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In this attack on Iwo Jima, the U.S. attack lineup was not an aircraft carrier formation. On February 14th, Rear Admiral Brandi led six battleships, twelve escort aircraft carriers, five cruisers, and sixteen destroyers. The fire support formation left the temporary naval base on Saipan and arrived at Iwo Jima on the morning of the 16th.

During the three days from the 16th to the 18th, the U.S. Air Force and Navy once again carried out crazy shelling and bombing of Iwo Jima. By the time the U.S. military landed, it had consumed more than 24,000 tons of artillery shells and bombs. According to this On average, Iwo Jima would have to withstand 1,200 tons of explosive bombardment per square kilometer, but the Japanese army suffered minor losses due to its solid underground fortifications.

On the 19th, the U.S. Army used the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Divisions of the Marine Corps to launch landing operations on Iwo Jima. The Navy fleet dispatched battleships, cruisers, and destroyers to support the offensive facts. Just this day, A total of 38,550 rounds of naval artillery shells with a caliber of over 127 mm were consumed, and the density of fire support was unprecedented.

The first batch of 30,000 landed, including six infantry regiments, six artillery battalions and two tank battalions, occupied a long and narrow beach, preparing for the next day’s offensive. After dark, in order to prevent a Japanese attack, the warships fired continuously. The flares turn the night into day.

It is a pity that Lieutenant General Kuribayashi Tadato has no such plan at all. The firepower gap between the two sides is too large, and the other side has the support of carrier-based aircraft and naval guns, so the sneak attack can only be a living target.

On the 20th, the U.S. Marine Corps 4th Division, with the support of naval guns and tanks, captured an airfield on Iwo Jima. This was relatively smooth, but the U.S. Marine Corps’ 5th Division advanced a whole day. One hundred and eighty meters.

Facing the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Division, the Japanese Independent Mountain Defense Group consisted of the 312th Infantry Group of the Japanese Army and the Tenth Group of the Rapid Fire Artillery. Built in a cave, the 28th Infantry Regiment was helpless.

Later, under the cover of tanks, they used grenades, explosive packs, flamethrowers and other weapons to wipe out the concealed shooting of the Japanese army in the cave one by one, and even dispatched bulldozers to directly seal the cave entrance. The captain of the independent garrison, Kazuhiko, was the same day. Died in battle.

On February 21, the Japanese army dispatched 32 planes to carry out a daring charge against the U.S. Navy's fleet. The USS Saratoga was hit hard and the escort carrier, the Bismarck Sea, was sunk.

In just three days, more than 1,200 people were killed, more than 6,000 were injured, and more than 500 people were missing in the US military. A heavy aircraft carrier was injured and an escort aircraft carrier was sunk. It can also be seen from this. Out of the severity of the battle of Iwo Jima.

At this time, Chen Mingxiang also got news from Miu Bin in the mouths of Nagatsu Sahiju, Kawamoto Yoshitaro and Sifang Ryouji.

This was a small reception hosted by the Japanese Thirteenth Army Headquarters in Shanghai for Lieutenant General Tokawajiro, the commander of the Japanese Sixth Army who came to Shanghai. Chen Mingxiang was also invited to attend.

On January 25th, the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters ordered that the Kwantung Army’s combat sequence and the Sixth Army Headquarters stationed in Hailar were moved to Hangzhou in order to strengthen the combat command of the Zhejiang Province against the US landing. Entered the Third Front Army of the Kwantung Army.

The commander of the Japanese Sixth Army, Lieutenant General Tokagawa Jiro, and Major General Ryoichi Kudo, the chief of staff, led a total of seven staff officers in the headquarters, including two chief officers, three middle officers, and two minor officers, as well as the field artillery group and two rapid-fire guns directly under the headquarters. A squadron, a car squadron, a communications team, a special service team and two hospitals departed from the station on February 11 and arrived in the Shanghai stock market on the afternoon of the 19th.

The Japanese Sixth Army and the Thirteenth Army are both military-level headquarters, and the status of the two sides is equal. It is nothing more than the number of divisions under the Thirteenth Army and a larger jurisdiction, but after the Sixth Army arrived in Hangzhou , The 70th Division stationed in Jinhua is about to be placed under the battle sequence of the Sixth Army.

Negotiations were made between the two headquarters and part of the work was handed over. On the evening of the 21st, Nagatsu Sahiko hosted a banquet in honor of Jiro Tokawa and the staff of the headquarters.

"Your excellency meant that the Shancheng government dispatched Miao Bin, the vice-president of the Jinling Government Examination Institute, as a special envoy to Japan for private peace talks with Prime Minister Oiso Kuniaki in preparation for a conditional end to the war? How is this possible?" Chen Mingxiang was stunned. .

He couldn't believe the news. The battle between the Japanese army and the Shancheng government never stopped. Seeing that the situation is getting more and more favorable, the US army has reached the door of Japan. At this time, there is a sudden need for peace talks. He suspects that he heard it wrong. Up.

"Yeah, it's not just that you feel unbelievable when you hear it, but I am the same, but it is not surprising if you think about it. The situation of the empire is currently at a temporary disadvantage. The US military is launching a fierce attack on Iwo Jima. The next target may be It’s Okinawa, approaching the empire homeland step by step."

"Although the Shancheng government suffered successive defeats in the war with the imperial army, it turned its mind quickly and saw this. It believed that our empire had already been defeated, so it wanted to negotiate privately with the empire."

"The entire North China and Guanwai areas of China are occupied by the imperial army. In these two important areas, the Shancheng government has no army at all. On the contrary, the underground party still has power, especially in North China. It's not very far outside the customs."

"The Shancheng government is worried that after the defeat of the empire, the underground party will take the opportunity to control these two areas and then take control of the entire China. That's why it has this idea to use the help of the imperial army to complete the occupation and layout of the country." Kawamoto Yoshitaro Said.

It was because of the fear of the underground party that it actually rose to a point even more terrifying than the Japanese invaders. Chen Mingxiang felt that the head of the Shancheng government was simply unreasonable!

Can't you see the various atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China for rape, rape, and looting?Can't you see the miserable lives of ordinary people under the iron hoof of the Japanese army?

The peace talks use the hands of the aggressors to complete the occupation of the whole country. Is this worthy of the compatriots who died in the hands of the Japanese army?Are you worthy of the soldiers who died in the war?As soon as the Japanese army launched Operation No. 1, the Shancheng government troops suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties!

Not only Chen Mingxiang, but Wang Zhen who was sitting next to him pouring tea also felt great disappointment. The mountain city government where she was from would actually end the war in this way. It was extremely shameless!

"Since it is the meaning of Prime Minister Kuniaki Oiso, does this also represent the meaning of the empire. His Majesty agreed to hold the meeting?" Chen Mingxiang asked.