blood feud

Bai Shujie devoted himself to developing himself and preparing for the last moment. In a blink of an eye, it was January 1945, 1, and the ammunition was already loaded and the knife was unsheathed on the side of Iwo Jima.

Although Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was an aggressor, it cannot be denied that he was an excellent professional soldier.He had served as the commander of the Emperor's Guard, and he had a strong sense of tactics.

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi realized that in the face of the absolute superiority of the U.S. military in the sea and air, beachhead operations would not be effective. He advocated relying on the favorable terrain of Mount Suribachi and Wonsan Mountains and relying on solid fortifications to implement defense in depth.

However, the naval garrison still insisted on annihilating the enemy at the beachhead. In the end, Lieutenant Admiral Tadamichi Aebayashi made a compromise plan, focusing on defense in depth, supplemented by beachhead defense.The naval garrison built permanent launch points and strong support points along the beach to carry out forward defense; the main force of the army was concentrated in the Suribachi and Wonsan areas to implement in-depth defense.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi was determined to build Iwo Jima into a solid fortress, with Mount Suribachi as the core position and the two airports as the main defensive areas.On the east and west beaches suitable for landing, there are defensive positions with permanent launch points and strong support points as the backbone.

The fortifications of the Japanese army were mostly based on underground tunnel positions. The concrete fortifications were organically combined with natural caves, and there were traffic trenches connected to each other.

Most of the artillery positions are also built semi-underground. Although the firing range is sacrificed, the survivability under heavy bombing is greatly improved.

Artillery and communication networks are well protected, Suribachi Mountain is almost hollowed out, and there are nine floors of tunnels built!

In view of the combat characteristics of the US military, Lilin planted a large number of landmines deep on the beach, and machine guns, mortars, and anti-tank guns formed a dense firepower network.

The configuration and shooting targets of all weapons have been accurately calculated, which can not only conceal oneself, but also kill the enemy to the maximum extent.

The only shortcoming is that the tunnel fortifications originally planned to be built in the Wonsan area is 28 kilometers long. Due to lack of time, when the US military launched an offensive, only 70% of them were completed, about 18 kilometers. Tunnel connection.

Instead of the desperate tactics of the Japanese army in the early days of the war, tactics such as short-range shooting, mobile defense by dividing troops, and ambush were stipulated. Suicide charges were also strictly prohibited, and every soldier was called on to kill at least ten American troops.

Lieutenant General Tadamichi Aobayashi's painstaking efforts naturally created a huge trap for the U.S. military, making the Battle of Iwo Jima the cruelest and most difficult landing battle in the Pacific.

From December 1944, 12, the U.S. air force stationed on Saipan began to carry out air strikes on the Ogasawara Islands. A total of 10 bombings were carried out, dropping about 48 tons of bombs, but with little effect.

During this period, the Japanese army on Iwo Jima dispatched two planes to attack the US B-2 air base on Saipan, destroying 29 B-29 bombers and injuring 4.

至1945年1月2日，日军已累计击毁b—29轰炸机17架，严重威胁着美军b—29塞班岛航空基地的安全。

In order to suppress the arrogance of the Japanese aircraft on Iwo Jima, the U.S. military organized a sea-air coordinated assault on January 1945, 1, dispatching 13 aircraft sorties.

其中b—29重轰炸机62架次，b—24中型轰炸机102架次、重巡洋舰3艘、驱逐舰7艘，共投掷炸弹814吨，发射203mm炮弹1500发、127mm炮弹5334发。

Such a violent bombing did not completely destroy the Iwo Jima airport, but only temporarily suppressed it, making all Americans, including Nimitz, feel helpless.

By the beginning of February 1945, the U.S. military had dispatched 2 sorties of carrier-based aircraft, 1269 sorties of shore-based aviation, and 1479 ships of warships, dropping a total of more than 64 tons of bombs and firing more than 6800 rounds of large-caliber naval artillery shells, including 2 rounds of 406mm shells. 203 rounds of 203mm shells and 6472 rounds of 127mm shells.

Due to the extremely strong fortifications of the Japanese army, the bombing effect of such intense and intensive fire bombing by the US military was very limited, and it was still a waste of effort.

The two airports on the island were not completely destroyed. The Japanese army could always quickly repair them after the air raids. The Japanese army had a preliminary taste of the firepower of the US military and devoted all their efforts to building fortifications with tunnels as the backbone. created more trouble.

On January 1945, 1, Major General Curtis LeMay, commander of the No. 28th Air Force, the Army Air Force responsible for organizing the strategic bombing of the Japanese homeland, came to discuss how the Air Force would support the Iwo Jima landing operation. Spruance Just ask him how much Iwo Jima was worth to the war?

Li Mei immediately affirmed that without Iwo Jima, it would be impossible to effectively carry out strategic bombing of the Japanese mainland.Spruance was relieved and determined to take Iwo Jima at all costs, thus setting the tone for the campaign.

On February 1945, 2, Spruance took the "Indianapolis" heavy cruiser as his flagship, and Mitchell, commander of the 7th Task Force, took the "Bunker Hill" aircraft carrier as his flagship, and together led 58 ships. The aircraft carrier formation composed of 12 battleships, 8 cruisers, and 15 destroyers sailed away from Ulisi, passed the Mariana Islands and the east of the Ogasawara Islands, and headed straight for the Japanese mainland.

He was particularly worried about the threat of the Japanese kamikaze, so there were only 30 bombers and torpedo planes on each aircraft carrier, and the rest were all equipped with fighter jets.

In order to minimize the possibility of being discovered by the Japanese army, a number of submarines were dispatched to perform reconnaissance and search in front of the formation channel, while the shore-based air force on Saipan used B-24 and B-29 to patrol and guard the sea area where the formation passed.

Due to the strict precautionary measures mentioned above and the cover of bad weather, the US aircraft carrier formation reached the waters 16 nautical miles southeast of Tokyo at dawn on the 125th.

On February 1945, 2, the US aircraft carrier formation dispatched more than 13 carrier-based aircraft, which were divided into several attack waves to attack various airports in Tokyo Bay.

However, God often makes mistakes and does not distinguish between objects.

The bad weather provided Spruance with cover and brought his fleet closer to the Japanese mainland, which can be said to be a huge plus.

Also because of the bad weather, the sky was covered with overcast clouds and thunder and lightning, which became the best defense circle for the Japanese devils.

As a result, the carrier-based aircraft took off, but they couldn't see the land at all. Naturally, they didn't know where their bombs were thrown.

Practical experience shows that before Iwo Jima is captured, it is simply not feasible to directly attack the Japanese mainland to solve the problem.

Undoubtedly, the undead cannot solve the problem.

Spruance could only turn around and bite the bullet and attack the hedgehog-like Iwo Jima.

In the early morning of February 1945, 2, Brandy's fire support formation arrived in the waters of Iwo Jima and began to implement pre-fire preparations.All battleships and cruisers were divided into sections, and the identified targets were destroyed one by one.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the bombardment, several battleships even directly aimed at the target at a distance of only 3000 meters from the shore.

However, due to the bad weather and the smoke on the island, only 750 of the planned 17 targets were destroyed, and the shelling effect was not satisfactory.

However, Lieutenant General Su Lin Zhongdao is not a fool. The only strength of the American devils is fierce artillery fire and rich wealth.

He ordered the sporadic isolated firepower points that had been prepared long ago, and only used some small and medium-caliber artillery to counterattack, luring the American devils to pour the shells over.

Even with only a dozen small-caliber guns below 100mm, the Japanese devils also damaged 1 battleship and sank 1 cruiser.

As for the large-caliber artillery, Lieutenant General Su Lin Zhongdao strictly ordered them to be concealed, and no trace was allowed to be exposed.Because of this, during the day and night of shelling by the American devils, the large-caliber artillery did not fire a single shot, and all the shells of the American devils were thrown into the open space.

On February 1945, 2, Nimitz and others believed that the enemy's firepower on Iwo Jima had been destroyed, so they sent an underwater demolition team to detect the channel of the beach reef under the cover of 17 landing gunboats and clear the underwater mines and obstacles, and open up the landing channel.

Lieutenant General Sulin Zhongdao made a huge mistake.

He thought that the US military was about to land, so he ordered the large-caliber artillery to fire, sinking all 12 landing gunboats, thus exposing his last hole card.

But this shocked the U.S. military. The Japanese army on the island still had such fierce firepower. The original scheduled landing time could only be further postponed, and the newly exposed targets were immediately bombed.

In the three days from the 16th to the 18th, in addition to the firepower of the US military's naval guns, the carrier-based aircraft escorting the aircraft carrier also attacked with all their strength.

During these three days, Iwo Jima was almost completely submerged by the gunpowder and smoke from the bombardment of the US military, and the Japanese army had to retreat in the tunnel and was unable to move.

According to statistics, the U.S. military consumed more than 2.4 tons of shells and bombs before landing, and Iwo Jima suffered an average of 1200 tons of bombs per square kilometer.

Spruance thought: "Damn Japanese monkeys, this time is definitely over."

As everyone knows, the tunnel fortification designed by Lieutenant General Sulin Zhongdao is divided into nine floors.The Americans blew up the first layer of camouflage on the ground, with little effect.

At 1945 a.m. on February 2, 19, the landing formation led by Turner arrived in the waters off Iwo Jima, and the aircraft carrier formation commanded by Spruance and Mitchell also arrived in the waters northwest of Iwo Jima. The weather is sunny, the sky is high and the clouds are thin, and the breeze is light.

At 7:4, 13 U.S. battleships, [-] heavy cruisers, and [-] destroyers began direct fire preparations.

Because the weather is clear and the target is clearly visible, it seems that the effect seems to be ideal.

The [-]th Marine Division, which had just replenished its recruits, landed on three beaches at the southern end. The goal of the operation was to cross the narrowest part of the island and isolate or capture Mount Suribachi in the south of the island.

The Fourth Marine Division, which had just recruited new recruits, landed on four beaches in the north, with the goal of capturing the Japanese Airfield No. [-].

At 68:[-], the first wave of [-] crawler landing vehicles left the starting point and rushed towards the beach.

At 59:[-], the naval gun fire began to extend its fire.

At [-] o'clock, the troops began to land on time. The resistance of the Japanese army was very weak. There were only sporadic shots from mortars and light weapons. It seemed that everything was going well.

At least in the eyes of Nimitz, Spruance and others, the damned Japanese monkeys have finally been blown to death, and when the battle is over for the American warriors, a great and decisive victory is just around the corner.

It's a pity that people who like to dream about everything, no matter how unwilling they are, will wake up from the dream.Then he was beaten up by the cruel reality, and he could only find his teeth all over the place.

For Nimitz, Spruance and the others, the time to be beaten has actually arrived, but they are like idiots who don't know it.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.

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