Finally, the flames of war were extinguished as night fell.
The Japanese air force was able to return to the aircraft carrier Daolonghuo with only ten out of ten. Of the total forty-eight carrier-based aircraft dispatched, only nine returned intact. One of them almost fell into the sea when it landed.
In the artillery battle on the sea, the Japanese battleship Hiei was sunk and the battleship Kirishima suffered many scars. You are right, three Hainan Army fortress forts were destroyed, and there were very few survivors inside.
After the air battle, Li Weidong almost had a heart attack when he heard the number of pilot casualties at the headquarters. According to statistics, a total of forty-six Thunderbolt-1 air combat fighters were lost, which can be said to have wiped out two squadrons at once.
fighter plane.
In fact, the loss of fighter planes is secondary, and the loss of pilots is the object of Li Weidong's heartache. As long as there is a base and time, Li Weidong can produce as many planes as he wants. But pilots are not that easy to train.
According to the report, twenty-three pilots have been confirmed to have died, and three more are missing. These pilots were all Li Weidong's hard work, educated youths selected from various troops, and trained at a high price through base assault.
From the beginning to now, I don't know how much money and energy has been spent. Twenty-six people were gone in one fell swoop. Li Weidong felt that his liver was starting to hurt.
Some pilots who later landed at the air force base were dehydrated and could not climb out of the cab independently. They were eventually carried to a field hospital with the help of ground crews.
Their comrades from the Third Squadron and the Bombing Squadron who greeted them at the air base looked at them and felt quite uncomfortable.
Their comrades were flying planes on the battlefield and fighting bloody battles in the sky, but they could only huddle inside the base, watching how hard their comrades fought, but they did nothing.
Their captain had gone to the headquarters several times to request combat, but the headquarters refused and strictly ordered not to expose the rest of the air force.
Now they all have a buildup of anger in their hearts, waiting for Li Weidong to ignite it.
Inside the bridge of the Japanese aircraft carrier.
"Lieutenant General Kuwata! Do we really want to conduct landing operations at night?" asked an army major general.
"Yes! The Chinese planes on the opposite side have also lost the ability to continue dispatching. The fortress artillery is not very accurate at night. As long as you take advantage of the cover of night to invade the opponent's position, I believe that the heroic army of our Empire of Japan will defeat them.
"Yes!" Jushiro Kuwata, a major general in the army, explained the battle plan, and finally gave a small compliment to the army.
In fact, if it were not for the fact that there was really no other way, Kuwata Jushiro would not have shown such an attitude towards an army major general. Within the Japanese army, the navy and the army have never dealt with it. Because of the war against China, the occupied areas need personnel to guard, so military expenditures have been
Tilt towards the Army.
Japan is an island country with limited national strength and resources. A large amount of military expenditures are invested in the Ministry of War, while the navy gets relatively less. Therefore, the navy and the army cannot see eye to eye.
In the end, the Army Major General agreed to Kuwata Jushiro's plan. He finally managed to overpower the Navy once, and of course he would not let it go. If the big shots in the Army Ministry could see it, maybe his career would be smooth sailing.
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Night covers the earth, and the sea water crashes against the rocks making a roaring sound. There will always be constant bright lights shining on the coast, which are sentries at various outposts releasing flares.
Flare bombs were specially equipped by Li Weidong to frontline posts to prevent Japanese night attacks. Every once in a while, the post would fire a flare. Only Li Weidong's troops would use flares so extravagantly.
In the second half of the night, the soldiers on duty at the Hainan Army position were all very sleepy. At the guard post of the 3rd Hainan Army Regiment, the sentry leaned against the observation port and took a nap, his head rising and falling like a beetle.
His post is located in a small corner, and the outer coast is covered with reefs. As a small post, it is not in a key location, so he is the only one on duty at the entire post.
Far away from his post, all the officers and soldiers of the Japanese 1st Division, with the help of a troop transport, rowed toward the coast in small boats. The sound of the waves covered up the movement of their paddling.
The sentry was in a daze, and his head, which was accidentally wearing a steel helmet, hit a pillar on one side. With a groan of pain, he got up cursing and rubbed his dizzy head.
Suddenly, he felt a strange movement in the distance, and when he looked carefully, he found a figure moving. Feeling that something was wrong, he quickly picked up a flare and fired it out.
"Bang!", the sudden burst of white light from the illumination bomb in the air reflected on the pale faces of the Japanese soldiers. The sudden bright light caused the Japanese soldiers to be temporarily blinded.
The sentry looked blankly at the Japanese in front of him. He did not expect that the Japanese had already advanced here in the dark and had forgotten to sound the siren.
The Japanese officer Major woke up first, raised the tortoise box in his hand and fired at the sentry. The sentry who could not dodge was hit by a bullet on the left side of his neck, and blood spurted out uncontrollably.
"Advance! Attack!" the Japanese Major pulled out the samurai sword from his waist, raised it and shouted.
The sentry knelt down in the guard post, covering his bleeding neck with one hand, and used his last strength to pull down the cord of the siren.
The piercing siren broke the tranquility of the night. Countless soldiers on the front line were awakened, picked up their rifles and entered the combat trenches.
Then a fierce gun battle broke out, which was the main attack point of the Japanese army. On the battlefield, heavy machine guns roared thickly, and light Czech machine guns continued to fire at high speeds.
The base of the 3rd Regiment of the Hainan Army was first attacked by the Japanese army. Before the soldiers who had just woken up could understand the situation, they were attacked by the Japanese army.
The second battalion's station was closest to the front and was attacked first by the Japanese. Especially in close-quarters combat, the Hainan Army was at a disadvantage, suffering heavy casualties and losing many positions in succession. The commander of the second battalion was seriously injured on the spot, and the deputy battalion commander took over the command.
"Brothers, all bayonets are fixed! Charge with me!" The acting battalion commander of the second battalion took the lead and led the soldiers to charge towards the Japanese army.
In the machine gun bunker, the machine gunners fired wildly outwards, and the hot bullet casings kept flying. The Japanese troops that rushed over fell like wheat, and a regiment leader, including his command knife, was torn into pieces.
Battles raged on the ground, with orange-red flames reflecting the firefighting positions. Soldiers from both sides mingled in the firing line, and large-caliber artillery from both sides also stopped shelling.
With such a short position of a few hundred meters, the two sides continued to fight over and over again, advancing inch by inch. If you look closely, you will find a weapon with a thick and short barrel held by some soldiers in the Hainan Army. This is
Li Weidong dared soldiers to fight the Japanese with bayonets with his secret weapon, commonly known as "trolls".
Shotguns first came into use in the early 17th century. The first real shotgun appeared in 1873. They were an extremely popular weapon during the 19th century and the turn of the century. They were once called "trench brooms."
, to describe its role in trench warfare.
Soldiers from both sides met in a narrow trench, and the Hainan Army soldiers sprayed them with gunfire, unable to hide. With such sharp weapons, the Hainan Army soldiers gradually moved back into the fighting situation.
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