"Sifang Jun, how is Miao Bin, who changed his name and moved to Japan through connections with Japanese businessmen, doing now?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
Miu Bin still arrived in Tokyo. This was the help of Ogata Taketora, the president of the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau. Otherwise, he would not have had the chance to fly on the Japanese military plane. However, his identity became Sato, a senior employee of a Japanese company in Shanghai, and he hid it.
Japanese military police surveillance.
"The Tokyo Military Police Headquarters sent telegrams to Shanghai every day about his whereabouts. After arriving in Tokyo, he first met with the Commander-in-Chief of Defense, Higashikaru Miyazaki, but the military headquarters had a negative attitude towards his activities, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also
In terms of actively contacting the Soviet Union, we are preparing to extend the neutrality treaty. Therefore, even His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with Koiso Kuniaki's behavior and has ordered his expulsion from the country."
"Oiso Kuniaki still wanted to make a last-ditch effort to temporarily protect him from returning to China. However, members of the cabinet burst out with strong accusations. If the Soviet Union did not agree to continue the treaty between the two countries, then he would have to fall.
It’s impossible.” Sifang Lianger said.
On April 1st, the U.S. military launched an attack on the Japanese troops in Okinawa. This was also the last large-scale battle between Japan and the United States. It was also the one with the largest casualties for the U.S. military in the Pacific War. So much so that when considering attacking the Japanese mainland,
Will millions of American troops be lost?
Considering that the battle on Okinawa was much more difficult than that on Iwo Jima, the participating troops included almost all the army and navy in the Pacific theater, with a total of 400,000 troops, more than 1,500 various ships, and 2,000 aircraft.
More than a hundred.
There are two aircraft carrier formations responsible for providing sea and air cover for the landing force. One is the 58th Task Force of the US Fifth Fleet, which has four groups and a total of 16 aircraft carriers, eight battleships, and 18 battleships.
Cruisers and 56 destroyers, equipped with more than 1,300 carrier-based aircraft.
The other is the Pacific Fleet of the British Navy, which is temporarily assigned to the Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy and is designated Task Force 57. It has four aircraft carriers, two battleships, five cruisers and 15 destroyers.
There are more than 150 carrier-based aircraft.
The landing formation was equipped with about 500 landing ships, 28 escort and support ships, 10 battleships, 14 cruisers, 74 destroyers, 76 frigates, and about 800 carrier-based aircraft.
The number of aircraft, together with logistics support and transport ships, totaled more than 1,300.
The main force of the ground forces is the Tenth Army, commanded by Army Lieutenant General Buckner, which has the First Marine Division and Sixth Marine Division of the Third Marine Corps, the Seventh Infantry Division and the Infantry Division of the Twenty-fourth Army of the Army.
The 96th Division and four other divisions are in reserve, adding up to eight divisions with a total strength of 240,000.
The Japanese ground force defending Okinawa is the 32nd Army, which consists of the 24th Infantry Division, the 62nd Infantry Division and the independent mixed 44th Brigade, with a total of more than 50,000 people.
There are also naval guards and some armed forces organized by the island residents, which can barely be called 80,000 people.
Under such a comparison of strength, the Battle of Okinawa was destined to fail from the beginning. However, the reason why the Japanese army refused to retreat was to buy time for home defense.
The Japanese naval combined fleet, which was basically disabled in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, also made a final counterattack and decided to form a sea attack force headed by the battleship Yamato of the Second Fleet, a cruiser and eight destroyers to support the Okinawa campaign.
Due to the serious shortage of fuel in the Japanese army at this time, the combined fleet barely collected 2,500 tons of fuel before the fleet set off, which was less than half of the fuel tank capacity of the battleship Yamato. It can go to Okinawa, but it cannot come back.
, it was a completely suicidal maritime special attack operation.
Departing on the afternoon of April 6, at 16:39 pm on the 7th, the Combined Fleet Commander decided to terminate the special sea attack. The four injured destroyers returned to the Sasebo Naval Base on the 8th, the battleship Yamato, one cruiser and four
The destroyer was sunk by the US military.
"Mr. Chen, I just received a telegram from the Naval Command. The cabinet of Kuniaki Oiso has collapsed. His Majesty the Emperor has announced that the former Navy Admiral, Baron Kantaro Suzuki, will serve as the new Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union announced that he will not
Extending the neutrality treaty between the two sides and ending it one year ahead of schedule means that the Soviet Union will launch an attack on the Kwantung Army outside the Pass in the future, and the empire will have another powerful enemy." Ono said.
Suzuki Kantaro is a famous figure in the navy. He participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and the Russo-Japanese Naval War. He served as the president of the Japanese Naval University, the commander of the Combined Fleet and the chief of the Naval Command Department. He also served as the emperor's chief of bodyguards and president of the Privy Council.
In the 24th year of the Republic of China, a mutiny broke out among the Japanese Imperial Faction. Kantaro Suzuki was shot three times but did not die. He was also called the Immortal Ghost Kantaro.
"I have heard of His Excellency Kantaro Suzuki, but he is seventy-seven years old now, right?" Chen Mingxiang asked.
"Prime Minister Suzuki and his wife have a close relationship with the royal family. Mrs. Suzuki was once the nanny of His Majesty the Emperor. This time, he was invited to be the prime minister. It was also with the help of his prestige and qualifications that General Anami Yuki became the new Minister of War. He is the latest
An army general who listens to Prime Minister Suzuki's orders." Colonel Nakajima said.
The Foreign Minister of the Soviet government summoned Japanese Ambassador Sato. In view of the fact that the Japanese government helped Germany in the anti-Soviet war and was at war with the Soviet Union's allies, the United States and Britain, the neutrality treaty had lost its meaning and was abolished one year in advance.
After the Kantaro Suzuki cabinet was established, a major adjustment was made to the entire Japanese army system, and the amount was quite astonishing.
General Kenji Doihara, the former commander of the Seventh Front Army, was transferred to the position of Director of Education. General Shozo Kawabe, who had served as the commander of the Burmese Front, became the commander of the Aviation General Army. Marshal Sugiyama, who had served as the chief of staff, became the commander of the First General Army.
Marshal Shunroku Hata, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the dispatched army, was appointed commander of the Second General Army, and General Seishiro Itagaki, the former commander of the Seventeenth Front Army stationed in Northern Korea, was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Seventh New Kapi Front Army.
Importantly, Lieutenant General Yoshio, the commander of the Eleventh Army of the Expeditionary Force, was transferred to the commander of the Seventeenth Front Army last month. Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, the former Chief of General Staff of the Kwantung Army, was transferred to the Expeditionary Army as the commander of the Eleventh Army. The former Chief of Staff
Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo, the deputy commander, was transferred to the Chief of General Staff of the Kwantung Army. Lieutenant General Eitaro Uchiyama, the former commander of the Twelfth Army, was transferred to the country to serve as the commander of the Fifteenth Front Army. Lieutenant General Takashi Takamori, the former commander of the Eleventh Division of the Kwantung Army, was transferred to the Kwantung Army.
Commander of the Twelfth Army, etc.
There are also a large number of division commanders with rich combat experience who were transferred to the country and the Kwantung Army to serve as division commanders. These adjustments by the Japanese army made Chen Mingxiang dizzy. The radio station in Mara Villa continued to report to the bureau headquarters.
