Chapter 606

Yamamoto sat in his seat, watching his huge naval fleet from the battleship changmen. This time, the Japanese Navy's combined fleet almost poured out. There were as many as eight aircraft carriers alone. Eight battleships, cruisers and destroyers were also used. With 30000 elite Marines, they fought against the Hawaiian Islands.

This is the last battle of the Japanese Navy. If the Americans do not surrender after the battle of Hawaii, the Japanese will have to wait passively for the Americans to fight back. Yamamoto knows that there is no power for Japan to land in the United States. Even if a few hundred thousand people are scraped together, it is impossible for the United States, whose territory is similar to that of China, to be knocked down by these hundreds of thousands of people.

The commander of the United Fleet could not help standing up and sighing. He still remembers how he said he was in charge of the war when he declared war on the United States. At that time, when he evaluated the war situation, he replied to his commander like this: "there is no problem in one year and half a year, but no matter how long it takes."

Now, from May 2 to mid August, his fleet has shown fatigue. The war of more than three months did not allow most of the forces of the United Fleet to get the rest they deserved, and the Japanese army, which was blooming everywhere and winning day by day, was also scattered into countless forces, and could not be concentrated at all.

There are more than 2 million Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield, including 750000 Kwantung troops deployed on the border of the Soviet Union. These Japanese troops dare not leave the border area, because there are also more than 700000 Soviet Red Army staring at the Japanese in China. At the same time, in the long direction of China's counterattack, the Japanese had to retain more than 700000 defense forces. After all, the Chinese * team is not what it used to be. At this moment, it still has a certain combat effectiveness.

There are 177 Japanese divisions and regiments in China, while the standard Japanese division a has nearly 30000 troops. That is to say, the Japanese troops deployed in China have begun to shrink seriously. Many second-line troops can not be fully occupied, and even a part of the Japanese division C has been sent to the Chinese battlefield.

The division and regiment establishment of the Japanese army is extremely bizarre. It is reasonable to say that a Japanese division and regiment of class A is actually a division and regiment of the left and right sides of the army, so many times a Chinese division can't beat a Japanese division and regiment, because the establishment of the two sides is different. Japan's divisions are similar to those of the United States. The size of the top class a division is 28000, and its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of a division of the Kuomintang army, which is inevitable.

But then again, if it's a class C Division, it may only have 15000 people. If it's such a division, its combat effectiveness can be imagined. Many class C divisions are not even equipped with artillery. It's reliable to use it against Chinese guerrillas, It's just a joke to use it for frontal combat.

"Send a message to general Nanyun Zhongyi, let him begin to prepare to attack the US military field airport on Oahu Island! After the bombing of the two groups of air forces, the landing forces were released and the first island was forced to land! " Yamamoto let go of his melancholy and began to give orders to attack. It was not easy for them to win this battle. At least on Oahu Island, there were a large number of US Army planes that could take off against Japanese fighters.

So this time, the Japanese Navy is going out to make use of the superior carrier based aircraft forces to completely destroy the U.S. combat system on the Hawaiian Islands and win more advantages for the landing operations of the Marine Corps.

The rest is to wait anxiously. Yamamoto needs to confirm the effect of the air raid on the military airport of Oahu before giving further operational orders. Everyone was waiting in silence, watching the hands of their pocket watches move little by little. About an hour and a half later, general Nan yunzhongyi sent back the result of the air raid: "Dear marshal, the air raid was carried out successfully, destroying 110 US fighter planes, and the air supremacy is still in contention."

Yamamoto's heart slightly jumped, which shows that the United States took off its own plane ahead of time and intercepted Nanyun's plane. Otherwise, the results should be even bigger. It seems that the US radar system can be used as an early warning to participate in actual combat, which is definitely not good news for the Japanese Navy.

"Marshal? Marshal? General Kurita called to ask if the battle plan was launched as scheduled An officer, covering his phone with his hand, asked softly. His words interrupted Yamamoto's uneasy thoughts, so the commander of the Japanese naval joint fleet finally decided to gamble again.

"Battle begins!" He picked up the phone and gave the order of attack to his fleet of battleships. The fleet was composed of eight Japanese battleships. The main purpose of his visit was to bombard the landing area and protect the Japanese landing forces from landing on lovely island, so as to obtain a forward base to attack Oahu.

Outside Yamamoto's command tower, two huge twin main turrets have been slowly pointing to the starboard side. Behind Yamamoto, two twin main guns at the stern of the ship have been gradually in place. Eight straight and slender gun barrels have crossed the side line and are adjusting the high and low angles bit by bit.

With the shooting data provided by the seaplane that has taken off, it is estimated that the distant lovely island has entered the effective range of its own artillery. Marshal Yamamoto solemnly issued the attack order with his back hand, saying a very clean word in short and fierce Japanese: "shoot!"

The officer standing in front of the microphone nodded respectfully and replied, "Hi!" After answering, the Officer immediately conveyed the firing instructions to the four huge turrets in the same solemn tone: "fire!" A few seconds later, on the four huge main turrets in front of and behind the warship, eight guns fired back and forth, emitting bright tongues of fire. The roar of the 410 mm cannon was deafening, and it sounded majestic to anyone. In order to avoid damage to the ship body, salvo is actually slightly different, so the vibration caused by firing is also relatively slight, but Yamamoto can still feel the warship shaking in the sound of gunfire. Not far behind the changmen battleship, the giant ship lu'ao, which is sailing in the same direction, has also prepared eight huge guns of its own. Less than 10 seconds after the firelight from the battleship changmen, the lu'ao opened fire and fired the first volley. The Japanese battleships that followed also opened fire one after another, and the shells rained down on the lovely island. This is almost the largest naval artillery attack on land in the history of human war. The last time the German army used the Italian French joint fleet, only six battleships were counted. This time, the Japanese fleet only battleships exceeded the scale of that time. This does not include the naval guns of various calibres on the 10 heavy cruisers that are approaching the artillery not far away. Although there is no Japanese aircraft carrier to join, the troubles caused by these giant guns to the Americans are incomparable. The United States has deployed about 4000 officers and men on lovely island. These troops are deployed in three directions for defensive operations. The side near Oahu is almost undefended. After all, it is impossible for the Japanese to choose the place between the two islands to spread their landing site. So about 1000 U.S. soldiers faced the Japanese Navy's shelling, and they were stunned by the terrible sight. A huge shell is enough to lift half a football field of sand, with a huge shock wave and sound, shaking up the whole earth. All the American soldiers holding their own weapons, crying on the battlefield, but no one can save them. A heavy machine gun position was directly hit by the shell, and a dozen American soldiers inside were not spared, even several of them could not find their bodies“ Damn Japanese! What can we do with a sneak attack! " An American soldier holding his helmet in both hands, squinting to avoid being buried in dust and sand, swearing loudly. Beside him, an American soldier was crying. He called his mother loudly, but it was covered up by the huge explosion. Many American recruits had been scared to collapse by such terrible shelling. In a defensive position near the sea, an American commander is holding his walkie talkie and reporting the current situation loudly: "yes! The Japanese are shelling. I believe they will land in an hour, and the battle will be more difficult. I need support, any support! " The Americans are not idle either. With the fighting going on, a US Infantry team of more than 1000 people began to use assault boats and barges to reinforce lovely island. At this time, the US Air Force was competing with Japanese Zero Fighters for air supremacy. From time to time, US planes were shot down, and Japanese fighter planes were diving to attack these American people crossing the sea. The interception of Japanese aircraft caused heavy losses to the reinforcement operation of the United States. About 150 American soldiers were sunk between the two islands with their boats. But the remaining 850 soldiers managed to get to lovely island, strengthening the garrison there. They are determined to defend the territory of the United States to the death and fight the Japanese to the end. The heroic operation of the US Army's aviation forces has caused a lot of trouble to the Japanese. Although the United States has lost 200 aircraft including the losses in the airport, the Japanese have also been shot down a total of 40 aircraft, which makes the cautious Yamamoto 56 almost give up the landing operation he did not launch. The battle continued. The U.S. headquarters on Oahu sent a telegram to the U.S. Navy asking for support. Nimitz's fleet was gathering in the distant ocean.