Take Taobao to fight against Japan

"Pass me an order, the frontline troops step up their offensive and make sure to kill these damn Yankees!"

It's not that Saito Yoshiji's head is messed up again, but he is soberly aware that the most terrifying thing is about to happen again, that is, it is very likely that he will be rubbed on the ground by the U.S. military like before, and he has no ability to resist. Step by step towards the end.

If that's the case, he would rather risk his life as much as possible and exchange casualties as much as possible while he has not completely lost his sea and air superiority and can still fight a fair decisive battle with the US military!

"It's the only way to do it now!"

"I hope the Imperial Air Force can buy us more than one day. Maybe in that case, we can really eat these damn Yankees and let them deeply understand what is the fear of death!"

Jingji Jingheng and Zhongichi Nanyun sighed deeply helplessly. They also felt the same way. Death is not terrible to them. The most terrible thing is to die worthless!

"Baga, how come reinforcements came so soon? Hurry up, order the fleet to retreat, and send a reconnaissance plane to search for the enemy fleet!"

"In addition, immediately send power to Rota Island and Guam, and ask them to cooperate in operations!"

Ozawa Jisaburo was also a little surprised. In the past two days, he has sent reconnaissance planes and submarine troops to search, but he has not been able to find the main force of the US fleet.

After experiencing the previous tragic sea and air battles, the mobile fleet's carrier fleet currently only has 265 combat aircraft left, and it is difficult to launch a powerful and effective attack.

Therefore, if Jisaburo Ozawa wants to do something, he must form a group with the land-based combat aircraft group, otherwise it is very likely that he will lose all his money.

"Brothers, kill the devil!"

"Follow me and charge up, hit hard!"

"kill!"

After flying at full speed for an hour, the Huben Army fighter group first arrived at the sky above Saipan, and soon they fought fiercely with the Japanese fighter group that rushed to kill them.

Chapter 1612 The overall situation has been decided

As one of the ultimate versions of propeller fighters, the P-47N Thunderbolt fighter has outstanding advantages such as high altitude and high speed, heavy armor, and powerful firepower.

As a time traveler, Yang Fan is well aware of the decisive role of air supremacy in modern warfare, so he has spared no effort to train pilots and improve air force technology and equipment levels from the very beginning.

Throughout the war, Yang Fan put people first, spent money and equipment on logistics support, and tried his best to improve the survival rate of pilots on the battlefield.

With long-term and unremitting efforts, the Huben Air Force not only has the most advanced types of combat aircraft in the world, but also has a well-capitalized pilot team, with ace pilots everywhere.

Therefore, even though the Huben Army had only 160 P-47N Thunder fighters in the first wave of battle, when they faced the siege and interception of three or four hundred Japanese Rafale fighter jets, not only did they not fall into a disadvantage, but Fanre had a kind of wolf into the flock, The visual impact of killing the Quartet.

As soon as the air forces of the enemy and ours came into contact, they became angry, and there were many shadows and blue lights everywhere between the blue sky and white clouds.

The fighter planes of the two sides flew up and down, trying their best to kill each other. The vast world with a radius of hundreds of miles is full of life and death battlefields.

The confrontation between power and power is always simple and crude, and life and death often depend on a moment.

Not long after the exchange of fire, the pilots of the Huben Army, relying on their superb fighting skills and excellent fighter performance, successively won their first kills.

I saw that in various battlefields, one after another Japanese Rafale fighter jets were smashed into pieces by the billowing smoke, and then the out-of-control Japanese fighter planes fell from the sky crookedly with a shrill and long howl. Exploding on the island and on the sea one after another!

"Look, our reinforcements are here!"

"Oh, thank God!"

"Gentlemen, you must persevere, victory must belong to us!"

Such a fierce life-and-death battle in the sky naturally fell into the eyes of the U.S. officers and soldiers who were struggling in the first place. For a while, everyone was refreshed, and finally the long-awaited reinforcements came. Fight against the enemy's naval and air firepower.

And once the Japanese army does not have the strong support of sea and air firepower, they will naturally no longer have to suffer unbearable casualties.

Soon, the carrier-based aircraft group launched by the U.S. Fifth Fleet also entered the battlefield. At this time, their primary attack target was not the Japanese fighter group that had been beaten by the Huben Navy, but the Japanese fighter group that was attacking the U.S. position. Japanese infantry.

Boom boom boom!

Da da da!

Soon bombs and bullets fell like torrential rain, and the devil infantry who were launching a fierce attack on the US army suffered heavy casualties in an instant, and the rhythm of the attack was suddenly disrupted.

The pressure on the U.S. military was greatly reduced. With the support of the air force's firepower, they gradually took control of the battlefield and pushed back the Japanese attacking troops step by step.

"How can the Nani Huaxia Air Force be so powerful, the Imperial Japanese Air Force is no match at all?"

"Baga! Are we really going to fall short?"

Through the binoculars, Yoshiji Saito was extremely astonished to see that the first ones to arrive were not American fighter jets, but Chinese fighter jets with blue sky, white sun and red flags all over the ground.

What made Yoshiji Saito even more unacceptable was that these Huaxia fighter jets, who were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, went down like tigers, showing their prowess as soon as they came out, killing the Japanese Air Force with only parry but no power to fight back.

And this was just the beginning. Not long after, the U.S. carrier-based air fleet came over again, bombarding the Japanese ground attack force without saying a word, completely extinguishing Saito Yoshiji's last extravagant hope. .

In fact, this is also the case. The best window period for the Japanese army in the Battle of Saipan has come to an end, and it is the turn of the Allied forces to attack.

The extremely fierce battle for air supremacy lasted for more than three hours, and it was not until it was completely dark that the two sides reluctantly went back to their respective homes. At this time, the outcome of the battle was roughly determined.

The Allied forces shot down 78 Japanese combat aircraft at the cost of 205 combat aircraft, and won an initial victory.

There are about 230 remaining Japanese land-based combat aircraft on Rota Island and Guam. If the 265 carrier-based aircraft of the Ozawa Fleet are added, the total number will be nearly 500.

As for the Allied Forces, the total number of combat aircraft is as high as more than 1500, of which the Huben Navy has more than 900, accounting for [-]%.

Obviously, the overall situation has been settled. With such a disparity in military strength, the air supremacy of Saipan and even the entire Mariana Islands will soon completely fall into the hands of the Allies.

After nightfall, the Allied fleets were not idle. While keeping distance, they continued to send reconnaissance planes and submarine troops to search for the location of the Japanese fleet.

The Ozawa fleet also did not stay in place, but turned to the northwest overnight, temporarily avoiding contact with the Allied fleet and refueling.

Ozawa intends to send out the remaining 160 carrier-based aircraft again on the second day. At the same time, he plans to combine the carrier-based aircraft that have flown to Mariana to refuel and land-based fighter jets to attack the Allied fleet for the last time. effort.

It was precisely because the fleets of both sides were very cautious that the fleets kept a considerable distance from Saipan. In the end, the reconnaissance planes sent by both sides failed to find the sea area where the other side's main fleet was located.

Time soon came to the next morning. While the U.S. fleet and the Huben fleet were advancing towards Saipan, they continued to send reconnaissance planes to continue looking for the Japanese fleet in an attempt to annihilate it.

However, under the tactical use of the Ozawa fleet, the reconnaissance planes sent by the Allied forces were still unable to successfully detect the traces of the Japanese ships.

But if you run away from the monk, you can't run away from the temple. Since you can't find the Japanese fleet, then go to clean up Rota Island and Guam to do things, and bomb the Japanese airfield on the island.

However, just after Liu Qiang ordered the dispatch of more than 47 P-450N Thunder fighter jets, the Japanese reconnaissance plane was the first to discover the US fleet more than [-] nautical miles northeast of Saipan.

Therefore, Jisaburo Ozawa and others, who were full of minds to make the Yankees pay their debts, made a desperate attempt again, gathered all combat aircraft, compiled two powerful attack waves, and headed towards the US military. fleet.

After receiving the radar warning report, the U.S. carrier-based aircraft fleet rushed to the battle and tried their best to intercept in the air. The fleet's anti-aircraft guns were also fully fired, and the tragic sea-air battle broke out again.

In these two rounds of offensives, the Japanese Air Force once again played a crazy style of not fearing death and not dying.

Especially driven by the rhythm of 12 kamikaze special attack team members, more than [-] Japanese fighter pilots chose to die together in a magnificent way to end their lives.

The entire sea-air battle lasted for more than two hours, and the Japanese attack fleet that carried out the attack mission finally lost all casualties, and only less than 34 aircraft survived.

But at the same time, the U.S. fleet also suffered great losses. 2 aircraft carriers and 3 destroyers were sunk, and more than ten ships were severely damaged, with more than [-] casualties.

Chapter 1613 Dead End

The so-called "lost in the east, harvested in mulberry", just when the Japanese air force was doing its best to fight with the US fleet, the Huben army's reconnaissance planes made unremitting efforts and finally gained something.

Around [-]:[-] in the morning, a reconnaissance plane of the aircraft carrier Zhenyuan spotted the Ozawa fleet that was evacuating at high speed.

For the first time since the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Allied fleet finally discovered the main force of the enemy fleet that had been hiding out of the reconnaissance distance.

But the timing was very embarrassing, because at this time, the fighter jets of the Huben Navy Fleet had almost all set out and were heading to the U.S. fleet to help eliminate the crazy attacking Japanese attack fleet.

Without the protection of fighter jets to attack the enemy fleet, the risk factor is too great, Liu Qiang was really in a dilemma for a while.

But in order to avoid losing the fighter plane, he did not hesitate too much, and immediately ordered all bombers and torpedo planes to take off immediately, and ordered the three flying regiments participating in the air battle to return to the fleet to perform escort missions immediately.

At 25:72, the Huben Navy dispatched 24 bombers, 60 torpedo planes, and 47 P-[-]N Thunder fighters to launch the first offensive against the Japanese fleet in this naval battle.

At 55:[-] noon, after an hour and a half of flight, the Huben army plane finally rushed to the sky above the Japanese supply fleet behind the palace, severely damaging three tankers in one fell swoop.

After the three tankers lost power, they were eventually forced to sink.

Immediately afterwards, the Huben Army's attack fleet continued to advance, and finally reached the sky above the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet that they wanted to attack the most, and quickly launched an all-out attack.

At this time, the Japanese fleet had no fighter protection at all, and could only rely on the fleet's anti-aircraft artillery to intercept it.

But obviously, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery group without proximity fuze anti-aircraft shells could not deal effective tons of damage at all, and could only watch the Tiger Army bomber group enter and exit seven times.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, the Japanese medium-sized aircraft carriers Hiyaka and Ryuho were hit by two torpedoes, causing fires and sinking to the bottom of the sea several hours later.

The aircraft carrier Hayato, Chiyoda, Zuikaku, the battleship Ise, and the heavy cruiser Maya were all injured by bombs. Among them, Ozawa's flagship Zuikaku was seriously injured and almost burped.

Since Ozawa Jisaburo ordered the ships to move and evacuate the battlefield on their own early on, and the Huben Naval Air Corps focused on fighter jets, bombers and torpedo planes were not too strong.

Therefore, the results of this wave of attacks were not particularly outstanding. It only sank 2 aircraft carriers, 3 supply ships, and severely damaged several ships.

At around 14:40 in the afternoon, Vice Admiral Toyoda, the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, issued an order to Ozawa to break away from contact with the Allied Forces, and Ozawa suspended the "A" operation and retreated in an all-round way.

Because the distance was too far, the Allied fleet could not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the naval battle around Saipan came to an end.

As a result of the final sea-air battle, 4 Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk, 4 aircraft carriers were injured, 3 supply ships were sunk, and more than 1500 combat aircraft of various types were lost.

For the Allied Forces, 10 aircraft carriers were sunk, 5 aircraft carriers were damaged, 3 destroyers were sunk, more than ten ships of various types were severely damaged, and more than 1200 combat aircraft were lost (most of which were due to losses caused by the sinking of the aircraft carrier).

Judging from this data, in this unprecedented naval and air battle, the Allied forces were the loser, and their losses far exceeded that of the Japanese army.

However, judging from the final result of the war, the Allied Forces won the victory. Not only did they severely damage the first mobile fleet, the main force of the Japanese Navy, but also greatly wiped out the vital forces of the Japanese Air Force, while consolidating the positions established in Saipan.

Although the Allied forces could no longer inflict more damage on the enemy because the Ozawa fleet withdrew promptly and simply, it must be said that this was still a decisive sea battle.

At this point, the Japanese aircraft carrier force was no longer able to compete with the Allied Forces, and could only be completely annihilated in the end.

From then on, the Mariana Islands were completely controlled by the Allied forces, just as the Allied forces broke through the Atlantic barrier of Nazi Germany two weeks ago when they landed in Normandy, and Japan's "absolute defense circle" was broken through.

The large-scale long-range strategic bomber B-29 of the U.S. Army Air Corps will soon be stationed to launch a large-scale strategic bombing of the Japanese mainland.

As a result, the pilots of the Japanese Naval Air Force were killed and injured, and they were no longer able to launch an offensive.

The Philippine naval battle ended in failure, which meant that the Japanese army on Saipan would no longer have reinforcements and supplies would be cut off.

With all supplies cut off, the battle on Saipan was a foregone conclusion for the Japanese army, and it had actually become a hopeless battle.

The failure of the Philippine naval battle made Saito Yoshiji and Nagumo Tadaichi feel desperate, because they knew that there was no hope now, and they could only do the final battle of trapped beasts.

But even so, Saito Yoshiji and Nagumo Chuichi were determined to fight to the last moment, and still decided to carry out the Yusha War, that is, to fight to the last person.

They organized their troops into the defensive terrain of central Saipan, close to the defense line of Mount Tapocha.

And around their line of defense, there are layers of blockades by US troops.

The characteristics of the battle led the U.S. military to give it many nicknames, such as "the circle of hell", "Purple Heart Ridge" (meaning that you can easily get the Purple Heart Medal here) and "death valley".

These epithets reflect the brutality of fighting on Saipan at this time: both friendly and foe.

Because Saipan has many caves formed by volcanic terrain, it can be used as a natural fortification to block the attacking US troops.

The Japanese army will hide in caves during the day, and then launch surprise attacks at night.

The U.S. military will use flamethrower troops and the support of artillery and machine guns to gradually clear these caves occupied by the Japanese army.

The time soon came to July 7th, and the last line of defense of the Japanese army was also stormed, with heavy losses. Only more than 4 people were compressed into the narrow mountainous area in the northern area, and it was almost over.

Under such circumstances, Commander Yoshiji Saito believed that the battle was bound to be lost, and decided to launch a large-scale suicidal offensive against the U.S. military, thereby committing all suicides.

On the night of July 7th, at the northern tip of Saipan, Mapi Mountain, the Japanese command post.

Supreme Commander of Saipan, Commander of the Central Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, Commander of the 6th Fleet, Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi, Chief of Staff of the 31st Army, Rear Admiral Keiji Itsushiro, Chief of the Northern Mariana Group and Commander of the 43rd Division Lieutenant General Fuji Yoshiji, Chief of the Northern Branch of the Nanyang Agency Tsuji Masaho and others gathered together.

The atmosphere in the entire cave was extremely oppressive and dignified, and everyone was ashamed, looking desperate.

After deploying the specific attack plan, Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi glanced at the crowd with a desolate expression, and said word by word:

"My lords, the time to be loyal to His Majesty has finally come. Do you have anything else to say?"

Chapter 1614 No choice

"At this point, what else can we say? As warriors of the Great Sun Empire, haven't we already prepared to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Saito Yoshiji smiled miserably, and then said with infinite loneliness and shame, "It's just a pity that we still failed His Majesty's high expectations after all, and we still failed to defend Saipan after all. The mainland of the Great Japanese Empire is no longer peaceful. !"

"Yes, we are ashamed of our high hopes for His Majesty the Emperor, and of the people of the Great Sun Empire!"

"Hey! The great dream of the Yamato nation for thousands of years cannot be realized in our hands. It is really the greatest regret in life!"

Saito Yoshiji's words resonated with the whole room, and everyone felt more and more uncomfortable. After the battle, death was no longer scary to them, but such aggrieved death made them feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Gentlemen, don't blame yourself too much. It's really bad luck, and it's definitely not a crime of war!"

Nanyun Zhongyi comforted himself, and then said in a deep voice, "Since everyone has nothing to say, then make preparations, and we will all be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor tonight!"

After finishing speaking, Nagumo Tadaichi silently walked to his seat, knelt and sat facing the direction of mainland Japan, and then took out a paper and pen to write a suicide note, planning to write a categorical telegram to the base camp.

At the same time, Yoshiji Saito and Keiji Itsuru did exactly the same thing. They began to write suicide notes, organize relics, and prepare for seppuku.