Chapter 31: All Wishes Come True
If you think of it, you have to do it immediately, and Zhuo Fei, who is in a good mood, immediately sends a telegram to Vivian, who is stranded on the Jiaodong Peninsula, asking Vivian to go south to Chongqing to persuade the coalition government. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 At the same time, MacArthur, who was far away in the Philippines, was also adjusting his forces, except for some of the troops left to continue the confrontation with the Japanese army commanded by Yamashita Fumi, MacArthur dispatched at least 60,000 troops, impatiently rushing to Okinawa, trying to snatch the glory belonging to the US-Australian coalition from the temporary fleet.
MacArthur was a veteran commander of the war, and it was clear at a glance that it was not the attack on Shikoku Island, but Okinawa, which was located between Taiwan and the Japanese mainland, that could influence the war at present. Ever since the Japanese Combined Fleet attacked Hawaii to seize Midway Island and took the initiative to attack the west coast of the United States, the Japanese military has been systematically transferring its main forces from the mainland and the Chinese theater to the American theater to expand the war, while the Japanese troops deployed in Taiwan have not moved at all.
At present, the war on Kyushu Island is in full swing, and the war is obviously unfavorable to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army, which has lost most of Kyushu Island, will definitely not be reconciled, but they no longer have enough sea and air power to threaten the umbrella attack force, and the only means that can be used is to rely on the superiority of the number of troops to resist the attack of the umbrella. At a time when most of the local troops are second-line troops, the Japanese army will definitely transfer troops from Taiwan to help the mainland, and Okinawa, which is located between the Japanese mainland and Taiwan, will also become the top priority.
"Gentlemen, once we take Okinawa, we will control the transit point for the Japanese army in Taiwan to return to the mainland. If the Japanese troops from Taiwan were unable to resupply and recuperate in Okinawa, their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced even if they crossed Okinawa and rushed back to the mainland. Gentlemen, in order to be able to drive back to the homeland as soon as possible to drive out the damned invaders, we must take Okinawa, and only by ending our war in Asia as soon as possible can we return to the homeland and continue the war. At the pre-war meeting, MacArthur tried to boost morale as much as possible, but the expressions of the officers present were not very effective.
Half of the US-Australian coalition forces commanded by MacArthur were US officers and soldiers who had been defeated from the Philippines to Australia, and the remaining half were Australian troops who had been defeated from Singapore and local Australian militia conscripted from Australia. The Zionist Army, which has always been regarded by MacArthur as an elite force, has always been outside the US-Australian coalition because they are constantly thinking about returning to the Holy Land to re-establish a Jewish state.
As a commander, MacArthur naturally knew the problems in his troops, and it was precisely because of this that the US-Australian coalition forces, which outnumbered Yamashita Fumi, were never able to complete the counteroffensive against the Philippines. A big victory may be able to appease the restless people in his own team, MacArthur, who was in a hurry, was not sure that he would be able to take the Philippines in a short time, and when he learned that the umbrella had transferred the temporary fleet to the waters of Okinawa, MacArthur keenly judged the next target of the umbrella, so he wanted to fish in troubled waters in the style of the east wind.
MacArthur wanted to play the leading role in attacking Okinawa, but Zhuo Fei did not say anything to stop it, on the contrary, Zhuo Fei was very cooperative, not only ordered the temporary fleet to provide necessary fire support for the US-Australian coalition forces at that time, but also ordered the umbrella garrison troops in Indonesia to provide a batch of logistics materials to the US-Australian coalition forces. MacArthur was very happy about this, and before the battle had even begun, he seemed to see the dawn of victory, and there were also the cheers of his officers and men.
"Actually, Okinawa is not easy to fight, Okinawa is located between Taiwan and the Japanese mainland, and is an important transit point for Japanese troops between the two places. The Japanese will not deploy too many troops in Okinawa, but the number of troops will definitely not be small, and it may be the elite of the Japanese army. MacArthur was a capable person, but capable people are often overwhelmed, such a person cannot make mistakes, and once they make mistakes, it will be irreparable mistakes. On the surface, he supported MacArthur's attack on Okinawa, but in fact, Zhuo Fei's judgment made Angela speechless.
Angela's expression at the moment made Zhuo Fei also speechless, "Don't keep staring at me, what I just said is my judgment based on many things, if you can't, we can bet." Zhuo Fei's oath made Angela laugh, whether MacArthur is powerful or not has nothing to do with the umbrella, MacArthur can't beat Okinawa, but can be forced to face this dilemma like the umbrella on Kyushu Island.
Vivian, who had already rushed to Chongqing, had no news coming back for a long time, and Angela had no hope for the Nationalist Government, if it weren't for Zhuo Fei's repeated insistence, Angela might have already encouraged the officers of the Dangkou Army to suggest withdrawing the army. Whether the umbrella withdraws troops from Kyushu Island now depends entirely on whether Vivian can convince the national government in Chongqing, Zhuo Fei is the boss and creator of the umbrella after all, and Angela can't blindly force Zhuo Fei to make a decision at this time.
Vivien did not hear from him for a long time, but the fighting continued, and the part of the expeditionary force that had successfully landed from Karatsu had already followed the route of the airborne division southward into Saga Prefecture, and was currently attacking Sasebo's airborne division to defend the rear road. The Dangkou Army, which had landed from Kagoshima, continued to expand its area of control, and the forward troops heading north had now broken through the Japanese defense line and smoothly connected with the forward forces of the South Asian Servant Army occupying Nagasaki Prefecture.
"Damn, it's shelling! Where did they get a lot of artillery? "When the rain of steel bullets that heralded death fell from the sky, the Japanese were startled by the sudden and dense artillery bombardment, and they had always thought that they were only confronting a light infantry that was outnumbered but lacked heavy firepower. But now, the artillery bombardment of the other side has broken the imagination of the Japanese army, and they did not expect that the reality will be so cruel. The cannonball fell from the sky with a roar of death, only to see a flash of firelight, a dazzling white light shrouded a radius of more than ten meters, and a powerful shock wave mixed with shrapnel and artillery fragments swept around, easily blasting the area around the bullet impact point into white ground.
Shells fired from the servant positions fell one after another on the small heights, and the servants patiently ploughed every inch of the Japanese positions with covering strikes. With each shell landing, it was a catastrophe for the Japanese army, and even many people hiding behind the bunker were shattered by the shock wave generated by a near-miss explosion. The Japanese soldiers struggled to clutch their broken internal organs and broken ribs, and tried to scream at their companions, but this only aggravated their injuries, and after some struggle, the wounded finally stopped breathing.
The subsequent convoy of transport ships that came from the Jiaodong Sea off Nagasaki not only sent a large amount of ammunition supplies to the servant troops, but also sent more than 1,500 elite artillery to Nagasaki Prefecture. These Chinese artillerymen, who were dressed as officers of the national army a few days ago, have automatically become supernumerary mercenaries under the umbrella from the moment they receive the military order. Once these 1,500 elite artillerymen set foot in Nagasaki and changed the uniforms of the South Asian Servants, no one would say that they were originally Chinese soldiers.
1,500 elite artillery and a large number of artillery pieces, this is Chiang Kai-shek's goodwill to Zhuo Fei, and it is also a statement that the coalition government wants to get a piece of the pie from the war against Japan. Zhuo Fei didn't pay attention to how Vivien persuaded the top of the coalition government, but only ordered the transport fleet to send all 1,500 artillery from the Nationalist army to Nagasaki, and the Japanese army, who was being bombarded by the servant army at all times, did not know that the other side was their old rival --- Chinese artillery.
The Chinese side finally made a choice in favor of the umbrella, and the haze that had been suppressed in Angela's heart finally dissipated, and after saying goodbye to Zhuo Fei in a hurry, Angela returned to Western Australia with an incomparable attachment to Kumamoto Hot Springs. "Three months at most, and if you come here again in three months, I'll build you the best hot spring vacation home in Kumamoto." When sending Angela away, Zhuo Fei also made fun of Angela.
The top level of the coalition government did not expect that the umbrella would open up so quickly on Japanese soil, and the current situation was obviously unfavorable to Japan, and after Vivian rushed south to Chongqing, although the top government officials had not changed their attitude towards Kurokawa Ichiro and his party, they were obviously already considering their own interests and losses. Since the Japanese army launched the September 18 Incident in 1931, almost 13 years have passed now, and the 12-year history of blood and tears must not only end with the unconditional withdrawal of the Japanese army, otherwise the government will not be able to account for the people.
In the past 12 years, the Japanese have plundered a large amount of wealth from China, and at the same time committed too many bloody crimes and crimes in China. It is not difficult to make a choice between being famous in history and being spurned by the people, not to mention that Zhuo Fei gave the sincerity of carving up Japan after the war. Vivien didn't seem to have to say anything, the coalition top brass had already made a decision, and the supporters were far louder than the opponents.
The 1,500 elite artillery soldiers are only the first step in the coalition government's support for the umbrella, and more than 300 pilots will then rush to Kyushu, and once the umbrella fully takes Kyushu, the coalition government will immediately declare war on Japan again and send more than 1.2 million ground troops to the island to cooperate with the umbrella. Thankful that the coalition government made the right choice, Zhuo Fei is now in high spirits, not only ordering the Dangkou army to immediately launch a northward offensive, but also ordering the expeditionary force in Saga Prefecture to move randomly.