Chapter 128: Landing on Treasure Island (Part I)

After eating, the Marines, each with an apple and an orange, ran to the bottom compartment of the landing ship and began to board the landing craft. Fruits after meals, but apples and oranges have auspicious names, and many fighters do not eat them directly. Instead, they were carried on their bodies and eaten as a way of celebration when the battle was won. This has gradually become a tradition of the People's Army, and when Chen Shao learned about it, he just laughed and ignored it.

A large group of bombers came quickly, and in order to better achieve the effect of bombing, a large group of bombers were all H-2. The fighters of one of the squadrons escorting the escort were also all Warhawk-2.

Because there was also a squadron of Japanese fighters in Taipei, as well as a dozen anti-aircraft guns and more than thirty anti-aircraft machine guns. The entire area that needed to be bombed was very large, and there was no need for the bombers to bomb accurately at low altitudes, and the first bomb magazine was dropped at an altitude of 8,000 meters.

Those Japanese anti-aircraft weapons can only be watched from below, and eight thousand meters are already out of range. But the bombers did not intend to let them go, and those anti-aircraft weapons were placed near the shore defense guns, and there was no camouflage at all. Under the sight above the bomber, it was clearly visible. Although the bombs are not very precise at high altitudes, the number of bombs can make up for this vulnerability.

The H-2 has three magazines, one of which can hold two tons of various aerial bombs. The H-2 is generally a heavy bomb mixed with a lightweight bomb, and the type of ammunition can be changed according to combat needs. The smallest number is a direct load of six heavy bombs, and it can also be loaded with 60 100-kilogram anti-personnel bombs. Heavy bombs are designed to blow up fortifications or warships. Anti-personnel bullets are designed to kill and injure enemy infantry in a large area, and anti-personnel bullets are filled with small iron balls to use the impact of the explosion to kill and injure enemy soldiers. A large group of bombers had one hundred and eight bombers, each with a bin of anti-personnel bombs, and the remaining two silos were filled with 500 kilograms of aerial bombs in order to destroy the coastal defense batteries.

The first round of bombs was dropped by aerial bombs, with a total of 432 500-kilogram aerial bombs in one magazine of one hundred and eight aircraft. These aerial bombs, amid the screams of the Japanese, fell around the eight shore defense batteries. These shore defense batteries were ready for shelling, and many shells were piled up in place. The shore defense artillery is all large-caliber heavy artillery, and there are many heavy guns of more than 300mm. At this time, the detachment was out of range, and these shore defense guns were useless. It's a pity that these BB cannons haven't shown their power yet, and many of them have been overturned in aerial bombs. If you are unlucky, you will directly trigger a cannonball, which will explode into an even bigger explosion. Many of those anti-aircraft weapons were also directly hit by aerial bombs, and were blown into more than a dozen pieces of various sizes along with the shooter and gunner.

At this time, even the regular troops were panicking, not to mention the armed expatriates, who were adding chaos everywhere.

Kawamura Takeji picked up the phone and roared as soon as he saw the plane: "Airport, immediately dispatch fighters to meet the battle!" Destroy the planes in China for me. ”

At this time, there was no need to wait for Takeharu Kawamura's notice at all, and the planes of a squadron had already begun to take off urgently. But only seven or eight planes flew before they were blown up by the coming Warhawk-2. The two planes that were still taxiing on the runway were about to start climbing, and the Japanese pilots inside breathed a sigh of relief. Two Warhawk-2s suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, and in the panic of the Japanese pilots, the two Warhawk-2s unceremoniously shot out four death rays, and the two Japanese fighters who had just climbed less than 100 meters were directly blown up. The two warhawks flicked their tails at the same time, separated left and right, dodged the wreckage of the explosion, and again lowered the fuselage and began to strafe the planes on the runway.

Several Warhawk-2s took off the bombs mounted on the fuselage at the hangar, although they were all 250 kg bombs, but in the face of the hangar that was only a simple wooden shed, the lethality effect made the pilots very satisfied. It was not only the planes and hangars that were attacked, but also many Japanese garrisons at the airport who took up arms and shot at the Hawk-2 in the sky, which also caused a certain amount of trouble for the Hawk-2. Seven or eight Warhawk-2s, under the assignment of the pilot, dealt heavy damage to these annoying flies.

Half an hour later, the entire airport was covered by a raging fire, which was the ignition of Japanese fuel, and the wooden houses here were all fires, and the fire quickly burst into flames. Good thing the place is outskirts and it's remote, and there are no forest trees or anything like that. Otherwise, it is likely to have many undesirable consequences.

Kawamura Takeji looked at the situation on the distant fort with a desperate expression, the fighter he was expecting did not come, and the phone could not be reached. Don't think about it, there must have been an accident at the airport. At this time, he is completely different from before, one is complacent, the other is desperate and decadent. He no longer has the confidence he had before, and he also knows why the Empire's dispatched troops have been defeated so badly, and why the Imperial Base Camp has no intention of retaliating, just blindly defending. Now he understands it all, and understands it thoroughly.

The bombers, which had already dropped two bombs in magazines, began the last round of anti-personnel bombs, but this time they were more scattered, and they were specially looking for people to drop them. Tens of thousands of defenders were concentrated in Keelung alone, and in addition to those hiding in the fortifications of the bunker, many others were directly exposed to anti-personnel bombs. On average, a single anti-personnel bomb can clear an area with a diameter of 50 meters, and as long as a person within this range does not lie down, it is inevitable that he will die.

At this time, the fleet in the distance slowly approached Keelung Harbor.

"All the attacking ships lined up in a line and shelled the opponent's batteries to prevent them from slipping through the net. The landing ship began to accelerate its advance. Chen Shaokuan stood in the command room of the Kunlun Mountain and gave the order to attack.

The fleet near the port of Keelung began to turn, and all the artillery went to the side of Keelung. After all the battleships were ready, the order to "open fire" was given, all the naval guns rang out in unison, and countless shells fell on the shore defense guns that had been bombarded by aerial bombs.

The salvo of nine 420mm main guns on the two Kunlunshan-class battleships and the huge recoil force made the two 50,000-ton battleships move seven meters. The cruiser and the destroyer were okay, the caliber of the guns was not large, but they also translated by two or three meters.

The accuracy of the naval guns was much higher than that of the aerial bombs, and according to the defense drawings of Keelung Harbor, the sites with shore defense guns were plowed by the naval guns.

After making sure that all the shore defense guns had been eliminated, the naval guns began to carry out saturation shelling of the defensive positions on the beachhead. On these beachheads, strong bunkers were built in many places, which would cause unnecessary casualties to the landing force and would also block the offensive edge of the landing force.

Just as naval artillery began shelling the beachhead, several dozen landing ships were only two kilometers from the beachhead. The landing ships were docked directly here, and several of the ship's guns joined the shelling. The dock below the bow of the ship was slowly opened, and the landing craft came out, already filled with Marines. There are also quite a few landing craft with only one medium tank on them. Some of the landing ships did not have landing craft on board, but drove out of amphibious armored vehicles.

In this battle, the Marine Corps can be said to have exhausted their family resources. All kinds of equipment were put into battle, and the Japanese army was never given a chance to breathe.

It was the first time that the Japanese army faced this kind of attack by land, sea and air, and this battle made those Japanese soldiers who survived have an instinctive fear of the Chinese army.

"Quick! Quick, follow behind the armored car. A platoon commander shouted while waving his hand.

One by one, the fighters quickly ran off the landing craft and followed behind the tanks and armored vehicles that had already landed on the coast.

At this time, the Japanese troops defending on the shore also began to counterattack sporadically, but the lack of Japanese troops who could effectively resist the weapons of tanks and armored vehicles made the counterattack look very pale at this time.

There were also a number of bunkers that had not been blown up, and rows of heavy machine-gun fire nets had also emerged at this time, but the casualties against the infantry hiding behind armored vehicles and tanks were not large. And once the point of fire was exposed, it was quickly suppressed by more powerful firepower. The artillery on the tanks and the bazookas in the hands of the infantry were all in full swing. Although the angle of the bunker is a bit high, it does not hinder their accuracy, and as long as they can see the shooting hole, these Marines have the ability to send shells inside.

Under the suppression of heavy machine guns on armored vehicles and tanks, those bunkers simply could not exert effective firepower and were quickly eliminated by rocket launchers emerging from behind armored vehicles. However, many bunkers often need to be activated to destroy the defenders inside, and by the time the attacking vanguard reaches the last bunker, five minutes have passed. The angle of this bunker is very high, and neither the rocket launcher nor the tank gun can shoot at an angle, and now the naval artillery cannot support them, and the two sides are too close to each other, and the naval artillery does not recognize people. But this is not a problem for these Marines.

A squad of soldiers was the first to reach the underside of the bunker, less than five meters away from it.

"Grenade cover, heavy machine gun suppression, flameman burned the bastard inside for me." The squad leader shouted.

A heavy machine gun of the spearhead squad was quickly set up, and a soldier quickly took out a magazine box to load the heavy machine gun. The twelve fighters took out their own grenades, opened the safety and threw them directly, each throwing another grenade. Although it was not thrown directly into the bunker, the outside was covered with dust from the grenade, which seriously blocked the sight of the Japanese troops in the bunker. The machine gunner took advantage of the opportunity to set up the prepared heavy machine gun, and at a distance of five meters, he did not need to aim at all, but a shuttle of bullets was fired.

At this time, a soldier carrying two large iron cylinders on his back pointed a long iron pipe at the shooting hole of the dark bunker, and as soon as he pulled the trigger, a long flame shot out of the iron pipe. The flames drilled through the shooting hole, and immediately there was a wailing sound from inside, and at this time, a strangely shaped armored car also arrived, and the two iron pipes on the car also spewed flames at the bunker. The soldiers of the Elite squad immediately ran directly below the bunker and climbed onto the top of the bunker. The weapon in his hand is aimed at the entrance and exit of the dark bunker behind.

At this time, a burst of barbecue aroma came out, and a Japanese soldier on fire screamed and ran out of the bunker, and the soldiers of the top soldier squad guarding it did not hesitate to pull the trigger, ending the pain of the Japanese soldier being burned.

(To be continued)