932 Raid on Pearl Harbor (12) Breakthrough
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You can beat me to death, but you can't insult me! I can die in battle, but I can't be teased to death!
Smith's mentality is like this. He is never afraid of sacrificing ordinary soldiers to win, but he will never destroy the entire battle situation for the lives of a few people. Similarly, when the frontal challenge comes, the other party is still shaking a monkey-funny grass stick in his hand, so he will never tolerate it!
In fact, he also knew that the other party might just be doing it, with the purpose of luring out coastal defense forces, saving time for the powerful airborne troops, launching strong attacks directly, and even using battleships and other unknown means to destroy.
But he couldn't bear it! He couldn't bear it either! Who knew if the other party had another group of strange and powerful few forces ready. When he thought it was just a feint, he wouldn't regret the medicine to take!
I was sad to be attacked by the back and forth, but I had no choice!
It was not just him that became nervous at this time, including Patton's Second Armored Division, the power of the United States' first heavy armored division. As a heavy punch for the entire island, it was waiting to compete with the opponent's elite soldiers!
Lieutenant General Short and others were not so optimistic. Their mission was here. No matter what move the other party did, it would have to continue?
The order of emergency mobilization was quickly issued to the shore defense fortifications on both wings of Pearl Harbor. The two 406mm heavy artillery groups became nervous. They didn't want to follow the footsteps of the two colleagues on the East Coast. They were killed without any effect, which was unavailable!
Lieutenant General Short also ordered them to be patient and careful, at best, expose other small-caliber cannon power to deal with the enemy's temptation when necessary, and must be sure not to think about suddenly killing the opponent's battleship and making great contributions!
This temptation will make many people crazy! Think about it, a super steel fortress that costs hundreds of millions of dollars and concentrates the highest achievements of human industrial technology. Being killed by yourself will be able to promote the achievements of several lifetimes and will definitely be recorded in history! As a soldier, how many people can refuse such temptations?
But wait! That's so important, will the super battleship representing the dignity and strength of a country be easily killed?
The Japanese probably thought so, so their world's third largest joint fleet sank into the sea and became a new home for fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs. Even two super battleships with a 70,000-ton were not spared.
The US Navy also thought so, but now the entire Pacific Fleet is left with the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and almost all the main warships are destroyed!
The US Air Force also thought so. Now they have almost 3,000 or 5,000?
Even yesterday, Lieutenant General Short thought so, but as a result, two crucial turrets were destroyed alive, resulting in a significant reduction in the defense power on the East Coast.
Can't you figure it out when you reach this point? The Chinese super battleship is a pit at all! Whoever targets who is unlucky will be a pit!
Short was afraid that the people below would get hot, so he called them and repeatedly reminded him: "We must figure it out! Our responsibility is to defend Hawaii! Hold the Chinese! It is definitely not to use shore-based artillery fire to compete with their warships! Effective killing is the most important thing! Without my permission, no one is allowed to actively attack their battleships!"
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Shock! Shocking! It was like a thunder thunder erupting in front of you, like a super tsunami rushing towards you, and the thick smoke and dust that rose hundreds of meters and thousands of meters was like a mountain pressing over the top, making the US military guards almost breathless!
The timid recruits even pissed their pants in fright, fainted, knelt on the ground and drew cross-praying desperately, begging their God to appear, and quickly free themselves from this nightmare and not continue, as it would be scary!
Major General Smith took his time to take care of the shocking explosion. Looking down from the mountains, the rolling smoke and dust were not only torn apart by new shells, but also quickly filled and grew stronger, slowly and steadily advancing towards the empty Pearl Harbor, and his throat was dry.
After a long time, he came back to his senses and looked at the other subordinates who were dissatisfied. He couldn't help but get angry and slapped the table and shouted: "Everyone cheer me up! That's just a shocking method used by the Chinese guys, nothing great! Those shells will never fall on our heads. What's there to be afraid of! Haven't you ever experienced the live-fire exercise?"
Everyone was speechless. Their own fleet had been drilled to land on the beach, but how many shells were released! Furthermore, it seemed that the shells of the two big guys below were also very powerful. The density and scenes they shot were similar to the attacks of a whole fleet. They were abnormal!
But if you can't show it too incompetent, it will be too disgrace to be the world's largest country.
He cheered up and continued to concentrate and watch. The long half hour seemed to be as difficult as half a day. Finally, the explosion gradually weakened, and the smoke rising from behind was weakened by the strong wind. The explosion point had extended from the outside of Pearl Harbor.
Looking at Eva Beach again, it was beyond recognition! The front is ten kilometers wide and the depth is five or six kilometers. It is densely packed with big pits, evenly distributed, as if it was dug out by thousands of troops! The original village, town, Shulin Park, even rubber gardens, crop fields, and everything was blown up!
After a rough calculation, the opponent fired at least 500 more than one ton of shells! More than one thousand 203mm shells washed the entire beach. No matter how many defense strategies were laid out before, they all destroyed the same. Even if the soldiers rushed up now, they would not have much effect.
That's fine. The US military has practiced many times, and it is clear how tragic it is when the naval guns are bombarded. If they send troops up, they will just seek excitement and die.
So they simply didn't even arrange observation posts in front. Facing the armor-piercing bombs of battleships that were more than seven or eight meters deep, what kind of cover could withstand it!
They looked back and passed the battleship that stopped after the gunpowder. The huge and mighty supply ship behind them was looming outside the range of the shore defense gun. Under the escort of several destroyers, they used the half hour to unload more than a dozen strange ships of large and small to the sea. At this time, using the cover of the battleship's fire, they had successfully run to the front. They were only about ten kilometers away from the beach, and were causing large splashes of water and quickly forcing in!
The lookout on the turrets on both sides of the strait almost popped their eyes out. They suddenly found that these round appearances, the upper deck was flat and simple, but two huge fans were standing behind their butts, and they actually ran out at a speed of more than forty knots. They were almost about to enter the shallows, but they had no intention of slowing down at all!
"What is that? Do they want to commit suicide?!"
Not only them, but also the command center on the mountain behind Pearl Harbor, Major General Smith's division headquarters on the left wing, can be seen clearly through the telescope, completely different from any of their previous guesses, and is definitely a strange thing that has never been seen before!
No one would think that if the Chinese are full and live a frivolous life, they will silly crash into the beach at high speed. Then there is only one truth - these strange ships must have functions that they do not know!
What to do! Should I get them close?! Fight, or not?!
All the pressure was concentrated on Lieutenant General Short. His decisions affected the success or failure of the entire Hawaii defense battle and the time to support it, but the time left for him to think was pitifully short!
At the critical moment, the stubborn and stubborn old man suddenly asked a question: "You said that the Chinese came from afar, how many Marine soldiers would be loaded in their fleet? How many people would they need to succeed in a one-time landing attack? How many people could the more than ten strange ships below transport up!"
No one can answer. But everyone knows that the first thing the Chinese Navy built from its establishment was an amphibious landing ship! After nearly ten years of development, their technology and equipment must have been very mature, and their skill in landing tactics are no less than that of the United States. Just look at this guy who runs faster than the speedboat, it is definitely not an easy task!
But if we talk about the number of Marine soldiers in the fleet. According to general rules, each destroyer can carry at least one platoon of amphibious soldiers to perform various tasks. So what about super battleships and super aircraft carriers? According to general rules, at least three thousand people are required to be organized to play. This time, the Chinese Navy came from afar, and the main force was six heavy ships. Isn’t it a problem to bring one or two thousand people?
Everyone subconsciously thought of the two huge ships in the distance, which were no smaller than battleships - the Chinese said that they were supply ships, well, at least 50,000 tons of supply ships... Each ship is simply transporting troops, and one division is stress-free!
Lieutenant General Short shook his head directly: "There are not many amphibious soldiers that the Chinese can come! I still think that they are testing! So don't think too much, let alone expose our heavy artillery, just let them board. I want to see how they have overcome these many obstacles and attacked such a large island with a few people!"
The two wings of the turrets immediately remained unmoved, and the artillery and armored soldiers of the front-line defensive forces had to suppress their impulse. They could open fire to attack, but the two super battleships on the sea were not decorations! According to rumors, the opponent's attack ability covers the entire Oahu Island, and with the two super battleships on the other side, it can be said that their strike range is not blind spots!
On the sea in front of Pearl Harbor, more than a dozen strange ships roared in!
These guys are actually air cushion landing crafts that are individually equipped with the Ocean Fleet! After they were developed and manufactured, they were left here directly and were not used for other fleets. There are three types of models. One is a little guy with a displacement of less than ten tons, who can transport 15 fully armed soldiers at one time; the other is a medium-sized boat with a length of only sixteen meters, a width of less than ten meters, and a load of 20 tons, which can carry an amphibious infantry combat vehicle, plus 12 soldiers; or transport 100 soldiers.
Another large landing craft is a length of 25 meters, a width of 13 meters, and a displacement of more than 80 tons. It can transport a 40-ton tank at a time, plus 28 fully armed soldiers, or 150 soldiers land.
What was released this time is just the first two lightweight ones. The large ones are not something that ordinary amphibious ships can carry, and their size is too much higher than the standard! Even a large ship of 50,000 tons is not professional, at most one is equipped with one.
The two large supply ships have spacious space. Because they have to perform multiple tasks, they are equipped with such small and medium-sized boats with a large number, and more than half of them are released this time.
There were more than a dozen hovercraft, and the engine behind the butt was as weird as the plane engine. The waves rushing up at the bow of the boat were boiling like foam, and they were walking like a shiny step above the water waves, running wildly!
It had reached the beach. They rushed up straight without slowing down at all, and fell into the heavy smoke that had not yet dissipated. After more than a dozen consecutive collisions, none of them were hit and flew up and slapped into meat pie. The scene was so strange that the US military was stunned!
What's going on! Is this a hell?
Who knows! The behavior that is very contrary to common sense has completely destroyed everyone's concept. Whenever a ship sailing on the sea can go directly to the ashore, it's not scientific!
Lieutenant General Short didn't know what to say. He had an illusion that he had been born in the wrong era, or he was trapped in a nightmare. Otherwise, where would there be so many incredible and extraordinary things?
More than a dozen hovercraft were flying in the air like a ferry, and they were smoothly passing through the ground of the beachhead where the battleship was smashed. The speed was as fast as a galloping horse. Even if there were occasional mines that were not detonated, it would be difficult to do anything under the pressure of pure wind. From a distance, in the smoke, more than a dozen long dragon-like violent air flows forward. If you don’t know, you might think that there were giant whales or sea monsters preparing to come out of the water under the sea!
Seeing that those guys seemed to be rushing towards their own defense, Major General Smith was a little uneasy. He endured it and then, but finally he did not order to open fire inside. Even if it was turned on, it would be useless. Do you expect the targeting thing with a speed of more than fifty kilometers per hour to hit it?
A strange silence permeated the US military. A few minutes later, the screaming hovercraft suddenly turned around and rushed back to the sea, scattering away, looking as if nothing had been done.
Smith never dared to think so! He was actually scared, so he would rather believe it and hurriedly ordered the scouts in front to act immediately, and be sure to figure out what the enemy troops under the cover of thick smoke did!
Chapter completed!