The Australian battlefield is very different from other Pacific battlefields. The Australian battlefield requires more than just the navy and air force. Fighting in the vast Australian battlefield is not just on islands with an area of only dozens or at most hundreds of square kilometers. It requires more
The most important thing is the army. On this side, the Japanese army, which has experienced glory in Southeast Asia, believes that it has a greater advantage over those Mi-British ghosts.
No matter which aspect you look at it from, as long as the Battle of Midway is won, Australia will be the first choice target in the Japanese army's next battle plan. The Japanese's heads are now swollen to the extreme. How much can their limited belly capacity hold?
It would not be considered. Therefore, Yang Zhen firmly believed that the Japanese army would definitely attack Australia after winning the Battle of Midway.
The greedy Japanese army has always had the habit of never letting go of something they have bitten. Especially Australia, which is so important to the entire South Pacific war situation. The Japanese either do not attack, but once they invade Australia, they will
We can only increase our troops desperately, and we will never give up easily.
What he wants is the current situation, so that the United States and Britain can have a good encounter with what is the real elite of the Japanese army. Otherwise, they will avoid the more important and the less important, and adopt island hopping tactics to avoid the key deployment areas of the Japanese army. Only attack those elites whose deployment of Japanese troops has been reduced repeatedly.
Most of the weapons and heavy weapons have been transferred out of the Jiajia Division area, where the Americans will suffer real hardships.
In order to create such a situation, he would not hesitate to use the only chess piece lurking within the Japanese Navy, and currently deeply trusted and relied on by the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet? You must know that this is the only chess piece of the Anti-Japanese Alliance embedded within the Japanese Navy.
In order to insert this person into the chess piece, Yang Zhen and Chen Long spent a lot of effort.
Yang Zhen will never be easily activated until the most critical moment. To activate him at this time is to let him encourage the admiral who is the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet to replace the indecisive Nagumo Chuichi who is always worrying about gains and losses.
He was replaced by Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo, who had made a splash in the Indian Ocean not long ago, to command the Japanese Navy's Midway Air Fleet.
But Yang Zhen didn't expect that the Japanese army not only changed their commanders in this battle, but also changed the fleets participating in the battle. The Japanese navy participating in the war was the third air fleet that had been adjusted for strength, not the original first air fleet. The Japanese army's participating forces were
With such a big change happening, Yang Zhen thought his plan had failed at first.
However, after a careful study of the number of Japanese troops participating in the war, it turned out that the two aviation fleets that participated in the war had changed their affiliations, from the First Air Fleet to the Third Air Fleet. At the same time, the Third Air Fleet was transferred to the Third Air Fleet.
It was changed from being under the Southern Expedition Fleet to being directly under the Combined Fleet, and was upgraded to the same status as the First Air Fleet.
Yang Zhen did not expect that in order to change a commander, the Japanese Naval Command and the Combined Fleet would take great pains. After a round of work, in addition to the fleet commander changing from Nagumo Chuichi to Ozawa Jisaburo, the designation was changed from the First Air Fleet to the First Air Fleet.
Outside of the three fleets, actually nothing has changed. Even the staff of the fleets have not changed. Who should do what?
There is no way this Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo, although he is the best aviation fleet commander in the Japanese Navy. But although this man has excellent abilities, he is only a graduate of the thirty-seventh class of the Naval War School, and he is not the same as Nagumo Chuichi High School.
There is no way to compare the qualifications of the thirty-sixth period.
Moreover, on the Hammock, which determines the fate of Japanese naval officers, Nagumo Chuichi is the seventh and Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo is the 45th. According to the rigid personnel system regulations of the Japanese Army and Navy, no matter how strong your ability is,
When choosing a commander, as long as there is a senior who is more senior than you in front of you. Even if he is a tactical idiot, he must be the one to take the position.
If Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo is to serve as the commander of the First Air Fleet, there is only one way. Either his previous classmates, as well as the current class of classmates who are ranked ahead of him in the Hammock, all active naval admirals will die in battle.
Or retire from active service, then it will be his turn to take over as the commander of the Navy's First Air Fleet.
The Japanese naval fleet created such a weird personnel system. Although it ensured the promotion path for capable officers with civilian backgrounds, it also caused some officers who could only study hard and take exams but have mediocre actual abilities to occupy high positions.
A promotion channel for those who cannot take exams but have excellent abilities.
With lower qualifications than Chuichi Nagumo, the First Air Fleet, the main force of the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aviation force, can only be served by Chuichi Nagumo, who is more interested in battleships. As the most suitable candidate, he can only command
The Third Air Fleet, which has a first-class status and is the same level as the First Air Fleet, is affiliated with the Third Air Fleet to cover the land forces in the Southeast Asian landing battle.
In order to ensure victory in the Battle of Midway, the commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, encouraged by a certain naval aviation official, made great determination. The First Air Fleet and the Third Air Fleet were organized under the
Replacement of aviation fleets. The first and second aviation fleets will be integrated into the third aviation fleet.
It is impossible to upgrade the level of the Third Air Fleet to avoid the unconventional practice of promoting Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo of the 37th term while the generals of the 36th term are still in office, which will cause the Navy to become too large in terms of personnel.
Under the unstable situation, we might as well separate it from the Third Fleet and place it under the direct command of the Combined Fleet.
As a result of the Japanese Navy's actions, in fact, by the time of the Battle of Midway, the main force of the Japanese Navy's carrier aviation fleet had changed from the First Air Fleet to the Third Air Fleet. Although this change of horses would make the commander of the Combined Fleet no longer
It took a lot of hard work, but the hard work paid off.
Jisaburo Ozawa commanded decisively and was thoughtful. He was always known for his calmness and composure in the Japanese Navy. He was far more forward-thinking than Nagumo Chuichi. Although the battle process did not change, the outcome was greatly changed. The Japanese Navy not only
Instead of suffering a disastrous defeat, they won a real victory in a naval and air battle. The Pearl Harbor attack was a sneak attack, but this victory at the Battle of Midway was a real head-to-head confrontation.
In the Battle of Midway, the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which had not yet recovered from the Pearl Harbor incident, suffered another heavy blow. Even Midway, the gateway to Hawaii, was lost, and the outcome of this battle generated quite strong and continuous reactions.
The most important thing is to let the Japanese base camp, which was overwhelmed by the commotion, advance the plan to attack the Australian mainland, which was originally just a plan but has never been implemented.
In fact, Yang Zhen originally wanted to replace Chuichi Nagumo with Lieutenant General Kakuharu Tsunoda, because Kakuji Tsunoda had a stronger desire to attack. Moreover, he was a veteran in commanding naval aviation operations. But Kakuji Tsunoda was a thirty-year-old general at the Naval War School.
In the ninth term, his qualifications are even shallower than those of Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo.
It is basically impossible for him to take over the position of commander of the First Aviation Fleet. Even if we try to adjust it like we did with Ozawa Jisaburo, after all, his current position is only equivalent to that of an army division commander.
Wanting to go, but with limited options, Yang Zhen finally chose Lieutenant General Ozawa Jisaburo, who had relatively more seniority.
Yang Zhen, who was quite satisfied with the results he had single-handedly planned for the Battle of Midway and directly pushed the US Pacific Fleet back to where it was. Naturally, he would not tell the two of them who were becoming anxious due to the deteriorating situation of the entire Pacific Battle.
The uneasy head of the U.S. and British military delegations in Northeast China has worked hard to create the current situation.
But these two guys kept making requests like this, which gave Yang Zhen a headache. In desperation, Yang Zhen took these two guys to the aviation unit for a walk. When he saw that the Anti-Alliance aviation unit was empty
After leaving a warehouse of supplies, fuel, and ammunition in the field, and due to the lack of necessary parts, the plane could only be used as a display on the ground, the two guys finally shut up their annoying mouths.
After this inspection, the speed of assistance from the United States and the United Kingdom accelerated significantly. In less than a month and a half, 5,000 tons of aviation fuel, plus a large number of American-made aircraft parts and spare engines, were delivered to fifty A-20s.
The attack planes arrived in the northeast.
And dispatched a group of aviation engineering and technical personnel to assist the Anti-Japanese Alliance in replacing American-made engines for the Il-4 bombers in order to extend the service life of these aircraft as much as possible. However, with a stroke of a pen, the Americans also transferred the thirty aircraft originally prepared to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
The American-made B-25 bomber was directly transferred to the Australian battlefield.
The first batch of 120 Hurricane fighter jets and 45 Blenheim light bombers provided by the British were faster and flew from the Soviet Union to the Northeast before the arrival of US aid. In the second half of the year, the number of US aid aircraft
Although there has been no growth, the number of aircraft provided by the British has increased significantly.
However, Yang Zhen was quite annoyed with this batch of aid aircraft from the United States and Britain. The A-20 attack aircraft was nothing more than the standard tactical support aircraft of the Anti-League. But looking at the 120 aircraft given by the British, it was obvious that they were from
Although Yang Zhen didn't show too much anger about the Tropical Hurricane fighter that was deployed from the North African battlefield, he was still quite annoyed.
This kind of aircraft, which was defeated by the Zero Fighter and Falcon fighter jets of the Japanese Navy and Army in the battlefields of Australia and Southeast Asia, was used to assist the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which really annoyed him. This kind of aircraft is basically in the state of elimination.
Airplane, isn't this just prevarication?
What's even more annoying is that not only are most of these aircraft already used as front-line fighter-bombers in the British army and no longer used by front-line air combat troops, but they are now second-rate aircraft in terms of technical level. They are not even the latest improved model of the fourth-rate aircraft.
Type 2, but Type 2 with even more backward performance.
For Yang Zhen, Pearson and Ross, who looked very unhappy after seeing these aircraft, they could only shamelessly praise the benefits of this aircraft. For example, the aircraft body is sturdy, easy to maintain, and the take-off and landing requirements of the airport are not high.
High, it is very suitable for use in anti-union flights that lack qualified airports.
Of course, because the airborne weapons only have 7.7 mm machine guns, the firepower is indeed a little weak, but fortunately there are many. The firepower density of twelve machine guns is still quite high. Think about the fragile body of Japanese aircraft, ten
What would be the result if two machine guns hit it?
Although the range of only 740 kilometers is a little short, the requirements for take-off and landing airports are low, and they can be deployed close to the battlefield. Moreover, maintenance is simple, and most of the maintenance work can be performed at field airports, which is very suitable for anti-aircraft missiles.
The actual situation of weak connection technology.
With a top speed of 510 kilometers per hour, it is somewhat inferior to the latest Japanese fighter jets, but it is not too far behind. Moreover, its level flight speed is still faster than most Japanese aircraft. Although its maneuverability is poor,
Fortunately, the body is strong and can withstand beatings.
Generally speaking, it is relatively qualified to deal with the opponents on the Chinese battlefield, mainly the Japanese Army Air Force. The most important thing is that this aircraft is equipped with a turbocharger equipment that is not installed on the American P-40 fighter. Its high-altitude performance