"Zero Fighting Drunken Tiger" Inamoto Masayasu died like this, which was beyond everyone's expectations. With his fall, the morale of the Japanese army seemed to be exhausted. Gradually, the performance advantages of the Golden Eagle and Baiji Dolphin were lost.
This is vividly reflected in the fact that the balance of victory and defeat in this super heavy battle has also begun to tilt towards the side of the Chinese Air Force.
This super air battle, which was named the "Xuzhou Air Battle" by history, basically determined the winner and the loser. Although the Japanese army had a numerical advantage and the participating officers and soldiers were determined to fight to the death, with the fall of Inamoto Shotai,
The Japanese airmen seemed to suddenly become incompetent in fighting, and as one Zero Fighter after another disappeared from the battlefield, the Japanese army gradually changed from the offensive side to the defensive side, and even had to survive, launching special attacks one after another.
The tactical courage is gone.
There is a reason why both Tojo Hideki and Honda Kei paid special attention to this air battle. Since the Japanese army entered Chongqing, the Japanese aviation force not only lost the opportunity to show off its power over Chongqing, but even before each routine training,
Sufficient reconnaissance aircraft must be dispatched to monitor the movements of the Chinese Air Force to prevent sneak attacks by the Chinese Air Force. Under such background conditions, gathering all aviation forces to engage in a decisive battle with the Chinese Air Force was actually the only option for the Japanese army, which was at its wits end. In this battle,
If the Japanese army can win, then they will be able to gain sufficient development time and rely on the powerful local military industry to produce more fighter aircraft, allowing the imperial army to continue to maintain air superiority over the battlefield in China.
For this purpose, Tojo Hideki and Honda Kei used all their strength. Unfortunately, the huge gap in fighter performance cannot be made up for by the so-called Bushido spirit. Therefore, even though the Japanese army put forth all their efforts
Despite all their efforts, the Xuzhou air battle still ended with them being defeated. Inamoto Masayasu's death was like a death sentence for the Japanese army. In the following battle, the Japanese army behaved cautiously. On the contrary, the young Japanese army
However, the Air Force pilots showed special bravery. As a result, in the airspace of the engagement, one after another Zero Fighters and other types of Japanese aircraft exploded in the air or dragged thick smoke to the ground. The situation of the Xuzhou air battle began to enter
Frequencies beneficial to the Chinese Air Force.
The Xuzhou air battle was not isolated. At the same time, there was another violent collision between the Japanese and Japanese navies in the Coral Sea of the Pacific Ocean. In this battle, Tsukahara 243 sent three aircraft carriers as the main fleet to attack the Pacific Fleet that was attacking Guadalcanal.
The fleet launched a raid. The two sides fought fiercely in the Coral Sea area near Guadalcanal. The final result was that although the Japanese took the initiative and successfully launched the raid, they ended up losing two aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser.
Defeated, he had to flee the battlefield in embarrassment.
In terms of the Pacific Fleet, it was Qi Minghao's missile boat force that made the greatest contribution. This was unexpected by the Japanese. They clearly had air superiority. However, under the attack of the missile boat, their aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers lacked self-control.
To maintain its capabilities, it had to flee the battlefield. Therefore, even though its air force temporarily took the initiative, it had to move with the fleet. It even watched the Pacific Fleet squadron sail into the sea and did not dare to launch it easily.
attack.
For the Japanese and Allied forces, the importance of Guadalcanal lies in the fact that whoever can control Guadalcanal will have the initiative in the war. Therefore, the Japanese army will never give up if there is a slight chance. As for the Allied forces, whoever can control Guadalcanal will never give up.
Defending Guadalcanal, no matter how big the sacrifice, is worth it. Ouyang Yun must have understood this, so after imitating the Pacific Fleet in capturing Guadalcanal, he completely entrusted the defense of Guadalcanal to the Allies in the name of imitating the Pacific Fleet's need to rest and recuperate.
Putting the Pacific Fleet into hibernation.
As mentioned before, the U.S. military-industrial system is very complete and has huge war potential. The Pacific Fleet and the Cadet Expeditionary Force voluntarily gave up the defense of Guadalcanal. For the Western Allies led by the United States, this is exactly what they demonstrated their existence and performance.
An opportunity. Therefore, the Americans and Australians took over the defense of Guadalcanal without hesitation, and based on this, they began to plan a counterattack. The United States was known as the engine of the Allied forces in World War II because it was responsible for 60% of the Allied forces.
Arms supply tasks. In the past, the Allies' final victory over the Axis Powers was closely related to the strong military production capacity of the United States. In this time and space, these factors have changed. The turning point is that although the United States has strong military production capabilities
, but its military technology no longer has leadership qualities. Therefore, although the United States has produced a large number of military products for the Allies, the role of these military products can only play a tit-for-tat role. Therefore, in
Under the German missile offensive, all resistance of the Soviet Russian government was in vain, and even Moscow was lost.
The U.S. military took over the command of the Guadalcanal Attack in the name of the Australian War Joint Command. This was indeed a great diplomatic victory, which was enough to prove the strong position of the United States in the Allies. However, facts have proved that in terms of army combat power alone, the Americans
They were still much worse than the Japanese. At the same time that the Chongqing News Agency of the United Nations issued a report on the "Victory of the Xuzhou Air Battle", the Japanese army launched a counterattack on the isolated island. As a result, the US air force had a strength advantage and was unable to stop the Japanese counterattack.
, not only caused the US-Australian coalition forces to be overrun by the Japanese, but also caused one and two aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet to be sunk.
Maintaining the initiative in Australia and even the Pacific War situation was the basic requirement of the U.S. government to MacArthur. Frankly speaking, in order to achieve this goal, MacArthur made great efforts. However, after the U.S. Pacific Fleet was defeated by the Japanese Combined Fleet, the U.S.
In fact, people have lost the ability to dominate the Pacific War. Therefore, whether the Americans are willing or not, they must act based on the faces of the Chinese people in the Pacific War. This determines that they have actually lost the leadership of the Pacific War——
How much role the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S.-Australia coalition can play actually depends on the attitude of the Chinese commander.
Whether Ouyang Yun or Chen Shichang, they actually hope to imitate the strength and capabilities of the Pacific Fleet hidden underwater and only emerge at the most critical moment. However, the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S.-Australia coalition forces are vulnerable, but they are
It has no choice but to show its strength in advance. As a result, although the Pacific Fleet has achieved its glory, the country's war responsibilities seem to have increased accordingly - a military alliance always needs a leader.
After the United States lost this right, Ouyang Yun certainly wouldn't mind taking it over.