Chapter 338: The First Battle of Ryukyu Independence (2)

After the devils retreated, the entire Iriomote Island fell into a state of jubilation, and the devils attacked Iriomote Island and suffered heavy damage, while only a dozen people of the Ryukyu People's Revolutionary Army on Iriomote Island were unable to dodge under the Komidake Mountain, and died in the indiscriminate bombardment of the devils.

Lin Junxiong looked at the direction of the devil's retreat in the telescope, called Zhao Xing over and ordered: "Order Fang Yun to lead the God of War Regiment to attack the devil garrison on Ishigaki Island at night." ”

The nearly 1,000 people brought by Lin Junxiong were organized into a regiment, which was named the God of War Regiment at the suggestion of his brothers, and the commando team was also named the God of War Team.

On the night of March 13, the commanders of the Sixth and Eleventh Fleets led their fleets to Iriomote Island, despite Nakagawa Kiyohide's obstruction, intending to destroy the coastal defense batteries on Iriomote Island in one fell swoop.

On a sea in the northwest of Iriomote Island, dozens of Japanese ships quietly approached, and a dark shadow shuttled back and forth halfway up the mountainside of Mt. Komi, shouting: "Everyone, pay attention, the devil is coming!" ”

The Japanese ships gradually lined up in a line on the sea, and the little sparks made them live targets on the sea, and when they were excited by the people on the shore without noticing, they did not know that dozens of cannons on the opposite side of the mountain had been aimed at them, waiting for them to enter the firing range.

Halfway up the hill was about to enter range, and the commanders of both fleets stood excitedly in the bow of the ship, ready to command the opening of fire.

A series of sparks flew out from the middle of the mountain of Komidake and landed accurately in the devil's fleet group, and before he could react, several gunboats were sunk, and the devil's fleet commander had a premonition that something was not good, and immediately ordered a retreat, but suddenly found that hundreds of small boats behind him blocked the retreat.

It was almost late at night, and there was supposed to be only the sound of the breeze and gentle waves sweeping over the sea, but the sea in the northwest of Iriomote Island was filled with the rumbling of cannonballs, and Japanese ships were sometimes hit, and shells continued to fall on the mountainside of Mt. Komi.

The Japanese fleet wanted to break through the blocking of the small boats in front, but the small boats, which had thought that there was no threat, suddenly made a powerful explosion after being rammed, and even sank the Japanese ships in several places.

Until half an hour later, there were still columns of water blown up by shells on the sea, but there was no more artillery fire on Mt. Komi, and dozens of ships of the two Japanese fleets came with hope, but only a dozen ships fled in a hurry.

The sound of artillery fire on Iriomote Island, heard on Ishigaki Island, like thunder in the distance, Nakagawa Kiyohide knew that it was the imperial fleet that was being attacked, and he could only do nothing, the Kiyota division he led lost most of it, although the garrison of Ishigaki Island was replenished, and the strength barely reached a division, but he did not dare to take risks, since he saw Lin Junxiong's suspicious formation, the small boat set up to block it, and then the shore defense artillery firepower was fierce. He knew that this time it was Lin Junxiong who deliberately lured the imperial army over, and he didn't know how many crises were still hidden on the island, all he could do was wait and wait for the order of the military department.

The violent explosion in the direction of Ishigaki Town disrupted Nakagawa Kiyohide's thoughts, he looked back, the explosion site was in the direction of the garrison's arsenal, he spat hatefully, Iriomote Island Hayashi Toshio's large army was helpless, but this small group of troublemakers could still use it to vent their anger, but he soon found that he was wrong, which is a small force.

Fang Yun, under the leadership of the shadow members of Ishigaki Island, found the weak point of the devil's garrison, and took advantage of the strength advantage to come to the location of the arsenal in less than five minutes, and when the surrounding Japanese troops gathered, the arsenal was also reduced to ruins in a continuous explosion, and the nearby Japanese troops were also seriously damaged by the explosion.

When Nakagawa Kiyohide arrived, he heard that the troops attacking the arsenal were still trapped in the middle, and commanded the troops to tighten the encirclement, and when the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred meters, the small group of troops besieged suddenly opened fire, and the Japanese troops around them suddenly fell one by one.

In just a few minutes, one or two thousand soldiers fell, and Nakagawa Kiyohide realized that he had made an unforgivable mistake, miscalculated the opponent's strength, and saw that the opponent's combat effectiveness was much higher than his own troops, and he was even more frightened, and ordered the troops to retreat quickly.

The Japanese army retreated in a scattered manner towards the center of Ishigaki Town, but Fang Yun was not afraid of the devils who were five or six times his own, and commanded the God of War Regiment to pursue from three directions with battalions as a unit.

Fifteen minutes passed, and the two sides were engaged in a battle situation in which the main attack of the God of War Regiment and the retreat of Nakagawa Kiyohide's troops were on the defensive. When Nakagawa Kiyohide finally arrived at the fortification in the middle of Ishigaki Town with his troops, he found that there were less than 3,000 troops around him, and he was shocked that what kind of troops he had encountered, and that they had such a strong fighting force.

He suddenly thought of the information sent by a military department, when Lin Junxiong evacuated from the northeast, he also brought more than 1,000 rebels of the CCP's New First Army, could it be that he was facing that army?

Although there were still nearly 3,000 people, Nakagawa Kiyohide could not raise the slightest resistance, and Lin Junxiong's new army won more with less in the northeast, and his own troops could not be compared with the Kwantung Army at all, and the hour that had just passed was enough to prove the strength of this army.

Nakagawa Kiyohide's fear infected the troops, and seeing the strength of the opponent, the already frightened devils completely collapsed, and they all ran around without obeying the command, and when Nakagawa Kiyohide finally escaped to the dock, he found that there were less than 100 soldiers behind him.

When the gunfire rang out again behind him, Nakagawa Kiyohide didn't care about the soldiers who had not yet boarded the ship, and ordered the ship to leave immediately, he didn't want to stay in this dangerous area for a few more moments, which would only make his desperate heart even worse.

The commanders of the Japanese Sixth and Eleventh Fleets heard the sound of fighting artillery near Ishigaki Island, paid no attention to what was happening, and led the fleet to gallop away in the direction of Okinawa Island.

When the new day came, Ishigaki Island was full of blood, and after a night of pursuit, the devils in Ishigaki Island had long since left no remnants, and the Japanese expatriates on Ishigaki Island seemed to know what was going on and hid in their houses and did not dare to come out, while the people of the Ryukyus on the island gathered around Ishigaki Island to celebrate the victory.

The celebration on Iriomote Island was even more enthusiastic, with tens of thousands of people coming out of the sadness of the previous days and gathering to sing and dance to celebrate the victory in this battle while looking forward to a bright future. When Lin Junxiong and others appeared, tens of thousands of people shouted like a tsunami, they were their hope, they were their heroes.