I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Nagumo's plan is to use three-quarters of the carrier-based aircraft to protect the fleet, search the US fleet in all directions, and be ready to start a naval battle with the five US battleships and five aircraft carriers at any time. Carrier-based aircraft assist ground forces to land on Oahu!"

"This is a fairly standard method!" Huang Wentian nodded, "What about Ozawa's opinion?"

Xu Zushan shook his head: "I don't know yet.

It is estimated that Ozawa will back down!He has already taken the risk once, and I am afraid he will not dare to take the second risk. Nagumo let him go for the first time, and he will not let him go for the second time. After all, Nagumo is the leader of the Japanese fleet Commander-in-Chief!"

Bao Changyi looked at Fang Xianjue and Sheng Wen: "It looks like we are going to the battlefield!"

Sure enough, more than ten minutes later, the Yamato sent another telegram: "Our fleet is about to launch a landing operation on Hawaii, please get ready!"

Putting down the telegram, Xu Zushan let out a long sigh of relief: "Let's go! Go to Hawaii!"

Under the dazzling sunlight, the combined Japanese-Chinese fleet headed towards Hawaii at maximum speed. More than [-] Nanjing Army landing troops and more than [-] Japanese Army landing troops clenched their weapons in the transport ships.

Chapter 628 Fierce Battle in Hawaii (1)

When the Japanese carrier-based aircraft group took off from the aircraft carrier and rushed towards Pearl Harbor, the Japan-China joint fleet was also heading towards Hawaii at full speed. Therefore, when the Japanese carrier-based aircraft group completed the first wave of air strikes and returned to the aircraft carrier, the time had already passed. In the past four hours or so, the combined Japanese and Chinese fleets have sailed to the waters about [-] nautical miles due north of Hawaii.

Although the distance is still far away, the Japanese and Chinese soldiers in the fleet have already seen strands of smoke rising from the sea level in front of them, gradually thinning and dissipating with the sea breeze, and at the same time still very eye-catching smoke clouds in the blue sky and blue sea. A plume of smoke from the burning Pearl Harbor fire.

After seeing this scene, the Japanese personnel were even more joyful and elated, and the Japanese cheers once again roared like a tsunami.

The fleet headed straight for Oahu Island, which is located in the middle of the eight major islands of Hawaii.

According to the Japan-China joint combat plan, after the landing operation is launched, the first target is Oahu Island, and the Chinese army will undertake the combat mission. The Japanese landing troops and ground troops temporarily stay on the transport ships and stand still, watching from the sidelines to ensure that the battle on Oahu Island is going smoothly. At that time, the Japanese army landed on the other seven islands.

The reason for this is that there are 8 main islands in Hawaii, and attacking at the same time is definitely not possible, which will lead to the dispersion of military forces. This military force refers to both land forces and naval warships. The Japanese army has a total of 6 battleships and scattered bombardment of 8 islands. It is obviously inappropriate. It is necessary to concentrate firepower on one island, so they must be captured one by one. Moreover, the core of Hawaii is on Oahu Island. Taking Oahu Island is basically equivalent to winning the entire Hawaii.

Not only that, what the Japanese army did was also to "let the Chinese army first test the truth and find out the depth and shallowness of the water." If they cannot win, then the Japanese army will either land on Oahu to assist the Chinese army in fighting together, or they will see that the situation is not good and retreat quickly (the Japanese army will definitely abandon the Chinese army still on Oahu by then).

At 10:20 in the morning, the fleet officially entered the northern coastal waters of Oahu Island. The whole picture of Oahu Island was presented in the eyes of the Japanese and Chinese soldiers at a glance. Immediately, praises in Japanese and Chinese sounded together.

The Hawaiian Islands are indeed the "heart of the Pacific Ocean" and a world-famous tourist destination. Oahu Island is also worthy of being the essence of the Hawaiian Islands. This island is like a huge emerald floating on the blue sea in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The mist is vast, the peaks and peaks are overlapping, picturesque and picturesque, the lush vegetation covers the whole island like a green velvet carpet, the coconut groves are swaying, and the beach stretches like snow. It looks beautiful, and every scene is refreshing. Moreover, the climate here is pleasant, and the seasons are like summer, which can be called a paradise on earth.

"It's such a good place!" Japanese and Chinese soldiers sighed in unison, with envy and envy, "Damn Yankee! Occupied such a good place!"

Hawaii is undoubtedly a good place, but right now, the "[-] troops" from Japan and China are not here for sightseeing, but to attack, occupy and control here.

The fleet arrived safely in the northern coastal waters of Oahu Island, and was hardly hit by the US military, because all US military planes had been blown up on the airport, and all US warships had been paralyzed in Pearl Harbor, and there were no mines and coastal defenses. artillery, the U.S. military has not deployed even a single mine in the waters near Hawaii, and has not placed even a single coastal defense artillery on the near-shore land of the Hawaiian Islands, because the U.S. military’s doing so is almost equivalent to deploying anti-aircraft artillery on Washington Street. necessity.

At this time, the Japanese and Chinese soldiers could already clearly see the scene on Oahu Island, and the Americans on the island could also clearly see the chillingly huge monster coming from the sea on the waves. fleet group.

Looking at the Japanese-China joint fleet that was approaching with murderous intent, some Americans stood there dumbfounded, some Americans rolled and crawled with weak legs, and some Americans yelled in horror. Xiaoxiao, and then, they saw flames flashing densely in the approaching fleet group. Accompanied by the deafening roar of thunder, waves of fire meteors shot up from the sky above the fleet group, grazing toward the fleet like lightning. Where they were, waves of large-caliber naval artillery shells pierced through the air and poured down towards Oahu Island.

Following Nagumo Chuichi's order, the battleships Fuso, Yamashiro, Ise, Hyuga and more heavy and light cruisers in the Japanese 2nd Task Force launched a stormy bombardment on the beach on the northern coast of Oahu. However, the Nagato and Mutsu did not participate in this bombardment, but were vigilantly ready to launch a sea battle with the US fleet of 5 battleships and 5 aircraft carriers that would emerge at any time.

Six battleships and more than a dozen cruisers formed a powerful sea fire storm.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." In an instant, the sea was choppy and violent, and the huge vibration sound and the hurricane-like shock wave when the naval gun was ejected from the chamber pushed mountains and seas, pushing away a series of intersecting, vertical and horizontal three-dimensional arcs of water. The wall, set off waves of artificial waves, and the sea in the sea area where the fleet is located is like a dragon churning. Lightning and thunder continued to break through the sky. From the fleet group to the land near the northern coast of Oahu Island, meteors roared in mid-air, and fire danced wildly. In the wake of the bullet marks, the land was immediately turned into boiling lava powder in this fire storm. In the loud explosion of heaven and earth, flames burst into flames and fireballs roared, and pieces of land were blown upside down. Plants and trees were turned into ashes, buildings, plants, animals...all were blown to ashes in the lightning and flint and the sky was spinning. The powerful shock wave almost collapsed the sky, and the huge amount of dust, dust, and gunpowder smoke blown into the air were like a sandstorm. The coast was shrouded in darkness, with no light from the sun and the moon.

Amidst the raging black clouds, meteorite-like cannonballs continued to fall, shaking the entire island.

Within half an hour, six battleships and more than a dozen cruisers of the Japanese army poured more than 1000 large-caliber artillery shells into the scheduled landing area, blowing up the scheduled landing area into a piece of scorched earth.

In fact, the Japanese army’s move was a complete waste of shells, because there is almost no US military facility in the planned landing area, and even the entire Oahu Island and the entire Hawaii do not have US military anti-landing facilities and coastal fortifications, because the US military is dreaming. I never thought about the almost impossible possibility of "enemy troops landing in Hawaii", so the Chinese troops landing on Oahu will never be hit head-on like the US troops landing in Normandy in the original history.

Pearl Harbor is located in the south of Oahu Island. The Nanjing Army chose to land in the north of Oahu Island. First, it prevented the fleet from being accidentally hit and lost at sea when it detoured. Second, it was to reduce the difficulty of landing.

Although Pearl Harbor is extremely important, because the high-level US military believes that it is absolutely safe, there are almost no anti-landing facilities and coastal defenses near Pearl Harbor. However, there are still a large number of US military ships in Pearl Harbor, such as the seven battleships , although they were all blown up into scrap iron, there is no guarantee that some of the naval guns may still be able to shoot normally, not to mention that there are many heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and other ships. Headless flies are not the opponents of the Japanese fleet, but they all have naval guns after all. If the Nanjing Army directly lands at Pearl Harbor, it will definitely be hit by the American naval guns and shells, causing unnecessary losses.

Landing from the north of the island, passing through the middle of the island, fighting all the way to the south of the island, and finally occupying Pearl Harbor, this is the battle plan of the Nanjing Army.

The decision of the Nanjing Army is also based on a high degree of self-confidence: in land warfare, the U.S. military is not the opponent of the Nanjing Army.

The 200th Brigade of the 50th Division of the Nanjing Army and the 1st Marine Brigade of the 1st Marine Division of the Navy who participated in this battle had made comprehensive preparations before that. Veterans with high skills, well-equipped and fierce firepower, the officers and soldiers either have a rifle and a submachine gun, or a rifle and a pistol, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

At 10:50, the Nagato sent a telegram to the Anhai: The naval gun fire strike has been completed, and you can start landing.

"Ready to land!" Xu Zushan looked at Bao Changyi and Fang Xianjue with solemn and gentle eyes, "I wish you good luck! I'm waiting for your success report!" He then added, "The troops should not raise the national flag and military flag, although we Do not deny that we are Chinese, but there is no need to rush to admit that we are not Japanese!"

Bao Changyi and Fang Xianjue nodded solemnly together: "We understand!"

Xu Zushan, Huang Wentian and other fleet commanders and Bao Changyi, Fang Xianjue and other ground force commanders saluted each other, shook hands and hugged each other tightly: "Brother, come on!"

"Brothers! It's our turn!" Fang Xianjue shouted to the landing troops emotionally.

The officers and soldiers all looked stern. Fighting for the country is the mission of soldiers, and they have long been mentally prepared.

For the sake of the motherland, they came to this place thousands of miles away from the motherland and hometown to fight bloody, which made them have a special feeling in their hearts. Moreover, the enemy was an American who had never fought against them before.

How is the combat effectiveness of the US military?How does the US military fight?The officers and soldiers also want to know the answer, but the officers and soldiers are not timid. The Nanjing Army, which has fought against the Japanese, Soviets, and British, and has won many battles, is fearless.

At 10:55, the 2nd Fleet of the Chinese Navy in the Japan-China Joint Fleet Group broke away from the fleet group and marched towards the land on the northern coast of Oahu alone. Two light cruisers and six destroyers protected the three auxiliary cruisers. More than a dozen of the transport ships carefully approached the shore.

The fleet cut through the waves, and there was basically no resistance from the U.S. military on the way, because the U.S. military had no planes and warships to participate in the battle, and there were no mines and coastal defense guns. There were only some bullets fired from the shore. It was a small group of U.S. troops who came after hearing the news. There is meaningless resistance (at this time, witnesses have reported to the US military that "enemy forces are launching a landing in the north of Oahu", and the witnesses include US patrols and local residents in the north of Oahu).

The destroyer Weiguo, which was located closest, bombarded those American troops, blowing up the opponent's flesh and blood.

The cannonball fired by the Weiguo was the first time that the Chinese army opened fire in the Pacific War, and it was also the first time that the Chinese army fired on the U.S. military. The U.S. troops who were killed or injured by the cannonball on the Weiguo were the first group of U.S. troops who were killed or injured by the Chinese army. .

At 11 o'clock, the first transport ship officially rushed into the shallow water near the northern beach of Oahu Island. The hatch slowly opened. Tang Renbin, the head of the 1st Marine Regiment, waved an MP-40 submachine gun and jumped off the transport ship first, jumping into the waist-deep in the sea water.

"Brothers! Go!" Tang Renbin yelled, strenuously half-swimming and half-running towards the land. A few minutes later, his body was wet, and he stepped a deep footprint on the land of Oahu Island.

"Haha! I am the first Chinese soldier to set foot on American soil!" Tang Renbin was triumphant.

Behind and beside Tang Renbin, thousands of officers and soldiers of the Chinese Marine Corps are swarming ashore in the boiling water. The crowd is as unstoppable as a shoal of crocodiles coming ashore at high tide. .

"Hurry up! Keep going!"

"Cross the valley ahead! Watch the sides!"

"Consolidate the beachhead! Open up the landing field! Let the fleet unload supplies and armored vehicles ashore!"

The officers shouted at the top of their lungs.

The area of ​​Oahu is not small, covering 1574 square kilometers (equivalent to more than 70 Iwo Jima), it is the third largest island among the eight main islands of Hawaii, and the island has many peaks and undulating mountains. It is mainly divided into two main roads, east and west. Between the two major mountain ranges is a valley plain that runs through the middle of the island from south to north. The Nanjing Army landed in the north of this valley plain, and Pearl Harbor is at the southernmost end of this valley plain, that is, the southernmost part of the island. , the Nanjing army will be able to kill Pearl Harbor after passing through this valley and plain.

Under the command of the officers, the well-trained troops have a clear division of labor and perform their own duties. The main force rushes into the valley plain, and the two wing troops enter the mountains on both sides of the valley. The Nanjing Army in the valley carried out a condescending ambush and counterattack.

Soon, it turned out that the second consideration of the Nanjing Army was completely unfounded, because the entire US military in Hawaii had been stunned and plunged into extreme chaos, and no effective counterattack was organized at all.

The Nanjing Army that rushed into the valley in the central part of Oahu immediately encountered the U.S. Army and started a face-to-face land battle with the U.S. Army.

Some of these American officers and soldiers came to stop the Nanjing Army under the orders of the officers, and some were caught up by the Nanjing Army because they had no time to run, and the formation was loose and sparse, almost sparse, without a real large-scale establishment.

It can be judged that these U.S. troops rushed to join the war in a very hasty manner and were not really organized.

If it is organized, these US troops are at least regiment-level and battalion-level, with hundreds and thousands of people coming to fight together, but these US troops are all rushed over in groups of hundreds, dozens, or even dozens of people. The thing is this: the U.S. military already knows that there are enemy troops landing in the north of Oahu, but the U.S. troops on Oahu are already dizzy and scattered, so some U.S. military officers either ordered or brought troops to the north of the island to block the attack. There are no senior officers to take the lead among middle-level officers. Although the number of US troops who came is not small, they are divided into batches like refueling tactics.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who were charging stared at the American soldiers running from a distance with their black eyes wide open in surprise.

In the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army, the U.S. troops looked similar to the British or even the Soviet Army. Anyway, they were all Caucasians, with yellow hair and blue eyes. People of the yellow race have natural advantages in physique. American uniforms have their own characteristics, especially American helmets, which are completely different from British ones. Wraps the head to a greater degree.

As for the tactics and combat performance of the U.S. Army, the Nanjing Army was both surprised and delighted, because the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who had experienced many battles could see at a glance: the U.S. military was seriously lacking in actual combat experience, and its tactics were far inferior to those of the Japanese Army. The army is almost the same, each of them is in a hurry and shoots indiscriminately, with panic expressions all over their faces.

World War I ended at the end of 1918. Since then, the American military has basically not fought a war. As of this time, in the spring of 1942, it has been 23 years.

An army that has not fought for more than 20 years, even if it is armed to the teeth, will cause a sharp decline in actual combat effectiveness due to the long-term release of horses to Nanshan and the storage of knives and guns. At the very least, it is seriously lacking in actual combat experience; The Sino-Japanese War has continued until now. For nearly five years, it has been fighting non-stop, fighting the Japanese army, the Soviet army, and the British army, from East Asia to Central Asia, from North Asia to Southeast Asia, and again Fighting to West Asia (Middle East), the rich actual combat experience is completely unmatched by the U.S. military. The number of veterans in the army and the proportion of veterans are even more unmatched by the U.S. military.

In the original history, the first time the U.S. Army fought against the German army was in the North African battlefield. As a result, it was beaten by the German army and was in a panic. Needless to say, the reason is needless to say. At this time, the U.S. Army fought against the Nanjing Army on Oahu Island. Naturally.

"Japs (Japanese devils)!" The U.S. troops participating in the counterattack yelled, with expressions of loathing, hatred, fear, and panic all over their faces.

"Attack!" The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army went into battle one after another, bursting out with fighting qualities that amazed the US military.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army in battle were as swift, agile, and alert as leopards, and the different arms cooperated more closely. After discovering the American army, the infantry rolled on the spot like a conditioned reflex, looking for cover and avoiding American firepower. The marksmanship shot at the U.S. troops in the distance, and the machine gunners immediately built a firepower point, and fired furiously at the U.S. troops with furious swords. The grenadier shooters and mortar gunners also found suitable gun positions for firing at the first time, and then smashed the hail of shells. He bombarded the U.S. military with a brain, and it was as if he had eyes.

The gap in combat quality between the soldiers of the two sides was immediately revealed.

The infantrymen of the Nanjing Army are all accurate with their marksmanship. The bullets fired at the U.S. military are almost headshot, and the bullets bite the flesh. They opened fire indiscriminately, and their firing was not so much a battle as a way to reduce their fear with the sound of gunfire. The hit rate of bullets was so low that it was "not as good as the recruits of the Nanjing Army". This is because for most of the U.S. troops participating in the war at this time, it is possible to hit the Nanjing Army within 100 meters, but most of the Nanjing Army officers and soldiers can do it at 300, 300 meters or even at a longer distance. After killing the enemy with one shot, the two sides began to shoot each other. The U.S. military could hardly hit the Nanjing Army when the distance between the two sides was [-] meters, but the Nanjing Army shot the U.S. troops one by one. Many U.S. troops tried hard to get close to the Nanjing Army, but In the process, he was shot and fell to the ground one after another.

"Let it go!" The Nanjing army's mortar shells and grenadier shells roared one after another at the US troops. They were as accurate as rifle bullets.

At the same time, the snipers in the Nanjing Army were also showing off their might. Wearing camouflage uniforms, they lurked in the woods or bushes on the battlefield, and used the marksmanship of shooting stones and drinking feathers to kill American officers, machine gunners, and gunners. Personnel with higher equivalent value turned into dead people lying in a pool of blood.

During the battle, the English translators in the Nanjing Army raised their loudspeakers and shouted: "Surrender without killing! We give preferential treatment to prisoners! Those who resist will be killed! Those who surrender put their hands on their heads!"

Within 15 minutes of the fighting between the two sides, the first U.S. attack on the Nanjing Army collapsed. A large number of U.S. troops were killed and wounded. The living U.S. troops fled with their heads in their hands, and a few U.S. troops raised their hands and surrendered.

"Damn it! Why are these white pigs so cowardly! They don't need to be beaten!" Tang Renbin scolded with a smile, and he ordered, "Go, gather up the wounded but still alive U.S. soldiers!"

The officers and soldiers quickly cleaned up the battlefield. According to statistics, in this preliminary confrontation, the Nanjing Army killed more than 30 people, injured more than 150 people, killed more than 250 American soldiers, injured more than 500 American soldiers, and more than 100 American troops were killed. hand surrender.

According to Tang Renbin's order, the remains of the dead officers and soldiers were collected and sent to the beach, the wounded officers and soldiers were sent to the warship for treatment, and the corpses of the US soldiers who died in battle were temporarily placed on the side of the road. For the injured US soldiers, the Nanjing Army gave certain medical treatment. , For the captured and surrendered U.S. troops, the Nanjing Army gave humanitarian treatment. Finally, Tang Renbin ordered the release of all U.S. captives and wounded soldiers.

Facing the panicked American prisoners, Tang Renbin said in English: "Don't worry, we are a civilized army and will not abuse or kill prisoners. As long as they surrender, they will be treated humanely.

Now, we release you, please tell your companions that we treat captives preferentially, but we will shoot and kill those who resist!Well, you can all go! "

The prisoners all showed joy, and many prisoners thanked: "Thank you!" However, among the prisoners, there were also a few hard-lined American soldiers who looked at Tang Renbin angrily and cursed: "Fuck you Japanese yellow-skinned monkey!"

Tang Renbin smiled, he didn't take it seriously, anyway, the other party scolded the Japanese.

After defeating the first wave of U.S. troops, the Nanjing Army captured the Haleiwa Airport of the U.S. Army in the northern part of Oahu. On the runway, several buildings beside the runway were also bombed and collapsed.

"Damn little Japan, it was blown up so thoroughly, it will take a lot of work for us to repair it later!" Tang Renbin shook his head and sighed.

"You are all prisoners, you will receive humanitarian treatment, and the wounded will receive medical treatment, but you are not allowed to resist! If you resist, you will be shot to death!" The Nanjing Army in charge of controlling the airport murderously directed at the American pilots and ground staff at Haleiwa Airport. Military personnel, firefighters, mechanical maintenance personnel, infantry protecting the airport, etc., who fell into the hands of the Nanjing Army, ordered.

The disarmed U.S. prisoners were dejected and obediently stayed in the place designated by the Nanjing Army.

Based on Haleiwa Airport, the Nanjing Army marched straight across the valley plain in the middle of Oahu Island. In addition to the 1st Marine Brigade, the 50th Brigade of the Army also launched a landing. The two brigades totaled [-] elite soldiers, and half of the troops rushed to Pearl Harbor. , and half of the troops scattered and rushed to important facilities such as US military airports, barracks, warehouses, hospitals, transportation stations, and anti-aircraft artillery positions elsewhere on the island.

At this time, Oahu Island was in chaos. Japanese planes whizzed past in the sky from time to time. The smoke cloud from Pearl Harbor enveloped the whole island like black mist. .

After landing on the island, the Nanjing Army launched a land battle and rushed all the way, unstoppable and invincible. Along the way, batch after batch of American troops were killed or captured.