bookcurios Chapter 889: Landing on the Beach
Chapter 889: Landing on the Beach
On October 1945, 10, the Sixth Army, the First Fleet of the Navy, and the Western Air Force Group launched a surprise attack on Yangguang Port.
The Liangshan Special Forces sneaked into Yangguang Port from the sea and attacked the command center from the inside.
Before the battle started, the 34th Division Command stationed at Yangguang Port was destroyed by the Liangshan Special Forces. Taking advantage of the enemy's chaos, Duan Peng guided the battleships at sea to attack the Japanese brigade and regiment-level headquarters.
The 406mm main gun can fire a shell directly at you. Even if you have three meters thick reinforced concrete, the Japanese inside can still be shaken to death.
After fighting for a day and a night, the 34th Division surrendered, and Yangguang Port suffered no losses.
In Beijing, Wang Meng and Li Yunlong experienced the joy of the battleship's arrival for the first time.
"Mengzi, is our second batch of warships also going to be delivered?"
"Hey, that's right! We exchanged that for five million sets of Kevlar helmets and bulletproof vests. We also cut in line and robbed the warship that was originally delivered to the UK!"
Wang Meng is a really mean guy. He asked Nicholas to preach everywhere that Britain had snatched away the rights and interests in Germany that should have belonged to the United States. As a result, this so-called democratic country directly held a large-scale march of 100,000 people.
This forced the U.S. government to impose "sanctions" on its little brother Britain and give priority to supplying all the warships that were originally sold at a discount to China.
After all, in the eyes of the American people, a rising new country is more approachable than the decadent and arrogant Britain.
Because Wang Meng required two sets of crews for all warships in the early stage, manpower was not a problem after the delivery, and the fleet has now entered the Pacific Ocean.
Thus, there was the Second Fleet of the Chinese Navy, with its home port in Shanghai.
"Mengzi, while we are carrying out military reform, are we going to prepare to take over Hainan Island?"
"Of course, I went to Fuzhou a few days ago. Fang Xianjue and his troops' transport ships and landing craft are all in place, and the amphibious tanks have completed running-in training. They are just waiting for Commander Li's order to launch an attack on Hainan Island!"
Li Yunlong chuckled. Originally he only had two million troops, but now it seemed he had at least five or six million troops, although some of the troops were still in the process of running-in.
"Okay, then strike while the iron is hot. The First Fleet will cooperate with the Marine Corps to land on Hainan Island."
On October 1945, 10, the well-prepared Marines collectively boarded four troop transport ships and, under the cover of warships, approached the southern side of Bao, Hainan.
The Japanese did not expect that the independent column would land from the south, so the main positions and firepower were placed on the north. When the Japanese discovered the dense warships, troop transports and landing craft appearing in the vast field of vision, they were at a loss.
The Japanese hurriedly ordered the heavy firepower in the north to be transferred to the south. Although those large-caliber howitzers had tractors, the transfer speed was very slow.
Moreover, the planes and warships of the First Fleet of the Independent Column were bombarding the expected landing positions, and the Japanese's mobile routes were also mined by the Liangshan Special Forces who had infiltrated long ago.
After an hour of fire coverage, the soldiers on the troop transport began to transfer to the landing craft, preparing to rush ashore with the amphibious tanks in the boat.
The Japanese's chevaux de frise, anti-tank cones and barbed wire were mainly concentrated on the north side of Hainan Island, so the beach landing on the south side was particularly smooth.
However, when the landing craft opened the baffle, the large firepower points from the commanding heights of Hainan Island provided fire coverage to the scattered soldiers on the beach positions.
Those amphibious tanks were the focus of attention of the Japanese infantry guns and howitzers.
Fang Xianjue, standing on the battleship, thought that the beaching was going smoothly, but he did not expect that after destroying the firepower points on the north side of the beach, he could not shake the firepower points in the mountain.
"Request the aviation forces to drop napalm bombs!"
"understand!"
The planes on the First Fleet's aircraft carriers quickly switched to napalm bombs and then flew to Wuzhi Mountain, the commanding heights of Hainan Island, and the surrounding hills.
One napalm bomb after another fell between the mountains and forests, and then quickly ignited a raging fire. The Japanese soldiers in the bunkers immediately felt the scorching flames rushing towards them, and then were ruthlessly swallowed up.
Fang Xianjue looked at the Five Finger Mountain which seemed to have turned into a "volcano" and picked up the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"Continue to re-enter the beach, and be sure to call for artillery support."
The firepower points on the hillside were temporarily silenced. The soldiers of the 1st Marine Division followed the amphibious tanks, rushed up, and then quickly occupied the mudflats and built defensive positions.
"Report, the first battalion of the first regiment has already charged forward!"
"Let them consolidate the front-line positions, and the rest continue the attack!"
When the residual power of the napalm bomb faded, the Japanese prepared to use direct-fire weapons to attack the scattered enemies on the mudflats again, but before they could show their heads, a barrage of individual rockets came straight at their heads.
After five hours, the 1st Marine Division had occupied the Liudaojiao position in the southern part of Hainan Island and continued to attack northward.
The 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions also went ashore via landing craft, preparing to encircle Hainan Island to the north along both wings.
After the three Marine divisions were deployed, the 201st Airborne Brigade and the 202nd Airborne Brigade, which had landed on Hainan Island, also under the command of Wei Heshang, carried out targeted clearing along the mountains according to the target list.
After the 201st Airborne Brigade captured a Japanese warehouse, they called their immediate superior, Monk Wei, over as if to "take credit".
"Commander, although there are not many devils guarding this warehouse, it looks very spacious and there must be a lot of good stuff inside. The Liangshan Special Forces robbed houses at sea every day and stole a lot of good stuff. Now it's finally our turn to make a fortune!"
Although Monk Wei was jumping for joy in his heart, he still scolded him gently.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Pay attention to the impact. What is robbery? It's taking back what we lost!"
"Okay, take back what's in Southeast Asia!"
Monk Wei ignored him and walked straight into the warehouse hidden in the cave.
After entering the warehouse, a cool breeze blew in his face, even making Monk Wei shiver.
He lifted the canvas covering the piles of boxes and found that the wooden boxes inside were all printed with the logos of canned beef and sake.
Monk Wei pursed his lips. Because the logistical supplies could not keep up, the Japanese had replaced all the beef in their canned food with "cow's blood", which tasted fishy and smelly.
He picked it up, played with it for a while, and then threw it back into the wooden box.
"It's not that my standards are high, but you are no longer worthy of me!"
Although I look down on the canned "cow's blood", the taste of this sake, although not that good, is still acceptable, so it can be said that the robbing of this warehouse was not in vain.
"Brigade Commander, there's something going on here!"
A burst of rapid sounds came from a dark corner, followed by a few more gunshots.