The Japanese Army's dispatch forces are launching a strategic offensive against the Yamashiro government, but the Japanese Navy in the Pacific is struggling to resist the attack of the American army.

These island atolls in the northern part of the Marshall Islands were occupied and defended by the Japanese Navy, with a large number of naval personnel and the Japanese Army's 1st Marine Mobile Brigade, as well as three detachments, totaling more than 10,000 people.

"What Shimada-kun said is very right, we all know the strategic intentions of the US Navy, and it is estimated that the base camp also knows in our hearts, and it is no longer realistic to assist the Marshall Islands region at the moment, and the US Navy and Army will use several times more troops than the defenders."

"According to the garrison of Kwajalein Atoll, the 4th Marine Division was used for the northern landing, with three battleships, six cruisers, three escort aircraft carriers, sixty-one destroyers, forty-eight landing ships, eleven minesweepers, etc."

"The Southern Landing Group is the Seventh Infantry Division of the US Army, equipped with four battleships, four cruisers, three escort aircraft carriers, twenty destroyers, fifty-six landing ships, nine minesweepers, etc."

"What kind of troop configuration is this? All our garrisons in the entire Marshall Islands add up to only one-fifth of the human family, how can we fight? Keisan Matsushima said with a wry smile.

Kwajalein Atoll is the base center of the defense of the Japanese Navy and Army in the Marshall Islands area, and in January of the 30th year of the Republic of China, the Sixth Patrol District Command of the Japanese Navy was established, with Rear Admiral Akiyama Kasumo as the commander.

At present, there are more than 4,000 naval personnel, about 2,700 soldiers, and more than 1,000 Japanese army garrisons.

At the northern end of Kwajalein Atoll is Roy Island and its neighbouring Namur Island, which is connected by a causeway, also known as Roy-Namur Island. The Japanese built a three-runway airfield on Roy Island, and barracks and other military facilities on Namur Island.

The Japanese Navy's 24th Air Force Headquarters is located on Namur Island, which is also the central air base in the Marshall Islands region. About 3,000 Japanese troops were stationed on Roy-Namur Island, half of whom were air force personnel, under the unified command of Major General Michiyuki Yamada, commander of the 24th Air Force.

Just this point of strength has to withstand the artillery attack of a division of the US Marine Corps, an infantry division of the US Army, seven battleships, and 81 destroyers, and the US naval aviation is still constantly bombing and strafing.

"I do know a little about the Marshall Islands, but the main one is that in three places, Kwajalein Atoll, Roy-Namur and Eniwetok Atoll, there are not enough troops in the first place, and there is no way to reinforce each other, and in the absence of domestic support, it is only a matter of time before the garrison is loyal to the Empire and the Emperor."

"The gap in strength between the empire and the United States is too great, whether it is economic, industrial, or demographic foundation, it is no wonder that Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku and some of the high-ranking admirals of the navy did not agree to go to war against the United States." Ono said.

Eniwetok Atoll is the largest atoll in the northwest of the Marshall Islands, about 300 nautical miles from Kwajalein Atoll, and is an excellent anchorage for ships.

In March of the 32nd year of the Republic of China, the Japanese army built a bomber runway more than 1,000 meters long for aircraft to and from the Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Caroline Islands to land and use.

Since October of the 32nd year of the Republic of China, the 61st Garrison of the Japanese Navy has been responsible for the defense in January of this year, and the 1st Maritime Mobile Brigade of the Japanese Army has been ordered to deploy its main forces on the three islands of Eniwetok, Njibi and Pari in the atoll, and the headquarters is located on Pari Island.

Before the U.S. counteroffensive, the Japanese garrison on the islands of Ekwetok Atoll totaled more than 2,700 people, plus surveyors and engineers, totaling more than 3,500 people.

Think about the attack lineup of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet this time, and then think about the garrison lineup of the entire Japanese Navy and Army, there is hope that there will be no more, and there will be only despair!

"If the Marshall Islands all fall into the hands of the U.S. military, then it is equivalent to opening the door to attack the Mariana Islands, and now the enemy is strong and we are weak, if the absolute defense circle is broken and the Mariana Islands are lost, it is equivalent to falling the empire into the range of the U.S. Air Force."

"According to information from the imperial intelligence department, the newly equipped B-29 strategic bomber of the United States is equipped with four engines, has a bomb load of up to nine tons, has a maximum range of more than 5,600 kilometers, and has a combat radius of an astonishing 2,800 kilometers."

"The distance between the Mariana Islands and our mainland is only more than 2,500 kilometers, which also means that the strategic bombers of the US Air Force take off from the Mariana Islands, drop bombs over cities all over the mainland, and can calmly fly back!" Kodama and Shifu said.

Chatting with the staff officers and intelligence officers of the Japanese Navy has such advantages, and Chen Mingxiang clearly imagined the predicament that Japan is facing today, how to say that as long as the US troops occupy the Mariana Islands, Japan's mainland will be bombed.

The bombing of Japan's factories would be a disaster for the army at the front, and a large amount of war materials would not be replenished, and the combat capability would be greatly weakened, which created conditions for the counterattack of the Yamashiro government army and the underground party army.

What is even more gratifying is that the US Navy will gradually cut off the shipping lanes between Japan and China, and cut off the shipping lanes between Japan and other countries in Southeast Asia and the South Seas, and will not be able to obtain blood transfusions from the occupied areas, thus forming a vicious circle.

"Don't be discouraged, the Mariana Islands are a key support part of the Empire's absolute defense circle, and the army stationed heavy troops there is definitely not the same combat capability as the Marshall Islands, and I believe it can resist the attack of the American army."

"Besides, the combined fleet of the Imperial Navy will not let the US Navy be so arrogant, as long as the other side's ships can't get close to the Mariana Islands, everything will still have a turnaround." Chen Mingxiang said.

The people present changed the topic and talked about some other things, and did not mention the Marshall Islands again, there was nothing to say, of course, in the face of Chen Mingxiang's trust, they were not good at saying anything else.

What kind of strength the Japanese Navy's combined fleet is, they are much clearer than Chen Mingxiang, a layman, the US Navy's main aircraft carriers, light aircraft carriers, and escort aircraft carriers, there are dozens at every turn, but less than ten aircraft carriers of the combined fleet can go into battle!

The Fifth Fleet of the US Navy has more than 20 cruisers, the Combined Fleet has only 14, the US Navy has 1780 destroyers, and the Combined Fleet has only more than 30.

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