Two weeks after the Battle of Chuuk Island, the Battle of Guam began. It could have been faster, but because China did not have a naval base nearby, the supplies needed by the fleet could only be shipped from Australia by the supply fleet, so the raid was launched. It became a regular offensive and defensive battle. Fortunately, after the Battle of Chuuk Island, the Japanese had lost their courage and no longer dared to engage in a decisive battle with the Chinese navy. Therefore, when the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet appeared in Guam, the Huangdi The reconnaissance plane sent out by the aircraft carrier fleet's naval aviation force failed to detect a decent Japanese ship. The Japanese army seemed to have given up resistance. The leap-frog tactic seemed to have lost its meaning after being fought like this. The reason why the Americans implemented the leap-frog tactic in the first place , it was because the Japanese resistance was too fierce and caused considerable casualties to the US military that the Americans gave up the conventional step-by-step approach and switched to "leapfrog".
"The Japanese have given up resistance. Obviously, this will be another battle for Chuuk Island." Busser, who was interviewing with the army, wrote on his notepad before the battle started. It was a bit disappointing, but soon, he His nerves were aroused. Although the Japanese army gave up resistance at sea, they had no intention of surrendering Guam. Chen Shichang also made a mistake at this time. He did not carry out saturation bombing and artillery shelling like he did in attacking Chuuk Island. As a result, when When a battalion of Marine forwards attacked Guam, they were attacked by more than one battalion of Japanese soldiers.
Because of Koizumi's suggestion, Yamamoto was already preparing to jointly develop common defense with South Asia and not compete with the Chinese for control of the Pacific. However, his order was only effective for the navy, but it failed to affect army generals like Yamashita Tomofumi. The Navy's consecutive defeats still had a negative impact on Yamamoto's status in the military. The most obvious point is that independent generals like Okamura Neji and Yamashita Tomofumi no longer only obey orders from the military, and the Army People began to fully intervene in the islands and areas originally guarded by the Marine Corps.
In Guam, there is a detachment directly under Yamashita Fengfumi. This detachment originally only had about 1,500 people, but after Yamamoto gave the order to give up, Yamashita Fengfumi did the opposite and transferred another brigade. As the top commander of the Japanese army in the Philippines, his troops had to fight for many years against the local resistance armed forces raised by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, so their combat effectiveness was quite strong. Therefore, the vanguard battalion sent by Chen Shichang was eventually wiped out and became The Xuebing Corps was the first battalion-level unit to be annihilated since the founding of the Marine Corps.
Through the telescope, he saw the last cadet lighting the camp flag and firing the glory bomb in his arms. Chen Shichang's face was ashen, and he gritted his teeth and gave the artillery bombing order: "Hit, hit me hard."
The sound of artillery boomed loudly, and Guam immediately turned into a hell. After half an hour of shelling, Chen Shichang became much more cautious and sent another regiment to the island. At the same time, he sent a squadron of helicopters to provide fire support.
"Sure enough, the army that gave MacArthur a headache, the Chinese vanguard battalion was completely wiped out, my God." There was such a sentence in Busser's notepad, and Busser conducted a wartime interview with the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet. Over time, he has gained a considerable understanding of the combat effectiveness of the student army. After a long period of research, he even came up with such a formula in terms of the combat effectiveness of soldiers from China, the United States and Japan: One student army = two Japanese soldiers. Soldiers = five American soldiers,
Now, the performance of the Japanese army in the Battle of Guam has clearly broken through this formula.
Guam was captured by the Japanese army from the US military, so the Japanese army did not operate Guam for much longer than Chuuk Island. However, because the US military left behind complete defenses, Guam's defense strength is not weaker than Chuuk Island. More importantly, Guam's defense strength is not weaker than that of Chuuk Island. What's strange is that Yamashita Tobumi's soldiers are on the front line all year round. They are not at the same level as those from the reserve force under Koizumi Toshiichiro. In addition, the military side of the academy obviously underestimated the enemy. As a result, such an accident happened.
Guam was finally captured by Chen Shichang. However, looking at the corpses of more than a thousand cadets, Chen Shichang could not define this battle as a victory in any case. In the battle report sent to Ouyang Yun that night, he He admitted that he had underestimated the enemy and believed that the Supreme Command should reconsider the Japanese army's determination to resist. "It is conceivable that as the front moves closer to the Japanese mainland, the Japanese resistance will become more intense." Finally, he also pointed out. The reason why this happens is,
Perhaps because they were used to the Chuuk Island-style victory, other people in the Supreme Command found it difficult to accept the outcome of the Guam battle. At the regular military meeting that day, everyone looked worried. Ouyang Yun was reasonable. After all, he There are several ready-made battle examples in the mind of the US and Japanese armies fighting for the Pacific. Compared with these battles, the casualties paid by the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet in conquering Guam are simply unbearable. Of course, considering everyone's feelings, such a He couldn't say it directly, "...the casualties are indeed a bit heavy, but as Commander Chen said, as the front approaches the Japanese mainland, the Japanese people's determination to resist will naturally become more determined. Therefore, although we must try our best Avoid casualties, but we cannot slow down the pace of progress because of this. Don't forget, our battlefield is not just in the Pacific, and we don't just need to defeat Japan. The German army is already approaching our country's Far East. We The German army must be kept out of the country..."
If there is a better way, Ouyang Yun actually doesn't want to use his life to fill the gap. However, because the super bomb is still under development and has not yet been able to form a combat capability, it is not available to me at the moment. Therefore, knowing that the casualties will increase, he can only grit his teeth and persist. ,
"Tell Chen Shichang that the country is not short of money now, so if bombs can be used to solve the problem, then use bombs resolutely. Of course, in order to ensure absolute control, don't be timid when it's time to join the Marine Corps," Ouyang Yun said after the military council. Let Chen Jiayao call Chen Shichang back like this,
In the Pacific, the "Leapfrog Tactics" are progressing steadily; on the Soviet-Russian battlefield, following the Battle of Ufa, in Kungur, the Chinese and Soviet troops and the German Army Group A clashed again. This time, with the continuous increase of troops from both sides, This directly led to the battle rising from an encounter to a decisive battle.
The Chinese Far East Expeditionary Force defeated the German army twice in a small trial of skills. This gave Stalin hope of defeating the German army. Lao Maozi was really willing to spend money and actually proposed a so-called population-for-land agreement. The agreement stipulated that every Chinese citizen Help the Soviet Union regain a certain amount of land, and the Soviet Russian government will accordingly evacuate all local people from half of the Far East.
It was a cruel agreement, at least for those Soviet Russians who had lived in the Far East for generations, and Ouyang Yun naturally had no reason to refuse. Although the Chinese government used both sticks and carrots, it has been unable to realize the "nationalization of the Far East." "At this time, Stalin's proposal was too timely.
In fact, Ouyang Yun can also have better solutions, but he is really worried that the German army will enter China sooner or later as Hitler announced. Since the Far East has become Chinese territory, it is also good to let the war happen outside the country.
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Sure enough, no one who is not cruel and evil can become a politician, and Ouyang Yun seems to have become a qualified politician now.