Chapter 85: The Recurrence of Nuclear Explosions (II)

However, no matter how difficult it was, as president of the United States, Truman had to find a way to deal with it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

-- Seeing that the Pacific Fleet, which had just suffered a natural disaster, seemed to be completely ineffective, and that its own millions of troops could not cross the vast ocean to find the Japanese to play for their lives, it seemed that in order to deal with the public and maintain morale, it seemed that they could only resort to extraneous tactics and make a big news story to divert the focus.

So, President Truman's mind turned, and it was natural that he immediately remembered the nuclear weapon of mass destruction that held the light of hope for humanity in the United States.

“…… Well, all in all, the Pacific Fleet cannot launch a counteroffensive for the time being until the basic strength is restored. In this case, the fall of the entire Polynesian archipelago may seem inevitable. But even so, we must not lose the courage to defeat the enemy, and we must do something to lift the hearts and minds of the people......" President Truman said, "...... How are we preparing for the next atomic offensive? ”

“…… Well, at present, after a year of emergency production, we have once again had nine completed atomic bombs, three of which are still undergoing final maintenance and inspection in China, and the remaining six atomic bombs have been deployed on various fronts around the world and are ready for actual combat. ”

Admiral Ernest Murphy, who had been sitting in the corner silent for a long time, had been silent for a long time. Admiral Jin, hearing this, hurriedly got up, took out a pamphlet from his pocket and flipped through it, then replied with some hesitation, "...... Next, are we going to bomb each target according to the original plan? ”

“…… Of course! Truman asked, somewhat curiously, "...... Did you encounter any difficulties or problems? ”

“…… This one...... There was nothing wrong with the rest of the bombing targets! However, on the battlefield in the Japanese archipelago...... It is a pity that at present, our army has basically lost air supremacy, and it is difficult to organize a large number of bomber formations to safely break through the defense and carry atomic bombs to attack enemy cities behind the battle line. ”

Ernest. Admiral Kim said with a somewhat slurred expression, "...... Although the lads at the front had done their best, the Japanese had so many planes that it was hard to imagine where they got so many fighters and bombers...... It feels like the total number of planes ever produced by all mankind is not that much! At present, there is basically no safe airfield in the Japanese occupation zone of our army, and air supremacy is completely in the hands of the enemy. Therefore, it is difficult for us to ensure that the strategic bombers carrying atomic bombs can successfully reach the airspace above the intended targets. ”

-- In fact, according to General Patton, the supreme commander of the Japanese front, the Japanese planes were simply "as many as locusts"! "No amount of anti-aircraft guns will be useless, you have to get a super insecticide for aircraft"! Anyway, this thing seems to have been blown up to the point of madness.

In the statistical books of Japan's wartime base camp, since the establishment of the "light red" new government, if we count the miscarriages, plane collisions, and mechanical breakdowns, the total loss of all Japanese military aircraft has reached a staggering 3 million...... Among them, about 250,000 planes were left in the field in the sun and rain because they were not properly kept, and they had to be scrapped before they could go to the sky once......

Some of the civilian personnel in Japan's wartime base camps, who were accustomed to careful calculations, even pointed out with great joy and excitement that at present they were able to pay the salaries of civilian civil servants throughout the country for at least three years just by selling scrap aluminum and steel collected from the wreckage of planes and tanks.

-- Relying on the frantically started yen money printing machine and the black technology artifact [epochal vending machine] that can infinitely explode fuel, ammunition, planes and tanks without capital, the Japanese army, which had always been short of supplies, has finally turned into a big tyrant, and that kind of extravagant and wasteful style is simply crazy!

Unfortunately, they had to resist such a bold opponent, and the American pilots on the Japanese battlefield could only cry without tears, and generally said that they were very upset.

In short, in the face of the ultra-high-intensity air raids of the Japanese bomber formation, sometimes 20,000 sorties a day, sometimes 30,000 sorties a day, wave after wave from morning to night, rain or shine, all the time, even if the nerves of the US officers and men are thicker than steel bars, they have to be worn alive to the point of collapse!

Due to the overwhelming and desperate disadvantage in numbers, although the Japanese pilots were rookies of rookies from the beginning, and their combat skills were basically zero, many of them could not even fly their planes back the way they came. However, the US military pilots were still unable to play the role of supermen for a long time -- although they did produce several ace pilots who "killed a thousand machines" on the Japanese battlefield and were bragged about by the US newspapers.

In the beginning, despite the fact that the number of troops was always inferior, with their rich experience, the American pilots still hunted those clumsy and immature Japanese rookies in the sky as easily as a turkey, and each time the results were rich and the losses were small. At the same time, there was still room for counterattacks, bombing and destroying the Japanese front-line airfields. However, because the Japanese drove the desperate "unlimited planes + unlimited fuel + unlimited ammunition" plug-in, as long as there was still a healthy Japanese who did not die, even if the American pilots were able to play a 10-to-1 or even 30-to-1 exchange ratio, they would not be able to reverse the deteriorating tide of the war -- as time went by, the Japanese planes not only did not decrease, but fought more and more! What's even worse is that by paying tuition with their lives again and again, and learning air combat in air combat, those Japanese rookie pilots who were originally very immature began to gradually become difficult after a few months of fighting......

-- In this unfair arena, the Japanese had planes that could never be shot out, and fuel and ammunition that could never be used up, while all the necessities of the American pilots had to be transported from the other side of the ocean, thousands of miles away, and they had to endure the break-up of the Japanese submarine forces during the voyage.

By the time this endless air battle reached September, the US air power on the front line of the Japanese archipelago had run out of fuel, and more than 80,000 pilots had been killed in the battle, and there was no longer a single working front-line airfield in the occupied area, and every runway was bombed to the ground...... As a result of the staggering and devastating losses, the US Strategic Air Force and Army Flying Corps have been forced to completely withdraw from the Japanese front. Only the US naval aviation is left to rely on a few converted aircraft carriers as mobile bases, constantly maneuvering along the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago and continuing to maneuver with a strong enemy.

But even so, this perseverance and refusal to flee the battlefield only has the effect of spiritual encouragement. Due to the complete inability to ensure the safety of the airspace over the ports and wharves in the Japanese occupation zone, hundreds of US transport ships and warships were blown up next to the wharves, which not only damaged a large number of supplies, but also blocked the shipping lanes, making it difficult for the subsequent fleets to dock and unload...... The U.S. Army on the frontline battlefield is also bombed every day, and when it hides in the trenches, it is always repeatedly smoked by various poisonous gases. The ammunition supply gradually could not keep up, and morale and combat effectiveness were plummeting.

All in all, when Japanese planes regained dominance in the skies of the mother country, for the American expeditionary force that had come from thousands of miles, the invasion had completely lost any possibility of victory, and all that remained was to delay time with life and blood. In the face of such a desperate war situation, even if the supreme commander of the front was a belligerent madman like General Patton, he had to implicitly say to the Pentagon: It's time to consider retreating!

However, the Pentagon cannot just take over the Japanese archipelago. Because war is a continuation of politics, political factors are always interfering in the course of the war, and even forcing the front-line generals to violate the principles of war - although the Japanese battlefield has become a meat grinder at this time, from the White House to Congress to the Pentagon, they cannot withstand the political pressure of the failure of the landing in Japan: in the eyes of the people, this is no different from the defeat of the war.

Moreover, even if the Japanese battlefield turned into a life-devouring meat grinder, the deep-pocketed United States could still afford to grit its teeth -- the United States during World War II had 200,000 aviation reservists, more than 1 million avid pilots, and the ability to train 70,000 to 80,000 pilots every year. If the Japanese army wants to exhaust the US air force, then it will have to shoot down 100,000 to 200,000 US fighters every year!

――Unfortunately, it seems that the Japanese who have opened the Golden Elephant Leg Super Plug-in can really do this......

In any case, in the past few months, the Pentagon has invariably tried its best to cover up the various disasters that occurred on the battlefield in Japan, and as always, has continued to fabricate a large number of lies about annihilating the enemy in order to stabilize the hearts and minds of the people at home -- in fact, it cannot be regarded as a lie at all, because while the US forces on the front line have suffered heavy losses, they have indeed achieved quite a lot of results, and the number of enemy planes shot down each month alone must be calculated in units of "10,000."

Because the US military's propaganda department is too fanciful, and because of the good wordplay played on various war reports and official documents, even President Truman has not noticed much of the abnormality -- I don't know whether it is lucky or unlucky, for the US military, compared with President Roosevelt, who is scheming, well-connected, and has many henchmen, President Truman, who has risen to power in a hurry and has a shallow foundation, is really an object that is easy to fool......

However, there is a saying that paper cannot contain fire, war is not finance, and there is no way to make a fake come true by bragging and lying. With Captain General Ernest of the Navy. Admiral Kim was the first to find out the truth, and Army Chief of Staff Marshall had no choice but to bite the bullet and report all the bad news that he had tried his best to cover up.

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“…… My God! The situation on the Japanese front has deteriorated to such an extent?!! Even General Patton has lost confidence? ”

After finally learning the real situation of the war without water, President Truman couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "...... In other words, is it true that our army can no longer fight at present, and can only abandon the existing occupied areas and withdraw from Japan? It doesn't seem like anything I've heard before! ”

“…… I don't want to admit it, but that's the harsh reality we have to face, Mr. President. ”

Admiral Marshall had a tangled expression on his face, "...... The current battlefield in Japan has become the French Western Front of the last world war, and in order to support such a super-large-scale war attrition, the French and British only had to walk a few steps to send ammunition supplies into their trenches, but now our supply lines need to cross the entire Pacific Ocean, and we have to be intercepted by submarines and bombed by planes all the way -- the logistics department is about to run out of steam. ”

President Truman glared at him in annoyance, apparently still angry at the fact that the thing had covered up and fooled himself, but now was clearly not the right time to pursue these issues...... He closed his eyes tiredly, thought quietly for a while, and finally made a decision.

“…… In any case, let's carry out the nuclear strike plan against the remaining targets first, as for Japan...... Now that we have lost air supremacy on the Japanese battlefield, we must slightly revise our plans for a nuclear strike against Japan......"

Justrumin sighed, "...... Also, didn't we erect a provisional government of Japan in Yokohama? These guys are really useless, but we should try to squeeze the last bit of their use out before we are forced to abandon Japan......"

“…… Can you be more specific? Mr. President. Secretary Hull interjected.

“…… Quite simply, first, they could at least sign an unconditional surrender agreement with the United States on behalf of Japan, thereby legally denying the legitimacy of the Japanese diehards and reds, and boosting the declining morale of the people at home. As for the second ......"

A cruel smile appeared on Truman's lips, "...... For the United States, only the dead Japanese are good Japanese......"

-- All in all, with the order of the White House, a new wave of mushroom clouds of nuclear explosions has risen rapidly on this troubled planet......