The first thousand one hundred and seven chapters cruel reality comparison
The dispatched troops of the Japanese Army are launching a strategic offensive against the Yamashiro government, but the Japanese Navy in the Pacific is struggling to resist the US military's attack.
The islands and atolls in the northern part of the Marshall Islands are occupied and defended by the Japanese Navy. There are a large number of naval personnel and the Japanese Army's 1st Marine Mobile Brigade, as well as three detachments, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.
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"Shimada-kun is right. We all know the strategic intentions of the U.S. Navy, and I guess the base camp also knows it. It is no longer realistic to assist the Marshall Islands area at the moment. The U.S. Navy and Army have deployed several times more troops than the defenders.
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"According to the Kwajalein Atoll garrison report to the Military Order, the northern landing used the 4th Marine Division, three battleships, six cruisers, three escort aircraft carriers, sixty-one destroyers, forty-eight landing ships, eleven
A minesweeper ship, etc.”
"The Southern Landing Group is the 7th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, equipped with four battleships, four cruisers, three escort aircraft carriers, 20 destroyers, 56 landing ships, nine minesweepers, etc."
"What kind of force configuration is this? All our garrison forces in the entire Marshall Islands add up to only one-fifth of others. How can we fight?" Colonel Matsushima Keizan said with a wry smile.
Kwajalein Atoll is the base center for the Japanese navy and army defense in the Marshall Islands. In January of the 1930s, the Japanese Navy's Sixth Patrol Area Command was established, with Rear Admiral Akiyamamon as its commander.
There are currently more than 4,000 naval personnel stationed on the island, approximately 2,700 military personnel, and more than 1,000 Japanese Army garrison troops.
At the northern end of the lagoon in Kwajalein Atoll, Roy Island and its neighboring Namur Island are connected by a long causeway, also known as Roy-Namul Island. The Japanese army built an airport with three runways on Roy Island.
There are barracks and other military facilities on Namur Island.
The headquarters of the 24th Air Force of the Japanese Navy is located on Namur Island, which is also the central aviation base of the Marshall Islands. There are about 3,000 Japanese troops stationed on Roy-Namul Island, including air force personnel.
One half is under the unified command of Major General Michyuki Yamada, commander of the 24th Air Force.
This small amount of troops can withstand the artillery attacks of a division of the US Marine Corps, an infantry division of the US Army, seven battleships and 81 destroyers. In addition, the US Naval Aviation is still carrying out bombing and strafing. Think about it.
My heart trembled.
"I do know some of the situation in the Marshall Islands. The most important ones are the three places, Kwajalein Atoll, Roy Namur Island and Eniwetok Atoll. There are not enough troops in the first place, and there is no way to reinforce each other.
, in the absence of domestic support, it is only a matter of time before the garrison becomes loyal to the Empire and the Emperor."
"The gap in strength between the Empire and the United States is too great, whether it is economic, industrial, or population base. It is no wonder that Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku and some of the top navy generals did not agree to go to war with the United States." Ono said.
Eniwetok Atoll is the largest atoll in the northwest of the Marshall Islands. It is about 300 nautical miles away from Kwajalein Atoll and is an excellent anchorage for ships.
In March of the 32nd year of the Republic of China, the Japanese army built a bomber runway more than 1,000 meters long for the landing of aircraft traveling to and from the Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, and Caroline Islands.
In October of the 1930s, the 61st Garrison of the Japanese Navy was responsible for the defense. In January of this year, the Japanese Army's 1st Maritime Mobile Brigade was ordered to deploy its main forces in Eniwe on the atoll.
On the three islands of Tok, Ngibi and Parry, the headquarters is located on Parry Island.
Before the U.S. military counterattack, the Japanese garrison force on the islands of Ekwetok Atoll totaled more than 2,700 people, plus surveying and engineering personnel, a total of about 3,500 people.
Think about the attack lineup of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet this time, and then think about the entire defense lineup of the Japanese Navy and Army. There is no hope, only despair!
"If all the Marshall Islands fall into the hands of the US military, then it will open the door to attack the Mariana Islands. Now the enemy is strong and we are weak. If the absolute defense circle is broken and the Mariana Islands fall, it will also mean
Bring the Empire within range of the United States Air Force."
"According to information from the Imperial Intelligence Department, the newly equipped B-29 strategic bomber in the United States is equipped with four engines, has a bomb load of up to nine tons, a maximum range of more than 5,600 kilometers, and a combat radius of an astonishing 2,800 kilometers.
More than a hundred kilometers.”
"The distance between the Mariana Islands and our mainland is only more than 2,500 kilometers. This also means that the US Air Force's strategic bombers take off from the Mariana Islands and drop bombs over cities across the mainland.
Fly back calmly!" Kodama and Shifu said.
Chatting with the staff and intelligence personnel of the Japanese Navy has such benefits. Chen Mingxiang clearly imagined the dilemma Japan is facing today. How should I put it, as long as the US military forces occupy the Mariana Islands, Japan's mainland will be bombed.
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Industrial production capacity also determines a country's war potential. If Japan's factories are bombed, it will be a disaster for the frontline troops. A large amount of combat materials will not be replenished, and combat capabilities will be greatly weakened. This
This created the conditions for a counterattack against the mountain city government troops and underground party troops.
What is even more gratifying is that the U.S. Navy will gradually cut off the shipping lanes between Japan and China, and cut off the shipping lanes between Japan and Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian countries. It will not receive blood transfusions from the occupied areas, forming a vicious circle.
"Don't be discouraged, everyone. The Mariana Islands are a key support part of the empire's absolute defense circle. The army has heavy troops stationed there. It definitely does not have the same combat capabilities as the Marshall Islands. I believe it can resist the attack of the US military."
"Besides, the Imperial Navy's combined fleet will not let the U.S. Navy be so arrogant. As long as the other side's ships cannot approach the Mariana Islands, everything will turn around." Chen Mingxiang said.
The people present changed the topic and talked about other things. They did not mention the Marshall Islands again. There was nothing more to say. Of course, facing Chen Mingxiang's trust, they could not say anything else.
They know much better than a layman like Chen Mingxiang how strong the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet is. The U.S. Navy's main aircraft carrier plus light aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers can number dozens at every turn, but as for the Combined Fleet's aircraft carriers, less than ten can
Go to war!
The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet has more than 20 cruisers, and the Combined Fleet has only 14 ships. The U.S. Navy has 1,780 destroyers, and the Combined Fleet has only more than 30 ships. How to fight?
