The expected Japanese sneak attack fleet did not appear. When the scorching sun shone on the Ryukyu Islands again, the army heavy artillery battalion, which was guarding against night attacks at sea, joined the fierce battle. On an isolated island, both the offensive and the defensive sides needed great courage. Because in this environment, there was no room for circumference and dodging. Even the most ordinary 75mm field gun could hit from one end of the island to the other, so the island battle never only talked about.

For tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides, there are only two ways ahead, either death or victory.

Facing the Kumeji Island Fortification Group carefully arranged by Tadao Riribaya, the soldiers of the Marine Corps and the Infantry Division "bite" forward almost inch by inch, and every 100 meters ahead of them had to pay a huge price. In order to take it as soon as possible, at 10 o'clock in the morning, after the fleet returned, Liao Changfeng again invested two infantry divisions and sent three special engineering armored battalions to the island to strengthen the attack.

The young Zhang Tianrui was lying in the crater with his comrades on the back of the radio station and searching for the Japanese fire points and fortifications on the hillside with a scope. He was an artillery guide soldier, whose mission was to find the target and provide accurate coordinates for the heavy artillery behind him. Although the school-fire aircraft became more and more advanced, it still could not replace their tasks. Especially in mountains, dense forests and narrow areas, manual guidance is still the most important auxiliary means of artillery. "Over there!" The comrades reminded him, a 75mm gun barrel extended from the cliff. You can see

, This fortification is very cleverly designed. The shelling window is like a flash sliding door. The door is made of thick steel plates similar to granite color. After each fire, the Japanese army will quickly retract the barrel, close the door, and then reopen it after finding the next target. Moreover, because they go deep into the cliff and face the sea, it is difficult to aim directly by artillery fire. But this time, the one who guides aiming at it is not ordinary artillery. "Tianhou Mountain. The target type is solid granite, with a height of 122, a ruler 37, coordinates..."

"Lying down! All down!"

"Boom boom!"

After calling for firepower to suppress, two 305mm "roller" heavy mortars deployed on Owu Island began to show their power. This short-range barrier-breaking artillery is not as powerful as yesterday's large-caliber naval gun, but it is definitely the favorite of infantry. The 460-kilogram extra-heavy ground-boring bomb using tungsten alloy landed on the top of the artillery fortifications, and the warhead easily pierced into the five-meter-deep mountain. Two violent series of explosions directly broke out a huge gap of 30 meters in diameter at the position of the Japanese bunker. The entire fortification flew into the air with the broken rocks. The broken corpses of Japanese soldiers could even be seen in the smoke and dust.

"Gasoline engine! rush up! Fire cover!" The Marines, who have received strict training and deal with islands and various terrains every day, reacted quickly. When the bunker was blown away by shells, an officer immediately commanded the artillery fire and concentrated the firepower to suppress the scattered fire points around the bunker. The infantry also quickly detoured to both sides, diverting the enemy's firepower and protecting two strange-looking crawler armored vehicles to climb up the hillside.

It is strange because these two armored vehicles look very strange, and they look like an extremely thick huge "square box". This is the tank tank tank that soldiers affectionately call "gasoline engines". The tank tank tank tank is completely modified according to the protection standards of the Type 36 tank. Even the weaker top armor has been greatly strengthened. When light weapons hit it, even Mars cannot be splashed. But don't think it is an oil tank truck for others. In fact, it is a terrible fully mechanized arson machine! Along with the "gasoline engine", there are two Type 36 Project C tanks of the Infantry Division. This gains power in Central Asia, which makes the Soviet army stand out.

Mo Zhan's engineering tank sprayed flames of 100 meters long and crushed them all the way. When approaching the gap blown out by the "roller", a foldable spray gun of more than 20 meters long stretched out from the "gasoline engine", and the oil gun slowly rose. It explored in from the gap of 20 meters high. In an instant, two tons of high-pressure gasoline poured out from the nozzle, and a high-temperature oil and gas flow of more than 200 meters long drilled into the hole deep in the fortification, and continued to penetrate along the smallest vents and cracks. More than 100 Japanese soldiers hiding inside were just glad that they had escaped from the disaster under heavy artillery, and were burnt and melted by the flames, and they could not even shout.

In terms of individual soldiers' ability, willpower and hard-working spirit, the Japanese army can definitely rank among the world's strong military, but the serious lack of national strength and the concept of mechanized combat made them not know how to fight a mechanized war. Although the Chinese National Defense Forces are not as rich as the United States and motorized the entire army, they have a commander who is proficient in mechanized combat. They can popularize the concept of mechanized combat for twenty years, and then concentrate financial and material resources to study it, and equip elite troops like the Marine Corps with sufficient mechanized equipment. Among these equipment, there are standard tank and armored vehicles, as well as emergency weapons like "gasoline engines", which are purely designed by soldiers according to fire trucks and pieced together. But whether it is standard or pieced together, it means that the troops have explored and summarized the ideas and tactics of mechanized war.

Fire was raging on the cliff, and the Japanese army's permanent fortifications at low altitudes were also destroyed. It was easier to deal with these fortifications. The soldiers first built a temporary cement mixing station on the beach, then used fire-breathing tanks to burn all opponents who dared to resist, and finally used forklifts or engineering tanks to dump cement concrete at the entrances. The dozens of tons of fast-drying cement concrete would quickly condense in just a few minutes, and the Japanese soldiers inside would be destined to die of hypoxia in darkness and fear.

The attacks of the Marine Corps and the infantry divisions were not slow and steady. The "crusher" smashed the gap, the "gasoline engine" and the fire-breathing tank followed up and set fire, and finally the cement sealed door. Only places that were really mechanized and could not climb up will be handed over to the infantry to clear it up little by little. Every time a hole was grabbed, a petrol pipe would definitely be extended in, and then hundreds or thousands of tons of oil and gas were sprayed into the mountain and set fire. Not to mention ordinary Japanese soldiers, even Tadao Riribayashi could not imagine this kind of attack.

In the end, in order to resist the opponent's fierce offensive, the Japanese army even launched the "meat attack tactic". On the road that some opponents would pass, they used the night to bury empty barrels, let the soldiers carry mines and drill in it, and then covered the soil and buried it. When the National Defense Force passed by, they detonated the landmines and died together. Some Japanese soldiers simply tied their bodies with explosives and hid among the cliffs and cliffs. When they saw the tank approaching, they ignited the explosives and jumped at the target... But these crazy suicide tactics could not save Kumejima's defeat.

.The overwhelming shells, incendiary bombs, special heavy mortars for breaking and drilling ground, strange-shaped fire-breathing tanks, and finally cement blocking doors... For a small Kume Island, hundreds of mechanized equipment were dispatched, tens of thousands of tons of ammunition were used to pour thousands of tons of oil and gas into the mountains and caves, and tens of thousands of tons of quick-drying cement with precious transport ships... Every item here is enough to envy the Japanese "Imperial Army" who has finally been armed by relying on saving money and squeezing people's fat and paste.

By the afternoon of April 20, the number of various Chinese and Western teams on Kume Island had exceeded 80,000. After several months of construction, the extremely strong permanent fortifications, caves and bunkers in the eyes of the Japanese army, and only a few lonely cliffs that cannot be climbed by mechanized equipment. The rest were destroyed, and nearly 20,000 island guards were killed or injured. The opponents had even begun to build airports in the south of the island, completely ignoring the remaining enemies of Gume Mountain. Faced with this irreversible defeat, Tadao Riribayashi, who had clearly stated that China should not start a war before the war, sighed to the sky. But what made him even more angry was that for a few days, the navy had never sent a destroyer, let alone the main ship, and he was so angry that he sent a telegram to the emperor to decide the farewell.

"The battle situation is at the last moment. At present, the few troops are out of bullets, and they are determined to bet and smash them to pieces to repay the emperor's kindness. However, after a few days of fighting, there was no ship of the navy. The people donated to pay the reward for the soul of Yamato, but they abandoned the safety of the country and ignored the remaining tens of thousands of loyal souls. In addition to resentment, they hope that the Holy Emperor would ask questions and tell the soldiers. He is on the front line, praying that the imperial kingdom will win and chant long live the Holy Emperor, and this is the eternal note..."

Emperor Nagano Yuhito specifically forwarded the telegram to the fleet, secretly saw Yamamoto with expressionless expression, and placed it on the table with several copies: "This is Prime Minister Tojo, this is Prince Miyagien, General Nagano, General Hata Shunruo, and Okinawan Front Army Umezu Mijiro..." A series of telegrams were death talismans. Tadao Kurirabaya's farewell telegram to Hirohito caused an uproar in Japan. The whole country almost pointed the fingers of Kumejima's hard fighting at the navy. Some radical army officers even asked the navy to collectively slaughter and handed the fleet to the army command...

"The Emperor has summoned the cabinet and General Nagano many times. According to the news, His Majesty is already very dissatisfied with us. The Ministry of Army believes that we are deliberately delaying time and are timid and afraid of war and dare not fight..."

The more Yamamoto Irojiu's brows became deeper and deeper. If it were someone else, he would not care about these accusations. As the commander of the joint fleet, the first thing he must do is to find the best opportunity to defeat the enemy. But now, the Emperor forwarded Tadao Riribayashi's telegram to himself, and undoubtedly told himself that His Majesty the Emperor was very dissatisfied. This made him very uneasy. Originally, as planned, the fleet's decisive battle should have landed on the Chinese Navy on the Ryukyu Island, because landing on the island would require hundreds of ships, which would definitely cause all the main force to be restrained, but now... would it be too early?

Thinking of this, a heat rose from the bottom of his heart, unbuttoned his two buttons, and asked, "Has Kumejima been lost?"

"Li Linjun is still insisting, but it shouldn't be long. China has invested 80,000 soldiers, and the fleet has been supporting nearby."

"Then let Kurita-kun set off. Let Natsuyun speed up, and must join Inoue to attract the 21st Chinese aircraft carrier fleet." Yamamoto Iroku looked at the table urging telegrams and decided to attack.

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