On December 9, 1940, in the Seto Inland Sea, the rain and snowflakes fell in the sky. This originally very lively naval city has been completely destroyed by war. The shipyards and docks are full of ruins and ruins.
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Located in the solid air defense basement of the former Fortress Command, it seemed a little cold and wet. The heart of General Seiji Sakagaki, who was responsible for the defense of Minami Honshu, was shrouded in gloom like the weather outside.
The war has lasted for three and a half years, and the situation has changed beyond what I had imagined. At the beginning of the war, who would have thought that the seemingly powerful British Empire has now fallen into a territory where the Japanese are sick and sympathetic. The Americans have also been involved.
War, but they were unwilling to take risks to rescue Japan. His current goal was just to save Australia and southern Africa. The life and death of the Japanese seemed to have nothing to do with them at all.
Since the beginning of autumn, there have been increasingly obvious signs that the Republican Army has begun to prepare to attack the Japanese mainland.
In order to defend against the Republican Army landing on Japan, Tokyo's headquarters has formulated a local defense outline. The entire plan requires the full use of the local terrain advantages and inspire the jade-breaking spirit of 100 million "royal people". All the remaining aviation forces of the army and navy will be invested in
In the "local decisive battle".
In order to defend the local government, the Supreme Command of Tokyo changed the local defense combat system.
Japan formed a local defense force with 3 million troops and established four general armies, responsible for the defense of Tokyo, the northern region, the southern honshu and the Kyushu. The first general army was commanded by the Marshal of the Army and the Minister of the Army Shunroku Hata
, defending the entire East Japan, with three front troops under its jurisdiction, with a total of 1.2 million troops. The Second General Army was formed in Hiroshima and commanded by the Army Marshal Yama Sugimoto, to defend the entire Southern Kyushu Japan and the Shiguo, including two front troops, with a total of 800,000 troops.
The Third General Army was formed in Fukuoka, commanded by Army General Matsui Ishione, with a total of 550,000 people. The Fourth General Army was formed in Sendai, commanded by Army General Honjo Shizuka, with a total force of 450,000 people.
The last general army is the general army of aviation, commanded by the three generals of Kawabian Zheng and under its jurisdiction. The Republican army that landed in the planned landing will be eliminated in strategically important areas in the local area, especially in the Kyushu and Kanto areas. Hundreds of them are
The flight squadron was hurriedly built, mainly a fighter jet unit. At this time, the Kamikaze Suicide Army unit was quite large, and by the end of June, about 2,000 suicide aircraft had been built.
"The doomsday of the Japanese Navy is coming!" After Wu Hai came ashore, the commander-in-chief of the Joint Fleet Iroku Yamamoto said this inexplicably. Since he received the Supreme Command's request to return to the joint fleet, he understood that he had worked hard to do anything since he received the Supreme Command to ask the joint fleet to return to the Matsushima.
And it is time to end that most of the joint fleet has been saved.
Because of passive avoidance of war, Yamamoto himself was accused by the army of a coward. Without Prime Minister Mine's preservation, Yamamoto would have already been put into the reserve.
"Is there no other choice?" Sakagaki looked at Iroku Yamamoto and said. This kind of scene was very rare. The long-term confrontation caused little communication between the generals of the army and the navy.
Yamamoto shook his head vigorously, remained silent for a while before he raised his head, "Maybe General Ishihara's plan is our best choice. The more this happens, the more we should be patient."
"But the base camp does not have such patience. They cannot stand the Chinese landing on the land. They just received a notice from Marshal Yamasugi that the heroic air force of the Empire defeated a Chinese army's landing attempt at Xiaguan." Sakagaki said, "
We will declare to them our determination to guard the land!"
"What's the use? Their purpose is to consume one of our few combat aircraft. Those fools sent most of the aircraft out." Yamamoto said: "They created the so-called "Kamikaze Special Attack".
What's the point? It's just that it's just that young people are going to die."
"According to the report, we sank 34 ships of the Chinese landing forces." Sakagaki said. "If the Chinese really dare to land on the land, they will lose at least hundreds of ships."
"The Chinese ships are not so easy to sink, and the actual record will not exceed 10 at most, and it is just some light ships. Our aviation forces have been falsely reporting the results, both the army and the navy. According to the report, we have at least been
Sinking five Chinese airships and four battleships. What is the real situation? The war has gone on, and we have not sunk any Chinese main battleships yet." Yamamoto said, "How much did we lose when we intercepted this time
300 or 400 fighter jets? We use all our limited aviation forces in such useless suicide attacks, and soon the entire empire's aviation forces will be completely lost."
Since the war began, the main battleships of the joint fleet have been slowly eliminated. Two Fuso-class battleships have been sunk in the South China Sea, four King Kong-class battleships have been blown up at Sasebo Military Port, and two Ise-class battleships have been
The raid was severely damaged and was forced to strand at the anchorage of Etan Island. It has not been salvaged and repaired yet.
Due to the lack of accessories, the two super battleships "Yamato" and "Mushashi" that have been launched have been unable to complete the installation. Almost all of Japan's military industry has been destroyed, and it is impossible to create the two super battleships of the "Yamato" class.
The 460mm main gun equipped.
The two "Shoka"-class aviation ships that have completed 80% of the construction projects cannot be completed. Now these semi-finished warships can only hide quietly in Aomori and cannot continue to complete the construction.
The mode of combat at sea has changed, and the aviation force has become the main force at sea. Although the Japanese Navy lost most of its battleships and heavy cruisers, it was fortunate to save five aviation warships. This is related to the lack of attention from the aviation fleet, these ships
The airship stayed in Yokosuka and also avoided the high-altitude bombing of the Republican army.
"The Chinese people's landing operation will begin soon, the question is where will they start?" Sakagaki said. This is a very troublesome problem. Japan's long coastline makes it impossible for it to send troops to every coast.
Defence. Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu have been under constant bombing, and this location is likely to be selected as the landing site.
The Xiaguan waterway has been blocked by mine lines, and both Japanese and Chinese have laid out the same. Tens of thousands of mines are laid out at the exit of such a narrow waterway, and a large number of mines are buried on the coast.
In 1940, the steel production of Japan had dropped to less than 150,000 tons, and defeat was an inevitable outcome. The question was how to win a more decent way. Although opposed by most people, the Emperor tended to Ishihara's plan.
, He was still afraid of being captured by the Chinese.
The Chinese people's request for land cedes is acceptable. Anyway, these things were taken by the Japanese by force. But the only point is that the emperor must be tried. At this point, the Japanese military will find it difficult to accept it no matter what.
The pillar symbolizing the existence of the entire Yamato nation was overthrown.
The purpose of the defense plan made by the military now is to let the Chinese feel the Japanese's determination to resist.
But is all this useful? Yamamoto objected to this at the base camp meeting. Orientals are fundamentally different from Westerners. Sacrifice is a glorious thing for Easterners, but in the Western concept, if the sacrifice is too much
If it is huge, it is natural to surrender.
Everyone is a Christian, a people of God, and no one will do anything to kill them.
In the East, there are many history of the destruction of the entire nation after the defeat.
Except for the Chinese, most ethnic groups in this region have slowly disappeared, either slaughtered or naturalized. (To be continued.