The crisis is not limited to the port, but even Naha, the largest city in the Ryukyu Islands, is not so safe at this time.

Out of the importance of the city, Australasia committed most of its paratroopers, an army of more than 4,000 men, to attack the city.

For unexpected reasons, the raid had very good results.

In just over an hour, more than 4,000 paratroopers managed to capture Naha's city hall, radio stations, and important squares, and deployed defensive positions along Naha's roads to the outside world.

There were almost twice as many people as there were on the port side, which also led to the paratroopers attacking Naha having more heavy weapons, including more machine guns and artillery.

At the time of the offensive, these heavy weapons did not play much of a role. But after going on the defensive, machine guns and artillery showed their power.

Because of Naha's importance, another Division chose to go out with the whole army to protect the largest and only city in the Ryukyu Islands.

However, the strength of the entire C Division was just over 20,000 men, and it was difficult to take the entire city by attacking when most of the soldiers were recruits who had not been trained for a long time.

Coupled with the help of Australasian planes in the sky, it was even more difficult to win by attacking.

Originally, the work arranged for the two C divisions was the simplest, they only needed to be stationed near the port and the city, maintain order in the port and the city, and send men to patrol by the way.

Although the islanders have deployed 100,000 troops on the Ryukyu Islands, it can be said that there is no deployment of armored forces at all.

"Yaga! This group of waste, the strength of two divisions, can't even hold the port and Naha. On another battlefield, the highest-ranking general in the Ryukyu Islands, the division commander of the A Division, Murainofu, scolded angrily.

However, the coast of the island with the greatest pressure has not yet been breached, but the cities and ports inside the Ryukyu Islands have been captured by the enemy.

This also led to the fact that during the offensive and defensive periods, the fire of various heavy weapons in Australasia was almost uninterrupted. A large number of machine-gun bullets and shells were constantly pouring down on the island army, as if they didn't want money.

"Your Excellency, the Australasian must have dropped a large number of troops by airborne to carry out the raid on our ports and cities." At the division meeting table, one of the infantry wing commanders guessed.

Although it is indeed expensive to do so, the benefit is also visible to the naked eye, that is, the island army is simply unable to break through the Australasian firepower network.

Telegrams for help continued to be transmitted from the frontline battlefields, and finally reached the two most powerful forces in the Ryukyu Islands, responsible for defending the two A and B divisions that had landed in Australasia.

To make matters worse, the Australasian actions were completely out of the plans of the island nation's army. In other words, none of the senior officers of the island nation, including Lieutenant General Murai Nofu, expected the sudden attack in Australasia.

Although the island army has an advantage in terms of artillery, the Australasian army also has fire support in the sky, and instead has an advantage in overall firepower.

Not to mention breaking through the defensive positions in Australasia, it was difficult for this Division C to even get close to Naha.

Since the Meiji Restoration, the islanders have faced an absolute superiority in armaments, including Russia.

In order to capture defensive positions against the Australasian firepower network, the island army must have a large number of weapons on the battlefield, that is, a sufficient number of tank and armored forces.

It was necessary to support Naha and the port, but it was absolutely impossible to use the entire Armor Division to support.

Australasia has always adhered to the principle that human life is greater than heaven, and would rather waste more bullets and shells than make unnecessary sacrifices.

But the problem is that the topography of the Ryukyu Islands determines that it is impossible to deploy too many armored troops on the islands.

You know, this is an archipelago of multiple islands, and the largest island is not too large, so the role of armored forces will be reduced indefinitely.

But this time against Australasia, they understood what the strength of the real great power level is.

"Guys, who of you would like to go to Naha and the port?" Murai was silent for a moment, then looked at his subordinates.

Without a well-defended armored force, it would be impossible for the island's infantry to break through the defensive positions of Australasia.

"In the final analysis, it is the reason why we have completely lost air supremacy." Major General Taro Tanaka, commander of the 1st Infantry Brigade, said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, Naha and the port are very important to us, and we cannot sit idly by and let Australasia occupy Naha and the port. ”

After all, the greatest task of the Division A is to protect the coastline of the most important main island of the Ryukyu Islands and prevent the Australasian army from breaking through the coastline and thus conquering the entire Ryukyu Islands.

However, even if only a part of the troops were dispatched, it would be a separate force from the elite A Division.

Although the establishment of the army is almost the same, the combat effectiveness of an infantry brigade of the A division is almost comparable to that of an entire C division.

What the island nation is most proud of is actually the elite army of this small number of Class A divisions.

Hearing Murai Nofu's words, many infantry wing commanders under his command had ideas.

A division has two infantry brigades, each with two infantry wings, each with three infantry battalions, and each infantry brigade with four infantry squadrons.

In addition, a division is usually equipped with cavalry wings, artillery wings, engineer wings, and axle weight wings, as well as health teams, field hospitals, communications teams, logistics units and other units directly under the division.

For example, the more elite A divisions and regiments will have larger infantry wings, artillery wings, engineer wings and other divisions and regiments directly under them, and the number of weapons of various types will be larger, and the overall combat effectiveness will be stronger.

However, for any island division, an infantry wing is at least one-fifth of the strength of the entire division, and the number is about 4,000-5,000 people.

According to Murai's psychological expectations, the size of the army supporting the rear cities and ports will be almost limited to one infantry wing, that is, the size of about 5,000 people.

If there are more, it will definitely have an impact on the defense of the coastline. After all, no one can guarantee that the Australasian offensive will be confined to one place, and the protection of the coastline is also very important.

Once the coastline is breached, Naha and the port will be completely defenseless. Because the continuous Australasian army would make them tired to cope, they were finally dragged to death by the Australasian army in the Ryukyu Islands.

Moreover, the biggest question at the moment is not how many troops to support Naha and the port, but whether the two C divisions can hold back the enemy until the supporting troops arrive.

The two divisions were stationed near the port and Naha, and they could reach the battlefield in more than ten minutes.

But not with the Kind A Division. Because the main task was to defend the coastline, the entire division was deployed on the outermost part of the main island, a certain distance from Naha and the port.

In addition, it takes some time for the army to move, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least an hour or so for the supporting army to arrive.

This hour is of the essence. If the two Division C can completely hold back the Australasian army, when the support of the Division A arrives, they can naturally launch an attack and retake the port and city.

But if the two C divisions are unable to hold back the Australasian army and allow the enemy to continue to improve the defensive position.

Even if you wait until reinforcement arrives, you will face a more solid defensive position, which will be more difficult to breach.

So the question is, can these two C divisions successfully hold back the Australasian army?

The answer, of course, is no.

It is undeniable that the army of the island nation has an absolute numerical superiority over the Australasian army.

On the port side, the island army numbered about 19,000 people, and the Australasian army combined was only a little more than 2,000 people, and the ratio of the two sides was almost a terrifying 1 to 10.

And the city side isn't much better. Australasia's army is still only a little over 4,000 troops, while the island nation has a total of 20,000 divisions, and the military ratio is still as high as 1 to 5.

If it was 50 years ago, the difference in the number of armies between the two sides was so large, it was really hard to say who would lose and who would win.

But now it is 1936, heavy weapons such as machine guns and artillery have been developed quite well, and Australasia has complete air supremacy, and the gap in numbers has long been bridged.

With a large number of aircraft hovering overhead, the island army simply could not launch a large-scale charge against the Australasian army.

If people stand too densely, they will become a living target for Australasian machine guns and aircraft. But if the people are too scattered, the threat of attack will not be so great, and the gap in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will be widened.

In addition, the soldiers of the division have not undergone long-term militarized training, they are not familiar with the battlefield, and they have not experienced the real battlefield that determines life and death, and the impact on combat effectiveness will be greater.

Seeing the comrades-in-arms around him fall one after another, even if these island soldiers have been brainwashed, they will involuntarily give birth to fear.

After all, people are born with a fear of death, and unless they are supported by stronger beliefs, fear will be greater than anything else.

For such a group of C divisions, what would shatter the support of faith in their hearts?

The harsh reality, of course.

With the launch of an all-out assault on the city and port by these two divisions, their divisional headquarters were gradually exposed.

On the premise of air supremacy, the headquarters of these two C divisions have become the best targets, and they are also the key targets of the Australasian Air Force.

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