However, the Japanese offensive was extremely swift and violent, and the fortress cannons were much stronger than ordinary army artillery. They were also placed inside semi-enclosed forts, so there was no simple method of blowing them up directly (Note 1). Therefore, although the American officers and soldiers tried their best to comply,
, but it was still difficult to completely destroy it. After the Japanese army occupied the fort, it did not take much time to repair it one after another. On the contrary, the fortress cannons that had been blown up by themselves were severely damaged and were basically impossible to repair.
Fixed...
Rather than destroying most of the weapons, but often not completely enough, and destroying only a small part of the ammunition, Nimitz was more concerned about the 4.5 million tons of oil stored on the island. But as early as Nimitz ordered the destruction of the oil depot
Before the arson (mainly because Nimitz had not yet admitted defeat), Wang Zicai and his special forces had already escaped in time, leaving behind the large number of people who had successfully attracted the enemy.
Those Japanese mobs who criticized the US military mobilized almost all special forces to capture the flammable and explosive aviation gasoline storage points by surprise, and bullied the US military, which at this time had neither aircraft nor artillery, to effectively attack them with sharp and precise sniping.
The enemy's reinforcements were blocked, so that although they had dozens of times the strength advantage, they were still unable to get close...
If the People's Liberation Army or the Japanese Army, which advocates the spirit of sacrifice, faced such a situation, a direct charge would solve the battle. No matter how accurate the sniper's marksmanship is, it will take two or three seconds to kill a person. As long as the distance is shortened, facing a submachine gun (or
Automatic rifle)'s sharp firepower, a sniper will undoubtedly die. But with the US military's combat style, one sniper can often make a platoon or even a company afraid to charge...
Historically, the U.S. military generally used its firepower advantage to deal with snipers. But now the firepower advantage lies entirely with the opponent, and the U.S. military simply cannot win such a battle. Using snipers to deal with snipers is also a way, but the old beauty loses his life.
Exquisite, history, unless there is no other choice,
Otherwise, it is rare to do this, not to mention that the United States did not have real snipers in 1941. Even if this space-time sniper tactic attracted the attention of various countries earlier, currently only China, the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, and Finland have relatively mature ones.
sniper tactics and personnel training mechanisms.
In addition to sniper kills, Japanese machine guns also pose a great threat to the US military. Although they are all obtained through seizures and lack of sufficient personnel to operate them, the number of Japanese machine gun firepower points is not too many. But the layout
But he was extremely sophisticated and took care of threats from all directions. If the US military charged in forcefully, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties under the crossfire. What is particularly worth mentioning is that Wang Zicai also used two captured anti-aircraft guns.
The machine gun fired flatly at the U.S. military. The U.S. officers and soldiers who launched a tentative charge were beaten into two pieces and fell to the ground. In a short time, the ground was covered with body parts, internal organs and dirty blood. I have never seen the U.S. military use anti-aircraft machine guns in this way.
The officers and soldiers were immediately frightened by the tragic scene in front of them. They had dozens of times more troops, but they never dared to attack. The number of special forces was too small, so they naturally did not dare to rush out rashly. As a result, the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
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When all the forts were captured by the Japanese army and the mechanized infantry brigade was freed up, these US troops finally had to put down their weapons. The Japanese army successfully captured most of the weapons stored on Oahu (after all, there were also some weapons outside the reservoir area).
The stock) aviation gasoline is enough for Japan’s three major aircraft carrier formations to last for a year according to combat standards, and the quality of this aviation gasoline is much better than that produced by Japan itself...
But on the other hand, although the first battle of the Japanese special forces achieved satisfactory results, their number was too small, and it was difficult to control the small light oil storage area, while the heavy oil accounted for a much larger proportion.
They couldn't take care of them at all, so many heavy oil tanks were still set on fire by the US military, and the island was filled with smoke for a while.
However, heavy oil is different from gasoline that is volatile and can deflagrate. Its combustion process is much milder. Therefore, although it can ignite, the fire does not spread quickly. The oil depot is the key to Yamaguchi Tawen's plan, so Nishizhu
Early in the morning, after seizing all the US military forts that could bombard the oil depot, they immediately sent a mechanized infantry brigade to seize the oil depot. At this time, the Americans had not even started firing.
Although the US military still ignited some of the heavy oil tanks due to the time spent on the road, the brigade arrived in time and finally saved more than one-third of the heavy oil tanks, plus some of the heavy oil saved by the firefighting (required
Thanks to the large amount of advanced fire-extinguishing equipment left by the US military, although the Americans in a hurry thought of burning the oil in stock, they did not realize in time that these fire-extinguishing equipment would also have to be destroyed...), which was enough to make Yamaguchi hear more
Satisfied...
At 9:28 in the morning on October 26, 1941, the last U.S. troops on Oahu laid down their weapons, and the largest cross-sea sneak attack in human history came to an end. Although the process could not be considered perfect, it was only
In terms of results, Yamaguchi's combat plan can still be said to have achieved great success...
In less than a day and a half, the Japanese combined fleet sank or destroyed 4 U.S. battleships and 3 aircraft carriers. In addition, it also sank or destroyed 12 cruisers, destroyers, submarines and other combat ships with a full load displacement of more than 1,000 tons.
ship
, sunk and destroyed 5 non-combat ships such as transport ships, and forced landing of 6 ships; including carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, the Japanese shot down a total of them (the ones on Oahu were all blown up before they could take off,
But there are still planes coming to rescue from other islands in Hawaii.
fought with Japanese carrier-based aircraft and blew up 512 U.S. aircraft; killed more than 11,000 U.S. troops and captured more than 32,000 people (in addition, thousands of people were "missing"); in addition, the Japanese army also captured the original equipment of the Marine Corps.
army officer
The soldiers' eyes were filled with a huge amount of supplies, including more than 2 million tons of heavy oil, which was necessary for the fuel of Japanese warships. Yamaguchi Tawen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer had to abandon some ships to prevent the battleships from not having enough heavy oil left to return home.
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Note 1: In a semi-enclosed space, the power of the shock wave will increase significantly. If you want to blow up the cannon beyond repair, the explosives required will definitely be indispensable. The power may collapse the entire fortress. The US military is not taking advantage of itself.
The plan was to bury him with the fortress, so basically he only wanted to do it without endangering his own safety.
The fortress artillery caused a certain degree of damage, but the problem is that the facilities and materials of the US military base on Oahu are too complete. After the Japanese army occupied Oahu, they did not even need to ask for help from the country. It would not take too long, even if they only relied on
Using local materials, these fortress cannons can also be repaired... (To be continued...)