Kumejima's actions caused great panic among the islanders.
If an airport is built here, it will not be easy for them to capture Naha, and it will also threaten Taiwan's colonies and maritime transportation. The navy of the island country finally couldn't help it and began to gather four aircraft carriers to destroy it with long-range artillery fire and fighter jets.
everything of!
The strength of the Japanese troops dispatched surprised even Hu Zhiyong. This was the same as the largest naval battle in history, allowing the little devil to stage the largest sea and air battle in advance.
"Tell Su Xiqing to use helicopters, fighter jets and bombers to consume the Japanese army first, and see what new weapons he is equipped with!"
"Master, can we use air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles and surface-to-surface missiles?" Su Xiqing received the call and asked hurriedly.
"There is no need to hold back on the most dangerous moment!" Hu Zhiyong knew that if the Japanese navy could not be defeated, Ryukyu Island would not be able to be saved, and even one of Su Xiqing's more than 200,000 people would be hard-pressed to escape.
"Yes!" Su Xiqing heard the words "most dangerous moment" from Hu Zhiyong's mouth and felt that this battle was extraordinary. He hurriedly opened the communication and issued pre-battle orders to all troops.
"The little devils are divided into four groups to attack. We must meet the enemy separately! Tokunoshima must use the air force to stop the Japanese army 300 nautical miles away, and use missiles to destroy their naval strength!"
"yes!"
Air Force Commander Walsh hurriedly agreed, put down the phone and discussed with Meyer on Kume Island: "You can only use helicopters to attack, and never attack below five thousand meters! In this battle, we will get what we agree to
If we cannot win the trust of the young master, we should leave these good buddies!"
"Commander, I have confidence!" The armed helicopter he leads is multi-purpose. First, it has a high flying speed, with a maximum speed of more than 300 kilometers per hour. Second, it has flexible response and good maneuverability. Third, it can fly close to the sea and is highly concealable.
good.
A 30 mm caliber aircraft cannon is installed on the aircraft. It can mount 16 anti-tank missiles or 4 air-to-air missiles, rocket launchers and other weapons, and can perform anti-tank and ground attacks.
After thinking about it, Walsh nodded: "You specialize in dealing with the Japs' planes. I'll ask the ground air defense forces and missiles to cooperate with you. This time we will be performing coordinated operations, and all weapons may be used!"
"Okay!" Maier agreed, hung up the phone and began to issue orders: "Pay attention to the Japanese troops. When they enter 200 nautical miles, the first and second groups will take off at the same time!"
"Yes!" The pilots were all disciples of this foreigner, so they naturally believed in his orders.
Akagi restarted construction in November 1923, was launched in April 1925, and completed in March 1927. Its three-deck design is quite special: the uppermost deck is the aircraft landing deck; the second deck has a bridge and two double doors.
It is equipped with a 203 mm caliber main gun, so it is called the "turret deck"; the third layer is the aircraft take-off deck, which is 56.7 meters long and can carry 60 fighters (16 fighters, 16 reconnaissance aircraft and 28 attack aircraft). Test displacement
34,364 tons, speed 31 knots.
In order to deal with the difficult Blood Wolf force, the "Akagi" underwent a major refit in 1938, dismantling the original turret deck and take-off deck, extending the uppermost deck into a flight deck, and increasing the number of carrier-based aircraft to 91 (
(16 Type 96 fighter jets, 51 Type 96 attack aircraft, and 24 Type 96 dive bombers). The elevators for transporting aircraft were also increased from 2 to 3. An island was added to the port side of the flight deck. The test displacement increased to 41,300 tons, and the speed was 31.2
Festival.
The Akagi aircraft carrier was named after Mount Akagi in the northeastern part of the island nation of Kanto. Admiral Jun Mizuno only took office at the end of 1937. This aircraft carrier was well equipped and was responsible for the attack mission of this battle.
When he set off from the Nagasaki naval port, he was in high spirits and wanted to perform in front of Commander Yamamoto Isoroku. But he sadly found that not far from Kuroshima, he was beaten all over by artillery fire from the sky!
The anti-aircraft fire did not see the plane, and the bombs flew over with eyes. Mizuno Junichi was shocked and hurriedly ordered all the warships to retreat and told Yamamoto Isoroku that he was attacked.
"Baga!" Yamamoto Isoroku's face turned pale. After reading the message, he looked up at the sky: "With such a plane and such a bomb, we can only passively be beaten!"
"Your Excellency, Commander, from the Battle of China to today, I suspect that the Chinese are using a conspiracy. Why don't the people in the Northeast attack the south? Are they afraid of Chiang Kai-shek's National Government? After Hong Kong was occupied, why didn't they use this weapon to deal with us?
Attacking troops?"
The captain of the Amagi aircraft carrier had a gloomy look on his face, filled with doubts in his heart.
"Cannot attack, the four aircraft carriers are under annihilating firepower at any time!" Yamamoto Isoroku did not answer the commander of the Amagi aircraft carrier, but he considered the situation at hand clearly.
"Order the troops to withdraw. I don't want to see four aircraft carriers destroyed. Then our navy will be completely destroyed!" Seeing that Yamamoto Isoroku did not answer his question, he already knew that this wise commander
The official already has the answer.
"It starts in an anticlimax but ends in a tailspin!" The Japanese navy retreated very quickly, and the air force only sank a frigate and seriously damaged the Akagi. Su Xiqing hummed coldly, knowing that he would be peaceful for a while again in the near future.
"Commander, I think this air-to-sea battle is very fruitful!" Walsh took the microphone and said seriously and solemnly: "First of all, it tested the strike capability of our weapons, and secondly, we understood the effectiveness of the Japanese aircraft carrier in the air.
Weapon range!”
"Yes, you are right!" Su Xiqing praised Walsh: "Do you know why the young master sent you to be the commander? Because you are cautious! The battle is over. Study the entire battle process carefully. The little devil will not
I will give up!"
"Nao, nao, they will give up within half a year!" Walsh smiled: "There are no weapons to deal with us, and he will not harass us again in a short time!"
In the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Hirohito and the people in the Navy Department, Army Department, and base camp once again fell into boredom. On the battlefield in southern China, it seemed that the island nation had taken the lead. In fact, if the Kuomintang did not confront him head-on, the main force would take the initiative in a battle.
Break out of the encirclement.
The gcd troops were even more cunning. They carried out sneak attacks in small groups in the Japanese war zone, and had to send troops to guard every place. The surrendered Imperial Alliance Army did not contribute much in the battle, and it was not reassuring to stay behind.
There was a problem in the Xian Kingdom, Ryukyu was occupied by the bloody wolves, and Hong Kong could never be taken back. They sadly discovered that the bigger the war, the more problems there would be, and it would almost bring down the entire national economy.
"Your Majesty, we can't continue to expand the battlefield, we will be overwhelmed!" Konoe Fumimaro is the first eldest son of the Konoe family in 250 years by his wife. He has been regarded as the apple of his eye since the day he was born, and he is extremely favored.
Due to the relationship between his family and the emperor, Konoe Fumimaro was deeply educated and trained by the "Emperor Imperial Hideo Domain" from an early age.
On February 26, 1936, young officers and soldiers of the "Imperial Road Sect" among the island country's warlords launched the February 26 Incident, which led to the collapse of Okada Keisuke's cabinet. In order to curb the power of the military, Saionji Konobo recommended his disobedient minister to the emperor.
Disciple Konoe organized a new cabinet, but Konoe tended to favor the "Imperial Road Sect" and found it difficult to deal with the February 26 Incident, so he refused on the grounds of poor health.
The reason why Konoe resolutely refused to form a cabinet was because he believed that "even if there is an order from the emperor, there is no one within the army who can discuss policies." The two cabinets of Hirota Koki and Hayashi Jurojuro who took over were unable to control the cabinet after just over a year in power.
They collapsed one after another due to domestic political conflicts.
Everyone agreed that there was no other candidate to succeed the Prime Minister except Konoe. On June 4, 1937, Konoe was ordered to form a cabinet and established the first Konoe Cabinet. The 46-year-old Konoe was called the "Young Prime Minister"
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Newspapers called his cabinet the "Youth Cabinet" and the "Clear Cabinet", and most citizens also expect him to become the prime minister who will break the dull state of Japanese society.
"Tell me what you think!" The emperor still trusted Konoe and nodded to him to continue.
"Consolidate the existing occupied areas and secure the ports of Shanghai and Lianyungang. As a last resort, we can only retreat and negotiate with Chiang Kai-shek!" Konoe Fumimaro has a conceited and stubborn character. He hardly admires any historical figures. But he does see it from the current situation.
In the event of a crisis, they advocated holding on to the existing occupied areas and dumping large quantities of grain and materials in exchange for China's profits.
"It should be like this!" Hirohito nodded: "We will do our best to consolidate southern China and vigorously develop the resources of Myanmar and Vietnam. Let the Ryukyus go first. When we have enough capabilities, we will never allow the Ryukyus to become independent!"
"Ha Yi!" Regardless of the senior military or political officials, no one raised any objections at this time.
In Phoenix City, the industrial city has been completely completed, and is currently under construction with green trees and flowers. The silt dug out from the newly built airport has been transported here and spread here several meters thick. The above techniques are used to plant flowers to dress up the new city.
Pretty.
The commercial city began large-scale construction and decided to complete the construction in five years. Hu Zhiyong accepted Su Xiqing's report at this time and smiled slightly at the Japanese army's true colors.
"Third Master, the Japanese army has also stopped attacking in southern China. I don't understand. There are more than two million troops in the north and more than four million troops in the south. If we work together, can the little devils still be able to defend the occupied areas?"
Seeing Hu Zhiyong hang up his phone, Xie Jinyuan asked in confusion.
"Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that the gcd would come to the south to occupy territory, and the gcd was afraid of forcing Chiang Kai-shek too hard to surrender and betray the country!" Hu Zhiyong smiled and explained why the Chinese battlefield turned out like this.
"Are we just going to let the islanders take over and let them massacre our compatriots and steal our supplies?" Only then did Xie Jinyuan understand the problems of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and he became strongly dissatisfied with his original superiors.
"A long-term pain is worse than a short-term pain. We have to endure this kind of pain first!" Hu Zhiyong's eyes flashed with fierceness: "We want revenge, and they must repay the blood debt with blood!"