Chapter 524 The general trend is gone

On March 1, the 33rd year of the Republic of China (1944), Jinzhou Bay was victorious!

Under the command of General Su, the 8th Army of the Four Fields miraculously annihilated the 5th Front Army that broke through into the deep position of our army with absolutely inferior troops, absolutely inferior equipment, and surrounded by nearly 2 million troops of the Kwantung Army, and the 5th Front Army of the Kwantung Army from Commander Shizuo Yokoyama to the bottom, more than 50,000 people were killed in battle, and 140,000 people were captured!

The desperate rescue of the 3rd Front Army was also heavily damaged, after the battle, the Kwantung Army has been greatly injured, and the morale of the Japanese officers and soldiers has fallen to the bottom, but Su Zong has become famous by virtue of this battle, compared with Dai Anlan's 4th Army in the previous Jidong encounter defeat, Su Zong's record is particularly prominent!

Yue Weihan also openly admitted that in terms of the command attainments of the large corps operation, Mr. Su was especially above him!

Xi'an even sent a commendation telegram to praise General Su and the 8th Group Army, and promoted General Su to a four-star general.

Two days later, the Kwantung Army secretly dug five tunnels finally extended to the bottom of the anti-tank trench, and then immediately filled in the explosives for blasting, and successfully blew up five huge gaps in the anti-tank trenches constructed by the 8th Army.

As a result, it was a pity that although General Su did not discover the tunnel secretly dug by the Kwantung Army in advance, his reaction afterwards was extremely fast, and he immediately ordered the three tank regiments of the 8th Tank Division to block three of the gaps, and fought with the Japanese armored group to fight "bayonets" in the narrow terrain, and the remaining two gaps were attacked by the army aviation troops.

In the evening, the offensive of the Kwantung Army was completely crushed, and on the other hand, the 1st and 2nd Group Armies had already landed in Jinzhou Bay, and the second batch of 150 armed helicopters had also been urgently airlifted to North China.

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Jinzhou, Kwantung Army Field Hospital.

The anxious Umezu Mijiro ignored the dissuasion of the medical staff and insisted on breaking into Okamura Ninji's intensive care ward, as if he heard footsteps, Okamura Ninji slowly opened his sleepy eyes, and saw that it was Umezu Mijiro, Okamura Ninji wanted to say hello to him, but the syllables that could be spit out of his throat were so light that he couldn't even hear himself.

"Okamura-kun, Okamura-kun, help me." Umezu Mijiro hurriedly walked to Okamura Ninji's hospital bed, and said almost pleadingly, "Yokoyama Shizuo's 5th Front Army has been collectively shattered, and there is not much gasoline and diesel left in Manchukuo, and from tomorrow, the planes of our Kwantung Army will no longer be able to take to the air to fight, and our tanks, trucks, and armored vehicles will all become scrap metal, Okamura-kun, think of a way, please......"

Okamura Ninji's lips twitched lightly a few times, but Umezu Mijiro didn't hear anything.

Umezu Mijiro hurriedly turned his head sideways and put his ear to Okamura Ninji's mouth, and at this moment, the military medical officer had already hurried in and sternly dissuaded, "Your Excellency Marshal, Marshal Okamura's body is very weak, he needs to rest urgently, you can't disturb him anymore, otherwise your life will be in danger!" ”

"Yaga!" Umezu Mijiro was furious, turned around and suddenly pulled out the Wanghachi box.

The military medical officer shivered violently, and quickly bowed his head and exited the intensive care unit, but when Umezu Mijiro turned his head again, he saw that Okamura Ninji's head was already softly tilted to the right, and he quickly reached out to probe his nose, and there was no breath left......

"Okamura-kun!" Umezu Mijiro couldn't help but be frightened, and actually knelt down beside Okamura Ninji's bed.

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Tianjin Station, Siye Headquarters.

General Liu Yi, commander of the 3rd Group Army, slowly walked into Yue Weihan's office and said in an inexplicable tone: "General, the intelligence department has just received the news, and the old devil Okamura Ningji has already lost his breath. ”

"Oh, Okamura is dead?" Yue Weihan's expression moved slightly, and he didn't know whether he was happy or regretful for a while.

Speaking of which, Okamura Ninji, an old devil, is still a moderate, and he is not like Tada and his ilk who advocate a policy of genocide against China, but the Sino-Japanese policy of friendship advocated by Okamura Ninji, that is, cultural identity aggression, is particularly harmful to the policy of massacre.

So, although Okamura Ninji didn't slaughter too many civilians, he was more damned than Tada and his ilk!

However, from a purely military point of view, Okamura Ninji is a respectable opponent, at least in the desperate battle with Yue Weihan, Okamura Ninji has never really lost, Yue Weihan has never really won, and Okamura Ninji is also one of the few people in the Japanese who has a strategic vision, but unfortunately it has not been reused.

"Okamura Ninji is dead." Yue Weihan said quietly, "The era of the Japanese army in Asia should also be over. ”

Liu Yi nodded, and said with emotion: "I still remember that six years ago in Taihang Mountain, our 39th Group Army was almost forced into a desperate situation by Okamura Ningci's 500,000 Japanese troops in North China, at that time, who would have thought that today, six years later, the Fourth Field Army, which was expanded by our 39th Group Army, could in turn force Okamura Ningci's 2 million Kwantung Army into a desperate situation!" ”

Yue Weihan nodded and said: "The Kwantung Army has gone, in order to reduce losses and avoid unnecessary casualties, there is no need to rush to attack, just occupy all strategic points and divide and surround the Kwantung Army, now, it is time to consider landing on the main island of Japan." ”

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March 5, 33 years of the Republic of China.

After withstanding the final offensive of the Kwantung Army, Shino immediately launched a large-scale counteroffensive.

After the fighter groups of various air divisions cleared the airspace over South Manchuria, a bomber group composed of more than 100 B-17 strategic bombers carried out carpet bombing of the Japanese airfields in South Manchuria under the escort of -51 Mustang fighters.

The next day, the B-17 bomber group again carried out a large-scale bombing of the South Manchurian region.

On March 7, nearly 300,000 troops of the 1st and 2nd Group Army of Siye took 2 tank divisions as the lead, drove straight into the north, first easily captured Jinzhou, and then divided the troops into two routes, the 1st Group Army took the road to the east, took Haicheng, occupied Yingkou, and formed an encirclement posture for the remnants of the 3rd and 4th Front Army of the Kwantung Army that retreated to the Liaodong Peninsula, and the 2nd Group Army continued to the north, and successively captured Fengtian, Siping, and Xinjing (Changchun) all the way. The remnants of the 2nd Front Army retreated to the lofty mountains of North Manchuria, and their destruction was only overnight.

At the beginning of April, in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Yue Weihan ordered the offensive to be stopped, and adopted a long-term siege strategy against the remnants of the Kwantung Army in North Manchuria and the Liaodong Peninsula.

When the news came, the whole country immediately rejoiced, and major cities across the country once again erupted in huge congratulations.

Chairman Mao also delivered an enthusiastic radio speech, calling on the people of the whole country to launch a vigorous production self-help movement, restore their homes, resume production, and carry out large-scale construction as soon as possible.

President Roosevelt on the other side of the ocean also sent a congratulatory message congratulating the Chinese people and the army on their great victory.

At the same time, the US Government also transferred the Pacific Fleet, the last military armament remaining in Asia.

Since the anti-fascist war in Asia has been fought so far, the squadron has completely grasped the strategic initiative, and even without the assistance of the US Navy, it is enough to suppress Japan; in addition, the war situation in Europe is still not very clear, and the US military strength in Asia has become an inevitable choice.

The anxious Americans now have no intention of competing with the Chinese for Asia, at least until the end of the European war, it will be difficult for the US military presence to return to Asia, of course, if Japan announces its surrender now, the United States will still make demands to China, at least the Philippines, the traditional sphere of influence of the United States, absolutely not allowed to be touched by the Chinese.

Unlike the squadron's triumphant advance in Northeast Asia, the future of the Allies in the Mediterranean theater remained uncertain.

Due to the advent of helicopter gunships, it helped the Allies achieve a partial victory in the Balkans, not only restoring the front of nearly 200 kilometers, but also severely damaging the German and Russian coalition forces, but after all, a partial victory was not enough to change the situation of the entire war.

In particular, German scientists, with the wreckage of a crashed Allied helicopter gunship, actually imitated their own helicopter gunship in a short period of time, and the military superiority achieved by the Allied forces because of the armed helicopter was quickly lost, but fortunately, the Allied jet fighters were finally put into service, and the Allied air force finally regained the initiative in air combat.

From the current point of view, the European battlefield is still a stalemate, the Allies regain absolute air superiority, but the logistics supply lines are long, the cost of war is high, and the Axis occupies the ground advantage, logistics supply is convenient and efficient, but all the industrial cities in Europe are facing the strategic bombing of the Allies, and the cost of war is also expensive.

President Roosevelt and the mustache became more and more soberly aware that it was impossible for either side to quickly end this damned war without the advent of decisive strategic weapons! President Roosevelt immediately increased his investment in the "Manhattan Project" at any cost, and Mustache greatly increased his support for ballistic missile and nuclear weapons research projects. R