Compared to Pearson, who was preparing to give Yang Zhen a surprise, although Yang Zhen knew this guy, his comments about this British-made fighter jet were obviously lying with his eyes open, but there was really nothing he could do about it. Pearson's boasts about this
What kind of fighter jets were good was not the real reason why he decided not to reject these fighter jets.
He is not as picky as Chongqing. As long as he can fly and carry weapons into the sky, he will dare to buy any aircraft. He has never heard of the two American-made fighter jets Pearson mentioned, which shows that they are not good things. If
The Americans have already equipped their own good aircraft, so why are they still using the mediocre P-40 fighter jets?
Even the U.S. Marine Corps, which has always accepted the U.S. Navy's dumps, is still equipped with older Buffalo fighter jets. That Buffalo fighter jet is not a match for zero combat. If it is really a good thing, with the American character
, can it still be the Chinese’s turn to take priority?
At present, the new fighter jets have not yet been mass-produced and can only rely on pre-war designed aircraft. The fact that the Americans themselves are not willing to equip the aircraft is enough to show how bad those two aircraft are. I am afraid that Chongqing will receive these aircraft.
Either he has become a guinea pig for the Americans again, or he has become a shabby professional again.
Although this British-made Hurricane fighter is considered second-rate in terms of performance, it has experienced the test of war after all. It is better than nothing. Besides, I will not go to Chongqing to grab food. Although the current domestic political situation is very delicate
, but everyone is still on the same front at least on the surface. What kind of hero is it if you go to grab food from your own bowl?
Although maybe in the not-too-distant future, after the Japanese are completely driven away, everyone will definitely have a bloodbath to decide who has the final say in China. But that is for the future. At least everyone still has a goal.
They are all fighting the same enemy. At a time when everyone is unable to reveal the blame, Yang Zhen will not do anything to add insult to injury.
In fact, Yang Zhen knew very well that the Americans would transfer their aircraft to Australia. In addition to Australia's current strategic position being extremely important, even if the Japanese army did not attack the Australian mainland, the Americans would desperately increase their defense power.
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In fact, the most fundamental root has to be found from yourself. Things you have done will bring you some losses in a short period of time, and you can only bear them. If you are willing to give up, you will gain something if you are willing to give up.
.When it’s time to give in, even though it’s sad to give in, there are many times when it’s necessary to give in.
Rather than being in a stalemate, why not give up some short-term interests and struggle? You cannot blindly fight for strength, which will only completely stalemate the relationship. The "Art of War" left by our ancestors is not just for military struggles.
Prepared. In this case, it is also applicable.
Even if you know you have been fooled, as long as the performance of the equipment you get is not too outrageous, unlike the British Battelle light bomber, which is just a Xibei bullshit that fools people, it is okay to suffer a small loss temporarily in some aspects. Wait until Japan
If they continue to increase their troops, and the US-Australia coalition forces cannot defeat the Japanese troops in Australia, they will come looking for them themselves.
In fact, Yang Zhen was not wrong. After the outbreak of the U.S.-Japanese War, Australia and New Zealand, which almost became the base for U.S. counterattacks in the entire Pacific battlefield, saw their strategic status rise sharply for both the Japanese and U.S. military. The U.S. military
During the counterattack in the Pacific, Australia became a transit base for supplies and troops.
Although the Japanese army occupied the northeast corner of Australia, after all, compared to Australia, which covers an area of more than seven million square kilometers, the Japanese-occupied area is only a very small place. The vast Australian continent still provides sufficient bases and ports for the US military.
Darwin Port, Hedland, Perth on the west coast, Brisbane and Sydney on the southeast coast are all excellent seaports that the US military can use.
The U.S. Army and Marine Corps participating in the entire Pacific Theater basically set out from Australia. Troops that were withdrawn from the front lines and rested in the rear also used Australia and New Zealand as rest bases. Australia's developed agriculture also provided services for the U.S. military and other
Allied countries provided a large amount of strategic materials such as food and wool.
Therefore, the US military did not completely abandon Australia and shifted its advance base to New Zealand. Although it continued to increase its troops to Australia, it continued to use Australia as its advance base after containing the Japanese offensive and trapping the Japanese army in the northeast of Australia.
For Japan, as long as they maintain a certain amount of troops in Australia, it will distract the US military from the pressure on the outer defense circle. It is simply impossible for the US military to accept the complete loss of Australia as its forward base. Whether the US military is willing, even if the Japanese army is
There was only one regiment there, and they all had to maintain sufficient strength in Australia.
Although Australia is rich but sparsely populated, with a total population of just over one million, it is impossible to protect itself without foreign aid. Even if it only attracts one division of the US military to Australia, then they can devote themselves to the Pacific battlefield.
The force strength will be reduced by one division. This situation will undoubtedly be more beneficial for the Japanese army to stick to other strategic points closer to the homeland.
With this view in mind, the Japanese army, despite being under full blockade by the U.S. Navy and Air Force, still found ways to continuously increase troops and transport supplies to the Australian battlefield. A division could not land in a group, so they used the brigade as a group to land in batches under the cover of night.
Ammunition and other supplies cannot be transported ashore at once, so they are transported in batches by submarines and fast destroyers.
Even in the middle of 1943, after the U.S. military successively recaptured Midway Island, Guadalcanal, and Wake Island, the situation in the Pacific battlefield began to change unfavorably for the Japanese army. Faced with the all-out counterattack that the U.S. military had launched,
The situation is approaching the Marshall Islands, the core area of the outer defense circle.
The Japanese base camp made large-scale strategic adjustments to the Australian battlefield, Rabaul and other battlefields. After Midway was recaptured by the US military, the Japanese army once mobilized all the naval mobile forces it could mobilize, focusing on four aircraft carriers and six
Battleships and a large number of cruisers and destroyers escorted more than fifty transport ships and a large number of landing ships.
At one time, two marine mobile brigades, three independent mixed regiments, the Japanese Navy's special marines stationed in Shanghai, two tank regiments, two independent heavy artillery brigades, and three independent mountain artillery regiments were sent to the Australian battlefield.
The strength of the team was large and a large number of anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns were deployed on the Australian battlefield.
In order to increase the air defense capabilities of the Australian battlefield as much as possible under the situation where air support and cover have become increasingly unsustainable. The Japanese army even did not hesitate to dismantle anti-aircraft guns from some warships that were damaged by the US military and could not be repaired for a while.
Deployed to the Australian battlefield.
In addition to the continuous dispatch of reinforcements, in the face of the increasingly powerful naval and air forces of the US military, in order to cope with the future naval blockade of the US military and ensure the independent combat capability of the Japanese army on the Australian battlefield, the Japanese base camp was transported to the Japanese army in Australia at once.
Reserve ammunition for seven battles, as well as a large amount of artillery shells and oil.
A batch of agricultural equipment and a large amount of seeds were even transported so that the Japanese troops on the Australian battlefield could be self-sufficient after the supply line was cut off and the rear was unable to supply, thus reducing the transportation pressure on the base camp and the traffic on the road.
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Taking into account the large number of tanks invested by the US and Australian troops on the Australian battlefield, the Japanese base camp also specially transferred five infantry brigades from the Kwantung Army who had participated in the Siping Battle and had rich anti-tank experience. All of them were equipped with imitation German 50mm anti-tank anti-tank rifles.
A squadron of tank guns was strengthened to the Australian battlefield to enhance the anti-tank capabilities of the Japanese army on the battlefield.
At the same time, the Japanese army also deployed a large number of naval aviation forces in all areas under its control, on the island of New Guinea closest to Australia. Although the Japanese army faced the stubborn resistance of the Australian army and the US military in the battle to capture Port Moresby,
The troops received rapid reinforcements, but suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to the starting position.
However, the Japanese army always relied on the mountains in the central part of New Guinea Island as a defense line, and held on to the area north of Stanley Ridge on New Guinea Island at all costs. In order to use the northern part of New Guinea Island as a base, it could provide as many supplies as possible for the Japanese army in the Australian battlefield.
Maintain necessary air support.
It was not until after the Battle of the Philippines in 1944 that the Japanese navy, which had already sunk and was no longer able to replenish new aircraft, finally gave up air support for the Australian battlefield. The bloody air battle lasted for more than two years, and the three countries of the United States, Japan and Australia
The number of aircraft lost was staggering.
From the island of New Guinea to the northeast coast of Australia, plane wreckage is scattered all over the southern part of New Guinea, as well as northeastern Australia, the Coral Sea and the bottom of Afula. Although they also paid a heavy price, the Americans ultimately relied on their strong national power
, as well as the large number of new fighter jets invested in the later period, still completely overwhelmed the stubborn resistance of the Japanese naval aviation.
However, on the ground battlefield in Australia, the US military has invested six infantry divisions, one armored division, a large number of tanks, aircraft, heavy artillery, and naval fleet fire support on the sea. The Australian army has also deployed all newly formed troops, plus North African
The two divisions that were transferred back from the battlefield and the two reinforcing brigades from New Zealand were also put into action.
The U.S.-Australian coalition invested a lot of troops, but after several fierce battles, it was still unable to drive the Japanese army into the sea. It even organized two landing operations from behind the Japanese army, trying to use a two-sided attack tactic to completely eliminate the Japanese army. But the organization
In the two landing battles, either the landing troops could not stand under the desperate counterattacks of the Japanese army, or they suffered heavy losses and had to be withdrawn to the sea.
As a result, the Japanese army's tenacious resistance forced the US military to besiege it on the northeastern coast of Australia. This tug of war lasted from 1942 until Japan surrendered. On the Australian battlefield, the Japanese army relied on self-sufficient agricultural products and limited reserves.
, as well as the spoils of war, were carried until the war was completely over.
In some respects, the Japanese did achieve their original goal. A large number of well-equipped and well-trained US troops were tied up in the Australian battlefield and could not be transferred to other battlefields. Even the US military also thought of some ways in the second half of the period to
Some armies from other countries that declared war on Japan were transferred to Australia to take over the US military's operations, in order to save troops for use on other battlefields where they were more needed.
But except for one division of the Brazilian army, the US military ultimately played the leading role on the Australian battlefield. The armies of those small South American countries, including the New Zealand army, were really unable to assume more important responsibilities. Even the armies of some countries were sent to
It collapsed in one blow on the battlefield. Not only was it ineffective, it also harmed the US military itself.
And Yang Zhen, the mastermind behind all this, did not expect that the US military would fight for three years and fail to completely drive the Japanese army out of Australia. If he had expected it, I wonder if he would have done this.
?But according to his temperament, I'm afraid he won't give up easily.