. Since the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Islands were China's vassal states. On the list of foreign vassals of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Ryukyu Kingdom was second only to Korea and had the reputation of being a bridge of all countries. And the small island countries of the Central Plains dynasty were treated with respect as a father, and their relationship with China was the closest of all vassals. Each newly succeeded Ryukyu king could only be recognized by the Ryukyu people after being enthroned by the Chinese emperor. The Ryukyu king, Shang, was hereditary commander of the Ryukyu guard in the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, and this was the only example of her inheritance of Chinese military positions as a foreign vassal! Even his palace was built to the west, with the meaning of naturalization of China!

The Satsuma clan, one of the powerful vassals in southwestern Japan, captured the Ryukyu royal city in the early 17th century, but the Tokugawa shogunate was learned from the past (in a few years, Tokugawa Hideyoshi, who had just unified Japan, launched an invasion of North Korea and was defeated by the Ming army. The Tokugawa shogunate regime was overthrown, and it was replaced by the Tokugawa shogunate. He did not dare to risk the war with the Ming Dynasty again, so he ordered the Satsuma clan Daimei Shimazuku to lead his army to withdraw from Ryukyu. After more than 200 times, Ryukyu became a policy of closing the country.

The only link between Japan and China is that countless Japanese merchants who pretend to be Ryukyu people have set foot on China's land in the Ryukyu tributary mission. Although the Qing court was very clear about the inside story, in order to retain a trade and exchange window between China and Japan, it has never been pointed out. This tacit understanding was not broken by Japan until 1879. That year, when the Meiji Emperor of Japan saw that China was weak, he dared to let go of the Ryukyu.

The Okinawa Islands is one of the three archipelagos of the Ryukyu Islands, and the other two are the Amami Islands, the Semi Islands. For Japan, the Okinawa Islands, which is the most critical link in the natural barrier of Japan in the East China Sea, will be lost once the sea control rights and air superiority of the local, North Korea and China's coastal areas will be completely lost, and the maritime transportation line to Southeast Asia will be completely cut off. The Ryukyu Islands' most 140 volcanic islands under the Ryukyu Islands have the largest area (1,220 square kilometers) and the largest population (460,000). Okinawa, the main island of the Okinawa Islands, is also known as Japan's "national gate" by the Japanese government because of its irreplaceable and important strategic position in Japan's local defense!

As early as November 1944, the Okinawa Islands were used as a springboard for the US military to land in Japan and were listed as a key target of the US military's attack.

On March 26, 1945, the US military captured the entire territory of Liuhuang Island, and the Japanese troops stationed in the Okinawa Islands seemed increasingly isolated and prominent!

In this bloody battle of Liuhuang lasted for nearly a month, 22,000 Japanese troops were killed in battle, and more than 1,000 Japanese troops were captured, while the casualties of the US military reached more than 28,000. The casualties ratio of both sides was 1,23 to 1! This ratio and the absolute number of casualties shocked the US government and the opposition. The three most elite US military naval divisions fought only 20 square kilometers, and there was no aircraft and one ship to support Liuhuang Island. It was still so difficult. If we faced the Japanese archipelago where four million Japanese troops were claimed to have four million Japanese troops and tens of thousands of aircraft to guard the Japanese archipelago. What would the outcome be? Could it be that the US military really had to pay millions of casualties before the dawn of victory in the Pacific War?

Although the Americans have many concerns, the laws and laws of the war itself are not subject to human will. What is going on is a world war that determines the fate of mankind in the next few decades and hundreds of years. The room for expansion and contraction of each participating country is extremely narrow! The reasons for this situation are extremely complicated. It is by no means explained in a few words, but there are only two core points: one is the demands of domestic people for victory that have made huge sacrifices in the war; the other is what position the country has in a new world pattern after the war. One of these two points cannot be satisfied, which will be fatal damage and irreparable regrets to the participating country!

In other words, although today's United States of America is rich and powerful, it cannot afford to fail to win the war against Japan, and there is no capital to stop the war!

Against this backdrop, the US government and military, who were forced to rush forward by the general trend, naturally remembered the 48th Army! Although the early artillery preparations for the Okinawa operation are almost completed, the situation of the two sides in the war has been opened. In order not to miss the opportunity to fight, the US ground forces can only land on the island as planned. It is too late to ask the Chinese to take the lead, so it is better to let them act as a reserve for the battle!

On March 28, Cheng Jiaji received a call from General Doug that his troops were transferred to the headquarters of the Allied Pacific Theater General Headquarters.

Three days later, the 48th Army, which had only been fighting in the Lubei Mountains for 20 days, boarded another expedition to Okinawa!

On the night of April 7, the island of Novorolina near Okinawa.

"If the battle progress continues at this rate, we will probably have a waste of time!" Hong Sheng predicted carelessly.

"Old Hong's words are reasonable. If you think about it carefully, what else can the Japanese be able to mention! This afternoon, the Japanese combined fleet no longer existed when the battleship Yamato, which claimed to never sink. The Japanese were over, and the Japanese underground were also bearish. In just one week, relying on the first wave of four divisions, the US military occupied most of Okinawa Island. Just like this island as big as a palm, the American tanks have all arrived ashore. In two days, it would be strange if Niushima (the commander of the 32nd Japanese Army) was squeezed into the sea to feed sharks!" Han Dongsheng nodded and echoed. 1^6^k^Xiao^Say^Network

"It's not entirely true that the Japanese have no choice. I think the Japanese suicide planes are quite powerful. These two days are nothing else. The US Navy was hit and sunk three of the 10,000-ton cruisers alone. If the Japanese could replace them all the way with wooden planes, they wouldn't be able to hold on! When it comes to the Japanese army on the island, I think Niushima is commanding very well. Look, he gave up the beachhead position that is susceptible to the US naval and air firepower, and hid the troops in the mountains in the northern plains. He is obviously planning to persist for a long time and wait for an opportunity to counterattack." Ma Siyuan refuted.

Hong Sheng and Han Dongsheng usually complained about this old commander who would not speak lightly, and if he did, he would win the old commander. Ma Siyuan said it was sincere and insightful, so how could the two of them not be taught by themselves?

"Chu San! You are only half right. The hard battle on the island is still right. But I would not agree with how great the Japanese suicide plane can do." Yu Juncai also jumped out: "You just saw the Japanese taking more than 300 wooden planes and replacing them with a few cruisers. They are very profitable in terms of economy. But you missed a calculation. This wooden plane is easy to build, and people who can fly the plane can also build it in batches?!"

This time it was Ma Siyuan's turn to blush. Training a pilot who could use an aircraft to hit a warship is much more difficult than training a qualified infantry, and the training cycle of the latter takes at least two months!

"Another one! Americans are not fools. Under the touch of bloody lessons, within a few days, they will find a way to deal with the Japanese's Kamikaze Special Attack." Cheng Jiaji, who had been hiding outside the door for a while, finally couldn't help but add.

Cheng Jiaji appeared, just now, he was talking about everything, talking about war, or talking about dozens of generals and officials, quickly taking their positions and putting out cigarette butts, and it was a mess!

Seeing this, Cheng Jiaji couldn't help but frown. He had been the commander of the army for seven years. But this kind of scene is not so much abominable person, but he just couldn't enjoy it. Although he was a little unhappy, Cheng Jiaji still slowed down. He had to leave some time for the officers to sort out the military appearance! It was also a sequelae of Cheng Jiaji's carelessness. If he changed to some Chinese troops who were concerned about face and lived, he could hear the steps of the commander from afar. He always maintained the best manners at the location where the commander might appear, but the basic skills of senior officers!

As soon as he sat down, Cheng Jiaji began to speak out: "Everyone, Chu San said it well. Okinawa is a piece of candy that cannot be smashed or bitten. It is more dangerous than Liuhuang Island. I don't need to explain Liuhuang's affairs in detail! It's only a matter of time before we can take it. Everyone should be mentally prepared to clear up their wealth. This is a bloody battle, a fierce battle, and a protracted war, which will last for two to three months!" Cheng Jiaji saw that the subordinates disagreed with the people, and knew that over the past year, the Forty-Eighth Army had a strong presence in the cooperation with the US military. This was so popular that the generals who used to look up to the US military no longer took the US ground troops seriously. He waved his hand quietly, and Qin Dongsheng, who knew that he had distributed a big shot of aviation photos to the officers who were already sitting upright.

Looking at the huge white spots of the star Rozibu in the photo in his hand, the officers who were puzzled only looked at each other.

"I believe everyone knows that there are many mountain peaks and gullies in the southern part of Okinawa. But you may not have heard of the customs of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Combined burials! There are large joint burials of hundreds and thousands of tombs in the family unit!" Cheng Jiaji explained tepidly: "The tombs of the Ryukyu people are hollow and semispherical, with white gray on the outside. Each layer of the tomb wall is made of large stones with square footage, the thinnest is two layers, and the thickest one can reach five layers! There are many secret passages inside for their tribes to escape the walls and soldiers and bandits! Unfortunately, several large traditional tomb groups on Okinawa Island are in the southern mountainous areas, with only three thousand more than a few more!"

The lower part was immediately furious! All of these general-level officers were fighting old, so how could they not hear what Cheng Jiaji meant. The Japanese would transform those round tomb chambers that were thick enough to be more beautiful than the city walls into solid fortresses. They were not occupies land on islands, but they were simply attacking castles! What was more excessive was that the tomb chambers had secret passages, which caused the oil and fire attacks to be savaged and fired, and they could only drive away the enemy. In the world, who is a commander who is willing to fight to lose troops and lose generals, and only get an empty city. If the number of castles is smaller, it would be fine to burn these thousands of them one by one. Don't be the case, the Japanese would not burn a few of them to death, but they would fight their own troops.

"It is true that the tomb chamber can be used as a castle, but it is not a seam or drill." Qian Shen, who saw through the thoughts of the generals, analyzed in an orderly manner: "No matter how strong the borrowed things are, they are not as practical as professional designs. The shooting boundary between the tomb chambers stationed in the Japanese army cannot be as wide as artificial carved castles. You only need to send armored troops to insert them into the dead corner of the Japanese artillery fire in the tomb chamber, and use the boxes of tnt explosives it carries to explode a corner of the tomb chamber, and then use medium-sized tanks to rush in and crush them with lightning speed!"

Most of the generals present at Qian Shen's words were relaxed. If this method was used, although it was necessary to arrange it properly in order to achieve success, the casualties were expected to be reduced a lot. If you are lucky, you would be happy to create a miracle on the battlefield. Only Cheng Jiaji, Qian Shen and other scheming people still had their own ironclad faces. Although Qian Shen's proposal was good, it had its limitations. There were many tombs on the island, and it would not be difficult for the Japanese to pick out a few sets of natural ones. If you really encounter this situation, it would be difficult! Just imagine, Cheng Jiaji's eyes were straight and his scalp was numb! But since no one could come up with a better solution, he had to explore it with blood and life in actual combat!

As soon as the military meeting was dispersed, Gao Ruming, who was entitled as the deputy chief of staff of the army, never inquired about the commander's staff business, quietly slipped into Cheng Jiaji's office.

When Cheng Jiaji saw Gao Ruming's slight look, he asked anxiously: "Is there news again?"

"June, just before the meeting, the Iron Shark Flag called and the 16th batch of gold has arrived at the Port of St. Mary, Macau." Gao Ruming reported in a low voice.

"Very good!" Cheng Jiaji's praise only has two words.

But Gao Ruming was overjoyed. Since selling big smoke back then, there have been hundreds of private affairs for Cheng Jiaji, but compared with this time, the past is not even a small fight. To be honest, Gao Ruming has not wasted his life by being able to host the astronomical gold. Of course, what makes Gao Ruming most excited is the things that can see and touch. With Cheng Jiaji's generosity, he will definitely benefit from this big thing!

After Gao Ruming left happily, Cheng Jiaji was also happy and looked at him. This was the last three ships. At this point, the precious metals and industrial diamonds secretly taken out from more than 60 royal treasure points, as well as the bulk gold transported by the Japanese army from Manila (that is, the one offered by the Kojima Grandma) that was accidentally discovered in a mountain stream in the clearing of the Lubei Mountains, finally took advantage of the initial decision of the Philippines and the U.S. military was busy restoring social order, and unconsciously transported it to Macau, a permanent neutral place!

After the ecstasy, Cheng Jiaji had new troubles: how to use this gold properly!" He was not worried that the US military would learn that the Japanese army had a large amount of gold hidden in the Philippines. Those insiders who reported to the US military in the history of time and space where he came from had bought one-way tickets to the underworld. Moreover, the Yama Lily Association, which belongs directly to the Japanese royal family, would do everything possible to keep this secret, and even the work of killing and silence would be done for him. Of course, the Japanese dream of returning to the Philippines would definitely not be realized within sixty or seventy years. Unless the Third World War starts, which sovereign state will give a country that invades it and have the opportunity to take a large amount of gold from its own territory!
Chapter completed!