Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Therefore, the resulting long-term high-altitude landing made them suffer from hypoxia and low temperature, making them unable to survive in the end.

Before landing on the ground, they had turned into frozen corpses.

Despite this horrific "episode" and the extremely horrific and serious attack, the well-trained American and British bomber fleet insisted on completing the attack mission.

After the bombs were still lighted, the American and British aircraft fleet returned smoothly. They did not encounter organized interception by the German army, because the blood of the German army had already been shed.

Whether it is the air force or the ground air defense force, it has long been useless!

According to post-war statistics, in this suicide operation, the German army lost more than 120 aircraft and 77 pilots were killed, while 56 U.S. bombers were destroyed and the death toll exceeded 300.

Judging from this heavy data, the suicide attack launched by the German army has achieved an extremely impressive exchange ratio.

In a sense, this counts as a victory.

It was also because of this that after the death attack ended, Herman wanted to do it a few more times to teach those Allied bombers who were raging wildly in Germany a lesson so that they would not dare to conduct such unscrupulous low-altitude precision bombing.

But it is a pity that he simply does not have this opportunity to continue to "be bigger and stronger".

The current "Third Reich" is at its end, and the German head of state will soon commit suicide in the Berlin bunker, and then Germany will be forced to surrender unconditionally.

What's interesting here is that in another time and space, after World War II, although Hermann was tried by the Nuremberg Tribunal, he was only sentenced to the lowest degree of sentencing.

Afterwards, he was recruited by the U.S. Air Force to study how to prevent the possible "ramming warfare" of the Soviet Air Force during World War III.

1945年4月12日，3时35分，总统先生因脑溢血抢救无效逝世，享年63岁。

A dark crowd gathered outside the White House. The departure of the president who had accompanied him for 12 years made people feel as if something was missing. The weeping people seemed to have no future to rely on, and they were at a loss and empty.

The long-term and heavy political and war affairs have damaged the health of Mr. President, and the great leader who brought the world back to peace finally failed to see the moment when world peace came again.

It has to be said that it is a great regret.

On April 4, the body of Mr. President was transported from Hot Springs, Georgia, to Washington.

People along the railway line were crowded with people seeing off. Those who were lifted out of poverty because of Roosevelt's New Deal all burst into tears.

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the train that once carried the late president to various places pulled into Washington Station for the last time.

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During this period of time, fierce battles were raging on the Pacific battlefield.

The Allied forces are engaged in the largest amphibious landing operation and the bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater of World War II with Japan - the Battle of Okinawa.

Beginning in the early morning of April 4, the Allied forces prepared for direct naval artillery and aviation firepower on Okinawa, and the mission of the landing phase has been completed.

On April 4, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy sailed from Japan to Okinawa in an attempt to engage in a decisive naval battle with the Allied forces, including the most powerful battleship Yamato of the Japanese army.

But obviously, the Japanese thought too much. How could they have the opportunity to start a warship duel with the Allies when they lost their air supremacy.

But this "impulsive" pursuit of a warship duel, the Japanese army almost lost its last naval power, and the Yamato battleship, which is a symbol of the Japanese navy, is about to be doomed.

Chapter 1634

After two years of island-hopping battles, the Allied forces gradually approached the Japanese mainland and planned to use Okinawa, an island only 340 miles away from the Japanese mainland, as a forward operating base to implement a strategic plan to attack the Japanese homeland.

Once the U.S. forces occupy Okinawa, it will become an ideal springboard for the Allied forces, directly threatening the security of Japan.

After many battles, the allied forces are well aware of the stubbornness and ferocity of Japanese imperialism. Unless they are completely beaten down, they will never surrender unconditionally with their hands raised.

Therefore, the Allied forces have already made two-handed preparations. Not only must the development and production of atomic bombs be stepped up, but the military offensive must also be fierce and fierce, and they must be ready for war on the Japanese mainland.

Therefore, in order to paralyze the Japanese economy to the greatest extent and destroy its war potential, the United States began to officially implement the "Hunger War" in early 1945.

The so-called "Battle of Hunger" was a large-scale mine blockade campaign implemented by the United States in order to force it to surrender unconditionally in the late World War II. The only blockade campaign in history that was exclusively implemented using naval mines.

During World War II, Japan was an island country with developed industries but poor resources. Japan needed to import 92% of its oil, 100% of its rubber and cotton, 87% of its iron ore, 90% of its coke, and 20% of its grain and other strategic materials from abroad. Most of the domestic material transportation is also through inland sea shipping.

It can be said that the sea line of communication is Japan's "lifeline". As long as Japan's sea line of communication is destroyed, its economic production capacity can be weakened and its war machine destroyed.

The plan was freshly released at the end of 1944, but during the preparations for the campaign, the U.S. military found that neither the navy nor the army aviation could complete the task alone.

The main reason was that the local air defense force of the Japanese army was still very strong at that time, and the naval fleet also had considerable combat effectiveness, so the entire campaign was postponed until early 1945.

The focus of the U.S. blockade is the Shimonoseki Strait, the only way for Japanese transport ships.At the same time, mines were also laid on Hiroshima and Sasebo to block the Japanese fleet and restrain its mine-sweeping forces.

Before the start of the Battle of Okinawa on April 4, the U.S. military had dropped 1 tons of mines. In addition to the Shimonoseki Strait, the minefields also included important ports such as Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, and Osaka, as well as the main shipping lanes of the Seto Inland Sea, cutting off major industries in Japan. Sea traffic between districts and the entire traffic network of Japan's inland waterways.

For the first time, the U.S. military used water pressure mines on a large scale. This kind of mines is a non-triggering mine that is detonated by changes in the pressure of sea water when ships are sailing.

At present, there is no reliable sweeping device for this kind of sea mine, and it is difficult to sweep it easily, which makes the Japanese army feel helpless and helpless.

Before the end of March, 3 ships were sunk or damaged by mines in the Xiaguan Strait, forcing ships carrying supplies from North Korea and Northeast China to not enter the Seto Inland Sea directly through the Xiaguan Strait.

The Japanese fleet could only detour to ports in the northwest of Honshu and its west coast to unload, and transport back as much food, industrial and military supplies as possible for survival.

The Seto Inland Sea, Japan's main shipping area, has actually become the "Dead Sea".In the Seto Inland Sea, only small wooden boats and small barges can pass, resulting in a serious shortage of resources in Japan's industrial cities, and national production is on the verge of a standstill.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of waterways and ports, Japan organized 349 mine-sweeping ships and more than 2 people to carry out large-scale mine-sweeping operations.

Although the Japanese minesweeping ships lost three-fourths and cost a lot, spending 3571 million yen in the Seto Inland Sea, they were still unable to break through the blockade of the US military.

Japanese ships did not dare to go to sea easily, and it was difficult to transport a large amount of supplies back to the country. Japan gradually fell into a situation of paralysis and starvation.

Nineteen of Japan's 22 shipyards were paralyzed through extensive mine laying, and the damaged ships could not be repaired in time, and the sea traffic was on the verge of a standstill.

Due to the extreme lack of food, coal and other raw materials in Japan, the transport ships were forced to take risks, regardless of the danger of being struck by mines at any time, in an attempt to forcefully break through the blockade of the US military.

But it doesn't work well.With almost all transportation lines to foreign countries cut off, Japan was completely paralyzed.

The U.S. military's air mine blockade operation code-named "Aviation Mining" achieved the expected strategic and operational goals, dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Empire both materially and spiritually, and accelerated the complete collapse of Japanese militarism.

In April, the U.S. military concentrated its targets on the naval bases of Kure Port and Sasebo, as well as the Hiroshima military loading and unloading port, to prevent the remaining Japanese ships from supporting Okinawa operations through the west coast of Kyushu.

It can be said that the "Battle of Hunger" not only played a role in lasting strategic blockade, but also played a role in supporting the Battle of Okinawa.

Prior to this, the Japanese government had long expected that on the day when soldiers would surely encounter the invasion of the country, the mainland would definitely suffer a devastating blow.

Therefore, during the Battle of the Mariana Islands, the Japanese Empire began to organize industrial relocation, transferred important industrial systems to Manchuria and the Far East, and made the worst plan for using the mainland as a frontier blocking position.

However, they really did not expect that the U.S. military would be so cruel and "despicable without a lower limit"!

The U.S. military not only launched a protracted large-scale strategic bombing of the mainland, but also bombed dozens of cities, including Tokyo, into ruins, and millions of Japanese people were devastated.

Now, the U.S. military is throwing mines everywhere under their noses, sealing off the whole of Japan. Not only is it difficult for strategic materials to reach the mainland, even food supplies are about to be interrupted.

Naturally, the Japanese Empire couldn't bear the extreme humiliation of being pressed on the floor and rubbed to death, and couldn't swallow this bad breath no matter what.

Therefore, under the stimulation of these factors, the Japanese base camp, which became angry from embarrassment, finally did not follow the original plan and simply abandon Okinawa Island, but stubbornly decided to "defend the enemy from outside the country" and severely punish the US military here. A nice one.

In order to ensure the defense of Okinawa Island, the Japanese base camp formulated an aviation decisive battle plan code-named "Operation Tianhao" in March 1945.

Japan has concentrated a total of 2990 combat aircraft from the army and navy, including 1230 suicide planes, which are deployed in Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Kyushu, and are preparing to carry out a violent assault on the US fleet and transport ships when the US military lands on Okinawa. The 32nd Army smashed the landing of the American army.

The Japanese Navy also deployed hundreds of suicide motorboats and man-operated torpedoes on Okinawa and its nearby islands, and will carry out surface and underwater special attack operations against the US military.

According to the Tianhao battle plan, the battleship Yamato, the cruiser Yahagi and [-] destroyers of the joint fleet formed a special attack fleet at sea, carrying only one-way fuel, and carried out a suicide attack.

However, when this special attack fleet sailed out of the Bungo Channel, it was discovered by American submarines as soon as it arrived on the east coast of Kyushu.

At dawn on the [-]th, the special attack fleet entered the high seas south of Kyushu, and U.S. patrol planes focused on the Japanese fleet.

At the same time, the fast aircraft carrier battle group of the Allied Forces and the submarine force of the Huben Army quickly concentrated towards the predetermined combat sea area, ready to gather and annihilate them.

Chapter 1635

At 12:31, the Allied task force sent out the first attack wave, and more than 60 combat aircraft of various types aggressively rushed over the Japanese special attack fleet.

There is no doubt that the primary attack target of the Allied carrier-based air fleet is on the tall and mighty battleship Yamato.

The battleship Yamato did not have aircraft cover, so it could only shoot at the air with intensive anti-aircraft fire.

Yamato has a standard displacement of 64000 tons and a full-load displacement of 72809 tons. The ship is 263 meters long and 38.9 meters wide. There are three triple-mounted 460mm caliber main guns on board. The guns have a maximum range of 40 kilometers and a bomb weight of 1460 kilograms.

There are also four triple-mounted 155mm guns and six double-mounted 127mm anti-aircraft guns.

In the current world, there is no battleship that can be compared with the Yamato and its sister ship Musashi in terms of tonnage and naval gun firepower.

They have excellent armor protection and layered hulls. After being successfully built in secret, they are considered to be unsinkable super battleships.

But there is no unbreakable shield in this world. After gradually losing its air supremacy, the battleship Musashi sank to the bottom of the sea on October 1944, 10 after being bombed by American aircraft in turn in the Sibuyan Sea.

And now, the battleship Yamato will also be doomed.

Although the Yamato battleship's anti-aircraft artillery was very dense, it was obviously not enough to watch. The Allied bomber fleet directly broke through the fire net and began to bomb in turn.

Soon, 4 bombs fell near the No. 3 main turret, of which 2 225 kg bombs penetrated the rear main deck and exploded, blowing up the 155mm secondary gun and the reserve firing command post at the rear of the battleship.

Immediately afterwards, one after another heavy aerial bombs exploded on the Yamato battleship one after another, and the explosions of the ship burst into flames.

Triple-mounted main turrets, triple-mounted auxiliary turrets, double-mounted 127mm anti-aircraft guns, cabins, machinery rooms, lounges, boiler room decks, etc., and other parts of the hull surface suffered heavy damage one after another.

Under the intensive bombardment of the Allied bombers, the so-called unsinkable super battleship was covered in bruises in less than 15 minutes, and a raging fire ignited, billowing thick smoke.

However, I have to say that the Yamato battleship is really awesome, and it is really difficult to sink it directly with aerial bombs alone.

The devastated and flaming Yamato battleships are still rushing forward crazily, full of the tragic atmosphere of "the wind is rustling and the water is cold".

At 13:30 in the afternoon, the three Huben Army submarines arrived at the combat sea area first, and they seized the opportunity to start crazy output.

Soon, the front part of the battleship Yamato and the middle part of the port side were hit by 4 torpedoes successively, and the speed dropped suddenly to 22 knots.

At this time, the second wave of attack aircraft of the US military arrived almost at the same time, and a 450-kilogram aerial bomb blew up the drain valve, making the ship unable to perform draining operations.

The Japanese captain could only order symmetrical water injection to the starboard compartment to restore the balance of the hull, and the speed dropped to 18 knots.

In the following half an hour, the Yamato battleship was hit by 15 torpedoes one after another, and the hull tilted by 16-18 degrees.

Since the water injection and drainage area on the starboard side had been filled with water, water could only be injected into the machinery room, lounge and boiler room. The speed gradually decreased to 7 knots, and the Japanese captain was finally forced to issue an order to abandon ship.

However, not long after, chain explosions occurred in the main [-] cannon ammunition depots of the battleship Yamato.

This super battleship, considered by the Japanese to be unsinkable, sank into the ocean before it could fire a single shell at the U.S. troops who landed on Okinawa.

Fireballs, huge waves and thick smoke rolled over the sea. Lieutenant General Ito Seiichi and other 3063 officers and soldiers died on the seabed. Only [-] destroyers in the entire fleet left the battle zone with injuries.

The sinking of the Yamato heralded the complete destruction of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the ambition of the Japanese to resist the attack of the US military was wiped out.

The Japanese submarine force went to activities near Okinawa. Due to the tight security of the Allied Forces, they did nothing. Except for one ship returning, the remaining seven ships were sunk.

In this campaign, the Allied fast aircraft carrier fleet sank one Japanese battleship, one cruiser, four destroyers, and seven submarines, thereby eliminating the threat at sea.

However, this was only a small episode in the bloodiest amphibious landing battle on the Pacific battlefield.

In this bloody battle that lasted for more than two months, the U.S. military has invested a total of 2 troops, and the Japanese troops guarding the island are also as high as 24.

The military strength of the U.S. military is far higher than that of the Japanese army. Not only is its military strength more than doubled, but it also has advantages over the Japanese army in terms of surface warships and air superiority, and military equipment for landing troops.

There is no doubt that no matter from which tricky point of view, the US military will undoubtedly win.

But Yang Fan is well aware of how bloody and cruel this protracted battle for the island is.

Although completely behind the U.S. military, despite being isolated and helpless, even though they knew that stubborn resistance would lead to a dead end, the Japanese troops brainwashed by militaristic ideology were still extremely hard-headed.

With the determination to die, they launched a life-and-death battle with the U.S. military on every inch of land. Even if they lost the battle in the end, they were destined to cause unbearable major damage to the U.S. military.

As the saying goes, "The business of beheading is done by someone, and the business of losing money is not asked." Yang Fan decided not to go into troubled water from the very beginning.

Even with a clear order from the Allied Army Headquarters, it is impossible for someone Yang to send his Marine Corps into a meat grinder because he catered to some people.

Of course, it is also impossible for Yang Fan to "eat ugly" and do nothing, so naturally he has to do it to save face.

In order to play this drama well, Yang Fan not only ordered the troops to launch a new round of large-scale military counterattacks in North China and Guangdong and Guangxi a month ago, but also sent out the Shandong Navy Fleet to join Liu Qiang's troops. Provide sea and air fire support to American soldiers in landing operations.

经过长时间的猥琐发育，山东舰队已经具备了3艘正规航空母舰、4艘护航航母、2艘伍斯特级轻巡洋舰、3艘驱逐舰、6艘XXI型潜艇、8艘常规U艇，8艘护卫艇，以及10余艘各型登陆舰、补给舰、巡逻艇。

There are as many as fifty or sixty ships of various types. If you add the part of the expedition fleet led by Liu Qiang, the total number of ships is already over a hundred!

Compared with the U.S. fleet, this is not enough to look at at all, but for the Japanese combined fleet that has long since faded, it is really a naval force that cannot be underestimated.

Especially the most advanced XXI submarine force, as early as the end of 1944, they swaggered into the Sea of ​​Japan to ambush their prey, and no longer waited for rabbits in various seas in Southeast Asia as cautiously as before.

In the past 4 months alone, the Huben Army submarine force has launched more than 160 attacks, fired more than 800 torpedoes, and sank 64 Japanese ships of various types, totaling 34 tons.

While the Huben Navy's submarine force was thriving, the U.S. Navy's submarine force was naturally not idle.

Beginning in April 1944, the United States successively deployed 4 submarines in the Pacific Ocean, and began to launch pack-of-wolves tactics against the Japanese army's shipping supply lines.

Unwilling to fail, the Japanese navy desperately launched a counterattack. This crazy move of hitting a pebble with a pebble hit the arms of the U.S. military, and it also made the U.S. submarine force famous.

Before Pearl Harbor, Japanese ships had never sailed alone without escorts.

But after they attacked Pearl Harbor in a deadly manner, the extremely angry high-level US military ordered submarines to attack any enemy ship without restriction.