"hey!" Several naval generals in charge of Nanyang intelligence war day stood up and bowed their heads at attention in front of Mountain Fifty-six. After all, the dereliction of duty of the intelligence department has become a fait accompli, and it is useless to sophistry now, which has left a bad impression on Mountain Fifty-six for no reason.
Apart from the intelligence department, the reason that annoyed Yamamoto was that the South Marshall Islands caused considerable trouble to the Japanese navy before the battle for Keai Island in spruance, which made Yamamoto’s joint fleet have to expel this US military task force from the south and missed the best opportunity for the decisive battle between the United States and Japan on Keai Island.
At present, the navy, in turn, has failed to contain the US navy. Instead, it has wasted its troops in vain, and the whole fleet has not been able to rest. The same tactics have been put out by different people, but they have different effects.
This is also very easy to explain. First, because the US Navy was fighting and attacking at that time, the main reason was to destroy the transportation line between Japan and the sea. To put it bluntly, it caused trouble everywhere, and its natural whereabouts were erratic, flexible and difficult to intercept. Second, because the US Navy was equipped with more advanced radar, the US fleet was able to avoid the Japanese fleet and achieve the goal of running before.
However, the strategic purpose of the Japanese navy is not to destroy the attack, but to permanently occupy it. Its route is relatively fixed, and its main position is easier to distinguish than that of the US navy in the south
There are two choices before throwing these things away. One is to seek a strategic decisive battle in the north and the US Navy will fight a fate war in the waters of Midway Island. One is to stay in Nanyang and be a little puss-head and watch the US Navy seize Midway Island.
At present, the whole joint fleet has been running all the way south to Marshall, and a battleship fleet and an aircraft carrier sub-fleet have been separated non-stop. It is not a good idea for Reagan to rush to the North American Navy for a decisive battle when the Japanese army supported it for a few days.
At the same time, Shanwushiliu is unwilling to give up Midway Island. After all, Midway Island is too important. It is an important island base in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It can be said that it is an important bridgehead to contain the US attack and expand the scope of the joint fleet’s maritime maneuver. Once it is lost to the US Navy’s joint fleet, it will be reduced by half. This is something that the Japanese navy executives do not want to see.
Don’t underestimate this humble island. Without this island, the Japanese navy can better protect its northern defense line, so that the Japanese army can invest troops in Australia more safely and efficiently, and in the future, China, Australia and the entire Southeast Asian foundation will be fully integrated, so that they can barely compete with the United States.
It’s not quite the same as that of the United States. There is nothing to lose in Japan. Australia is behind the strategic buffer zone. Nanyang Island and Southeast Asia are Japanese raw material bases. Canada and China have been involved in half of the Japanese army. A casual look at the so-called Japanese-occupied area is like a house full of holes and fatal flaws everywhere.
If the Japanese naval joint fleet loses midway and is forced to shrink backwards, then if it loses the sea control, the Marshall Islands and wake island will have to face the harassment of the US navy and highlight the situation of the Australian army, which will be even worse. Once Australia is lost, it will not be far from failure for Japan.
"Two-day-end fleet brings together the waters near wake island, the first plan of the original evacuation plan." Finally, the mountain decided to take the two evils lightly and bite the teeth to make the joint fleet join the United States naval fleet in the waters near wake island for a decisive battle. "Midway Island is absolutely impossible for me to have a hunch that the Midway War will become the most important battle in the Pacific battlefield!"
Somehow, God’s will has escaped the fiasco of the first Midway naval battle. Now the Japanese naval forces have to go to this ominous place again. They are more tired than when they first arrived there, and their weapons advantage is weaker.
Fifty-six mountains can foresee the danger, but he will still go to the upright US Navy to fight. After all, the Japanese Navy teacher, the British Navy, pays attention to the idea of fighting when encountering the enemy. The Japanese Navy has won all previous wars by relying on this idea. This time, there is no reason to change their minds. To defeat the US Navy’s Pacific fleet in front of him, everything will go back to a few months ago. It is not a dream for the Japanese empire to last forever.
"Pray, gentlemen, that the emperor will bless our great Japanese empire for a long time!" The mountain got up and looked at the seat. All the Japanese generals said slowly, "This war is a decisive battle for our future. I hope you can forget all the unpleasantness and sincerely cooperate with our nation to win the most brilliant victory!"
"hey!" All the general officers on both sides of the conference table stood up and bowed their heads to attention to answer the expectations of Mountain 56.
When the soldiers were preparing to send troops to Midway Island on the side of Mountain 56, the Midway position had been visited by the US Navy’s heavy artillery for quite a while. An Teng troops had never fought in such bad coastal defense conditions, and their morale was even unstable for a while.
"Ga this group of American bastards how gun don’t attack? What are they going to do? " A Japanese soldier, Cao, was crying in the trench and cursed his side for a broken 92 heavy machine gun. The bodies of two Japanese soldiers with blood all over their faces were still steaming. Just now, a shell hit this machine gun position and took the lives of five Japanese soldiers.
"Sergeant … I have already felt that the emperor’s pursuit calls me to death. I’m dying. Don’t wave drugs to save me. Please give me a samurai dignity." A soldier lying in a trench wailed that his leg was gone and his khaki uniform wound made him look very embarrassed, but his words remained firm.
The sergeant put a telescope on his chest and looked back at his companion. This soldier is a veteran who has been fighting for many years. He once killed more than one Chinese soldier in the battlefield in China. Unfortunately, now he can lie there and even have no suicide strength.
"My humble opinion … your home …" Sergeant obviously feels sorry. They have been playing well in the war for a long time, and it is relatively normal that there are few such heavy casualties. The mass suicide has not yet appeared in the battlefield atmosphere.
The real Japanese fiasco was the Battle of Lovely Island, which did not cause any waves because there were no survivors returning to the friendly forces. The myth that the Japanese empire was invincible still shed blood and died. After all, it was only after personal experience that we knew that it was tragic and terrible.
"Sergeant … give me a dignity …" The soldier closed his eyes, but from the expression on his face, he could still feel that he was experiencing a bone-chilling pain.
Chapter 771 772 The river of blood
"Imho Jun …" Sergeant Nai bit his teeth and pulled out his waist command knife. According to his identity, there are not many people who can match the command knife, but his family has been a samurai for generations. This command knife is also worn by ancestors on the battlefield.
At the beginning, I was stronger when I wore this combat knife, and my grandfather hoped that he would be more meritorious. Who knew that this combat knife was actually cut by my own friendly forces when it was drawn for the first time?
He is holding the handle of Tatsu Yamashiro in both hands, hesitating whether to cut the wounded soldier named Imho. Emotional tears have welled up from his eyes, but his trembling hands still failed to swing the combat knives at his comrades. "Imho Jun, we have been neighbors for 27 years …"
Before the words were finished, the soldier, named Imho, died of excessive bleeding. His face was still twisted, but he was slightly relaxed because he lost consciousness.
"Humble opinion! Imho-jun! Ga! Ga! Gaya road! Damn Americans, I will cut you to pieces! " The sergeant waved his saber in his hand and shouted at the endless sea.
However, the answer to his angry roar is another round of dense shelling and ammunition falling on the beach, and a piece of seawater and sediment leaps up. The whole midway island has not been able to fight back weapons. Compared with the caliber of dozens of field guns and naval shells deployed by the army, it is no different from toothpicks.
The US Navy is brave and persistent in the face of overwhelming firepower. It seems futile for Japanese soldiers to rely solely on * * to fight. Thousands of Japanese soldiers are trapped on the beach and tortured by shells from the US Navy. However, due to tactical requirements, they have to stay here and wait for the US military to attack.
The Midway plane retaliated against the US fleet, which was attacked by five bombers. However, due to the lack of corresponding experience in attacking the sea, the only difference was that 32 returning planes were missing.
"According to this, it will be occupied by Americans in three days at most." A division staff complained to An Teng that "the effect of trenches and fortifications against large-caliber naval guns is not obvious. Although our army has high morale, the enemy does not land … I am worried that the soldiers will not have the opportunity to be loyal to the emperor."
An Teng looked at the map of Midway Island in the hidden trench, and he knew that it was not a way to go there, but he couldn’t think of any effective countermeasures to let him give up the beach and retreat his troops back to the line. He didn’t have the courage-who dared to lose the first line of defense in such a fog?
Li Linzhong was trapped in Iwo Jima, but it was only a tactical attempt as a last resort. In 1939, the standard mode of resisting the landing war was still to guard the correctness of the beach. It was not a small divisional commander who dared to question the situation easily. An Teng was originally a well-behaved general, so it was easier for him to improvise than to cut his belly.
An Teng is also a little out of ideas now, except for sending out newspapers over and over again to urge the Japanese navy to reinforce quickly. There is really no further measures to be taken, and the US navy did not let him wait too long. After the second battle of Midway started, the US navy released its own landing troops the next morning after shelling all night.
When the aircraft carrier landed on the bridge, the commander of the US military looked around. General spruance pointed to the mouth of the US Marine Corps who kept waiting for the assault boat to land. "The general is so eager to release the landing troops, and the casualties will be very great. Why not shell for one to two days?"
"I’m still not quite sure about the original attack plan. After all, Yamashita is still very cunning and suspicious. If he suddenly comes to the north to find us in trouble, we will lose the whole fleet." spruance replied to the generals around him. "So I asked General Nimitz last night, and he also felt that we should get midway quickly."
For the United States, Midway Island is also an important link. If Midway Island is taken, the US Navy’s strategic counterattack will form an "momentum". Simply put, it will be an inspiration for the entire US foreign war.
Moreover, once Midway Island is returned to the hands of the United States, the US Navy will gain greater mobility, and the Japanese Navy will lose its strategic activity ability and be fixed in wake island, Marshall Islands. By then, it will be very convenient for the US Navy to make a strategic decisive battle.
It is said that Midway Island is an important strategic place for both the United States and Japan, and it is necessary to control itself. The Japanese advantage over Midway Island is already in its own hands, while the United States Navy has the advantage over the mountain. The 56th Joint Fleet is not near Midway Island now.
"attack! This is what we must do now. "spruance looked at the naval landing craft and said with his hands behind his back." General Nimitz said that this is a war, and several countries must sacrifice to win the final victory. We are Americans, the strongest in the world, and no one in the United States can defeat us. Germans can’t, let alone Japanese! "
At last, the defenders on the beach saw hope, because the US Navy’s landing troops showed up on the sea, saying that the seemingly endless shelling was coming to an end and the real equivalent battle was about to start, so many Japanese soldiers pulled their guns and stared at the landing craft that swayed with the waves.
"Rinrin bell!" In the sparse gunfire, the words of General An Teng’s headquarters rang. He grabbed the receiver and heard the first good news in the battle. "The US Navy is landing right in front of our main position on the midway island in the General Pavilion. We are accurate in judging the enemy’s landing direction. I will reach a counterattack order in a few minutes."
"Very well! According to the plan in advance! Drive these Americans who are afraid of death to the sea! Long live the Emperor! " An Teng said combatively that he had been under too much pressure in the past day and night, and at this time he could finally vent.
Although most of the defensive positions were severely damaged by American artillery shells, the Japanese troops stationed in them still stubbornly stuck to the ruins, and there were still many hidden bunkers on their beaches, and they were determined to fight to the death. On the day of death, the soldiers suppressed their anger and waited for the moment when the Americans rushed to the beach
However, it is clear that the US Navy has accumulated rich experience in landing warfare when landing on Keai Island. A few minutes before landing, they poured a lot of ammunition and dropped a lot of smoke bombs on the beach. The sight of the Japanese defenders was seriously blocked, and the vast sea surface disappeared before their eyes. The whole beach was filled with thick smoke like a sandstorm.
With the turbulent sea water, the first American landing craft approached the beach, and with the huge metal friction, the front pedal was slowly put inside, and the American soldiers had already waited, and then rushed out of the landing craft and quickly dispersed to both sides in the sea water without knee.
"chug! Chug! " A Japanese machine gun position near the beach caught fire. They couldn’t see anything in front of them, but the sound proved that the US Marine Corps had rushed to the beach. The Japanese soldiers decided to take the lead in attacking American soldiers regardless of exposing their own dangers
The bullet blindly swept through the smoke and hit the US landing craft. There was a splash in the sea water around it. An unlucky American soldier was shot in the stomach and let out a scream. His blood quickly dyed the surrounding sea water red, and he had no breath before calling the medic.
The second landing craft rushed into the beach, and the American soldiers quickly dispersed. Obviously, they realized that the situation seemed to be not good for them, and they organized a secret fire attack. Some first-line positions, rifles and machine guns were fired more and more blindly, and the attack fell on the heads of US Marines.
"Fire! Fight back! Move quickly! Occupy favorable terrain! Quick! " A commander who landed on the front line with soldiers shouted that more landing craft rushed to the beach, and hundreds of American soldiers braved the smoke and bullets to attack the Japanese positions. Soldiers were shot everywhere and shouted that there were many casualties throughout the beach.
American soldiers jumped into a huge bunker after crossing a barbed wire fence destroyed by shells. This is a huge crater formed by the explosion of a 3 mm caliber shell, and there are already more than a dozen American troops who arrived here first.
An American soldier is calling for naval artillery support with a walkie-talkie, and several American soldiers are hastily erecting a heavy machine gun on the edge of the crater. More American soldiers are fighting back wildly with their own Garland rifles. They are not aiming at it at all. They are aiming at the vague distance and then retracting into the crater to reload their rifles.
On the second day after the second battle of Midway, both sides of the beach encountered difficulties. The Japanese were more tenacious than the Americans thought, while the Americans were stronger than the Japanese thought.
So at this moment, the beach is full of blood.
Although it’s a little late, Longling tried to make up a chapter today. I hope everyone can wake up in the morning and see this chapter in a good mood!
Chapter 772 773 Who will notice?
"Hua!" At the same time, Khrushchev, the core fortification of the fortress of Sevastopol in the remote Cremu Peninsula, also dropped his own cup. Just half an hour ago, the German offensive troops laid a flag and paved the last kerch road connecting Sevastopol. His alliance with Marshal voroshilov was completely cut off.
Now Khrushchev is in a very bad mood. After all, he is not a purely military command expert, so it is barely possible to boost his morale. However, it is a layman to let him deploy the war. Now he has no way to command the remaining troops, let alone constructive opinions.
Several political workers have big demands to lead the troops to break through. Marshal voroshilov will make plans after meeting in Kerch. Others clamor to hold their ground until the last soldier and one soldier will never give up an inch of the motherland. Of course, whether to break through or defend will ultimately be decided by Khrushchev, the supreme commander
In the line, Marshal voroshilov asked Khrushchev to break through eastward in code. He could send troops to meet this military action and give up Sevastopol to defend Kerch, but even Khrushchev himself did not believe that he could rally troops to make a tactical counterattack to repel the Germans.