Affected by weather factors, the airborne landing site of the 1533 battalion was completely 5 kilometers away!

In the words of Major Dou Wei, if the transport plane flies for 2 more hours, the 1553 battalion will be a guest in the Dragon Palace. 【】

When Lee Dong-seok organized the troops, the battle for Kadena Air Base in the south had already begun.

The 1531st and 1532nd Battalions, which were the main attackers, landed accurately on the airborne field, organized the offensive force as quickly as possible, and launched the attack before the Japanese could react.

The battle was fierce, and before the landing of the Airborne Forces, the battle was very fierce.

In order to support the airborne operation and paralyze the Japanese army, the air force and navy's shore-based air forces not only seized air supremacy over the Ryukyu Islands on the afternoon of the 28th, but also bombed Ryukyu Island, Tanegashima Island, Yakushima Island, Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima, Okinagabu Island, Miyako Island, Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, and Yonaguni Island. In order to achieve the goal of "confusing the real with the false," the afternoon bombing focused on Tanegashima and Yakushima, so that the Japanese believed that the Republic would occupy these two islands, and then used this as a springboard to land on Kyushu Island in the north. It was not until two hours before the start of the airborne landing that the Air Force and Navy shore-based aviation dispatched hundreds of warplanes, including strategic bombers, to bomb the main military base on Ryukyu Island. At the beginning of the airborne operation, naval aviation was put into battle. At the height of the bombing, the planes dropped nearly 1,000 tons of ammunition in 15 minutes, plowing the airborne field with bombs and missiles.

Such a high-intensity bombing still failed to completely defeat the Japanese air defense.

The first batch of 24Y-14Cs to reach the sky over Ryukyu Island was threatened by surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft guns. Because of the need to drop the airborne combat vehicle, the airdrop height must be limited to less than 500 meters, so as not to cause the parachute to be damaged due to the high airdrop height and the speed of the vehicle before opening the parachute, resulting in the tragedy of vehicle destruction and death. The airdrop altitude was too low, and the transport plane had to carry out the airdrop operation under anti-aircraft fire.

In the 24Y1, 3 were shot down by anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft guns before the airdrop, 2 were shot down after the airdrop, and some could only return with airborne troops because of the damage to the fuselage.

There were also not many cases of the 24Y1 that arrived in the second batch, at least they were shot down!

With such a high rate of losses, the entire airborne combat operation became even more tragic. ：〕

In the face of Japanese anti-aircraft fire, the fighters who served as air support were also a little helpless.

The fighters could suppress the Japanese army's long-range anti-aircraft missiles, but they could not deal with individual anti-aircraft missiles and small-mouth anti-aircraft guns that did not require fire control radars. It must not be said that if the Japanese army deploys several hundred more antiaircraft guns and several units equipped with individual anti-aircraft missiles at Kadena Air Base and Futenma Airport, the losses of the transport aircraft group will be even more unbearable.

This battle showed that small-mouth anti-aircraft guns still have irreplaceable value in air defense operations.

The situation changed before the arrival of the third group of transport aircraft, that is, the transport fleet carrying the 1533 battalion.

As the "support fleet" sent by the aircraft carrier battle group arrived at about 300 kilometers from Ryukyu Island, and the "naval artillery" consisting of cruisers and six destroyers was put into battle, the Japanese air defense force was completely suppressed. ] The 1C battleships were equipped with a total of 1 large-mouth electromagnetic cannon, and in just 1 minute, hundreds of large-mouth anti-personnel shells were dropped at the 2 landing sites.

It turned out that the effectiveness of artillery strikes far exceeded those of air strikes.

Under these conditions, the 1533 battalion landed smoothly.

After determining the landing site, Major Dou Wei immediately ordered the 1st and 2nd companies, which were closest to Kadena Air Base, to support the 1531st Battalion, which was fighting fiercely against the Japanese.

The 3rd Company commanded by Li Dongshi rushed to the front line with the battalion headquarters and served as a reserve for the attacking troops.

For Li Dongshi, this is the best order.

In previous battles, the 3rd Company acted as a sharp knife company every time, rushing to the front, and the casualties and losses were also the largest.

Li Dongshi is not afraid of death, he just hopes to bring more brothers back to the motherland and see more brothers get married and start a family.

Because the 1531 battalion lost nearly a third of its strength at the time of the airdrop (8 of the squads were not able to be airdropped, which is counted as losses), the attack on Kadena airbase was extremely fierce. ：〕

When reinforcements from the 1533 battalion arrived, the 1531 battalion had just torn through the Japanese lines at the cost of close to 1 company.

The 1st Company and the 2nd immediately advanced to the airfield along the breach of the 1531 battalion, and the 3rd company, which arrived with the battalion headquarters, was responsible for expanding the breach and eliminating the remnants of the Japanese troops in the vicinity.

On the night of the 28th, at 135, the Air Force carried out the first full-scale bombardment of the Japanese formation at the Kadena base after the airdrop.

Having received the message, the airborne troops quickly withdrew from the battle and retreated to the line of defense behind the security line.

The 12H-9B of 1 squadron and the 24J15C of 1 squadron all carried heavy bombs and thermobaric bombs specially designed to deal with the defensive formation, and carried out volley bombing at a distance of about 5,500 meters above the Japanese formation. Within 5 minutes, 36 fighters successively dropped about 600~ bombs against the Japanese army

Carried out 2 bombing.

The bombing scene was spectacular and brutal.

From a distance of thousands of meters, Li Dongshi felt the pressure of thousands of degrees Celsius and hundreds of atmospheres when the thermobaric bomb exploded. The powerful air pressure generated by the explosion can not only destroy all the improvised fortifications that are exposed, but also kill all the unprotected creatures in the tunnel!

Huge fireballs rose into the air, illuminating the entire Ryukyu Island.

The scene in front of him reminded Li Dongshi of the five old resistance battles 3 years ago. The difference is that the 153 Airborne Brigade was bombed back then, but now it is the Japanese army that is being bombed!

After the bombardment, the offensive began again.

Before the Japanese could climb the formation, the airborne tanks rushed forward.

After receiving Dou Wei's order, Li Dongshi led dozens of airborne combat vehicles of the 3rd Company to the offensive front, ready to replace the attacking troops in front at any time, or help the attacking troops expand their breakthroughs.

I have to admit that the Japanese army is an excellent soldier who regards death as home.

In the face of the roaring airborne combat vehicles, the Japanese army not only did not fear, but put up stubborn resistance.

Blinding rays of light pierced the night sky and shot at the airborne chariots that were sweeping through the array. It's just that not a single ray of light hit the airborne tank, and all of them were shot down by the "active defense system" on the tank when they were 5 to 1C meters away from the tank. The anti-tank missiles of the Japanese army are not advanced and are still old-fashioned "armor-piercing", and not "armor-piercing" developed specifically for various "active defense systems".

The comprehensiveness of the "active defense system" has made millions of anti-tank missiles around the world face the embarrassing situation of being useless, and has also forced all countries in the world to develop more advanced anti-tank missiles based on the characteristics of the "active defense system." Compared with the "attack missile," the "dive ballistic missile," and the "forward warhead missile," the most representative one is the "kinetic missile." The biggest drawback of the "active defense system" is that it cannot deal with high-level targets, and even the most advanced "active defense system" can only deal with missiles with a speed of less than 500 meters per second. As long as the missile degree is increased and the tank armor is penetrated with kinetic energy like an armor-piercing projectile, it can effectively deal with the "active defense system". The development of "kinetic energy missiles" is also the most difficult, especially for individual anti-tank missiles, in order to make a 1-kilogram missile have the speed of armor-piercing projectiles, there are very high requirements for the power system and guidance system of the missile.

The Japanese counterattack did not have much effect, and the Airborne Forces, supported by airborne combat vehicles, quickly swept away the Japanese formation.

By the time Li Dongshi's 3rd Company stepped onto the Japanese line, the battle was basically over.

With the fall of the camp east of Kadena Air Base, the Japanese army was in a desperate situation. As long as the airborne troops break through to the airfield, the Japanese army will have no danger to defend and will inevitably be defeated.

The Japanese commander was well aware of this, so he organized a counterattack as quickly as possible.

In the early hours of the morning, the armored units of the Japanese army appeared in front of the airborne troops.

When the 1st and 2nd companies on the offensive mission were organizing anti-armor operations, Dou Wei called for long-range artillery support.

The shelling arrived within 5 minutes, and the battleships, which were 300 kilometers away, provided the most timely help to the airborne troops.

The Japanese armored corps was subjected to covered shelling as soon as it set off, and the Japanese artillery deployed in the southwest direction of the airfield was shelled before it could be deployed, and dozens of large-mouth howitzers were not spared.

After the shelling, the Airborne Forces entered the battle.

The Japanese army never imagined that the Airborne Troops, who only had airborne combat vehicles, would launch an armored assault like an armored army!

Soon, the Japanese found out that they were not encountering "airborne combat vehicles".

In the face of the Japanese army's Type 20 main battle tanks, the airborne combat vehicles of the Republic not only did not fall behind in the slightest, but occupied the absolute initiative. Electrically propelled airborne combat vehicles are not only lighter, but also more agile; The power of the small-mouth electromagnetic cannon is no worse than that of the Japanese army's 1mm tank gun, and it can easily destroy the frontal armor of the Japanese main battle tank at a distance of 2,000 meters; The seemingly weakly armored airborne combat vehicle has a superior protection capability to the main battle tank of the Japanese army when it adopts high-strength alloy armor!

There was no suspense in the battle, and the second group of Japanese armored units was routed by the airborne forces before they could launch a counterattack.

The huge amount of money invested by the Republic in the Airborne Forces was not spent in vain, and the airborne combat vehicles with a unit price of more than 75 million yuan did not disappoint the Airborne Forces.

In a short armored battle, only 1 airborne vehicle was destroyed by friendly forces!

As dozens of airborne combat vehicles from 2 companies rushed into the airfield and began to sweep away the remnants of Japanese troops in the airfield in a fan-shaped attack formation, the battle entered the beginning and end phase.

At this time, Li Dongshi's 3rd Company finally changed from a spectator to a participant.

Under the leadership of Dou Wei, the 3rd Company launched an attack on the base headquarters.

The purpose of the attack on Kadena Air Base was not only to destroy the Japanese forces here, but also to occupy the airfield and meet the arriving transport fleet. (Read!) 〕