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Chapter 932 surprise attack on Guam (2)

Kasuki was dead. Before the Japanese heroic general who sneaked into Guam and drove away the U.S. army was shrouded in dust before he realized his wish to establish more merits for the empire. *Literature Museum* "Sea Overlord" was not a professional bomber after all, and the pilot aiming at the military camp was in no way accurate. As a result, the bomb exploded one kilometer away from the military camp, but fell 300 meters away from Kasuki. The air waves and shock waves destroyed all the nearby buildings. He couldn't even figure it out. He had already lying down, but a stone weighing 30 kilograms was hit hard on his waist. His upper and lower body was torn apart in an instant, and he closed his eyes two minutes later, but he could not see the next scene.

"Look, over there."

More than nine tons of aluminum-magnesium mixed with explosives, four giant mushrooms were planted over Agania. The fireballs and flashes produced by the explosion could be seen even the water crews searching for Guam seventy kilometers away. "The explosion point should be Agania. We are going sixty kilometers south and turning over the coral reefs." The only thing we were unintentionally watching was the navigator, who was lying on the lagoon based on the explosion location. "Please pay attention to the sea." Ye Zishan was not idle either, so he immediately took out his telescope.

Including the long aircraft, the first batch of water transport clusters include 139 "Sea Eagles" and 56 "Blue Swans". The former is a long-range water reconnaissance attack aircraft second only to the "Sea Overlord". Four 1,600 horsepower air-cooled engines have a maximum no-load range of 6,000 kilometers. They carry three tons of bombs or torpedoes to perform anti-submarine missions and have a range of 3,500 kilometers. They are equipped with ten self-defense machine guns and eleven crew members. However, in order to save weight, the crew members are now compressed to four, and some machine guns and non-standard workers have been removed. The necessary equipment is reduced to ensure that each aircraft can carry 22 fully armed airborne soldiers or four tons of dry goods, and the Blue Swan can also carry 1 ton of dry goods or 10 soldiers. Ye Zishan has not seen the signal yet. However, he was shocked by the five ships rushing towards Agania and quickly pulled Yan Wenyu to identify it. "It's our ship. The big one in the middle is the Ryukyu electronic reconnaissance ship, the two small ones are destroyers, and the back... should be a modified armed cargo ship." Yan Wenyu said affirmatively after carefully identifying it.

"Is there too few warships and two ships?"

Yan Wenyu smiled: "Their main task is to guide and lure the enemy. Major, sea and air combat is different from the northwest, and it is difficult to find geographical coordinates on the sea, so the aircraft group needs to be navigated at night, observe water traces, and predict local weather and wind and waves in advance. The Ryukyu electronic reconnaissance ship does this. Otherwise, do you think we can fly for 8 hours and not go to the tide?" He pointed to the navigator who has been wearing headphones after sending: "Six hours ago, Ryukyu began to send special signals. These signals appear to be radio broadcast signals from Pearl Harbor, Canberra and other places, but in fact we copied them and re-synthesised them. The songs and English are mixed with our password signals. In addition to Ryukyu, three other targets are also sending navigation signals. After the aircraft takes off, they can calculate the general orientation of Guam and then guide us to the correct target with radar."

Ye Zishan was slightly shocked. He didn't expect that a large cross-sea aircraft group sneak attack was so complicated. He probably had done many practical exercises alone. Yan Wenyu looked at his watch and shook his head, as if he was not satisfied with the accuracy of coordination: "It was still an hour late. Originally, the guided fleet should have shelled Agania at the same time. Continue to create chaos, and the destroyer would protect the Marines inside the freighter landing. In this way, the Japanese army's attention would be distracted. Even if he knew that something happened to Merizo, he would have to climb a thirty-kilometer mountain road from Agania to Merizo. He would not be able to get through for a while. If the Marines could land, they could form north-south attacks with us. If it was not possible, withdraw Merrizo after dawn and continue to strengthen our side. The Ryukyu electronic reconnaissance ship would not leave after completing the mission. He would continue to patrol nearby and help us monitor the sky."

What is an hour delay? With such a big operation tonight, it would be a success to successfully land on the island. So Ye Zishan patted the lieutenant who had too high demands and asked: "Don't worry, you can't miss a big deal in an hour. But I'm surprised. You said this is guiding the fleet. Could it be that there is a main force behind it? I heard that Commander Yang and the fleet have already......"

The naval battle of Ryukyu has become a naval pain, so he did not continue to say it, but Yan Wenyu didn't seem to care about the losses of the 23 fleet at all, but was angry: "General Yang Guochang just lost one aircraft carrier and two light patrols, but sank four Japanese main battleships and several auxiliary ships, and eliminated more than 150 Japanese aircraft in front and back. The elite pilots of Japan HNA alone died more than 80! His own pilots lost only twenty-two people, and the aircraft suffered a huge loss.

Some of them are caused by emergency landings and have nothing to do with combat. Who can do better with one-to-seven exchange? And they all saw that he did not protect the aircraft carrier, which led to our plan to have an air supremacy vacuum. But I didn’t think about it. For the Guam mission, he had sent three strong air defense heavy patrols and one light patrol to protect the offensive fleet before the attack. In fact, he has been using the air defense firepower of half a fleet to attack six Japanese aircraft carriers and an Army Air Brigade.”

"Oh? There's something else." Ye Zishan said in surprise, but he didn't expect that the 23rd fleet would have half a fleet.

"Of course!" Yan Wenyu said: "The heavy patrol formation protects two supply ships. Eleven fast cargo ships have set out for four days. According to the time, they can arrive the day after tomorrow. Although the Anton and the two escort carriers come out late, Guam can enter the maximum combat radius of our carrier-based aircraft within five days at most."

After a quick speech, the second lieutenant wearing glasses calmed down again. Looking at the direction of burning Agania, he said indifferently: "But we can't say anything wrong. His problem is that he did not realize that the aircraft carrier is the core function, nor did he expect that the aircraft was so powerful. He ignored the speed and aircraft performance of the four main forces of Yamamoto. In the final air defense, when he saw that there were many enemy planes, he gave up the ring defense and changed to centralized defense. In this way, he seemed to have more air defense firepower, but in fact he lacked levels, allowing the enemy's functions to launch an attack closer, and his own ships were more likely to be bombed."

Ye Zishan didn't understand these naval tactics. After hearing him talking to himself, he smiled and patted and said: "The heavy patrol formation should be the main force of the attack, right? By the way, when you make plans, aren't you afraid of the Japanese fleet chasing you? There are still a few gunboats in Apula Bay, and Saipan? There are also garrison fleets and many aircraft there."

Speaking of his plan, Yan Wenyu became excited. His eyes shone and pointed at the island: "Major, do you know? From tonight to the next week, there will be at least 20 submarines on the coast of Guam. I have also deployed 24 in the waters between Saipan and Guam! Now, there are four submarines outside the Port of Apula, and it will be dead if they come out! There are some problems with aviation, but the Japanese army does not have radars and night combat aircraft, which is just a bit dangerous during the day. Otherwise, we will hold on for six days. As for the main force of the Japanese Navy..." Speaking of this, he was full of regret. This made Ye Zishan very puzzled and asked: "What's wrong with the Japanese Navy?"

"Nothing." I don't know what I thought of, after a moment of loss, Yan Wenyu suddenly became excited again: "Major. Do you know how important six battleships and two aircraft carriers are to Japan? Although they are not the most powerful, in our navy, they are all called duty ships, which are secondary forces that can be pulled out at any time. Without these secondary forces, the Japanese Navy can only use the decisive battle force to carry out non-major tasks, so in this way, the control circle must be narrowed and they will be in trouble of running around. So this time, in addition to seizing Guam, this time, this time, the Japanese Navy will only use the decisive battle force to carry out non-major tasks.

Outside the middle point of the southwest Pacific, we must also take the initiative in the war and let the Japanese Navy know that we can fight wherever we want. They have no right to decide. They can only follow our war steps! If Yamamoto Irosaki invests his decisive battle force to Guam, not to mention that he has fallen behind us in time, it will also cause the air defense of Ryukyu. At that time, we can safely attack islands such as Yachung Mountain and open the Ryukyu South Gate. So even if we lose, Taiwan can penetrate the Ryukyu South Gate in one fell swoop, so that it can take Ryukyu at least three to four months earlier.”

Ye Zishan opened his mouth. Unexpectedly, this person even thought of the initiative in the war and the benefits after failure, and immediately looked at him with admiration. But his attitude of not taking the life and death of his airborne soldiers in his words made it difficult for him to accept. However, from a military perspective, he was not wrong. Standing at the national and overall military strategy level, Guam was of course the best to win. Even if he lost, it was just the first attempt to enter the Southwest Pacific. It is useful

If thousands of lives were exchanged for early resolving Ryukyu, it would be a profit. Although he also knew that several regiments would not even be able to afford to fight in this world war. If they could win, not to mention thousands, even tens of thousands, the General Staff would dare to abandon them. However, he had been leading troops at the grassroots level for many years. Looking at Yan Wenyu with a happy face, he asked, "Wen Yu, why don't you consider capturing Ryukyu first when you make plans? Wouldn't this be more sure?"

"No!" Yan Wenyu's face suddenly became serious: "Major, the US Navy is not so easy to get along with! After Japan seized Guam, there was no funding to build it, so the island facilities were basically left by the United States, and its defense capabilities were seriously insufficient! In addition, Japan's attention is now on Ryukyu and the coast of our country, and the local area is dangerous, and it is even more impossible to strengthen Guam. These US Navy are very clear, so if we open up Ryukyu first, the US Pacific Fleet can directly attack Wake Island from Pearl Harbor and attack Guam from here. Even if the United States is not in time, Japanese southern troops will definitely rush to Guam, and the difficulties will increase tenfold or even more.

Hundred times! For this matter, I have studied the US Constitution and military regulations in detail, and found that the US president does not have to pass Congress to send troops! According to the US Constitution, there is no need to pass Congress to mobilize the Marines! If Congress did not suppress the navy tightly and prohibit the navy from being involved in the war, the Marines would not be guaranteed, and it would be our turn to occupy Guam. But once Ryukyu is lost, it would be the complete failure of the Japanese Navy. Even if the US Congress is unwilling to participate in the war, the US president can mobilize the Marines to retake Guam. At that time, in order to avoid fighting on both sides, Japan might directly give up Guam and muddle the water."

Ye Zishan didn't expect that he would see another person like Zhuo Fan. He would study the US Constitution and military orders for the combat plan. However, before he could learn more about the Navy lieutenant, a shout came from beside him: "Sir, we are here." He turned his head and looked, and three font-shaped fires appeared on the sea outside the porthole on the left.

When the fleet began to land, Agania was already in chaos. Four "fury" caused unimaginable damage to this isolated island town with a total of only 5 square kilometers, including the supply warehouses, radio stations, and Standard Oil's office buildings left by the United States were all shaken by the aftermath of the explosion. The most famous Plaza de Spain was even bombed out of a large pit of more than 20 meters deep, and all the churches and buildings around it were destroyed. The "fury" brought about by

There were only shock waves and extremely terrifying flames. In order to enhance the destructive power, the initial research navy required the use of violent explosives mixed with aluminum-magnesium powder. The high temperature generated by aluminum-magnesium powder in all directions was instantly turned the town into a sea of ​​fire. I am afraid that even Yan Wenyu, who made plans and beheaded with "fury", never expected that four bombs would directly destroy half of the town, and killed more than 200 unprepared Japanese soldiers in one breath, with more than 500 casualties.

Before he could breathe a few more breaths, he found himself the supreme commander of the Guam garrison Army. After gritting his teeth, his first order was to let three warships in Port Apula attack and use the radio station on the ship to contact Saipan and the base camp. Since the headquarters and communication station were destroyed, he also needed to send people to organize the troops scattered all over the island. However, it was not easy to organize. Hundreds of special forces who slandered the shore took advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army to kill, and cold guns and cannons came one after another. After he finally organized a team of thousands of people, another violent explosion came from Port Apula.

At this time, the Apula Port was not a world-class port with a curved waterway in later generations, and could dock with a 100,000-ton aircraft carrier. Not only was the bay narrow, but the waterway was straight towards the sea without any obstacles. After the Japanese Navy occupied Guam, he also wanted to reclaim and expand the sea. But he really had no money. The Shanghai Military Department believed that it would be enough to have Saipan Island, so he continued to maintain it and did not even lay an anti-submarine network.

This slackness gave Huang Zhiyong the opportunity to start a massacre. As planned, he should have led Shark 202 and the other three submarines to block the waterway entrance, but after the first explosion came, he decided to break into the bay to try. He originally thought it was very dangerous, but he didn't expect that he would come to the center of the bay smoothly. Facing the two special gunboats and a destroyer that were raising anchors, he completely destroyed the three Japanese warships with just four torpedoes.

The fierce explosion and gunfire in Agania did not affect Merizo's Yezishan. The advantage of seaplanes is that they do not need to circumn and wait in the sky, so the first batch of seventy seaplanes were all scattered on the sea surface of dozens of square kilometers around the lagoon. Yan Wenyu was really capable and quickly used the assault boat and rubber boat he brought to separate the gates into and out of the lagoon. He used the method of going east and west to turn the aircraft into assembly lines. Because he had not received any news about Agrihan Island, the transportation submarines that had been on standby near Cocos Island immediately rushed to refuel the seaplanes, so that even if Agrihan Island failed, most of the planes could fly back to Taiwan.

Two hours later, all three waves of aircraft landed. Two thousand,295 airborne troops and 200 tons of supplies were rudely dumped into the lagoon by pilots eager to refuel home. As Yan Wenyu said, there were many shallow reefs in the lagoon. Even if the tide was high, the supplies wrapped in oil cloth and airbags were safe and sound. In addition to the aircraft, the airborne troops also had to unload the food and ammunition from the transport submarines with more than a dozen assault boats they brought. The most exaggerated thing was that Yan Wenyu's plan actually asked the submarine to bring three decomposed kitchen trucks, and it was probably ready for a protracted war.

After he was down to earth, Ye Zishan relaxed his whole body. He hated flying very much, especially on the sea, which always made people feel uneasy. Merrizo's Japanese military camp had been occupied by the special forces. When he came here, the special forces were still cleaning up the bodies. Judging from the clothes of the bodies, the Japanese army was sneak attacked without warning, so most people only wore pants.

"No prisoner?" Ye Zishan handed Pei Jian a cigarette. He was the captain of the second squadron of the Hunter Brigade. "I don't have that time." Pei Jian was lazy and saw the airborne regiment's eyes lit up, and praised: "Major, your soldiers are good, where have you fought?"

These evil stars! Ye Zishan cursed secretly, and secretly praised Pei Jian's eyesight. He knew at a glance that these soldiers had fought, so it was normal to see hundreds of dead bodies. "We are from the Second Airborne Division." The battalion commander next to him couldn't help but introduce himself.

"Oh? Did you fight Kizil Orda? Tell me quickly. I heard that you burned tens of thousands of Soviet troops with a fire." The hunters had no interest in conventional battles. On the contrary, they were very concerned about the legendary battles of Kizil Orda. Having the opportunity to show off in front of the most mysterious troops in the country immediately made the heartless battalion commander and the airborne soldiers danced.

Ye Zishan didn't have time to brag, pointing at the corpse and said, "The temperature here is high and the humidity is high. The corpse must be cleaned as soon as possible, otherwise it will easily rot and cause plague. It is best to incinerate it with gasoline before burying it, and all the Japanese clothes and personal supplies must be burned. Tell everyone, try not to drink raw water and eat wild fruits. The seized Japanese food must be checked by the military doctor before eating..." In tropical rainforest combat, disease reduction is often more terrible than fighting.

After he had deployed, a rumbling cannon sound came from the direction of Agania. After Sun Baozhen learned about the situation in the harbor from the submarine, he decisively changed his plan and asked the destroyer to protect the two troop transport ships to land directly at the harbor to shorten the landing time. He led the Ryukyu to shell Agania and dragged the main force of the Japanese army. Although the Ryukyu is an electronic reconnaissance ship, the ten double-connected 120mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns are not specially used to masturbate. They are 60 rounds per minute and 30 kilometres per minute.

Under the cover of the high-explosive grenade, the special forces that took the lead in landing the island immediately established a landing depth on the beach. After Colonel Oda learned that the enemy had appeared on the beach, he mistakenly thought that the Marines of the Republic of China had landed, so he hurriedly led his troops to intercept them. At the same time, the two destroyers rushed into the Port of Apula and washed the already panicked Japanese naval camp with their naval guns. Even the armed troop ships following behind also shot wildly at the shore with the 107mm rocket launcher they carried.

At four o'clock in the morning, the Marines on the two troop transport ships landed first, and established a defense line under the cover of naval guns, and began to unload heavy equipment. There were 120 seaplanes in the direction of Merizo and then returned first after refueling by submarines. At this time, good news came from Agrihan Island. Faced with the sneak attack of the Three Thousand Marines, most of the Japanese guarding the island were killed or injured, and the rest escaped into the deep mountains and forests. After receiving the news, the anxious pilot immediately left four blue swans serving as temporary ground support planes, and the rest went to Agrihan Island to refuel.

At about 6 o'clock, six 96 ships and three 99 ships that came from Saipan finally arrived at the Port of Apula. However, with the elite aircraft carriers, the Japanese pilots stationed on the island were obviously inexperienced. Faced with the Ryukyu and two destroyers who had been prepared, seven were shot down before they even got close to the port. The remaining two 96 ships were frightened and retreated in a hurry. At 10 o'clock in the morning, not only were the two cargo ships unloaded, but Yezishan's airborne regiment also successfully met with the Marines. At this point, the first batch of 3,877 naval and air soldiers, sixteen 25 tanks, and twelve 36 B project spitting tanks that made the Soviet army scared in the northwest successfully landed on Guam, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent Guam battle.

The Guam landing war changed the traditional plane landing combat mode from sea to land. Although they used seaplanes, it was still considered to be the first vertical landing war in human history. Because of the few ships used and high concealment, even the European battlefield was inspired by this bold action and used in many subsequent battles. After learning about the successful landing, Chen Shaokuan immediately transferred all three Beijing-class battleships to Shanghai, and also drew eight cruisers and thirty destroyers, and cooperated with the two Beihai-class aircraft carriers in Keelung to attack Ryukyu again.

Yamamoto Izuru fell into a dilemma at once.

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