At the turn of spring and summer, after the cherry blossoms bloom in the Japanese archipelago, they quickly wither. Just like the Japanese dream of becoming a great country, it was once short-lived but quickly shattered.
This time, they lost completely. The "divine wind" that had protected the Yamato nation in history did not appear. In this spring, Tokyo, which symbolized the emperor's rule, finally fell, and the emperor and most of the cabinet members were here.
He had already fled to the United States to seek refuge.
Abandoned are only the tens of millions of ordinary citizens who still suffer from the war.
There were no large-scale riots or attacks against the Republican Army in the occupied areas. Although small resistance and suicide attacks occurred from time to time, they were only sporadic incidents. The Japanese people were not as loyal to the emperor as they imagined.
, in order to survive, in fact they will easily bow to power.
This is a very special nation. After the initial chaos, the Japanese became very tame. Under the leadership of the temporarily established and established government, order in the occupied areas quickly returned to normal, and the people who survived the war quickly returned to normal.
He devoted himself to post-war reconstruction and recovery.
There are many strong nations in history, but they all died out in the end. Only the stoic nations can continue to exist. This is what the Chinese taught them, so they can continue to exist.
He was an extremely fierce enemy on the battlefield, but after putting down his rifle, he became extremely docile and tame.
On the third day after Tokyo was occupied, more than 500,000 Kwantung troops who had been resisting for three years in Kanto Prefecture finally laid down their weapons and announced their unconditional surrender.
The fighting continues in the northern part of Honshu Island, Hokkaido, and the outer Tohoku area, but the originally stubborn Japanese troops in most parts of Japan have begun to surrender on a large scale after the fall of Tokyo and the establishment of the provisional government supported by China.
Japan is finished.
They no longer have the determination to continue resisting.
The 4.5 million troops originally prepared to liberate the entire Japanese archipelago ended up using only 2.3 million troops, allowing the Republican Army to invest more troops in other battlefields.
The Republican Army has no intention of joining forces with the Germans to attack the Russians, and even has the intention to secretly help the Russians in their most difficult moment. From the perspective of China's interests, it is not a good thing for a Russia ruled by the Germans.
With the pressure on Central Asia reduced, the Republican Army can devote more troops to the battlefields in Africa and Australia.
There were a few white clouds floating in the sky, escorted by several Air Force P-40 fighter jets. A C-47 transport plane painted with the US emblem landed at Casablanca Airport. Marshall, who was the first to be promoted to a five-star general during the war,
The chief of general staff came to Africa.
"How is the situation on the front line? Ike!" After exchanging simple greetings, Marshall said directly to the Allied commander-in-chief who came to greet him.
"No, Tunisia is alone. We have concentrated more than 500,000 troops there. And Algeria's defense is relatively weak. If the Chinese launch a surprise attack here, maybe the 500,000 troops in Tunisia will collapse in an instant!" Eisenhower
He pointed to the Algiers area on the map.
"If we want to hold Tunisia, how many troops should we need?" General Marshall tilted his head and stared at the map.
"At least 1.5 million more people are needed. We can ensure the stability of the defense line. The Chinese have concentrated 300,000 people in Sardinia. They are likely to suddenly land at a certain location. The Mediterranean is too small. They came from Italy.
The fighter planes that take off can cover the entire Tunisia and most of Algeria." General Eisenhower said, "We are actually in danger now!"
"Then retreat back. Give it up!" Marshall said: "Currently, the country can only supplement about 600,000 people for you. We currently need to take care of the Australian battlefield, where the pressure is greater."
"Shrink the defense line, but the British will definitely not agree!" Eisenhower said. He had long intended to shrink the defense line, but the damn British were unwilling to give up the territory they had acquired.
"I will persuade Churchill and order the troops to retreat immediately. The current situation is too dangerous. If the Chinese are fully prepared, Tunisia's communication can easily be cut off!" The American way of fighting is to calculate each city based on the original product.
Gains and losses of land. Anyway, these territories are not their own, but they are exactly in line with what is said in the Art of War: "To gain land, lose people, to lose people and land, to gain people, lose land. To gain both people and land," in their eyes, preserving themselves is always a matter of
Put it first.
The Republican Army was indeed making preparations for Algiers, but the Italians kept holding back. Mussolini didn't know what was wrong with him. First he sent troops to Greece. Then he actually sent all the Italian troops to the Balkans.
, prepared to cooperate with Hitler's invasion of Soviet Russia.
This disrupted the entire Republican Army's combat plan in North Africa. There was no other choice but to redeploy troops from Central Asia and South Asia. The opportunity for the campaign was missed.
Before the Republican Army started taking action, the US-British coalition forces suddenly abandoned Tunisia and shrank their defense line to the west of Algiers. Since the US-British coalition forces in North Africa already had about 1.5 million people, it was difficult to find any loopholes in the entire defense line.
"Damn it, the Americans are quite cunning. Now they are shrinking like a hedgehog. There really is no place to eat!" Zhang Tingfu couldn't help but lamented that after the US and British coalition forces evacuated Tunisia, they were dragged down by the Italians.
A good opportunity to destroy the enemy was missed.
The Italians were quite happy. They easily occupied Tunisia and half of Algeria that had been abandoned by the US military without fighting. Mussolini personally sent a commendation telegram, praising the "great victory" achieved by the Italian army in North Africa and
General Baptiste, commander-in-chief of the North African Army, was promoted to Field Marshal, and General Mayo, commander of the 3rd Army, the main force of the Italian Army in North Africa, was also promoted to Army General.
At this time, the American and British coalition forces had stabilized the Australian front and regarded North Africa as the front line of counterattack. A steady stream of soldiers, tanks, artillery and fighter planes were transported to North Africa by sea. The personnel and equipment of the British and American coalition forces had received a huge boost.
Strengthening, the Republican Army has lost the best opportunity to drive the American and British coalition forces out of North Africa in one fell swoop.
"We have lost our fighter planes, and the North African battlefield will evolve into a hard and long war. For this, we need to establish four large tank and vehicle repair assemblies in Alexandria, Tobruk, Tripoli and Sfax.
factories, two aircraft repair and assembly plants in Alexandria and Tripoli, and two large oil refineries in Benghazi and Tobruk to meet the material needs of the long-term war."
In the summary telegram sent to the Military Commission, Zhang Tingfu expressed his intention to prepare for a protracted war without hesitation. In the end, the Military Commission approved the dispatch of personnel and materials to establish a tank and aircraft maintenance and assembly center in North Africa. However, considering the war
At the request of the Egyptians, the Military Council relocated the tank and aircraft repair plant originally planned to be established in Alexandria to the Sinai Peninsula, which showed the military's intention to control this area for a long time after the war.
At the end of June, the Germans launched the "Battle of Barbarossa" to invade Soviet Russia as scheduled, which allowed the British in desperate situations to finally breathe a sigh of relief and slowly recover.