"Itaiya!"
"Long Live His Majesty the Emperor!"
Groups of Japanese soldiers carrying various guns with bayonets, shouting incomprehensible bird songs, rushed towards the position of the New 7th Division;
They did not make any evasive moves at all. Just like the gods of later generations, they rushed out of various tunnels or trenches in dense numbers, and then bravely collided with the bullet rain of the New 7th Division.
They finally chose the direction of the New Seventh Division. It was too cheap to die under the gun of the traitor. Only falling in front of the Chinese position was in line with their high status.
As one of the two most capable divisions among the seventeen permanent divisions, they have to pick their opponents even if they die.
Tan Tao, commander of the New 7th Division, decided to meet their request, ordered full firepower, emptied the magazines, and sent them to see the old pervert Amaterasu.
When the noisy gunfire stopped, the front of the New 7th Division's position was filled with the yellow corpses of Japanese soldiers;
Tan Tao waved his hand and began to clean up the battlefield. It was still the old rule to hit the living and dead first, so as not to bury them alive later.
As the last 3,000 Japanese soldiers of the Third Division were wiped out, the battle at the head of the Long Snake Formation ended successfully. The Third Division, which had fought across half of China, was completely wiped out. Only 539 people chose to surrender to save the country. Army, the rest were wiped out, and another first-class division was wiped out by the expeditionary force.
Next, the pressure fell on the 15th Division of the Second Class Division. They were also compressed into a very narrow area by the Second Division of the National Salvation Army and the Second Division of the Independence Army. Every shot could explode. Many Japanese died.
The 15th Regiment has always been the Jinling garrison division. This division has a higher number, but they are different from the two first-class divisions, the 14th Division and the 16th Division. They are second-class divisions with much lower combat effectiveness. division;
It was deactivated in 1925 and rebuilt in Nagoya in 1938. This division did not perform well. It was even a rare unlucky division among the Japanese, with average combat effectiveness.
They defended the rear this time, but were beaten back by the Second Division of the National Salvation Army, suffering heavy casualties. They did not have the courage to launch a suicidal charge like the Third Division.
"Yamauchi-kun, have you thought about it?
My patience is limited. The third division has been completely wiped out. Except for more than 500 people who knew the current affairs and saved their lives, all others were killed, and many were burned alive by flame weapons;
There are only two ways before you, either lay down your arms and surrender, or die!
I’ll give you 5 minutes at the end! "
Lieutenant General Tajima, the commander of the Second Division of the National Salvation Army, said coldly that if the two divisions of the National Salvation Army had not suffered too many casualties in the Ryukyu Battle and were in urgent need of additional troops, he would not have bothered to talk nonsense with these people and would have simply killed them to save trouble.
Lieutenant General Masafumi Yamauchi wanted to talk about the conditions. After all, he was a division commander. He wanted to form the Third Division of the National Salvation Army based on the 15th Division. He would continue to be the division commander;
Lieutenant General Tajima was not happy at all. The cake was only so big. He didn't want too many people to be on an equal footing with him. The condition he offered to the 15th Division was that all of them surrender, which would ensure their safety, and all the soldiers would be dispersed. Replenished to the 1st and 2nd divisions, all officers were reduced to two levels for use.
Their current status was gained with their lives, and it would be impossible to be equal to them as soon as they surrender;
Commander Yan made it clear that he would not intervene in the affairs of the National Salvation Army, and that the headquarters did not have an establishment for the third division.
Now Tajima had obtained Shang Fang's sword, and in accordance with his temper, he killed all the officers above the commander of the 15th Division, except those below the captain, who were easy to arrange and manage.
Yamauchi Masabumi was spineless. When Tajima issued an ultimatum, he had no choice but to surrender with more than 12,000 remaining troops. At this point, the heavily fortified Shuri defense line was breached, and 45,000 people from the 3rd and 15th Divisions were annihilated, including 45,000 from the 3rd Division and 15th Division. More than 30,000 people were killed, 13,000 were captured, and countless equipment and supplies were seized.
Next, after the troops took a short rest, they began to attack Naha Castle and Shuri Castle. After the Japanese lost the Shuri defense line, Shuri Castle was exposed to the front of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
At this time, Shuri Castle only had an infantry regiment of the 44th Independent Brigade, and the 32nd Army headquarters was located in Naha Castle. Ushijima Mitsuru only had one 24th Division left in his hands;
Naha Castle was the capital of the original Ryukyu Kingdom. It was a kingdom, but in the mainland it was just a county, or at most a city, and there was no danger to defend it.
Even so, Ushijima Mitsuru did not intend to give up easily. He ordered the 24th Division to build the entire Naha Castle into a large fortress group, clamoring for street fighting with the expeditionary force.
The most difficult thing to defeat in the Ryukyu Islands is the Shuri defense line. Now it has been broken through by the center of the expeditionary force and the core formation of the Japanese has been captured. This makes all the Japanese defenses on the periphery useless. Shuri Castle and Naha Castle are all exposed to the expedition. Under the army's front.
Yan Haoyu ordered the Second Division of the Independence Army to attack Shuri Castle, and the New Seventh Division and the National Salvation Army besieged Naha Castle;
There were only two small towns, and Yan Haoyu didn't take them seriously at all. He first called a group of bombers to carry out fire strikes.
The Expeditionary Force Air Force dispatched more than 70 B29 bombers and dropped more than 600 tons of high-explosive bombs on Naha City, almost wiping out the positions that the 24th Division had worked hard to build;
Without the troublesome tunnel fortifications like the Shuri Defense Line, relying on some civil fortifications and brick-and-stone bunkers simply cannot withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of heavy aerial bombs.
Yan Haoyu is now accustomed to using massive amounts of steel to push down the Japanese during wars. After the 600-ton bomb was dropped, almost all the Japanese fortifications were destroyed.
Just when the Japanese thought the expeditionary force was about to launch an infantry charge, they waited until rocket launchers cleared the ground;
The 16 Wei Shen cannons of the New 7th Division Artillery Regiment lined up and fired 12 more rounds of rocket launchers at the Japanese positions. More than 1,000 130mm rockets became a nightmare for the Japanese infantry.
Naha City was not that big to begin with. After being hit by more than 1,000 heavy artillery shells, more than half of the Japanese inside and outside the city had been killed or injured.
After Tan Tao put down the telescope, he said to Lieutenant General Sekihara:
"The devil's turtle shell has been cleaned, and the rest is left to you!
It doesn’t matter how you beat me, I just want to destroy them! "
Guan Yuan bowed to Tan Tao excitedly, and then left in a puddle.
An hour later, 40,000 troops from the First and Second Divisions of the National Salvation Army launched a general attack on Naha Castle from three directions;
Without solid fortifications to rely on, the remnants of the 24th Division were no match for the two divisions of the National Salvation Army.
The National Salvation Army's lost men on the Shuri defense line were all replenished, with any surplus, and their equipment was replenished from the captured equipment of the Third Division;
Each division used the captured mountain artillery to create a mountain artillery regiment, and its strength increased instead of decreasing. It was very easy to deal with the 24th Division that had been damaged by bombing.
This time they didn't plan to capture too many prisoners. They would kill the Japanese whenever they saw them. The 24th Division was beaten with corpses everywhere.
At the 32nd Army Headquarters, the commander, Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru, looked haggard, and the commander of the 24th Division, Lieutenant General Amamiya Tatsumi, also looked sad. He said to Ushijima Mitsuru:
“Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese firepower is too fierce and this battle cannot be fought;
The Chinese only relied on aircraft and artillery to cause the Imperial Army to lose nearly half of its troops, and all fortifications were destroyed. The current Naha City was completely undefendable. "
Ushijima Mitsuru scolded coldly:
"Amamiya-kun, don't you want to imitate that bitch Sekigahara and be a dog for the Chinese people?"
Amemiya seemed to have been greatly insulted and was about to take out a knife and commit suicide to show his will. However, Ushijima Mitsuru stopped him and said:
"Amamiya-kun, I still believe in you. You are His Majesty the Emperor's loyal and brave warrior. I take back what I just said. Let me tell you. What do you think?"
Amamiya was moved and bowed deeply to Lieutenant General Ushijima, and then suggested:
"Your Excellency, Commander, I suggest you abandon Naba City and retreat to the mountains to fight guerrillas with the Chinese!"
Ushijima Mitsuru shook his head and said:
“Amemiya-kun, the Ryukyu Islands are not like China, with a big ass and no room to move;
Speaking of fighting guerrillas, Chu Xiong and his troops are experts in guerrilla warfare. Fighting guerrillas with them is just like doing the same thing!
A defensive line as strong as the Shuri Defense Line could not hold out for even ten days. The so-called mountainous area, which is a small mountain bag, cannot be defended under the firepower of the Chinese people. "
"Your Majesty Commander, can we just wait to die?"
Ushijima Mitsuru smiled bitterly and said:
“Amamiya-kun, let alone the Ryukyu Islands, even the mainland cannot be defended;
If it is Yingjiang, it would be better. We can scare them with a desperate fight and let them see the empire's 100 million jade pieces. Even if ten of them are defeated, Yingjiang cannot bear such heavy casualties. In the end, they will be killed. A decent way for the empire to admit defeat.
The people in charge of the ground attack now are the Huaxia people and the scum of the Empire. Yingjiang is just consuming some supplies, so they will definitely land on the Foot Pot Chicken. By then, the Foot Pot Chicken will be in danger of annihilation! "
Amamiya had to admit that what the commander said was right, and that he saw something deeper than himself. All they could do now was to fight to the last man, dye Nabal red with blood, and fight until the Chinese people had concerns, then the empire would have Hope.
After understanding this, Amamiya said no more. His 24th Division and his mission were to fight one soldier at a time.
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of bombs fell on their heads. If the tunnel hadn't been dug deep enough, they would have been able to see Amaterasu just now.
"Your Majesty Commander, this is the empire's mountain artillery group——"
"Amamiya-kun, these are no longer things we should worry about. Order each regiment to destroy the military flags. I will live and die with Naha City together with you!"
Ushijima Mitsuru and Amamiya were very open-minded, but many soldiers could not understand that the people who fought with them and killed them were not Chinese people, but compatriots who wore the same military uniforms and spoke the same language as them;
They were fighting to death, with corpses strewn all over the fields, while the Chinese people watched the tricks.
The corpses lying on the ground were all yellow in color, which was a huge blow to their morale.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
"Long live China!"
As soon as the mountain artillery group was extended, two divisions of the National Salvation Army, tens of thousands of people, launched a general attack on Naba City. The offensive was like an overwhelming mountain.
"Bagaya Road, the Fourth Division, these cowards, I have never seen them so brave when they fought against the Chinese. When fighting against our own people, each one is braver and crueler than the last one.
On Baga Ya Road, they actually gave the injured warriors last-ditch blows! "
It's a pity that these lackeys can't feel their anger at all, and they still destroy whoever they see.
At this time, Shuri Castle was captured by the Chinese, and no one in the defenders survived.
Naha City has also entered a critical moment. Thousands of National Salvation Army soldiers have entered Naha City. They kill the devils at the sight of them and refuse to accept surrender. They leave only shit-yellow corpses everywhere they pass.
Soon, they arrived outside the 32nd Army Headquarters, and the sound of gunfire clearly reached Ushijima Mitsuru's ears.
"Amamiya-kun, they are here, it's time for us to set off. See you at Yasukuni Shrine!"
Lieutenant General Amemiya pulled out his sword and stabbed himself hard in the lower abdomen. The pain spread throughout his body in an instant;
He gritted his teeth and stabbed again, stabbing through the hole.
After seeing the tragic situation before Lieutenant General Amamiya's suicide, Ushijima Mitsuru changed his mind and gave up committing seppuku. Instead, he took out a Nanbu pistol and shot himself in the temple, ending his sinful life.
After the 24th Division was annihilated, there were few troops on the island that could fight. After the Chinese Expeditionary Force's 100,000 troops were repeatedly cleared, the troops scattered on the island were annihilated one by one. The sound of gunfire on the Ryukyu Islands also gradually subsided;
The Battle of the Ryukyu Islands, which lasted for nearly 20 days, ended with the victory of the coalition forces.
All the more than 100,000 defenders on the island were annihilated, and more than 30,000 civilians jumped into the sea and committed suicide. The passage to Kyushu was opened.
Tremble your feet, the Chinese are here!
