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Chapter 1,620: The Last Battle (3)

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    However, no matter how loud the slogans are, it can¡¯t conceal Japan¡¯s decline at this time!

    No matter what kind of decisive battle there is, no amount of 100 million pieces of jade can defeat the swarming Allied forces!

    The coordinated operation plan between the army and navy agreed upon by the newly appointed Prime Minister Suzuki and Army Minister Anami, turned out to be only implemented on part of the maritime transport, and the rest was never realized.

    The Army merged and compressed the Army Ministry and General Staff Headquarters, reducing its personnel by about half, and the remaining personnel went to the front line of homeland defense operations.

    Originally, when Japan went to war with the United States and Britain, the total strength of the army was 51 divisions, including 13 divisions of the Kwantung Army, 21 divisions of the Chinese Expeditionary Army, 10 divisions of the Southern Army, 5 local divisions, and 2 North Korean divisions.  division.

    However, due to the deteriorating war situation, the base camp required all units to rapidly increase their strength from 1944. In 1944, 32 divisions were mobilized and 70 divisions were formed from the beginning to July of 1945.

    Therefore, the formation of Japanese troops was astonishingly rapid. Of course, there was a serious shortage of equipment, so that many division leaders were still major generals.  Among the 59 divisions currently responsible for homeland defense, 10 divisions were formed in 1944, with slightly stronger combat effectiveness, and as many as 45 divisions were formed in 1945. The units formed in two years accounted for more than 90% of the total strength.

    The Army's standing force is proud of its elite divisions, which sometimes number up to 21. So far, only two elite divisions are left responsible for home defense, namely the Guards Division in Tokyo and the 11th Division in Shikoku. The remaining elite divisions  All in the fiercest fighting areas of the southern battlefield.

    The so-called "thorough mobilization" and expansion of the troops are extremely poor in equipment, let alone combat effectiveness.

    However, the base camp has realized this, so the No. 3 armament plan that was just released was originally scheduled to form 65 divisions in 1946 and 1947. This is of course an increase in divisions in a short period of time based on the 100 divisions.  number.

    In addition, the Japanese army also transported a large number of mountain artillery and other field artillery from Manchuria and Sakhalin back to the mainland to make up for the lack of equipment.

    However, due to the needs of previous wars, Japan has transported most of its domestic materials to the front line, so that there are very few local cars, and only railways are the backbone of transportation.  But when U.S. warplanes bombed both the ground and the railway, the railway was damaged.  As a result, annual rail traffic declined rapidly.

    British rail transport continued to grow after the outbreak of World War II, eventually increasing by 40% compared with pre-war levels.  Maritime transport, on the other hand, continued to decline in the early stages due to the destruction of German submarines, and at its worst fell to 20% of pre-war levels.  However, from 1943 onwards, thanks to the development of advanced electronic equipment, shipping gradually rebounded, halting the decline of British national power.

    For Japan and the United Kingdom, which are island countries, this kind of sea and ground transport volume can reflect one aspect of national strength. After British aircraft were equipped with electronic equipment, they curbed the activities of German submarines. The sea transport volume was the lowest in 1942, and then gradually recovered.  At the same time, the anti-aircraft guns were equipped with electronic equipment, making it difficult for Germany to conduct air strikes on the British mainland, and ground transportation volume continued to increase.

    Japan, on the other hand, allowed U.S. submarine activities and free air strikes from the U.S. from the end of 1944. Land and sea transportation volume declined rapidly, and its national power tended to collapse.

    In addition, Japan¡¯s biggest weakness is its over-concentration of factories.  Taking the production of Army weapons as an example, with six Army arsenals as the center, there are about 700 large factories managed and supervised by the Army, of which the Kanto region accounts for 50%, the Kinki region accounts for 22%, and the Tokai region accounts for 16%. These three regions have a total of  Concentrated factory 88%.

    The United States understands this situation and carries out large-scale air strikes in these areas.

    ????????????????????????????????? After the railways cannot be operated uniformly, cars and oil are already unique, so raw materials and components and semi-finished products processed by contracted factories cannot be successfully transported to the main factory, and weapons cannot be assembled.

    Secondly, there is a shortage of officers. The army needs 340,000 people, accounting for 5% of the army's strength, but there are only 250,000 people, accounting for 4% of the army's strength.  Among them, active duty officers account for about one-fifth, and reserve officers account for four-fifths.

    Among active-duty officers, there are about 18,000 officers who have graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and are commanding operations on the first line. They account for a very small percentage of the Army's strength, that is, less than 3 for every 1,000 people.

    There are 48,000 active officers, including 29,000 service officers, 6,700 technical officers, 4,100 managerial officers, 1,700 military medical officers, 1,000 veterinary officers, and 900 military police officers.

    The weapons and equipment are very poor, and the commanders are also of low quality.  Moreover, two-thirds of the officers are young officers under the age of 30. This is not at the same level as the elite gathering when the war started a few years ago. It is completely like a piece of stuff that cannot be put on the table.

    But even so, Japan still has no intention of surrendering, and plans to use its 177 divisions in trouble to make a final resistance and prepare for a final showdown.

    However, the US military will not give Japan a break.To seize the opportunity, before May, the United States will deploy 70% of its huge mobilized troops into the European battlefield and 30% into the Pacific battlefield.  Now, Germany surrendered unconditionally on May 8, leaving only Japan.

    From now on, the Allied forces plus the Soviet army can use all their forces to deal with Japan.

    It¡¯s okay if they don¡¯t have an advantage in terms of military strength. The most terrifying thing is that the Empire of Japan is now on the verge of collapse in terms of weapons and equipment.

    The aircraft production of the Army and Navy reached its highest level in June 1944, and then declined month by month.  The production of other weapons also declined sharply in 1945.

    Judging from the production of weapons, it is no longer possible to carry out war.  Especially for aircraft production, starting from mid-1944, aviation equipment production factories ran out of raw materials, and the national power collapsed.

    ¡° Moreover, these factories are concentrated in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. Due to the intensification of air raids, equipment transportation difficulties, serious employee absenteeism, and production plummeted.  The production of general weapons plummeted in 1945. If the output in March was 100, it would drop to 30 in June, a sharp drop of more than 70%.

    Aircrafts and other weapons of course require valuable steel, and the materials directly used in large quantities are aluminum and special steel. Therefore, the army and navy fully cooperate to produce the same weapons.  By 1945, production was beyond its capacity. For example, special steel production was only 70,000 tons in 1945, which was 1/14 of the output in 1944.

    Because the raw material bauxite for aluminum could not be transported back from the south in July and August, the refinery ran out of raw materials and the processing plant stopped working to wait for materials. The supply of aluminum soon fell into a state of interruption.

    This means that aircraft production relies solely on factory inventory of raw materials and will soon come to an end.

    Previously, the aluminum output of the warring countries was the highest in the United States, accounting for about half of the world's output; Japan's output ranked fourth in the world after the United States, Canada, and Germany, and was about twice that of the Soviet Union.

    However, bauxite, the raw material of Japanese aluminum, comes from Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and Palau. It reached the highest level in 1943, with 925,000 tons shipped back. Later, due to the intensification of Allied submarines sinking Japanese ships, it decreased to 1944.  One-third, about 350,000 tons were shipped back, while only 1,900 tons were shipped back this year.  As a result, the supply of aluminum was finally disrupted.

    What¡¯s even more frightening is that by July, the attendance rate of workers was reduced to 50% due to air strikes. Even if they were present, they had to avoid air strikes or clean up afterward. In addition, raw materials were exhausted, so the operating rate was extremely low.

    Seeing that production has plummeted, one might say that weapons production is coming to an end.  Without the production and supply of weapons, the war cannot continue.

    Since it was difficult to stop the reduction in aircraft production, in the spring of 1945, the army and navy authorities and the Ministry of Munitions discussed changing the aircraft factory into a military organization and, if necessary, state-owned. Finally, they decided to adopt a special form of private-owned and state-owned.  In April 1945, the Nakajima Aircraft Factory, which mass-produces army aircraft, was renamed the No. 1 Munitions Factory. Not long ago, the Sichuan Nishi Aircraft Factory, which produces naval aircraft, was renamed the No. 2 Munitions Factory.

    Compared with airplanes, oil is even more worrying for the Japanese. Since mid-1944, Japan has been desperately trying to secure oil from the south, just like the transportation of bauxite, the raw material of aluminum, but now it can no longer be transported back to Japan.

    Without vital oil, the combat effectiveness of the aviation force cannot be exerted. This can no longer be said to affect the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, but that the national power has indeed collapsed. The army and navy have completely collapsed the basis of this national power and combat capability.  Planning a decisive battle on home soil, what should be used to win?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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