The fall of Saipan has a very strong impact on the Japanese government, which is the second largest island in the Mariana Islands, which also represents the absolute defense circle of the Japanese government, officially declared the end, and then the US army launched a campaign against Guam.

The battle plan drawn up by the dispatch army was only hindered, and just as the Japanese troops on Saipan launched a decisive charge against the American forces, the second campaign to attack Hengzhou began, but this time through the outlying areas, because the ninth theater was also carrying out a counteroffensive.

"According to a call from the bureau headquarters, the 58th Division of the 74th Army under the 24th Group Army of the Ninth Theater recaptured Liling on 7 July, dealing a heavy blow to the 3rd Wing of the Japanese Cavalry.

"In addition, in order to relieve the 10th Army in Hengzhou, the Military Commission has mobilized the 79th Army and the 100th Army of the 24th Group Army to reinforce in the direction of Hengzhou." Wang Zhen said.

The division commander of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, wasn't he Lieutenant General Yoshiharu Takeshita, how did he become Lieutenant General Shikuro Ochiai?

This is because when the 27th Division rushed to Hunan Province to participate in the war, it encountered strong winds and heavy rain on the road, the temperature suddenly plummeted, and the resistance of the long-distance journey decreased, and more than 200 people froze to death and more than 1,500 people suffered frostbite.

When the Japanese army headquarters learned of this, they were furious and dismissed Yoshiharu Takeshita, who had leadership responsibility, and transferred Lieutenant General Shikuro Ochiai, deputy chief of the general staff of the army, to take over.

"When I held my graduation ceremony the other day, I learned from Kato Hajiro that the North China Front's attack on Henan Province had ended as early as early June. On 21 June, the base camp ordered the 26th Division of Lieutenant General Fumiro Saeki of the North China Front to be transferred to Filubin and the 62nd Division of Lieutenant General Yoshio Hongo to Okinawa Island to strengthen the defenses of the two places. ”

"What the Japanese army is most worried about now is that the current defense force in the Jiangcheng area and the entire Hubei Province is relatively weak, and if the Shancheng government mobilizes the main force to attack at this time, it is the best way. A simple local attack in the Ninth Theater had little impact on the entire campaign, and only by forcing the 11th Army to return to reinforcements could Hengzhou's predicament be lifted. Chen Mingxiang said.

This is not a situation he judged, but the concerns of the Japanese army themselves, Kawamoto Yoshitaro is basically undefensive against him now, and often drinks together, and also knows a lot of military knowledge.

After Marshal Toshiroku Hatatake's report to the base camp for approval, the commander of the 68th Division was succeeded by Major General Mitsukio Tsutsumi, the commander of the 55th Infantry Brigade formerly stationed in Wuxi under the 60th Division.

The staff officer of the 17th Brigade of the 17th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Puqi was appointed chief of staff of the division, and the staff officer of the 64th Division was transferred to Tahiko Shinto to serve as the operational staff officer of the division.

On 11 July, the 11th Army began its second offensive against Hengzhou, this time still under the command of Lieutenant General Iwanaga Wang, the commander of the 116th Division.

The offensive involved the strength of fifteen infantry brigades, consisting of seven infantry battalions of the 68th Division, six infantry battalions of the 116th Division, and two infantry battalions of the 218th Wing of the 34th Division.

The artillery used 12 brigades, namely five brigades of field artillery, three brigades of independent mountain artillery, one brigade of independent field heavy artillery, and two brigades of mortars.

Six flying teams and two flying squadrons of the First Flying Regiment of the Fifth Air Force of the Army Aviation provided air support, and some of them were stationed at the airport in Tanzhou.

And at this time, the opinion is about to sensational the world of the major event to happen, which is also an important turning point in World War II, representing the collapse of the Japanese government.

After the U.S. forces conquered Saipan, they launched a large-scale attack on Guam, the largest island in the Mariana Islands.

On December 8, the 30th year of the Republic of China, Major General Tomitaro Horii, commander of the Japanese Southern Sea Detachment, led 5,000 Japanese troops to land on Guam, and under the attack of naval ships and marines, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon of December 10, the US Governor General of Guam announced his surrender.

In view of the fact that the landing battle on Saipan was very unsatisfactory and the casualties were too great, the US landing force carried out a fierce shelling of the Guam area for 13 days from 8 July, fully demonstrating the industrial and economic strength of the old capitalist countries.

The U.S. Navy, using six battleships, ten cruisers, fifty-three destroyers, and two frigates, fired a total of 6,258 rounds of 406-mm shells and 356-mm shells, 3,862 rounds of 203-mm shells, 2,430 rounds of 152-mm shells, and 16,214 rounds of 127-mm shells in 13 days.

I am afraid that this is also a rare time for the US Navy ships to fire with all their might, and the carrier-based fighters and bombers of the five escort aircraft carriers also attacked the defenders of Guam.

The 75 landing ships and 21 transport ships, plus minesweepers and logistics ships, carried about 55,000 men from the 3rd Marine Division, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade of the Marine Corps, and the 77th Infantry Division of the US Army.

Before the U.S. army launched a ground offensive on Guam, Chen Mingxiang received a group of members of the gendarmerie at his home, as well as Consul General Yujo Horiuchi and Yoshitaro Kawamoto, whose Marat Villa had become a gathering place for high-ranking Japanese generals and officials.

"Your Excellency General, it looks like your face is not very good, is something big happening?" Chen Mingxiang asked Wang Zhen to hurry up and make tea, and invited people to his tea room to sit down.

"The Absolute Defensive Circle was broken by the American army, and in the Battle of Saipan, two lieutenant generals of the Navy and Army committed suicide and martyrdom, for which Prime Minister Tojo resigned to His Majesty the Emperor." Kinoshita Eichi said with a rather ugly face.

On 18 July, due to the defeat in the South Pacific theater and the fact that the absolute defensive circle was breached by the US military, Japan was facing bombing by US planes at any time.

Subsequently, he submitted a letter of resignation to the emperor's minister, Koichi Kido. On the same day, he resigned from the post of Chief of Staff of the Army, and successively resigned from the posts of Minister of the Army, Minister of the Interior, and Minister of Munitions, and transferred to the reserve.

"This is a major event that affects the Imperial and the Jinling government, and after the resignation of Prime Minister Tojo, who will succeed him as prime minister?" Chen Mingxiang hurriedly asked.

At this moment, he was extremely ecstatic in his heart, the dawn of the Anti-Japanese War had become the rising sun, and Japan's largest *** leader, Hideki Tojo, resigned, which means that when Japan fails, it is really not far away.