readx; On the first day of the landing alone, the Navy's three marine divisions had already killed more than 600 people and wounded more than 3,000. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In addition, due to the attack of the landing fleet by suicide planes and small suicide warships of the local navy and army, the damage of the ships of the landing fleet was also very large, the battleship Shundi can be said to have been severely damaged, the Tianshan and another aircraft carrier were also damaged, and many destroyer cruisers were injured, one destroyer was sunk in the morning, and another destroyer was sunk in the evening. These wounded or sunken warships inflicted heavy casualties on the navy, and it was determined that more than 300 people were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded that day.

In this way, on the first day of the landing alone, the total number of casualties of the landing fleet exceeded five thousand! You must know that this is only the first day, and it is also under the condition that the Chinese Navy and Air Force have full control of sea and air supremacy.

Relatively speaking, the casualties of the Chinese air force units supporting the landing airspace were much smaller, because they said, "My planes are all suicide planes and go straight to those ships, the Chinese fighter units that are responsible for air defense can be said to be able to hunt and kill one by one without worrying about what losses they will suffer; in fact, on the first day, the Chinese Air Force dispatched more than 4,000 sorties of fighters and bombers to carry out the mission, but only lost more than 20 planes. And two of them were shot down by the anti-aircraft guns of the landing fleet of the Chinese Navy itself......

In any respect, the losses suffered by the Tangjin landing operation were extremely enormous, and this was still in the case of saying that "I have given up the beachhead on my own initiative, and if I have to hold the beachhead regardless of the overall strategy, then the number of casualties of the Chinese landing force will have to at least double."

The huge fleet of more than 100 warships and the ultra-luxurious air support force composed of thousands of warships are no joke, and the many large and small caliber naval guns on the warships are enough to plow every inch of the beachhead, and the shells fired by those large-caliber 16-inch naval guns and 12-inch naval guns are enough to inflict heavy casualties on the defending troops.

After many losses, the landing fleet finally lived up to expectations and sent three marine divisions ashore, and after landing on the shore, the three marine divisions quickly extended forward, and with the support of their own air force and naval guns, they quickly seized the coastal defensive forts and coastal defense artillery positions, and cleared the threat to the subsequent landing fleet.

However, in the evening, these three marine divisions were also counterattacked by the strength of two divisions of the Yue Army, and at night, four more Yue Army divisions came in with urgent reinforcements.

At this time, the follow-up landing force of the Third Army had not yet landed, and the three divisions of the First Army of the Third Army, which were used as the main force for operations after the landing, were still in the process of landing.

"At present, the situation of the Second Marine Division is still relatively dangerous, just the enemy in front of them has the strength of two divisions and regiments, and according to the reality of the last aerial reconnaissance in the evening, there is at least one other division and regiment in the direction of Zhanggaoshan that is being reinforced.

According to the Third Army's initial prediction, that is, after the landing began in the morning, the person who got the news should have sent reinforcements, and at this time the air force was able to use large-scale bombing to destroy the reinforcements in the state of operation, but he did not send large-scale reinforcements in the morning and noon, and I don't know if it was because the command system was not smooth or because of Ben's intention. It was not until the afternoon that their reinforcements attacked from the direction of Zhanggaoshan, and at this time, because it was close to evening, a large number of ground support planes of the air force were only approved to return after a few hours of hurried bombing, and in the evening it was said that Ben's large-scale counterattack had just begun.

As a result, the initial air support plan was not effectively implemented.

"Judging from the current situation, I still think that we can't rush to conquer Zhanggao Mountain, we must focus on stability in the first day, mainly after the troops of the First Army come ashore tomorrow, then the situation will be greatly improved!" Lieutenant General Zhao Qi, chief of staff of the Third Army, said so.

General Chen Yanjia looked at the map on the table, which densely indicated the location of a large number of troops on both sides, and he muttered for a while: "It seems that we have to change our plan, order the 2nd Marine Division to retreat 5 kilometers to the southeast, and order the 5th Marine Division to send a regiment of troops to the southeast to reinforce the 2nd Marine Division." Our strategy tonight is to keep! ”

After saying that, he turned to a vice admiral and said, "Please tell Brother Chen, you still need the navy brothers to work hard tonight, and continue to reinforce our department with intensive firepower!" ”

The vice admiral next to him nodded and said, "Don't worry, my navy has an unshirkable responsibility!" ”

Can you not support it, although it is said that the three marine divisions that landed are now under the command of the Third Army, but these three divisions are the navy's own troops, and after sending these three divisions ashore, their safety is more worried than Chen Yanjia.

In fact, so far, the landing operation has actually been undertaken by the navy, whether it is the three marine divisions that have landed, the second heavy engineering regiment of the navy that is erecting temporary docks, or the hundreds of naval warships that are responsible for artillery support.

At present, Chen Shaokuan, commander of the First Fleet, is still in charge of the overall landing operation, and Chen Yanjia is only in charge of the command of the ground forces.

After saying that, Chen Yanjia sighed: "Actually, if we can land from the southern part of Kyushu Island, we won't encounter the same trouble as now!" ”

He was not wrong in what he said, but in the first phase of the plan, when considering the landing site, he considered landing in the southern part of Kyushu Island, because it was said that "my defensive forces are not as dense as those in the northern part of Kyushu Island, and there are not many coastal fortifications in comparison, and if I land from both sides of Kagoshima at the same time, the troops from both sides will march at the same time, and then the port of Kagoshima will be conquered."

However, in consideration of the range of the air force and the distance of sea transportation, the National Military Council abandoned this idea and chose instead the northern part of Kyushu Island, where the landing terrain was not perfect and it was expected to encounter serious resistance, and selected a relatively small number of troops for the defense of the army in the northern part of Kyushu Island, which was heavily fortified.

Luo said that the choice of the first phase of the landing plan in the Tangjin area did not mean that Chen Jingyun, Shen Gang, or Guan Shijie and others would be determined by patting their heads casually, but on the basis of the Air Force's intensive aerial reconnaissance over the past few months, the staff officers of the Navy, Army, and Air Force analyzed countless materials and took into account countless influences.

One of the biggest reasons is that the Karatsu area is located in the northern part of Kyushu Island, the sea range is close enough, and the sea area is not stormy, and the beach terrain chosen for landing and the terrain after landing is relatively gentle, and the beach for landing is large enough. Although there is still such a problem, it is said that there are several divisions and regiments defending the Karatsu area, and the surrounding area is also very large.

However, despite this, the staff officers of the navy, army, and air force also thought that it was much better than landing in other places, and as for the counterattack that they might face after the landing, the large number of troops they might face was not too big a problem in their view, and whether they were confident or blind, they all believed that their ground forces would be able to successfully complete the task.

Where the plan was formulated, Chen Yanjia, the commander of the Third Army, who was responsible for the early landing, even made a bold statement that as long as his troops landed and could get sufficient logistical supplies, he would be able to lead his troops to sweep all the way down and completely conquer Kyushu Island within a month!

Of course, Chen Yanjia's arrogance was disliked by many generals, and General Zhao Zhike, who was also a general, said: It would be good to give you two months to be able to take Kyushu. Even Shen Gang made a comment after listening to it: He dared to say it!

However, there is another person who is even more crazy than him, that is Zuo Yugang, who is also in his sixties, and even found Chen Jingyun directly in front of him and asked to serve as the commander of the front line, preferably the position of commander of the Third Army, and even said that if he was allowed to lead the troops, then he would lead the ninth division of the old army to take Kyushu Island within half a month.

This made Chen Jingyun smile bitterly, because today in 1944, Zuo Yugang was already a marshal, and his position was a standing member of the State Military Commission, not to mention personally leading the troops, let alone serving as the commander of the group army. In China's military system, the combination of military ranks and positions is very strict, and there are few exceptions, the army commander is a lieutenant general, the division commander is a major general, and the commander of a group army is a general. Therefore, it is destined that Zuo Yugang will not be able to get the post of commander of the group army.

If you Zuo Yugang go down, how can you make a large number of generals who are eager to wear the post of commander of the group army embarrassed, there are dozens of army generals, and the position of commander of the group army is only eight, plus one Ryukyu Front Army, there are only nine. You Zuo Yugang occupy one with the rank of marshal regardless of your identity, so what should others do!

Whether it is Chen Yanjia's rhetoric or Zuo Yugang's words, it can be seen that the army is still very confident in the combat effectiveness of its own troops.