Anti-Japanese blood sacrifice mountains and rivers

Being well-trained and well-equipped does not mean that you have combat effectiveness. Song Xilian has now completely obeyed the so-called combat guidelines of the US Army. He is very suspicious that this guideline was formulated by someone with ulterior motives. May it be possible for commanders at all levels to do everything possible to reduce casualties while achieving combat missions?Rather wait for the bombardment to waste the great opportunity to wipe out the enemy, and let the war come to a stalemate?

After Lieutenant General Holland Smith, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. ground forces, took over the command of the No. 20 Seventh Infantry Division, it can be said that the No. 20 Seventh Division has improved somewhat, but it is far behind the amphibious land forces of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. It made Lieutenant General Holland Smith, the commander-in-chief of the US ground forces, feel very ashamed, but generally speaking, under the same strength, the amphibious land forces of the Chinese Expeditionary Army wiped out about 70.00% of the Japanese troops, while the US military was only responsible for The mission of 20.00% five is unprecedented for the U.S. military who are used to undertaking major combat missions.

As the commander-in-chief of the US ground forces, Lieutenant General Holland Smith doesn't understand why Nimitz did this?I don't even understand how President Roosevelt approved this combat mission, and let the heroic and combative U.S. Marine Corps take on so few combat missions. Self-esteem was at work, and Holland Smith sent a report to Nimitz directly, raising all his previous doubts.

Undoubtedly, the U.S. military has fewer combat missions, but the casualties of the troops have been high for a long time. The combat literacy and fighting will of the U.S. military officers and soldiers, including those of the Marine Corps, are indeed not as high as those of the Chinese army. This fact is admitted by Holland Smith himself, but Such cooperative operations will seriously hurt the self-esteem of US military officers and soldiers.

Regarding Holland Smith's telegram, Nimitz replied that everything was the president's decision. Nimitz told Holland Smith that he must first correct his own attitude. Try, Saipan is the real beginning. This is the first time that the U.S. Marine Corps and the Army have cooperated with the island landing operation. After Operation Tomahawk, all five divisions of the Marine Corps will be transferred back to the mainland to rest and prepare for the future. Europe is ready to open up a second battlefield, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force will replace the U.S. ground forces to carry out island hopping operations until they approach the Japanese mainland.Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice Mountains and Rivers 934

The communication between Nimitz and Holland Smith using the confidential communication channel was inadvertently intercepted by the radio station of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. This kind of extremely small probability happened. This secret communication record was immediately sealed by Song Xilian and sent back to China immediately Leave it to Gao Fei, because the unilateral combat plan formulated by the US government has obviously not yet passed the Chinese government. If it is mastered first, it will occupy a dominant position and advantage in future cooperative operations.

The arrival of dawn marks the end of the Japanese army's rapid counterattack. The two days of fierce fighting have caused huge losses to the Japanese army, and the steady and steady Chinese Expeditionary Army amphibious land force gave the main force of the No.40 Third Division of the Japanese Army under the command of Saito Yoshiji. The annihilating blow, especially the napalm incendiary bombardment of the poorly fortified Japanese positions, can be said to be very effective. Chuichi Nagumo ordered the Fifth Naval Garrison under the command of Major General Takano and the First Special Marine Corps of Yokosuka under the command of Lieutenant General Fujita to reinforce them. The operation of the No.40 Third Division also failed under the blockade of artillery fire.

In just 72 hours, the Japanese troops under the command of Yoshiji Saito and Chuichi Nagumo on Saipan followed Hideyoshi Obata’s request to counterattack frequently and wiped out the main force of the enemy on the beach. The chariot troops were all wiped out, and the artillery positions were bombarded with napalm bombs by the U.S. Army and suffered huge losses. Yoshiji Saito couldn't understand why the U.S. military carried so many napalm incendiary bombs in the island offensive and defensive battle?The conventional bombs dropped by the U.S. military this time almost formed an astonishing half-to-half ratio with napalm incendiary bombs?

In history, it took the Americans 120 days to defeat the main force of the Japanese army on Saipan and drive them into the dense forest near Tapocho Peak. Saipan covers an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers, except for the beaches and areas controlled by naval artillery fire. Outside the area, the area that the Japanese army can really use is only [-] to [-] square kilometers. For a person, [-] to [-] square kilometers may be very wide, but for an army of tens of thousands of people who are killing the sky, it seems that the fighting area is too large. It was too narrow, and Song Xilian took advantage of this to ask the US military to use cloud bombs to attack near the highest peak on the island, Tapoqiao Peak, and to use a large number of napalm incendiary bombs to attack the high ground and positions firmly held by the Japanese army.

A [-]mm howitzer regiment that cooperated with the landing operation even fired at the Japanese troops hiding in the jungle with white phosphorous shells. If you don't hide in the fortifications, you can't escape.

The U.S. troops who landed on Tinian Island and Guam fought bloody battles and wiped out some of the main force of the Japanese army guarding the island. Compared with Tinian Island and Guam, there are relatively more Japanese permanent fortifications on Tinian Island, and relatively fewer permanent fortifications on Saipan Island, because the Japanese army’s structure includes triangular steel fortifications. , are all attempts made on Tinian Island, which is covered by reefs and shelled dead ends. Later, the Japanese army was short of supplies, and there was no material at all to build a permanent fortification system. Some so-called permanent fortifications actually damaged the power mechanism beyond repair. The Type [-] chariot is buried in the ground with only one turret remaining, serving as a permanent fortification system.

In the battle to clear the permanent fortifications of the Japanese army on Tinian Island, the U.S. Marine Division also followed suit and attacked bravely, because it is rumored among the officers above the battalion that after the capture of Saipan, the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force will take over all the U.S. ground troops. The army, the air force will take over a quarter, and the navy will take over a sixth, and continue to carry out island hopping operations in the Pacific Ocean to completely wipe out Little Japan. For the U.S. Marine Division, hit Little Japan hard, and then hurry back to Hawaii Go on vacation, that's the real thing.

After receiving Song Xilian's two regular telegrams every day, Gao Fei was also extremely shocked. It's unimaginable that the battle progressed so fast?Historically, Americans have spent more than 20 days?