It was just over two months before the 7th Army finally took Okinawa!

More than 50,000 Japanese soldiers on the island were killed in battle with the support of the idea of protecting the country, and before the last moment came, more than 1,000 devils who resisted stubbornly drove all the more than 100,000 residents of the island into a valley in a frenzy. After days and nights of rape against tens of thousands of women, hundreds of thousands of inhabitants were murdered.

The island of Okinawa, which the 7th Army had captured at great cost, had almost become a blank slate.

In the battle of Okinawa, the Nationalist army was a crushing victory, although it completely annihilated more than 50,000 Japanese troops on the island. But it also paid a huge price of more than 60,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 killed in battle, and more than 9,000 retired servicemen who were seriously injured and disabled.

On July 15, 1944, Yue Weihan's special plane slowly landed at the military airfield at the Naha base.

When Yue Weihan slowly walked out of the cabin, General Xu, commander of the 7th Group Army, had already led the political commissar, chief of staff, deputy chief of staff, and more than a dozen division commanders and chiefs of staff of the group army to greet him in a procession on the runway.

After announcing the hustle and bustle with the generals, Yue Weihan walked straight to the memorial outside the airport.

I don't know since when, the national army has such a practice on the burial of fallen officers and soldiers, where the battle died will be cremated and buried, this is done to save trouble, and the second is to warn future generations that this is the place where the soldiers of the national army fought and sacrificed, so this is the territory of the [China" country, or at least the sphere of influence of the "China" country!

Standing in front of the memorial to the fallen soldiers, looking at the symbols and names inscribed on the monument, "Rao Envoy Yue Weihan has been accustomed to seeing the life and death of his comrades-in-arms", at this time I can't help but feel a little different, and the national army has finally built its own military base on Okinawa Island. In the previous life, the Naba base that once choked the throat of the [China" country is now the "China" country!

In the previous life, the "China" country can be said to have suffered from the blockade of the first island chain, especially this Naha base, which is a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the military and civilians of the "China" country, which may be suddenly cut down at any time! Because. The nuclear missiles deployed at the Naha base can cover the mainland of China in a very short period of time, and the strategic missile forces of China will not even have time for early warning!

First of all, the relationship between the United States and the United States in the previous life is very different, and the United States in the previous life can be described as eternal enemies, but the "China" country in this world has become much less antagonistic to the United States ideologically" Now not only the two governments work closely together, but the two peoples are also very close, especially Yue Weihan, who is a well-known hero of the American people!

The most important thing is. In the present world, China has directly seized Okinawa by force, and in the near future, it will seize the entire present and Japan by force. As long as there are no major changes, Asia will definitely become the Asia of China. At least the whole Far East and Southeast Asia will become the post-huā garden!

In this world, it is impossible for China to be surrounded from all sides!

Therefore, even if it has a bad relationship with the United States in the future, it will not be possible for China to be as dangerous as it was in its previous life. Walking on thin ice everywhere!

General Xu then convened an operational meeting at the commander.

At the operational meeting, Mr. Xu gave Yue Weihan a detailed introduction to the next plan to seize the island.

After the capture of Okinawa, the 7th Army was to seize Amami and Osumi Islands further north, and in the entire deployment of the counteroffensive "Amami and Osumi Islands, they played the role of forward bases for the build-up of troops, the dispatch of materials, and the anchoring of air force ships and aircraft." It has to be taken down.

The battle plan developed by the General Staff of the 7th Army was very detailed. Various factors such as marine geography, current environment, meteorology, monsoons, etc., have all been taken into account, and even detailed research reports by experts have been hummed. For example, Professor Zhu Kezhen provided a detailed report on the recent meteorological forecast of the Ryukyu Islands.

Yue Weihan couldn't help but glance sideways at Mr. Xu, who was sitting first on the left.

After experiencing the defeat of the first battle to seize the island, Mr. Xu was ashamed and brave, "After just more than two months of practice and summary, he now seems to have become an expert in the battle to seize the island, if Mr. Su is now the most powerful senior general in Siye and even the entire national army, then Mr. Xu is definitely the most powerful general in the amphibious operation in the national army!"

The evolution of the subsequent war also completely verified Yue Weihan's judgment.

The battle of Okinawa was full of twists and turns, but Amami Island and Osumi Island fought smoothly, on the one hand, the Japanese army had exhausted its vigor in the battle of Okinawa, and most of the devil soldiers who dared to launch a suicidal attack had been killed and wounded, but the 7th Army of the other four fields was getting better and better. No more low-level mistakes made as before.

At the end of July 1944, the 7th Army of Shino successfully captured the Osumi Islands.

Immediately, more than 100 engineering regiments landed on the Amami and Osumi islands, turning dozens of islands into noisy construction sites in a short period of time, with thousands of engineering equipment, hundreds of thousands of engineering officers and men, and tons and tons of construction equipment landing one after another, and the final preparations for the counterattack on the Japanese mainland began.

At the beginning of September 1944, after more than two months of intense construction, the construction of military projects on the Okinawa, Amami, and Osumi islands was basically completed.

Yue Weihan then ordered the formation of a counteroffensive and the second general headquarters of the "Japan" general headquarters, which greatly puzzled the Western media. For such an important combat operation, Yue Weihan did not personally take command, but appointed Su as commander-in-chief of the 8th Group Army, Xu as commander of the 7th Group Army, and Liu Liu, commander of the 3rd Group Army, as deputy commanders-in-chief, and the general headquarters had jurisdiction over the 3rd, 7th, and 8th Group Armies. Among them, the 7th Army was the general reserve.

At the end of October 1944, the 16 heavy infantry divisions, 2 army aviation divisions, 4 armored divisions, 4 heavy artillery divisions and 2 airborne divisions of the 3rd and 8th armies were all stationed in the Osumi Islands.

Meanwhile. More than 2,500 combat planes of various types from eight air divisions of the Siye Air Force and more than 100 naval warships, gunboats, transport boats, armed merchant ships, and armed fishing boats of the Navy Corps have also been stationed in the major ports of the Ryukyu Islands, and the final preparations for the counterattack on Japan have finally been completed!

At the beginning of November, President Su convened several operational meetings in succession. The final deployment was made for the landing in Tokyo Bay.

The main problem was how to deal with the "kamikazes" of the Japanese defense forces, and according to intelligence, the Japanese General Staff had organized millions of "kamikazes". Among them are not only the army, but also the navy and aviation. Among them, the suicide attacks of the air force are the most threatening!

Although today's Japanese air force only has some old fighters and bombers, if these planes are not used for air combat, but only for ramming the surface warships or transport ships of the "Chinese" country, then the threat is really not ordinary, if it can accurately hit the target, one plane is enough to kill a large transport ship of the national army!

Thankfully, although the Japanese army had as many as 10,000 old planes, due to lack of fuel, only 2,000 planes were capable of launching suicide attacks. With the current strength of the Chinese navy, it is unlikely that Japan will be completely blocked from the outside world, especially since the navy has recently taken on the heavy responsibility of transporting troops and materials, and it has no time to take care of the blockade of the four islands of Japan. However, even if there are only 2,000 old aircraft, for the national army, which does not have a strong amphibious operation capital. It also remains a mortal threat. Therefore, the choice of weather is crucial, and the coordination of the air force, navy, and landing force is even more important, and the air escort force must shoot down these Japanese fighters before they take off or approach Tokyo Bay!

Thankfully. The 8th Group Army already has successful experience in coordinated operations of the land, sea, and air force in Jinzhou Bay. In addition, Yue Weihan has just purchased four early warning planes from the United States, which can basically ensure the safety of the airspace over Tokyo Bay, and the Japanese suicide planes want to break through the blockade of the Chinese air force. It's not easy.

In addition to Japanese suicide planes, there were also suicide submarines. However, the threat of suicide submarines is much smaller than that of suicide planes, first of all, the submarine itself is in a blind spot when it is deep at the bottom of the sea, and it is not until it is close to the surface that the submarine can detect the enemy ship through the periscope and launch an attack, before that, its own submarine is likely to have been exposed in advance.

Furthermore. The speed of the submarine is too slow, and the power of a direct attack is not even as powerful as that of a torpedo!

Unless a large amount of high-explosive charges are buried in advance inside the submarine. Detonate after approaching the enemy ship, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to destroy the enemy's large surface ships.

In the conference room, Mr. Su's eyes swept over the faces of the generals, and he said solemnly: "Everyone. Starting tomorrow, the Navy's 4th Task Force will first begin to clear the waters around Tokyo Bay, and the 1st Air Force will continue to bomb the fortifications in Yokosuka, Yokohama, and Chiba. ”

"Yes!" More than a dozen high-ranking generals gathered on the ground and stood up. Boom promised. In less than a few moments, one battle order after another was issued to all group armies, divisions, and even regiments, and in an instant, more than 600,000 troops gathered on the Ryukyu Islands began to move in an orderly manner.