"Send a telegram to the Japanese Front Command, the three Japanese capital ships stranded on Iwaya Beach have been blown into a pile of scrap metal by our Air Force's Stotuka dive bombers with 1,000 kg armor-piercing bombs! 3,000 meters below my landline are three piles of burning scrap metal...... It seems that there is no hope of repair, so it can only be sent back to the steel plant to be re-furnaceed! ”

On board an FW-189 reconnaissance plane, the commander of the Third Air Force, Wang Shuming, who had just been promoted to air force general for his meritorious service in slaughtering the Japanese people from the air, was contacting the Busan Air Force Headquarters with an airborne radio. Handsome, full of military atmosphere, his face is full of smug arrogance. On the beach, where he lay 3,000 meters, were three battlecruisers Amagi, Kaga, and Tosa, which had been burned into fire ships in thick smoke and fire. These three Japanese Navy capital ships, which were stranded on Iwaya Beach and once posed a considerable threat to the Wehrmacht landing in Kitakyushu with their 410mm heavy guns, were completely destroyed by the Wehrmacht Air Force dive bombers on the afternoon of March 4! The speed was probably completely unexpected by the Japanese Red Army and the Red Navy, and even the General Staff of the Wehrmacht and the Japanese Front Command were not expected.

Although the three Japanese capital ships were all wrapped in tens of thousands of tons of armor steel plates, nothing seemed to threaten them, at least until the 410mm shells in their ammunition depots were exhausted...... It's a pity that such wishful thinking was shattered by the harsh reality in less than 24 hours. The three stranded capital ships are simply three immobile dead targets, and they are incomparably huge. For those dive bomber pilots of the Chinese Air Force whose dive bombing technology has been superb, there is almost no possibility of missing the bomb! And their steel armor is not as strong as expected, and the horizontal armor is only about a hundred millimeters. The top armor of the main turret is one hundred and tens of millimeters, and 500 kg of armor-piercing shells can easily penetrate such armor, while the Chinese Air Force directly used the Ju.87 Stuka dive bomber to drop 1000 kg of armor-piercing bombs!

After paying the price of 6 Stukas shot down and 5 Stuka damaged, the three huge battlecruisers and battleships were hit by a total of eighteen giant armor-piercing bombs of 1000 kg! Of these, the Amagi battlecruiser was hit by five, one of which penetrated through the top of the No. 3 turret and then broke through the armor of the ammunition depot under the turret. Hundreds of 410mm caliber shells were directly detonated, and the ensuing explosion destroyed almost the entire bow, and the raging fire soon spread to the rest of the Amagi. The more than 1,300 officers and men on the Amagi were almost all lost, except for less than 100 survivors! The fate of the Kaga was even more tragic, as many as eight 1,000-kilogram giant armor-piercing shells hit the incapacitated giant ship's bow, turret No. 1, conning tower, chimney No. 1, turret No. 4, port deck, starboard deck and stern after eight explosions. This invincible battleship was almost torn to shreds! The fate of the Tosa was slightly better. It was not the battleship that escaped, but the captain of the Tosa, Hero Yano, who decisively gave the order to the flagship after witnessing the tragic fate of the Amagi and Kaga ships, thus saving more than 1,000 Japanese lives.

"Prime Minister, Lu Zixiu's phone call." Chang Ruiqing, who was looking through the battle plans sent by the Central Asian Front and the Siberian Front, took the phone call handed over by Zhao Fatzi. Seeing the smile on Zhao Zhen's face, Chang Ruiqing knew that there was good news coming from the front line, and he took the phone with a smile: "Zixiu, is there any good news?" ”

Lu Yixuan's voice came from the other end of the phone, gentle and elegant. It doesn't sound like a commander who commands an army of 2 million in the midst of a war to destroy the country. "Report to the Prime Minister that the Air Force has taken out the three Japanese capital ships that ran aground on Iwaya Beach. The Navy's Japanese task force is ready to carry out a landing on the west coast of Kyushu. It can be carried out tomorrow morning, and the troops participating in the landing are two divisions of the army's Second Mountain Army. Other than that...... The victory in the Battle of Kitakyushu seems to be completely sealed...... Since this afternoon, the offensive of Japanese ground forces in Kitakyushu has slowed down, and there seem to be signs of a retreat into the mountainous areas of central Kyushu. However, the battle in Yamaguchi Prefecture was still very fierce, the airborne troops suffered large losses, but they did not lose any important positions, the third airborne division also opened the passage between Yamaguchi City and Shimonoseki City, and the reinforcements of the two regiments have arrived at the Shimonoseki Port Railway Station, and they should be sure to seize several deep-water docks at Shimonoseki Port to lay a good foundation for the next full-scale attack on Japan's Honshu! ”

Chang Ruiqing just said lightly "Very good" and put down the phone. He looked at Zhao Fatzi and said with a smile: "Youlin, do you have any opinions?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Militarily speaking, the conquest of the Japanese mainland is just around the corner...... Japan's naval power had completely collapsed, and the capital ship force had been completely destroyed, with the exception of the battlecruiser Akagi, which ran aground on the beach near Mt. Shifeng. There may be a few aircraft carriers left, but there is no longer any threat to the Wehrmacht Navy, the sea power of the East Ocean is firmly in our hands, and now we can choose any point in the Japanese archipelago to land! If we want, we can even deploy mechanized troops directly ashore on the Kanto Plain in Japan! But this style of play may not be conducive to the maximum consumption of the living strength of the Japanese nation, right? Therefore, my construction is still Kyushu first, then the western country, and then Jinai, step by step towards Tokyo, fighting for a year and a half, killing millions of Japanese Red Army, and finally winning the fruits of victory! ”

He paused, frowned slightly, pointed to the two reports submitted by the Central Asian Front and the Siberian Front on his desk, and said, "But in this way, I am afraid that our 2 million troops will be stranded on the Japanese battlefield for a long time...... The strategy of the South Seas will also cost at least millions of troops. In this way, we will not have enough strength to fight against the Soviet Union, and according to the reports submitted by Bai Jiansheng and Guo Maochen, we need to invest at least 5 million regular troops and 2 million reserve troops on the Sino-Soviet battlefield to ensure victory. Prime Minister, we don't have that many field forces right now. If we want to maintain both the Japanese and Soviet battlefields, we will need to increase the total number of troops by more than 2 million and increase the production of weapons and ammunition by 30 percent. ”

Chang Ruiqing listened quietly. In my mind, I thought of the magnificent scene of the 2 million squadrons galloping across the Japanese archipelago. He has been fighting for this moment for half his life! At this time, he tried his best to maintain a calm look, and said lightly: "Youlin, it is impossible to increase the army by 2 million and increase military production by 30%, our economy has been under too much pressure for this world war, and the fiscal deficit in 1936 will be as high as 7 billion Chinese yuan!" You must know that our total financial income is only more than 8 billion! Although the goal of victory in the war is higher than one qiē, the country's economy is also to be maintained...... Again. Is there a way to defeat the Soviet Union without having to invest so many troops and weapons? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled confidently: "Of course there is a way, Prime Minister, you are knowingly asking...... I have already communicated with Wu Yuxun, Yang Tie'an, Bai Jiansheng, and Guo Maochen. They all agreed to use nuclear fission bombs on the battlefield of the war against the Soviet Union. However, it is not enough for us to drop nuclear fission bombs to defeat the Soviet Union, and we must drop them together with Germany and Britain, and it is estimated that 50 to 100 nuclear fission bombs will be needed to completely destroy the will of the Soviets to resist! Prime Minister, I don't know if Hitler and Churchill had such determination. Will you be this wicked person? ”

50 to 100 atomic bombs! Belch. This Chief of General Staff Zhao is really a lion's mouth! Historically, little Japan surrendered after two atomic bombs, and the Soviets doubled at most, and four atomic bombs must have been completed.

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing said to Zhao Zhen: "Youlin, you can give an order to the Nanyang Front, the strategic operation of the Nanyang Islands can now be launched, and the Nanyang Fleet and the Western Fleet are all under the command of the Nanyang Front." In addition, call Lu Zixiu. Let him not be soft, he must be beaten hard! It is necessary to fight until the Japanese are convinced. Hit their entire nation, and only in this way can we ensure that they will always integrate into the Great China Federation! ”

"Yes, I see."

"Also, I'm going to leave Nanjing for a few days, the itinerary is completely confidential, you and Yu Xun here in Nanjing will take care of me more."

"Prime Minister, you're going to ......"

Chang Ruiqing smiled mysteriously: "Go and see how the heavenly fire burns!" ”

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Boom Boom Boom ......

A thunderous roar swept across the coast of Kitakyushu and across the hills and inland of Kyushu.

During this period in early March 1936, 780,000 officers and soldiers from China and Japan fought a fierce battle in the narrow land of Kitakyushu. On March 8th, it's finally time to decide the winner! The Chinese people have launched a magnificent offensive operation on the battlefield, just as they once did on the land of the USSR and India! On the one hand, an armored cavalry division had already landed in Hakata Port before March 8, and more than 300 tanks and assault artillery became the biggest trump card in Guan Linzheng's hands, roaring all the way to Dazaifu, and capturing the small town at the junction of Fukuoka and Saga prefectures, guarding the entrance to the Saga Plain (which is really a very small plain) in a single attack. On the other hand, two mountain divisions of the 2nd Mountain Army of the Chinese Army made a cameo appearance as marines, landed at Amakusa Beach and Kikuwan on the Shimabara Peninsula behind the Nagasaki Peninsula, and annihilated the Japanese Red Guards defending the Shimabara Peninsula in just a few hours, captured the port of Kuchinozu, and approached Nagasaki City, the largest port city west of Kyushu Island, from behind.

When the news reached the headquarters of the Kyushu Headquarters of the Japanese Continental Defense Army in Kumamoto, it immediately lowered the already noisy and panicked atmosphere to a freezing point. The Japanese staff officers who had been holding on to the last bit of luck not long ago all looked dejected, as if a catastrophe was coming.

In fact, the catastrophe is indeed coming! On the map, the Japanese front is already a little scattered. The battlefield west of the Enga River was relatively stable, the Japanese army retreated across the Enga River, and the Chinese army did not take the opportunity to advance eastward, so the two sides faced off with the Enga River. However, the territory of the Chinese army in Yamaguchi Prefecture has become larger and larger, and the battle situation in Shimonoseki in particular is quite tragic, and once this city, which faces Kitakyushu City across the Kanmen Strait, falls into the hands of the Chinese army, several Japanese divisions and regiments east of the Enga River will completely become lonely!

However, the situation west of the Toga River was rather bad, as the Chinese armoured forces occupied Dazaifu and broke into the Saga Plain, which was an important crossroads. The roads and railways connecting Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, and Kumamoto prefectures all meet there. The Chinese occupation of the area was tantamount to dividing the Japanese army in Kitakyushu into four isolated parts that were difficult to communicate with each other, and it also knocked on the door to Kumamoto City, the headquarters of the Japanese army in Kyushu.

Although on the map. The Japanese army in Kyushu, which had been divided into four parts, still had the numbers of 16 divisions, but everyone present knew that after the attrition of the offensive operations with heavy casualties in the past few days, these 16 divisions had suffered a total of more than 100,000 casualties...... Although it is possible to absorb and merge the officers and soldiers of the Red Guards to replenish the soldiers, there is no way to replenish the weapons and ammunition lost and consumed on the battlefield! Now the heavy industry in Japan is about to be paralyzed, and the Japanese Red Army can only rely on the stocks of weapons and ammunition to fight!

The offensive of the Chinese army is still continuing, and bad news is still coming.

"What? The armored forces of the Riot Army had broken through the Chikugo River and broken into the city of Kurume. The 108th Wing of the 231st Division has lost contact and may have been crushed by the Riot Panzer Corps? How many troops does the 108th Division still have, and will it be able to engage in street fighting with the rebel army in the city of Kurume? ”

"The marching ranks of the 108th, 109th and 110th Artillery Wings suffered heavy casualties under the pursuit of violent bombers?

Where are these three artillery wings now? And how many more artillery and ammunition? Headquarters hopes that your report will be more accurate! ”

"The 110th Division requests to abandon its current position and retreat in the direction of Sasebo? But isn't the area where you are now mountainous? Couldn't even the mountains resist the offensive of the riotous army? ”

Several commanders of the Kyushu headquarters of the Japanese Defense Army. Sadao Araki, Ishihara Waner, Anda Twenty-three, Kimura Hyotaro and Kyushu Military and Political Commissioner Noro Eitaro were not in charge of the war room at this time. Instead, they gathered in Sadao Araki's office, closed the door, and whispered something.

"We can't fight any further, the Battle of Kitakyushu has been completely lost...... Even the navy was defeated by the tyranny, how could the army be the opponent of the tyranny? It is now necessary to negotiate with the tyrannical branch as much as possible, and perhaps to fight for a national autonomy. If we continue to fight, I am afraid that it will not only destroy the country, but even the seeds will be wiped out by the tyranny! Just now there was news from the intelligence services. The rioters carried out a bloody suppression of the uprising in Fukuoka City, killing at least 20,000 people! Since the landing of the Riot Branch, the regular troops under the Kyushu Army have lost at least 120,000 people, and the Red Guards have lost more than 80,000 people, and if you count the people who died in the bombing and were slaughtered by the Riot Army, I am afraid that it has exceeded 250,000 people! If the war continues in this way, the Japanese nation will become extinct! ”

It was Ishihara who spoke, and in his opinion, the Battle of Kitakyushu was the last stand of the Japanese army. If you lose, you will quickly surrender to save your life, and it is a big deal to endure humiliation and bear the burden of being Chinese. There may be hope for the restoration of the country in the future. If you really resist every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood, in the end, I am afraid that not only will the country be destroyed, but also the species will be wiped out! Today's Japan has a population of only 60 million (excluding the non-Japanese minority people), and it can't afford to fight a war with 600,000 deaths in a month!

"Ishihara-kun, I completely agree with your opinion." Sadao Araki frowned and said, "And the request for an armistice has been reported to the Central Committee of the Japanese Army and the Military Commission of the Japanese Revolution...... However, the Central Committee and the Military Commission did not agree, they demanded that our Kyushu Army fight to the last man, and they also asked us to do everything possible to expand the size of the Red Army and the Red Guards, and mobilize the masses of the people to fight a bloody battle with the enemy until the last moment......"

"Nonsense! Monkey business! Is this a species that wants to be extinct in Japan? Before Araki's words were finished, Ishihara Waner jumped up, and he turned his head to look at Noro Eitaro, who was bowing his head and silent: "Noro-kun, you are a member of the political committee, and it stands to reason that you are the supreme leader of the Kyushu Army, what do you say?" ”

At present, the Japanese army still hangs the signboard of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, so the political commissars are the supreme leaders who are "the last military decision", but that is only theoretical, in fact, with the continuous deterioration of the world revolutionary situation, the status of the political commissars of the Japanese Red Army is getting lower and lower, except for a very small number of political commissars with special status, most of the political commissars are just a foil for idle meals in the army. And this Noro Eitaro is a political commissar who eats idle meals, he was originally a protégé of Nosaka Sanzo, and when the teacher was unlucky, he fought back in time to maintain his position, but it was also a cold bench role, if it weren't for the fact that the figures in Takeda Heng's inner circle were all moving to the Nanyang Islands, the political commissar of the Kyushu Army would not have been able to do it anyway.

Although he was not very favored, Noro Eitaro's loyalty to the cause of GCISM was undoubted, and his family did not go abroad, but went to the Nanyang Islands, which were firmly controlled by Takeda's henchmen, so at this time he had to help Takeda maintain the situation of the Kyushu War of Resistance no matter what.

And for Ishihara's question, he has already thought of the answer. "Now we should retreat!" Yelu said lightly: "Withdraw the Kyushu army to the mountains, and the Kyushu headquarters will also go to Hitoyoshi City in the mountains." ”

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