To pick a serious fault, the most important one is that the Battle of Iwo Jima is portrayed as a beachhead battle, and the US military suffered heavy casualties in front of the light weapons positions on the beachhead. Not so!
The lesson that Lieutenant Commander Kuribayashi learned from Peleliu was that using defense-in-depth to pin down the U.S. army, and then concentrating artillery fire on the densely assembled land and sea was the most effective means of killing. This can be clearly seen from the battle order he issued:
1. アメリカ Jun に が が す る こ と を Defence ぐ た め に ぐ た め に ぐ た め に, Japanese army の artillery は go to the land to prepare for artillery explosion. アメリカの Ship に対する Gun 撃は行わない.
2. On land さ れ た で は resistance を line わ な い.
3. Once the landing force is about 500 メートル inland に enters ん だ な ら ば, and the Yuanshan Airfield is close to the configuration, the firearms are deployed in a concentrated attack. .
4. The landing force may be limited to the damage, and the artillery is near the Chidori Airfield. The high platform is near the north.
The actual battle process of the day is as follows:
"At 9 o'clock, the first wave of the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions started to land on the ground. The resistance of the Japanese army in the water was はなく, and the marine team was slippery and the land was unexpectedly felt. The Japanese army is in the underground tunnels, and the naval artillery fires the guns, and the machine.ら れ, き き が ら ら い い に 撃 撃 为 为 ち ち ち ち 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者 者...................................................................これ ほど の 集 洋 洋 洋 それ 例... 黄 黄 黄 黄 火 场 场 も も も れ れ れ っか 足 足 足 场 も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も も 场 も も も も も も も も 场 め も も も も. yaっとのthinkいでYang Lu shi ta Zhan car moo Japanese armyのflak ni yo ~ te clicks break Connecticut re ta. 19 da keでMarine Corps team wa Zhan died 501, Zhan hurt dead 47, wounded 1,755 namesといu damage wo uke ta. "
simply put, Japanese, etc. One hour after the U.S. military landed, that is, when the U.S. military had penetrated 500 meters deep, the narrow beachhead was crowded with people and cargoes that had just been unloaded, and the shelling could hit anything with a single shell. It was the intensive artillery fire that caused the heavy casualties of the U.S. military, rather than relying on some underground bunkers and machine gun nests to duel the U.S. military on the beachhead.
In historical fact, our heroic protagonist was vaporized by a cannonball while running around, rather than killed by a bullet, which actually reflects this.
(Please refer to the Japanese wiki Iwo Jima no 戦い: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A1%AB%E9%BB%84%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%AE%E6% 88%A6%E3%81%84 )
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