"Baga, the shore defense is under attack. Why don't you send reinforcements to fight back? What, the enemy has dispatched two fleets, and tens of thousands of people have landed in Jiayi and northern Tainan? How is it possible, the enemy fell directly from the sky? ?
Have you confirmed that the other party is the Southeast Task Force? Are there still a large number of tanks appearing on the Jiayi coastline? " Lieutenant General Hase, the governor of Wanwan Island, felt his veins popping when he heard this.
The promised enemy was just setting off smoke bombs to cover the actions of the Allied forces on Laite Island and Luzon Island. Why, there was no movement there yet, but instead he was punched hard next to him.
"Hold on, hold on for me in Jiayi. Commander Kumamoto Division has sent reinforcements. They will arrive from time to time, and more reinforcements are being mobilized." Lieutenant General Hasegu didn't even consider the fate of Jiayi's defenders. Difficulty, give the order directly.
"Sugimoto-kun, we must ask you and your troops to buy time and hold back the landing enemy troops for more than 10 hours! The empire now needs you to hold the enemy troops in Jiayi. We must concentrate our efforts to eliminate the enemy troops in Jiayi Jiayi.”
"Hey, I will swear to serve Tian Huang to the death!" Jiayi defender Sugimoto Zhongzuo yelled through gritted teeth.
Although he had known for a long time that he had no chance of survival, the information he had just received from the front-line reconnaissance was disappointing, and there was no way he could withstand it.
On the one hand, the enemy not only has a fleet arriving at Butai Port, but also a large number of tanks and heavy artillery, as well as countless soldiers who have landed. According to preliminary reconnaissance results, their number is at least tens of thousands.
On the other hand, the defensive position of Butei Port fell too quickly. After the Allied fleet launched the first round of attacks and began to report, Sugimoto Zhongzuo never received a battle report from the defenders of Butei Port just over thirty minutes later. .
This means that in more than half an hour, the coastal defense position that was originally thought to be very stable was completely lost. It was the defensive position of three entire brigades. According to normal logic, not to mention how many days it would last, but how many hours it would take. No problem at all.
After all, they have a complete defensive position and are supported by an artillery brigade in the rear.
Although Sugimoto Nakazuo was not very clear about the situation at the scene, the enemy's powerful and precise attack ability really made Sugimoto Nakazuo shudder.
Relatively speaking, the defensive positions in Jiayi County are not as complete as those in Butai Port. But they will face more firepower siege. In addition to naval guns, the enemy now has more tanks and a large number of artillery to attack. You can tell with your toes that the future of Jiayi is no different from that of Butai Port.
The question is only the length of time.
But Sugimoto Zhongzuo must not run away, allowing the Allies to comfortably capture an advance base. After putting down the phone, Sugimoto Zhongzuo thought for a while, with a hint of sternness on his face.
"Order, only one brigade is left in the forward position to defend, and the remaining troops will all retreat into the city and rely on private houses and streets to defend!"
Sugimoto Zhongzuo gritted his teeth and picked up the phone again, issuing orders to his subordinates.
This time, he wants to live and die with Jiayi and drag the enemy into the city street fighting.
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On the other side, the bustling Butai Port terminal was extremely busy, and goods began to be unloaded on a large scale.
The first batch of arriving tanks totaled 100 vehicles, enough to form 5 tank companies. Although it was much lower than the 300 vehicles required by Gao Jianwu, it was enough to face the current Japs.
In terms of artillery, of course it is not as exaggerated as Gao Jianwu said. There are thousands of guns with a caliber of 75 mm or more, but it is not a lot.
48 155mm howitzers were transported to re-arm Gao Jianwu's two heavy artillery regiments;
108 105mm howitzers were shipped, forming exactly six 105mm howitzer suppressive fire artillery battalions;
There are 216 75mm howitzers, and the reconstruction of 12 support artillery battalions has been completed.
There are 72 20mm anti-aircraft cannons and 6 anti-aircraft artillery battalions have been established.
In this way, the artillery attack group of the Southeast Task Force is basically the same as before. Even half of these artillery battalions are the original ones, and the other half are newly trained artillery.
Gao Jianwu's previous request for 1,000 75mm or above cannons was actually just a talk. If he were given so many cannons, he might not be able to get all the artillery.
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100 155mm howitzers would require 4 heavy artillery regiments, and the remaining 900 artillery pieces would also need to be organized into 50 artillery battalions. Where would Gao Jianwu find so many artillery pieces unless he brought over most of the artillery battalions from the Eighth Route Army?
Obviously this is impossible, but Gao Jianwu is asking for a lot of money. This configuration is the number of artillery Gao Jianwu currently needs. Of course, if there are two more 155mm heavy artillery regiments, Gao Jianwu can afford it, and the attack speed will be faster.
There will be some follow-up artillery supplies, but they will be supplies to make up for battle losses, and the quantity will not be as large as it is now.
After all six attack groups have landed, each attack group will be assigned two 75mm artillery battalions as direct support artillery for the attack group, which will be used for forward battalion-level main attack artillery support firepower, and one anti-aircraft artillery battalion as anti-aircraft firepower and small enemy firepower. Thin-skinned bean curd tank counterattack weapon.
The 105mm howitzer battalions and heavy artillery regiments will be organized as attack forces. For example, now, Gao Jianwu plans to take 2 heavy artillery regiments and 3 105mm howitzer battalions to follow the third attack group and the second attack group south to attack Tainan. and Kaohsiung.
The first attack group took three 105mm howitzer battalions to capture Jiayi and establish a defense line, waiting for the subsequent three attack groups to land on a large scale at Budai Port.
But in terms of mortars, the Allies really spent money this time. Each main battalion is equipped with 12 m1 81mm mortars (mortar company) and 27 m2 60mm mortars. artillery (assigned to the squad), and 9 bazooka rocket launchers (assigned to the platoon).
It can be said that the allocation of small artillery has reached its limit. In order to support the consumption of so many artillery shells, the Allies consumed two large transport ships just for ammunition transportation.
At the same time, it is also because this operation can be supplied through sea transportation, which greatly reduces the pressure on logistical transportation.
Now, He Ming's military camp near the port of Xiamen Island is the center for the Allied forces to transfer weapons and ammunition. The entire Xiamen Island has been taken over by the Allies, and the 157th Division on the Preserved Fruit side is not allowed to enter, just to prevent the leakage and destruction of information.
"Quick, quick, quick, over there in the second attack group, the little devils are starting to attack crazily!" Zeng Sen, the commander of the third attack group, kept urging his troops to collect weapons and ammunition and set off immediately.
Gao Jianwu, who set off before them, had already sailed south with a destroyer from the Demoor fleet when they first arrived at Budai Port, preparing to join the Hutt fleet and start an offensive against Tainan and Kaohsiung.
The Demoor fleet, which had completed its mission, continued to stay near Budai Port to conduct long-range bombardments on Jiayi's little devils and cover the personnel transportation of the fishing boat brigade.
The transport fleet returned to Xiamen after unloading and continued to transport new supplies.
Everything is running at high speed and in an orderly manner.
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"Headquarters, the position of the 1st Battalion was under artillery fire from the Japs. It is visually recognized as the Japs Mountain Artillery Battalion. Please call for air support to destroy the Japs artillery position!"
"Headquarters, the position of the 2nd Battalion was bombarded by the Japs. The Japs dispatched 4 92 infantry guns and 4 mountain guns, requesting air support!"
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Lu Fan, who commanded the second attack group of the Southeast Task Force, received one after another requests for help from the first blocking line, and his head was going big. Their second attack group was responsible for blocking the counterattack route of the little devils in the south to seize Budai Port. At this moment, they were facing Three lines of defense were set up within 5 kilometers to the south.
As Gao Jianwu's subordinate Lu Fan, who is best at defense, the strongest firepower in his hands at the moment is the M2 81mm mortar, and the number is relatively small. Due to the limited transportation weight, the number of mortars brought by the fishing boats is only 40, and the shells are As a base number, each main battalion is currently assigned only 4 doors.
It was completely different from their previous battles, so faced with the crazy bombardment of the Japs, the 1st and 2nd Battalions in the first blocking line were a little unable to withstand.
After all, they simply don’t have the capital for artillery bombardment. The mortar platoon has to disperse and move to fight. Facing the Japanese artillery, it retreats after firing one shot. The accuracy is naturally not very high. The main starting point is harassment, which reduces the pressure on the forward positions from being shelled. .
But the actual effect is not great.
When Hotai Port was under attack, the Kumamoto Division of the Tainan Japs defenders received a report from the Japs in the port defense position where Sugimoto had turned left. Soon Lieutenant General Kumamoto judged that this was a large-scale landing battle.
So he did not hesitate to send 2 regiments and an artillery brigade as the first wave of reinforcements, but their movements were still not as fast as Gao Jianwu's attack.
As soon as the main force of the Kumamoto Division arrived at the first line of defense of Lu Fan's second attack group, this group of little devils received news that Hotai Port had been captured.
But this made Lieutenant General Kumamoto even more crazy. He issued continuous orders for the two regiments to attack at all costs and must recapture Hotei Port.
As a senior commander, Lieutenant General Kumamoto did not need Lieutenant General Hase to remind him that the enemy's capture of Hotei Port was to transport heavy weapons and ammunition.
Although it is not yet clear how the enemies were transported across the strait, Lieutenant General Kumamoto is very sure that these enemies now do not have too many heavy weapons.
Because heavy weapons must be transported by transport ships, weapons such as tanks must be carried by specialized transport ships.
Therefore, they must attack before the enemy's heavy weapons arrive. This is their only chance.
It's a pity that he only has so much strength at his hands. He has already sent out two of the three regiments of a garrison division, and also sent out the artillery brigade. The only ones left in Tainan are an infantry regiment and some auxiliary units. Joined forces.
This is the minimum number of troops needed to defend Tainan. After all, Tainan is a big city in the south and has many points to defend. A regiment is separated, and there is not even a brigade in one area. This is almost the time when Tainan is at its most empty. .
If Gao Jianwu and the others still have an attack group that directly bypasses the main force of Kumamoto's division and attacks Tainan, Lieutenant General Kumamoto's only option is to ask the Navy's Malu gang.
Kaohsiung is not far from Tainan. If the Japanese army and navy were as close as one family, these would not be a problem. However, the discord between the navy and the army is no longer a problem.
Lieutenant General Kumamoto remembered Lieutenant General Takagi Takeo's domineering appearance, and he knew what he knew. After dispatching the troops, he naturally called Lieutenant General Hase. He could not mobilize the team of Lieutenant General Takeo Takagi in Kaohsiung to reinforce and To recapture Budai Port, let's kick the ball to His Excellency Lieutenant General Hase as the governor of Bay Island.
After all, Lieutenant General Hase came from the Navy. Compared with the current Lieutenant General Takagi, although the two have the same military rank, Lieutenant General Hase has more senior qualifications. He is now responsible for the entire Bay Island, and there is no problem in commanding Lieutenant General Takagi.
Lieutenant General Kumamoto's idea was indeed right. Before long, he received a call from Lieutenant General Takagi Takeo. Lieutenant General Takagi very politely negotiated with him the issue of coordination between the Navy and the Army.
A 20,000-person special marine force is about to go north to support, and at the same time, the naval fleet and naval aviation stationed in Kaohsiung will also launch a full-scale attack!
Not only that, Tai Zhong's little devils will immediately dispatch a mixed brigade, and an Army Aviation flying team has taken off to bomb the Allied forces in Budai Port.
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Come, now the little devil's counterattack is finally here. Gao Jianwu received a tip from the intelligence system and was well aware of the Japs' counterattack. Two brigades and one division-level Japs were preparing to gather in Jiayi to counterattack the Southeast Task Force that had just landed.
Coupled with two flying squadrons and a fleet, the little devil can be regarded as using his full strength. If Gao Jianwu had no intelligence, the Allies might have suffered some losses this time if they were caught off guard. After all, these troops of the Little Devils are not vegetarians. They basically concentrated all their main forces in the central and southern parts of Wanwan Island.
"General Demore, please tell General Hutt immediately that the Japanese fleet in Kaohsiung has been dispatched. This time, the two cruisers and four destroyers of the Japanese Kaohsiung fleet are fully deployed. Please be careful and treat them with caution." General Gao Jian After digesting and absorbing the information, he turned to General Demol and said.
"What, the little devil's fleet has dispatched?" Although General Demore didn't know where Gao Jianwu got the information, he believed Gao Jianwu's words.
"Two cruisers and four destroyers, this is the full strength of a squadron. General Hutt's squadron only has one battleship and four destroyers. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it. Let's go to reinforcements immediately. "
"No. Please tell General Hutt and ask him to move closer to us and draw the Japs' fleet over. This time we will use the air force to deal with them." Gao Jianwu said.
He mentally calculated the distance if he could lead the little Japanese fleet to near Jiayi. There are at least three hours left.
The little devil's air force will arrive early before then. If everything goes well, Lu Xingguo's air force attack group and Major General Smith's flying team, which are still hiding in the clouds, will teach the little devil's air force how to behave in the next life.
"According to our intelligence, the kid's air force has already set off. It won't be long before it's our air force's turn to show off its capabilities." Gao Jianwu inadvertently released another shocking news, which made General Demore the kid again. A little shocked.
However, he didn't care very much. After all, Gao Jianwu was passing too much intelligence information in and out. The situation on the entire battlefield was continuously transmitted to the temporary headquarters on the Phoenix through radios and walkie-talkies.
The entire headquarters of the Southeast Task Force, numbering 40 to 50 people, are here. They are guarding more than a dozen walkie-talkies and several high-power radio stations, and they are constantly collecting and summarizing intelligence from various assault groups on the front line, as well as Xiamen and the rear area. , and then handed it over to Gao Jianwu for decision-making.
"Call Major General Smith immediately. More than 40 fighter planes from the Little Japanese Zero Fighter Squadron will arrive in his airspace in ten minutes; call the Lu Xingguo Air Force Attack Group, and more than 60 fighter planes from the Little Japanese Nakajima Type 1 Flying Group from Taipei. , will arrive in his airspace in about 20 minutes!" After Gao Jianwu finished speaking to Demol, he turned to his communications staff and said.
This battle has only really started to get into its groove now. Butai Minato can't even be called a warm-up for fighting like this.
"Order the tank attack group to set off immediately, rush to support the first line of defense of the second attack group, cover the first line of defense troops to retreat alternately, and do not fight head-on with the little devils.
The third attack group speeds up its reloading. With the main battalion as a unit, it completes an emergency march and sets off to meet the second attack group. It must take over the third line of defense of the second attack group and replace the third attack group back to Budai Port. Pack.
The 3rd, 4th and 5th Battalions of the 105mm Artillery immediately followed the leading troops of the 3rd Attack Group to the third line of defense to set up artillery positions, followed closely by the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment. "
Gao Jianwu dictated his orders while writing, and after having the communications staff review them correctly, he issued this series of new orders.
The imp's sudden big move forced Gao Jianwu to change some of his plans. Although Gao Jianwu was a little surprised that the little devils came out in droves, it was not a big problem.
Heavy weapons and main forces have now landed. The little devil's reaction was half a beat too slow, and he wasn't decisive enough. The fighters at Taibei and Hualien Xiaojiazi Air Force Bases are still reluctant to be released to fight to the death with Gao Jianwu and the others.
Maybe the little devils still don't know that Gao Jianwu and the others have concentrated nearly two hundred Mustang fighter jets in the airspace from Jiayi to Tainan, thinking that they can regain control of the situation by dispatching more than a hundred fighter jets.
After Gao Jianwu finished commanding, he closed his eyes and immersed his mind in the huge three-dimensional high-precision map in his mind. He imagined that after the Japanese air force, fleet and ground forces were dispatched, he would mark the progress position on the map in his mind again based on their marching speed, and calculate and confirm himself. After there were no major flaws in his plan, he opened his eyes again.
"General Demore, we will leave the air to General Smith and the others. Now we move south to the waters of Dongji Island and form an angle with the Hutt fleet moving north. We will ambush the little Japanese fleet there and wait for the victory of the air force. Afterwards, we returned to Xiamen Airport to replenish fuel and ammunition and return to the combat zone."
Although Gao Jianwu decided to let the Air Force deal with the Little Japanese fleet, he would never focus his hopes on one direction. If the Air Force did not complete the battle in time, the Little Japanese fleet would break into the second attack group and the third attack group. Near the blocking position, it's so fucking out of control.
Therefore, Gao Jianwu must be prepared with both hands to isolate the Japanese fleet from the land battlefield.
As Gao Jianwu spoke, he briefly sketched the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the map. General Demol understood Gao Jianwu's intention at a glance.
"No problem, Gao. Without the air force, we can still kill the Japs." General Demol said with confidence.
If it were just General Hutt's battleship and four destroyers versus the Little Devil's two cruisers and four destroyers, the battle might still be a 50-50 split.
After all, according to intelligence, the flagship Kaohsiung heavy cruiser of the Little Japanese Fleet stationed in Kaohsiung has 10 twin 203mm naval guns, and the other Miaoliang heavy cruiser has five twin 203mm naval guns as its main gun.
In contrast, General Hutt's battleship is a North Carolina-class battleship, with three triple-mounted 45-caliber 406 mm main guns, and 10 twin-mounted 38-caliber 127 mm high-flat dual-purpose guns. It is much weaker than the two heavy cruisers of the Little Devil Fleet.
One-on-one, General Hutt's battleships can naturally beat the Japs' heavy cruisers to death, but once the battle starts, there won't be that much of an ideal environment. If the Japs' two heavy cruisers form a group fight as soon as they come up, even If all four destroyers surround General Hutt's flagship and suppress his maneuvering range, General Hutt will be in big trouble!
Gao Jianwu's suggestion to go south to attack the Japanese fleet was exactly what General Demoore wanted.
After all, with his Phoenix, even though the main gun is a five-seat triple-mounted 152mm naval gun, which is much weaker than the 203mm naval guns of the two heavy cruisers of the Little Devils, it can still entangle a heavy cruiser of the Little Devils, so There is a chance for General Hutt to kill another heavy cruiser first, and then the two ships work together to kill him.
After the other two fleets merged, the number of destroyers greatly exceeded that of the Little Devil destroyers. The destroyers were directly used to beat the Little Devil destroyers. Finally, the close Little Devil heavy cruiser was used to attack with torpedoes. Although the casualties may be a bit heavy, this battle They will eventually win the naval battle.
Therefore, a joint attack south is more in line with General Demore's wishes.
For General Demore, he still hopes to resolve this battle in a way that he can understand. If the air force can help, it will of course be the icing on the cake, but from a battle plan perspective, they must be able to win this battle even without the air force.
Due to the lack of reference objects on the sea, the map in Gao Jianwu's mind was not that useful for battles between warships. After all, that map is a dead thing, and these battleships are not listed on the map.
Even in the three-dimensional display, they are all the same on the sea and cannot be distinguished at all, unlike on the ground where there are different terrain and landmark references that can be quickly located on the map.
So for the upcoming naval battle, Gao Jianwu could only sit in the command room and watch General Demoore operate.
