Chapter 1515 Iwo Jima
Things happened just as Zhang Tuohai had expected. The United States launched a comprehensive bombing and artillery attack on Pearl Harbor.
The land of Pearl Harbor was plowed twice with artillery shells and bombs.
It seems that only this way can they wash away their shame.
The attack continued for three days before the United States sent landing ships to land on the island.
The whole island was filled with a burning smell, and there was not even a living rat.
Halsey was very satisfied with the results of the attack.
"This is a good idea. We will do it this way from now on. Before each attack, we will cover the island with shells first."
"Yes." The adjutant wrote down the order.
People are path-dependent. When a certain method is successful, they will involuntarily copy it.
That's what Halsey was like.
After destroying the Combined Fleet, he no longer had any rivals in the Pacific, so naturally he had no scruples and began to gradually capture the islands occupied by the Japanese.
The method he used was also very simple, which was to use artillery to blow up the land and then land on the island.
Once the target is found, continue bombing until all resistance forces are completely eliminated.
Halsey was relaxed, he thought he could use this tactic all the way to Tokyo.
Until it crashed into Iwo Jima.
Zhang Tuohai takes Iwo Jima very seriously.
Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he sent Lieutenant General Kuribayashi.
At the same time, the elite first division of the mainland was transferred there.
Nominally, his mission was to guard local prisoners, but in fact, Kuribayashi also had an important task, which was to build Iwo Jima into a fortress and an unsinkable battleship.
Zhang Tuohai even allocated more than a dozen 460-caliber naval guns to Kuribayashi.
Kuribayashi didn't know what Zhang Tuohai was going to do, but since it was the emperor's order, all he could do was to do it.
When Kuribayashi arrived at Iwo Jima, he began to dig fortifications day and night, almost hollowing out the entire Suribachi Mountain.
A large number of fortifications were built inside the mountain and reinforced with various rocks and cement.
A large amount of food, water and various weapons are stored inside, enough for a division to continue fighting for a year.
If the island was not too small to accommodate so many people, Zhang Tuohai would even want to cram millions of people on Iwo Jima.
After the US troops arrived at Iwo Jima, they followed the old method and bombarded the island with artillery before landing.
This tactic might work on other islands, but Kuribayashi built all his fortifications in the mountains.
Ordinary naval guns are simply unable to pry open the thick mountain.
The American army, which had won a series of victories, became arrogant and thought that this time was just another scorched earth expedition like the previous ones.
When a large number of American troops gathered on the beach and prepared to march inland, Lieutenant General Kuribayashi gave the order to attack.
Rifles stretched out from every hidden corner.
Bullets attacked the American troops from all directions.
Before the American soldiers could react, they were hit by bullets.
In order to encircle and attack the enemy's reinforcements, some Japanese soldiers would not even actively shoot at the enemy's vital points, but only make the enemy lose their ability to move, and then kill the enemy's medics.
The battle was one-sided from the start.
A large number of American soldiers were knocked to the ground before they could react to what was happening.
The remaining American soldiers also crawled on the ground, trembling.
Halsey became furious when he saw this and ordered planes and naval guns to attack again.
He vowed to blow up Mount Suribachi.
But Mount Suribachi is a solid rock structure, and after two days of bombing, only some craters were left, and the main fortifications were completely indestructible.
In fact, Halsey had another idea, which was to send warships to besiege Iwo Jima.
Iwo Jima has no depth, it's just an isolated island.
As long as the siege lasts long enough, the people on the island will be trapped to death.
But Halsey was already in a state of turmoil, and he felt ashamed to leave like that.
"Orders, continue to send people to land, and we must capture Iwo Jima."
Halsey sent two more divisions to land on the island and began to attack the mountains.
This time they learned their lesson and checked the ground carefully every time they took a step forward.
If you encounter the enemy, call in the naval guns to fire.
Throw grenades into every hole you find or burn it with a flamethrower.
The Japanese army was not willing to be outdone and used favorable terrain to resist step by step.
The large-caliber naval guns even sank two landing ships.
The US military suffered heavy losses.
Such a heavy loss made Halsey even more angry, and he wanted to skin the Japanese troops on the island alive.
Kuribayashi was also determined.
He issued an order that every soldier would be allowed to die in battle only after killing three enemies.
Under his command, the US military finally captured Iwo Jima at the cost of nearly 100,000 casualties.
In the end, only three Japanese soldiers on the entire island chose to surrender, and the rest either died in battle or committed suicide.
The whole island is like hell on earth.
Looking at the tragic situation on the island, Halsey had a headache.
Because of the heavy casualties, he was transferred to the rear and forced to rest.
He was succeeded by Lieutenant General LeMay.
Lieutenant General LeMay came from the Air Force and his favorite thing to do was bombing.
In his opinion, the easiest way to crush the enemy's will to fight is to destroy their industrial capabilities and blow them back to the Stone Age.
Then, LeMay began to build airports and bomb major cities in Japan.
His first target of revenge was Edo.
Thousands of bombers formed a dense formation and launched an attack on Edo.
In order to achieve better bombing effects, they even used special incendiary bombs based on the characteristics of Edo's many wooden buildings.
Then, a raging fire broke out throughout Edo, and the entire city was almost burned down.
Tens of thousands of people were burned to death, the river boiled, and the entire city became a white land.
In response, Zhang Tuohai made a direct radio speech, denouncing the atrocities of the United States and calling on the entire nation to resist and fight the US military to the last soldier.
He even gave everyone a pistol and a grenade.
We are determined to fight the US army to the end.
A huge amount of weapons were distributed.
Seeing Zhang Tuohai's firm attitude, Li Mei felt provoked.
He immediately launched a massive air strike.
Thousands of planes were dispatched frequently to bomb major cities, razing every major city in sight to the ground.
Zhang Tuohai was well prepared. He dismantled all the remaining steel and made anti-aircraft guns, forming artillery regiments to specifically intercept the American troops in their path.
A large number of planes were destroyed.
In this way, the hatred between the United States and Japan became deeper and deeper, penetrating into their bones.
Finally, the United States could no longer tolerate it and abandoned the little boy to Tokyo.
Boom!
With a loud bang, a mushroom cloud rose.
Then, hundreds of thousands of American troops rushed to the Japanese mainland from various ports.
A fierce battle broke out on the Japanese mainland.
