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Kasuga died, and the Japanese heroic Major General who attacked Guam and drove out the American army was shrouded in dust before he could realize his desire to build more feats for the empire. After all, the "Sea King" was not a professional bomber, and the pilots who aimed at the barracks were inaccurate, and as a result, the bomb exploded one kilometer away from the barracks, but it fell 300 meters away from Kasugatsu. The air wave and shock wave destroyed all the nearby buildings, and he couldn't even figure it out, obviously he had already fallen down, but a stone weighing thirty kilograms was smashed directly on his waist. The upper and lower parts of his body were torn instantly, and he closed his eyes two minutes later, unable to see the next scene.

"Look, over there."

More than nine tons of aluminum-magnesium mixed explosives planted four giant mushrooms over Agania, and the explosion produced fireballs and flashes that could be seen by a group of water planes searching for Guam's location 70 kilometers away. "The point of the explosion should be Agana, and we are going to go 60 kilometers to the south, turning over the coral reef." The only one who didn't bother to watch was the navigator, who buried his head in calculating the location of the lagoon based on the location of the explosion. "Everybody pay attention to the surface of the sea." Ye Zishan was not idle, and immediately took out the binoculars.

Including the long planes, the first batch of water transport clusters included a total of 139 "Sea Hawks" and 56 "Blue Swans", the former being a long-range water reconnaissance and attack aircraft second only to the "Sea King". Four 1,600-horsepower air-cooled engines, with a maximum no-load range of 6,000 kilometers, a range of 3,500 kilometers when carrying out anti-submarine missions with three-ton bombs or torpedoes, ten self-defense machine guns, and a crew of 11 people. However, in order to save weight, the crew is now compressed to four, and some machine guns and non-essential equipment are removed to reduce weight, ensuring that each aircraft can carry 22 heavily armed airborne troops or four tons of dry cargo, and the Blue Swan can also carry one ton of dry cargo or 10 soldiers. Ye Zishan hasn't seen the signal yet. But he was startled by the five ships that were rushing towards Agana, and hurriedly pulled Yan Yu to identify them. "It's our ship. The big one in the middle is the USS Ryukyu electronic reconnaissance ship, the two smaller ones are destroyers, and the back should be converted armed cargo ships. After Yan Yu carefully identified it, he said affirmatively.

"Three warships and two ships, isn't it too little?"

Yan Yu smiled: "Their main task is to guide and lure the enemy. Major, sea and air operations are different from those in the northwest, and it is difficult to find geographical coordinates on the sea, so the aircraft group needs to navigate at night, observe water ripples, and predict local weather and wind and waves in advance. That's what the Ryukyu electronic reconnaissance ship did. Otherwise, do you think we can fly for 8 hours without getting lost? He pointed to the navigator who had been wearing headphones since the launch: "Six hours ago, the Ryukyu began to send special signals, which ostensibly appeared to be radio signals from Pearl Harbor, Canberra, and other places, but in fact we copied and resynthesized them, and the songs and English were mixed with our cipher signals. Except for the Ryukyu. Three other targets are also sending navigation signals, so that when the plane lifts off, it can calculate the approximate bearing of Guam and then rely on the radar to guide us to the correct target. ”

Ye Zishan was slightly stunned, he didn't expect a sneak attack by a large cross-sea aircraft group to be so complicated, and it is estimated that he has done many actual combat exercises alone. Yan Yu looked at his watch and shook his head, as if he was very dissatisfied with the accuracy of the collaboration: "It's still an hour late." Come and now the guided fleet should shell Agania at the same time. Continue to create chaos, and then the destroyer will protect the landing of the marines inside the freighter. In this way, the attention of the Japanese army will be distracted, even if they know that something happened to Merizzo, and they have to climb thirty kilometers of mountain roads from Agania to Merizo. It won't be able to get over for a while. If the Marines can land, they will be able to form a north-south flank with us, and if not, they will withdraw to Merizo after dawn and continue to strengthen our side. The Ryukyu electronic reconnaissance ship will not leave after completing its mission. They'll always be patrolling around the neighborhood to help us keep an eye on the skies. ”

An hour's delay is nothing. With such a big operation tonight, it would be a success to land on the island smoothly. So Ye Zishan patted the ensign who was too demanding and asked, "Don't worry, you can't miss a big deal in an hour." But I'm strange, you said that this is a guide fleet, could it be that there is a main force behind? I heard that Commander Yang and the fleet have been. ”

The Battle of the Ryukyus had become a pain for the navy, so he didn't continue to say, but Yan Yu didn't seem to care about the loss of the 23rd Fleet at all, but was indignant: "General Yang Guochang only lost one aircraft carrier and two light cruisers, but he sank four Japanese capital ships and several auxiliary ships, and destroyed more than 150 Japanese planes before and after, and more than 80 elite pilots of the Japanese Navy Airlines alone died!" The loss of its own pilots was only twenty-two, and most of the aircraft losses were caused by forced landings, and had nothing to do with the battle. With a one-to-seven exchange ratio, who else could do better? And they only saw that he did not protect the aircraft carrier well, which led to the vacuum of air supremacy in our plan this time, but they did not want to think that he had sent three heavy cruisers and one light cruiser with the strongest air defense to protect the attacking fleet before the attack for the mission of Guam. In fact, it has been using half of the fleet's anti-aircraft firepower to hit six Japanese aircraft carriers and one army aviation group. ”

"Oh? And here's the thing. Ye Zishan was surprised, he didn't expect that the 23rd fleet still had half a fleet.

"Of course!" Yan Yu said: "The heavy patrol formation protects two supply ships, and eleven fast cargo ships have been departing for four days, and according to the time, they can arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest." Although the Anton and the two escort aircraft carriers came out late, Guam will be able to enter the maximum combat radius of our carrier-based aircraft in five days at most. ”

After a quick word, the bespectacled second lieutenant staff officer calmed down again, looked at the burning direction of Agana, and said quietly: "But it can't be said that there is nothing wrong with it, his problem is that he didn't realize that the aircraft carrier is the core role, and he didn't expect the aircraft to be so powerful." Ignoring the speed and aircraft performance of the four main forces of the mountain. In the final air defense, when he saw that there were many enemy planes, he abandoned the ring defense and switched to a concentrated defense. This appears to be more dense anti-aircraft firepower, but in reality it lacks layers, allowing enemy aircraft to attack closer and their own ships more easily bombed. ”

Ye Zishan didn't understand these naval tactics, and after listening to him talk to himself, he smiled and patted the fork: "The heavy patrol formation should be the main force of the attack, right?" By the way, when you make a plan, you are not afraid that the Japanese fleet will chase you? How many more gunboats are there in Apra Bay, and what about Saipan? There was also a garrison fleet and quite a few aircraft. ”

Speaking of his plan, Yan Yu became excited. His eyes lit up and he pointed to the island: "Major, you know what? From tonight through the coming week, there are at least 20 of our submarines cruising off the coast of Guam. In the waters between Saipan and Guam, I also deployed 24 ships! Right now, there are four submarines outside the port of Apra, and if they come out, they will die more or less! There was a bit of a problem in aviation, but the Japanese army had no radar and no night planes, so it was a little dangerous during the day. Why don't we hold on for six days? As for the main forces of the Japanese Navy. Speaking of this, he was actually full of regret. This made Ye Zishan very puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with the Japanese Navy?" ”

"Nothing." I don't know what I thought, and after being lost for a while, Yan Yu suddenly became interested again: "Major." Do you know how important six battleships and two aircraft carriers are to Japan? Don't look at them as the most powerful, but in our navy, they are all called duty ships, that is, secondary forces that can be pulled out at any time to fight. Without these secondary forces, the Japanese navy would only be able to use the decisive forces to carry out non-major tasks, and in this case, it would have to narrow the circle of control and would fall into the trouble of exhaustion. So this time, in addition to seizing Guam, the midpoint of the southwest Pacific Ocean. It is also necessary to seize the initiative in the war and let the Japanese navy know that we can fight wherever we want, and they have no right to decide. We can only follow in the footsteps of our war! If Yamanoroku throws his forces into a decisive battle to Guam, not to mention that he is already behind us in time, it will also cause the Ryukyu air defense to be paralyzed. At that time, we will be able to attack Yaeyama and other islands with confidence and open the southern gate of the Ryukyus. So even if we lose. The Taiwan side can also penetrate the southern gate of the Ryukyus in one fell swoop, so that it can take the Ryukyus at least three to four months earlier. ”

Ye Zishan opened his mouth. Unexpectedly, this person even thought of seizing the initiative in the war and the benefits after defeat, and immediately looked at him. But the attitude of not taking the life and death of his own airborne troops to heart in his words made it difficult for him to accept. However, from a military point of view, he was not wrong, and from the level of national and general military strategy, Guam would certainly be the best to win. Even if it loses, it will only be the first attempt to enter the Southwest Pacific. Being able to exchange thousands of lives for an early settlement of the Ryukyus is earned no matter how you say it. Although he also knew that a few regiments would not even be able to fight blisters in this world war, if they could be exchanged for victory, let alone thousands, tens of thousands, the General Staff would dare to discard them, but he still felt a little hairy in his heart after leading troops at the grassroots level for many years. Looking at Yan Yu with a happy face, he asked, "Yu, when you make a plan, why don't you consider taking down the Ryukyus first?" Wouldn't that be more certain? ”

"No way!" Yan Yu's face became serious: "Major, the U.S. Navy is not so easy to get along with!" After Japan seized Guam, there was no money for construction, so the facilities on the island were all left by the United States, and the defense capability was seriously insufficient! In addition, the attention of the day is now focused on the Ryukyus and the coast of our country, and the soil is dangerous, and it is impossible to strengthen Guam. These US navies are well aware that if we open up the Ryukyus first, the US Pacific Fleet can go straight to Wake Island from Pearl Harbor and attack Guam from here. Even if the United States does not have time, the Japanese southern troops will definitely rush to Guam's aid, and the difficulties will increase tenfold or even hundredfold at that time! For this matter, I have studied the US Constitution and military statutes in detail, and found that the president of the United States does not have to go through Congress to send troops! According to the US Constitution, the mobilization of the Marine Corps does not need to go through Congress! If Congress hadn't pressed the Navy to the death and forbade the Navy from getting involved in the war, the Marine Corps would not have been guaranteed, and I am afraid it would not have been our turn to occupy Guam. However, if the Ryukyus were lost, it would be equivalent to the complete defeat of the Japanese navy, and even if the US Congress did not want to enter the war, the US president could mobilize the Marines to retake Guam. ”

Ye Zishan didn't expect to see an extraordinary figure who would study the U.S. Constitution and military orders for the sake of battle planning. But before he could get to know the second lieutenant any better, there was already a shout next to him: "Sir, we have arrived." Turning his head, he saw three zigzag fires on the sea outside the porthole on the left.

By the time the group began to land, Agania was in disarray. The four "rages" caused unimaginable damage to this isolated island town with a total of only five square kilometers, including the supply warehouse, radio station, and Standard Oil office building left by the United States were all destroyed by the aftermath of the explosion, and the most famous Plaza de España was blown up by the bomb to create a large crater more than 20 meters deep, and all the surrounding churches and buildings were destroyed. "Fury" brings not only shockwaves, but also extremely terrifying flames. In order to enhance the destructive power, the navy required the use of fierce explosives mixed with aluminum-magnesium powder, which was scattered in thousands of degrees Celsius. Instantly turn the town into a sea of fire. I'm afraid that Yan Yu, who even made a plan to behead him with "rage", never thought that four bombs would directly destroy most of the town, and also killed more than 200 unsuspecting Japanese soldiers in one go, and the casualties were as high as more than 500.

Artillery Captain Osa-Oda, who was rescued from under the collapsed rubble, didn't take a few breaths before he found himself the supreme commander of the Guam garrison. Gritting his teeth, his first order was to send three warships from the port of Apra to attack and use the ship's radio to contact Saipan and the camp. Since the headquarters and communication posts were destroyed, he also needed to send people to organize the troops scattered all over the island. But it's not easy to organize. Hundreds of special combat personnel who had smeared the Japanese army took advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army to open fire on a killing spree, and cold guns and artillery came and went. When he finally organized a team of 1,000 people, there was another fierce explosion in Apra Harbor.

At this time, the port of Apra was not a world-class port that could dock a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier with a curved waterway in later generations. The bay is narrow, and the waterway is straight towards the sea. After the Japanese navy occupied Guam, it also thought about reclamation and expansion. But there was really no money, and the Admiralty thought that it would be enough to have Saipan, so it continued to remain as it was, and even the anti-submarine network was not laid.

This lax negligence gave Huang Zhiyong the opportunity to go on a killing spree. The plan was to keep the Shark 202 and the other three submarines at the mouth of the waterway, but after the first explosion came, he decided to break into the bay and try. I thought it was very dangerous, but I didn't expect it to come all the way to the middle of the bay. In the face of two special gunboats and a destroyer that were raising fire and raising anchor. With only four torpedoes, three Japanese ships were completely destroyed.

The intense explosions and gunfire in Agania failed to affect the leaf hills of Mérizzo. The advantage of seaplanes is that there is no need to wait in the sky, so the first batch of 70 seaplanes are all scattered on dozens of square kilometers of sea around the lagoon. Yan Yu really had something to do, and quickly used the assault boat and rubber boat he brought to separate the gate in and out of the lagoon. Adopt the method of going from east to west to turn the fleet into an assembly line. Since news of Agrihan Island had not yet been received, the transport submarines that had been on standby near Cocos Island immediately rushed to refuel the seaplane, so that even if Agrihan Island failed. Most of the planes were able to fly back to Taiwan.

Two hours later, all three waves landed. Two thousand two hundred and ninety-five airborne troops and two hundred tons of supplies were rudely dumped in the lagoon by pilots who were in a hurry to refuel and go home. As Yan Yu said, there are many shallow reefs in the lagoon, and even if the tide is high, the supplies wrapped in oilcloth and airbags are safe and sound. In addition to the aircraft group, the airborne troops also had to use the dozen assault boats they brought to unload the food and ammunition on the transport submarines. The most exaggerated thing is that Yan Yu's plan actually asked the submarine to bring three decomposed cooking trucks, and it is estimated that he has long been ready to fight a protracted war.

After being down-to-earth, Ye Zishan's whole body was loosened. He hates flying, especially on the sea, which always makes people feel ungrounded. Merizo's Japanese barracks had been occupied by the special operations team, and when he arrived, the special operations team was still cleaning up the bodies. Judging from the clothing of the corpses, the Japanese soldiers were attacked without warning, so most of them were wearing only trousers.

"No captives?" Ye Zishan handed a cigarette to Pei Jian, who was the leader of the second squadron of the Hunter Brigade. "I don't have that time." Pei Jian was lazy, and when he saw the airborne regiment's eyes lit up, he praised him: "Major, your soldiers are good, where have you fought?" ”

These evil stars! Ye Zishan scolded secretly, and secretly admired Pei Jian's eyesight in his heart, and at a glance, he knew that his soldiers had all fought, so it was normal to see hundreds of dead corpses. "We are from the 2nd Airborne Division." The battalion commander next to him couldn't help but introduce himself.

"Oh? Kizylorda was fought by you? Tell me about it. I've heard that you burned tens of thousands of Soviet soldiers to death. "The hunters have no interest in conventional battles, but rather in the legendary battles of Kyzylorda. had the opportunity to show off in front of the most mysterious troops in the country, and suddenly made the heartless battalion commanders and airborne troops dance with their eyebrows.

Ye Zishan didn't have time to brag, pointed to the corpse and said: "The temperature here is high and humid, the corpse must be cleaned up as soon as possible, otherwise it will easily decay and cause a plague." It is better to incinerate with gasoline before burial, and the clothes and personal belongings of the Japanese army must also be burned. Tell everyone not to drink raw water, eat wild fruits, and the captured Japanese food must also be checked by the military doctor before eating. "In the rainforest, attrition is often more terrible than fighting.

After he was deployed, the rumbling of artillery was heard in the direction of Agana. After Sun Baozhen learned about the situation in the harbor from the submarine, he decisively changed his plan, let the destroyers protect the two troop transports and go directly to the harbor to land, shorten the landing time, and led the Ryukyu to bombard Agania and drag the main force of the Japanese army. Although the USS Ryukyu was an electronic reconnaissance ship, the 10 twin 120-mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns were not designed to fight aircraft. Under the cover of 60 rounds of 30-kilogram high-explosive grenades per minute, the special combat team that was the first to land on the island immediately established a landing depth on the beach. After Oda Osa learned that there was an enemy on the beach, he mistakenly thought that the Republic of China Marines had landed, and hurriedly led his troops to intercept it. At the same time, the two destroyers quickly rushed into the port of Apra and used their naval guns to wash the already panicked Japanese naval camp again. Even the armed troop carriers, which followed behind, fired wildly at the shore with the 107-mm rocket launchers they carried.

At four o'clock in the morning, the marines on the two troop carriers were the first to go ashore and, under the cover of naval guns, set up a defensive line and began to unload heavy equipment, and 120 seaplanes in the direction of Merizo were the first to return after refueling the submarines. At this time, good news finally came from Agrihan Island, in the face of the sneak attack of 3,000 marines, only two squadrons of Japanese troops defending the island were killed and wounded, and the rest all escaped into the deep mountains and old forests. After receiving the news, the anxious pilot immediately left behind four Blue Swans to act as temporary ground support aircraft, and the rest all went to Agrihan Island to refuel.

At six o'clock sharp, six 96 warships and three 99 shipwrecks from Saipan finally arrived at Apra Port. However, in the face of the elite aircraft carriers, the Japanese pilots stationed on the island were obviously inexperienced, and in the face of the Ryukyu and the two destroyers, which had been prepared for a long time, seven were shot down before they could get close to the harbor, and the remaining two 96 ships were frightened and hurriedly retreated. By 10 o'clock in the morning, not only had the two freighters been unloaded, but the airborne regiment in Yezishan had also successfully joined forces with the marines. So far, the first batch of 3,877 naval and air soldiers, 16 25 tanks, and 12 Type 36B Spitfire tanks that terrified the Soviet army in the northwest have all successfully landed on Guam, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent Guam campaign.

The Guam landing battle changed the traditional plane landing operation mode from sea to land, and although seaplanes were used, it was still considered the first vertical landing battle in human history. Due to the small number of ships used and the high concealment of the vertical landing, even the European theater was inspired by this bold action and was used in many subsequent battles. After learning the news of the successful landing, Chen Shaokuan immediately transferred all three Beijing-class battleships to Shanghai, and also transferred eight cruisers and 30 destroyers to cooperate with the two Beihai-class aircraft carriers in Keelung to put on a posture of attacking the Ryukyus again.

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