.Chapter 55 Tomb

The battle, to be precise, was a massacre of the Joint Fleet, which lasted until four o'clock in the morning on the 9th.

Because the distance was too far, and the aircraft carriers of the "Flying Dragon", "Canglong", "Shokhe" and "Ruihe" exploded violently, and there was a serious nuclear leak. In addition, the sky was about to brighten, Mu Haoyang did not send warships, but arranged for helicopters to rescue some Japanese naval officers and soldiers. At around four o'clock, the two attack nuclear submarines that came out in front fired two heavy torpedoes at the Japanese warships that still had not sunk at about 40 kilometers away.

According to the instructions of the rescued Japanese officers and soldiers, Dongxiang Zuwang locked himself in the commander's bridge and sank into the sea with the "Flying Dragon".

The four aircraft carriers of the Joint Fleet, four cruisers, seven air defense destroyers, sixteen multi-purpose destroyers and four rapid combat support ships, all of which sank until the end of the "Xianghe" aircraft carrier sank at 14:37 on the 9th. Of the more than 36,000 officers and soldiers, only more than 800 were rescued, and the rest were all killed. Five days later, several lifeboats drifted near the Enevetak Atoll, but the officers and soldiers on the lifeboat had long been dead.

In this battle, the Second Fleet lost only three J-25m fighter jets, and all six pilots were rescued.

These three fighters were not shot down in air combat or were shot down by air defense missiles, but were flying too close during attack and shot down by the last defense system on the warship. Fortunately, the fighter did not fall into the sea immediately, but made an emergency landing on the sea on the return route, and the pilots were fine.

The only casualties of the Second Fleet appeared in the search and rescue operation.

At that time, the cruiser "Guangdong" was ordered to send helicopters to search and rescue Japanese naval officers and soldiers. A crew member was shot and killed by a Japanese officer with a pistol while trying to rescue Japanese officers and soldiers. This incident directly led to Mu Haoyang's withdrawal order at 5:30 in the morning.

Since Japanese officers and soldiers are unwilling to be rescued, there is no need for the Second Fleet to rescue them.

Before dawn, the Second Fleet had turned and headed straight to Iwo Huang Island. Mu Haoyang also sent a telegram at this time, asking the First Fleet's "Kunlunshan" aircraft carrier battle group and other damaged warships to return to the local area, while the "Tianshan" aircraft carrier battle group was on standby near Iwo Huang Island.

The telegram was sent to the General Staff at the same time. According to the plan, the Marines will attack Okinawa Island next.

Because the Marines have been deployed, the bombing operation against Okinawa has lasted for a week, to be precise, seven nights, so the landing fleet can set off from the Zhoushan Islands as early as the morning of the 9th, landing on the night of the 9th, and land at the early morning of the 10th.

However, after dawn, the situation changed.

According to observation data provided by the Observatory, the particle storm has weakened since the seventh day and is expected to end in a week, that is, August 13 or 14th.

The observations are exactly consistent with Qian Zhongtai's theoretical analysis results.

In this way, whether the Marines will land on the 9th will become a question.

After the particle storm is over, it can conduct combat activities during the day, which will allow the Marines to land during the day instead of landing at night.

No matter how well prepared for night login, the risk of night login is much greater than during the day.

You know, Okinawa Island is not Iwoo Island.

According to the information obtained before the war, there was an army division in Okinawa, an independent armored brigade and a land combat brigade, with more than 30,000 combatants, and nearly 20,000 non-combatants, with a total force of more than 50,000. Because it is directly facing China's frontline defense line, the fortifications on Okinawa are very solid. In terms of area, Okinawa is dozens of times that of Iwoyu Island. In addition to tens of thousands of soldiers, there are millions of civilians on the island.

These factors determine that attacking Okinawa will never be as easy as attacking Iwoo Island.

In fact, the Marines' performance in attacking Iwo Huang Island was not outstanding at all, and exposed many problems, especially grassroots officers and soldiers had serious lack of practical experience.

Considering these reasons, Teng Yaohui decided to postpone the combat operation to attack Okinawa.

Because communication was not smooth during the day, it was not until the night of the 9th that Mu Haoyang discussed the combat operations against Okinawa Island with Teng Yaohui, Pang Yuelong and others through video calls.

For this food conference, the Navy dispatched eight large drones to perform communication relay missions.

The meeting lasted only two hours. Mu Haoyang supported Teng Yaohui's proposal and believed that the First Brigade of the Third Land Division, which attacked Okinawa Island, should be transferred back as soon as possible to take on the first round of assault missions, while the Third Land Division was responsible for landing on the beach, while the Second Land Division was the second to land. As for the First Land Division sent by the North Sea Fleet and the Fourth Land Division sent by the Indian Ocean Fleet, they acted as reserves to participate in the subsequent ground battles.

After the meeting, the task force led by Mu Haoyang left Iwoo Island.

The fleet did not go to the Okinawa Islands, but went north from the west of the small islands, and rushed straight to the Japanese mainland, participating in the combat operations of bombing Japan.

According to Teng Yaohui's arrangement, the combat operation to land on Okinawa will begin on August 15.

Before this, the Air Force still bombed Okinawa Island, and the fleet headed to the south of Japan to strengthen strategic blockade against Japan.

At this time, the Japanese authorities had not yet emerged from the attack of the annihilation of the Joint Fleet.

On the night of the 8th, Japanese wartime Prime Minister Yasuji Nakaji personally called the US president, hoping that the United States could urgently provide a batch of carrier-based fighter jets. Although the US president did not agree immediately, he did not refuse immediately. Yasuji Nakaji seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

Unfortunately, just a few hours later, he received the "ultimate power" sent by Zuwang in Dongxiang.

The combined fleet was wiped out, and the carrier-based fighter jets provided by the United States were useless. Japan completely lost its maritime control and completely lost the opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

For island countries like Japan, sea control is everything.

Next, China does not even need to continue strategic bombing. Just a continuous strategic blockade can make Japan doom.

Of course, in order to speed up the war process, let Japan surrender as soon as possible, and thus end the war state as soon as possible, China will never stop strategic bombing.

Without worries, China will also expand the scope of strategic bombing.

In fact, as early as August 2, the Chinese Air Force began bombing Japan's infrastructure, especially public infrastructure such as transportation, electricity, and water supply.

For Japan, survival has entered the countdown stage.

Every day the bombing lasts, Japan retreats for a month. With the strength of the Chinese Air Force's strike, even if the Chinese Navy does not participate in the strategic bombing operation, Japan will be completely paralyzed within three months, losing the basic conditions that all modern countries must have, and even losing the infrastructure of industrial civilization.

By this time, Japan's only choice was to surrender.

The problem is that Yasuji Nakaji did not choose to surrender.

The reason is very simple. At this time, surrender must accept all the conditions proposed by China and will become a vassal under China's protection. Not to mention anything else, China will definitely propose to send troops to occupy Japan's mainland, and Japan will once again lose its most basic national sovereignty.

Only by persevering and making China pay a heavy price can Japan have the hope of preserving independence and autonomy.

This opportunity is right in front of you.

There is enough intelligence to prove that China is about to send troops to attack Okinawa and will definitely land on Japan's mainland next. In the final battle on the local area, Yasuji Nakaji is confident that he will make China suffer, and he will be confident that China will believe that it cannot surrender through force.

As long as China does not want to pay a heavier price, Japan can end the war with decent ease.

That's why Japan has been increasing its troops to Okinawa Island since August 2.

Because all ports were bombed, most ships with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons were sunk, so the Japanese Navy could only use small ships that were not easy to be discovered, such as high-speed missile boats, fishing boats that mainly operate offshore, inland ferries, etc. to transport combat troops to Okinawa Island.

In order to avoid being bombed, all troops were launched during the day.

By the evening of August 8, the Japanese Navy had transported more than 5,000 officers and soldiers, as well as about 14,000 tons of combat supplies to Okinawa Island.

On August 6 and 7, the Japanese Navy also transported twelve main battle tanks to Okinawa Island using large hovercraft.

At this speed, by the end of the particle storm, the Japanese Navy could still transport 5,000 officers and soldiers and more than 10,000 tons of combat supplies to Okinawa. In addition, the garrison on Okinawa will have a total force of more than 60,000. The accumulated combat supplies are enough to consume for one month, so it will be able to fight the Chinese Marines here.

Regardless of whether it is the wishful thinking of the Japanese authorities, at least Japan has prepared for local warfare.

In addition to sending combat troops to Okinawa Island in large numbers, Japan has completed the third phase of war mobilization. The total strength of the ground troops has expanded from less than 500,000 before the war to 3.5 million. In addition, nearly 5 million militias have been mobilized, and defense forces with a total scale of more than 3 million have been formed in various places.

Although the equipment of the Japanese Army is very bad, such as less than 2,000 main battle tanks, less than 3,000 armored combat vehicles and self-propelled artillery of various types, and lost a large amount of main battle equipment in air strikes, in the eyes of the Japanese, relying on their huge military strength, it is still more than enough to fight a local defense battle.

At that time, some fanatical militarists even shouted the slogan "turn Japan into the grave of the Chinese team."

You can shout slogans, but the question is, is this possible?

If Japan becomes the grave of the Chinese team, then the Japanese living in the "grave" will definitely not end up better than the Chinese team.

In fact, the more than 11 million Japanese soldiers and paramilitary personnel mobilized had little combat effectiveness at all.

Not to mention, Japan's individual weapons can only arm the 3.5 million regular troops at most, and the militia and local defense forces have very few guns. Although Japan's arsenals are desperately producing guns and ammunition, it is absolutely impossible to manufacture eight million rifles in just a few months. In addition to insufficient distribution of guns, ammunition is also a serious problem. The ammunition reserves of regular troops are less than a base. In order to save ammunition, newly recruited soldiers can only undergo physical training and have not conducted live ammunition training at all.

If the Japanese leader is more rational, he will choose to surrender.

Unfortunately, not only the Japanese leaders are irrational, but even many Japanese civilians are irrational...
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