Chapter 226: Navy SEALs
12 October 1941, South China. The National Day of the Han Empire, but there was no joy in the Weiqing Pavilion, and bad news came from the Pacific Theater.
Two Yanhuang steamers carrying 1,200 Marines were sunk by the US submarine "Sailfish," and only 400 Marines were rescued, and nearly 2,000 elite soldiers died at the bottom of the sea.
And the "Sailfish", after being damaged by a depth charge from an anti-submarine helicopter, did not sink, but returned to the dock on Kauai, and soon after, withdrew to the military port of San Diego, a military port on the west coast of the United States. After a series of propaganda deliberately arranged by the U.S. Department of Defense, the forty-two sailors led by Major Auden and their Sailfish became heroes in the eyes of the Americans.
Because after the all-out attack of the fleet, the lone boat sank the transport ship of the Han Empire Navy, killing more than 2,000 of the most elite soldiers of the Han Empire, "proving that the United States is capable of defeating the evil Han Empire fascists." ”
As for the record of the carrier-based aircraft of the Enterprise sinking the heavy cruiser Hansheng and damaging the battleship Gongzu (Tao Qian), it is only lightly mentioned. Because then the Fengshen Pterodactyl AWACS aircraft found the location of the Enterprise according to the route of the Kraken carrier-based aircraft when it returned to the mothership. Thirty-two sea dragons and forty-eight brute dragons, with vengeful fury, sent the Enterprise and two light cruisers to the bottom of the sea in just over an hour. The Taiping fleet lost the last of its main aircraft carriers.
Unlike the Han Chinese, who revered the dead, Americans preferred to sing the praises of living heroes. Therefore, the Enterprise was called a fearless fighting spirit, and it was not widely advertised, and both Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Knox did not consider it appropriate to expand the impact of the total destruction of the Pacific ship.
After the end of World War II, a Hawaiian Han director Cen Kaimou filmed a popular war movie "See the Enterprise Again" based on the Pacific War documents declassified by the Imperial Department of Defense. Without the Don Quixote-style knightly charge of the Enterprise, the Swordfish would not have had a chance to sink the Yellow Wheel.
This episode did not stop the Royal Navy's desire for victory, as the appearance of the Enterprise disrupted the landing plans, and Longzhou simply launched a third wave of air raids on Hawaii. The bombers and attack planes dropped almost all the bombs, and if the supply troops did not keep up, all the bombers could take a break.
Although the loss of the Marine Corps was distressing, and the sinking of the Hansheng and the withdrawal of the Gongzu from the battle greatly reduced the strength of the landing fleet, the American troops on Oahu were also having a hard time.
Because of the defeat of the navy, Hawaii could not get any support from the mainland, and in order to deal with the bombing of the pterodactyls, General Short put almost all his forces into the defense of Cape Carbury Lighthouse, Diamond Head and Dinosaur Bay, and even the defense of Honolulu was transferred.
Fortunately, there are only amphibious combat units in the Royal Navy and no amphibious combat units, otherwise, if he directly landed in Honolulu City and had a decapitation operation, Short would only have the life of raising his hands and surrendering.
But fate is a magical thing, whether you believe it or not, sometimes, fate, whether you believe it or not. Perhaps, from the moment the Enterprise sank, Walter? Lieutenant General Schott's fate was already sealed.
When the 1st Marine Division under the command of Rear Admiral Kan Aiguo unexpectedly took advantage of the excellent shallow sea performance of the Scribe-class amphibious dock landing ship to rush directly to the shoal, so that the amphibious armored tanks, armored vehicles and self-propelled grenades in the dock quickly repelled the weak beach defense forces and rushed to Waikiki Beach, a well-known resort in later generations, Schott, commander of the Hawaii ground forces, almost cried!
"What kind of battle is this? Don't play cards according to the routine at all! You said you landed in Waikiki, and you had nothing to do with bombing and bombing in Diamond Head and Hanauma Bay for a few days? ”
After successfully capturing the beachhead, the 1st Marine Division adopted a rapid assault and soon took control of the city of Honolulu and captured the Hawaiian Army headquarters. The captured Lieutenant General Short gave the order to surrender, and the American GIs at Hanauma Bay and Diamond Head were disarmed by the 1st Division in good cooperation. Only the defenders of Pearl Harbor refused to surrender on the grounds that they were not under the command of the Hawaiian Army. Under U.S. law, surrender must be ordered from a direct superior to be considered treason.
However, Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, had already been sent back to San Diego by the submarine force, and Kan Aiguo was very troubled by the stubbornness of the Americans, but in the war against Japan, there were many devils who would rather die than give in. The bloody battle of Pei Island and the fight for life in Okinawa, how can there be such a discussion as the American GIs?
Since you refuse to surrender, then speak with guns! Kan Aiguo was a person who did not want ink, and immediately gave the order to attack.
However, Pearl Harbor's bird's claw terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the sailors dropped many mines in the only waterway, sealing off the surface of Pearl Harbor. Mount Olympus and Mount Tantarus on either side cut off Pearl Harbor's land traffic to the outside world.
Kan Aiguo tried several frontal assaults, but they were all withdrawn because the firepower of the American troops was too heavy. American GIs removed several 155-mm naval guns from several stranded destroyers to block the only access to the mountain pass below.
Long Chau had previously requested that the facilities in Pearl Harbor be destroyed as much as possible, and after the complete occupation of Hawaii, the Royal Navy also needed Pearl Harbor to anchor the warships of the two ocean fleets. After the forties, the Americans built a large scale at Pearl Harbor, and many of the facilities in the harbor were world-class, and the direct use of them could greatly shorten the time for the fleet to enter the port.
However, this order made the 1st Marine Division even more restrictive, and the American sailors fought more and more vigorously. In the case of being surrounded by enemies on all sides and isolated, they were able to repel several attacks of the Han army, which greatly inflated their personal heroism.
Demining of the waterways has also been difficult, and one demining ship has already been damaged by the sailors in the harbor who have dismantled the ship's guns.
An officer's proposal to shell the waterway in a platoon artillery position and detonate mines was also vetoed by Commander Longzhou. Doing so can easily cause landslides on both sides and damage waterways.
Commander Long suggested that the hard bones be saved for the end, leaving a force to guard the entrance to Pearl Harbor, and the sailors inside could not escape. Other units, supported by naval fire, cleared the other islands of Hawaii. Engineer units began repairing the airfields on the island in anticipation of the arrival of Royal Air Force units.
A week later, the Imperial Army's Yangzhou Regiment arrived in Hawaii to take over the 1st Marine Division's sweeping battle on the islands! But many U.S. military post-sergeants did not obey Short's surrender order, and there were sporadic U.S. military post-mortems resisting on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai until early 1942.
On Oahu, the larger number of troops and the scale of the operation, including Wahiawa, Laya and Wyanai in the northern part of the island, were quickly swept away, with a handful of U.S. soldiers shedding their uniforms and blending in with civilians. But on Oahu, 80 percent of the population is black-haired and yellow-skinned, similar to the Han Chinese, so it is easy to distinguish between white and black American GIs.
Among the Hawaiian islands, Oahu, the most populous island, has settled down in many places, except for ...... Pearl Harbor, also controlled by American sailors.
But the situation was quickly resolved with the arrival of the second convoy from South China.
In this convoy carrying a large amount of supplies, there is also a special unit of more than 500 people, which is a special force directly under the Admiralty and is called Navy SEALs.
The Navy SEALs were the first amphibious force in the true sense of the word in the Imperial Army. In South China, the Navy SEALs formed three special combat groups, with a total number of more than 1,500 people, and their appearance was due to the fact that His Majesty was annoyed by the prenatal education of the two imperial concubines one day, and he couldn't sleep well, and suddenly remembered the big bed in the lounge in the main base.
Thinking of it, His Majesty flew to the main base in Queens with a Mountain Eagle helicopter alone, and while chatting with the bird of paradise, he unexpectedly found that there were two more colorful icons in the personnel interface on the control screen - Navy SEALs and terrorists.
It's a surprise, what's that...... The terrorists don't need it for the time being, but they can get some to go to the Middle East to fight those fierce men in the future. As for this Navy SEAL...... Needless to say? The famous Frogman troops. Although the cost is a bit high, the price is the same as that of the pilot.
Name of Soldier: Navy SEALs
Recruitment conditions: the military camp, training center, and commander of the Zhonghua base are promoted to the rank of general
Levy funds: 10,000
Call time: 30 minutes
Description: The most famous special forces unit in the Red Alert system. Because it is good at amphibious operations, it is also known as the SAL force. It can carry out reconnaissance, defense, unconventional warfare, direct action and counter-terrorism missions.
What else is there to say, ready-made special operations forces, His Majesty waved it at that time and built a ...... 100 troops, the equipment of the troops has been updated relatively quickly recently, and the funds of the base are relatively tight.
But a few days later, Zhang Zheng rushed into the Jinhua Palace, opening his mouth to ask for another thousand more SEALs.
In the words of Commander Zhang, it is: these soldiers are too effective, and they can do anything in the sky, the sky and the sea. If you're lucky, one fighter can blow up an aircraft carrier.
This is not false, Zhong Yi also knows that during the Vietnam War, the frogmen of the Vietnamese monkey once made great achievements and blew up many American warships. After watching the training of the seal soldiers with Zhang Zheng, and seeing the combat skills of these soldiers in various environments, His Majesty didn't say a word, and went to Queens when he came back, what do you want a thousand? Directly come another thousand four, and make up three brigades. Well, inside the Navy SEALs, call them battle groups.
As for the equipment, it is even more to pick the best. No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor special forces, and no matter how hard you can't be bitter, the commandos are not!
Air - WZ40-D, the latest Haidongqing helicopter gunship, can launch light yellow-eyed Penguin air-to-air missiles and gentlemen Penguin air-to-surface missiles; YZ-9 kangaroo, a large transport helicopter that can carry twenty heavily armed soldiers.
In the water - the Demon Wind-class conventional moving transport submarine; Manatee amphibious air-cushion assault boats; Seafox special combat rubber boat.
Land - Cheetah armoured infantry vehicles and Snow Leopard wheeled assault infantry vehicles armed with heavy machine guns, 40 mm grenade launchers and anti-tank rockets.
Individual soldier - sawray individual communication system, HT40 submachine gun (or HTS40 underwater submachine gun), HD1939 large-caliber pistol, HT Yingxian special rifle and sniper rifle, plus infrared night vision goggles and night scopes, etc., of course, each Navy SEAL is responsible for different tasks in the squad, such as the signal corps also has radio communication equipment, medical kits for medics...... However, a bamboo tactical crowbar, ammunition-carrying vest and body armor are essential in their backpacks. Each Navy SEAL has to carry a combat load of more than thirty kilograms!
After building this amphibious special forces, His Majesty wants to laugh and cry at the same time, laughing because the empire finally has a giant bull's amphibious force, crying on the holographic screen of the base, and the number of available funds is only a pitiful 100,000.
This makes His Majesty's idea of exploiting the oil of the Middle East all the more urgent.