War in the industrial age has almost become a contest of production capacity. Whoever has the strongest production capacity will win. However, the human factor cannot be ignored, especially high-quality military units. If effective supply cannot be achieved,
Serious problems will arise.
Pilots are such a group. Aircraft are easy to produce, but pilots are not easy to train. China's current industrial production capacity is actually not much different from Japan's, and there is even a gap in some hard indicators. However, the Chinese Air Force strategy is definitely more long-term than Japan's.
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China has a mature pilot training system, with a sufficient number of reserve personnel and high quality. Therefore, if China suffers some losses during the war, it can be quickly replenished without affecting combat effectiveness. On the contrary, the level of pilots who have been trained in war is getting higher and higher.
Japan made serious mistakes on this issue. Although Japan also put a lot of effort into air power after the Battle of Qingdao, they focused their main efforts on building elite pilots and reserve echelons.
Serious deficiencies, especially the sinking of the Tosa, caused Japan to lose more than one-third of its elite pilots. During the Battle of Shanghai, it lost about half of its remaining naval pilots.
In this way, the Japanese exposed the fatal weakness of insufficient reserve force. They had no aircraft carriers and could not restore their combat effectiveness. They could only watch the squadron calmly attack the Japanese defenders of Okinawa, but they had no countermeasures.
This situation was also more obvious during World War II. The defeats of Germany and Japan both started with the loss of pilots. Especially in the later period of Japan, the aircraft carrier was completely an empty shell with no pilots on it. According to Japan's current situation
Ability, it will take at least three months to restore the combat effectiveness of the two aircraft carriers. This is why Tokyo desperately let Mu Tatsuyuki guard them for three months.
However, it was obvious that the Japanese had miscalculated. China's offensive was much faster than expected. Especially after the ground-penetrating bombs were put into actual combat, Japan's defenses collapsed in an instant, and the morale of the military was on the verge of collapse.
The Chinese team was able to advance five or six kilometers a day, which was three times faster than at the beginning of the war.
What makes Japan even more troubled is that most of the Ryukyu Islanders have turned to China. Most of the people on the Ryukyu Islands are descendants of Chinese immigrants. They speak Chinese, write Chinese characters, and use Chinese etiquette, especially now that the Ryukyu Kingdom has been destroyed.
It hasn't been too long yet, and those older people still clearly remember the pain of the country's subjugation.
Now that the Chinese have conquered Okinawa, it is a great good thing for them. Therefore, many people take the initiative to help the Chinese troops, provide food and drinking water, and take the initiative to report the movements of the Japanese army. With the help of these native Ryukyu people, China's
The speed of advance is becoming more and more astonishing.
After fifteen days of fighting, 30,000 Chinese landing troops surrounded Mu Tatsuyuki and his more than 7,000 remaining soldiers within a ten-kilometer radius near Shuri. Outside the encirclement, China had 300 combat aircraft.
There are more than 400 tanks, more than 200 heavy guns, and naval guns to assist, forming a strong force advantage.
The black muzzle of the gun directly hit Japan's broken defense line. Facing the upcoming general attack, Mu Tatsuyuki was extremely anxious at this time. Tokyo had sent continuous telegrams, asking him to defend Okinawa and fight until every soldier was killed. He must not let it go.
The Chinese occupied this place.
One of the telegrams was sent in the name of Emperor Hirohito. In the telegram, Hirohito even promised to put Mokutatsu into the Yasukuni Shrine and enjoy the worship of all people. This honor is not enjoyed by everyone, and the Emperor
The blatant promise also broke Japan's practice, but Hirohito's thoughts can also be seen from this.
He needs Mu Dazhi to defend him and must not back down in any way. Mu Dazhi is also a die-hard member and is ready to die in battle, but now that he has run out of ammunition and food, he is really at a loss!
At this time, China's air raids began again. A total of more than 200 aircraft flew over Shuri and began to throw ground-penetrating bombs wildly. A large number of Japanese military fortifications were immediately destroyed. Although those circular cemeteries were strong, they could not carry them.
Due to the power of the ground-penetrating bombs, they exploded one after another. Most of the Japanese soldiers stationed inside were killed. The mutilated corpses and dripping blood filled the tunnel.
They chose cemeteries as their fortifications, and at this moment these cemeteries have also become their destination. Things are so interesting, and there is a feeling that the destiny has its own destiny.
The periphery of Shuri was cleared, and Chinese tanks also entered the battle. The steel behemoth easily crushed Japan's broken position. The forwards had already rushed into the urban area of Shuri. Japan's soldiers were cut open and divided into two parts.
The Japanese have completely lost their command and can only fight on their own.
However, the war has also reached its most brutal stage. The losses in street fighting have always been staggering. The Japanese were hidden in many buildings and kept firing cold shots at the squadron, making it impossible to prevent them.
The power of tanks in narrow streets and alleys is also greatly restricted. However, China also has the flame gun, a big killer. It uses fire attacks against targets that cannot be attacked for a long time. Soon, the entire Shuri area
Most of them were caught in the flames, and ordinary people suffered serious casualties.
But there is nothing that can be done about it. After two days of fierce fighting, China has cleared most of the areas in Shuri City. Only Mu Tatsuhi is huddled in the basement of his command post. Bad news keeps coming. Everyone
His subordinates lost contact one after another. There is no doubt that these people have gone to see Amaterasu.
And Tokyo just insisted on letting him persist, but there was no news of sending troops to assist. Isn't this not only letting the horse run, but also preventing the horse from eating grass!
Mu Tatsuhi was desperate at this time. He knew that Tokyo had given up on him, and the Chinese would soon be here to kill him. All that was waiting for him was death. All he could choose now was how to end his own life!
He carefully took out the ancestral sword and wiped it gently. At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly came from the next room. The entire basement shook crazily. The partition wall was also destroyed by the violent explosion.
Bricks and cement were scattered in all directions, and Mu Dazhi was hit a few times, and blood immediately remained.
It turned out that an earth-penetrating bomb hit Mu Dazhi's basement. Some of his assistants and staff were killed in an instant. Mu Dazhi's house was far away. He was luckier and did not die. He was only injured.
He was a little injured, but when he saw the ferocious expressions of the bodies that had been blown to pieces, Mu Dazhi felt as if his heart had been violently tugged.
A feeling of panic kept pouring out from the bottom of his heart. In a daze, Mu Dazhi kept mumbling: "Rush to the mountains and let the corpses fill the ravines; go to the sea and let the floating corpses float all over the ocean..."
Looking at the military songs of various countries in the world, there is no song with such bloody words and murderous words. It is a barbaric expression to ignore the opponent's life, and to ignore one's own life is a complete devil. Japan has been since the Meiji Restoration.
What they have cultivated from the beginning is such a group of ferocious war machines.
Invasion and killing are their mission. Mu Tatsuyuki was a Japanese general who was trained in this environment. He thought he could do this, ignored his own life, and spared no effort for the honor of His Majesty the Emperor.
Give it all!
However, when it came to the real critical moment of life and death, Mu Tazhi discovered that he was far from being as strong as he had imagined. The sword in his hand was like a poisonous snake that was spitting out nods. It was staring at him and could jump up at any time.
Bite his throat out.
A layer of fine sweat formed on Mu Dazhi's forehead, and his face became paler and whiter. Then his whole body trembled, his legs and feet became weak, and he let out a cry!
The sword fell to the ground, and Mu Tazhi finally did not have the courage to choose death. He became the most senior military officer captured by the Chinese side.
The Battle of Shuri lasted for five days in total. 7,800 Japanese soldiers were killed before and after, and another 213 people were captured by the Chinese. China also paid 5,000 casualties. So far, Okinawa
The entire island fell under Chinese control, and the first phase of the Sino-Japanese war ended.
"The only way to die is to die after all the hardships! As a lieutenant general, Mu Da didn't have the courage to commit suicide!" After China captured Mu Da, it did not publicize it. The lieutenant general was already a very great official for Japan, especially
He is also the division commander of the fifth division of the Steel Army. If used properly, it can definitely deal a heavy blow to Japan's morale.
Therefore, Yang Sen did not rush to publicize it, and even asked the people who captured Mu Dazhi to keep it strictly confidential, and then he reported the news to the Supreme Command!
Along with Mudazhi, there was also a military flag of the 11th Regiment of the Japanese Army. Yang Sen and Tian Songyao did not pay much attention to this matter. It was just a flag, so what was the big deal? A lieutenant general, Mudazhi, also took it.
The flag was hidden on his body, and he finally handed it over to Yang Sen solemnly, looking extremely pious, as if he was treating something sacred!
Yang Sen didn't take it seriously, but Qiao Yu knew very well the value of the Japanese alliance flag. The symbolic emblem of the Japanese royal family is a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum. The royal family uses a fourteen-petal chrysanthemum, and the Chinese use a twelve-petal chrysanthemum.
, ordinary people use ten-petal ones, while colonies use eight-petal ones. There are strict grade regulations and there can be no mistakes.
Later, the Green Party on the island of Taiwan took out an eight-petal chrysanthemum flag and kept promoting du li. Little did they know that it was a symbol of colonialism. Using a colonial flag as the national flag of du li was really the height of ignorance!
Japan's alliance flag is a red rishe with sixteen rays of light. It is called the Asahi flag. Because it uses the symbol of the emperor, it is a sacred object to Japan. The flag is with the person. If the flag is captured by the opponent
, the troops were removed from the order of battle.
Once the battle is defeated, the Japanese army has also formulated detailed regulations. The military flag must be burned, and the parts that cannot be burned must be buried deep underground. They must not fall into the hands of the enemy. For this reason, Japan has also specially dispatched a flag protection team.
What the Allies longed for most during World War II was to capture a military flag, but they failed to do so.
This time Mu Tazhi handed over the flag of the 11th Infantry Regiment to China. It was also an accident. The 11th Infantry Regiment had been responsible for protecting Mu Tazhi, and the flag protection team was also in the basement with him. It happened that at this time
A ground-penetrating bomb killed everyone in the flag guard team, leaving no time to destroy the flag.
However, Mu Tazhi was extremely disappointed with Tokyo and had some mental breakdown. He unexpectedly found the alliance flag from a pile of ruins and handed it to Yang Sen. After receiving the news, everyone in the Supreme Command was stunned.
They were overjoyed, they knew very well what such a small flag meant to Riben, and this mouth was enough to knock Riben unconscious! (To be continued.