Perhaps in order to fulfill Kuribayashi's wish earlier, the sun jumped out of the sea level a few minutes earlier today. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Because Heights 382 is the highest elevation on Iwo Jima, the sun shines on Heights 382 first...... The first thing that catches your eye is the two sides of the enemy who are killed on the battlefield, some are torn, some are hugged, and they bite their mouths, and anything that can be used or caught has become a weapon, and some of the two people who are scuffling together do not realize that they are actually comrades in arms when the sun rises.

The moment when the sun first came out was more advantageous to the Chinese troops, because they were the defenders, and the improved visibility meant that they could make more effective use of the advantage of the location and firepower of the equipment, while the Japanese were less able to penetrate the defensive line.

This relieved the soldiers of the expeditionary force, and then quickly repressed the Japanese army by some distance.

But this advantage is only temporary...... Soon there was the whistling sound of shells and fighter planes in the sky, and the Japanese navy, which had already been prepared, could not wait to launch fire assistance to the Japanese army, and their warships fired shells at Mt. Oriba and the 382 heights, and the seaplanes dropped bombs into the dead corners where the shells were difficult to hit, and from time to time they also swooped down and fired at the soldiers of the expeditionary force below with machine guns.

Although at this time, the fighters invested by the Japanese army were only "Ruiyun" seaplanes...... Seaplanes do not have a large bomb load, generally a 13mm machine gun plus 250 kg of bombs. If it is used in air combat, it can also be equipped with two 20mm cannons.

Of course, at this time, the "Ruiyun" must have chosen the former, because everyone knows that a seaplane like the "Ruiyun", which is slow, has poor maneuverability and weak firepower, wants to fight the enemy in the air, it is simply looking for death, so it simply uses most of the space to carry bombs, and some "Ruiyun" does not even carry machine guns...... Anyway, the Chinese army basically will not have fighters in this airspace, besides, if there are enemy fighters, there is not much difference between them with and without machine guns, they are all shot down by enemy planes, so they are simply omitted.

However, even if the performance of the "Ruiyun" seaplane is so poor in all aspects, there is a saying: "The tiger is not at home, the monkey is the king...... Because the No. 1 airfield was under the control of the Japanese army, the Chinese army's fighters were not able to take off, and the "Ruiyun" seaplanes bombed and strafed the positions of the expeditionary force fighters in the air.

What's more, there were a lot of seaplanes, a total of 21 (note: the "Ise" could carry 22 fighters, and in this operation it carried 18 seaplanes and 4 Comet bombers, and the other three seaplanes took off from Japanese cruisers)

These 21 seaplanes were like flies "buzzing" above the heads of the expeditionary force, and from time to time they would drop a few bombs, not to mention, and would also guide the naval guns of the Japanese fleet at sea, which made the Chinese army very passive for a while, not only facing the Japanese charge on the ground but also taking care of the Japanese fighters and shells in the sky.

"Master!" Wu Yuhang was also slightly injured at this time, and he reported to Zhang Chi on the phone with a bandage on his head: "The enemy's plane has come up, their firepower is very fierce, ask for reinforcements!" ”

This would have been fine, as the original plan was for Chinese warplanes to come to reinforce Iwo Jima as soon as it was dark.

But at this time, Zhang Chi hesitated.

"What kind of plane is the devil's plane?" Zhang Chi asked: "Is it a seaplane or a shore-based aircraft?" ”

"It's a seaplane!" Wu Yuhang replied.

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded and said, "You guys hold on a little longer!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Yuhang answered, but after putting down the phone, he was a little embarrassed, because this combat expeditionary force suffered the largest casualties since entering the Pacific theater, and the casualties of some companies reached one-third.

If this is an ordinary army, Wu Yuhang is not distressed, but this is a hundred elite soldiers pulled all the way from Myanmar...... The most important thing is that there is no replenishment of troops in this hellish place in the Pacific Ocean!

So Wu Yuhang really didn't understand why the division didn't send reinforcements...... The devil has obviously jumped into the trap, as long as the air force reinforcements arrive, the devil can be beaten to the ground immediately, why let the soldiers continue to sacrifice and bleed?!

But Wu Yuhang soon thought ...... He is not the kind of person who will ignore the life and death of his brothers, so he must have his intentions.

So Wu Yuhang turned his head and ordered the correspondent: "Pass the order down, don't take a step back!" ”

"Yes!"

Wu Yuhang was right, Zhang Chi did have ulterior motives. His intention was to wait for the Japanese army to arrive from Hachijo Island to reinforce the fighters.

Originally, these fighters were not worth waiting for at the cost of the lives of the expeditionary force soldiers, the Sino-US coalition forces had completely mastered the air supremacy at this time, and the Japanese fighters were almost a fictitious formation.

But here's the problem...... If these Japanese fighters are not annihilated, what if the Japanese army will arm them into suicide attack planes?

Before the Japanese army's wave of suicide attacks almost hit the "Pinghai", to be exact, the "Pinghai" can survive or still have combat effectiveness that depends on luck, if the devil comes to another batch of such attacks, is there still such luck? Especially at this time, the No. 1 airfield has basically been blown up, and the US military's "Hellcat" fighters have either returned to the Mariana base or are trapped in the aircraft bunker and cannot get out.

Therefore, Zhang Chi thought that the Japanese fighters from Hachijo Island must be eliminated...... This was an opportunity for the Chinese military, because the Japanese planes from Hachijojima to reinforce Iwo Jima could not be suicide attack planes at this time, they were here to assist in the bombing of Iwo Jima, and there were no Chinese warships as targets, so of course there was no need for suicide attacks.

On the other hand, Zhang Chi also believed that these fighters would definitely come to reinforce them, because the Japanese were worried that if a few Chinese fighters would miss or take off at night...... And those 20 or so seaplanes basically have no air combat capability and will become the target of the enemy's fighters, so they must have some fighters to cover them.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, Kuribayashi Tadamichi and Shiina Taro planned exactly that, and not only did the fighters come to cover, but they also sent bombers to carry out a powerful bombing of the Chinese army, and ten Type 100 transport planes took this opportunity to carry out another airdrop of supplies on Iwo Jima.

What Zhang Chi is waiting for is the moment when they are all caught!

(To be continued.) )