Chapter 439: Japan's Dilemma
Unlimited submarine warfare!
Just a few years ago, the British Empire was almost strangled to death for unrestricted submarine warfare, Germany was one step away from final victory, and more than four years of war was a nightmare for every British, all their food and fuel had to be strictly rationed, and most of the children born during this time were malnourished.
Fear and hunger are a tragic memory for all, and Japan and Britain are both island nations, but Japan's roots are far less than those of Britain, and its population is about half that of Britain, and if China implements unrestricted submarine warfare, Japan will be in a worse position than Britain.
Of course, more international politicians are thinking that once China really implements unrestricted submarine warfare, then if the cargo ships of various countries carry supplies to Japan, they will inevitably be sunk, and at this time, will the great powers participate in the battle against China as they did against Germany, and then it will not be like World War I, and the big guys will fight China together.
But this is just wishful thinking, China's block is there, starting from the Northern Burma Campaign, a series of border battles have proved that it is simply a fool's dream to want to fight with China in the Far East with the land of the army, now no country in the world dares to say that it can defeat China on land, on the contrary, Britain and France and other countries have to continue to show goodwill to China to prevent China from getting involved in their colonies, and in the eyes of the great powers, Japan is also not a good thing.
It's better if it's over, but it's okay to consume some more of China's national strength before it's over, they definitely can't afford to go to war with China because of a Japan, of course, this is based on the judgment that the war between China and Japan will last for a long time, if one side falls soon, the powers will have no chance to send troops if they want to!
In any case, the threat of unlimited submarine warfare issued by Qiao Yu is still real, and all countries have consciously reduced their exports to Japan, and Qiao Yu is already very satisfied with this effect, and there is no need for China to be like Germany. to offend the whole world.
The battle for strangulation at sea has been going on ruthlessly. According to estimates, at least 200,000 tons of cargo ships can be sent to the bottom of the sea in a month, which is already beyond Japan's shipbuilding capacity, and if China can hold out for more than half a year, Japan's ships will be reduced by one-third compared with before the war, and this is a pressure that Japan cannot bear, so as long as the war continues like this, Japan will not be able to hold on sooner or later.
And it's not just at sea. The same is true of the war on land, China has made an important breakthrough in the direction of Korea, just after the Chinese army has gained a foothold on the other side of the Yalu River with great difficulty, the engineering team has made every effort to repair the Yalu River bridge, and after five days of hard fighting, the bridge has finally been repaired. And China has changed the original railway bridge into a road bridge, which can accommodate the rapid passage of Chinese troops.
More importantly, the latest Chinese heavy tanks were also able to cross the bridge, so that the combat capability of the Chinese tank crews was greatly enhanced, and they had a greater certainty of breaking through the layers of Japanese defenses.
China's newly designed tank was named the Biao San tank, and the tank weighed more than 20 tons, which was definitely a big guy in the world at the end of World War I. That is, one person to be high. The weight is generally less than ten tons, and the only advantage is that it is relatively maneuverable.
It can be said that Britain and France have gone astray in the development of tanks. The most powerful land weapon of a tank must find a balance in mobility, firepower and protection, which is similar to the idea of designing a battleship.
There can be some emphasis, but absolutely can not ignore any of them, China in the design of the tank, and strive to increase the tonnage, only the tank is large enough, in order to have a strong protective force, but also to be able to install larger guns, with strong firepower, this is an indispensable thing for the main battle tank.
As for mobility, since the cooperation between China and Germany, a great breakthrough has been made in the production of engines, and it has been able to manufacture a 400-horsepower diesel engine, which has been completed, and the Biao 3 tank is equipped with a 75-millimeter tank main gun, and the thickness of the frontal armor has reached 40 millimeters, and the design method of oblique armor has been adopted, and the protection capacity is expected to be comparable to that of 60 millimeters of vertical armor, and the speed is also more than 40 kilometers per hour.
In general, the Biao San tank is much weaker than the famous T34 tank in Russia in the future, but after all, it is more than ten years earlier, looking at the current world, the Biao San tank can definitely run rampant in the world, you must know that in the original historical time and space, the major powers mainly felt the tension of the world situation after the economic crisis, and began to design new tanks in order to deal with future wars.
And Qiao Yu will not be so short-sighted, especially China's surrounding environment is so complex, Qiao Yu will never relax the pursuit of a strong army, if the navy is a sword for China to seize the interests of the world, then the army is China's steel shield based on the world.
With a strong army, China will be able to maintain its basic national territory and be invincible, the navy is a matter of eating more and eating less, and the army is the fundamental issue of life and death.
Therefore, although the First World War is over, China's pursuit of powerful land weapons has not stopped for a moment, the Biao 3 tank has begun to mass-produce equipment troops, and in the design institute Biao 4 drawings have been drawn, Biao 5 is also in the pre-research, China's military technology team has formed a scientific weapon design system, can ensure that the Chinese army gets the best weapons.
At this time, Lu Han personally rode on the Biao San tank and commanded his subordinates to cross the Yalu River Bridge, these days due to the tight Japanese defense line and strong firepower, the early tanks were too thin in armor and too slow, and they could not break through the Japanese defense line at all, so they could only protect themselves and barely maintain their foothold.
And now the Biao San tank is enough to do this task, the tank unit quickly passed the Yalu River Bridge, and at this time several Japanese planes also rushed to this side, the Japanese side is very clear about the importance of the Yalu River Bridge, if China masters the bridge, it will be able to continuously send troops and materials to the North Korean side, and Japan's defense line may even collapse.
Therefore, the Japanese commander ordered the army aviation and navy to completely destroy the Yalu River bridge at any cost, but it was too difficult to achieve this task, China had firmly grasped the air supremacy, but whether it was aircraft or surface ships that came over would be mercilessly attacked by China.
The Japanese had already attacked several times in a row, and there was no use at all except to add a little to the Chinese air force, and this time three Japanese planes rushed towards the bridge at a rapid pace. Just about three kilometers from the bridge. Five Chinese planes appeared in the air and blocked the way of the Japanese planes, and the Chinese pilots, who had been experienced for a long time, shot down two Japanese planes in a hurry, but to everyone's surprise, the third Japanese plane did not escape, or prepared for a fight. Instead, he chose a neutral gear and crashed into the bridge as fast as he could.
Everyone was shocked, this Japanese was really crazy, and even used this kind of deadly fighting, the Chinese pilots hurriedly pursued, but because they didn't take into account that the Japanese were so crazy. The speed was also a little slow, and the Japanese plane was rapidly approaching the bridge and was about to crash into it.
The Japanese plane had a lot of fuel on it, as well as bombs, and once the consequences of the explosion were unimaginable, at this critical moment, all the anti-aircraft machine guns on the bridge rang out, and two crossed tongues of fire hit the Japanese plane. The suicide plane turned into a huge fireball. The pilot also died completely!
Lu Han was on the Yalu River Bridge at this time and saw this scene with his eyes open. The narrow national personality of the island nation has always been unavoidable from extremes and madness, but if you want to deal with this kind of opponent, you can only be more crazy and more cruel.
More than 50 Biao-san tanks rushed across the bridge and directly entered the territory of North Korea, and by this time the foothold controlled by China had reached a foothold of eight kilometers wide and a depth of about five kilometers, all of which were taken down by Chinese soldiers with their own blood and lives.
And it was done under the condition of a serious shortage of heavy firepower, which is even more commendable, and now as soon as the Chinese heavy tanks arrived, the attack suddenly became sharp, and after a short rest, Lu Han led the tanks to rush into the Japanese positions first.
At the same time, a large number of self-propelled guns and heavy artillery crossed the Yalu River, all of them were laid out in a row, and fiercely bombarded the Japanese positions, and the air force also threw themselves into it, and there were hundreds of air force planes bombing Japanese ground targets indiscriminately, especially after the Japanese air force became weaker and weaker, these pilots would even reduce the altitude to 100 meters, and use machine guns to strafe the Japanese soldiers on the ground, until the last bullet was exhausted, and these soldiers would leave the battlefield unsatisfied, and add ammunition and fuel as soon as possible to prepare for the next round of attacks.
The Biao-3 tank was like a road roller, rampage along the way, there was no way to resist at all, and the trenches set up in advance by Japan could not stop the powerful Biao-3 tank with strong mobility at all, especially the 75-millimeter main gun, which could easily destroy all kinds of Japanese firepower points
Moreover, Japan's ordinary anti-tank artillery could not penetrate the frontal armor of Biao San at all, and in just one day, China advanced by 10 kilometers and expanded its width to 20 kilometers.
In fact, Tokyo pays more attention to the development of the war situation than anyone else, and now almost all of Japan is dreaming of ruling all countries and people, especially the new emperor Hirohito, who is the most enthusiastic, he looks forward to continuing the industry of his grandfather Emperor Meiji and bringing Asia into Japan's control, but the reality is very cruel, and he has to face an increasingly powerful China.
Since the declaration of war, Hirohito has not received good news, the land has been constantly broken through by the Chinese army, a large number of valuable pilots have died, Japan has to face the threat of Chinese submarines at sea, the defeat of the army Hirohito is prepared, from the beginning of the Battle of Qingdao, Japan has developed a fear of the Chinese army.
But inaction at sea is unbearable for Hirohito, the navy is the lifeblood of the Japanese Empire, if it cannot defeat the Chinese, then what does Japan have to gain a foothold in the world! (To be continued.) )