Text volume 2189 Let the Japanese land. The attitude of Europeans and Americans when facing difficulties is actually relatively negative. They do not make up their mind to overcome all difficulties. They believe that as long as I work hard, I can live with a clear conscience. The result depends on God.
the meaning of.
This can explain why the French took the initiative to give up resistance even though they could still hold on.
Because they have tried hard.
So did MacArthur.
MacArthur also wanted to defeat the Japanese, but he was inferior in strength and failure was acceptable.
As for fighting to the bitter end, fighting to the last soldier.
Sorry, this option was never included in MacArthur's alternative plan.
When the time came to 1942, the situation in each war zone was good or bad.
The Battle of Moscow is developing in a direction more favorable to Russia.
To the southwest, the Russians recaptured Kaluga.
To the northwest, Kalinin was also recaptured by Russia.
To the southeast, the Russians lifted the German siege of Tula. The Germans' "blitzkrieg" was actually bankrupt, and the war was gradually turning to a "protracted war."
This is undoubtedly very beneficial to Russia. Russia's industrial transfer plan has been basically completed, but the shortage of weapons and ammunition has not been fundamentally solved. The counterattack phase consumes more ammunition than the defensive phase. However, as time goes by, this
The situation is gradually improving.
As the British and American troops in the Far East continued to collapse, Percival was at his wits end. No unit under his command could stop the Japanese advance. The once heroic and capable Australian troops also lost their combat effectiveness in the jungles of the Far East.
The U.S.-Philippine coalition forces are still retreating toward the Bataan Peninsula in a chaotic manner. The troops have completely lost their organization. The officers do not know where to retreat, and the soldiers only know how to escape.
The British also had trouble in North Africa.
The British once saw hope of victory in North Africa. Because of the joint operations of the Mediterranean Fleet and the Cyprus Squadron, in November last year, the North African Army led by Rommel had only enough fuel for one day when it was most critical.
Mustache noticed Rommel's embarrassment, and at the most critical juncture of the Russo-German war, he sent more submarine units and an air force division to increase attention to the North African battlefield.
The effect of this method is immediate.
On November 10 last year, the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" belonging to the British H Fleet was sunk by a torpedo launched by the German submarine U-81 40 miles away from the Strait of Gibraltar.
When it was sunk, the "Ark Royal" was only three days away from its third anniversary of service. This meritorious battleship participated in the roundup of the "Königsberg" and the "Bismarck" and is one of the most advanced aircraft carriers in the UK.
This is just the beginning.
On November 25, the battleship "Barham" belonging to the Mediterranean Fleet was attacked by the German U-331 in the waters near Cyrenaica in North Africa while performing a support escort mission with the "Queen Elizabeth" and the "Warrior".
The submarine sank, killing 861 people.
"Barham" was built in 1913. If this was not heartbreaking enough for the British, then what happened next made the British heartbroken.
On December 22, the Z fleet led by Big Thumb was completely wiped out in Malaya.
On Christmas night, December 25, the Italian Navy gave the Royal Navy another "surprise".
According to tradition, the Royal Navy also holds a series of celebrations on Christmas Eve, even during war.
The Italian Navy does not take a holiday.
While the Royal Navy was partying all night long, a submarine from the Italian Navy came to Alexandria, released three "human-controlled torpedoes" and sneaked into Alexandria.
The "human-controlled torpedo" is a small propeller operated by two people. It is small and flexible, and its noise is about the same as that of a large fish.
The Italians installed bombs on the battleships "Queen Elizabeth" and "Warrior", and both powerful battleships were sunk.
In just two months, Britain lost five battleships and one aircraft carrier, and the Royal Navy lost one-third of its main battleships.
This isn't over yet.
On the night of the 25th, a fleet consisting of cruisers and destroyers performed a mission in the waters near Malta and attacked an Italian supply fleet.
The Italians were very clever and led the British into the minefields that had been laid out in advance.
The British were unprepared. The cruiser "Neptune" was the first to hit a mine, and the "Dawn" and "Schneelop" were also injured. The "Dawn" was seriously damaged and struggled to Malta at a speed of 16 knots. "
The Schnellop triggered two more mines while trying to help the Neptune.
"Neptune" eventually sank, and only one of the 763 crew members survived.
Suffering successive heavy losses, the strength of the British Mediterranean Fleet was seriously damaged. At least in the Mediterranean, the Cyprus Squadron began to assume a dominant position.
At the beginning of the new year, the Cyprus Squadron was replenished. The number of aircraft carriers in the fleet increased to three, the number of cruisers increased to 21, and the number of destroyers remained at 30.
On the night of the 25th, an Italian submarine came to the waters near Cyprus and tried to release a "human-controlled torpedo" at the military port where the Cyprus squadron was located.
The Cyprus Squadron remained vigilant even during the festive season.
The submarine was discovered by a patrolling destroyer before it reached a position where it could release its "man-controlled torpedo".
The idle captains finally found the most suitable toy. The four destroyers surrounded the exposed Italian submarine and dropped a total of 186 depth charges.
The poor Italian submarine didn't even have a chance to surface and surrender, but was sunk directly.
Also on Christmas Day, the 18th Division, affiliated with the Japanese 25th Army, sent a force to attack Diaomen Island after occupying Kuantan.
Diaomen Island, also known as Tioman Island, is the largest of the 64 volcanic archipelagos in eastern Malaya. Through the "destroyer-for-island" plan, the volcanic archipelago where Diaomen Island is located has become the territory of southern Africa.
Diaomen Island has beautiful scenery, crystal clear water, winding coast and unparalleled golden beaches.
The most attractive thing about Diaomen Island is the colorful underwater world of tropical fish. There are white coral beaches, tall emerald coconut trees, crystal clear sea water, colorful corals and countless beautiful small fishes in the offshore.
Experienced divers or those who are just trying the fun of diving will find their own fun here.
Diaomen Island is known as one of the ten most beautiful islands in the world.
It's a pity that the scenery here is not well known. The scenery of Diaomen Island was only widely spread after Fox Company of Another Time and Space filmed the large-scale musical "South Pacific" on Diaomen Island in 1958.
After acquiring Diaomen Island, the 2nd Regiment of the 9th Marine Brigade, which was affiliated with the Indian Ocean Theater, was ordered to station and built a field airport on the island. The aviation units that subsequently stationed turned Diaomen Island into a military fortress.
In August last year, the 15th East India Infantry Division was transferred to Diaomen Island to assist in the defense, and the number of troops stationed on the island increased to 25,000.
The composition of these 25,000 people was complex, including Marines, Army Air Forces, and East India Forces.
Although there is no such thing as a servant army within the Southern African Union, when the Southern African army and the alliance forces fight together, the Southern African army must be the main force. Therefore, the commander-in-chief of the Diaomen Island garrison is the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 9th Marine Corps Brigade.
Wang Sheng.
"The Japanese army sent a total of four transport ships, escorted by one cruiser and three destroyers. If you agree, we can wipe out the Japanese on the sea without giving them a chance to land." Captain of the Army's 31st Aviation Wing
Chen Yang took the initiative to request the battle. Chen Yang and Wang Sheng had the same military rank, but in the battle to defend the island, the aviation force was in a subordinate position and had to obey Wang Sheng's command.
"No, let them come up and let us see how capable little Japan is." Huang Peng, commander of the 15th East India Division, is of Chinese descent and a member of the Huang family with a rich background.
East India's air and sea defense relies entirely on southern Africa. It focuses on developing its army, which is still quite strong.
In the Southern African Union, the relationship between East India and Southern Africa is very special. Only these two countries are mainly composed of Chinese. The equipment of the East India army is also good. It started with Lee Enfield and gradually began to change its equipment this year.
, becoming the second country after southern Africa to equip semi-automatic rifles on a large scale.
The only regret is that East India still does not have the ability to organize military production, and all weapons and equipment are imported from southern Africa.
The leaders of East India were also very smart. They vigorously developed the plantation economy and had no desire for heavy industry. The structure of the 500,000-strong army was similar to that of other alliance forces. All officers were of Chinese origin, and the soldiers were mainly local indigenous people.
Therefore, Huang Peng didn't care how much casualties the Japanese troops would cause to the defense forces when they landed.
Those on the front line at the beachhead must be the East India troops.
If that doesn't work, there's still the Marine Corps.
"If you want greater results, you have to let the Japanese land." Wang Sheng hoped that the Japanese would send more troops to attack Diaomen Island, and the four transport ships would arrive there.
If it were replaced by Southern Africa, which has deep pockets, four transport ships could transport at least one division.
The power gap between Japan and southern Africa is also comprehensive.
Transport ships in southern Africa often weigh tens of thousands of tons, and those with several thousand tons are inland river tugboats that are not even qualified to go to sea.
The four Japanese transport ships all have a visual displacement of less than 3,000 tons, and they cannot carry a few people at all.
"That's it, I'll go to the front line to supervise the battle!" Huang Peng looked happy, feeling that the golden military medal was waving to him.
Chen Yang looked up to the sky and sighed. If he took a long-term approach to fishing for big fish, the aviation force would probably not even have a chance to participate in the war.
That's not right, and the Japanese are not stupid. There will definitely be air cover when they land on the beach, but I don't know how many planes the Japanese can send over.
Chen Yang is quite looking forward to the "Type Zero" that the Japanese have just equipped.
Like many landing battles during the Philippine Campaign, the Japanese fleet arrived in the offshore waters of Diaomen Island with smooth sailing. The transport ship immediately released the landing craft, and the landing battle officially began.
Diaomen Island is 20 kilometers long from north to south and 10 kilometers wide from east to west. It is shaped like a gourd and has a commanding height of 1,133 meters.
At the headquarters less than one kilometer away from the beach, Wang Sheng and Chen Yang could clearly observe every move of the Japanese army through telescopes.
Probably because the Japanese army had not encountered any decent resistance since the outbreak of the war, the beach landing organized by the Japanese army seemed a bit amateurish to Wang Sheng and Chen Yang.
"There was not even a routine artillery bombardment. The Japanese were being arrogant." Chen Yang was very dissatisfied. Not only was there no artillery bombardment by the Japanese army, there were not even a single Japanese aircraft in the air. This was not arrogance, but arrogance.
"Shouldn't artillery shells be wasted in shelling? The Japanese probably think that we have already evacuated in advance." Wang Sheng sneered. The Japanese who had already landed did not even have a beachhead. They had just landed and had already begun to organize battle formations and headed towards the interior of the island.
Launch an attack.
This cannot be blamed on the Japanese.
The scenery of Diaomen Island is beautiful. The top ten most beautiful islands are not just exaggerated. Anyone who comes to Diaomen Island for the first time will be shocked by the scenery here.
When the Marines deployed their defenses, they did not destroy the scenery near the beach.
So when the landing craft moved towards Diaomen Island, the water was so clear that you could see the red coral on the seabed at a glance.
Colorful tropical fish swim in the corals, and seagulls fly around the landing craft full of soldiers.
The temperature in Diaomen Island in December is suitable, the sea breeze is still gentle, and the sunshine is so warm that it makes people sleepy.
How could such an environment be associated with a bloody battlefield? For Japanese soldiers, this was simply a tourist attraction.
In Diaomen Island in the 21st century, there are wooden houses full of tropical scenery on the beach.
Not in this era.
In order to clear the shooting boundary, there were not even any stones on the beach and all the trees were cleared. Therefore, even if the Japanese troops landed wanted to, it would be difficult to build a complete beachhead position in a short time.
Then let's make a tentative attack first.
The number of Japanese troops participating in the attack was about one squadron, about 200 people.
Japan's army organization is composed of detachments, squads, squadrons, groups, regiments, and divisions. The squadron is roughly equivalent to the company level in southern Africa. Here the Japanese started to play tricks. Although they are also companies, Japan's "company"
"But it has more troops than the companies in southern Africa.
The 18th Division had just captured Kuantan and its morale was at its peak.
A series of victories shattered the myth of the European and American armies, and even the evaluation of the southern African army continued to decline.
As for East India
The East India Force is a servant army in southern Africa, with the same status as the Anglo-Indian Army in the British Army and the Philippine Army in the US Army.
Looking at the performance of the British, Indian and Philippine troops in the Malay Campaign and the Philippine Campaign, the Japanese army was not here to fight at all, but to receive captured supplies.
During this period, the Japanese army was at an unprecedented peak in terms of experience and morale.
One thing about Japan is amazing. The top brass of the military often make strategic mistakes that they shouldn't make, but the quality of grassroots officers is not low. During this period, the Japanese army still had quite a large proportion of veterans, and their combat effectiveness was very strong.
Under the command of a Japanese officer, a squadron of Japanese soldiers formed a battle formation and began to advance toward the interior of Diaomen Island.
Less than 500 meters in front of them, the officers and soldiers of the 15th East India Division in the bunker were ready for battle. Their weapons included semi-automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns, high-level dual-purpose machine guns, anti-tank guns, mortars, and automatic grenade launchers.
