emperor is a living god, but in his mind, he is an ordinary foreign monarch. The two parties exchanged a few polite greetings. Under Gu Zhengzhi's hint, Cole suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this special envoy has something very important to report. I don't know..."

Hirohito understood what he meant. Although he felt strange, he still drove the others out according to Cole's request, leaving only Gu Zhengzhi and Cole. Anyway, Cole could speak fluent Japanese and even translated. Save it. He said in his unique crane voice, which sounded closer to the voice of a drake in Cole: "There are no irrelevant people now, so your envoy can speak."

Cole's first words made the two of them frown: "First of all, I must lodge a serious protest with you. You have violated the Three Kingdoms Covenant and concealed the facts in the relevant battle report this summer, which has caused great harm to our country's war in Europe. "Major disruption."

"Nani?" After listening to Cole's speech, Hirohito's face suddenly became ugly: he was well aware of the inside story of watering down the results, exaggerating the enemy's losses and reducing his own losses during the battle. This situation has been common since the war began. Maybe the rigid and rigorous Germans really can't stand it, but he doesn't think it is a big problem. He signaled Gu Zhengzhi to come forward to defend: "The statistics just after the battle may be relatively rough, because the battlefield is changing and the grassroots troops were too nervous during the battle. However, our country has no intention of deliberately concealing it, especially not Hidden from allies."

"You may not have heard clearly what I meant. What I am talking about is not an ordinary, accidental error, but a complete directional error." Cole's attitude was very sincere, but his tone was very tough, facing the ancient general Midway Island Japan The news of the complete defeat was told again, and he added, "This kind of report can never be described as inaccurate or rough. It is an out-and-out lie. Our country has obtained accurate information from the US military, and from their mouths After learning about the actual situation of the Battle of Midway, we conducted a special study because the situation reported by your country was too inconsistent. We found that there are many doubts. Since Europe faces a major threat from the US Navy, we must have a clear grasp of the relevant information, so the final conclusion of the analysis is only. One..."

This was almost an insult, but Cole knew the impact of his words. Sure enough, when he heard the news that all four navy aircraft carriers were sunk, more than 300 aircraft were destroyed, and at least more than 100 well-trained elite pilots were killed, Gu Zhengzhi was at a loss and didn't know how to explain at all, while Hirohito's expression Gloomy, unable to remain calm anymore, his eyes seemed to burst into flames: "I wonder where your envoy heard the rumor?"

"Rumors?" Cole shook his head. "I also hope it is a rumor. After all, the United States is the common enemy of both countries. It's a pity that all this is true. His Majesty can secretly send people to understand the situation - the naval hospital is full of people After the battle, the uninjured officers and soldiers were detained in the hospital for fear that they would spread the news of the failure. Our ambassador has gone to the scene to verify that this kind of concealment of facts is not isolated. The Chinese ambassador discovered that even the Army had no idea.”

Hearing what the other party said was so certain, Hirohito couldn't help but become suspicious. He knew that his subordinates had a lot to hide from him, and the war situation was even better than reporting the bad news. However, the Navy actually concealed such a major defeat and dared to organize a parade to celebrate the victory. It was simply a shame for him. All face was lost. As for the conflict between the army and the navy, he was well aware of it. If the navy decided to cover up even the emperor's side, the army would be even less likely to get accurate information. He now believes that Cole's words are true to a large extent, but he has been refusing to say anything. An unpleasant thought vaguely arose in his mind: How dare the navy lie to him to such an extent? I don’t know how many things they still hide from themselves.

"The second thing that needs to be protested is that your country has caused a lot of losses to itself due to the leakage of passwords, and it also caused our country's military intelligence to be quickly leaked."

Gu Zhengzhi finally recovered from the shock. He felt that his normal perception today was completely distorted. He asked repeatedly: "Where do you start talking about this?"

"Every time your ambassador to our country Hiroshi Oshima sent a message through Japan's unique code, it was monitored by the relevant British and American monitoring centers. They took advantage of the password to gain insight into a large amount of intelligence from the two countries." Cole said, "We didn't know it at first. The relevant situation did not become clear until the spy network was uncovered. Of course, we believe that Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima had no malicious intentions and that he was completely deceived and used."

"This is impossible!" Gu Zhengzhi yelled, holding his neck. "I work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I know best. These codes are one of our most proud achievements and there is absolutely no way that Americans can decipher them."

"Why do you think so? You must know that your country's encryption equipment was originally developed after our country's Engeni code machine. Even our country's encryption has been deciphered by Britain and the United States. Why is your country's encryption not the same? Possible decryption? " Cole added, "I can take the failure of the Midway Island battle as an example. The fundamental reason was the leakage of secrets, and the way was the code name when your country formulated the combat plan. The United States has already. Deciphered and repeatedly speculated whether it belonged to Midway Island. In order to verify this, they deliberately sent a telegram about the damage to the desalination equipment on Midway Island. Your country revealed this information in the intelligence transmission - the relevant combat goals and strategic intentions were all at once Totally exposed."

Gu Zhengzhi rolled his eyes: "I can't verify what you said."

"You can check with the Navy. I believe they have archives." Cole said, "The head of state recently sent a commando team to the UK to destroy relevant bases. In the process, we found a lot of secretly deciphered related materials."

Listening to Cole telling the inside story so thoroughly, Hirohito and Gu Zhengzhi felt that they could not defend themselves and could only listen silently: In this way, the defeat at Midway could be explained. If the Americans had not mastered the intelligence, there would have been consecutive victories since the war began. , How could the Imperial Navy, which had been suppressing the United States, fail?

"Our country has always believed that the leakage of passwords is caused not only by the enemy's initiative to decipher it, but also by the factors of high-level leaders selling secrets and betraying the country. Our country has captured many treasonous gangs in recent months. I think this may also exist in your country. "

Gu Zhengzhi kindly reminded: "Ker Jun, you should be careful about what you say. If it spreads, it will hinder the diplomatic relations between the two countries."

Hirohito did not refute, only asked: "So you just asked me to remove all the personnel?"

"Yes! I have to be on guard - after all, your country has already had two major cases involving Ozaki Hidemi and Sorge. They are both people with close ties to senior officials and high status. Who dares to doubt them? At least I, as a A foreigner cannot tell who is a good guy and who is a bad guy..."

Hirohito felt that he had vaguely heard these two names, but the specific content was not clear, so he asked Gu Zhengzhi quietly. After hearing that Hidemi Ozaki was the political secretary of former Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro and had betrayed a large amount of information, he kept silent. Only the veins on his forehead were twitching, showing that he was very angry.

"For the sake of security and confidentiality, our country fully activated the new password under the instruction of the head of state last week. I have also brought the new machine for your reference. In accordance with the requirements of our government, in the future, every 6-8 The password will be changed once a month, and we suggest that both parties can strengthen cooperation in this field." Cole changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty, I am actually not here to accuse you today. As a closely cooperating friendly country, it is not necessary to do so. The head of state hopes. By strengthening exchanges and collaboration with your country, just like the submarine that arrived in Europe not long ago, we can definitely continue to strengthen cooperation in many fields."

Cole gave an example of submarine exchanges between Germany and Japan: the operation from Germany to Japan is called "Liu Transport", and the transportation materials are mainly new weapons and their drawings, industrial products, and technical data; while the movement from Japan to Germany The operation is called "anti-willow transportation", and the materials are mainly tropical crop products, industrial and mining products that Germany urgently needs. Six months ago, Lieutenant Commander Nobuo Endo of the Japanese Navy commanded the I-30 submarine to set off from the Japanese naval base Kure Port, carrying 3,300 pounds of mica, 1,542 pounds of shellac, drawings of Type 91 aviation torpedoes, and an E14YI seaplane and other materials via Singapore, Madagascar, rounded the Cape of Good Hope and successfully arrived at the French port of Lorient on August 5. After the submarine arrived in Europe, it was warmly welcomed by the top brass of the German Navy. Navy Commander-in-Chief Marshal Redel, Submarine Force Commander Admiral Dönitz, Japanese Naval Attaché in Germany Colonel Tadao Yokoi, etc. all came to Lorient to welcome the arrival of the I-30. Captain Nobuo Endo was also awarded the Iron Cross, and the I-30 was partially modified by German experts.

"The head of our country was deeply inspired by this and believed that we can directly establish maritime and air channels with your country to conduct necessary and urgent exchanges of materials and personnel." Cole first said that he took more than 20 hours to fly directly from Europe to Japan. It is recommended that this air channel be further strengthened and improved. “This air channel can solve the problem of rapid transportation of personnel and drawings. The exchange of bulk materials must rely on submarine forces. For example, Germany has a relatively complete equipment system, including aircraft engines and new tanks. , electrical detection (radar) and other technical equipment, we can provide you with related finished products and equipment. However, we lack resources, such as rubber, tungsten and other materials. We hope that your country can provide them. The two parties mainly use barter. Make an exchange.”

Cole talked about the equipment that his side could use in exchange. Of course, Hirohito and Gu Zhengzhi did not understand it, so they could only make a list for the time being, and then professionals from both parties would conduct demand design and value assessment.