Chapter 19: Surprise attack on Edashima However, for President Takeo Kurita, an old navy man, he no longer cares about how miserable the Army Red Deer was bombed.
Because another piece of bad news came that made him even more distressed: the fourth Yamato-class ship Kii, which was under construction at the Kure Port Navy Yard, was blown up.
As the final decisive weapon of the Japanese Empire, the Yamato-type battleship should have four sisters according to the original plan: Yamato, Musashi, Shinano and Kii.
When the Pacific War broke out, only the first ship Yamato was launched into service.
Later, Musashi and Shinano were also completed and shipped out of the factory.
Because the search for Nanyang was very fruitful, the financial resources and materials were quite abundant, and the performance of the Yamato-class ships on the Nanyang battlefield was amazing, so the fifth Yamato-class battleship Mino was started at the Navy Yard of Yokosuka Fort.
The ship was finally launched into service this spring and sailed to the Indian Ocean to participate in the Battle of Bombay.
On the contrary, the No. 4 ship Kii at the Kugang Naval Factory first had to free up the slipway to build an aircraft carrier and a fast troop transport ship, which delayed the start of construction.
Later, a bunch of messy accidents happened, and as a result, the construction progress fell behind the No. 5 ship Meino.
It has been delayed until now.
The hull has finally been completed at 98%, and it looks like it will be launched into the water with just a few finishing touches. , but didn’t want to encounter this major bombing by the US military Obviously, the U.S. forces that have landed in Japan have quite accurate information about the internal affairs of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
During the air raid, they clearly made the Kure Naval Factory, where the Kii battleship was being built, the number one bombing target.
There were fifteen nicknames before and after.
The 12,000-pound "seismic bomb" named "Goblet" hit the Wugang Naval Factory.
Together with other incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs, more than a thousand workers were killed alone.
Three of the "seismic bombs" accurately hit the Kii under construction.
The huge kinetic energy and powerful explosion yield caused the warship that had not yet been launched to be immediately shattered, and the entire hull was dug out.
Three terrifying holes.
Especially at the rear stern, not only was the No. 3 main turret turned into steel garbage, but a huge hole was cut underneath, blasting through three decks and shaking the engine piping inside into a mess.
Fortunately, the battleship has not yet been launched, and it does not contain any fuel or ammunition.
Otherwise, the explosion of oil bombs alone would turn the ship into a steel twist.
When Principal Takeo Kurita hurriedly came to inspect the situation, he stood in the factory with the fireworks still going out and asked the factory director if the repair and construction of the Kii could still be completed.
The factory director shook his head with a sad look on his face and said, "It can't be done.
Here it is, Your Excellency.
Wanting to repair this damage and complete the ship, I It took sixteen cooperative companies including the Wartime Headquarters, the Navy Ministry, the Ship Administration Headquarters, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and more than 3,000 supporting manufacturers to provide parts.
Only a complete Japanese empire could build such a great warship.
All that's left of the empire is the shattered remains of it."
In this regard, Principal Takeo Kurita besides sighing sadly, he could no longer think about it.
After inspecting the Kure Naval Factory, which was almost in ruins, and encouraging the rescue teams who were digging for survivors in the ruins, Kurita Takeo was about to go to the field hospital to see if President Ozawa Jisaburo of the Naval University was awake, but suddenly I remembered something very important: The new Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, who broke into his office just before the US plane bombed, somehow suddenly ran away from Truk Atoll to the Etajima Naval War School.
Where is Admiral Narumi Inoue now?
One of the safest places in the entire Etajima sea area, aboard the legendary destroyer Yukikaze with its own auspicious aura, the new commander of the combined fleet, Admiral Narumi Inoue, and a large group of people crowded around the current captain Masamichi Terauchi with nervous and serious expressions.
In the captain's room of the lieutenant colonel.
According to the introduction of our ship's wife, Miss Yukikaze, Comrade Wang Qiu, who claims to be the "Commissioner of the Communist International", is operating a mini reconnaissance satellite with black technology props in the Doraemon plane here, using the photos taken by the satellite to report to these people.
Showing the size and location of the incoming US fleet.
In fact, Admiral Halsey had no intention of hiding his fleet at all.
From the beginning, he had the idea of a head-on attack.
Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Japanese Imperial Government, the intelligence capabilities of the remaining Japanese troops in the Hiroshima area were really pathetic.
Even when fighting on their own soil, they were completely blind and unaware of the incoming US military.
This allowed the naval aviation of Halsey's fleet to achieve the miraculous effect of a surprise attack.
"Twenty-six regular aircraft carriers and light aircraft carriers, thirty-eight escort aircraft carriers, twelve battleships, twenty cruisers, more than one hundred destroyers and frigates each, plus at least one hundred auxiliary ships, hidden below the water I don’t know how many submarines there are.”
Looking at the rows of giant steel ships covering the sea on the screen, Wang Qiu couldn't help but feel slightly moved: He knew very well how powerful the military industrial production capacity of the United States of America during World War II could be after it was fully mobilized.
How despairing.
In another world, the Americans mobilized a huge army of 12 million during World War II.
While they were flying thousands of tanks and tens of thousands of aircraft on the European battlefield, they were separated by the Himalayas.
Give blood to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's mud-like Nationalist government, and at the same time organize the Liberty Ship fleet to sail the North Pacific and Indian Ocean routes, using hundreds of thousands of The ship's supplies were used to assist the Soviet Union's steel uncle.
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In addition, dozens or hundreds of aircraft carriers and countless landing ships were piled in the Pacific.
They used strategic bombings that burned down a city every week and atomic bomb blasts to teach the Japanese devils.
How to Be a Human Being finally forcibly tortured the ferocious Japanese devils from wolves to dogs, forcing these island country dwarfs to degenerate into cuteness skills.
In this time and space, the U.S. military has basically ceased fire in the European battlefield for more than half a year, leaving only limited expenses to assist the United Kingdom.
The entire United States' war machine at full power has overwhelmingly overwhelmed the Japanese with most of its power.
It seems normal for Admiral Halsey to be able to quickly assemble such a huge fleet on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and deliver a fatal blow to the remaining local Japanese forces with the overwhelming force of thunder.
On the other side, although the reconnaissance effect of the mini reconnaissance satellite has amazed the Japanese naval officers, but for them who already know the existence of the ship girl and have witnessed many miracles, even if the principle and principle of the mini reconnaissance satellite are No matter how amazing the functions are, they are also a bit numb.
After all, they don't quite understand the difficulty of launching satellites into orbit, but they have seen a huge factory born in the wilderness.
Instead of caring about these technical issues, it is more important to study and judge the current war situation. and fatal things.
In short, General Inoue Narumi turned around and took out a ruler and map.
He made a rough calculation and found that the U.S.
Naval Air Force launched an air attack on Kure Port from Tosa Bay.
Even if it had to cross Shikoku Island and the Seto Inland Sea, the straight-line distance would only be about 200 kilometers.
This may have been a very long distance in ancient times, but in the battle between naval aviation in World War II, it was only a journey of more than half an hour for the bomber formation to fly, and it was not an obstacle at all.
As for the U.S.
Army B29 four-engine strategic bomber formation that simultaneously bombed Kure Port, Etajima, and Hiroshima City, according to reconnaissance, they all took off from Japan’s mainland, Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba, or Sendai, which have been occupied by the US military.
They are far away from Kure Port.
It’s less than a thousand kilometers.
Moreover, it was a traditional and prosperous place in modern Japan.
Even if Tokyo suffered a nuclear explosion, there would still be many civilian and military airports left, with ready-made towers, hangars and oil depots.
The US military only needs to slightly repair and strengthen the runway, or lengthen the runway, and then use a fleet to pull the fuel and ammunition there, and then let the B29 take off from Midway or Hawaii to transfer, then it will be a ready-made air attack base.
Well, maybe even aviation gasoline can be used with the leftover Japanese goods.
Although it is not known whether the Japanese troops in the eastern region had time to destroy the airport and oil depot before retreating or evacuating.
But even if they really do this, with the engineering capabilities of the US military, they can just lay the floor with steel plates and lay quick-drying cement, and the repair will only take a day or two.
Thinking of this, General Inoue Narumi couldn't help but feel a sense of despair: With such a huge disparity in strength and disunity among our own side, how could we fight this battle?
However, Lieutenant Colonel Masamichi Terauchi, the captain of the Yukikaze, paid more attention to another aspect of the matter: "Such a huge American fleet is deployed in Tosa Bay, south of Shikoku Island, less than 20 kilometers away from the coast, but we are I don’t know anything.
Are all the people in Kochi Prefecture dead?”
He waved his fists excitedly, "As long as a plane takes off, a fishing boat goes out to sea, no, even as long as a high-powered telescope is set up on the mountain by the sea, we should be able to detect the enemy's situation, even if they are really hopelessly slow and numb.
But after the air raid started yesterday and we saw so many planes flying overhead, Kochi Prefecture should at least use the radio to warn us."
"Well, I'm afraid the people in Kochi Prefecture know everything, but they just haven't thought of telling others, especially the naval fleet in Kure Port."
"Elementary school student" Ship Girl Sophie Yukikaze shrugged and said, "According to the communication I just intercepted, Kochi County has learned at least the day before yesterday that there is a very large American fleet wandering not far from the southern coast.
Before the air raid started yesterday morning, the prefectural governor also issued a warning notice to all cities and towns in Kochi Prefecture, ordering fishermen in the county to never go to sea, but it seemed that he did not even think of alerting the navy here in Kure Port. " "How can this be done?
What a bunch of damn non-nationals!"
A young naval staff officer heard this and his eyes suddenly turned red with anger.
"Haha, even the Japanese Empire is gone now, so there is no distinction between nationals and non-citizens."
Xuefeng Loli curled her lips, "If it were normal times, of course this kind of thing would have to be reported directly to the Tokyo headquarters, otherwise it would be a crime of dereliction of duty.
But now Tokyo has been razed to the ground, the emperor and the cabinet have been reduced to ashes, Kochi Where should the county office report this?
Moreover, Kochi Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture have no affiliation.
They are not even neighboring counties.
One is in Shikoku Island and the other is in Japan.
Zhou Dao.
If they can remind Wu Gang, it is a selfless help, but even if they remain silent and pretend to be deaf, it cannot be said that they have done something wrong.
Besides, the people on Shikoku Island cannot be sure that this American fleet is coming.
Those who attacked Kure might be planning an air attack on Kyoto or Osaka.
In that case, it would be better to do less than to do more, and just keep your mouth shut."
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"This is still thinking on the bright side.
If a worse situation occurs, some counties and cities may have secretly colluded with the US military.
Otherwise, how could the US military dare to be so confident and bold to bring the fleet so close to the coast?
Don't say anything.
Maybe don’t forget, even as the emperor The remnants of the Guards Division have now sold themselves to the Japanese provisional government in Yokohama, regardless of the hatred of their country and family, and have become lackeys of the US military.
How can we expect other citizens to still fight loyally?"
General Narumi Inoue looked gloomy.
Di Youyou said with a finishing blow.
Similar situations have occurred in Japanese history.
As a nation accustomed to obeying the strong, the Japanese are as famous for their ability to adapt to the changing circumstances as they are for their unyielding determination.
The Overthrow War broke out that year, and after the victory was decided at the Battle of Fushimi Toba, the Meiji court's thousands of Eastern Expedition troops fought all the way from Kyoto to Edo without losing a single blow.
In total, they only fought in Kai and Shin.
The selected group of hundreds of people fought hard.
So many other castles and vassal states on the Tokaido Road surrendered without a fight.
In the end, even the Edo shogunate took the initiative to kneel down.
When people of later generations talk about the past events at the end of the shogunate, they often talk about the fighting between the Shinsengumi and the reformers, but they rarely think carefully about why during the shogunate period, those Tokugawa retainers and noble family members who inherited from the Warring States Period The descendants of famous families, such as the descendants of the "Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings", and even the heads of feudal clans named Tokugawa and Matsudaira, all knelt down faster than the other when the building was about to collapse.
On the contrary, the Shinsengumi, a group of "temporary workers" who had been recruited by the shogunate for a few years, fought until the last moment under the banner of the shogunate in the ice and snow of Hokkaido.
The reason is simple.
When faced with adversity, the bones of those with vested interests are always the softest, even if they took advantage of the old system.
In fact, it is precisely because they have too many things in their hands that they believe they will not lose everything even if the dynasty changes.
Therefore, they are always keen to exchange the fate and future of the country and nation for personal gain, and even dream of using the butcher knife of the invaders to eliminate them.
Others of the same kind take their power to the next level.
The same is true today.
After the nuclear explosion in Tokyo, facing the American Halsey Fleet coming across the ocean, there were indeed Japanese cities that took the initiative to resist the US invasion, but there were not many.
In total, they were Nagoya and Hiroshima. , Kyoto and several others, and to a large extent they were hijacked by radical soldiers.
However, the attitude of most other prefectures, cities and local governments in Japan has so far been silent, so silent that it is almost scary.
Even the fighting will of the local army seemed questionable.
The Halsey fleet had previously raided major cities along the eastern coast of Japan.
At most, Japanese anti-aircraft artillery units and aviation forces on the ground would only resist when bombers approached, and no follow-up pursuits were ever organized.
As for the Japanese submarines, torpedo boats and destroyers scattered in various ports in the Northeast, they have not carried out any decent sneak attacks or counterattacks.
They have not even taken the initiative to go to sea to engage in breaking engagements and attack the U.S. military's maritime logistics transportation lines.
They have only scrambled to move to the rear far away from the U.S. military.
Run wildly.
Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo and other wealthy conglomerates have completely lost their face and are rushing to join the "Japanese Provisional Government" that advocates surrender and act as doglegs for the Americans in order to protect their family wealth.
Therefore, they gathered in Hiroshima Hundreds of thousands of Japanese Imperial Navy and Army troops looked around with sorrow and indignation, only to find that they were simply in a foreign country, instead of fighting the enemy in their own homeland.
There was no nationwide resistance, nor was there any national defeat.
There was only the chaotic and spontaneous resistance of a few soldiers.
Comparing it with history, it feels like after the destruction of a certain feudal lord during Japan's Warring States period hundreds of years ago, its remnants either stayed dormant and watched, or defected and surrendered, or issued proclamations and launched troops to avenge their master's family, while the vast majority of the common people stood by Looking at the excitement from the sidelines, it’s basically the same.
"According to the news I heard, the situation in Nagoya and Kyoto is also very bad.
A U.S.
Marine Corps has landed in Shizuoka City at the foot of Mount Fuji and is about to launch an attack on the 65th Division guarding Nagoya.
The Nagoya defenders rushed to repair the fortifications and asked for help from everywhere, but the original Everyone in the country was silent.
In Kyoto, although Major General Tsuji Masanobu's anti-traitor army was willing to support them, they had only mobilized less than 3,000 troops these days, and Major General Tsuji Masanobu had no place to raise weapons and ammunition the day before yesterday.
The plane rushed to Hiroshima, hoping to get relief from the Kwantung Army. " After a moment of silence, Lieutenant Colonel Masamichi Terauchi, the captain of the Yukikaze, added, "Unfortunately, looking at Hiroshima's current state of being bombed to pieces, in response to Kyoto's request for help and the war in Nagoya, the Kwantung Army I’m afraid the Korean army is powerless.”
"Now that we know the location of the US military mobile fleet, that is, the aircraft carrier formation, can't we launch a counterattack?"
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A naval staff officer knocked on the table angrily, "Although there are no aircraft carriers in Kure Port, there are still shore-based aviation forces with thousands of aircraft, and there is also a modified aircraft carrier Condor at the Sasebo garrison.
We can't be passively beaten all the time."
Bar" "I'm afraid it's difficult.
After the air attack, the US aircraft carrier mobile fleet retreated eastward one after another.
The photo shown on the screen just now was a photo from twelve hours ago.
Now they should have reached the south of the Kii Peninsula, beyond Wu The strike range of Hong Kong naval aviation.”
Wang Qiu shrugged and replied, "Besides, with the number of carrier aircraft and the density of air defense firepower of this American fleet, the bombers and torpedo planes dispatched from Wu Port will probably not be able to break through the opponent's air defense circle.
Beaten down by Americans like a turkey."
"Indeed, the quality of local pilots cannot be compared with the Nanyang front line.
If submarines were sent out for an ambush in advance, we might still be able to gain some gains, but Kurita did nothing.
What's more important is that we probably can't command Hiroshima at all.
Navy, Army and Air Force here.”
General Narumi Inoue said with a darker expression, "No matter from which point of view, they have no obligation to obey our command."
Then, Wang Qiu discovered a new enemy situation on the screen: "Well, according to the newly taken satellite photos, the B29 Super Flying Fortress bomber formation deployed by the US military in Chiba Prefecture seems to have been dispatched again a few hours ago.
Their bombing target was Kyoto”oshow7: