Chapter 1131: The Battle of Guam (I)
In its original history, Japan had already occupied Guam. At that time, the Japanese army only paid the price of less than ten casualties, and annihilated more than 500 American troops here. Of course, the U.S. military chose to surrender more often.
In this time and space, the U.S. military did not hold Guam. Due to changes in the Chinese battlefield, Yamamoto decided to launch the Battle of Guam immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. And on a larger scale than in history, the U.S. military chose to surrender without even much resistance.
At that time, the battle broke out, and the US military had no time to prepare, and could only watch Guam, Wake Island and other islands occupied by the Japanese army and had no choice but to do anything. After the Japanese army occupied Guam, the army immediately placed two divisions on it.
With the defeat of the battle in Southeast Asia and the defeat in the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese army immediately replaced the divisions here with elite divisions. At the same time, the fortifications were rebuilt.
However, unlike in history, the more than 18,000 Japanese troops originally stationed on Guam gradually increased to more than 50,000 troops. In order to ensure the victory of the offensive, the US military could only increase the number of marines to more than 50,000.
"Boom! Rumble!! Boom ......" The large-caliber artillery of the US army continued to explode on the position, and countless fortifications were blown up in the dust. Halsey doesn't remember how many times he's shelled the place.
Those damn Japanese didn't know where to hide, and every time they tried to carry out a landing operation, they were always able to rush out and resist the attack of the American army in all kinds of ways.
Shelling, explosives packs, machine guns...... Even human bombs. Despite the constant bombing and non-stop shelling by the US military. But the Japanese army seemed to be dying. Always able to rush out and resist.
It was easy to capture the tidal flat position, but then the landing force was faced with a frantic counterattack by the Japanese army. If it weren't for the fact that the landing force carried a large number of machine guns and Tiger assault rifles, it might have been pounced on by the Japanese.
"Keep shelling! Bombers don't stop. Fighter jets are shooting at those damn Japs! Don't give them a chance to get close to us......" Halsey kept ordering, his face extremely ugly.
This time, more than 50,000 marines came, but even after a day of fierce attack with the support of the Pacific Combined Fleet, they were unable to completely take the tidal flats.
The only thing that is certain is that the Japanese on the island suffered heavy losses. And again, the US military is no better. In the landing battle, the U.S. military paid more than 5,000 casualties.
With the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, such losses continued to increase. Countless U.S. soldiers even faced many times. It was the Japanese soldiers who pretended to die on the position, and when the American troops came up, they detonated the explosives on their bodies.
This kind of crazy counterattack has made the US military have to pay the price of blood for every step forward. When it's dark. U.S. troops finally landed on the tidal flats. But at this time, the naval guns and fighters could no longer provide support because it was dark. In order to avoid losses, the US military could only stop the offensive......
It wasn't until late evening that the rumbling of artillery slowly stopped. Halsey and the other admirals landed on Guam. The Marines found a small Japanese headquarters in a hidden tunnel in the position.
All valuable items in Command. Includes flags, sabers, maps, codebooks...... And so on have been destroyed. The commander of the Japanese army died in the headquarters by caesarean section.
"There were no living Japanese in this position, they were all dead...... "Frank. Jack. Lieutenant General Fletcher said with a blushing face: "They obviously received an order to fight to the death, and they carried it out very thoroughly......"
Halsey was silent for a moment, his boots kicking into the tunnel to show how angry the veteran was.
"How many people did we lose?!" It was a long moment before Halsey asked Frank. The latter, on the other hand, sighed: "More than 3,000 people were killed, and more than 4,000 were lightly wounded and permanently disabled...... And that's just the way to get to the tidal flats......"
Halsey blushed and remained silent, while Frank handed a casualty report to Halsey. Several divisions of the Marine Corps. Almost all of them were crippled.
Although they still have a certain combat capability, they are unable to continue to attack the Japanese side. Fortunately, I brought more than 50,000 troops this time. Otherwise, Guam alone would not be able to fight. The Japanese transferred the fleet to Iwo Jima, and they already knew about it. In other words, Iwo Jima will be more difficult to fight than Guam.
Iwo Jima is not easy to fight, even worse than Guam. Halsey was prepared for a huge casualty, but Congress certainly didn't agree with him.
In the early days of the landings on Wake Island and Guam, the fighting in the two places had already cost the U.S. military more than 13,000 men. After conquering Guam, how many people can I have left?! Even if a part of the forces were replenished, they would not be able to launch an attack on Iwo Jima, at least for a long time.
You know, Iwo Jima is more than just Iwo Jima. There were a large number of troops on it, and the Japanese mainland carried out all-round and thorough fortification construction there. Putting that aside, the strongest combined fleet in the whole of Japan has arrived at Iwo Jima with aircraft carriers, battleships, etc.
The Japanese made it clear that if the U.S. military tried to attack, then Iwo Jima would be the place of their decisive battle. Halsey knew better than anyone that the laying down of Iwo Jima had inflicted heavy losses on the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.
Then, the entire Japanese Navy will be abolished. Japan, will no longer have the ability to fight back. Even if the water mill is slowly grinding, the Allies will be able to grind Japan to death.
But if Iwo Jima is not taken, the American army will suffer heavy losses. Then Japan will have time to survive, albeit not much. But at least you can live longer.
"Report! The Chinese side called that Tu Mengben, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces, led the Korean Theater troops of the National Defense Forces to launch a landing operation against the Japanese-occupied Korea! In this battle, the Chinese side won a complete victory, and now the Wehrmacht has occupied the entire territory of Japanese-occupied Korea except for the 38th parallel! ”
When Halsey heard this, he couldn't help but smile. This is too good news for the US military. The Wehrmacht knocked out the Japanese-occupied areas of Korea and successfully carried out landing operations.
This shows that the level of their landing operations is not bad, and their fleet can also be withdrawn.
"Contact the Wehrmacht immediately, we need their help!!" Halsey said in a deep voice: "Order the troops, rest for the time being." Go on the offensive tomorrow! ”
"If we can't keep it, we have to keep it!" Hidera Obata, commander of the 31st Army of the Japanese Army, roared in a low voice: "The empire has no way to retreat now!" I and all the kings can only fight to the death to repay the emperor's kindness! ”
"For Your Majesty! For the Empire!! The Japanese soldiers below kept roaring, and they wore red dots and white cloth bands that symbolized the Japanese flag on their upper bodies, and their expressions were extremely hideous......
"His Excellency Lieutenant General Jin Cheng has already broken the jade of the empire, and we naturally cannot be left behind! I have sent out the message of farewell, and I believe! We'll all meet again at the shrine where the empire memorials us! ”
Hidera Obata looked at everyone and said, "The night belongs to us, let's tell those self-righteous Yankees!" They will pay for the daytime battle! ”
"Onboard! Onboard!! Beastly howls rang out in the tunnels, and the daredevils, wearing red dots and white cloths on their heads, symbolizing the Japanese flag, began to stream out......
The night was peaceful, and the American soldiers were asleep. They had been fighting for a day, and all of them were extremely tired. At this time, black shadows slowly touched towards the position.
They looked hideous, looking at the American troops on the position, their eyes revealed a beast-like **......
"It's damn weather! This damn island, I don't like these bitches raising Japanese ......," one American soldier complained, while the comrade next to him laughed.
"Who would like it?! I hate these damn Japanese dwarfs more than anyone else, but alas, it looks like we've got a long way to go to fight them. As he spoke, the soldier sighed, "To be honest, I admire these Japanese a little. They knew that they were going to die, and they desperately squeezed up. Hey! I mean, their brains must be broken?! ”
"Maybe, who knows?!" The soldier across from him shrugged his shoulders and said, "All I know is that we should slaughter them." As General Halsey said, let the Japanese language pass through hell......"
"Hahaha......" A burst of laughter came out, and they all thought of Halsey's famous saying: Kill the Japanese! Kill more Japanese! This actually represents the attitude of these Marines.
The devastation on Wake Island and the blows suffered here made these American Marines grit their teeth with hatred.
"Onboard!!" Suddenly, there was a roar in the night, but I saw piles of figures suddenly jumping out from in front of the US military position and rushing towards the US military position like crazy.
"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! The American soldiers on the night vigil roared heartbreakingly, and then the machine guns in the makeshift fortifications began to roar "da-......".
At this time, I listened to the muffled sound of "tom tom tom ......". Then one shell after another tore through the air and suddenly exploded on the positions of the American troops!
"Boom! Rumble!! Boom ......" Countless U.S. soldiers were attacked in their sleep, and many of them collapsed in pools of blood screaming without even picking up their weapons.
The Japanese troops seized the time to roar and rush into the positions of the American troops, constantly throwing grenades at the crowd and tents of the American troops. Explosions rang out one after another, and the US military was suddenly plunged into a great chaos...... (To be continued......)
ps: I drank completely high yesterday, one bottle of Lai Mao, two bottles of Niulanshan. I almost drank to death...... After coming back, although insisting on the code word. But because the brain is already confused, there are some mistakes and omissions. The last thing to be described is Guam. But with my brain pumping, I wrote "Midway." "I hereby correct and apologize to all of you.