"The port of Nagasaki has been lost, and General Tani Toshio is broken. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" The communications staff officer closed the document in his hand and bowed to Yamamoto Isoroku, who was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed.

"Oh." After a moment of silence, Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded, "I see." ”

"Where do you think we should go from here at this moment?" In the lavish officers' conference room of the barely restored battleship Yamato, a group of senior Japanese naval officers were engaged in a meeting about the fate of the Japanese navy.

"As a member of the Navy, no matter how bad the war situation is. At this moment, the country's survival is at stake, and we naturally have to do our duty. Even the total annihilation of the army does not disgrace the honor of being a soldier of the Imperial Navy. The person who spoke was Narumi Inoue, and there was a thick resentment in his words. And the many generals in the conference room some shouted in response, and some were silent. These Japanese officers were vaguely divided into two parts, confronting each other, and the atmosphere was a little strange.

At this time, the strength of the Japanese Navy was already much worse than before after a series of fierce battles with the Ming Navy. At the beginning of the war, most of the world's third-most powerful navy has sunk to the bottom of the sea. The aircraft carrier force, which is regarded as a decisive weapon, has only two or three kittens left at the moment, and it is impossible for a few light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers converted from cargo ships to resist the Ming Navy's aircraft carrier fleet, which has more than 100 ships, in any case.

The battleship formation, which the Japanese regarded as the cornerstone of the country, was left with only three wounded ships that had not yet been repaired. As for the other cruisers, destroyers, and so on, there are still a few, but these ships have little effect on the overall situation of the navy.

In this case, as the Ming began to land on the Japanese mainland, the Japanese navy, which was unwilling to be defeated, put forward a plan to gather all its forces to fight to the death with the Ming fleet. That is, everyone went to die together, and even if they were defeated, they could not leave their warships to the Ming army.

However, just as the Japanese Navy was preparing for a decisive battle, the Americans sent a message expressing the hope that the remaining Japanese naval fleet could leave Japan and go to the United States to continue the war. Although the Japanese Navy is no longer glorious, it still has a little bit of strength. Americans are not taboo about this kind of cannon fodder, and how much can be pulled.

Since there is a choice that you can not die for the time being, there will naturally be many people who support it. No one wants to die in vain. Moreover, if they went to the United States, the families of these high-ranking officers would definitely be able to be sent to the United States, which is still very peaceful and peaceful, which was too attractive to the Japanese officers.

Moreover, these officers who supported the United States also had good reasons, and the Japanese Empire still had strong allies, even if the mainland was lost, and in the future, they could use the power of their allies to restore the country. At that time, the naval fleet will become the pillar of the country, and the fleet will be able to speak louder with the fleet in its hands. The fleet is Japan's flowing territory, and the fleet is Japan's future.

Where there is support, there is naturally opposition. Inoue Narumi is a representative of naval officers who are firmly opposed to going to the United States. Their point of view is very simple, the country is dying, but the navy is going to run away, is this still something that a soldier can do? They advocated that the whole fleet should carry out a decisive assault and use the whole army to protect the dignity of the Japanese navy soldiers.

These two schools of thought are at odds with each other, and they are also attacking each other. The American faction said that the Death Breakers were all fools, and that without the warships, Japan really had nothing left. In the future, there is no chance to even turn over. The Death Breaker accused the American faction of being greedy for life and afraid of death, and unworthy of being a soldier, and I really don't know how he was admitted to Etajima back then. Inoue Narumi even said something that she was ashamed of being your classmates.

The two sides argued endlessly, and even went to the emperor. Many Japanese officials have quietly sent their families to the United States, and they have remained silent about the demands of the Americans, if not of support. And the emperor, who could feel the huge invisible pressure, could only kick the ball back to the navy after many trade-offs: "No matter how the navy decides, I will support it." ”

After a fierce dog-eat-dog meal in the Japanese Navy Ministry. The Minister of the Navy, the Minister of Military Orders and other high-ranking officials are unwilling to bear the infamy of eternity, although they really want to take the fleet to the United States, but when they reach their position, the most basic face is still required. After an argument, the ball eventually fell to the feet of Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander of the Combined Fleet. Everyone unanimously said, "No matter what the commander decides, everyone will strictly abide by it." ”

These days, the people who lobby Yamamoto Fifty-Six have almost packed the Yamato! And today is the time for the final decision. No matter what Yamamoto chooses, no one can raise any objections.

"Gentlemen." After a moment of silence, Yamamoto Fifty-six slowly opened his eyes, and his sharp gaze looked around at the large number of senior officers around him. Weakly sighed, he slowly stood up, "I'll just say one word." Please take a look at your military uniform before making a decision, and think about the vows you made at the entrance ceremony on Etajima! ”

There was silence in the conference room, and everyone understood Yamamoto's decision. As a national soldier, if you are not able to turn the tide when the country is facing the danger of national destruction, then you should sacrifice your life for the country. Otherwise, you don't deserve to wear this garment!

The Japanese navy finally decided to gather all its forces and launch a decisive assault on the Ming fleet. Even if all the battles are sunk, the dignity of the navy must be maintained. If you really run away, you will be looked down upon for generations to come.

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In the port of Nagasaki, many Japanese are cleaning the battlefield under the supervision of Ming soldiers. Trucks drove by, and expressionless Japanese threw the bodies collected from all over the place onto the trucks, which were then transported to a large pit outside the city for burial.

Most of the nearly 100,000 Japanese troops stationed near Nagasaki were killed and wounded in the fighting, and only a few took off their uniforms and disguised themselves as civilians, or were captured by the Ming army. And these people have basically become coolies.

"Hurry up and clean up this place." A major of the Ming army stood in the messy Nagasaki port area and instructed his subordinates to clear the port as soon as possible, and the engineering troops were already waiting impatiently.

The Japanese originally thought that after destroying the port of Nagasaki, it would take at least a week for the Ming army to use the port. What made them unbelievable was that it took less than fifty hours for the Ming Dynasty's large transport ships to dock with a large number of machinery and improvised building materials. Subsequently, thousands of soldiers and a large amount of supplies were transported to the island of Kyushu.

A week later, when the Ming army attacked Sasebo, it was able to dispatch hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles. Moreover, after occupying and repairing the airfields around Nagasaki, the transferred Daming air power can provide close and high-density support firepower for ground forces.

As places such as Nagasaki and Sasebo fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty one after another, the transportation capacity of the Ming began to skyrocket. By the middle of October, when the Ming army swept through the Hizen area and headed for Fukuoka, there were more than 500,000 Ming soldiers on Kyushu Island.

And the Japanese Second Front Army stationed on Kyushu Island, counting all the logistics personnel, the total strength is no more than that. Although the Japanese army still has a large number of militia armies, such as the National Salvation Army. But those can only be regarded as cannon fodder at best. Not to mention going to the battlefield to fight face-to-face with the Ming army armed to the teeth. They can't even do a good job of attacking and harassing logistical supply lines.

Those militias are fighting on their own soil. Although they did not lack courage, their only way of fighting was to hold their positions and rush out of their positions in despair after being slashed by the Ming Dynasty with superior firepower, howling and launching a long-live charge. In the end, it was completely wiped out by the ferocious firepower of the Ming army.

As the Ming army continued to penetrate, the area under its control became more and more expanded. Many Japanese also chose to take refuge in the Ming army and became Japanese traitors. With the state of affairs in Japan at this moment, and with the strong influence of the Ming Dynasty on Japan over the years, this kind of thing is normal. And with the continuous advancement of the Ming Dynasty, more and more Japanese people took the initiative to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

For these Japanese traitors, Zhang Cheng's order is to use them as much as possible. Anyway, it's all for nothing, and if you give some food, you can get a large number of free cannon fodder, and no one will have nothing to push out of this kind of thing.

The Japanese, who were already destitute, were soon attracted by the food and other materials provided by the Ming army, and began to work for the Ming army. Due to the lack of supplies caused by the war, ordinary Japanese who were hungry had reached the point where they could not see food.

The men worked hard for the Ming Dynasty in exchange for rations, and the women directly sold their bodies to the Ming soldiers. In many cases, a standard combat ration that the soldiers regarded as shit and never ate could be exchanged for a big girl's loose clothes. This kind of thing was very popular in the areas occupied by the Ming army. And the officers of the Ming army have always turned a blind eye to this kind of thing that happened on enemy soil.

Twenty days after the landing battle, the Ming army conquered Kitakyushu and Shimonoseki, the important towns of Kyushu Island, and cut off the connection between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island. Zhang Cheng then sent a telegram to the front-line troops, expressing his dissatisfaction with their slow movements. At the same time, Zhang Cheng hinted that the landing force could 'act as it wishes) on enemy territory. This gave great convenience to the Ming army, who were bound by military discipline.

As more and more ports were under the control of the Ming army, the number of soldiers and supplies that continued to arrive on the shore began to skyrocket. By the end of October, the number of Ming troops landing on Kyushu Island had exceeded one million.

Lieutenant General Yuki Anami, commander of the Japanese Second Front stationed on Kyushu Island, and Major General Yoshihara Kiyoshi, chief of staff, were both killed in the Battle of Kitakyushu by Ming bombers. Subsequently, the successors, Lieutenant General Iimura and Chief of Staff, Major General Watanabe Hiroshi, were no longer able to continue to launch counterattacks against the Ming army.

The more than 10 regular divisions and regiments under the Japanese Second Front Army have basically been exhausted in the brutal positional warfare, and they no longer have the strength to continue fighting. (To be continued.) )