People without knowledge are shameful. Regardless of Yamamoto, after all, he is not a technician, and he does not have the concept of radar in his mind. But as for Koizumi Minichiro, this guy from later generations with rich knowledge actually ignored so many suspicious signs. It is inconceivable that Xuebingjun has radar, which makes people sigh.
After the Hainan Campaign, the Japanese Navy launched a counterintelligence operation that lasted for more than three months. No matter how many officers suffered "unjust injustice" and died at the hands of their own people during this operation, only one of them The illusion of "purging political dissidents" caused many officers of the Navy, who had always been extremely united, to have second thoughts, which greatly affected the "reconstruction" work of the Japanese Navy. This is comparable to the Xuebing Army in the Hainan Campaign. The blow to the Japanese navy was much greater.
Not only was Ouyang Yun unaware of what happened later, Yamamoto Isoroku also didn't expect it.
Back on July 13, Yamamoto once again listened to Koizumi's opinions. When he later met with Onitsuka, he first severely criticized the latter, and then proposed a new combat plan: after the shelling and bombing achieved certain results, , sending multiple small units ashore to induce the student army to ambush, and then use indiscriminate bombardment to take advantage of the combined fleet.
"Use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses, Onizuka-kun, do you understand what I mean?"
"Hai."
The Marines continued to suffer heavy losses. Onitsuka, who was once so high-spirited, was now like an eggplant beaten by frost. How could he dare to raise objections?
Yamabekawa Sankey once again demonstrated his superb flying skills in front of the officers and soldiers of the Combined Fleet. Under his control, the Type 99 fighter plane numbered 1003 was like a flexible homing pigeon among the three forts of Dazhou, Hele and Beipo. He circled up and down, and ten minutes later, he brought back detailed information: the three Chinese forts had been destroyed, but the forts a little further away had not been damaged. According to the situation detected by Yamabe, Tsukahara went to Yamamoto suggested: dispatch part of the fleet to annihilate the forts that have been discovered, and at the same time dispatch aviation to bomb towns a little further away that may contain ambushes.
"We want the entire Hainan Island to be plunged into flames. Your Excellency, we need to let the Chinese people know the consequences of going against the empire." At the end of the telegram, he stated his point of view like this,
Yamamoto agreed, and in order to avoid being caught by the Xuebing Army again to perform an operation similar to "Sink It", this time he only agreed to send a squadron of fighter jets,
"The Chinese are waiting for an opportunity and have sent only one squadron of fighter jets to escort them. Do they think the opportunity has come? As long as the Chinese aviation force dares to show up, we will deal a devastating blow." He explained to Koizumi that he only sent one squadron of fighter jets. The reason for the escort,
With the lessons of the past, Koizumi felt that it would be better for him to watch more and learn more at this stage. What was rare was that he did not express any opinions.
Tsukahara's combat suggestions were in line with Masafumi Arima's thoughts. He was not concerned with how many Marines died, or even the heavy losses suffered by the Combined Fleet. What he pursued wholeheartedly was how to give the Chinese people a painful memory.
Led by the "Shancheng", a total of seventeen warships left the fleet and headed for Sanya. They arrived at the predetermined sea area half an hour later. Immediately, the shelling of Guangpo and Haitang Fort began. Not only that, in After completely suppressing the two forts, Arima ordered extended shooting. Immediately, the entire Sanya area was enveloped in endless fireworks caused by the explosion.
Sanya is not far from Wanning. When Wanning became a sea of fire, people in Sanya began to evacuate. Unlike Wanning, due to geological reasons, Sanya has very few air defense facilities, so people had to drag their homes. Evacuate Sanya with your mouth shut to avoid possible air raids.
Not everyone realizes this. When the air raid siren sounded, at least one-third of the people in Sanya chose to stay. By the time the shells came, it was already too late for them to escape. Due to various reasons, The buildings in Sanya are mainly made of wooden structures, which makes the effect of Japanese ship bombardment more and more impressive. Often a single shell can set a residential area on fire.
The 43rd Xue Brigade is stationed in Sanya. Among them, the brigade commander Yun Dian will stay in the Songhe Reservoir area with the troops directly under the brigade.
When the Japanese squadron began to move to Sanya, General Yun Dian received Du Xin's report. He immediately had people sound the air defense alarm and began to organize troops to disperse and hide.
The bombardment came as scheduled. First, the two exposed forts were instantly shrouded in large and small mushroom clouds, and then Haitang Bay and Tian Duxiang turned into a sea of flames.
Songhe Reservoir is not far from these places, so they can even hear the screams of people in the sea of fire. The screams are heart-wrenching. Immediately, some students can't bear it anymore. The political director Hua Jiao trots to the clouds. General Dian asked for instructions: "Lao Yun, let me take some people to help the people evacuate. They don't understand the cruelty of war at all. They are really too numb."
General Yun Dian felt uncomfortable, but he categorically rejected Hua Jiao's request for a battle: "In war, people will die. Our task is to help defend the fort. However, I guess the fort cannot be defended. The military position is still overestimated." We have to worry about the fort’s resistance to shelling, but it doesn’t matter, the Japs will eventually land. As long as they dare to come up, it’s our time.”
"But,."
"Don't be pretentious. Remember, we are soldiers first. Don't forget your responsibilities."
The shelling only lasted ten minutes. The Guangpo and Haitang forts had actually stopped shelling long ago. Of course, due to the strong sound and light effects produced by the artillery fire, they could not escape the eyes of the Japanese lookouts. On the coast of Hainan Island The forts along the line were still very solid. The destruction of the Dazhou fort was completely accidental. Therefore, although it seemed to General Yundian that the Haitang and Guangpo forts had been destroyed, in reality, these two forts were only damaged. Skin trauma,
The Japanese fleet began to evacuate. Hua Jiao was asking for instructions to lead people to rescue. The air defense alarm from the Wuzhishan radar station arrived.
The Japanese warships released a total of two waves of fighters this time. Eighteen of them came to Sanya; the other thirty flew directly to the northeast.
"The little devil is planning to turn Sanya into purgatory." The request was rejected by General Yun Dian again, and Hua Jiao punched the grass with hatred.
General Yun Dian ignored him with a tigerish face. General Yun Dian was not a hard-hearted person. During the Battle of Nanjing, as a small company commander of Jiangsu Security Division 1, he once braved the sky to rescue a man under heavy artillery fire. A baby under the age of 10, but so what. There were tens of millions of children who fell under the gunfire of the Japs at that time. He could only save the nearest one.
"If we want our children to no longer suffer this kind of disaster, there is only one way, and that is to completely defeat the Japanese army and drive the little devils out of our land." These words were said by Huang Ye, and Yun Dian was deeply moved. Keeping it in mind, from then on, his heart seemed to become as hard as iron.