It was obvious that it was not just the Kwantung Army general commander who saw the meaning of the look in Major General Onishi Takijiro's eyes. Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi, the Kwantung Army chief of staff beside him, also saw it. And Yoshimoto Sadakaichi
There is something else that can be seen in the rear admiral's uncomfortable eyes.
Also knowing that Major General Onishi Takijiro was a prickly Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi, in order to prevent more people from seeing the meaning in this guy's eyes and causing more trouble, he hurriedly announced the beginning of the meeting. People here,
But not all commanders are as generous.
Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi, who presided over this so-called Army-Navy Joint Operations Conference, was not polite after receiving the signal from General Umezu Yoshijiro to start the meeting. He went straight to the point and directly prepared the so-called Sky Collapse Plan that the Kwantung Army had formulated and was preparing to implement.
Announce to the generals and commanders here who know or don’t know.
Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi ignored the people below who kept whispering after hearing the name of the battle plan he announced. He picked up the baton and walked to the large map of Northeast China hanging in the conference room and said: "Everyone, according to the current situation we have on hand,
Intelligence shows that since the end of last year, the so-called Resistance Alliance currently located in Northern Manchuria has reached an agreement with the Americans through Soviet Russia. From the United States, the Soviet Union has introduced a large number of modern military industrial factories and has begun infrastructure construction."
"In other words, with the support of Soviet Russia and the Americans, these anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese elements not only obtained a batch of modern equipment that can compete with the Imperial Army, but are now about to establish their own military industry. Once these anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese elements are allowed to
Once the Manchu anti-Japanese elements complete these constructions, they will become more difficult to eliminate. While the Manchu Empire will never have peace, the fundamental interests of the Japanese Empire will also be seriously damaged."
"Manchuria has always been the lifeline of the empire. Whether Manchuria can restore public order and be firmly under the control of the empire is directly related to a very important guarantee for the empire's success in the next war. It is related to His Majesty the Emperor's eighth
Can Hong Yiyu's grand goal be realized? Before the empire's next battle plan can be launched, we must completely eliminate the resistance forces in Manchuria."
"The anti-alliance alliance currently active in northern Manchuria, with the support of Soviet Russia, has become a cancer in Manchuria's public security. If this hateful resistance force is not eliminated and has brought great losses to the empire, Manchuria will be controlled.
In the hands of the Empire, providing guarantee for His Majesty the Emperor’s holy war is an empty promise.”
"The Anti-Japanese Alliance, which was once almost wiped out by the Kwantung Army, has not only regained its strength with the support of Soviet Russia, but now has the ability to challenge the Kwantung Army's rule in Manchuria. It has also established its so-called establishment in Northern Manchuria.
The anti-Japanese base area has become an army with hundreds of thousands of troops and is well-equipped. It has even threatened the empire's rule in Manchuria."
"Right now, with the support of the Soviet Union and the United States, they are trying to build their own military industry. This situation is absolutely unacceptable to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire. I will not comment on the previous wars here today. This
The true combat effectiveness of the so-called Anti-Japanese Alliance is well known to everyone who has dealt with them for several years."
"But there is one thing that everyone here should be more aware of. Once these military industries supported by the Soviet Union and the Americans are built, these fierce resistance forces will be even more powerful, and the security of Manchuria will never be peaceful.
Japan. This is extremely inconsistent with the interests of the empire, and will even threaten the success of His Majesty’s holy war.”
"Under the current situation where Soviet Russia has no time to take care of itself under the attack of the German army, the empire's ally, it is undoubtedly an extremely favorable opportunity for the Kwantung Army. Therefore, this time, in order to completely destroy the Manchurian resistance, the Kwantung Army completely
In order to destroy their ability to continue to fight against the empire in the future, we formulated this collapse plan."
"The content of this plan is to concentrate as many bombers as possible, take advantage of the favorable situation that the Songhua River Basin is currently in the flood season, blow up the Songhua River Dam, and use the power of the flood to completely destroy the enemy's continuous combat capability and resistance capabilities.
Before it can pose a real threat to the empire, we must completely nip it in the bud. At the same time, we will change the current relatively unfavorable situation of our army on the front line."
"In order to completely eliminate these anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements and completely eliminate the hidden security risks in Manchuria, the Kwantung Army, after careful consideration, decided to take advantage of the current flood peak that has occurred once in decades in the main stream of the Songhua River to use water instead of troops. In
In the northern Manchuria area, within their so-called base area, they created a man-made flood and used the power of nature to completely destroy the foundation and will they relied on to resist."
"And taking advantage of the chaos caused by the floods to the enemy forces on the front line, we will focus on the divisions currently deployed south of Xinjing to launch a full-line counterattack. We will strive to use their main forces in the Western Manchuria area, as well as the main armored forces,
Complete annihilation will establish the situation in Manchuria in one fell swoop."
After describing the goals of the Kwantung Army, Yoshimoto Sadashi looked at the expressions of the generals below after hearing his words, pointed at the map and said: "After the communication between the Kwantung Army and the base camp, and with the approval of the base camp,
and the current battlefield situation in Manchuria."
"The Kwantung Army decided that the four heavy bomber teams of the Army Aviation Force participating in the war will use Hailong and Xi'an secret airport as advance bases. They will concentrate the existing ninety-six Type 97 and Type 100 heavy bombers to conduct all-out air strikes from Sanchahe to Shuangcheng.
The first line is the North Embankment of the Songhua River. At the same time, the so-called military industrial bases of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are bombed from the line from Jiamusi to Harbin."
"As for the naval land-based aviation bombers currently deployed in Wonsan and Jeju Island, they use Jeju Island as their take-off base. They conduct air strikes on the upper reaches of the Songhua River from Taoraizhao to Shulan, and launch a large-scale bombing of Harbin. They are deployed in Wonsan
The naval Zero fighter group at the base is responsible for the battle for air supremacy on the entire battlefield."
"The Navy's Type 96 fighter jets stationed in Wonsan, the Army's Type 97 fighter jets stationed in Jilin, and the imported German-made Mei fighter jets are responsible for providing escort missions for bombers. The Army's Type 97 and Type 99
The light bomber team is responsible for suppressing the ground anti-aircraft artillery units."
Having said this, Yoshimoto Sadashi looked at Lieutenant General Yoshitoshi Tokugawa and Major General Onishi Takijiro, the two top commanders of the Army and Navy aviation forces participating in the war, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Because the design of the new fighter jet of the Army Air Force has just been completed.
, the current production is still very insufficient. The latest one-type combat machine, the Eastern Army, currently only has one combat squadron and eighteen fighter jets."
"The Type 97 fighter jets currently transferred from the China battlefield within the Kwantung Army are currently no match for their American-made aircraft. They suffered heavy losses in previous battles, and it has been difficult to make a difference. And the imported German-made Mei
Type fighter aircraft, the combat radius is too short, and various bases south of Xinjing are used as advance bases, which cannot support the entire escort mission."
"Therefore, in this battle, the Kwantung Army decided to hand over the task of competing for air supremacy with the Anti-Japanese Alliance Aviation Force to the Naval Aviation Force stationed at Wonsan Base and the Zero Fighters stationed on Jeju Island. Of course, the Army Aviation Force will also dispatch new fighter jets to provide certain
Cooperate with us and undertake the task of escorting the main bomber group."
"With the approval of the base camp, Lieutenant General Yoshitoshi Tokugawa, the Kwantung Army aviation commander, was fully responsible for the unified command of the joint army and navy bombing operations for this air strike. Although Lieutenant General Tokugawa was transferred to the Kwantung Army aviation commander for less than a month, he has rich experience and complete
can shoulder this important responsibility.”
"Since the task of seizing battlefield air supremacy and ensuring the smooth conduct of air raids this time is mainly undertaken by the navy. Therefore, Navy Rear Admiral Onishi Takijiro commanded the naval land-based aviation force stationed in Wonsan and was specifically responsible for defeating the enemy's air resistance.
The action of seizing air supremacy provides guarantee for the bomber group to complete the plan."
"In order to coordinate actions, the new fighter squadrons of the Army Aviation Corps participating in this battle were also under the unified command of Major General Onishi and participated in the battle for air supremacy. At the same time, all light bombers used to clear enemy anti-aircraft gun positions were also commanded by the Navy.
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At this point, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi paused and then said: "Actually, I think both Lieutenant General Tokugawa and Major General Onishi know very well that the most suitable aircraft for this kind of mission are not those of the Army or Navy.
The heavy bomber is the Army's Type 99 light bomber, or the Type 97 light bomber that can carry out dive bombing."
"Both of you are experts in aviation, and both of you have commanded air strikes against China's rear area, especially Chongqing, the seat of the China government, for a long time. What kind of aircraft is best to choose for this kind of bombing target will definitely be better than ours."
Think more carefully and understand more."
"However, considering that the original light bombers of the Kwantung Army suffered excessive losses in the battle some time ago, and the front-line airports that can be used for these aircraft to take off for combat operations, the current safety is insufficient. Taking off from the rear airports, the combat radius is not enough. Again.
In addition, light bombers have a limited bomb load and use small-yield bombs, making it difficult to solve the problem at once."
"That's why we made a request to the base camp to mobilize heavy bomber units to undertake the main tasks. We hope to take advantage of the ultra-long combat radius of these heavy bombers, which can take off from relatively safe second-tier airports, and the bomb load that far exceeds that of light bombers. To the North
It will cause the greatest losses to the anti-Manchu anti-Japanese elements in Manchuria and completely weaken their future combat capabilities. It will create the most favorable opportunity for the Kwantung Army's next counterattack plan."
"In particular, the naval land-based aviation force has received special dive bombing training, and has the advantage of relatively high bombing accuracy. It carried out precise bombing on the Songhua River dam carefully selected by the Kwantung Army. Strive to achieve success in the first attempt to save the empire's precious heavy-duty equipment.
Bomber Corps."
"Whether this plan can be a complete success is directly related to whether the Kwantung Army's next counterattack plan can be realized, and to the future destiny of the Manchuria Empire. Commander Umezu and I both hope that General Tokugawa and Onishi
The two major generals can unite as one, put aside their old grudges, continue to give full play to the power of the Imperial Air Force in Chongqing in Northern Manchuria, and successfully complete the Kwantung Army's plan."