Section 433 The End of the Road to the Japanese Island
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China's naval and air blockade has deprived Japan of the oil and metal materials necessary for the manufacture of aircraft, and Japan's need to build new aircraft to make up for the losses caused by the ineffective air defense and bombing of the standard air fleet has come to naught. More than 900,000 tonnes of seaborne supplies sank into the sea in May alone, more than in January and April combined. At that time, less than 2 million tons were transported except for oil tankers. Due to the massive construction of iron-wood hybrid transport ships, the number of shipbuilders at the shipyard could compensate for the lost quantity, however, merchant ships have become the primary target of Chinese submarines and destroyers. In May alone, 18 IDF submarines sank more than 300,000 tons of cargo, and more destroyers and submarines joined the blockade. Most of the ships flying the sun flag were limited to short voyages in the Sea of Japan, so that they could sail at night and hide in coastal ports during the day. At the end of May, Japan's strategic oil supply to the east and south was cut off, and the Japanese government pushed ahead with a contingency plan to distill fuel from potatoes so that its fighter jets could take to the skies to defend their homeland. The stock of aluminum for the manufacture of new aircraft is becoming less and less, and the smelter runs out of bauxite. Iron ore and coke could not be transported from the mainland, and steel production was greatly reduced. The Japanese Navy is paying the price for neglecting anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defense. The warships that survived the Battle of the East China Sea had to dock in ports inside Japan because tankers could not deliver oil to Japan. When these warships ventured out, they were at risk of being sunk by lurking Wehrmacht Navy submarines and naval aviation.
The Japanese Army was still dying on the Nakdong River, and if it weren't for the arrival of the third batch of rotational combat troops that gave them a respite, just seven clusters of the Heavy Artillery Army would have been enough for the Japanese troops of those nine divisions. 192 203-mm heavy howitzers, 768 155-mm howitzers, and 96 mobile self-propelled 240-mm heavy mortars, such an artillery lineup is rare even in the Franco-German battlefield of World War I, and Japan, which is weak in national strength, has no ability to come up with such artillery to fight. The artillery lieutenant general of the Wehrmacht, He Xingtian, has already taken out all his family resources, and plans to use up all the body tubes in the middle of life, so as to replace them with new single-layer self-tightening body tubes, and the old models of high-explosive artillery shells have no value in continuing to stockpile, except for supporting a batch of the White Russian army, this kind of heavy artillery of more than 150 mm is simply priceless in the international arms market, and the Chinese Defense Forces cannot break the rules, and someone must dare to buy it. In the 20s, in all countries of the world, except for the Red Russia and the White Russia, which continued to tear apart in the area west of the Yenisei River and Lake Baikal, only the "local conflict" between China and Japan was regarded as a hot spot, and the others were all rebels whose armies crushed the colonies, and there were no formed guerrillas.
Although the Japanese Navy still has half of its strength, most of them in the ports of Kobe, Kure Port, and Yokosuka are aggrieved by the coastal protection of the port, and in mid-May they were still sunk two dreadnoughts, "Hanoi" and "Settsu", fortunately in the coastal area of Kobe Port, two 20,000-ton warships are sitting at the bottom, and they can also be salvaged and repaired, three Kongo-class super dreadnought-class battle cruisers, "King Kong", "Hiei", and "Haruna", the famous monkey three brothers are heavily protected by anti-aircraft guns and anti-torpedo nets, Just being hit by a few 250-kilogram aerial bombs and destroying the superstructure is not fatal, but it is just that she needs to continue to be the queen of the dock for three months to six months. The Japanese destroyers were now the mainstay of the Combined Fleet, fighting desperately with the Chinese destroyers in the vast Pacific Ocean, though they soon discovered that they had underestimated the shamelessness of the Chinese Navy. Relying on the three-month blockade time, the Chinese Navy towed the three 100,000-ton cement aircraft carriers that had been built through the Bass Strait to the Pacific Ocean east of Japan, which is equivalent to the establishment of three maritime airfields for China in the east of Japan, and the B3 bomb bird horizontal bombers and A1 Howling Eagle dive bombers of the HNA provided air protection umbrellas for the Chinese destroyers. The upstart with steam turbines running at more than 35 knots, although the Japanese destroyers surpassed the Chinese destroyers in firepower, but they could not catch up and were helpless, hoping that the Japanese destroyers who were not enough fuel and pursued unremittingly were all introduced into the coverage of the Chinese cement aircraft carriers, and were caught by the swarming bomb birds and whistling eagles, and even the battleships could not withstand the air siege, and the destroyers were even more in vain, and they could not fight, and they could not run, and the destroyers of the combined fleet were on the coffee table, and their lives were full of cups.
The impotence of the navy and army immediately brought the invincible Japanese Empire back to its original shape, and they realized what a cruel reality it was for an overcrowded island country to be strategically blockaded. As a result, the Japanese people lived in misery, the rationing system strictly controlled food, the cloth used to make new clothes was very bad, and people preferred to wear dirty clothes rather than wash them, for fear of washing them. Food is becoming increasingly scarce due to the disruption of maritime transport and reduced imports. Rice must be prioritized for the 900,000 soldiers who are repatriated to defend the homeland. Dogs have long been absent from the city streets, and people use dog meat to satisfy their cravings, even though it is illegal, people are still helpless. At that time, the black market in Tokyo was rampant, and workers relied on the black market to supplement the supply of fish and vegetables, and sugar and soap were almost non-existent. In order to save rubber and leather, people had to wear clog-soled shoes. Perhaps when the cold winter comes, there will be a shortage of charcoal and wood for cooking and heating stoves, and there will be no way, and the entire library will be sold for fuel. The neighborhood clubs have become the main institutions of the common people during the war, cleaning up bombed-out homes and buildings and collecting flammable debris. Government regulations and deteriorating supplies have made geisha parlors, bars, and restaurants unsustainable, and have been forced to close. Only the cinemas, showing appropriate "patriotic" propaganda films according to the abridged program, finally made wartime life less monotonous. As the weather gets colder and colder, the bleak winter becomes more and more demoralizing, the news from the front line is worse, and the air raids continue to intensify. A semi-official announcement posted by the Tokyo City and Township Council with the headline "Happy New Year!" The content of the message, which is typical of emphasizing the fighting spirit and reducing the pleasant atmosphere to a minimum, said: "In the face of the possibility of an increasingly severe war, let us celebrate the New Year with the confidence of victory and a resolute fighting spirit, and this year we will bring the war to an end." Although the Japanese people were arrogant, they were not stupid, and if the war could not be fought, it would naturally end, but this end was not the same as the wars of the Sino-Japanese War, the Rilu War, and the expedition to the European continent, and I am afraid that it would not end in Japan's victory.
"Xiyuan Temple-kun, please, the soldiers of the Imperial Navy and Army have shown their loyalty and courage to the world, but God does not pity me, the empire's military fortune is not prosperous, and only by trying to end this conflict can the empire get a chance to regain life. You are the authority to negotiate with China, and we dare to ask you to undertake the important task of negotiating an armistice with China for the sake of the survival of the Yamato nation. Mu Chuan Zhongdao chief bowed to the ground, and the temple Zhengyi and his cabinet members were also behind Mu Mu, also a gray back of the head looking up at the vicissitudes of life of the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang Earl. Although they are physically and mentally exhausted, they really don't want to deal with those Chinese, but the meaning brought by General Mu Mu must be the meaning of Emperor Taisho, or the opinion from the imperial family, they have already admitted that Japan can not fight, except for negotiations to seek Sino-Japanese reconciliation, Japan has no other way out, waiting for the pressure of the great powers to force China to let go, can Japan be left?
"I already understand what you mean. Then please restrain your subordinates, on the one hand, to avoid the escalation of the conflict, and on the other hand, to do a good job of trillions of jade shattering, not to let the people's feelings be too depressed. As for the responsibility of negotiation, I will take it all in, it is my glory to be loyal to the country in the last years of the wind and candle, and it is also the best opportunity for the Xiyuan Temple family to be loyal to my emperor, please help me. Please. Saionji knew very well that once he succeeded in the negotiations, he would inevitably be punished by God as the most traitorous thief in modern Japan, and even if he was not punished by God, he would not have the face to live. But the state is like this, the emperor's meaning is already very clear, if Xiyuan Temple can't be loyal to the country, then of course it can avoid becoming the number one national thief, but among the many families, the Xiyuan Temple family will inevitably have no place to stand, and the end is unimaginable. As the last veteran minister of the Meiji era, he really has no other choice than to stand up, and his entrustment also implies the meaning of caring for his Xiyuan Temple family, and the heads of the family here must take care of the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang family who are in trouble for the country, otherwise they will be discredited in the Japanese family circle, and the old man will be considered open-minded for his family.
As soon as Saionji's words fell, Yusaku Uehara, as the land minister, turned red, because the "move to avoid the escalation of the conflict" in Xiyuanji's words referred to their army. Three days earlier, a pilot in Shina, who had parachuted after being shot by anti-aircraft guns, surrendered to the 2nd Division's regimental station stationed in Sendai. However, at the instigation of a lieutenant whose family had been burned to death, a squad of Japanese soldiers took turns beating and brutalizing the surrendered pilot, and finally strung the dying pilot to death in the square outside the barracks. The most asshole thing about these bastards is actually taking pictures in front of the hanging bodies of Chinese pilots, and these photos are going everywhere for some reason. The Chinese side had already agreed to hold the sixth peace talks in Manila, but as soon as this incident appeared, the Chinese Foreign Ministry immediately announced the suspension of the peace talks, and the air force desperately threw all kinds of aerial bombs all over Sendai's residential areas and military garrisons for a day and two nights, with the great intention of turning Sendai into a volcanic crater.
The Japanese ministers present thought that maybe after the Chinese air force was finished, the two sides could sit down and talk about the conditions, so although the lieutenant was confined, the Japanese military and political two terms did not pay too much attention, but when these important ministers met again in the Akasaka Palace the next day, they could wring out water with gloomy faces, and it seemed that this matter was far from over.
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