When the Japanese bunker on the beachhead was either crushed by amphibious tanks or overturned by artillery fire, and the beachhead was crumbling, Major General Yoshitaka Wada, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, had rushed to the Wushiling forward headquarters.
, quickly saw through the Anjia Army's tactics - the opponent clearly wanted to use tanks to quickly clear the beachhead extended position, and immediately threw in infantry and spread it out to both wings to expand the breakthrough.
"Your Excellency Watian, urgent call from Qiongzhou Headquarters!"
The communications staff officer handed a telegram to Yoshitaka Wada, who was in deep thought.
"What will happen at this time?"
When Watian opened the message and read it, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
It stands to reason that the 171st Division is the main field division, and the heavy responsibility of commanding the southern front should be handed over to the acting division commander Major General Mitsuo Kaifuku. However, now Eitaro Uchiyama has entrusted the heavy responsibility of commanding the southern front to himself, and he can handle it.
Those arrogant warriors from the 171st Division?
Colonel Matsuura Yasumasa, captain of the Yazhou Guard Corps, also received the telegram at this time, and said to Yoshitaka Wada with some jealousy: "Congratulations to Wada-kun, if you conduct this battle well, your promotion to lieutenant general and command of the army will be just around the corner!"
Wada Yoshitaka waved his hand: "Matsuura-kun is too modest. We are now in the same boat and fighting against powerful enemies. It doesn't matter who will be the commander. In my opinion, the current war situation is extremely dangerous. As long as we can successfully drive the Chinese people into the sea,
Even if I don't get promoted, I have no problem with it."
"It's better now..."
Colonel Shimada Norihei, chief of staff of the 11th Infantry Brigade, rushed into the headquarters with great joy. He said loudly: "Owata-kun, you have just assumed the role of commander of the southern front. Commander Uchiyama has transferred three members of the ** garrison to us.
Reinforcements, as long as we can hold on. We can gather more than 40,000 troops in two days, and the Chinese offensive is not a worry at all!"
"Not that many troops!"
Yoshitaka Wada shook his head and pointed to the lookout facing the south: "After the continuous bombardment, I guess it would be good if Matsuura-kun's command could retain half of its combat strength! Other reinforcements have been attacked continuously by the Anjia Army's air force since the day before yesterday.
, the number of officers and soldiers has shrunk by at least a quarter. All things considered, we only have more than 20,000 people on hand.
"In addition, when various troops come for reinforcements, they will inevitably be harassed by the Anjia Army Air Force. The arrival time is difficult to determine. At present, the only thing we can rely on is Matsuura-kun's ** garrison and General Kaifu's first
If the four regiments of the 71st Division and our ** Infantry Brigade are not well organized, the future will be worrying."
Matsuura Yasumasa confirmed Wada's judgment: "Yes, after the continuous saturation artillery shelling and bombing by the Chinese, there are only more than 2,600 troops left in my hands, and almost three brigades are gone. If it weren't for our defenses
Taking full account of the power of Anjiajun's air-burning bombs, multiple isolation door panels were set up inside, and underground tunnels leading to the rear defense line were set up under the bunker. Otherwise, the losses would only be greater."
At this point, Matsuura Yasumasa flattered the new commander: "As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in any battle. Now I suddenly understand why Commander Uchiyama appointed Owata-kun as the southern commander. What we lack now is a cool-headed person.
, a commander with a broad vision, obviously only Wada-kun is qualified for this job!"
"boom--"
A 330 mm caliber high-explosive bomb from the Anjiajun naval battleship actually crossed the beach in front, flew five kilometers in the air, and landed directly on the rock wall in front of the bunker where the Japanese frontline headquarters was located. It only exploded and exploded.
Even though this bunker hidden in the heart of the mountain was not directly hit, the powerful shock wave directly shocked the Japanese soldiers hidden in the bunker below to death from their noses and mouths.
The frontline headquarters was filled with smoke. Yoshitaka Owata was shocked and angry. He was very worried that the Anjiajun navy had discovered the location of the bunker. But after a while, except for the rumble of shelling from the front, there was no other movement. Only then did
Feel a little relieved.
I couldn't figure out whether An Jiajun had discovered this target and was thinking of going straight to Huanglong. Yoshitaka Wada was filled with worry. After thinking about it, he immediately exercised his authority as commander and ordered the troops hidden in the second line of defense and Wushiling.
Some of the artillery on board opened fire, on the one hand to attract the attention of Anjiajun naval guns and share the risk to the command headquarters, and on the other hand to deal with the rumbling Anjiajun tanks to prevent them from forming an unstoppable torrent of steel.
For a time, the Japanese army's beachhead, second-line position and the mountains behind were filled with flames. From the shoals a few meters above sea level to the mountains five or six kilometers behind and two to three hundred meters above sea level, there were bright lights and gunpowder smoke everywhere - this was the artillery bombardment.
The flames produced when
Elephant. The Anjiajun naval bomb impact point correction officer on the distant battleship on the sea had to contact the observer on the "Water God" I-type reconnaissance aircraft to clearly mark these newly emerged Japanese firepower points on the map and set them up.
Bombard the Yuan Dynasties.
There was a loud "clang", and a ball of fire rose into the sky. A "Dolphin I" modified fire-breathing tank that came ashore with the second batch of landing troops was hit by Japanese artillery fire. Suddenly, the fuel in the tank exploded violently, and the turret
It was blown several meters high, and the dancing flames were swaying in the billowing black smoke.
At this time, after putting down the officers and soldiers, the landing craft that ran aground on the beach began to use the anchor chain and anchor released from the tail of the landing craft before grabbing the beach, turn the winch, and use traction to pull the landing craft back to the sea, and return to the landing craft to re-carry troops.
In line with the principle of destroying one ship at a time, the Japanese army aimed their artillery fire at the shoal and blasted them hard. Soon several landing craft were hit and burst into flames.
In the blazing fire, landing craft pilots covered in fire kept falling from the side of the ship into the sea. The situation was extremely tragic.
Looking at the smoke-filled beachhead of Sanya Bay and the new artillery fire points that appeared one after another behind the Japanese defense line, Major General Xiang Yang, commander of the amphibious operations force of the Anjiajun Navy's Pacific Fleet, who was commanding the operation on the "Dongting Lake" landing ship, had a headache for a while.
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The tenacity of the Japanese army far exceeded imagination. Originally, according to the planned plan, under such a severe blow, the Japanese defense line should have collapsed. But judging from the current situation, those barriers that should have disappeared long ago are still full of vitality and vitality. It seems that
The Japanese army does have a good way of dealing with beach landings. No wonder it has been able to deal with the US military in the Central Pacific for so long.
After communicating via radio with Major General Luo Yaomin, commander of the First Task Force Fleet, and Major General Zhou Zhenyuan, commander of the battle fleet, Xiang Yang negotiated with the commander of the Third Guards Division for more than ten minutes and finally agreed on a brand new combat plan.
At 8:30 in the morning, Xiang Yang requested the fleet to launch signal bombs and activate the radio interference devices equipped on the two amphibious landing ships. Then the light and heavy cruisers of the task force and the battleship battleships fired smoke grenades. The first boarding ship had been completed.
Three waves of landing troops continued to move forward.
After more than a dozen red flares were launched one after another, each fire support formation began to quickly replace the live ammunition with smoke bombs, and the carrier-based bomber group taking off from the aircraft carrier also began to drop a large number of bombs on the second-line positions and mountains behind the Sanya Bay shoal.
Smoke barrel.
In just ten minutes, the entire Sanya Bay was filled with dense smoke, and visibility dropped to zero half an hour later. The Japanese firepower points located on the beachhead and on the Wushi Ridge and Jinji Ridge behind them all lost their targets.
And had to stop shooting.
At 9:15 a.m., the warship fire support formation on the sea began to use secondary guns and anti-aircraft guns to fire interference shots at the rear of the Japanese position. Although the Japanese army could hear the noisy motors on the sea, the bombardment of naval guns and the sound from the beachhead
The amphibious tanks on board were unable to fire back.
What caused the Japanese army even more headaches was the rockets launched by some A29 modified fighter jets of the Anjia Army Air Force. This swarm of weapons posed a great threat to the open fire holes of the Japanese army in the mountainous areas. Of course, this kind of attack
The same is true for fighter pilots
It was a severe test of the pilots' skills. The Japanese anti-aircraft firepower deployed in the second-line positions and various places in the mountains was like whips of fire whipping repeatedly in the sky. From time to time, black smoke-emitting Anjiajun fighter planes rolled with sharp roars.
It fell to the ground and made a huge explosion.
From the front to the rear, the Japanese troops were directly beaten into a flaming hell by countless artillery fire.
As a large number of smoke bombs continued to hit the Japanese beachhead and fired back and forth, Yoshitaka Owata also realized what the Anjiajun landing force wanted to do... However, is this possible? He took off his glasses, wiped them with a thin layer
After putting on the thin mist lenses and looking again, it was still a foggy scene. Yoshitaka Owata couldn't believe what he saw. Could it be that the commander of the Anjiajun landing force really wanted to
Attacking in dense fog?
This is almost impossible!
Yoshitaka Owata has reasons for his confidence in the defense of Sanya Bay.
The Japanese army penetrated the beachhead position and the second-line position, as well as the underground passages between Wushi Ridge, Jinji Ridge, and Baopo Ridge in the rear. Most of the fortresses defended by the Japanese army at the beachhead were built of reinforced concrete and used defensive bunkers or covered bunker structures.
, when the war situation is unfavorable, the combatants in each fort can take shelter in the basement, or retreat directly to the second-line position.
The basement is divided into several cabins, and each floor is separated by isolation boards. Because of this, the cloud bombs, which are always a big killer against this kind of underground fortress, have little effect. Moreover, the Japanese army can also move troops back and forth through the tunnels.
, which further intensified the difficulty of Anjiajun's attack.
Yoshitaka Wada in the Wushiling headquarters sent a telegram to urge the 171st Division to send liaison officers to the headquarters to facilitate coordinated operations, but the radio station only transmitted the sound of noisy electricity.
The telephone lines had long been torn to pieces under the continuous attacks by Anjiajun's navy and air force, and even sending communications troops to arrange the lines could not be done.
Yoshitaka Watana paced back and forth anxiously, and then he came to the lookout, raised his binoculars and observed carefully. At this moment, the large number of smoke bombs launched by Anjiajun had covered three-fifths of Wushiling. It turned out that they were like flies and mosquitoes.
The annoying Anjiajun fighter jets also disappeared without a trace in such an environment.
After waiting uneasily for about half an hour, Matsuura Yasumasa finally arrived through the tunnel to learn about the situation from the front line.
Matsuura Yasumasa said that although most of the frontline positions on the beach are currently occupied, destroyed or interfered with by the Anjia Army, the main core positions are still controlled by the officers and soldiers of the National Guard. It is absolutely wishful thinking for the Chinese to break through the defense line without paying a heavy price.
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Yoshitaka Watana was a little relieved. He knew that it was a great miracle that the ** garrison could retain nearly half of its combat effectiveness after fighting so hard, especially those that lacked combat defense artillery and dared to fire or had exposed firepower points. Without exception, they were attacked by ships.
The direct fire from the artillery and the amphibious tanks landed by the Anjia Army was destroyed in one fell swoop.
After repeated calculations in his mind, Yoshitaka Wada decided that it was not appropriate to support the beachhead at the moment. He would make full use of the dense firepower points built at the bottom of highlands such as Wushiling, Jinjiling, and Baopoling, and cooperate with the wide firing range on the mountainside.
The artillery positions were in constant tug-of-war with the Anjia Army who attempted to expand the breach after landing, consuming the Anjia Army's effective strength.
Waiting until the Anjia Army's landing troops lose their energy and then launching a counterattack through the tunnels will not necessarily lead to an unprecedented victory.
As for the large number of smoke grenades launched by Anjiajun, Owata Yoshitaka did not feel much threat. He did not believe that anyone could continue to organize troops to attack in the smoke with almost zero visibility. That was something only a madman could do. He
What he had to guard against was the infantry of the Anjia Army, which continued to increase troops towards the blind spot area of the beachhead. However, he firmly believed that the fortification group built continuously over the past three years could withstand attacks from any direction.
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