"Bakayaro! What did you say? Our Combined Fleet has been completely wiped out?" In the Island Nation Government's conference room, Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe stared at First Lord of the Admiralty Mitsumasa Yonai in shock and asked in disbelief.
"We've lost contact with Combined Fleet headquarters, and there hasn't been any distress message from Isoroku Yamamoto's side either. According to the reports from the few air force personnel who managed to escape, the Combined Fleet had already suffered devastating losses two hours ago." Mitsumasa Yonai kept his head bowed low, not daring to look at Prime Minister Konoe's expression.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Fumimaro Konoe shot to his feet, his bloodshot eyes glaring straight at Mitsumasa Yonai. He slammed the documents on the desk against Yonai's head and said through clenched teeth, "Send out every unit of the Navy Aviation Corps. I want to know exactly what happened to the Combined Fleet.
"That idiot Isoroku Yamamoto swore he could crush the Australasian navy, didn't he? If the Combined Fleet has been defeated, you and that idiot will all commit seppuku!"
"Yes!" Having received Konoe's order, Mitsumasa Yonai hurriedly gathered the scattered documents from the floor before retreating at a brisk pace.
Prime Minister Konoe was furious now. If he had any choice at all, Mitsumasa Yonai was utterly unwilling to remain in the same room with the enraged prime minister.
"A bunch of useless fools!" In the conference room, Fumimaro Konoe's outburst had yet to end. After smashing the ornaments in the office, he picked up the only telephone left intact, dialed the number connecting to the Imperial Palace, and said bluntly, "Please inform His Majesty the Emperor that I have an important matter to report."
The current emperor of the Island Nation was nothing like the emperors after World War