Perhaps Kuribayashi's conclusion was premature, as the battle between the two sides had not even started at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But Kuribayashi's words were correct...... Although the war has not yet begun, the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps is already at a disadvantage, which is an inexplicable feeling, and it may be said that it can be called the momentum of the troops.

When veterans teach new recruits, they often say, "Fight...... Fighting is actually murderous, and if our murderous spirit overwhelms the enemy, then we can win. If you are overshadowed by the enemy, you will probably lose! ”

This statement seems to outsiders to be a bit "suspenseful", but the war is really a bit like this, which is a bit similar to the herd mentality of the Chinese, once something new appears, then a mountain of people will press over, and they can't stop it.

And the Chinese and Japanese armies, although there is no war yet, the Chinese army has completely overwhelmed the Japanese army in momentum, so the next battle ...... As long as the Chinese side does not make too many mistakes, the Japanese Navy Special Marine Corps basically has no chance of turning over.

After thinking about it, Motota Nakachi seemed to have found a way, he suddenly stopped, and then ordered the staff officer: "Eguchi...... Order a small detachment of fighters to land at the airfield, and at the same time ask Lieutenant General Kuribayashi's anti-aircraft fire to prepare for cover! ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo......" Staff Officer Eguchi's face couldn't help but change when he heard this.

"Execute the order!" Motota Nakatsu ordered.

"Yes!"

Obviously, Motota Nakatsu hoped to use the landing of a small number of fighters as a bait to attract the Chinese army to attack, and if this was the case, then the Japanese army would not suffer anywhere. It may even be advantageous because the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery is ready to cover.

Soon six fighters circled around, and one by one lowered their altitude to the airfield......

At this time, Motota Nakatsu had already walked out of the headquarters and lay down in a semi-enclosed fortification, holding a telescope and staring closely at the fighters of the Chinese army.

A few seconds later, two Chinese fighters flew in the direction of the Japanese airfield, which made Motota Nakatsu can't help but be excited, and secretly shouted that I finally caught you!

But the ensuing sound of cannons soon made his whole body cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar...... The Chinese army had no intention of attacking with warplanes at all, but was preparing to bombard with naval artillery.

Those few cannon shots were the test firing of Japanese airfields by Chinese warships under the guidance of fighter planes.

The so-called test firing, that is, adjusting the Zhuyuan to try to shoot a few shots at the target, whether these guns are close or far, it is difficult for the gunners in the warship to observe, but the pilots on the fighters will see it...... So the bombing point was reported to the warship by radio, and the warship adjusted Zhuyuan to prepare for intensive bombing.

Motota wanted to get those fighters to take off again, but it was too late...... As soon as the six fighters landed at the airport, there was a whistling sound of artillery shells in the air, and then a dense number of shells exploded at the airport, immediately blowing up the Japanese fighters that had landed one after another.

This is the advantage of the Gaoping dual-purpose guns...... the "Pinghai" aircraft carrier and the destroyer are equipped with antiaircraft guns that can be used as both antiaircraft guns and artillery, and hundreds of naval guns bombard them at once, where will there be hideouts for Japanese fighters, and two fighters feel that the situation is not right even before they have landed, and when they want to take off again, they are hit by shells and suddenly become a ball of fire.

"Bastard!" Seeing this, Motota Nakatsu couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and immediately shouted at the walkie-talkie: "Order the flying squadron, the target aircraft carrier, and all charge!" ”

So the remaining 20 Japanese fighters rushed towards the Chinese warships in desperation......

Seeing this scene in Kuribayashi Tadamichi's eyes, he couldn't help gritting his teeth...... From the very beginning, he strictly ordered all troops not to launch a "jade crushing attack", which Motota Nakatsu was clearly disobeying his own orders.

Of course, Kuribayashi Tadamichi can understand this, because at this time, the twenty fighters seem to have no better choice than to launch a "jade shatter attack".

Needless to say, the 20 Japanese fighters did not need Chinese fighters at all...... This is Zhang Chi's order, to deal with the old 20 or so Japanese fighters, the anti-aircraft fire on the aircraft carrier and destroyer is enough to deal with, there is no need to let the fighters take risks, and even if the Chinese fighters participate in the battle, the anti-aircraft guns will not be able to exert their due firepower.

At the same time, most of the Japanese pilots were novices, and the trajectory of the fighters was easy to grasp, so in a short time, the twenty fighters were either turned into fireballs or planted in black smoke.

The annihilation of the Japanese fighters also announced the start of the Chinese army's offensive...... First of all, the naval guns fired rows of shells at the Japanese fortifications on the island, crushing the Japanese troops in the trenches and unable to move, and then the bombers took off from the aircraft carriers one by one and launched precision bombing against the Japanese troops.

The reason why it is said to be "accurate" here is that in the previous flights and confrontations, the pilots had basically written down the positions of the Japanese anti-aircraft guns and handed over the position data to the bombers, so the bombers had targeted the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery.

This is because Zhang Chi knew that anti-aircraft artillery would most likely become a threat to Chinese troops in the near future...... As happened on Peleliu, it would be a big problem for the Japanese to deploy these guns in the tunnels. So, while they're still outside, destroy as many as you can.

Of course, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery also returned fire...... However, first, the artillery fire and bombardment of the Chinese army caused the volcanic ash on the island to raise smoke and dust, so that the Japanese gunners could not see the targets in the sky at all, and the other was that the Japanese anti-aircraft guns did not have a close-to-fire fuse, so the hit rate was very low, and they were basically blind.

At this time, Zhang Chi sent a telegram to Halsey, who was still on Kwajalein Island, and the telegram only had two words: "Brilliant".

This is a pre-agreed code name, which means that air support on Kwajalein Island can be departed.

As a result, dozens of B29 bombers, which were originally intended to bomb Japan, were divided into groups and departed from six airfields on Saipan, Tinian and Guam.

Two hours later, when Chinese fighters and bombers had almost blown up the key targets, a swarm of B29 bombers appeared over Iwo Jima, and then, with a sharp and piercing whistling, aerial bombs rained down on Iwo Jima...... The B29 thing, a 9,000-kilogram aerial bomb, this time dozens of bombs came up, that is, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of bombs, that is almost an indiscriminate carpet bombing of the entire Iwo Jima.

All of a sudden, the entire island of Iwo Jima was enveloped in smoke and fire, and it looked like no enemy would survive in this environment.

But Zhang Chi knew that this was just the beginning.

(To be continued.) )