Chapter 875 Airstrike

With the battle plan against the island country determined, the army in the entire Pacific also took action quickly. ׺°”˜˜`”°º×

Since it is a landing operation, it is inevitable to avoid direct conflict with the island country's army, and to face the defense line formed by the island country's army.

In this way, the Kalimantan and Philippine armies have become good cannon fodder, which can be used to explore the way for the Australasian army.

On June 24, 100,000 Philippine troops, 150,000 Kalimantan troops and 50,000 Australasian troops gathered in Aparri, the northernmost city in the Philippines.

The mission of these 300,000 troops is only one, that is, to cooperate with the navy to go north, land on the beach in Okinawa, and use it as a bridgehead to attack the island country after occupying Okinawa.

The commander of this army is Christie, the commander of the 9th Army. The 50,000 Australasian troops are actually the three infantry divisions and some artillery units of the 9th Army.

When Commander Christie just saw this battle plan, he was still quite surprised.

Looking at the entire history of world wars, this battle plan is absolutely unprecedented, and once successful, it will be recorded in history.

Why is the Australasian army only 50,000 out of a total of 300,000 troops?

Because the remaining 250,000 troops are just part of the feint attack. Whether their frontal attack on the island country's army succeeds or fails, it has no impact on the war.

What really determines the victory of this battle is actually the Australasian army with three divisions and a small number of artillery units.

The entire battle plan can be summarized in one sentence, that is, frontal feint attack and rear sneak attack.

How to sneak attack? Of course, it is to use the most advanced military transport aircraft in Australasia, the Sop-34 transport aircraft.

The Sop-34 transport aircraft was originally born for special operations, with the purpose of dropping a large number of paratroopers to the enemy's rear to achieve the purpose of unexpected surprise attack.

In order to cooperate with this purpose, the newly formed army, that is, the 9th Army of General Christie, has a large number of airborne missions in the regular training subjects.

In this way, the battle plan is actually very clear. The Kalimantan and Philippine armies on the front are responsible for diverting the attention of the island nation's army, while the Sop-34 transport planes carrying a large number of Australasian troops will follow the air force to drop a large number of paratroopers into the cities, ports and important areas of Naha, and then quickly occupy these areas.

You should know that the load capacity of the Sop-34 transport plane reaches 7.3 tons, and the weight of each soldier plus his own equipment is only about 200 kilograms.

This also means that one Sop-34 transport plane can transport 65 soldiers, and ten planes are 650 soldiers, which can play a very critical role.

What's more, this operation is definitely not as simple as sending out 10 transport planes. Because of Arthur's order, the country has stockpiled a large number of Sop-34 transport planes, which are crucial military transport planes.

At present, the number of Sop-34 transport planes owned by Australasian has reached a terrifying 157.

For this offensive against the island country, there will be more than 110 Sop-34 transport planes to cooperate with General Christie's actions, and the number of soldiers deployed will reach 7,150.

According to intelligence, the island country's troops stationed in the Ryukyu region are about one division, with a strength of 25,000.

Even if the islanders have increased their troops in the Ryukyu region, there will be at most two divisions of troops.

Australasia has dispatched 300,000 troops, of which the main force of Australasia soldiers has reached 50,000, which can be said to crush the islanders in terms of the number of troops.

As long as it can quickly occupy Ryukyu, Australasia can rely on Ryukyu's military airports to frequently bomb the island country's native cities, causing chaos within the island country.

Why is Ryukyu so important?

Ryukyu's geographical location is very close to the island country, only about 1,300 kilometers away from the capital of the island country.

Even the northernmost area of ​​the island country is only about 2,200 kilometers away from Ryukyu, still within the range that bombers can bomb.

This also means that after occupying Ryukyu, the entire island country will be within the bombing range of Australasia, and the island country is inherently at a comprehensive disadvantage.

On June 25, under the protection of a fleet with 5 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships as the main force, a large number of transport ships and landing ships set out from the Philippines and advanced towards the northern island region.

Dozens of kilometers away from this fleet, there is also a submarine formation consisting of 9 submarines as a support, which is also a surprise left to the islanders after the navy encountered.

Yes, Australasia has never thought of hiding this battle plan from the islanders. In fact, it is completely impossible to hide it.

With the development of radar technology, all powers are generally equipped with a sufficient number of radars to detect possible attacks by the enemy.

The naval ports of Australasia have enough radars, and I believe that the ports of the island countries will also have radars.

As long as there is radar, the movements of the Australasia fleet can be detected, and the attack cannot be concealed from the islanders.

However, since the navy had already gained an advantage, Australasia had no intention of concealing it.

The naval formation consisting of 5 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships could easily win the naval battle as long as it did not encounter the entire navy of the island nation.

Even if the entire navy of the island nation is deployed, the missiles equipped on the warships and the large number of advanced aircraft on the aircraft carriers will also give the island nation's warships a hard time.

Moreover, once the news of the entire navy of the island nation is received, there is also a part of the main Pacific Fleet on the other side, which will attack the island nation's ports without hesitation.

Australasia is not afraid of the island nation's navy now, but is afraid that their navy will shrink in the port and not fight with itself at all.

"General Christie, our unit has arrived at the designated location, and the combat plan can start at any time."

After nearly a day of sailing, the fleet finally arrived not far from the southern part of the Ryukyu Islands.

"Very good, the paratroopers are ready, and the combat plan officially begins!" Christie, the commander of the 9th Army, nodded with satisfaction and ordered.

With an order, a large number of fighters and bombers on the 5 aircraft carriers took off quickly. They will be the first link of the combat plan to try to destroy the enemy's defense facilities on the island and cause chaos to the enemy.

Under the interference of a large number of bombers and fighters, the enemy will not have enough energy to guard against the landing of the Australasian army.

At this time, a large number of beach landing ships will quickly dock, and the Kalimantan and Philippine troops will fire the first shot of the entire battle.

Not long after the plane took off, the Ryukyu Islands on the other side immediately received the radar alarm.

The radar observer decisively sounded the air defense alarm, and the troops on the islands immediately began to prepare for air strikes.

As the news was passed on, dozens of aircraft were slowly heading to the runway at the military airport several kilometers away from the radar observation station, preparing to take off to meet the attacking enemy.

It can be seen that the island army is still fully prepared for such an air strike. It actually took less than 5 minutes from the radar receiving the signal to the take-off preparations of the various aircraft at the airport.

However, due to some restrictions, the total number of aircraft on the Ryukyu Islands is actually only more than 100.

Among these more than 100 aircraft, the number of aircraft that are always equipped with ammunition and can take off at any time to meet the enemy is even only about 50.

This is also a matter of course. The situation of the island nation is far worse than in history, because they have almost been cut off from the outside world by Australasia.

In addition, without the United States, a major exporter of materials, the island nation is much weaker in industry and economy than in history.

After the last attack failed, the island nation lost more than 200 aircraft out of thin air, which is almost one-tenth of the total number of aircraft in the island nation.

This has a great impact on the island nation. In particular, a considerable number of aircraft need to be deployed on the Asian continent. After deducting the aircraft needed for homeland defense and the aircraft on the naval aircraft carrier, the number of aircraft that the island nation can mobilize is even only a pitiful hundreds.

Of course, some gaps in aircraft do not matter to the island nation.

In order to make up for the gap in aircraft, the island nation deliberately increased its troops in a large number of important islands in the south of the mainland, such as the Ryukyu Islands, after the attack failed.

Unlike the intelligence of Australasia, the number of island nation troops stationed in the Ryukyu Islands is currently 1 Type A division, 1 Type B division and 2 Type C divisions.

The different categories of these three types of divisions can clearly distinguish the differences in combat effectiveness and number of the three types of divisions.

Type A divisions are the standing divisions of the islanders and are also the most elite troops among all the armies of the islands. The full strength of a Type A division is about 28,000 people, and the weapons and equipment it possesses are also the richest among all the armies of the islands.

Type B divisions are the second main force formed based on mobilization. Among all the armies of the islands, its combat effectiveness is second only to the Type A divisions, with a number of about 24,000 people.

Type C divisions are actually the most common divisions in the islands. As mentioned before, the islands carried out various disarmaments after World War I.

This led to the islands reaching their lowest point in terms of military size around 1930. Even the reserve forces at that time were reduced a lot, which also affected the level of soldiers mobilized by the islands now.

Most of the Type C divisions are ordinary people. After a short period of training, they became seemingly qualified soldiers when they picked up weapons.

There are many such ordinary people, which also leads to the fact that the number of Type C divisions in the island country is the largest at present, and the combat effectiveness of these troops cannot be guaranteed.

In history, the island country also had a fourth-level force, that is, the Type D division. As the last in the military sequence, it is destined that the combat effectiveness of the Type D division is the worst, and even in the war, it is almost just a soy sauce role.

This is the army composed of a large number of child soldiers and old men who were mobilized to join the army after the island country was at the end of its road in history, and the original brigade was expanded.

Because it is only the stage where the war has just broken out, the island country has not reached the end of its road, so there is no crazy formation of a large number of child soldiers and old men.

At present, the main force of the island country's army is still the A and B divisions, and the Type C division is more responsible for defense tasks, and sometimes it is used as a supplement to the A and B divisions.

Because of the four divisions, the number of island country troops on the Ryukyu Islands has approached 100,000, which is something that the Australasian army did not expect at all.

This also means that there are often some accidents in war.

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