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Chapter 1,247: Preparation before the war

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    While the North China Front Army was regulating military discipline and accumulating strength, the entire Japanese invading army was also preparing for the next war!

    First, the Japanese base camp conducted actual combat training for the invasion of Southeast Asia. In order to attack Southeast Asia, the Japanese army used the 18th, 38th, 48th Divisions, Guards Division, and independent mixed 19th Brigade to conduct landing combat training on the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi, China.

    In addition to boarding, going to sea, escorting, air defense, transfer, landing, fighting, expanding and consolidating the landing site, and attacking inland, the Japanese base camp also decided to conduct a landing and blockade combat mission on the southeastern coast of China to test  The effectiveness of each division's landing training and proposed relevant improvement measures.

    This is another large-scale landing operation by the Japanese army in China since the Meiji Restoration, and it is also the first blockade of China's coastal external channels.

    After the "July 7th Incident", in order to cut off China's import of supplies, the Japanese army in China designated Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Hasegawa as the "Chinese Fleet" and sent the 3rd Fleet, of which he was also the commander-in-chief, to the east coast of China. Vice Admiral Toyota's 4th Fleet  The fleet carried out surveillance and blockade on the coast of North China, and Koichi Shiozawa's 5th Fleet carried out surveillance and blockade on the coast of South China.

    ¡°However, this kind of surveillance and blockade is still limited. China still imports a certain amount of required supplies from third countries through some small and medium-sized ports along the coast of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces that are not occupied by the enemy.

    Through reconnaissance by the intelligence agency, the Japanese army learned that in December 1940 alone, Britain imported about 100,000 tons of supplies through Shanghai, Norway and the Netherlands imported about 100,000 tons, Japan imported about 600,000 tons, and Germany and the United States also imported considerable amounts.  Input, a considerable amount of these materials shipped into the Shanghai area entered mainland China through various channels.

    The Japanese army estimated that in January 1941, the materials entering the inland from the coasts of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi were worth approximately 250 million French currency.

    In order to not only block China's coastal ports, but also through landing, we can train the troops who will fight in Southeast Asia.

    The Japanese South China Front Army stationed in Guangdong decided to take further military actions in accordance with its base camp¡¯s order to blockade China¡¯s southeastern coast.

    At this time, the situation along the southeast coast was that although the Japanese South China Front had blockaded Hong Kong and Vietnam's Haiphong and Hong Kai ports, a considerable amount of supplies were still carried by small and medium-sized ships and even wooden ships from small and medium-sized ports on the coast east and west of Hong Kong.  Land transportation into the mainland.

    In this regard, the South China Front used the air force to conduct reconnaissance and attack bombing, but the effect was not great.

    At present, Major General Kawaguchi Kiyoshi, commander of the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division of the South China Front, led 4 infantry brigades to land at Daya Bay and captured Tamsui Town in Huiyang County; Major General Chifumi Sueto, commander of the infantry regiment of the 38th Division of Lieutenant General Fujii Yoji, commanded  Three infantry brigades provided support in Shenzhen and Dapeng Bay.

    During this blockade operation, many supplies from China were stolen by the Japanese army, but future imports and exports were not interrupted.

    According to the orders from the Japanese base camp, the South China Front decided to land 15 infantry brigades along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi.

    That is, the 9 infantry brigades of the Guards Division landed at Guanghai, Yangjiang, and Dianbai, with 3 brigades at each point, and the 6 infantry brigades of the 48th Division landed at Haikang and Beihai.

    After the landing is completed, troops will be transferred to the east of Shanwei, Jiazi Port, and Shantou to land and blockade.

    At dawn on July 23, the Guards Division and the 48th Division, with the cooperation of the Navy¡¯s 2nd China Repatriation Fleet, landed at the above-mentioned five places and snatched away most of the remaining supplies in the area.

    Later, after the Japanese army landed in Daya Bay, captured Tamsui and blocked Dapeng Bay, they discovered that the areas near Red Bay and Jieshi Bay to the east of Daya Bay, Chaoyang to the south of Shantou, and Chao'an to the north of Shantou are still important for the import and export of China's eastern Guangdong coast.  area, and many third-country ships sail into Shanwei Port south of Haifeng County.

    The 19th independent mixed brigade stationed in Shantou and Chao'an has not been able to prevent China's import and export in Shantou since June 1939.

    After completing the landing operations in Guanghai, Yangjiang, Dianbai, Haikang, and Beihai, the South China Front immediately transferred its forces to attack and blockade the Chinese coastal areas east of Hong Kong.

    On August 3, the Japanese independent mixed 19th Brigade, with the cooperation of the Navy's 2nd China Repatriation Fleet, landed in Chao'an and stole a lot of import and export supplies.

    Immediately afterwards, Major General Takashi Kobayashi, commander of the Japanese Guards Infantry Regiment, led three infantry brigades to land from the Shanwei area. After a battle, they occupied the area and stole supplies.  Later, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanwei and Chaoyang.

    In just half a year, the Japanese army used its four divisions to conduct landing blockade operations in four provinces on the southeastern coast of China, thereby improving its ability to land in Southeast Asia.

    At the same time, the Japanese Navy, Air Force, and Army Air ForcesFrom September 28th to September 12th, the joint organization carried out the fifth large-scale bombing of China's rear areas. This was the largest scale of Japanese air operations in China.

    In order to achieve the goal of severely damaging China's defense industrial base, the Japanese army assembled all the aviation units it could. In the end, the number of aviation units participating in the Army and Air Force reached an unprecedented seven flying teams.

    The Navy and Air Force alone included the 21st Air Force, the 22nd Air Force, and the 23rd Air Force of the 11th Air Fleet. They dispatched a total of 274 light and heavy bombers.

    In this major bombing, the Army and Air Force were under the unified command of Lieutenant General Toshi Kinoshita, the commander of the 3rd Flying Group that entered Yuncheng, and tactically adopted a separate attack and combined attack method.

    The purpose of this bombing is to systematically destroy military bases, factories, transportation, and cities in China's rear areas before launching aggression into Southeast Asia, so as to weaken its ability to resist war and create a war-weary mentality.

    In addition, due to the influence of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Soviet Union¡¯s military assistance to China has gradually decreased. The amount of U.S. aid materials to China is still small, and due to the impact of the road from Yangon, Myanmar, through Yunnan, the transportation volume is limited.  , taking this opportunity to weaken China's limited military power.

    More importantly, the Japanese army plans to use this bombing to conduct actual combat training.  Exercise the maneuverability of aviation units, become familiar with combat movements, improve tactical levels, and increase combat experience.  To facilitate future air operations against Britain, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

    This major bombing was dominated by the navy and air force. At its peak, the number of heavy bombers reached 180.

    On the one hand, the Navy is testing the combat and tactical performance of the newly equipped "Type 1" heavy bomber. At the same time, it also provides the tactical background for taking off from Taiwan and crossing the Balintang Strait to launch a surprise attack on the Philippine U.S. military airport and Baguio military camp, laying the foundation for future operations against the U.S. military.  Prepare.

    It is worth mentioning that this bombing still used the "Zero" fighter jet designed by Jiro Horikoshi, a professor at the Miyazaki College of Agriculture and Forestry, and produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for long-distance escort.

    On July 27, the Japanese naval bombing force began to dispatch from Hankou, Xiaogan, and Jingmen according to the order of Lieutenant General Shitaro Shimada, commander of its "Chinese Fleet".  Bombed Chongqing, Chengdu and other places.  The performance of the fighters and bombers used by the enemy's navy and air force are superior to those of the enemy's army and air force.

    On August 2, Kinoshita Satoshi's 3rd Flying Group Akiyama Toyoji's 1st Flying Group was escorted by 16 "97-type" fighter jets from Captain Gao Yueguang's 10th Independent Flying Squadron.  Light bombers bombed Weinan and Xianyang in Shaanxi; Yan'an on August 3 and 4, Wugong on the 5th, Fengxiang on the 6th, Baoji on the 7th, Wushan in Sichuan on the 8th, and Wushan in Sichuan on the 9th.  Went to Hancheng and Yichuan in Shaanxi.

    During this period, six reconnaissance aircraft of the 16th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron of Captain Hideo Ohira took off from Yuncheng and successively conducted visual and photographic reconnaissance of Sichuan.

    At the same time, 30 heavy bombers of the 60th Squadron belonging to the 1st Flying Regiment were dispatched several times, all led by their captain Kojiro Ogawa. The fleet of this squadron took off from Yuncheng on August 3 and bombed Sichuan.  Langzhong bombed Yan'an on the 4th, Tianshui in Gansu and Wugong in Shaanxi on the 5th, and Baoji on the 6th.

    While the bombing was going on, Japanese troops in various places were also secretly preparing for war, mainly in North China and Central China!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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