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- Although the German army is very powerful in Warsaw, it is not as strong as Cai E's expeditionary force. What's more, there are still those Russian guys who are deliberately playing soy sauce. Although the Russians have always been playing soy sauce, and they still do so deliberately. , but the Germans don¡¯t know after all, right?
Since they don't know, they will naturally be wary of the Russians, and the more unusual the Russians' behavior, the more careful the Germans will be to guard against what tricks the Russians may play. After all, the Russian commander is the most famous general in World War II. Zhukov. ([] )
Therefore, although the Russians have always been playing tricks, at least the Russians have played some role - of course, if the Russians had informed them in advance or made some contact with the Germans, then it would be nothing. But this is absolutely impossible.
Although the United States, Britain, and Russia are all secretly targeting China, in the final analysis, the Allies and the Axis Powers are two irreconcilable forces. Especially Russia. You must know that Russia has sacrificed tens of millions of lives in the wars in the past few years. With such deep hatred, it is absolutely impossible for the Russians to collude with the Germans.
With the joint efforts of the expeditionary force and the Russian army, although the German resistance in Warsaw was tenacious, more than a week later, the German army was finally annihilated by the coalition forces in Warsaw.
After Warsaw also fell into the hands of the Allied Forces, the Allied Forces were not very far from Berlin, the center of the Axis Powers.
On the other hand, after losing all their colonies except Korea and Hawaii, the morale of the Japanese also plummeted. Although they relied on the so-called bushido spirit, or some kind of extremely crazy spirit, the Japanese were still able to burst out with a strong combat effectiveness, but everyone knows very well that Japan has not many days left to rise.
At the same time, as a price for taking responsibility, Tojo Hideki's cabinet also resigned after the fall of Australia and New Zealand.
The successor is Kuniaki Oiso, the 41st Prime Minister in Japanese history.
Koiso Kuniaki was an army general and politician during the Japanese Empire. He actively suppressed the Korean anti-Japanese movement during his term as the Governor-General of Korea.
? Served as Director of Military Affairs of the Army Province, Undersecretary of the Army, Commander of the 5th Division, and Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army. 1942. He served as the governor-general of North Korea and promoted enslavement education in North Korea, propagating that Koreans and Japanese had the same roots and race. Fooled the Korean people and bloody suppressed the Korean people's anti-Japanese activities.
Historically, on July 22, 1944, amid internal and external difficulties, Koiso succeeded Tojo Hideki as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. He resigned on April 7, 1945. During his tenure, he once advocated peace talks with the Chongqing National Government.
In fact, after Koiso Kuniaki took office, he did advocate negotiating peace with the National Socialist Government.
It¡¯s a pity that although the National Socialist Government finally sent people to negotiate with the Japanese, the conditions of the National Socialist Government were too high. It is so high that the Japanese simply cannot accept it.
Because the National Socialist Government not only required Japan to give up all areas including Korea and Ryukyu, but also required many conditions such as stationing troops.
If you agree to these conditions, it will be no different from unconditional surrender.
Therefore, in the end, the Koiso Kuniaki government had to give up negotiations with the National Socialist Government and turned its direction to the Americans.
But seriously speaking, the conditions of Americans are not much better than those of the National Socialist Government.
It should be said that at most there is one less Ryukyu problem.
But these questions are impossible for the Japanese to agree to.
Therefore, in the end, the only way left is war
The choice of Japanese people. The National Socialist Government was not surprised. In other words, it would be surprising if the Japanese agreed.
Therefore, in the end, the war against Japan was still going on. Although the landing plan against Japan had always been in the planning stage, the large-scale bombing had never stopped.
In almost just one month, more than one million Japanese people died in the bombing, and the entire population of Japan at that time was only more than seven million.
on the other hand. In order to allow Japan to lose its combat capability faster, the National Socialist Government held discussions within the government. It was also decided to carry out another battle plan.
¡®War of Hunger¡¯
This is the code name for this battle.
Operation Hunger refers to the Allies' attack on Japan's supply lines at the end of World War II. It caused famine in Japan and its overseas territories. This devastating blow to Japan's navigation routes also affected the maritime combat thinking of South Korea and Japan after the war.
In late March 1945, the Allied forces invaded Okinawa, and the southern waterway (Southeast Asia and Japan) was forced to close. Japan's maritime transportation line only has the western route, which leads to the Korean Peninsula, northern China and Rason.It operates continuous routes and only sails on mainland routes. The existence of these routes provided necessary food, ammunition and coal transportation for Japanese troops on the Korean Peninsula and northern China. Subsequently, the United States cut off food imports from the southern waterway. In order to avoid further worsening of the food problem, the focus of transportation has shifted to millet and salt imported from the mainland to Japan.
The Allies mainly used submarines and aircraft to disrupt Japan's trade routes. The greatest achievement of the U.S. Navy's submarines is that Japan's sea transportation lines can only be limited to coastal routes. At this time, it is already very difficult for the Japanese fleet to counterattack the submarines. Admiral Nimitz named the operation "Hunger" because the plan revolved around supplying the Japanese mainland. The B29 bombers of the 20th Air Force of the U.S. Army were assigned to attack the island construction of the Mariana Islands and bomb the Palau Islands. This mission was an unprecedented bombing plan in military history.
At that time, the U.S. Navy was developing various types of mines, including the M4 and M11, which were detonated by magnetic forces, the M9, which was detonated interchangeably using magnetism, sound, and water pressure, and the A6, which was detonated by both magnetic force and water pressure. Various mines were widely used in this combat plan. The Japanese Navy used a total of 25 minesweeping methods to target magnetic mines, and used sonic bombs to detonate acoustic mines, but it did not effectively use minesweeping methods to target hydraulic mines and low-frequency acoustic mines.
Of course, if Japan had mine-breaking ships at that time, then I believe there would be no problem. After all, so-called mines exist to sink enemy ships. And what about the mine-breaking ship? They are precisely the death squads in the enemy's minesweeper fleet
It¡¯s a pity that although this is a good idea, the Japanese cannot afford it.
After all, even if a large amount of filler is filled inside the ship, if it explodes too much, the minebreaker will still sink. However, with Japan's resources and industrial capabilities at the time, it could not afford a ship like a minebreaker.
The first combat phase began on March 27, 1945. Mines were dropped into the western part of the Seto Inland Sea and the Kanmon Strait to prevent Japanese troops from departing from ports such as Kure and Hiroshima to support the Okinawa defenders. About 1,350 magnetic explosive mines were dropped on the night of the 27th. The Japanese were taken aback and suspended sailing the next day for mine clearing work. On the night of the 30th. The US military dropped an additional 450 mines. On April 6, more than eight 500-ton ships triggered mines and sank. On May 2, the figure rose to 19 ships sunk and 39 damaged.
The incident made the Japanese army begin to pay attention to the defense of the Kanmon Strait. The newly established 7th Fleet of the Japanese Navy was ordered to protect the trade lines of the Kanmon Strait and Tsushima Strait. At the same time, the Saeki Naval Air Force was responsible for intercepting the B29 bombers. The Japanese Army also deployed an anti-aircraft fighter fleet at Satsuki Airport, and at the same time deployed anti-aircraft guns in the surrounding areas of Osaka City. However, due to the imperfection of the Japanese military's radar, it was already out of reach to prevent the US military from dropping mines.
On May 3 to 12, the second phase of the combat plan began to be implemented. The target of the attack is not only the Kanmon Strait, but also extends to major ports on the Pacific coast such as Tokyo Port, Osaka Port, Kobe Port, and Nagoya Port. In the second phase of operations, 1,422 mines were used. In addition, the powerful power of mines in the Kanmon Strait has prevented large ships from sailing, and key transportation ports such as Osaka Port and Kobe Port cannot be used. Even small boats cannot navigate safely, and about 13 ships sank while passing through the Kanmon Strait.
The third phase of the operation was carried out from May 13th to June 6th, and the northern port of Kyushu became a target. At the same time, it continued to attack the Kanmon Strait and dropped mines 15 times. Most of them were low-frequency mines that could not be mined by sound. In May, 66 merchant ships were sunk by mines (a total of about 110,000 tons), while 31 ships were damaged (a total of about 106,000 tons). The damage caused to Japanese merchant ships in the second and third phases of operations. There have even been injuries caused by submarines and aircraft.
Starting from June 7th. The pb4y2 naval aircraft using Okinawa as a base joined the fourth phase of the operation and continued to attack Japan's waterways. The Japanese army's sense of crisis increased greatly. On May 21, the Japanese Army established a special department on mine clearance in the Naval Land Technology Operations Committee, hoping to develop more effective mine clearance methods, but in the end no progress was made.
The effect of the ¡®War of Hunger¡¯ was very significant. The United States sent B29 bombers a total of 1,529 times in the War of Hunger. The number of mines dropped reached 12,135. Some of the mines dropped were specifically designed to sink Japanese merchant ships. The U.S. military caused a total tonnage of approximately 400,000 tons of damage to Japanese ships at the cost of 15 bombers.
¡°Operation Hunger completely paralyzed Japan¡¯s last shipping lane. The Seto Inland Sea cannot be sailed by other ships except small standard E-type warships or motor sailing ships. Japan's five major ports. For example, the mine blockade of Osaka Port and Kobe Port has greatly reduced ship loading and unloading capabilities. It has also reduced shipbuilding capabilities and delayed ship repairs.
Because the waterway between the Sea of ??Japan and the Korean Peninsula is cut off, the transportation of grains from Northeast China is seriously hampered. This left Japan's own citizens in a state of literal "hungry." If the situation continues to deteriorate, riots may occur. What if Operation Hunger is carried out and at the same time the railway network is destroyed?If the attack is carried out, Japan may surrender sooner.
Now, the National Socialist Government is preparing to copy everything the Americans did to Japan, especially when the atomic bomb project is about to succeed, but the National Defense Forces have no intention of landing in Japan.
Since the Australian battlefield is over, all that¡¯s left is some finishing touches.
Therefore, when H40 bombers returned in large numbers, they began to carry out the "Hunger War" combat mission, dropping a large number of mines into Japanese ports and waterways.
The state¡¯s government¡¯s technology in mines is not very advanced, at least not as advanced as other countries¡¯ technologies. But even so, the Japanese still felt powerless in the face of such a large number of various types of mines.
Although the Japanese themselves are also working hard to clear mines, many things cannot be successful after all
Therefore, although the Japanese continue to clear the mines dropped by the National Socialist Air Force bombers, the number of mines outside Japanese ports can only be cleared more and more.
On the other hand, the "Hunger War" operation launched by the National Socialist Government also directly and effectively supported the Americans fighting the Japanese army in Hawaii. After the Essex-class aircraft carriers were launched one after another, although the Japanese also launched several Unryu-class aircraft carriers, it is clear that Japan's combined fleet can no longer compete with the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaiian waters. Competitive.
The Japanese were able to hold Hawaii solely because of the huge presence of Army Air Forces in Hawaii. These Japanese Army Air Forces flying Type 4 fighters can even fight with the most cutting-edge American fighters.
It was with their help. The U.S. aircraft carrier fleet does not dare to get too close to Hawaii.
However, things are different now. After Japan was carried out the "Hunger War", Japan's support for Hawaii was close to being interrupted. To know. Nowadays, the occupation of Hawaii is very fierce, and extremely fierce air battles break out in the skies near Hawaii almost every few days.
In this case, the Japanese not only lacked pilots, but also lacked fighter jets.
And the fighter planes transported from the mainland to Hawaii. This is the best supplement. After all, Hawaii does not have the ability to manufacture military aircraft.
Now, the connection between the mainland and Hawaii has become weak, which directly leads to the lack of supply of pilots and fighters that Hawaii urgently needs. Gradually, the Hawaiian army aviation and naval aviation also fell into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Americans
And wait until the United States¡¯ Essex-class aircraft carrier. After more than ten ships have been launched
The Japanese can no longer resist the Americans in Hawaiian waters
At the end of 1943, an air battle broke out between the United States and Japan over the waters near Hawaii. In the air battle, due to the war of hunger, the Japanese Hawaiian troops could not be effectively supplemented, and the Japanese aviation force was ultimately defeated.
After the victory, the U.S. Pacific Fleet also began to escort the U.S. Army, which had been preparing for a long time, to launch a landing in Hawaii.
Although Japan¡¯s aviation force has been completely lost, there is still a considerable amount of land forces in Hawaii. And Hawaii is by no means comparable to ordinary ordinary islands. Therefore, this landing battle was extremely brutal.
But land on several islands near Hawaii. The Americans suffered more than 100,000 casualties.
However, during the landing operations, there were also many people who performed well, including the American Spitfire.
Just like the Pacific War in history, the Japanese adopted a strategy of digging deep holes. The Americans were also very troubled by this strategy. Fortunately, the Americans quickly found flamethrowers to deal with the Japanese.
Facing the American flamethrowers, the Japanese soldiers had nowhere to hide. They could only be burned to death in the fortifications one by one.
So soon, the Americans retook Hawaii. However, in the Battle of Hawaii, the Americans also paid a heavy price. Especially the Japanese troops in Hawaii. Basically, they are all the elites of the Japanese army¡ª¡ªthe elites of the Japanese army, which means that there are very few Japanese soldiers among them who are willing to surrender.
On the Hawaiian battlefield, these Japanese troops fought almost to the last step. Because of this, the US military ultimately lost hundreds of thousands of people on the Hawaiian battlefield.
But for Americans, it¡¯s worthwhile to get Hawaii back. It is a pity that the National Socialist Government took over Australia a few months ago and supported a puppet government in Australia.
So unless the Americans plan to land in Australia and take action directly against the National Socialist Government, even if the Americans take back Hawaii, they will not be able to do anything to Australia. AndThese are what Americans hate the most.
After all, Australia is a whole continent, and it is definitely not comparable to an island.
But on the other hand, with the fall of Hawaii, this also means that the war is almost over. Because at this time, Japan only had North Korea and its own homeland left, and the Germans were about to be approached by the coalition forces towards Berlin.
As long as Berlin and Tokyo are captured, this war will be over.
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Precisely because the war is about to end, countries will start to become nervous.
Although during the war, the relationship between various countries became closer than before the war, the most obvious ones were Britain and Russia. Before the war broke out, the relationship between Britain and Russia was not good at all, especially Britain, which even considered using Germany as the vanguard against Russia.
It¡¯s a pity that they were indeed anti-Russian, but they first rebelled against Britain and France.
On the issue of Germany, Britain and France have really suffered a lot.
But now, Britain, France, the United States and Russia have woken up, so they all understand that they must not have conflicts during war. For this reason, Churchill is even willing to cooperate with the Russians.
But now that the war is coming to an end, what they are competing for is the honor of being the first to enter Berlin. For this reason, the United States even invested a considerable amount of resources in order to complete the Normandy landing, cut off the connection between Germany and France, and completely make the Germans their mortal enemy! ! !
¡°If Berlin is taken, the war will be over!!!¡±
Standing in the White House, Roosevelt said softly. (To be continued)
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