() After Japan suffered a disastrous defeat at sea, it knew that its overseas colonies could not be saved. The headquarters of Japan issued a death order to the defenders of each island, requiring them to defend all islands and not lose an inch of territory.
The person responsible for guarding the Philippines is Army Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma. He is also a staunch militarist. It was he who commanded the Japanese army to carry out a large-scale joint naval and air attack a year ago and drove MacArthur out of the Philippines. Then he
Leading more than 200,000 Japanese troops, they are waiting in the Philippines.
Defeating the Americans is not what Masaharu Honma desires most. In his heart, what he hopes to defeat the most is the Chinese Army. He often says that he wants to wash away the shame of the Sino-Japanese War. After occupying the Philippines, he often looks towards Taiwan and warns him.
The subordinates must always have the highest goal of recapturing Taiwan. The imperial army once occupied Taiwan and then lost it. The true imperial warriors should recapture Taiwan again and present it as a gift to His Majesty the Emperor.
Honma Masaharu did not have this sweet dream for long. The Japanese navy suffered a disastrous defeat. He no longer had any hope of attacking the Chinese mainland. Instead, he had to think about how to defend the Philippines. Honma Masaharu also knew that after losing control of the sea, it was already difficult to defend the beaches.
It was no longer realistic. He took the initiative to deploy his firepower backwards and abandoned the beach position appropriately...
Although Luzon Island is not small, there are not many areas suitable for landing. In particular, some areas are densely covered with jungles. After landing on the island, you have to play hide-and-seek with the Japanese. A squadron unfamiliar with the terrain will easily suffer losses.
Therefore, China chose the landing site in Subic Bay, southwest of Luzon Island.
Chinese bombers and naval aviation intensively bombed this place, destroying everything that could be seen on the shore. After the official landing started, the tank landing ship quickly approached the beach, then opened the front door, and the landing craft inside quickly dispatched, fully loaded
Soldiers and tanks rushed to the beach.
The tank landing ship has been equipped with a 107mm rocket launcher. These rocket launchers are improved models with longer range and greater power, making them suitable for covering landings. Especially when launching, the fire shoots into the sky, just like pouring rain.
He mercilessly smashed into Japan's hidden fortifications on the shore.
What the rocket launcher pursues is rapid and large-scale firepower delivery. The beach is instantly smashed with sand and rocks flying everywhere. This large-area coverage has a very good effect, that is, even if the Japanese fortifications are not destroyed, they cannot open fire to stop them.
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The landing craft took this opportunity to quickly land on the beach. The soldiers successfully landed on the beach, and armored vehicles and tanks were also brought up. With these heavy equipment, it became much easier to develop in depth.
The Marine Corps drove its tanks roaring towards the inland. At the same time, Chinese naval ships also began to shell the shore on a large scale. The power of naval guns was definitely not comparable to that of army guns. Every heavy artillery shell fell on Japan.
The position will raise sand and soil more than ten meters high, creating a large crater with a radius of hundreds of meters. After being bombarded, all life in the surrounding area will disappear.
After the landing site was opened, the number of follow-up troops increased. Within one day, China already had 30,000 soldiers, and 50,000 tons of supplies were sent to the coast of Subic Bay. With these supplies, the Chinese ** team
Steadily advancing inland, Japanese resistance became increasingly fierce.
The Japanese are very good at being a mouse. They are good at using the terrain to build various hidden fortifications. It is very laborious to deal with them. Moreover, these troops stationed overseas are the elite forces of the Japanese. They know that they are already the turtle in the urn, but
They still fight to the death and refuse to retreat. They don't take other people's lives seriously, and they don't take their own lives seriously either.
Just as the Chinese army was attacking, thousands of Filipinos dressed as natives suddenly appeared. The Japanese were driving these people toward the Chinese army like cattle. This practice of using refugees as human shields made the Chinese
Team ** was also a little hesitant.
They couldn't figure out what the purpose of Japan's actions was. Just as they hesitated, several people approached the squadron. Suddenly, two of them rushed out of the refugee team at an extraordinary speed.
Pounced on the Chinese ** team.
There was a loud noise, and the man had completely disappeared. Four Chinese soldiers and an armored vehicle were also killed at the same time. Seeing this scene, the Chinese soldiers instantly understood how inhuman the Japanese were.
, mixed human bombs among the refugees and used them to attack the Chinese ** team.
After waking up, the squadron was no longer polite. They opened up their firepower and killed anyone who dared to get close, whether they were refugees or Japanese, as long as they were alive.
These more than a thousand refugees were quickly killed, but a few crazy Japanese bombers saw that they could not get close to the squadron, so they detonated their bombs crazily, dragging the surrounding refugees to their deaths. This madness
Jin shocked all the Chinese teams. The opponents they faced were not humans at all, but a bunch of beasts.
In fact, an even crazier scene is taking place in the waters of the Philippines at this time, which is a suicide attack.
So-called suicide attacks are not uncommon in wars, but they are only sporadic. During the last Sino-Japanese war, China trained a group of North Korean pilots and used them to attack Japanese naval bases, which achieved unexpected results.
But that time there were only a few dozen people.
Now what China has to face is hundreds of suicide planes, frantically crashing into the Chinese aircraft carrier. This is Japan's long-prepared kamikaze attack.
Ryukyu failed and a large number of elite pilots lost their lives, making Japan's air power instantly weak. With those rookie pilots, there was no way they could compete with China's elite air power. After several weighings, Japan chose suicide attacks.
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One person, one aircraft, one ship is their pursuit. Japan selected a large number of fanatical young people from the mainland, only taught them simple takeoffs and landings, and then brainwashed them non-stop, telling them to do it for the sake of the emperor.
Glory, sacrifice and dedication for the future of Japan, these people are like being beaten with blood.
In some overseas territories, the Japanese also recruited a large number of suicide pilots from expatriates, trained them into crazy tools, and named this suicide attack team Kamikaze.
Japan himself actually knows that after the disastrous defeat at sea, China and the United States are like two big pliers, pinching Japan's neck. Sooner or later, these two countries will be able to crush Japan to death, and Japan has no hope of victory.
It's not big anymore. But these upper-class people in Japan were not willing to accept the fate of failure. They still wanted to fight to the death, so they came up with a weapon like the Kamikaze.
More than a hundred kamikaze aircraft set off from the base on Luzon Island like a swarm of flies, heading towards the Chinese fleet. China has never cared much about Japan's air power, even when Japan's air force was at its peak.
There is no way to compete with China. Now with a bunch of fledgling rookies, do you still want to compete with China?
Soon China's interceptor aircraft had collided with Japan's fleet. Japan's Zero aircraft was pretty good at the beginning of the war and was considered the best aircraft in the world. However, the war has been going on for more than two years.
Countries have developed more powerful aircraft, but these Zeros are already lagging behind.
What disappoints the Chinese pilots even more is that these Japanese pilots don't seem to understand air combat at all. They have no formation, no coordination, and don't even know how to compare attacks. They are messy and unorganized. It doesn't look like they are fighting, but like committing suicide.
As soon as they met, more than twenty planes were shot down. At this time, the Chinese pilots finally discovered something unusual. Most Japanese planes did not carry ammunition, but after being hit and exploded, something happened
A violent explosion.
Some people who reacted quickly thought that the Japanese planes were equipped with explosives. After reaching this conclusion, everyone felt shuddering. These planes were Japanese suicide planes.
Qiao Yu had long had a premonition that Japan would definitely use suicide attacks when necessary, so he had already notified the squadron to pay attention. These pilots had all been informed, and now after seeing this situation, everyone knew that Japan
The suicide plane was finally used.
This desperate fighting style is indeed a great threat to warships. A kamikaze aircraft can carry half a ton of explosives, which is far more than all heavy bombs. Once such a plane hits a warship, it will definitely
Either death or injury, there is absolutely no chance of survival.
Therefore, Chinese pilots also tried their best to attack these aircraft. Japanese kamikaze aircraft were shot down into the sea one after another. Because the cabins of the kamikaze aircraft would be welded to death after the pilots entered, they would not be given a chance to escape.
Therefore, these pilots all ignored it and became extremely fanatical.
Death is their best destination. After an encounter, more than a dozen aircraft broke through the interception of Chinese carrier-based aircraft and headed towards the aircraft carrier formation. At this time, those frigates came into play, and intensive firepower came.
The Japanese who committed the crime shot down most of their planes.
However, as this was the first time for such an attack, two kamikaze aircraft broke through the obstruction, one hit an escort aircraft carrier, and the other hit a supply ship.
Suddenly both ships were severely damaged and had to withdraw from the naval battle, but this damage was basically a scratch for the Chinese navy. A steady stream of materials and personnel were still quickly landing on Luzon Island, and China's air power had already bombarded it.
The focus is on Manila.
Hundreds of bombers carrying napalm bombs flew over Manila. Soon the city turned into a sea of fire. Countless Japanese expatriates and local indigenous people fell into despair. They finally tasted war.
The taste of.
The news that Japan had used a suicide plane quickly spread to Bei Jing. Qiao Yu at the base camp was very happy after seeing the news. This meant that Japan himself had reached the end of his rope! (To be continued.)