Motota Nakatsu finally fulfilled his wish in this battle and died heroically...... However, Motota's body has never been found, and many believe that Motota Nakachi has been blown to pieces at the airport by the heavy artillery of the Chinese army, but no one can verify whether this is the case, because no one knows which body or stump belonged to him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After that, Tadamichi Kuribayashi sent a telegram to Kenji Sato: "Thanks to His Excellency the General's care and efforts to organize the rescue of Iwo Jima, but the matter has come to an end...... The Chinese have already taken control of the Iwo Jima airport, Your Excellency the general should give up, otherwise it will only increase the losses, and we will do our best to drag down the Chinese army on Iwo Jima! ”

Ken Sato didn't respond for a long time.

Tadamichi Kuribayashi knew that Kenji Sato was considering his suggestion.

But to Kuribayashi's surprise, just as he was about to rely on the tunnel to drag the enemy as much as possible, two hours later he received a call back from Kenri Sato: "Prepare for a counterattack, we are not without a chance of victory!" ”

Kuribayashi Tadamichi couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the telegram......

Counterattack? What kind of counteroffensive to take?!

If the Japanese Combined Fleet will be reinforced or the No. 1 airfield is still under Japanese control, then there may still be the ability to counterattack.

But now...... Not only are these gone, but the army also consumed more than 3,000 people with the goal of suicide.

If Kuribayashi Tadamichi knew that Chinese curse, he would definitely sigh: "If you are not afraid of god-like enemies, you are afraid of pig-like teammates!" ”

So, with his doubts, Kuribayashi Tadamichi sent another telegram of inquiry to Kenji Sato.

Ken Sato didn't say anything, and there were only two words on the callback: "Huitian".

But Kuribayashi understood as soon as he saw these two words, and then nodded slowly.

"Huitian" may be familiar to us modern people, but in that era, basically no one understood what this thing was.

It is a torpedo developed in Japan, a torpedo operated by people...... In fact, this is a manifestation of Japan's insufficient military industry and scientific research capabilities.

At this time, the Japanese military was in great need of various high-precision equipment, such as torpedoes and bombs. A considerable number of Japanese officers believed that at this time, only by developing high-precision equipment in a short period of time could Japan save Japan, and the reason was very simple: Japan was seriously short of resources, not to mention warships and warplanes, and even torpedoes and bombs were seriously insufficient.

Americans, on the other hand, have an almost inexhaustible supply of industry.

So where is the hope for Japan?

There is certainly no hope for this kind of fighting, unless an average of two or three torpedoes can destroy a US warship or even an aircraft carrier, then there is still hope for this war.

Strictly speaking, this method of measuring war in terms of materials is still correct, but in fact, everyone knows that even if Japan can really do this, that is, exchange two or three torpedoes for an enemy warship or aircraft carrier, they will still not be able to escape the fate of defeat, because the United States will develop a weapon of mass destruction in a year...... Atomic bomb.

Of course, at this time, the Japanese military still knew nothing about the atomic bomb, so they seriously implemented the plan they thought was possible, that is, to improve the accuracy of torpedoes and bombs as much as possible.

However, Japan's military industry and science and technology have not reached the level where they can do this. So Japan has an invention that shocked the world...... Torpedoes and bombs operated by people.

Ordinary torpedoes and bombs, if they are not equipped with artificial intelligence and guidance technology, will not be able to correct their own angle to achieve the purpose of hitting the target after they are launched. But...... If there is a person in this torpedo and bomb, and this person is still maneuvering this torpedo and bomb to get closer to the target, it is a different matter.

This is the "Huitian" torpedo and the "Sakura" bomb.

This doesn't require much technology, and it can even be described as rough, it's almost like replacing artificial intelligence with a human brain, and then an ordinary torpedo and bomb basically becomes a missile that can automatically track the target and hit it only in modern warfare.

Ken Sato's idea was simple.

The current situation on Iwo Jima is unfavorable to Japan in every respect...... The ground forces suffered a crushing defeat, the airfield was lost, and there was no hope for sea and air supremacy because of the loss of the airfield.

But......

One of the weaknesses of the Chinese army is that the navy is too weak, they have only one aircraft carrier and twelve old destroyers.

If Japan could inflict heavy losses on the Chinese navy and make them unable to guarantee supplies and fire cover for Iwo Jima, it would pose a great threat to the Chinese army's offensive plan and even force the Chinese army to withdraw from Iwo Jima.

This is not a mirage, as mentioned before, once the naval reinforcements are lost, then all the landing forces will become a lone army stranded on the island, and then the Japanese army will have a lot to do.

As a result, Kenri Sato immediately ordered the "I-368," "I-370," and "I-44," which were operating near Iwo Jima, to carry five, five, and four "Huitian" man-operated torpedoes to form a special attack team codenamed "Chigusa" to attack the Chinese fleet.

A few hours later, Sato Kenki felt that the strength of these submarines was not enough, so he sent the "Lu 43", "Yi 58", and "Yi 36" submarines to the waters of Iwo Jima to reinforce the "Chigusa" special attack team.

Sato's idea is that the "Chigusa" special attack team can carry out the first wave of attacks on the Chinese navy, and the initial estimate is that it can sink four to five warships of the Chinese army, and possibly inflict heavy damage on the aircraft carriers of the Chinese army.

In this way, the Chinese fleet can only temporarily leave the battlefield to avoid the Japanese submarines, and when the "Shenmu" special attack team arrives, it can make up for the "Chigusa" special attack team's lack of torpedo consumption and completely blockade the waters of Iwo Jima.

However, Sato still felt a little uneasy, so he gave an order to Ishida Daisa, asking his "Second Shield Special Attack Team" to prepare for the attack.

Ishida Daisa was the commander assigned by Kenri Sato to collect available shore-based fighters to reinforce Iwo Jima.

The so-called "Second Royal Shield Special Attack Team" in his hand is actually a suicide plane...... Kenri Sato, including any Japanese pilot, knew in their hearts that at this time the air superiority of the Sino-US coalition forces had become more and more obvious, and if the fighters were still fighting with the enemy in the air as before, they would basically only be shot down.

Rather than this, it is better to have the fighters charge their bombs and rush towards the enemy's warship.

(To be continued.) )