Chapter 187: White Rainbow Penetrating the Sun

In the end, the wine was still not drunk, and with everyone's current status, they occasionally sighed...... Everyone can control it very well. What's more, Your Majesty really has serious things, at least for Captain Qian's new appointment. Senior Colonel Qian Zhihao was dismissed from his post as captain of the palace guard and appointed as the governor of the imperial Nanyang colonial area. Of course, this is only an organizational conversation, and the official appointment will also be signed by the General Staff.

Qian Zhihao did not act like a child and happily accepted the appointment. Compared to the guards, this is a real feudal official! However, Governor Qian's last request before leaving Weiyang Palace was ruthlessly rejected by His Majesty, which also became the regret of Qian Zhihao's life.

Governor Qian's request is: Can you solve my general problem before I take office?

The only governor in the history of the empire who was not a general became the most hated of Qian Zhihao's many titles.

The former governor of Nanyang has always been concurrently served by Hebar, and the war has entered a new stage, and the population of Nanyang is large, even exceeding the 40 million in Nanhua itself, so it is very necessary to appoint a competent full-time governor of Nanyang to strengthen the work of conscription and material transfer.

But after drinking a meal, everyone didn't hear His Majesty's statement on the front-line landing in Japan, but when everyone dispersed, Ye Zhiqiu, chief of the General Staff, was left behind to let everyone know that it was time for another big operation.

Governor Qian, who is not very good at drinking, has a slightly smoky face, and his tongue is getting a little bigger, and this habit of showing off has flare up again, "You guys are really stupid, and you guess...... Guess what? I won't tell you, but your majesty will ...... during the day when you are in the office Only...... Only...... It's already decided! ”

"I'll go, you almost suffocated us to death!" The fat man on the left was so angry that he almost kicked him, what kind of governor do you care.

"What is Your Majesty's decision?" Hans was also anxious, but as the highest position in the gang, he was embarrassed to move his hands and feet like a left guard.

"You guys are ...... Stupid, haha! The more anxious everyone was, the more accomplished Qian Zhihao felt, until the fat man Zuo raised his feet again, and then he said a few times, "Your Majesty asked me to go to Nanyang to do it...... What did you do? Conscription! Fools! ”

"You mean His Majesty has decided to do something against Japan?"

"Don't say it, Your Majesty said: Don't say it!"

"Damn!" Even the old Hans couldn't stand this guy anymore, and everyone raised their middle fingers in unison.

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Off the coast of Japan's Kyushu Island, the Royal Air Force's strategic bomber unit dropped 14,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tanegashima and Yakushima Islands and several surrounding islands with Japanese garrisons, including the Koshishima Islands.

The fires on Tanegashima and Yakushima Island burned for a week. On the tenth day after the incendiary bombs dropped by the Helleye strategic bombers, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Regiment landed on Yakushima Island, and they still felt that the stones on the cliffs along the coast were hot.

Drawing lessons from the Battle of Okinawa, Quanquan Lin ordered the Yangzhou Army to hold on to its position and not advance rashly after expanding and opening enough landing grounds. Walrus tanks and Sea Lion light Spitfire tanks were used to dig holes in bunkers and caves, and large units had to wait for all the equipment to come ashore before they could move, and the Navy's helicopter units also joined the landing battle for the first time, using rockets to hit Japanese strongholds with short-range accurate hits, and Black Widow did not hesitate to carpet bombard with shells, neither Yakushima nor Tanegashima fought as well as the Battle of Okinawa.

The tactics of the Japanese army did not change, they were at an absolute disadvantage in firepower, they hid in tunnels and caves at the beginning of the shelling, and when the fire extended the shelling, they rushed out and jumped into the trenches and strongholds to shoot wildly. Perhaps it was the great exaggeration of the propaganda of the Battle of Okinawa within the Japanese army, and the saeman Ushijima who committed suicide by disembowelment was promoted by two levels and posthumously recognized as an army general. This made Ushijima's tactics in Okinawa known as a classic, and the Japanese troops at Tanegashima and Yakushima copied them unchanged. But this is not Okinawa, Tanegashima and Yakushima do not have the depth of Okinawa, let alone the complex terrain of Okinawa, and most importantly, their opponents are not the brave and tactical Mosu Army. The elite amphibious corps Yangzhou Army did not give them a chance to make a name for themselves, and directly gave them "jade shatters".

After the carpet of the "Black Widow" was covered, the 155-mm Poseidon self-propelled howitzer named the strong fortifications of the Japanese army one by one, and the site of the construction was not so precipitous, it had long been destroyed by walruses. As for the tunnel, which was called a trench by the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army, the Sea Lion Light Amphibious Spitfire Tank sprayed flames with a temperature of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius into it from a distance of 30 meters, and the infantry could easily do it by throwing in a few grenades. Before each battle, the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army would warn the officers: No equipment is as important as your life. Don't use guns if you can solve it with a cannon, never approach what you can solve from a distance, we are fearless when we charge, but we will never charge unless necessary.

Such military regulations made the soldiers of the Yangzhou Army never know what it meant to be economical, and their goal was to annihilate the enemy with the smallest sacrifice.

Four days later, the outer islands of Kyushu were all cleared, and the Yangzhou army wiped out 50,000 Japanese regular troops with less than 1,000 casualties, and the casualty ratio reached 1 to 40. It's just that the logistical pressure is too much! ”

The ...... of the Commander-in-Chief is famous in the whole empire, Dong Xuebin is happy, and this is a commendation.

On January 21, 1941, Operation "White Rainbow", which landed in Kyushu, began. Because of the previous deceptive "Kuafu" plan, the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Yanzhou Army attacked Tinian Island, successfully mobilized the attention of the Japanese army, and finally reinforced Kyushu with only four divisions, so that the Japanese regular army in Kyushu had ten divisions and less than 300,000 troops. In addition, there were four divisions stationed in the northern part of Kyushu, six divisions and 170,000 men in the southern Kyushu, and a number of newly formed divisions and regiments that were not even equipped with rifles, with a total number of more than 500,000 people.

The Helleye forces continued to carry out strategic bombing of Japan, and the 3rd and 7th armies of the Royal Air Force on Jeju Island were responsible for attacking Japanese aircraft hiding on Honju Island. The fighters and attack aircraft of the 2nd Royal Air Force Corps, which took off from several airfields in Okinawa, were responsible for controlling the control of the theater of operations and providing tactical air support for landing beaches.

According to the "White Rainbow" plan, Commander Lin of the Taiwan Front will lead his troops to launch an attack on Kyushu Island in three directions, with Miyazaki at the Hyuga Beach, Ariake Town in Kagoshima, and Kushikino as the three preset landing grounds. If you draw a clock on the map of Kyushu, the three locations are located at about 4, 5, and 7 o'clock, respectively. The 36 landing beaches are named after the 36 Tiangang Star, which is Ye Zhiqiu's idea, so that even if the telegram is deciphered by the Japanese army, it is impossible to know the specific landing location.

The three directions are false and real, and even the plan of the General Staff Department does not specify the direction of the main attack, and it is completely determined by the command of the former enemy of the Taiwan Front Army in the light of the actual situation on the battlefield. Judging from the photos taken by the reconnaissance plane in recent days, Miyazaki is basically undefended; Ariake Town and its surrounding harbors were heavily defended; Despite its weak defenses, Kushikino's terrain was treacherous, and it was expected to inflict the heaviest casualties on the Allies.

If this information is the standard, then the main direction of attack of the allies should be the Hyuga Beach on the east side of Kyushu, but the Japanese army is not stupid, why would such a big flaw be exposed? The whole country Lin and several corps commanders and staff officers of the front army deduced several times, and they didn't know what they meant!

On the 28th of January, seven days after the artillery attack began, a telegram from His Majesty relieved everyone's doubts: beware of the suicide attack of the Japanese kamikaze.

The whole country Lin slapped his thigh, "It turns out that the little devil hid this heart, if it weren't for His Majesty's reminder, he would have almost fallen on the road!" ”

Everyone in the headquarters nodded one after another, and His Majesty's telegram explained a lot at once. The two landing sites on Kagoshima were heavily defended by the Japanese army, forcing the Allies to choose Miyazaki, which was weakly defended. However, the Japanese would have laid many suicidal attacks in this area, and a surprise attack by the Allied fleet at the time of its carelessness would surely inflict heavy damage on the landing fleet.

Thinking of this, everyone felt cold sweat, if it were not for this telegram from His Majesty, the landing force would have suffered a great loss. That is, no one asks why His Majesty had a prescient mind? Maybe someone wants to ask but doesn't dare to ask. Your Majesty is the incarnation of a true dragon and the son of a god, how can such a trivial matter be unreasonable?

Well, anyone who has been on the battlefield knows that the soldiers are very superstitious, and the soldiers of the allied forces are also willing to believe that His Majesty is the true dragon emperor, whether he is mysterious or not, "Isn't it good to have the true dragon emperor to bless us with a hundred battles?" The more this matter spreads, the more evil it becomes, "If it's not the true dragon emperor, how can you lay such a big foundation at such a young age?" In the 5,000 years of China, how many founding emperors have you seen who are as young as Your Majesty? ”

No one compares this truth, even if you understand it in your heart, but if people say it, you will listen to it, and if there are more people who say it, those who listen will believe it tacitly. Zhong Yi is opposed to this, "Isn't this a policy of fooling the people? What age is it? What about telling people to hear jokes? After several public calls not to be called like this, the people and ordinary soldiers felt that His Majesty was humble and courteous, and that he was a rare gentleman. Isn't this what the true dragon son is?

The more he explained, the more he explained, Zhong Yi had no choice but to give up, hoping that with the popularization of education, the people's wisdom would be opened. The army commanders on the front line welcomed this good legend, and the soldiers felt that with the blessing of the true dragon, they would be more loyal and brave in battle. His Majesty smiled bitterly and always hoped that the people would have a sense of belonging to the empire, but all kinds of measures to benefit the people and various policies to benefit the people are not as good as a beautiful lie, which may be the characteristics of this era. Zhong Yi finally believed that the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Yellow Nest Rebellion, and even the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, why could so many people gather to sacrifice their lives to follow.

The "White Rainbow" plan was revised, and the previous Allied landing action plan was not well considered for the Japanese kamikaze special attack force, and there would inevitably be great losses in a rash landing, especially the naval ships with large targets. In order to provide adequate artillery support on a continuous basis, naval warships had to anchor at sea during landing, making them more vulnerable to suicide attacks, not to mention the large number of troop carriers and amphibious dock ships at the time of landing.

During the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the first generation of the aircraft carrier Zikei and many cruisers and destroyers were all destroyed by suicide attacks by Japanese carrier-based aircraft. And this kamikaze is more ...... when you hear the name Vicious!

"Postpone the attack, ask the Military Intelligence Agency to fully assist in investigating the intelligence of the kamikaze special attack team, what else, ask Your Majesty, what is going on with this special attack team? Nima, it's really not easy for Lao Tzu to run through the white rainbow all day! ”