Wind spy

The fall of Saipan had a very strong impact on the Japanese government. This is the second largest island in the Mariana Islands. It also represents the absolute defensive circle of the Japanese government. It officially ended. Then, the US military A campaign against Guam was launched.

The combat plan formulated by the dispatching army was only hindered. Just as the Japanese on Saipan launched a decisive charge against the U.S. forces, the second offensive against Hengzhou began again, but this time it was launched first through the outlying areas. The Ninth Theater is also conducting a counterattack.

"A call from the Bureau Headquarters, the 58th Division of the 74th Army under the 24th Army in the 9th Theater, recovered Liling on July 7 and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Cavalry Third Wing, and received information. The Japanese Third Division sent troops for reinforcements. The 27th Division of Lieutenant General Ochiai Jinkuro in Liuyang is also heading south to Liling to participate in the war."

"In addition, the Military Commission has already mobilized the 79th Army and the 100th Army of the 24th Army Group in order to understand the 10th Army to rescue Hengzhou, and reinforce them in the direction of Hengzhou." Wang Zhennian said.

Isn’t the commander of the 27th Division of the Japanese Army Lieutenant General Yoshiharu Takeshita? How did he become Lieutenant General Ochiai Jinkuro?

This is because when the 27th Division rushed to Hunan Province to participate in the war, there was windy and heavy rain on the road. The temperature suddenly dropped, and the resistance of the long journey decreased. More than 200 people were frozen to death and frostbite was fifteen thousand. More than a hundred people.

Knowing this, the Japanese army base camp was furious, so they removed Takeshita Yoshiharu who was responsible for leadership and dispatched the army’s deputy chief of staff to take over as Lieutenant General Ochiai Jinkuro.

"When I held the graduation ceremony a few days ago, I learned from Kato Tomajiro that the North China Front Army’s offensive on Henan Province ended as early as early June. The base camp ordered the transfer of the North China Front Army to Saeki. Lieutenant General Wen Lang’s 26th Division went to the Philippines, and transferred the 62nd Division of Lieutenant General Hongo to Okinawa to strengthen the defense of the two places."

"What the Japanese army is most worried about is that the current defensive forces in Jiangcheng area and the entire Hubei province are relatively weak. If the Shancheng government mobilizes the main force to attack at this time, it is the best way. The only partial attack in the ninth theater will affect the entire The impact of the battle is not great. Only by forcing the Eleventh Army to return to aid can Hengzhou's predicament be resolved." Chen Mingxiang said.

This is not the situation that he judged, but the Japanese army's own concerns. Yoshitaro Kawamoto is basically not defending him now, and he often gets together for drinking, and also knows a lot of military knowledge.

After Marshal Hata Toshiku reported to the base camp for approval, the captain of the 68th Division was succeeded by the 55th Infantry Brigade originally stationed in Wuxi under the 60th Division.

The staff of the 17th brigade in Puqi was stationed in Puqi, and the staff of the 17th brigade was appointed as the chief of staff of the division. The staff of the 64th division was transferred to the staff of the 64th division into the staff of the division to serve as the combat staff of the division.

On July 11, the 11th Army began its second offensive against Hengzhou. This time it was still under the command of Lieutenant General Iwanaga Wang, the commander of the 116th Division.

The offensive used the strength of 15 infantry groups, consisting of seven infantry groups from the 68th Division, six infantry groups from the 116th Division, and two infantry from the 218th Regiment, 34th Division. The brigade is formed.

The artillery mobilized twelve groups, namely five groups of field artillery, three groups of independent mountain artillery, one group of independent heavy artillery, and two groups of mortar.

Six flying teams and two flying squadrons of the First Flying Regiment of the Army Aviation Fifth Air Force provided air support, some of which were stationed at the airport in Tanzhou.

And at this moment, a major event that is about to make a sensation in the world is about to happen. This is also an important turning point in World War II and represents the downfall of the Japanese government.

After the US army took down Saipan, it immediately launched a large-scale attack on the largest island of the Mariana Islands, Guam.

On December 8th of the 30th year of the Republic of China, Major General Totaro Horii, commander of the Japanese Southern Seas Detachment, led five thousand Japanese troops to land on Guam. Under the attack of naval vessels and marines, at 6 o'clock in the afternoon on December 10th, The Governor of Guam announced his surrender.

In view of the fact that the landing battle on Saipan was very unsatisfactory and the casualties were too great, the U.S. landing forces have carried out violent shelling on Guam for 13 days starting from July 8th, fully demonstrating the old capitalism. The country’s industrial strength and economic strength.

The U.S. Navy used six battleships, ten cruisers, fifty-three destroyers, and two frigates. In 13 days, it fired 406mm artillery shells and 356mm artillery shells totaling 6,258 rounds. , 3,862 rounds of 203mm artillery shells, 2,430 rounds of 152mm artillery shells, 16,214 rounds of 127mm artillery shells.

This is probably also a U.S. Navy ship. It is a rare time to focus fire and fire, and five carrier-based fighters and bombers escorting the aircraft carrier also attacked the defenders of Guam.

The 75 landing ships and 21 transport ships waiting, plus minesweeping and logistics ships, carry the Third Marine Corps Division, the Marine Corps Provisional First Brigade, and the U.S. Army Infantry Division 77 , There are about 55,000 people.

The U.S. army has not launched a ground attack on Guam. Chen Mingxiang received a group of military police at home, and Consul General Yujo Horiuchi and Yoshitaro Kawamoto also came. His Mala villa has become a gathering place for senior Japanese generals and officials. .

"Your Excellency, it looks like your face is not very good, has something serious happened?" Chen Mingxiang asked Wang Zhen to make tea quickly and invited people to his tea room to sit down.

"The absolute defensive circle was broken by the US army. In the Battle of Saipan, two lieutenants of the navy and army committed suicide and died. For this reason, Prime Minister Tojo resigned to His Majesty the Emperor." Eiichi Kinoshita said with a rather ugly expression.

On July 18th, because of the failure of the South Pacific battlefield and the break of the absolute defense circle by the US military, Japan was facing bombing by US aircraft at any time. It lost the Tojo Hideki trusted by the emperor and held its last cabinet. meeting.

Subsequently, he submitted the Prime Minister's resignation to Koichi Kido, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Emperor.On the same day, he resigned from the post of Chief of Staff of the Army, and successively resigned from the posts of Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Military Supplies, and transferred to the reserve.

"This is a major event that affects the empire and the Jinling government. After Prime Minister Tojo resigns, who will succeed him?" Chen Mingxiang asked hurriedly.

At this moment, his heart is extremely ecstatic. The dawn of the War of Resistance has become the rising sun. Japan's largest *** leader Hideki Tojo resigns. This means that when Japan fails, it is really not far away.