The Chinese Expeditionary Force's bombing of Iwo Jima lasted for three days, almost burning the entire island fiery red, and the Japanese troops stationed on the island suffered heavy losses.
There are a total of 25,000 Japanese troops stationed on Iwo Jima, including about 3,000 navy personnel. There is also a field airport on the island with more than 30 aircraft. The main defenders are the Ogasawara Corps of the 109th Division and the Mixed Second Brigade.
The second mixed brigade is under the jurisdiction of infantry brigades 310 to 314, and the units directly under it include artillery regiments, engineering teams, etc.;
There are also the 145th Infantry Regiment, the 17th Independent Mixed Regiment, and the 26th Tank Regiment. The commander-in-chief of the island garrison is Lieutenant General Kuribayashi Munomichi of the 109th Division.
Kuribayashi Munemichi knew that with the superiority of Taika and the Chinese navy and air force, it was unrealistic to defend the beach. He had no intention of defending the beach;
However, the navy believed that it was very important to defend the tidal flats. Lieutenant General Yu Rilin built 137 bunkers on the tidal flats. In addition, he also dug more than 9,000 meters of trenches. Bunkers and trenches criss-crossed and were densely distributed on the tidal flats. superior.
This was a cover-up he had set up. He didn't put any troops inside at all, and in addition, he didn't even have a large group;
He withdrew all the main force to the commanding heights such as Suribachi Mountain and Yuanshan Mountain on the island. These mountains were almost hollowed out by them, and thousands of bunkers, large and small, were built on the mountains.
In another time and space, Yingjiang used naval guns and ordinary bombs to explode. Although tens of thousands of tons of artillery shells and bombs were dropped, they did little damage to the Japanese hiding in the tunnels;
Most of the ammunition was wasted on the beach position, where there were only a few hundred Japanese, who fell into the trap of Lieutenant General Kuribayashi.
After the Marines landed, they paid a heavy price in the storming of Mount Suribachi and Motoyama. More than 6,000 people died and more than 20,000 were injured. The total number of casualties exceeded the defenders;
Later, tens of thousands of people were killed and wounded in the Battle of Ryukyu. Now I was afraid of the war. I thought about 100,000 casualties on the two islands. The Japanese were clamoring for 100 million pieces of jade. At that time, Eagle Sauce experts estimated that if the war continued like this , it would have to cost at least millions of people to conquer the homeland of Tiaopanji, which is not worth it.
I happened to make another two kickers, and finally chose to use the second kickers to solve the problem.
In this time and space, the counterattack against the Japanese was more than a year ahead of schedule. Chu Xiong didn't know if Yingjiang had created the second kicker, but he didn't want Yingjiang to use the second kicker to solve the enemy, as that would be too advantageous for them;
It is in China's interest to land on the homeland of Jiaobenji. It is to make them break into pieces with 100 million jade, so as to relieve their hatred.
Now the land offensive is undertaken by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and Yingjiang only goes to the sea and air force. This way they pay a small price. Even if they create two kicks, they will not be easily exposed. It is more strategic value to keep them to deal with Hans Cat or Black Bear.
Chuxiong had studied the Battle of Iwo Jima in later generations, and he was very familiar with the old Japanese Ribayashi's deception, so he would not be fooled by him. He focused his bombing on Mount Suribachi and Motoyama, and used napalm bombs. The right medicine is prescribed.
After three days of saturation bombing, Suribachi Mountain and Motoyama Mountain were almost burned by the expeditionary army's incendiary bombs, igniting a large amount of sulfur mines contained in the mountains, and eventually killing the Japanese.
The large amount of sulfur gas produced by the burning of sulfur is more terrifying than poison gas. The Japanese hiding in the tunnel breathed the sulfur gas and were poisoned to death. Chu Xiong once again taught the Japanese on the island a fatal lesson from the perspective of God.
The fire on Iwo Jima burned for three days, and the entire island was shrouded in toxic gases and smoke, like a fairy mountain.
In order not to accidentally injure his own people, after the fire was extinguished, Chu Xiong did not rush to send infantry to the island. Instead, he coordinated with the Taika Navy to continue bombarding Mount Suribachi and Motoyama with large-caliber naval guns.
The stone mountain that had been exposed to fire became very brittle. Under the blows of large-caliber naval guns, many stones were exploded, and a large number of tunnels on the mountain were collapsed;
After several days of continuous bombardment, Mount Suribachi and Mt. Motoyama were reduced to almost ten meters.
Now Chu Xiong felt relieved and sent the National Salvation Army to land on Iwo Jima first;
They encountered resistance from the remaining Japanese on the tidal flat. With the support of Yingjiang naval guns, they quickly occupied the tidal flat and eliminated the two or three hundred remaining Japanese inside at a low price.
After occupying the tidal flat position, the First Division of the National Salvation Army began to attack Suribachi Mountain, the Second Division attacked Wonsan, and the First Chinese Marine Brigade served as a battle reserve.
Due to the previous fire attack, the Japanese hiding in the tunnel were either burned to death or poisoned by sulfur gas, and the remaining remaining enemies were almost gone.
The First Division of the National Salvation Army's attack on Mount Suribachi went very smoothly. The old Japanese soldier Ribayashi Sōdao's trick was cracked by Chu Xiong. He lost his wife and lost his troops.
The remaining Japanese soldiers still put up a tenacious resistance on Mount Suribachi, but there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. The National Salvation Army also had weapons like bazookas and flamethrowers to dig out rat nests, so the Japanese resistance was crushed by the National Salvation Army;
In just one day and one night, they completely captured Mount Suribachi, with only more than 2,000 casualties.
When Chuxiong got the battle damage report from the battle at Mount Suribachi, he breathed a sigh of relief. This showed that his previous strategy was correct;
To put it bluntly, in such a tunnel battle, the National Salvation Army is definitely better than Yingjiang’s Marine Corps. Under the premise of using the same weapons and equipment, the National Salvation Army’s offensive capability can surpass Yingjiang’s Marine Corps by several blocks. of.
Under the same weapon conditions, in terms of individual infantry combat effectiveness and the ability to use infantry tactics, China and the Japanese can beat Yingjiang and the European powers by several blocks.
After capturing Mount Suribachi, the First Division continued to advance in depth and assisted the Second Division in attacking Mount Motoyama.
The Second Division encountered stubborn Japanese resistance in Wonsan, suffered heavy casualties and made slow progress.
Although the Japs in Wonshan suffered heavy losses in the previous artillery strikes, Wonshan contained less sulfur, so all fire attacks were not as effective as Mount Suribachi, so they managed to save nearly half of their troops.
They relied on a large number of tunnel fortifications to resist tenaciously. Both sides were elite troops who knew their roots well.
The two sides fought for a day and a night, both suffering heavy casualties, and the exchange ratio was basically 1:1.
Starting from the next day, the First Division also joined the battle circle, and the National Salvation Army's strength advantage became more and more obvious. They competed with the Japanese in tunnels one by one, bombarded them with bazookas, and burned them with flamethrowers. The Japanese were burned to death one by one.
The focus of the Japanese defense was the defense line on the south side of Wonsan No. 2 Airport, which originally had more than 800 bunkers;
Under the intervention of Chuxiong, the Corner of God, more than 800 bunkers were destroyed by naval guns, but more than 200 bunkers remained. They were all very concealed bunkers. The bunkers were surrounded by trenches and tunnels, which were very difficult to deal with.
Every time a bunker was taken down, a large number of casualties were required, and the artillery regiment of the 1st Marine Brigade also came to support;
They disassembled the Wei Shen Cannon into a single tube and used it to directly attack the Japanese bunkers, and the effect was very good.
Whenever a firepower point appears, the artillery will use a single-barreled rocket launcher. At the optimal attack distance of about one kilometer, it only needs to fire a 130 mm rocket. No matter how strong the bunker is, it cannot withstand a single shot.
After knocking down the Japanese bunkers, the National Salvation Army commandos rushed forward under the cover of machine gun fire and used flamethrowers to burn the Japanese hiding in the tunnels alive.
Relying on this stupid method, it took them a full day to demolish more than 200 bunkers and eliminate no less than 5,000 Japanese;
The National Salvation Army also paid the price of more than 3,000 people, and finally cracked the hard nut of Yuanshan.
