Just as the three landing fleets were approaching Hainan Island from different directions at high speed, the officers and soldiers of the three regiments of the First Airborne Army, acting as a feint attack, were stationed from Qinglan Port in Wenchang to Baohuling in Jiadingjiao, Hainanzui to Qiongshan and
Raid and harassment operations were launched in three areas including the Anding area and Danzhou Bay to Yangpu Bay in Dan County.
At 0:40 in the morning, the Third Regiment of the 1st Airborne Division launched an attack in the area between Wenchang County and Qinglan Port, destroying the Japanese army's transportation lines. At 2:00 in the morning, the Third Regiment saw the opportunity and attacked two Japanese troops stationed there.
The squadron's Nandou Village, after an hour of fierce fighting, completely wiped out the defenders.
After receiving the urgent notification, Commander Uchiyama Eitaro of the Japanese Hainan Army thought that the Anjia Army had launched a smuggling operation near Wenchang Port. After thinking about it, he had to transfer two regiments from the 170th Division stationed in Anding to urgently
Cross Tuling and Phoenix Ridge to reinforce the Wenchang area.
In the early hours of the morning, in order to create the illusion of landing in Danzhou Bay, the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Airborne Division suddenly launched an attack on Paipu Town in Yangpu Bay, which was heavily guarded by the Japanese army. After attracting the attention of the Japanese army, it quickly retreated to Wengui Village.
First line defense.
Although it was not known where this part of the Anjia Army who suddenly appeared came from, the Hirano Brigade of the 15th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in Paipuzhen did not dare to neglect and quickly reported the emergency military information.
The brigade headquarters in Baimajing fed back the situation to the Western Front Operations Command.
During the Republic of China, the county seat of Danxian County was located in Xinzhou Town, also known as Dunjiao Slope. After the Japanese invaded Xinzhou, the Danxian Puppet Security Council was established here. The coast of Danzhou Bay is very suitable for landing operations. It is not far from Lingaojiao.
The troops stationed here can handle multiple battlefields at the same time. Therefore, the Japanese army gathered the two main forces in the Danxian area, the 169th Division and the 15th Infantry Brigade.
When radio communications were interfered with and telephone lines were basically cut off, Uchiyama Eitaro urgently appointed Major General Fujiwara Hidema, the new commander of the Japanese 169th Division, to temporarily command the military affairs on the Danzhou Bay front line by passing orders.
Of course, this Major General Fujiwara is truly a descendant of the Fujiwara family. The Fujiwara Hideyoshi who marched to Chengmai Qiaotou yesterday was dressed by Colonel Bai Yibo, the commander of the Anjia Army's 1st Airborne Division.
Bai Yibo, who graduated from the Boy Scout Academy, has a high talent for language. During his studies at the Xufu Military Academy, he systematically studied Japanese and Japanese etiquette. When he disguised himself as a Japanese, his every move was no different from that of a Japanese. First of all,
There are many generals in the airborne army with similar specialties, so so far, although the Japanese troops on the front line from Lingao to Chengmai who received the "defence change order" had doubts, they had not yet had time to discover the secret due to time constraints.
Fujiwara Hidezen looked at the map for a long time, and for a while he couldn't figure out where the An's army landed. To be on the safe side, he had to send a large group of Japanese troops from the county to attack Wengui Village via the ring road.
At three o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army launched an attack on the 86th highland in the north of Wengui Village. The paratroopers of the Anjia Army were waiting for work. One battalion was used to block the front, two battalions were in reserve, and two battalions were copying the rear route, and they were ready to harass the new troops starting from Dunjiao Slope.
Reinforcements.
The battle quickly entered a state of hand-to-hand combat. Half an hour later, the Japanese artillery arrived and bombarded the hilltop occupied by the Anjia Army. The air waves from the explosion almost ignited the air, and dense smoke and fire filled the mountains everywhere.
As the enemy and ourselves were intertwined and close, Japanese artillery shells fell on the heads of the Japanese from time to time, killing each other. The Japanese soldiers had to retreat frequently, charging again amidst shouts and curses, and died.
After half an hour of hard fighting, the Japanese army was still unable to break through the encirclement of our army and had to ask for help from the headquarters.
In this case, Fujiwara Hidezhen thought he had encountered the main force of the Anjia Army, so he quickly sent two regiments south to encircle and suppress this part of the Anjia Army who did not know when they would "land". Along the way, he encountered harassment from two battalions of Anjia Army paratroopers, and the progress was slow.
On the line between Puqian Bay and Dongzhai Port northwest of Qiongshan, the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Airborne Division suddenly appeared outside Sanjiang Town at 0:15 in the morning and launched an attack on the enemy defending Sanjiang. After an hour of fierce fighting, the entire army
Annihilate three squadrons of the 14th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army.
After receiving the warning, Uchiyama Eitaro detached a brigade from his directly affiliated troops and took vehicles from Meilan Village on the right bank of the Nandu River to provide support.
At 2:30 in the morning, the Japanese reinforcements arrived in the northwest of Sanjiang Town. The commander was very cunning and did not dare to reveal his tactics. He attacked with a small force first to detect the strength of the Anjia Army defenders. The officers and soldiers of the Fourth Regiment were already well prepared to defend against the enemy.
Ready
, with the 1st Battalion defending the streets and intersections of the town cabinet, the 2nd Battalion and the regiment's machine gun company relied on the original fortifications at the commanding heights on the periphery to attack the Japanese army. In order not to expose the firepower point prematurely, the 2nd Battalion advanced to the front with a small force and fought back.
The Japanese charge.
Now the Japanese army could no longer keep their composure, and began to move toward the outskirts of Sanjiang Town one squadron after another, in an attempt to devour the Anjia Army in the town in one fell swoop.
In the gun building in the northwest of the town, the regiment's machine gun company set up a general-purpose machine gun and a 12.7mm high-level and flat dual-purpose machine gun. From a high position, it fired a dense barrage at the oncoming Japanese troops.
Clouds of thick smoke filled the Japanese position, rising, and flying shrapnel knocked down the Japanese one by one. However, the Japanese army was very stubborn and organized small groups of troops to charge in turns from the north and west. Lieutenant Colonel Tu Tingkai, the commander of the fourth regiment, led the second battalion to hold on to the outer positions.
, with the cooperation of the machine gun battery, blocked the Japanese advance and organized small groups of troops to counterattack from time to time.
Lieutenant Colonel Gong Ye, the political commissar of the Fourth Regiment, led the officers and soldiers of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Battalions, and detoured back to the enemy's rear. When the Japanese army could not attack, they immediately launched an attack.
Amidst the loud blast of the charge, more than 2,000 Anjia officers and soldiers were like tigers emerging from the cage, crossing the hills and pits, and rushed into the middle of the Japanese army. The Japanese army was caught off guard and was divided and surrounded. The morale of the army was in chaos. After an hour of fierce fighting, two soldiers were killed.
At the cost of more than a hundred officers and soldiers, more than 1,200 Japanese troops were wiped out, and only more than 200 Japanese soldiers escaped.
Uchiyama Eitaro was greatly shocked by the frequent warning signals in the northeastern region. He thought that the Anjiajun had unknowingly landed in large numbers along the line from Hainanzui to Qinglan Port. After careful consideration, he decided to send the troops as reserve forces to
The 52nd Infantry Brigade was dispatched from Qiongshan County to Sanjiang Town.
At this time, in the Qiongzhou Strait, sudden sea encounters suddenly started.
Two twenty-eight in the morning.
"flutter--"
Off Lingaojiao, two destroyers on guard for the transport fleet suddenly fired several flares into the sky. In the unusually dazzling and dazzling light, a small group of Japanese torpedo boats appeared on the sea in the distance.
Although the field of view at night is not wide, for destroyers equipped with air and sea search radars and sonar systems, the Japanese surface ships cannot hide at all.
Just half a minute later, the destroyer at the forefront of the transport fleet began to fire violently at the Japanese torpedo boats. Gorgeous red meteors fell rapidly towards the Japanese torpedo boats. At the same time, the propellers of the helicopters on several landing ships
It began to rotate, left the deck after two or three minutes, and moved forward to the sea area in front of the fleet. On the one hand, it continuously reported the situation of the Japanese torpedo boats to the fleet, and on the other hand, it kept dropping flares.
The six Japanese torpedo boats were exposed to the sight of the Anjia fleet from beginning to end. Although they clashed from left to right, they were unable to find a favorable fighter opportunity.
About a minute or two later, the main guns of the cruisers on both wings of the fleet began to pour out shells continuously. Amidst the roar that echoed through the sky, the poor Japanese torpedo boat was like a small boat in a storm, helpless.
Swinging up and down in the waves.
When the helicopter fired the eighteenth flare, there were only some lonely floating objects on the sea in front of the transport fleet. The Anjiajun navy even saved the trouble of stopping to capture the Japanese navy sailors. Before the flame of the last flare extinguished,
, the helicopters returned one after another, and slowly docked on the flight deck under the strong light from the rear of the landing ship.
The officers and soldiers of the Guards who were guarding the navy showed great curiosity about the thunderous shelling. They did not expect that the battle on the sea would be so spectacular and sudden. They all talked about how proud they were of their powerful navy.
I was full of expectations for the upcoming landing operation.
Three o'clock in the morning.
When the landing craft group starting from Leizhou Peninsula reached a distance of seven or eight nautical miles from Chengmai Bay, several small landing craft on the edge suddenly discovered two Japanese gunboats appearing in the night.
At this time, the Japanese gunboat apparently also discovered the landing craft of Anjiajun, and immediately rushed over arrogantly and fired at the landing craft.
After receiving the notification, Lieutenant General Fang Pengxiang, commander of the Second Guards Army, immediately gave instructions through the radio: resolutely fight back against the Japanese ships at all costs.
Several landing craft immediately rushed towards the Japanese ship, and the 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns opened fire at the same time, forming a cross-fire attack on the Japanese gunboats. The Japanese gunboats retreated in panic, and could only bombard the landing craft from a long distance.
I saw bullets in the night sky like locusts, and the traces of the shells intertwined into fire nets in the sky, reflecting the red sea surface.
A Japanese destroyer burst out of the night. With its fast speed and strong firepower, it rushed into a queue of more than thirty landing craft, trying to knock over or sink the landing craft one by one by relying on the strength of the ship's gun.
Just following the order from the commander in charge of the landing operation, more than thirty 20mm cannons opened fire violently at the same time. For a time, dense barrage surrounded the Japanese warships, and the Japanese warships were hit with thick smoke and flames shooting into the sky. The Japanese warships
The destroyer was afraid of exposing its target and did not dare to use flares. In order to avoid the attack of the landing craft, it had to hide far away and shoot blindly on the sea surface, but none of them hit the target.
At this time, armed helicopters taking off from several large landing craft finally arrived and fired rockets at the Japanese destroyers and gunboats in the night. Only continuous explosions were heard. The two gunboats sank in response, and the destroyer was partially destroyed.
The napalm warhead of the rocket ignited, and the flames shot into the sky, and soon there was a problem with the engine.
This unlucky destroyer floated on the sea and became a burning fire coffin on the water, lighting up the path forward of the landing craft group. It did not sink until the early morning of the next day.
At four o'clock in the morning, the fleet transporting the two divisions of the First Guards Army successfully arrived in the western peripheral waters of Lingaojiao.
At this time, the Second Group Army and the Third Group Army also arrived at the scheduled location at the scheduled time. The entire northern sea of Hainan Island was crowded with ships, including various transport ships and escorting light and heavy cruisers and destroyers. The number reached more than 1,400
It can be said that it is the largest offshore assault force in this era.
In a sense, the Hainan Island landing operation was a preview of the march to Lanyin and Luzon Islands. As long as Anjiajun's ability to seize and land on the beach can be verified, the subsequent battles will just be repeated again and again.
Because of this, General Gu Changfeng, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission and Commander of the Southeast Asia Theater, led a large staff team to Haiphong Port in person and boarded the heavy cruiser "Qingzhi" as the center of the battle command to witness An Jin leading his troops.
Combat.
Although he was a little nervous about Gu Changfeng's visit, after having known each other for many years, we had cooperated countless times. Therefore, after simply greeting each other, An Jin, together with the army and navy generals, continued to coordinate the entire landing operation.
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