557: If the south doesn't work, hit the north
In the conference room of the military headquarters, the five military bigwigs are discussing closely here, there are only three days left before the landing time, and the information leaked by the Security Bureau is not all false, but half-truths, and the three landing sites are all smoke bombs, and in the next landing battle, there will be no landing force there, but the time of the landing is real, according to the original plan, on the morning of May 6, the troops will officially board the ship and set off, and then officially launch the landing operation in the early morning of May 7. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, because the navy had not completely eliminated the Japanese Combined Fleet, after the defeat, the Japanese Combined Fleet retreated to the three ports of Sasebo Military Port, Nagasaki Military Port and Kagoshima Military Port, which were not far from the landing sites they had revealed.
Although the Combined Navy suffered heavy losses, its main fleet did not completely lose its combat effectiveness, and under the premise that the main fleet was still there, it was tantamount to a fantasy that the Chinese Empire wanted to land on the Japanese mainland, and as long as they casually attacked at that time, the Chinese Empire would suffer heavy losses.
Because of Japan's position on the mainland, it has become the biggest factor limiting their development, but in defensive operations, it is also a blessing in disguise.
At present, the Chinese Empire is carrying out a large-scale landing operation in Taiwan, and the two battlefields have contained a large number of troops, occupied a large number of support ships, which are not sufficient, and cannot fully release the combat strength of the navy.
The Japanese side also analyzed on the basis of this information, and the final result was that there was indeed a possibility of landing in the Chinese Empire, but this possibility was not great, because the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet was still there, and although it had been dispersed, the strength of the Chinese Navy was also scattered.
In the conference room, there was smoke, the plan had been made a long time ago, and there were three choices for the landing site, namely Fukuoka, Akune and Miyazaki, in fact, these three landing sites were not excellent landing sites, and the landing site environment was far inferior to the three landing sites leaked in the newspaper, but in order to successfully confuse the Japanese, they could only tell them the most suitable place, and then choose a place that did not look suitable for landing, so as to achieve a surprise effect.
Which of the three locations is currently unknown, the final location needs to be decided by the emperor himself before departure, and now the question they have to discuss is, how to solve the problem of the Japanese combined fleet, how to ensure that the troops can land smoothly, and how to ensure that the materials after the landing are not affected? That's the most important thing in all cases.
"Relying solely on the strength of the First Fleet, I am afraid that it will be difficult to ensure the safety of the entire fleet, and the idea of the Admiralty is to continue to form a mixed fleet, consisting of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, to concentrate its forces to deal with a possible sneak attack by the Japanese Navy." Navy Chief Ye Zuqi said.
Even if it is a complete navy, there is no guarantee that it will be able to defeat the Japanese navy absolutely, not to mention that all ships of the navy are damaged to varying degrees? Judging from the current situation, choosing to land in Japan at this time is definitely not a wise choice, but who made the emperor already make up his mind? These bigwigs from various ministries can only find a way to solve this matter.
Duan Zhigui, the commander of the army, sat on the side and listened quietly, the current topic had nothing to do with him, and it was not something he should worry about, so he didn't plan to get involved, just do his own thing.
"Is it possible to attract the Japanese Combined Fleet? And then it's up to our Air Force to take care of getting rid of some of the Japanese warships? Air Force Commander Wang Lin said.
The Air Force has been honed for more than two years, at the beginning it was in Luliang in the northwest, and later after the establishment of the Northern Province, most of the Air Force was transferred to the Northern Province, after all, it is vast and sparsely populated, and there are barren primeval forests everywhere below, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to conduct air force training there, and even special forces have built training camps there to facilitate training.
Today's air force has basically the ability to fight, and at present, their main training subjects are also arranged differently according to different arms of the army, such as fighters are mainly practicing air combat, getting rid of enemy aircraft, evading anti-aircraft fire, and so on.
In total, the current Air Force has only three arms, reconnaissance, combat, bombing. However, the overall model has not changed much, only a few slightly different changes.
"The air force has a limited range, and if the air force is needed to fight, it must at least attract Japanese warships to a distance of about a hundred nautical miles, and now the main purpose of the Japanese is to defend, and they do not have any advantage, so what can they fight without shore artillery?" Ye Zuqi retorted without hesitation.
The Air Force is indeed quite convenient, and the development of the Air Force in the past few years has also been very good, but the Air Force also has the disadvantage of the Air Force, that is, short legs, although after several years of adjustment, the maximum range of the Air Force reconnaissance planes is only about 350 kilometers, fighters are about 320 kilometers, and bombers are close to 300 kilometers.
Moreover, this is still a one-way voyage, and the maximum combat radius of the bomber is only about 150 kilometers, and when you get to the place, you must immediately throw away the bomb and run back, otherwise you will wait for a free landing.
So what is the battlefield distance? From Suncheon in North Korea to the nearest mainland of Japan, the straight-line distance is about 260 kilometers, and the Air Force has never thought of coming back. The aircraft carrier, which has released the combat radius of the Air Force, is still lying in the shipyard for the final perching, and it is expected that it will take four months to complete it at the earliest, and it has not yet undergone sea trials.
Therefore, Ye Zuqi also wants the Air Force to participate in the war, or even directly let the Air Force solve the battle, and their navy will honestly escort the troop carriers, but the problem is that the Air Force has short legs, what can he do about this?
Several bigwigs discussed for most of the day, but in the end they were not able to come up with a result, the landing site has basically been determined, and the time has been determined, but the Japanese Navy is hiding in the nest, just waiting for the landing time to come out and take a bite, this is the most painful thing so far, and it is also the most helpless thing.
The time was delayed minute by minute, until four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was only less than half an hour left before the previously scheduled imperial meeting, and the military headquarters still had not been able to come up with a suitable solution.
Moreover, they had already thought of what they could think of before, and the Korean army and the Korean army had almost driven the Japanese army into the sea, but the Japanese fleet was stunned, and only some troop carriers quietly transported the Japanese army back to the mainland at night.
At the imperial meeting, Xu Shichang truthfully reported the situation discussed by the generals, and carefully explained the difficulties in front of him.
"Since there are so many problems, why not solve them differently?" Wang Sirui frowned, the imperial system seems to have such shortcomings, the plan he delineated will find a way to complete it, it is easy to go all the way to the dark, and even before that, no one came to tell him that this plan would not work.
And Wang Sirui also learned about the actual situation he was encountering so far, and gradually realized that the plan to land on Kyushu Island was not feasible. If they had told him earlier, would they still be struggling with this problem now?
Wang Sirui's question also made the ministers below feel ashamed.
"If it doesn't work in the south, let's do it from the north, I think we had an airfield on Sakhalin, right? The troops stationed in Vladivostok landed directly in Hokkaido, and immediately after the landing, they began to build an airfield, and the air force took off from Sakhalin Island and stationed in Hokkaido to provide air support for the infantry, and in the event of an attack by the Japanese fleet, the air force took off from Hokkaido to attack. As for the other troops, two divisions of Weihai went directly to land in the Ryukyus, the rest of the troops immediately took a train to Vladivostok, and the navy, after the escort was over, went directly to Vladivostok to escort the troops there to land. Wang Sirui said directly.
Anyway, it's still smoke bombs, what's the difference between throwing it closer and farther away? Just let the Japanese keep the Japanese busy on Kyushu until they die, and then they went to attack Hokkaido.
Hokkaido is one of Japan's rare resource islands, and is Japan's largest coal producer, accounting for half of Japan's national coal output.
The army stationed in Vladivostok was already preparing for the landing in Hokkaido, and they also did a lot of preliminary work, although it was not perfect, but it was still enough for the early landing.
As for the impact on the Chinese Empire, it is nothing more than to put aside all kinds of information collected before, and then spend huge manpower and material resources to collect information about Hokkaido, and land in Hokkaido when the information is not perfect.
But if the Air Force participates in the war, what difference does it make if the intelligence is perfect or not? The Air Force can also act as scouts, and the reconnaissance range is wider and faster, and they are indeed not fully prepared, but the Japanese are almost not prepared at all. According to intelligence, Japan has deployed no less than 12 divisions in Fukuoka, Nagasaki, and Kagoshima suitable areas for landing, which is almost half of the strength of the whole country.
If we do not count the three divisions in Taiwan and the three divisions that died in the Ryukyus, the troops transferred by the Japanese already occupy two-thirds of the current Japanese troops. (To be continued.) )