Chapter 4 Naval and Air Penetration

As the group approached the mountains along the coast where the huge shore guns were placed, the anti-aircraft guns on the batteries and the anti-aircraft fire hidden in the forests opened fire.

As mentioned earlier, since the anti-aircraft artillery at this time did not have a proximity fuse at all, it was entirely dependent on the quick calculations of the observers to prepare the height of the explosion of the shells. As a result, they have little impact on fleets that change altitudes rapidly.

It was the 12.7mm machine guns that shot through the woods that damaged the group, and two planes dragged the smoke downward. However, before the Japanese shooters in the forest could welcome them, the plane in the sky stabbed its arms and plunged down at them.

Next, streamlined bombs are dropped, which are not explosive or anti-personnel bombs. After the napalm hit the ground, a large area of fire burst into the sky. In this winter, it burns in the dry forest.

With the sound of the anti-aircraft artillery positions near the battery, the sound of groaning in the flames, the swarms of aircraft broke out of formation and rushed towards the battery. As if in any attack, it was necessary to rely on the bombing of aircraft to destroy these batteries.

Piles of bombs screeched from the sky and fell on the surface cloth of the Tsunami battery, and the Japanese gunners inside the battery were not moved at all. They knew that the opposing planes were only clearing the surface of the batteries from those anti-aircraft weapons, and that small air-dropped bombs could not do much damage to a battery like theirs.

Speaking of which, they were nervous and afraid of something at the moment. That is, far away, the telescope can see their figures, the pride of the Great Japanese Empire - 6 giant ships.

Their 402 mm naval guns could not withstand no matter how strong the cement batteries were, and of course the heavy guns in their own batteries were not much less powerful than them.

The aerial assault continued on the top of the battery, but the crisp explosion of these small bombs only sent out a large number of fragments that flew in vain on the battery, because there were no more people left on the top of the battery due to the intensive attack of the aircraft.

If the Japanese defenders in the fort had seen such a scene at this time, they should have been afraid.

An airship flew into the "safe corridor" torn open by the air group, and a group of bean-like things appeared underneath it, and fell to the ground at a rapid pace, like some bomb.

But instead of bursting into flames on the ground like bombs, on the contrary, when they approached their targets, they bloomed in clusters, as if spring had returned to the sky in an instant.

"It's paratroopers...... Paratrooper ......"

The surviving Japanese soldiers on top of the fort hissed at the sound of some strange whistle after being tortured by the smoke of gunpowder. Unfortunately, the large-caliber machine guns and infantry deployed on the batteries for air defense had been dispersed by enemy aerial aircraft.

In such an unobstructed situation, most of the infantry of the Air Assault Division, which was operating paragliders, landed safely on the battery. The paratroopers quickly organized themselves in groups of three in groups of five. The main weapons they used, with the exception of light weapons, were all cone-filled explosives.

With them, it doesn't matter what kind of cement batteries you have. It wasn't until the first big explosive exploded that the jet formed by the explosive penetrated the concrete surface of the battery almost once. A huge shock was transmitted into the fort, and the cement blocks on the wall flew with a killing power that was more vicious than shrapnel.

The Japanese gunners, who were waiting for the formidable group of battleships on the sea, were pushed and swayed by the strong vibrations, like marionettes who could not help themselves. Up to this point, the inside of the battery was violently concocitated to their hearts, and the Japanese gunners, who were trembling and panicking, still did not understand what kind of attack they were subjected to.

In fact, this is nothing more than a copy of the paratrooper operation used by the German army in World War II to overcome the Belgian fortress again. The difference is that the use of low-altitude parachutes and paragliders makes such attacks more sudden and accurate.

However, the Japanese infantry had a greater sense of resistance than the Belgian infantry. After all, in the minds of the Easterners, surrendering in battle is a less honorable thing. In particular, the gunners here did not know what kind of enemy they were encountering and what means they would have against them.

In the fort, the Japanese gunners, who were lucky not to be crushed by the cement blocks, picked up sapper shovels, katanas, rifles, pistols and other weapons, and howled and planned to rush out to fight the paratroopers outside.

However, the paratroopers did not intend to give them this opportunity, but special tear gas canisters were stuffed into the ventilation system of the fort. Like the Navy, the Japanese soldiers on the batteries never imagined that they would be attacked by smoke weapons. Under the fierce detonation of the cone-bore charge pack, the heavy batteries along the coast of Japan lost their ability to attack under the attack of paratroopers.

At this time, the airship in the sky began to lower its altitude and entered the "safe passage" in the direction indicated by the wreckage of more than a dozen aircraft. At this time, the airships were also equipped with all "phalanx" weapons, although they were at an altitude of about 2,000 meters, but the dense bullets could also effectively suppress any resistance on the ground.

The blow to the Japanese anti-aircraft fire on the ground was obviously very heavy, and both napalm and anti-personnel bombs were caused by artillery and infantry. In particular, the common feature of these two is that their attacks are almost completely devoid of dead ends.

Some of the machine guns or anti-aircraft guns that survived the heavy bombardment fired at the airships below, but when they fired a cannon, they were often sprayed out of the sky, almost tearing to pieces as a "phalanx" of jets.

Of course, this occasional blow still caused damage to the airship. However, an airship filled with helium does not burn, and helium itself is an extremely inactive inert gas, and even the flames formed by the cannonballs are weakened a little here.

In addition, the carrying compartment of the "H" airship is located in the middle of the airbag, which itself is protected by multiple layers, so the crew did not suffer any damage.

The leaky airbag is quickly blocked by those clogging balls inside the airbag, and the power of the propeller is immediately released to the maximum. This allows those lifting propellers to exert more lift under the impact of oncoming airflow. Bags of ballast were also thrown down from the sky to slow the airship's fall.

Fortunately, the airborne landing field is not far ahead.

At this time, the airborne field was almost in the hands of the special forces, and although they were still in concealed lurking, the smoke bombs that had been planted in advance in the airborne field had already begun to work. In the sky, there are swarms of planes performing the final cleaning mission. The Japanese anti-aircraft shooters, who knew a little better, tried to remain silent at this moment.

As the wounded airship approached, a group of paratroopers leaped out of the airship. In order to increase the number of paratroopers carried, this time no more "Meteorites" were used, except for the armored vehicles of the air assault divisions.

The paratroopers who are rapidly descending in the air still intend to open their parachutes at a low altitude, so as to minimize their casualties. The shooters of Japanese anti-aircraft fire deployed here began to pull the bolt of their guns, or aim at the target and prepare to shoot.

But they didn't ask if the special forces who had already arranged the airborne landing field and completed the airborne guidance task would be happy with them doing so. And then something like this happened.

The head of the shooter, who had just pulled the bolt of the pistol, fell to the side after a not-so-crisp gunshot. Or maybe they even had people with guns, and they were blown down by grenades flying there. What's more, the anti-aircraft artillery position, which was just ready to shoot, suddenly rushed out a group of demons armed with automatic firearms.

In the silent fire, 2/3 of the anti-aircraft fire placed here instantly lost the opportunity to fire. Of course, not all, some anti-aircraft machine guns shot tongues of fire into the sky, and the paratroopers writhed in the air, unable to dodge at all.

"Woo......"

A dazzling glow came from the sky, and the "Phalanx" pod under the airship spewed out tongues of fire. The continuous sound of a rock drill rained down from the sky, and the bullets rained down like a torrential rain, and the anti-aircraft weapons and gunners were torn to pieces at about the same time.

With the landing of the first group of paratroopers, the vicinity of the airborne field was controlled, and the next flying airship dropped the equipment of the armored regiment of the air assault division. Among the meteorites that landed were wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. As well as 120-mm large-caliber self-propelled mortars towed in the back of a jeep.

Then, the paratroopers who had landed in advance immediately launched an attack on the remnants of the Japanese troops on all sides under the cover of armored vehicles, mortars, and aerial firepower to protect the safety of the airborne landing site. As the airborne field expanded, more paratroopers fell from the sky.

The paratroopers set up divisional logistics and field hospitals, and immediately after the headquarters, the troops divided into several routes and attacked the coast where the landing force intended to land.

At this moment, the roar of battleship fire was heard over the sea, and the sound of heavy artillery shells that seemed to be trains passing overhead.

On the coast, the Japanese soldiers were defending the front and immediately heard heavy explosions. The power of the navy's naval guns was enormous, especially when they were close to the coast to suppress the fire of the Japanese infantry, and the kind of lethality that could be inflicted was the simplest weapon to destroy the willpower of man.

At the same time, the Marine Corps' "Sea Hurricane" and "Swift" aircraft flew quickly across the mountains against the ground and rushed to the safe airborne landing site that the air assault division had already occupied.

It wasn't until the Japanese soldiers saw this strange flying machine flying at low altitude that the Japanese understood that the war had been waged in a completely different form that they did not understand.