In 1939, the Japanese army and navy, under the cover of the 5th Combined Fleet, invaded Hainan Island with a brigade and multiple marines.

In the Japanese base camp's war strategy, the invasion of Hainan Island had two main purposes.

One is to plunder the high-quality iron ore on Hainan Island.

According to the secret exploration by the Japanese, they discovered that there are 400 to 500 million tons of high-quality iron ore stored on Hainan Island. The quality of this iron ore is even better than the iron ore in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula, and it is very easy to mine.

Japan is a country extremely short of resources, and its obsession with mining far exceeds that of other countries.

The second is to seize an advance base for the southward invasion of the entire Southeast Asia.

Once you control Hainan Island, you can easily control the Beibu Gulf and the entire South China Sea.

In 1939, the Japanese were ambitious and had unprecedented desires.

The navy and land forces rarely cooperated together and attacked Hainan in multiple directions.

At that time, the regular troops of the National Army retreated to Guangxi before the Japanese army attacked, and the vast majority of those who resisted were police forces and guerrillas.

Hainan Island soon fell, and the Japanese began a frantic plunder of iron ore.

After the failure of Japan's dispatch of troops to China, the Japanese troops on Hainan Island were uneasy and worried every day that the Chinese would attack.

Since 1943, the strength of the Chinese navy has been greatly enhanced.

The Japanese naval fleet around Hainan gradually left, and China's super aircraft carrier battle group controlled the blue sea and sky.

The iron ore on Hainan Island can no longer be transported out, and the entire island is actually blocked.

Japan's "Hainan Base Commander" Fukuda Ryozo was startled every day. He sent a telegram to the base camp asking for support, but the base camp only asked him to resist to the end and did not say when support would arrive.

After Japan occupied Hainan, Fukuda Ryozo wanted to build a Hainan Governor's Palace in the style of Taiwan and make himself the local emperor.

To achieve this goal, after taking office, he actively led troops to "suppress bandits" and clear up public security on the island.

However, before his governor's wish could be realized in time, Japan began to decline.

On May 10, two steam cargo ships transporting iron ore and many small sailing ships were moored at the pier in Haikou.

After the Chinese super aircraft carrier battle group approached, Fukuda Ryozo no longer allowed fishermen's boats to enter the sea.

All the ships were detained in the port. From the sky, it looked like the entire port was surrounded by sailboats.

At 8:10 a.m., soldiers of the 6th Special Marine Corps were patrolling near the coastline suitable for landing as usual.

Japan built a large number of anti-landing fortifications near the coastline, and Ryozo Fukuda seemed to be ready to fight to the end.

The patrolling soldiers were walking casually on the coastline. The team leader who led the team had just taken out a cigarette and before he could light it, there was a rumbling sound in his ears.

Everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a dozen black spots approaching at high speed on the sea.

Almost instantly, the black dot transformed into a huge outline and flew past their heads.

The roaring sound became even more shocking, and the patrolling Japanese soldiers covered their ears in pain.

This is the J-3 carrier-based aircraft flying close to the sea level!

Before the official landing battle began, naval aviation began to bomb Japanese military facilities on the island.

After destroying Japan's preparations, the Marine Corps soldiers will begin the landing operation.

Fighters fly over the sea at ultra-low altitudes mainly to avoid the island's air defense radar and increase the suddenness and deterrence of the strike.

A squadron of jet fighters flew across the Qiongzhou Strait and dropped several 500-kilogram aerial bombs on Japanese cargo ships anchored in Haikou Port.

The Japanese cargo ship filled with high-quality iron ore was instantly blown out of several large holes, seawater poured into the cabin, and it sank instantly.

The fighter-bombers did not attack the facilities on the port, but flew straight over and attacked Fukuda Ryozo's base headquarters.

Because it was so unexpected, Fukuda Ryozo was stunned when he received the report.

Surrounded by command officers, he ran towards the air-raid shelter. As soon as he reached the entrance of the air-raid shelter, the thunderous roar of the jet engine came from far away.

Fukuda Ryozo only had time to look back, and then he was squeezed into the air-raid shelter by the panicked crowd.

A fighter-bomber accurately dropped two 500-kilogram incendiary bombs into Fukuda Ryozo's headquarters. The headquarters, which had been renovated less than a year ago, was instantly swallowed up by flames and thick smoke.

The pilot of the carrier-based aircraft looked back, with a proud smile on his lips.

Stationed in Haikou is the Sixth Special Marine Corps of the Japanese Navy, captained by Colonel Ota Minoru.

In addition to the 6th Special Forces Marines, stationed on the island are the 4th and 8th Special Forces Marines and the 1st Independent Infantry Regiment.

The strength of the Japanese combat troops is about 7,500.

Including technical workers and administrative staff, there should be 12,000 little devils on the entire island.

Fighter-bombers not only bombed Ryozo Fukuda's base headquarters, but also dropped aerial bombs into the camp of the Sixth Special Marine Corps.

The Japanese were practicing, and when the fighter planes came, they scurried away.

After dropping all the aerial bombs, a squadron of J-3s did not retreat immediately. The pilots began to circle and dive, constantly strafing the fleeing Japanese soldiers on the ground.

Regardless of whether it is a 23mm or 37mm machine gun, as long as it hits a person, it can instantly blow a person into pieces.

At the port and in the military camp, pools of bloody flesh appeared.

The people in Haikou were panicked for a while at first, but they soon discovered that the main target of the plane attack was the Japanese.

The people seemed to have thought of something, clenching their fists and feeling excited.

While Haikou was being bombed, Wenchang, Sanya and other places were also experiencing the same thing.

These places are the most conducive to landing and are also the main defense directions for the Japanese.

………

The Leizhou Peninsula across the Qiongzhou Strait has turned into a huge military camp, where three marine divisions and a large number of naval fleet officers and soldiers gathered.

Material supplies are transported to the peninsula through land transportation lines and then distributed to combat troops.

More than a thousand administrative personnel sent from Peking are also on the Leizhou Peninsula. After Hainan Island is recovered, these administrative personnel will take over the civil affairs of the island and restore life to the resource-rich island as soon as possible.

In addition, there are some German weapon masters commanded by Xue Boling on the island.

Xue Boling's request was approved by the Peiping General Staff Headquarters, and his troops mainly helped transport logistics supplies.

After the landing operation is over, the German weapon division can also participate in the battle to eliminate the remaining Japanese forces.

The preparations are in full swing, with warships dominating the oceans, fighter planes soaring in the sky, and large-caliber heavy artillery that makes people shudder.

As long as you are a Chinese, your heart will surge and your blood will boil every time you see these.

On the Leizhou Peninsula, there are no political parties, classes, nationalities or camps for the time being. Everyone is busy and looking forward to the mighty landing operation.
Chapter completed!