Age of Conquest Reborn

Without the threat of the Japanese navy, these gunboats, which are only a few hundred tons, can sail freely in the Pacific. The division fleet commander, Admiral Tang Qiuquan, formed a total of five fast gunboat detachments and five fast torpedo boat detachments, which he called the fast gunboat detachment.

For "Sea Assassin!" the Northern Fleet took away three fast gunboat detachments and three fast torpedo boat detachments, and the remaining two fast gunboat detachments will be used for the second round of bombardment.

In addition to being equipped with 100-millimeter-caliber rapid-fire cannons, the most important weapon on the fast gunboats is two thirty-two-barreled naval combat "Thunder Rocket Launchers." One detachment is equipped with forty-two such gunboats, and two detachments are equipped with

Added together, the number of "Thunder Rocket Launchers" reached an astonishing number.

More than 80 fast gunboats of the division fleet lined up in a line, plowing through the sea water lightly, making white waves, and appeared at the Japanese defense position in the southern part of Chichijima. The telescopic lens of the garrison commander Major General Yanai Hiroshi

When he was inside, he thought it was a landing craft for the China Division infantry.

"The Chinese don't know whether to live or die!" Major General Yanai thought with a grim smile. Each of the more than 80 landing craft carried a squadron of infantry, which is more than 1,200 people. However, the imperial army holding the beachhead position had

There are more than 15,000 people and strong fortifications. Therefore, the first wave of Chinese landing attacks is not enough to watch!

"Order all troops in the forward positions to put the soldiers of the China Division on the beach before fighting. The 1st and 2nd Artillery Battalions are ready for artillery bombardment to cover the beach where the enemy lands in all directions!" Major General Yanai decided to give the Imperial Japanese Emperor

There are also arrogant China Division soldiers, a bloody lesson.

The originally bright dawn sky was suddenly illuminated by bursts of meteor-like fire. The eighty-four fast gunboats of the division fleet suddenly began to erupt after approaching the Japanese beachhead. Rockets were dragged out one after another.

The tail flames, with a shrieking sound that pierced the air, fell on the Japanese position like layers of meteors.

"Boom! Boom! - Boom!" There was a loud sound like the earth was shaking. In an instant, Major General Yanai's sight was filled with bursts of fire. Then, violent explosions echoed in the air.

The rising orange flames instantly engulfed everything.

Two fast gunboat detachments and eighty-four gunboats launched their first salvo. More than 5,000 large-caliber rockets hit the Japanese beachhead, covering the target area. The target was reached instantly after the rocket exploded.

Thousands of degrees of high temperature turned all carbohydrates into ashes. Under the bombardment of naval guns, the tall trees that survived were like burning torches. The Japanese beachhead and deep positions were shrouded in a sea of ​​fire!

Tang Qiusheng put down his telescope and smiled and said to several other generals: "It's been a long time since I've seen the spectacular scene of so many rocket launchers. I estimate that the Japanese soldiers on the beachhead have almost no chance of survival!"

Han Tie took over the conversation with a smile, "Deputy Commander, are you still going to use the third round of bombardment?"

"What do you think?" Tang Qiusheng asked.

"It's not necessary!" Han Tie held up his telescope and carefully observed the Japanese position before saying, "It's agreed that for the first batch of landing troops, I will take two brigades of the Marine Corps up there, and no one should follow.

I fight!"

"No one will argue with you!" Tang Qiusheng shook his head and said, "However, in order to reduce the casualties of the troops to the minimum, we will still carry out the third round of shelling according to the original plan!"

Major General Yanai was injured. Even though he was hiding in the concealment department, he was still injured. After the rocket shell exploded, a huge flame rushed in along the observation hole, burning his eyebrows, hair, and a small mustache.

, his face was covered with shiny blisters. Fortunately, he closed his eyes in time and took responsibility. Now he is blind.

The staff officer beside him screamed and rushed forward, but was kicked away by Major General Yanai. He ignored the burning pain all over his head and face and picked up the phone. He was almost burned into a pig's head in the covert department.

What will happen to soldiers exposed in ground fortifications?

"Moxi Moxi! This is Commander Yanai! Report the situation there!" Major General Yanai shouted loudly into the phone receiver. As a result, there was no movement at all on the phone, not even the weak current that he was used to hearing.

There was no "chirp" sound, so he refused to give up and rang several phones leading to the forward positions, but the result was the same.

Angrily throwing down the phone, Major General Yanai's heart was trembling. All he could see were the steaming flames and the sea of ​​fire connected by the flames. He knew that his more than 15,000 soldiers must be ferocious.

There is no hope. The telephone lines laid several meters deep underground will definitely not be blown up. If no one answers the phone at the forward position, then you can be sure that they are all broken and not even the telephone is left!

"Damn the Chinese, what weapon did they use that was so powerful?" Major General Yanai didn't know what kind of weapon it was. Anyway, his heart was beating wildly. The hidden unit was like a lonely fortress in the sea of ​​fire. He felt it.

Boundless fear.

At this time, a staff officer came over and reported: "Commander, I received a telegram from Lieutenant General Chunchuan, the commander of the 105th Division, asking what happened on our position and why it was covered in thick smoke and fire?

Yes, has the China Division's attack begun? Why didn't we hear the gunshots of our counterattack?"

Major General Yanai's face twitched suddenly, causing a blister. The pain made him gasp, and he gritted his teeth and shouted to his staff: "Report immediately to the commander of the Chunchuan Division. The enemy's infantry has not yet begun to land, but my father has not yet begun to land."

The defensive positions in the southern part of the island were attacked by China Division troops with powerful unknown weapons. The troops suffered heavy casualties. Please send additional reinforcements!"

After receiving the telegram, the commander of the Harukawa Division took a breath of air. Then he was suspicious. Before the fighting started, the troops suffered heavy casualties. It shouldn't be. The defense system in the southern part of Chichijima was enough to withstand multiple shellings from large-caliber heavy artillery.

, what happened to this Yanai?

However, although he suspected that Major General Yanai was exaggerating, from his position, the southern defense line of Chichijima looked like a volcanic eruption, which was not a good sign. Lieutenant General Harukawa decided to send two main forces to Yanai from the central defense line.

The regiment has more than 5,000 reinforcements. The position is too important. Once the China Division troops are allowed to land, other areas will be undefendable, and the entire defense system of Chichi Island will collapse!

"Qiuquan, send a reconnaissance plane to conduct a reconnaissance over Chichijima Island, and evaluate the effect of the two rounds of bombardment!" Tang Qiusheng said to Tang Qiuquan.

Eight carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft took off from the aircraft carrier. Four of them were hovering over the bombardment area, while the other four were flying deep into Chichijima Island. The two reinforcements sent by Lieutenant General Harukawa were also heading towards Chichijima Island.

Dashing south, in an area of ​​just over twenty square kilometers, more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers were the most obvious targets, and they immediately fell into the eyes of the reconnaissance aircraft pilot.

"Report to headquarters, the second reconnaissance unit reported that a large number of Japanese soldiers were found marching from the center of Chichijima to the south!" the reconnaissance plane pilot reported.

In the command cabin of the fleet flagship, the report of the reconnaissance aircraft pilot was very clear. Han Tie smiled "hehe" and said: "Deputy division commander, did you see the live target that was delivered to the door? Let the reconnaissance aircraft provide accurate directions and use naval guns.

Damn you little devil! I will immediately organize the troops to start landing!"

Tang Qiusheng ignored Han Tie's words and said to Qiuquan: "Deploy some carrier-based aircraft and cooperate with the naval guns to keep all the Japanese soldiers who are reinforcing them!"

Groups of large-caliber naval gun shells roared in and landed accurately on the running panting Japanese soldiers. At the same time, a mixed formation of carrier-based bombers and fighter jets also began air strikes. Naval guns and carrier-based

The ground and air firepower of the aircraft cooperated with each other, exposing more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers who were unobstructed and exposed on the ground to a hail of deadly bullets!

More than half an hour later, more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers who were reinforcing the southern defense line of Chichijima escaped the attacks of artillery shells, bombs and bullets, and only more than 1,000 of them limped back. At this time, the southern part of Chichijima

On the Japanese defensive positions, the flames emitted by rocket shells gradually extinguished, and the Japanese positions revealed their true colors, but they can only be described as horrific.

Major General Yanai's premonition was very accurate. Of the more than 15,000 Japanese soldiers who survived the sea of ​​​​fire, only more than 4,000 survived. They relied on strong anti-gun holes and concealed areas to survive, but most of them survived.

Most of them suffered from varying degrees of burns and were able to continue fighting. However, there were only more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers, a total of more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers, who disappeared in two rounds of shelling by the division fleet. This time took less than two hours!

But this was far from over. The division's third round of shelling began again. This shelling was longer and more violent than the previous one. The bombardment lasted for a full hour and a half, destroying the planned landing site.

The Japanese army's reinforced concrete fortifications, which were blown over several times and were already burned like shortbread by the high temperature of the rockets, could no longer withstand such a fierce bombardment.

Cement blocks mixed with sand and soil flew up into the air, and the shelters and anti-bomb shelters collapsed. Of the thousands of Japanese soldiers who survived, after three rounds of shelling, almost no one was left, including Yanai, the captain of the Chichijima garrison.

The major general was also buried in the ruins!

Seeing the soldiers running back, seeing the smoke covering the sky and the sound of artillery shaking the sea on the southern defense line of Chichijima, Lieutenant General Harukawa, the commander of the Japanese garrison at Chichijima, knew that the southern defense line was lost and he could no longer send it out.

Reinforcements are asking for death.

Near ten o'clock in the morning, Lieutenant General Han Tie, commander of the division's Marine Corps, commanded two brigades to successfully land on the southern beach of Chichijima Island and expand their foothold. During the landing process, they encountered resistance and resistance from Japanese soldiers.

Troop casualties were minimal.

Han Tie bent down and grabbed a handful of still hot sand, grinned happily, and said, "It feels so good to bully the little devil!"

(To be continued) (To be continued..)

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