Chapter 529: Kamikaze
On April 20, the 33rd year of the Republic of China (1944), China's first ballistic missile, which was researched by Mr. Qian Xuesen, was launched from the launch site in the Shan State Plateau of Myanmar. After flying for more than half an hour, it successfully hit a sea range hundreds of kilometers away. The air wave from the explosion was huge in the Andaman Sea, where a huge column of water rose and was clearly visible from ten kilometers away.
Although the United States, Britain, and other allies have sent congratulatory telegrams one after another, they are secretly vigilant, and from now on, the United States, Britain, and other countries can no longer regard China as a simple ally, but will be on guard against or even contain it as a potential adversary.
You must know that three years ago, China was only a poor and backward country.
At that time, China did not have any heavy industry, and its scientific research strength was zero, but now, China has not only built several large-scale industrial bases in Burma, East China, North China and Northeast China, but also made a breakthrough in scientific research strength due to the fact that it has obtained hundreds of top scientists from the former Soviet Union, as evidenced by the sudden success of the ballistic missile's sudden test launch!
However, at this time, China is no longer something that the West can contain if it wants to.
By 1944, China's basic industrial system had been basically completed, and it had even reached the world's advanced level in the fields of armed helicopters, ballistic missiles, and construction machinery.
In the final analysis, China not only has the territory of Liaojian, but also has rich resources!
China has all the necessary resources such as manpower, resources, science and technology needed to develop industry!
The most important thing is that China will soon be able to end the war. However, the United States and Germany are still holding each other in Europe, and there is even the possibility of a nuclear war, once the worst outcome really occurs, the United States and Germany are afraid that they will directly return to the Stone Age, and at that time, China will almost be able to become the world's boss without blood.
End of April 1944. With the cooperation of the Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard, the 7th Army launched a beach-grabbing landing battle against Okinawa and Jeju Island at the same time, although the Nationalist Army had absolute air and sea supremacy. However, the recalcitrant Japanese army was supported by the spirit of bushido. It still caused great damage to the national army!
The battle of Jeju Island was relatively easy, and the garrison formed by the Koreans was more ferocious than the real "Japan" himself, but the battle was far worse than that of the "Japan" himself, and the 7th Army only dispatched one main regiment, and with the cooperation of dozens of planes and several gunboats, it easily annihilated the two Korean brigades on the island in less than two days.
However, the battle for the Ryukyu Islands was fought very hard, and the casualties were also very large!
Although the Japanese garrison in the Ryukyu Islands was only a dozen temporary garrison brigades, each with less than 5,000 troops, they took advantage of the complex terrain of the island and the changeable meteorological conditions on the island to give the four fields the first place to seize the island. The army group posed a great threat, after more than half a month of bloody fighting. The 71st Division finally captured a dozen outlying islands on the periphery. On 4 May, the 7th Army mobilized two main divisions and simultaneously landed on the beach from the north and south ends of Okinawa. More than a dozen crippled garrison brigades retreating to Okinawa actually organized kamikaze death squads: "Tens of thousands of daredevils carried explosive packs and launched a decisive counterattack against the landing force of the [Chinese] country with the fire support of the coastal fortifications!"
At the time of the low tide of the sea, most of the hundreds of fishing boats, merchant ships, gunboats, and transport boats used to transport troops ran aground." Due to the loss of transport, the heavy equipment of the second echelon could no longer go ashore in time, and the four infantry regiments that had already landed were suddenly in a desperate situation!
At the same time that the tide suddenly receded, the sky over Okinawa suddenly became cloudy, and the visibility in the sky dropped to zero in an instant. Hundreds of fighters of the Chinese Air Force were forced to return before the bombers were forced to return, and the Japanese troops on the island took the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive, and after more than ten hours of fierce fighting, all the four infantry regiments that had already landed died heroically!
Taipei "Headquarters of the 7th Army.
"Division, ammunition is exhausted, swords are disabled" The troops have basically been exhausted, and the junior and chief of staff led more than 100 guards to retreat to the two islands and reefs" More than 1,000 Japanese soldiers are swarming from three directions, and we can't hold out for long. ”
"Mother, I'm an iron egg, your iron woman, do you hear?"
"the baby, Russia is a baby, is Russia Feng Bu Hanwa okay? It's going to be too big, isn't it? ”
"Huaying, my beloved, I promised you that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, I would return to my hometown to teach with you, but now I am going to break the contract, and I can't hold the hand of my son" I am old with my son, I regret it, I regret it. ”
"I, I don't have any relatives, teacher. Send a ship over here, I don't want to die. ”
"Brothers, I'll be on the island in a few days. Remember to kill a few more little devils to avenge me! ”
"Damn, I'm afraid I can't handle it this time, Lao Tzu originally wanted to wait for Shangzi Island. I can find a few days to open meat, it seems that there is no play. ”
"Long live the country! Long live the Chinese nation! ”
Sound after sound is playing continuously from the tape recorder.
Mr. Xu had a pipe in his mouth. He was standing by the tape recorder and smoking a cigarette in silence.
More than a dozen division commanders, chiefs of staff, and operational staff officers were all silent, only the voices on the tape recorder could be heard clearly, and not far away, the young and beautiful female confidential officers in the communications room were all crying.
"I'm derelict in my duty, I'm derelict in my duty...... The last words in the tape recorder were finally played, and Mr. Xu immediately unloaded his pipe and sighed. He said with a gloomy expression, "Since I became an army, I have never tasted such a big defeat, four regiments. There are more than 10,000 officers and men in the four main regiments, and more than 10,000 young and fresh ......lives."
Rao has made Mr. Xu have been in the army for many years. I also burst into tears unconsciously.
Who said that the commanders of the three armed forces will never put the lives of their soldiers in their eyes for the sake of merit?
Who said that if you are kind, you can't control the male soldiers? Who said that the commander-in-chief of the three armies must be hard-hearted?
Only this time it was a fiasco. But it is really not Mr. Xu's dereliction of duty" Although Mr. Xu was born in the Huangpu class, and has experienced the bloody rain and belly of the civil war for ten years, the experience in land warfare can be said to be quite rich, and then he entered the Yangon army general class for further study, and the military theory of modern combat has also been greatly improved, but the battle to seize the island is a completely new topic!
Previously, whether it was Singapore, Taiwan, Shanghai or Jinzhou Bay, all of them were beach-grabbing landings on the continental shelf. Its marine environment is relatively simple, which also creates an illusion for the senior generals of Siye, believing that the beach-grabbing landing battle should be like this, picking a time and choosing a place, and the army, navy, and air force will be dispatched together. And then with a bang......
But I don't know that the marine environment of deep-sea islands is much more dangerous, and the weather is much more complicated!
Historically, the US military, which is as powerful as the US military, also suffered heavy casualties when fighting for the Pacific islands, and almost every island was covered with the bones of US officers and soldiers. Nowadays, the equipment of the national army is not as good as that of the US military in history, how can it be easy to seize the island?
Tokyo, General Staff of the Japanese Army.
Kentaro Takegishi, deputy commander of the Operations Department, strode into Anami's office, and immediately retracted his feet and stood upright: "Your Excellency, General, the Southwestern Front Army is in a hurry, they have successfully repelled the beach-grabbing landing operation of the Shina Army, and the four Shina Infantry Regiments that landed during the day have all been annihilated. And destroyed a large number of transports! "What! Anan stood up and said in disbelief, "Won?" ……
"Hello! Kentaro Takegishi bowed his head suddenly, and said excitedly, "The Imperial Army has won!" ”。
"Great! …… Anan shook his fist violently and said loudly, "Immediately report this good news to His Excellency Tojo, as well as His Majesty the Emperor." Oh no, I'll report to His Excellency Tojo and His Majesty the Emperor personally! …… Let's talk about it. Anan grabbed the microphone and shook the crank vigorously.
Speaking of which, the Japanese army has not won a battle for a long time!
As powerful as the Kwantung Army. In addition, there are Okamura Ninji and Umezu Mijiro under the command, and it seems that they have never achieved any decent victory, and the battle of Jidong is about to be victorious, but the result is still to let the main force of the "Chinese" army slip away, it seems that since Yue Weihan led the 39th Group Army to expedition to Burma, the Japanese army has been suffering defeat.
But this time, the Japanese army really won, and it was an undoubted victory!
What is even more exciting is that only a dozen garrison brigades of the Southwest Front Army defeated the powerful Chinese army this time, and even if the garrison divisions and regiments in Japan are poorly equipped, they are still stronger than the dozen or so garrison brigades in the Ryukyu Islands.
Xing hurriedly reported the good news to Hideki Tojo and Hirohito Tenzen, and Anan slowly calmed down.
After a moment of silence, Anan Yuji suddenly asked Kentaro Takegishi, "Takegishi-kun, about the strength of the army." The Southwestern Front Army has only more than 70,000 people, which is not superior to the Chinese Army, and in terms of equipment, it cannot be compared with the Chinese Army. However, why was the Southwestern Front able to defeat the Chinese Army? Are there some lessons worth learning from? ……
, "Hay...... Kentaro Takegishi said, "Just now. He believes that the reason why the Southwestern Front was able to defeat the Chinese Army was because of two reasons: first, the Southwestern Front organized kamikaze squads to "destroy the landing transport of the Chinese Army at a critical moment, and second, the local sea tide and weather helped a lot!" ……
, "Kamikaze? ”。 Anan Wei's heart suddenly moved slightly when he heard this.
Tides and weather don't change because of manpower, but kamikaze is an experience worth promoting.
By extension, kamikaze drones can also be extended from infantry to navy and air force, and is it possible to consider converting tens of thousands of old aircraft hidden in underground bunkers and hundreds of old submarines and gunboats hidden in ports into suicide weapons? When the Chinese army landed in Tokyo Bay on a large scale, it would suddenly sacrifice at a critical moment...... Anan only thinks about it, and feels excited!