Chapter 60: The Anger of the Great Commander (I)

In the face of this exaggerated war report that "our army destroyed 200,000 Japanese planes and calmly turned thousands of miles," although President Truman had brought into full play the stunt of "the great commander's wrath," the chief of staff of the Army, George Truman. Admiral Marshall remained unmoved. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

“…… Mr. President, when we got this statistical report, we were also shocked by the exaggerated figures. But after repeated checks and examinations, in the end we still have to admit that all this is true, and the boys did not shoot down kites and seagulls, but real enemy planes! Although it is reasonable to assume that the Japanese Empire should not have kept this number of military aircraft.

Moreover, in fact, in the disastrous rout that had just ended on the Japanese battlefield, although our army did suffer defeat, General Patton's command strategy was not much to blame, and the boys of the United States also showed the greatest courage and tenacity, as well as superb combat skills, but unfortunately they were still overwhelmed by the Japanese with planes that covered the sky and the sun, tanks that covered the land, and warships that covered the sea! ”

Chief of Staff Marshall replied, "...... After all, it is a well-known fact that spirit cannot prevail over steel. ”

“…… Yes, spirit cannot prevail over steel, of course I have heard it, but has it not been used in the past to describe our enemies? ”

President Truman rolled his eyes, apparently still in a bad mood, "...... I have always thought that our great army defending freedom is the most well-equipped, the most physically strong, the most beautifully dressed, the best fed, and the most well-paid! ”

In the face of His Excellency President Truman's ridicule, Chief of Staff Marshall could not help but feel a little ashamed, because the sentence just now was actually touted by a certain writer, and the original content was: "...... This great army defending freedom is the most well-equipped, physically strong, well-dressed, best-fed, and best-paid army in the world. It is no accident that it has today's level of organization, training and equipment. It is a monument that showcases George. Marshall's talent and energy, almost extraordinary vision and leadership......"

However, such a luxurious and generous army is now crushed in terms of equipment and material by poor and sour opponents who have always despised it......

Such a blow is really very heavy, not mainly material, but spiritual impact - if your usual weakness is caught and beaten, ordinary people will only sigh to themselves and wonder how to win back a city in their strengths. But if you are crushed by someone in the strength that you have always been most proud of, then all that is left is the self-confidence of shattering into slag.

For example, President Truman is already feeling a little discouraged about continuing this bloody war of conquest of Japan," ...... I remember that after the Tokyo nuclear bombing last year, the whole of Washington was jubilant, thinking that the dawn of victory in the war was just around the corner. Who would have thought that it would just jump into an even bloodier quagmire. Since landing in Japan, the number of Allied casualties alone has been as high as 1.2 million! And that's not even counting the disability! As for the loss of various materials and technical weapons, it is a terrifying astronomical amount. What's the deal going on like this? ”

“…… But they also killed ten times as many Japanese! Mr. President. Chief of Staff Marshall insisted uncompromisingly, "...... If we want to kill so many Japanese on other battlefields, the price our army will have to pay is probably far more than that! ”

“…… At least 90 percent of this record is a massacre of Japanese civilians...... Do you think this is also a glorious thing? ”

“…… Mr. President, the United States no longer cares about chivalry and the law of war! We are fighting a general war of extreme cruelty, a crazy war of all kinds of extremes! In order to win this war, we must not hesitate to turn into demons! ”

Chief of Staff Marshall continued, "...... Only the victor who has won the war is qualified to talk about morality and demeanor! ”

“…… Well, let's not talk about that for now. Let's move on to the situation on the Japanese front! President Truman was silent for a moment, then chose to get down to business again," ...... Did we really shoot down 200,000 Japanese planes on the Japanese battlefield last month? ”

“…… Yes, the exact number should be no less than that. About half of them didn't even take off before we crashed on the airfield. The rest were destroyed in the air, and the Japanese pilots today are very bad, and they are completely incomparable to the people who attacked Pearl Harbor in the first place.

In fact, one of the most powerful ace pilots in the army flying corps on the Japanese front had successfully set a world ......record in this regard by the time he was transferred out of the front line and returned to Hawaii as an instructor last week, with more than 900 enemy planes shot down."

Chief of Staff Marshall nodded and replied, "...... In addition, we destroyed 40,000 Japanese tanks, plus several times as many Japanese field guns and anti-aircraft guns, and killed at least two million Japanese in one month......

“…… What the? Wait a minute? Killed at least two million Japanese in one month? How is this possible? ”

President Truman blinked incredulously, "...... Aren't the front-line troops losing all the way? How is it possible to get such a result? ”

“…… It's true. Chief of Staff Marshall said, "...... Do you remember the plan for that 'strategic village'? Mr. President? ”

Strategic Village? President Truman, of course, remembered that, in simple terms, in order to eliminate the guerrilla resistance movement in the occupied areas, the Japanese in the occupied areas were forcibly driven into concentration camps called "strategic villages" as much as possible, and strict control was exercised in order to cut off their ties with the guerrilla resistance forces, and then the various concentration camps were united to form a blockade zone and divide several guerrilla hard-hit areas in the occupied areas of the Japanese archipelago......

According to the Pentagon, the plan would eventually turn all of Japan into a giant prison, or Soviet labor camp. Its strategic goal was to centralize the Japanese and cut off the contact between the common people and the guerrillas, so that the Japanese guerrillas could not survive in the wilderness because they could not obtain the necessary materials, and could only come out to fight face-to-face with the US troops with superior technical equipment, or be starved to death.

Strictly speaking, the content of the above-mentioned plan was inspired by the Japanese in Manchukuo to engage in "merging villages and tuning". But the problem is that the US military does not have the same huge advantage in the Japanese archipelago as the Japanese army in Northeast China, and it is very difficult to even gain a firm foothold.

“…… Despite the resistance encountered during this period, and the Japanese Provisional Government in Yokohama was also incapable of doing anything, thanks to the efforts of General Patton, our army succeeded in establishing about 300 strategic villages in the occupied area, and concentrated control over more than 1 million people......"

Chief of Staff Marshall simply explained, "...... Unfortunately, the vast majority of the strategic villages that have been built are located in the areas lost in this rout. We did not have the spare transportation to take these Japanese away, so in order to avoid strengthening the enemy, we had to dispose of them on the spot. ”

“…… Wait, what does it mean to dispose of it? President Truman suddenly had a sense of foreboding.

“…… It was to learn from the methods of the German Nazi concentration camps to exterminate the Jews, and to use gas canisters and machine guns to finally solve the problem of these Japanese......"

“…… My God...... But even so, at most there is only a million death lists, right? What about the other million? ”

“…… In fact, only half a million, Mr. President. Because some of the strategic villages were breached by the Japanese guerrillas before they had time to be cleared. Or the guards were negligent in their duties and fled without thinking about the execution of the Japanese...... We have dealt with these guys harshly with military law. ”

Chief of Staff Marshall replied, "...... However, before our troops withdrew from Osaka, Nara, Wakayama and other Japanese cities, they all set fire to them or released nerve gas in order to make it a city of death, so that the Japanese army could not get anything in these lands.

Then, in the eastern Japanese occupation zone, which our forces are still able to control, the Pentagon turned to Curtis. Lieutenant General Li Mei's proposal drew on the Japanese army's previous practice of purging the occupied areas in northern China, and adopted a three-light policy of 'killing, burning, and robbing' in eastern Japan. Only the city of Yokohama, where the Provisional Government of Japan was located, and Chiba Prefecture, which was the rear, were retained, and the rest of the area was turned into a no-man's land to reduce the pressure on law and order...... So far, more than 1.3 million Japanese countrymen have been executed, and more than 2 million have been killed and wounded on the battlefield. If all goes well, it is expected that at least one million Japanese will continue to be cleaned up next month......"

“…… This, that's too much...... Alas, that's ...... Is it the so-called 'war turns man into a devil'? ”

Listening to these "public security solutions in the Japanese occupied areas" (if you kill all the people, there will definitely be no public security problems), or the "Japanese national extermination plan", President Truman suddenly felt a heartfelt creeping, but it is difficult to blame anything -- after all, this is how the American cowboys dealt with the Indians and natives, and they were already very skillful.

So, after a long sigh, Mr. President had to pretend to be deaf and dumb and changed the subject again, "...... So, what does the Pentagon think about the sudden appearance of so many enemy technical weapons on the battlefield in Japan, as well as the fourteen Yamato-class battleships that were discovered earlier? ”

“…… At one time, the intelligence agencies thought it was arms aid from the Soviet side. However, after careful investigation, we found that the wreckage of enemy aircraft collected on the front line was indeed Japan's self-developed Purple Electric, Gale and Zero Battle, as well as various types of 'land attack' and 'ship attack'. The destroyed and captured enemy tanks were also Japanese models. As for the Yamato-class battleships that suddenly multiplied to fourteen, there is no doubt about Japanese origin...... However, the huge number of these weapons was already clearly beyond the limits of the production capacity of the Japanese Empire. ”

Marshall said so eloquently, "...... In view of these contradictions, we have come to the terrible conclusion that the Japanese and the Soviets colluded much earlier and more deeply than we had originally anticipated. So much so that the Japanese army unreservedly handed over to the Soviets the design drawings and manufacturing processes of their various active weapons, even the Yamato-class battleships that they regarded as national treasures. These Japanese-style weapons that appear on the battlefield in Japan today should actually come from the arsenal of the Soviets. ”

“…… That is, just as we strive to be the arsenal of democracies, the Soviets are also acting as the arsenal of the Japanese army? ”

“…… Yes, we still have circumstantial evidence on this point, that is, in the recent European battlefields of the Soviet Red Army, there have also begun to appear some technical weapons with obvious Japanese style and Japanese inscriptions, such as the Japanese three-type medium chariot and bean chariot, as well as some military biscuits and cans that seem to be produced in Japan (although it needs to be transported from the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles away, but after all, it is something that does not cost money, and everyone likes it). ”

Marshall said, "...... The British and Spaniards, who had seized these things by chance, were confused, and it seems to us that this is evidence that the Soviets have been responsible for the production of munitions for the Japanese since a long time ago, and only recently have transferred part of the products to internal digestion......"

“…… To put it simply, the Pentagon's conclusion is that the Soviet arsenals were mass-producing Japanese-made weapons for the Japanese? Doesn't look right, right? Not to mention that the design performance of Japanese tanks generally lags behind that of the West, and the cost performance is far inferior to the T-34 developed by the Soviets themselves, it is simply a waste of manpower and material resources to let the Soviet arsenal produce these obsolete goods. And, as you said before, our army shot down 200,000 Japanese planes on the Japanese battlefield last month! This amount should have far exceeded the limit of the production capacity of all aircraft factories in the USSR! Even with the industrial production capacity of the United States, it would take two years to build so many aircraft! What's more, with the shipbuilding technology of the Soviets, it was possible to build a 72,000-ton Yamato-class battleship?! And there are so many ships built in one go! Can they do it? ”

Truman shook his head again and again, "...... This is neither logical nor common sense...... It's completely unreasonable! ”

“…… But that's the truth, Mr. President, fiction may need plausibility, but facts don't, because it just happened, whether it was in accordance with our logic and common sense...... If everything had been strictly reasonable, there would be no war today! ”

Marshall shrugged his shoulders and sighed, and said helplessly, "...... As for the question of the limits of industrial capacity in the USSR...... Since the outbreak of this world war, we seem to have miscalculated many times, right? Four years ago, there were still many people who claimed categorically that Stalin would have had to beg us for aid in order to defeat Hitler? But what about the end result? There is also an assessment of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and even misjudged all the way from beginning to end. It can be seen from this that the intelligence information we collected before the war was probably full of countless mistakes, and even basically incorrect. Even if it's a little more wrong now, it seems understandable......"

-- At this point, Chief of Staff Marshall has made it very clear: The reason why the US military has been fighting for a long time in the Pacific theater today is because Stalin's bastard is selling his kidney to aid Japan! It's not that I, the Great American Liberal King, don't do my best, but that the Red Russia aided the Japanese invaders too much!

As for whether you believe it or not, Mr. President, it doesn't really matter, anyway, the Pentagon definitely believes it!

In this regard, President Truman, who has a shallow foundation and is alone, seems to have little to think about except to be choked and roll his eyes.