Chapter 623: Suicide Attack (I)
"That's right, or the seniors, you are careful, why didn't I think of this, in addition to the amount of impact force, there is also a physical problem of the length of the force arm, in this way, the ground-penetrating bomb destroys this 'cover', there should be no problem." , Yamaguchi patted his forehead and smiled, but then realized a problem, frowned, and said, "But even if you destroy that 'cover', you won't be able to destroy the entire fort!" And there are other kinds of turrets that don't have such defects, so how can we solve them? ”
"You don't have to destroy the entire battery, as long as the 'cover' collapses, whether it causes the barrel to deform (even just a little), or jams the turret, the giant cannon of this battery can be rendered useless, and the 203 mm fortress gun on the battery is relatively weak, and there is no need to use ground-penetrating shells, ordinary 1.8 tons, or even 800 kg armor-piercing aerial bombs can be solved." Ozawa Jizaburo paused here and said, "As long as its artillery is rendered unusable, those batteries can no longer pose a threat to the landing force." As for the other kind of main battery, because the barrel of the giant cannon is only slightly extended, it is indeed almost invulnerable in defense, but this also greatly limits the field of view and angle of the shelling, each battery can only manage the sea surface and beachhead of a fan of several tens of degrees, if we are lucky, even one of these batteries does not need to be solved, we can get a large enough shelling dead angle to allow the marines to land safely"
"And what if you're unlucky?" , Yamaguchi asked.
"It's not that there is no way at all, although the artillery shelling port of the Mi army is not very large, it is enough for bombs to fly in." Ozawa Jizaburo sighed with a slight change in his face, if he had a choice, he would never say such a crazy tactic with his personality, but if he couldn't solve those American batteries now, all the previous sacrifices would be in vain, and he couldn't do anything.
"It's possible to do it on the Jishu, but to ensure accuracy, you have to close the distance, and with the power of the 406mm cannon, the storm that kicks off when the cannon is fired alone can tear the plane apart. Even if the enemy's artillery did not fire, our plane would not have had time to pull up and crash into the mountain in front of Xiangshang. It's too late to skydive and such a difficult task. Only the best bomber pilots can do it", Yamaguchi understood what Jizaburo Ozawa meant, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
Good carrier-based pilots are so precious that they can be allowed to commit suicide attacks? Yamaguchi asked, "Can you directly use the plane to hit the giant cannon of the rice army?" The barrel is strong though. But as long as there is a slight deformation. When the cannon is fired, it will explode. This task can be completed by an ordinary pilot, and the loss of the ace can be avoided. But Jizaburo Ozawa sighed and pointed out the huge flaws in this method. It is impossible to confirm whether it had an effect, and if you think that the American artillery was destroyed, but the Japanese landed and even when the Japanese ships approached the coast, the American soldiers safely fired the artillery, and the losses at that time are chilling to think about.
"Indeed, not to mention that our capital ships will not be able to withstand the enemy's artillery, even if the Mi army only attacks our landing ships, a brigade of more than 8,000 people in total, if it suffers further losses, then no matter what, don't even think about capturing Oahu." Yamaguchi sighed, but he thought about it, even if the more than 8,000 people landed without losses, it didn't seem that they would necessarily be able to defeat the defenders on the island five times their size. If they can't do it, they will let the HNA bomber unit carry out a suicide attack, won't those ace pilots all die in vain by then?
Regarding Yamaguchi's doubts, Ozawa Jizaburo snorted coldly and said, "The empire has spent a lot of money to form this truly fully mechanized infantry brigade under the extremely difficult economic situation, and has carried out all-round upgrading of weapons and equipment, although there are only more than 8,000 troops, but whether it is heavy firepower or light firepower, it is not inferior to the elite infantry division of any country on Shijie, and the officers and non-commissioned officers are carefully selected from the former army, Moreover, more than a year and a half of intensive training in armored operations and amphibious assault have been carried out since its formation. If such an elite division has absolute air supremacy on our side, and will also receive naval artillery fire support (all of which can land safely, naval ships will naturally be able to provide artillery support close to the coast. , they can't defeat the U.S. garrison that has turned into elbows and armpits (referring to the insurrection launched by Japanese civilians of Japanese descent on Oahu in response to the Japanese attack), so the empire might as well admit defeat in this war."
"Since there is no other choice, there is no choice but to believe in them." , Yamaguchi Tawen clenched his fists tightly, and finally made up his mind to give Zuihou a fight, and the tactic of direct impact was denied because it was difficult to confirm the effect, in order to ensure the safety of the landing, Yamaguchi Tawen had to reluctantly use those ace pilots he cherished the most as cannon fodder
The operation to destroy the "cover" was relatively smooth, and for the semi-suspended epitaxial reinforced concrete baffle, the ground-penetrating projectile finally showed its due power, as long as it hit accurately, the "cover" all shattered and collapsed, causing the 406mm turret under it to jam or directly smash the barrel. At the same time, the exposed 203mm rotating turrets on these batteries were also destroyed by Japanese dive bombers with ordinary armor-piercing aerial bombs.
However, Yamaguchi's face was not good at this time, because according to the reconnaissance carried out by the bomber pilots during the bombing mission, there were two types of batteries in the second type (each battery had two main turrets independent of each other, and it required four successful suicide attacks). ) can threaten the selected landing site or landing ships and Japanese gunboats that are preparing to provide fire reinforcements (sea targets are farther away, so it is possible that American fortified guns that cannot reach the landing beachhead can hit Japanese ships at sea.) It seems that it will not work without suicide attacks.
"The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom, in this move, please leave it to the kings." Because the number one ace among the Japanese bomber pilots, Fuchida Daisa, took the lead in taking the initiative to ask for help, and a series of measures taken by the government after the defeat of the Japanese war of aggression against China further stimulated the patriotic enthusiasm of the whole nation, and more than 100 people still took the initiative to respond to Yamaguchi Tawen's call under the premise of consciously volunteering (to be continued......