"If the first plan doesn't work, then we will have to carry out the second plan, and we will have to do the same landing on the island of Honshu in the same way that we did when we landed in Hokkaido, and the success rate of this plan is currently unpredictable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Cai Ye turned to the second set of plans.

The difficulty of landing in Japan is so great, these days Cai Ye has a lot of headaches for this matter, for this landing plan, Cai Ye even came up with no less than ten different plans, but in the end, after comprehensive consideration, only four plans were left.

However, the most perfect plan, which is also the plan with the highest success rate and the smallest casualty rate, is undoubtedly the first set of plans that Cai Yi just proposed, with the airborne division as the vanguard, and the troops of an airborne division will be put into Honshu Island within one day, and then the marines will quickly land to consolidate the results of the battle, and the army will follow and start the landing to expand the results.

However, the combat plan does not say that it is possible to completely overturn and start over if this set does not work, and after the failure of the first set of plans, in order to reduce losses as much as possible, the second set of plans will often be launched immediately, and although the two plans are completely different, they also have a certain effect to a certain extent.

Moreover, some of the plans in the first set of plans also have some necessary connections with the second set, in Cai Yi's plan, if the first plan fails, then the airborne division will definitely suffer heavy losses, but the possibility of being completely annihilated is not large.

Then the remaining airborne division units will take on the task of attracting enemy forces, providing cover for the Marines to carry out the second plan, thus increasing the chances of success of the second plan.

"If the first plan fails, then the airborne division will immediately turn to a defensive state, so as to attract more Japanese troops to attack, and the marines on standby on the sea will take the opportunity to land, occupy the dock as much as possible, and then the marines and the airborne division will merge into one to jointly protect the security of the dock, and send some elite troops to blow up the nearby coastal batteries." Cai Ye said.

However, he had already thought that Cao Kun would definitely ask what to do if the second plan also failed? Obviously, Cai Ye already has his own set of preparation plans, and after explaining the second set of plans, he directly said the third set of plans.

"The third plan was launched after the first and second plans failed, and the launch of the third plan also had a big impact on us, but we had to make a choice in order to ensure the success of the landing. At this time, we need the 4th Division to mutiny and attack the Japanese troops nearby, and as long as they can hold out for a day, we are sure that we will send two divisions to Honshu Island, and we will basically be invincible at that time. ”

The reason why the third plan is listed separately and not included in the last part of the plan reserved for the second plan is because the position of the Fourth Division is so important, and the Fourth Division is related to a series of plans and arrangements for the island of Honshu after the Empire, and no one wants to expose the Fourth Division in advance if it is not necessary.

In this plan, they planned to wait for the Imperial Army to reach Osaka, and activate the Fourth Division as a shadow, or when the Imperial Army was about to arrive in Osaka and it happened to be necessary because of the war situation, they would activate the Fourth Division in advance to cut off the enemy's rear route.

Therefore, the third plan is only an alternative, and it is unlikely that it will be used in advance, or even that the plan will not be agreed at all.

But regardless of whether the above will agree or not, as a headquarters, this plan must be had, and this is only an alternative among the alternatives, maybe when it will be used.

"What about the fourth package?" Cao Kun frowned and asked, the three plans were a little too risky, and Cao Kun couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"The fourth plan is only a last resort, if the first three plans fail, it is possible to start this plan, and once this plan is launched, we must be prepared to accept the possibility of greater losses." As he spoke, Cai Ye took out a map of Japan from his body, this map had been marked by him himself, and he carried it with him, this map was the only one, except for Cai Ye, no one knew the existence of this map, nor did he know the existence of the fourth set of plans.

Although a set of plans cannot be completed by one person, because there are still a lot of details to be agreed upon, but as a final alternative, Cai Ye has to be cautious, at least until the first three sets of plans fail, Cai Ye will only complete the preliminary planning by himself.

Pulling Cao Kun alone into a lounge, Cai Ye spread out the map, pointed to the Kanto Plain area of Japan's Honshu Island, and said in a low voice: "The only place on Honshu Island that is suitable for large-scale landings is only the Kanto Plain, and Kyushu Island is the southern region, and the rest of the places are not suitable for landing operations." If the first three plans fail, we will have to activate the fourth plan, where we will fight the Japanese to the death and knock their defenses from the frontal battlefield.

But as far as I know, the Japanese army plans to deploy 20 divisions here, and once the fourth plan is activated, we will need at least half a year of preparation from now on, and at that time, the Japanese army is estimated to have already understood our purpose, and there may be 30 divisions there, or 40 divisions.

The two sides competed with millions of troops, and our army, as the landing side, occupied an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength in the early stage, and even if we were able to land four divisions of troops at one time after half a year, we would still be powerless in the face of the Japanese army of 40 divisions.

And this is very not in our own self-interest, so I do not recommend the implementation of the fourth package, if possible, we must ensure that the first three packages can be successful, and even in these three sets of plans can give up some benefits, it does not matter if some of the losses are extended, as long as we can gain a foothold on the island of Honshu, even if it is only the size of a pier, it is better than the implementation of the fourth package. ”

Cao Kun looked at the map of Japan with an expressionless face, which was circled and arrowed by Cai Yi, and he could clearly see the preliminary implementation plan of the fourth set of plans.

If this plan is implemented, they will definitely set a precedent in the history of human warfare, but this precedent will have to be paid for with a large number of casualties, and Cao Kun does not want such a precedent.

The landing and anti-landing operations of millions of people on both sides have gone beyond the limits of mankind's perception of war.

Everyone has absolute confidence in the Royal Army, but this level of landing operation is a situation that no one wants to see, except for those melon-eating people who don't know the truth.

The nature of the Japanese is also the biggest uncertainty about whether this project will succeed, and if Japanese civilians are also involved, what will be the final result? Unless the Chinese Empire can go all the way and kill all the way, in the end, even the Japanese themselves no longer dare to have any thoughts of resistance.

But in this case, it is bound to make the Chinese Empire deep in the Japanese battlefield, which is also not in the interests of the Chinese Empire, before the expedition, the emperor once summoned Cao Kun and Cai Yi, and gave a final report.

The empire can delegate power to them, but whatever they want, they find useful, the empire will do its best to meet their needs, but the empire also has a bottom line, no later than three years, the war against Japan must end, and Japan's resistance must be within the controllable range.

According to the original plan, when the one million troops set foot on the Japanese mainland in the third year, it was the last straw that broke the Japanese pseudo-camel, but the plan was changed, and the three-year period still did not change.

The emperor's deadline to end the war also made Cao Kunke Cai feel that the empire might make greater moves in the future, and if the Japanese war did not end, it would likely become a step that would restrict the development of the Chinese empire.

The fourth plan is a good plan to solve the main Japanese forces, but for the Chinese Empire, it is also a war of attrition, and this kind of battle with unequal conditions between the two sides is better not to happen.

"Make a detailed plan out, and I don't want to see the second set of plans implemented." Cao Kun knew what was at stake, and after a long time, he slowly let go of his frowning brows and instructed Cai Yi.

"Yes!"

With Cao Kun's statement, the tone for the subsequent landing operation was basically set, and the airborne division would be the main force to launch the first and final landing operation on Japan's Honshu Island, and the war was like a gamble, there was no draw, and if we wanted to win, we could only see who had the greater capital and whose determination was greater.

The Chinese Empire had their own advantages, which the Japanese did not have, and as the war continued, the Japanese would only fight more and more difficult to fight, and all kinds of resources would become more and more scarce, and there would be a shortage of ammunition, medicine, and food, and countless Japanese civilians would starve to death.

Twenty years later, Cai Ye, then Minister of the Imperial Army, wrote in the memoirs of the war against Japan, the soldiers below, the officers at the grassroots level, the high-ranking officers, and even the headquarters of us, who formulated the whole plan, as well as those officials at all levels in the homeland, we did not expect that the final result would be like that, that war was like two different extremes, at the beginning from easy to difficult, once a few days and nights of sorrow could not sleep, but when we carried through that period of time, we found that It was so easy to occupy Japan.

Looking at it now, it was not surprising that we achieved that kind of result at that time, but it would have been a bit surprising if we couldn't achieve that kind of result.