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Rising Storm: World War II Chapter 586 Kamikaze Death Squad

The Japanese garrison on Okinawa is the 32nd Army, which has 4 divisions and 2 brigades, as well as some naval ground forces and marines, with a total strength of about 9.8.Lieutenant General Tanaka Jiuichi personally led the 9th, 24th, 62nd and independent 44th brigades to sit in the defensive area centered on Shuri, preparing to use "special attack" operations at sea and in the air to greatly weaken the Chinese navy. fleet, and then concentrate superior firepower on the beachhead.

However, after the fourth formation of the Nanyang Fleet arrived in the combat sea area, it did not prepare to directly attack the main island of Okinawa, but set its first target on the Kerama Islands and surrounding islands.This time they concentrated a water force consisting of 2 warships, a "Typhoon" class aircraft carrier, 5 heavy cruisers, 12 light cruisers, and 23 destroyers, as the sea and air cover force of the landing fleet.The ground troops participating in the landing operations included the 11th and 12th Wings of the Marine Corps, and the army had the 2nd Army of the Sun Hunter Squadron. The total strength of the ground troops was about 6.The commander-in-chief of the campaign is Chen Shaokuan, deputy chief of staff of the Nanyang Fleet.The landing date is finally determined to be October 10, but before that, one or two islands must be cleared out as the starting point and advance base for the landing force, and at the same time, it can also be used for logistical supplies and repairs of battle damage during the battle.Therefore, Chen Shaokuan set his sights on Kerama Islands and Ie Island. On October 17, the air force bomber fleet took off from Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan, bombed the above two islands for a long time, completely destroyed the Japanese positions on the islands, and destroyed most of the suicide planes on the ground, which greatly relieved the landing fleet. pressure.After the bombing was over, the various warships covering the fleet bombarded the two islands at close range.When it got dark, tens of thousands of shells were poured on the island.The Japanese army on the island had little combat effectiveness at this time.

In the early morning of the 12th, Chen Shaokuan sent three waves of landing troops to attack the beachheads of the two islands. Without much resistance, they successfully landed on the beachheads at 9:30.Since the main force of the Japanese army is located on Okinawa Island, the troops in charge of the defense of these two islands are the troops composed of the aborigines of Ryukyu. The aborigines have a strong sense of identity with China. Therefore, the battle for the two islands is not very fierce.On the same day, the Chinese landing force basically wiped out the armed forces on the island.

The benefits of capturing these two islands are not only the possession of a forward base, but also the accidental discovery of hundreds of sea mines buried in the shallow sea area.After receiving this news, Chen Shaokuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat.Although the carrier-based fighter jets shot down more than 200 suicide planes during daytime battles, they did not have any psychological preparations for such a large-scale defense attack from under the sea.

Next, the main island of the Kerama Islands is Tokashiki Island, and there are five small islands in the west of it, forming the Kerama Strait.The sea is wide and the water depth is tens of meters. Water defense nets can also be deployed at both ends of the strait to form a natural wind-sheltered anchorage.Hundreds of ships can be accommodated in the entire strait, so there is an excellent advance base near the landing site.

Since the 15th, various minesweepers of the Chinese fleet have been used to clear the waterway, and frogmen have also arrived at the beachhead, blasting various obstacles one by one.In order to prevent China's clean-up operations, a large number of Japanese artillery also bombarded the sea.However, since there were no large-caliber artillery, there was no threat to all these warships of the Chinese Navy. This also allowed a large number of light cruisers and destroyers in the Chinese fleet to cross the cleared channel and approach the shore to suppress the Japanese artillery fire.

At this time, the notorious kamikaze also appeared in batches. Although these planes are not too fast, with a speed of less than 500 kilometers per hour, they are superior in number.The main target of the suicide planes was not small targets like minesweepers clearing the waterway, but the heart of the Chinese fleet: the aircraft carrier Typhoon and the battleship Yangwei.

The first batch of Japanese kamikazes consisted of about 150 planes, formed a dense formation, and rushed towards the Chinese fleet not far away.Chen Shaokuan gave an order, and the carrier-based fighter jets also took off urgently to intercept them in the air.However, although these pilots of the Japanese army have just learned to fly, they have already made up their minds to die, and even their purpose is to exchange death for the price of Chinese casualties.They are not afraid of the shooting of Chinese fighter jets, and they are not even afraid of the dangerous maneuvers that Chinese fighter jets will almost collide with, and they always maintain their formation.

As the saying goes: if one man sacrifices his life, ten thousand generals will be defeated.In this way, it is difficult for the Chinese Warhawks to effectively use their air tactics. At first, they wanted to break up the formation of the Japanese suicide fleet by bravely attacking, and then clean up one by one. But now, these deadly suicide planes, It will even take the initiative to hit Chinese fighter jets.In desperation, they had no choice but to keep thinning the formation around them.Facing the desperate Japanese rookie pilots, every Chinese pilot is extremely nervous, no one wants their plane to collide with each other, and they die together with some perverted crazy Japanese. What a disgrace.

However, in such a chaotic swarm, tragedy may happen at any time.After a while, huge sparks appeared in the sky, and the shattered fragments flew everywhere.There is no self-enclosed fuel tank, and half of the fuel tank is filled with TNT explosives. A Lanxiang fighter was hit from behind by a Japanese plane. The Japanese plane immediately turned into a burning fire. The huge explosion also made nearby Three suicide planes and a Chinese fighter jet were detonated and crashed.

In the nearly one-hour battle, although nearly a hundred suicide planes were shot down, this wave of attacks did not end. The remaining about 60 suicide planes soon flew over the landing fleet. Start intercepting these planes.At a distance of 5 kilometers, the fuzed 105mm, 76mm and other anti-aircraft artillery shells have very good killing effects. The shrapnel produced after the shell exploded can easily cut off various pipelines and oil passages on the Japanese aircraft. Of course, at this time The Chinese fighter jets also left the area of ​​action of the anti-aircraft artillery shells far away.

Long-range anti-aircraft artillery intercepted about half of the suicide planes, but about 30 aircraft still flew close to the fleet and began to maneuver in a dive route.The various 40mm anti-aircraft guns on the fleet also began to roar, forming a barrage of barrages in front of the kamikaze squad.The anti-aircraft guns aimed by radar are far more accurate than manual aiming. The Kamikaze was shot down 25 before entering the dive route.

However, there were still 6 planes that escaped unharmed, and began to dive on the cruiser Kaiji, which was the outermost part of the fleet.The captain of the Kaiji ordered an immediate emergency evasion, and more than a dozen anti-aircraft guns on the ship fired violently at the suicide plane. Two suicide planes were shot down as soon as they entered the dive, and the third one exploded in the air when it was hundreds of meters away from the warship.The fourth plunged headlong into the sea forward of the bow, but the fifth made a breakthrough, hitting the side of the ship, destroying several anti-aircraft gun emplacements and detonating the anti-aircraft charge.

The deadliest was the sixth plane, which had already caught fire and exploded before it hit the flight deck.All kinds of debris and fuel killed nearly half of the people on the deck and ignited the upper tower on the warship.The fire quickly burned to the lower floors along the passage, and many soldiers inside were burned to death.Seeing that the Kaiji was in danger of exploding, the captain immediately organized the sailors to evacuate the ship. At the same time, several steel fragments from the explosion pierced into the back of his head, and he fell to the ground without groaning.

Fortunately, two destroyers not far away rushed to the rescue, and more than 4 surviving people on the ship left Kaiji safely. At this time, the raging fire had wrapped the entire warship into a huge fireball, and there were one or two explosions from time to time. Within half an hour, the Kaiji sank into the sea with more than 300 corpses.

Chen Shaokuan was furious after learning the news of the sinking of the Kaiji, and immediately ordered the air force's bomber fleet to carry out carpet bombing of all airports on Okinawa Island.In the next half day, Lanxiang dive bombers and Sirius strategic bombers dispatched 300 sorties, dropped 100 tons of various explosive and incendiary bombs, and completely destroyed the four airports on Okinawa Island.

However, the kamikaze still hid some suicide planes in the jungle or bushes, entered a dormant state, and prepared to wait for the opportunity to launch another suicide attack.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Chen Shaokuan decided to launch a landing operation after discussing with Feng Linge, commander of the 2nd Army of the Sun Hunter Squad. On October 10, all warships were replenished with ammunition, and all tanks were ready to swim. On October 18, all landing troops arrived at the designated starting point for assembly.

At 4 o'clock in the morning on this day, under the guidance of flares and Falcon reconnaissance planes, hundreds of cannons from dozens of warships roared at the same time, carrying out three consecutive strikes at the scheduled landing sites such as Watanabe, Kadena, Chatan and Isa. hours of shelling.Then, several rocket launchers on the landing ship fired at the beach again.

Simultaneously with the bombardment, the first wave of landing operations began.

The landing officers and soldiers on the landing ship began to board various landing craft along the rope net on the side of the hull, and drove to the beach at a speed of 8 knots.Soon after, the landing troops boarded the beachhead, and the mortars and heavy machine guns that survived the Japanese underground fortifications not far away also opened fire immediately, causing heavy casualties to the landing troops.12th Squadron of the Marine Corps as the first wave of landing forces.On the beach without any cover, they had to bite the bullet and launch a strong attack.Fortunately, the firepower of this team is extremely strong.Soldiers successfully suppressed the underground artillery positions with individual rocket launchers and recoilless guns, and snipers also killed many Japanese loaders.

By 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a total of three waves of landing troops came ashore, with a total of 2 divisions and a brigade of troops, enough to establish a relatively strong beachhead.

At this time, the 12th team has occupied the ruined Kadena Airport.At the same time, the long-planned counterattack by the Japanese army suddenly began. Japanese soldiers from five regiments charged towards the beachhead that the Marine Corps had just established.Although under the powerful naval gun fire, its follow-up troops could not follow up at all, but because the Japanese army charged very suddenly, about 5 Japanese regiments still rushed to the position.The two sides immediately launched a hand-to-hand combat.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 587 "Fall" of Okinawa

At the same time, the fourth and fifth waves of landing craft were also attacked by Japanese suicide patrol boats. 200 patrol boats loaded with explosives approached some of the larger landing craft at a speed of more than 40 knots.The firepower network composed of a large number of small landing craft cannot completely block the attack of numerous patrol boats.A total of 18 suicide patrol boats collided with their targets, sinking two 300-ton landing craft, seven smaller 7-ton landing craft, and injuring two larger landing craft.The Japanese army saw that the counterattack did not work in the face of the opponent's powerful firepower, and the remaining personnel quickly retreated to the depths of the jungle.

After nightfall, in order to break the Japanese army's attempt to attack at night, Chen Shaokuan ordered carrier-based aircraft and mortars to continuously launch flares into the air.During this process, the armored forces also began to land, and dozens of land-ship tanks, under the cover of hundreds of armored combat vehicles, advanced towards Mugang and Shuri.Due to the need to transport heavy equipment such as tanks, a large number of tank landing ships and large landing craft began to appear near the coast. This move immediately attracted the attention of the kamikaze squad. Dozens of Japanese suicide planes swarmed in. Fortunately, they performed reconnaissance missions. The pilots discovered the movement of the kamikaze in time, and the carrier-based aircraft immediately dispatched, and shot down the kamikaze one by one before they reached the sky above the landing site.

However, there were still two enemy planes that escaped the interception of fighter jets and launched an attack on a tank landing ship.The anti-aircraft firepower of the landing ship was far inferior to that of the combat ship. After shooting down one of them, the other could not be intercepted and hit the deck of the landing ship, causing three tanks to be blown up and the transport board to be broken. , the rest of the tanks could not leave the ship and had to return to the Kerama Islands for repairs.

The second wave of armored troops landed was an armored regiment. Dozens of Tiger Tiger tanks successfully landed. After a brief assembly and rest, they immediately attacked the Shuri position defended by the Japanese 9th Division.

Under the impact of the armored forces, the Japanese army, which was seriously lacking in various anti-tank weapons, quickly broke through its defense line.That afternoon, the Japanese hunting team occupied Shuri, and most of the 9th Division stationed here were wiped out.

After one day and one night, the total strength of the landing force has reached two divisions, about 3 people.Feng Linge divided the troops into two parts. One part went south, preparing to capture Naha, the capital of Okinawa, and the other part went north, preparing to break through the Japanese fortifications in Atsuta and Kinwu. There, there was the Japanese 24th Division. It is a mountainous area, where the most important troops of the Japanese army are deployed in the underground fortifications.

The 44th Brigade of the Japanese Army was stationed in Naha, but the terrain here is flat and there is no terrain to use, which is very suitable for the advance of armored troops.

On October 10, the armored troops easily tore through the Japanese defense line, and with the cooperation of the armored infantry, they occupied Naha.The remnants of the 24th Brigade set up a new line of defense in the Xiwuwu and Mowenren areas. Before they had any effect, they were wiped out in the jungle by the naval gunfire of the Chinese Navy.

At this point, the entire southern region of Okinawa is in the hands of the Sunhunters.

The northward attack encountered greater difficulties. The Japanese army was much less harmed by air strikes and artillery fire in the mountains and dense forests. Moreover, such terrain was not conducive to the advancement of the tanks of the Japanese hunting team, and it was also not conducive to the use of squadrons. firepower advantage.So until October 10, the Second Army was still unable to break through the Japanese positions. Feng Linge was so anxious that he hurriedly informed Chen Shaokuan on the coast by radio. Days of bombing did not have much effect.

These days, the Japanese army built a large number of underground tunnels and fortifications in the mountains, causing the Japanese hunting team to pay great casualties every step forward.After destroying the Japanese army in the south, the tanks that went north also joined the attack as soon as possible, and suppressed every tunnel entrance that the tanks could reach.However, most of the terrain is rugged and the tanks cannot enter the area. There is no loss in the tunnels and underground fortifications, and the threat to China still continues to exist.For this reason, Feng Linge had no choice but to transfer a large amount of sand from the rear, and to seal every tunnel entrance with sand, or simply let the engineers blow up these tunnel entrances.The flamethrowers also sprayed tens of meters of flames into the mouth of the tunnel with their injectors, and the soldiers next to them immediately threw a large number of grenades.This trick really worked. The Japanese soldiers hiding in the tunnels couldn't run away, and couldn't get out. In the end, most of them were burned alive inside. These tunnels eventually became the graves they dug for themselves.

There are a large number of dome-shaped low buildings on Okinawa Island, which were also widely used by the Japanese at this time to serve as various dark forts.At first, Feng Linge had no choice but to call in air strikes to destroy these dark forts because he could not get close to them. However, as he advanced deeper, he discovered that there were at least thousands of such dark forts. It was obviously unrealistic to destroy them by air strikes. Fortunately, There are a large number of individual bazookas and recoilless guns in hand, so that the casualties of soldiers can be reduced.

In this way, taking advantage of the difficult step-by-step approach, on October 10, the hunting team finally broke through the Japanese defense line and destroyed the core position.Meanwhile, the 28th Marine Squad took Aritsuhara and Hirao, the 11th Marine Squad took Nakaoizawa and Daiho, and the 10th Marine Squad isolated the Japanese 12nd Corps headquarters at Nago on the peninsula to the west.On this small peninsula, the Japanese army gathered nearly 32 troops in two divisions, preparing to launch the final resistance to guard Okinawa.

Due to the severe terrain, although the altitude is not high, it is impossible for the armored troops to pass.Without the impact of armored forces, the hundreds of firepower points of the Japanese army located in underground fortifications and tunnels could easily block all offensive routes.Although a large number of artillery and rocket launchers were pushed to the forward position, the firing of these artillery can only destroy the surface positions of the Japanese army on the mountain, and have little damage to the underground fortifications and tunnels.The strong attack launched by the troops, in addition to increasing a large number of casualties, simply cannot enter the range that can effectively kill the tunnel entrance.

In desperation, Feng Linge finally remembered the heavy bombs that the Air Force's heavy bombers could carry, which could collapse the tunnels.Soon, nearly a hundred Sirius bombers began to conduct fixed-point bombing on this mountain, and within a week, dropped more than 1250 heavy bombs of 103 kg and 11 kg.Although the bombing accuracy was not enough, the dense numbers still collapsed a large number of Japanese army tunnels.Then the army's 220mm howitzer also began to bombard the various firepower points of the Japanese army at fixed points. The destructive power of this artillery is the largest among all the artillery of the army, and the results it brought are also very obvious.By early November, some [-] firepower points had been cleared, clearing the way for the troops to advance.

In order to attract the attention of the Japanese army.Four teams of the Marine Corps began to land on the beach on the south side of the peninsula, and were frantically blocked by various firepower from the Japanese army. However, these troops still stubbornly advanced to the edge of the mountain, and used the 20mm cannon on the tank to attack the Japanese firepower point. suppress.

While the Japanese firepower was attracted, the army troops also began to attack the mountains from the east.In order to further reduce casualties, the Chinese army began to use incendiary bombs. As long as they found the firepower of the tunnel entrance or the bunker, they would use individual grenade launchers to launch the incendiary bombs, which had an amazing killing effect on the Japanese army in a small space.

However, due to the very precise construction of the Japanese army's firepower points, the threat to the Sunhunting team was still great, which made the army's progress very slow.By November 11, only half of the area was occupied for such a small mountainous area, and about 8% of the underground tunnels and fortifications were destroyed.

For this reason, Feng Linge received several urgent telegrams from Zhang Zuolin and the Ministry of the Army, urging to speed up the attack.He really couldn't find a better way to advance quickly, and finally decided to use incendiary bombs to completely burn the mountain.On that day, all Chinese soldiers were evacuated from the mountain. More than [-] carrier-based planes carried incendiary bombs and dropped nearly [-] tons of incendiary bombs from the edge of the mountain, turning the entire mountain into a nest of fire pigeons.With the help of the island wind, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, and spread to the top of the mountain at the fastest speed.

By the morning of the next day, the entire mountainous area had turned into a sea of ​​flames.The huge group of flames was hundreds of meters high, and the thick smoke even filled the entire Chongshashun Island.From a distance, it looks like an erupting volcano.Two days later, the fire was finally extinguished because there was no combustible substance, and the entire mountain looked scorched black. Every time the wind blows, it will set off bursts of gray dust and expose the dark red fire head.Under such a fire, even the Japanese army in the underground fortification group could never be spared.

None of the 32 Japanese soldiers on the entire peninsula surrendered, and of course none survived.Afterwards, according to the Japanese combat log found in the tunnel, Lieutenant General Hisashi Tanaka, the commander of the [-]nd Army, was also killed in the fire.

After finally gnawing down on this hard bone, Feng Linge immediately ordered an attack on the mountains at the northern tip of Okinawa Island.The 62nd Division of the Japanese Army is stationed here, most of which are composed of aborigines. Although there is no difference in equipment from other Japanese divisions, their fighting will is far behind.The fire on the peninsula also made the soldiers of the 62nd Division panic. They knew that it was impossible to win this battle.As a result, a large number of deserters began to appear, but there were still a considerable number of Japanese soldiers and middle- and high-ranking officers who coerced a large number of Ryukyu residents to resist.

On November 11, Okinawa was completely occupied, and nearly 14 Japanese civilians were forced to commit suicide or were massacred by the Japanese army.So far, the entire Okinawa Island has been completely controlled by the Chinese army.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 588 New Weapons

"Your Majesty, in the battle of attacking Okinawa, the navy's goal of using combat as a training aid has been achieved, and the effect is amazing. Next, I hope to use the navy's new weapons in the next war, such as the warship developed by the Wusong Industrial Bureau. The rocket is guided by radio, and its performance is relatively stable after several rounds of tests, but it still has to pass the test of actual combat." Liu Buchan asked the emperor to play.

"Zixiang makes a lot of sense. The navy needs to change its equipment, but these cutting-edge weapons are expensive, so there is no need to use them on the Japanese in large quantities. The main purpose is to test the performance of the weapons. I have repeatedly said that we have to deal with more The biggest enemy is Germany." Guan Xuqing glanced at Lin Yongsheng, head of the naval equipment department.

Lin Yongsheng immediately understood, and immediately said: "The first batch of new weapons are large radio-guided rockets. There are not many of them, only about 400. These bombs are divided into several types according to their weight, including 1.5 tons, 2.5 tons and the heaviest 3.5 tons. Ton-level bombs, this level of guided bombs are just used to attack the underground fortifications of the Japanese mainland. In the future, they can be used to deal with the naval battleships of the German Nazis."

Guan Xuqing nodded and said: "The empire's rocket development program has made significant progress, and soon a new type of land attack weapon will be born, which is a ballistic missile. The range of this weapon can reach 300 kilometers, that is to say, Our troops can be launched at a distance of 300 kilometers from the enemy's target. Although the hit accuracy is only 1000 meters, it is enough to deal with the enemy's large and medium-sized cities."

After hearing the news, everyone couldn't help but get excited.

Xu Shichang said from the side: "Your Majesty, will we not need the army in the future? We have aircraft in the sky and ballistic missiles on the ground. If we can win by direct cluster bombing, will the army lose its foothold?" Chief of the General Staff, Xu Shichang will of course first consider his own army.

Guan Xuqing smiled and said to Xu Shichang: "Bu Wu, you are a bit worried."

Xu Shichang blushed and looked at Feng Xianghua.

Feng Xianghua said with a smile: "Bu Wu, what the emperor said is very true. You, the chief of the general staff, should pay more attention to the new weapons of the empire. The final decision of the victory or defeat of the war lies with the army. Your majesty, what do you think?"

"That's right. It's just that after World War II, the empire should disarm its troops. You know how much it will cost to maintain an army of millions every year. You know this account best. The reason why cutting-edge weapons are developed is to To reduce casualties in wars, crowd tactics have long been outdated. I have said long ago that future wars will not be about military strength, but financial resources. Whoever has rich financial resources can afford a protracted war. Have the last laugh." Guan Xu said in a clear voice.

"I understand."