Umezu Yoshijiro was the one who forced Ho Ying-chin to sign the infamous Ho-Mei Agreement...... He was also an officer with extensive combat experience who gradually rose from non-commissioned officer to army general. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

His deployment is done with both hands at the same time:

On the one hand, Japan tried its best to resist the bombing of the US military, and on the other hand, it actively deployed a decisive battle with the US fleet in Leyte Gulf, the Philippines.

Judging by this "two hands", Umezu Mijiro's preparation in both directions was wrong......

There is nowhere to start to resist the bombing of the US army, and the Japanese army has no suitable fighters for interception, and those who can barely perform this task are the "one-type falcon battle" and the "two-type dragon slayer", but these fighters can only barely fly to an altitude of 9,000 meters, and the B29 can only launch a jump attack to attack at an altitude of 10,000 meters...... That is, to use inertia at full speed to soar all the way to an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, and then quickly attack the target.

But needless to say, such an attack is not much of a threat to the B29, because the attack time is too short to have time to aim, and there is only one chance...... Then the altitude drops, and by the time the jump is again, the target is already far away.

However, the Japanese army later thought of a method that made people feel incredible, that is, to use the fighter plane to jump directly into the B29...... A pilot named Shigeo Watanabe flew a fighter plane and shot down two B29s in quick succession, which was an eye-opener for the Japanese air force, and encouraged other Japanese pilots to do the same.

As for the decisive battle with the American fleet in Leyte Gulf...... When Vice Takeshi Toyoda, commander of the Combined Fleet, received the order for a decisive battle, he was so angry that he tore the order to pieces and yelled: "Decisive battle! Our aircraft carriers don't even have carrier-based aircraft, how can we fight a decisive battle with the enemy?! If you can, let those who say the decisive battle come here and see what the situation is! ”

It is not surprising that the Toyota Vice Military Council said this, because at this time, the US military's "Hellcat" fighters have been rampant over the Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese Navy has been beaten to the point where it is powerless, where will the decisive battle come from?!

But at the same time, it is not to blame for Umezu Mijiro, who came from the army and thought that only spirit and will were needed...... There is no battle that cannot be won!

If you want to blame it, you can blame the Japanese militarist ideology for fooling too many people, and now they themselves are fooling into it.

At this time, Halsey sent a telegram to Zhang Chi:

"Colonel, the Japanese warships and warplanes are massing in the Philippines, and they seem to have something to do in the Philippines, so ...... We may consider reducing our supplies to you! ”

Staff Officer Liang and the others frowned when they saw this information.

"How can the Americans reduce their supplies to us at this time!" "Don't they know how dangerous the situation here is? ”

"Yes, now is the time when we need a large number of supplies, and don't the Americans kill us?"

……

Zhang Chi was not angry but happy, because he knew that the battle situation had developed as he imagined.

"Master!" Seeing Zhang Chi's relaxed face, Staff Officer Liang asked suspiciously: "Why are you ......?"

"Staff Officer!" Zhang Chi replied: "It is indeed not a good thing for the Americans to reduce their supplies to us, but ...... The Japanese are making a big move in the Philippines, do you know what this represents? ”

"Shizuo means ......"

"That's right!" Zhang Chi nodded and said, "They have shifted their strategic focus to the Philippines, that is...... Our supplies are dwindling, and our opponents are ...... They may well have fewer supplies! ”

Staff Officer Liang thought for a moment, and then agreed: "What the division said is right, no matter how small our supplies are, they still occupy the sea, railways, and highways, and the only supplies that the Japanese can rely on is to air transport supplies from Korea and the Japanese mainland, which is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. ”

"What's more!" Zhang Chi continued: "We occupied Shenyang and gave the Japanese arsenal to the end, so the Japanese fired fewer bullets, and we ...... The Yankees have less supplies, so they should start the arsenal and build it themselves, anyway, there are all steel factories, gunsmiths, and gunpowder factories! ”

"Yes, yes!" Staff Officer Liang nodded and said: "Our troops will also play the 38 big cover, although there will be uncomfortable situations, but it is better than the devil without bullets!" ”

"Master!" The fellow villagers asked a little puzzled: "The devil knows that there is a shortage of ammunition, why did he just let the Third Front Army go unpunished?" ”

"There are two possibilities!" Zhang Chi replied: "One possibility is that the Japanese army thinks that their current strength and supplies are enough to defeat us!" Another possibility is that after the devil was bombed in Tokyo, the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, hoping to defeat the US military in the Philippines and end the war as soon as possible! ”

"I want to end, dream!" The fellow villagers scolded: "If you don't hurt these dogs, I can't swallow this breath!" ”

"I think these two could exist at the same time!" Staff Officer Liang then said in a relaxed manner: "Because the current situation is indeed as the devil thinks, with their existing forces and supplies, it is likely to defeat us, after all, the disparity in strength is too great, and we can only defend passively...... So this battle is still not easy to fight! ”

"Staff Officer Liang is right!" Zhang Chi nodded and said, "But now, the devil already has a weakness...... This weakness is the supply of devils! ”

"Master!" The fellow villager said: "We also know that this is the weakness of the devil, in fact...... Since we captured Shenyang, this has always been the weakness of the devils...... But how do we exploit this weakness? Do you stay here and fight the devil until the devil runs out of bullets? ”

"So to speak!" Zhang Chi smiled: "But this is only one of them!" ”

"Is there any other way?" Staff Officer Liang and fellow villagers all looked at Zhang Chi.

Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said, "The reason why the devils estimate that they can defeat us with the existing supplies...... There are three aspects of dependence, the first of which is the supply from North Korea. ”

Staff Officer Liang nodded: "However, the mountains are covered by heavy snow in the north of North Korea, and there are also Pak Chung-hyung's guerrillas to sabotage, so the devils don't get much supplies from here." ”

"The second aspect is from the Manchurian-Mongolian border!"

The Japanese army was defending the Manchurian-Mongolian border with Soviet troops, so a certain amount of ammunition was stored on the Manchurian-Mongolian border.

"We have air supremacy!" Staff Officer Liang said: "The roads and railways on the Manchurian-Mongolian border will then be under the attack of our fighters and bombers, and the Japanese army's desire to get supplies from this direction will also be greatly reduced."

After thinking about it, Staff Officer Liang asked suspiciously: "Is the division saying that in addition to these two points, the devil can still be supplied?" ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied: "The towns and villages scattered in the puppet Manchukuo!" ”

(To be continued.) )