Comrades, we must change our thinking in the future and get used to letting the National Salvation Army rush to the front;
My future plan is to expand the National Salvation Army to 200,000 or even 500,000 people!
Don't think that the Japanese are about to be finished. It's still early. They themselves are afraid of this nation going crazy.
Once their homeland is threatened, they can arm more than 7 million troops through extreme mobilization! "
Yan Haoyu and others couldn't help but take a breath after hearing this. They had some objections to Chu Xiong's reuse of Guan Yuan's chicken to save the National Army, but now they no longer have any objections.
With an army of 7 million, even if the battle loss ratio is ten to one, the losses of the expeditionary force will be huge. It is best to use Japanese soldiers to consume Japanese soldiers.
Yan Haoyu spoke first:
"Commander, if the Japanese army can reach 7 million after maximum mobilization, China has about 1.5 million people, the Northern Army has 300,000 people, and the Navy has 1.5 million people. Then the rest can only be the Southern Army and the local garrison, which is nearly 3.5 million people. .
Are our forces too weak? "
Chu Xiong nodded and said:
"Lao Yan's question has grasped the key point. In the past, we focused on concentrating superior forces to fight annihilation battles. Now we have 200,000 people to launch a counterattack against the Japanese. Do we have enough troops?
My opinion is that it is sufficient in the early stage. Although the Japs have a lot of troops, their battle line is very long. There is a weight here and a weight there. The maximum number is only 20 to 300,000 people, separated by the vast sea;
Under the premise that their ally Yingjiang has control of the sea and air, they cannot support each other.
We can fight wherever we want now!
The Japs have not yet reached their maximum mobilization, and the number of Japs we need to face in each battle is only a dozen or two hundred thousand;
If we can fight, we will fight. If we can't, we will jump over and hit the weak links behind them..."
Following Chu Xiong's explanation, everyone gained confidence in defeating the Japs and unified their thinking. Otherwise, they would have been frightened when they heard that 200,000 people would be used to attack 2 million Japs. After all, not everyone can Like Chu Xiong, he has a God's perspective.
Next, Zhong Guoliang introduced the situation of Saipan. Although Saipan only has a land as big as his butt, Chu Xiong knew that this place was very difficult to conquer;
In another time and space, Yingjiang, with the support of a large number of navy and air force, gathered more than 60,000 people to launch a landing battle, and suffered nearly 20,000 casualties before wiping out more than 40,000 Japanese on the island.
You must know that Saipan is only over 180 square kilometers, 23 kilometers long and only 8 kilometers wide;
The heavy bombs and heavy naval artillery shells dropped by Eagle Sauce on Saipan were enough for each Japanese enemy. They had been fighting for nearly a month under such superior firepower. The most elite 2nd Marine Division, Marine Corps The 4th Zhan Division was crippled, so this battle cannot be overemphasized.
After Zhong Guoliang introduced the enemy situation in Saipan, Chu Xiong emphasized again:
“Comrades, the Battle of Saipan and the Battle of Luzon are completely different;
Due to their previous tactical deception, the Japanese did not expect that we would attack Luzon Island. Their combined fleet was two to three thousand kilometers away and had no effect;
Saipan is different. It is in the middle of Longpingyang and is the core of the Japanese defense in Longpingyang. The headquarters of the Combined Fleet in Longpingyang is located here and has a large number of land-based and sea-based aircraft. According to Information provided by allies showed that there were more than 600 aircraft and a large number of naval guns, and the firepower was very fierce.
After our army captured Luzon, the Japanese already realized that our next target of attack was the Mariana Islands where Saipan is located;
Therefore, they have been adding troops to the island during this period. It is conservatively estimated that there will be no less than 60,000 troops. The main force is the Japanese 31st Army.
In order to win this crucial battle, our allies will mobilize the northern assault fleet to participate in the war, with a total of more than 470 ships and 2,000 aircraft responsible for maritime transport and cover support operations..."
As Chu Xiong said, Yingjiang also invested a lot of money this time. The number of naval and air forces invested was similar to that of another time and space. It was completely enough to deal with the Japanese combined fleet.
Saipan is more than 2,300 kilometers away from the nearest Luzon Island, and the combat radius of the Chinese Expeditionary Force’s main combat aircraft is only 2,000 kilometers, so it is of no use at all;
The B17 bombers were even more unavailable, so this time Chuxiong asked Yingjiang for 100 B29s, and Franklin directly gave 200 with a wave of his hand, but they would not arrive until after the Battle of Saipan.
The troop dispatch mode this time is that the Chinese Expeditionary Force dispatches the army and marines, and the Eagle Sauce dispatches the sea and air force.
After determining the combat plan, various departments of the Chinese Expeditionary Force began to carry out targeted training on Leyte Island;
Leyte Island's defense is built in accordance with Chuxiong's requirements and compared with Saipan's defense system, and the training is very effective.
This kind of training lasted for half a month, and even the National Salvation Army was brought to Leyte Island for several drills.
A month after the expeditionary force captured Luzon, the coalition launched an attack on the Mariana Islands;
The Chinese Expeditionary Force dispatched the 1st Marine Brigade, the 1st Corps of the National Salvation Army (under the jurisdiction of the 1st Division and 2nd Division), the New 6th Division, the New 7th Division, and the Artillery Brigade of the New Second Army, with a total strength of about 10 Thousands of people.
They boarded more than 100 large transport ships and headed for the Mariana Islands in two echelons.
The first echelon is the 1st Marine Brigade (enlarged to 15,000 people) and the 1st Foot Pot Chicken Corps (two divisions of approximately 42,000 people). They are the first wave of landing troops.
The fleet set off from the waters east of Luzon and headed toward the Mariana Islands at a cruising speed of 20 knots. The main force of the Eagle Navy is 6 large aircraft carriers and 15 escort aircraft carriers, carrying more than 800 P51 Mustang fighter jets and bombers. More than 1,000 aircraft.
In addition, there are 7 battleships, 12 cruisers, 45 destroyers, more than 30 minesweeping and anti-submarine ships, more than 130 landing ships (20 of the Chinese Navy), and more than 30 transport ships, totaling more than 280 ships.
Saipan, the 31st Army Headquarters, a war is imminent. Every old ghost has a serious look on his face. Vice Admiral Nagumo of the Navy was also invited to the meeting, but he basically ignored the command on land.
Lieutenant General Obata Hideyoshi said with a cold face:
"Gentlemen, the empire has reached the stage of life and death. The Chinese and Yingjiang coalition forces have already set off from Luzon. According to their sailing speed, in three days at most, the fleet taking off from the Yingjiang aircraft carrier will reach Saipan. In the sky, everyone must be mentally prepared to fight for the empire..."
Vice Admiral Nagumo, the representative of the navy, did not speak from beginning to end. He had no good impression of the army at all. In the Battle of Luzon, 120,000 horse manure could not be carried for even a month, which made him very disappointed;
If it weren't for the horse manure waste, their noble naval fleet would not be forced to have a decisive battle with the overwhelmingly superior Yingjiang Navy and Air Force in the nearby waters.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but snorted:
"Bagaya Road!"
