The Central Asia Military Region Headquarters is located in the center of Huo Qubing, covering an area of more than 500 acres. The main building is six stories high and has a construction area of 50,000 square meters. The main building is divided into the political department on the first floor, the logistics department on the second floor, and the headquarters on the third floor.
The fourth floor and above are the offices of the staff department.
A large stretch of four-story houses in the backyard of the military area are the offices of the Military Commission and the branches of the Third Headquarters.
In the conference room on the third floor, An Yi was speechless after reading the summary of information from the General Staff Intelligence Department, which synthesized information from all aspects.
The Americans are still too arrogant and believe that Japan will not attack the mainland in a thankless manner. Such an important place in Colombia can be easily penetrated by Japanese special forces. It is even more difficult for the large-scale military build-up of the Japanese navy.
I know nothing about it, and now that I am approaching the enemy, I can't even know myself and the enemy at the basic level. Naturally, I am defeated like a mountain. How similar is this to the Korean War in my memory?
The U.S. Army also made mistakes in its troop formation. It dispersed its troops at both ends of the Panama Canal, giving the Japanese the opportunity to defeat them one by one. The 92nd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army stationed in the Panama area was one of the few U.S. troops.
The colored ethnographer, whose commander was Edward Alméng
The major general also happened to be a racist, despising his soldiers, firmly believing that they could never become qualified soldiers, training them sloppily, and the division's officers, who were mostly white, took Alméng's cues and neglected many of their basic responsibilities.
, the combat effectiveness of this division is very poor.
What's especially terrible is that Panama has a special terrain. Almost all big cities are on the east bank of the canal. While the battle of Panama City was starting, a partial Japanese division had already advanced to the Port of Colon on the Caribbean side. The battle lasted for more than two hours.
Come down and capture this northern port city easily.
Subsequently, the unforgiving Japanese army blew up six ships on the Panama Canal, causing the water in the suspended channel to surge and the ships in the channel to run aground. All of them became prisoners of the Japanese army.
"Are there any countermeasures from the United States?"
An Yi thought for a moment and asked.
Shen Fengdao shook his head: "So far, not yet. The U.S. government is very shocked. The media is abiding by the War Act and cannot express opinions, but this does not mean that they will not add fuel to their reports. There are vast numbers of people in Central America
The various interest groups were very nervous, and members of Congress made accusations and demanded
To trace the responsibility of the military, the military believes that the top priority is to recapture Panama and eliminate all the Japanese troops who landed in order to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys. However, since the government is in a meeting, nothing can be implemented yet." An Yi thought about it for a moment.
, asked Zhao Rui, commander of the Central Asian Front: "Old Zhao, what do you think of this?"
Zhao Rui smiled and said: "The strategic intention of the Japanese army is not as simple as destroying the Panama Canal. The Japanese army is currently in a tight situation in South Africa. If they adopt the method of treating the headache and the pain, it will not be enough to improve Japan's relative disadvantage.
strategic situation. If Japan wants to force a peace with the United States, the only way out is to make plans in the United States, and cutting off the United States' material sources is an important way.
"Although the United States is powerful, it urgently needs various strategic materials, including oil and copper ore.
Pot soil, crow ore, antimony ore, tin ore, natural rubber, etc. almost all come from other countries in the Americas. Landing in Central America will definitely shake up the production of the United States and reduce the threats on multiple battlefields in one fell swoop. From this point of view,
〖Japanese〗I have a very sharp vision, I think this should be the work of Kanji Ishihara, right?”
An Yi nodded in agreement: "No one else has such a strategic vision except him. I still underestimated this person's wisdom. I received intelligence before that Ishihara Wanji was planning to move the capital, and the Japanese Emperor Hirohito had relaxed his attitude and was preparing to move the capital."
In the second half of this year or early next year, we will move the capital from earthquake-prone Tokyo to Alice Springs, a city in central Australia with a relatively stable geological structure, and prepare to build a land fortress there that will never fall!
"I originally thought that before the end of this year, the Japanese army would continue to be on the defensive in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions, digest the land that had been recovered, wait for opportunities to seize Tasmania and New Zealand near the Australian mainland, and at the same time launch an offensive in the Central Pacific region.
Rely on the powerful navy to expel the US military from the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides Islands, and set up the forward base in New Caledonia. This will completely consolidate Australia's security!
"I didn't expect that Ishihara would go one step further and travel thousands of miles to attack Central America. This determination and courage are really amazing!" Lieutenant General Xiao Wu, deputy commander of the Central Asia Military Region, stood in front of a large map of Central America hung up by the staff.
After looking at it for a long time, he then said solemnly: "
The problem is likely to become serious! Almost all these Central American countries are just outsiders. If it is really Japan's aircraft carrier task force dispatched, how can the countries on the Pacific coast resist it? I believe it won't be long before the avalanche effect will occur.
Show up! The Americans are in trouble!”
An Yi was also in a heavy mood: "I originally wanted to have two years of development time, first to develop our industry and agriculture. Now the [Japanese] attack has disrupted everything."
While everyone was discussing, Colonel Chu Xi, director of the Military Region Intelligence Division, walked into the conference room door and once again reported a shocking news: the governments of Ecuador and Costa Rica officially surrendered to the Japanese army.
Everyone in the conference room looked at each other in shock. No one expected that things would change so quickly.
Further news soon came.
It turned out that after the Japanese Fifth Division and the 109th Division captured Panama City and the Port of Colon, they blasted the canal gate while actively crossing the canal in preparation for the attack on Costa Rica.
Passing through Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala, arriving at the Mexican border, actively forcing the Mexican government to make a choice.
Lieutenant General Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Fifth Division, whose headquarters was located in Panama City, saw the twenty-six captured B-17 bombers. He had an idea and immediately asked for help from the task force. Admiral Nagumo Chuichi quickly dispatched pilots.
Arrive at Panama Airport on a special plane and fly to the United States in a fighter jet immediately.
With the combat radius of the B-17 bomber, it can only pose a threat to some American cities in the Gulf of Mexico and the southern Atlantic Ocean. However, [Japanese]'s purpose is to undermine the morale of the United States and does not care about how many people are killed and how much materials are destroyed, so the bombing target is selected.
Designated as Miami.,
Miami is located in Biscayne Bay in the southeastern corner of Florida, between the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of approximately more than 400,000, mainly engaged in finance, business, media, entertainment, art and international trade. Miami is located south of the American continent.
Deep between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, it is greatly influenced by the large Latin American community and residents of Caribbean island countries. It combines cultures and languages from all over the Americas, and is known as the "Capital of the Americas".
After the war broke out, the U.S. government took advantage of Miami's superior strategic location and built many bases, supply depots and communication facilities around it.
You can imagine how great the impact will be on the Americans once Miami is attacked.
The U.S. military stationed in Panama failed too quickly. There were ready-made aeronautical charts at the Panama airport. The Japanese pilots could use them and flew to Miami without much effort. Since these planes had the U.S. military's radar identification marks, there was no way to avoid them. Arriving over Miami without any danger.
Yesterday at six o'clock in the afternoon, American time, twenty-six B-17 bombers launched an indiscriminate bombing of the city of Miami during off-duty hours. Miami's US military port terminals, oil depots and military airports suffered huge damage.
During the bombing process, although the ground anti-aircraft artillery fire counterattacked, because there were very few artillery on the air defense positions during the shift change time, there was no intensive strike firepower. In addition, the B-17 has always been known for its tough skin and thick flesh. The bombing was almost unimpeded, and the B-17 bombers were still constantly looking for new targets.
When the bombing came to an end, the US military fighter planes that came from other places for reinforcements appeared in the sight of Japanese pilots. Unfortunately, almost all the most elite pilots in the US military were transferred to the United Kingdom, South Africa and the Pacific battlefield, leaving them to defend the country. They are all rookies.
〖Japan〗The Japanese naval aviation commandoed B-17 bombers to form a dense strike formation, which caused great suffering to the US fighter planes, and four were shot down on the spot.
The Japanese pilots stopped when they saw the situation, quickly flew towards the southern airspace, and successfully landed at the Panama Airport before nightfall.
Just as the Army organized its forces to bomb Miami, the task force dispatched more than a hundred carrier-based aircraft to intensively sweep allied ships in the Caribbean. Two US destroyers sank under the torpedo attacks of Japanese carrier-based bombers. Eight merchant ships were sunk, triggering panic in Caribbean countries.
After the U.S. government announced that Panama had been attacked and occupied by Japanese troops, and that Miami, its homeland, had also suffered heavy losses from air strikes, government officials and people in Central American and Caribbean countries were even more panicked and did not know what to do next.
The important officials of the Panamanian government were captured by the Japanese army. With one side at gunpoint and the other with US dollar rewards, they issued a telegram early this morning, announcing that they would join the "Axis" camp and fight against the "evil"
The U.S. imperialist countries declared war.
The second person to declare joining the "Axis" camp was the Colombian rebel government, which was resisting the invasion of the US military. The rebel leader Sucua Robar listed the criminal acts of US imperialism in the Americas and called on the people of all Americas to unite. unanimously expel the forces of "US imperialism".
Two military bases and a military airport deployed by the US military in Ecuador were attacked by more than 200 Japanese carrier-based aircraft from the moment the war in Panama began.
When had Ecuadorian government officials ever seen so many fighter jets?
Seeing that the US military bases in the country were destroyed by carrier-based aircraft, and the more than 30 American aircraft deployed in Ecuador were wiped out with little resistance, they were shocked and stunned. These government officials quickly reached an agreement: surrender to the Japanese army. .
Since Ecuador had previously declared war on Japan, expelled Japan's diplomatic missions, and deported all Japanese to Peru and Colombia. Under such circumstances, the Ecuadorian government had no choice but to issue a telegram announcing "surrender and change of flag." "And welcomes the powerful Japanese army to enter Ecuador to protect the lives and property of the people here.
There are also U.S. military bases and military airports in Costa Rica, but like Ecuador, these U.S. military facilities were destroyed by Japanese carrier-based aircraft at the beginning of the war. The Costa Rican government was also greatly shocked. For this country with only more than 2,000 troops
For a country, the Japanese troops approaching the border were almost invincible. Under such circumstances, the Costa Rican government took the initiative to send people to Panama to contact the Japanese soldiers and quickly reached a surrender agreement.
In a very short period of time, the Japanese army became the protector of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica, seriously shaking the foundation of the United States in Central American countries. When the news reached Japan, the whole country cheered, and the Japanese emperor and the generals at the base camp
Their names have once again become the object of praise. (To be continued.!.