Chapter 017: The Return of the Hero
From June 3 to June 7, 1962, the U.S. and Japanese navies fought a naval battle in the waters off Midway.
However, it is worth mentioning that in this battle, Wang Hanzhang summarized the shortcomings of the Japanese Zero fighters, and the Chinese Air Force summarized the tactics to help the Americans a lot, how many planes the United States lost in history, Wang Hanzhang does not remember, but in this battle of Midway, the US military lost a total of 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer, 117 aircraft and 264 people. The Japanese lost a total of 4 large aircraft carriers, 2 heavy cruisers, 322 aircraft and 3,500 men, and another 1 heavy cruiser and 3 destroyers were seriously damaged. More importantly, the Japanese Navy lost two-thirds of its large aircraft carriers (note: the only remaining ones were Zuizuru and Shozuru, who did not participate in the battle because they were wounded in the Battle of the Coral Sea) and several hundred skilled carrier-based pilots, and as a result, the Japanese lost control of the sea and air that they had in the early days of the Pacific War. From then on, the Japanese army was forced to stop its all-out strategic offensive and switch to a defensive position, and the Pacific War began to take a turn. The battle also inflicted an incurable wound on the Japanese military leadership, and the painful memories of the Battle of Midway until the end of World War II made it impossible for them to make a correct judgment about the outcome of the war.
The victory in the Battle of Midway was a great blow to the hearts of all the allied countries, and the Chinese Army had just won a great victory in the land war, and now the US Navy had won another great victory in the naval battle.
This month is really full of surprises, first the 200 divisions encircled and annihilated a whole elite division of the Japanese army, and then the U.S. army thwarted the Japanese army in the Coral Sea, and now the squadron has just eliminated more than 100,000 Japanese troops, defeated the Japanese army in Burma, encircled and annihilated five divisions of the Japanese army, only a few days of effort, the Americans have wiped out two-thirds of the Japanese navy, and everyone really feels the dawn of victory, and victory is not far from them.
The haze in Lao Chiang's heart for many years was really swept away, and the victory of the expeditionary force made him raise his eyebrows, and the victory of the American army means that the American army will soon turn to a counteroffensive, so the pressure on China will naturally be much less.
In view of the fact that the destruction of hundreds of thousands of troops on the Burmese Front last time had a bad impact in Japan, they tried their best to cover it up this time, claiming that they had won the Midway victory in Japan, but this could not hide the panic in their hearts, the haze of the destruction of the Burmese 6 elite divisions has not yet dissipated, and now the navy has lost two-thirds, and the army has lost more than 100,000 people, and it can be reorganized at any time, but the navy is a technical branch, and it is often said that the army in one year and the navy in a hundred years, Most of Japan's nearly 100-year efforts were wiped out in World War I.
From the Japanese emperor to all the officials who know about it, especially the senior members of the Japanese military department, everyone does not dare to say anything, this year is really an unfortunate year, especially in these two months.
The Japanese Navy has lost most of it, which means that the Emoto Navy is no longer capable of launching an offensive at sea, at least this year and the first half of next year, there is no way to make up for the losses, and the losses are not made up at once, in addition, the naval losses are so heavy, and there are many loopholes in the defense, the Japanese think that the United States may have made a good deployment for the counteroffensive, Japan knows very well the importance of the naval army Japan, and knows that once the United States succeeds in the French offensive and tears a hole in Japan's defense, then Japan will inevitably be destroyed. Therefore, they decided to temporarily transfer the Pacific War to strategic defense.
Originally, Japan planned to attack Burma after the victory in the naval battle, completely drive the Chinese expeditionary force out of Burma, and then attack Yunnan to force China to surrender, and then attack India, but everything was destroyed by the American army.
Now Japan has to transport the materials that were originally prepared to Seiko Burma to the Pacific islands, and they need to ensure that these islands are not lost, and the Japanese know very well that the squadron is unwilling to land in Japan by its own strength, and it is unwilling to threaten the Japanese mainland, but the United States absolutely has the ability.
The Japanese Army has always wanted to take revenge and hate, and they do not agree to do so, they think that Burma is equally important, but the top of the military department believes that Burma can be fought later, but the navy is lost, if the islands in the Pacific Ocean are occupied, then it will be difficult for Japan to take it back, so now it is necessary to ensure Japan's domestic security, to ensure that the homeland is not lost, in order to expand the territory, no one knows whether Japan's choice is right or wrong, but no matter what, Japan's fall is a matter of time, All they did was to delay their demise.
Although the Japanese military department sent a large amount of supplies to the Pacific islands, it did not mean that the people below would be so obedient, and Yamashita Fengwen in Malaysia was one of them, and they decided to do it themselves.
Although China successfully annihilated the entire division twice, it was a strategy, so these people were not convinced, and all the Japanese troops thought that as long as they did not rely on the mountains and water next time, then the expeditionary force would have no way to take them, otherwise how to explain that the squadron had never completely annihilated a division before, and there were very few brigades with any face, but the Japanese army often defeated and annihilated the Chinese army in groups. However, the Japanese army did not move so quickly.
On June 10, after Wei Lihuang made all the arrangements, he and Wang Hanzhang took a plane to Chongqing, and were welcomed by countless people at the airport.
The ceremony is also very grand, but Wang Hanzhang is very vigilant, people have been lurking in China for hundreds of years, and some are three generations of children and grandchildren lurking in China, and there is no way to distinguish at all.
After Wei Lihuang gave a well-prepared speech, the two were escorted by a large group of people to the apartment where they had prepared to rest, and there was a grand banquet in the evening.
I have never been on a plane in my previous life, and this is the first time in this life, I am really not used to it, it is too bumpy, Wang Hanzhang has been dizzy, and at the same time he has to be wary of whether someone will assassinate him, and now he is back in the apartment, and it is a lot easier.
After sleeping for a few hours, someone came to pick up Wang Hanzhang and Wei Lihuang, this time they also brought the military uniforms of the two, the two changed their clothes, and followed the bodyguards into the car.
In addition, he is about to participate in the activities of the so-called upper class, and it is almost a gathering of the richest and most powerful people in the country, Wang Hanzhang, who couldn't even see the mayor of the town in his previous life, is still a little apprehensive in his heart.
Twenty or thirty minutes later, the convoy arrived, Wang Hanzhang didn't know where it was, but he knew that he was here to attend the party, there was food and drink, and he didn't care about the rest.
Entering the house, many people have gathered here, some people are dancing ballroom dances somewhere, some people are playing with wine glasses, I don't know if it is my wife or my aunt's wife and greeting people everywhere. Soon people found Wei Lihuang and Wang Hanzhang, because the two were too conspicuous, Wei Lihuang was wearing a first-class general's military uniform, with very eyes, and Wang Hanzhang was wearing an army lieutenant general's uniform, plus he was young, the two came together, even if they had never met, they could guess their identities.
The crowd applauded unconsciously, some knew the inner way, and some followed the trend...... Wei Lihuang obviously experienced this kind of battle and dealt with it very calmly, while Wang Hanzhang smiled and did nothing, because doing too much was likely to invisibly offend these bigwigs, so he simply didn't do anything.
Wei Lihuang also introduced Wang Hanzhang to people at the beginning, and at the same time introduced those people to Wang Hanzhang to know, but soon he was overwhelmed, maybe many people wanted to touch the light of this anti-Japanese general, Wang Hanzhang also consciously did not disturb them, took a glass of juice and sat aside, the rich food on the table was naturally regarded as a devil, and Wang Hanzhang worked hard to gnaw it, because it was so delicious, even in later generations, I am afraid that there is nothing more delicious than this, of course, Wang Hanzhang has not eaten anything delicious in later generations.
About five minutes later, a girl in a dress ran over to Wang Hanzhang with a wine glass and said, "Salute me!" ”
Wang Hanzhang looked at her for three seconds and a sentence popped out of the corner of his mouth, "You are sick!" Then he ignored him, and went to eat by himself.
The woman said, "Do you know who I am? ”
Wang Hanzhang sneered and said: "I don't know, but you have to understand, I want to lick blood at the knife edge, there is no tomorrow, I am alone, and I don't need to please you if I eat the whole family without hunger, so it's useless for me to threaten me, so you can stay cool." "The people here are naturally either rich or expensive, and there is indeed no person like Wang Hanzhang who can afford to provoke, but Wang Hanzhang is a single, and he doesn't have to be inferior to anyone, Wang Hanzhang, who is familiar with history, knows that the national name party has only been in the past few years, and these magnates who now seem to be glamorous and invincible will not be arrogant for long.
After fighting the devils, if his plan cannot be realized, he will go to a place with a large number of Chinese in Singapore, where he can build an independent country, and with his own understanding of historical development, he will not be bad in what life.
As for joining the Communist Party, I haven't thought about it, the three antis and five antis, what kind of revolution and the like, Wang Hanzhang is afraid, and even if he can settle down, his talents will not be brought into play, and he can only find a place to nest, which is unacceptable for a traverser, throughout the history of traversal, which ambitious traverser has not done a career, Wang Hanzhang naturally belongs to one of them.
The future generations did not do it, it was not the right time, the right place and the right people, now it is different, the time is there, the geography is some, the people are still a little worse, but although the situation is not optimistic, but it is not bad!