Because it was night, Yamamoto was not prepared to dispatch fighters during the first wave of attacks. The Japanese were notoriously bad at night fighting, and Yamamoto's insistence on attacking that night also shows his gambling addiction. He believed that although the Japanese army was not good at night fighting, night was even more disadvantageous to the defending side, so this would be more beneficial than disadvantageous for the Combined Fleet.

Koizumi did not express an opinion. So far, he is more responsible for the technical aspects of commanding operations, and he thinks that he does not understand the characteristics of warfare in this era, and he thinks that he needs to study for a period of time.

Yamamoto Isoroku had no intention of sneaking up, and in fact, he didn't have to do it because of the order of the attack. The defense of Hainan Island was still unknown to him, of course, because the two Type 99 fighters sent for reconnaissance missions in the afternoon failed to return, and it was certain that the Cadet Corps had already known about their arrival and made corresponding precautions. Since this is the case, let's start the war in a dignified manner, and find out how many troops the Xuebing Army has invested in Hainan.

First take Dazhou Island, which is about three kilometers away from the coastline of Wanning, and then use Dazhou Island as an offshore stronghold to find a corresponding landing point, and as long as you hold your foothold at Wanning Coast Station, this battle is equivalent to winning half of the battle - at about half past seven, the combined fleet began to adjust its formation, among them, some light cruisers and frigates began to move closer to the coastline. At eight o'clock, the shelling began as three red flares suddenly rose from the Kaga. Unlike the artillery bombardment of the Vanguard fleet, this time, because more than 100 warships fired their guns at the same time, and nearly 1,000 cannons participated in the shelling at the same time, Arima Masafumi, who commanded the artillery battle, was able to coordinate all the Japanese ships participating in the battle to carry out area bombardment.

"Empty-" As the cannon sounded, six fireballs flew out from the three heavy cruisers, and the next moment, six fireballs whistled and smashed into Beipo Town, Dazhou Island, and Dahua. It was only about 500 meters away from the Beipo Fort that smashed into Beipo Town, and as the fire flickered and the explosion sounded, the students inside felt a clear vibration. "The caliber should be more than 180 mm!" A student judged.

Almost at the same time, Zhang Dali, who had been staying near the fort, issued an order to the troops of the 38th Brigade through a walkie-talkie: "Now, I order everyone to enter the air-raid shelter immediately to avoid it. ”

These six shells were obviously used by the little devil to determine the shooting of Zhu Yuan, and within a few minutes of the six huge explosions, the dense sound sounded like the sound of the artillery battle on Chinese New Year's Eve, and then, hundreds of fireballs dragged their dazzling tails and smashed towards Dazhou Island. That's right, the first target of the Japanese bombardment was the island of Dazhou, which is only about three kilometers away from the coastline of Wanning.

Although the Japanese did not know much about Hainan's defense, they did have a good grasp of Hainan's geography. To fight Wanning, Dazhou Island must be occupied first, because as long as Dazhou Island is taken, then it is equivalent to having a springboard for continuous attacks on Wanning. Of course, if Yamamoto Zhilu Michi Solokio has prepared something for himself on Ozu Island, I believe he will change this decision.

The sound of explosions that resounded throughout Hainan Island continued one after another for about 20 minutes, and Dazhou Island, as the first coordinate of the shelling, turned into a scorched earth after five minutes had passed.

As the closest island to Wanning, it seems that Solo Xiong and the others did not think about its defense from the beginning. Were they negligent? No, but this island, there is no need to send troops to defend it at all.

The shelling stopped, and under the escort of the heavy cruisers "Mogami" and "Chokai", Oshima Maru and two small landing ships sailed towards Ozu Island with their sailing lights on.

In the wave of shelling just now, Wanning withstood about two minutes of bullet rain, so that a third of the houses were damaged or even collapsed, and at least more than 100 were burning. The original plan of Shan Xiong was to ask the citizens of Wanning to give up their real estate, so when the air defense mobilization was carried out, they were asked to bring important belongings with them. But now it seems that his idea is too unrealistic. The status of home in the minds of the Chinese people is too important, although it may be life-threatening, but since it is under their noses, how can they sit idly by? Despite the pleading and pleading of the temporary administrators of the various prevention and control measures, the citizens of Wanning poured onto the ground in droves when the shelling was suspended, and immediately began to save themselves.

The solo male doesn't have time for that. His temporary headquarters has been moved from Wanning City to Dongshan Ridge. Through the binoculars, he saw the movement of the Japanese fleet, and he said, "Sure enough, it is Dazu Island." ”

"Lao Dan, do you think the little devil is so stupid?" It was the deputy chief of staff who asked this, Guo Laige. Chief of Staff Huang Ye went to take charge of radio monitoring, and the leadership of the staff fell to Brother Guo Lai.

Yamamoto Fifty-six didn't expect it, and Onitsuka Shomuro, who commanded the landing battle, didn't expect that the current Ozu Island had become a snake island. That's right, there are hundreds of thousands of snakes on Dazhou Island now, and among them, there are five or six species of poisonous snakes alone. At least half of these snakes were hiding in their dens, but due to shelling, they all escaped. Although at least 100,000 snakes were killed as a result, many more were clustered around the island, spitting blood-red tongues and waiting for the "enemy" to automatically send them to the door.

"To fight Wanning, Dazhou Island must be occupied. That is a ready-made landing ship, as long as the little devil has a foothold on Dazhou Island, he can continue to attack. ”

Brother Lai actually thought so in his heart, and he smiled: "It's a pity that I can't watch this human-snake battle in person." Throne, let's bet on one? Who will be the winner of the most difficult bet? ”

"Snakes! Little devils don't have that much time to dwell on them. Moreover, Yamamoto is a shrewd person, if he realizes that this is a game that we have arranged, he will definitely subconsciously want to get rid of it. I'm just worried about one thing now, if the little devil prepares enough snake medicine, then we will be miserable. ”

Dazhou Island is too close to the coastline, in order to prevent these snakes from migrating to Hainan Island to form snake plagues, the coast of Wanning has been specially processed, not only the flood control wall is 90 degrees upright, but also a sufficient number of herbs with snake repellent effect are planted behind the flood control wall.

The shelling, which lasted for 20 minutes, not only flattened the suspicious facilities on Dazhou Island, but also plowed the Wanning Hainan line. It should be said that the shelling achieved good results, but what worried Yamamoto Isoroku was that because he had not been fired back from the beginning to the end, the defensive strength of Manning's area was still a mystery, and his hanging heart became more and more worried. "Dazhou Island, as long as you take Dazhou Island, everything will have a certainty!" Thinking so, he stared closely at the lights on the sea ahead, and never moved his nest since.