In order to force the little devil emperor to surrender as soon as possible, Zhang Yunfei was ready to occupy the little devil's Tokyo and Nagoya as soon as possible, so this time, the main forces of the eight major group armies acted separately, and the troops attacking Tokyo reached five major group armies, with a total of more than 200,000 troops.

Tokyo, the capital of little Japan, was already unrecognizable at this time, and was visited several times by a large number of Mustang fighters and "Super Flying Fortress" fighters, dropping a large number of heavy aerial bombs and napalm, and Tokyo was basically in ruins, no longer prosperous as before.

Even the population of the entire urban area has been sharply reduced to about a quarter of what it used to be, and in the whole of Tokyo, many people have been killed in several large-scale bombings by the Chinese Air Force, some small Japanese have fled here, and the remaining about 300,000 or 400,000 people are unwilling to leave, or they have returned after the bombing by the Chinese Air Force has ended.

Even the imperial palace of the little Japanese emperor was affected several times by several large-scale bombings by the Chinese Air Force, and it also suffered a certain degree of damage.

And, according to reliable information, the little Japanese emperor also left his palace, and where exactly he went, the Chinese army has not yet grasped the specific situation.

Even the base camp of Little Japan may have been moved, it may have been moved underground, or it may have been moved to some hidden place.

Half a month ago, the Chinese army had information that the base camp of small Japan might have been moved to Osaka or Kobe, but with Osaka and Kobe occupied by the soldiers, this news does not seem to be reliable.

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Early September.

After a long journey of nearly ten days, several large army groups attacked Tokyo. The troops were divided into several routes, and the momentum was like a bamboo, not only advancing hundreds of kilometers to the east, occupying a large amount of Japanese territory, but also annihilating many resisting little devils.

The vanguard of some group armies is not far from the city of Tokyo, Japan, only a few dozen kilometers away.

As for the three major armies attacking Nagoya, Japan, they had approached the outskirts of Nagoya a few days earlier, and were engaged with the defenders of the little devils.

One of the vanguard forces attacking Tokyo, Japan, the 1st Tank Regiment of the 6th Army. Mechanized one regiment with two troops. Formed a huge group of combat vehicles, which was moving at high speed, a regiment of tanks and a regiment of mechanized infantry, in two or three days. has broken through several lines of defense of the little devil in a row. Hundreds of kilometers were advanced.

Behind this force. There was also the main forces of the 6th Army to follow.

Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is located at the southern tip of the Kanto Plain in Honshu. The surrounding terrain is flat, which is very suitable for the deployment of mechanized troops.

If it weren't for the frequent massive bombing by the Chinese Air Force, Tokyo would have been the largest city in Asia, and it is recorded that at the beginning of the 19th century, the population of Edo (the former name of Tokyo) had exceeded one million. In 1868, after the Meiji Restoration, the emperor moved from Kyoto to Tokyo, which became the capital of Japan.

Tokyo, along with Yokohama to the south and Chiba to the east, forms the Keihinha Industrial Zone, which is known as Japan. The main industries are iron and steel, shipbuilding, machine building, chemical industry, leather, electrical machinery, fiber, petroleum, publishing and printing, etc.

These industrial areas are still relatively well preserved, and the bombing of Tokyo by the Chinese Air Force is concentrated in the urban area, and the industrial areas are rarely visited, but now these industrial areas are basically in a state of shutdown.

On the one hand, there is a lack of raw materials, Japan is a resource-poor country, and now, the Japanese Navy is a fiasco, the sea traffic is basically controlled by China, the US Navy, and Japan's dependent on imported raw materials cannot be transported to the mainland.

In addition, a large number of young and middle-aged people in Japan were forcibly conscripted into the army, and a large number of young workers in the factories were not included, and the serious shortage of labor force was another important reason for the suspension of production in these factories.

Tokyo, Japan has a famous industrial area in Japan, and it is also the place with the most museums in Japan, there are hundreds of museums large and small in Tokyo, Japan, including the largest is the Tokyo National Museum, which has a large collection of ancient Japanese historical relics and art treasures, including sculptures, weapons, ceramics, paintings, etc.

However, the city of Tokyo was bombed to ruins, and these museums may have been badly damaged, and a large number of cultural relics and treasures may have been destroyed in the war.

In the past few months, Tokyo has been bombed dozens of times, the most serious air raid was the large-scale bombing of the "Super Flying Fortress" bombers, in which small Japan suffered heavy losses, and after the bombing, most of Tokyo became in ruins, and the population of the entire Tokyo area has now dropped to more than 3 million, about half of the same period last year. The population of the Tokyo metropolitan area is even smaller, perhaps only 300,000 to 400,000.

The 6th Army with a regiment of tanks and a regiment of mechanized infantry, like two sharp swords, galloped along the plain.

"Captain! Further on is Asakusa City, a northern suburb of downtown Tokyo and the northern gateway to Tokyo. ”

The commander of the 1st Tank Regiment, sitting in his armored command vehicle, listened to the words of the chief of staff next to him, and couldn't help but look out through the observation window of the armored command vehicle.

Ahead, in the distance, there seems to be a city in Little Japan, and that is probably Asakusa City in Little Japan.

The little devils have deployed a lot of troops in the suburbs of Asakusa City, as well as in the urban area, the number of people is at least tens of thousands, this city is dozens of kilometers away from the downtown area of Tokyo, basically not bombed by the Chinese Air Force, and it is relatively well preserved.

Many small Japanese people in the urban area of Tokyo have even fled to this small city, which originally had a population of only 200,000 or 300,000, but the population has soared by more than 100,000, and the population is now approaching 500,000.

In the past few months, the Chinese Air Force has basically not carried out large-scale bombing here, and many small Japanese have fled here as a safe haven.

A huge tank regiment and a mechanized infantry regiment formed a huge chariot force, advancing rapidly, getting closer and closer to Asakusa City, and gradually, the soldiers noticed that a large number of little devils appeared in front of them.

A large number of little devils formed a long line of defense, blocking the way of the fighters.

Seeing this, everyone slowed down, stopped, and waited for orders. The two commanders of the 1st Tank Regiment and the 1st Mechanized Infantry Regiment also stepped out of their armored command vehicles one after another, holding binoculars to observe the enemy situation in front.

The two of them observed for a few minutes, and they probably knew the bottom in their hearts, the front should be the size of a small devil field division, there were a large number of little devils, and everyone seemed to see through the telescope that some mortars, anti-tank guns and other weapons were deployed on the little devil's position.

Garrisoned at the northern gateway to Tokyo was a Japanese second-class division, 10,000 or several thousand men, and in order to deal with the armored clusters of the Chinese army, this division of the little devil was equipped with at least a dozen anti-tank guns.

Although these anti-tank guns of the little devils are relatively hidden, several commanders just now saw some eyebrows through binoculars.

"Captain! Look there, it looks like there are a couple of anti-tank guns of little devils. ”

The commander of the first regiment of mechanized infantry, looking in the direction he pointed, saw that there were really a few anti-tank guns of the little devils in front of him.

Seeing this, the regiment commander secretly thought in his heart, maybe there are more anti-tank guns than these little devils, and the little devils are specifically targeting our armored clusters.

In front of the position of the little devils, the little devils also dug anti-tank trenches, apparently, the little devils knew that they were dealing with a tank unit.

A regiment of mechanized infantry and a regiment of tanks, forming a huge cluster of combat vehicles, drove over, and the little devil must have detected the situation a long time ago, and the little devil took corresponding measures.

After finding out the situation, the two regiment commanders did not rashly order their soldiers to attack, but were one or two kilometers away from the little devil's position and confronted the little devil from afar.

On the other hand, the two immediately reported the situation, and soon, Chu Tianming, the commander of the 6th Army, knew about the situation, and an hour later, Chu Tianming also rushed here.

Through careful observation, Chu Tianming had a little bottom in his heart, although there were many little devils on the opposite side, and the distribution of little devils was still relatively dense.

In Asakusa City farther away, there seemed to be a lot of little devils, so Chu Tianming thought of a countermeasure and immediately issued an order.

Putting down the binoculars, Chu Tianming said loudly: "Pass my order, order the three major artillery regiments and heavy artillery brigades to speed up their advance, and select a location to deploy artillery positions, I will carry out indiscriminate artillery bombardment and completely destroy the city of Asakusa in small Japan." ”

"Ahh The chief of staff of the 6th Group Army next to him was taken aback, and said a little worriedly: "Lao Chu, although there are many little devils on the other side, there are also many small Japanese civilians, and if we do this, we will accidentally injure the civilians of small Japan." ”

"Chief of Staff! I've decided, get my orders across! ”

Seeing that Chu Tianming had already decided, the chief of staff couldn't say anything, so he immediately conveyed Chu Tianming's order.

The little devils on the opposite side are quite a few mixed in the urban area, obviously, if the positions on the periphery of the little devils are lost, the little devils are ready to fight street battles with the soldiers in the urban area.

Chu Tianming is obviously unwilling to fight with the little devil in the street, not to mention the time-consuming, the soldiers will have casualties somewhat, the little devil on the opposite side is obviously an integrated field division, and the division that eliminated the little devil, no matter how small his casualties are, it is also a loss for himself.

Therefore, Chu Tianming was ready to take thunderous measures to blow up the entire position of the little devils and the entire urban area into ruins, Asakusa City in small Japan, obviously the urban area is not very large, as long as the location of each heavy artillery group is appropriate, whether it is the position of the little devil, that is, the entire Asakusa urban area is covered by the artillery fire of the heavy artillery group.

The 6th Army, three major artillery regiments, the number of 105-mm howitzers was almost two hundred, in addition, the heavy artillery brigade was armed with 72 155-mm howitzers.

However, Chu Tianming still felt that his heavy artillery was not enough, and immediately contacted the 19th Army, the 6th Army and the 19th Army were attacking Tokyo from the north, and the position of the 19th Army was not far from the position of the 6th Army.

So, the commander of the 19th Group Army listened to Chu Tianming's suggestion, and immediately his heart lit up, such an enjoyable thing naturally cannot be missing the 19th Group Army.

The commanders of the two major armies hit it off, and all the heavy artillery of the two armies immediately began to select sites and build positions, preparing for a large-scale and indiscriminate artillery bombardment of the city of Asakusa in small Japan.

Deliver a devastating blow.

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