Without the steel and non-ferrous metal industries in South Manchuria, as well as the rich iron ore, coal mines, and magnesium ores, the Japanese would not be able to maintain the most basic war needs. If the oil in Southeast Asia is the blood of the Japanese, then other industries in South Manchuria
It is the root of their maintenance of war.
If they really want to completely regain Southern Manchuria, then the pressure will be too much for the resistance. When the Chinese are in trouble, the United States and Britain stand by and watch, or even help them. At this time, the Chinese will not follow
Americans snatch the baggage from their hands and carry it on their own if they have nothing to do.
Therefore, his plan, at least in 1943, was not to recapture southern Manchuria. Of course, if the situation allowed, he would not mind completely driving the Japanese out of Northeast China. But at least in 1943, this was not his plan.
His main plan is to consume the Japanese strength as much as possible.
With this mentality, although the battles between the two sides were fierce in the air, they were in a fairly calm situation on the ground most of the time. However, the contact between small units was still continuous. The frontier
The artillery battle never stopped from the beginning.
On the one hand, Yang Zhen was thinking of ways to expand the number of soldiers and troops, and on the other hand, he was training with all his strength. Throughout the second half of 1942, the Anti-Japanese Alliance only organized five multi-arms joint military exercises at the column and division level.
The combined military training is even more frequent.
Further drill new tactics to strengthen the unit's infantry-tank, infantry-artillery, and ground-air coordinated combat capabilities. In particular, joint infantry-tank attacks on strongly fortified areas, division-level infantry offensive and defensive tactics, and column-level combined drills,
Multiple batches of offense and defense.
The running-in of each newly formed column headquarters, and the training of commanders at all levels in battlefield command capabilities. Although there was no major battle, this period of time for military cadres at all levels of the Anti-Japanese Alliance was not any easier than during the war.
.Studying, training, exercises, one task after another, even busier than during wartime.
Compared with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which is making every effort to develop its own industry and reorganize its troops and adjust its organization, the Kwantung Army's adjustments are more targeted. It not only faces the armored threat of the Anti-Union, but also faces the US military in the Pacific and Southeast Asian battlefields.
As for the threatening Japanese army, there was a situation where things must be turned back to the extreme.
The Japanese base camp stopped the manufacturing plan of Yamato-class follow-up battleships, increased the research and development and production of tanks, and at the same time desperately strengthened the production and manufacturing of imitation German 50mm anti-tank guns. The existing Type 95 light tank turret was removed
, a 50mm anti-tank gun was added and converted into a self-propelled anti-tank gun.
At the same time, it was considered that the Type 88 anti-aircraft gun was outdated against air threats, but it showed excellent performance in the face of tanks. It not only increased the production of this anti-aircraft gun, but also distributed it to the Kwantung Army and the Southern Army for use as anti-tank guns.
Some outdated Type 97 tanks were modified into self-propelled anti-tank guns in the same way as the Type 95 tanks, by adding the Type 88 anti-tank gun that shortened the recoil.
After painstaking adjustments, the anti-tank artillery force of the Kwantung Army has been expanded several times. In addition to doubling the number of Type-1 anti-tank artillery, a large number of imitation German 50mm anti-tank guns have also gradually entered the Kwantung Army's establishment. At the same time,
At the same time, the number of Kwantung Army's Type 88 anti-aircraft guns also doubled.
And they are equipped with more than 100 self-propelled anti-tank guns equipped with Type 88 anti-aircraft guns, and 70 self-propelled anti-tank guns modified from Type 95 light tanks. This time the Japanese adapted to their needs and learned about the newly developed tanks.
It cannot be completed in a short time.
Faced with the increasing tank threat from the Allied Forces and the lack of timely development of new tanks, the Japanese army copied the experience of the German army and installed anti-tank guns with good performance on the outdated Type 95 and Type 97 tanks.
, modified into a self-propelled anti-tank gun. And without a single muscle, they worked hard to develop new tanks.
In order to cope with the tank offensive of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Kwantung Army also distributed a large number of infantry anti-tank weapons. The number of Type 98 magnetic anti-tank mines and Type 99 anti-tank mines was far more than before. Type 97 Type 2
The standard equipment of ten-mm anti-tank guns was also changed from the group to two per squadron.
However, the Japanese army, which was determined to counterattack, did more than just this. At the same time, it also made great efforts to develop armor-piercing projectiles for all mountain and field guns. As the most powerful type 90 field gun that can be used in anti-tank weapons, the Kwantung Army also increased its
The amount of equipment. According to the standard of one hundred and twenty rounds for a gun, it is equipped with armor-piercing projectiles.
On the front line of the confrontation with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Kwantung Army spent a lot of energy and built a large number of anti-tank obstacles with the same vigor as in building fortresses. Where the two armies faced off, no matter what the terrain was, at least three lines of anti-tank obstacles must be ensured.
Tank trenches and anti-tank obstacles were densely packed throughout the confrontation area.
The Japanese army not only made a fuss about anti-tank firepower, but also put a lot of effort into the research and development of tanks. They used imitation German 50mm anti-tank guns and based on the Type 1 tank, they specially developed a
Type II tanks. This batch of Type II tanks was given priority to equip the six tank regiments of the Kwantung Army.
The 1997 modified tanks and Type 1 tanks were modified and issued with more powerful steel-core armor-piercing bullets. In China, the development of new tanks was also continuously strengthened, and negotiations with the Germans were initiated to introduce German
Seventy-five mm tank gun technology.
However, they are all in the stage of licking their wounds. Neither the Anti-Japanese Alliance nor the Kwantung Army has any intention of launching a large-scale attack. Especially Yang Zhen, no matter how urged by the United States and Britain, did not follow their guidelines. Even during the Fourth
At the end of the second year, the Japanese army took advantage of the relative calm in the Northeastern battlefield to suddenly send troops to attack India.
And captured the Imphal front line, creating a big wedge in British India. Yang Zhen still rejected the United States and Britain, asking him to immediately launch a full-line offensive to contain the Japanese army's subsequent reinforcement capabilities on the Indian battlefield. For
For him, if the training and expansion of the troops do not meet his requirements, he will never accommodate the requirements of the Americans.
During this period, the main battle against Japan by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in addition to the fierce air battle, was that since the British bombers arrived one after another in September, they began to comprehensively increase the large-scale bombing of the Japanese mainland. Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kokura,
Hiroshima and all cities with Japanese army arsenals were under large-scale bombing by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In particular, Nagoya, where Nakajima Aircraft Company, the main company that manufactures fighter jets for the Japanese Army, is the top priority in the fight against allied bombing. After the bombing force has been greatly expanded, in order to weaken the speed of the Japanese Army Air Forces' recruitment and expansion,
When the Anti-Japanese War resumed its bombing campaign, Nagoya, the main production base of Japanese Army Aviation, was chosen in the first round.
There are enough aircraft in hand. After the production of our own steel plant, the steel for ordinary bombs can fully meet the needs. Coupled with the simultaneous production of oil fields and refineries, although it is not possible to produce high-grade high-octane aviation fuel. But manufacturing
The gasoline used in napalm is still completely satisfactory.
Yang Zhen, who was quite confident, in order to completely destroy the Japanese aviation industry and reduce the pressure on the aviation force, launched large-scale bombings on the cities where the aircraft factories for the Japanese Army Aviation were located, as well as the Japanese capital Tokyo, in order to weaken the Japanese aviation force.
Aircraft manufacturing and replenishment capabilities.
After the arrival of the British-made Stirling bombers, the Anti-Japanese Alliance used this bomber to cooperate with the B-17 and B-24 bombers to carry out ultra-low-altitude bombings on the Japanese mainland at night. These bombers had extremely obvious advantages over the Il-4 bombers, not only
The range is enough to cover the entire Japanese mainland, and the bomb load at a long range far exceeds that of the Il-4 bomber.
In particular, the B-24 bomber can carry 4,500 kilograms of bombs on a range of 3,700 kilometers. One of its B-24 bombers, when bombing the Japanese mainland, can carry more than
Fifty IL-4 bombers and B-17 bombers can also carry two tons of bombs within a range of 3,000 kilometers.
The Stirling bomber can also carry about two tons of bombs within a range of 2,500 kilometers. The bomb tonnage that any one of these bombers can carry in a single dispatch of one hundred is equivalent to
There are thousands of IL-4 bombers and DB-3 bombers. The bomb load has increased significantly, and the intensity of bombing has naturally continued to increase.
Although in the entire 1942, the number of the best-performing B-24 and B-17 bombers did not exceed 200 at most. However, although the number was limited, they could cooperate with the Stirling bombers. If they were all dispatched at once, they could
Common cities in Japan were razed to the ground.
In addition, during the Anti-Japanese bombing campaign, corresponding tactics were specially formulated based on the characteristics of Japan's industrial layout and the characteristics of the entire Japanese city. During the bombing, one-third of the bombers were used to carry high-explosive bombs.
The remaining bombers carried napalm.
The tactic of first throwing high-explosive bombs to blow open the walls or roofs of all reinforced concrete houses. Then throwing napalm bombs is far more powerful than the US and British bombings of Germany. At the same time, in order to increase the burning power of napalm bombs, and
For adhesion, some combustion-supporting magnesium powder is added to the napalm bomb.
Moreover, the arrival of large quantities of British-made Stirling bombers has also allowed the Anti-Japanese Alliance to mobilize the number of aircraft groups when dispatching, as well as the bomb load of these aircraft, far exceeding the number of Il-4 bombers that could only be used before.
At that time. By October 1942, the Anti-Allied bombing campaign against Japan could dispatch more than 100 heavy bombers each time, and the amount of bombs dropped each time reached more than 200 tons.
In addition, the Whitley bomber with a range of 2,400 kilometers and a bomb load of one ton. And the Soviet Air Force gave it to the Anti-Japanese War as junk. During the bombing of Japan, the bomb load was one and a half tons.
After replacing the engine of the American-made B-25 bomber, the reliability of the Ye-2 bomber has been solved. Yang Zhen's confidence in bombing Japan can be said to be quite sufficient.
When the British-made bombers of the Anti-Japanese Alliance participated in the air raids against Japan for the first time, in order to completely destroy the main aircraft production base of the Japanese Army. During the air raid on October 3 that really kicked off the large-scale bombing of Japan, the Anti-Japanese Alliance defeated them all at once.
One hundred Stirling bombers, sixty-two B-17 and B-24 bombers, a total of sixty Whitley bombers, and forty-eight Leaf II bombers were dispatched.
These huge fleets, carrying thousands of tons of high-explosive bombs and napalm bombs, were guided by six Il-4 bombers and four Wellington bombers as guidance aircraft. With the cooperation of some special aircraft, the
A massive night air raid was launched on Nagoya.
This bombing was the first time in the history of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in terms of the number of aircraft dispatched and the tonnage of bombs dropped. The Anti-Japanese Alliance dispatched an unprecedented bomber group, carrying thousands of tons of high-explosive bombs and napalm bombs. With twelve
At the cost of a bomber, during the bombing, not only the industrial area of Nagoya was completely razed to the ground at once. The raging fire that ignited also ignited the entire urban area of Nagoya at the same time.