"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Follow the troops in front! We must rush to the vicinity of Xiamen before tonight. If there is anyone left behind, the labor and management will send him back to the base area!" Zhao Dalei stepped on the jeep and held the door while shouting loudly. .
After roaring, Zhao Dalei glanced at the gloomy sky and felt a little uneasy. If it rained, it would be very detrimental to the upcoming attack.
The soldiers around him laughed loudly, then quickened their pace and continued to move forward.
As the commander of the newly formed First Attack Group of the Southeast Task Force, Zhao Dalei was given the task of attacking Xiamen this time. He took the lead in setting off from Hankou with the reorganized First Attack Group of the Task Force via the Guangdong-Hankou Railway and the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway. After moving to Hong Kong and Kowloon, he received the second batch of weapons and equipment.
Then the Allied fleet transport ship was sent directly to Zhangpu port for landing, and joined local friendly forces to attack Xiamen from land.
The 50 tanks and 100 artillery pieces of various types received by the first attack group are now following the middle of the large army and heading toward Xiamen.
At the same time, the first wave of 50 Mustang fighter jets from Major General Smith's Air Force had covered 15 B-17 bombers flying towards Xiamen from thick clouds.
The Mustang fighters stayed in the clouds, watching the 15 B-17s pierce the clouds one after another. Soon they found the location of Xiamen Airport and divided it into two parts.
One part was over Xiamen Airport and began the first round of bombing on Xiaojiazi Airport.
The other part went straight to the port, targeting the 12 ships of the 14th Fleet of the Little Devils anchored in the port for bombing.
At the airport, three B-17 bombers swooped towards the airport, and soon dropped their bombs near more than a dozen Nakajima-1s and several reconnaissance aircraft staying at the airport. After a violent explosion, these fighter jets were blown away. Torn apart.
After these bombers flew away, the Japanese anti-aircraft guns near the airport began to fire. He shot a lonely sound into the air.
At the port, 12 B-17 bombers lowered their altitude and dived towards the little Japanese warship.
A series of heavy bombs hit the motionless targets, and seven or eight little Japanese cruisers and destroyers were blown up and set on fire, emitting thick black smoke.
At this time, the little Japs woke up as if from a dream. The Japs soldiers on the remaining ships reacted one by one, ran desperately to the anti-aircraft guns on the ship, and began to launch a fierce counterattack in the air.
Unfortunately, it was too late at this time. Most of the bombers had already completed a round of bombing and left. The remaining destroyers had limited air defense firepower and were no longer enough to form a dense air defense network.
Since there is no radar warning, the ship now has few means of counterattack in the face of air attacks. In addition, the steam boiler machine on the ship makes it take a long time for the ship to start maneuvering.
This wave of air attacks commanded by Major General Smith caused a devastating blow to the 14th Fleet of the Little Japanese in almost ten minutes.
When the 15 B-17s dropped all their bombs and returned, Major General Smith did not follow back, but continued to hover in the clouds above Xiamen and wait.
Sure enough, they didn't wait long before they received the news of an incoming enemy plane reported by ground observers. More than 30 Little Devil Zero fighter jets flying from the Bayan area formed an attack formation and pounced over aggressively.
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Obviously, these are the reinforcements called by the bombed Japanese naval ships. The Kaohsiung base south of Wanwan Island is the naval base where the Japanese go south. It has more than 70 Zero fighter jets and more than 20 various ships.
After they received the request for reinforcements from the 14th Fleet, they immediately sent temporary fighter jets to come for reinforcements. Because Major General Smith's 50 Mustang fighters have been hovering in the clouds.
This made the Little Japanese's air observation post mistakenly believe that the Allies only sent bombers. Although they know that the B17 bomber has strong defense.
But the commander of the Japanese naval base believed that a fleet of more than 30 Zero fighters was enough to cope with the situation.
After Fujita Nakazuo received the order, he did not think that his flying team could intercept the opponent's bomber group. But he had to obey the orders of his superiors.
As he expected, when he flew over Xiamen. All that can be seen is a battlefield filled with smoke.
"Baga!" Fujita Nakazuo cursed, and he didn't know who he was scolding.
After he had just joined the flying team to launch a search formation. Major General Smith led 50 Mustang fighter jets and rushed out of the clouds. One by one, they pounced on their opponents.
Fujita Nakazuo was shocked. He did not expect that there were so many Mustang fighters waiting for them in the air.
It's just that the Zero fighter's poor communication system did not allow Fujita Nakazuo to issue effective orders at all.
Therefore, for the first time, the flying team of Little Devils fell into fighting on their own.
Of course, Fujita Nakazuo knew the weak communication weakness of his flying team. He did not dodge at all and flew straight up to a Mustang fighter jet, preparing to fight head-on.
He was seen driving his own fighter jet and started a flexible snake-like maneuver to avoid the machine gun fire of the Mustang fighter jet.
After all, for the Zero fighter, its greatest advantage is its flexibility. In Fujita Naka's left hand, this Zero fighter takes its maneuverability to the extreme.
The Mustang fighter on the opposite side failed to bite Fujita Nakazuo after several rounds of fire. Instead, he closed in on his opponent in a series of maneuvers and found an opportunity to fire.
However, Fujita's opponent in the middle left is not a weak opponent. After several rounds of fire without hitting Fujita's left, he immediately made a side roll maneuver, and suddenly broke away from Fujita's lock!
Then he suddenly pulled up the nose of the plane and lifted it towards the sky, taking advantage of its larger engine power and faster climb rate to prepare to raise the altitude and regain the attack position.
"Baga!" Fujita Chuzuo cursed unconsciously, but he had no choice but to watch the opponent walk away. He could only look around to see if he could find a new opponent?
Because at high altitude, the Zero fighter has a more obvious disadvantage than the Mustang fighter. Only in mid- and low-altitude combat can the Zero fighter obtain the same combat capabilities as the Mustang fighter.
However, he didn't wait until he chose a target. Two more fighter jets emerged from the clouds above him and headed straight for him.
Apparently, the Mustang fighter that had just disappeared had reported that it had encountered a problem, so this time it invited friends to use two of them to attack him.
Faced with this shameless behavior from his opponent, Fujita Nakazuo had no choice. Just now he had a startling glance, and wherever he saw, almost every one of his team members had an opponent. And now the enemy still has extra fighter planes hidden in the clouds in the sky. Obviously, this time they were caught in an ambush.
The enemy is not just plotting against the 14th Fleet. And they also want to lure them out by attacking the 14th Fleet.
Because there was no way to notify his team members to evacuate in time. Even though he is now in very unfavorable conditions, Fujita Nakazuo has to keep fighting.
Because he knew that if he escaped, it would be even more difficult for the remaining team members. Now only by fighting with one's life can we destroy the enemy plane and gain a chance of survival.
Fujita's left side avoided the attack of two enemy planes and flew away to the side. Then he pulled up and rushed into the air. Now he had to enter the clouds to make it difficult for his opponent to find him. Only then could he have a chance to win in the chaos.
Sure enough, when Fujita Nakazuo entered the clouds, the two Mustang fighter jets had to disperse to search for Fujita Nakazuo.
It's just that they have real-time communication links. Even if they are separated, they will remain less than 2 kilometers away from each other. This way, when they encounter Fujita Nakazuo, they can quickly join forces and besiege their opponents.
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After a fierce aerial battle, the Mustang fighter group led by Smith shot down 32 Little Devil Zero fighters, 4 of which escaped, while 6 of his own were damaged in the battle, of which 4 crashed on the spot and 2 crashed on the way back. , because the air battlefield was deliberately directed over Zhao Dalei's troops by Major General Smith.
The parachuting Allied pilots were promptly rescued by ground troops and landed safely, achieving an extremely beautiful victory. As for the pilots of the Little Devils, Zhao Dalei and the others did not waste their time this time. According to Gao Jianwu's request, they captured all these officers with the status of officers to achieve the maximum effect of the explosion.
During the day's battle, Major General Smith and the others eliminated Xiamen's sea and air threats from the Japanese fleet in one fell swoop.
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That night, Zhao Dalei's first attack group rushed to the outskirts of Xiamen, and successfully joined forces with the independent security brigade reorganized from the Hong Regiment waiting there.
"Commander Zhao, I've been waiting for you all." Captain He Ming, who had been waiting there for a long time, looked at the jeep approaching in the distance and came forward excitedly.
"Hello, Captain He, thank you for your hard work." Zhao Dalei had been in this business before, so he knew very well how difficult it was to persist behind enemy lines for so long.
"It's not hard, it's not hard, just come and it will be fine."
He Ming and the others were wearing different clothes from Zhao Dalei, and they seemed a little out of place when the two armies met. Nominally, this place is still occupied by Guo Preserved. Due to reasons well known to everyone, He Ming and the others are still the captain of Guo Preserved's security team.
Although I didn't get a single shot or bullet of supplies from inside.
"Time is pressing, so we won't be polite. Let's immediately replace the 1,000 people here with new weapons and equipment." After Zhao Dalei exchanged greetings, he immediately got to the point.
Behind him were dozens of trucks carrying weapons and equipment, as well as uniforms for the task force.
"No problem, no problem. Vice Captain Li, you and your comrades should quickly change weapons and equipment." He Ming turned around and ordered the deputy beside him. Following Vice Captain Li's order, the independent security brigade that had been waiting directly aside The soldiers began to unload the standard equipment of the Japs' elite troops from the trucks, bundles of 38-inch caps, and a large number of crooked 92-heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and other goodies.
Everyone screamed excitedly.
It's not that American equipment isn't enough for them, but that they haven't used American equipment yet and would be very unfamiliar with it if they get it temporarily. On the contrary, they have seized a lot of Japanese weapons and can seamlessly connect them.
There are 1,000 people in the five squadrons of the Independent Security Brigade. Zhao Dalei has prepared ten Type 92 heavy machine guns, 80 crooked machine guns, 20 grenade launchers, and 2 basic weapons and ammunition.
With these weapons, the guerrillas that had persisted behind enemy lines for three years immediately transformed into an elite light infantry unit with full melee firepower.
Facing the upcoming street fight, they were even more powerful than Zhao Dalei's main camp. After all, these are veterans who have fought for the rest of their lives. Especially under such individual confrontation conditions, they have stronger confrontation capabilities.
Not to mention they have artillery support at all times. Facing enemy fire points, artillery can now be called at any time to annihilate them.
Zhao Dalei organized them into his five main infantry battalions as leading companies.
Tong He Ming studied the tactical deployment in detail on the high-definition map provided by Gao Jianwu.
Two artillery regiments, guarded by an infantry battalion, entered the first artillery position selected by Gao Jianwu on the map.
Although Gao Jianwu did not rush to the front to command this battle, but let Zhao Dalei and Song Tiecheng fight, but in terms of maps, Gao Jianwu provided them with accurate and latest maps, and studied the most suitable advancement deployment positions for artillery. .
Although there is not much information about the Little Japanese's defense, He Ming and the others still have a clear idea of the garrison locations of the three Suzuki division regiments stationed in Xiamen. The artillery regiment position designated by Gao Jianwu can just cover the Little Japanese. .
After Zhao Dalei and He Ming did some work on the map, Zhao Dalei's next deployment was to deploy a three-way attack plan for these three wing stations.
In addition, two main battalions mixed with the leading company of the independent security brigade were dispatched to clean up the urban areas of the city. Their task was to eliminate several major puppet troops in the city. Following them were two tank battalions.
According to the combat deployment, they will use powerful force to force the puppet troops to surrender. Then liquidate and deal with the reactionary officers among them, and reorganize the low-level puppet soldiers and captives into He Ming's independent brigade. There are three puppet regiments here with more than 6,000 people. If they are successfully integrated, He Ming's independent brigade will It will expand to an unsatisfied attack group.
This attack group will cross the strait and become Gao Jianwu's defensive force after he seizes the city on Wanwan Island. It will defend several key node cities and guard against counterattacks by the little Japanese who have invested in the mountains.
However, before Zhao Dalei launched his attack, he had to wait for another attack signal.
Before Zhao Dalei arrived at the target, Song Tiecheng's assault brigade was already in place at the top of the mountain across the sea from Xiamen Island. They waited for the sky to darken, then filed out one by one and walked quickly from the hidden mountain forest to the port beach 1 kilometer away.
Among these commandos, there are also many rubber boats.
Their mission was to seize the three forts Hulishan, Yuzaiwei and Baishitou.
These forts have strong fortresses to protect the cannons. Among them, the Hulishan fort also has two 280mm heavy guns. If these forts are still in the hands of the Japs, Zhao Dalei and the others will face huge challenges when attacking.
Therefore, the task of capturing these forts was handed over to Song Tiecheng's commando team.
Taking advantage of the darkness, the commandos divided into several small teams and paddled rubber boats towards their targets.
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Faced with the Allied bombing and the changes in Gao Jianwu's large forces, Lieutenant General Suzuki had already ordered the troops to be on high alert.
But due to the total annihilation of the air force and navy. The force in Lieutenant General Suzuki's hands has been removed from both fists.
Only his division was left to support itself.
As a three-armed garrison division, the Suzuki Division's combat effectiveness was far behind that of the main division. Faced with the enemy's imminent attack, Lieutenant General Suzuki was helpless.
"Yu Fengjun, I leave the forts to you. These three forts are crucial to our victory. We must not lose anything. Now the enemy is ready to move in front of us. As long as they launch an attack, Yu Fengjun must ensure that the fort artillery Provide fire support to our positions and cover our fallen positions with artillery fire when necessary!"
Lieutenant General Suzuki solemnly explained to his artillery battalion commander Shinoda Hafeng.
"Hey! Please rest assured, Division Commander. I am humbled by my duty and will protect the fort to the death. There will be no mistakes." Shinoda Hafeng said, patting his chest. At this time, he had no idea who the opponent he was facing was.
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Song Tiecheng personally led 200 people to attack the Hulishan Fort. Under the cover of darkness, they quietly rowed across the strait and landed on the beach on the right side of the Huli Mountain Fort.
The 200-man commando team was divided into 10 assault groups this time. Each team member was armed with a Type 43 assault rifle. Each group also had two bazooka rocket launchers and a Browning light machine gun. After landing, Song Tiecheng waved his hand, and the 10 groups were divided into 3 groups. Song Tiecheng himself took 1 group and 4 groups as the main force, and attacked the fort from the middle, with a group covering his flank 200 meters away.
Another detachment outflanked them from the right.
The fort is surrounded by dense woods. After Song Tiecheng and the others got in one by one, if they accidentally looked closer, they would not be able to find the commando soldiers lurking in the woods.
Although Shinoda Yufeng ordered his men to be more vigilant, after all, their troops were limited. They mainly defended around the fort, and only deployed a few sentries on the periphery for observation.
At this moment, they were all staring at the coast with their eyes covered. Under the night, they could barely see the beach dozens of meters away. Everything was quiet and there was no movement, and they had no idea that the god of death was approaching from behind.
After Song Tiecheng and the others rustled up to the sentries outside the Little Japs, they looked at a few shaking shadows. Song Tiecheng, who was rushing in front, signaled everyone to stop. Then he patted the four team members around him, pointed at the Little Japs, and assigned them to each of them. After a goal.
The five people crawled quietly on the ground toward the little Japanese sentries. Thick plants on the ground obscured Song Tiecheng's figures, and the sentinels of the little devils wandered around but found nothing.
10 m!
5 meters!
3 meters!
Song Tiecheng took a deep breath and glanced left and right. Several team members were almost at the same pace as him, so he accelerated his crawling speed, quickly reached the target and jumped up.
At the same time as he burst out in an attack, several other team members also jumped up almost at the same time. Before the little devil had time to react, each one of them hugged the little devil's head and squeezed it hard!
These team members were all selected hand-to-hand combatants, and they were all taller than the little devil by a head. The little devil, who was completely unprepared, lay down with his head hanging down before he could even grunt.
"Change the replacement sentry right away!" Song Tiecheng shouted in a low voice into the dark woods. The five commandos who had already put on the little devil's uniform immediately got up and ran towards Song Tiecheng and the others, picking up the little devil's 38 big guns. Gai pretended.
These movements only lasted for tens of seconds, and the little devils on the other side of the fort were completed without even realizing it.
Song Tiecheng and the others dragged the dead Japs behind the bushes and moved towards the second pass without stopping.
Ono, who was holding a crooked machine gun, couldn't help but shudder. "Iida-kun, do you feel a little cold today?"
Ono tilted his head and said to his companions.
"Ono-kun, your body must be weak. I told you to go out less often to find flower girls. You don't let go of the opportunity. How can your body bear it?" Iida kid next to him laughed.
"Iida-kun, you..." Ono felt that he was wronged, because it had been three days since he last went.
He was too lazy to talk to Iida, who was not speculating. He turned his head and looked at the few swimming shadows in the distance, and began to miss the flower girl he met last time...
After reaching the vicinity of the second pass, Song Tiecheng observed carefully for a while. It was difficult to see clearly in the night. Even if it was about a hundred meters away, the shadow of the machine gun and the bunker could still be barely distinguished.
"Four machine guns, one bunker. Each bazooka is aimed at one machine gun. For the bunker, four bazookas will give me the muzzle of the saturation bomber!" Song Tiecheng deployed in a low voice.
Now the bazooka in his hand is richer. When faced with the enemy's firepower, of course you have to be conservative and prepare to knock it out in one fell swoop.
The little devil arranged a full artillery squadron on this fort to operate the cannon, as well as four infantry squads to protect it. There is a bunker and four crooked machine guns on Song Tiecheng's side, and the defensive firepower is enough.
If they were to face the Chinese army, they might not be able to win even a single battalion. After all, if they were made of hard steel, they would lack enough heavy weapons to knock out the firepower points of the little devils, and it would be especially difficult to quietly approach within a hundred meters.
But Song Tiecheng and the others were different. They had as many as 10 powerful weapons like bazookas, and they could carry out a saturation attack on the defense of the little devils in front of them in the first round.
As Song Tiecheng held the machine gun and gave an order, the eight bazooka rocket launchers sprayed out flames at the same time and hit the target almost simultaneously. Ono, who was distracted, barely had time to react, and was sent back to his hometown by the rocket!
Amidst the rattling sound of machine guns, Song Tiecheng rushed towards the Jaap's defense line first. On his left and right, four machine guns advanced almost in tandem, suppressing the Jaap with firepower. From a distance of 100 meters, they rushed over in less than ten seconds. Most of the remaining little Japs were still buzzing from the rocket explosions, and had no time to react to Song Tiecheng's fierce attack.
On the east side of the fort, Song Tiecheng's commando team broke through in one fell swoop!
