After paying hundreds of casualties, the Jewish troops finally managed to gain a foothold on the beach. The subsequent addition of mercenary troops gave the already precarious Itto Brigade's defense line a sign of collapse. "Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, our defense line can no longer be defended. We must
Order our soldiers to evacuate backwards. Only by keeping a distance from the opponent can our heavy artillery fire." Itō Saogan's deputy suggested a retreat. The Torizuka Regiment also had heavy artillery deployed at the port, but there was a melee on the beach.
, firing the cannon at this time will hurt the soldiers on your side.
"Fire the artillery immediately and let our soldiers serve the emperor." Itto Saigan, who was kneeling in the command post, carefully wiped his command knife. As the second batch of landing troops appeared, Itō Saigan already knew
These tidal flats could no longer be defended. He was determined to be loyal to the emperor to the death and would never take a step back while holding on to the tidal flats.
"Yes, Your Excellency, I understand." Itou Saogan's adjutant bowed and left. He had already heard the desire to die from Itou Saogan's words, so he no longer persuaded Itou to retreat. The deputy left.
After that, other officers in the headquarters also bowed to Itou Saoyan and left. They were not deserters, but went to the firepower points of the forward positions. The young officers who had been educated in militarism since childhood regarded retreat as a shame, so
They intend to fight until the end, even if they die here.
The fourth round of aerial strikes arrived as scheduled. From time to time, violent explosions would be heard on the dragon's spine that was almost burned to the ground by incendiary bombs. It was the explosion of ammunition accumulated in the closed fire points of the Japanese army. The firepower from the direction of the dragon's spine was increasing.
The weaker the enemy, Yan Wudao, who was hiding in the trench, did not dare to take it lightly. He directly drew out a regiment of troops and moved towards the port under the cover of those amphibious armored vehicles. "Send a signal to sir, the beachhead position has been stabilized, and the landing force will follow the original plan."
The plan is to move to the wings."
Under the salvos of U.S. naval guns and the continuous air strikes of fighter planes, the defense facilities deployed by the Japanese army at the Incheon Port were almost completely destroyed. Apart from the fire and thick smoke, there are only about a hundred busy workers left in the Incheon Port.
The fleeing Japanese army. Most of the few Japanese ships that the Japanese army relied on in Incheon were sunk in the first salvo of naval guns from the U.S. fleet. The Japanese ships that are still floating in the port are just clinging to life.
With only one more salvo of naval gun fire, all the Japanese ships parked in the port were turned into scrap metal.
Zhao Zhi's biggest advantage as a later generation is that he was born in the United States, received American education since childhood, and has a little knowledge of the role of the US military in World War II and some major battles. The main combat mission of the US military in the late Pacific War was
In the landing battle, the U.S. Marine Corps was the leading force in the landing battle. Of course, the U.S. Marine Corps suffered high casualties, which was unique in the Pacific War. After the war, Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Theater, participated in the Iwo Jima
The Marines who fought in the battle gave high praise: "The Americans who fought on Iwo Jima had extraordinary bravery as their common characteristic!"
The most famous one is the Battle of Iwo Jima. Zhao Zhi found it hard to believe that the Japanese army fought against the landing on an island like Iwo Jima, which was almost completely isolated. Twenty thousand people relied on fortifications to resist 100,000 U.S. troops for a whole month.
For a long time, if the ammunition and materials stored by the Japanese army had not been exhausted before it was occupied by the US military, the Japanese commander Kuribayashi Tadamichi also led and organized the anti-landing war on Iwo Jima with his strategy and tenacity, and even won the US military's approval of him.
Respect.
The U.S. military suffered more casualties than the Japanese army in capturing Iwo Jima. This was the only example in the Pacific War in which the casualties of the landing party exceeded those of the anti-landing party. When the Japanese army lost sea and air support and had no reinforcements and supplies, it relied on the ground to
The troops relied on strong and concealed fortifications, adopted correct tactics, and carried out tenacious resistance. The U.S. military originally planned to capture the small island in five days. They fought for thirty-six days and suffered heavy casualties.
Historically, Iwo Jima can be called the battle that made the U.S. Marine Corps famous. However, due to the bloody battles on Guadalcanal and Saipan, the top brass of the U.S. military have reached the limit of what domestic public opinion and the public can tolerate for the casualties suffered by front-line troops. Even
Most lawmakers are worried about American casualties in the follow-up operations in the Pacific Theater. For many of the above reasons, the U.S. Marine Corps has not received the honor they deserve. Instead, many Americans have focused their attention on Saipan.
On the body.
The U.S. military's landing operations in the Philippines seemed to be extremely smooth. The Japanese army was very ready to abandon the Philippines. Except for the Japanese combined fleet looking for opportunities to fight, the Japanese Army in the Philippines only had 4 divisions and 2 independent brigades. In history,
In order to hold on to the strategic base of the Philippines, the Japanese base camp had formulated the "Jihao" combat plan in preparation for a decisive battle with the US military.
To this end, the Japanese army established the Army Front in the Philippines. Since Yamashita Tomofumi became the commander of the Indian Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant General Suzuki Sosaku, who had been the deputy commander in history, became the commander-in-chief as he wished, taking charge of a total of 8 infantry divisions and 4 independent mixed brigades.
The strength of the regiment.
Although the Japanese army invested nearly three-fifths less troops in the Philippines than in history, Zhao Zhi knew that the Japanese were neither fools nor idiots. Their avoidance of war at this time was not because they were afraid of the US military. The Japanese army should have already
Realizing that it is gradually losing crucial sea control in the Pacific Theater, the Japanese army is trying to strategically shrink. After losing sea control, the Japanese army is setting a trap for the US military in an attempt to compete with the US military on land.
The Japanese army won the Battle of Midway in the early days of the Pacific War, giving the Japanese army a strategic advantage. The Japanese army spent nearly a year strengthening the defenses of Guadalcanal and Saipan, and also carried out
A large number of troops were added. Iwo Jima is an extremely important strategic point in Japan's absolute defense circle. Its army and naval aviation can take off from Iwo Jima to intercept US bombers that take off from Saipan to bomb the Japanese mainland. Naturally, Iwo Jima is not as important.
It goes without saying that, especially at this moment, it is a matter of life and death for the Japanese.
After carefully analyzing the intelligence, Zhao Zhi began to formulate a battle plan to land in North Korea, because he knew that history would eventually be the same as in previous lives, and Japan would eventually have to rely on those islands to resist to the end. Zhao Zhi knew that the proud Japanese army was gone.
As a retreat, the Allied forces are also bound to capture Iwo Jima and Saipan Islands, so this battle is already inevitable. The US military has been urging Thunder to send troops south to assist in the war. Not to mention Singapore's geographical location, even Indonesia, Thunder is probably
If Zhao Zhi doesn't take the initiative to find a fighter plane, the landing battle on Saipan or Iwo Jima may end up falling to the Thunder.
Can Thunderbolt repeat the mistakes of the US military on Iwo Jima? The answer is naturally no. Zhao Zhi has carefully recalled the information about the US military landing on Iwo Jima and Saipan in his previous life. If Thunderling takes over one of the landing missions, Zhao Zhi is sure
, such a landing combat mission is likely to become a desperate battle for Thunder. In order to avoid this situation, Zhao Zhicai formulated a combat plan to land in North Korea to distract the Japanese army. In his subconscious, the Japanese army in North Korea should
The combat effectiveness is lower than that of the Japanese army in Nanyang.
In order to avoid the heavy casualties suffered by the US military landing troops in the previous life, Zhao Zhi, who referred to the information on the Battle of Iwo Jima in the previous life, formulated a highly feasible landing operation plan. Zhao Zhi planned to first use absolute firepower to intensively attack the landing site.
During the bombing, a large number of naval guns and heavy bombs were used to bombard the Japanese coastal fortifications. Later, the forward artillery observers relied on walkie-talkies to contact the fleet and eliminate the Japanese firepower points that were exposed during the reconnaissance. The artillery was then replaced with smoke grenades and launched towards the landing.
Projected in a point direction, a smoke isolation belt was formed to provide cover for the landing troops. Zhao Zhi knew that although this smoke isolation belt would affect the accuracy of US naval guns and aerial bombing accuracy, this smoke belt could play a role in destroying the beachhead troops.
shielding effect.
However, Zhao Zhi knows in his heart that a plan is always a plan, and many objective and unexpected situations are unpredictable. Zhao Zhi has high expectations for the cooperation of the US military, but he knows that he cannot completely count on the US military.
, Thunder must develop tactics and strategies suitable for itself based on the existing conditions, and reduce its reliance on the US military to the edge of minimum demand. The emergence of mercenary troops exacerbated the collapse of the Japanese guard forces at the port. After a large number of smoke grenades were thrown to the Japanese positions
After arriving, mercenaries wearing leather masks launched an attack on the Japanese positions.
War is often like this. No matter how vigorously the defenders shout, as long as the first retreater appears among them, the second and third will follow. If the commander leading the team cannot stop this situation as soon as possible.
If the situation arises, then this team will collapse, which may be contagious, especially when the two armies confront each other. The participation of US naval guns and a large number of aircraft made this landing battle extremely unfair.
Facing a Japanese infantry regiment guarding the port, Zhao Zhi not only used the naval guns and carrier-based aircraft of the entire Seventh Fleet, but also dropped more than 4,000 landing soldiers at once.
The number of mercenaries who landed in the second batch reached 3,000. Faced with Thunder's superior firepower and troops, not to mention Torizuka, even the transfer of Okamura Neji was of no avail. Looking at the smoke-filled port, Zhao Zhi
The third batch of landing troops was ordered to set off. While the landing ships were transporting the landing troops back and forth in the wind and waves, the first attack echelon commanded by Yan Wudao had already crossed the defense line of the Itto Brigade and was outflanking the Incheon Port from the right.
"Send a report to Jiaodong immediately and start airdropping supplies." Knowing that the troops commanded by Yan Wudao had cut off the retreat from the port, Zhao Zhi ordered the transport plane at Jiaodong Airport to take off and rush to Incheon Port to airdrop weapons, ammunition, medical equipment and medicines.
, and a large amount of war materials will be continuously flown to Incheon from Jiaodong. What Yan Wudao and the others have to do is to immediately build a line of defense to resist the Japanese counterattack.