readx; This unexciting air battle was invisible to all the US officers and men on the warship, because the battlefield was conducted in the airspace dozens of nautical miles away from the fleet. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The soldiers could certainly learn about the battle on the radio, but there really was nothing to worry about. More than 40 enemy planes that came to attack were drowned in the US planes, and there were more than 20 dilapidated "Zero" planes with large bombs hanging on them that could not maneuver and fly. There were so many US planes that the "shrew" surrounded his own planes and put on a posture of squashing him with a human wall. The "shrew" surname is certainly better than these "Zero" planes that they are looking for and die for, and in addition, the pilots of both sides are completely different in terms of flying skills, combat experience, skills, and use of air tactics at all, and after the US planes disperse the planes, every three to five "shrews" will deal with one "Zero" plane.

The battle lasted only 13 minutes, in which more than 40 planes were shot down, five US planes were wounded, three crashed into the sea, two pilots parachuted and rescued, and one person killed.

Liu Xirui, the captain of China's Fourth Theater Flight Group, one of the eight Chinese pilots and pilots who participated in the exhibition, did not participate in this one-sided air battle:

"If more than 400 US planes in the air rush up and besiege these planes with a 10-to-1 advantage, then it will be too much and too much to look down on and look down on him!" Liu Xirui muttered in his heart.

"I like to play some conspiracies, if I think that I dare to use more than 40 planes to fight wildfire, I'm afraid it's not right! I can't be so stupid! ”

I remembered that on Guadalcalal Island before, Liu Xirui had suffered the loss of his "separate attack and joint attack" tactic, and he still remembers it vividly. If it is said that he will still have a group to attack, and it is likely to be a suicide plane of 'kamikaze attack', then you have to be more careful, maybe you are playing this game again.

More than 40 fighters took off from the "Enterprise" at an altitude of 6,000 meters to the east. Under the fuselage, on the azure sea, warships lay on the incomparably wide blue curtain like toys, spreading out widely. From time to time, high columns of gray-black smoke rise from Iwo Jima. Gunfire is not heard on the plane. At around 3:55 p.m., just after the battle in which more than 120 US planes were picking out more than 40 planes, Liu Xirui captured more than 20 planes flying due east. It is said that the plane was divided into several small formations, and the planes flew quite low. When Liu Xirui discovered the planes, they were less than 10 nautical miles away from the 38th Task Force.

This was the second batch of kamikaze special attack planes of the Japanese army that took off from Okinawa Island, and the leader of this group was Nagano Shoichi Daisa, who made a big circle on the sea, turned east, turned south, and then turned west.

As a matter of fact, the straight-line distance between Okinawa and Iwo Jima is only about 600 nautical miles, and the "Zero" planes can fly there in less than three hours at most, but this group of planes flew in the air for more than three hours and nearly four hours before they arrived, with a distance of more than 900 nautical miles. This distance is still capable of a one-way "Zero" fighter with a full tank of fuel, a drop tank, and no intention of returning. But not all planes were willing to fly such a long distance to send them to their deaths, and two "Zero" planes did not complete this flight. I don't know if the plane was out of order, or something else, the two planes fell behind halfway, and they pulled farther and farther away, and finally even the shadow was gone.

Nagano didn't bother with them. There are two reasons for this. First, there is no radio intercom on the plane, these suicide planes are all sent to death, and the equipment and instruments that can be removed are all removed, leaving only the necessary things, there is no need to waste, these equipment is very precious to the person who is short of materials.

The second is that, except for the 20 "Zero" fighters escorted by the escort, the rest of the aircraft did not have cannons and machine guns except for large bombs under the belly, and basically belonged to the category of aircraft that had been disarmed. Therefore, for those planes that have fallen behind and lost for whatever reason, Nagano Daisa has nothing to do with them. Anyway, as soon as the special attack plane flew into the sky, it could not land, and the pilot could only be a dead end, and the suicide shock was death, and it was a glorious battle death, and it was also death if it fell behind, and it was impossible to escape for his life.

He did not expect that the pilots of these two planes, one named Naohiko Okawa was 20 years old, and the other was 19 years old Satoru Masayashi, who was really unwilling to die in vain, and they took the risk of a successful forced landing in the sea southwest of Iwo Jima, and the plane and bomb sank to the bottom of the sea, and they surrendered to the US forces after they got out.

This was the first time that the U.S. military captured a kamikaze pilot in the Pacific War. By 1945, many of them had begun to calm down, and when the fanaticism had subsided, reason had prevailed, and they were preparing for defeat, and although there were no large numbers of soldiers in the army who fled and deserted, surrender and capture were not considered shameful. Especially among the younger generation, they have begun to face the reality that they do not intend to tie their young lives firmly to the chariot of fanatical militarism, that the war was not started by them, and that they are unwilling to give up their lives for no reason, so they use various methods to save their lives and continue to survive, which is their right and understandable.

Nagano led the group to fly very low and had to avoid the detection of the American shipboard radar. Nagano didn't want to be prematurely discovered by the U.S. military, with no weapons for air combat and no maneuverable suicide planes, so what could he do to resist the wolf-like U.S. fighters? If you don't get it right, you will die before you get out of school, and it is not in your own interests at all. If you want to achieve results and die worthwhile, you must act carefully. The group of planes was almost on the cusp of the waves, and they finally flew to the waters near Iwo Jima and arrived at the battlefield.

In the distance, you could see the black smoke column rising from Iwo Jima, and Nagano Zhangichi's heart was beating wildly, and he shook his wings and gave a signal, the meaning of this action was:

"Each plane bravely attacked, and each selected target to attack!"

Due to the low flight of the aircraft, it was less than 200 meters above the sea. This altitude is slightly less lethal for a dive. For this reason, the suicide planes began to climb higher, and they could already see the American fleet scattered across the wide sea, like a swarm of ants floating on the water.

Climbing high with a 500-pound bomb, the speed of the "Zero" machine is absolutely not fast. Nagano increased the throttle and pulled the longitudinal lever backwards with both hands, and the engine wheezed hard, rushing upwards at an angle of about 30 degrees. Nagano intends to climb above 2,000 meters, then fly flat for some distance and start diving, completing the last attack of his life. He had chosen an empty target, which was the aircraft carrier in the center of the American fleet phalanx. That's it! can sink it, he will be buried with it, and he will be blinded when he dies! Nagano Zhangichi Osa had calculated it, he blushed his face, gritted his teeth, and rushed towards the target with all his might.

Not all of the special attack pilots had the same flying skills and rich combat experience as Nagano Daisa, and some of the suicide planes did not climb high enough, and some did not intend to climb at all, but rushed straight towards the US fleet at a low altitude of 200 meters, so the formation began to be chaotic.

Nagano was very strange, the US warships were very vivid, and they could see their own aircraft groups with the naked eye without radar, but the US warships did not open fire, and there was not a single cloud of smoke in the air that had been blown up by anti-aircraft guns. Nagano Daisa's plane was almost 2,000 meters high, and in his busy schedule, he turned his head and looked back at the group of super rookies who were following behind him. At this sight, Nagano Zhangichi was so shocked that a large group of US "shrewd" carrier-based fighters rushed out at some point was encircling and destroying the group of suicide planes behind his plane. Tracer bullets flew one after another, and at least five suicide planes were dragging black smoke down, and three of them exploded into a large fire in the air. Nagano understood why the US anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns did not fire, his own aircraft group had been mixed with the US planes, and the Americans were afraid of accidental injury, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! But Nagano Osa was not happy, because a "shrew" fighter with a fuselage made up of "9" appeared very close to the back and top of his plane, and this plane followed him closely, and Nagano's "Zero" plane was completely within the effective range of this American plane, and Nagano's cold sweat flowed out at once:

"Damn! How unlucky! Whatever you're afraid of, you'll come! I had no choice but to do it! Amaterasu bless! Long live our emperor! ”

Nagano became furious, and he pushed forward desperately. It doesn't matter if it's less than 2,000 meters, as long as you hit that aircraft carrier that is less than 1,000 meters away, it's worth dying! The aircraft carrier chosen by Nagano was none other than the "Enterprise," and Nagano's "Zero" plane crashed headlong into the "Enterprise" from the sky like a meteor.

Little Benz led 40 "Vixen" planes to surround the "Zero" suicide group flying at low altitude, and began the "massacre".

Liu Xirui didn't even bother to watch such a battle, more than 40 planes fought more than 20 planes and couldn't fight back, and he couldn't run and run, and he couldn't hide from the broken plane, wasn't it three fingers pinching snails, nine out of ten stable, and his hands were caught?

Liu Xirui swooped down, he stared at the "Zero" plane that planned to climb high and then dive, this guy obviously had some experience, and he didn't know how many times he had committed suicide, so he planned to use the potential energy of the plane in addition to the bomb to turn the plane itself into a big bomb.

Well! Not bad! Very smart and creative! This guy's IQ is not low, so let's have fun! Play to death you little devil! Liu Xirui bit the "Zero" machine and did not fire immediately, and the "Vixen" followed closely step by step. Liu Xirui was not worried that he would not be able to shoot down the suicide plane, but wanted to play tricks on this pilot. Liu Xirui watched the performance of this "zero" machine for a long time. In this way, Nagano Ke couldn't hold his breath, and his heart was furious. What the hell is this damn Yankee trying to do? He could have shot himself down more than ten times, but the "Vixen" still didn't let go of a single shot. No matter! You missed the opportunity yourself, and I can't blame it, Nagano gritted his teeth, increased the throttle like crazy, and rushed straight to the larger and larger deck of the "Enterprise".

The sailors on the "Enterprise" exclaimed, it was too late for the anti-aircraft guns to open fire. But their panic was completely unnecessary. When Liu Xirui was still 500 meters away from the "Enterprise," he opened fire, and a large catert of 12.7 mm bullets spilled over, and the bullets hit the bomb pylons under the belly of the "Zero" suicide plane, and the pylon's hanging pole was broken.

Nagano only felt a lightness in the body, and the bomb fell from under the belly. The large bomb fell straight into the sea, and the bomb did not explode, only splashing a column of water.

Immediately afterwards, several more strings of bullets were fired at the "Zero" plane, and Nagano's tail balance rudder was knocked away, the right wing was dismantled, the cockpit canopy was also blown away, and the plane fragments flew in the air, and Nagano Osa was unable to slap the plane, and the plane lost control.

The "Enterprise" had appeared in front of us, and the deck was getting bigger and bigger, but this plane did not hit the "Enterprise," but half-turned over and fell on the deck next to the aircraft carrier's No. 2 elevator; due to the long and long-distance flight, the aircraft had no fuel in its fuel tanks, and the broken "Zero" did not cause flames. The plane fell apart, the body of Nagano Shoichi Osaku flew out of the cockpit, a command knife also fell out, and the deck of the "Enterprise" was only knocked out of a small pit, and there was no loss. After the dust settled, the sailors on the "Enterprise" surrounded them, saying that the plane was naturally scattered, only a pile of broken aluminum and rotten iron remained, they looked curiously at the corpse of Nagano Zhang, 90% of them are veterans, since the outbreak of the Pacific War on the "Enterprise" service, large and small battles have been fought a lot, but it is the first time to see a person himself, although this person is already a corpse.

In addition, they are more concerned about the fact that there are 9 buttons on my clothes, seven large and two small, with a beautiful 16-petal chrysanthemum pattern, I don't know which lucky ones will go, whether they are one of them, this is a rare war souvenir and trophies! It is no wonder that in the army, only officers above the rank of junior will be allowed to use this kind of button on the uniform, and there is no such button on the uniforms of ordinary soldiers and lieutenants, so this kind of rare and elegant trophy is a hot and sought-after item in the US military, it is said that three complete sets of uniform buttons can be sold for 100 dollars or exchanged for a "Wang Ba box". But the plane was shot down by the Chinese Colonel Liu Xirui, and this officer was also killed by the colonel, and according to unwritten rules, these buttons, as well as the saber, could only be handled by Colonel Cole. Tut! Tut! These things are really eye-catching! But the rules still have to be wanted, and I hope I am one of the lucky ones, and maybe I will get a button

The plane landed on the deck of the "Enterprise", and as soon as Liu Xirui stepped out of the cockpit and jumped off the plane, Kauft surrounded him with a large number of sailors, and Lieutenant Colonel Kauft said with a smile on his face:

"Liu! Yours is it! I think you were probably going to make a forced landing on this plane and capture this pilot alive, but I didn't expect this little devil to be so desperate that he would be killed by a head-on! ”

Liu Xirui also smiled and said:

"Who said that? Do you think my suicide pilot was so easy to capture alive? I just want to play him to death! Don't say it, this devil soldier is really tough. I was also startled when the plane hit the deck, and it would be better to play less of this trick in the future, saying that I am a terrible bastard! ”

"That's right! Right! But what are you going to do with these things? ”

Kauft held a command knife in his left hand, and in his right palm there were nine garden things that flashed with golden light.

"What is this?"

Liu Xirui looked at it curiously, and it turned out to be 9 copper buttons, 7 large ones, about 1.5 cm in diameter, and 2 smaller ones, with a diameter of about 1 cm. The buckle is stamped with copper skin, and it is pressed with the seal of the royal family, a 16-petal chrysanthemum pattern, and it looks like a handicraft.

"I'm sorry! I don't want it! I hate my stuff. ”

Liu Xirui put down the button and said to Koft:

"Give the command knife to the new captain! You can see the rest of the stuff in order! ”

After Liu Xirui finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the pilot's lounge, a large group of sailors rushed up, and the tragic howl of Lieutenant Colonel Kauft's chief of staff came from behind Liu Xirui

It was almost dusk, and it was not the case that my suicide plane had not achieved any results. In the brilliant sunset, a loud explosion was heard from the Saratoga, which was about 1.5 nautical miles to the right of the Enterprise.

The third batch of "Zero" suicide planes flying from the southwest desperately broke through the interception of the US planes from a low altitude, and there were not many planes, only 20 and less than 30. The planes were still attacking at low altitudes, and the radar was unable to detect them in time, and by the time the vigilant "shrew" fighter group spotted them, it was a little late. Four planes desperately broke through the air defense line of the US plane, and one suicide plane was hit, but it still dragged a long period of black smoke and flames and crashed headlong into the flight deck of the "Saratoga." The bomb exploded, and a large hole in the flight deck was blown out of a large 5-meter diameter, and flames and smoke rose into the sky. The team rushed to the deck.

After 20 minutes, the fire was brought under control, and the aircraft carrier was not seriously injured and could still operate after repairing the deck. However, the other escort aircraft carrier, the "Bismarck Sea," known as the Jeep aircraft carrier, was much less lucky; five planes rushed straight at it; three suicide planes were shot down when they were 500 meters away from the aircraft carrier; and two "Zero" planes were hit and crashed into the escort aircraft carrier with black smoke in tow. The fire immediately rose, and the continuous explosions shook the small aircraft carrier, and the management team desperately tried to extinguish the flames, but to no avail. At 5:45 p.m., the captain gave the order to abandon the ship, and the jeep aircraft carrier sank into the rolling waves of the Pacific Ocean. Laugh at! Even the sailors on the "Enterprise" could hear it. Although this had no impact on the overall situation, the goal of exchanging more than 90 planes for one ship was finally achieved. Of course, this result is far from their expectation of 'one plane for one ship'. But it's also a little so-so, it's better than nothing.

On Iwo Jima, the battle is still in full swing.

At this time, Major Zhou Chengguo of the 26th Division led more than 30 commandos, and with the help of military dogs, found a very secret firepower point of the army. This point of fire had not yet been fired, and it was so cleverly camouflaged that if it was not a military dog, it would have been walked to the mouth of the cave, and a careless soldier would not have found it at all.

After a soldier burned a large area of bush with a flamethrower, the hole was exposed, and before the soldiers in the hole could fire, a Sherman tank rushed over, and the tank fired a shot inward at the mouth of the cave. After the sound of a violent explosion, the tank roared! Wow! The reversing car quickly retreated, and a large bulldozer roared up, and the dirt, ash, and rubble tossed under the huge shovel head, and before the large mass of enclosures was near the mouth of the cave, a branch stretched out from the hole where the smoke had not yet cleared, and a white object tied to the branch kept shaking from side to side.

"I said I was going to surrender!"

One soldier shouted: "That's what everyone thinks." Major Zhou Chengguo made a gesture, the bulldozer stopped, and the major said to a soldier who knew Chinese:

"Shout! Tell the little devils to get out of here if you want to surrender, and don't grind! ”

The soldier shouted at the entrance of the cave for a while, and in a moment the branches moved out of the cave. The first to emerge from the hole was a young girl in a satin kimono, and although she looked nervous, she could be seen. She was well-groomed.

Her clothes are clean and new, and her hair is neat and not messy. The whole body is not trapped for a long time and living in an underground cave. This woman is tucked into the wide sleeves of her kimono with one hand, and the other hand is holding a branch and shaking constantly.

Immediately after that, there were 8 women in kimonos who came out of the cave like magic, and these women were dressed very neatly and neatly. Gathered in terror, their hands hidden in the wide sleeves of their kimonos, they stood at the mouth of the cave, waiting for the Chinese to take them prisoner.

The Chinese soldiers were very surprised that there was a large group of young girls in the midst of the war, and this was the comfort women, and they could not be wrong. This is a little outrageous! Why do you still leave young women on the battlefield and not send them away?

Curiosity made the Chinese soldiers involuntarily want to lean forward. Major Zhou Chengguo suddenly shouted:

"Stop! Stand back! Don't go near these girls! ”

Then he said to the soldier, who could speak:

"Tell them, raise your hands high, slowly leave the hole, and come over!"

The soldier translated the major's meaning, and the eight comfort women on the opposite side looked at each other for a moment, and suddenly shouted, and these eight women, all holding a grenade in their hands, rushed towards the group of Chinese soldiers. Major Zhou Chengguo wasted no time in striking the Thomson submachine gun in his hand, and the other two soldiers also pulled the trigger of the flamethrower gun in his hand.

Bullets and flames swept over in a storm, drowning the eight women. Eight flames struggled in the flames, dancing a dance of death, submachine gun bullets mercilessly tearing apart their bodies. The grenade in their hands exploded in flames, and a continuous explosion sounded, and flames flew in all directions. After the flames were extinguished, there were eight black, scorched lumps of flesh left in the pile of rubble at the mouth of the cave, and a disgusting smell of burnt flesh still wafted through the air. Major Zhou Chengguo spat fiercely: "Boys, do you see it, I am not so good to be a prisoner, don't look at them as women!" Be more mindful in everything! said that he was extremely cunning and cunning, and if he wanted not to give up his life, it was best to be vigilant. In the future, when you capture the captives, you must first strip them naked, and don't even leave the cloth in your pocket, otherwise you will be the ones who will die. Do you understand? ”

"Yes!" The soldiers responded with a bang. One soldier said:

"Sir! When I meet this girl again, I will take them naked with my own hands. We won't be fooled again! ”

The soldiers burst out laughing in unison.

Then the bulldozer rushed up, and the eight clumps of charred flesh became part of the blockage that had sealed the cave.

And in another part of the Oriba Mountain, a unit of the new 2nd Division of the Chinese Fourth Theater also encountered this situation. However, it was two soldiers who came out of the cave to express their willingness to surrender, and this unit lacked vigilance, and these two soldiers who pretended to surrender rushed into the crowd and pulled the explosives bags tied to them, killing 4 and wounding 3. The lesson is not without its tragedy.

General Ma Debi was furious and ordered:

"In view of his own dishonesty and unworthy trust, the various units fighting must not take the initiative to capture the officers and men. Even if they are willing to surrender, they must be stripped of the last fig leaf, otherwise, they will be killed! ”

As soon as this order was issued, the officers and men of China and the United States of course carried it out in accordance with the rules. Therefore, in the battle of Iwo Jima, the officers and soldiers who were captured or surrendered, including even the seriously wounded, were all stripped naked, and they were wearing civilian clothes.

On the 4th day, the weather took a turn for the worse, and it was rainy and a little cold all day.

In addition to tightly surrounding the "hot rock", which is the nickname they gave to Origayama, because in addition to the smoke from bombs, shells, grenades, and explosive packets, the sulfur pit on the volcano was always steaming hot and smoky. At the same time, the attack on airfields No. 2 and No. 3 was intensified.

Commanding the offensive was General Turner of the 4th Marine Division.

The general's nickname was "Alligator". I think that this American general is like an alligator when he fights, and the alligator lives both in the water and on land, which is very similar to the Marine Corps. And the alligator's original surname is ferocious, as long as he bites something, he will never let go.

The military believes that General Turner is such a person, and this guy is responsible for the death of countless officers and soldiers. Indeed, the 4th Marine Division, under the command of General Turner, fought fiercely, launching a resolute assault on the fortifications of the Japanese army, which had been blown up beyond recognition by aerial bombs and artillery, and charging again and again, regardless of the remaining firepower of the Japanese army. In addition to the use of Tan Yuan, bulldozers, and flamethrower guns against the cave where the marines were fighting, some officers and men who had been beaten up with their surnames climbed into the cave with daggers in their mouths and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the defenders of the Yue army. But this method of warfare, which could easily cause casualties, was immediately stopped by General Turner. This is a risk that does not need to be taken at all, and the caves and bunkers of the person are left to the tanks and bulldozers to deal with, and the lives of the soldiers are precious, and there is no need to face to face with the person in a bloody battle. Under the overwhelming attack of the American forces, the commander of the garrison of Kamoto Kanehiko Atsuchi, who was defending the No. 2 airfield, telegraphed to Lieutenant General Kuribayashi that his troops had suffered heavy casualties and that their positions were about to be lost, and he said in the telegram:

"Now, the U.S. military is burning and burying our soldiers alive with tanks, bulldozers and flamethrowers, and if we continue to fight like this, we will inevitably be wiped out by the enemy one by one, and I ask for permission for us to rush out and make a final attack!"

Judging from the course of the Pacific War, suicide attacks have become the dominant tactic in the military philosophy of the United States, and the Americans have long been accustomed to this tactic, and the result will certainly be beneficial to the US military. Kuribayashi did not approve of the action, and he replied:

"Why was the airfield occupied by the U.S. military so quickly? What's going on? It is not appropriate to make a request for a final attack, and every effort should be made to hold the position. You know, the battle has only been fought for 5 days, and I hope to hold on! ”

General Kuribayashi Tadamichi asked his subordinates to do so, but the situation on the battlefield of Oribayama was even worse and disappointing than the airfield. The U.S. troops continued to charge, and the pillboxes and dark holes of the army were lost one after another. At about 10 a.m. that day, Harold of the 1st Marine Division.

Captain Schrieh and more than 40 of his men had almost reached the top of the mountain, and the captain was carrying an American flag, which he was determined to raise on the highest point of Origa, but this small unit was strafed by six machine guns from a large bunker at the top of Oriba, and they were suppressed by a rain of bullets. But this was a Mingbao, and it was not difficult to deal with, and a group of air liaison group liaisons who followed the team immediately called for air support.

Liu Xirui, who was in the air, rushed over under cover for Major Mack's dive bomber fleet, and Liu Xirui led 15 "shrew" fighters to take the lead in the charge. Mack's fleet of 24 "Dive" bombers began to work, and the bombs fell in bunches, and the whole mountain of Origami trembled, and the Marines were choked by the scorching air and the strong smell of gunsmoke. The bunker collapsed, and as soon as his machine gun stopped, the Marines rushed up with a shout. But there was not a single soldier alive on the top of the mountain.

The bunker was gone, and there were still large craters of smoke all over the mountaintops. Behind a rock, three soldiers suddenly jumped out, and they were holding 38 rifles with Xueliang bayonets, and they were holding them. Oh! shouted and pounced on the American soldiers who had reached the top of the mountain. The Marine commandos did not want to fight with the bayonets, so they greeted the uninvited little devils with pistols, submachine guns, and flamethrowers.

In less than five minutes, the three soldiers were first jumped up by submachine gun bullets, and then turned into three large fire groups, which rolled down the cliff with a howl. A Marine found a bamboo pole, and the group tied a 54-inch-long and 28-inch-wide flag to the pole. At 10:20 a.m., Captain Schrieer and five other soldiers, including one named Louis.

Chaman's Indian First Class planted the American flag on the top of Mount Oriba. Photojournalist Joe of the monthly magazine "Marines". Rosenthal began to take pictures. He asked a young soldier to pose under the flagpole, but this 18-year-old Private James.

Luo Baixun refused, he said that this is a battlefield, not in a Hollywood movie studio, and he may be attacked by himself, which will give him his life, which is absolutely not cost-effective! Sure enough, this first-class soldier has survived until now, and it turns out that this has a lot to do with his high vigilance, just as the photographer took a picture of the Marines and the flag they planted on the top of the mountain, two more soldiers rushed out from behind a rock, one holding a war knife and the other holding a bundle of grenades, and they jumped in front of the photographer.

Private Luo Baixun had a hand, he pulled the submachine gun machine in his hand, and the two soldiers were immediately knocked over, but the soldier threw the grenade in his hand at the photographer, and the reporter hurriedly rolled to the ground, and he rolled down the hillside for more than 10 meters, and the camera was shattered. But the incredible thing is that the film inside the camera is intact and has not been exposed.

Later, the film was developed, and this most famous photo of World War II, named "The Flying Star-Spangled Banner", became a popular phenomenon and was used by major newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in the United States.

Looking at Mt. Oriba from the sea, the flag is invisible. But the Marines on the island were cheering. This meant that the most arduous landing operation on the island was successful. They're all alive, and that's enough to make people happy! In Frank. After the death of the Admiralty of Knox due to illness, he was succeeded by James Brown. Admiral Forrestal and General Smith, the "Roaring Maniac," came to the beach at the landing site, and Admiral Forrestal believed that the flag on Origamo Hill would make the Marines go down in history.

The warships on the sea sounded their horns in unison to celebrate the capture of Mt. Oriba by the U.S. military. On the beach at the landing site, the US command broadcast the news over loudspeakers, which declared:

The 1st and 5th Marine Divisions have planted the banner of victory on the top of the mountain. We just need to muster up the courage to occupy the No. 2 airfield and the heights of Wonsan Village, and then we can take the whole island. Advance! General Smith of the Marine Corps decided that the 3rd Marine Division, which had just come ashore, would attack Airfield 2 from the front. The 4th and 5th Divisions advanced forward from both flanks. Chief of the Navy Forrestal asked:

"How long will it take for this battle to end?"

General Smith replied:

"It will take another 5 days, not today. I said it would take about 10 days to occupy this volcanic island, and I still haven't changed that mind. ”

But the course of the war proved that General Smith was a little too optimistic, and said that he was far more difficult to deal with than he had imagined. In order not to change his predetermined goals and schedule, the general intensified the offensive, causing a large number of casualties among officers and soldiers, which caused a controversy in the United States.

Although most of the army's defense line has collapsed, the mountain has been lost. However, this did not shake their determination to fight resolutely, because they had no support and had no way out, so they could only choose between dying in battle and being prisoners, and of course the vast majority of officers and men chose the former. That night, from Airfield No. 2 and the Wonsan Heights, nearly 30 night raid units departed, ranging from 10 to 20 men each.

They violated Lieutenant General Kuribayashi's order to preserve forces and not to launch night attacks. These troops attempted to infiltrate the Sino-US allied defense line and launch an attack, however, the Chinese and US [***] teams, which had long been prepared for this, used machine guns, submachine guns, tanks, armored vehicles, and other weapons to wipe out the nearly 400 officers and men who recklessly crashed into the door, and it seemed that there was no effort and no major casualties; of course, the Chinese and Americans absolutely had reason to welcome Yue himself's actions, and even planned to issue a "one-ton cast iron medal" to the commander of the Yue army who commanded the night attack! But they don't know if this "double agent" who helped them died in the rain of bullets.

Airport 2, located in the middle of Iwo Jima, remains heavily guarded. The strength remains. There are nearly 100 of its towers, bunkers and artillery holes. For five days, the defenders withstood the naval artillery bombardment, aircraft bombardment, and onslaught of tanks, armored vehicles, and flamethrowers by the Chinese and American forces, and repelled one charge after another by the coalition forces. The battle is stalemate here, and the situation is not progressing. General Smith was furious, and he brought in the reserves, a regiment of the new 6th Division on the Chinese side, and two battalions of the 3rd Marine Division, to which he said:

"Tomorrow, we have to take the airport!"

At 9:30 a.m. the next day, the coalition forces bombarded these positions with heavy artillery fire, and the planes continued to strafe them, plowing all the vicinity of Airport No. 2 with rockets and bombs. The officers and men of one regiment and two battalions launched the most resolute and courageous American attack on this position since Shockett in the Civil War.

Armed with explosives, grenades, bayonets, daggers, and even picks and shovels, the allied soldiers rushed to their caves and bunkers, and when their submachine guns and pistols were blocked by volcanic ash and could not be used, they used these things to fight the desperate soldiers with a hundred times the courage.

This powerful momentum frightened the defenders of the Yue Army, who knew that they were going to die, but the 105th Wing of the Yue Army, which was defending the airport, also refused to retreat. The heavy casualties on both sides were unbearable to witness, and a company of the US Marine Corps lost one-third of its personnel and four officers in 20 minutes.

The coalition forces stormed the airfield, hand-to-hand combat ensued everywhere, a group of coalition troops charged on a small piece of high ground, a frenzied group of Japanese troops launched a counterattack, and the attackers were repulsed. But the coalition army regained its strength, made a comeback, and rushed forward more ferociously, the two sides fought fiercely with pistols, bayonets, and grenades for one and a half hours, and the hillside was covered with corpses, and the American troops finally occupied the high ground, but this time there were less than 50 of the 146 officers and soldiers who participated in the attack.

By the evening of the same day, the coalition forces had seized most of the airfields from Yu himself, and began to approach Wonsan Village and Wonsan Heights step by step. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi telegraphed to the base camp and said, "After several days of fierce fighting, only a third of the troops on the island remain, and most of the machine guns and artillery have been blown up.

The next day, the weather was clear, and the three divisions of the coalition army launched an attack in unison, but the progress was still very slow!

(To be continued)