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928 Raid on Pearl Harbor (eight changes)

ps: If you drink too much, you will make up for it tomorrow.

It cannot be said that Major General Van der Grift is too hard. If someone else is involved, the results will actually be the same when facing the attack of the Zhu family army.

If a mere regiment of airborne troops dares to launch an active attack, so what if there are more people?

At night that day, the airborne combat continued, and transport planes that had transferred from Wake Island continued to flow. A whole division's airborne troops arrived here for ten hours after boarding in Ryukyu. Then they landed safely on the landing ground set up by the vanguard.

With regiments as units, all of them are similar heavy-armed troops, with armored corps as the pioneers. Basically, when you get off a battalion, you will immediately go out and go directly into the battle, and continue to expand the control area to provide more safe areas for the rear. The entire operation lasts for three days, and the efficiency is not very high, but the safety and effectiveness are incomparable.

The US troops stationed in Kauai quickly suffered!

After the vanguard's paratroopers were fully armed, they took armored infantry fighting chariots and heavy soldiers riding motorcycles as the guide, holding satellite maps that were accurate to 0.1 meters in their hands, and set out from the southeast, and attacked like mercury along the radial valley of the volcanic island.

In the unit of the company, each offensive group will not exceed one hundred people, ranging from three to seven or eight infantry fighting vehicles, followed by more than ten armed off-road vehicles. Above their heads, there are 24-hour attack aircraft assistance, the fleet is on duty at any time and provides long-range fire support. Their attack is foolproof.

In a tragic way, after dispersing, at least one regiment was deployed in front of each beachhead position, with a team of about 3,000 people. The armored forces were not much, there were many mortars in their hands, and the machine guns were relatively heavy. Even if the Americans were strong, they could not carry the mountains and fields. They should have taken the initiative to encircle and suppress them. Now they have become passive defense!

Such a huge gap made the US military very frustrated. The dispersed frontal defense line was quickly searched out by the heavy airborne troops, and then launched a fierce attack without hesitation!

Zhu Bin put real efforts 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, it is mixed with the large army and accounts for about one-tenth of the total number of heavy soldiers. Each person is wearing exoskeleton armor second only to the super soldiers, with a self-bearing capacity of more than 500 kilograms, and a high-energy battery support runs for more than 100 kilometers every day. The outer shell can withstand the damage of 12.7mm heavy machine guns or 75mm gun caliber fragments, and rides a high-power mountain motorcycle. Any environment can open the way without fear.

In terms of military equipment, these guys are all general machine guns. Plus grenades, multiple single-soldier rocket launchers and powerful attack grenades, each with no less than 5,000 rounds of ammunition. A whole moving firepower fortress!

Such a group, either five or six people, or more than a dozen people, rushed on the front line of the troops, completely ignoring the blockade of the US military's defense, and relying on individual soldiers to take the initiative to infrared equipment. They searched for enemy tracks hundreds of meters away, and then advanced while firing, allowing the opponent's machine gun to shoot safely. They were simply an indestructible steel man!

Such a guy is a shocking threat to the American soldiers who are generally religious. They cannot believe that there are really invulnerable monsters in the world. Apart from the local nonsense "superheroes", who can not collapse when they see so many powerful monsters on the battlefield!

In just one day, including one night, the armed forces of more than 1,000 people from the vanguard airborne regiment spread out and rushed into dozens of canyons, widening more than ten kilometers towards the center of Kauai, almost approaching the central highland before stopping.

When we arrived here, the defense line of a regiment deployed by the US military had been completely broken through, especially the artillery positions, which were found alive and killed. In a hurry, thousands of soldiers had no choice but to discard their equipment, which was more than 400 more than the total number of people killed and injured. It can be said that the blocking and ambush in this area were declared a failure!

Kauai is evenly shaped. Except for about a quarter of the coastal areas in the northwest, other coastlines have beaches of varying width and narrowness for use, which also makes their defenses appear more complicated.

The Marine Corps has less than two regiments, and there are also a large number of soldiers from the Army, especially a regiment that uses 155mm heavy artillery, which is deployed in the central mountains and is condescending, which can theoretically threaten the landing of the entire island's beachfront.

To be honest, a regiment of artillery, 36 105mm cannons and 12 155mm cannons, defending an island with a diameter of 50 kilometers is not bad. If you focus on fire, it will be enough to destroy thousands of enemy troops, but there is a prerequisite that the opponent plays cards according to conventional combat methods.

Zhu Bin's troops are not that fun.

The next morning, the third airborne regiment landed safely. This time, their landing field was chosen in the east. After a team of more than a thousand people came down, a shallow single-layer defense line was immediately formed in the middle. The two main battalions directly attacked north and began to penetrate the real war zone center--the original airport!

This is a sign of the brink of the map? Major General Van der Grift thought he had seen the opponent's goal clearly, and made a quick decision, ordering a regiment over there and a regiment of the army to concentrate on the mid-stage blocking. No matter how much casualties are, they cannot quickly obtain the key areas.

The young and passionate American soldiers have a high desire to defend their country. At the call of their superiors, they fought fiercely with them from the mountains and ridges in the north, which seemed to have greatly hindered the progress of the battlefield expansion.

But in fact? It’s not the same thing at all!

The inside story is not enough to be told by outsiders. At least the remnants of the US Navy in the southern Pacific are really unable to figure out what the opponent is like. This performance of strength is too high and low, making it impossible to judge what the truth is.

General Nimitz led members of the Pacific Naval Command to evacuate the moment before Oahu was blocked, and flew to three aircraft carriers to meet and re-establish the temporary command. But he did not escape in shame, but sent two old aircraft carriers to return to the west coast first. He provided escort support along the way, disrupted the threats brought by tactics, and left an aircraft carrier, waiting for the three ships to withdraw from Midway Island to re-form a seriously unbalanced formation, and cruised in about a thousand kilometers of waters in southern Hawaii.

Major General Spruins ran back in a dirt. He thought he was going to be finished, but he didn't expect that the commander had a new plan. He felt curious and comforted. To be honest, he was a little unwilling to accept it.

After meeting, I found that there were four aircraft carriers safe and sound. After receiving the fighter jets transferred from the local area, the warehouses were full, four light cruisers and more than ten destroyers formed an outer guard. The remaining six submarines seemed to be of equal strength.

He had a plan in his mind and suggested to Nimitz: "General! According to the information, the Chinese are concentrating on attacking Hawaii! Judging from our early defense, they will not succeed for at least one month. There can also be a fierce defensive battle in Midway Island. So can we do something within our ability? For example, raiding Wake Island or interrupting the Chinese supply line?"

Speaking of which, it's quite embarrassing. Four aircraft carriers dare not fight head-on with other people's fleets, and have such a ghost idea.

Nimitz was not funny, but instead expressed his appreciation for his proposal, at least it was a positive and enterprising attitude. He was not discouraged when encountering setbacks. However, he could not agree with his suggestions.

"Wick Island is not desirable for the time being. The Chinese will inevitably leave strong defenses. Although we are not familiar with them, we can conclude that they must have secret follow-up forces to follow up before they cannot resolve the gap in air combat power. The attack can only bring unnecessary casualties. Our choice is only two places, one, to regain Guam and the other, to reinforce the Korean battlefield!"

Nimitz's words surprised Sprounz. What was ahead was understandable. After all, Guam was a strategic transit station. If you take it back, you would force the other party to face the long supply line that lasted 6,000 kilometers without stopping.

Can reinforce the Korean battlefield? What is the rhythm!

Nimitz probably knew that the strategic vision of the people under his command was not open enough and explained: "We cannot retreat to the West Coast. That is not the mission of the navy. Only attack is the way out. Then Guam is the core. But the problem is that it is too close to the Chinese nest, and we cannot determine whether it can be recaptured and held at a very small cost."

Spruins agreed, and he had considered this situation, which was more complicated and uncertain.

"The Korean battlefield is the only gap in breaking China's overall strategy. With the continuous investment of the Japanese army, it can always drag down most of China's overall strength or even drag down. We must ensure that the sustainability of that front, without Hawaii, we can go to the Bering Strait and the North Pacific. In short, we cannot allow the Chinese to successfully achieve the rule of the entire East Asia. That would be an uncontrollable big mistake!"

Nimitz's strategic vision is indeed awesome, not a false reputation. He can break out of the limitations of the navy and look at the overall situation.

Spruins tends to support it. There is no other way to choose now, and it seems that this is the best choice.

But after it was truly reflected to the local area, I didn’t expect that the decision from the headquarters asked them not to care about Japan and North Korea for the time being, and to find ways to solve the secret strongholds in the Eastern Pacific!

Nimitz and Spruins did not ask why, in fact, it was useless to ask. They could understand this order, because the threat caused by the previous West Coast bombing attacks had seriously affected the rule of the United States. Roosevelt's status and credit were being shaken violently. He must consider from his own security perspective, attacking the East Coast base is the choice to maximize interests.

Politicians are never a bunch of good things.

Nimitz didn't know at this time that because of the rapid failure of Hawaii, there was fierce quarrel in Congress, and even considerable conflicts arose among countries.

The British secretly gloat about this. Churchill hoped to see the United States be involved in the war, suffer some losses, and weaken some strength, which would help balance the rebellious eldest son country of the British Empire to recognize its existence and then honestly return to its true nature.

However, it cannot be said on the surface. He argued that the United States should give appropriate priority to the security of the Atlantic and Europe. 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 the entire colonial rule of Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States, and greatly increase the threat in China's abdomen. It will launch an attack from South Asia with the coalition forces, which may be a means to break the deadlock.

In private, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands Navy were forced to retreat by the South China Sea Fleet and could no longer provide support to the land forces. It was about to threaten their rule over the entire colony, and the Americans would greatly alleviate it if they joined in.

The U.S. Congress believes that the defense of the West Coast should be strengthened to ensure local security. The remnants of the Pacific Fleet cannot sacrifice unnecessary sacrifices, and can cooperate with the coastal defense forces to ensure that tragedies will not occur again.

Nimitz disagrees, and the people in the Admiralty also disagrees, which makes them too useless. Some people secretly, such as Rockefeller and Morgan, played a role at the critical moment, and the surface reason was high-sounding - kill the Chinese's secret base and completely solve the threats on the West Coast and the Panama Canal!

So the policy was settled, and Nimitz had nothing else to say about this. The defeated general had no choice. Everyone should face the pressure of the consortium.

The incomplete formation led by four aircraft carriers began to sail south and search for the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This time may last ten days and half a month. As for the battlefield in Hawaii, we have to count on the defenders to bear it. The new naval ships will take at least two or three months to enter service. They will fight against this arduous task!

As a result, the navy and army on the Hawaiian Islands are more tragic, especially on Oahu, where a bunch of people insist on being killed by surprise, fearing that they will be 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 size flying up by a super aircraft carrier, moving slowly at a low altitude, forming a shadow, making people shudder!
Chapter completed!
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