Rise from the sword

Chapter 697 Crazy infrastructure!
"General?"

Looking at the clear-coded telegram in their hands, after contacting the Guam defenders and receiving no response, the staff officers of the United Fleet of the Empire of Japan all looked at their commander, Deputy Takeshi Toyoda.

Deputy Takeshi Toyoda was lost in thought.

The speed of the failure of the Guam garrison was too unexpected. In less than a day, the main force was wiped out, which he never expected.

But it has been so.

Guam has been occupied by the enemy, and now the enemy is doing its best to build an airport, shore artillery, and missiles on Guam. Because there are no material restrictions, the construction speed is beyond imagination.

And now.

Although the two light cruisers, the vanguard of his joint fleet, had set off for half a day, it would take at least forty hours to reach Guam.

As for the main fleet, battleships such as Yamato and Musashi, as well as the three aircraft carrier formations, have just set sail and are expected to arrive in Guam within 48 hours at the earliest.

no way.

During the daytime continuous bombing by the enemy, the superstructure of the Nagato was directly bombed by the enemy, and it will take at least a year to repair. For safety, the main force of the United Fleet has been scattered and concealed in Southeast Asia and the mainland.

The mainland is [-] kilometers away from Guam.

No warship can maintain the fastest speed all the time. Even at the fastest cruising speed of 25 knots, which means 45 kilometers per hour and a distance of [-] kilometers, it will take two days.

48 hours.

Deputy Takeshi Toyoda came to the map, looked at Guam hanging in the Pacific Ocean alone, and fell into deep thought again.

Guam must not be lost, otherwise the empire that lost the external blood transfusion channel can only wait to die.

However, in the current situation of the United Fleet, there is only one chance, and if you lose, it is all over. The situation of the Imperial Industry makes it impossible for the injured ships of the United Fleet to be repaired. He must treat it with caution.

"How long will it take for the main fleet to arrive in Guam?"

Deputy Takeshi Toyoda looked at General Kuroda at the side.

Although Guam is not within the combat radius of its shore-based air force, those torpedo boats and missiles cannot reach two thousand kilometers to fight, so the enemy only has one guided missile destroyer.

But the enemy has two days to prepare. If they want to take back Guam, they must gather all the combined fleets.

"48 hours."

Staff Officer Kuroda replied immediately.

"Order."

Taking a deep breath, Fuwu Toyoda exhaled loudly:
"The combined fleet set off, target, Guam."

"Full speed ahead."

He didn't believe it anymore. In just 48 hours, the enemy could gather enough strength in Guam to fight against the entire United Fleet.

Although in the tug-of-war for several months, the United Fleet lost a lot. Two battleships, seven heavy cruisers, ten destroyers, and two light cruisers were sunk by the enemy's shore-based aviation.

The Nagato was also severely damaged.

but!
Battleships: Yamato, Musashi, Kongo, Zhenna, Ise, Hyuga.Aircraft carriers: Zuikaku, Chiyoda, Ruifeng, Chitose,... The United Fleet is still the third largest navy in the world.

Second only to Britain and the United States.

Even if there are enough supplies, it is absolutely impossible to build a position that can withstand the world's third navy in just 48 hours.

Without an airport and complete logistics facilities, it is impossible to take off enough aircraft, and without a balanced reinforced concrete position, it is impossible to block the bombardment of Yamato's 460mm main gun.

This cannot be done in 48 hours.

What's more, the enemy is still short of manpower in Guam. How many people can be transported by air transport over 2000 kilometers away?

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"We have up to 48 hours."

Guam, Zhang Dabiao lay on the table, looked at the detailed topographic map of Guam above, and exhaled loudly:
"It's more than 500 kilometers away from our mainland, which is beyond the combat range of shore-based aviation. Once we occupy Guam, we will be able to completely cut off the devil's local transportation route."

"It is absolutely impossible for the devils to allow us to occupy Guam."

As he spoke, he looked around and looked around:

"So, within 48 hours, we need to build an airport sufficient for 1000 or [-] attack aircraft to take off and land, and [-] large-caliber coastal guns."

The missile attack aircraft is heavy, coupled with a large amount of electronic equipment, it has high requirements for the takeoff and landing airport, and the runway must be leveled and hardened. Tuna and Ryukyu patrol, only [-] can go to Guam.

Moreover, the Devils came this time with the entire United Fleet, so when the battle plan was first formulated, they were not the main force to deal with the Devils Fleet.

Without the support of the navy, the [-] missiles relying on a mere [-] missile attack aircraft are of little use.

Missile reassembly is very troublesome.

Moreover, according to the intelligence, the devils have been equipped with chaff jamming bombs, which will reduce the hit rate of the missiles. Although the jamming rate is not very high with the devil's technology, it will eventually reduce the hit rate.

This decisive battle with the Devils United Fleet relies on more than 1000 'bomb truck' attack aircraft.

"no problem."

The commander of the first engineer battalion who arrived on the first batch of transport planes was full of confidence:
"Do not worry."

"It doesn't take 48 hours, at most [-] hours, I can build [-] large-caliber coastal guns on Guam, enough for a thousand attack aircraft to take off and land at the airport."

Sufficient supplies.

All kinds of materials, what you want.

The terrain of Guam is also very suitable for the construction of an airport, with a vast flat terrain.

They are also well staffed.

Because there is no need to carry equipment, the first batch of 9000 transport planes transported five engineer battalions, with a total of [-] people. However, due to airport restrictions, the landing has not yet been completed.

Only the [-]st, [-]nd, and [-]rd engineering battalions gathered, and the [-]th and [-]th were still landing. After all, there was not enough space at the airport.

But not much.

They will show it well, what is the real infrastructure maniac!

"Contact the Air Force."

Walking out of the temporary headquarters, the commander of the engineer battalion, who also served as the deputy head, issued an order:

"Start clearing the field."

"The first battalion and the second battalion assembled immediately to collect engineering equipment, and then waited outside the clearing area."

Ten minutes later, next to the warehouse, the engineer battalion and two infantry battalions that arrived first were urgently expanded with construction machinery and tanks. On the soil runway with perforated steel plates, more than a dozen four-engine transport planes slowly flew up one by one. Sky——As a transport aircraft, when the load is low, the four-engine transport aircraft can take off from the dirt runway.

Subsequently.

In the huge warehouse built with steel plates, canvas, and wooden boards, more than a dozen ammunition traction trucks slowly pulled out super-huge cylindrical bombs and parked them in the loading and unloading area.

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"The captain's jade is broken."

Guam, in the dense forest of a certain mountain peak, several devil soldiers covered in mud gathered here.

"How did the enemy's tanks and heavy artillery be transported up?"

One of the ghost squadron leaders trembled a little, obviously the battle just now had left deep fear in his heart.

He saw the enemy land with his own eyes.

He and his squadron were stationed by the sea, only a little over four kilometers from the enemy's landing beach.

One of the closest troops.

Another is the Koike brigade.

He is also worthy of being a samurai of the Great Japanese Empire. He reacted quickly and led the team to rush over at the first time, but hundreds of enemy planes landed on the sea one by one, and then drove directly to the beach. The scene was very spectacular, and he was stunned for a while. In addition to the repair of his squadron today, it took a long time to assemble the troops.

Therefore, it arrived at the enemy's landing site a little later than Koike's brigade.

The distance of four kilometers, including the assembled troops, under the condition of hasty march, the Xiaochi brigade only took 10 minutes to arrive, while his squadron was a full 7 minutes behind.

however.

It was this 7 minutes late that saved his life.

He saw clearly.

When Koike Brigade arrived at the enemy's distance of only [-] kilometers, suddenly, unimaginable firepower burst out from the enemy's position, like a shower of meteor fire, countless shining fireballs fell from the sky and smashed into the position of Koike Brigade.

Then explode.

It is much more powerful than the mountain cannon, almost comparable to the 105 heavy artillery.

In just a few minutes, at least a thousand fireballs comparable to 105 heavy artillery shells hit the formation of Koike Brigade, and because of the hasty charge, the formation of Koike Brigade was very dense.

When the explosion wave dissipated, at most one-third of the more than 1000 people in Xiaochi's brigade remained.

And the vast majority of them are wounded.

Then, he saw dozens of tanks rushing towards Koike's brigade.

He decisively ordered the troops to retreat, and was lucky enough to escape from the shelling of the 'Meteor Fire Rain' covering his squadron and the pursuit of tanks, but his squadron was less than half left.

The enemy even frantically fired more than 1000 heavy artillery shells at his squadron, and then sent [-] tanks to chase his squadron!
After that, he saw that one shot was even more powerful, heavy artillery comparable to naval guns launched shelling on the division's position, and the "meteor fire shower" also rushed towards the position fiercely from time to time, and then more than 100 tanks rushed To the division position.

Among them, there are also terrifying fire-breathing tanks.

In less than an hour, the division's position was breached, and the division commander was forced to lead his troops into the forest. Fortunately, he was not injured.

I thought that in the forest where the tanks could not move, in the dense forest where the artillery fire would be weakened, their Great Japanese Locust Army could use the complex environment to teach the enemy a lesson and beat the enemy hard.

But it turns out that he was thinking too much.

The enemy did not attack the dense forest, but used a new type of artillery shell, still shining with flames, and still thousands of shells fell at once, but the explosion was different from ordinary shells, it would not form a crater, but it would burn. The raging fire, the explosion shock wave is also wider, and even sucks up the oxygen, causing the surrounding warriors to suffocate.

That time, he was almost suffocated to death.

Moreover, this kind of bomb would also burn down the woods. The originally dense woods were burnt out after several rounds of 'meteor fire shower', and they had to retreat to deeper depths. In the end, the enemy bombarded them all the way, and they retreated all the way.

During this period, the head of the division died, the captain of the regiment died, and the captain of the battalion also died. There were fewer and fewer locust warriors, but there were more and more enemies. To be precise, the firepower became more and more exhausted.

There are more and more artillery shells, more and more heavy artillery, and even bombers have begun to appear, casting even more terrifying 'meteor fire rain' towards the woods.

In the end, after most of the day, there were only so few of them left.

"What should we do now?"

Several devils looked at the devil squadron leader together.

"..."

After a long silence, the devil squadron leader gritted his teeth:

"Wait."

"We waited until night to launch raids and harass the enemy."

Although the enemy is powerful, with heavy artillery, tanks, and aircraft, and a large number of people, with so many artillery, tanks, and aircraft, one can imagine how many people there should be. Moreover, the main force of their divisions was completely wiped out, and the division heads were all broken. It is estimated that there will be no more than one brigade.

but.

As a samurai loyal to the Japanese locust army, he is not afraid of difficulties or broken jade. No matter how difficult it is, he will fight the enemy bravely. Death is the ultimate destination of a samurai.

"Hi."

Several devils around also bowed their heads.

As soon as the words fell, more than ten large planes suddenly appeared in the sky. The planes with four engines were at an altitude of about 1000 meters. These planes attracted the attention of the devils, and they all looked up.

This height can be clearly seen even with the naked eye.

One minute later, the doors of these aircraft were opened, and a huge cylinder was thrown from the tail. These cylinders also carried a small umbrella at the tail. The small umbrella grew up against the wind and spread into a huge parachute.

The moment the cylinder fell, the dozens of large planes immediately accelerated to fly away,
"what is this?"

The ghosts were taken aback.

They continued to stare at the sky,

The landing point of these columns is not where they are, and the distance is far away, so these devils continued to watch with peace of mind.

When the huge cylinder was only tens of meters away from the ground, suddenly, bang, the cylinder exploded, and it looked like a bottle of burst milk, spilling all over the sky.

then.

boom····

Huge fireballs, more than a dozen fireballs that were hundreds of times larger than the explosion of the battleship's main gun exploded, and the highest point even rose hundreds of meters into the sky, and the surrounding trees hundreds of meters were also covered by the fireballs.

After the fireball dissipated, what appeared in the eyes of the devils were more than a dozen open spaces with a width of several hundred meters and a circular shape-the trees inside were completely burned, and the ground was also burned to a level.

Gollum...
The leader of the Devil Squadron swallowed hard.

He recognized it, this was the horrible, choking bomb from before.

but.

This is too big!If the enemy had used this at that time, they would have already shattered their entire division, covering a radius of hundreds of meters. Once it was fired, a large group would be wiped out.

It is absolutely impossible for anyone to survive such an explosion. I am afraid that hiding underground will not work, and they will suffocate to death.

The devils were stunned for a long time, during which they were all quiet. About half an hour later, more than a dozen large four-engine planes appeared in the sight of several devils. The process was the same as before, and as a dozen large columns were dropped, There are more than a dozen open spaces with a radius of hundreds of meters above the ground.

"Shall we go tonight?"

After the second wave of planes left, a ghost asked.

"The enemy should be bombing the locust warriors hidden in the dense forest. We won't go tonight, let's see the situation first."

The leader of the Devil Squadron said these words with some difficulty.

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That night.

The devil squadron leader was very grateful for making the decision not to attack at night, because the enemy kept dropping that kind of terrifying bombs at night—more and more, from more than a dozen bombs at a time at the beginning to one at a time at the end Forty pieces.

In the middle of the night, violent explosions gathered together, and the shock wave of the explosion even caused a violent shock to the entire island, which they could feel several kilometers away.

"This is?"

In the early morning of the next day, a ghost pointed to the distance and said with some difficulty.

I saw the entire northern part of Guam, the original dense forest disappeared, leaving only a flat 'sand beach', and a few burnt stump fragments.

"What about the mountain?"

A ghost said suddenly.

When the devils looked at it, everyone was stunned.

They remember very clearly that there used to be a mountain in the north of Guam. To be precise, it was actually a hill. It was not high, only five or six meters. flatly.

but now.

The tens-of-meter-high hill disappeared, and as far as the eye could see, it was a vast flat land, an open land that had been flattened.

"what happened?"

The devils were completely stunned.

In less than ten hours, the huge mountain bag full of hard rocks disappeared, and the northern part of Guam changed from the original dense forest to the beach in front of us.

At this time, the devils saw hundreds of 'tanks' driving into the open space from the enemy's position, and they ran away in fright.

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the other side.

"Tsk tsk, this speed..."

Looking at the more than 300 construction machinery that began to level the land, compact the ground, and then lay steel plates, Zhang Dabiao couldn't help feeling emotional.

The 'Big Fireworks' cleared the field, burned the trees, and initially leveled the land, with a radius of several hundred meters.

Although limited by the small size of the airport at the beginning, only a dozen or so could be dropped at a time, but as the field airport near the warehouse of the engineer battalion expanded, more and more four-engine transport planes took off at one time, and finally reached forty.

Forty 'big fireworks' can be dropped at a time.

Even if there is overlap, the efficiency is astonishing. The ten-hour 'bombing' still completely emptied the flat land north of Guam.

There is actually a hill in the middle of the flat ground.

It's still a stone mountain.

This is not a big problem. A few ground-penetrating bombs were thrown to open a channel for the mountain bag, and then the tracked armored vehicle transported the bomb, stuffed more than a hundred tons of bombs into the mountain, and then detonated.

The shanbao was directly blown into pieces.

Even these fragments were blown into powder by the subsequent 'big firework'.

Next, you only need to use bulldozers to bulldoze, compact, and lay a prefabricated steel runway with anti-skid patterns, divide the apron around the runway, and use prefabricated steel structures and multi-layer waterproof canvas to build a logistics maintenance center and warehouses. Excellent military airfield.

With the scale of the flatlands north of Guam, as long as they are fully utilized, let alone [-], even [-] 'bomb trucks' are more than enough to take off and land.

More than 24 professional paving engineering machines, [-] fighters in [-] professional engineering battalions, and specially designed prefabricated runway steel plates can reduce the need for ground hardening, so that this huge airport can be completed in [-] hours at most. Put into use.

As for concrete warehouses, asphalt roads, cement runways, and landscaping in Laoshizi, they have plenty of time to do it after killing the Devils United Fleet.

"Send a report to Huang Quan."

Zhang Dabiao smiled slightly:
"Pilots can go after twelve hours, according to the highest standards."

This battle, he won.

(End of this chapter)