Although the strength of the German army in Warsaw is very strong, after all, it is not as strong as the expeditionary force under Cai Yi, not to mention the existence of those Russian guys who are interested in soy sauce―――――― although the Russians have always been playing soy sauce, and they still have the intention of doing so, but the Germans don't know after all, right?

Since they don't know, they will naturally guard against the Russians, and the more abnormal the Russians' actions, the more careful the Germans will be, guarding against what tricks the Russians may play, after all, the commander of the Russians is Zhukov, the most famous general of World War II.

So although the Russians have been playing soy sauce all the time, at least the Russians have played some role―――――― of course, if the Russians have reported in advance, or if they have made some contact with the Germans, it will be nothing, but this is absolutely impossible.

Although the United States, Britain, and Russia are now secretly targeting China, in the final analysis, the Allies and the Axis are two inseparable powers. Especially Russia, you must know that in the past few years of war, Russia has paid tens of millions of lives, and it is absolutely impossible for the Russians to collude with the Germans with such a deep hatred.

Under the joint efforts of the expeditionary force and the Russian army, although the German resistance in Warsaw was stubborn, after more than a week, the German army was finally annihilated by the allied forces in Warsaw.

And after Warsaw also fell into the hands of the coalition forces, the coalition forces were not very far from Berlin, the center of the Axis powers.

On the other hand, after the loss of all the colonies except Korea and Hawaii, the morale of the Japanese also plummeted, although relying on the so-called bushido spirit, or some kind of extreme madness, the Japanese were still able to burst out with great combat effectiveness. But it's clear to everyone that there aren't many days left in Japan to get there.

At the same time, as a price for taking responsibility, Hideki Tojo's cabinet also resigned after the fall of Australia and New Zealand.

He was succeeded by Kuniaki Koiso, the 41st Prime Minister in Japanese history.

Kuniaki Koiso was an army general and politician during the Imperial Japanese era. During his tenure as governor of Korea, he actively suppressed the Korean anti-Japanese movement.

He served as Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, Vice Minister of the Army, Commander of the 5th Division, and Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army. In 1942, he became the governor of North Korea, and promoted slavery education in Korea, propagating that Koreans were of the same origin as the Japanese, and fooling the Korean people. Bloody suppression of the anti-Japanese activities of the Korean people.

Historically, on July 22, 1944, in the midst of domestic and foreign difficulties, Koiso succeeded Hideki Tojo as prime minister, and resigned on April 7, 1945.

In fact, after Koiso Kuniaki took office, he did advocate peace with the national government.

It's a pity that although the Nationalist government finally sent people to negotiate with the Japanese. But the conditions of the Kokusha government were too high, to the point that the Japanese simply could not accept them.

This was because the government demanded that Japan not only give up all of its territory, including Korea and the Ryukyus, but also had a number of conditions such as stationing troops.

If these conditions are agreed, it is actually no different from unconditional surrender.

Therefore, in the end, the Koiso Kuniaki government had to abandon negotiations with the Kokusha government and turn its direction to the side of the Americans.

But the conditions of the Americans. Seriously, it is not much better than the national government.

It should be said that at most, there is one less Ryukyu problem.

And these are questions that the Japanese cannot agree to.

Therefore, in the end, there is only one way left...

The Kokusha government was not surprised by the choice of the Japanese, or if the Japanese agreed, it would be a surprise.

So. In the end, the war against Japan was still going on, and although the landing plan against Japan was only in the planning stage, the large-scale bombing never stopped. …,

It's almost just a month. More than a million Japanese people died in the bombing, and the total population of Japan at that time was just over 7 million.

On the other hand, in order to enable Japan to lose its combat capability more quickly, the Communist Government also decided to carry out another battle plan after discussions.

'War on Hunger'

This is the code name of this operation.

Operation Hunger refers to the Allied attack on Japanese supply lines at the end of World War II. Causing famine in Japan and its overseas territories. This devastating blow to Japan's seafaring routes also influenced the thinking of Korean and Japanese naval battles after the war.

Late March 1945 (Showa 20). The Allies invaded Okinawa, and the southern shipping route (Southeast Asia-Japan) was forced to close. Only the western route of Japan's sea transport route was left, which went to the Korean Peninsula-northern China and the Rason-Dalian route, and sailed only on the mainland route. The existence of these routes provided the necessary delivery of food, ammunition and coal to the Japanese forces on the Korean Peninsula and in northern China. Subsequently, the United States cut off grain imports from the southern shipping route. In order to avoid further deterioration of the food problem, the focus of transportation has shifted to millet and salt imported from the mainland to Japan.

The Allies disrupted Japan's trade routes mainly with submarines and aircraft. The greatest achievement of the U.S. Navy's submarines was to confine the Japanese sea lines to coastal routes, and it was difficult for the Japanese fleet to counterattack the submarines at this time. Since the plan of action revolved around the supply of supplies from the Japanese mainland, Admiral Nimitz named the operation "Hunger". B-29 bombers of the 20th Air Force of the U.S. Army Air Force were tasked with attacking the Mariana Islands and bombing the Palau Islands, a bombing program unprecedented in military history.

At that time, the U.S. Navy was developing a variety of mines, including the M4 and M11 that were magnetically detonated, the M9 that was detonated using the interchangeability of magnetism, acoustics, and water pressure, and the A6 that used both magnetism and water pressure. Various mines were widely used in this battle plan. The Japanese Navy used a total of 2~5 sets of mine-sweeping methods to target magnetic mines, and used sonic booms to detonate acoustic mines, but it did not effectively adopt mine-sweeping methods for hydrodynamic mines and low-frequency acoustic mines.

Of course, if Japan had minebreakers at that time, then I believe there would be no problem. After all, the so-called mines exist to blow up and sink the ships of enemy countries. And what about minebreakers? Precisely the death squads in the minesweeping fleet of the enemy country ...

It's a pity. This is a good idea, but the Japanese can't afford it.

After all, even if the interior of the ship is filled with a lot of filling, but if there is too much explosion, the minebreaker will still sink. And with Japan's resources at that time, there was also industrial capacity. But they can't afford to use a minebreaker.

On March 27, 1945, the first phase of the operation began to be carried out, and mines were dropped on the western part of the Seto Inland Sea and the Kanmon Strait in order to prevent Japanese troops from departing from the ports of Kure City and Hiroshima to support the defenders of Okinawa. About 1,350 magnetic burst mines were dropped on the night of the 27th. The Japanese side was taken aback and suspended sailing the next day for minesweeping work. On the night of the 30th, the US military dropped another 450 mines. April 6. More than 8 ships of 500 gross tons triggered mines and sank. On May 2, the number rose to 19 ships sunk and 39 damaged.

The incident caused the Japanese army to pay attention to the defense of the Guanmen Strait. The Japanese Navy's new 7th Fleet was tasked with protecting the trade routes in the Kanmon Strait and the Tsushima Strait, while the Saeki Naval Air Force was tasked with taking on B-29 bombers. The Japanese Army also deployed an anti-aircraft fighter squadron at Satsuki Airport, while anti-aircraft guns were deployed in the area around Osaka City. However, due to the imperfection of the Japanese army's radar, it was far out of reach to prevent the US military from dropping mines.

On May 3rd ~ 12th, the second phase of the battle plan was implemented. The target of the attack is not only to close the Strait. It also extends to the ports of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Nagoya and other major ports on the Pacific coast. In the second phase of the operation, 1,422 mines were used, and the power of mines in the Kanmon Strait was used, making it impossible for large ships to navigate, and key shipping ports such as the ports of Osaka and Kobe could not be used. Even small boats could not sail safely, and about 1/3 of the ships sank while passing through the Kanmon Strait. …,

The third phase of the operation was carried out from May 13 to June 6. The northern port of Kyushu became a target. At the same time, it continued to attack the Guanmen Strait and dropped mines in 15 times, most of which were low-frequency mines that could not be swept away by sound. In May, 66 merchant ships were sunk by mines (totaling about 110,000 tons) and 31 ships (totaling about 106,000 tons) were damaged. The damage caused to Japanese merchant ships in the 2nd and 3rd operations was even caused by submarines and aircraft.

Beginning on June 7, PB4Y-2 naval aircraft, which were based in Okinawa, joined the fourth phase of operations. Continued attacks on Japanese shipping lanes. Feeling a great sense of crisis, the Japanese army set up a special section for mine clearance at the Navy Land Technology Application Committee on 21 May, hoping to develop more effective methods of mine clearance. But nothing came of it.

The effect of the "Hunger War" was very significant, and the United States sent a total of 1,529 B-29 bombers in the hunger war, dropping 12,135 mines. Some of the mines dropped during this period were used specifically to sink Japanese merchant ships. At the cost of 15 bombers, the US military inflicted a total tonnage loss of about 400,000 tons on Japanese ships.

Operation Hunger completely paralyzed Japan's last shipping lanes, and the Seto Inland Sea was unnavigable by all ships except small standard E-type wartime ships and sailing ships. Japan's five major ports. For example, the ports of Osaka and Kobe have greatly reduced their ship handling capacity due to the mine blockade, and at the same time, they have also reduced their shipbuilding capacity. Delays in ship repairs.

The sea route from the Sea of Japan and the Korean Peninsula was cut off, which seriously hampered the transportation of cereals from northeastern China. This has left the people of Japan proper, literally in a state of complete "starvation". If the situation continues to deteriorate, what could happen - riots. If the starvation operation had been carried out and the railway network had been attacked, Japan might have surrendered earlier.

Now, the Nationalist government is preparing to replicate what the Americans did to Japan, especially when the atomic bomb project is about to succeed and the Wehrmacht has no intention of landing in Japan.

Since the Australian battlefield is over, all that remains is some finishing touches.

Therefore, with the H-40 bombers returning in large numbers, they began to carry out the 'Hunger War' combat mission, dropping a large number of mines into Japanese ports and waterways.

The technology of the national government in terms of mines is not very advanced, at least not as far ahead as other technologies. But even so, in the face of such a large number of mines of various types, the Japanese still felt powerless.

Although the Japanese themselves are desperately trying to clear mines, many things are not successful after all...

Therefore, although the Japanese continued to sweep the mines dropped by the bombers of the Kunisha Air Force, the number of mines outside the Japanese ports could only be swept more and more.

On the other hand, the 'War on Hunger' campaign launched by the Communist government. It was also very direct and effective in supporting the Americans who fought against the Japanese in Hawaii. After the launch of one Essex-class aircraft carrier after another, although the Japanese also launched several Yunryu-class aircraft carriers, it is clear that Japan's combined fleet can no longer compete with the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaiian waters.

The Japanese were able to hold Hawaii solely because of the large number of army aviation forces in Hawaii. These are Japanese Army Aviation units flying Type 4 fighters. It can even fight with the latest American fighters.

It was also with their help that the US aircraft carrier fleet did not dare to get too close to Hawaii.

Today, however, Japan's support for Hawaii is on the verge of being cut off after Japan was put on the Hunger War. You know, Hawaii's appropriation is very fierce these days. Almost every few days, fierce air battles break out over the waters off Hawaii.

In this case, the Japanese not only lacked pilots, but also had a great shortage of fighters. …,

The fighter planes transported by the mainland to Hawaii are the best supplement, after all, Hawaii does not have the ability to manufacture military aircraft.

Now, the communication between the mainland and Hawaii has become weak, which directly leads to the lack of pilots and warplanes that Hawaii desperately needs. Gradually. The army and naval aviation of the Hawaiian side also fell behind in the confrontation with the Americans...

And by the time the United States Essex-class aircraft carriers have been launched, more than a dozen ...

The Japanese will not be able to resist the Americans in the waters of Hawaii anymore ...

At the end of 1943, an air battle broke out between the United States and Japan over the waters near Hawaii, and in the air war, due to the starvation war, the Japanese Hawaiian troops could not be effectively replenished. In the end, the Japanese air forces were defeated.

After the victory, the U.S. Pacific Fleet also began to escort the U.S. Army, which had been preparing for a long time, to launch a landing on Hawaii.

Although Japan's air force has been lost, there is still a considerable number of land forces in Hawaii. Moreover, Hawaii is by no means comparable to ordinary small islands, so this landing battle was carried out extremely tragically.

But landing on several islands near Hawaii, the Americans paid more than 100,000 casualties.

But in the midst of the landing operation. There are also a few people who have performed well, including the American Pyro.

Just like the Pacific War in history, the Japanese adopted a strategy of digging deep holes. The Americans are also very troubled by this strategy. Fortunately, the Americans quickly found flamethrowers to come out against the Japanese.

In the face of the flamethrowers of the Americans, the Japanese soldiers had nowhere to hide, and could only be burned to death in the fortifications one by one.

Soon, the Americans recaptured Hawaii, but in the Hawaiian campaign, the Americans also paid a great price. Especially the Japanese army in Hawaii. Basically, they are the elite of the Japanese army―――――― which means that there are very few Japanese soldiers willing to surrender.

On the battlefield of Hawaii. These Japanese troops fought almost to the last step, and because of this, the American army finally lost hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield in Hawaii.

But for the Americans, it was worth it to get Hawaii back. It's a pity that as early as a few months ago, the national government had already taken Australia and supported a puppet government in Australia.

So unless the Americans plan to land in Australia and directly engage with the national government, otherwise, even if the Americans recapture Hawaii, they can't do anything about Australia. And these are also the things that Americans hate the most.

After all, Australia is a whole continent, and it's definitely not an island or anything like that.

But on the other hand, with the fall of Hawaii, it also means that the war is coming to an end. Because at this time, Japan was left with only one Korea and its own homeland, and the Germans were already approaching Berlin by the Allied forces.

As long as Berlin and Tokyo are taken, the war will be over.

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It is precisely because the war is coming to an end that countries are starting to get nervous.

Although in times of war, relations between countries became more intimate than before the war, and this was more evident in Britain and Russia. Before the outbreak of the war, relations between Britain and Russia were not good at all, especially Britain, which even considered Germany as the vanguard of anti-Russia.

It's a pity that people are indeed anti-Russian, but they are anti-British and French first.

On the German question, Britain and France really suffered a lot of losses.

But now, Britain, France, the United States, and Russia have woken up, so they all understand that there must be no contradictions in wartime, and for this reason Churchill is even willing to cooperate with the Russians.

But now, near the end of the war, they are vying for the glory of being the first to enter Berlin. For this reason, the United States even invested a considerable amount of resources, in order to complete the Normandy landings, cut off the connection between Germany and France, and completely make the Germans mortal enemies!!

"Take Berlin and the war will end!!"

Standing in the White House, Roosevelt said softly.