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Volume 14 Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi Chapter 117 Shoal Landing

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    "General Gao, according to General MacArthur's opinion, we will land at Donggang. The Japanese army on the island is focusing on guarding against the two major ports of Keelung and Kaohsiung. For Donggang, they did not send too many guard troops to the Donggang beach.  The fire attack will begin in the afternoon, please inform your troops to prepare for landing." Rear Admiral Dayo, the commander of the fleet, informed Gao Quan that the fleet would land at Donggang in a few hours.

    After MacArthur landed in Manila, the fleet sailed out of the bay and continued sailing straight north. Apart from the sun, moon and stars, there was no other reference at all on the sea. Gao Quan did not know where the fleet sailed to. The only thing he could be sure of was  What happened was that the fleet was sailing towards Taiwan. It was not until that day that the fleet commander, Major General Dayo, told him that he would launch an attack in a few hours. Gao Quan did not know that the fleet had already sailed towards Taiwan.

    The order to prepare for landing was immediately notified to every officer and soldier of the 500th Army. Gao Quan also organized his weapons and equipment and prepared for landing.

    It is said that the two armies are fighting together, but this is actually a battle between the American and Japanese armies. The officers and soldiers of the 500 Army are hiding on dozens of landing crafts, waiting for the giant American ships to use artillery fire to create a landing site. After that,  Their battle has officially begun. For now, let's wait quietly.

    The outline of the land appeared on the horizon. The treasure island of Taiwan was already visible with the naked eye. Gao Quan used a telescope to look at the land. It was a lush area. Not even a ship could be seen on the sea near the land.  He couldn't tell what the port looked like either.

    Probably because the fleet was too large, the defenders on land discovered the fleet early and launched an attack. With a series of loud noises, the cannonballs fired from the land landed not too far away from the fleet.  On the sea, water columns rose up into the sky, and some of them hit the ship. The ship that was hit caught fire, and the officers and soldiers on the ship were busy putting out the fire and repairing the ship.

    The fleet fought back. The loud noise was deafening and the entire fleet was trembling. The fire dragons flew towards the green land, setting off balls of fire not far from the shore. The enemy could not be seen at all. All that could be seen were the fire dragons coming from the shore.  Shore defense artillery fire, the fleet and the Japanese troops on the shore were engaged in a real artillery fire exchange.

    Gao Quan continued to observe. Every time the Japanese army's firepower point was exposed, it would be immediately hit by the fleet's giant cannon. However, the damage to the fleet from the land-based artillery on the shore was minimal. At least, the fleet's firepower was not affected by  Some ships were hit and weakened, and the firepower of the Japanese troops on the shore was simply unable to withstand the huge cannons on the US warships. This may be what the commodore said. The Ninth Division placed its main defensive forces in Keelung and Kaohsiung.  These are two important ports.

    Okinawa is in the northeast of Taiwan. The huge US military fleet carrying half a million troops is besieging Okinawa. It is not wrong for the 9th Division to place its main defense forces on the north side of the island, just in case the US military besieging Okinawa suddenly thinks of them.  , if you turn around and want to go sightseeing in Taiwan, they will definitely land from the north. The Ninth Division cannot be unprepared.

    The Ninth Division seems to have a lot of people. An armed division with more than 20,000 people is a force that can scare people wherever they are placed. However, if they are placed on the entire island of Taiwan, it will not seem that many.  In order to control the entire island of Taiwan and effectively defend against possible invasion by the US military, the 9th Division concentrated most of its forces on the northern coast for heavy defense.

    In fact, before this, U.S. military reconnaissance planes had conducted reconnaissance over Taiwan many times. The Americans had already known the defensive deployment of the Japanese army on the island. Only then did MacArthur temporarily decide to let the 500 troops recover Taiwan. The U.S. fleet  This battle was a forced landing from the town of Donggang in the southwest.

    The powerful firepower of the US fleet gradually suppressed the Japanese defensive artillery fire on the shore, and a fleet of US military aircraft also appeared in the sky to assist the battle. They were transferred from the aircraft carriers besieging Okinawa by MacArthur. He promised Gao Quan to provide the 500th Army with  It was a safe landing site. MacArthur, who had always been face-saving, did not want this Chinese general he had just met to scold him behind his back for breaking his promise.

    No one in the Okinawa attack force, whether he was the commander of the Navy or the Air Force, dared to disobey MacArthur's orders. The battle in Okinawa was like this. There were dozens of more planes, but not many dozens of planes less. This kind of few  A battle involving 100,000 people cannot be decided by dozens of aircraft. Therefore, after receiving the general's order, the Air Force Commander and the Navy Commander discussed and immediately sent ten escort fighters and twenty medium bombers to Taiwan to assist in the battle.  .

    Now the Japanese army has completely lost air and sea control. The US military fleet flew to Donggang without encountering any resistance. The battle below was clearly visible from the sky. After contacting the fleet below, the commander of the fleet determined the enemy.  Fang Fang immediately started attacking.

    The heavy artillery of the fleet and the bombing of the aircraft fleet in the sky quickly destroyed the Japanese defensive positions on the ground. Without the positions, there would be noWith heavy artillery, only light weapons left and more than half of the casualties, the Japanese commander was forced to lead his troops to retreat. The U.S. military fleet in the sky chased and bombed the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army dispersed and retreated, the group of people in the sky were reluctant to give up until  After throwing away all the bombs they brought, the US fighter planes lined up in a circle around the fleet and reluctantly returned.

    The landing began. MacArthur had fulfilled his promise. The US military had cleared a safe landing site for the 500th Army. Next, it was up to the 500th Army themselves.

    "Thank you, General Dayo. Goodbye." Gao Quan and the commander of the US fleet saluted each other and said goodbye. They gave him a ride and always said thank you before leaving.

    "I wish you good luck, General Gao. Goodbye." Rear Admiral returned the salute to Gao Quan. Whether as a friendly force or as a warrior who was about to launch an attack on the Japanese army, Rear Admiral Dayot expressed sufficient respect to Gao Quan.

    The U.S. military's sea and air strikes have completely destroyed the Japanese defense forces on the coast. The landing of the 500th Army did not encounter much resistance. The huge hatch of the landing ship opened, and the soldiers of the 500th Army jumped waist deep into the sea.  In the sea water, they ran quickly towards the coast with rifles raised. Dozens of landing ships were lined up. In addition to soldiers, there were also several amphibious tanks driving out of the cabin. This was a gift from the US military to the 500th Army.  Equipped with powerful landing weapons.

    "Run, rush with me." Liu Xing held up an exquisite American-made pistol and directed his troops to leave the shoal area quickly. The power of this gun is incomparable to that of the box cannon. The range is also short and the ammunition load is small.  But it looks small and comfortable to hold. The entire 500th Army changed their uniforms, and even the officers' pistols were changed from box guns to American-made m1911s.

    There was a lot of noise on the coast, there were too many troops landing at the same time, plus the loud noises when the huge landing craft started and lowered the hatches, and the sound of people, all mixed together, making this beach more lively than the busiest vegetable market.  It¡¯s ten times more lively.
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