Take Taobao to fight against Japan

The command cabin of the battleship Pennsylvania is busy at the moment.

The communication staff members are nervously sending and receiving information, running back and forth in the room, and the combat staff officers are sorting out and collecting information from various influxes of intelligence, and making timely updates on the display platforms such as the combat sand table and combat map in the hall .

Nimitz, on the other hand, took a break from the commotion and stood alone in a corner, thinking about something quietly.

As the commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet and the Pacific Theater, Nimitz is also facing an extremely difficult choice at this moment.

The aviation regiment of the Sino-US Pacific Joint Fleet fought continuously for more than 4 hours, and finally completely destroyed the Japanese aviation regiment on Midway Island, sank all the Japanese surface ships, and destroyed nearly half of the island's surface defenses such as anti-aircraft artillery fire and forts. fortifications.

The Allied forces have completely mastered the air and sea control of Midway Island, and Midway Island has become an isolated island. Only five or six thousand Japanese ground troops are still standing firm and stubborn.

According to the original plan, at this time the Allied forces should carry out a landing operation on Midway Island and conquer this strategically important island in one go.

However, not long ago, Nimitz received a piece of information that he neither wanted to hear, but was vaguely looking forward to: the Japanese Allied Fleet stationed in the Hawaiian Islands came out in full force and was rushing towards Midway Island.

The rapid action of the Japanese Combined Fleet did not exceed Nimitz's expectations, because Nimitz knew very well that the overall combat effectiveness of the Japanese Combined Fleet surpassed that of the Sino-US Pacific Combined Fleet. The Japanese Navy had the courage and determination to launch a life-and-death battle with itself.

However, the quick response speed of the Japanese combined fleet gave Nimitz a headache. This is by no means good news!

In the plan, the most perfect condition for a decisive sea battle between the Sino-US Pacific Combined Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet is that after the capture of Midway Island, it will be used as a supply advance base, and it will be carried out in the waters near Midway Island.

In this way, the Sino-US joint fleet can maximize the fleet's strength under the coordinated operations of the land-based combat fleet at Midway Island, and make up for the gap in actual combat capabilities with the Japanese Navy.

But obviously, the Japanese Navy is not a fool, and will not give the Sino-US Pacific Joint Fleet the most favorable combat conditions.

Instead, the Japanese combined fleet wanted to launch a fleet annihilation battle near Midway Island, taking advantage of the high consumption of the Sino-US Pacific combined fleet.

At present, Nimitz has two choices. One is to take advantage and leave, and the other is to continue to be reckless according to the original plan, and to take Midway Island before the arrival of the Japanese combined fleet, and then cooperate with the Japanese combined fleet. Let the battle at sea begin!

It is the safest way to take advantage and leave.

But this is not Nimitz's style at all, and it does not meet the expectations of the White House. It will only delay the counteroffensive on the Pacific battlefield indefinitely.

If you continue to be reckless, the biggest problem is whether you can take Midway Island before the Japanese combined fleet arrives.

Because once the time comes, Midway Island still cannot be taken, and the fleet will have to be forced to fight the Japanese combined fleet at a considerable cost.

In fact, in terms of ammunition consumption, it is not a problem for the Sino-US joint fleet, because a large number of supply ships have been dispatched with the army this time, and they have enough capital to fight to the end.

The point is that it is impossible for the Allied forces to give up the thousands of Allied troops who landed and fought. For them, they must fight bloody to the end, and there will be no way out.

Otherwise, it will be a great blow to the morale of the entire Allied Army and the hearts of the people.

As for encircling and not fighting, it is undoubtedly the most stupid way to wait for the combined Japanese fleet to come to the door and fight with it.

Because there must be a large amount of ammunition including torpedoes and aerial bombs stored on Midway Island, once the Japanese combined fleet arrives, the Japanese Aviation Corps will have an unsinkable aircraft carrier.

With such a combat platform, the Japanese Combined Fleet will definitely be even more powerful. There is no need to use the narrow space of the aircraft carrier for carrier-based aircraft recovery operations. It can directly land on the island to replenish ammunition and fuel after finishing ammunition.

Conversely, if Midway Island can be captured several hours in advance, then the aviation regiment of the China-US Pacific Joint Fleet will have an excellent combat platform.

After waiting quietly for a while, Chief of Staff Raymond finally couldn't bear it anymore, walked up to Nimitz and said, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, it's time to make a decision!"

Nimitz did not answer directly, but asked in a deep voice: "General Raymond, can we really conquer Midway in two days?"

Raymond replied honestly: "The task is very difficult, but there is still hope!"

Nimitz frowned immediately. Raymond's words were completely unnutritious nonsense, but he couldn't blame anything, because the question he just asked was itself nonsense.

On the aircraft carrier Zhenyuan, Liu Qiang and others were also anxiously waiting for the next combat order, but they couldn't wait.

Huben Navy Chief of Staff Qiao Qingshan glanced down at his wristwatch and said, "It seems that Laomei has hesitated. I have to say that the reaction speed of the Japanese Combined Fleet is too fast, which puts them under great pressure!"

"After all, the U.S. Navy is still too young to experience a real life-and-death battle!"

Liu Qiang nodded slightly, then gritted his teeth and said, "Since Nimitz can't make up his mind, let's make up his mind for him!"

Qiao Qingshan looked up at Liu Qiang and said, "You mean, we volunteered to take the lead?"

Liu Qiang nodded and said: "There is no other way to do it now, otherwise this time it will either fall short, or something bad will happen!"

Qiao Qingshan sighed softly: "That's right, it's a big taboo in military strategists to be timid and indecisive before fighting!"

Liu Qiang said in a deep voice: "We can't afford to wait, let alone lose. China is under enormous military pressure, and the Pacific battlefield must not be delayed indefinitely like this, so let us ignite this fire completely!"

"That's a good point! Then let's join the fight immediately!"

Qiao Qingshan nodded emphatically. If he had a choice, he would not let his troops be the leader, but the situation is urgent and someone must take the lead.

"Report to Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, General Liu Qiang, Commander of the Huben Army, and General Qiao Qingshan, Chief of Staff, sent a telegram requesting the Huaxia Marine Corps to immediately carry out the landing operation!"

Soon, after receiving the translated telegram, a U.S. military communications staff officer trotted all the way to Nimitz with the telegram.

"Good! Good! Since even the Chinese are so brave, the great America must not be timid! Let's fight!"

After reading the call-for-war telegram sent by Liu Qiang, Nimitz finally made up his mind, and said loudly in a decisive tone, "Send down the order and carry out the landing operation immediately! All landing troops must attack with all their strength and conquer Midway Island as quickly as possible!"

Chapter 1492

As orders were issued layer by layer, 3 battleships, 8 heavy cruisers, and 9 light cruisers, including the flagship battleship Pennsylvania, began to advance to Midway Island not far away to provide artillery support for the landing troops.

Prior to this, these main battleships had already arrived near the waters of Midway Island, and at this time they only needed to advance a short distance to approach the shelling.

"Brothers, raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a short time, today is the first beach landing operation of our Huben Marine Corps!

This is an extremely difficult task, doomed to great sacrifices, but this task is extremely glorious and great!What we do today will forever be recorded in history! "

"As long as you can kill devils!"

"It's a big deal in 18 years and it's another hero!"

"Fight, Huben Army brothers, victory must belong to us!"

"The Huben Army must win! The Allied Army must win!"

"Gentlemen, the glorious and great moment is coming! The island ahead is the executioner who invaded and slaughtered the American people. What we have to do today is to send them to see God!"

"God will surely bless us!"

"The living will receive supreme glory, and the dead will also enter heaven,..."

More than 20 landing craft followed closely behind the battleships. Commanders at all levels on each ship were mobilizing their thoughts for the final landing operation, while the Allied soldiers were quietly waiting for the final moment to come.

At this time, dozens of bombers had already taken off from aircraft carriers, roaring and attacking the two islands of Sand Island and East Island of Midway Island.

Midway is the second northernmost atoll in the world after Kure Atoll, with a circumference of 2 kilometers and a width of 24 kilometers. The total area of ​​the atoll is 9.7 square kilometers, and the land area is 66.3 square kilometers.The circular barrier reef is composed of three islands including Sand Island, East Island and Spit Island.

In fact, Midway Island was formed some 2800 million years ago as a shield volcano whose weight caused the crust to collapse and the island to slowly recede over a period of millions of years, allowing the coral reefs around the former volcanic island to grow by growing upwards. while staying near sea level.

Sand Island is the largest island in Midway, with an area of ​​about 452 hectares. The terrain is low and flat. The highest point is only 12 meters above sea level.

The naval base on the island can park submarines, and the air force base Henderson Field Airport is 2400 meters long and can take off and land fighter jets.

As for Spit Island, needless to say, it was completely a small deserted island with little value, and the Japanese army did not fortify it.

The Allied bombers flew over Shadao and Dongdao, dropped heavy bombs on the Japanese positions free of charge, and carried out carpet bombing on the Japanese fortifications again.

"Baga! The damn Allied bombers are here again!"

"Empire warriors, don't resist, all hide! Our goal is the Allied landing force!"

"As long as we can firmly hold the position on the island, no matter how many bombs they drop, it won't help!"

"Admiral Yamamoto has led the United Fleet of the Empire of Japan to come to reinforce us. As long as we stick to it for two days, we will be able to kill these damn Yankees!"

"Baga! Road! Hurry up, send a telegram to General Yamamoto, the Allied forces are about to launch a beach landing operation on Midway Island!"

At this moment, the Japanese ground troops had long lost their temper. Facing the violent bombardment of the Allied bombers and the aggressive Allied warships, they did not dare to fight back.

The devil soldiers could only obediently hide in the air-raid bunkers and artillery holes everywhere, and use all their strength to block the Allied ground troops who are about to land.

Boom boom boom, when the bombers finished dropping their bombs, more than 20 main battleships reached the effective range, and then a series of large-caliber naval guns began to fire.

The rich and powerful Americans have always been king of firepower. Now that they are determined to do something, they must kill all visible threats!

After waves of frenzied bombardment and shelling, almost all the visible surface defenses on Sand Island and East Island, even the anti-tank cones that prevented beach landings, were completely wiped out.

Looking around, the Japanese army's position was completely turned into a piece of fragmented ruins, which was even cleaner than that of a dog.

Sure enough, money is easy to do!

As for how many ghost soldiers were killed and how much effect it had, we can only wait and see!

"Brothers, it's finally our turn, kill!"

"charge!"

"GO! GO! GO!"

After nearly an hour of frenzied bombing, one after another landing craft finally rushed to the beach on the shore. Tanks and armored vehicles, as well as one after another Allied soldiers rushed down the landing craft at the fastest speed to start landing operations.

"Empire warriors, quickly enter the position"

"The Yankees are coming!"

"Hurry up! Fire immediately!"

"Die, die!"

When the bombardment was over and seeing the landing craft rushing towards the shore at an extremely fast speed, the Japanese defenders naturally couldn't continue to pretend to be dogs. Under the orders of commanders at all levels, all the devil soldiers on the coastal defense line got out, into their respective battle positions.

Soon, tongues of flames spewed out from the fragmented trenches and hidden fire points one after another, baring their fangs, and a string of bullets gushed out, bombarding the Allied officers and soldiers who were rushing to land on the beach.

"Fall down!"

"Ah, Huzi, you have to hold on!"

"Damn it, take your life!"

"Quick, there are anti-tank guns at one o'clock!"

"In the direction of eleven o'clock, there is a devil's fort!"

"I buy Karma! Damn the Japanese, die to me!"

The dense bullets hit, and the Allied officers and soldiers fell in a pool of blood one after another. One after another, tanks and armored vehicles were hit by shells, and many of them were directly destroyed.

Facing the powerful firepower net of the devils, the Allied officers and soldiers quickly launched a counterattack. The infantry lay on the ground and hid behind the tank armor and fired. Come out of the firepower point.

As soon as the ground battle started, it entered a fierce state of life and death. Both the enemy and the enemy were trying their best to destroy the enemy in front of them.

"These bastards are really a group of unbeatable Xiaoqiang. They have been blown up like this, and they still have such strong firepower! Quick, immediately send a ground attack plane to help!"

"In addition, armored ambulances are also dispatched, and we must do our best to save the seriously injured!"

Standing on the deck of the aircraft carrier, looking at the fierce battle in the distance, Liu Qiang's eyes became red.

In order to ignite the fire this time, he could only push out all his marines to take the lead and attack Shadao, the main island heavily guarded by devils.

The total strength of the Huben Marine Corps is only more than 1400 people. They are either the elite domestic navy or the passionate overseas Chinese newly recruited from the United States.

Each of them is a real Chinese man, and each of them is a precious asset. Liu Qiang will do his best to make them come back alive!

Chapter 1493

"The Allied forces have started landing operations so soon, and it is the Chinese army that is attacking Sand Island? Didn't the intelligence say that the Chinese Huben Navy is just a symbolic expedition, and there is no marine corps?"

After receiving the relevant information, Yamamoto 56 quickly frowned. This news is not good news.

Because China and Japanese militarism have already forged an irresolvable blood feud, and the Chinese army, which has grown up in long-term and arduous battles, has far more fighting power and fighting will than the pampered "American young soldiers".

If a large number of Chinese troops participated in the landing operation on Midway Island, it would be difficult for the Japanese defenders on Midway Island to hold out for three days as scheduled.

Heidao Turtleman asked in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, are you worried that the imperial army on Midway Island will not be able to hold on until we arrive?"

Yamamoto 56 nodded without hesitation: "I do have such concerns. If the U.S. military takes control of Midway Island in advance, it will definitely have an extremely adverse impact on the Midway Island naval battle!"

Hei Dao Guiren pondered and said: "Your Excellency's worries are not unreasonable, but what I want to say is that this itself is a double-edged sword, and there is no absolute advantage or disadvantage.

There are a full 7000 imperial warriors on Midway Island. Even if they can't stick to it for three days as expected, they can stick to it for at least two days, but this is enough.

Even if the worst happens, as long as they completely destroy the facilities on the island and blow up the remaining materials, even if Midway falls into the hands of the US military, this battle will be useless.

Moreover, after such an intense landing operation, the U.S. military's weapons, ammunition, and personnel energy must be exhausted.

Generally speaking, such a situation will only be more beneficial to the combined empire fleet! "

"What Hei Dao-kun said is very true, I was too worried! This battle will ultimately depend on the head-on confrontation between the Imperial Navy and the US Pacific Fleet, and the rest are not important influencing factors!"

Yamamoto 56 nodded slightly, and then said solemnly, "Immediately send an order, the fleet is on its way at full speed, and reinforce Midway Island as quickly as possible."

"Hayi! Your Excellency, General, is wise!"

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