On June 11, when the Joint Chiefs of Staff was discussing the U.S. military's next operational plan in Asia, after modifications to Li Junhao's telegram, the Far East General Command implemented the Qiongdao operational plan.
At this time, basically all the Japanese troops stationed on Qiongdao were members of the navy. Its highest command organization was the Hainan Garrison of the Chinese fleet, which had jurisdiction over the 4th Special Marine Corps of Yokosuka Garrison, the 1st Special Marine Corps of Maizuru Garrison, The total number of regular troops including the 8th Special Marine Corps, the 15th Guards, and the 16th Guards of the Sasebo Town Prefecture is only about 10,000. There are also 5,000 Japanese police officers, 8,000 expatriates, employees of Japanese companies, There are 17,000 family members, military dependents, and Korean laborers, and the total combat personnel is only about 20,000.
According to Li Junhao's request, in this battle, in addition to the First Army and the Second Army landing in Haikou and Sanya, the subsequent landing troops were mainly the 121st Group Army.
And in accordance with his instructions, Commander Peng Xuefeng informed Northern Shaanxi before the operation began, and then sent people to sneak to the island in advance, and handed over two high-power radio stations to the Qiongya column that persisted in fighting on the island, gaining internal support. .
The Battle of Qiongdao basically ended in two days. The style of the Japanese navy was completely different from that of the army. After only 30% of the battle was damaged, the entire army surrendered; it took more than ten days to follow. Basically, the 121st Army Group was in Qiongya. Under the leadership of the column, they rushed around to eliminate traitors and take over territory. Because of the vast area, the navy and land forces sent seven special operations brigades ashore to help.
During this process, other US military units, except for the logistics troops transporting supplies, did not go ashore - this was Li Junhao's order. With the approval of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he wanted to hand over Qiongdao to the underground party as a special gift!
Of course, under this situation, Chairman Chiang in Chongqing was furious again, but without the support of naval power, he could not change anything at all! ——
Subsequently, the Far East General Command was ordered to formulate an operational plan to attack Northeast China. Admiral Nimitz of the Pacific Fleet received an order from Washington to dispatch naval forces other than the 5th and 7th Fleets to begin blockading Japan's coast and cutting off its return. Possibility of being close to the Chinese coast.
On June 22, Li Junhao returned to the Far East, moved his headquarters from the Philippines to Taipei on the Gulf Island, and prepared to attack the Kwantung Army - he knew that Japan would surrender in less than two months, and he could accept the surrender directly. But what he was thinking was: kill more little Japs before that, seize the Northeast, and deny the Soviet army entry into China! Therefore, although the plan was a bit hasty, he still ordered to push it forward with all his strength.
At the same time, he also contacted Northern Shaanxi and asked it to prepare cadres and troops to prepare for departure and reception.
The biggest advantage for Li Junhao now is that the top leaders in the United States have accepted his views and are ready to abandon the Kuomintang and support the underground party in power. He can act boldly.
Historically, the Dulles brothers who often jumped out to cause trouble at this time had been completely subdued by him. At this time, they were his die-hard subordinates in the Senate and the CIA, and were also responsible for monitoring and dealing with other anti-communist elements! The two brothers joined forces and were quite powerful. They had already dealt with at least five congressmen and thirty unsettled elements! ——
On June 24, the U.S. 5th Fleet began to attack Lushun and Dalian respectively. After powerful sea and air strikes, the Second Army and the Fourth Army landed at the two places respectively. It only took 48 hours to control these two places. Important seaports, and began to advance in depth; then, the 19th Airborne Army, composed of three airborne divisions, landed ashore, took control of the two seaports, and began to prepare for the next combat operation.
Then, the 7th Fleet, which had been prepared for a long time, rushed into the Far East Bay and attacked Huludao and Yingkou. The First Army landed at Yingkou Port, followed by the 10th Group Army, and then immediately moved forward to attack Anshan and Liaoyang...
After that, the 14th Group Army composed of the US troops in the Far East, the 16th Group Army composed of the Indo-Burmese theater troops, and the 17th Group Army composed of the US troops who withdrew after handing over the Malay Peninsula and Singapore to the British army, totaling 22 divisions and 450,000 soldiers. Army units came ashore one after another and took on the main offensive responsibilities.
At this time, the Japanese Kwantung Army had three front armies, the 1st, 3rd, and 17th, and the independent 4th Army. It had 31 divisions, 13 brigades, approximately 970,000 troops, more than 5,000 artillery pieces, 160 tanks, and aircraft. 1,800 aircraft, and about 200,000 puppet Manchukuo and puppet Mongolian troops.
However, the main defense direction deployed by the Japanese army is the Soviet Union. The 10 divisions of the 1st Front Army with 240,000 people are mainly responsible for the defense of the eastern part of the Northeast; the 9 divisions of the 3rd Front Army with approximately 200,000 people are mobile units and are deployed in Changchun. , Shenyang area, and one division is responsible for the border defense in the northeast and western direction; the 3 divisions of the Independent 4th Army, about 100,000 people, are responsible for the defense of the north and northwest; 9 divisions of the 17th Front Army, about 210,000 people, are responsible for the defense of the north and northwest. The combat reserve team is deployed in North Korea.
The top-heavy configuration of the Japanese army almost completely ignored the defense of the southern region. The sudden landing of the US military suddenly stunned them! Not counting the 17th Front Army in Korea at this time, the Japanese army had 22 divisions and 7 mixed brigades in Northeast China. However, the weapons, equipment and quality of the soldiers of these 700,000 Japanese troops were not even comparable to the 200,000 soldiers of the ten divisions three years ago. No strength at all, or even worse!
How could the Japanese army in this situation be able to defeat the 450,000 fully armed mechanized US troops?
The 10th Group Army, which made a sudden attack to the north, had been frustrated in the Battle of Ryukyu and had to rely on land and sea troops to rescue and finish the battle. Now it encountered the inferior Japanese army and went crazy...
On the 25th, the 7th Division of the 10th Group Army ran head-on into the two divisions of the Japanese 3rd Front Army heading south from Shenyang. It only took three hours to defeat them all. After the subsequent arrival of the 27th Division, it was directly Roll over...
In the following ten days, 450,000 U.S. Army troops swept across the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Northeast. The 5th and 7th Fleets and the Far East U.S. Air Force dispatched more than 1,500 advanced fighter aircraft to assist in the battle, annihilating the Kwantung Army's air power and gaining control of the battlefield. Finally, the U.S. military seized on the weakness of the Japanese army, which had almost no armor, and pushed forward all the way. They won consecutive battles and defeated all the Japanese troops that faced them!
During this period, the anti-Japanese forces of the underground party that persisted in the war of resistance in the Northeast provided timely intelligence support to the U.S. military according to instructions from their superiors. According to the instructions of Commander-in-Chief Pan Sen, the U.S. military also delivered all captured Japanese weapons and equipment to the underground as "remuneration." Party armed forces...
At the end of the month, a large number of underground party troops from Shanxi, Hebei, Luyu and Henan arrived outside the customs. Under the leadership of specially arranged Chinese navy and army officers, they followed the US military forward while receiving weapons and equipment...
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