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Capture Peel Island and transport artillery landing. It took four hours for the Naval Resistance Force, and the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier made two full-deck sorties.

HOWEVER, IN THE ENSUING BATTLE, THE NAVAL RESISTANCE FORCES SUCCESSFULLY OCCUPIED WILKES ISLAND AND TRANSPORTED TWELVE 76MM INFANTRY GUNS ASHORE. The mission was almost no different from the capture of Peel Island, but it took only two hours.

DURING THE LANDING, THE FIGHTERS OF THE NAVY RESISTANCE ARMY DID NOT DISPATCH, AND THE FIRE SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED BY EIGHT SOVIET-MADE 122MM GUNS.

The Maritime Resistance Army is not in a hurry or impatient, but the progress is not slow at all. Throughout the battle, the Maritime Resistance Army was like a worker on an assembly line, and the cooperation of various branches of the armed forces was incomparable.

Toshiichi Sato hid in his headquarters, his eyes on fire. Having been on the battlefield for a long time, he naturally knew where his mistakes were in this battle.

Wake Island is a triangular defense, and as soon as the war starts, it will be broken by the Naval Resistance Army. This was Toshiichi Sato's biggest failure.

Peel Island should not have deployed only more than 100 troops, you must know that the Japanese army has enough underground fortifications, and no matter how powerful the ammunition of the Naval Resistance Army is, it is impossible to wipe out almost all the Japanese troops in one round of strikes. Toshiichi Sato regretted wanting to hit the wall, but the hardest thing in the world to buy is regret medicine.

Toshiichi Sato's greatest hatred is not his opponent, but his Japanese marines. These unscrupulous marines, who considered themselves the saviors of the Japanese Army on the island, brought coal and medicine.

Pampered fellows don't want to go to the dark, damp tunnels of Peel Island. And Sato Toshi's original subordinates suffered heavy casualties and diarrhea, and as a result, the defenders on Peel Island were seriously undermanned.

In the counteroffensive battle to recapture Peel Island, the Japanese marines suffered two or three hundred casualties and refused to counterattack. The officers and soldiers still had a lot of complaints about Toshiichi Sato's command in their mouths.

In the hours that the Naval Resistance Army captured Peel Island. The losses of the little devil are not light, the casualties have exceeded 1,000, and the troops in Sato Toshi's hand are only in the early 2,000s at this time, which is not so abundant.

The firepower is at a disadvantage, the troops are also at a disadvantage, and it is obviously unwise to fight against the naval resistance army. Coupled with the separation of a sea trench, it is clearly unlikely that Peel Island will be recaptured. Peel Island has been lost and cannot be regained.

Major General Toshiichi Sato is very aware that Wilkes Island is also difficult to protect. At this time, Major General Toshiichi Sato "magically" took a step back.

Toshiichi Sato adjusted his battle plan, and he began to deploy the defense of Wake Island in full force.

It was Toshiichi Sato who took a step back. When the Naval Resistance Army landed on Wilkes Island, the Japanese army did not have a large-scale counterattack, and the Naval Resistance Army occupied Wilkes Island without losing a single soldier.

For an old devil like Toshiichi Sato, even in the face of such a predicament, he didn't expect to fail. The same. The elite of the Kwantung Army under his command was still full of fighting spirit, even if they were hiding in the tunnels. Hiding inside the fortifications and suffering under the powerful artillery fire of the Naval Resistance Army. But no one panicked.

Wilkes plus Peel Island is less than half the total area of Wake Island. Don't look at the fact that the Naval Resistance Army occupied the two affiliated islands, but the hard bone of the main island of Wake Island was still completely in the hands of the Japanese army.

And Wake Island itself is in the shape of a "human", which is still a triangular defense. As for the fortifications on Wake Island, most of them were built by the U.S. military and were quite strong. In particular, it served as the main battery of Toshiichi Sato's headquarters. Located at the upper end of the "human" shaped island, the firepower can cover the entire island. And the thickness of the concrete on its perimeter reached three and a half meters, and even the main guns of the battleships could not do anything against it. This fortress occupies a large area, a radius of 100 meters. It is no longer very appropriate to call it a fortress. It's just a bunch of fortresses and firepower.

Thirty or forty forts of various sizes on Wake Island, plus twists and turns, underground passages and ground communication trenches extend in all directions, and the whole island is a group of fortifications.

These strong fortifications are the reliance of Toshiichi Sato. Toshiichi Sato once boasted that 100,000 U.S. troops could not take Wake Island.

The fortifications are complete, the ammunition and food are sufficient, and the elite of the Kwantung Army is where Toshiichi Sato's confidence lies.

And now, Toshiichi Sato has just learned that his opponent is not an American ghost animal, but a naval resistance army.

The people of China. Toshiichi Sato sneered a few times with contempt. On the battlefield in China, he had fought against the Chinese army many times, and he was very familiar with the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Although Toshiichi Sato was surprised by the toughness and powerful firepower shown by the Naval Resistance Army, his consistent psychological advantages made Toshiichi Sato more confident.

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Li Guang looked at the watch on his wrist.

Nine.

The first two steps of the military operations of the Naval Resistance Force were successfully completed. The islands of Peel and Wilkes have fallen into the hands of the Maritime Resistance Army, and artillery has landed. On the two small islands, the fire support of the Maritime Resistance Force has been firmly established, and Wake Island will be completely exposed to the cross-fire of the Maritime Resistance Army.

On these two small islands, the Maritime Resistance Army mobilized four companies of troops, a full thousand people. And these 1,000 troops are actually all for the support of more than a dozen barreled artillery pieces and more than a dozen heavy mortars. In order to ensure the absolute superiority of firepower, the Naval Resistance Army really made a bloody investment. In addition to the troops, there is also a supply of nearly 100 tons of ammunition, and such a deployment can fully ensure the continuity of the firepower of these twenty or thirty guns.

The preparations are ready, and the decisive moment has arrived.

Before giving the order for a general attack, Li Guang once again added new firepower to She Jinsong, the destroyer Pingwei.

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Nine thirty o'clock.

The destroyer shook and spat out orange flames. The five-inch projectile cut a red trajectory in the air and landed on Wake Island.

It was transverse, with three turrets firing alternately. The sound of shells rumbling over the sea. After the artillery corrector gave the correct correction, it began to fire a salvo, and six guns spewed smoke and fire.

Soon, the artillery of the Shanghai Resistance Army on Peel Island and Wilkes Island also joined the chorus.

Countless projectiles of steel streaked across the sea and landed on the coral island, sending scarlet flames and clouds of smoke into the air. It didn't take long for the smoke clouds to cover Wake Island thickly.

Huge clouds of smoke rose higher and higher on Wake Island. Only occasionally flashes of shell explosions could be seen through the gaps in the smoke masses. The sight is spectacular.

The three large merchant ships of the Maritime Resistance Army were all less than eight kilometers away from Wake Island at this time, but after the Japanese army on Wake Island lost two supports. Shore artillery could not pose a slight threat to it.

She Jinsong's order sounded on the loudspeaker: "Amphibious company boarding." ”

Officers and men of two amphibious companies climbed over the rope net and descended onto the infantry landing craft. The crowd was slightly confused, and from time to time something fell into the sea, and cursing was heard frequently.

Army Commander She Jinsong did not stay on board the ship to command, but boarded the landing craft.

There were only 16 landing craft in total, one of which sank when they landed on Peel Island, and now 15 landing craft are like sharp arrows heading straight at Wake Island.

Fifteen landing craft, although they did not have the momentum of a battleship. But when the boats approached the atoll, it was still very pressing. Murderous air.

In the main fortress of the Japanese army, Toshiichi Sato gritted his teeth. Looking at the landing craft galloping from a distance, there was a sense of pleasure in my heart.

When the Naval Resistance Army landed on Wilkes Island, Toshiichi Sato took a step back and did not confront the Maritime Resistance Army. He did not use artillery to fight. Instead, a large number of infantry artillery and anti-aircraft guns were concentrated in the main fortress complex.

And the Japanese tanks were ready. In the bunkers that had already been dug up, the engines rumbled.

Whether it was the artillery of the Japanese army. It was still a Japanese tank, and the target was the landing craft of the Naval Resistance Army. Just waiting for Sato Toshi's orders one by one, a hundred cannons fired in unison, how could the landing craft with thin iron welds withstand such a dense blow.

Toshiichi Sato was even a little proud, the Naval Resistance Army occupied Wilkes Island, and he did not order the Japanese army to fight back vigorously. He wants to teach the Naval Resistance Army a lesson: retract his fists in order to fight back more powerfully.

In Toshiichi Sato's opinion: the Maritime Resistance Army is obviously deceived. Although the artillery strikes of the naval resistance army have not stopped. But most of the artillery fire did not reach the main fortress complex of the Japanese army.

Now the landing craft of the Naval Resistance Force have begun to be completely naked - exposed to the firing range of Japanese artillery.

The landing craft of the Maritime Resistance Army were getting closer and closer, and seeing that the landing craft had bypassed Wilkes Island, they were preparing to land on the side of Wake Island where the runway had been built.

Toshiichi Sato was even more relieved.

You must know that Toshiichi Sato not only prepared a large number of artillery and tanks for the landing craft of the Naval Resistance Army. And on Wake Island, there is a narrow reef on the side of the airstrip. He also deployed a large number of infantry and more than a dozen tanks.

A flat runway is the best environment for tanks to exert their power. In Toshiichi Sato's view, even if the landing craft of the Maritime Resistance Army slipped through the net, it would be driven into the sea by Japanese tanks after landing.

Toshiichi Sato decided to wait before firing and put the landing craft of the Naval Resistance Army closer, and his artillery strikes would be sharper.

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Just when Sato Toshii thought about it, he was so proud that the corners of his mouth even began to turn up.

However, Toshiichi Sato didn't understand what kind of army the Naval Resistance Army was. Since the beginning of the construction of the Navy, the Naval Resistance Army has been an armed force that has built the army with "modern" thinking. As a last resort, Li Guang used a group of non-military professional technicians as staff officers. Such a staff composition may have such and such flaws, and may not have many advantages in encounters or unexpected events.

However, for the static front, especially the battles that most easily embody science and technology, such as the offensive and defensive battles, they have advantages that cannot be compared with traditional armies.

The Japanese fortifications on Wake Island cannot be said to be imperfect, nor how flawed the design was. However, the improvement of the intelligence of the Naval Resistance Army made the staff officers of the Naval Resistance Army easily give the best solution ideas just like elementary school students doing math problems.

Such a small trick of showing the enemy's weakness is of no value at all in the eyes of the staff officers of the Naval Resistance Army, who advocate the ability of strict organization. If you want the Naval Resistance Army to be careless enough to ignore the existence of the main fortress group of the Japanese army, it is even more impossible.

It is entirely possible that the landing craft will be blocked by Japanese light weapons in the process of beaching, but when they are hit intensively by Japanese artillery, this possibility has long been completely wiped out by the staff of the Naval Resistance Army in terms of tactical coordination. Under no circumstances would the Navy's resistance to make such a low-level mistake.

Whether Toshiichi Sato is showing weakness or not, it is impossible for the Naval Resistance Army to forget the existence of the main fortress group of the Japanese army.

There was a sudden sharp whistling in the air, and Toshiichi Sato's smile was still on his face, but the landing craft of the Naval Resistance Army had disappeared from his binoculars. In its place was a rising flame.

This was the last sortie of the USS Indian Ocean today. The bomb carrying capacity of the Indian Ocean aircraft carrier is not large, and it is generally only enough ammunition for three full-deck sorties of fighters. In order to support the battlefield, the Indian Ocean carried enough ammunition for four sorties.

In previous battles, the USS Indian Ocean aircraft carrier had already made two full-deck sorties twice. This third full-deck sortie is actually the last. Because the remaining ammunition in the ammunition compartment is an armor-piercing shell for ship combat, it is a last resort to prevent emergencies. Li Guang is not a gambler, neither is Zheng Xuechang, nor are the other officers of the Naval Resistance Army, and no one will let the precious Indian Ocean aircraft carrier be at the point of running out of bullets. And after this air strike, the aircraft carrier Indian Ocean will fly far away, away from Wake Island.

Therefore, the third all-deck sortie is actually the last sortie of the USS Indian Ocean today.

The Indian Ocean attacked with all its might, and Toshiichi Sato immediately tasted the consequences of taking a step back--- his reserve of more than 1,000 people, all cowered in the main fortress.

The main fortress of the Japanese army is not small, in terms of surface area, it is 10,000 square meters. In fact, the upper and lower layers of the fortress have only an internal space of less than 10,000 square meters, otherwise there will be no more than 1,000 troops.

The fortress is even stronger, not to mention the underground part, and the reinforced concrete on the ground is also more than three meters thick.

In the eyes of the Japanese army, the fortress that the battleship's main guns could fight against was simply impossible to overcome, and the naval resistance army would inevitably crash into the head in front of the fortress.

However, the little devil forgot about the ancient fire attack.

Maybe the little devil didn't forget about the fire attack, but the so-called three-type incendiary bombs of the Japanese army were simply powerless with such a fortress. No culture kills people, and Toshiichi Sato has never seen the napalm of the Maritime Resistance Army. I don't even know that napalm has such a luxurious use.

In less than 10 minutes, 80 torpedo planes and dive bombers of the Navy's resistance army dropped 50 tons of napalm.

What is the concept of a fifty-ton napalm?

About fifty cubic meters. If 10,000 square meters are evenly spread, a five-millimeter-thick oil layer can be reached.

And it was this five-millimeter oil layer that ruined Toshiichi Sato and the most elite more than a thousand Kwantung Army.

The impregnable fortress became a huge torch in the blink of an eye, and the flames soared into the sky.

Exceptionally brilliant fireworks emitting astonishing heat. But whether it is a Japanese devil or a fighter of the Naval Resistance Army, it is a deep chill from the bottom of his heart for such a flame.

The crackling sound of burning made everyone feel creepy.

In another moment, the crackling sound of burning turned into a rumbling explosion, and the smoke of dust rose higher than the flames.

After dozens of minutes, the flames gradually subsided, and the explosions gradually stopped.

Looking at the main fortress of the Japanese army, it was already a ruin of shapeless at this time. (To be continued......)