Without the iron and steel and non-ferrous metal industries in South Manchuria, as well as the abundant iron ore, coal and magnesium mines, the Japanese would not be able to maintain the most basic needs of the war. If the oil of Southeast Asia was the blood of the Japanese, then the other industries of South Manchuria were the root of their sustaining war.

If he really wants to completely recover South Manchuria, then this pressure is too great for the anti-union. When the Chinese were in trouble, the United States and Britain stood by and watched, and even aided and abetted. At this time, the Chinese will not snatch the burden from the Americans, and they will carry it by themselves if they have nothing to do.

Therefore, his plan, at least for four or three years, did not intend to recover South Manchuria. Of course, if the situation allows, he will not mind driving the Japanese out of the Northeast completely. But for at least four or three years, that wasn't his main plan. His idea was to consume the strength of the Japanese as much as possible.

Under such a state of mind, although the battle lines between the two sides were fierce in the air, they were in a fairly calm situation on the ground for most of the time. However, the contact of small units is still continuous. The artillery battle at the front never stopped from the very beginning.

On the one hand, Yang Zhen is trying to find ways to expand the number of soldiers and troops, and on the other hand, he is making all-out efforts to train his troops. In the second half of '42, the Anti-Japanese Federation organized only five multi-service joint military exercises. Combined military training at the column and division levels is even more frequent.

It is necessary to further drill new tactics and strengthen the troops' ability to carry out coordinated combat operations with infantry tanks, infantry artillery, and ground-air operations. In particular, the infantry and tank joint attacks on fortified areas, and the offensive and defensive tactics of infantry at the division and regiment level. Column-level composite drills, multiple batches of offense and defense.

The newly formed column headquarters have been run in, and commanders at all levels have been trained in battlefield command ability. Although there was no major battle, this period of time was not easier for the military cadres at all levels of the United Nations than during the war. Study, further study, and exercises, one task after another, even busier than in wartime.

Compared with the Anti-Japanese Union, which is making every effort to develop its own industry and reorganize the troops. The adjustment of the Kwantung Army was more targeted. For the Japanese army, which is not only facing the armored threat of the Anti-United Nations, but also facing the threat of the US military in the Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters, there is a situation in which everything must be reversed.

The Japanese base camp stopped the manufacturing plan of the follow-up battleships of the Yamato-class class, increased the research and development and production of tanks, and at the same time desperately strengthened the production and manufacture of imitation German 50mm anti-tank guns. The turret of the existing Type 95 light tank was removed, and a 50-mm anti-tank gun was added and converted into a self-propelled anti-tank gun.

At the same time, considering that the Type 88 anti-aircraft gun has fallen behind in the air threat, but it has shown excellent performance in the face of tanks. Not only did they increase the production of this anti-aircraft gun, but they were also distributed to the Kwantung Army and the Southern Army for use as an anti-tank gun. In accordance with the method of transforming the Type 95 tanks, some of the Type 97 tanks that had already fallen behind were converted into self-propelled anti-tank guns after being equipped with Type 88 antiaircraft guns with shortened recoil.

After painstaking adjustments, the anti-tank artillery units of the Kwantung Army were expanded several times. In addition to doubling the number of Type 1 anti-tank guns, a large number of imitation German 50-mm anti-tank guns also entered the Kwantung Army one after another. At the same time, the number of Type 88 anti-aircraft guns of the Kwantung Army also doubled.

Moreover, it is equipped with more than 100 self-propelled anti-tank guns equipped with Type 88 anti-aircraft guns, as well as 70 self-propelled anti-tank guns modified from Type 95 light tanks. This time, the Japanese adapted to the needs and knew that the new development of the tank could not be completed in a short time.

In the face of the growing threat of tanks from the United Nations, the development of new tanks is not timely. The Japanese army copied the experience of the German army and converted the outdated Type 95 and Type 97 tanks with anti-tank guns with good performance and converted them into self-propelled anti-tank guns. And without a single tendon, desperately developing a new tank.

In order to cope with the tank offensive of the United Nations, the Kwantung Army also issued a large number of infantry anti-tank weapons. The number of Type 98 magnetic anti-tank mines and Type 99 anti-tank mines distributed far exceeds the previous number. The Type 97 20-mm anti-tank guns were also equipped with the standard, which was also changed from a brigade to two per squadron.

However, the Japanese army, which was bound to oppose everything, did not only do this, but also made great efforts to develop armor-piercing shells for all mountain artillery. As the most powerful Type 90 field gun that can be used as an anti-tank weapon, the Kwantung Army has also increased the number of equipment. And according to the standard of one hundred and twenty rounds of one gun, it was equipped with armor-piercing shells.

At the forefront of the confrontation with the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Kwantung Army spent a lot of energy, took out the strength of building fortresses in those years, and built a large number of anti-tank barriers. Where the two armies face each other, no matter what the terrain is, at least three anti-tank trenches must be ensured. Moreover, anti-tank obstacles are densely packed throughout the confrontation zone.

The Japanese army not only made a fuss about anti-tank firepower, but also put a lot of effort into the research and development of tanks. With the imitation of the German 50-mm anti-tank gun, a Type 2 tank was specially developed on the basis of the Type 1 tank. This batch of Type II tanks gave priority to equipping the six tank wings of the Kwantung Army.

The 97 modified tank and the Type 1 tank were modified, and more powerful steel-core armor-piercing shells were distributed. In China, it is also constantly strengthening the development of new tanks, and began to negotiate with the Germans to introduce German 75mm tank gun technology.

However, they are all in the stage of licking their wounds, and neither the Anti-Union nor the Kwantung Army has any intention of launching a large-scale offensive. Especially Yang Zhen, no matter how urged by the United States and Britain, did not follow their guidelines. Even at the end of '42, the Japanese army took advantage of the relatively calm stage of the northeast battlefield to suddenly send troops to attack India.

and took the Imphal line, which hit a big wedge in British India. Yang Zhen still rejected the request of the United States and Britain to immediately launch a full-front offensive to contain the follow-up reinforcement capabilities of the Japanese army on the Indian battlefield. As far as he is concerned, if the reorganization and expansion of the troops do not meet his requirements, he will absolutely not accommodate the demands of the Americans, and the main operations of the Anti-Japanese Union against Japan during this period will be in addition to the fierce air battle. It was after the arrival of British-made bombers in September that they began to intensify their large-scale bombing of the Japanese mainland. Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Ogura, Hiroshima, all cities with Japanese army arsenals, were under the massive bombardment of the Anti-Japanese Union.

In particular, Nagoya, where Nakajima Aircraft Company, the main company that manufactures fighter jets for the Japanese Army, is located, is the top priority of anti-coalition bombing. After the bombing force was greatly expanded, in order to weaken the replenishment and expansion of the Japanese army aviation, the anti-Japanese coalition restarted the bombing, and the main production base of the Japanese army aviation was selected in the first round, Nagoya.

The number of aircraft in hand is sufficient, and after the production of its own steel mill, ordinary bomb steel can fully meet the needs. Coupled with the simultaneous production of oil fields and refineries, although it is not yet possible to produce high-grade high-octane jet fuel. But the gasoline used to make napalm is still completely satisfied.

Yang Zhen, who has quite enough confidence in his hands, in order to completely destroy the Japanese aviation industry in order to reduce the pressure on the air force. Massive bombing was carried out on the cities where the aircraft factories for the Japanese Army Air Force were located, as well as in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, in order to weaken the Japanese Air Force's aircraft manufacturing and replenishment capabilities.

After the arrival of the British-made Stirling bombers, the Anti-Japanese Union used this bomber to cooperate with the B17 and 24 bombers to carry out ultra-low-altitude bombing at night on the Japanese mainland. These bombers had an extremely obvious advantage over the Il-4 bombers, not only because their range was sufficient to cover the entire Japanese mainland, but also that their bomb load on a large range far exceeded that of the Il-4 bombers.

In particular, the B-24 bomber could carry 4,500 kilograms of bombs at a range of 3,700 km. One of its B24 bombers, when bombing the Japanese mainland, could carry more than 50 Il-4 bombers. The B-XVII bomber, with a range of three thousand kilometers, could also carry two tons of bombs.

And the Stirling bomber, with a range of 2,500 kilometers, could also carry about two tons of bombs. Any one of these bombers, with a hundred bombs at a time, can carry the same tonnage as thousands of Il-4 bombers and DB-3 bombers. The bomb load has increased dramatically, and the intensity of the bombing has naturally increased.

Although throughout the forty-two years, the number of B24 and B-XVII bombers with the best performance did not exceed two hundred at most. However, although the number is limited, it can be combined with the Stirling bombers, and if all of them are dispatched, they can raze ordinary Japanese cities to the ground at once.

In addition, during the bombing of Japan by the Anti-Japanese Union, corresponding tactics were specially formulated in view of the characteristics of Japan's industrial layout and the characteristics of the entire Japanese city. At the time of the bombing took a third of the bombers carried high-explosive bombs, and the rest of the bombers carried napalm.

Start by throwing a high-explosive bomb that blows the walls or roofs of all reinforced concrete houses. Then the tactic of throwing napalm was far more powerful than the American and British bombing of Germany. At the same time, in order to increase the combustion power and adhesion of napalm, some magnesium powder to support combustion is also added to the napalm.

Moreover, the arrival of large numbers of British-made Stirling bombers one after another, also made the number of aircraft groups that the Anti-Union could mobilize when it was dispatched, and the bomb load of these aircraft, far exceeded the previous time when only the Il-4 bombers could be used. Beginning in October '42, the Anti-Japanese Union bombing campaign against Japan could dispatch more than 100 heavy bombers at a time, and the amount of bombs dropped each time reached more than 200 tons.

Plus the Wheatley bomber, which had a range of 2,400 kilometers and a bomb load of one ton. and the Soviet Air Force as a rag to the Anti-Japanese Union, when bombing Japan, the bomb load was one and a half tons. After replacing the engines of the American-made B-25 bomber, the reliability of the Ye-2 bomber was resolved. Yang Zhen's confidence in bombing Japan can be said to be quite sufficient.

When the British-made bombers of the Anti-Japanese Union participated in the air raid on Japan for the first time, in order to completely destroy the main aircraft production base of the Japanese Army. During the air raid on 3 October, which really kicked off the large-scale bombing of Japan, the Anti-Japanese Union dispatched 100 Stirling bombers, 62 B17 and B24 bombers, all 60 Wheatley bombers, and 48 Ye-2 bombers.

These huge fleets of thousands of tons of high-explosive and napalm were guided by six Il-4 bombers and four Wellington bombers as guides. With the cooperation of some special aircraft, a large-scale night air raid was launched on Nagoya.

Both the number of planes dispatched and the tonnage of bombs dropped were the first in the history of the Anti-Japanese Federation. The Anti-United Nations dispatched an unprecedented group of bombers, carrying thousands of tons of high-explosive bombs and napalm. At the cost of 12 bombers, not only the industrial area of Nagoya was completely razed to the ground in one fell swoop. The raging fire also ignited the entire downtown area of Nagoya at the same time.