The sinking of the Musashi battleship had a huge impact on the Japanese navy. It was the second ship of the Yamato-class battleship of the Japanese Navy during World War II. It was also one of the largest battleships in human history, with a full load displacement of 70,000 taels.
More than 1,800 tons.
The main guns are nine 460 mm caliber naval guns, which fire 1,460 kg armor-piercing projectiles with a range of 42,000 meters. There are also six 155 mm naval guns and twenty-four 100 mm naval guns.
The firepower of the 27mm naval gun is unprecedentedly powerful.
In particular, this battleship is equipped with a total of seven surveying and reconnaissance aircraft, and ten internal fire boats, traffic boats and motor boats.
The Japanese Navy is most proud of the Yamato-class battleships, which are known as unsinkable battleships. Only two Yamatos, the Musashi, have been put into use. The third ship has been converted into the Shinano aircraft carrier, which has just been launched.
The Shinano aircraft carrier is currently the largest aircraft carrier in the world, with a full load displacement of more than 72,800 tons. It is also the shortest-lived aircraft carrier in the world. It was sunk by a US submarine after more than ten hours of sea trials.
"As of now, the combined fleet still has four aircraft carriers: Amagi, Hayabusa, Ryuho and Hosho. They are either too slow or training ships, but right now they don't even have enough carrier-based aircraft."
"For the sake of the empire, the navy has made its greatest efforts. At first, the headquarters wanted to use the front fleet headquarters as a transfer station for the combined fleet to retreat. Now everything is over. The front fleet in China is at most engaged in land operations.
Ability." Colonel Nakajima said frustratedly.
If the navy does not have a surface fleet to fight, then what is the use of the navy?
This was the devastating blow caused by the Battle of Leyte Gulf to the Japanese Navy. From now on, among Japan's military forces, the navy no longer exists as a strategic force, but has become an auxiliary force to the army.
In addition to ensuring the security of Japan's inland seas with the fleet headed by the battleship Yamato, the other things to do are to use your own ships to help the army transport various supplies, weapons and ammunition, organize kamikaze attack teams to charge against the US military, and what else
Nothing can be done.
"If the U.S. Army gains an advantage in the ground battle in the Philippines, it will inevitably launch further attacks on the mainland. The next targets are two. One is the Ogasawara Islands where Iwo Jima is located, and the other is Okinawa. To occupy these two
In this place, the entire mainland is wide open and no longer has the ability to intercept the U.S. attack," Ohno Ichiro said.
"Now that we know this, we must have strengthened the defense of the base camp, right? While the US Army is fighting fiercely with the 14th Front Army of the Philippines, we should seize the time to build fortifications and reserve supplies to fight a war of attrition for the US Army?"
Chen Mingxiang said.
"Chen Jun, you are not a soldier and have not received formal military education. Things are far from as simple as you think. The navy does not have surface ships to intercept the US Navy, which means that the sea transportation channels are cut off. How to make up for the loss of personnel?
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"Air transportation is not feasible. The United States has a large number of aircraft carriers. Carrier-based aircraft alone can pose a fatal threat. This local war is probably unavoidable." Ohno Ichiro shook his head and said.
Four generals and junior officers of the Marine Corps drank at the Mara Villa until dawn. They were in a very low mood and frightened Wang Meilin, who had been guarding the living room.
Of course she overheard some of the conversation, but she felt that it was better not to hear it than to hear it. Thinking about the terrible consequences in the future, she felt cold in her heart.
I never thought that the empire I was so proud of would be in such danger. The Imperial Navy's combined fleet, which was once the most powerful fleet in the world, is now all gone, with only the battleship Yamato standing alone.
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"It's really troublesome. Yokoyama Isamu's Eleventh Army has started to fight with the Sixth Front Army Headquarters again. It really gives me a headache for such people to stay in the dispatch army!" Matsui Tataro said.
In view of the defeat of the Japanese navy in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, some plans of the dispatched troops also needed to be adjusted, so he went to the Thirteenth Army Headquarters to coordinate coastal defense work. By the way, he also went to Chen Mingxiang's cavalry with Lieutenant General Nagatsu Saheki.
I sat in the villa for a while.
Chen Mingxiang and Nagatsu Sahishige are also considered acquaintances, but they don't have much contact. This time Matsui Tataro came with him, which actually deepened the relationship between the two parties.
"Yokoyama is a veteran and has to look at his partner. I'm afraid General Okamura Neji won't accept his trick. What's wrong with him?" Nagatsu Sahishige asked with a smile.
"General Gangcun's original intention was to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Shancheng government army in Guizhou City, but he instead transferred the 3rd and 13th divisions to Liuzhou to participate in the battle of the 23rd Army. Commander
Yokoyama Isamu strongly supported it, and Chief of Staff Nakayama Sadake pushed it, and the plan of the Sixth Front Army Headquarters was immediately messed up."
"These staff officers at the Eleventh Army Headquarters, Colonel Imoto Kumao, who has just been transferred to senior staff officer, Major Masuda Kanetoshi as combat staff, Major Minoru Takeuchi Minoru as intelligence staff officer, and Major Maeno Araharu as logistics staff officer, these people are all the same.
You bastard who treats military orders as child's play!"
"The Chief of Staff of the Sixth Front, Lieutenant General Mon Miyazaki, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Amano Masaichi, cursed Yokoyama Isamu, Nakayama Sadake, and the group of staff officers in messages sent to the headquarters of the dispatched army."
Matsui Tataro said with a wry smile.
According to the plan, the Japanese 58th Division attacked the north gate of Guizhou City and captured the village near the train station outside the north gate on November 1. The 40th Division attacked the east gate and captured Guizhou City on the same day.
Several villages ten miles away to the east, the 37th Division arrived southwest of Gongcheng on the same morning.
The 3rd Division, which coordinated the attack on Guizhou City and the 13th Division on the south gate of Guizhou City, arrived in the area south of Guizhou City on the same day.
Seeing that a large encirclement was about to be formed, and the plan to encircle and annihilate the Shancheng government troops in the local Fourth Theater District was about to begin, the Eleventh Army Headquarters secretly changed the plan and launched a large roundabout battle plan to capture Liuzhou first.
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"General Okamura is very strict in running the army. He categorically does not allow such a situation to happen. This is contempt for the authority of the front army headquarters and an offense to him as the commander. It is a typical behavior of subjugation." Nagatsu Sahige said.
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"General Gangcun strictly ordered the Eleventh Army Headquarters to cancel the combat plan, but Yokoyama Isamu and a group of staff refused, and reiterated the necessity of attacking Liuzhou, and also questioned the front army headquarters about the original combat plan and the current one.
The situation is different, the 23rd Army did not arrive at Guizhou City as scheduled to cooperate with the 11th Army, how can this plan be implemented?" Matsui Tataro said.
