The stubbornness of the Japanese in the bones of "not seeing the coffin and not shedding tears" saved the operation, after seeing the death of their comrades again and again, the fear in the hearts of the Japanese daredevils gradually became numb, coupled with the gradual increase in the power of medicine, their performance became better and better, and the American soldiers were like the kamikaze attack team in the face of devils in history, many people were frightened by the Japanese army's crazy suicide attacks, the accuracy of shooting dropped significantly, and there were even individual guys with psychological breakdowns who hysterically shouted "I'm not doing it!" "Fighting with his comrades led to chaos inside the battery, and if it weren't for the fact that the anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber anti-aircraft guns could not completely reverse the muzzle, the consequences would have been even more serious

After losing 16 excellent bomber pilots in a row, the Japanese army's 5th round of suicide attack finally succeeded, and two huge guns were killed at once, so that the Japanese only needed to solve a threatening 406mm turret in Zuihou before they could start landing, and Yamaguchi Tashi's nerve, which was almost broken, was suddenly relaxed

Although there is still a huge cannon that has not been killed, he can still withstand the loss of only one plane in the subsequent round of suicide attacks. In fact, after killing the 3 giant cannons, it was only a matter of time before Zuihou's one was destroyed, and the Japanese machine was attacking at an extremely high frequency every half a minute, which would never be too long

With another loud sound that spread for dozens of miles, a tsunami-like cheer erupted over the huge Japanese fleet, and Yamaguchi Tarumi immediately ordered the landing ships, which had already been prepared, to sail to the selected landing site as fast as possible, at a distance of only thirty or forty kilometers. You can start logging in in an hour at most.

"In order to land you safely, I have lost 25 bomber aces, don't let their blood be shed in vain!" , Yamaguchi Tashi stared at the landing ship that began to land without saying a word, but his lower lip was bitten out of deep tooth marks. Although Yamaguchi Tabun also knew that the Marine Corps was also very important, as an excellent commander of an aircraft carrier formation, the status of the carrier-based aircraft unit and the ace pilots was obviously much higher in his heart, and now that the ace pilots had lost more than half of them for the safety of the landing force, it was no wonder that he could feel better

After learning that a number of coastal batteries had been attacked and destroyed by the Japanese, the command of the US Pacific Fleet immediately realized that the Japanese were trying to land on Oahu. Immediately a high degree of vigilance. The 24th Division of the Army, which was stationed on Oahu, was immediately asked to send troops to intercept it, but now the fleet in the harbor was completely destroyed, and the defensive ring of strong fortresses was torn open by the suicide attacks of the Japanese, and the land force could only be relied on to resist the landing Japanese troops. Otherwise, if the Japanese captured the usable batteries of the American army from behind. The consequences are unimaginable

However. The U.S. Army's 24th Division is not a trustworthy elite division, and was short-staffed by more than two-thirds of its strength after being beaten by the Chinese army in India not long ago. After the Sino-British peace agreement was reached, the division was transferred to Oahu, replacing the 1st Marine Division, the number one ace of the U.S. ground forces, so that the U.S. government could devote the latter to the European theater. It is true that even if the establishment of the US 24th Division becomes complete again after a large number of new recruits are replenished, the strength of the US 24th Division is far from being comparable to that of the 1st Marine Division, but at that time, the US Government never imagined that Japan would actually go to war with the United States, and that it would not fight the much closer South China Sea, but would go all the way to Pearl Harbor, the nest of the Pacific Fleet, and the garrison of Pearl Harbor itself was already very strong, so no one realized the danger of doing so. But now, Admiral Nimitz, the new commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet, who was lucky enough not to be killed in the air raid because he participated in the Christmas Eve party, can only hope that the 24th Division will be a little more aggressive

However, the 24th Division of the U.S. Army is a newly built infantry division that has just been expanded this year (before the U.S. Army's standing army had only 3 divisions, and once again lamented that the geographical location of the United States is really good.) Before they were trained, they were sent to India to fight a vicious battle, and as a result, the already small number of backbone veterans were almost lost, and after returning home, they were replenished with recruits who were more watery than those remnants of the defeated soldiers, and the combat effectiveness naturally declined further. The training efficiency of the US army is not low, if the Japanese army attacks Pearl Harbor half a year later, maybe the 24th Division can still form combat effectiveness, but the reality is that the new recruits have only been assigned to train together for a few days (and it is a few days before the holiday, you can imagine how effective it can be.) ), and had to participate in this unprecedented fierce battle

As a result, due to the general inexperience of the soldiers, and the fact that most of them had not completely recovered from the panic of the sudden attack, the concealment work during the march was not done well, and as a result, it was discovered by a Japanese plane, and the pilot on board immediately called for artillery support to the fleet, and as a result, the heavy artillery fire from more than a dozen Japanese ships immediately completely covered the US 24th Division, which had not dispersed quickly

Since the U.S. military has always been the party with absolute superiority in firepower, most of the U.S. troops are good at how to use firepower to kill and injure the enemy, but how to preserve themselves under the enemy's superior firepower, they have done a very general job (there are many examples during the Korean War to illustrate this), especially more than half of the 24th Division are recruits who have not completed basic training, and they immediately ran around in panic after being bombarded by Japanese naval guns, which not only further increased casualties, but also made the entire 24th Division feel very confused. Before it could meet the enemy it was supposed to attack, the 24th Division of the US Army was already in complete disarray

The commander of the Japanese landing force was Baron Nishitakeichi, who was the commander of Japan's only armored corps, and after the army was abolished, the armored corps was also "a phoenix that landed on the ground is not as good as a chicken", although because Chongren considered that after the failure of Japan's invasion of China, manpower was seriously insufficient, and it was necessary to improve the mechanization level of the ground forces to ensure that the overall combat strength was maintained above the necessary level, Nishitakeichi was able to be retained by the navy and became a senior officer of the Marine Corps. However, the original armored corps has been reduced to only one brigade and regiment, and because of his aristocratic background, the rank of lieutenant general of Xizhuyi has been retained, which makes him more and more excluded from his original self-discipline, and some people often refer to Xizhuyi as "Your Excellency the Brigade Commander of the Lieutenant General" behind his back. Therefore, this landing battle became Nishitakeichi's best chance to prove himself and convince the emperor to expand his armored forces

After learning from the telegram sent by the HNA that the US troops were in chaos, Nishitakeichi immediately realized that this was an excellent fighter, and after communicating with the HNA and requesting air support, he led hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles that had already landed on the shore and assaulted at full speed in the direction of the 24th Division of the US Army (to be continued......