: About half an hour before the 11th Battalion and the 1533rd Battalion entered the Kadena Air Base, the 153rd Battalion occupied Futenma Airport, and then the 15211th Battalion, 1522nd Battalion, 1523rd Battalion and 1524th Battalion, which were responsible for the blocking mission, completed combat tasks one after another and built an outer line of defense.

After receiving combat reports from various troops, Pei Chengyi issued the second combat order at 1:15.

Two batches of y-15b transport planes hovering over the East China Sea immediately turned to fly to Ryukyu Island and airdropped all kinds of materials on their carriers to the airborne troops who had occupied the airport.

What is airdropped is not combat materials, but engineering materials!

In the early fire preparation and fire support, in order to maximize the attack on the Japanese army and slow down the speed of the Japanese army's movement, the air force and the navy's shore-based aviation forces destroyed the airport runway. After the airborne troops occupied the airport, the runway must be repaired as soon as possible and transport planes transporting reinforcements and heavy equipment landed.

At this time, the quality of the airborne troops was completely reflected.

The airborne troops transformed into engineers and took on the heavy responsibility of restoring the airport.

In fact, the work of the repair site is not complicated.

Before the repair work begins, the airborne troops must use equipment (mainly small remote-controlled robots) to remove unexploded ammunition on the runway and detonate the ammunition in an open area that is not in the way, so as not to pose a threat to the subsequent troops. Then use a small electric tool to "shape" the crater to make its size meet the size of the prefabricated parts. After filling in quick-condensing cement, cover the prefabricated parts before solidifying the cement. The repair work is completed. Although such repair work cannot guarantee the long-term normal use of the runway, it can make the runway use in the shortest time. How to repair it later is not the matter of the airborne troops, but the matter of the professional engineering troops.

The first batch of supplies arrived around 2 o'clock.

It was only an hour before dawn. Both Dena Air Base and Futenma Airport resumed their take-off and landing capabilities.

At 6:30, the first batch of y-14c arrived one after another. The officers and soldiers of the 77th Army combat camp and some of them were sent for engineering maintenance equipment.

At this time, the airborne battle after 8th place ended.

Relatively speaking, the battle time is not long. The main reason is that the combat effectiveness of the airborne troops is far beyond expectations.

Excluding the quality of officers and soldiers. If we talk about the meritorious officials, the first thing is to do is to airborne chariots.

As the world's first ground combat vehicle equipped with electromagnetic guns and high-strength alloy armored ground, the combat effectiveness of the KZ-25 is enough to stand out as the performance indicators of most of the most powerful battle tanks. In some aspects, it even exceeds that of the landlord war tanks in most countries. If the cost is not too high, the Republic is likely to develop a new tank based on the KZ-25 to fully replace the dz-211 main battle tanks that made great contributions during the Peninsula War. According to the Army Development Plan, after the KZ-25 is fully equipped with airborne troops, it will be replaced with the army armored troops at appropriate times.

Actual combat proves that the KZ-25 did not disappoint the Army.

When fighting with the Japanese T-20 (i.e., the Type 20 main battle tank), the z-25 had an absolute advantage. After the reinforcements of the 77th Army arrived, the army sent two technical teams to Ryukyu Island to inspect the combat situation between KZ-25 and T-20 to test the firepower and protection capabilities of the kz-25. Whether it is the conclusions obtained from the battlefield inspection or the results obtained from professional tests, it proves that the kz-25's electromagnetic gun can penetrate the front armor of the t-20 within 25c0 meters, and the 1mm tank gun used by the t-20 even if the 1mm tank gun is used with the most advanced long pole-poor armor-piercing projectile can only penetrate the front armor of the kz-25 within 800 meters. In other aspects, the kz-25's strategic maneuverability, tactical maneuverability, self-sustaining ability, multi-task ability, and joint combat capabilities are far greater than the t-20.

If we talk about the disadvantages of kz-25, the biggest problem is the power supply!

Before the power supply equipment was transported to the front line, the KZ-25 of the airborne troops had to line up and charge the composite battery with the seized fuel generator. Because all subsystems require electricity, the KZ-25's demand for electricity exceeds the dz-211 and becomes a veritable "electric tiger".

It can be said that the impact caused by kz-25 is no less than that of an "electromagnetic bomb".

According to the evaluation made by the US Army after the war, if the Republic develops main battle tanks based on the KZ-25, the main battle tanks around the world will face the threat of being eliminated!

In fact, the emergence of -25 announced the doomsday of the "main battle tank".

"Lighter, faster, stronger, and more complete" shows the future development direction of the main combat weapons on the ground. The main combat tank weighing dozens of tons and almost unable to be transported at airlift would have to leave the battlefield due to its natural defects, and handed over the title of "King of Land Warfare" to "light combat vehicles" such as kz-25.

However, the battle between the night of the 28th and the early morning of the 29th cannot fully demonstrate the superior performance of the kz-25.

Before the combat troops of the 77th Army entered the battle, the battalion of the 152nd airborne began to expand its defensive positions in advance and launched an attack on the Japanese army entrenched in other places on the island. Two battalions went south from Katina and advanced towards Naha Port. If it weren't for the trouble of logistics support, the General Staff did not consider that the airborne troops could launch an attack alone without the support of the fast-resistance troops, and did not provide sufficient ammunition and medicine for the airborne troops in time. I am afraid that the two battalions of the 152nd airborne would enter Naha before the 77th Army joined the war and annihilate the tens of thousands of Japanese troops guarding Naha!

Pei Chengyi is not a commander who sticks to the rules.

After discovering that the airborne troops were "invincible", Pei Chengyi immediately adjusted his combat deployment and left the 77th Brigade of the Kuaishou and transported the ammunition, medicine and charging equipment that the airborne troops were urgently needed to the front line. At the same time, he ordered the 7711th Brigade of the Kuaishou that had arrived at Ryukyu Island to go south immediately to support the airborne troops to attack Naha.

This adjustment greatly accelerated the battle process.

According to many captured Japanese soldiers, when they faced the KZ-25 for the first time, most Japanese officers and soldiers believed that the airborne combat chariots were easily destroyed; when they fought with the KZ-25, they found that all anti-tank weapons could not be destroyed, the Japanese army's fighting spirit and morale quickly returned to zero, and many Japanese soldiers even committed suicide in despair!

In war, you will never sympathize with the weak.

After having the most advanced airborne chariot, the airborne troops changed from a defensive force to an offensive force. Without the support of "armored soldiers", the descending troops boarded the battlefield for the first time as the "main offensive force" and achieved an impressive record in the battle that could make any enemy timid.

After actual testing, the defects of kz-25 were also exposed.

In addition to the power problem mentioned above, the biggest problem of the kz-25 is that it lacks effective means to deal with strong fortifications. Although the electromagnetic guns equipped with can easily destroy the Japanese main battle tanks, they are limited in caliber and cannot use large-caliber shells. Even if they can penetrate the outer wall of the fortifications, they cannot cause a fatal blow to the enemies in the fortifications because of the limited loading of the shells.

Almost all airborne teams involved in offensive operations reflected this problem after the war.

When facing the Japanese strong fortifications, the chariots often have to stop attacking, and the infantry fighting in the car used individual anti-tank missiles to destroy the Japanese fortifications, and then continued to advance. This "stop and advance" was nothing, and it was nothing to waste time, and it was nothing to expose the airborne combat chariots to the enemy's firepower. It was mainly because after leaving the protection of the chariot, the surrendered troops could easily become the target of the Japanese army, especially the Japanese snipers. Later, when encountering the Japanese fortifications, the front-line commanders often let the officers and soldiers stay in the chariots on the vehicle to call for air support or artillery support. Sometimes, the offensive troops simply crossed the Japanese fortifications, cut off the Japanese defense line, and forced the Japanese army to retreat on their own initiative.

Another drawback of kz-25 is: lack of resistance to landmines!

In order to reduce costs - 25 only uses high-strength alloy armor on both sides, and the bottom plate still uses ordinary armored steel. Although the inverted V-shaped bottom plate is used, it can effectively disperse the energy generated by mine explosion, but when encountering anti-tank mines, the safety of the personnel in the vehicle is still not guaranteed.

34 of the 37 kz-25s destroyed during the battle were actually destroyed by landmines!

All related issues were reflected to the design and manufacturing units of kz-25, and the Army immediately asked the design and manufacturing units to improve the kz-25. Of course, these are all later stories.

The combat operation to attack Ryukyu Island was very smooth, so smooth that Pei Chengyi was a little unbelievable.

In the evening of the 29th, two airborne brigades and the 771st Express Resistance Brigade, the 1611th Airborne Brigade and the 171st Airborne Brigade arrived at the Ryukyu Island Transportation Group and sent tens of thousands of tons of combat supplies to the offensive troops. It can be said that the outstanding performance of the airborne troops' offensive operations "accelerated" for at least 12 to 1 hours!

On the night of the 29th, after the 7711th Brigade of the Kuaishou Rebellion completed its preparations, it entered the battle.

According to the combat plan, the offensive troops must capture Naha Port as soon as possible and prepare to welcome the Marines and transport fleets.

The battle to attack Naha Port began on the afternoon of the 29th. The two battalions that were airborne 152 launched several rounds of assaults. Both were limited in force and were weak in succession, so they avoided being surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army (the rear armor of the kz-25 was very weak). They had to retreat after breaking through the Japanese defense line and wait for reinforcements.

With the arrival of the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Resistance, the battle against Naha entered a white-hot stage.

Compared with the airborne troops, the fast-resisting anti-revolutionary forces were not given priority care, and most of the equipment was "old goods" during the Peninsula War.

The battle ended in the early hours of 3, and the situation changed dramatically.

According to the plan, the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Rebels should charge and airborne the rear of the 152nd Palace. After the attacks were launched, both of them suffered heavy losses, the two troops changed positions, and the airborne battalion of the 152nd Airborne was charged in the front, and the 7711th Brigade of the Quick Rebels swept the battlefield behind.

After the position is changed, the situation immediately changes.

The Japanese army, which was powerful in KZ-25, almost did not pose much threat to the offensive operations of the Airborne Battalion. They even took the initiative to retreat when the Airborne Battalion launched an attack to avoid fighting the KZ-25 head-on, trying to deal with the KZ-25 from the side or behind according to the daytime method.

With the support of the 7711th Brigade of the Express Rebels, the airborne troops had no worries.

The Japanese army's tactics were quickly lost, and the defense line collapsed at an astonishing speed.

The battle was dawn on the 30th, and the airborne troops and the fast-resistance rebels had already attacked the Naha Port area and began to sweep away the remaining Japanese troops.

With no defense, the Japanese army made the craziest move.
Chapter completed!