Chapter 1119 Bloody Battle on Wake Island (2)
After the Japanese army suffered losses in the National Defense Forces, they have been studying the tactics of the National Defense Forces. Among them, they have noticed the case of the National Defense Forces burying explosives on the positions when they retreated.
Then, the Japanese base camp began to conduct thorough and in-depth experiments on this kind of battle example. At the same time, several secret exercises were conducted to make the Japanese troops below adapt to this tactic.
To put it bluntly, the key to this tactic is that you must first set the detonation point, but do not bury the explosives in advance. After you are ready, quickly bring the explosives and detonation equipment in.
And cover the troops to bury explosives in the tunnel and fortifications. You must calculate the time when the enemy enters the position and set the explosion time.
Then they withdraw from the position and give it to the enemy. After the enemy enters the position, they need to drag them on this position and wait for the explosives to detonate.
Obviously, the arrogant US military had never considered this issue at all. So they were unlucky to become the first batch of practical inspection items for the Japanese army to carry out position blasting.
"Boom! Boom!! Boom..." The continuous explosions sounded loudly, and more than a thousand American troops rushing to the position were swallowed up by the crazy explosion without even having time to scream.
These explosion points were calculated by the Japanese army long ago, and each of their explosion points had a certain interval and distance. At the same time, the amount of explosives loaded was also extremely large.
"Order the troops to prepare to attack the front line, but do not occupy it. Retract the Americans after they are brought back to the sea." Yokota Nobu put down his telescope, and he was very satisfied with the result of such an explosion.
It can be judged from the power of the explosion. There will be no living people on the US military on the position. There is no doubt that the US military on the position and on the beach will be frightened by this violent explosion.
Yokota Nobuki took this opportunity to try his best to kill the US landing troops. Even if the US fleet is strong, they will never be able to drive directly to the shore to attack the positions.
Therefore, as long as these Japanese troops are destroyed, the US military's landing operation plan will go bankrupt on its own.
"Damn it! Immediately shoot the Japanese's second-line positions, don't give them a chance to attack the front-line positions!" General Halsey's face turned pale and punched the bridge's command platform with a fierce punch.
This tactic used by the Japanese army was something he and other American generals had not expected. After all, they were just naval forces, not professional army forces.
Moreover, even many professional army units have not experienced such combat methods.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang the Japanese second-line positions after all, Halsey was a veteran. He immediately guessed the Japanese army's plan and immediately mobilized artillery fire to bombard the Japanese army's second-line positions.
Halsey's actions won time for the US military, and the bombarded Japanese troops were forced to delay the attack. The US military on the beach rushed towards the position quickly.
After a while, they boarded the broken position. In the smoke of the position, countless American soldiers were constantly wailing, and broken corpses and bloody internal organs were splattering everywhere.
The bodies of some American soldiers whose heads were smashed and smashed were thrown on the position in a twist like a rag doll. The entire position had been blown into a pile of rubble...
"Hurry! Build a position and don't let those damn dwarfs rush up!" The US military officers kept roaring loudly. The explosion of the naval gun exploded more than 200 meters away. A huge barrage was formed to isolate them from the Japanese army.
After the barrage, a large number of Japanese troops tried their best to rush up. However, they were all blocked by the artillery fire of the US military. Some Japanese troops tried to bypass the barrage and encircle them from the left and right wings.
But they had no choice but to find that the US military had probably set up its positions after they encircled them. Such an attack was meaningless.
"Let them all retreat..." Seeing that Yokota Nobuki couldn't get the advantage, he could only sigh and asked the Chief of Staff to withdraw his troops. He rushed forward desperately, and it was estimated that the US military had already arranged the positions.
If you are hard to get nothing except for the increase in casualties.
As the order was conveyed, the Japanese attacking troops slowly retreated to the second-line position. When Halsey's reconnaissance plane discovered this situation, it reported to the command center.
Immediately, Halsey ordered the fleet to stop shelling. The Marines began to land on Wake Island on a large scale.
"These damn shorts..." When the statistics were handed over to Halsey, the admiral's face changed. More than two thousand casualties made the U.S. admiral almost throw out the battle report statistics in his hands.
The landing forces brought by the US Navy this time were only more than 8,000 Marines. This is the largest force that Halsey can bring out at present.
In just one battle, more than 2,000 people were lost to win a front line. How can Halsey accept it?!
"Snatch the port and let all landing ships dock. Put everyone and weapons and equipment ashore, transfer the "Queen Mary" of Hawaii, and transport all the Marines here!"
Halsey immediately issued an order directly, and nearly 10,000 people in the US Marine Corps were still in training in Hawaii. Now Halsey only needs to grab a port and hold it to obtain reinforcements from Hawaii.
"General, do you really need to transfer the 'Queen Mary' to come?! Is this danger too great?!" Major General Spruins asked hesitantly: "It's just a cruise ship..."
"But it is now the fastest ship in our hands, and it happens to be overhauled in Hawaii!" Halsey said in a deep voice: "We need troops now, a large amount of troops. At least we want to regain Wake Island, which is an opportunity for our navy to perform."
"If we lose nothing in this attack, then what will Washington think about us? I don't want our Navy to face such an embarrassing situation..."
As he said that, Halsey paused and said, "Our Navy has lost all his face in the attack of Pearl Harbor. Although this is a shameful act of these short men fighting unannounced, the heavy losses are due to our navy's unpreparedness. If we do not recover the lost dignity ourselves, who do you think will return the dignity to us?!"
Spruins stopped talking. He knew what Halsey was saying was the truth. Since Pearl Harbor, Congress and the President have little trust in the Navy.
The president even secretly asked Marshall to plan the plan of how the United States should deal with the war once Japan invades the United States through the navy.
If it weren't for the security of the United States, Congress wouldn't even be willing to allocate funds to the Navy. They would rather rent warships to other allies than hand them over to the Navy.
If you want to change this situation, the Navy can only show excellent results.
"Appoint the Marine Corps, you must defend the beachhead! The attack is temporarily stopped, the Air Force assists the Marine Corps in attacking the port, and the fleet is ready to provide naval gun support..."
Halsey is still very confident in occupying the port. After all, the port is relatively empty and has almost no fortifications to rely on. It is impossible for the Japanese army to deploy too many troops there.
The US military only needs to mobilize part of its power to successfully occupy it.
"Report! Commander, the US military began to attack our port, and their bombers began to bomb our fortifications at the port..."
Soon, the news of the US attack on the port reached Yokota Nobu. After a calm face, Yokota Nobu was silent for a while, he could only order the troops to withdraw from their positions and retreat to the rear after a certain amount of resistance.
Yokota Nobuki could not place his troops on the port to fight the US military. Although there were some fortifications at the port, the beachhead fortifications had been occupied, so the resistance at the port had no meaning except for greater losses.
"Blast all the things that can be blown up. Don't leave anything for the Americans..." This was the last order issued by Nobu Yokota. Colonel Kurosaki said in confusion: "Master Commander, why don't we continue to implement the position blasting tactics?!"
"Keizaki... Americans are not fools. They will definitely be more careful after suffering losses. If we continue to do this, they will definitely find clues. This kind of combat method can only be implemented once, and the second time depends on the situation..."
While the US and Japanese were fighting on Wake Island, the 30,000 Marines of the National Defense Forces were officially included. These Marines were specially trained to attack the Japanese mainland.
They will be thrown into the stall landing battle, and the army will only launch an attack after seizing the beachhead.
In order to be able to enter actual combat as soon as possible, these Marines were specially selected from all the coastal children in the South China Military Region and the Southwest Military Region.
Among them are former children from Minjiang River, veterans near Fangchenggang in Guizhou Province, and a large number of coastal soldiers in northern Guangdong. These soldiers are all veterans with rich combat experience.
From this we can see the advantages of the National Defense Forces. They have a large number of veterans. Many of these veterans have experienced actual combat. When it is necessary to form targeted combat troops, they can calmly draw highly adaptable veterans from each branch to specialize in team formation.
For example, the formation of tropical jungle mountain combat troops is very suitable for soldiers from Guizhou, Yunnan Province and northern Guangdong. Many of them are from farms or hunters. They are extremely adaptable to the tropical climate and have a good physique to adapt to the training of mountain combat.
When forming snow combat troops, veterans from the three northeastern provinces, Shandong provinces and other places are extremely adaptable. When it comes to cold resistance, veterans from the three northeastern provinces can undoubtedly occupy the top spot.
When the National Defense Forces needed to form a Marine Corps, a large number of soldiers in the coastal areas became their choice. Many soldiers even remained fishermen before entering the army.
After a series of cruel battles, these soldiers have become outstanding soldiers. They do not have adaptability problems themselves and can be directly involved in combat after training.
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