Chapter 89: The Capture of Hawaii 5
At dusk, the 4th Marine Regiment, which served as the transport brigade, also pulled up, and Nie Fengwu followed the 4th Regiment to the forward headquarters. In the headquarters, Nie Fengwu said to Brigade Commander Wang and the three regiment commanders: "Tonight, launch a general offensive on the whole front, and tomorrow morning, we must occupy the military port wharf on the west side of Pearl Harbor and cooperate with the special forces to decapitate the operation." Brigadier Wang, are there any difficulties? "503., the enemy has formed a naval artillery blockade zone, and through the naval artillery blockade zone, I am afraid that a certain price will have to be paid." Nie Fengwu said: "How to block the area through artillery fire is your business, I want the result, understand?" ”
After deliberation, Brigade Commander Wang decided that the troops would secretly enter the front line of the enemy formation, launch a sudden attack in the calm darkness of the night, and quickly pass through the artillery blockade area. The time for the attack was scheduled for eight o'clock in the evening. The attacking force threw in a regimental force, and the frontal assault was greatly strengthened. The Marine Brigade threw all its infantry guns and mortars into battle, striving to break through the enemy's rearmost defensive line in one fell swoop. The atmosphere at the U.S. command at Pearl Harbor was depressing. "Report to the commander, the naval artillery formed a blockade zone, the forward positions reported that the enemy's offensive was contained." An operational staff officer reports. Sam said: "The enemy's offensive has reached its limit, as long as we hold on, it will be victory." Everyone must unite as one, and the American will to fight cannot be defeated. Commander Sam's words seemed to give the generals of the headquarters a shot in the arm, and each of them had spirits.
In the dock warehouse, Ma Kai saw that the soldiers had changed into American military uniforms, and they all looked very bloated. Due to the large size of the U.S. uniforms, the soldiers carried their sniper rifles upside down on their shoulders, which happened to be covered by the uniforms. The soldiers were armed with carbines and looked like an American unit. Ma Kai said: "In order to quickly get on the opposite side of George Island. Quickly launching an attack on the U.S. command, we prepared to land on George Island by U.S. military transport boats. The first step is to seize the U.S. transport. Here's how it works???????。 ”
Before leaving, Ma Kai said to the captain of the 1st and 2nd divisions: "The blockade of the enemy's naval artillery poses a mortal threat to our attacking troops. Your two detachments stay, and we fire a red flare after we succeed on George Island, and you immediately start shooting the enemy artillerymen. "Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! The two squad leaders stood tall. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers poured out of the warehouse gate and simply lined up. Swaggering towards the docks. Passing by the air defense positions of US sailors, there was no one to check on them, and there was no doubt that US military uniforms played a covering role.
The sentry on the pier did not interrogate either. The team boarded directly into a patrol boat. There were troops to cross the river, and the captain immediately ordered the sailors to prepare. The captain stood in the cockpit and asked, "What part of you are?" One of the detachment commanders replied in proficient English: "We are the guard unit of the Front Command, and we were ordered to go to George Island on a mission!" As the transport boat pulled away from the dock, a sailor panicked into the wheelhouse and said, "Captain." Their origin is unknown and suspicious. Especially the military uniforms they wore were fat and ill-fitting. And everyone lowered their heads, as if hiding from something. The captain was startled and thought that the sailors were right, when several big men suddenly rushed into the wheelhouse and held everyone at gunpoint.
After all the US military personnel on the boat were detained, Ma Kai and Li Tie walked into the wheelhouse, and Li Tie held the roulette wheel in his hand and personally steered the transport boat towards George Island. The distance between the two places is about 5 kilometers and less than half an hour. The transport boat landed smoothly. The island's defenses were very lax, and there were anti-aircraft units of sailors on the shore of the pier. Most of them sleep in tents. The two sentries standing guard on the pier actually took the initiative to come up to help when they saw the patrol boat approaching the shore. The two soldiers bolted the tossed cable harbour and were knocked unconscious.
Soon two American soldiers were towed to the cabin. Ma Kai said to Li Tie: "According to the captain's explanation, we have a general understanding of George Island. You lead your troops against the sailors and air defense forces, and I deal with the US command. "Since George Island is an island within a military port, there is no problem with the safety factor, so the guard force of the US command is not much, about 300 people, plus the air defense forces, the total strength does not exceed 800 people. The U.S. Army Headquarters is located in a three-story building in the center of George Island, which was formerly the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet. Because the headquarters is located on the island, and the surrounding sea water forms a natural barrier, there is no defense around George Island, including the headquarters. When the fighting broke out, there were only symbolic piles of sandbags and machine guns in front of the headquarters.
The troops swaggered close to the US headquarters, and Ma Kai ordered the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th detachments to outflank the barracks of the US garrison on the right, and the 8th and 9th detachments covered to carry out fire support, and the remaining 10, 11, and 12 detachments launched an assault on the headquarters building. Ma Kai led his troops to swagger towards the front of the building, in front of which sandbags were piled up, and a heavy machine gun was erected on the sandbags, but there was no figure behind the machine gun. "Who, what?" Two U.S. military sentries came out of the watchtower and shouted loudly.
Only two gunshots were heard, the sentry was shot in the head and died, and the two machine gunners, who were sleeping in the bunker, reacted sensitively, and the two quickly lay on the sandbags and prepared to shoot. Before the two machine-gun shooters could finish preparing for their shots, they were accurately shot by the snipers, and the dim lights in front of the door were not extinguished. The sound of gunfire was the battle order, and the soldiers quickly stormed the building. The headquarters war room was on the 2nd floor, and several guards appeared at the staircase, and several guards fell in pools of blood after several rounds of shooting.
Ma Kai went up to the second floor, and several guards in the hallway had been killed. Ma Kai led his troops to rush into the headquarters, and a group of generals stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, and their facial expressions were in a state of stupidity, I am afraid that everyone did not believe that this was the truth. "Who are you?" Commander Sam asked. "We are the Special Forces of the Chinese Empire, gentlemen! You have been captured, please surrender your weapons, and we will guarantee your lives. As soon as Ma Kai's words fell, a combat staff officer of the headquarters suddenly pulled out a pistol and tried to resist stubbornly, only to hear a frightened gunshot, the staff officer was shot in the head and fell to the ground, red and white gurgling out along the bullet hole.
With a crackling sound, all the generals and headquarters personnel threw their pistols on the ground one after another, with frightened expressions on their faces. At this point, Commander Sam was calm and seemed to be listening to something. Ma Kai smiled and said, "Gentlemen, you can go to the window and observe the scene of the battle. Sam was the first to go to the window, and saw that fighting was breaking out in the garrison barracks on the left. The barracks were littered with the corpses of the beaten soldiers, and the guards of the headquarters were successfully intercepted in the barracks. Special Soldiers barely missed a shot.
"Mr. Commander, your guard unit is a patchwork of sailors. They are defenseless. You see, this is almost a one-sided massacre, for the sake of their lives, please give the order to surrender. "Ma Kai's cold voice, which seems to be the spell of death, is creepy. Sam took another look at the massacre and picked up the telephone. After the surrender of the guard units, the battle did not end. Ma Kai dispatched two detachments to support Li Tie in the battle. At this time, the blockade artillery fire of the battleships on the sea suddenly weakened. Commander Sam pricked up his ears again.
Ma Kai said: "Mr. Commander, this is my detachment, which is hunting down your naval gunners, and the weakening of artillery fire is proof of this." Ma Kai glanced at his watch and continued, "Tonight." Our landing force is going to launch an offensive on all fronts. Tomorrow morning, the West Bank pier will be captured. The corners of Commander Sam's mouth twitched, not believing Mackay's words at all. Just then, the phone rang suddenly, and Ma Kai picked up the phone. Ma Kai handed the phone to Sam and said, "Mr. Commander, this is the phone number of the US Army Eastern Front Command, please answer it." ”
Sam answered the phone without answering, and the phone slid down his arm to the ground, still screaming hoarsely. Ma Kai glanced at his watch and said, "Everyone, the call just now." It was the command of the Eastern Front of the U.S. Army, and it confirmed what I just said. Our army launched a full-front offensive on the Eastern Front. You heard that the artillery fire of the battleship cover has weakened, and our special forces are attacking the gunners on the battleship step by step. Tomorrow morning, the occupation of the west bank of Pearl Harbor by our attacking forces is a foregone conclusion. ”
Mackay looked at Sam and wondered if to give him the 503 letter of surrender now, considering that the battle was still going on, and he had to be shocked by the hard facts, so Mackay decided to hand over the letter of surrender to Sam tomorrow morning. "Mr. Commander, you no longer have any choice, laying down your arms and surrendering is the only way out. Let us speak with the facts, and I will hear your answer tomorrow morning. Then Li Tie ordered that all the captured soldiers and junior officers be gathered in the playground in front of the command department, and all officers above the regimental level should be detained in the headquarters.
At 8 o'clock that night, three regiments of the Marine Brigade of the Eastern Front launched an attack on all fronts, and half an hour after the battle began, the attacking troops broke through the American defense line on all fronts. In the front-line headquarters, Nie Fengwu put down the phone and said, "Ma Kai is good, they deserve to be the devil's troops." The sudden weakening of the enemy's blockade artillery fire must have been their doing. Brigadier Wang, the artillery blockade area we are worried about does not need to be worried. "Brigade Commander Wang was affectionate and hearty, and ordered the troops to attack at full speed, without giving the American troops any respite.
The battle gradually advanced into the distance, "503, I want to follow the troops forward, please instruct!" Nie Fengwu said with a smile: "There are no instructions, quickly advance to occupy the West Shore Pier of Pearl Harbor before dawn, and we will see you at the pier!" Nie Fengwu seemed to be much more relaxed, and he knew that there was no suspense in the battle. Soon, Nie Fengwu received a report from the front line, the enemy's support artillery fire stopped firing, and Nie Fengwu realized that Ma Kai's temporary first action was successful. Then Nie Fengwu ordered, and the headquarters moved to follow.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the enemy suddenly launched a general offensive on all fronts, and the commander of the front, Eisen, immediately ordered a report to the command headquarters at Pearl Harbor. As a result, there was no reply, and at this time, the emergency calls from the forward position kept coming, and Eisen was a little confused. One of his subordinates said: "The headquarters has been cut off and may be attacked." The forward defending forces reported an increase in the strength of the enemy's attacking forces. At this time, an operational staff officer reported in a panic that the battleship's support artillery fire suddenly weakened, and then the news of the breakthrough came from the forward position.
Commander Eisen had no choice but to order a retreat to Pearl Harbor, and the army was defeated. The order to retreat was given, and the U.S. defense system collapsed on all fronts. Eisen led the remnants of his headquarters to flee to the docks, only to be suddenly ambushed. At this time, there was only one guard platoon left in the command, with a strength of less than 50 people. The enemy in ambush was very strong in combat, and within a few minutes more than half of the guard platoon was wiped out, and Eisen was still in a daze, only to see a group of enemy troops dressed in whistles and whistles come up in all directions. It turned out that these were two detachments left at the docks on the West Bank, and after completing the task of attacking the ship's guns, they turned around and threw themselves into the battle to intercept the American troops. (To be continued......)
PS: Operation decapitation.