At this time, a group of US naval officers, including Major General Julian Smith, the commander of the Second Marine Division, the aircraft carrier fleet commanded by Halsey, the commander of the Fifth Amphibious Army, Holland Smith Nimitz, the commander of the 58th T-Military Fleet Spruins, and other US naval officers were vigorously strengthening their attacks on the Gilbert Islands, Makin Atoll and Tarava Atolls.

Even the Marshall Islands are constantly dispatching air forces to carry out bombing, especially in the amphibious landing operations in Butari Tari, the comparison of troops between the United States and Japan is over 20:1.

It’s a pity that the 27th Infantry Division, one of the main combat units of the US military, is too cowardly. Therefore, even if the amphibious combat command ability is relatively strong, the expert Holland Smith is helpless and has no way to exert his original command ability and kill the Japanese army in all directions.

Instead, the 27th Infantry Division, which he commanded, was damaged by the troops and commanded the general. It took almost five days to occupy Butari Tari Island, which was defended by the Japanese army.

Therefore, Spruins, the commander of the 58th Special Mixed Fleet, immediately dispatched the second Marine Division, which had strong combat effectiveness and well-equipped combat from New Zealand to the Japanese army to attack the Tarava Atoll, which was focused on.

The second landing war, including the Makin area, was also handed over to the Second Marine Division to participate in amphibious landing operations. At the same time, before the officers and soldiers of the Second Marine Division carried out landing operations, the US military also invested a large number of naval artillery shootings and bombarded the dive bombing group to assist in supporting the operations.

Since the US air strikes were carefully designed, their artillery and air strikes received relatively good results in combat victory, which caused the Japanese army to be killed and suffered many casualties.

Moreover, the US military's 16-inch naval gun even bombed all the eight-inch cannons set up on the islands in a lightning speed.

And the wooden barracks of the Japanese army were bombed and the flames were burned into the sky, and the Japanese arsenal in the nearby area was destroyed into ruins.

Because the distance between US naval guns and artillery can reach 14,000 meters, and the closest one is at least 1,800 meters.

Amid the rumbling sound of cannons, a series of fierce ship cannons seemed to the god of death, falling from the sky with wind and falling densely onto the various artillery positions and defensive positions of the Japanese army.

It didn't take long for the entire Makin Island to change into a sea of ​​fire. In the flashes of the fire at the muzzle, various huge black smoke columns were mixed with the thick smoke and dust and gravel of heat waves, ravaging the entire Japanese position.

During the day of fighting, the US Navy and Air Force dropped more than 3,500 tons of artillery shells on the Japanese army. Even the newly invented "umbrella-dropping bombs" of the US Fifth Air Force continued to fall from the sky and sweep everything at various Japanese airports, including Japanese pilots, ground crews and officers and soldiers.

These so-called "umbrella drop kill bombs" are to plug the modified B-25 and A-20 bombers with high explosive bombs outside the parachute, and then drop bombs at low altitude.

Moreover, the US military bombings are more than 200 bombers. The Majin Atoll and Tarava Atoll Islands stationed by the Japanese army are still as creepy as hell.

The fierce and tragic evolution of the Makin Atoll and the Talawa Atoll Islands took a full day to reach the hands of the new commander of the Joint Fleet, Koga Fengichi, who was far away in Tokyo Bay.

"Baga!"

"How could this happen? In just one day, Makin Atoll and Talawa Atoll were bombed into a sea of ​​fire by the US air force and navy?"

"Are those defenders all useless? They have lost all the face of our Japanese Empire!"

After seeing a lot of telegrams and reports about the failure of the war, Koga Feng immediately showed his blue veins and his face was roaring loudly.
Chapter completed!