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"Sifangjun, the Miao Bin who changed his name to Japan through the relationship with Japanese merchants, how is his activities now?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

Miao Bin still arrived in Tokyo. It was the help of the President of the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau Ogata Taketora. Otherwise, he would never have the opportunity to fly on a Japanese plane, but his identity became a senior employee of the Japanese company in the Shanghai stock market, Sato. Surveillance by the Japanese military police.

"The headquarters of the Tokyo Gendarmerie Headquarters sent telegrams to the Shanghai stock market every day about his whereabouts. After he arrived in Tokyo, he first met with the commander-in-chief of the defense commander Higashiku Namihiko, but the military department held a negative attitude towards his activities, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also In terms of actively contacting the Soviet Union and preparing to continue the neutrality treaty, even His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with Oiso Kuniaki’s behavior and has already ordered his deportation."

"Kuniaki Oiso still wants to make the last effort to temporarily protect him from returning to China, but the members of the cabinet broke out strong accusations about this. If the Soviet Union does not agree to continue the treaty between the two countries, then he must fall. Nothing." Quartet Lianger said.

On April 1, the U.S. military launched an offensive against the Japanese in Okinawa. This was also the last large-scale battle between Japan and the U.S., and it was the largest casualty of U.S. forces in the Pacific War, so much so that when considering an invasion of Japan, Will it lose millions of American troops?

Considering that the battle on Okinawa is far more difficult than Iwo Jima, the forces involved almost included all the army and navy belonging to the Pacific Theater, with a total force of 400,000, more than 1,500 various ships, and 2,000 aircraft. More than one hundred.

There are two aircraft carrier formations responsible for providing sea and air cover for the landing forces. One is the 58th Task Force of the U.S. Fifth Fleet. There are four groups under its jurisdiction, with a total of 16 aircraft carriers, eight battleships, and 18 ships. Cruisers and 56 destroyers, carrying more than 1,300 carrier-based aircraft.

The other is the British Navy’s Pacific Fleet, temporarily assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, designated as the 57th Task Force. It has four aircraft carriers, two battleships, five cruisers, and fifteen destroyers. There are more than 150 carrier-based aircraft.

The landing formation is equipped with about 500 landing ships. The only escort and support ships are 28 aircraft carriers, 10 battleships, 14 cruisers, 74 destroyers, 76 frigates, and about 800 carrier-based aircraft. The number of racks, together with logistics support and transport vessels, totals more than 1,300.

The main ground force is the Tenth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Buckner, under the command of the First Marine Division and Sixth Marine Division of the Third Army of the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Seventh Infantry Division and Infantry of the 24th Army of the Army The 96th Division, with another four divisions as reserve teams, adds up to eight divisions, with a total strength of 240,000.

The Japanese ground force defending Okinawa is the 32nd Army, under its jurisdiction the 24th Japanese Infantry Division, the 62nd Infantry Division, and the Independent Mixed 44th Brigade, totaling more than 50,000 people. There are also part of the armed forces of the naval garrison and the island residents organization, which can barely be called 80,000 people.

In this contrast of strengths, the Battle of Okinawa was a battle doomed to fail from the beginning, but the reason why the Japanese army did not retreat was to gain time for the defense of the country.

The Japanese Navy's combined fleet, which was basically crippled in the Battle of Wright Bay, also made a final counterattack. It was decided to take the Yamato battleship of the Second Fleet as the leader, a cruiser and eight destroyers to form a maritime task force to support the Battle of Okinawa.

Due to the severe fuel shortage of the Japanese army at this time, the combined fleet barely collected 2,500 tons of fuel before the departure of the fleet, which is less than half of the tank capacity of the Yamato battleship. It is possible to go to Okinawa, but it is impossible to return. , It was a complete suicide maritime special attack.

Departing on the afternoon of April 6, at 16:39 on the 7th, the Commander of the Joint Fleet decided to terminate the maritime special attack. The four wounded destroyers returned to the Sasebo Naval Base on the 8th, the Yamato battleship, one cruiser, and four ships. The destroyer was sunk by the US army.

"Chen Jun, I just received a telegram from the naval military command that the cabinet of Oiso Kuniaki has fallen. His Majesty announced that the former admiral, Baron Kantaro Suzuki, will be the new prime minister of the cabinet. Unfortunately, the Soviet side announced that no Continuing the neutrality treaty between the two parties and ending it one year earlier, this means that the Soviet Union will launch an offensive against the Kwantung Army outside the pass, and the empire will have one more powerful enemy." Said Ono.

Kantaro Suzuki was a famous figure in the navy. He participated in the Sino-Japanese War and the Japanese-Russian Naval War. He served as the President of the Japanese Naval University, the Commander of the Joint Fleet, and the Chief of the Naval Forces.

In the 24th year of the Republic of China, a mutiny occurred in the Japanese Imperial Doctrine. Kantarou Suzuki was shot three times but he did not die. He was also called the immortal Onikan.

"I've heard the name of Your Excellency Kantaro Suzuki, but he is seventy-seven years old now, right?" Chen Mingxiang asked.

"Prime Minister Suzuki and his wife are closely related to the royal family. Mrs. Suzuki was once the nanny of His Majesty the Emperor. This time he invited him to be the Prime Minister. Thanks to his prestige and qualifications, General Anan was appointed as the new Minister of the Army. He is the most Listen to the general commanded by Prime Minister Suzuki." Nakajima Osa said.

The Foreign Minister of the Soviet government summoned the Japanese ambassador, Sato. In view of the fact that the Japanese government helped Germany in the anti-Soviet war and engaged in war with the Soviet Union's allies, the United States and Britain, the neutrality treaty had lost its meaning and was abolished one year earlier.

After the establishment of the Suzuki Kantaro cabinet, a major adjustment was made to the entire Japanese army system, the number of which was quite astonishing.

The former commander of the Seventh Front Army, Kenji Doihara, was transferred to the director of education, and the former commander of the Myanmar Front Army, the former commander of the Myanmar Front Army, was appointed as the commander of the aviation army. Marshal Sugiyama, the former chief of staff, became the commander of the first army. Marshal Toshiro Hata, the commander-in-chief of the dispatch army, served as the commander of the Second General Army and the former commander of the Seventeenth Front in the Northern Dynasties, General Seishiro Itagaki, was transferred to the commander of the Seventh Front of New Kabei.

Importantly, the commander of the 11th Army of the Dispatch Army, Lieutenant General Yoshio last month, was transferred to the commander of the 17th Front Army and former chief of the Kwantung Army’s General Staff, Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara. Lieutenant General Qin Yansaburo was transferred to the chief of the general staff of the Kwantung Army, and Lieutenant General Uchiyama Hidetaro, the former commander of the 12th Army, was transferred to the country as the commander of the 15th Front Army, and the former commander of the 11th Division of the Kwantung Army was transferred to Lieutenant General Takamori Takamori. Commander of the Twelfth Army and so on.

There are also a large number of division leaders with rich combat experience who were transferred to the country and the Kwantung Army to serve as division commanders. These adjustments of the Japanese army made Chen Mingxiang dizzy. The Mala Villa radio station continuously reported to the bureau headquarters. .