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- While Japan was grieving over the destruction of the United Fleet, China also took advantage of the situation to launch another special battle. .
The Battle of Hunger: The only mine blockade war in the history of war.
Its scale is unprecedented.
Its main purpose is to block Japan's entire coastline. This is a very crazy idea. Although the island country of Japan is small in area, the total length of its coastline is not small at all. And to blockade the entire Japan, if we use ships, it is undoubtedly a fantasy. After all, when manpower is limited, another kind of war weapon, mines, is needed here, and mines require a certain level of technology.
"Using water mines to block Japan's coast is tantamount to strangling the entire throat of Japan." Of course, this requires a prerequisite, that is, China has so many mines.
Of course, since China has such a plan, it is also a very critical step in the war. China, with its war machine in full swing, has enough mines, so it is not impossible to do it. What's more, this plan has been drawn up long ago, and the preparation time is relatively sufficient. The premise is also solved naturally.
Mines are powerful, but the production process is not complicated. In order to meet the demand, military port warehouses and airports on the eastern coast of China are filled with various mines, and arsenals are also constantly sending mines. The purpose is to prevent all ships from entering and leaving Japan in a short period of time.
China's internal blockade operation against Japan, known to China as the "Hunger Campaign", was a large-scale campaign carried out in the late World War II to paralyze Japan's economy, destroy its war potential, and force it to surrender unconditionally. The mine blockade campaign was the largest blockade campaign during World War II and the only blockade campaign in the history of world war that exclusively used mines.
The strength of both sides.
Chinese Army: Mainly composed of the second aircraft carrier strike group composed of the mythical aircraft carrier Xuanyuan, hundreds of Globemaster heavy bombers and thousands of Titan bombers, including a large number of H-2 improved bombers.
The Second Carrier Strike Group, whose home port is Naha Base, has one Myth-class aircraft carrier, two Imperial-class aircraft carriers, as well as a large number of cruisers, destroyers and frigates. The most important thing is that this strike group is also equipped with a large number of minelayers.
The air force is mainly concentrated at airports along the eastern coast of China, Jeju Island, North Korea and the Ryukyu Islands. This time, the bomber force did not go to Japan to drop bombs, but dropped a large number of mines into Japan's offshore port waters.
Japanese Army: The Japanese Army has more than 1,000 aircraft and more than 500 anti-aircraft guns, and the Navy has more than 1,200 aircraft and more than 700 coastal defense guns. In addition, the Navy also preserves some old warships.
Japan is an island country with relatively developed industry but poor resources. During the war, Japan needed to import 92% of its oil, 100% of its rubber and cotton, 87% of its iron ore, 90% of its coke, 40% of its grain and other strategic materials from abroad, and most of its domestic material transportation was via inland sea shipping.
It can be said that sea lines of communication are Japan¡¯s ¡°lifeline¡±. In view of this, China believes that as long as Japan's sea lines of communication are destroyed, its economic production capacity can be weakened and its war machine can be destroyed.
At the end of the 16th year of Zhongxing Dynasty, the Chinese army formulated a mine blockade plan code-named "Battle of Hunger". However, during the preparations for the campaign, the Chinese army discovered that neither the navy nor the army aviation at that time could complete the task alone. The main reason is that although the naval force has mines, it does not have suitable delivery aircraft. Because Japan's major ports have a large number of solid coastal defense guns, warships cannot safely approach them. Therefore, this requires the cooperation of the two.
The "Battle of Hunger" lasted four and a half months from November 27 to April 15, the 17th year of Zhongxing. The entire campaign was divided into five stages.
The first stage:
The focus of the Chinese army's blockade is the Shimonoseki Strait, which is the only way for Japanese transport ships to pass. At the same time, mines were also laid on Hiroshima and Sasebo to block the Japanese fleet and suppress its mine-sweeping forces.
On November 27, 150 Globemaster bombers took off from Naha Air Force Base and flew to Japan that night. Among them, 58 aircraft dropped bombs at multiple locations to attract the attention of the Japanese army; the remaining 92 aircraft continued to fly north and dropped thousands of mines on the Shimonoseki Strait for the first time at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,500 meters.
On December 1, the Chinese army deployed 3,000 tons of mines in the Shimonoseki Strait, basically cutting off the strait.
Throughout December, the Chinese army mainly mined the naval bases at Kure Port and Sasebo, and the Hiroshima military loading and unloading port to block the movement area of ??the remaining Japanese ships. It can be said that in addition to blocking the Shimonoseki Strait and playing a lasting strategic blockade role, the minelaying at this stage also played a role in controlling the remaining forces of the Japanese military.
At this stage, the Chinese military dispatched a total of 546 sorties of Global DominationKing bomber, 3030 mines. 29 Japanese ships were sunk and 39 damaged by mines, totaling 200,000 tons. Due to the blockade of the Shimonoseki Strait and major ports, Japan's maritime traffic volume was reduced to 25% of pre-war levels, and the freight volume passing through the Shimonoseki Strait dropped by about 50%.
second stage:
(January 3rd ~ January 12th)
The focus of the Chinese army's blockade is Japan's industrial center cities. From January 3 to January 12, the Chinese army dispatched 595 aircraft sorties and laid 3,422 mines. In addition to the Shimonoseki Strait, the mine laying area also included important ports such as Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, and Osaka, and the main waterway of the Seto Inland Sea, cutting off the Maritime traffic between Japan's major industrial areas and the entire traffic network of Japan's inland waterways.
The Chinese army used water pressure mines for the first time at this stage. A hydraulic mine is a non-trigger mine that is detonated by the pressure change of the seawater when the ship is sailing. At that time, there were no reliable cleaning tools for this kind of mines, and they were easy to deploy and difficult to sweep, leaving the Japanese army helpless at the prospect of thunder.
In March, 113 ships were sunk or damaged by mines in the Shimonoseki Strait, forcing ships transporting goods from the Japan Sea to not enter the Seto Inland Sea directly through the Shimonoseki Strait, but to detour to northwest Honshu and its west coast. Port unloading.
As Japan¡¯s main shipping area, the Seto Inland Sea has actually become a ¡°Dead Sea¡±. Only small wooden ships and small barges can pass through the Seto Inland Sea, resulting in a serious shortage of resources in Japan's industrial cities and national production coming to a standstill.
The third phase:
Since the mine-laying blockade of the Chinese army interrupted the route from the Seto Inland Sea to the Asian continent through the Shimonoseki Strait, Japan had to re-select its seaports and routes to transport back as much food, industrial and military supplies as possible. To this end, Japan made full use of Maizuru, Tsuruga, Fushiki and other ports in northwest Honshu.
In order to cut off Japan's new route, the Chinese army dispatched 509 aircraft sorties from January 13 to February 6, and mined 3,013 mines at ports in northwestern Honshu and Kyushu, and began to use low-frequency acoustic mines with strong anti-sweep capabilities. , causing these ports to be completely blocked, blocking more than 1,200 Japanese ships.
In order to ensure the smooth flow of waterways and ports, Japan organized 349 minesweeping ships and more than 20,000 people to conduct large-scale minesweeping operations. Although the Japanese minesweeping ships lost three-quarters and cost a lot of money, including countless dollars spent in the Seto Inland Sea, they still could not break through the blockade of the Chinese army. Japanese ships did not dare to go to sea easily, and it was difficult to transport a large amount of supplies back to the country. Japan gradually fell into a situation of paralysis and starvation.
The fourth stage:
The main purpose of the Chinese army is to complete the complete blockade of the northwest Honshu and Kyushu ports. At the same time, as the Japanese army has successively invested more than 340 ships and more than 20,000 people to clear mines, in order to ensure the density of mines in the minefield, the Chinese army has carried out the Shimonoseki Strait. And the implementation of repeated mines in key sea areas and ports such as Kobe and Osaka.
From February 7 to March 8, the Chinese army dispatched 404 aircraft sorties and laid 3,542 mines.
In addition, seaplanes of the Chinese Army Aviation Force stationed at the Ogasawara Islands base also participated in the minelaying.
From March 10 to March 15, 2,086 mines were laid on the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, aiming to force Japanese ships of more than 1,000 tons to leave Japanese waters and sail in the open sea, so that surface ships of the Chinese army can attack them.
Months of mine-laying caused Japan's major ports to be blocked one after another. The number of ships lost in Japan reached its peak. The number of ships sailing between Honshu and Kyushu was greatly reduced. At the same time, shipping between Shimonoseki Strait and industrial ports was almost completely cut off.
In January, there were 586 ships passing through the waters near Osaka, but this dropped to 34 in March; the number of ships in the waters near Kobe, another industrial port, dropped from 414 to 21. The number of ships entering and exiting these two ports dropped from 720,000 tons in January to about 100,000 tons in March, a decrease of approximately 86%. Likewise, cargo throughput at other ports has plummeted.
The fifth stage is from March 16th to April 16th
During this stage, the focus of the Chinese military is to expand the blockade area. During this period, the Chinese army dispatched a total of 1,474 bombers and laid 23,746 mines. The mines were laid in a wide range of locations. In addition to continuing to block the Shimonoseki Strait, Honshu and Kyushu areas and major ports, the Chinese army combined with minelayers to carry out mine-laying operations at ports throughout Japan that could berth large ships. Large-scale mines were mined, forcing Japanese ships staying in these ports to be unable to sail.
Through extensive mine laying, all shipyards and industries in Japan were almost shut down. Ships damaged by bombings could not be repaired in time, and maritime traffic was on the verge of a standstill.
Due to the extreme shortage of food, coal and other raw materials in Japan, the transport ships were forced to take desperate measures, regardless of the danger of hitting mines at any time, in an attempt to forcibly break through the blockade of the Chinese army, but the results were ineffective. Since almost all transportation lines to foreign countries were cut off, Japan fell into a state of complete paralysis.
The "Battle of Hunger" began on November 27 and ended on April 15. It lasted four and a half months. The Chinese army dispatched thousands of Global Overlord bombers.During the sorties, nearly 100,000 mines were laid, including more than 44,900 magnetic mines, more than 33,500 acoustic mines, more than 22,900 hydraulic mines, and more than 7,700 infrasound mines. It only lost 15 bombers, but it caused great damage to Japan. Big losses and serious consequences.
The Chinese army's aviation mine-laying blockade operation code-named "Battle of Hunger" achieved the expected strategic and operational goals. It dealt a heavy blow to Japan, both materially and spiritually, and accelerated the complete collapse of Japanese militarism. .
Hunger has begun to accompany Japan. A large number of people die of hunger every day, and social conflicts have become serious.
The enlightenment brought by this battle is: a low-tech weapon equipped in large quantities has played a decisive role in the blockade operation and is worthy of study and reference.
ps: Something happened at Huali¡¯s house in the past two days, which caused brain disorder.
From a phone call at around three o'clock in the morning this morning to now, Hua Huali has been in Xiamen 174 Hospital all day long, feeling very bad! (To be continued. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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