After the clouds and fog dissipated at 10 o'clock in the morning, carrier-based bombers taking off from the aircraft carrier of the First Task Force carried out attacks on the two floating forts on Phoenix Reef outside Sanya Port and the fortress group on Luhuitou Heights, as well as the Sanya Port area behind it.
Intensive bombing, more than a dozen 1,000-kilogram aerial bombs were thrown near the bunker of the Japanese Port Defense Command in Luhuitou Heights. The huge impact and shock wave shook dozens of Japanese soldiers inside the surrounding mountains dozens of meters away.
He died from bleeding from his mouth and nose.
The bombing continued into the afternoon. Officers and soldiers of the 1st and 3rd regiments of the 3rd Guards Division made repeated attacks on the Japanese defense lines in the Hexi area of Sanya along the beach and along the coastline from Huixincun.
In order to cooperate with the army's operations, the fighter planes of the First Task Force were dispatched again.
More than a dozen carrier-based bombers took off from the aircraft carrier, flying almost against the sea surface. When they were about to reach the beach, they suddenly pulled up, and then the bombs under the belly of the aircraft were thrown out. When those small black dots fell on the Japanese
When they were on the defensive position on the beach, a raging fire immediately broke out.
On the sea outside Phoenix Reef, Luo Yaomin, holding a telescope in his hand, smiled and said to Colonel Situ Ling, the chief of staff who had recovered from seven or eight hours of sleep next to him: "Are these guys itchy? Fortunately, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire was removed.
If the little devils set up an ambush, these guys flying so low are just looking for death!"
Situ Ling chuckled: "A thousand days of raising troops is spent in a moment. Our previous missions were all exercises, so how can we enjoy actual combat? It's understandable that the pilots are excited and show off! But this is just an attack on land. I hope
We will face the Japanese aircraft carrier formation in the near future, and I hope our pilots will not let their guard down!"
While the two were talking, the carrier-based bombers that had previously performed the mission had already circled back and dropped all the remaining incendiary bombs on the Japanese defensive positions. Then the bombers flew over a few kilometers of sea, passed over the First Task Force, and flew
It was so low that it almost hit the mast on the top of the aircraft carrier.
The aircraft carriers quickly became lively. Some sailors who had no missions for the time being rushed to the deck excitedly, waving their hands at the bombers overhead and shouting loudly. It was not clear what they were yelling about.
Luo Yaomin shook his head at the nonsense of the officers and soldiers. With a blink of an eye, he saw that the battle fleet had begun to slowly advance towards the Phoenix Reef. He raised his telescope to observe carefully, and then ordered:
"Situ. Go and remind Commander Zhou that the bombardment fleet had better control the frequency of bombardment and let the seaplanes observe the impact point of the bombs as accurately as possible to maximize the damage! A large number of transport ships have been deployed to Nanhua Bay to transport the second batch of bombs.
The officers and soldiers of the Third Army, the new supply ship will probably not arrive until the day after tomorrow, so we must pay attention to the issue of ammunition."
Situ Ling went to send a telegram and came back. He smiled and said to Luo Yaomin: "I just asked about the situation of the supply fleet. We still have six fully loaded 10,000-ton supply ships. It will be no problem to hold on for two days. If it is close today,
The Third Wei Division was able to successfully capture the port. Our ammunition is completely sufficient!"
"That's good!"
Luo Yaomin nodded in relief, picked up the telescope again, and watched the fierce battle in the distance.
The Navy took down Phoenix Reef in one go. At this time, Phoenix Reef was not an island with a planned total construction area of 480,000 square meters after reclamation by later generations. It was still a messy group of rocks. The Japanese army set up a pilot lighthouse here.
and two floating turrets.
The floating turret was modified from two US Navy "Wicks" class destroyers salvaged by the Japanese Navy from the waters near Manila. This kind of warship has a displacement of only more than 1,000 tons. The main gun is four single-barreled 4-inch guns, and it has anti-aircraft firepower.
It is a single-barreled 1-pound anti-aircraft gun and two single-barreled 3-inch anti-aircraft guns.
After some indiscriminate bombing, the two floating turrets sank unwillingly together with more than 60 Japanese soldiers operating weapons on them. Then the helicopters rappelled on several small reefs that emerged from the sea, and the remaining Japanese soldiers on them were dropped.
All were wiped out. After confirming safety, the battle fleet detached a squadron consisting mainly of cruisers and destroyers, crossed the Phoenix Reef, entered the Sanya Port waterway, arrived near the Luhuitou coast, and attacked the Japanese fortress group at close range.
The bombardment was very violent, and the sea was filled with smoke. Because the battleship was not fast, the smoke rising from the muzzle did not dissipate quickly. The main bombardment tasks were all undertaken by cruisers with larger main gun calibers, and destroyers were responsible for anti-submarine security. Each ship
Seaplanes were dispatched from the cruisers to avoid repeated shelling and waste of ammunition.
According to the plan, each cruiser has a fixed area for bombardment, and only one turret is used for bombardment at a time, with seaplanes providing accurate bombardment data.
"Rumble--"
Suddenly, an extremely huge and dull explosion came over. Luo Yaomin, who was watching the battle, subconsciously looked towards the Luhuitou Peninsula. He saw an incomparable flower rising three to four hundred meters behind the beach on a highland with an altitude of more than 100 meters.
Huge mushroom cloud, the fiery red mushroom cloud kept rolling and roaring, climbing high into the sky.
"Well done, it seems that the little devil's ammunition storage point was hit by the naval gun of our cruise fleet. Now that the food and grass are cut off, the Japanese army at Luhuitou should not be much of a threat!" Situ Ling put down the phone, beaming.
say.
"Don't be careless, anything can happen on the battlefield." After reminding Luo Yaomin, he looked at the land north of Phoenix Reef and said: "Now it depends on the Third Guards Division. I hope they can take down Sanya Port in one go.
This will greatly promote the progress of the war on the southern front."
Since it was an offshore battle, the use of naval gun firepower was maximized. Coupled with the participation of the air force, the Japanese army's tenacious resistance and several counterattacks were broken down. By nightfall, the first regiment of the third guard division and the third
The regiment and two tank battalions successfully captured the Hexi area of Sanya Port.
At the same time, under the suppression of naval guns, two Marine battalions successfully airborne to the top of Luhuitou Mountain, capturing the Japanese fort in one fell swoop and controlling the commanding heights guarding Sanya Port.
"Swish swish——"
Sanya Bay in the night turned into a mess.
As for the Japanese army, in order to open up the connection between various ministries, the Japanese troops located in Liangwangling, Wushiling, Lizhiling and Baopoling launched a fierce attack on the positions held by the 5th, 4th and 2nd Guards Regiments. And in Sanya
Hong Kong, the Anjia Army, which newly occupied the Hexi area and the Luhuitou Highlands, continued their efforts and launched a fierce attack on the Hexin Island and the north and east banks of the Sanya River where the Japanese troops were entrenched.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Anjiajun air force was unable to dispatch at night, and a few carrier-based aircraft could not influence the overall situation, the Japanese artillery, which had been dormant for a long time, finally regained its vitality and vitality. Cannons, howitzers and cannons of various calibers were fired downwards from the high mountains.
The valley was firing cannonballs wildly.
Faced with the dense artillery shells that roared down from the sky like locusts, the Guards officers and soldiers had to retreat into the anti-artillery bunkers abandoned by the Japanese army and suffered.
Thanks to the hard work of the Japanese army for several years, the various artillery-proof caves were built extremely solidly, and the Japanese army's condescending artillery fire was mostly in vain. However, some bunkers and fortifications collapsed during the continuous bombardment, which brought certain consequences to the defending Anjia officers and soldiers.
of casualties.
After an hour of fire coverage, a large number of Japanese soldiers howled, emerged from various mountains, and attacked the Anjiajun position.
"Porphyrin —"
The officers and soldiers of Anjia passed through the traffic trench and went to the front line position. When the Japanese army entered the firing range, the sound of general machine gun fire that ripped cloth was heard first.
In the night, countless dark red light spots flashed densely, including general-purpose machine guns deployed in the machine gun bunkers built by the Japanese army, as well as a small number of 12.7 mm caliber high-level and flat dual-purpose machine guns as supporting firepower. Like sharks smelling the smell of blood,
It sprayed out a dense barrage, rushing toward the front of the position like a fire whip wielded by the god of death.
The number of general-purpose machine guns equipped by the Anjia Army at all levels ranks first in the world. In addition, the Taisho 11-type and 96-type light machine guns captured from the Japanese army opened fire in unison, with the Meiji 38-type mixed in between.
Japanese-made heavy machine guns such as the Taisho 3rd year type. With such dense firepower, even if it is fired at the slowest speed, tens of thousands of bullets will sweep across the front of the position every second.
Under the illumination of the mortar flares, the Japanese soldiers who had just rushed down the mountain were unable to hide, and they fell to the ground in pieces like ripe ears of rice under a farmer's sickle.
With all kinds of machine guns having fun, mortars hidden throughout the defense line can't wait to perform. High-explosive bombs of various calibers exploded in front of the position, even if it was an improved 50 mm caliber mortar.
**With the addition of high-explosive bullets, the maximum range of the high-explosive projectile is as high as 15 meters!
Therefore, every explosion in front of the position will set off bursts of bloody wind in a certain circular area. Japanese soldiers with missing arms and legs are constantly being thrown into the air, showing their unevolved muscles at almost perfect angles.
Completed hairy body.
In the night, the Anjia Army cut into the hinterland of the Japanese army in a "W" shape and cut off the sea-ring highway and railway on the three defense lines. Machine guns, mortars and a large number of automatic rifles, all kinds of weapons fired at extremely high rates of fire.
, pouring out a terrifying metal storm.
Within a minute, the officers and soldiers who were on the front line had their ears buzzing from the loud noise.
As the Japanese soldiers who rushed down from the mountain were all harvested, the Japanese soldiers who were still halfway were also attacked. When the machine gun bullets of Anjiajun swept across the ridge from bottom to top, there was a bloody storm everywhere.
.Due to numerical disadvantage, the Japanese army occupied
Due to the favorable geographical location, the condescending light and heavy machine guns were unable to completely suppress their opponents. As the Anjiajun mortar team completed the adjustment of shooting at Zhuyuan, the mortar shells fell on the mountain one after another, and Japanese soldiers could be seen flying everywhere.
Broken limbs and arms!
Seeing the failure of the first attack, the Japanese artillery fire sounded again. The Anjia officers and soldiers quickly passed through the communication trenches and entered the anti-gun bunkers, and continued to endure silently.
The Japanese artillery shells fell quickly and accurately on the valley below. Several bunkers that were still standing on the Anjia Army's defense line were finally overwhelmed and collapsed. The artillery fire also ignited a food storage warehouse under the bunker.
The can was squeezed and cracked by external force, and the rich aroma of food wafted back and forth over the position.
Those machine gun bunkers that once burst out intensive firepower have undoubtedly become the focus of Japanese artillery fire. In front of the shells fired by large-caliber heavy artillery such as the Type 99 105mm mountain cannon and the Meiji 38-type field howitzer, those machine guns
The bunker couldn't survive more than a few rounds before it collapsed.
The dense artillery shells fell like hail and were scattered throughout the position. The naturally formed pile of rubble became a terrifying existence. A shell exploded on it, and the hundreds of pieces of rubble that flew away suddenly became sharp.
Anti-personnel weapons, as long as they are hit by lasing stone fragments within a range of tens of meters, they will either die or be injured. The Anjia officers and soldiers who retreated with all their strength will inevitably suffer some casualties.
Among the large number of artillery shells, there were some shells that missed the target. These shells fell in front of the position and crushed the corpses left by the Japanese soldiers to pieces. The pieces of limbs and internal organs were raised, which was unbearable to see at first glance.
Probably seeing that the first wave of assaults suffered unusually heavy losses, this wave of Japanese bombardment lasted much longer than the previous fire preparations. After nearly two hours of non-stop bombardment, by early morning, the Japanese army
The artillery fire gradually became sparse.
In the darkness, hundreds of Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets and holding Type 38 rifles with bayonets were like moving ants, densely packed from the mountains to the Anjiajun position down the mountain. The front edge of the position was from high to low.
The bloody scenes all over the ground did not slow down their progress at all.
Although the Japanese artillery's cost-effective bombardment did not cause too many casualties to the Anjia officers and soldiers who hid in the artillery holes, the tactical effect was still very significant - the first and second line positions were almost razed to the ground, and Anjia
The army had to set up formations farther away from the mountains.
In this way, at least a large number of Japanese soldiers did not have to be shot like crazy as soon as they rushed down the mountain. They quickly occupied a territory at the foot of the mountain and used all available bunkers such as bomb craters and rubble piles to configure
Heavy machine gun fire was unleashed.
Next, the Japanese soldiers carrying rifles with bayonets in their hands quickly advanced towards the Anjia Army's deep defense line in a loose formation.
At this time, taking advantage of the time gap between the Japanese troops' top-down charge, Anjiajun's machine gun and mortar firepower were already in place, and the scene exactly like the previous battle was staged again.
The fierce battle that lasted for more than an hour ended with the Japanese army suffering a large number of casualties and having to retreat to a temporary position. When the Japanese army on the mountain once again covered the Anjia Army position with artillery, the Anjia Army commanders on the front line decisively moved their troops
The troops retreated, thus forming a step-by-step situation.
The fierce battle lasted until early morning, and the Japanese army had advanced less than one kilometer in total. However, as the sun rose above the sea level in the east, a vast array of aircraft appeared in the western sky. The results of the Japanese army's hard-fought night were quickly reduced.
It was all in vain. By ten o'clock in the morning, An's army regained the positions lost during the night and once again firmly separated the various departments of the Japanese army.
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