New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

The artillery fire of the Japanese army came very quickly, and the second wave of Ma Run who had just landed on the mud flat was immediately beaten.The beach was full of the explosion of guns and the shouts of soldiers.Soldiers shrunk their bodies behind those broken-down lvt2s. lvt2 has a huge disadvantage - it's too big.But now, this disadvantage has become an advantage. The tall body of lvt2 can block more pieces.Hiding behind it can avoid many deadly enemies.However, hiding behind these guys for a short time is not a big problem, but after a long time, it is hard to guarantee that a shot will not fall directly on the lvt.And lvt2 is so fragile, the armor is as thin as a layer of paper.As long as a 150mm cannon falls into it, the entire lvt2 will be blown to pieces, and those maruns hiding behind the lvt2 will naturally have no good results.

Fortunately, the U.S. military's school firing planes were still hovering over the island, and the Japanese bombardment immediately attracted their attention.

"Tommy, look, there are Japanese artillery emplacements below!" said the driver Sura.

"I saw it, damn it! How are the gun emplacements of these Japs so spread out!" Tommy, sitting in the back seat, replied, "It's too much trouble to report their positions. The vulture calls the Eagle's Nest, the position... Enemy emplacement found."

However, the artillery on the Japanese artillery positions is not so easy to deal with. Most of these artillery positions are on the steep rock walls of Suribachi Mountain.The Japanese almost hollowed out the mountain, and dug a lot of tunnels towards the sea. Some of the large tunnels have some not too big openings on the cliff. The Japanese cannons Gun barrels protruded from these places and fired at the beach.

The U.S. battleships immediately turned their guns and began to aim at these targets, but it took some time, and during this time, Japanese guns were also falling on the beach like raindrops.Several F4F fighter jets that took off from the escorting aircraft carrier were hovering near Mount Suribachi. After discovering the Japanese artillery, they immediately flew towards these artillery positions. They first fired rockets at the Japanese artillery, but the rocket The accuracy of guns has always been a problem. It is good for attacking exposed protective targets, but it is very problematic for attacking these emplacements hidden in the cliffs.In addition, in order to prevent the plane from colliding directly with the cliff, the pilots cannot adopt the method of approaching to about 800 meters to launch rockets to improve the hit rate like when attacking tanks. They can only launch the rockets [-] meters away.And the rockets fired in this way can't hit the target accurately.So although they tried their best to shoot out the rockets, these attacks didn't have much effect, not even the effect of interfering with the Japanese army's shooting. The Japanese continued to fire continuously towards the beach.

At this time, the battleship's artillery had already pointed at the target, and the f4fs hurriedly left the shooting area, and then the US battleship's cannon fired towards the cliff.

The bombardment of battleships is not comparable to the rockets mounted on f4f.High-explosive bombs weighing several hundred kilograms continuously fell on the cliff, and every explosion caused the cliff to shake.However, these guns also did not have enough accuracy to directly hit the tunnel entrances. Therefore, although the shelling was earth-shattering, the Japanese's sense of counterattack did not stop because of this.Those Japanese cannons were still firing on the beachhead.Almost every second, guns fell on the beach, and Marines were injured or even killed by the shelling.

"Order cruisers and destroyers to approach and shoot!" Rear Admiral William Brandy ordered. [

"General, this is very dangerous." A staff officer said to Rear Admiral William Brandy, "It's too close, it's easy to hit the rocks, and once the enemy counterattacks, the destroyers and cruisers will..."

"Execute orders!" said William Brandy.

The staff officer turned and left.William Brandy turned his head and said to Ron who was watching the battle on his flagship: "Sometimes, you have to take a little risk for your own comrades, don't you think?"

"General, you are right." Ron said, "but it still takes courage to make such a decision."

At this time, U.S. destroyers and cruisers approached the coast. They even risked hitting the rocks and running aground to a distance of less than 400 meters from the coast, and then opened fire on the Japanese artillery positions on the cliff.

Compared with battleships, cruisers and destroyers have a higher rate of fire, so their artillery fire is more threatening to the Japanese artillery positions than battleships. In just 2 minutes, two Japanese artillery fire fell silent.Then the Japanese artillery fire quickly fell silent.

"No, we obviously haven't completely destroyed all the enemy's emplacements!" General William Brandy made such a judgment.

"Not bad." Ron immediately agreed, "I have inspected some tunnels of the German army in Normandy. The Germans often set up a cannon at the entrance of the tunnel. These cannons can move quickly on the track, and once attacked Back into the tunnel. It is very difficult to deal with. I think the Japanese army arranged these artillery positions on the cliff of Suribachi Mountain, and they will probably have a similar design. I guess the Japanese probably dragged the cannons back to the depth of the tunnel. gone somewhere."

"Well, I think so too," said William Brandy.Then he turned around and gave an order: "Let the cruisers and destroyers retreat to a safe area, and the battleships continue to shoot at the cliff... order the battleships to use semi-armor-piercing fire."

Half-piercing was originally intended for use against enemy battleships.But now, the chances of encountering an enemy warship were almost negligible.Now the purpose of the US battleships continuing to fire at the cliff is not to directly destroy the enemy's artillery, but to destroy the openings of the tunnels.Half-piercing armor is more likely to cause rocks on the cliff to peel off and collapse, and of course it is more suitable for performing such tasks.

The shelling of the cliff continued for several hours.Of course, when the Japanese army had stopped bombarding the beachhead, the intensity of the bombardment of the US battleships dropped a lot.The rhythm of the bombardment has also changed. The battleship fires one shot, then the calibrating plane observes the landing situation, sends back adjustment data, and then the battleship fires another shot.

While the battleship was slowly clearing the exposed tunnel openings on the Suribachi cliff and firing at possible tunnel openings, the U.S. Marine Corps took the opportunity to attack forward.The troops of the [-]th Division of the Marine Corps made the most smooth progress. Their landing sites were bombarded less densely, and the Japanese bombarded them later than other areas, so they captured Chance struck.But on their attack line, it is the weakest position of the Japanese - a relatively flat and narrow section between Motoyama and Suribachi Mountain at both ends of the island.In the original history, the Japanese did not have time to repair the fortifications here, but in this time and space, because the U.S. military started earlier, the fortifications here are weaker, and there are almost only a few trenches and civil structure bunkers.Even these bunkers weren't fully built, which prevented their firepower from forming effective mutual support, and the Marines took care of these things quickly with bazookas and flamethrowers.Then the Fifth Division pursued the victory and cut Iwo Jima in two in one fell swoop.

Compared with the smooth Fifth Division, the Fourth Division was more unlucky. They bumped into the complete fortifications of the Japanese army, and their heads were broken.Fortunately, before landing again, the navy also learned from the army some methods of integrated ground-air combat, such as various methods such as ground forces guiding air forces to attack.Now the Marine Corps is generally equipped with various equipment for air communication-radio stations, marking smoke and marking fireworks.Moreover, compared with the army, they also have dive bombers that are more suitable for attacking targets such as bunkers.After being attacked by the Japanese machine guns and mortar fire, the U.S. Marine Corps, which reacted, immediately made contact with the dive bombers who had already bombarded the naval aviation hovering in the air.

There are 12 escort aircraft carriers in the fire support fleet. These aircraft carriers are small in tonnage and low in cost, and are even called "jeep aircraft carriers".Compared with the fleet carriers in the hands of General Spruance who are fishing for Japanese suicide planes, these carriers have fewer aircraft, slower speeds, and thin armor, which is not a class of things at all.Even the things that are equipped on them are old goods that have been eliminated by the fleet aircraft carrier.For example, fighter jets, fleet aircraft carriers have been using f4u series things for a long time, and the old f4f is still used on escort aircraft carriers; because f4u can also be used as dive bombers on fleet aircraft carriers, plus the service of sb2 hell divers, the old-fashioned sb The fearful dive bombers were all transferred to these escort aircraft carriers.Now, a group of sbs are hovering over the Marine Corps with a 1000-pound bomb.

Sergeant Bill was lying on a shallow mound, and not far in front of him was a group of Japanese bunkers.Machine guns slammed into his surroundings, making him unable to lift his head. [

"Damn! Who fired a pointer!" Bill yelled.Seconds later, he heard a whoosh as a grenade flew past, followed by a puff of pink smoke rising from the target area.

"At 10 o'clock, there is a target indication! Ready to attack!" Simon, the dive bomber pilot, saw the pink smoke at a glance.So he took his wingman from a height of 1500 meters and swooped towards the Japanese bunkers at a nearly vertical angle.