readx; Marines with heavy equipment on their backs struggled forward in a hail of bullets, knee-deep ash and black sand beneath their feet. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Some Marines who had fallen in the sea tried to swim ashore, but their heavy backpacks pulled their bodies down. The situation seems to be very familiar, and the tragedy of the U.S. landing operation in Tarawa has been repeated, but the difference is that in Tarawa they can be supported by carrier-based aircraft from aircraft carriers, and the problem can be solved quickly. But here, on Iwo Jima, they could not count on the help of planes, they said that they had learned wisely, they rarely built fortifications such as bunkers and pillboxes that were exposed to the surface, they spent a lot of effort to renovate the caves, and the strange volcanic rocks that dotted Iwo Jima helped him. Behind each rock, however, there may be a well-concealed cave, from which one or more guns can protrude at any moment. Larger and taller caves hide long-range weapons such as large-caliber artillery, mortars and anti-aircraft machine guns. The cannons of the American warships and the planes in the air could not deal with these natural caverns, and unless the whole of Iwo Jima was blown up and sunk into the sea, there was a deadly danger to the American GIs behind every rock on this small island.

The soldiers of the defenders of the caves plugged their ears with their fingers and endured the huge shock wave from the bombs and shells. Most of them could see from the mouth of the cave the enemy's warships moving up and down the sea, and the fleet was huge, and the huge warships were swaggering and moving, and they no longer cared that the army on the island might fire on them. In the air is a group of black pressurized aircraft. The well-organized and powerful strength of the enemy made them secretly frightened. The US planes kept circling and diving outside the hole, and rockets and bombs sent smoke and dust everywhere, and flames were blazing. But they were not very afraid of such air raids and shelling by American warships, and the soldiers received clear orders that:

"First of all, we must be prepared to dedicate ourselves to defending the island with all our might, and we must attack the US tanks with meat bullets carrying ZHA medicine packs. The second is to save ammunition, because without external support, there will be one less bullet shot, and it is necessary to shoot the intruder accurately. If each of them can kill 10 American soldiers, even if they all die in the end, the real victor should be us. Finally, it is necessary to adopt the methods of the Chinese against us in their country, to harass the enemy with guerrilla warfare until the last man fights. ”

The commander-in-chief of the ground battle for the U.S. attack on Iwo Jima, General "Roaring Maniac" Smith, was standing at the string of his command ship, the USS Eldorado.

He used a telescope to observe the situation at the landing site, and the camera always showed black dust and smoke screens, so that he could not see anything. He had already learned from the reports of the staff officers that his assault team had suffered heavy casualties when they washed up on the beach. He said that he did not block the attack head-on, but hid in a cave in the volcanic rock, and bombarded his troops with cannons and machine guns, and the situation was very unoptimistic. General Smith was a Methodist, but he often wore a St. Smith Order of Christopher.

He always felt that if the "B-29" Super Fortress group obtained a relay station, the price would be too great. Theoretically, this is the first time that the US team has entered its own territory from the ground, even if this land is only about 3 square kilometers. In a letter to his wife, he wrote:

"We are prepared, we have done our best, and I am confident that we will succeed. But when I think of the possible casualties, I am extremely unhappy, and now pray to God Almighty to end this war as soon as possible."

In order to support the Marines who had successfully landed on Iwo Jima but were in trouble, at 1:40 p.m., seven battleships, four heavy cruisers, and five light cruisers, despite the danger of being hit by their own artillery, boldly approached the sea near the side of Mt. Oriba and began shelling. It was also the heaviest shelling of the campaign, and Iwo Jima trembled throughout.

Nine gunboats also bombarded the Wonsan Heights with rockets, while others fired mortars on a small hillside south of Mt. Oriba. The shelling ceased at 2:50 a.m., and more than 220 carrier-based dive bombers and torpedo attack planes were fired from the air, which concentrated on the vicinity of Oriba Mountain and the predetermined occupation of Airfield No. 1. This airfield was built by the Navy.

The planes raided for about half an hour, and after the group flew away, the shelling began again. About 20 destroyers also joined in. The entire island was filled with smoke and fire. Some soldiers of the Marine Corps said that they had seen many shellings and bombardments, and had fought many battles, but even they could not endure such fierce shelling and bombardment, and few of them were still alive. But then it turned out that their inferences and ideas were extremely wrong.

The 1st Marine Division poured onto the beach from the left, and the 28th Regiment stubbornly advanced towards Mt. Oriba. Their mission was to cross the 100-meter-narrow beach to the other side of the island, surround Mount Oriba, and then attack upward. And their brother regiment, the 27th Regiment, went to occupy Airfield No. 1. To their right was a regiment of the 2nd Marine Division, which was responsible for outflanking Airfield 1 from the left, while a regiment of the 5th Marine Division on the left was rushing to the Wonsan Heights and preparing to occupy the heights. But these troops were stopped by machine guns, rifles and mortars hidden in the caves of the volcanic rock, and from time to time artillery shells exploded in the ranks, and mines were scattered all over the hills. The soldiers of the commando had to lie down on the ground and cautiously crawl forward, and the sappers, regardless of casualties, cleared the minefield with blasters, explosives and grenades, and the slow progress was greatly unpleasant.

Matthews, a Marine Private who survived the disaster, recalled:

"I mechanically chewed gum in my mouth and staggered onto the beach, struggling through a stone staircase, a ramp and another stone staircase. I saw the bodies of at least 30 fallen Marines. They were all flesh and blood, and some of them had no hands or feet. I wanted to vomit and I kept saying to myself, quick! Come on! Come on! I said that I am aiming here, hurry up and get out of here! Don't stop unless absolutely necessary, they're going to kill me, oh my God! I wanted to run faster, but I couldn't. There was too much equipment on my body, and it was too heavy. My ears were filled with the rumble of explosions and my nostrils were choked with volcanic ash. The volcanic ash from the bombs dropped by the planes in front of them was like black columns of water. I was so thirsty that the gum stuck to my teeth and tongue.

I staggered forward, trying to spit out the gum, but it stuck to my chin again. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting, 'Sanitary soldiers! Sanitary Soldiers! The voice was painful and terrifying, and there was something bleak. I walked through a smoke screen and saw 3 soldiers lying on top of each other, they must be dead. I thought I was about to lose my mind, and I dragged my legs up the soft ash on the knoll. I held the rifle high above my head to keep dust from falling into the barrel. I finally climbed to the top of the hill and I wanted to jump into a crater, but the damn ash was so deep that it sank to my knees, and I couldn't take a step. Now that I was the best target for my 38th rifle shot, I fell to the ground again, and I simply rolled on, and this time I rolled into the crater. I tried to swallow a little saliva, but my swollen tongue touched my thirsty mouth. No way! I looked around, and vaguely I saw a few companions, and I couldn't believe how I had rushed through the dense net of fire that I had come from, and I was not hurt at all, and I had no other thought than to thank God."

The makeshift medical facility that had just been set up on the beach received the first wounded soldier, whose entire jaw had been knocked off by a bullet, and he screamed to say something, but could not utter a word, not a word.

The second group of tanks rushed to the beach at 10:15 a.m., but they immediately sank into the soft volcanic ash, some of the tanks barely advanced with the help of bulldozers, while others could not move, the drive wheels turned wildly, the tracks were stuffed with fine, sticky ash, and the tanks could not move a single step. One by one, the army's anti-tank guns destroyed the trapped tanks. The tankmen escaped from the burning tanks with flames and smoke, as well as the smell of cloth and burnt flesh, and jumped into the sea. But many more tankmen were killed in their iron coffins.

Finally, another group of tanks and armored vehicles, bulldozers crossed the slope and rushed into the gap that Major Caroline and his commandos had blown with their lives, pouring into Iwo Jima. The remaining commandos of the Marine Corps were especially in need of the help of these tanks, as they were unable to move an inch in their own network of hidden hole fire, and they had to use the cover of the tanks to get close to these caves, and then they could be subdued with flamethrower guns and recoilless guns, zha pill packs.

Major Caroline was killed, and he was replaced by Benjamin. Major Rogist. The Major and a group of soldiers, under the cover of a Sherman tank, approached a cave from which he was frantically spitting out anti-aircraft machine gun bullets. The tank gun was out of reach, the angle was too small to fire at the cave.

A Marine rolls behind the tank, and the bullets from the anti-aircraft machine gun clank and spark on the front armor of the tank. The Marine stretched out his flamethrower, and he calmly hooked the trigger, and a long flame swept into the cave. But then things went unexpectedly, and his shooting stopped, but the flames rolled out of the cave. The Pyro, who had just stood up thinking he had succeeded, was almost burned by the flames that rolled out of the cave, but he dodged quickly, and although he looked a little embarrassed, fortunately he was not caught in the flames. This startled Major Rogist and several other soldiers. They don't know how they fought back, but they were furious.

The major himself picked up a 75-mm recoilless gun, he grabbed the side of the tank, and with a quick movement fired a shot into the hole, the shell whistling into the cave, and the major hurriedly lay down. The explosion of cannonballs sounded in the cave, and it seemed that it was not too far from the entrance of the cave. When the smoke cleared and the dust settled, the major led the soldiers into the cave and were surprised to see that a low wall that had been blown up stood about 2 meters away from the entrance of the cave, which effectively blocked the flames from the flamethrower guns and the shells of the recoilless guns, which blew up the low wall, but said that he did not know where to go. There were not a single corpse, only two anti-aircraft machine guns that had been blown up, rotten bricks everywhere, volcanic rocks, and yellow, shiny bullet casings. He said that he had withdrawn along the passage in the cave. The Major didn't dare chase the soldiers in, God knows what other weird things were inside.

They summoned a bulldozer and sealed the mouth of the cave with ash and rubble. Similar situations occurred everywhere during the US attack, and many caves were blown up, but not many little devils were killed. But the wounded and killed Marines are not a small number. Fighting a war in this way has indeed made the US Marines feel uneasy. In the afternoon, the main job of the commandos was to deal with the numerous inner cave bunkers. Some bunkers not only have fireproof walls, but also steep outward slopes, and grenades and explosives packs thrown into them will roll out immediately, but instead explode among the attacking American soldiers, causing many casualties.

However, the U.S. military attacked resolutely, and the army resisted stubbornly. Conquering a cave is time-consuming and laborious. By 4 p.m., more and more American troops were pouring onto Iwo Jima, and tanks, bulldozers and armored vehicles were rushing over the slopes and over the steps to join the battle. Despite the desperate efforts of the Japanese army, the follow-up units of the US army continued to inflict casualties. By dusk, however, there were more than 30,000 US troops, more than 40 tanks, 35 bulldozers, and more than 50 armored vehicles. These men and equipment were crammed into a beachhead 800 meters long and about 500 meters wide, and on the first day of the attack, the intended objectives were not achieved, and the troops and tanks who had landed on the beach began to build fortifications and line up in a circle to defend themselves against a possible night attack.

For the US troops who landed, it was said that their firepower was intensive. Caused large casualties and equipment losses. But for the man himself, who was hiding in the cave, the shooting was slow and rhythmic. There were still many cannons on the island that had not been fired, because ammunition had to be conserved, and there was no way to get outside support from Iwo Jima, which was surrounded by American warships. One shell is missing, and the supplies are used a little less, so they can't be wasted.

In a telegram sent to the Tokyo base camp, Lieutenant General Kurita claimed that they had severely thwarted the American landing, killing many American soldiers and destroying a large number of American tanks, armored vehicles, landing craft, and other equipment. Kurita produced a long list of commendations and promotions, and many soldiers were promoted directly to non-commissioned officers or lieutenants. The base camp happily called back to agree. But everyone in the Army Command Department knew that this was a kind of mourning for those who were destined to die, and this promotion had only one meaning for the officers and soldiers on Iwo Jima, that is, to encourage them to resist to the end and die for themselves. Even if everyone is promoted a few levels, the base camp can agree, anyway, it is a blank check, and most of them will not enter the file or be recorded.

A soldier may have been promoted to lieutenant and died in battle, but his relatives and family members in the country received a notice of the death of a private or private. The empire has reached the most critical juncture, and needs someone to defend it to the death, and the military rank is no longer worth anything.

Lieutenant General Kuribayashi was cautious about using his limited forces, which he had received from most of the officers led by Shizue Nakasa, who did not intend to launch a night attack like the fanatical generals. He was unwilling to let the soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices, and it would be a big idiot to think that the Americans had not learned how to deal with the attacks launched by the soldiers at night until the war had been fought so far. Instigating the soldiers to attack the Americans, who had already been prepared, at night was undoubtedly killing themselves. It was to cut off the feet of an ass to worship God, and the donkey died of pain, and God was sinned. Kurita was not stupid, his method was much more effective, and he ordered to use artillery and heavy mortars to attack the American troops at the beach landing site according to the firing elements that had been determined during the day.

Throughout the night, the American soldiers at the landing site complained bitterly, and they did not wait for their own suicide charge, but waited for a burst of artillery bombardment, which stopped for a while, and after a while, groups of shells flew in. One by one, the ammunition depots of the US military exploded. The Marines lay on their stomachs tightly, enduring endless artillery fire. Some of the tanks were set on fire, and the flames lit up the beach, which was the best target for shooting in the dark night, and the artillery could easily hit the target with little effort, and the Americans could not stop the strings of shells flying from the night. The U.S. troops on the beach suffered heavy casualties and a large amount of material destruction, and this night can only be called a nightmare in hell for the American Marines.

At dawn, the artillery finally stopped shelling, the black beach was full of craters, 6 armored vehicles, 3 bulldozers and 2 tanks were destroyed, and the wreckage of these machines was still emitting flames and smoke. There were corpses everywhere, throwing steel helmets, guns, backpacks and other individual equipment. Several boxes of cigarettes were blown open, and these small white garden pillars were scattered everywhere, some of which were splattered with blood. The tragic sight of any landing operation in the Pacific, including the hardest-fought Tarawa, has the U.S. Army never left so many fleshy corpses and a large number of severed arms and limbs at the landing site, a sight that saddened and angered the surviving Marines. On this day, the 28th Regiment of the 1st Army Division, the 16th Regiment of the 5th Army Division, the 9th Regiment of the 4th Army Division, and some of the landing troops of the 2nd Army Division, frantically attacked the positions of the Yue Army, without taking prisoners, with only one slogan: "To hell with me!" ”。

The morning assault was not very smooth, and there were so many caves in the bunker that the Marines began to have to subdue them with recoilless guns and flamethrowers, but the pace of progress was very slow. Even with the support of tanks, by noon the 28th Regiment had advanced less than 1,000 meters, and the 4th Division was slightly faster, and they occupied Airfield No. 1, which was actually a goal that should have been achieved on the day of the landing, but it was not completed until noon the next day. The pace of progress of the other forces was not as fast as that of the other forces. The resistance of the Japanese army is due to the unexpected tenacity of the US military, and those who know that they are going to die often burst out with superhuman wisdom and courage in desperate situations. One side is a desperate attack, and the other side is a fierce resistance.

The U.S. forces wanted to end the fighting as soon as possible, while the Japanese army was trying their best to delay time, and Iwo Jima was full of gunfire, explosions, flames, and black smoke. U.S. naval guns and aircraft were of little help. In the afternoon, the Marines finally summed up their experience in the battle of blood and fire, and invented a new way of fighting, and this method of fighting quickly spread among several attacking American units, and the method proved to be effective, the Marines formed a squad of 30 to 40 men, and each squad carried 2 to 3 military dogs, and these military dogs would soon find out the bunkers and caves where they were hiding and camouflaging, and then a tank would rush up, and at such a close distance their mortars would not work. Anti-aircraft machine guns could not deal with tanks again. Some of the "meat bullets" that rushed out at the risk of death were immediately swept down with submachine guns by the Marines who were closely following the tank. The tank opened fire on the cave or bunker, then retreated, and the powerful bulldozer immediately pushed in a large amount of ash, rubble and earth, blocking the holes and entrances and exits of the cave and bunker. The popularization of this method greatly reduced the casualties of the attacking marines, and the speed of advance was also accelerated.

By the time it got dark. The 28th Regiment had advanced to the foot of Mt. Oriba, and the troops of the 5th Division had also approached Mt. Oriba from the northwest. The 4th Division encountered rough and bumpy mountain roads, but reached the predetermined position a little later. Except for the volcano and the No. 2 airfield and Wonsan Heights on Iwo Jima, all other parts of Iwo Jima were occupied by the U.S. military. The U.S. military tightly encircled Oribayama. Some troops continued to search the island for their own bunkers and caves that might have been missed during the attack. The artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns of the army could no longer threaten the beaches of the landing site. Things were starting to pick up, and the commanders could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and General Smith began to put his mind down a bit. But the Americans' joy seemed to have come a little earlier, and it turned out that it would take some time and some price to pay for the complete occupation of Iwo Jima and the purging of the islands.

At about 10 a.m. on 1 March, when the command received the news of Major Caroline's death, he personally drove a transport boat aboard the Enterprise to the beach at the landing site. He was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Kauft, Major Guy and Major Mack. Little Benz had never met Caroline, but he knew from the mouths of Guy and others that the Marine Corps major who had died in battle was the best friend of these fellows, and that at about 12 o'clock in the morning of March 1, about 90 aircraft engines had been started at the naval airfield on Okinawa Island in the Ryukyu Islands. However, most of these aircraft are old and damaged and repaired, and there are more than 10 "Zero" trainers. There are only 20 "Zero" fighters that can really be called genuine, and they are not yet improved.

More than 70 planes had a 500-pound bomb under their bellies, and those 20 fighters did not have a bomb. The 90 pilots lined up neatly on the runway of the airport in the sunshine and the sea breeze, and each of them had a white cloth strip tied to their flight caps, which were printed with the red Xuyue mark of the garden, some of which read "Wuyun is long-lasting", and some of which were written with the words "Victory" and "Long live". Nagano Zhangshi Dazuo walked past the queue, his heart was full of emotion, he looked at this childish face, the upper lip just grew hairy face, there was an indescribable feeling in his heart:

"This is Gangchuan Qing Dynasty, 19 years old, a newly graduated middle school student This one is called Iwamoto Haru, well! Well! It's not been 2 months since I came here, I heard that I was conscripted into the army just after I went to college, this is Tsuyoshi Kamikawa, his girlfriend thinks he is a naval aviation pilot and is proud of Takeo Tagawa, he has just turned 21 years old, and the sophomore students in college are very sorry, they are all going to die today, and I have trained them for nearly 2 months, just for this day, and I will accompany them to die today. It's a pity that they are too young, and many of them have never even touched a woman, so they can't help it! I have to say I'm sorry! ”

Nagano Osa stared at the rows of young pilots who were about to finish their lives, the breeze blowing his resolute and stoic face, this emotion passed in a short time, now is not the time to think about this, and he is about to attack.

Nagano Shoichi Osa is the biggest hit among the pilots, and even he has to admit this. He was a veteran fighter pilot who had participated in the air raid on Pearl Harbor, and 90 percent of the pilots who participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor with him had been killed, but Nagano is still alive and well. This was something that even he himself found incredible. He commanded the air raid on Midway, in which all the aircraft carriers involved in that battle were sunk by American aircraft, and when the USS Akagi sank, he was rescued by a destroyer and narrowly survived.

In the battle for the Mariana Islands that followed, the Nagamoto navy suffered another heavy loss, and Nagano was miraculously rescued. To this day, he will never forget the scene when he led a group of planes to raid the US fleet, but hundreds of planes could not break through the air defense line of the US planes, but suffered huge losses. In his impression, the most terrifying thing was the US carrier-based fighter numbered 9, and the "Vixen" actually shot down two bombers and one torpedo attack plane in one go in front of him during his pursuit, and also shot down a "Zero" fighter, and he could not catch up with the American fighter at all. The flexible, complicated, and difficult maneuvers of that US plane still have a deep memory in his memory, and as far as he has come into contact with and knows, including himself, if he unfortunately encounters that US plane in the air, he is afraid that none of them will be the opponent of that US pilot.

"Damn the Yankees, the planes are getting better and better, and the pilots are getting more and more fierce and skilled, I hope I will meet this kind of pilot today!"

Nagano glanced at the rookie queue in front of him, and muttered in his heart:

"If you are unfortunate enough to run into such an American pilot, these boys will probably be very lucky, even himself. But it doesn't matter, today I'm going to die anyway, I hope I can crash and destroy a few more warships of the Americans, preferably aircraft carriers, then it will be enough! ”

After World War I in the Mariana Islands, Nagano was transferred back to the mainland to train "kamikaze" members, and was almost promoted to major general. When the news of the naval battle of the Philippine Islands came, and the last aircraft carrier fleet was sunk, Nagano knew that it was impossible for him to return to the aircraft carrier, and he would take off from the aircraft carrier to take revenge on the Americans, and his hope of revenge for the Battle of Midway and the Marianas was dashed.

He devoted himself to the work of training special attack players, but he himself knew very well that the battle situation was like a chess game on a Go board, his own 'big dragons' were annihilated one by one, a large number of empty spaces were broken by the opponent, and the first advantage of the opening game was lost, and this game of chess was almost over. There is no need to calculate how to end the game, the number of backward meshes is at least more than 20 meshes, and now there is only one "robbery" left, but even if this "robbery" wins, the whole game of chess is lost and failed.

The only thing that can be done is to drag out the time, which is the most despised rogue move for a chess player. But a scoundrel is a scoundrel, just strive to die a worthwhile death, anyway, the country is almost finished, what do you have to do with your face if you don't want your life? This is the motive for him to personally lead this group of super rookie-class kamikaze special attack team members to ram the US [***] ship on the sea surface of Iwo Jima today. Although it is a way to kill yourself, you must also pay attention to a little method! Nagano Osa arranged that the first batch of planes be covered by 20 'Zero' fighters and 20 suicide planes to directly attack the air interception line laid by the Americans, striving to form a melee in the air and attracting the attention of the Americans and all the air alert forces. The second and third batches are each in batches of 25. Half an hour before the departure of the first batch of planes, the second and third groups of planes took off at the same time, and these planes did not fly directly to the battlefield, but the second group of planes was divided into five groups of five planes in a northeasterly direction, then turned south, and then turned west to reach the sea surface of Iwo Jima.

The third batch of extensions is the same number of machines and formations, but the difference is the direction. The planes flew westward, then southward, and finally eastward, thus reaching the operational waters of Iwo Jima. These two groups of planes should take advantage of the fact that the American fighters are entangled in the battle with the first batch of planes, break into the defensive circle of the US fleet from a low altitude, and then dive suicidally, focusing on the aircraft carrier in the center of the formation, and strive to achieve more results and complete the unequal deal of exchanging one plane for one ship. As for how many of these super-rookies were able to reach the skies over Iwo Jima, and how many planes were able to escape the interception of the Americans and the heavy anti-aircraft fire on the escort warships, Nagano did not consider whether any of them lost confidence and slipped away halfway. Anyway, except for the 20 "Zero" fighters that did not hang big bombs on the escort, the rest of the planes could not land after flying into the sky, and they were doomed to a dead end in any situation, including themselves, of course. I only wish to sink a few more warships of the Americans, and then my wish is enough!

Nagano stood in front of the queue, he looked left and right at these 'corpses' who could still breathe in now, he was angry and said loudly, "Gentlemen! The empire has reached a critical juncture of life and death, and for the sake of this empire and His Majesty the Emperor, we will use our lives and bodies to fight the Americans! I believe that you are the most loyal samurai in the empire, and the pride of the Yamato nation! Today you will die in battle, your relatives will be revered, and your souls will enter the shrine. I will go with you and use our immortal spirit to repel the attack of the Americans, hooray! ”

Nagano raised his arms high, and the rookies who attacked were inspired by his speech, and the "corpses" were "boiling in cold blood", and they all raised their arms and shouted long live! Of course, after a short period of impulse, some people will be reluctant, regretful, and even run away after slipping halfway. But at least now they are excited, more than 90 people chanting slogans in unison, and the scene seems to be a bit hot and majestic, but how long this passion can last, God knows!

At around 1:40 p.m., the first batch of 40 planes roared into the blue sky, and in an instant, they turned into a group of small black dots and flew towards Iwo Jima in the southeast. Half an hour before this batch of planes, the second group of 25 'kamikaze' planes had already been dispatched. After the group of planes flew into the sky, they drew an arc and flew in a northeasterly direction, which was the mainland, but when they did not reach the sky above the mainland, they would turn due south. At around 2:30, the third group of suicide planes also took off. Nagano Shoichi Osa is in the second batch of fleets. After 90 planes flew away, the airport on the island of Okinawa appeared empty, except for the windbags on the windway poles. The airfield was silent, but everyone knew that after the U.S. military took Iwo Jima, the next target would definitely be Okinawa. This island is the last latch guarding the gate of the homeland, and the Americans will use their powerful sea and air power to forcibly pull open this latch, and then push open the gate, swaggering into the inner courtyard of the man, and maybe even killing. Thinking about this scene, all the people who said it were shuddered. Obviously, their empire is already on all sides, in addition to the Americans but also Chinese, British, Australians, and Dutch

The Empire was powerless to stop these enemies who had been beaten by them in the first place, and defeat was only a matter of time, and now it was just a desperate struggle!

As the commander of the squadron, after Ma Debi returned to the "Enterprise" from Iwo Jima, Ma Debi always felt a little restless, very irritable, and always couldn't calm down. There was a feeling of inexplicability, as if there was a fear that something ominous was going to happen.

Ma Debi tried to calm himself down, but he couldn't, was it because of Caroline's death? Yes, it doesn't seem to be! This situation is not normal at all.

He looked out of the porthole, the weather had improved, the sun was finally peeking out from behind the thick clouds, and the golden sunlight was sprinkled on the sea, and also on the mighty warships. From the window, you can see the Saratoga about 1,000 meters away.

The rumbling of engines was also heard on the Enterprise. Major Mack is taking off with 30 "Dive-Warrior" dive bombers, which will rush over Iwo Jima to support the Marines who are fighting the island.

As the Chinese commander of the Iwo Jima Campaign, Ma Debi did not need to ask about these trivial matters, which had been arranged in the battle plan a long time ago.

Lieutenant Colonel Kauft and his staff officers are ensuring the smooth implementation of the battle plan. When the planes on one mothership return, a large group of planes will take off on the other to take their place.

In short, the Marines do not have to worry, there will always be a group of carrier-based aircraft flying around their heads. As long as the air liaison group calls, these big steel birds hovering in the air will come with the sound, and the Americans don't think that it will be a waste of bombs and bullets at all, anyway, the production of these things is for the sake of himself, and it will not be to stay and enjoy it for himself!

Ma Debi looked out of the porthole, outside the glass, in the pink blue sky, the group of fighters guarding the fleet was like a flock of glowing sparrows, chirping and noisily flying around.

At 3:45 a.m., all the warships of the 38th Task Force sounded the air defense alarm, and the terrible and sharp sound echoed in this sea area, and the ship-based radar had detected the local aircraft group attacking from the northwest. This fleet has about 40 aircraft at an altitude of 5000.

He did not use a low-altitude surprise attack, but rushed straight towards the US fleet at a medium and high altitude. Destroyers, light cruisers, heavy cruisers, and even battleships, which were on air alert, aimed all their weapons at the air fire, machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc., at the north-west.

The sailors put on life jackets and steel helmets and rushed around the deck. All the aircraft carriers are scattered and ready for maneuvering. Even transport ships and oil tankers, logistics supply ships are ready for air defense.

As a matter of fact, the Americans can be completely less nervous, and all 467 carrier-based "shrewd" fighters that have taken off in the air are distributed in the air, and these planes have become three air interception lines, of which more than 120 fighters have already pounced on the Japanese military planes that are still more than 80 nautical miles away.

This not wonderful air battle was invisible to all the US officers and men on the warship, because the battlefield was fought in the airspace dozens of nautical miles away from the fleet!

(To be continued)