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    ps: The title number of the previous chapter is wrong again

    When Beijing was writing a naval press release, a loud whistle sounded from the sea of ??Guam.  "Retreat, retreat! Bearing 071, distance 22 kilometers, target two kilometers south of Yigo, mountain top highland. Cover the bombardment, cover the bombardment!"

    "Lie down, everyone, lie down, the navy is going to bombard us!"

    Thousands of paratroopers wearing olive green rainforest camouflage uniforms lay down with their heads down, and the officers shouted and laughed.  After persisting for eleven days, the fleet finally arrived.  The communications soldier held the phone and called for fire support happily, as if he wanted to vent all his strength.  "Angle 197, speed 10 knots, target mountain top, prepare"

    Off the coast of Agana, Captain Zhang Xiaoyu, the captain of the Beijing, was holding a bowl of Mianyang rice noodles sprinkled with chili peppers. He ate so much that he even turned a blind eye to the red oil dripping onto his blue combat uniform.  The gunner next to him organized the artillery fire while looking at the rice noodles with envy.  "What are you looking at? It's ready, one bowl for each person. If it's not accurate, they'll all be put in solitary confinement." Captain Zhang was obviously a slovenly captain from the Great Navigation Era who ignored elegance and tradition, glaring at his officers.  For him, as long as he wins, everything else is boring.

    "In order to avoid confinement, open fire." The victory in the naval battle swept away the tension in the hearts of the soldiers.  The gunnery commander also joked, holding the phone and giving the order to fire.  "Boom" In the tearing roar, everyone felt as if their ears were filled with tweeters. Even with ear protection, the sailors on the deck could still feel their ears being pulled back and forth by sound waves.  .  Nine high-explosive bombs weighing 800 kilograms were instantly thrown to the highlands of Mount Ego, Guam, 22 kilometers away. The huge recoil force pushed the nearly 40,000-ton ship horizontally three meters outward, and high pressure from the muzzle instantly pressed outward on the starboard side.  Three rippling water spots appeared.

    What is surprising is that it faces such a huge recoil.  Captain Zhang's hand holding the bowl didn't even tremble, his feet seemed to be motionless, and his eyes were fixed on the fifty-meter-high mountain top.  Seeing this scene, no one could have imagined that twenty-six years ago when he walked out of Bashu and asked to join the navy, he had never seen the sea.  Following the Chinese Atlantic Convoy to participate in the European War, I was tortured by the wind and waves to the point of vomiting for a month.  But such a young man later studied abroad at the famous French Naval Academy to hone his navigation skills.  He also used his vacation to go to the stormiest waters of Greenland with Danish fishermen, tying himself to the mast

    Huge explosions of dust and smoke rose into the sky from the Japanese position at Yigo Mountain. The terrifying 380mm naval guns were beyond the imagination of the infantry. Each one of them could create a large crater up to four meters deep.  If it were flat land, all creatures and buildings within 4,400 square meters would be swept away, even if they were hidden in caves.  They may also be crushed to death due to rock collapse.  There are only nine artillery shells, with a total weight of 7.2 tons and containing 567 kilograms of TNT explosives.

    The extremely powerful explosion shock wave was still raging on the top of the mountain, but Zhang Xiaoyu seemed to be frowning and shook his head: "It's almost too late, the No. 3 turret needs to move inward one notch."

    "It's off?" The gunnery commander didn't seem to believe it, seeing that the smoke column walking point had been controlled almost perfectly.  How could it be biased?  Could it be that the captain was deliberately trying to fool himself?  Everyone didn't believe it, but after the fire control sent the calibration data, everyone discovered that the No. 3 turret had really missed the target.  Look at Zhang Xiaoyu again.  But he had already sat down and concentrated on eating, his face still a little lonely.

    In fact, battleship captains like him are not very happy. Whether it is the Battle of Ryukyu, the Battle of Guam or previous naval battles between various countries, carrier-based aircraft and aircraft carriers have gradually become the main force.  But the battleships that once roamed the sea quietly came to an end.  However, this kind of sadness is only a momentary touch. Not to mention the high sea conditions and night battles, the battleships still have great achievements.  Take now, who can provide such powerful firepower to infantry in an instant?  Taking the Beijing-class as an example, the amount of ammunition dropped per hour is 540 times that of a single dive bomber and 43 times that of a fully loaded H-7. The powerful ammunition throwing capability still allows the battleship to maintain the title of "crusher".  So no matter what military experts think, the Marines who are fighting fiercely on the front line still cheer for the fact that they can have battleships as cover. The thick gun barrels represent absolute destruction and victory.

    "Enter the new coordinates, tilt the No. 3 turret inward one degree, and focus the fire!" After the new coordinates were entered, the Beijing and the Nanjing battleship behind it all started to show their power.  Fifteen 380mm/L55 naval guns (the damaged No. 1 turret of the Nanjing is still under repair) threw high-explosive bombs at the Japanese position at a rate of one round per minute.  The violent explosion enveloped the rocks and completely destroyed several square kilometers of mountain tops. The shock wave uprooted all the rainforest within the coverage area.  In less than twenty minutes, the Yigo Mountain Highlands were flattened by artillery shells. More than a thousand Japanese soldiers who had gathered here to defend the place were blown to pieces. Even those who survived by chance were left with deafness in both ears and bleeding from the mouth and nose.

    "Airborne troops, attack."

    ¡°Follow the tank, watch out for snipers.¡±

    ? ?Amid the officer's shouts, the airborne regiment rushed out of the bunker, followed six fire-breathing tanks and launched another attack on the Mount Yigo highland.  The corpses and craters of both sides on the ground proved how hard the battle was here before the fleet came to rescue.  But this time the attack went very smoothly. The firepower of the battleships could not be blocked by infantry, and the Japanese army did not have decent solid bunkers in Guam. Most of the Japanese army could only rely on caves or trenches to block it.

    The battle was not intense, and the Japanese troops who were bombarded by naval guns suffered heavy losses and were unable to stop the attack of the fire-breathing tanks.  The humid rainforest could not save them. Under the overwhelming gasoline sparks, Japanese soldiers were constantly burned out of their bunkers by flames, and then were killed by airborne troops.  At sunset, the national flag symbolizing victory is planted on the top of the mountain.

    Bingwen put down the telescope. Although the subsequent sporadic clearing may take several days, the raising of the national flag also means victory is achieved. It is time to consider the next point of attack.  "Let's go to the harbor." With a wave of his hand, the heavy cruiser Taiwan Island began to sail towards Apra Port.  Before entering the port, the first batch of Air Force aircraft from China also arrived, a fleet of 36 "Tianquan", 26 H-10 "bomb trucks", 10 Y-10 and 20 Navy "Seahawk" anti-submarine aircraft.  They landed at Agana Airport and seaport successively. With the victory in Guam imminent, the navy and air force have decided to build four airports, five oil depots, and two ammunition depots here.  It is also required to accommodate a total of 300,000 tons of ships, 300 combat aircraft and 40,000 combat personnel, making it the Republic of China's first joint sea and air base in the Southwest Pacific.

    "The conditions are not bad. If we can turn this straight channel into an artificial atoll and change the entrance and exit of the channel to the south, it will be a good harbor." Taking the opportunity of entering the port, Bingwen and Chen Shiying walked onto the deck to inspect Apra on the spot.  Hong Kong¡¯s environment and put forward suggestions for improvements.  A few minutes later, the electronic reconnaissance ship Ryukyu, which serves as Guam's mobile radar station, jumped into view first. Behind it were the heavy cruiser Wuhan, the aircraft carrier Baiqi, the light cruiser Fuchunjiang and Minjiang, which were injured and entered port early, as well as several  A destroyer and a submarine entering port for supplies.  The most seriously injured Baiqi could no longer see the waterline.  Two destroyers connected to the rescue were using pumps to dewater it.  The heavy cruiser Wuhan had half of its bow cut off. Fortunately, all the sealed compartments were locked at that time, so there was no water in the rest of the ship except the bow. Depending on the situation, it would take at least half a year to repair it, and it would have to be transported back to China using a floating dock.  Both the Fuchun River and the Min River were damaged above the deck.  It can be repaired in two to three months.  The last few destroyers were undoubtedly the most seriously injured, especially the Wumengshan. The entire deck of this Qinling-class destroyer was flattened, and there were dozens of bullet holes that could be clearly seen on the hull. I really don¡¯t know how it came back at that time.  of.  But even if it hurts, there is nothing we can do, because aircraft carrier operations are like this.  Unless the opponent is too late to send out an attack fleet, it will be difficult to be foolproof.

    "The Baiqi and Wumengshan are about to be abandoned." After Chen Shiying looked at them carefully, he shook his head regretfully.  It is impossible for the Navy to spend effort on a destroyer or a modified escort aircraft carrier without repairing such huge damage.  It takes at least half a year.  With this time, the country can refit or build one or even several ships.

    "Tell them not to save them, dismantle their weapons and equipment, and drain the oil. Pull them to the water crossing and stand by"

    "What's the point of pulling the waterway?" Chen Shiying was puzzled.

    Bingwen smiled mischievously: "Isn't Halsey coming to visit? When he comes, we will block the water channel. Do you think he dares to wait outside for ten and a half days?" I didn't expect the commander to have such a thing.  Little tricks.  Chen Shiying also laughed.  This method is the best when fighting is not possible.  No matter how bold Halsey is, he would not dare to float in the sea outside the war zone for half a month, because the Japanese navy has been killed, and there may be dozens of submarines coming underwater at this moment.  What's more, this operation of the US Navy must not have been authorized by Congress, otherwise it would not be said to be transporting aircraft to Wake Island.  You know, the United States is not the Republic of China, and Roosevelt is not Yang Qiu.  He didn't even settle with Congress.  If the Japanese army were to attack the area controlled by the United States, they could still find an excuse to intervene in the war, but here it was just "putting the fleet in danger in the war zone of a belligerent country without authorization from Congress, and deliberately involving the United States."  These few charges of "entering the war" can kill both Kimmel and Halsey!  If it gets too big, it might affect Roosevelt's re-election.

    But in this case, what will happen to our subsequent transport fleet?

    "First, let the engineers set up a temporary dock on the waterway atoll. The landing ship will directly beach in the Tumon Bay of Agana. All the damaged warships will enter the port to rest and wait for the domestic floating dock to arrive. Anyway, it will only be ten days and a half. The delay is  It¡¯s no big deal.¡± After Bingwen finished speaking, the heavy patrol had already docked at the dock.  I was very happy to see the airport under construction and the two complete large oil storage tanks left by Mobil Company: "This Dai Anlan has some skills. He was able to seize the oil storage tanks and the airport safely, which helped us a lot."

    Chen Shiying agreed: "If we transport materials from China, it will take at least a month to rebuild such a large oil depot. It's okay now, waiting for the next two shipsOnce the tanker arrives, as long as it is filled with oil, the fleet and submarines can be guaranteed fuel for three months without delaying the utilization of the tanker.  This alone can achieve second-class merit.  "

    "Well, it's time to record the merits. I will sort them out later and pass them back to the country." Although Bingwen was strict in running the army, he also hoped that his men would make many meritorious deeds.  After finishing speaking, he arranged his military uniforms, put on his hat and prepared to disembark with Chen Shiying.  As soon as we reached the gangway, the staff officer came after us: "Commander, there is a telegram from the headquarters asking you to return to Beijing immediately."

    "What happened?"

    "The Japanese army invaded Pyongyang an hour ago. In additionthe 15th Fleet was intercepted by four Japanese heavy cruisers when it broke through the Tartar Strait and returned this morning. The Nanchang was hit by three oxygen torpedoes and sank. Captain Shen Shicai  The colonel was injured and three destroyers were lost. Commander Ruan Shaowen has led his troops into Heilongjiang for temporary refuge, and the commander-in-chief has also rushed to Temple Street."

    Both news are not surprising. North Korea was originally a place used by the General Staff to hold back the main force of the Japanese army.  The 15th Fleet was able to endure the pursuit and interception of dozens of Japanese warships and a Kongo-class battleship to this day, and successfully destroyed Japan's Northern Sea Route, sinking a total of ten merchant ships and seven warships. It has overfulfilled its mission.  Because before the Tsushima Strait was controlled, the Sea of ??Japan and the Northern Sea were restricted areas for the Republic of China Navy.

    Seeing Bingwen thinking, Chen Shiying knew who he wanted to deal with Halsey after he left and command the subsequent battle, so he took the initiative and said: "You can go back with peace of mind. I will stay here for a while."

    "I'm not worried about Halsey. The Americans are here to demonstrate, not to fight. You just need to push him as far out to sea as possible. Japanese submarines are equipped with 93 oxygen torpedoes. If he likes it, I don't mind inviting him."  Let's have a taste." After Bingwen smiled evilly, he took two steps closer and his face became serious: "Guam is not the end, but the beginning! The two battleships and aircraft carriers are temporarily under your command, don't let them be too idle. Also, transportation  The fleet will arrive the day after tomorrow, with 20,000 soldiers and equipment, and plenty of fuel and ammunition. When they arrive, you must clear the channel as soon as possible, repair the airport, and complete the landings on Pagan Island and Tinian Island. Let's do it  Suddenly, Yamamoto Isoroku lost control of the sea again. It would be too late to send the army to the island, so there should not be many defensive forces in the two places. Saipan, don't worry, first find a way to destroy the airport and island facilities, and use naval guns and aircraft to knock it out.  Just remove the visible facilities. They have 20,000 people to eat, and they can't last long with the reserves on the island. Just use them up slowly. There are only five islands in Mariana that can garrison troops, Guam, Rota, and Tinian.  , Saipan and Pagan Island, if you take them all, Halsey can only retreat to Wake Island. After controlling this place, you must organize your forces as soon as possible to continue south. Submarine reconnaissance said, Ulithi Atoll, Jiafei  Both Root Island and Yap Island are suitable for building airports. If you grab these places, you can attack the Palau Islands and prepare for the next attack on Truk. Don't worry, I will arrange the second batch of fleets immediately after I return.  . Within a month, I promise to send 50,000 infantry, 300 bombers and 300 ships of supplies to support you!"

    After taking care of them, Bingwen and Dai Anlan inspected the front line of Guam together, and finally felt relieved when they saw that the remaining Japanese troops had been compressed in a narrow area north of Yigo by the Marines and Airborne Regiment.  Finally, he had dinner with the soldiers before taking the Air Force transport plane back to Beijing.
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