Kyushu Island is like a touchstone. The Allies and the Japanese army both want to test the determination of the other side through Kyushu Island.
Although Japanese officials had long ago shouted "100 million pieces of jade", the Allies did not believe that the Japanese high-level officials would really die like the Japanese civilians at the bottom.
A doctor cannot be punished. This sentence also applies to Japan. Japanese women can sell their youth for the Meiji Restoration, and Japanese men can live and die for the Communist Party. However, the Japanese aristocracy and high-ranking officials have never shared the same interests with the empire.
Awareness of life and death.
Otherwise, according to Japanese custom, when Japan surrenders in another time and space, the king and ministers should also perform a caesarean section to apologize.
Like the Japanese government, the Allied forces also wanted to pass through Kyushu to test the Japanese government's determination to resist.
It's not that easy to smash 100 million jade into pieces. No matter how crazy Mustache is, he is not so crazy that he wants 60 million Germans to be buried with him.
Angel and MacArthur agreed that Japan's so-called "100 million pieces of jade" was just political blackmail and would not be implemented at all. Even the "plague" was only a threat from the Japanese government, because everyone knew that once the plague virus was spread,
So the ones who suffered the greatest losses were not the Allies, but Japanese civilians.
No one expected that the Japanese government would be so crazy as to spread the plague throughout Kyushu, slowing down the Allied forces and causing huge casualties to the people of Kyushu.
For this reason alone, after the war, the Japanese government officials who made this decision can be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
It should be said that the Japanese government's crazy behavior of spreading plague throughout Kyushu still posed a huge threat to the Allies. This was also the direct reason for the Americans to form a servant army.
If the Japanese could be allowed to die instead of the Allies, the Americans would definitely be happy to see it happen.
Under such circumstances, Americans will indeed not waste precious medical resources on servant soldiers.
"Help me--" Murichiro cried out looking at his blood-stained hands.
Kojima wanted to call out to Murichiro, but was directly dragged away by the warrant officer.
Talents who understand Chinese, English, and Japanese at the same time are relatively rare.
At this time, I couldn't care about Murichiro anymore.
The Japanese army was afraid of the superior firepower of the Allies and did not set up defenses near the beach. Instead, they relied on Shimonoseki to deploy defensive positions. Major General Yoyo Sano, commander of the 365th Division, swore when he received the combat mission that he would coexist with Shimonoseki.
The 365th Division was just established at the beginning of the year, with a total strength of about 12,000 people. It has a standard two-brigade organization and no artillery. The entire division is equipped with only 24 heavy machine guns, and its firepower is only equivalent to one battalion of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.
Sano Yang also knew that the firepower intensity of the 365th Division was hugely different from that of the Allies, and the quality of its officers and soldiers was also very different. The Allied troops that landed in Japan had all experienced the Pacific War and could be called a division that fought a hundred battles;
Most of the soldiers in the 365th Division were farmers who had never experienced war two months ago. Many of them had never even touched a rifle before entering the 365th Division.
Knowing yourself and your enemy will make you safe in a hundred battles. In order to offset the Allied firepower advantage, Sano Yo had to rely on Shimonoseki to set up positions.
In order to prevent the Allied attack, Sano Yo even ordered the citizens of Shimonoseki to be strictly prohibited from leaving. He tried to use the city's 20,000 residents as hostages to test the determination of the Allied forces.
Unfortunately, the first wave of attacking troops was not the Southern African Expeditionary Force, or even the US military, but Japanese servants.
The 365th Division's counterattack brought huge casualties to the servant army. Of the 140 officers and men in Company A, where Kojima was located, less than 60 people returned to the starting position, which made the regiment leader, Lieutenant Colonel Danny, very angry.
"Call the Air Force immediately for support, use incendiary bombs, and raze Shimonoseki to the ground!" Lieutenant Colonel Danny habitually called the Air Force. The US military, like the Southern African Expeditionary Force, has a serious dependence on firepower.
"Yes sir, the bomber group will arrive in 30 minutes -" The communications troops were very efficient and the servant army completed the task brilliantly.
The mission of the servant army is to test the Japanese defense strength of Shimonoseki. If Shimonoseki cannot be captured with the strength of the servant army, then the U.S. Air Force will dispatch bombers and raze Shimonoseki to the ground.
As for whether there are civilians in Shimonoseki City?
Americans don't care about this issue.
What Lieutenant Colonel Danny didn't expect was that the US bombers did not drop incendiary bombs on Shimonoseki City, but still landed on the servants who were waiting for the attack after the air raid ended.
If it was a Japanese bomber, then the servant army would be prepared.
Now it was our own bombers. Unprepared, the slave army suffered heavy casualties.
"Why is this happening?" Lieutenant Colonel Danny was furious. More than half of his men had been injured and lost their ability to attack.
"The clothes, our clothes and the Japanese army's clothes are all similar in color, so the navigator mistook our soldiers for the Japanese army -" White himself found it difficult to say.
This is not the first time that the U.S. Air Force has dropped bombs on its own people.
The truth is that when the bombers flew over Xiaguan, they were attacked by Japanese anti-aircraft fire. In order to throw away all the bombs as soon as possible and return home, the pilot of a certain bomber threw all the bombs before they even reached Xiaguan.
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After the Battle of Britain, Allied bombers flew in formation. As soon as one bomber started dropping bombs, other bombers would follow suit and carpet bomb the target area.
Kyushu is too close to Honshu. The narrowest point of the Kanmon Strait is only 700 meters, which can be covered by one bomber, let alone hundreds of them.
"Okay, how many people do we have now?" Lieutenant Colonel Danny made a desperate move. Who said that we have to retreat when the casualty rate reaches 30%? I don't!
The key point is that the servant army under Lieutenant Colonel Danny is not composed of Americans, so Lieutenant Colonel Danny really doesn't care about the casualties of the servant army. If possible, Danny even wants all the servant officers and soldiers under him to be killed, so that Danny will
You can go back to the rear and eat ice cream.
"It's very bad. In addition to the previous losses, our remaining troops are less than 1,000 -" White's words made Danny feel discouraged.
What can a thousand people do?
On a battlefield where there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, a thousand-man troops are not qualified as cannon fodder because they cannot consume more of the enemy's artillery shells.
"Organize the troops and mix the remaining soldiers into two battalions. I will lead one battalion to attack from the front, and you will lead the other battalion to find a way back to the enemy's back -" Danny and White divided the tasks and took down everything.
Japanese army position.
Although the bombers bombed the wrong target, they helped a lot by ambushing the Allied warships patrolling the sea. Due to the terrain of the Kanmon Strait, large warships such as battleships and aircraft carriers could not enter the Kanmon Strait at all. Therefore, the subordinates provided fire cover for the slaves.
In the Third Fleet of the United States Pacific Fleet.
Although the Americans made a lot of jokes during World War II, the Third Fleet can still be trusted.
The commander of the Third Fleet was William "The Bull" Halsey Jr.
Halsey was born into a naval family, but he himself failed to enter the U.S. Naval Academy. Later, because his mother repeatedly begged William McKinley, the then President of the United States, he was recommended and entered the Naval Academy instead.
On the eve of World War I, Halsey was assigned to command the destroyer USS Flusser. At that time, future U.S. President Roosevelt was also engaged in maritime survey work on this warship, and the two formed a deep friendship.
When the Pacific War broke out in 1942, when Halsey inspected Henderson Airport, he encouraged the defenders with the slogan "Kill the Japs! Kill the Japs! Kill more Japs!", which was deeply loved by the navy officers and soldiers.
When the Servants were bombed by the Air Force, Halsey and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet Chester William Nimitz were observing the battle aboard the battleship USS New Jersey, the flagship of the Third Fleet.
"New Jersey" is the second ship of the "Iowa" class battleship. It was launched in 40 years and has been in service for 43 years. It is one of the most cutting-edge battleships in the U.S. Navy.
The "New Jersey" has a standard displacement of 45,000 tons, a full load displacement of 56,000 tons, a maximum speed of 33 knots, and three triple-mounted 406mm main guns.
"It's such a mess. Why are we wasting precious resources on those damn dwarfs?" Halsey doesn't like the Japanese, even the Japanese who fight for the United States.
"Southern Africans often say that we should use the Japanese who are willing to cooperate to control the stubborn Japanese." Nimitz looked at it for a while, out of sight, out of mind, put down the telescope in his hand, and held a cup of coffee.
Returning to the command seat, he looked thoughtfully at the Southern African Navy who were loyal to their duties on the front deck.
Rock has decided not to build battleships, but to build more powerful aircraft carriers, so battleships are completely out of the question for the Southern African Navy.
The generals in Southern Africa did not give up. Tang Li, who served as the commander of the Pacific Fleet in Southern Africa last year, sent some Southern African naval officers and soldiers to study on U.S. battleships. On the one hand, he wanted to better understand the U.S. military, and on the other hand, he also wanted to accumulate experience.
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Tactics are always improving.
Even though battleships have been eliminated now, there may be a day when battleships will dominate naval battles again. It is necessary to prepare in advance.
The Southern African naval officers and soldiers who are qualified to study on the "New Jersey" are undoubtedly elite. They are all carefully selected and know very clearly what they should do.
So at this moment, many American officers and soldiers were crowded on the side of the ship to watch the excitement. Only the intern officers and soldiers of the Southern African Navy remained at their posts.
This gave Nimitz an ominous premonition.
Ordinary Americans do not regard southern Africa as an enemy at all. In recent years, Americans have even given up their family businesses in the United States and immigrated to southern Africa. This is very revealing.
Southern Africans have a very correct attitude, which Nimitz knew early on. Some American officers and soldiers could not remember the same combat regulations after reciting them for a month.
It only took one night for the naval officers and soldiers of Southern Africa to memorize all the regulations. This is not to say that Southern Africans are smart, but that they are very hardworking and attentive, so their results are naturally particularly dazzling.
The naval officers and soldiers of Southern Africa are still very simple.
As we all know, people in southern Africa are relatively wealthy, especially naval officers and soldiers. They work hard, have high salaries, and have many holidays. Even ordinary officers and soldiers mostly have their own industries in southern Africa, and they are at least middle class in the United States.
The officers and soldiers of the U.S. Navy are really hard to describe.
The U.S. Army was once a famous beggar force, and the Navy was not much better. Although there were sufficient funds, not much fell on ordinary officers and soldiers.
Take the "Iowa" class battleship where "New Jersey" is located as an example.
When the U.S. Navy originally decided to build the "Iowa", the cost of each ship was only US$80 million.
This is the situation in the United States. When the shipyard bids, the fee given is very low. Once the bid is won, additional investment will be required for various reasons. This results in the final cost of the "Iowa" class battleship being 1.2
More than US$100 million.
The extra money was divided among the shipyard bosses, senior navy generals, and related personnel. The bottom-level naval officer, Guan Bin, didn't even know what the initial cost of the "Iowa" was.
"New Jersey" participated in the Kyushu landing, then returned to Ryukyu Island to rest and recuperate, and only returned to the battlefield some time ago.
Compared with the officers and soldiers in southern Africa, the sailors of "New Jersey" had long been unbearably lonely, so as soon as the battle began, the sailors of "New Jersey" left their combat posts to watch the fun. Some even worried about how long it would take the Allied forces to capture
When the market opened at Xiaguan, many officers couldn't help but place bets.
No trainee officers and soldiers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force participated.
"William, what do you think of these southern Africans?" Nimitz felt the threat personally.
"There is no doubt that they are the best navy, dedicated to their duties, energetic, and clean. You will never see a soldier of the Southern African Expeditionary Force drunk-" Halsey replied quickly.
The expeditionary officers and soldiers rated it highly.
Nimitz didn't speak for a long time, and Halsey was startled when he spoke: "If - I mean if, if one day we go to war with southern Africa, are you not sure of defeating the southern Africans?"
Defeat Southern Africa——
This proposition was too big, and Nimitz immediately corrected it: "——I mean, if there is only the Changi Squadron on the opposite side."
The total tonnage of Changi Squadron ships is similar to that of the Third Fleet, but the differences in details are still a bit big.
The Changi Squadron has no battleships and two aircraft carriers, one "Island" class and one "City" class.
The Third Fleet had three battleships and was extremely powerful on paper, but Nimitz did not have the slightest confidence.
"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Halsey is truly a bully and doesn't talk in circles.
"Of course it's the truth." Nimitz hoped to get first-hand information.
"Alas -" Halsey sighed, her expression confused.
"——I once thought that the Southern African Navy without battleships was vulnerable, but the reality is that if we do not have air superiority, then our powerful battleships will be like lambs to be slaughtered when facing aircraft carriers!" Hal
