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Diplomatic activities were accompanied by a landing operation to attack Amami Oshima. 【Reading.com】

On the last day of October, hundreds of transport planes of the Air Force Support Aviation were dispatched to deliver the remaining units of the 77th Army, an independent artillery brigade and 10,000 tons of war supplies to Ryukyu Island. With the capture of Naha Port by the Rapid Reaction Force and the Airborne Forces on the night of the 311th, reinforcements attacked the Japanese troops entrenched in the northern part of Ryukyu Island, and the offensive and defensive battles on Ryukyu Island entered the final stage. After determining that there was no longer a need to send marines to Ryukyu Island, Bae Seung-yi adjusted the battle plan and launched the combat operation of attacking Amami Oshima in advance according to the second set of combat plans.

At 30 o'clock, the landing operation began.

The main support force is not the air force and navy shore-based air forces, but the aircraft carrier battle group operating in the waters east of the Ryukyu Islands. The engineers who arrived with the 77th Army could only repair the infrastructure of Naha Port on November 5 at the earliest, and could only rely on airlift to deliver ammunition and supplies to the combat units on Ryukyu Island. In accordance with the supreme instructions issued by Yuan, the Air Force and the Navy's shore-based aviation units carried out a comprehensive strategic bombing of Japan, with the fundamental purpose of destroying Japan's national infrastructure. As a result, the Air Force and Navy shore-based aviation adjusted their operational deployments and entrusted the heavy responsibility of supporting the Marine Corps to the fleet.

Wang Yuanqing's signature is mostly aimed at the French president and the Dutch prime minister, who have already arrived in Beijing.

The EU hopes to play an important role in mediating the Sino-Japanese war, highlighting the EU's international influence and enhancing the EU's international status. Although the republic needs to resolve its contradictions with the Western world through the EU, the republic needs to make it clear to EU leaders that the republic will carry the war to the end as long as necessary!

The intensification of the bombing of Japan is of little military significance, but mainly of political significance.

Pei Chengyi was very clear about Yuan's purpose, and when arranging the combat tasks, he fully took into account the current situation, and the fleet's operational deployment was adjusted again. In the case of the complete defeat of the Japanese Air Force, there is no need for 3 aircraft carrier battle groups to act collectively, and there is no need to have too many escort warships. In addition to leaving behind the necessary anti-submarine escort warships, Pei Chengyi transferred all the cruisers and destroyers of the three aircraft carrier battle groups to form an "artillery support fleet" with six cruisers and 12 destroyers. The three aircraft carrier battle groups take turns to ensure that at least one aircraft carrier battle group can provide air support to the landing force at least one group, and the other two aircraft carrier battle groups are to replenish ammunition and materials and carry out temporary rest in the rear waters.

The fight was fierce, but not tragic.

After the bombardment and shelling are over. Marine infantry units in helicopters landed first. Controlled the rear of the beach, the main communication routes, and the beach-rushing troops established a perimeter barrier.

9:30. Amphibious tanks with amphibious combat vehicles ashore.

Because there are not many Japanese troops stationed on Amami Oshima. So the Marines did not meet resistance after the shore.

After the "amphibious armored forces" took control of the beach. The landing craft transporting the officers and men of the Marine Corps and the war materiel arrived one after another.

Until the Marine Corps ground artillery large-caliber mortars with amphibious self-propelled guns unfolded on the beach. The Japanese troops guarding Amami Oshima only reacted. Start walking towards the beach.

Didn't wait for the Marine Corps to send a request for fire support. The ground fire strike of the "support fleet" arrived.

Relying on the battlefield information provided by carrier-based early warning aircraft and carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft, the 1 battleships in the "support fleet" were divided into two formations and took turns shelling the Japanese troops on the island. Since the Peninsular War, the warships of the Republic equipped with electromagnetic guns have once again demonstrated their formidable artillery strike capabilities on the battlefield. After 15 minutes of shelling, a Japanese infantry regiment that was advancing from the central part of Amami Oshima to the southern part of Amami Oshima was almost completely annihilated, and more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers were either killed or wounded, and none of them approached the outer defense line of the marines. Subsequently, the Japanese army organized several counterattacks, but all of them were futilely returned under the artillery fire and air attacks of the fleet.

After 12 o'clock, the engineers built the first artificial wharf with prefabricated parts.

With two large ro-ro transport ships docked at the artificial dock to deliver heavy equipment and combat materials into the hands of the marines, the troops finally gained a foothold on the beach and passed the most dangerous phase of the landing operation.

At 4:30, the first Marine armored unit began to advance inland.

Compared with the period of the Peninsula War, the Marine Corps at this time was basically "heavy", not only equipped with a large number of amphibious armored vehicles, but also formed an armored force mainly DZ211 and DB22 in accordance with the establishment of the army, and prepared the ability to move armored assault inland.

Although Amami Oshima is not large enough to be used for large-scale armored group battles, armored forces still play an irreplaceable role in storming fortified positions. The battle on Ryukyu Island has proven that the construction standards of Japanese fortifications are very high, it is difficult for the light armored forces of the anti-forces to break through the Japanese positions, and the design standards of amphibious armored combat vehicles are comparable to those of the light armored vehicles of the fast reaction forces

Limited capacity. To this end, the Marines on the first day made the heavy armor fast to the speed of the inland assault.

The armoured forces were accompanied by helicopter gunships deployed on amphibious warships.

Because of the concentration of efforts to build a "large fleet" with aircraft carriers as the core, the republic did not build amphibious assault ships similar to the "Tarawa" class, and the largest integrated landing ship in the land fleet, that is, less than 20,000 tons. Compared with amphibious assault ships, integrated landing ships pay more attention to comprehensive combat capabilities and do not emphasize the ability to carry helicopters.

Taking the "Taicang" class integrated landing ship of the Republic Navy as an example, it can only carry six helicopters under normal circumstances, and can only carry nine in wartime, three of which can only be placed on the flight deck, and can deliver up to one company at a time. Fortunately, the Marine Corps has a dedicated "tilt-rotor attack helicopter" that is no less powerful than the Army Aviation.

After becoming an independent branch of the armed forces, the Marine Corps spent a great deal of effort to develop helicopter gunships suitable for deployment on landing ships.

After the Army launched the "All-Electric Tilt-Rotary-Wing Tactical Attack Platform" project, the Marine Corps immediately expressed great interest and proposed to join the development work by apportioning the research and development funds. After agreeing to contribute half of the development funds, the Marine Corps was given priority in procurement. In 2026, the Q25 "Tilt Rotor Attack Helicopter" will be officially finalized, and the first order placed by the Marine Corps will be 12 units!

Compared with the traditional armed helicopter, the 25 adopts an all-electric propulsion system, and the biggest feature is the use of two sets of inclined rotors, which have vertical take-off and landing and high-speed cruise capabilities. Compared to the American Osprey, the 25's electric propulsion system is not only more advanced, but also easier to handle. Because it will only be officially finalized in 2026, the Q25 uses a lot of advanced technologies and advanced materials, such as laying high-strength alloy armor in key parts of the fuselage, using high-strength composite rotors, integrated avionics management system, etc., making its comprehensive combat capability and combat efficiency nearly 3 times higher than the army's Z15!

To the Marine Corps, the appearance of 25 largely compensated for the lack of air support.

If necessary, the Q25 can carry various types of attack ammunition, including rockets, aerial bombs, and ground-attack missiles, weighing up to 5:00, and can be used as a "light carrier-based attack aircraft". Such excellent performance is of great interest even to the Navy. Before the outbreak of the war, the navy separately invested 15 yuan to let the China Helicopter Industry Group, which produced Q, develop a "carrier-based patrol aircraft" with the ability to attack the ground and sea and the capability of anti-submarine warfare on its basis, hoping to create a carrier-based aviation platform that can carry out a variety of low-intensity combat missions.

25 battlefields, the performance is extremely eye-catching.

When the armored forces wanted to advance in Nase, the 122 deployed on three integrated supply ships undertook nearly half of the tactical air support tasks, provided 100 air support to the ground troops within an hour, and threw more than 2 tons of various ammunition at the Japanese army. Because the carrier battle group operates thousands of kilometers away from the battlefield and can dispatch an average of 1 squadron of tactical fighters per hour to support ground forces, the combat efficiency is far greater than that of 25 deployed on integrated landing ships.

After dark, the Marines arrived in Nanan.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, the Marines did not attack at night.

The difficult problem facing the Marine Corps is that the fire support of the fleet is not enough to enable the Marine Corps to successfully break through the Japanese defense line, and if the Air Force and the Navy's shore-based air force are still unable to participate in the battle, the Marine Corps is bound to fight a vicious battle with the Japanese in name, and the casualties and losses will not be small.

As the supreme commander of the campaign, all Pei Chengyi can do is to put Kadena and Futenma into use as soon as possible.

That night, the Marines launched a new offensive in other directions.

In order to speed up the campaign, the Marines sent several small detachments by helicopter to several nearby islands where only a few Japanese troops were stationed.

In the expansion of offensive operations, the capture of Nakanoshima did not receive the most attention.

According to tradition, the islands north of Amami Oshima belong to Japan and are not part of the Ryukyus. There are some reasons for the Republic to send troops to attack Ryukyu Island and Amami Oshima, but it is somewhat impossible to say that it sent troops to attack Nakanoshima, which has historically belonged to Japan. Of course, the combat operation to attack Nakanoshima was also approved by Wang Yuanqing. According to Pei Chengyi's guess, the purpose of Yuan's combat order was to test the Western bloc.

Because there weren't many Japanese troops stationed on Nakanoshima, the battle was easy.

That night, instead of launching a large-scale counterattack, the Japanese forces on Amami Oshima Island retreated to the northern part of Ryukyu Island and entrenched in the mountains of Yonaha-dake to the south, and the Japanese forces and airborne troops launched a large-scale counterattack to try to defeat Nago, which was controlled by the Republicans, and threaten Ishikawa and Okinawa to the south.

At this point, the battle entered a stalemate, and all the Japanese could do was to hold out for a few more days.