Chapter 67: The Tokyo Crisis

The Thunder Infiltrator rocket artillery vehicle is a weapon that the Japanese army has not experienced, and the Tiger squad with only 6 vehicles makes the Japanese army cry bitterly, because they can't find a weapon that can destroy these big guys, and the Thor chariot with extremely fast moving speed and strong firepower is a nightmare for the Japanese army, because being targeted by the Thor revolver machine gun is a dead end, and no one can survive the rainstorm barrage at all. The Thunderbolt machine gunners didn't have to worry about ammunition this time, the Rockman family's fleet sent a large supply of ammunition, and Morun had enough ammunition to stock up on Jiaodong to make their way east into Tokyo.

The aggressive attack of the Jewish forces did not make Zhao Zhi happy, and a message from Hunter about the modification of German tanks obtained by American spies worried him. Zhao Zhi knew that now the German Tiger tank was galloping freely on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, and this heavy tank with strong defense and super firepower gave the Soviets a heavy blow, but at the same time, it also exposed the shortcomings of the Tiger tank's slow movement speed and long waiting time.

But now, according to the intelligence from Hunter, the Germans have proposed a design for a light Tiger tank, and the engine is still the Maybach engine of the King Tiger tank. At the same time, Germany also made many improvements to the turret and hull of the King Tiger Heavy Tank, such as installing a rangefinder on the turret and redesigning its rear floor. Germany's plan to design a new Tiger tank has long been in place, Zhao Zhi has not taken it seriously, however, it is very unfortunate that all of these have become a reality, the Germans have turned the original idea into a reality, and the light Tiger prototype has been fully tested and began mass production.

It is hard to imagine what it would be like to have a miniature Tiger tank that can maneuver quickly, has high-performance artillery and protection, and has advanced design concepts and skilled pilots, once it is put into the battlefield in batches, and now the light and medium combat vehicles equipped by the US and Soviet armies will become the best targets for each other. The overstrength of the Germans made Zhao Zhi very worried, if the United States and the Soviet Union could not completely suppress Germany, then the outcome of this world war might be turned upside down, and what should Thunder do.

Zhao Zhi knows very well that it is often because of the great changes in military science and technology that the specific changes in strategy and tactics will lead to specific changes in the peace and security of the people, and often the results of a major battle can lead to earth-shaking changes in history. However, worrying about Zhongzhong is worried about Zhongzhong, Zhao Zhi has always been an optimist, where is the industrial strength of the Americans, it is great that the United States can't build a good tank, so we will fight for consumption. The King Tiger is not invincible, although there is no record of the King Tiger heavy tank being penetrated in battle in the historical record, but its side armor is only a little thicker than the main model of the Allied tanks, isn't it afraid of incendiary bombs?

On the one hand, he thought that the German army could hold back the Soviet and American forces at the same time, at least not show defeat before Japan surrendered. However, the momentum of the German army made Zhao Zhi worried, and he was worried that once the Soviets could not stop the German attack, only the American army might be left to face the powerful German army in the end. If it was only a war between the United States and Germany, it would be difficult for the Thunder to seek its own interests in this war feast, and the Thunder, lacking heavy weapons, would be just a toddler in front of the German and American forces.

Although Zhao Zhi has the backing of the Rockman family, and the Rockman family has many arsenals in Florida, the Rockman family does not have the strength to produce tanks and aircraft. There is no heavy equipment weapon that can decide the victory of the battle, and Thunder, who has a lack of troops, can only be a role of beating the side drum, landing in Tokyo Bay is a dangerous move, and after this battle, Zhao Zhi's troops do not know how many can be left, but at this time, Halsey's fleet is ready, and Zhao Zhi is no longer allowed to retreat.

All the preparations have been over, but Zhao Zhi has not given the order to attack here, and it was not until dawn that the scuffle here in Yamaguchi County lasted until dawn, and the attack order issued by Zhao Zhi was sent out by the intelligence staff in clear code. "Let's start" was just a three-word command transmitted through the airwaves, and not only the U.S. fleet cruising the waters off Tokyo Bay received the order to attack, but also the Gulf of Tokyo squad of the lurker unit also received the order to start the operation.

Halsey opened the top-secret information he had brought with him, and after taking a deep breath, he solemnly looked at the staff officers under him and said, "Please record, August 30, 1943, at 4:05 a.m., the action plan was codenamed Benlei. At 4:30 a.m., a large-scale aerial bombardment was carried out on the main island of Tokyo, and paratroopers were used to seize the enemy's important command organs, destroy the enemy's communications and command hubs, capture the Japanese emperor and high-ranking generals, and carry out a beachfront landing in Tokyo Bay at dawn to capture Tokyo, the capital of Japan, thus ending the war once and for all. ”

Almost all the people present, except for Halsey, thought that the target of this attack was Nara, because before the war, including the US military, they had issued operational notices and operational details against Nara, not to mention that Thunder's troops were fighting with the Japanese army in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and if they could successfully land in Nara, the ground troops would be able to take Kyoto and Nagoya and lock in victory, why did they suddenly change their tactical arrangements and change their destination to Tokyo Bay?

"This battle plan has been approved by the Department of Defense, and in two days at the latest, we will have about 50,000 ground troops to support, and the Marine boys are coming from Hawaii, let's drive all the Japanese monkeys into the sea to feed the fish." Halsey's gruff voice and the way he waved his arms made all the officers present stand up and start clapping and cheering, and Halsey knew that they were all cheering for the end of the war as soon as possible.

On 30 August, the first rays of sunlight appeared in the sky, and under the cover of more than 600 fighters, more than 400 US bombers of various types began to carry out intensive carpet bombing of all areas including Tokyo and Tokyo Bay, with the intention of completely destroying the Japanese coastal defense batteries and permanent defense units in Tokyo Bay. Until the moment the bomb fell, the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese military base camp did not believe that the US troops were going to land in Tokyo Bay, they believed that this was just a large-scale deception feint on the part of the US military, and its intention was to divert Japan's attention, and the purpose of the US military was still Nara, and unless the commander of the US fleet went crazy, he would target the Bay of Tonkin.

U.S. troops are going to land in Tokyo Bay? A large number of people, including the Japanese cabinet, are still able to slander the idiotic behavior of the US military while having fun at the moment, but when the huge US fleet was parked off the coast of Tokyo Bay, the Japanese suddenly realized that the US military was playing for real. The senior generals of the Japanese army base camp understood that Tokyo was the heart of the Japanese Empire, especially under the premise that the Kyushu battlefield had just suffered a fiasco, and once Tokyo fell, it would lead to the collapse of the entire empire's will to resist, and the Japanese Empire would fall into a place of no return.

Compared with the bombing of Tokyo Bay, targets such as the Japanese Imperial Palace and the Yasukuni Shrine were strictly demarcated by Zhao Zhi outside the scope of the bombing. But even so, the haggard Emperor Hirohito had actually lost his master, and many ministers and generals advocated holding on to Tokyo, and only a few proposed to move the capital to Manchuria, and the Nationalist Government would have moved the capital to Chongqing, otherwise China would have been defeated.

At this moment, Hideki Tojo had already lost his majesty because of successive military defeats, and the cabinets even shouted at him to wield a knife like a man to kill himself, and among all the generals, only Hideki Tojo could keep his calm. As long as people with brains think a little, it is not difficult to guess that this crisis in the Gulf of Tonkin is by no means a move of the US fleet alone, and it is very likely that there is also the participation of thunder. Hideki Tojo has analyzed all the actions of the Thunder after landing in Japan, and the Thunder seems to be encroaching on Honshu Island little by little, but in fact they are holding back Japan's local forces and providing an opportunity for the US troops to land in Tokyo Bay.

Now that people have come to the door, do they have to rely on the so-called new division regiments that they inspected not long ago to resist? Will those teenagers with bamboo swords be able to afford to defend Japan? Back then, what happened when Nanjing was captured, how much did he know, otherwise the base camp would not have cursed Gu Shoufu back to the staff headquarters, almost all of the elite mercenaries of Thunder were Chinese, and the Chinese had already participated in this landing battle, would the fate of the Japanese girls be better?

Emperor Hirohito knew even more about what it was like for the Japanese Imperial Army to massacre the Chinese capital for six weeks, and now Zhao Zhi, a madman, was staring at Tokyo with red eyes, what would a madman who could casually order the execution of thousands of prisoners of war and drive the entire civilian population of Kyushu to Honshu Island would do? I'm afraid only God knows. The senior cabinet officials debated endlessly, and in the end Emperor Hirohito agreed to mobilize all the forces he could muster to hold Tokyo at all costs and repel the American landing force.

Tokyo is in danger, Tokyo is in danger, defend His Majesty the Emperor! Countless Japanese troops were drawn from their original defense areas to gather in Tokyo, and Hokkaido and Shikoku were doing everything possible to transfer troops to Honshu, and the Japanese knew very well that once Tokyo was lost again, the Japanese Empire would be devastated. All military supplies and weapons to be sent to the front were distributed to the population in large quantities, and these civilians who received weapons were to be formed into temporary home divisions, whose sole task was to delay the advance of the American army as much as possible before the Kanwang troops arrived in Tokyo, even at the expense of all of them.