Chapter 1102 Amphibious Operations
It seemed that the great god Amaterasu, who believed in the Japanese, heard their prayers. A few minutes later, the Shit Navy's naval gun finally stopped firing. When the Japanese soldiers climbed out of the anti-aircraft cavernously, they found that their positions could no longer be called a position. The trench that was originally two meters deep was only half a meter deep, and several anti-aircraft caverns were shattered, among which none of the Japanese soldiers hiding survived. A squadron of 400 people is still alive.
The bigger problem is weapons, because heavy machine guns are difficult to move, so they can only be abandoned when they avoid artillery fire. After continuous artillery fire, these weapons have been restored to parts and have no value for maintenance. After this round of naval gun shooting, the Japanese soldiers have almost lost their ability to resist, but a bigger test has just arrived.
Unlike the temporary merchant fleets that the Japanese army pieced together, the various weapons and equipment of the Site Army have become increasingly standardized and standardized in recent years. For example, although the ocean-going transportation still relies on standardized merchant ships, it has been replaced with special landing crafts in landing operations.
The landing craft has a flat bottom and built-in propeller, which can be used to push water forward using the nozzle. This design avoids stranding or the propeller bottoming out during the beach rushing process because the draft is too shallow. With this landing craft, people can be sent directly to the beach.
It has thick steel plates in front, which can not only withstand machine gun shooting, but also block small-caliber artillery. Because this landing craft is extremely wide, it can not only transport two infantry platoons to grab stalls at a time, but also transport heavy equipment such as cannons and tanks.
After the shelling, more than 70 such landing craft rushed towards Naba Port at a very fast speed. The surviving soldiers in the Japanese positions behind the beach had not yet awakened, and the enemy's landing craft had already reached a close approach. With the instinct of survival, many Japanese soldiers began to raise their rifles and shoot desperately. They knew that if they did not resist, death would be a matter of time.
This attacking force was the reorganized Sanya Squadron. The new commander Lieutenant General Liu Chuanshou stood on the deck of the Nanyuan aircraft carrier and observed the situation in Naba Port with a telescope. This was the first combat operation of the newly formed Marine Corps of the Site Army, so the superiors attached great importance to it. If it were not for Zhao Shouhong's appointment, such a arduous and glorious task would not even be on the Sanya Squadron.
Liu Chuanshou knew that this was an opportunity to avenge revenge and improve his reputation for the Sanya squadron. He also hoped to use this victory to comfort Lin Jixun and other heroes of the fallen martyrs. More than 70 landing craft carried the first two regiments of the Marine Corps and galloped towards the flat beach near Naha Port.
The 6.5 mm caliber bullets of the Japanese army hit the bulletproof steel plate and made crackling sounds. Unfortunately, this level of attack could not shake the frontal armor of the landing craft. Such shooting was destined to be futile.
As the Marine Corps selected from the Army, after half a year of strict training, every soldier was full of desire before the war. They were extremely excited and everyone was silently waiting for the arrival of the war. With the slight trembling of the deck under their feet, the landing craft that was originally moving rapidly stopped. According to usual training, the soldiers knew very well that they had arrived at their destination.
The armor plate in front suddenly dropped and was placed on the soft beach, laying a flat road for charge. The soldiers picked up the Type 16 semi-automatic rifles in their hands and rushed towards the direction of the island with shouts. The landing craft opened the front deck and immediately attracted the Japanese soldiers. A series of rifle bullets shot up, and the Marines who rushed in the front were immediately hit and fell to the ground. However, the soldiers behind were not afraid at all, and still held guns to continue charging.
Soon more than 2,000 soldiers rushed to the beach, and many people fell on the sand to aim at the Japanese soldiers and shoot, covering their comrades and continued to get off the ship. Some medical soldiers immediately rushed towards the injured comrades who fell to the ground and pulled them to a safe area for treatment.
The Marines' offensive operations were orderly and as precise as a machine. Although bullets on the Japanese positions continued to fire, they were still attacking at their own pace. The last few landing craft finally got onto the beach, because the load was too heavy, they were the last few to arrive. When the front doors of these landing craft opened, revealing the situation inside, the Japanese were stunned.
Among these landing craft, there are several strange-shaped tanks, the slender barrels on the rotating turret and the strange trapezoidal body, which the Japanese soldiers have never seen. In fact, these are not tanks, but the Kuai Deer 2 armored vehicles.
Due to the actual needs of the Marine Corps, the researchers made major changes based on the Fast Deer 1 type. First, trapezoidal armor was added to the front and rear of the vehicle body, making the entire armored vehicle more like a ship. In addition, the greatly thickened armor increased the front armor to twenty mm, which was enough to resist the bombardment of small-caliber artillery.
The body of the armored vehicle was also lengthened, with an infantry squad capable of accommodating three crew members and twelve people. In order to increase the driving ability on soft sand, this armored vehicle was also changed from wheeled to crawler. After such improvements, the world's first amphibious armored vehicle was born.
This epoch-making equipment appeared on the battlefield for the first time, and its sensational effect was obvious. The frightened Japanese soldiers immediately turned their rifle-firing targets to these armored vehicles, but unfortunately their firepower could not shake the other party at all.
Seeing armored vehicles rushing towards the position, Japanese soldiers could only wail helplessly. Several soldiers raised their grenades and rushed towards the armored vehicles nearing. Unfortunately, the round grenades could not be tied up like grenades, and their explosion power was very limited. Apart from the accidental damage caused by the squirting shrapnel, they could not shake the front armor of the armored vehicle at most, and at most they could only leave a charred mark.
A squadron on the defense was completely wiped out without any fighting back. The Seat Marines immediately dispersed into several small units and quickly controlled the key points of Naba Port. The police were locals. When the Hualan people arrived, they not only did not resist, but expressed their willingness to help.
This situation is not unexpected to the headquarters of the Sit Army, because no one on the Ryukyu Islands is a purely Japanese. The Ryukyu Islands were originally a vassal state of Hualan, and they have been vassal of Hualan for thousands of years and have been closely related to each other. It was not until the dynasty of Hualan that in modern times, the weak and unable to take into account the surrounding vassal states, that allowed the Japanese to take advantage of the situation.
Chapter completed!