Glorious Mission 1937

Although surprised by Hitler's will, Dönitz accepted the appointment without hesitation.For the current situation of the German government, Dönitz feels despair.

However, Hitler's secretary Martin Bormann sent a secret document to Dönitz on the second day after Dönitz arrived in Berlin. The contents of the document were simple but shocking. Hitler authorized Dönitz to represent The Third Reich surrenders to the Allies.

According to Martin Borman, Hitler was in a coma after being wounded and did not wake up until the evening of May 5. However, Yinsheng said that his condition was very bad, and the possibility of being cured was only about 27%. Hitler was deeply stimulated when he learned that Rommel and others let go of the Western Front and cooperated with the Allied forces to defect.

At the same time, Hitler also knew that the Third Reich was over. Without the support of the generals of the Wehrmacht, the SS and Gestapo alone could not resist the Allied attack. If he wanted to ensure that the Third Reich would not be dismembered after his death, Then the only way is to surrender unconditionally.

As for who to choose as his heir, Hitler took great pains, but looking at the Third Reich, where the tree fell and the hozen was scattered, Hitler could no longer choose another heir except Doenitz.Goering and Himmler's private contact with the Allied forces was a serious betrayal in Hitler's eyes; Rommel wanted to put him to death, and he was obviously not a good successor; Propaganda Minister Goebbels and Foreign Minister Riley Bentrop is a literati and has no ability to command an army.The army generals have always been at odds with Hitler, and they did not implement Hitler's "scorched earth policy".

And Dönitz, who has prestige and ability, did not participate in the previous political struggles.The most important point is - loyalty.Proof of Dönitz's loyalty abounds; both of his sons were killed in World War II as naval officers.Although he never actually joined the Nazi Party, Hitler gave him a gold Nazi Party badge on January 1944, 1, so he considered himself an honorary member of the Nazi Party.Because of this, Hitler chose Dönitz.

After returning to Berlin, Dönitz received bad news one after another. Except that the Allied forces had not yet reached Berlin, there seemed to be no good news.In this case, Dönitz thought it necessary to talk to Rommel and others.

He asked his adjutant to call Rommel, hoping it could come to Berlin.Discuss the future of the empire.Rommel declined the adjutant's invitation on the phone.Doenitz called Rommel himself, and Rommel agreed.

As for what Doenitz and Rommel said, no one knows, only on the second day of their meeting.Dönitz held a meeting of officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, SS, and Secret Police in Berlin.Decided to surrender unconditionally to the Allies.And it shows Hitler's will.

On June 1944, 6, there was a complete armistice in the European battlefield, and Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally.

It is different from the Allied capture of Berlin in history.At this time, the Allied forces had not yet entered the German mainland. With the assistance of Rommel and others, the Allied forces liberated most of Europe without firing a single shot, and Germany was hardly affected by the war.

The European War is over, which is good news for all countries in the world. Although the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union are arguing endlessly about how to deal with Germany, the Soviet Union and France insist on dismembering Germany, but the United States and Britain disagree.

While they were arguing, Chen Feng asked the allied forces to transfer their elite troops to Asia immediately, preparing for the final landing operation on the Japanese mainland.

Compared with Germany, Japan did the same damage to the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union. Therefore, after receiving the request from the Chinese, the four countries of China, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain held a meeting in Tehran to discuss this matter.

It is necessary to conduct landing operations against Japan. As long as the Japanese government does not surrender for a day, then one day there will be landing operations against the Japanese archipelago.But the problem now is that the main forces of the Allied forces are concentrated in Europe, and it is difficult to conduct a landing operation of the same scale in Asia in a short period of time.

At the beginning of the meeting, Roosevelt proposed to set the time for landing in Japan at the beginning or end of 45, and make a decision after the Allied forces completely resolved the German issue.

However, Roosevelt's opinion was strongly opposed by Chen Feng. Chen Feng was well aware of the resilience of Japan as a country. Once Japan was given enough time to prepare, it would not be easy to land and fight again.

Chen Feng believes that the landing operation against Japan should not exceed July, and it is best to start in early June.In view of the fact that the main pathology and warships of the Allied forces are in Europe, Chen Feng believes that the Allied forces can concentrate their aviation forces to carry out a carpet bombing of the entire territory of Japan, and at the same time mobilize warships and troops from the United States and Europe.

Churchill believed that it would be best if Japan could be forced to surrender through external pressure now. The landing operation would inevitably cause huge loss of personnel. It is obviously not a good idea to launch such a huge landing battle at the end of the war.

Roosevelt thought about this, Japan relied on only a population of tens of millions and an army of 600 million. If the United States could successfully develop such a powerful weapon, it would definitely be able to fundamentally destroy Japan and force it to surrender. .

At the Tehran Conference, there were great differences among the four countries about landing in Japan, mainly because the United States, the Soviet Union, and Britain were no longer willing to suffer such huge casualties due to the huge losses in the European War, while China insisted on destroying Japan.

In the end, the four parties reached an agreement. Starting from June 1944, 6, China, the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously dispatched large bombers to launch devastating bombings on all large and medium-sized cities in Japan, and at the same time arranged landing operations based on the scale of 20 million troops.And captured the Ryukyu Islands at the end of June.

In fact, Chen Feng was also quite conflicted about how to carry out the landing operation against Japan. According to his strategic conception, he would use the atomic bomb as the weapon of war and detonate it in Tokyo or other cities in Japan. Japan's coast, presumably Japan will surrender soon.

But Chen Feng didn't want to reveal the secret that he had the atomic bomb, because the atomic bomb involved too many things, and China would be listed as a potential competitor and imaginary enemy by the United States and the Soviet Union in an instant. There are great conflicts between annual birth and ten-year recuperation.

Moreover, Chen Feng does not want China to become the first country in the world to use nuclear weapons. This is not an honor, and it is not worth fighting for.What's more, the development of the atomic bomb in the United States has reached the final juncture. It would be best if the United States could be allowed to take advantage of it.

On June 6, under the order of Chen Feng, 20 fighter planes of the six strategic aviation divisions of the Air Force of the National Defense Forces were transferred from various inland airports to airports such as Beiping, Shenyang, and Pyongyang, and Liu Nijia, deputy commander-in-chief of the Israeli Air Force, was established. Headed by the strategic headquarters, dedicated to directing the bombing of Japan.

Almost at the same time, the bomber fleet commands of the United States and the Soviet Union were also established one after another.The Soviet Union is expected to put about 1400 fighter planes into Japan, and the United States has about 3200 fighter planes, of which 960 are carrier-based aircraft on aircraft carriers.

On the 22nd, the air forces of the three countries successively bombed Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama and other cities in Japan within 8 hours. More than 8 tons of bombs were dropped on the Japanese mainland within 20 hours.When the Allied bombing ended, the Japanese government and people were stunned. If the previous bombing was an appetizer, today it is a luxurious meal. There is no intact place in Tokyo, and there are broken Wall ruins.

More importantly, due to the Allied forces' understanding of Japanese housing materials, incendiary bombs were mostly used in bombing. Once the bombing exploded, the entire Tokyo suddenly became a sea of ​​​​flames, and there were many factories and houses burned. countless.

However, to the horror of the Japanese government Gan Dao, the bombing had just ended less than 8 hours ago, and the fires of the previous day had not been completely extinguished, and a new round of bombing began again, which was also a luxurious feast.

While the Allied forces were bombing the Japanese mainland, 15 Chinese troops and 13 U.S. troops assembled in the Philippines. Then, more than 1300 transport ships and landing ships, 15 aircraft carriers and 80 large warships were assembled. In cooperation with the Ryukyu Islands, the Allies appointed Admiral MacArthur as the commander-in-chief of the campaign, and Lieutenant General Wang Hansheng as the deputy commander-in-chief.

The Ryukyu Islands are called the Okinawa Islands in Japan. The island is composed of Okinawa Island, Kerama Islands, Ie Island and other islands. The main island, Okinawa Island, is the largest island of the Ryukyu Islands. It is located between the mainland of Japan and China Bay Island. Kyushu 630 kilometers.It is about 108 kilometers long from north to south, about 30 kilometers from east to west at its widest point, and only 4 kilometers at its narrowest point, covering an area of ​​about 1220 square kilometers.

The Ryukyu Islands are an important strategic position in Japan's home defense. The north of the island is mountainous, and the south is an open and flat hilly area. There are two natural harbors on the east coast of the island, Jinwu Bay and Zhongcheng Bay. The Japanese army built Naha Naha, Kadena, Yomitan and Yonahara airports are located on the island. They are Japan's important sea and air bases in the southwest of the mainland and are known as the "gateway" of Japan.

Just when the armies and navies of China and the United States were preparing to land on the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese government and the base camp also knew the battle plan for the defense of Okinawa. The Japanese army was determined to concentrate on using sea and air forces to destroy the Chinese navy and the main force of the US Pacific Fleet near Okinawa. sea ​​area; gain time and strengthen homeland defense preparations.

In order to defend the Ryukyu Islands, the Japanese army mobilized infantry from 6 divisions, plus the military and police forces on the island, with a total strength of about 15.6 people. There are more than 10 people in the regiment, commanded by Lieutenant General Ushidoman.

日军防御重点在岛的南部，以首里为核心构筑有牧港、首里两道防线，在西北端八重岳、与座岳地域构筑有第3道防线。每道防线都依托丘陵地构成多层次的坚固防御阵地。由战列舰、巡洋舰各1艘和驱逐舰8艘组成的联合舰队第2舰队以及潜艇部队和驻扎在九州的航空兵部队，担负抗登陆支援与掩护任务。此外日军在冲绳岛及其邻近岛屿还有1个鱼雷艇中队和600余艘自杀攻击艇。(未完待续。。)