Chapter 1370 Joint Operations
Use these 90mm caliber rockets to raid anti-aircraft gun positions throughout Hawaii. The range of the rocket is much larger than those of Erickon anti-aircraft guns that are mostly 25mm caliber. The cover-type strikes allow almost no one to survive once the anti-aircraft gun positions are attacked.
The first wave of bombing has just ended, and the second wave of bombing has arrived again. Unlike the unknown situation of the first wave of attacks, the proportion of dive bombers and torpedoes in this wave of aircraft groups has increased significantly, and the White Eagle Army has been baptized by a new round of bombs.
Before the sneak attack on Hawaii, the White Eagle Navy Department believed that Hualan's biggest offensive target should be in Guam. In order to get back to its disadvantages, Nimitz concentrated all his fleets on Guam and relied on the base there to station more than 700 fighter jets and dive bombers as a favorable pillar to deal with Hualan's navy.
At the same time, the entire Guam was built in fortress style, with coastal defense fortresses or infantry positions everywhere, and solid reinforced concrete fortifications were everywhere, almost turning Guam into a large fortress. However, the White Eagle Kingdom Navy Department never expected that the opponent would skip Guam, which was the easiest to attack, and attack Hawaii, which was defending heavily, made Nimitz's decisive battle strategy fail.
Because the White Eagle Navy transferred all the main warships to Guam, and the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was an empty city plan, the Hualan Navy carrier-based aircraft troops in Hawaii were bombed, and even the ships in the docks and ports were not bombed. In addition to the White Eagle merchant ships, important targets such as shipyards, machining plants and oil depots on the land were not bombed.
The only unlucky one on the entire island is the army of the White Eagle Kingdom. During the early bombing of the airport, the White Eagle Kingdom Air Force was completely disarmed and the pilots lost most of the pilots. Among the 120,000 troops stationed on the island, there were already 10 or 100,000 troops stationed in the island.
The second round of bombing had just ended. Four huge figures had been seen on the coastline of Hawaii, namely four North China-class battleships affiliated to the Eastern Ocean Fleet. At this time, Luo Shunchu, with the Blue Jade Medal, stood on the bridge with a high spirit, showing a strange smile at the not-so-solid coastal defense position along the coast of Oahu.
"The whole team is arranged in battle lines and is ready to launch a volley shelling." Luo Shunchu gave the order, four battleships, which were still 30 kilometers away from the coastline, stopped advancing. They quickly aimed the sideways at Oahu Island and erected those terrifying 420mm caliber cannons.
At this distance, the old 305mm caliber artillery of the Oahu Fort cannot hit the warships on the sea at all, while the four Beihua-class battleships can easily attack the turrets and infantry positions on the shore.
Soon, the earth-shaking sound of shelling came, and wisps of black smoke rose from the island. The seemingly solid reinforced concrete fortifications were easily broken like egg shells. The broken limbs and arms and weapon parts were thrown everywhere. In the central area of the shell explosion, the defenders could not even find bone slag.
Faced with the 420mm caliber shells that were descending like the god of death, the morale of the White Eagle Army was instantly disintegrated. The surviving soldiers threw away their weapons and fled in scattered. Even the officers shot and killed deserters, but they could not stop them. Facts have proved that it is true that the new soldiers were afraid of artillery veterans and machine guns were afraid of. These infantry soldiers who entered the army during the expansion period and were still new soldiers could not resist such huge mental pressure at all. At this moment, their morale, which had not much, had already completely collapsed.
Luo Shunchu shot three base shells in one breath before he stopped. At this time, there was no trace of living people on the shore. After the shelling was over, the Marines, who came with the fleet, seized the opportunity to drive the landing ship and rushed towards the beach area.
Without any resistance, the Marine Corps successfully rushed to the beach. Under the cover of the Kuai Deer Type 2 amphibious armored vehicle, the Marine Corps of the two battalions first climbed to the beach and controlled a large area. The commander-in-chief of the Army on the island soon discovered that he immediately organized a regiment to launch a counterattack, attempting to drive the Marine Corps out of the sea, but was soon covered by fierce firepower.
The Marine Corps are equipped with the best weapons and equipment of Hualan Kingdom. The bullets of the Type 35 automatic rifle are as dense as locusts, which makes the White Eagle Army dizzy. They originally thought that the M1 Garland semi-automatic rifle they used was already very advanced, but when they encountered the Type 35 automatic rifle of Hualan Kingdom, they were a scumbag.
As long as the M1 Garland rifle that cannot be fired continuously, it will be immediately suppressed by the Hualan Army. The automatic rifles will be fired like a light machine gun for each person, and the firepower is so strong that it makes people unable to raise their heads. Then the rocket launcher, grenade launcher, and mortar appeared one after another, killing and injured the White Eagle Kingdom.
Seeing that the infantry's charge failed, General Short immediately commanded a field artillery regiment to bombard the beachhead positions, but the revenge came faster. Cruisers and destroyers approached the coastline and used their main guns to suppress them with precise firepower. Although the 105mm howitzer of the field artillery regiment looked quite powerful, it would be killed in seconds when encountering the 280mm main gun on the cruiser and the 152mm main gun on the destroyer.
It turns out that in the island offensive and defensive battle, the party without sea and air control was not controlled by the army, even if the army had more troops, it was just a lamb to be slaughtered. Under the cover of warships and bombers, the landing personnel of the Marine Corps quickly expanded to a division. Lieutenant General Peng Qingzong personally commanded the troops to land on the island for combat. They quickly expanded the beachhead several times, occupied a corner of Oahu, and built strong fortifications.
At this time, General Short knew that his situation was over. He had to go to the island with the continuous landing of the Hualan Army. He had to go to the island with two ways: death and surrender. At the beginning, General Short had some fantasies, thinking that as long as he persisted for a few days, he could wait until the domestic reinforcements arrived and turned defeat into victory. However, General Short quickly discovered how wrong his idea was. Under the joint strangulation of sea, land and air, he could not hold on for even a long time.
When Hualan State transported the army to Oahu, the artillery firepower was obviously strengthened, which gave the White Eagle Army a solid lesson. The Storm 2 Forty-tube rocket launcher burst out with the strongest sound, and the rockets smashed everywhere like money. It was difficult for the White Eagle Army to have survivors wherever they passed. Faced with the almost invincible enemy army, the Army Commander-in-Chief General Walter Short had to communicate with Hawaii Governor Ingram Steinbuck.
As the governor of Hawaii territory, Ingram Steinbuck is also a sensible person. He knew that even if the war ended up with this, it would be a waste of the lives of the soldiers.
Chapter completed!