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The bombardment was overwhelming, and several islands were soon covered with thick smoke and dust.
The Japanese combat staff constantly evaluate the firepower intensity of the US military as data for future operations.
If 10,000 soldiers were deployed on the Kerama Islands, more than 1,000 of them would be killed. A shell fired from a large-caliber naval gun would be enough to blast a terrifying crater with a diameter of more than 50 meters. Any individual target would be destroyed. There is no way to withstand the damage of the shock wave.
The U.S. military¡¯s artillery bombardment and air strikes lasted for nearly an hour and a half.
The entire Kerama Islands were in a mess covered with charred mud. The U.S. military commander patiently waited for the explosion smoke to dissipate and then used naval guns to fire supplementary fire at some areas for ten minutes.
U.S. military commanders are very worried about the terrifying counterattack forces hidden under those seemingly safe lands. At this time, firing more artillery shells can always relieve some troubles.
After the second round of bombardment, the US military dropped two reconnaissance planes and flew rapidly through the sky. There was no anti-aircraft firepower on the ground, and it looked like a real dead place.
There are more than fifty large warships wandering on the sea.
The eleven battleships, eight cruisers, twenty-one destroyers and seven frigates of the first group of the 51st Task Force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet slowly gave up their positions to the landing ships behind them after completing their artillery preparations.
More than 20,000 soldiers of the 77th Amphibious Division will be transported by more than 400 landing ships and land on Zamami Island, Aka Island, Keiryu Island and Oji Island at the same time. Taking four islands at once can be regarded as a defense against Okinawa. A huge shock to the army.
"Order the submarine force to prepare for attack! The US bombardment is over!"
Lieutenant General Ushijima Mitsuru calmly looked at the sea in the distance.
After the two rounds of shelling by the US military, the soldiers are transferring to landing craft and tracked landing vehicles. In a few minutes, when the sea is full of dense targets, the submarine can start its engine without worrying about being locked by sonar.
The landing force does not need to attack. The main warships behind the dense landing ships are the best targets.
The sinking of any large warship means that five to six hundred naval soldiers will sink into the cold water. Although many soldiers have a chance to survive, the warship hit by a torpedo will remain on the seabed forever.
White waves appeared on the sea, and landing craft and crawler landing vehicles accelerated toward the beach.
The US warships seized the last five minutes of safety time and continued to drop artillery shells. When the last batch of artillery shells exploded on the island, all the landing troops would be less than two or three hundred meters away from the beach.
"Every boat starts its engines! Attack!"
Shouts rang out in the combat command room, and the radio waves quickly left Okinawa.
Three attack submarines that had been hiding for nearly 20 days left the seabed to accelerate their engines and rushed towards the large US warships. On the water surface were landing craft and crawler landing vehicles moving at high speed, while under the water were submarines traveling in the opposite direction. .
The surging waves had a very good protective effect so that observers on the US warships could not see any movement under the water. No US commander could have guessed that his fate would end tragically.
"Raise the periscope! Capture the target!"
"The distance is 10,000! Accelerate with all your strength! Enter the attack area in three minutes!"
"Target locked! Launch torpedoes one and two! Launch torpedoes three and four! Load!"
"Continue to lock on the target! Distance 6000! Get closer! Launch! Launch! Launch!"
The three Japanese submarines rushed forward crazily, and roars rang in the command room. Each submarine found and locked the target in the direction it was responsible for. In the first wave, twelve 533mm Type 95 torpedoes were rowed under the water. out of the navigation track.
¡°Boom¡boom¡¡±
Continuous explosions exploded violently, and huge water columns rose into the sky.
Thousands of American soldiers instinctively looked in horror when they heard the huge explosions coming from behind them.
If the Japanese army deployed super-large-caliber coastal defense artillery on Okinawa, it would indeed be possible to shoot at targets 20 kilometers or even further away.
"It's a torpedo! There's a submarine under the water! Anti-submarine warfare!"
"We were ambushed! Not a shelling!"
"Underwater!"
The first wave of attacks by three Japanese submarines ended. Two US destroyers and a frigate sank directly to the seabed, while a battleship and a cruiser also had huge holes torn in their hulls.
Large warships launch two torpedoes to attack, while medium warships only need to launch one torpedo.
The warhead charge of the 533mm Type 95 torpedo launched by the Japanese army reachedHundreds of kilograms, an average medium-sized warship can even be directly exploded into two pieces if it hits the middle of the hull.
The US military commander made a horrifying cry in the battleship command room.
The chaotic state in front of us was completely unable to lock the direction of the incoming submarine in a short period of time.
It is unimaginable how the Japanese submarine could penetrate the anti-submarine protection circle outside and enter such a core place. A little negligence will bring extremely tragic scenes.
"Loading completed! Continue to attack!"
"Turn! Target distance is 3000! Launch! Hit!"
? One torpedo after another was shot out of the launch tube, and the launch wake was faintly visible.
The U.S. soldiers were still looking around for the place where the incoming fire came from, but a round of explosions exploded directly in front of them. The Japanese submarine launched torpedoes while impacting at high speed, leaving only a minute or two for the U.S. soldiers to observe.
¡°Boom¡boom¡¡±
Disaster swept across the sea, with tons of steel fragments splashing in all directions.
Only one minute after the first torpedo attack by the Japanese submarine, the first group of the 51st Task Force of the U.S. Army was hit by twelve torpedoes.
The two battleships were each hit by two torpedoes, and a cruiser and two destroyers were directly blown off half of their hulls and quickly sank into the sea.
"Fire anti-submarine munitions! In all directions!"
"At least three submarines! In the direction of the island! Be careful of accidental damage! Our soldiers!"
The U.S. soldiers began to fire ammunition randomly in all directions. The sonar soldiers could not hear any audio signals from the submarine at all, and the entire sea area was filled with the echo of violent explosions.
Various anti-submarine munitions were dropped on the surrounding water like raindrops, and the surviving US warships turned around and accelerated away.
The tactical response was absolutely correct, but the moving speed of the battleships was obviously not as fast as the swimming speed of the Japanese torpedoes. Almost at the same time that the entire fleet received the inquiry telegram from the superior commander, another wave of twelve Type 95 torpedoes was almost there. Shoot out the tube and catch up to the five closest targets.
Fireworks are lingering on the sea, and water mist is drifting in the wind like drizzle.
The third wave of Japanese attacks undoubtedly hit a battleship, a cruiser and two destroyers. All submarines were rapidly loading torpedoes and prepared to destroy the entire fleet in front of them at once.
The Japanese submarine force has never been so glorious.
It¡¯s like an incredible dream to have three submarines chasing dozens of large warships and hitting their targets continuously. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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