Chapter 885 Fierce Battle

Although the two island countries' military divisions were only a few hundred meters away from their targets, this distance of several hundred meters was a natural barrier that they could not break through.

Only more than four hours had passed since the battle, but the casualties of the two Type C divisions were already very high.

Especially the Type C division in the port, whose division commander was killed in the bombing, has only about half of its army size of less than 20,000 people. The remaining soldiers either died on the way to the charge or died in the bombing of the Australasian Air Force.

At this time, the island country soldiers realized that no matter how much their commanders and governments said, they were still just fragile blood and flesh when facing the enemy's guns and artillery fire.

If it was an elite Type A division, even if more than half of its troops were damaged, it could still bravely move forward and launch an attack fearlessly.

But the problem is that the army defending the city and the port is just an ordinary Type C corps of the island country. These troops may still play a certain role in defense, but if it is a frontal attack, the role they can play will be infinitely reduced.

When facing nearly half of the casualties, the two Type C divisions finally began to fall into chaos, and some soldiers could not stand such a war and chose to flee in full view of the public.

Although the gendarmerie quickly killed several soldiers who wanted to escape, the number of gendarmerie in the entire division was less than 100. Facing tens of thousands of soldiers with obvious morale collapse, it was difficult to control the situation.

Especially the Type C division in the port, after losing the division commander, no one could control the entire division.

The army's full-scale attack at the beginning gradually turned into fear and collapse, and the small number of troops gradually affected the entire division.

About half an hour later, the army supported by the island country finally arrived at the battlefield.

But it was too late. The Australasian paratroopers not only fully controlled Naha, but also built several defensive positions based on the terrain outside Naha.

What's more terrible is that the planes in the sky are still circling. If only relying on the strength of an infantry regiment, it is difficult to capture the defensive position in front of them.

But after all, it was the most elite Type A division of the island nation. Even though they knew that there was little hope of winning, this infantry regiment still launched an attack.

However, the outcome was the same as they expected. They could not threaten the positions of Australasia at all.

Although they also carried some machine guns and artillery, they could pose a fire threat to the defensive positions formed by Australasia.

But the problem is that the biggest reason why Australasia can hold its position is not the artillery and machine guns in the defensive positions, but the large number of planes circling in the sky.

Once the island army threatens the artillery and machine gun positions of Australasia, the fighters and bombers in the sky will continue to harass the island army, and even take the opportunity to kill the artillery positions of the island army.

In this way, although the island army had an advantage in firepower at the beginning, after being harassed by the Australasia Air Force several times, their advantage in firepower was gone.

The island army's telegram for urgent help was also quickly sent to the Type A division.

But the problem is that the Type A Division is also facing a very serious situation at this time.

Although there is a Type A Division and a Type B Division responsible for defending the coastline, a total of more than 40,000 troops in two divisions.

But the problem is that the main island of the Ryukyu Islands is long and narrow, and the coastline is very long. In addition, there are many large islands in the north, so the forces of these two divisions cannot be concentrated together.

In the case of a full-scale attack by Australasia, the Type A Division, which has been divided into nearly one-fifth of its troops, will face the attack of tens of thousands of Australasia troops.

What's more terrible is that the number of soldiers in the Australasia army is endless. After eliminating a wave of landing soldiers, there will be waves of soldiers coming in continuously, as if endless.

Although thousands of soldiers who landed on the island have been eliminated in a short period of time, there are still a large number of transport ships waiting to land, and each transport ship has at least thousands of soldiers.

"Baga! Those damn good-for-nothings can't even deal with a few thousand Australasian soldiers." The commander of the Type A Division, Murai Nofu, was furious. He was extremely disappointed with the performance of the two Type C Divisions: "The two good-for-nothings, Sanquan and Yamamoto Akio, should commit suicide. They failed the expectations of the empire and are the sinners of the empire!"

It is obvious that the two arms divisions did not gain an advantage in the attack against the Australasian army, and they did not even hold back the Australasian army. This is why Murai Nofu was angry.

According to various intelligence reports, the number of paratroopers airborne by Australasian will definitely not exceed 10,000. Dispersed in ports and cities, each side has about 5,000 paratroopers.

And any division has a strength of 20,000 people, but they can't even take down 5,000 Australasian paratroopers. This also made Murai Nofu, who has always been proud of the combat effectiveness of the island army, very angry.

"Mr. Division Commander, it won't be too late to hold those two idiots accountable after the war is over. What we need to do now is to resist the attack of the Australasian Army." said Tanaka Taro, the commander of the First Infantry Brigade of the Type A Division.

The infantry regiment that was sent out before was transferred from the First Infantry Brigade. I thought it was a sure-fire mission and would earn me a lot of military merits.

But unexpectedly, not only did the two Type C divisions fail to hold back the Australasian army, but even the infantry regiment that went to support them was held back by the Australasian army, and there was a risk of annihilation at any time.

You know, even as the commander of the infantry brigade of the major general, he only commanded two infantry regiments. After mobilizing an infantry regiment, it means that Major General Tanaka Taro currently only has one infantry regiment with about 5,000 troops.

But the defense task of the First Infantry Brigade is relatively heavy. If the division does not have a good solution, I am afraid that the First Infantry Brigade of 5,000 people alone will not be able to hold on for too long in the face of the continuous attacks of the Australasians.

"I know, the cavalry regiment will help the First Infantry Brigade to guard the coastline. The artillery regiment will help you defend temporarily. I want you to defend the coastline. Can you do it?" Murai Nofu nodded, and naturally understood Tanaka Taro's request, and said.

"Hi! Please rest assured, Mr. Division Commander, the First Infantry Brigade will definitely complete your mission." Major General Taro Tanaka nodded firmly and said to Murai Nofu excitedly.

Although the number of cavalry regiments is far less than that of a complete infantry regiment, it is still a great help for the current First Infantry Brigade.

What's more, in the next period of time, the First Infantry Brigade will also receive support from the division's artillery regiment, which is why Taro Tanaka is confident.

With a powerful weapon like the artillery regiment, it can also be relied on when facing the tide-like attack of the Australasian army.

As Taro Tanaka expected, with the support of the cavalry regiment and the artillery regiment, the First Infantry Brigade seemed to be at ease when facing the attack of the Australasian army.

Although the Australasian Air Force and naval guns can still pose a huge threat to the First Infantry Brigade, those Kalimantan and Philippine troops who tried to land will still be repelled by the First Infantry Brigade.

But it is obvious that at this time, the biggest threat to the four island divisions on the Ryukyu Islands is not the Kalimantan and Philippine troops that are trying to land, but the Australasian paratroopers that have successfully penetrated deep into the enemy's rear and completed the raid.

What the islanders did not expect was that the Australasian paratroopers raid was not one wave, but one wave after another.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, when the sky was just getting light, the Australasian Air Force launched another large-scale air strike on the Ryukyu Islands.

Of course, this time the air force was not only dispatched for air strikes, but also to escort the hundreds of Sop-34 transport planes to perform another airborne mission.

On those hundreds of transport planes were also more than 6,000 elite Australasian airborne troops.

Moreover, this time the air force also carried a certain number of artillery and machine guns. The second wave of troops carrying out the airborne mission would have better firepower than the first wave.

Once these two waves of airborne troops merged, it would be the time for the Australasian army to launch a general attack on the island army.

Even if the island army can resist the more than 100,000 Kalimantan and Philippine troops, they have no way to deal with the Australasian airborne troops that have occupied the city and the port.

Although it was already daytime, the airborne troops had already taken the advantage, so this airborne landing was considered smooth.

With the protection of the air force, the airborne troops were not threatened too much, and they joined the first wave of airborne troops very smoothly.

After the two armies joined, the size of the Australasian army in the port and the city surged again.

At present, the airborne troops in the port have exceeded 4,200 people, and they have the strength to launch an attack on the island division.

As for Naha, as the main target area of ​​the two airborne troops, after two airborne landings, the Australasian airborne troops in the Naha area have exceeded 7,500 people.

With such a large number of troops, it is hard to say who is better and who is worse when facing the islanders.

After the second airborne landing, it also means that the final general offensive of Australasia has officially started.

On the coastline, more than 100,000 troops were still using their lives to hold back the two most elite divisions of the island country.

And inside the Ryukyu Islands, the two airborne formations also officially changed from a defensive posture to an offensive posture.

Boom! Boom!

Because the second wave of airborne troops brought a lot of artillery and machine guns, the Australasian army, which was about to run out of bullets, had abundant supplies again.

Facing the island army on the opposite side, the artillery of Australasian was never stingy. Dozens of artillery pieces poured continuously towards the place where the island army was located, like a super-large-scale rainstorm.

But unlike the rainstorm, the damage caused by the rainstorm to people is almost equivalent to nothing, but such a rain of artillery can be said to be a killer for ordinary people.

In the dense artillery of Australasian, the arms division at the port finally couldn't hold on, and the entire division collapsed.

Facing the disintegrating island army, Australasian will not miss such a good opportunity.

More than 4,000 paratroopers jumped out and, with the guidance and help of the aircraft, launched a pursuit of an entire island division.

Some island soldiers fled to the original military base, where there were many defense facilities, which at least made them feel at ease.

Some island soldiers also fled to Naha. After all, it was the largest city in the Ryukyu Islands, and another island division was stationed there.

But these island soldiers may never dream that Naha not only has more island troops, but also more Australasian troops.

It is precisely because of this that the Australasian soldiers at the port did not stop many island soldiers from fleeing to Naha.

Letting these soldiers flee may have an impact on the island troops around Naha. After all, the division at the port has been defeated, which also means that the Australasian army here may go to Naha at any time to counter-encircle the island troops stationed at the port.

Not to mention, the Australasian army really planned this.

Naha is in the south of the main island, and the port is in the north of Naha.

With the attention of the Naha army attracted, it is not impossible to go around from the other side and counter-encircle the island army there.

Of course, even if the counter-encirclement plan is discovered by the island army, the Australasian army is not afraid of the island army in the frontal attack.

While the offensive in the port was a complete victory, the Australasian and island armies were fighting fiercely in Naha.

Because of the help of an infantry regiment of the Type A division, the casualties faced by the Type C division here were not as serious as those in the port.

At present, the Type C division with a number of 20,000 still has more than 12,000 combat troops. In addition to the Type A division infantry regiment with about 4,000 remaining, the island army has about 16,000 troops in the Naha area.

On the Australasian side, after two waves of airborne troops, only about 7,000 soldiers were gathered.

This is more than twice the number advantage. Although most of them are Type C divisions with low combat effectiveness, they have entered a short stalemate under the containment of that infantry regiment.

But it is obvious that the stalemate is definitely short-lived.

On the side of the island army, as the casualties increase, the Type C division with poor discipline will eventually fall into chaos.

And the infantry regiment that came to support did not carry too much ammunition supplies. It can even be said that, including the Type C Division, the logistics warehouses of the 16,000 island army are all in Naha City.

After Naha was occupied by Australasia, it meant that these island armies lost the largest arms warehouse in the Ryukyu Islands.

Although there are small-scale weapons warehouses in other places, facing such a large-scale operation, the reserves of weapons and ammunition are destined to not last too long.

What's more terrible is that because all the island army's troops in the Ryukyu Islands have been held back by Australasia, the 16,000 troops around Naha are unlikely to receive any supplies.

This also means that even if a short stalemate can be maintained, as long as the weapons and ammunition on the island army's side are gradually consumed, Australasia will still gain the upper hand in the end.

After all, Australasia can deliver supplies through a large number of air forces and transport aircraft, which is something that the islanders can't do at all.

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