Kauaʻi is an island in the northern part of the Hawaiian archipelago that is mostly mountainous, with only a small plain off the western coast. The www.biquge.info original people who lived here were native Hawaiians, but after the United States annexed Hawaii, Americans gradually immigrated here. In order to defend Hawaii, a strategic location, the United States also deployed heavy troops in Hawaii. Not only did the Pacific Fleet have its home port here, but the Army also deployed an integrated infantry division and a large number of Army Air Corps here.

The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 7th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was deployed on Kauai, including three infantry battalions, a 75mm field artillery company, a 37mm anti-aircraft artillery company, an anti-aircraft artillery company, and the regimental headquarters, with more than 3,700 men in the regiment.

At 4:12 p.m., carrier-based aircraft from the Imperial Navy's aircraft carriers USS Altun Mountain and USS Altai Mountains had flown over Kauai, with 24 F9 fighters covering 24 dive bombers and 24 torpedo attack aircraft. Because it was an attack on land targets, the torpedo attack aircraft carried not torpedoes, but twenty 50-kilogram aerial bombs, which were used as horizontal bombers.

"Whew!" Mournful air raid sirens sounded over Kauai. Because Oahu was attacked by the Chinese Navy, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command has ordered all forces in the entire Hawaiian Islands to be put under martial law. The commander of the Pacific Fleet, James Richardson, committed suicide. However, Deputy Commander Hasben Kimmel temporarily took his place.

"The planes of the Chinese came, and the divisions went into positions to cover. Air defense forces are in position and ready for battle. The regimental commander, Colonel Smith, ordered loudly. However, the American* army, which has not experienced a battle formation for a long time, looks a little flustered. For the U.S. Army, they are involved in a large-scale war only twenty years ago, World War I. Other times, they exist as symbolic troops. The accumulated combat experience is very small, and the combat experience in World War I is no longer suitable for the current battlefield environment.

24 torpedo bombers dropped bombs from high altitudes, and the 50-kilogram aerial bombs still had extremely powerful power, and they had a strong lethality against ground targets. Bombs rained down, and the positions of the American troops were completely enveloped in flames and smoke.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! "Those anti-aircraft guns on the anti-aircraft positions began to fire at the air. However, these torpedo attack aircraft generally dropped bombs at an altitude of two thousand meters. 40-mm anti-aircraft guns were also able to pose a certain threat to it. 20-mm anti-aircraft guns were completely incapable of posing a threat.

"Air defense positions were discovered, fighters took cover, dive bombers destroyed them." The commander of the 1st Carrier-based Aircraft Wing, who commanded the operation, gave the order.

Several F9 fighters roared down, using the 12.7 aviation machine guns on the wings to continuously strafe the US air defense positions, and many air defense soldiers were directly beaten to minced meat.

A dive bomber swooped down almost vertically from a high altitude, and at a distance of 500 meters from the ground, 500 attack aviation high-explosive bombs mounted under the belly of the aircraft fell, directly hitting this air defense position. A huge explosion sounded, and the entire air defense position was destroyed. Both anti-aircraft guns and air defense troops were killed, and a large crater was left on the ground.

The US air defense positions were quickly cleared, the air defense troops suffered heavy casualties, and the anti-aircraft guns were all blown into a pile of scrap metal. And the carrier-based aircraft forces of the Imperial Navy had almost no losses.

After clearing these anti-aircraft positions, the fighters began to cover the dive bombers to bomb the fortifications built by the American troops on the beach, and one after another 500 attacking aviation high-explosive bombs fell on the American positions, leaving a huge crater. The fortifications that the U.S. military had painstakingly built were blown apart by the heavy bombardment. Fixed firing points and pillboxes were removed during the bombardment.

When the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy finished dropping bombs and swaggered away, the commander of the American Legion, Colonel Smith, had a face as black as the bottom of a pot. In this round of air raids by the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy, they have lost hundreds of soldiers and a large number of fortifications have also been destroyed, which is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the morale of the US military.

"Damn! In contact with the division headquarters, we were bombed by the Chinese, and the troops suffered heavy losses and were in urgent need of reinforcements. Colonel Smith ordered.

The headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division of the US Army was set up on the island of Hawaii, where an entire regiment and troops directly under the division headquarters were unfamiliar, with a strength of nearly 10,000 troops. However, in the case that the U.S. military has lost sea and air supremacy, even if they have reinforcements, they can't send them to Kauai! If reinforcements are sent, it is estimated that they will be sunk by the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy on the way.

Therefore, in response to Colonel Smith's request for help, the division headquarters could only help, asking Colonel Smith to defend Kauai, but could not send reinforcements at all.

At 5 p.m., the 3rd Battleship Detachment of the Imperial Navy advanced to the western coast of Kauai and, less than fifteen kilometers from the coast, began firing with 381-mm guns at the American defensive positions on the shore. The 381-mm shell was extremely powerful, and when a shot fell, it was able to leave a large crater on the beach. If the previous bombing of Kauai by Chinese Navy carrier-based aircraft made the American soldiers stationed on the island feel as if they were in the depths of hell. Well, now the shelling of the battleships of the Chinese Navy makes them completely desperate. ，

"Boom!" A 381 mm high-explosive bomb exploded, and the entire position shook violently, and the American soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery shelter watched in horror that cracks had appeared in the ceiling above their heads, and then they watched the anti-artillery hole collapse and bury them all. An infantry platoon, just like that, was buried alive.

Such scenes can be seen everywhere on the positions of the US military. Before the Empire's Marines could attack, the American army had already suffered heavy losses.

"Bastard, what about our planes? Why not attack the Chinese warships? Colonel Smith was furious. The planes of the US army have long been lost in the previous battles, where are the planes to cover them!

The bombardment of American positions on Kauai's western coast by five 'Five Emperor-class' battleships of the Imperial Navy lasted for half an hour. The positions of the American troops were exactly as if they had been ploughed through with a plow. An infantry battalion stationed there has been reduced by more than 60 percent and is on the verge of collapse.

At 5:42, units of a battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 11th Division of the Imperial Marine Corps began their landing on landing craft. In addition to this, an amphibious tank company at the division headquarters also accompanied them to land. The amphibious tank of the Imperial Marine Corps, which was converted from a light tank that had been replaced by the Imperial Army. This light tank, although the armor was weak, and the tank gun was only 37 mm. However, it was enough to support the landing of marines and so on.

"Commander, the Chinese are ready to land. The 2 battalion suffered heavy losses, the battalion commander was killed in battle, and they needed reinforcements. A staff officer reported to Colonel Smith.

"Let the 1st Battalion send a company to reinforce the 2nd Battalion, no matter what, to stop the Chinese. The 75-mm field guns of the regimental headquarters opened fire and sank the Chinese landing craft for me. Colonel Smith ordered.

However, the four 75-mm field guns of the artillery battery of the US army only fired a few shells before they were targeted by dive bombers hovering in the sky. Two dive bombers attacked it, dropping two 500-kilogram high-explosive shells on the artillery positions of the Americans. By the time the huge two black clouds rose, the artillery positions of the Americans had already been wiped out. Four 75-mm field guns were blown into parts, and those artillery pieces were blown to pieces.

Ten minutes later, the first landing craft rushed to the coast, the hatch opened, and a dozen soldiers rushed out. However, at this moment, the machine guns of the US army rang out, and the dense bullets strafed over, and several soldiers who could not dodge were shot on the spot, and the people behind hurriedly lay on the beach and fired at the US troops.

An F9 fighter began to strafe the US position, and the dense bullets knocked several US soldiers into a sieve. The 30mm cannon shells even reduced the heavy machine gun to a parted state.

More and more Imperial Marines landed on the beach and began to attack the American lines. Although the resistance of the American army was stubborn, in front of the elite Imperial Marines, they were completely suppressed as if they had not grown up at all.

An amphibious tank landed, and the 37mm tank gun opened fire on one of the American machine-gun fire points, and this machine gun fire point was easily given to the sea. The course machine guns and coaxial machine guns in front of the tanks kept strafing the positions of the US troops, and the US troops could not even raise their heads.

The Marines took the opportunity to follow behind the amphibious tanks and launch an attack on the American positions as a way to evade the strong fire of the American forces while providing protection for the tanks.

"Chinese tanks, quickly transfer the battle defense artillery." A captain shouted as a company commander.

Soon, a 37-mm anti-aircraft gun was pushed to the front line, but before it could open fire, it was blown up by a bomb falling from the sky.

On the battleship 'Shaohao', the flagship of the 3rd Battleship Detachment of the Imperial Navy, the commander of the 1st Marine Division, Major General Zeng Xingsan, and the commander of the 2nd Marine Division, Major General Li Kaitao, were very satisfied with the performance of the troops.

"The Americans' army is too weak and is not our opponent at all. Fighting with them, no matter how you look at it, you're bullying them! Major General Zeng said with a smile.

"Lao Zeng, we are teaching Americans to fight. Of course, they have to pay high tuition fees. Major General Li Kaitao said with a smile. The so-called tuition fees are naturally the lives of US officers and soldiers. (To be continued.) )