Chapter 626: The Japanese Free Army
After the defeat of the Japanese navy, they already had a premonition that China would definitely land in Japan, and Kyushu Island, the closest to the Korean Peninsula, became the first choice for landing, so the Japanese strengthened the defense here early, arranging more than 600,000 troops to defend, and more than 1 million militia as a backing.
The Japanese commander in charge of defending Kyushu Island was Tani Shoufu, who was a felony of the Nanjing Massacre in the original time and space, burning, looting, and doing all kinds of evil, and his brutality even made the Japanese themselves feel uneasy.
In this time and space, Gu Shoufu did not have the opportunity to wreak havoc in China, but he still left a fierce reputation when he attacked the South Seas, especially when he landed on the island of New Guinea, he slaughtered the natives and tortured the captives, he was like a bloodthirsty beast, and he needed blood every day to satisfy his bestial nature.
Not long ago, Japan was defeated from various islands, and Tani Toshio fled back to Japan by submarine, and many Japanese high-ranking officials despised him for this kind of behavior, believing that without jade shattering, he would not be a real Japanese warrior. It is true that Gu Shoufu can bring death to others, but he is extremely afraid of death, and he does not have the courage to burn jade at all.
However, Japan's serious lack of military generals, coupled with the heavy combat tasks on its own, had to use the murderous Tani Toshio again, hoping that he could give full play to his mad dog nature and bite off a piece of meat from the allies. Gu Shoufu also cherished this hard-won opportunity, and after arriving on Kyushu Island, he worked hard to manage it.
He made preparations to build a coastal defense system on the side facing the Korean Peninsula, with Kitakyushu as a key defense area. Of course, he also knew that it was irrational for Japan to fight hard with China and the United States on the beach when it had lost its sea and air supremacy, so he took the initiative to withdraw the battle line and put its elite forces in the deep zone.
In addition, Gu Shoufu recruited a large number of jade crushed troops from the people, and the mission of these people was very simple. That is, through suicide attacks. Let the Allies suffer unbearable losses. They had to cooperate with the Japanese army to defend their positions, but they also had to disguise themselves as ordinary civilians and scatter in all directions to carry out jade shattering attacks on any enemy who invaded Japanese territory.
In addition to these preparations. Tani also organized a large number of people to build a large number of underground fortifications in the core area of Kyushu Island, and prepared to use a large number of tunnel fortifications to defend it. Emperor Hirohito's order to him was to hold back the Allies and buy time for the defense of Honshu.
Tani shofu racked his brains to strengthen his defenses, but the allies came faster than he thought. On October 3, China and the United States dispatched more than 3,000 bombers to bomb the northern part of Japan's Kyushu Island and the southern part of Honshu Island. The main targets are airports, highways, docks, train stations, and other transportation hubs, and the goal is to destroy Japan's transportation capacity.
It was a clear signal that the Allies were about to start a campaign to land on Japan. Sure enough, at the time of the large-scale bombing, the Chinese and American troops joined forces to land on Tsushima Island, which had been almost razed to the ground, and after Tsushima Island rested a little, the overwhelming number of ships sailed towards Kyushu Island.
The topography of Japan and the Korean Peninsula dictated that there were not many options for landing operations. Therefore, Japan also guessed the direction of the Allied landing and sent a large number of forces to resist. In particular, a large number of combat aircraft were sent. numbered more than seven hundred, trying to thwart the Allied landing with air power.
But more than 500 of these 700 planes were kamikazes, and these planes were no longer the same as the original Zero, except for the necessary metal parts.
Japan itself has no bauxite, it can only rely on the seizure from the colonies, and now the colonies have all fallen, the local reserves are also depleted, coupled with frequent bombing, the Japanese can only use plywood to make the fuselage, the wings are also wood, and the suicide planes and even the landing gear of this quality are disposable, as long as they take off, don't think about coming back.
Originally, the Zero aircraft had the reputation of a lighter in the air, and even more so after the use of wooden materials.
In fact, this is also a choice made by Japan in desperation, the war potential of the island countries is really very limited, and they have to use this extreme method. The planes can still be pieced together, but the pilots are not so easy, Japan has lost a whole two million people overseas, and it can be said that an entire generation of young people has been wiped out.
Teenage children, old men in their forties and fifties were recruited to the front, and these pilots were also full boy scouts, generally at the age of fourteen or fifteen.
How could these rookies take on the mission of protecting the airspace, they were shot down in large numbers, a total of more than 700 planes only destroyed less than 20 landing craft, and also damaged a light cruiser, and the rest were nothing.
In order to successfully land, China and the United States also mobilized a large number of airborne troops, and before the formal landing operation, these airborne troops had already been sent to the rear of the Japanese army, and the airborne troops were definitely the branch of the military with the highest casualty rate on the battlefield, and the airborne troops were inherently surrounded.
China and the United States mobilized more than 7,000 airborne troops, and more than 500 people were found by the Japanese because they had deviated from their positions during the parachute jump, losing their lives, and hundreds more were injured.
Despite the heavy casualties, the surprise attack of the paratroopers was also successful, and they quickly entered the combat state, dispersed, attacked the rear of the Japanese army, and disrupted the lines of communication.
Their presence attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and Tani had to send a large number of forces to deal with them, and it was simply impossible to send more troops to aid the tidal flat positions.
At this time, the Chinese landing craft braved the rain of bullets and bullets to quickly kill the beach, and when the first landing craft was successfully in place, the soldiers passed through waist-deep water and successfully landed on the Japanese mainland, and then a large number of tanks and armored vehicles were also sent to the shore.
The firepower points arranged by the Japanese on the shore desperately spat out tongues of fire to block the advance of the Chinese army, and these pesky nails were quickly taken care of by the navy, and the battleships and cruisers aimed their huge main guns at the tidal flats, and a single shell could turn a radius of hundreds of meters into ruins, and the Japanese firepower points were greatly suppressed and suffered heavy losses.
Even if they were lucky enough to escape the artillery bombardment, the landing force was able to calmly knock them out, and after two hours of fighting, the landing force finally established a consolidated beachhead, and the first stage of the landing was victorious.
Both China and the United States have conducted a large number of landing operations in the Pacific region and have rich experience, and they know very well that as long as they can gain a firm foothold, there is hope for victory.
Then a steady stream of troops landed on Japanese soil, heavy equipment was also delivered, and among the troops on the attack mission, China accounted for about seventy percent, which was the most elite force, and it was a supreme honor for all Chinese soldiers to land on Japanese soil.
However, the deeper and deeper, the more fierce the Japanese resistance became, and a large number of Japanese soldiers jumped out of all corners like rats, constantly attacking the Chinese army, and these Japanese were not afraid of death and did not take their lives seriously at all.
Among them were silver-haired old men, children of twelve or thirteen years old, and even some young women, who attacked wildly and viciously, and although the Chinese were well-equipped and had a strong firepower advantage, they could easily break them to pieces, but these people greatly affected the speed of the Chinese army's advance.
The battle line is becoming more and more stale, and every step forward has to pay a lot of price, so Liu Xiang, who commanded this battle, also has a headache, if it is to protect the family and defend the country, it is necessary to pay as many sacrifices as possible, but now that it has begun to land in Japan, if it is too much sacrifice, it will not be worth it.
Therefore, Liu Xiang decided to use other armies to open the way after establishing a solid beachhead, the most important of which was the Japanese Free Army under the command of Mizumura.
Mizumura was an important leader of the rice riots in Japan, and then received strong support from Qiao Yu, who also used his influence among Japanese civilians to serve China's intelligence services, and after the outbreak of World War II, China and the United States captured a large number of Japanese soldiers.
During the Korean War, more than 200,000 Japanese soldiers were taken prisoners of war, and millions of Japanese expatriates became the most important source of soldiers.
In particular, Mizumura is showing them the tragic experiences of ordinary Japanese people in the war, and Haruko Tagawa, the special host of the Voice of China, has also joined in, and after a long period of brainwashing, these Japanese have completely become the best tools to use.
Qiao Yu then gave these soldiers the name of the Japanese Free Army, commanded by Mizumura Masasa, and they became the cannon fodder for China's next attack. The first batch of Japanese Free Army was sent to Kyushu Island, and at first the Chinese were still a little wary of these Japanese troops, after all, they were also Japanese, and it was difficult to guarantee that they would not have any other ideas, after all, who could kill their compatriots.
However, they soon found that these Japanese free troops were more ruthless than the Chinese, and in their eyes there were no compatriots at all, no sympathy, and they would even torture and kill the Japanese who were fighting, without any politeness at all.
Both sides are Japanese, they are all the same crazy, they are the same for themselves and the enemy, such a scene makes the commanders of both China and the United States feel incredible, but the top leaders of China and the United States feel a trace of fear of this situation, the Japanese are completely a group of beasts, only a beast can have such a cruel side.
Once such a Japan has mastered a strong force, it will definitely be a threat to the whole world, and it is best to let them die on the battlefield. The Japanese Free Army, driven by the Chinese army, advanced rapidly, and in the first three days of the battle, the Allies successfully advanced more than 30 kilometers and built a solid landing field, while the army's advance had already entered Kitakyushu. (To be continued.) )