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When it comes to Ryukyu, it is no stranger to the people of Yanhuang. It was a vassal state of Yanhuang in the Middle Ages, and its king paid tribute to Yanhuang every year, and had close economic and cultural exchanges with Yanhuang. During the period when the Japanese were in seclusion, it was an important bridge of trade and exchanges between the Yanhuang and the Japanese until it was occupied and annexed by the Japanese in 1879.

The Ryukyu Islands themselves are composed of more than 140 volcanic islands, with a total area of about 4,792 square kilometers, and if they are further subdivided, they can be divided into 'three islands', from north to south are the Amami Islands, Okinawa Islands and Sakishima Islands, which form a long island chain with Yanhuang Treasure Island, and they are also the most important part of the first island chain established by foreign powers in the main plane to curb the continued development of Yanhuang.

Among the "three archipelagos", the Okinawa archipelago consists of Okinawa Island, Kerama Islands, Ie Island and other islands, and Okinawa Island (the main island) is also the largest island within the Ryukyu Islands, it is about 108 kilometers long from north to south, about 30 kilometers from east to west, and only 4 kilometers at the narrowest point, with an area of about 1,220 square kilometers (about a quarter of the entire Ryukyu Islands).

During World War II, the inhabitants of Okinawa were only a few hundred thousand people, but in the Battle of Okinawa that took place on the main plane, the Japanese invaders, with 86,000 defenders, plus a special regiment composed of naval base troops and island residents, a reserve force of about 100,000 people, faced 452,000 Stars and Stripes soldiers, more than 1,500 ships and 2,500 aircraft of the Allied forces, actually managed to hold out for three months, sinking a total of 32 ships of the Stars and Stripes Navy and damaging 368 ships (including 13 aircraft carriers). , ten battleships, five cruisers, and sixty-seven destroyers were heavily damaged), the "brilliant" record of losing 763 carrier-based aircraft, 13,000 killed, 36,000 wounded, and 26,000 non-combat casualties.

However, these are all the "memories" of the main plane, and Okinawa at the end of June 1944 can be described as depressed and decaying. As a result of the complete occupation of Australia and New Zealand by the Japanese invaders, as well as the conquest of the Hawaiian Islands. Therefore, at this time, the Japanese military will only feel that the military strength is insufficient, and they will shrink back when they are deployed in important places, and there will be no idea of wasting troops at all.

Therefore, compared with the abandoned local base camp, Okinawa has no status and no need for defense. As a result, the 86,000 defenders of the historical army were withdrawn, and nearly 100,000 soldiers of the naval base and young and middle-aged people on the island were all pulled away, leaving only the worthless old Japanese and a few unclaimed war orphans and disabled people who were abandoned on the island of Okinawa like rags, and were responsible for the sacred duty of "guarding" the territory of the Japanese invaders without weapons, ammunition, supplies, or fortifications.

Over the island of Okinawa, more than 1,000 meters, several reconnaissance planes and fighters of the Yanhuanghong Air Force were flying and patrolling.

"There are no defenses here at all. The number of troops was also pitiful, and I only saw a few dozen people in the uniforms of the Japanese Army. Cao Danhui of the No. 073 reconnaissance plane said to the wingman by radio.

"That's right, and I don't see any ships coming and going, as if the entire warships and merchant ships of the Japanese have all avoided here." Lee Jong-ki, who was on the wingman, replied, "In addition, there are no defensive measures at several landing points on the island, no shore fortifications, no trenches, no artillery positions. ”

"It seems that the little devil has given up on Okinawa." Cao Danhui guessed.

"I think so, after we recover Okinawa, shouldn't we change the name to Ryukyu Island?" Sun Yizhi, a fighter pilot flying not far away, interjected and asked.

"I think it's good to change to Ryukyu, 'Okinawa' is full of the smell of little devils." Lee Jong-ki commented.

"Whether to change the name or not will be decided by the above, and everyone's task is to reconnoiter the former enemy. Everyone carefully inspected the buildings on the island, especially the round family tombs, which were said to be made of solid stone, and could be found everywhere on the island, and that the Japanese army, if slightly modified, could become a strong fortification, and if we carried out a landing operation, it would cause great difficulties for the landing force (the historical experience of the main plane). Qian Xinzhong, the pilot of the No. 072 reconnaissance plane, who served as the leader of the flight team, interrupted the chat and ordered.

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

"Roger!"

So a few minutes later, several combat planes successively lowered their altitude, and then used 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns mounted on the wings to fire at a few randomly selected round homes, and the orange-red fire chain hit the target with great accuracy, but after several tests, except for the large clouds of dust and smoke that were splashed, no trace of the enemy fortifications was found. However, the attack frightened many Okinawan residents, who fled in a panic from their wooden houses and ran to hidden places in the mountains or ravines.

Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province.

This is a naval base selected by the New Yanhuang Democratic Republic, and due to Wang Fan's rapid expansion, it has become a large military base that can accommodate a large number of naval ships and air force aircraft. And because this place is the closest to Yanhuangbao Island and the Ryukyu Islands, it was selected by Xiao Jinguang and Liu Yalou as a temporary joint command base for the Navy and Air Force.

At this time, there was a detachment of Heilongjiang-class cruisers (the most advanced heavy cruisers of the Japanese Invaders), a Qinghai-class cruiser (the Japanese Akhano-class light cruisers), and six Anshan-class destroyers stationed in the Zhoushan base.

According to the discussion between Wang Fan and the intelligence personnel of the Red Party, when it was announced to the public, they were all of the same voice, and the large ship base secretly established by the top level of the Kwantung Army in the northeast was not confirmed by the upper echelons of the Kwantung Army anyway, and this also explained the addition of a large number of new naval forces after the collapse of the Japanese Invaders at Midway Island (in fact, they were the warships that Wang Fan sold to the Japanese Invaders). The Yanhuanghong Party revealed to the outside world that on the slipway of the secret large shipbuilding base, there are two Beijing-class heavy aircraft carriers (the Wako Dafeng armored aircraft carrier), two Guangdong-class battleships (Wako Yamato-class battleships), three Heilongjiang-class cruisers (the Japanese Kou's most advanced heavy cruisers), and three Qinghai-class cruisers (Wako Agano-class light cruisers), as well as a large number of destroyers.

"Lao Xiao, according to the intelligence summary of the air force reconnaissance plane, the Japanese Okinawa Island has become an undefended island, and there is no armed force on the island at all, although there are still two or three hundred thousand residents on the island, but it should be able to be captured quickly." Liu Yalou looked at the western Pacific nautical chart and preached.

"On the Japanese side, they have too many people, so for the time being, our naval forces can't gnaw and can't transport so many soldiers. What about Treasure Island? Xiao Jinguang looked at the diagonal straight line of the Japanese mainland, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Yanhuang Treasure Island, and asked.

"Although the Japanese have withdrawn a large number of troops, according to our reconnaissance, there are still no less than 50,000 Japanese troops remaining on the island, and they have built a defensive fortress in Taipei and Tainan respectively by relying on favorable terrain or forcing a large number of people to build bunker fortifications, intending to fight us in a decisive battle there." Liu Yalou replied.

"A decisive battle? Do they have that strength? Xiao Jinguang questioned in disbelief.

"According to the analysis of the staff officers, the little devils want to use the treasure island to hold us back, delay our offensive, and have time to digest the newly occupied lands of Australia and New Zealand. In addition, their combined fleet raided Brazil, which made us wonder if everyone thought they would attack India first. Liu Yalou expressed his opinion, "Therefore, from the perspective of military training alone, the effect of attacking Baodao is the greatest, and our air force fighter unit has obtained absolute air supremacy over Baodao, so that the bomber unit can completely weaken the fortifications and fortress muzzles built by the enemy to the greatest extent, and as for the beachhead, there will not be much danger at all." ”

"Then Okinawa is still not fighting?"

"My advice to fight at the same time! Since Okinawa has no resistance or danger, it is entirely possible for us to practice ocean-going supply and attack tactics. In particular, the first Beijing-class aircraft carrier has already been successfully launched for sea trials, but in the open sea area, fighter take-off and landing attack training has not yet been carried out, so it is entirely possible to use a Beijing-class heavy aircraft carrier, a Guangdong-class battleship, a Heilongjiang-class cruiser, and a number of Anshan-class destroyers to form a task force to achieve the purpose of training in battle. As for the treasure island, it is too close to our mainland, and fighters and bombers do not need aircraft carrier take-off and landing platforms at all, and they can completely take off from Fujian to carry out an attack; in addition, a large number of landing ships and destroyer fleets are being assembled, so we can sit back and relax, and I even think that we can conduct one or two airborne operations in some areas to practice the results of airborne operations. ”

"I agree, the maritime power is fought, without the grinding of war and gunsmoke, there is always a lack of blood." Xiao Jinguang couldn't help but feel enthusiastic when he thought that the navy under his command could finally show his strength.

"Then let's refine and improve the plan and report it to the Central Military Commission."

"Okay!"

Beijing, Wang Fan's residence.

"It seems that everyone has been holding back a lot of energy lately." Wang Fan, who had already incarnated as Tang Wei, couldn't help laughing happily when he looked at the navy and air force joint operation plan handed to him by Lao Mao.

"It's good, it's just that I'm a little reluctant." Lao Mao looked at Wang Fan's smiling face and said with a smile, "If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, the navy and air force are completely made of gold." With you, we don't have to worry about the equipment, but the cultivation of talents is really difficult, and I am reluctant to lose every soldier of the Air Force and Navy now. ”

"Uncle Mao, air supremacy and sea supremacy are the foundation for the next few decades and hundreds of years of great powers, we have always been regarded as a continental power, but we lack the foundation of the navy, if we don't take advantage of the present to make up for this, after the end of World War II, there will be no chance."

"I understand that you don't often say, 'Ten years of the Army, fifty years of the Air Force, one hundred years of the Navy'. We don't have that much time to splurge, so that's one word, 'hit'! Lao Mao patted his thigh and decided.