In the past one. During the night, the air raids, which began at 1 a.m., continued until dawn.

In total, four waves of bombing units arrived on Saipan and carried out air strikes on key targets on the island.

In the early morning of the next day, the bombed area was still full of fire, and many Japanese black soldiers wearing shorts were desperately fighting the fire.

At the end of the night, the number of Japanese soldiers who died under the air raid was not too many, but what was chilling was that the main defenses of the island were devastatingly attacked.

In particular, the three airfields on which they depended for survival did not save even a single plane at dawn.

The fire at the airport is still burning, and it is a fire caused by the ignition and explosion of the fuel storage warehouse, and I am afraid that this fire will not be extinguished for the next few days.

The Japanese headquarters in Saipan had a heavy and oppressive atmosphere, which made everyone almost out of breath.

The Supreme Military Commander of the Saipan garrison with the Japanese 31st Army as the core is also the commander of the 31st Army, Lieutenant General Hidera Obata.

"Tell me why our radio can't reach the Tokyo Military Department, not even Guam."

In Hidera Obata's view, the Red Alert Empire's attack on Saipan was not surprising, and as the commander-in-chief of Saipan's defenders, he had long been prepared to face the Red Alert Empire's attack.

But he could not bear it, the war had already begun, and he could not communicate with the outside world, nor could he send a warning to Guam and Tokyo, which was the most unforgivable.

"Your Excellency, Commander, it is clear that this is the interference method of the Red Alert Empire, and when the Red Alert Empire was at war with the United States, there was intelligence that showed that the Red Alert Empire had the ability to jam radio communications."

"Whether our technicians can solve this problem or not, we must report the situation here to the military department as soon as possible." Hidera Obata asked as he stared at the staff officer who got up to answer.

"I'm very sorry Commander, our technicians are working hard, but ......" The staff officer who replied shook his head helplessly, and the meaning was quite obvious.

"Yaga ......" Hidera Obata said angrily: "No matter what difficulties I have, I must solve this problem within three days, otherwise all the technical departments should judge themselves to thank the emperor." ”

"Hi" the communications staff officer, nodded sweatily.

At this time, Hidera Obata also looked at the others and said, "Gentlemen, this time the enemy's air raid is just the beginning, I'm afraid that we will be ready to defend with all our strength next." ”

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By the time the Japanese army began to prepare for defense on Saipan, the Xuanwu fleet had already arrived in the waters near Saipan, and a large number of carrier-based aircraft took off from seven aircraft carriers and seven amphibious assault ships to carry out precision bombing of Saipan.

In the afternoon of the same day, surface warships also arrived at the edge of Saipan, dropped anchor directly in the sea area only 1,000 meters from Saipan, and then launched an unprecedented artillery bombardment on Saipan.

Seven battleships, hundreds of other warships, spread out in front of the Japanese defense line on Saipan, and the relentless artillery fire, as if to kill all the rats on the island, launched all kinds of indiscriminate shelling.

Another major task of the Black Fox Special Commando on the island is to guide the precise artillery bombardment of the warships on the sea, focusing on destroying the Japanese defense on the island.

In particular, the artillery positions hidden by the Japanese army have been secret pillboxes on the island, machine-gun fire points.

The entire shelling lasted a full five days, during which there were two rounds of ammunition supply from the supply ship to the battleship.

In order to prevent the enemy from landing easily, the Japanese troops defending on the island had to withstand artillery fire and defend in the coastal line area, waiting for the enemy's landing action.

In the sky, bomber groups also visited from time to time, and the Japanese warehouses and field hospitals behind the island were often heavily bombed by carrier-based aircraft.

In five days, the Japanese army on the island had already paid extremely heavy casualties, more than a third of the 50,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded, and the most important thing was that the Japanese fortifications on the island were almost completely destroyed.

Of the more than two hundred artillery pieces, less than fifty remained, and less than ten of dozens of tanks remained, several ammunition depots were directly destroyed, and the morale of the Japanese troops on the island dropped daily.

Hideyoshi Obata also had a very difficult time, the command almost lost communication with the underground troops, and issued orders to understand the situation, all of which needed to be completed by the communications corps.

The unfavorable situation on the island was also quite difficult, a large number of soldiers died under enemy fire, and because the field hospital was continuously attacked, most of the wounded soldiers could not be rescued in time and died.

The firepower and lethality of more than 100 warships are extremely terrifying, and if Saipan were a little smaller, after a few days of attack, I am afraid that there would have been no complete land for a long time.

The firepower of a battleship is enough to withstand an artillery regiment, and if the firepower of a battleship is really worthy of an artillery corps, not to mention the ferocious firepower, the 406 mm main gun, any defense under one shot, is tofu scum.

Five days of shelling, the terrain of the Japanese defense front on Saipan, completely changed.

The once dense woods turned into muddy depressions, and a large amount of tree vegetation was destroyed and burned to the ground.

Grab a handful of dirt on the ground, you can find no less than ten shrapnel, dense shells, which simply change the terrain of the coastal line.

The huge craters were already covered with stagnant water, like small pools, especially those craters blown up by the main guns of battleships, and the depth of the stagnant water was as deep as a person's.

There were mutilated corpses everywhere, black blood clots could be seen in the mud at any time, and the occasional mutilated body part was very normal.

In the Japanese trenches that were reinforced every day, there were Japanese soldiers looking at the sky and looking confused, and the intensive shelling made everyone numb.

Relying on the trenches reinforced by improvised wood, we can only pray that the shells will fall farther, otherwise this kind of bunker will not be able to stop the amazing lethality of the ship's guns.

"The enemy will soon land, and the time for His Majesty the Emperor to be loyal is approaching, and the enemy will be driven out of the sea, and this land will forever belong to the Great Japanese Empire......"

In the trenches near the sea, one by one the soldiers began to boost their morale, and judging by the enemy's shelling, the landing would be within two days.

Many confused Japanese soldiers came back to their senses one after another, clutching the rifles in their hands, and some soldiers had already drawn their bayonets and loaded them on their rifles.

No one showed a look of fear, and all the Japanese soldiers who came back to their senses had no fear in their eyes, only indifference, and a hint of madness in the depths of their eyes.