The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

ps: I drank too much, I will make up tomorrow.

It cannot be said that Major General Vandergrift was too hard-pressed. If someone else faced Zhu's army's attack, the result would be the same.

A mere regiment of airborne troops dared to launch an active attack, so what about more people?

That night, the airborne operation continued, and there was a steady stream of transport planes arriving from Wake Island. After boarding the plane in Ryukyu, the airborne troops of a whole division arrived here after a long journey of ten hours. Come out and land safely on the landing field.

Taking the regiment as the unit, all of them are similar heavy-armored troops. The armored corps is the forerunner. Basically, when a battalion comes down, they will immediately move forward and enter the battle, constantly expanding the control area and providing more for the rear. In the safe area, the entire operation lasted for three full days. The efficiency could not be said to be very high, but the safety and effectiveness were incomparable.

The US troops stationed on Kauai soon suffered!

After the first paratrooper regiment was fully armed, led by armored infantry fighting vehicles and heavily armed soldiers on motorcycles, each holding a satellite map accurate to 0.1 meters, starting from the southeast, along the volcanic island The radiating valley of the Mercury-like attack.

Taking the company as the unit, each offensive group will have a maximum establishment of no more than 100 people, ranging from three to as many as seven or eight infantry vehicles, followed by more than a dozen armed off-road vehicles. Above the head, there is a 24-hour Assisted by attack aircraft, the fleet is on duty at any time to provide long-range fire support. Their attack is foolproof.

The U.S. military is more tragic. After the dispersal, at least one regiment of 3000 people will be deployed in front of each beachhead.There is not much armor, a lot of mortars in their hands, and machine guns are relatively heavy. Even if the Americans are strong and strong, it is difficult to run around the mountains and plains. They should have taken the initiative to encircle and suppress.Now it has become a passive defense!

Such a huge gap made the U.S. military very aggrieved. The scattered frontal defense line was quickly searched out by the airborne heavy troops, and then launched a fierce attack unceremoniously!

Zhu Bin put his heart and soul into building the ocean-going fleet and the affiliated Marine Corps!

In addition to giving them the best airborne transportation facilities, as the main force to ensure the survival of the entire army, they are mixed in the large army, accounting for about one-tenth of the total number of heavy soldiers.Everyone wears exoskeleton armor second only to super soldiers, with a self-supporting capacity of more than 100 kilograms, and a high-energy battery to support running more than 12.7 kilometers per day. The outer shell can resist 75mm heavy machine guns or [-]mm gun caliber fragments. High-power mountain bikes can open the way without fear in any environment.

In terms of armament, the individual soldiers of these guys are mainly general-purpose machine guns.With the addition of grenades, multi-tube individual rocket launchers and powerful assault grenades, each person can carry no less than 5000 rounds of ammunition.A mobile firepower fortress!

Such a group, or five or six people, or a dozen people, rushed to the forward line of the troops, completely ignoring the blocking of the US defense, relying on individual active infrared equipment.Searching for the enemy's trace hundreds of meters away, and then advancing while firing, letting the opponent's machine gun fire unharmed, he is simply an indestructible Iron Man!

Such a guy is simply a shocking threat to the generally religious American soldiers.They can't believe that there are really invulnerable freaks in the world, except for those local "superheroes". On the battlefield, seeing so many powerful monsters, who can not collapse!

In just one day, including one night, the armed forces of more than 1000 people from the leading airborne corps scattered and rushed into dozens of canyons, widening more than ten kilometers towards the center of Kauai Island, almost Approaching the central high ground, he stopped.

Arriving here, in fact, the defense line of a regiment deployed by the U.S. military has been completely broken through, especially the artillery positions, which were all found alive and killed. Thousands of soldiers had no choice but to discard their equipment during the hasty retreat. The total number of deaths and injuries exceeded four hundred. It can be said that the blocking and ambush in this area has failed!

The shape of Kauai is uniform, except for about a quarter of the coastal area in the northwest, the other coastlines have beachheads of different widths, which also makes their defense more complicated.

There are more than 1 defenders, the Marine Corps is less than two regiments, and there are also a large number of soldiers from the Army, especially a regiment that uses 155mm heavy artillery. It is deployed in the central mountain range, condescending, and can theoretically threaten the entire The island's landing beach.

To be honest, a regiment of artillery, with 36 105mm guns and 12 155mm guns, can defend an island with a diameter of [-] kilometers. The premise is that the opponent is playing cards according to conventional combat methods.

It's just that Zhu Bin's troops are not playing like that.

The next morning, the third airborne regiment landed safely.This time, their landing site was chosen in the due east direction. After the team of more than 1000 people came down, they immediately formed a shallow single-layer defense line against the central part. The two main battalions directly attacked northward and began to penetrate the real center of the theater-- - The original airport!

This is a picture, see?Major General Vandergrift thought he had seen the opponent's target clearly, so he made a decisive decision and ordered a regiment over there and a regiment of the army to concentrate their forces on a mid-section blockade. No matter how heavy the casualties were, they could not quickly get critical area.

The young and passionate young American soldiers still have a high-pitched desire to defend their homes and the country. Under the call of the officers, they started a fierce battle with them from the mountains in the north. It seemed that they were greatly hindered. The process of expanding the battlefield.

But actually?Not at all!

The inside story is not enough for outsiders. At least the remnants of the US Navy in the southern Pacific Ocean really don't know what is going on with their opponents. This fluctuating performance of strength makes it impossible to judge the truth.

General Nimitz led the members of the Pacific Naval Command. After an emergency evacuation just before Oahu was blocked, they flew to three aircraft carriers to meet and re-establish a temporary command.But he did not escape in despair, but sent two old aircraft carriers to return to the west coast first.Provide escort support along the way, disrupt the threat posed by the break-off tactics, leave one aircraft carrier, wait for the three ships to be withdrawn from Midway Island, and re-form a seriously unbalanced formation, just about a thousand kilometers south of Hawaii cruising the waters.

Major General Spruance ran back in disgrace.I thought it was over, but I didn't expect Mr. Commander to have a new plan. I was curious and comforted.To be honest, he was a little reconciled.

After rendezvous, I found that there were still four aircraft carriers on my side safe and sound. The fighter planes transferred from the mainland ensured that the warehouse was full. Four light and heavy cruisers and a dozen destroyers formed the outer guard.The remaining six submarines, from top to bottom, are comparable in strength.

He had a plan in mind, and suggested to Nimitz: "General! According to intelligence, the Chinese are concentrating on attacking Hawaii! Judging from our early defense, they will not succeed for at least a month. Midway Island also We can fight a fierce defensive battle, so can we do something within our power? For example. Raid Wake Island, or interrupt the supply line of the Chinaman?"

Speaking up.It's embarrassing, the four aircraft carriers don't dare to fight head-on with other people's fleets, and play such a ghostly idea.

Nimitz did not find it funny, but instead expressed his appreciation for his proposal, at least it was a positive attitude.Don't get discouraged when you encounter setbacks.However, he could not agree to his suggestion.

"Wake Island is not desirable for the time being. The Chinese must leave a strong defense. Although we are not familiar with it, we can conclude that they must have a secret follow-up force to follow up. Before the gap in air combat power cannot be resolved. Attack can only bring Unnecessary casualties. We have only two options, one is to recapture Guam, and the other is to reinforce the Korean battlefield!"

Nimitz's words surprised Spruance, and the previous ones are understandable. After all, Guam is a strategic transit point. To regain it, the opponent must be forced to face the long supply line of [-] kilometers without stopping.

Can it reinforce the Korean battlefield?What is rhythm!

Nimitz probably knew that the strategic vision of the people under him was not broad enough. He explained: "We cannot retreat to the west coast. That is not the mission of the navy. The only way out is to attack. Then Guam is a core. But the problem is, where is the distance from We have no way of judging whether it can be recaptured and held with minimal cost."

Spruance agreed. He had also considered this situation. It was more complicated and there were too many uncertain factors.

"The Korean battlefield is the only gap that breaks China's overall strategy. With the continuous investment of the Japanese army, it can always hold back and even drag down most of China's overall strength. We must ensure that the continuity of that front is gone. Hawaii, we can go through the Bering Strait and the North Pacific Ocean, in short, we cannot allow the Chinese to successfully rule the entire East Asia. That would be a big mistake that cannot be remedied!"

Nimitz's strategic vision is indeed awesome, not for nothing.He can jump out of the confines of the Navy and look at the big picture.

Spruance tends to be supportive.There is currently no other way available, and it seems that this is the best option.

But after it was actually reported to the mainland, they did not expect the decision from the headquarters to ask them to ignore Japan and North Korea for the time being, and find a way to solve the secret stronghold in the Eastern Pacific!

Nimitz and Spruance didn't ask why, and in fact it was useless to ask.They can understand this order, because the threat caused by the previous bombing attack on the west coast has seriously affected the rule of the United States. Roosevelt's status and credibility are being violently shaken. He must consider his own security and attack the east coast. The base is the choice to maximize the benefits.

Politicians are never a good group of people.

Nimitz didn't know it at this time, because of Hawaii's rapid failure, there were fierce quarrels in Congress, and even a lot of conflicts among countries.

The British secretly gloated about this, and Churchill hoped to see the United States fully involved in the war, suffer a little loss, and weaken some power, which would help to check and balance the rebellious eldest son of the British Empire, recognize its existence, and then return to its true colors honestly .

But he couldn’t say it on the surface, and he argued for reason, asking the United States to give proper priority to the security of the Atlantic Ocean and Europe, while the remaining Pacific Fleet should focus on the stability of Southeast Asia.On the one hand, it can take care of the entire Western world, including all the colonial rule of Britain, France, Holland and the United States, and greatly increase the threat in China's abdomen. It will cooperate with the coalition forces to launch an attack from South Asia, which may be a means of breaking the situation.

In private, the joint navy of Britain, France and the Netherlands was forced to retreat by the South China Sea Fleet, and it was no longer able to provide support for the land forces. It seemed to be threatening their rule of the entire colony. If the Yankees joined in, it would Great relief.

The U.S. Congress believes that the defense of the west coast should be strengthened to ensure the safety of the homeland.The remnants of the Pacific Fleet cannot sacrifice needlessly, and can cooperate with coastal defense forces to ensure that no more tragedies will occur.

Nimitz disagreed, and neither did the people in the Admiralty, it seemed that they were too useless.Secretly, the opinions of some people, such as Rockefeller and Morgan and other big consortiums, played a role at critical moments, and the superficial reason was high-sounding --- get rid of the secret base of the Chinese, and completely solve the threat of the West Coast and the Panama Canal!

So the policy was decided like this, and Nimitz had nothing else to say about it. The defeated general had no choice.Everyone must face up to the pressure of the consortium.

The incomplete formation headed by four aircraft carriers began to sail south to search the Eastern Pacific.This time may last ten days and a half months. As for the Hawaii battlefield, we have to count on the defenders to bear it to the death.It will take at least two or three months for new naval ships to enter service. They are here to resist this difficult task!

As a result, the navy and army on the Hawaiian Islands are more sad, especially on the island of Oahu, where a bunch of people stick to it for fear of being killed by sudden means.

The actual situation is completely different from what they imagined!

In the afternoon of the next day, a total of twelve super airships suddenly appeared over the Hawaiian Islands. Each of them looked like a huge super aircraft carrier flying, moving slowly in the low altitude, forming a shadow, which made people shudder!

These big guys did not land directly, but slowly stopped at a low altitude about [-] kilometers away from Oahu Island. As tens of thousands of defenders watched nervously, their heads opened wide doors strangely , Armed helicopters rushed out one after another, forming a huge formation with a total of more than a hundred, and swarmed towards the volcano in the center of Oahu! (to be continued..)