Chapter 34 Occupation of Japanese Overseas Colonies
"There is a Japanese bunker on the back slope on the east side of the No. 3 Highland, with coordinates of 2-7-1. Please support from the bomber!"
On Saipan Island, the K Company of the 1st Marine Division of the Tang Army was blocked during the attack. A Japanese bunker built on the back slope, two 11-type light machine guns spit out fire tongues, blocking the K Company's attack.
The Tang army's SRA tanks were unable to move on this back slope. The heavy artillery troops in the rear had not yet caught up because the Tang army's offensive speed was too fast, and the Tang army's warship artillery in Laolao Bay could not hit the side. In the end, the company commander of the K Company had to request air support.
Among the Tang army, even the first-level infantry in the platoon were equipped with radio intercoms, and the commander could directly call the naval aviation to provide air support. Looking at the army of countries around the world, it would be nice to have a radio telegraph at the first-level brigade. They couldn't even think about the equipment that could be directly intercoms, and only the Tang army would be so luxurious.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on the luxury of the Tang army, nor is it because the Tang Empire has money and nowhere to spend it. Zhang Meng knew very well that in future wars, commanders could know the combat situation of the front-line squad platoons anytime and anywhere, and could grasp the ever-changing battlefield dynamics at any time and make the fastest and most timely handling methods. This is very important, from small matters to the life and death of a squad platoon, to large matters that affect the entire battle situation, it can be seen its huge role.
In addition to the main reason for the necessity of war, another reason is that the national defense policy of the Tang Empire directly affected its importance to the development of naval and air force, and the army was the weakest among the Tang army. In this way, the Tang Empire, including the Marine Corps, had a total of less than 60,000 ground combat troops.
According to Zhang Meng's principle of high strength but not high strength, the training level of the Tang Marine Corps is based on the Blue Fox Special Service Team. From individual combat power to division synthesis, they are the most elite troops in the world.
There are few people and are also an elite soldier route. It is not a luxury to be equipped with any advanced equipment.
Of course, in the eyes of foreign troops, the expenses of Tang army alone are too luxurious than the expenses of three people in their country.
One minute later, two Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers came roaring and according to the ground guidance of Company K, they accurately dropped four 500 kilogram aviation bombs onto the Japanese bunkers.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Accompanied by a few loud noises, the fortifications of the Japanese army that were more than one meter thick were blown up, trees broke within more than two hundred meters of surrounding areas, and rocks rolled down. Dust was flying, gunpowder smoke was everywhere, covering the sky and the sun.
The mountains trembled like an magnitude eight earthquake. The Tang soldiers of the K Company were mentally prepared. They all lay in the shelter and did not dare to show their heads within half a minute, because the explosion shock wave was very powerful, and if they showed their heads, they would be blown away by the air waves, which may be worrying about their lives. It can be seen how terrible the five hundred kilogram aviation bombs were, let alone four explosions at the same time.
The K-company soldiers were soon covered by soil layer after layer, and they were as thick as their thumbs. It can be seen that the explosion was so powerful that it brought out more than 2,000 cubic meters of soil, stone and sand. It was extremely terrifying.
"Bao, bah, bah, bah! Is this a bombing of the Japanese or a mountain? I was almost suffocated to death if I wasn't crushed by the soil!"
Company Commander K emerged from the soil and vented his dissatisfaction at the two Hellfire fighters in the sky, as if complaining that they were too "a big fight".
The other K Company soldiers crawled out of the soil one after another. Several of the soldiers themselves had been buried alive by a large amount of soil, and could only rely on their comrades to dig them out. Some of them were even more suffocated. The medical soldiers hurried up to rescue them.
After complaining, the soldiers of the K-company warriors carefully rushed to the back slope.
The Japanese army's bunker was gone. At the sight of it, there was a huge pit with a diameter of more than 200 meters, more than 3 meters deep. It was charred inside and emitted a charred smell. The rocks actually melted. It is conceivable that the temperature at the moment of the explosion was extremely terrifying.
"No need to search, the Japanese are in the giant pit, and they are obviously blown to ashes."
"Free cremation, the Japanese ashes are sprinkled on you!"
A soldier made a prank and was immediately besieged by a group, causing him to shout help and shout that he would not dare to talk nonsense anymore.
At this time, two hellfires in the sky circled for several times, and they did not leave until the K Company's reply target was removed.
The soldiers of K-Sei looked at each other, and in addition to lamenting that the Air Force is too powerful, they all doubted a problem.
It was obviously a loss-making deal, and this broken bunker seemed to be worth the money of four aviation bombs.
When the Tang army was first established, there were inevitably many problems. Regarding the issue of overbombing, not long after, when the Tang army held a summary meeting, representatives of grassroots officers and soldiers proposed that it immediately attracted the attention of senior officials.
However, this is inevitable during war times. In order to ensure the timeliness and effectiveness of the battle tactics, this supersaturated bombing was still acquiesced to be carried out, and it would rather spend more money to eliminate the target at one time.
The Japanese army did not have many fortifications on Saipan Island and did not have many troops, because the Japanese army did not expect the Tang army to win the naval battle, nor did they expect the Tang army to come to seize the island.
The Tang army took nine hours to capture Saipan Island, and in the next three days it successively captured other islands in the Northern Mariana Islands. All the Japanese and Japanese immigrants on the island were slaughtered, and the number of people was included in the number of annihilated enemies to evade public opinion.
A week later, the Tang Marines, under the cover of powerful firepower of the navy and air force, launched an attack on the Japanese troops on the Caroling Islands.
Similarly, less than 200 Japanese troops and more than 500 armed expatriates in the Caroline Islands rose to resist, but the strength gap was huge. In less than two hours, the Japanese positions were razed to the ground by Tang bombers. Then the Caroline Islands lowered the Japanese plaster flag and raised the white eagle flag on the blue background of the Tang Empire.
The Tang army seized the former German Empire colonies, the Caroline Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Marshall Islands entrusted by Japan by force. The Japanese government strongly protested and protested the armed aggression of the Tang Empire at the League of Nations meeting.
The Japanese were really shameless, but they didn't know that Tang and Ri were in a state of war, but they first launched an attack on the Tang Empire. Now that they were defeated, they actually remembered that they used the League of Nations to put pressure on the Tang Empire.
The Tang Empire was not a member of the League of Nations because the British government always believed that the Tang Empire was a member of the Commonwealth. Although they were forced to allow the Tang Empire to have an independent foreign policy and knew that the Tang Empire was an independent country at all, they always insisted on maintaining the so-called face issue of the British Empire.
Of course, this is also an excuse, and it is an excuse for the British government to sit down and have a good talk with the Tang Empire government.
The news that the Japanese joint fleet was almost wiped out by the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire was sent back to the UK, and Tangning Street was in an uproar. He had just learned that Zhang Meng was not Zhang Xinhai's son, and he was immediately wiped out by this shocking news.
After the McDonald Cabinet held an emergency meeting to discuss the battle between the Tang and Nikkei, the main force of the Japanese navy was almost gone, the pattern in the Pacific changed, and the Tang Empire rose strongly, how will Britain deal with this situation.
You should know that Britain still has many colonies in the Central and South Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, etc., which are also under the direct threat of the Tang Empire Navy.
Originally, Britain's enemies in the Pacific were Japan and the Soviet Union, and the Soviet Far East Fleet could be almost ignored. Now that the Japanese joint fleet has collapsed, it will be replaced by the Tang Empire Navy. If the Japanese Navy fails to recover from now on, the Tang Empire Navy will be a huge threat to the British Navy in the future.
From federal member states to potential threats to possible threats in the future, this change is thanks to the result of this naval battle.
"The Japanese will not be easily defeated. You can imagine how angry they are at this moment. I believe that the Japanese will definitely rebuild a huge joint fleet within three years. At that time, with the strategic depth of the Tang Empire, it will probably be difficult to resist the Japanese's crazy counterattack."
"The Tang people have won twice. It's not a coincidence, but strength. Please treat the Tang Empire correctly. They are definitely not as simple as you think?"
MacDonald and Stanley were in a tit-for-tat way. Because Stanley used the power of the Conservative Party to agree to borrow 1 billion pounds without McDonald's permission, this incident made MacDonald very angry. As the Tang army won an unprecedented victory, it became even more difficult to let go. He knew that Zhang Meng would become stronger, but the Conservative Party was constantly helping him become stronger.
Stanley just smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, why do you have to be afraid of the rise of the Tang Empire? Do you think they will be enemies of the British Empire? Don't you know that you used Zhang Meng's funding to defeat me as the Prime Minister, and you called him brothers. Why do you treat Zhang Meng like an enemy now? Don't you understand the principle of having one more enemy and one more wall?"
Stanley's series of rhetoric questions really made MacDonald a little stunned.
"I'm worried that Zhang Meng is too cunning. He has cheated Americans for tens of billions of dollars. Now he has pitted the entire Japanese Navy to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Do you think he will stop? It is very likely that he will target us in the future. Especially the billion pounds, I think that's a pit. I can't run, but you have to jump in desperately."
Stanley seemed to understand MacDonald's words, and actually nodded to show that he understood.
"I don't want to argue with you, you always go off topic. Now we are talking about the issue that the Asian order will be reshuffled after Japan loses its joint fleet."
At this time, other cabinet members also said that McDonald had off topic. Since one billion pounds had been lent to Zhang Meng, he could not breach the contract and come back. The most urgent task is how to organize the new Asian order. Obviously, the Tang Empire wanted to replace Japan's sphere of influence in Asia. Other countries must be planning to get a piece of the pie at this time, so naturally the UK cannot fall behind.
"Okay, I won't mention this for now, let's get back to the topic." MacDonald paused and continued: "My point of view is that the Tang Empire cannot be bigger. They will sooner or later be our threat. Therefore, in the formulation of a new Asian order, we must unite with the United States to suppress the rise of the Tang Empire."
"I object!"
Chapter completed!