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Chapter 1,606: Preparations for local defense (Part 2)

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    However, this idea of ????the Japanese military base camp is not recognized by the Chinese troops on the battlefield, because the Chinese Expeditionary Forces Headquarters believes from top to bottom that the commanders who are directly active and observing on the battlefield and their commanding agencies have been in a quiet office.  The decision-makers who understand the situation through telephone calls, telegrams, documents, and maps always have different feelings.

    The China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters believes that after more than five months of combat, judging from the losses suffered by the Kuomintang troops on the battlefield and the current command situation, this unit is already a weak force and should use this opportunity to continue  Attack in order to eliminate its effective forces, destroy its accumulated strategic materials, control its main lines of communication, and occupy its vast agricultural areas, which are the source of its clothing and food.

    ¡° In this way, if the U.S. military lands on China¡¯s eastern coast, the Japanese army will be able to reduce their options and concentrate on a decisive battle with the landing U.S. troops, thereby avoiding a strategic east-west flanking attack by the Chinese and U.S. armies.

    The China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters also believes that once the U.S. military lands in China, due to the vast territory and complex terrain, which is different from the specific "limited land" islands in the Pacific, it is easy for the U.S. Navy and Air Force to take advantage of concentrated attacks.

    On the mainland, the Japanese Army can launch large-scale land operations with the US military in this vast area and deter the US military from attacking the Japanese mainland.

    Due to the full self-confidence of the China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters, its base camp did not interfere anymore and continued the attack until the China-Vietnam border.

    But at this time, the base camp also understood that the situation had developed in a direction that they were completely out of control. Not only was the homeland being subjected to continuous large-scale strategic bombing by the US military fleet, but the situation on the Pacific battlefield also worried Japan.

    Half a month ago, the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army successfully captured Manila. Although it did not completely conquer the entire Philippines, it defeated the largest city in the Philippines. At this time, the Malayan Tiger Yamashita Fengwen also became a sick cat.  .

    The 109th Division, 2nd Composite Brigade, and 26th Tank Regiment of the Iwo Jima defenders close to the Japanese mainland were all annihilated by the U.S. 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions.  Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, commander of the division, Major General Sadaki Chida, commander of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Nishi Takeichi, commander of the tank regiment, and others were all killed in the battle.

    At this time, Major General Gale¡¯s 3rd Amphibious Corps and Lieutenant General Hodge¡¯s 24th Army were preparing to land on Okinawa.

    Under such circumstances, Japan began to arrange the homeland defense, and then the Japanese base camp issued a battle order for the troops to defend the homeland and nearby areas.

    According to the defense plan formulated by the base camp, they divided the Japanese mainland into three defense areas, namely the Eastern District, the Western District and the Northern District. The dividing line between the Eastern District and the Western District is from the east of Nagoya to the Tsugaru Strait, and the Western District is from Nagoya  The area to the west is between Kyushu, while the northern area includes Hokkaido, South Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, etc.

    ?Then the base camp announced the troop configuration for local defense operations. The main defensive force in the eastern region is the First General Army, with its headquarters in Tokyo.  Commander Marshal Sugiyama, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Einosuke Suto.

    This force is under the jurisdiction of: 11th Front Army (Sendai), totaling: 1 corps, 6 divisions, and 2 brigades; 12th Front Army (Tokyo), totaling: 6 corps, 22 divisions, and 13 brigades.  ; The 13th Front (Nagoya), totaling: 1 corps, 7 divisions, 4 brigades (1 division of internal anti-aircraft artillery, 1 brigade of tanks).

    There are a total of 8 corps, 35 divisions, and 19 brigades. The technical arms include 2 divisions each of anti-aircraft artillery and tanks, and there are also 4 tank brigades.

    The Western District is mainly dominated by the 2nd General Army, with its headquarters in Hiroshima.  Commander, Marshal Hata Toshiroku, and Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Okazaki Seisaburo.

    Under the jurisdiction of the headquarters: 15th Front Army (Osaka), totaling: two armies, 9 divisions, and 3 brigades; 16th Front Army (Fukuoka Castle Minami Futukaichi) totaling: 3 corps, 15 divisions, and 11 brigades  .  There are a total of 5 corps, 24 divisions and 14 brigades.

    The defensive force in the northern district is mainly based on the 5th Front Army, with its headquarters in Sapporo.  Commander, Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichiro, Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Ogizaburo.  Jurisdiction: 5 divisions, 2 brigades and 3 fortress garrison teams.

    In addition, the base camp also has direct jurisdiction over the General Aviation Army, with its headquarters located in Tokyo.  The commander is General Kawabe Masami, and the chief of staff is Lieutenant General Tian.  It has jurisdiction over the 1st Air Force (Tokyo), the 2nd Air Force (Changchun); the 5th Air Force; and the 6th Air Force (Fukuoka).

    In addition, the Japanese base camp decided to organize the troops in Taiwan, Korea, and those remaining on New Britain Island, Bougainville, the Caroline Islands, and Truk Island into the 10th, 17th, and 8th Fronts, and the original  The 31st Army is all under the direct jurisdiction of the base camp.

    After taking these defensive organizational measures, the Japanese base camp established a number of defense structures on the east coast, south coast, and west coast of the mainland.??Forcing residents and students to dig fortifications.  At this time, Japan was bombed day and night, men were forced to enlist in the army, fortifications were built in coastal villages, military mobilization and transportation were frequent, and the people's mood was extremely depressed.

    After more than ten years of resistance, the war finally came to Japan, where the war of aggression was launched.

    The Japanese defense forces in the country at this time consisted of 72 divisions and 35 brigades.  Among them, 45 divisions and 24 brigades were hastily organized at the beginning of 1945. The training time was very short and the weapons were insufficient.

    The light weapons equipped by the newly formed troops only account for 50% of rifles, 77% of light machine guns, 25% of field and mountain guns, and 26% of anti-tank guns.

    ??The aviation force mostly uses old aircraft and training aircraft for special attack. Most of the pilots have flown for 200 hours, lack experience, and have poor skills.

    In addition, the Japanese army quickly formed so many troops. Not only did they lack weapons, but each unit also had a serious shortage of soldiers. Many divisions only had half of them.

    For example, about 60% to 80% of the combat fortifications in the coastal areas east of Kyushu, Shikoku and Hakone Checkpoint are completed, while only 50% of the fortifications in other areas are completed.  The ammunition, oil and other materials stored in Kyushu and Shikoku were completed as scheduled, but the grain storage capacity only reached 60%.  In the area east of Hakone Pass, the grain storage capacity reaches 50%, but other supplies are extremely insufficient.

    ??Also, based on the experience of the Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations that caused heavy losses to the US military, the Japanese base camp decided to first conduct critical "water operations" when defending the homeland.

    That is, when the US military maritime forces gather in offshore areas and land for transfer, they use a large number of suicide air attack forces, coastal defense artillery groups, water suicide motor boat groups, underwater small suicide submarines, and large suicide torpedoes controlled by underwater personnel to carry out the attack.  Concentrate your attacks and eliminate most of the US troops during the transfer season.

    When some US troops arrived at the beach from the landing craft group, the Japanese army carried out continuous counterattacks with the support of pre-deployed artillery groups, tank groups, air force groups, anti-tank artillery groups and small firearms.

    When some U.S. troops expanded their beachhead positions, they used already built solid fortifications and mobile troops to fight back.

    The purpose of these landing operations against the US military was to achieve what the then Minister of War, Anami Weiji, envisioned: to carry out a powerful blow and then hold peace talks on camera.

    Japan's defense of the mainland at that time focused on two areas. One was the Tokyo area, namely Kashima Beach to the east, Kujukurihama to the southeast and Sagami Bay in the southwest of Tokyo; the other was the southern Kyushu area, that is, the east side of southern Kyushu.  Ariake Bay and Fukiagehama coast on the west side of southern Kyushu.

    In terms of troop deployment, in addition to the coastal defense division and field division, a specially mobile strike corps was also established, namely the 36th Army commanded by Lieutenant General Toshichi Uemura.  The army has eight strong infantry divisions and two tank divisions.

    In order to fight against the U.S. military landing on Japan, the Japanese army invented many suicidal special attack weapons. In addition to suicide planes, there were also water and underwater weapons.

    For example, the water suicide weapon motorboat is 5.1 meters long and weighs 1.4 tons. It is powered by a car engine and has a maximum speed of 26 nautical miles per hour. It is equipped with 250 kilograms of explosives and two 12-centimeter diameter rockets; it is controlled by one person and can target  A US warship collided and exploded.

    By the time Japan surrendered, 6,200 of these boats had been produced. The Japanese army called the troops equipped with such suicide boats the "Zhenyang Special Attack Team," which means Mega Ocean.

    The underwater suicide weapon "artificial torpedo" is 14.75 meters long, weighs 8.3 tons, has a maximum speed of 30 nautical miles per hour, and has 1,550 kilograms of explosives in its head.  One person controlled it and rammed it into a US warship.

    With all these factors in mind, the Japanese army decided to fight to the end. Even if they fought to the last soldier, they were unwilling to surrender unconditionally.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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