One night, Luo Yunchong held a not-so-small scale for Tan Renhao, and before the banquet began, Tan Renhao went to the North American Theater Command in Panama, and when he was resting, he also learned about the latest progress in the theater from Luo Yunchong. Among them, the most noteworthy is Han Shaofeng's major victory on the island of Jamaica.

Just as Tan Renhao had predicted, the Marine Corps did not spend half a month at all, and on 10 July, that is, on the day Luo Yunchong had just set off from the Empire, the Marine Corps under the command of Han Shaofeng had annihilated the main force of the US army on the island and controlled the coastal plains in the east and north of Jamaica Island. The rest of the U.S. troops all hid in the jungle in the hinterland of the island, and the sweeping work was still ongoing, and by the time Tan Renhao arrived, it was still not over.

The operation of the Marines to capture the island of Jamaica was relatively smooth, and even Han Shaofeng did not expect to defeat the main force of the American army so quickly. According to Han Shaofeng's plan, after the marines went ashore, they would split into two routes, one to attack Kingston Harbor, and the other to advance north along the flat land along the coast of the island, first capturing the flat areas in the east and north of the island, so that the engineering troops could go ashore as soon as possible and establish an advance airfield.

This set of operational plans itself is not complicated, and this is also a major characteristic of landing operations, that is, the simpler the plan, the more the Marine Corps will be able to exert its combat effectiveness on the battlefield, but on the contrary, complex plans often tie the hands and feet of the Marine Corps. Han Shaofeng has rich experience in landing operations, and this time he attacked the island of Jamaica with absolute superiority in troops and firepower, and the complicated plan was meaningless, but a simple plan was more effective.

On the morning of 630, the first batch of marines to storm the beach successfully went ashore, and the American resistance was much weaker than expected. This even made Han Shaofeng wonder whether the U.S. military had deployed defensive forces in Morant Bay. Later, when the Marines cleaned up the battlefield, they found that the US military not only deployed troops here, but also deployed heavy troops, after all, Morant Bay is the defensive barrier of Kingston, and Kingston is the only deep-water harbor on the island of Jamaica, and it is the primary target of the Marine Corps.

There is only one reason for the weak resistance of the US military. The fire blow before the Marines came ashore was too heavy. From the night of the 29th, the artillery fire was not interrupted. Although there was no preliminary firepower preparation for this landing operation, the time for direct firepower preparation was as long as 14 small+ plus firepower strikes were carried out by the 2nd Reinforcement Fleet, and dozens of fire support ships poured artillery shells and rockets on the US positions on the island almost non-stop. In addition, the escort aircraft carrier also flew hundreds of fighter-bomber sorties at night and dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on US positions. By daybreak, the 1st Support Fleet would take part in the battle, and the 2nd Support Fleet would not withdraw immediately, but would hold out until the first Marine units had come ashore. Under the heavy blows of two support fleets. The US defensive position, which was only 3 miles wide and covered an area of less than 10 square kilometers, came under extremely heavy fire

Judging from the statistics of Han Shaofeng after the war, in these 14 hours, 12,500 munitions were thrown at the US positions, with an average of 1,250 tons of ammunition per square kilometer, and the US positions were hit several times. This was later confirmed by the troops who cleaned up the battlefield, and most of the American positions had been completely destroyed by artillery fire. The key point is that the main structure of the US military position at that time was not reinforced concrete, and many of them were built on soft sandy soil. There are also underground fortifications that have not been reinforced at all. As a result, many of the US military's underground fortifications were directly blown up, and more US officers and soldiers were buried alive. However, the number of American troops who can really resist when the marines go ashore is no more than 1,000 people, and it is impossible to hold the beach 3 miles wide.

After the Marines came ashore, an improvised dock was quickly repaired. Until dark. The first two marine divisions to land all went ashore, and Han Shaofeng also moved his command post to the shore in the evening. That night, the U.S. military did not organize a counterattack, after all, the main force of the U.S. army was still in Kingston, and at this time Kingston was being hit by the support fleet, and the U.S. troops could not move in the direction of Morant Bay at all.

The assault on Kingston began on the morning of 2 July, and Han Shaofeng did not rush to attack, but brought the 3rd Marine Division ashore on 1 July, and at the same time sent a large amount of war supplies to the beach, allowing the 1st Marine Division to advance north. About 4,000 infantry were left behind, and while the engineers continued to deliver supplies at the landing site, the rest of the troops advanced to the headland east of Kingston in one day and night, ready to attack Kingston.

The assault on Kingston was also the largest of the entire Jamaican campaign. At that time, half of the U.S. troops stationed on the island of Jamaica were in Kingston, and the terrain of Kingston was relatively special, in the northeast of the harbor, surrounded by relatively dangerous hills, which was more favorable to the defenders. But the problem is. The U.S. military had no advantage other than favorable defensive terrain. It's almost impossible to hold Kingston.

The battle lasted from 2 July to the afternoon of 4 July, and the U.S. forces in Kingston finally chose to surrender. At that time, in order to be able to capture this vital port as soon as possible, Han Shaofeng not only sent two support fleets in turn, but also used small landing craft to send a small marine team to the opposite side of the harbor on the night of 2 July and occupied a commanding height. Originally, this task should have been carried out by aircraft, but the weather conditions in the Caribbean Sea at that time were very bad, the clouds were very low, and the visibility was not enough, so the artillery guides on the ground had to carry out this task.

The shelling, which lasted for more than a day, was enough to break the will of the American troops. Although during this period, the U.S. forces tried several times to recapture the commanding heights in the southwest, but each counterattack was hit back by shells summoned by artillery fire guides. At the same time, this "precision" artillery strike also saved many important facilities in the port, avoiding the time it would take to repair the infrastructure after the port was captured, so that the transport ships could get supplies and troops ashore as quickly as possible. Later this played a very important role.

After the capture of Kingston, Han Shaofeng

Waiting for the landing fleet and transport fleet outside to enter the port, bring the troops down, and at the same time order the troops to pack up some of the recalcitrant American troops, send the prisoners of war to the transport ships, and transport them back to the prisoner of war camp set up in Panama for temporary custody. At the same time, Han Shaofeng also arranged for a Marine Corps to advance north from Kingston, cross the island to occupy Anotobe in the north, and then attack Port Antonio with the Marines who had previously gone north, seize the other and last port on the island of Jamaica, and cut off all contact with the US military from the outside world. In order to ensure the safety of Kingston, there is also a Marine Corps advancing westward, whose destination is Spaintown, which is Kingston's western barrier.

After completing these deployments, Han Shaofeng's frontline command was also transferred to Kingston on the same day. In fact, at this point, there was basically nothing to fight on the island of Jamaica. The U.S. troops guarding this island were a little less than Han Shaofeng had expected, only about 4 people, and in Kingston, nearly 2 U.S. troops were annihilated, and 5,000 U.S. troops were annihilated in Morant Bay.

At that time, Han Shaofeng had already received the news and knew his "deadline," so when the Marine Corps continued to sweep up the US troops on the island, Han Shaofeng canceled the second batch of combat materials and asked the transport fleet to send him more engineering troops and more engineering equipment.

By 6 July, the Marines had repaired three U.S. field airfields. At the same time, the marines heading north, having captured the port of Antonio, were advancing toward the only regular airfield on the island for U.S. forces in Ocho Rios. That day. The first tactical planes of the Navy's territory were transferred, and on the same day, fighter jets and bombers were dispatched to attack the US military base in the southeastern region of Cuba in the north.

The battle to attack Spain Town was not as smooth as Han Shaofeng imagined, although the scale of the battle was not large, but Han Shaofeng sent not many marines at that time, as a result, by the night of July 6, he had not been able to take Spain Town. That same night, the U.S. military used more than a dozen artillery pieces to shell Kingston. The shelling did not cause much damage to the marines, and most of the shells fell into the city. Instead, there were many civilian casualties. However, Han Shaofeng was also enraged, and the next day, a regiment of Marines rushed over, and it was not until the night of July 7 that the Marines captured the town of Spain, where they killed about 2,500 American troops and captured less than that

By 8 July, the Marines had outnumbered two divisions. and shot down the U.S. airfield in Ocho Rios. Although the U.S. military in some places continued to resist stubbornly, Han Shaofeng basically didn't have to worry about the battle. From this day on, the U.S. military gradually moved to the jungle in the hinterland of the island, and began to attack logistics and transport units with guerrilla tactics, or dispersed lone marines.

On that day, the construction of three field airfields on the island was already under construction. It was also at this time that Han Shaofeng received a telegram from Luo Yunchong, asking him to establish a field airfield according to the standard that could accept heavy bombers, instead of the previous standard of only supporting tactical aircraft. Now, Han Shaofeng is a little big.

According to tactical standards. The runway of the field airport only needs 1,000 meters, and if the conditions do not allow 800, especially when providing support for the HNA, the runway of some field airports is even only about 500, because the take-off and landing distance required by the HNA tactical aircraft is relatively short. But. According to the standard of supporting heavy bombers, then the length of the runway must reach more than meters, and the "Peng" bomber even needs a runway of 2500 meters when it is fully loaded and takes off, and a flat ground about 500 meters long must be set aside. At that time, none of the three field airfields built by the Marine Corps met the requirements, and there was simply not such a large space where one field airfield was located.

In desperation, Han Shaofeng could only order the engineers to continue to extend the distance of the runway, and at the same time let the transport ship send more prefabricated parts of the runway. In order to bring the third field airfield into order, the engineers of the Marine Corps even blew up two small hills at either end of the runway. The scale of the project has expanded considerably, and more than 300,000 trucks have been used to transport the earth and stone alone. In addition, all of this earth and rock were buried in the nearby bay, and later the engineers took advantage of this to build a small field airfield on this side of the bay.

It can be said that in the last three days, Han Shaofeng's main job was to assist the engineering troops in building the airport. At that time, Luo Yunchong was very urgent, and said that he would soon deploy the first heavy bomber force and take the lead in starting strategic bombing of the US mainland based on Jamaica Island. Han Shaofeng's pressure can be imagined. and by the time of the 10th. The convoy has already made two trips and delivered hundreds of thousands of tons of engineering supplies to the engineering troops. In the beginning. Han Shaofeng only planned to arrange for at most one engineering regiment to go to the island, but by the 10th, there was already one regiment of the engineering unit on the island of Jamaica, and the other two regiments were coming.

By the 10th, the Marines, advancing from north to west, had occupied Greenland. This is a small fishing village in the western part of the island of Jamaica. On this day, all the American troops fled into the jungle in the heart of the island. The large-scale battle was basically over, but the guerrilla warfare launched by the US army forced Han Shaofeng to devote more troops to encircle and suppress the US troops hiding in the jungle to ensure the safety of those engineering troops who did not have much combat effectiveness.

The battle to encircle and suppress the remnants of the American army continued until the end of the month, and most of the American troops who surrendered came out of the jungle when they ran out of ammunition and food and had no supplies. At that time, more than eighty percent of the captured American soldiers were malnourished or suffering from serious diseases, so Han Shaofeng had to arrange medical officers to take care of these prisoners of war. However, by 10 July, Han Shaofeng had basically completed the attack on the island of Jamaica, seizing the first forward base for Luo Yunchong, and at the same time laying the foundation for the next attack on Cuba.