Chapter 1512 A New Death Plan
The combined fleet entered the harbor at night.
This is to prevent others from seeing the miserable state of the battleship.
In order to prevent the leakage of information, the port area was even completely sealed off, and no one was allowed to enter or exit at will.
News was published in the newspaper: "The combined fleet has completed its tactical objectives and achieved victory."
There isn't even a picture.
Of course, this was all to fool the civilians, but the base camp still received the real situation.
The fleet loss report was sent to Zhang Tuohai.
Zhang Tuohai took a look and found that fully one-third of the main ships such as aircraft carriers and battleships were completely sunk, and the remaining half were seriously injured and would require several months of overhaul before they could be re-launched.
Only one-third can still maintain combat effectiveness after simple repairs.
As for the ordinary auxiliary ships, they suffered heavy losses. Fully half of the ships sank, most of the remaining ones were seriously injured, and only a small part survived.
Because of the shallow draft and weak hull of the small submarine, the entire army was wiped out, and no one survived.
Even the carrier-based aircraft pilots suffered heavy losses and needed a lot of replacement.
This was a disastrous defeat for the Combined Fleet.
But compared to the three million East March Corps that were thrown on the mainland, their fate was pretty good.
After seeing the dense bomber formation of the US Army and the combined fleet still like this, one can imagine the consequences of those infantry.
These people no longer exist on the military roster.
Seeing this battle report, Zhang Tuohai tried hard to control himself and stopped himself from making any noise.
"It's only three million, which is a bit small. We need to work harder."
Zhang Tuohai thought about how to kill more Japanese.
"Your Majesty, the Americans are very difficult to deal with. I'm afraid we need to reconsider how to end this." Minister Tojo hesitated and said.
"Baga!" Zhang Tuohai slammed the table, pointed at Tojo's nose and cursed, "You just suffered a setback and you actually backed down. Are you still worthy of being a Japanese samurai?"
"Now that you've been dismissed, go dig sand at Iwo Jima."
Zhang Tuohai ordered loudly.
Following his order, two guards came in and dragged Minister Tojo out.
Seeing Tojo's appearance, the other people immediately lowered their heads like ostriches.
"How many troops are available in the empire now?"
Zhang Tuohai asked.
"Your Majesty, two million have been withdrawn from the direction of India. Originally there was one million on the southeastern peninsula, 500,000 on Luzon Island, and 200,000 on the Korean Peninsula. The Australian mainland is progressing more smoothly, but its area is relatively large. There are three million.”
"There are actually so many more."
Zhang Tuohai raised his eyebrows.
"Recruit another 10 million troops. Five million of them will be sent to Australia, which must be cleaned up. The other five million will be sent to Southeast Asia, and then three million elites from Southeast Asia will be transferred back and sent to the United States."
Zhang Tuohai said calmly.
"Your Majesty, the American defenses are very strong, and we may not be able to get in. Moreover, the navy has limited capacity."
The Lord Admiralty hesitated and said.
"I know that the beach defenses of the United States are very strong, but are you all blind? You will only land from the mainland coastline of the United States? Can't you change the direction?"
Zhang Tuohai patted the table.
"Change the direction?" Everyone looked confused.
"The U.S. mainland is heavily defended. You can land from Canada in the north or Mexico in the south. After landing, you can cross the border and enter the U.S. mainland."
Zhang Tuohai drew circles on the map and talked nonsense.
"However, the navy cannot guarantee supplies for so many soldiers."
the Lord Admiralty said hesitantly.
"Who wants your supplies?"
Zhang Tuohai glanced at the Minister of the Navy: "The United States is rich in supplies. Do imperial soldiers need to carry supplies when they enter the country? Just grab whatever is lacking. That place needs guns, food, food, money, and beautiful women. What else do they need to bring?”
"Each person carries a week's worth of rations at most."
Zhang Tuohai said coldly.
"However, a large army of more than three million people will inevitably be hit by a swarm of American aircraft..." The Minister of the Navy was still hesitant.
"Are you pig-minded? More than three million people insist on leaving together?"
"You won't separate?"
"Tell the people who landed that they should go their own way as a team and not gather together as a last resort. If necessary, they can work as a team and act alone."
"They can do anything in the United States, seize trains, blow up railways, rob banks, burn down factories, whatever they want. The main thing is to cause chaos in the United States, so that they cannot safely produce weapons to deal with us and buy time for the large forces to counterattack. ”
"I understand." The Navy Minister did not dare to say more.
He was afraid that if he spoke again, he would be sent to Iwo Jima like the Secretary of War.
"Your Majesty, where should we recruit these ten million soldiers?"
Minister Tibet asked.
"All students who are outstanding will be selected as officers, workers, farmers, and monks. They will all be included in the conscription. The age for conscription is relaxed to 14 to 65 years old. As long as they can carry a gun, they will all come to fight for me."
Zhang Tuohai said.
"By the way, let women fill the vacant positions. Now it's time for them to contribute to the empire."
Under Zhang Tuohai's order, two-fifths of the men were pulled to the battlefield.
Excluding the old, weak, sick and disabled, this is almost all the young and strong people in the country.
Zhang Tuohai almost drank all the blood. If all these people died on the battlefield, the country would also face the risk of destruction.
Everyone knew the risks involved, but no one dared to disobey Zhang Tuohai's orders and could only obey them honestly.
A large number of people were recruited, and experienced veterans were sent to the American battlefields. After a little training, new recruits were sent to the jungles of Southeast Asia or the deserts of Australia.
In the night, one battleship after another set sail again. The decks of the battleships were crowded with Japanese soldiers wearing khaki cloth. Everyone was carrying a rifle, 120 rounds of ammunition, two grenades, and a bag of rice balls. In addition, Apart from that, there is nothing else.
This is still a relatively good treatment. I heard that those who are not treated well may even only have a bayonet.
Everyone was packed on the deck like sardines, like cans.
Some people who were seasick even vomited directly.
However, it was so crowded that I couldn’t move at all.
Everyone has only one wish, and that is to get off the ship as soon as possible.
Even if the enemy is facing the American army, it is still better than suffering on the ship.
After more than a day of turbulence, the ship docked at an uninhabited desert beach during the night.
Everyone climbed off the boat along the rope ladder and waded onto the land.
"Remember, you are in Mexico now. You only need to go north or northeast to enter the United States."
"Don't go northwest, you will encounter the main American army there."
The messenger kept shouting and told everyone the news as much as possible.