Soon, the Japanese Emperor approved the "Draft Operation No. 1 Operation No. 1 by the Japanese Chinese Expeditionary Force, and then the Prime Minister of the Japanese Cabinet issued the Operation No. 1 Operation No. 1.

This combat plan is called "No. 1" because the Japanese army decided to launch the largest attack on the Chinese battlefield since the invasion of China.

The Japanese army planned to launch the Pinghan Line battle around April 1944, which took about one month; it launched the Hunan-Guangdong battle from Wuhan in about June, and the Hunan-Guangdong battle from Guangdong in about August.

The total force of the war was about 35 to 40 divisions and 4 aviation divisions, and the time was about five and a half months.

If conditions permit, the nearness of Nanning was captured in early 1945, and the transportation from Guilin to Lang Son, Vietnam was opened and ensured.

The Japanese army not only had to trap beasts and fight, but also had to make every effort.

The Japanese Chinese dispatched troops had long wanted to carry out large-scale combat operations against the National Government to force the National Government to surrender.

However, since the Hu Ben Army has been exerting huge military pressure and restraining most of its troops, the base camp can only allow Okamura Yanji to stabilize the situation first and protect the existing occupied areas.

Now that the base camp has finally made up its mind to carry out a large-scale military operation in the Kuomintang-controlled area, Okamura Yasuji and his staff were very excited for a moment and acted quickly.

Soon, Okamura Yasuji came up with a plan and reported it to the base camp, and asked the base camp to respond as soon as possible to deploy operations.

However, the base camp returned to the channel. This battle had a great impact on the overall situation of the war and could not be made hasty. Such an important combat outline cannot be transmitted in telegrams.

So, not long after, the chief of staff of the Chinese Sender Army, Kutaro Matsui, was ordered to fly to Tokyo to receive the combat orders and the reviewed combat outline.

In the "Operation No. 1" outline after approval, the Japanese base camp believed that the scale of this field operation was huge, and its scale and strength were even worse than the "Operation No. 5" that aborted in 1942 (the so-called "Chongqing Strategic Battle").

In order to conceal the combat attempts of this large-scale expedition, we must keep the secrets strictly and instruct all armies to try their best to hide their active combat intentions in the Chinese mainland.

If the preparations for war are noticed by the Chinese side, they should deliberately disguise themselves against Chongqing to deceive the other party.

Just as the Japanese Chinese dispatched troops were actively preparing for war secretly, the Central Pacific War Zone under Nimitz also began to cause trouble.

The Marshall Islands are located in Micronesia, the Central Pacific Ocean, about 3,200 kilometers southwest of Hawaii and about 2,100 kilometers southeast of Guam. They are composed of 29 atoll island groups and five small islands, with a land area of ​​181.3 square kilometers.

After a long and meticulous reconnaissance of the Marshall Islands, Nimitz pointed his next combat target at the heart of the Marshall Islands.

Faced with the Japanese army's strict defense, Nimitz did not directly act recklessly, but adopted sufficient artillery preparations and repeatedly used the tactics of capturing the Japanese airport to suppress the surrounding areas.

Since December, Nimitz ordered his troops to carry out large-scale air strikes on the Marshall Islands to destroy the Japanese aviation and combat ships on the island, and have been prepared for the fortifications for future landing operations.

On December 24, Alta Fjord, Norway.

The dock was noisy and bustling, and people used flowers, applause and cheers to show their heroes.

The Battlecruiser Schanehorst, anchored in the Altafjord in Norway, proudly raised its murderous 279mm cannon, and completely accepted the praise and admiration of it.

Even in the Nordic Strait in the middle of winter, it cannot cover the spring-like smile on the face of Erich Bey, the commander of the German battleship unit in Norway standing on the bridge at this time.

Beside Bei, there was also the new captain of the sand ship Xince, who looked at her with a spring breeze at this moment.

While talking, the two waved at the people who were seeing off their farewell without any chance. Such actions often triggered a more enthusiastic response.

The Schánhorst-class battlecruiser is a large-scale main battleship designed and built by Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

This class of battle cruisers is equipped with 9 279mm caliber main guns, 12 150mm secondary guns, 14 105mm anti-aircraft guns and 16 37mm machine guns.

The main engine on the ship has a power of 166,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 32 knots. However, the armor protection of the entire ship has a weak horizontal deck, and the designed displacement of the entire ship has reached 32,000 tons.

As the first giant super warship in the Nazi Empire, it attracted the attention of the whole world and was also highly expected by the Germans who were unwilling to be inferior to others. The commander-in-chief of the Navy, Radell, accompanied the head of state to attend the ceremony.

Due to the lack of experience of German designers, this hastily built warship has many flaws and is inappropriate.

Its displacement is the same as that of British battleships, its speed is the same as that of battlecruisers, and its armor thickness is greater than that of battlecruisers, and its firepower is between battlecruisers and cruisers.

The result is that British battleships cannot catch up, cruisers cannot defeat, and battlecruisers will suffer losses when they compete with them.

Because the "Schernhorst" class has the above unexpected and strange characteristics, it looks like a bloodthirsty shark, both fierce and irresistible, becoming the most legendary ship with the German Navy and the largest record.

Although it ended up in a tragic ending of sleeping at the bottom of the sea, its existence had long caused headaches for the Allied Navy, and it also pioneered the first battle example of sinking aircraft carriers with ship artillery.

At 7 a.m., the sand ship, which was ready for everything, quietly left the anchorage with the destroyer. The hideous hull looked surprisingly terrifying against the moonlight.

Xince, standing alone on the bridge, took out the order for the expedition from his shirt pocket again.

According to the order, the direction of the sand ship's attack was Murmansk Port, intercepting the British jw55b escort fleet, which consists of 19 cargo ships and has several large destroyers escort.

Xince showed a hint of sneer because he was full of confidence in the giant steel ship he was driving: "How can those British destroyers withstand the heavy hammer of my 9 11-inch main guns! The British cargo ship without resistance will be doomed again, and the sand ship will surely win new honors.

The German sailors who went on the battle together were also in a state of excitement.

Not only because today is Christmas Eve, we can have a happy meal, but also because the German Navy's surface combat ships have hardly fought in real battles over the past year, and several main battleships have been berthing in Nordic ports to restrain the powerful British fleet.

And today, they can finally go to war and finally show their skills to kill the enemy again.

But the wind is whistling and the water is cold!

What these sailors didn't know was that as early as May 1941, the British army found a password telegram in the telegram cabinet of the German submarine U-110. Later, hundreds of British mathematical experts used these password telegrams to successfully decipher the "Ennigcode" cryptographic system used by the German army.
Chapter completed!