() China and the United States jointly attacked Japan's homeland and carried out a war of hunger. First, they blocked Japan's military ports and dropped more than 3,000 mines in Sasebo, Kure Port, Shimonoseki Strait and other places. These mines were
All ports are sealed, and Japan's remaining warships cannot be dispatched easily at all, and even fishing boats and cargo ships cannot go out to sea.
The second step of the blockade focuses on the Seto Inland Sea, which is the most important industrial area in Japan. It is surrounded by important cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Kobe. Throwing a large number of mines here can effectively cut off the water connections between cities.
Contact, so that Japan's industry completely loses the possibility of functioning.
The third step was to drop mines against Hokkaido and other places. The operation of dropping mines into Japan lasted for two and a half months. Chinese and American air force bombers made 3,528 sorties and laid 22,053 mines, including 7,900 magnetic mines and 6,500 acoustic mines.
, 4,900 hydraulic mines, 2,700 low-frequency acoustic mines, and the naval aviation also dispatched a large number of minelayers.
The mines deployed also achieved fruitful results, sinking and damaging more than 670 ships, including 65 warships such as the "Haiying" aircraft carrier and the "Chiyoda" aircraft carrier...
Among them, 431 were sunk or severely damaged beyond repair, with a total tonnage of more than 1.4 million tons, equivalent to 75% of the total tonnage of Japanese ships at the beginning of the battle. Under the joint attack of China and the United States, Japan's maritime power finally
Completely die.
Moreover, this operation had great results and few losses. On average, one Japanese ship was sunk for every 21 mines laid. The Allied forces suffered very little losses, with only 15 aircraft lost.
The biggest result of this operation is to completely separate the four islands of Japan. The waterways between Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, and Hokkaido are blocked by an astonishing number of torpedoes. Japan has been dismembered. The next step is to eat meat.
Chewing the bones.
In addition, it has also achieved remarkable results in overseas battlefields. China successfully captured New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Micronesia Islands. This enabled China to completely extend its hands to Oceania, and the islands in the Pacific no longer limit China.
The island chain has become a springboard for China's progress.
Of course, the United States does not want China to expand its power, and they have also taken active actions. They have seized the Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands and other places. The entire Pacific Ocean has been divided equally between China and the United States. Before the war, the United Kingdom also had considerable influence in the Asia-Pacific.
There were few benefits. But now there is nothing left. China and China have a very tacit understanding and left nothing for Britain.
The areas where the Hunger War is implemented also include Borneo, but this is unilaterally dominated by China. Without the participation of the Americans, China has long been prepared to annex this place. Naturally, it will not release something as seriously poisonous as Agent Orange. The South China Sea Fleet has mobilized
Four large aircraft carriers, plus eight escort carriers, completely blocked Borneo.
Then a fierce air strike was launched against the Japanese on the island. However, the Japanese in Borneo were also very tenacious. They guarded the island to the death. They definitely did not want to give up easily. The persistence of the Japanese in their territory was evident.
The Chinese government did not expect that Japan would be so tenacious. China simply encircled the area and focused its attack on Japan's homeland. As long as the four islands were resolved, Borneo would naturally surrender without a fight.
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China randomly made suggestions to the United States to form a joint landing command center. The two countries mobilized elite troops to form a powerful force to launch an amphibious landing operation against Japan. The United States also responded enthusiastically, and the United States appointed Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
As a representative of the United States, it also plans to send 1.5 million soldiers to participate in the landing operation, while China has mobilized more than 3 million soldiers, mainly hoarding them in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, which is the closest to the Japanese mainland and the furthest.
A good place to land.
The landing operation of nearly five million people is absolutely unprecedented. The scale is even larger than the Normandy landing that is currently brewing. It is also a great test for the command and coordination capabilities of China and the United States. China has sent Minister of Defense Wu Tong to personally take charge.
The entire operation was amidst intense and busy preparations.
According to Qiao Yu's plan, the entire preparation period will take close to half a year. This will not only ensure that the Allies stockpile enough supplies, but also that the soldiers can receive sufficient training to ensure the smooth progress of the landing. The most important thing is that it will be there in another half year.
Harvest season.
According to estimates by Chinese and American experts, Japan's grain production will be severely reduced, and the scale of the reduction may be nearly half. This is already the second major famine year since the war began. In the first year, due to China's release of Agent Orange, Japan's production was reduced by nearly 100%.
Twenty-fifths of the time, more than 1.5 million Japanese people died of starvation in one year.
If this year's famine is larger, the number of people starving to death in Japan will increase exponentially. Ten million deaths from starvation is not a delusion. This number has reached a quite alarming level. The Nazis used cremators, gas chambers and other means
, in the end, it was just the massacre of five million Jews. From this, it can be seen that no method is as terrifying as hunger.
If tens of millions of people starve to death, Japan will inevitably collapse. Not only will production collapse, but even military morale will be difficult to guarantee. At this point, the losses from China and the United States when they land in Japan will be much smaller!
The Americans also had this plan. Although Roosevelt knew that Americans were eager for revenge, he did not want to see too many Americans die in Japan. The parents and families of those young people represented votes. Roosevelt would never dare to offend easily.
Voters, as for the life and death of Japan itself, are not issues that China and the United States consider.
The war has entered the counter-offensive stage, and Qiao Yu's affairs have not eased at all. In the early days of the war, the allies will work together to win. However, once the dawn of victory emerges, the intrigues between the countries fully emerge. In order to compete for
In the interest of post-war interests, all countries are acting crazily.
However, in the final analysis, the competition between countries is still a competition for strength. Without sufficient strength, there is no way to get the fruits of victory. Just like the UK now, although it is also a victorious country and is also known as a giant, there is no doubt that the UK
The interests of the other three countries are ignored, which is the best proof of the decline of national strength.
In order to improve international strength, the most fundamental thing is the progress of science and technology. Before the outbreak of World War II, Qiao Yu formulated quite a few long-term plans for scientific research and development, the most important of which are nuclear weapons, rocket technology, and electronic computer technology. These are
Representative of the new technological revolution after World War II.
In addition, Qiao Yu has also invested heavily in marine technology, new material technology, and electronic technology. After a period of accumulation, the scientific researchers trained in China in the 1920s are now generally in their thirties and forties, and they are in their prime.
At their age, they are most able to produce results.
Relying on the promotion of these outstanding talents, China's large-scale scientific research projects have finally made breakthrough progress. The most exciting thing is that nuclear technology has finally begun to mature. Chinese researchers have calculated all the circumstances of an atomic weapon explosion. The remaining
The key is to accumulate enough highly enriched uranium and then conduct assembly and live ammunition testing. As long as sufficient first-hand data is obtained, China will completely master this powerful weapon.
At this time, the United States was actually carrying out a nuclear weapons program crazily. They wanted to produce nuclear weapons before Germany. This was a race of life and death. In fact, many European and American scientists pointed out that they should try their best to produce nuclear weapons before Germany.
There are only two countries in the world that have the possibility of nuclear weapons, and that is China and the United States. Western scientists naturally chose the United States out of contempt for Chinese technology and racial issues.
In fact, these people have no idea that in the East, China's plan to develop nuclear weapons was earlier, more systematic, and more scientific. China first used the rich hydropower resources in the southwest to build dozens of power stations, and then used these power stations to refine and build
Heavy water required for reactors.
The biggest difficulty in developing nuclear weapons is actually the separation of uranium 235. Chinese scientists have found three methods, namely gas diffusion method, electromagnetic separation method, and gas centrifugation method. Qiao Yu knows that the United States has adopted the gas diffusion method in history.
Therefore, we were prepared to use this method, but six scientists involved in the nuclear program jointly wrote a letter recommending the use of gas centrifugation.
Their reason is also very simple, that is, the gas diffusion method requires a large amount of energy, and the amount may even reach half of China's power generation capacity. This is definitely a dizzying number. Their estimate is actually not wrong. Historically, Americans
In order to separate enough uranium, one-third of the power generation capacity of the United States is used. If the American family did not have a huge business, it would not be able to afford it.
Chinese scientists had enough time, and after thorough demonstration, they proposed the use of gas centrifugation method, and suggested that the Chinese government should include nuclear power plants in its planning.
The uranium concentration required for nuclear power plants is only 3 to 5 percent. Low-concentration uranium is used to generate electricity. The energy generated is used by centrifuges to produce high-concentration enriched uranium. This can save a lot of energy. At the same time, nuclear power plants can
Produce another raw material for atomic bombs, which is plutonium!
After this idea was proposed, it was undoubtedly very attractive, but there were also two huge dilemmas. The first was whether centrifuge technology could meet the needs, and the second was whether nuclear power plants would be so easy to build.
The Chinese government also got the news and knew that Germany was most likely also carrying out a nuclear weapons program. If China could not develop nuclear weapons first, would it be attacked? No one could bear this responsibility. In the end, Qiao Yu was involved in the matter.
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Qiao Yu is also very interested in this plan. If the process of this plan is followed, China can produce nuclear weapons with very little money, and at the same time, it can also bring breakthroughs in other important technologies, such as nuclear power plant technology. This is definitely a very cost-effective way.
Qiao Yu also knew that Germany had no hope of developing nuclear weapons, so he approved the plan without hesitation.
To the surprise of the Chinese government, Chinese scientists were obviously better than expected. They used about three years to break through a series of technical problems. China's nuclear weapons finally saw the light of day, and the first nuclear power plant also started construction.