"Iki Island is a group of Japanese fortresses. This island is densely covered with reinforced concrete fortresses. There is no need for us to insist on knocking them down here. Without boats, they pose no threat to us at all. This time we will avoid them. , attack here directly!”
From the temporary headquarters of Tsushima Island, Gao Jianwu pointed to a place opposite Tsushima Island and said to the brigade commander, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie.
Where he pointed, there was a beach nearly 10 kilometers long and a port. It was indeed a good choice for landing on the beach.
"Because the beach here is flat and has no hills. It is a vacation place. There are no permanent reinforced concrete fortifications built for defense. There are only a few brigades of little devils relying on four 150mm coastal defense guns for defense."
The terrain of the entire Kyushu Island is relatively flat, with a coastline of more than a thousand kilometers. Even if the Japs have twice as many troops, it is impossible to tightly defend all the coastlines.
The key defensive forces are still placed on several key points, including Fugang, Changqi, Xiongben, Zuohuo, Luer and Gongqi.
Gao Jianwu chose the coastline near Gangyuan in the northeastern corner of Kyushu, between Fukang and Shimonoseki, about 130 kilometers away from Tsushima.
There is a natural beach resort there. No matter how crazy the little devils are, they still have not completely destroyed this rare scenic spot with a group of fortresses.
However, they do not have the resources to fortify all the thousands of kilometers of coastline.
The fortress defense without reinforced concrete construction was an easy choice for Gao Jianwu.
Within the range of naval guns, these are the places where Gao Jianwu can strike accurately.
According to the Fifth Squadron directly controlled by Gao Jianwu, the weakest destroyer Fletcher's gun has a range of 15 kilometers. In other words, within 12 kilometers offshore, almost all areas are controlled by Gao Jianwu.
Coupled with the support of the air force, there is nothing wrong with extending the control range to 30 kilometers.
"There is no big port here. Our heavy transport ships cannot dock, and tanks and heavy artillery cannot be transported there. If faced with a crazy counterattack by the Japs, the landing infantry will be under tremendous pressure." The brigade commander looked at Gao Jianwu Where I pointed, a major problem was discovered.
There is indeed only one fishing port for small ships, and ships over 3,000 tons cannot dock. Obviously, large ro-ro transport ships cannot dock here.
"It doesn't matter. Here, after we send up 5 to 8 infantrymen of the attack group, we will then rely on the support of our air and the naval gun of the fifth naval squadron. In the short term, we can still stand and control without heavy artillery and tanks. After settling in this area and getting the main force ashore, the first thing we have to seize is the natural harbor of Fugang, which is more than 40 kilometers away!
Put our heavy weapons and baggage ashore through Fukang and complete our first wave of strategies! "
Gao Jianwu's strategic steps and goals for attacking Kyushu Island are quite clear.
In his eyes, the Fifth Squadron is his strongest heavy artillery support force. The efficiency of the Fifth Squadron under his personal command in attacking fortress groups may be relatively low, but for attacking coastal defense cities that lack large permanent fortresses, It's not just for fun. With the guidance of accurate maps, he can knock out the Japs' heavy weapons defense points very precisely. Then the mountain artillery and 107 rocket launchers that follow the infantry ashore are enough.
Especially the small and exquisite but powerful 107 rocket launcher. This is the first large-scale application since its birth. Before it appeared on the battlefield, it was mostly a company-level trial. Many people still don’t know much about the power of this rocket launcher.
On Kyushu Island, Gao Jianwu will let it cast the psychological shadow of the little devil!
"Do you want to use our elite troops equipped with our own weapons to go ashore to fight first?" The brigade commander immediately saw through the real hidden intention behind Gao Jianwu's deployment.
"Brigadier, I can't hide this little trick from you," Gao Jianwu said with a smile, "But let me tell you, what better way to advertise than to win the first battle on Kyushu Island? This time we will not only use We can use our own elite weapons and troops to kill the Japs, and also build up the reputation of our self-made weapons at once. The military industry will also be a magic weapon for us to make money, especially our infantry-equipped weapons that are about to shine on the battlefield."
"The little devil gave us such a good opportunity. If we don't make good use of it, wouldn't we be sorry for the little devil's hard work?"
After listening to Gao Jianwu's words, the Grand Brigadier couldn't help but shake his head, killing people and killing people is nothing more than this.
Unlike other generals, the Grand Brigadier can be said to be one of the current high-level officials who understands and applies Gao Jianwu's new weapons the most.
Although due to various reasons, these weapons have not been widely used by troops above the assault group level in the military, in local battalions and companies, the brigade commander has fully experienced the power of these weapons.
Type 43 assault rifles, in the hands of assault battalions and assault companies, are really good at attacking cities and fortresses. They are much more practical than light machine guns. With these assault rifles, you can even cancel the attachment of light machine guns in assault battalions/companies and charge. Firepower is no problem.
The only drawback is the logistics cost.
A 30-round magazine may be gone in tens of seconds if you hold the trigger. A basic bullet may be used up in more than ten minutes when the battle is fierce!
It’s not much different than the bullets consumed by a machine gun. Therefore, the first tip that veterans give to recruits during training is to let them first distinguish between single-shot or continuous-fire modes.
If you are not charging against a large group of enemies, single-shot mode is generally used to save bullets.
"Isn't it a bit risky to use our own weapons on a large scale in the first battle on this island?" Li Yunlong asked worriedly. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the American Armed Forces has been tested for a long time, and it has taken a long time to adapt. , starting from the first expedition to the British territory of Burma, a large number of little Japanese were defeated in places such as Southeast Asia and Bay Island.
The rhythm of the battlefield can be perfectly controlled.
Li Yunlong pushed all the way from the peninsula, and the main force was mainly fine weapons, which he knew very well.
"Captain, don't worry, our weapons are only as strong as beautiful weapons!" Gao Jianwu said with a smile, joking, those are the three sets of artifacts that have been used in guerrilla warfare for decades in later generations. They were used on a large scale in advance on the little devils. It can be said that this little devil in time and space has to pay off their debts to their little devil in another time and space!
Gao Jianwu had no intention of taking advantage of them at all.
"We also need to consider that we can transport at most one attack group in one wave. It takes 4 hours to deliver, and it will take at least 8 hours to transport it to the second wave. The assault group that lands first will probably encounter a very strong force. The defensive pressure." The brigade commander calculated the speed and capacity of the transport ship.
"Brigadier Commander, we now have air and fifth squadron escorts. It's not a big problem," Gao Jianwu said. "Since we are staggered from the southern landing attack, the Allied forces and our air force will concentrate more than 500 various fighters for air cover and Support, we will never let the Japanese air force or kamikaze fighter jets interfere with our landing operations.
In fact, the most difficult thing for us to guard against is the suicide attack aircraft of the Japs.
The Little Devils mass-produced a batch of fighter planes that were simplified to only one huge explosive package, which was just like a human-shaped bomb. Although it was more expensive for pilots, these humanoid bombs of the Little Devils were formed by the labor force of some newcomers who were caught in the later period and were directly rushed to the shelves. of kamikaze. "
"In order to reduce the losses caused to us by the little Japanese kamikaze commandos, we must destroy all their airports and find them as early as possible and destroy them on the ground."
The kamikaze commando is the only factor that Gao Jianwu is worried about now. Apart from this, all the little devil's trump cards have been exposed.
Whether it is their weapons, ammunition or the quality of their soldiers, they are far inferior to what they were at their peak.
Especially in terms of weapons and ammunition, they cannot even equip each division with sufficient ammunition base. In addition to ensuring the basic combat needs of the front line on the Kyushu front line, some local divisions do not even have enough ammunition base.
Of course, only the top brass of the Little Devils know this information now.
Even Gao Jianwu didn't know that the little devil was now as destitute as a beggar.
But after the tactics were settled, the air force began a high-intensity battle. The Allied and Eighth Route Air Forces were now searching repeatedly along the entire island. Even if there is any doubt, the Air Force will not let it go, sometimes even lowering the altitude to several hundred meters to observe carefully.
As long as it is confirmed to be an airport, the ground must be washed with incendiary bombs along with the surrounding area, and the forest near the airport must be set on fire to ensure that the simple kamikaze fighter planes of the Japs near the airport are destroyed.
But in any case, it is impossible to completely destroy the Japanese kamikaze commandos.
Tosu is located on a flat mountain top next to the dense Kusenbu Mountain forest. If viewed from the air, it is a common forest.
But as soon as you get closer to the top of the mountain, you will be surprised to find that the trees several meters high on the top of the mountain are all movable bonsai trees!
Hidden in the middle of the woods are simple airplanes used in humanoid bombs. Apart from being able to fly, these airplanes have all other things that can be simplified.
Due to the lack of glass and even the canopy, each team member could only fly the plane in the strong wind. If the plane itself did not fly very fast, this alone would be enough to send the pilot back to his hometown!
In terms of the fuselage, due to the lack of aluminum, most of the aircraft is made of wood. Except for about 1 ton of explosives installed on the nose, it does not carry any weapons, and the fuel will only last more than 100 kilometers one way. There is no room to return after takeoff.
Everything is based on maximum savings. Through this extremely economical approach, the Little Devil produced tens of thousands of such suicide fighters.
However, no matter how simple this kind of fighter is, it is no better than ordinary weapons that can be mastered casually.
So the little devil is recruiting a large number of pilots for training.
Koto Yoshida from Chikugo is a newcomer who has just joined the aviation school for one and a half months.
However, due to the tension of the war, the instructors suspended their teaching, organized all twenty people in their class into a kamikaze pilot, and began training on how to hit targets.
Since the fall of Tsushima Island and the Allied Air Force stepped up its air raids on Kyushu Island, Yoshida Koto's kamikaze assault team began to hide.
Standby near the airport.
They are not usually allowed to light fires for cooking. The whole team relies on stored dry food and hides in the dense forest with silent radio, waiting for the final order to arrive.
"Yoshida-kun, I don't know where the enemy is coming now. How long will we have to stay in this damn place before we can set off? I can't wait to fly a fighter plane to bring glory to the empire."
Jiro, the companion who followed Yoshida, was not only Yoshida's comrade-in-arms, but also his neighbor where he grew up.
This time they were recruited, two young men who were less than 20 years old. Since they had attended middle school, they had no choice at all, so they entered the aviation school for flight training.
At first, they thought they would fly fighter planes to fight in the air with the Allied Forces.
But when they entered the aviation school and learned the necessary cultural courses and began to prepare for flight training, they discovered that this was not the case at all.
Before they were ready to board the plane, the instructors brought a kamikaze roster and asked them to fill it out on their own initiative.
After looking at the roster, they realized that all of them were just one-time pilots!
Their mission is not to fly fighter planes to fight fiercely with the Allied forces in the air.
They also don't have such fighter jets and weapons. What the empire can provide them is not the Zero fighter jet and the Hayate fighter jet, which focus on the advanced fighter jets that compete in the sky for the Allied forces in the sky.
It is an extremely crude suicide aircraft that cannot even be called a fighter jet.
Their only mission is to fly their own kamikaze fighter planes to ram and destroy Allied ships, and to kill the enemy together by carrying up to one ton of explosives on board!
In other words, they were performing an extreme exchange mission of one life for one ship. Apart from this, they have no other tasks.
At first, both Yoshida and Xiao Quan were resistant to such a task.
Because this is simply not the way they want to live and fight.
However, their objections were of no avail.
The instructors were fully aware of Yoshida and Koizumi's thoughts, and they were also able to control several of the young people's reactions.
After the instructor gave Yoshida and Koizumi some ideological education on being loyal to the country.
Directly integrate these two thorns into a team that identifies with the Kamikaze Commandos.
Let Yoshida and Koizumi live and train with the same kamikaze team every day.
In addition to completing the training, every commando in this kamikaze team will carry out tireless ideological education work with Yoshida and Koizumi.
This made Yoshida and Koizumi resigned to their fate a few days later, unable to oppose the overall trend.
They are destined to be a group of lonely ghosts with no future.
