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Lieutenant General Yoshiji Saito, head of the No. 40 Third Division of the Japanese Army, received information that there were troops from the Chinese Expeditionary Army landing on both sides of the island?The Chinese army actually ran to the Pacific Ocean for island landing operations?Saito Yoshiji recalled that there were rumors before that the Chinese dispatched army was wiped out, the Kwantung Army was defeated and the Far East retreated into North Korea, and the mainland suffered huge losses from the bombing of American planes. It seems that those are not rumors, otherwise why would the Chinese army appear in the Pacific Ocean?

Standing in front of the map, Saito Yoshiji quickly decided that he would command the troops to attack the Chinese expeditionary force that landed in the Chalanganno area on the west coast of Saipan, and that Nagumo Chuichi would command the marines to attack the troops that landed in the U.S. Army, because In the impression of the Japanese, especially the Japanese army who had gone through the offensive and defensive battle of the Guadalcanal Islands, they were deeply impressed by the Chinese Expeditionary Army amphibious land force. The strong combat effectiveness and fighting will of the Chinese Expeditionary Army made the Japanese army daunting.

Hideyoshi Obata instructed Yoshiji Saito through the radio that he must stop the enemy on the beach at all costs and annihilate the landing troops of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Instead, it is better to stop the Chinese Expeditionary Force with all its strength, use the main force to counterattack the U.S. landing force, and defeat it all the way, because the amphibious land forces of the Chinese Expeditionary Force far exceed the U.S. Army in terms of combat experience and fighting will.

It can be said that Hideyoshi Obata, the commander of the No.30 First Army of the Japanese Garrison Army, was not on the island when the landing operation started. Therefore, the defense was actually in charge of Lieutenant General Saito Yoshiji, the commander of the No.40 Third Division.

The U.S. forces attacking Tinian Island and Guam were the Fifth Marine Corps under the command of Lieutenant General Holland Smith. The basic units under its jurisdiction were the First Marine Division, the Second Marine Division, and the Third Marine Division. The No. 20 Seventh Division of the Army Infantry was transferred to Song Xilian's command, and it was only used for landing on Saipan. The No. 20 Ninth Division of the Army Infantry was used as a reserve team.Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice Mountains and Rivers 931

It can be said that due to the withdrawal of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the U.S. military can invest more ships to carry out firepower strikes, and to undertake transportation and direct support. The U.S. Pacific Fleet has invested in five battleships, seven escort aircraft carriers, Eleven cruisers, 42 destroyers, more than 150 minesweeping and anti-submarine ships, more than 270 landing ships, more than 20 transport ships, a total of more than [-] ships, the landing force is mainly the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the US Army Infantry No. The .[-] Seventh Division cooperated to carry out a general assault on Saipan, searched for the Japanese defense line, destroyed it, annihilated the active forces of the Japanese army, quickly and completely eliminated the remnants of the enemy, and resumed the operation of the airport on the island.

Under the attack of unprecedented fierce artillery fire and napalm incendiary bombs, the Japanese army's counterattack troops on the second line suffered heavy casualties. The main force of the Japanese army and navy assembled near Mount Tabojo suffered huge losses from the bombardment of cloud bombs. This is the beginning of the Japanese war. Unexpectedly at the time, only the Japanese troops who participated in the Battle of Nanjing and the Heilongjiang Fortress in the Northeast had experienced the terrifying power of cloud explosives and detonating bombs, especially the Japanese troops who were preparing to counterattack in the dense forest relying on simple fortifications Encountered a catastrophe, the first amphibious land division of the Chinese Expeditionary Army succeeded in grabbing the beach without any effort.

Song Xilian looked at the battle plan made before the war. Now Song Xilian can say that he admires Gao Fei's strategic and tactical talents from the bottom of his heart. The plan made in Beiping was used on a small island in the Pacific Ocean that was still kept secret at that time, and the Japanese were blown up. No quilt could be found, and the Japanese counterattack troops with more than [-] soldiers were all buried in the sea of ​​flames. The Japanese troops deployed on the beach suffered heavy losses and hardly formed any powerful resistance. His firepower distribution deployed troops?Just as the Japanese are worried that American shells will be wasted.

However, the U.S. Marine Corps who landed on Tinian Island and Guam were not so lucky. In particular, the Japanese army on Tinian Island did not implement Hideyoshi Obata’s plan for a decisive battle on the beachhead according to the deployment of Daxi Yiyi in Guam. Disperse the troops all over the island to form a net-like encirclement state. No matter where the US army attacks from, they will fall into the siege of the Japanese army, and the main fortifications on Tinian Island and Guam are not on the beach.

The 70.00st Marine Division of the U.S. Army was kicked on the bricks. The main reason was that the firepower preparations before the attack were not sufficient. Holland Smith looked down on the Japanese at all. At the same time, intelligence analysis supports that about [-]% of the Japanese troops are concentrated in the Saipan Island, Tinian Island and Guam are just a few miscellaneous fish, but they ignore the defenses such as artillery positions, permanent firepower points, strong support points and camouflaged trenches built by the Japanese army on the reverse slope in the anti-landing area Most of them were not destroyed. Relying on these fortifications, the Japanese army adopted defensive and counterattack tactics. As a result, the United States began to encounter strong resistance after landing, and the troops stagnated for a while.

The U.S. Marine Division encountered difficulties in Tinian Island and Guam. Song Xilian was also very depressed. The two divisions of the First Amphibious Marine Division and the Sixth Amphibious Marine Division that landed advanced more than [-] kilometers. Controlled the three main airports on the island, and began to clear the remnants of the enemy with the second amphibious land division, and strengthened the frontal defense in depth with the fourth amphibious land division. , drove the Japanese army in the direction of Mount Tapocho, and then attacked with napalm incendiary bombs on a large scale.

But what troubled Song Xilian was the slow movement of the No.20 Seventh Division of the U.S. Army. Its division commander, Major General Ralph Smith, was simply a cowardly and cowardly fellow. Can wait half a day for fire support and bombing support, which makes it very difficult for Song Xilian to understand. The No. 20 Seventh Division of the US Army has also been trained in island landing warfare, but its fighting will and speed cannot be compared with the amphibious land forces of the Chinese Expeditionary Army. unanimous.

Song Xilian directly expressed dissatisfaction with Nimitz about the procrastination of the No. 20 Seventh Division on the U.S. side. Holland Smith and others on the U.S. side were also troubled by the low combat effectiveness of the U.S. Army.

Song Xilian believes that the reason for this is that the Chinese Expeditionary Army's amphibious land force is a unit specially formed by the Chinese Expeditionary Army to carry out landing operations. It is extremely dangerous, and every day of delay on land will cause an additional loss to the fleet covering the landing on the sea, which can even lead to the failure of the overall combat plan.