Ohba Sakae immediately sent a telegram to the base camp to inform him of the situation here.
It is impossible to counterattack.
Although Ohba Sakae is a die-hard militarist, he is not stupid.
Although it has led people to persist until Japan's defeat in history.
That's because the United States feels that catching him is a waste of time and energy and not worth it.
Now, the real fire of the Americans has been unleashed.
I wish I could bury them all in the tunnel.
If Ohba Sakae dares to lead a counterattack, the outcome will definitely not be better than that of his colleagues on Guadalcanal.
Therefore, Ohba Sakae chose to ask for help from the base camp.
Now, Nimitz's large fleet has withdrawn. If the combined fleet can counterattack, it will definitely win a complete victory.
Not only could it relieve the siege of Saipan, but it could also destroy a large number of Pacific Fleet ships and completely annihilate the American troops who came ashore. It was simply an unparalleled feat.
The title of Marshal of the Navy is just around the corner.
In order to get the navy to come quickly, Ohba Sakae described the scene in detail.
In his depiction, the Nimitz fleet had fled in a hurry due to insufficient supplies, leaving only a few small broken ships.
The fighting spirit of the American army on land has been exhausted.
As soon as the navy's sky soldiers arrive, they can completely drive out the remaining American soldiers.
Ohba Ei's telegram was quickly delivered to Sugiyama Gen.
Sugiyama Gen immediately had an idea after seeing Ohba Sakae's telegram.
Now that the Americans are at the end of their rope, can they just give them a kick?
In this case, why should this credit be given to the Navy?
The army's defeat on the continental battlefield and its performance in the Pacific battlefield had left a bad impression on the emperor.
Military spending will be cut in half next month.
Now, we must find a suitable opportunity to make a great contribution and regain our face in front of the emperor.
Saipan right now is a suitable stage.
He immediately sent a telegram to Tominaga Kyouji.
Let Tominaga Kyouji once again organize a battle similar to the thousands-mile attack on Manila, use the air force to win the victory in one fell swoop, and rebuild the glory of the army.
Originally, in Sugiyama Gen's opinion, to deal with such a weak American army, only a large number of planes were needed for bombing.
Just like they did at the Battle of Manila.
But Tominaga Kyouji was wrong.
Recently, he had been organizing and practicing the kamikaze force. After receiving the order from Sugiyama Gen, he subconsciously felt that it was time to dispatch the kamikaze force.
Two hundred kamikaze planes were immediately organized and launched an attack in the direction of Saipan.
In order to reach the battlefield, Tominaga Kyoji installed auxiliary fuel tanks on all aircraft.
After giving everyone a drink, Tominaga Kyouji personally put everyone on the plane, and then watched with his own eyes as the modified planes flew off the runway and flew towards Saipan.
"Go, go, use your bones to pave the way back to my base camp."
Tominaga Kyouji looked at the plane flying to the front line with satisfaction.
Went back happily.
However, what he never expected was that in the evening, a plane flew back.
Stopped steadily at the airport.
The airport staff quickly reported the news to Tominaga Kyouji.
Tominaga Kyouji was stunned.
"You are a kamikaze team. You are going to use your body to attack American warships. How can you come back? This is unscientific."
Tominaga Kyouji quickly ran back to check the situation.
At this time, a pilot was jumping out of the plane.
After seeing Tominaga Kyouji, he immediately saluted.
"Commander."
"Why are you back?"
Tominaga Kyouji's face was filled with frost.
It's like questioning a husband who clearly said he was going on a business trip, but instead came home from get off work early to give his wife a "surprise."
"I originally went to attack the US fleet with my colleagues, but during the flight, the aircraft's auxiliary fuel tank fell off. I estimated that the fuel was not enough to support me in finding the US fleet."
"I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of a meaningless death. Rather than falling into the sea, it's better to come back useful."
The man said calmly.
Tominaga Kyouji had a lot to say, but was blocked.
After all, their reasons are very good.
You can't really force someone to commit suicide by falling into the sea, right?
Tominaga Kyouji took a deep breath before saying helplessly.
"You go back. By the way, what's your name? You will be among the first to set out during the next attack."
Tominaga Kyouji said angrily.
"Sir, my name is Sasaki Yuji."
the man replied.
Tominaga Kyouji didn't care, asked someone to record it, and then returned to the telegraph room.
He is still waiting for news from Saipan.
A few hours later, a telegram came from Oba Sakae in Saipan.
The content of the telegram was not the "big victory in Saipan" that Tominaga Kyoji expected.
But he asked again, why hasn’t local support come yet?
"Not here yet? Shouldn't it be?"
Tominaga Kyouji took a ruler and calculated the distance on the map.
According to the estimated distance on the map and the speed of the plane, the special attack team should have arrived at Saipan by now. How could it not have arrived?
Tominaga Kyouji could only explain to Ohba Ei that the plane might have become lost after a long journey, and asked them to hold on a little longer, maybe the plane would arrive later.
After waiting for a few more hours, according to the flight range, the fuel in the plane should have been exhausted.
But Ohba Sakae still said that support had not arrived.
"Did the plane really get lost?"
The aircraft navigation devices of this era were very crude, consisting entirely of maps and compasses.
There is not even a reference point in the vast sea, and getting lost is not something difficult to accept.
It was just that so many planes were lost together, which made Tominaga Kyouji a little heartbroken.
These are his steps back to base camp.
As a result, it was thrown into the sea.
"Immediately let the second team set off overnight, especially that Sasaki Yuji. This time, add two more auxiliary fuel tanks to him and let him set off first."
Tominaga Kyouji said in disgust.
He believed that the loss of the first batch of attack teams was entirely due to the bad luck brought about by this guy Yuji Sasaki's temporary return.
We must send this guy away quickly.
Under the order of Tominaga Kyouji, the base organized another 200 aircraft to form a second batch of attack teams and flew towards Saipan.
In order to allow the second batch of attack teams to find Saipan without getting lost.
Tominaga Kyouji provided each of them with a map and compass.
There's even a sextant.
After the plane took off, Tominaga Kyouji let out a sigh of relief, thinking that he should be able to succeed this time, right?
He returned to his room, ready to take a good rest.
After a busy day, he was a little exhausted.
In urgent need of recovery.
However, it was just midnight.
The guard came in.
"Commander Tominaga, that Sasaki Yuji is back again."
