The ambush of the 4th Brigade of Little Japanese Independent Tanks and the ambush of the artillery regiment were the last struggle of the Zuohuo defenders. They made a desperate move to play out the last trump card in their hands, but it was of no use.
After waiting for the tank battalion and the assault battalion to work together, the Little Japanese artillery position was destroyed without any suspense, thus depriving the Zuohuo defenders of their strongest firepower. The defensive position was powerless against the charge of Sun Desheng's tank battalion.
In less than half a day, the entire defensive line was broken. Zuo Huo, who had learned the lesson from Fukang, did not dare to organize street fighting anymore. After the brigade commander took control of the city, he launched the attack on Changqi after just one night's rest.
This time, with the cooperation of Gao Jianwu's naval guns, Changqi's attack went more smoothly. Most of the little Japs defending Changqi were killed by the naval gunfire, which greatly reduced the difficulty of the brigade commander's attack. For Gao Jianwu, As long as the shipyard in Changqi is taken down, nothing else is very important, so you can attack without so many scruples.
Tanks, artillery, naval guns and the air force were dispatched in turn, and the three regiments of small Japanese defenders stationed in Changqi were quickly wiped out.
After successively capturing three major cities of the Little Devils and exhausting the main force of the 56th Little Devils Army, Gao Jianwu got the two factories he wanted most, Yawat Steel and Nagaki Shipbuilding.
Changqi Shipyard is one of the four major shipyards in Xiaobenzi. It has the ability to build battleships. Gao Jianwu’s goal this time is to copy it to Dalian Heavy Industry Shipyard to lay the foundation for the future manufacturing of 051 destroyers and aircraft carriers.
So as soon as we got it, we started the non-stop demolition work.
As a member of the demolition team, Gao Jianwu has unique experience in demolition.
At the same time, the Allied forces had made significant progress in the Luer battle. The Allied forces landed at Daqi and sent 50,000 troops ashore within one day, including 10,000 troops commanded by Ding Wei. With the cooperation of about a hundred Sherman M4 tanks sent ashore, they annihilated the defenders at Daqi Beach, captured nearly ten kilometers of the beach, and began a large-scale landing operation.
Up to 600,000 troops began to land continuously from this opened gap.
The forwards continued to advance, and one day later they separately captured several surrounding small towns such as Zengyu, Ganfu, Kanaya and Kushima, ensuring the safety of the landing force's flanks.
The Allied landings on Kyushu's northern and southern lines were all successful.
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Thrush King.
"Sir Suzuki, is there still no new information from the Allied Forces?" Minister Kidochi's eyes were sunken, and his two dark circles were comparable to the smoky makeup of later generations.
Obviously, the attitude of the Allies greatly troubled him, and he even began to panic.
None of the news reported by Kyushu was good news.
The defenders of Kitakyushu have even been maimed.
This has only taken a few days. If progress continues at this rate, the entire mainland will fall in less than a few months.
The slogan of 100 million pieces of jade that the military department clamored to pull the Allied forces to die together seems like a joke now.
"Kido-kun, we are actively trying to find ways to talk to the Allied Forces. The second wave of envoys has arrived in Kyushu. I believe there will be new news soon." Suzuki Shosuke was also mentally and physically exhausted.
He hasn't had a good rest these days. Internal and external troubles emerge one after another. Although Kenji Hatanaka's rebellion did not succeed, it already made them feel deep fear.
As a result, there is no sense of trust in the military department at all. Now except for the Navy's own people and Tanaka Shinichi's Eastern Army, they can't believe anyone in the other army units.
"What does His Majesty Tian Huang think of the current situation?" Suzuki Shosuke rubbed the corners of his eyes and asked in a tired voice.
"Your Majesty is very worried about the future of the empire. If there is no result in the negotiations and the empire is completely captured by force, I am afraid there will be no future." Kido said worriedly.
What he said was actually correct.
In this catastrophe for Eastern mankind, no little devil is innocent. When it comes to the responsibility for liquidation, the roots still lie with the countless high-level officials.
This war has progressed to this point. Won
There is absolutely no hope, and a comprehensive defeat is only a matter of time.
[In view of the general environment,
A normal person would come to this conclusion.
"In order to avoid the worst case scenario, I will personally go to the Allied Forces Headquarters to negotiate when necessary." After hearing this answer, Shosuke Suzuki slowly raised his head, "Kido-kun, if that time comes, please be sure to assist us. The peace talks faction controls the situation in Thrush Capital to prevent the Young Strong faction from succeeding and acting rashly, causing the whole situation to collapse beyond control."
Suzuki Shosuke reminded Kido to pay attention to suppressing the group of people in the military headquarters and not to let them make trouble again.
"I will personally interview Mr. Tojo, Mr. Anan and others to try to control these young men in the military. At the critical moment of the empire's life and death, I believe they will understand. If they really don't listen, I think..." Mu The user did not continue the conversation.
But Suzuki Shosuke already knew Kido's determination, or His Majesty Tian Huang's determination.
At this time, if there is one person who can control the development of the entire situation. Then only that one remains.
Suzuki Shosuke nodded, indicating that he understood Kido's thoughts.
"If that's the case, we need to redeploy Tokyo's defense like this..." Suzuki Shosuke further outlined today's purpose.
According to the results of his discussions with Minai and others, the Marine Special Marine Corps was transferred to Tongjing to strengthen the security and defense of the palace and the main officials of the peace faction in all aspects.
Nearly 100,000 special marines, together with the two major guards forces, the Guards Division and the Eastern Army, now under the control of Tanaka Shinichi, guarded Tōkyo tightly.
Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi is Tian Huang's loyal confidant, and there is no need to doubt his loyalty.
"Yeah, everything will be done according to Suzuki's decision. Mr. Suzuki is the minister personally designated by Tian Huang. I believe he will find a way out for the empire." Kido has no other hope now.
In addition to following Suzuki Shofu to negotiate the surrender, as long as His Majesty Tian Huang and the current basic system are preserved, all sacrifices will be worth it.
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Xiaguan Fortress.
"Kill those idiots." Lu Xingguo, who was flying an SB2C dive bomber in the air to search for targets, was looking for the next bombing point with unprecedented excitement.
After two days of joint operations by sea, land and air, Gao Jianwu commanded the fleet's heavy artillery to eliminate most of the Japs' air defense positions, while the Air Force began to use 500-pound aerial bombs to clear the fortress artillery by roll call.
Compared with the 203 mm naval gun, the SB2C can carry 1,000 pounds of heavy aerial bombs for bombing. Almost no fortress can withstand such giant bombs.
Although the Little Devil's Xiaguan Fortress used a large number of reinforced concrete forts, it was of no use.
There is no discussion about destroying a fort if one goes down.
From the moment Gao Jianwu decided to attack the fortress, he negotiated with General Smith and selected 12 SB2C dive bombers from the Allied fleet and handed them over to Lu Xingguo and his elite pilots to coordinate the attack!
In two days, Lu Xingguo led these 12 SB2C bombers to complete more than 100 bombing sorties, almost destroying the Little Japanese shore artillery of Xiaguan Fortress.
The entire seven or eight shore artillery brigades of the Little Japanese were destroyed in the hands of Lu Xingguo's bomber flight, allowing Li Yunlong to easily take over the Xiaguan Fortress, thereby firmly controlling the reinforcement channel from the Little Japanese mainland to Kyushu. and the port of Kitakyushu.
Let Kong Jie's transportation team do their own thing unimpeded.
At this time, Gao Jianwu turned his army all the way along the northern part of Kitakyushu and Kumamoto to start the strategy of capturing Kyushu.
The brigade commander led the T-59 tank attack group, while Gao Jianwu followed Li Yunlong with his fleet, using T-34s and Sherman M4s to bulldoze the Japs along the Kitakyushu coast, and hit Zuo Bo and Yan Gang from Shangmao all the way.
There were no obstacles along the way.
With naval guns serving as justice, there were few complete positions and corpses left by the little Japanese defending these places.
As for the Allies, as many as 500,000 Allied troops are still engaged in fierce battles against Kagoshima and Satsuma. On the contrary, the 100,000 Ryukyu Expeditionary Force led by Chu Yunfei and Ding Wei captured Miyazaki and Kishiro along the way, and are now preparing to Join forces with Gao Jianwu and Li Yunlong.
For Smith and Steven, they had expected such a result. Anyway, they were witnesses of history in the Southern Battlefield and Ryukyu Battlefield.
So it is not surprising, but after hearing the battle report, the Allied troops who had just been transferred to Kyushu from other battlefields did not believe it one by one. While waiting for the headquarters to refute the rumors about the battle results, the Allied field reporters released the T-59 battlefield The actual battle scenes and the battle result data sent by the fleet commanded by Gao Jianwu all fell silent.
Now all these pictures and results were produced by the Allied forces themselves, and there was no possibility of adulteration. It was as if these arrogant generals had woken up from a dream, and it turned out that they themselves had also been a frog in the well.
Especially the T-59's nearly invincible armor and terrifying 105mm tank main gun. Whether it is 1000 meters or 1500 meters, the ability to hit the target and destroy it immediately makes it the strongest land monster in this era!
Seeing that the Little Devil 97 tank was as fragile as a paper lake in front of the T-59, the Allied commanders understood that even if it was their own main tank, the Sherman M4, the result would be almost the same.
I'm afraid only Delman's Tiger tank can show some restraint.
On Kyushu Island, the show-off operation planned by Gao Jianwu was almost successful. However, due to the excellent performance of the T-59 tank and Gao Jianwu himself, the light weapons part of the infantry was completely obscured.
Even though Gao Jianwu and others occupied nearly two-thirds of the strongholds on Kyushu Island, for the Allies, what they remember is the T-59 tank and the slightly more capable 107 rocket launcher.
With an extremely simple design and extremely powerful firepower performance, the 107 rocket launcher has also become a powerful weapon in the eyes of Allied observers.
In particular, the maneuverability of this weapon is comparable to that of a mountain cannon in mountainous areas, as well as its extremely strong terrain adaptability, flexible and configurable firepower, all proving that this is an excellent mountain combat firepower.
The biggest contributors to the Eighth Route Expeditionary Force's unstoppable success along the way, apart from Gao Jianwu's naval gun support and air force bombing, were the T-59 tanks and 107 rocket launchers.
Because Gao Jianwu deliberately wanted to impress the Allies this time, he moved the entire tank logistics and maintenance team here to ensure that Sun Desheng's T-59 tank attack group had a high success rate, except for a few vehicles that were hit by landmines. The damage was relatively serious, and five tank battalions fought almost the entire journey!
This terrible battlefield survival rate and adequate support rate once again shocked Allied observers.
Because this shows several behind-the-scenes facts that cannot be ignored, that is, it shows that the design maturity and production quality of the T-59 tank have reached an extremely high level, indicating that the heavy industry foundation behind it has reached a world-class level.
The Chinese land warfare weapons have evolved from relying entirely on battlefield capture and overseas support to a level of self-sufficiency.
In just a few years, they have made such great progress that one has to admire the amazing learning and creative abilities of the Chinese people.
Because Allied technical personnel saw a lot of shadows from the T-34 in the T-59.
But the T-59 has completely surpassed the limitations of the T-34. It is a generational improvement in every aspect!
It can be said that the T-59 and 107 rocket launchers, as well as the eye-catching performance of the expeditionary force, completely reversed the Allied forces' inherent impression of the Eighth Route Army, and now began to regard the Eighth Route Army as an elite force that could compete with the Allied forces.
The reason for reaching such a conclusion is that the Allied forces dare to say this based on the combined strength of the air force and navy. Otherwise, they would no longer be opponents based on the army alone.
But the Allies now still have Blue Star's most powerful navy and air force!
Countless battles have proven that no matter how elite the army is, it can hardly defeat the superior air force and navy.
There is almost no battle that can be won by the Army alone!
Gao Jianwu commanded a squadron by himself, which was far better than an artillery division! Although this advantage cannot be replicated, it also shows that the navy does have unparalleled advantages when it comes to coordinated operations, especially on islands.
Because of this, the Grand Brigadier naturally entered the Allied Forces Western Pacific Headquarters. Now he has become one of the senior leaders of the Allied Forces Headquarters and began to plan for the next attack on the Little Japanese Island.
But this time, Shosuke Suzuki was ahead of time. When the Allies once again rejected the Japs' conditional negotiations, Shosuke Suzuki, with the support of the Navy Ministry, secretly found the Allied headquarters in a submarine. Formal surrender negotiations between the two sides began!
Facing the little Japs who hurriedly came to his door ready to surrender, Gao Jianwu felt a little helpless. His explosive equipment was not affected, but it was inconvenient to take advantage of him.
The just past Kyushu campaign contributed 400,000 new explosive equipment to the little devils. If converted into resources with almost the maximum bonus, it would be tens of thousands of tons of rare metals.
The key is that there are other non-capital businesses on the road. A steel plant and a shipyard are the focus here, which will greatly help Gao Jianwu's construction. If this kind of business can go all the way to the capital, I'm afraid it will have to increase. Several tens of millions of tons of new production capacity have been released.
In terms of heavy industry, it will definitely be a big boost. It is possible that steel production capacity will explode to 7 to 8 million tons. Shipbuilding can at least make up for the shortcomings of destroyers to battleships.
However, it would not be bad if the little devil surrenders. According to the system bonus principle, it will also be a top-level explosive.
I just don’t know if the system will reward the kid for surrendering this time.
Guarding Kitakyushu and watching Kong Jie move as busy as a little bee, Gao Jianwu had a strange feeling that there might be some surprises in the upcoming historical moment!
