Before the fleet launched the landing, five S-1 reconnaissance aircraft had already taken off from the aircraft carrier and launched a fan-shaped reconnaissance of the landing site. With the landing site as the center, they penetrated about 100 kilometers inland, focusing on the reconnaissance along the way.
Traffic conditions on roads and railways, if a large number of troops, military vehicles or trains are discovered, the aircraft carrier will be requested for support.
At 12:00, the No. 1 reconnaissance plane discovered a large number of Japanese troops, pack horses, and vehicles on the road from the capital to Miyazaki. The number of personnel was estimated to be between 2,000 and 3,000, with some artillery. It was judged that they came from the capital.
The R Army reinforcements are still about 30 kilometers away from Miyazaki.
After receiving the news, four modified Navy "Seahawk" ground attack aircraft immediately took off from the two aircraft carriers and relied on the wire guidance of the reconnaissance aircraft to head to the destination point for interception.
This reinforcement force is the Himeji Division, the 10th Standing Division of the newly formed Japanese Army. They were transferred here from near Osaka and are stationed in Kagoshima, Kirishima, Miyako, and Hyuga.
and Miyazaki, responsible for defending the southern part of Kyushu Island. Although this division is
It has just been formed, but its strength is not weak. Its members are all reserves from other divisions, and their weapons are all British equipment, and their cannons are one-third more than other divisions, so they
It was placed in the southern area of Kyushu Island where the Federation was most likely to land.
In fact, the base camp of R did not expect that the 20,000 people of the 10th Division alone could stop the landing of the federal army. Their plan was to use the 10th Division to slow down the speed of the federal landing and attack.
The federal landing location and landing scale are not a feint before sending other troops to reinforce the 10th Division.[
Although the Japanese garrison in Miyazaki City did not directly attack the landing Federal Army, they had reported the landing location and scale of the Federal Army to the Tenth Division headquarters. According to the orders of the base camp, the Japanese army
would avoid fighting federal forces along the coast because they knew the ships
The power of artillery. In this era, the army's artillery was generally less than 100 mm in caliber. If it exceeded 100 mm, it was already a heavy artillery. Because transportation at this time mainly relied on packhorses and even manpower, large-caliber artillery weighed several tons
His figure is really not something that a man or a horse can pull around.
There is no such limitation for naval guns. The caliber of 100 mm is not even considered as a secondary gun on a battleship. Even the main guns on cruisers are around 200 mm in caliber. Therefore, they can get naval artillery support near the coast.
The federal landing force fought at a great disadvantage. R himself was stubborn, but he was not stupid.
According to the plan of the Tenth Division, their troops stationed in Miyazaki City will continue to be stationed in the city, relying on the buildings and fortifications in the city to resist the attack of the federal army. In the capital and Kirishima, Kao
The troops near the island began to move here. They
It is planned to build the first line of defense near the Oyodogawa River, 15 kilometers west of Miyazaki City. Relying on the mountains here, the 10th Division can not only guard the road on the south side, but also choke the river on the north side. If the Federal Army wants to
To move westward from here, you must pass through the Oyodo River.
This force of more than 2,000 people went from the capital to the Oyodo River to build defenses. At this time, they did not know that they had been discovered by planes in the sky, and that a greater disaster was getting closer and closer to them.
The four "Seahawk" ground attack aircraft followed the guidance of the reconnaissance aircraft and quickly found the marching Japanese army. They were marching quickly on the road, and a large number of packhorses and personnel spread neatly for several miles.
At the forefront of the army are dozens of war horses, riding on them are the 19th Brigade of the 10th Division.
The captain of the 2nd Regiment and his subordinate officers were on the open plain. A team of several thousand people and several hundred horses was a very big target. The attack planes flying at low altitude saw this from far away.
There was a long queue, and the four planes lowered their flying altitude again and rushed towards the advancing team along the road.
Not only did the attack planes discover the Japanese army marching on the road, but the army also discovered them almost at the same time. The captain and several assistant officers who were riding in front of the team on war horses were all from the army and did not know anything about airplanes.
, although I have heard of it, but I have never actually come into contact with it. At this time, suddenly
Facing the oncoming attack planes, they could not formulate a correct reaction in their minds. They just held the reins of their frightened horses and watched the approaching attack planes while controlling their mounts. The attack planes flew
It's so low that you can look face to face with it without even raising your head.
When the distance between the two sides was still a few hundred meters, the two heavy machine guns under the belly of the leading attack aircraft began to spit fire. The gun, which was thicker than a finger, fired towards the road at a speed of 300 rounds per minute.
It poured down and hit two parallel lines on the ground that were more than 3 meters wide. The falling stones and clods of earth could seriously injure people.
Before the R army could react, the first plane had already flown from the front to the middle of the group, and the two parallel lines on the ground had been moving with the plane. Anyone who was hit by these two lines or
The horses will be knocked away in an instant, divided into several pieces, and thrown far away. Those who were not touched by the two lines only gained a very short-term safety, because there will be 6 more like this soon.
The line passes by or on them.
Because the flight altitude was too low, the three attack aircraft in front all agreed not to drop bombs, because at this altitude, the fragments of the explosion might damage the aircraft following them. Only the last attack aircraft could use it while flying.
Two heavy machine guns were firing, dropping a few small missiles from time to time.
At this time, the Japanese Army, or the Army of this era, had not yet been trained to avoid aircraft bombings. When they were suddenly attacked by aircraft, they naturally became temporarily confused. Most people did not know what happened, or
The brain was analyzing what happened. When it came to its senses, four attack planes
They were almost flying to the end of the team. The road they were flying through was full of broken corpses and huge pits. The first half of the team had been destroyed, and only sporadic soldiers ran to the side of the road.
Then he was at a loss as to whether he should return to the road to rescue his companions or continue to run for his life.
Before they could figure it out, the four planes turned around and flew back, but this time the distance between them was quite wide, and they formed two rows. They strafed and bombed along both sides of the road before leaving.
Once, and then slowly lowered the flight altitude.
From the time these four planes appeared to when they flew back and forth along this several-kilometer-long road, it took less than 10 minutes in total, but during these 10 minutes, at least there were people lying on the road.
The bodies of 2,000 Japanese soldiers, most of them are hopeless. Only a few of them only had their arms or legs broken. Their lives may be saved, but they will be disabled from now on. I don’t know whether they are lucky or not.
Bad luck.
The rest of the Japanese soldiers had collapsed. They hid far away on both sides of the road, not daring to get even half a step closer to the road. Their wing captains, group captains and squadron captains gained a lot because they were at the front of the team.
The reaction time was also the shortest. They had all died for the country, and most of them could not even find their bodies. The remaining captains and sergeants were no different from soldiers. In a short period of time, they could not overcome their fear and panic.
There was no need to worry about organizing the remaining soldiers.
The fact that part of the 10th Division was massacred by federal planes during the march was quickly reported to the division headquarters in Kirishima, and then reported to the base camp. At this time, there was also chaos in the R base camp, first at the Sasebo Military Port
Kumamoto City and Kumamoto City were subjected to devastating bombings by the Federal Air Force, and the fire has not been extinguished so far. Then the Federal Army landed near Miyazaki City, as if entering a human territory; now a force of more than 2,000 people
The main division was crippled by federal aircraft on the marching road within 10 minutes. The generals of the Japanese army and navy could not believe that these were true. For the federal aircraft that were the protagonists in these incidents,
In addition to hatred, they also have fear, the fear of the unknown. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote and vote monthly. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
