Beiyang reactionaries

There are two main blows.One is that a large number of elite Japanese troops were wiped out.The Japanese troops who invaded India were all the elite of the elite Japanese troops going south, and they were the main force of the Japanese army in the Burma campaign.But it was such an elite force that lost more than 50 troops in India.This directly led to a great decline in the quality of the Japanese army in the Indochina Peninsula, and a rapid decline in combat effectiveness.After all, so many elite troops were lost.

One of the two is that the Japanese army's mobile forces are seriously insufficient.

The troops that invaded India were a small mobile force of the Japanese army, and the other troops basically could only be stationed and stabilized.After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Imphal, the Japanese army immediately lacked mobile troops.With the deployment of the Chindun River defense line this time, Japan has basically mobilized all its mobile forces in Myanmar.Needless to say, the troops on the Mandalay side, even the troops on the Myitkyina side have mobilized a lot before they can deploy a line of defense along the Chindun River.

So suddenly there were British airborne troops near Mandalay, which shocked Mandalay very much.

At this time, Mandalay really didn't have many troops.Adding up all the messy troops, it is only about 10 people.Mandalay is the largest logistics base of the Japanese army in Myanmar. Many of the troops here are logistics troops and security forces that maintain local law and order.There are very few real field troops.Therefore, we can only send two mixed brigades to encircle and suppress them. This is the limit of Mandalay.

The airborne operation of the British army this time has not yet fought, but it has already caused panic in Mandalay and the front line of the Chindun River.

At this time, China and the United States also began to cooperate with the British army.

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When the British army launched the Burma campaign, the United States also launched a massive counteroffensive.

The strong industrial strength of the United States has completely exploded at this time.It should be said that not only the United States, but all industrial powers have already exploded their potential.The three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are now a real torrent of steel, and the fight is whoever has more steel and who has more bombs.Britain and the United States are currently preparing for the Normandy landing, and the British and American coalition forces have gathered more than 300 million troops.For such a large-scale mobilization of troops, not to mention the escorting warships on the British and American side, there are more than 4000 landing ships, more than 5000 transport ships, and more than 1.5 combat aircraft.What kind of strength is this.

While preparing for the Normandy landing, the United States invested more and more troops in the Pacific battlefield.

In order to win the Battle of the Marshall Islands, American transport ships brought in batch after batch of American troops.The United States began the Battle of the Marshall Islands in February 1944, and it has been fighting for 2 months now.

In order to take the Marshall Islands, the U.S. military invested the main force of the Pacific Fleet, as well as more than 8000 combat aircraft and 3000 transport aircraft.The army has invested more than 70 people in succession.On the entire Pacific battlefield, the size of the army exceeds 190 million, nearly 200 million.

On May 1944, 5, the U.S. military won the Battle of the Marshall Islands.

During the three-month battle, the Japanese army lost more than 5700 combat aircraft and more than 1600 transport aircraft.The Japanese navy suffered heavy losses and suffered greatly.In order to fight desperately with the US Pacific Fleet, the Japanese Navy formed two mobile fleets, one is the first mobile fleet and the other is the second mobile fleet.These two mobile fleets are a combination of strong and strong, and the Japanese Navy has drawn out a fleet composed of aircraft carriers, battleships, and cruisers.They are two very powerful mobile fleets among the Japanese combined fleet.

But not long after they were formed, they all suffered catastrophe.

In the Mariana naval battle, Japan's First Mobile Fleet suffered heavy losses.I dare not say that the entire army was wiped out, but the First Mobile Fleet lost about 70% of its combat effectiveness.In the Battle of the Marshall Islands, the Japanese Second Mobile Fleet was completely wiped out.During the three-month battle, 8 aircraft carriers and 6 battleships were sunk by the US military.

In these two naval battles, the elite Japanese navy was almost wiped out.

In addition to the navy, the loss of elite pilots of the Japanese army and navy was even more serious.In the Marshall Islands and the Mariana Islands, as well as the Japanese First Mobile Fleet and the Second Mobile Fleet, the Japanese army deployed a total of more than 6000 combat aircraft. The pilots are all outstanding pilots with combat experience.However, after the three-month war, the Japanese army lost more than 2 pilots.

It was a great blow to the Japanese army.

Before the Japanese army had China to help them train pilots, but with the tension between China and Japan, China no longer helped the Japanese army train pilots.Japan can only train pilots by itself.But training pilots is not so easy.

You need a trainer first.

But now Japan, because of the loss of more and more combat aircraft, has always been producing combat aircraft on a large scale, and there is a serious shortage of trainer aircraft.Without enough trainer aircraft, it is impossible to train qualified pilots in batches.The biggest problem for the Japanese army now is that it is difficult to train the required pilots in batches.

The other is the oil issue.

In the past, Japanese oil was either imported from China or from Sumatra.However, the tension between China and Japan has caused Japan's oil supply to become tense.Japan can only give priority to providing combat aircraft.

These two factors directly affect the succession of Japanese pilots.

The failure of the Battle of the Marshall Islands and the Battle of the Marianas caused the Japanese army to successively lose the Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu Islands, and some important northern islands of the Mariana Islands.The outlying positions at the forefront of the Pacific Ocean constructed by Japan were completely breached.

By this time, American casualties were no longer in the Japanese calculations.

Because no matter how many casualties you make the US military pay, it is already impossible to restore the defeat of the Japanese army.Regardless of whether the U.S. military suffers 100 million or 200 million casualties, the population resources of the U.S. can still be quickly replenished.The same is true for aircraft and warships. No matter how many planes are shot down or how many warships are sunk, the United States can provide them in a short period of time.

Of course, for those islands, the US military did pay a huge price.There are more than 20 Japanese troops in the Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, and Tuvalu Islands. These people are indeed fearless.It took the U.S. military a full three months to control these islands.

During this process, very few Japanese troops surrendered, causing huge casualties to the U.S. military.

Some islands could not be taken down by the U.S. military after several assaults.Once this situation occurs, the U.S. military calls for aircraft support and requires the aircraft to bomb the Japanese positions with full coverage.But even so, the Japanese army fought back very tenaciously.

As a result, both the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army and Navy aviation forces suffered heavy casualties.Fortunately, the United States replenished quickly, and quickly added more than 50 army troops to the front line.

After the Battle of the Marshall Islands, the U.S. military immediately entered the war to attack the Solomon Islands.

There are many islands in the Solomon Islands, and there are also a lot of Japanese troops on them.In addition, the Solomon Islands can get the support of the Japanese army in New Guinea at any time, which puts a lot of pressure on the US military.

However, the location of the Solomon Islands is very important, and it is absolutely impossible to bypass it.

After just a few attacks, the Japanese army on the island resisted too fiercely, causing too many American casualties.Therefore, the U.S. military decided on a new tactic, which was to besiege the islands that the Japanese army focused on defending.

Surround those islands with your mighty navy and blow up the airfields of the islands with your air force.In this way, these Japanese troops were trapped by the U.S. military, and it was impossible to affect the next actions of the U.S. military.This is also the desperation method of the US military.

It works great though.

On May 1944, 5, after trapping several important islands in the Solomon Islands, the US military began to contact Australia.In order to contact Australia, the U.S. Navy used submarine warfare to drive away all Japanese warships in this area.Facing the submarine warfare of the United States, the Japanese navy has no choice but to retreat to New Guinea.The Japanese army has been trying to attack Australia for the past two years, but without success.

The northern part of Australia was completely captured by the Japanese army.But the essence of Australia is in several cities in the south, and the Japanese army's several attacks were blocked by the Australian army.Like Sydney, I don’t know how many times it was bombed by the Japanese army in the past two years.Fortunately, the combat effectiveness of the Australian army is still good, and it just resisted the Japanese attempt to land in Australia.

Now the U.S. military has opened up contact with Australia and cleared the Japanese navy in this area.Breaking the siege of Australia by the Japanese army is very good news for Britain and the United States.

During this period of time, Britain and the United States fought repeatedly with the Japanese army, causing the casualties of the British and American troops to rise sharply.Just after the U.S. military entered 1944, the casualties on the Pacific battlefield exceeded 30.

Breaking the Japanese army's control over Australia, you can get the support of the Australian army.When China, Britain and the United States met in Almaty, everyone had already made a decision.As long as the United States opens up Australia, the Australian army can join the U.S. military and accept the command of the U.S. military.

Regardless of the small number of people in Australia, Australia has a large army.It is easy to get tens of 10 people, and the reserve force adds up to about 140 million people.The U.S. military is very eager for these sources of troops.

The current U.S. military just broke through the outer defenses of the Japanese army.

When entering Japan's absolute defense circle, that is, the Mariana Islands, New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Ryukyu Islands, the casualties will be even greater.After all, the Japanese army deployed more troops in these absolute defense circles.

Among these absolute defensive circles, the number of Japanese troops exceeded 300 million.I dare not say that these troops are more elite and more effective, but they are more fearless.If they were to be defeated one by one, how many people would be killed by the U.S. military.How could it be possible to win these places without killing more than 100 million people.

But the United States really cannot bear such a large number of casualties.

Therefore, the United States immediately dispatched a large number of transport ships to transport troops from Australia.The destination is New Guinea, and the Australian army is going to fight against the Japanese troops in New Guinea.

New Guinea is not easy to play.

It has always been one of the largest military bases of the Japanese army.At its peak, the Japanese army deployed more than 50 troops in New Guinea.Although there are fewer now, there are still about 30 Japanese troops stationed here.

And as the Japanese navy was hit hard, the United States became more and more stable in the northern part of the Mariana Islands, and began to use military bases here on a large scale.Especially the Saipan military base.

The United States used the military base here to start a bigger bombing of Tokyo.

Each dispatch is about 80 to 120 B-29 bombers.Although the bombing effect is not very good, the United States has always insisted on bombing.At this time, the United States only wants to solve the battle quickly, so it will not waste bombs.For the United States at this time, these bombs are the least valuable.

In just over ten days, the U.S. military dropped more than 7000 tons of aerial bombs on Tokyo.

The United Kingdom and the United States launched a major counterattack, and China continued to exert pressure on Japan in accordance with its commitment at the Almaty Conference.

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"The position of the British army has been found."

The Japanese cabinet is very busy.